MAMMALIA, n.pl. A family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle their young, but when civilized and enlightened put them out to nurse, or use the bottle.

GOOD, adj. Sensible, madam, to the worth of this present writer. Alive, sir, to the advantages of letting him alone.

Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.

A man is the sum of his ancestors; to reform him you must begin with a dead ape and work downward through a million graves.

Miss, n. A title which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market.

Birth: The first and direst of all disasters.

Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.