May is the most beautiful of all months.

Thomas May, who shortly became his sole competitor, was a man of elevated pretensions.

"May" ("might") is common as an equivalent for the subjunctive mode in clauses denoting a purpose, a wish, a hope, or a fear: as, "Bring him the book, that he may read to us;" "May he rest in peace;" "I hope you may succeed;" "They were afraid we might lose the way."

May was "Trimilchi," from the cows being then milked thrice in the day.

thou mayest be comfortless!"Wright's Gram., p. 35.

From October to February inclusively the weather is cool and dry (prevalence of N.W., N., and N.E. winds); March, April, and May are warm and dry (prevalence of E.N.E., E., and E.S.E. winds); and from June till the end of September it is humid and moderately warm.

May I, sir?' 'Certainly,' was the colonel's amused reply.

Lit-tle, help-less ba-by dear, While with-in your cot you lie, Sis-ter May is sit-ting near She will sing your lul-la-by.

May is also a sign of wishing, and consequently occurs often in prayer: as, "May it be thy good pleasure;""O that it may please thee;""Mayst thou be pleased."

May is its flowering season.

SCRIBNER'S MAY BE ADDED TO ANY COMBINATION FOR $2.85 BUT SEPARATELY COSTS $3.00.

A fine May is surely the loveliest of lovely things, and the most enjoyable, at least to lucky mortals like ourselves who are not obliged to be "in populous city pent"and those who have never seen Pemmy Lodge in its May garments of lilac, laburnum, wild hyacinth, hawthorn, and the tender greens of countless shades on trees and shrubs, are not really acquainted with it....

John May was Southey's friend and correspondent.

But May has been specially Italy's month!

May and Alice was their names.

"Thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king.

ALTHOUGH PICKLES MAY BE PURCHASED at shops at as low a rate as they can usually be made for at home, or perhaps even for less, yet we would advise all housewives, who have sufficient time and convenience, to prepare their own.

One evening in particular, Mary wrote us to give her children the best possible musical instruction, stating that May would become a great singer and flute player, and that Ada would be a fine organist and pianist, as well as singer; that Ida would do well with violin and voice.

May is the time for Italy.

The banker, who alone knew (and would not tell) that Mrs. May was the Princess di Sereno, said "Hilliard, who was to be introduced to you in New York if my brother had not been ill, is a man your father would have approved.

I had thought when I left Philadelphia, of ordering it to be sent to me; then again, I thought it best not to do it; and altho' I should like to see both his and Bache's, the latter may, under all circumstances, be the best decision; I mean not subscribing to either of them."

Cape May, a territory sixteen miles square, which Captain Heyes bought of the Indians, all the time remained an uncultivated wilderness, yielding the products of its salt meadows to the browsing deer.

The address was printed: "Mrs. May, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco," and there were several stamps upon it; but Angela could not make out the postmark.

It was alleged to be a notorious fact that this firm had made large shipments of flour to the Transvaal Government; that Arthur May and Company were the agents of the firm in the Republic, and that the Bristol firm had shipped on the same steamers on which American goods were carried.

May 1, 1654, was the date fixed for this national exodus, and all who after that date were found east of the appointed line were to suffer the penalty of death.