Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.

POCKET, n. The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without motive, and her conscience, denied burial, remains ever alive, confessing the sins of others.

PIG, n. An animal ("Porcus omnivorus") closely allied to the human race by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite, which, however, is inferior in scope, for it sticks at pig.

Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.

MONARCH, n. A person engaged in reigning. Formerly the monarch ruled, as the derivation of the word attests, and as many subjects have had occasion to learn.

IMPROVIDENCE, n. Provision for the needs of to-day from the revenues of to-morrow.

WAR, n. A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity.