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

Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.

Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.

We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.

GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disputes which might become troublesome if left unadjusted. By most writers the invention of gunpowder is ascribed to the Chinese, but not upon very convincing evidence. Milton says it was invented by the devil to dispel angels with, and this opinion seems to derive some support from the scarcity of angels.

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

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