The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-03-11

The city council Of Minneapolis,
MINI, has given $4,000 TO help e.?t enter
-saii2 ssai2 ske he Knights Of Pythias during
their international Encampment in
that city io August.
FRIENDSHIP.
True friendship is as rare as the
precious and costly jewels that sdorn
princes brow; as beautiful and
grand as the gorgeous sunset which
makes the earth seem ss though it
was enchanted ground; as strong and
firm as some giant rock which dashes
back the angry waves of old ocean as
they foam and swell and surge around
it, which, in storm and tempest IS
well IS in sunshine, stands stesdtast
and erect, which its aspiring top still
pointing toward heaven. Friendship
is 9 word which only the pase, the
gentle, and the good should use; the
foul-hesrted should never breathe it,
lest it should be sullied, AS the soft ftshin-
ing plume Of some soaring bird would
be With too near contact With she
earth. Few persons there gre 10 sh;s
world Who know snd have felt CHAT
true friendship is; yet it is ss old ss
the first ioundstion Of society, end
there is scarce one ancient writer ex-
tant who hes not said something in
praise a it. o. this We hsve 0 fne
example in the story Of David and
Jonathan, ss recorded in the second
book of Samuel In the ssme and
sacred oracles we are told that love
is stronger than death, and even the
great Redeemer OF the world had
beloved disciple
Friendship is finely described in
the following stauza by the pious and
ingenious Dr.. Watts:
"Ftiendsh;p, thou charmer Of the mind.
The sweet deludins i'll;
Tie brightest moments mortais dnd.
And sharpest pains We feel.
Fate has divided all our shares.
OF pleasure and Of pain;
In love the friendship and the cares
Are mixed and joined again."
This earth would indeed be aD el-
ysium OF bliss we're the profession Of
friendship more than name. Tet
there are some true and noble natures
which feel and appreciate the kindly
courtesy Of goodwill, whose souis
long for aud grant the feeling of
kindness that characterizes 0 high
souled man.
Worldly friendship is blooming
yet scentless flower, bright with
beauty when the sun warns and
refreshes it, but when the chill frost
comes it withers and fades, leaving
not even fragrance to tell what it
has been.
True friendship, like the SOUL never
dies. Though the foul and pestilen-
tial breath of SANDER, the fetid breezes
of calumny, the poisonous miasm of
hypocrisy, encircle and play around
the object of our affections; though
demon in the garb of an angel of
light comes to US to tell US that the
one We love is unworthy, yet will true
friendship dispel the impure atmos-
phere, spurn the charge, and cling
more closely to the loved one. I'm
like what Goldsmith says, I maintain
that true friendship is more than "a
name" it is gem, which, though it
be not as brilliant as when it first
cleaned untarnished in the fair Gar
den of Eden, serves to make onr
cold world brighter, better. and hap. !
pier from its light. What would lite
be without friendship? Troubles
msy come, and poverty, with ali its
catalogue of woes, may
surround US; the world may scorn,
desert betray-yet kindly glance
from the eye of one who loves US,
we'll. timid word OF comfort and hope
from some friendly voice, wilE dis
pei the gloom, and make life sladder
from its soothing sympathy.
Sunshine is not the time in which
TO test the strength Of friendship. Al,
no! the smile Of prosperity will draw
a crowd of kindly faces, which the
Erown of adversely will scatter, cen
as chill autumn scstters the chang
ing foliage to the winds.
We know full we'll that the soul OF
man yearns for sympathy. Compsr-
ship with high and noble natures
slevates and puri6es the heart, e1-
oands the better feelings and adds
new light and Joy and beauty to life.
Friendship is ever gentle, true as
he planets in their orbits, faithful in
youth. and manhood, and old age
more closely as years andwoes
Increase. The sun may shine bright
y, We may possess ali the comforts
.hst wealth can procure, the rosease
1ue OF health may tinge our cheeks
9TH Q brighter glow, we may glory
a the vigoz OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
he friendship of some true, loving