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

Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.

Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.

QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.

PIANO, n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It is operated by depressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the audience.