Advice, the smallest current coin.

Noise: a stench in the ear.

SCARABAEUS, n. The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians, allied to our familiar "tumble-bug." It was supposed to symbolize immortality, the fact that God knew why giving it its peculiar sanctity.

IMPENITENCE, n. A state of mind intermediate in point of time between sin and punishment.

Duck-bill, n. Your account at your restaurant during the canvas-back season.

PENITENT, adj. Undergoing or awaiting punishment.

SARCOPHAGUS, n. Among the Greeks a coffin which being made of a certain kind of carnivorous stone, had the peculiar property of devouring the body placed in it.