yers gn' a'tfonral ant,e.____________
~                        EDITOR.
Th  psrphe is also used to show the pos-__   _   _  _   _   _  _   _   _  _
sesv,thus: Brw's Bank. If the owner's            EDITOR'S ROOM4.
follows the  ;   as, W ells'  Bank, B'/  St o.    SUPT'S   OFFICE.
If two or more persons are spoken of, in the
1)ossessive, the apostrophe follows the s; as,LA         ISPRO.
Lais -Etane      Gets PaLADIES'oPARLo.
Brothers' Bank. If, however, the person's
name takes the character of an adjective, de-    TREASURER'S OFFICE.
scribing the article, no apostrophe is required;
as, Briggs House; Mrchants Bank.                     DRY GOODS.
This character &~) stands for and, and came
originally from _  Etc. in script, the Latin ab-  MERCHANT TAILOR.
b~reviation for et cetera-" and the rest." The
firs is used in connecting firm names, and the       JONES SCHOOL.
other at the end to avoid details. Thus,
Smith & Brown; or Smith, Browon    . Co.,            BRIGGS HOUSE.
-Dealers in Groceris, Provisions, &c.
Where the placing of a period or other mark,  METROPOLITAN HOTEL.
after a letter or figure, would decidedly injure
the appearance of the same, good taste may
is u .m          e  ad  eJONES' STHORE.                       "
suggest that such mark be omitted. See Nos.  __________________
44 and 42, p                                   FRESH AND SALT MEATS.
For other marks in punctuation, see page 52.
A light fad lett~er Is used In the following advertlsem
rnnt,Ilsrate  theo punctuationoconspicuouslyr.  FIRST NATIONAL BANK~.
NORTH AMERICA
FIRE    & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, '            __-_PROF. A. B. COOK.
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.
CAITL                  $2000                DR. HENRY~ WING.!
OFFICERS:
3HARTLY WELS, PreS't.  DAVID BRIGGS, SeCy.  ~  SAML. H. SMITH, M.D.