Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.

BATH, n. A kind of mystic ceremony substituted for religious worship, with what spiritual efficacy has not been determined.

EXCEPTION, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman, etc.

Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling.

X, n. In our alphabet being a needless letter has an added invincibility to the attacks of the spelling reformers, and like them, will doubtless last as long as the language.

MANICHEISM, n. The ancient Persian doctrine of an incessant warfare between Good and Evil. When Good gave up the fight the Persians joined the victorious Opposition.

WAR, n. A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity.