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

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

Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world.

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

GUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason.

General," said the commander of the delinquent brigade, "I am persuaded that any further display of valor by my troops will bring them into collision with the enemy.

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