GUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason.

A revolution is a violent change of mismanagement.

REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter

WEATHER, n. The climate of an hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the tendency to chatter about it from naked arboreal ancestors whom it keenly concerned. The setting up of official weather bureaus and their maintenance in mendacity prove that even governments are accessible to suasion by the rude forefathers of the jungle.

REASON, v.i. To weight probabilities in the scales of desire.

Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.

STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached.