ENCOMIAST, n. A special (but not particular) kind of liar. END, n. The position furthest removed on either hand from the Interlocutor. The man was perishing apace Who played the tambourine: The seal of death was on his face-- 'T was pallid, for't was clean. "This is the end," the sick man said In faint and failing tones. A moment later he was dead, And Tambourine was Bones. Tinley Roquot. ENOUGH, pro. All there is in the world if you like it. Enough is as good as a feast--for that matter Enougher 's as good as a feast and the platter. Arbely C. Strunk. ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any kind of amusement whose inroads stop short of death by dejection. ENTHUSIASM, n. A distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. Byron, who recovered long enough to call it "entuzy-muzy," had a relapse which carried him off--to Missolonghi. ENVELOPE, n. The coffin of a document; the scabbard of a bill; the husk of a remittance; the bed-gown of a love-letter. ENVY, n. Emulation adapted to the meanest capacity. EPAULET, n. An ornamented badge, serving to distinguish a military officer from the enemy--that is to say, from the officer of lower rank to whom his death would give promotion. EPICURE, n. An opponent of Epicurus, an abstemious philosopher who, holding that pleasure should be the chief aim of man, wasted no time in gratification of the senses. EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterized by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom. Following are some of the more notable epigrams of the learned and ingenious Dr. Jamrach Holobom: We know better the needs of ourselves than of others. To serve oneself is economy of administration. In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass, and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity. There are three sexes: males, females, and girls. Beauty in women and distinction in men are alike in this: they seem to the unthinking a kind of credibility. Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of. While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands you are safe, for you can watch both his. Woman would be more charming if one could fall into her arms without falling into her hands. Think not to atone for wealth by apology: you must make restitution by a loan to the accuser. Study good women and ignore the rest, For he best knows the sex who knows the best. Before undergoing a surgical operation arrange your temporal affairs. You may live. Intolerance is natural and logical, for in every dissenting opinion lies an assumption of superior wisdom. "Who art thou?" said Saint Peter at the Gate. "I am known as Memory." "What presumption!--go back to Hell. And who, perspiring friend, art thou?" "My name is Satan. I am looking for--" "Take your penal apparatus and be off."