St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-27

Of the best definitions submitted:
The reward that SweetenS labor.
The balance that adjusts the scales in
well-nigh every transaction of human
life.
The recognized measure of value and
medium of exchange.
Money is an idol, worshiped in every
cline without a single temple.
The sugar that sweetens life.
The best microscope for finding rela-
tionship with.
IT'S bee that stores honey if you know how
to use ii,
But it stings. and then wings, if you only
abuse it.
The only commodity that remains in
fashion from generation to generation.
The fathers independence, the moth
er's satisfaction, the sons snare and the
daughters blessing.
The god of the miSer. the plaything of
the rich, the joy of the middle classes
and the envy of the poor.
The bull's-eye of ambition.
Hard to get, easy to spend, awkward
to borrow and unpleasant to lend.
What father wishes for, what mother spends;
What old aunts leave us, what uncle lends:
Boys cannot keep it. and girls soon dispense;
Used right it's a blessing. used wrong It's
curse.
When we possess love and health,
money is the one thing wanted to make
lite worth living.
The travellers best pocket companion.
One of the umpires in the game of
life played between Happiness versus
Misery.
The best friend of the masses, the
1ainStay of the classes, the grand aim
pf the laSsieS and the ruin of the asses.
Honest Iago calls it trash. but with
many it is next to their religion; with
some it is religion, and fools throw
up their interest in both worlds for its
seko
fAe steam is-the great engine of life.
ghatwhieh a man struggles for IN
fife, and after life leaves for others to
struggle over.
The guerdon of industry, the will-'o-
the-wlsp of Incidence, the servitor of
love, the sinews of war, the good mans
portion and the bad mans Idol.
Money is, next to religious faith, the
mightiest comforter in life, whose value,
however, can only be fully appreciated
by those who have both possessed it and
have felt its want.
Ammunition for the battle of life.
Mrs. Grundy's standard of respecta-
bility.
That which everyone desires to OBJ
tain in order to have the pleasure of
parting with it.
Palm oil.
A most useful commodity. capable of
transmitting to Its fortunate poSsesSor
everything but health and happiness.
That which it is mans mission to get
and woman's mission to spend.
The Mint sauce which suits every
palate.
The dust that blinds all eyes.
Money is like montser eel, which
every one is anxious to catch, but, be-
ing very slippery, it is hard to hold but
easy to lose.
The shot required in life to hit the
target of success.
A child's tear-dispelIer.
The counters" used in the game of
fife.
Money to q man is like water to
plant, only useful as long as it promotes
and facilitates growth; like water in
the fountain or water in the tank, keep
it flowing and it blesses, keep it stag
nant and it Injuries.
Money is that which has eagles
wings, and yet cannot mount so high as
mans desire.
A commodity invented for the pur-
pose of enabling TIE clever portion of
the community to gain greater advan-
tage over the fools than was hitherto
possible.
A course" which everybody is most
happy to be blessed with.
A commodity, the value of which is
best appreciated by those who havn't
got any.
A tangible expression of tickle For
tunes smile.
a sign language that holds good
throughout the world.
The honey pot that has all tie world
for flies.
The only altar before which all man
kind worships.
The motor of life, without which all
pleasures and enjoyments would come
TO dead stop.
That which, having not, we want:
having, we want more; having more,
we want more still; and the more we
secure the less happy and contented we
become.
The most unevenly distributed COM
modify on the face of the earth.
A remedy which cures. more COM
plants than all other remedies put to-
gether.
A great evil that does lot of good.
The sole qualification required to rem