dmire the man that succeeds; but, as honest men, we
cannot admire the man that succeeds by dishonesty.

Wrong: He spends his money for theatres, and dinners, and wine,
and for his family he has not a cent.

Right: He spends his money for theatres, and dinners, and wine;
and for his family he has not a cent.

121. Use a semicolon before certain adverbs and adverbial expressions,
when they occur in the body of the sentence and are used conjunctively;
such as, _accordingly, besides, hence, thus, therefore_, etc.

I do not care to see the game; besides, it is too cold.

John is sick; however, I think he will be here.

122. Use the semicolon before the expressions, _namely, as, that
is_, etc., or before their abbreviations, _viz., i.e.,_ etc., when
they are used to introduce a series of particular terms, simple
in form, which are in apposition with a general term.

At present there are four prominent political parties; namely, the
Republican, the Democratic, the Prohibition, and the Socialist.

_The Colon_ (:)

123. Use the colon after an introduction to a long or formal quotation,
before an enumeration, or after a word, phrase, or sentence that
constitutes an introduction to something that follows.

Mr. Royer says in his letter: "You will remember that I promised
to send you a copy of my latest musical composition. I am mailing
it to you to-day."

There are four essentials of a legal contract: competent parties,
consideration, agreement, and legal subject matter.

124. Use the colon after the salutation of a formal letter. (See
Sec.161.)

_The Dash_ (--)

125. Use the dash to indicate any sudden break in thought or
construction.

I am pleased to meet you, Captain--what did you say your name is?

The man I met--I refer to Captain Jones--was in the naval service.

126. Use the dash in the place of the comma to set off more definitely
some part of a sentence.

I was always lacking what I needed most--money.

127. Use the dash preceded by a comma before a word which sums up
the preceding part of a sentence.

Democrats, Republicans, Prohibitionists, Socialists, and
Populists,--_all_ were there.

128. Do not use dashes where not required or in place of some other
mark of punctuation.

_The Parenthesis Marks_ ( )

129. Use the parenthesis marks only to enclose a statement that
is thrown into the sentence, but is grammatically independent of
it.

He belongs (at least so it is said) to every secret s