ELECTOR, n. One who enjoys the sacred privilege of voting for the man of another man's choice.

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

TAKE, v.t. To acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth.

Backbite: To ''speak of a man as you find him'' when he can't find you.

Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.

REPORTER, n. A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words.

Historian - a broad-gauge gossip.