147. The United States has unlimited--s.
148. Asheville has long been a--of wealthy society people.
149. When women engage in any art or trade, it is usually as a last ----.
150. General Lee had--to stratagem.

SECRETION, SECRETING.
151. Jailers are watchful to prevent the ---- of poison in letters sent to
condemned prisoners.
153. Saliva is a ----.

SEWAGE, SEWERAGE.
153. The water of rivers that have received ---- is not good to drink.
154. The vast and intricate ---- of Paris is described by Victor Hugo
in "Les Miserables."

SITUATION, SITE.
155. The ---- of Samaria is far more beautiful than the ---- of Jerusalem,
though not so grand and wild.
156. Dr. Schliemann made excavations to discover the ---- of Troy.
157. Our school buildings have a fine ----.
158. Has the ---- of Professor Richard's house been fixed?
159. One of Nebuchadnezzar's temples is thought to have stood on the ----
of the Tower of Babel.

SPECIALTY, SPECIALITY.
160. It is the ---- of vice that it is selfishly indifferent to the
injurious consequences of actions.
161. Diseases of the throat are Dr. Hall's ----.
162. Fountain-pens a ----.
163. "Toughness" is the ---- of Salisbury iron; therefore Salisbury iron is
much in demand for car-wheels.

UNION, UNITY.
164. How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together
in ----.
165. The ---- of soul and body is ended by death.
166. In the temper of Lord Bacon there was a singular ---- of audacity and
sobriety.
167. This composition lacks ----; the writer treats of several distinct
subjects.

EXERCISE XXIV.

_Tell why the italicized words in the following sentences are misused,
and substitute for them better expressions:_--

1. The West End Railway Company is the _factor_[42] which can remedy all
this.
2. Addison's "Cato" was _a success._
3. Decoration Day is a fitting _observance_ of those who gave their
lives for their country.
4. At the end of each day the _teams_[43] are so broken up that they have
to go into the repair-shop, where the carpenter and blacksmith are able
to fix any part of them.
5. The _majority_ of the news is unfavorable.
6. Search-lights would be an indispensable _factor_ in a night attack.
7. Bishop Hatto lived in a country where all the _productions_ were
spoiled by the weather.
8. The _whole_ of the stupid boys in Germany struggle to pass this test.
9. The police are looking for the gu