The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-10
g. M. u. m
Medley. nrys,,,sssi nrys,,sssi. : nIarvoi Hnd :
THE STORY OF A DREAM,

siderably. There is NO harm in making
money. 1t answereth all things. USE
money enough in tho world to form leye
by which, the mass of humanity could be lift
cd, to certain extent, out of its depths o.
sorrow and despair. Money we must hav
make money who havo no faculty for saving
Would you save you must know how to den!
those who would borrow and never repay, n
we'll as those who beg simply because thoy ar'
too lazy to work. There are mon who neye
want to see you except to ask tho favor Of !
loan. They will ask for just one word will
you, and that ono word is sure to DO money
An ilnpecunious follow met q rich aoquaint-
ance, and not liking to ask dire ,tly for
loan, said, "Friend Smith, if you had ter
in your pockot?' "Ten dollars, to be sure
replied the rich man, without q moments
hesitation. He had gumption, and knew toe
rule of subtraction.
On, see, said tho impecunious man thus
rebnfteu; He was able to owo. He was
one of the Micawber sort-always waiting
people who are sick. They think to got we'll
by letting disease take care of iteelf. But
Diseases do not heal themselves, and too late
theirsvictims full oftcn find this out to their
boon wise in timo they might have added
many years to thoir lease of life. Tho euro
was nigh them, as it is nigh to all who read
this medley. These paragraphs tell the
story, ms patient perusal will provo. Those
who have keon insight and can road between
the lines may solyo tho conundrum the soon-
or for it, but upon all, light will dawn orc
they road tho final word of our story.
:: light will dawn, wo said, and 80 it will,
certain individual wanted. Mr.. Jones wo
will call him. He was very sick. Consump-
ton had fastened its fangs upon him. .U6s
>hRd long neglected catarrh, and lausllaIsSd ut
tm idea of taking anything for i, R@liSn ud. d.
worse His lungs shsGtscsisin hssGcisino discussed, a hMck-
ing, mel ehnre4Agssfd Cough raclscd him almost to
pieces, Nd he was fast wasting away. A
, llore 81 s,''' w of his former solf, no scarcely
taept tp,I. Ht y at night, or slopt only to dream
n9rrlolG n'na1a o; oams. Talk of nightmare! A
whole cir$3s troupe horses and all, seemed
- nlmho bed Tho arena Of their wild pcr-
Aoriill"Ince& ilne& In this case money did not
mnKe .heyharo go, for ho spont dcul Of
money doctors and physics and was
nothlhG fettcrcd. Ho ato littlo, and was
inst ; Eon@ down to m untimcly grave, lcay-
Ing MS @Sifo q widow and his four bright
cmiurenXorphans, when, 10! on ono evontful
nlght dreamed for once q bright md
"a"ts rc!"ts ss'''m' which our next paragraph will
ieath, tho black -visagod monster, had
Until thon stared him III tho face, but tho
dream brought him hope. Ilc saw u bright,
Mhito-robed angel in his dream, who said,
II como to bring you good news. Here
is your curo--surc, snfe, harmless, prompt
and reliable. Got we'll ana seok to tako
health thereby to others. Behold the curo!"
With thcso words tho angel was gono, but ero
tho trail of light which followed him had
vanished tho dreamer saw glittoring in the
light threo golden lotters-G. NJ. ID. "Whut
can it mcan?' he said to himself, IA ho
awoke from his slumher. 81 have had Il
Good Many Dreams before, but never such
fl,In Had al
his wife and to her related his vision. Alas,
sho could not solve the problem. Remum-
bering all the medical advice, and the rhysic,
and tho expense involved since her husband
became sick, shc expressed the hope that tho
letters wore not intended to suggest that
Good Many Doctors must yot be consulted
in addition to all TINT had been interviewed.
He groaned i'll reply and remark oil that if ho
had to consult any moro thore would have to
be Gold Mine Discovered in order to pay
them.
Every day for week he and his faithful
spouse searchoi diligently for key TO
the problem. In tho dictionary, in such
newspapers, ns they happened to have, in
books, OH placnrds OIL the walls--evcrywher
they songht-hopina to find GLOW. Letters
staud for words, and thoy hoped to LIGHT
upon tho words that should suggest tho cure.
They Gricved Many Days over thoir lack of
good luck, ms they said, and the Good Man
Dreamed again and again, but saw no moro
angels Hopo deferred maketh tho honrt
sick. ooh, TINT tho angel had Guided Me
Definitely and Given More Diroctions," no
exclaimed, again and again.
Nearly two wceks had elapsed since tho
night of tho Great Mysterious Dream, whom
there came to tho house Il pamphlet. Tired
with his exhausting oilico work, which he
still pursued, determining if possible to die
III the harness, Jones was about to throw
tho pamphlet III the fire whom something
prompted him to oxamine it. Surely,
thought he, horo cnn be nothing that will
Pierce this Gloom Most Distressing, or Give
Mo, Dishcnrtoned, any relief. Poor man,
he had worked lctters ovcr in his mind, and
made so many combinations with them, that
they occurred in almost every sentence he
uttered. Ihoy entered even into his pray
ers Heaven Grant Mo Dcliverancc, no
would say, nor lot disease Grind Mo Down,
and 80 forth, at indnitt.m, and milo or two
beyond.
Montally tortured and suffering In ever,
fber of his body, what wonder TINT he
read page after page Of tho pamphlet. Ii
was work OH diseases, and in tho morbid
state of his mind its contents soomod to suit
him. It spoke Of almost ovory disenso that
Glimpse Most Delightful Of light stole in
upon him. "Euroka! Eurcka!" no cried.
"Wifc, Ihavo it, have it."
- Everybody i'll tho house heard him cry
what he had found. All expected to SEQ some
Grent Miracle Done, and thon camo tho OK
planation. Simple, of course, but why had
he not thought of il bcforc2 Oh what row
olation! Hero was hope for him and for all
cconsumptives. Here, hope for suffering
frie, dS ana neighhors That night he scarce
could sleep, but whom no did, ho again saw II
bright vision of golden lottcrs, in fact. n
Glittcring Monogram Dcriphorod readily
anu rondlng q. nj. d.; and again p. T.. r..
and yet again +. p; and one hugo p, around
which these Others wore cntwincd and then
W. ID. NJ. a. All tho letters blondcd, yet
each was distinct. All he had soon in tho
book, oil he again saw in his vision.
Dream Most Glorious. ID. NJ. &C.. nj.
D.-Again ho rang the changes; backward,
forward, every way Gold Medal Deserved
Nj. q. D.-Aliscry's Great Delvcrcr, till
time would fail to tell them all. p. p. =.
stood for Perfect Peace Promised for suf-
terors. and sweet release from Frustrating
Purg4torial Pains. And again Il. p. was
Freedom Promised and backward, p. T., it
became Pain Flccs. Now he could got woll
and once we'll, ho would be n missionary, Il
Glad Missionary Devoted to tho work Of
telling other" how they might got deliver
anco. lie went through tho list of diseases
among In $50 of his own acquaintance, from
John Robinson, whose torpid liver gave him
constant headache and severe bilious attacks,
on through tho list Of those suffering from
ulcers coughs, weak and diseased lungs, to
hls friend, General D, who was rs near
the grave as he, And for all these, as VOL
ns Tor himself, the Grave May Disappear from
present vision, and oach may bo Given More
Decades OF life than they had hoped to have
years. Against the mldor cases no marked
L. +. =. Against tho serious cases he
marked g. Nj. d., not tho Grizzly Monster
Death, which he SO long had dreaded, but
solhething-oh, 80 much bottcr, rs wo shall