The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-03-29
FRIENDS AND FRIENDS.
Peck,s Sun.l

There are friends and friends in this world, young man, and ii behooves you to select with care those whom you are to make your intimates and those whom yea are to merely cor sider in friendly light. It is no easy matter for you to do this. You will certainly meet with dis appointment in your selections. but il is far better to have made the endeavor. IS by Il you will gain valuable experience
 Young man, there arc peope in this world, who knowing your weakness for sorse pleasure or some failing in appetite, will cater to that failing and weakness simply to nave jour company, beng as you certainly sse when such IS ,he case. so far above them intellectually and morally that your company gives 10 them an air of responsibility which they could hot under other circumstances. possess yet while i; does this for them II lowers you ou will not perceive il !; hrst. 5u; continuance n their society will have i,s effect on the community al large, and before you are fairly aware of i,, you wiii ind your prestige gone and your in- fiuentiAl friends hesi,atihg to give you that support which speeds a young man on to success in life. You cannot eNrect to go into good society or hold an honor able position in business lfyou are in the habit of associating with those who tr.q2ent low dance house, gambling rooms, and other places of questionable reputation. You carrot expect 10 hold the confidence and esteem of yeur efn- pioycr, If you associate with those who make practice af visiting such places as mentioned above. You will also ind. when you have fallen. that those whose company you used 10 seek and wi;h whom you used te lain in sheir questionable pleasures, will De the very irst to desert you In your trouble. They are fair weather friends. You can tell them easily enough by thelr conversation They never have positive opinion and while they never neglect to talk abon; a person .ho !s absent, yet when they nee, that person they are cordial and friendly-in fact, they arc too much SO.
 Young man, Il you lave gained the friendship of one ".0 IS positive in his opinions who will go ou, of his way .o 9ive you boost who Is ever ready 70 assist you by word, deed or Tn financial way: who despises the society of the low. though polite 10 those beneath his moral O. intellectual digHi,y; who makes fea intimate friends and bu, one confidential friend and that you, you have found true friend, and one on whom you can depend In time Of trouble even better. fl tha; could be, than when prosperity smiles on you. A genuine, true, sincere friend l IS one who " weep, with you when you weep and laughs with you when you laugh You are par, of his very beng and an injury done to you is felt to be an injury to himself. There is TO halfway | business with him. 1, Is the whole or i nothing: He will not hesitate to tell you | your failings in frank straightforward i manner and will thank you for doing the | same by him. This kind of frieHd IS | rare and If you have such stick to him. l
 Young man, just sit down and look | over the list of your so-called friends. l How many actually i'll the requirements of true friend as described above . Have you one on the list E? If you have stick 10 him even if 1t IS necessary to dis card all the others. They. mus, be satisfied with a polite treatment and | should never be considered more than passing acquaintances. I, may be hard i 10 do this Tn some cases, but 1t is for your [ own interest and success in lite that you | do il. for if by their association you are l not made the better it would be nothing | more or less than suicide to your future. !! There are friends and friends. Friends i by politcness -fair-wca.her friends-and 1 true friends-friends who are a help to 1 you and who strive with you to final i success.