Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.

REPORTER, n. A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words.

REAR, n. In American military matters, that exposed part of the army that is nearest to Congress.

Cribbage, n. A substitute for conversation among those to whom nature has denied ideas.

PENITENT, adj. Undergoing or awaiting punishment.

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.

Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.