Miss, n. A title which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market.

LIVER, n. A large red organ thoughtfully provided by nature to be bilious with. The sentiments and emotions which every literary anatomist now knows to haunt the heart were anciently believed to infest the liver; and even Gascoygne, speaking of the emotional side of human nature, calls it "our hepaticall parte." It was at one time considered the seat of life; hence its name- liver, the thing we live with.

GNU, n. An animal of South Africa, which in its domesticated state resembles a horse, a buffalo and a stag. In its wild condition it is something like a thunderbolt, an earthquake and a cyclone.

DEJEUNER, n. The breakfast of an American who has been in Paris. Variously pronounced.

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.

PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that - stone walls do not a prison make.

When among the graves of thy fellows, walk with circumspection; thine own is open at thy feet.