FORGETFULNESS

n : A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience. Fork, n. An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth. Formerly the knife was employed for this purpose, and by many worthy persons is still thought to have many advantages over the other tool, which, however, they do not altogether reject, but use to a ist in charging the knife. The immunity of these persons from swift and awful death is one of the most striking proofs of God’s mercy to those that hate Him. FORMA PAUPER IS (Latin). In the character of a poor person—a method by which a litigant without money for lawyers is considerately permitted to lose his case. When Adam long ago in Cupid’s awful court (For Cupid ruled ere Adam was invented) Sued for Eve’s favor, says an ancient law report, He stood and pleaded unhabilimented. “You sue in form a pauper is, I see,” Eve cried; “Actions can’t here be that way prosecuted.” So all poor Adam’s motions coldly were denied: He went away—as he had come—nonsuited. G.J. 111