REVEILLE, n. A signal to sleeping soldiers to dream of battlefields no more, but get up and have their blue noses counted.

DIAGNOSIS, n. A physician's forecast of disease by the patient's pulse and purse.

REVEILLE, n. A signal to sleeping soldiers to dream of battlefields no more, but get up and have their blue noses counted.

TRUST, n. In American politics, a large corporation composed in greater part of thrifty working men, widows of small means, orphans in the care of guardians and the courts, with many similar malefactors and public enemies.

JOSS-STICKS- Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of our holy religion.

Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon.

KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of.