Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-08-05
Rules for Smelling.
[Eronl the Journal OF Education.l

[krom the Journal OF Educaton.l
The following rules should be carefully
committed to memory, as the knowledge of
them will prevent that hesitation about the
spelling OF common words which is freauent-
ly experienced even by the we'll educated:
l. All monosyllables ending in |, with .
single vowel before it, have double at the
close-mill, sell.
2. All monosyllables ending in !, with a
double vowel before it, have one At the close
wall, SAIL
3. Monosyllabes ending in |, when COM
pounded retain but one each, as fulfill, skill
full.
t. All words Of more than one syllable,
ending in !, have one only in the close, as
faithful, delightful; except recall, befall, un-
well, etc.
s. All dcrivations of words ending in
have one only; AS equality from equal, ex-
cept they end in err, or las mill, miller, full,
fuller
=. All participles coming from verbs ending
in lose the final; as have, having; amuse,
amusing; except they come from verbs end
Ing in double e, and then they retain both, as
see, seeing, agree, agreeing.
Z. All verbs in ", and nouns in ment, re-
tain the final of their primitives; as brave,
bravely; refine, refinement; except judgment,
acknowledgment.
s. All derivi,ies from words ending in err
retain the before the r; as reference; except
hindrancc from hinder; remembrance from
emember; disastrous from disaster; mon
strOus from monster; WOndrOus from Won
der; cumbrous from cumber, etc.
9. All compound words, if both end not in
!, retain their primitive parts entire; as mill
stone, chargeable, graceless, except always,
ok of oIr,
etc.
10. All monosyllables ending in conso-
nant, with single vowel before it, double
that consonant in derivatives; as sin, sinner;
ship, shipping; tig, bigger; glad, gladder.
II. MOnosyllables ending in consonant
with a double vowel before it do not double
The consonant in derivatives; as sleep, Sleep
ing; troop, trooper.
10. All words of more than one syllable
ending in single consonant, preceded by a
single vowel and accented on the last sylla-
BILE, double that cOnsOnant in derivatives; as
commit, committee; compel, compelled; ap-
pal, appalling; distil, distiller.
13. Nouns of one syllable ending in y,
change y into les in the plural; and verbs
ending in y, preceded by consonant, change |
into les in the third person singular of the |
present tense, and les in the past tense and |
past partlc1pie; as fy, ines; Apply, ne ap- |
plies. reply, or have replied, or be replied.
If they be preceded by vowel this rule is
not applicable; as key, keys; 1p|ay, he plays;
we have enjoyed ourselves.
IA. Compound words whose primitives end
in y change into i; as beauty, beau,ify;
lovely, lovelncss
A girl in Preston, Fillmore county, Min
nesota, says the Chicago Times, dressed up
and went down town the other day. She
was in hurry, and threw her good clothes
on rather carlessly. Her dress got caught in
some way SO it did not come down behind as
far it should, leaving about two feet of white
skirt exposed. This in itself would have
made the boys smile, but they laughed all
over when they observed some printed letters
on the skirt. It was made of some -four
sacks, and the brand hadn't become obliter-
ated. The girl waltzed around town, adver-
Using herself as "A No /, first quality; for
family usc--warranted"
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In his first lecture of the course now ON
Professor Claude Bernard held that through
the study of physiology science would even
lually master the secret of life.-New York