CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.

One of the greatest of poets, Coleridge was one of the wisest of men, and it was not for nothing that he read us this parable. Let us have a little less of "hands across the sea," and a little more of that elemental distrust that is the security of nations. War loves to come like a thief in the night; professions of eternal amity provide the night.

PASTIME, n. A device for promoting dejection. Gentle exercise for intellectual debility.

Here's to woman! Would that we could fold into her arms without falling into her hands.

There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only.

There would be far fewer accidents if we could only teach telephone poles to be more careful.

Backbite: To ''speak of a man as you find him'' when he can't find you.