San Francisco is the place where most people were last seen

Hippogriff, n. An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin. The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion and half eagle. The hippogriff was actually, therefore, only one-quarter eagle, which is two dollars and fifty cents in gold. The study of zoology is full of surprises.

RECREATION, n. A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue.

READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories in "dialect" and humor in slang.

CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work.

RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.

The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.