* * * * * Thou no God shalt have but me; Before no idol bow the knee; Take not the name of God in vain; Nor dare the Sabbath day profane; Give both thy parents honor due; Take heed that thou no murder do; Abstain from words and deeds unclean; Nor steal, though thou art poor and mean; Nor make a willful lie, nor love it; What is thy neighbor’s, do not covet. METRICAL GRAMMAR. Three little words we often see Are Articles, _a_, _an_ and _the_. A Noun’s the name of any thing, As _school_, or _garden_, _hoop_, or _swing_. Adjectives tell the kind of Noun, As _great_, _small_, _pretty_, _white_, or _brown_. Instead of Nouns the Pronouns stand— _Her_ fan, _his_ face, _my_ arm, _your_ hand. Verbs tell of something being done— To _read_, _write_, _count_, _sing_, _jump_, or _run_. How things are done the Adverbs tell, As _slowly_, _quickly_, _ill_, or _well_. Conjunctions join the words together, As men _and_ children, wind _or_ weather. The Preposition stands before A Noun—as, _in_ or _through_ a door. The Interjection shows surprise, As _Oh!_ how pretty, _Ah!_ how wise. The whole are called nine parts of Speech, Which _Reading_, _Writing_, _Speaking_, teach. NUMBER OF DAYS IN EACH MONTH. One of the most useful lessons taught us in early life by arithmetical treatises, is that of Grafton’s well-known lines in his _Chronicles of England_, 1590. Sir Walter Scott, in conversation with a friend, adverted jocularly to that ancient and respectable but unknown poet, who had given us this formula:— Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; And all the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till Leap-Year gives it twenty-nine. The form used by the Quakers runs thus:— The fourth, eleventh, ninth and sixth Have thirty days to each affixed; Every other, thirty-one, Except the second month alone. Origin of Things Familiar. MIND YOUR P’S AND Q’S.