Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1883 — Definilions. [ARTICLE]

Definilions.

Bath.—The leveler—a tub in which King, burgher and peasant look and act alike. m Bummer. —A philosopher; the latterday name for a modern Diogenes, derived from the Greek word TiirtMp. Soldier. —A machine working automatically; powerful for autocrats; powerless for democrats. Thieviug.—A too-visible appropriation of another person’s goods; called speculation when artistically done. Honor.—An invisible quality that men swear by, not act by; a colloquial phrase. • Army. —A conglomeration of atoms, that one atom" may raise* itself alxrve the others. Happiness.-r-An abstract term, meaning absence of misery. Blue Blood.—'A life stream tinged blue with the dregs of centuries. Politician.—A human sac-simile of the Koeley motor ; a thing of promise and of little worth.— The Judge.