An appellate court which reverses the judgment of a popular author's contemporaries, the appellant being his obscure competitor.

ILLUSTRIOUS, adj. Suitably placed for the shafts of malice, envy and detraction.

REPRESENTATIVE, n. In national politics, a member of the Lower House in this world, and without discernible hope of promotion in the next.

Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.

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

Pertaining to a certain order of architecture, otherwise known as Normal American. Most of the public buildings of the United States are of the Ramshackle order, though some of our earlier architects preferred the Ironic. Recent additions to the White House in Washington are Theo-Doric, the ecclesiastic order of the Dorians. They are exceedingly fine and cost one hundred dollars a brick.

PIANO, n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It is operated by depressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the audience.