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Show What a Friend Is. This it the prize, definition: : The flrst person who cornel in when the whole : : world has gone out. : i ; ; The following are some of the best definitions defini-tions submitted: A bank of credit on which wt ean draw supplies of confident, counsel, sympathy, help and love. One who considers my need before my de-servings. de-servings. The triple alliance of the three gieat powers, pow-ers, love, sympathy and help. One who understands our silence. A jewel, wbose luster the strong acids of poverty and misfortune cannot dim. One who smiles on our fortunes, frown ou our faults, sympathises with our sorrows, sor-rows, weeps at our bereavements, and is a safe fortress at all times of trouble. One who, gaining the top of the ladder, won't forget you If you remain at the bottom. bot-tom. One who in prosperity does not toady you, in adversity assists you. in sickness nurses you, and after your death marries your widow and provides for your childrec. The holly of life, whose qualities are overshadowed over-shadowed lu the summer of prosperity, but blossom forth in the winter of adversity. lie who does not adhere to the saying that No. 1 should come first. A watch which brats true for all time, and never "runs down." All insurance against mUanthropby. An earthly minister of heavenly happiness. A friend i like ivy the greater the ruin, the closer he clings. One who to himself is true, and therefore must be so to you. The same today, the same tomorrow, either In prosperity, adversity or sorrow. One who combines for yon alike the pleasure pleas-ure aud benehts of society and solitude. One who is a balance in the seesaw of life. One who guards another's interest as his own and neither natters or deceive. A nineteenth century rarity. One who will tell you of yonr faults and follies in prosperity and assist you with his band and heart in adversity. One trner to me than I am myself. London Lon-don Tid-Blts. |