Cousin John, Uncle George, Sister Mary, Hudson River,, Lake George, Mount Mansfield, Mayor Jones, Sheriff Lawrence. 12. Words denoting certain sections or divisions of country should be capitalized; as, the war between the North and the South. He went to the Northwest many years ago. The war in the East is attracting the attention of the whole civilized world. EXERCISES IN CAPITALIZING. o life how pleasant in thy morning like school boys at the expected warning 2. taught by that power that pities me i learned to pity them. 4. the lord is a great god above all gods. 5. and then the troops came home and there was no north no south but everywhere was gods country. 6. uncle john and aunt mary will be here on thanksgiving day. 7. hendrick hudson sailed up the hudson river. 8. we enclose our note for five hundred dollars and our check for ninety four dollars and fifty three cents. 9. have you seen the seal of the state of new york 10. resolved that the members of this society tender their sincere thanks for his gift. II. is english russian or german to be the predominating language? 12. what effect he asked will this new law have on my business 13. he said to give battle is in my judgment to incur serious risk of defeat. 14. the icy heart of winter was melted by the tears of spring. LESSON LXXII. EXERCISES IN PUNCTUATION. Remember that the stenographer has no marks of punctuation in his notes except the period and interrogation and that he must do exactly the same kind of work when he transcribes a letter or other matter that you are asked to do in this lesson. Be prepared to give a reason for using every mark you insert. Never punctuate without knowing why you do so. 1. He has been a good servant here patient sober honest and industrious 2. Did he act wisely or unwisely? 3. My friend you are greatly mistaken. 4. When you have completed the work you may send in your bill. 5. To say the least it was unfair. 6. You may generally speaking depend upon receiving the goods ordered within two days of date of order. 7. If we have stated our claim correctly if we have reasoned it out clearly if we have proved our right to the remuneration we request how can you withhold your remittance. 8. A mans greatest enemies are his doubts. 9. One half the giants strength is in the conviction that he is a giant. 10. Punctuation as we employ it to-day is a modern device. II. The period originally meant stop and became known as the stop and its associates provided subsequently to serve subordinate purposes in the sentence were grouped with it in popular phraseology under the name of stops. 12. These examinations he is writing about the civil service examinations are based on two things namely general knowledge and intelligence and the special knowledge that is required for the position for which the examination is being held. 13. The late Hon Thomas H Benton speaking of phonography summed up the whole matter when he said Had this art been known forty years ago it would have saved me twenty years of hard labor. 14. A mans habits do not always indicate his character in fact he may possess many good habits and still be at heart a veritable scoundrel. 15. There is much wisdom in Lord Chesterfields advice to his son in regard to time Every moment you now lose is so much character and advantage lost as on the other hand every moment you now employ usefully is so much time laid out at prodigious interest. 16. Punctuality is honesty honesty is truthfulness truthfulness is character. If you have not punctuality you have not the best of business qualifications. 17. Dear sir I have just completed the sale of your house and lot at No 213 James Street to Mr H J Powers of this place. The consideration is $7954. In payment he assumes the mortgage of 2675.00 and interest accrued $54.00 gives you a second mortgage on the property for $4000.00 his note indorsed by Robert J Fox for $750.00 and the balance $475.00 in cash. I trust you will find the above entirely satisfactory. Yours very truly. LESSON LXXIII. EXERCISES IN PUNCTUATION. Use your best judgment in punctuating the following: 1. The chief magistrate derives all his authority from the people and they have conferred none upon him to fix the terms for the separation of states. The people themselves can do this if they choose but the executive as such has nothing whatever to do with it. His duty is to administer the present government as it came into his hands and to transmit it unimpaired by him to his successor. Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people Is there any better or equal hope in the world In our present differences is either party without faith of being in the right If the almighty ruler of nations with his eternal truth and justice be on your side of the north or on yours of the south that truth and that justice will surely prevail by the judgment of this great tribunal the american people. Abraham Lincoln. 2. In the united states and in western europe in spite of the low cost of water transportation the railways have almost wholly monopolized the transportation of commodities. This is due in part to the saving of time in transit for under the demands of modern business the only economy is economy of time and in part to prompt delivery at the specified time. 3. The Rialto Grain and Securities Company is one of the numerous fly by night get rich quick concerns which flourish upon the gullible. Their plans to make you rich quick are very simple all you do is to take their tip on the stock market and buy and sell when they tell you. 4. A humorous story well told an apropos joke a kindly word of encouragement spoken at the right time and a friendly smile go hand in hand with the knowledge of the business to make the successful business man or woman. LESSON LXXIV. Punctuate and paragraph the following letters: I. Dear sir we have a complaint from Mr. E. A. Thompson of Rockport stating that on October 29 he was a little late in arriving at Westboro station with his milk for train No. 450. The train stopped at the station one passenger got on and the train started again just as he stopped at the milk-stand with his wagon. The train did not wait for his milk thereby causing inconvenience to his customers and loss to himself. Please advise me fully in regard to this giving all the circumstances and stating if No. 450 was on time or late at this station. Return papers with your reply and oblige yours very truly. 2. A letter to the advertising manager of a newspaper. Dear sir we beg leave to call your attention to the manner in which our advertisement has been printed in your paper during the last week. In the first place you have given us very poor positions. Our advertisement has appeared on the sporting page twice this week and once on the financial page. As we appeal almost exclusively to women who are the principal purchasers of our goods you can readily see that the advertisement will do us little or no good if put on the financial or sporting pages as women are not generally supposed to be interested in those pages to any great extent. As you are aware our contract specifically stipulates that our advertisement is never to appear on the financial or sporting pages also that it is always to be placed next to or surrounded by reading matter. You have placed our advertisement several times recently at the top of the column and several times had it wedged in with other advertising matter. In the second place the printing has been very poor for the last week. We think perhaps the electro is worn out and trust you will investigate. If a new plate is needed notify us and we will send another at once. Heretofore we have had absolutely no complaint to make about the way you have been doing our work but we must have better work than you have been giving us for the last two weeks or we shall have to take up the matter with your business office yours very truly. 3. Dear sir believing that you are interested in any plan by which you will be enabled to purchase a better quality of photographic paper at a lower price we beg leave to call your attention to our products and to our method of selling directly to the customer. All manufacturers of photographic material have known for many years past that sensitized papers are only at their best when freshly made. For these reasons the majority of advanced workers purchase all their paper direct from the makers. Our plan is to insure you fresh and good paper and at the same time save you the dealers profit by selling directly from the factory to you. We prepay the express charges so that the cost to you is simply our reduced price of the paper and the cost of a two cent stamp. Our papers both printing-out and developing are acknowledged to be the best on the market and with the advantages of lower cost and freshly coated paper we are confident you will find it to your advantage to purchase from us. We enclose price list and solicit a trial order. Yours very truly. WORD STUDY LESSON LXXV. Prepositions. Certain words must be followed by appropriate prepositions or the sentence may have entirely different meaning from that which it is intended to convey or it may have no meaning at all. Study the following list: Accompanied with an inanimate object; by anything that has life. Accuse of. Acquaint with. Adapted to, for, from. Agree with a person; upon a thing debated; to a proposition from another in belief. Amuse with, by, at. Angry with a person; at a thing. Attended, same as accompanied. Believe in, on. Capacity for. Careless about, for. Caution against. Compare with in respect to quality; to for the sake of illustration. Copy form, with. Correspond with. (To write.) Die of or from a cause; by an instrument of violence. Disappointed in. Entrance into. Expect of. Followed by. Influence over, on with. |