Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.

Houseless: Having paid all taxes on household goods.

LINEN, n. "A kind of cloth the making of which, when made of hemp, entails a great waste of hemp."

NECTAR, n. A drink served at banquets of the Olympian deities. The secret of its preparation is lost, but the modern Kentuckians believe that they come pretty near to a knowledge of its chief ingredient.

MAGNETISM, n. Something acting upon a magnet. The two definitions immediately foregoing are condensed from the works of one thousand eminent scientists, who have illuminated the subject with a great white light, to the inexpressible advancement of human knowledge.

Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.

Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.