Ribaldry, N. Censorious Language By Another Concerning

A Pessimist Asked God For Relief. Ah, You Wish Me To Restore Your Hope And Cheerfulness, Said God. No, Replied The Petitioner, I Wish You To Create Something That Would Justify Them. The World Is All Created,said God, But You Have Overlooked Something

Exile, N. One Who Serves His Country By Residing Abroad, Yet Is Not An Ambassador.

The Ghost Is The Outward And Visible Signs Of An Inward Fear.

Tedium, N. Ennui, The State Or Condition Of One That Is Bored. Many Fanciful Derivations Of The Word Have Been Affirmed, But So High An Authority As Father Jape Says That It Comes From A Very Obvious Source --the First Words Of The Ancient Latin Hymn _te Deum Laudamus_. In This Apparently Natural Derivation There Is Something That Saddens.

Year: A Period Of Three Hundred And Sixty-five Disappointments.