Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-15
G. NJ. ID.
A Medley, Mys,ery, Marvel and a
Miracle.
The Story OF a Dream.

Get money, honestly il you can, but get
money" was foolish fathers advice TO has
son. Get money, if you can honestly, makes
but slight alteration in the words, hut
varies the sentiment considerably. There is
DO harm in making money. 1t answereth
all things. Used rightly 1t is power for
good, and there il money enough in the
world 10 form a lever by which the mass Of
humanity could be liffed, 10 a certain ex-
tent, out of its depths of sorrow aud despair.
Money We must have, for money makes the
mare CO. Some can make money who have
no faculty fer saving. Would you save you
must know how 10 deny those who would
borrow and never repay, we'll a. those
who beg simply because they are too lszy
10 work. There are men who never want to
see you except TO ask the favor OF loan.
Tney will ssk for iust one word with you,
and that one word IL cure 10 be money Au
impecunious fellow met rich acquaintance,
and not liking t. ask directly for = loan,
said, "Friend Smith, ii YOU hsd SO in
your pocket and L was 10 ask you Tor the
loan of s., how many would remain in
your pocket?" Ten dollars TO be sure" re-.
pied the rich man, without II nome nj :
hesitation. He had gumpiion, aud knew
TOO much 10 part with his money by any
such rule of subtraction.
| OF see, said the impecunious 40 thus re-
| buffed. He was able to owe. He was one OF
| the Mica " Der soTt-alwsys waiting for some
thing TO turn up. How like come people
Who sre sick. They think to get well 10y
| letting disease take care OF itself Bat dis
esses 60 not heal themselves, and too late
| their victims full often & d this out 10 theiI
1 sorrow as death seizas upon them. III sd they
been wise in time they might have added
many many years 10 their lease oil life. In,
cure was nigh, as it is nigh TO all who read
this medley. These paragraphs tell th'
story, az 8 patient perusal will prove. Ihos
whe have keen insight add can read between
the lines may solve the conundrum tn
sooner for il, but upon all, light will dswl
ere they read the fusl word OF our story.
Light will dawn, we said, and so II will
light OF hope and help. Light is what
certain individual wanted. Mr.. Jones W
will call him. He was very sick. ConsGmp
ton had fastened its fangs upon him. Ii
had long neglected catarrb, and laughed y
the idea of taking anything for it when ad
vised 10 do go, and 30 went from bad 10 wors'
His lungs became disc ssed, a hacking
churchyard cough racked bin almost |
pieces, aud he was fast wasting away.
, mere shadow of his former self, he scarcel
slept osly to dream horrible dreams. Tai
of nightmare A whole circus trvuTr
! horses and all, seemed 10 make his bed III
, arena Of their wild performances. 10 tn
I case money did not make the mare go, for /
: spent g deal of m oney on doctors and phys,
and was nothing betterea. he ate little, az
? was fast going down 10 an untimely grav
T leaving his wife widow and his four brig
I children orphans, when, 10! on one eventl
e night he dreamed for once bright al
; happy dream, which our next paragraph wi
relate.
# Death, the bsck visaged monster, hi
$ until then stared him in the face, but Il
4 dream brought him hope. He saw a brigE
I, whlte-Tooed angel in his DIRE m, who sal
s 81 come TO bring you good news. Here
o your eurs-sure, safe, harmless, promp', al
h reli bic. Get we'll and seek 10 take heal
!. thereby TO others. Behold the cureW Wi
1t these words the angel was gone, but ere 1
% trail OF light which followed him he'd va
II ished the dreamer saw gil tering in the Zig
:, three golden letters-G. NJ. d. "What c
y it mean% he said TO himself as he aWo
r from his slumber. 81 have b sd a good maj
es dreams before, but never such ihi
IL Startled and surprised be aroused his wi
1e and to her related bis vision. Alas, s
~ could NOT solve the problem. Remember
e. all the medical advice, and the physic, al
- the expense involved since her husband
n came sick, abe expressed the hope that 4
IS letters we're not intended 10 suggest that
Ii Good Many Doctors must yet be consult
in addition to sll that had been interview
He groaned 10 reply and remarked that
he had to consult any more there won
. have to be Gold Mine Discovered in ord
a a TO pay them.
