Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.

Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.

ETHNOLOGY, n. The science that treats of the various tribes of Man, as robbers, thieves, swindlers, dunces, lunatics, idiots and ethnologists.

SCARABAEUS, n. The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians, allied to our familiar "tumble-bug." It was supposed to symbolize immortality, the fact that God knew why giving it its peculiar sanctity.

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

Opportunity: A favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.

The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.