PROPHECY, n. The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery.

NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi.

IDLENESS, n. A model farm where the devil experiments with seeds of new sins and promotes the growth of staple vices.

ACKNOWLEDGE, v.t. To confess. Acknowledgment of one another's faults is the highest duty imposed by our love of truth.

PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and is now held in high esteem by the most courageous.

When in Rome, do as Rome does.

BATH, n. A kind of mystic ceremony substituted for religious worship, with what spiritual efficacy has not been determined.