Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from a man who did not particularly care to trace his own.

PORTUGUESE, n.pl. A species of geese indigenous to Portugal. They are mostly without feathers and imperfectly edible, even when stuffed with garlic.

What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.

One engaged in a commercial pursuit. A commercial pursuit is one in which the thing pursued is a dollar.

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".

RUSSIAN, n. A person with a Caucasian body and a Mongolian soul. A Tartar Emetic.

JOSS-STICKS- Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of our holy religion.