n of noleg i Wish tu Put Mi son
vbo sends a line by her
hoe merchant as follows?
t let mi Boay hey a Pare ov Esy

!ly the rules for using capitals are
e acquired, are easily remembered.
es for the Use of Capitals.
aragraph with a capital letter.
sentence following a period with a capital
oper name with a capital letter.
rnes of places, as Boston, Newport, Niagara,

h, East. West, and their com-
orth-east, S. W., with capital
ied.
r and Heaven, or the pronoun
mercy - Thou, Father, etc.,
from the names of places or
Northern, each with a capital

with a capital letter.
a caDital letter.

0 must invariably be
kpril, with capital let-
iday, Tuesday, etc.
r Madam, with capital

: never he placed in the middle of a word.

nevertheless, essentlad to the
proper construction of a sen-
tence.
Very ludicrous, and sometimes serious mis-
takes result from improper punctuation. In
the following sentence, the meaning is entirely
changed by the location of the semicolon.
"He is an old and experienced hand ; in vice and wicked-
ness he is never found ; opposing the works of iniquity he takes
delight."
"He is an old and experienced hand in vice and wickedness
he is never found opposing the works of iniquity; he takes
delight."

Punctuation Marks.

The following are the principal characters or
points used in punctuation:

Comma
Semicolon,
Colon
Period
Parenthesis

Exclamation !I  Hyphen
Interrogation ?  Apostrophe
Dash        -   Quotation Marks".
Ellipsis ..... .Brackets        [1
() TheCaret A

Rules for Punctuation.
The Comma (,). Wherever occurs a distinct
natural division of a sentence; or where two
or more words are connecteil, without the con-
necting word being expressed, the comma is
used ; as
"Dealer in hats, caps, boots, shoes, etc."  "Hedges, trees,
groves, houses, and people, all went rushing by." " Towering
far above us stood the pines, silent, majestic, and grand."
"Verily, verily, I say unto you."
The Semicolon (;) is used where a sentence
consists of several members each constituting a
distinct proposition, and yet having dependence
upon each other; as