The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-11-03
The Coming Dictionary.

LIE coming Dlctlonary.
From the Girl Of the Period Miscellany.
HAIR H.. A flexible substances GROWN,
| out OF the skin. but. at the present day
not, MS II rule, out OF the skin Of tn
wearer q covering for the head to b.
had OF any color or pattern, like ever,
other article ofsdress. 4
HArR-DyE. n. A compuund generally poison
Gus, the sale ofwhich enables Its Ven
doris to change into gold the lead o
which it mostly consists.
HAND, n. A part Of the arm which lady
bestOws and gentleman seeks, in mon
ey.matches, when anything like heart il
entirely out of the question which tn,
gentleman is said to pop. e,, ,.e
HAPPINESS, n. The aim and end of life
too often, unfortunately, the end
HARMONY, n. An indispensable element il
all the parts of a musical composition
but frequently found wanting in the ten
or Of married life. ~, -
HARP, n. A musical instrument, not Sc
much adapted to please the ear as t.
afford fair performer the opportunity
for displaying fine arm. Consequent
ly, when short sleeves went out the harr
was neglected. The harp may be de
fined as doing for graceful arm what
craquet does for "A we'll turned ankle,
HASH, n. An amateur performance, the
atrical and musical. a. 4aa. 2 s4os
Hat, n. a portion finale attire. Origi
+ nally it was graceful and coming; al
present it is only becoming more hideous
every day. 1t is supposed to shade the
wearer from the sun and protect HIN
from the rain hut, as it does neither
the superstition is pfrfectly gratuitous
though the hat itself is generally quite
the contra y. being high in price, how.
ever low in the crown.
HEAD, n. A portion of the human body
intended by nature to produce hair and
contain brains, but frequently as empty
inside us it's bare out. IA. 81 FL.
HEALTH, n. One of two elsments--the
other being wealth which. when com.
bined. form pleasant effervescing mix.
ture, called human happiness.
HEART, n. A physical necessity in man Z
system as created by Nature, but fire..
qnently considered shpprfni,y in the
system pursued by himself 7'n-.a "
HErREss, II. An agreeable kind Of young
lady, considerably instituted by Nature
for the benefit of gentlemen mot unfre-
quenty 1rish) endowed with liberal
tastes, but possessing only restricted
means Of gratifying them }f
HERALDRY, n. a so-called art; the only
art about it, however, being the art dis.
played by its professor in gaining money
by the preservation of large colored
picture book system, invented for bplted
Jearls and brave knights who were unable
to read, just as sign-bonrds once hung
over our shops to guide hackney coach.
men and chairmen equally hlitefate, il
less noble.
HEREsY, H.. A name bestowed with CHARM
ing impartially on the most opposite
tenets, according to the sect to which II
man belongs IS ff<i
Hero. n. A person supposed to be supe
rior to his fellow men, but unable we
are told, to impose on his valet de cham
bre. II this he true. he is very foolish
to keep one.
HERo-woRsHIPER, n. All Insignificant in
dividunl, who hopes to attract attention
by, the noise he makes about some one
else.
HIERoGLYPH1cs. n. pl. Mysterious charac-
tiers employed by the ancient Egyptian
priests for concealins the meaning OF
what they wrote from any person but
themselves. 1t is Il subject Of general
regret that some modern authors do not
adopt herogyiyphics to conceal, not
their meaning, but the want it.
History. n. In far too many instances, a
base alloy of party prejudice aud Sec
tartan perversions. electrotyped with a
thin coating of fact, SO as to make it
resemble truth.
HoARsE, adj. Idle; disciplined to Gil ones
professional duties; applied to some
public singers.) ,.Hfg
HOLLAND, mp. A large tract Of water,
principally canals, intersected here and
there by little land, and bounded on
the west and north by the North Sea.
HoMIcIDAL, adj. Anti-domestic home
annihiiating. s215ail G8!A g&
HONESTY, n. A flower; also virtue once
characterizing the mercantile community
Of Great Britain. The flower is still
found. 9f}5H
HONEYMOON, MA month in which many
persons appear to exhaust all the sweets
of matrimoDy, 80 MS TO have hone left
for the rest of their married life. 10
HoNoR (CoDE or) n. A set Of rules sane
timed by society for the especial benefit
Of it's most disrepatable membersy and
according to which man may with i'm
punity injure another most deeply and
oirreparably, provided he is prepared, to-
shoot him altPrward--not to pnt his
victim out of misery. but to PROVE that
he himself Is man of honor, fact
which otherwise would be incredible.
This portion Of the code has fallen into
great disrepute in England. Another
portion Of it is, however, still very
Furnishing. This Is the portion rela.
ting toJ"Debts to Honor" which is skill
fully framed, so as to enable men of
honor to defraud honest tradesmen IN
der the pretence Of satisfyins their obi
cations TO persons of, u different stamp
generally gamblers and blacklegs.
HUSBAND, n. Too frequently tyrannical
-monomaniac, who is unjustly allowed by
the law to be the head of the family, and
fancies that his wife has no right to
spend her own time and his money as
she chooses. is I rs Pn4
RoBINsoN GRUsoE's IsI4AND.--The island
Of Juan Fernandez, about four hundred
miles from the coast of Chill, is the seat