PANDEMONIUM, n. Literally, the Place of All the Demons. Most of them have escaped into politics and finance, and the place is now used as a lecture hall by the Audible Reformer.

Potable, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find it palatable only when suffering from the recurrent disorder known as thirst, for which it is a medicine.

Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.

Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.

The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misdemeanors.

Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.

Duck-bill, n. Your account at your restaurant during the canvas-back season.