Cribbage, n. A substitute for conversation among those to whom nature has denied ideas.

A chop is a piece of leather skillfully attached to a bone and administered to the patients at restaurants.

CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity. An Italian proverb says: "The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses."

REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not inconsistent with continuity of sin.

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

Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning is the wisdom of the unwise, and ferocity the courage of the coward.

Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.