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

PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors.

HARMONISTS, n. A sect of Protestants, now extinct, who came from Europe in the beginning of the last century and were distinguished for the bitterness of their internal controversies and dissensions.

ARENA, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record.

Houseless: Having paid all taxes on household goods.

RECOUNT, n. In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the player against whom they are loaded.

RATTLESNAKE, n. Our prostrate brother, "Homo ventrambulans".