YESTERDAY, n. The infancy of youth, the youth of manhood, the entire past of age.
Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
Scribbler, n. A professional writer whose views are antagonistic to one's own.
RADIUM, n. A mineral that gives off heat and stimulates the organ that a scientist is a fool with.
Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him. In the code of military etiquette silence and fixity are forms of deference
RITE, n. A religious or semi-religious ceremony fixed by law, precept or custom, with the essential oil of sincerity carefully squeezed out of it.