POSITIVISM- A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent. Its longest exponent is Comte, its broadest Mill and its thickest Spencer.

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

Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.

A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors - to dislodge the worms.

Quill: An instrument of torture yielded by a goose and commonly weilded by as ass.

REPLICA, n. A reproduction of a work of art, by the artist that made the original. It is so called to distinguish it from a "copy," which is made by another artist. When the two are mae with equal skill the replica is the more valuable, for it is suppose

PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another.