SEINE, n. A kind of net for effecting an involuntary change of environment. For fish it is made strong and coarse, but women are more easily taken with a singularly delicate fabric weighted with small, cut stones.

ADDER, n. A species of snake. So called from its habit of adding funeral outlays to the other expenses of living.

If every hypocrite in the United States were to break his leg to-day the country could be successfully invaded to-morrow by the warlike hypocrites of Canada.

Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.

Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.

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

MANICHEISM, n. The ancient Persian doctrine of an incessant warfare between Good and Evil. When Good gave up the fight the Persians joined the victorious Opposition.