n. Every day for g. week he aud his faithj
le spouse searched diligently Tor key 10
L., 10 a,fsA f,,a nh
y y papers as they happened to have, IL boo
n on plscards on the walls everywhere tn
le sought-hoping to lind a clew. Lett
a. stand for words, and they hoped to lg
US upon the words that should suggest the Gu
al They Grieved many Days over their lack
4, good luck, az they said, and the Good NJ
e. Dreamed again and again, but saw no me
or angels. Hope deferred msketh the hei
"a sick. "Ob, that the angel had Guided
re Definitely and Given More Directions"
n exclaimed, again and again.
e'' Nearly Two weeks had elapsed since
1t night of the Great Mysterious Dream, VIII
~ there came to the house a pamphlet. Fir
% with his exhaustipg Office work, which
still pursued, determining il possible TO ,
in the harness, Jones was about to throw
"a pamphlet in the fire, when something prom
az az ed him to examin. il. Surely, thought
be here can be nothing that will Pierce t
N, Gloom Most Distressing, or Give de, /
heartened, any relief. Poor man, he
worked letters over in his mind, and IN,
-. SO many combinations with them, that u
IT occurred in almost every sentence he utter
mt They entered into his prayers. He4-
a.: Grant Me Deliversnce, he would say, nor
ny disease Grind Ne Down, and so forth,
N minimum, aud mile or two beyond.
:, Mentally tortured and suffering ia ev
ed fiber of his body, what wonder that he r,
IS, page after psge of the pamphlet. Ii va
ng work on Diseases and is he morbid state
his mind its contents seemed 10 suit him.
spoke of almost every disease that hesl
heir TO, but OBJ, joy as he read, Glim
Most Delightful of light stole upon
ed Eureka! Eurekap he cried. "Wife, b
it, / have it."
Every body in the house herd him
eureka, aud rushed in The room 10 hear "
~ he had found. All expected TO see &C
IL Great Miracle Done, and then came the
h. PLANTATION. Simple of course, but why
,s he not thought of it before? Oh wins
nd revelation! Here was hope for him and
a all consumptives. Here, hope for suffer
70 friends and neighbors. That night he sca
., could sleep, but when he did, be again
v. a bright vision Of golden letters, in fac
Ia. Glittering Monogram Dscipher,d read
a and reading G. NJ. D., and again p. P.
ali and yet again F. p, and one huge T, sro
or which these others were entwined, aud {
on w. ID. NJ. A. All the letters blended,
nj each was distinct All he had seen ia
ne book, all he again saw in his vision.
nd Dean Most Glorious. d. NJ. &C..
d. D.-Agsin he rang the changes; backwt
"a forward, every way. Gold Medal Deser'
in' NJ. G. D-Misery's Great Deliverer-
of time would fail TO tell them all. p z
of stood for Perfect Peace Promised for sui
Of ers, and sweet release from Frustrated i
,ss gstorial Pains. And sgain, +. P. was
nv dom promised, and backward, p. f., it
~ came Pain Flses. Now he could get v
nit and once we'll, he would be a missionar
Of Glad Missionary Devoted to the work
es- telling others how they might get deli
mt anc-. H. went through the list of disc
ppt suopg those Of his own acquaintance, 4
nd john Robinson, whose torpid liver gave
no consi ant headache and severe bilious alta
nor on through the list Of those suffering +
i've ulcers, coughs, weak ard diseased lungi
an. his friend, Gen. B., who was as near
70. grave sg he. And for all these, ss vel
A for himself, the Grave May Disappear (
id presen, vision, and each may be Given \
If Decades of life than they had hoped to
re- YEAR,. Against the miider cases be mai
a,v p. p. p. Against the serious ones he MAJ
mn. G. NJ. D., not the Grizzly Monster ID.
few which he so long had dreaded, but 81
mes thing-oh, 70 mucn bs:teT, as We shall /
on. emily see.
Ike In short whil- our hero was well,
on went everywhere Among mis- friends
led neighbour, telling of his good fortune
Il, showing the sick and the suffering how
me. might be healed. Some laughed and
yer. tinued TO suffer, refusing to be healed.
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