MINISTER, n. An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility. In diplomacy, an officer sent into a foreign country as the visible embodiment of his sovereign's hostility.

Cat: a soft indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things go wrong in the domestic circle.

REASON, v.i. To weight probabilities in the scales of desire.

HYENA, n. A beast held in reverence by some oriental nations from its habit of frequenting at night the burial-places of the dead. But the medical student does that

EXHORT, v.t. In religious affairs, to put the conscience of another upon the spit and roast it to a nut-brown discomfort.

Hurry n: The dispatch of bunglers.

Economy, n. Purchasing the barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford.