A miracle is an act or event out of the order of nature and unaccountable, as beating a normal hand of four kings and an ace with four aces and a king.

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.

LEAD, n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used in giving stability to light lovers - particularly to those who love not wisely but other men's wives.

GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism.

PANTOMIME, n. A play in which the story is told without violence to the language. The least disagreeable form of dramatic action.

A comely female inhabiting the Mohammedan Paradise to make things cheery for the good Mussulman, whose belief in her existence marks a noble discontent with his earthly spouse, whom he denies a soul.