followed by numerals, as _No. 10_.

Spell out United States except in addresses or in army and navy phrases.
Military and naval titles should be written thus:

Adjt.
Adjt.-Gen.
Brig.-Gen.
Capt.
Col.
Corp.
First Lieut.
Gen.
Lieut.
Lieut.-Col.
Lieut.-Gen.
Maj.
Maj.-Gen.
Private
Q. M.-Gen.
Q. M.-Sergt.
Second Lieut.
Second Sergt.
Sergt.
Sergt.-Maj.
Surg.-Gen.
Surg.-Maj.

_Class of '08_ may be used for _Class of 1908_.

Abbreviate _degrees_ after a name.

Book sizes, _4to_, _8vo_, _12mo_, should be written without periods.

Use only abbreviations that will surely be understood, such as
_Y. M. C. A._, _W. C. T. U._, etc., in referring to organizations.

Never write _Xmas_.

These abbreviations should be used:

Ald.
Atty.-Gen.
Gov.
Lieut.-Gov.
Sen.
Rep.
Cong.
Supt.

Abbreviate _saint_ and _saints_ in proper names, as _St. Louis_, _Sault
Ste. Marie_, _Ste. Anne's_, _SS. Peter and Paul's church_.

Write scriptural texts _Gen. xiv, 24_; _II Kings viii, 11-15_.

Abbreviate names of political parties only thus, _Smith (Rep.) defeated
Jones (Dem.) for alderman_.

Do not abbreviate street, avenue, boulevard, place or other designation
of a thoroughfare.

Abbreviate clock time when immediately connected with figures to _a. m._
and _p. m._

Prefer _for example_ to _e. g._

Prefer _namely_ to _viz._

Prefer _that is_ to _i. e._

Write English money _L5 4s 6d_, without commas.

Abbreviate the months thus:

Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.

Use _don't_ only when you may substitute do not. Perhaps you have seen
the advertisement which reads: "Hand Made Tobacco Don't Bite the
Tongue."

NAMES AND TITLES

The one infallible way to insult a man is to misspell his name; that is
an old newspaper maxim. More care should be taken with the spelling of
the names in a story than with any other mechanical detail. Often a name
is misspelled because a typewriter is not clean and an _e_ or an _a_ is
mistaken for an _o_ or a _u_. It is wise for the reporter to make sure
these letters particularly print clearly or he may be held to account
for an error. An even better way is to write a proper name in CAPS if it
is at all uncommon. When the reporter writes a name such as Willson or
Jonnes or