Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else

RAREBIT n. A Welsh rabbit, in the speech of the humorless, who point out that it is not a rabbit. To whom it may be solemnly explained that the comestible known as toad-in-a-hole is really not a toad, and that riz-de-veau à la financière is not the smile of a calf prepared after the recipe of a she banker.

TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally.

UNIVERSALIST, n. One who forgoes the advantage of a Hell for persons of another faith.

KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind of rite or ceremony appertaining to a good understanding; but the manner of its performance is unknown to this lexicographer.

According to the most trustworthy statistics the number of adult Dullards in the United States is but little short of thirty millions, including the statisticians.

CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work.