The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-09-03

of "a friend" The following is the
answering definition
The first person who comes in when:
the whole world has gone out.
The following are some of the best
definitions submitted.
A Bank of Credit on which we can
draw supplies of Confidence, Counsel,
Sympathy, Help and Love.
When you pockets empty, when your
heart is sad.
When fellow men distrust you. your
name and credit bad,
The man or woman who will then stand
by you and defend,
Must surely be without q doubt q truD and
noble friend.
The image of oneself reflected in the
mirror~ ofemutual esteem apd adec-
ton.
One who loves the truth and you,
and will tell the truth in spite OF
you.
One who considers my need before
my deservings.
One who loves you and lets you know
it:
One who hates your faults, but does not
show it.
The Triple Alliance Of the Three
Great Powers, Love, Sympathy, and
Help.
The essence of pure devotion.
A oofo in which 0no COR tr,yot INV.
thing.
The link in LIES long chain that
bears the greatest strain.
A star of hope in the clouds of ad-
versity.
One who understands our silence.
A volume OF sympathy bound in
cloth.
A jewel, whoselustre the strong acids
of poverty and misfortune cannot
dim.
Ono who smiles on our fortunes,
frowns on our faults, sympathizes
with our sorrows, weeps at our be-
reavements, and is q safe fortress in
all times of trouble.
A diamond in the ring of acquaint-
ance.
One who, having gained the top Of
the ladder, won't forget you if you re-
main at the bottom.
One who in prosperity does not
toady you, in adversely assists you,
in sickness nurses you, and after your
death marries your widow and pro-
vides for your children.
The jewel that shines brightest in
the darkness.
Friendship is the personi6cation of
love and help.
The ripe fruit Of acquaintanceship.
An associate ofhearts in the univers-
ity of good fellowship.
A foolish friend is one who often
causes a man more trouble than two
enemies.
The sunshine of calamity.
Friendship, one soul in two bodies.
A harbor Of refuge from the stormy
waves of adversely.
One who multiplies joys, divides
griefs, and whose honesty is inviola-
bic.
Your second self.
Gods earthly representative.
A balancing pole to him who walks
across the tight-rope of life.
A good banking account.
A second right hand.
The holly of life; whose qualities are
overshadowed in the summer of pros
perity, but blossom forth in the win
ter of adversely.
He who does, not adhere to the say
ing that No. 1 should come first.
A watch which beats true for all
time, and never ''runs down"
An insurance against misanthropy.
An earthly minister of heavenly
happiness.
A friend is 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 to-day, the same to-mor-
row, either in prosperity, adversely,
orsorrow.
One who combines for you alike the
pleasures and benefits of society and
solitude.
The best plaster for the sore cuts Of
misfortune.
One who acts as q balance in the
see-saw of life.
Appointment fertilization when ones
affairs Ire in a state of siege.
A link of gold in the chain of life.
A stimulant to the nobler side of
our nature.
One who guards another's interest
a sacredly as his own, and neither
f1atters nor deceives.
A 10th century rarity.
One who will tell youof your faults
and follies in pros perity, and assist
you with his hand and heart in adver-
sity.
One truer to me than I am to my
self. =.
Brighter Than Diamonds,
An interesting contest recently &C.
Cured in fashionable Partisan life. in
which q brilliant and very wealthy
young lady from South America un-
dertook to outshine, the natives in
her wealth of precious stones. She
first appeared at q dance sparkling