=TROUBLE= Something that many are looking for but no one wants.
=TRUST= A small body of capital entirely surrounded by water.
=TWINS= Insult added to Injury.
=TWISTERS=
[Ill.u.s.tration]
An undesirable thing to have on hand.
It"s a wise son who can get two birds with One Bone.
U V
There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to Fortune--But most of us catch our watered stock on the ebb.
=UMBRELLA= A good thing to put up in a shower--or p.a.w.n-shop; but, like skating, never seen after Lent.
=UNBOSOMED=
[Ill.u.s.tration]
A shirt just returned from a steam laundry.
=UNION= An ailing individual frequently troubled by scabs and liable to strike without warning.
=UMPIRE= No jeweler, but a high authority on diamonds.
=USHER= One who takes a leading part in a theatre.
=VACCINATION= Where "jabbing the needle" is never a vice.
=VAUDEVILLE= From Lat. _vaut_, good for, and _villageois_, countryman. Good for countrymen.
=VERANDA=
[Ill.u.s.tration]
An open-air enclosure often used as a spoon-holder.
=VEST= A waistcoat sold at halfprice.
=VIRTUE= A quality oftentimes a.s.sociated with intelligence, but rarely with beauty.
=VULGARITY= The conduct of others.
A rolling stone gathers no moss--except at roulette.
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But a stony roll always gathers the stony stare.
=WAITER= An Inn-experienced servant.