Rumor, N. A Favorite Weapon Of The

Friendless. Having No Favors To Bestow. Destitute Of Fortune. Addicted To Utterance Of Truth And Common Sense.

Witticism. A Sharp And Clever Remark, Usually Quoted And Seldom Noted; What The Philistine Is Pleased To Call A Joke.

Conversation: A Fair For The Display Of The Minor Mental Commodities, Each Exhibitor Being Too Intent Upon The Arrangement Of His Own Wares To Observe Those Of His Neighbor.

Degradation, N. One Of The Stages Of Moral And Social Progress From Private Station To Political Preferment.

Diagnosis, N. A Physician's Forecast Of Disease By The Patient's Pulse And Purse.