AFFLICTION, n. An acclimatizing process preparing the soul for another and bitter world.

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

Loquacity, n. A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.

General," said the commander of the delinquent brigade, "I am persuaded that any further display of valor by my troops will bring them into collision with the enemy.

INTERPRETER, n. One who enables two persons of different languages to understand each other by repeating to each what it would have been to the interpreter's advantage for the other to have said.

CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity. An Italian proverb says: "The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses."

CANNON, n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries.