ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth.

REFERENDUM, n. A law for submission of proposed legislation to a popular vote to learn the nonsensus of public opinion.

Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.

Scribbler, n. A professional writer whose views are antagonistic to one's own.

The sum of religion, says Pythagoras, is to be like him thou worshipest. Had Pythagoras lived in our day he would have seen his mistake. The sum of modern religion is to make him thou worshipest like unto thyself.

SCARABAEUS, n. The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians, allied to our familiar "tumble-bug." It was supposed to symbolize immortality, the fact that God knew why giving it its peculiar sanctity.

INDIFFERENT, adj. Imperfectly sensible to distinctions among things.