Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1898 — DEVIOUS DEFINITIONS. [ARTICLE]

DEVIOUS DEFINITIONS.

Cipher—feiuet 'lug that a man can always got for nothing. Jackpot—A ve -el sometimes used for the cocking of “g;, cns.” Ignorance—S m>< :;r.-.--s it's bliss, and sometimes it’s blisters. Ambition —The f ling that you want to do something that you can’t. Clove—A scent times used to disguise the breath of .-ur-.picion. Cheat—What the other fellow does when you get mo worst of tin; bargain. Compromise—A n agree mem ;>y which both parlies get v. hat they don’t want. Egg—Soniothim.r that a hen lays simply because she is unable to’stand it on end. Miss—Something that is better than a mile if she is neither lob old nor too young.