The Washington bee., 1891-09-26

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 oyery
CLINE without a single temple
The sugar that sweetsns life.
The best microscope for finding r.la.
6onship with.
STis q bee that stores honey II you know Eos
to use It.
But it stinEs. and then wings, II you oal,
abuse il.
The only commodity that remains in
fashion from generation TO generation.
The fathers independence, the mother,
satisfaction, the sons snare, and tho
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 bulIseye of ambition.
Hard to get, easy to spend, awkward
10 borrow, and unpleasant to lend
What father wishes for, what mother spends
What old aunts leave rs. what uncle lends:
Boys cannot keep it, and girls soon disperse;
Used right 'tis blessing, used wrong It's
curse.
When we possess love and health
money is the one thing wanted 10 make
life 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. ths
mainstay of the classes, the grand aim Of
the lasses, and the ruin Of the asses
Honest Iago calls it trash, BUT with
many it is next to their religion; witt
some it is religion, and fools throw ug
their interest in both worlds for itS sake
The steam in the great engine Of life.
That which a man struggles for in life,E
and after life leaves for others to strug
gle over.
The guerdon of industry, the will-o'
the-wisp Of Incidence, the servitor Of
love, the sinews of war, the good man,
portion, and the bad mans idol
Money is, next 70 religious faith. th'
mightiest comforter In life, whose value
however, can only be fully appreciated
by those who have both possessed it sDt
have felt its want.
Ammunition for the battle Of life.
Mrs. Grundy's standard of respects
bility.
That which eyeryons desires to Obtain
In order to have the pleasure of parting
with il.
Palm oil.
A most useful commodity, capable d
transmitting to it fortunate posse5su
everything but health and happiness.
That which it is mans mission to gel
and woman'S miSsioA to spend
The dust that blinds all eyes.
Money is like . monster eel, which
everyone is anxious to catch, but, beni
very slippery, it is hard to hold but easy
TO lose.
The shot required in life to hit the tar
get Of success.
Money to a man is like water TO
plant, only useful as long a. it promO's
and facilitates growth; like water in th:
fountain or water in the tank. keep
flowing and it blesses, keepit stagnant and
it injuries.
Money is that which has eagles wings
and yet can not mount SO high as mans
desire.
A commodity invented for the pI
pose of enabling the clever portion d
the community to gain greater sdVsn
tage over the fools than was biEhsrN
possible.
A curse" which everybody Is mos
happy to be blessed with.
A commodity, the value of which =
best appreciated by those who haven
got any.
A tangible expression Of tieke Fof
tunes smile.
The honey pot that has all the "of-
for flies.
The motor of Life, without which 81
Its pleasures and enjOyments would com
to dead stop.
That which, having not, we VA!
having, we want more; having more
want more still; and the more We "
cure the less happy and contented" "
become.
The most unevenly distributed coI
modify on the face Of the earth.
A remedy which cures more coD
plants than all other remedies Pu! "
gether.
A great evil that does a lot of good.
That for which we spend the best 'lp
OF our lives in accommodating and tns
mainder Of our lives in finding means
spending.
A taskmaster to whom everybody -
willing slave.
A capital material for lining P0e'''
with.
A power which the wise use, the w
lsh abuse, and neither refuse.
That by which people lose health 'rs -
happiness in getting, and some get h'1>
and happiness by losing.
The blood that flows through the ''0
Of commerce.
Money is that which nearly eEsEy'r
wants to borrow and fOrgets to pay -
Devils dust. -