I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats.

CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.

REASON, v.i. To weight probabilities in the scales of desire.

An auctioneer is a man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked a pocket with his tongue.

Crowned with leaves of the laurel. In England the Poet Laureate is an officer of the sovereign's court, acting as dancing skeleton at every royal feast and singing-mute at every royal funeral.

PERIPATETIC, adj. Walking about. Relating to the philosophy of Aristotle, who, while expounding it, moved from place to place in order to avoid his pupil's objections. A needless precaution - they knew no more of the matter than he.

FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the same purpose as certain signs that one sees and vacant lots in London