LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter sense, it is said of a defeated candidate that he "lost his election".

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

COMFORT, n. A state of mind produced by contemplation of a neighbor's uneasiness.

ACKNOWLEDGE, v.t. To confess. Acknowledgment of one another's faults is the highest duty imposed by our love of truth.

Funeral: a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens our groans and doubles our tears.

He laughs best who laughs least.

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.