OATH, n. In law, a solemn appeal to the Deity, made binding upon the conscience by a penalty for perjury.

Bigamy, n. A mistake in taste for which the wisdom of the future will adjudge a punishment called trigamy.

Logic, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. The basic of logic is the syllogism, consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion - thus: Major Premise: Sixty men can do a piece of work sixty times as quickly as one man. Minor Premise: One man can dig a post-hole in sixty seconds; Therefore- Conclusion: Sixty men can dig a post-hole in one second. This may be called syllogism arithmetical, in which, by combining logic and mathematics, we obtain a double certainty and are twice blessed.

MAMMON, n. The god of the world's leading religion. The chief temple is in the holy city of New York.

Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow.

ROSTRUM, n. In Latin, the beak of a bird or the prow of a ship. In America, a place from which a candidate for office energetically expounds the wisdom, virtue and power of the rabble.