DEGRADATION, n. One of the stages of moral and social progress from private station to political preferment.

Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.

MONSIGNOR- A high ecclesiastical title, of which the Founder of our religion overlooked the advantages.

SACRED, adj. Dedicated to some religious purpose; having a divine character; inspiring solemn thoughts or emotions; as... the Cow in India; the Crocodile, the Cat and the Onion of ancient Egypt.

SARCOPHAGUS, n. Among the Greeks a coffin which being made of a certain kind of carnivorous stone, had the peculiar property of devouring the body placed in it.

Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.

JOSS-STICKS- Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of our holy religion.