Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.

PLAGIARIZE, v. To take the thought or style of another writer whom one has never, never read.

If every hypocrite in the United States were to break his leg to-day the country could be successfully invaded to-morrow by the warlike hypocrites of Canada.

MAGNITUDE, n. Size [that is] purely relative. If everything in the universe were increased 1,000 diameters nothing would be any larger than it was before, but if one thing remain unchanged all the others would be larger than they had been.

MERCY, n. An attribute beloved of detected offenders.

A popular writer writes about what people think. A wise writer offers them something to think about.

ORTHODOX, n. An ox wearing the popular religious joke.