Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-04-19
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Medley, "a Mys- cry, n RIarvcl and n
Miracle.
TIE STONY OF A DREAM.


Medley, Mys,cry, n RIarvcl and
Miracle.
THE STORY OF A DREAM.
Get money honestly il you can, but ge
money!" was foolish fathers advice {
his son. Get money. if you can honestly
makes but n slight alteration in the orde
OF the words. hut varies the sentiment con
siderably. There is no harm in maxim!
money. It answereth all things. UeC
rightly il is power for good, and there il
money enough in the world to form a leve
by which the mass of humanity could be lift
ed, TO certain extent, ont of its depths oi
SORROW and despair. Money we mnst hav,
for money makes the mare 90. Some car
mike money who have no faculty for saving
Would you save you must know how to deny
those who would borrow and never repay. ms
well Gs those who beg simply because they are
too lazy 10 work. There nTe men who never
want TO see you except to ask the favor of a
loan. They will ask for just one word with
you, and that one wori il sure to he money.
An impecupious fellow met rich acquaint-
ance, and not liking TO ask dire tly for n
loan, said, "Friend Smith, if you had ten
dollars in your pocket, and WAS 10 ask you
for the loan of five, how many would rema n
in your pocket" "Ten dollars. TO be sure"
replied the rich man, without n moments
hesitation He had gumption, and knew too
much to part with his money by any such
rule Of subtraction.
Oh, | see, said the impecunious man thus
rebuilel. lie WAS able to owe. lie was
ore of the Micawber sort-always waiting
for something to turn up. How like some
Ieol le who are sick. They think TO get well
by citing disease take care of itself. But
disc lses do not heal themselves, and too late
their victims full often And this out TO their
sorrow as death seizes upon them. Had they
been wise in time they mi yht have added
many yea 5 TO their lease Of life. The cure
was nigh them, rs it is nigh 10 Gil who read
this medley. These paragraphs tell the
story, rs Il patient perusal Will prove. Those
who have keen insight and can read between
tho Line may solve the conundrum the soon
er for it, bat upon all, light will dawn ere
they read the final word of our story.
Light will dawn, we +; Ill. and so ii will,
light of hope and hep. Light is what a
certain individual wanted. Mr.. Jones we
will call him. He was very sick. Consump-
ton had fastened its fangs upon him. He
mad long neglected catarrh and laughed at
the idea of taking anything for it when adj
vlse1 10 do so, aud SO went from bad 10
worse. His lungs became diseased, hack
ing, churchyard cough racked him almost TO
pieces, and he was fast wasting away. A
mere shadow of his former self, he scarcely
slept at oil q night, or slept only to dream
horrible dIeIms. Talk of nightmare! A
whole circns troupe, horses and all, seemed
to make his bed tie al ena Of their wild per-
formances. In this case money did not
make the mare go, for he spe n deal Of
money on doctors and physics and was
nothing hcttored. He ate little, aud was
fast going down TO an untimely grave, leav-
ing his wife widow and his four bright
children orphans, when, 10. on one eventful
night he dreamed for once a bright and
happy dream, which our next paragraph will
relate.
Death, the black-visaged monster. had
until then stared him in the face, but the
dream brought him hope. He saw bright,
whlte-robed angel nj his dream, who said,
Il come to bring you good news. Here
is your cure-sure, safe, harmless, prompt
and reliable. Get well and seek TO take
health thereby 10 others. Behold the curen'
With these words the angel was gone, but ere
the trail Of light which followed him had
vanished the dreamer saw ghttering In the
light three golden letters-G. NJ. ID. "What
can il mean!" he said to himself, as he
awoEe from his slumber. II Lave had a
Good Many Dreams before but never such
as this" Startled and surprised lie aroused
his wife and TO her related his vision. Alas,
she could not solve the problem. Remem-
bering all the medical advice, and the physic,
and the expense involved since her husband
became sick, she expressed the hope that the
letters were not intended 10 suggest that a
Good Many Doctors must yet be consulted
in addition TO all that had been interviewed.
He groaned in reply and remarked that if he
had 10 consult any more the @ would have TO
be Gold Mine Discovered in order to pay
them.
Every day for n week he and his faithful
spouse searched diligently for a key to
the problem. In the dictionary, in such
newspapers as they happened TO have, in
books, on placards on the walls-everyw where
they sought-hoping to find cew. Letters
stand for words, and they hoped TO light
upon the words that should suggest the cure.
They Grieved Many Days over their lack of
good luck, as they said, and the Good Man
Dreamed again and again, but saw no more
angels. Hope deferred maketh the heart
sick. "Oh, that the angel had Guided Ne
Definitely and Given More Directions" he
reclaimed, again and again.
Nearly two weeks had elapsed since the
night of the Great Mysterious Dream, when
there came to ihe house pamphlet. Tired
with his eXhausting Office work, which he
still pursued. determining If possible 10 die
in the harness, Jones was about TO throw
the pamphlet in the fire when something
prompted him TO examine ii. Surely,
thought he, here can be nothing that will
Pierce this Gloon Most Distressing, or Give
Me, Dishearte ed, any relief. Poor man,
he had worked letters over IN his mind, and
made so many COmDlnallOuS with tneln, JLlaC
they occurred in almost every sentence he
uttered. They entered even into his pray
ers. Heaven Grant Me Deliverance, he
would say, nor let disease Grind Ne Down,
and so forth, dd minimum, aid mile or two
beyond.
Mentally tortured and 81 fTering in every
fiber of his body, what won - that Le
read page after page of the pam 'hlet. IL
was work on diseases, and in the morbid
state of his mind its contents seemed to suit
him. It spoke of almost every disease that
flesh is heir to, but oh, JOY! rs he read, a
GLIMPSE Most Delightful of light stole IN
upon him. Eureka! Eureka" he cried.
"Wife, / have it, have it."
Everybody in the house heard him cry
Eureka, and rushed to the room TO hear
what he had found. All expected to see some
Great Miracle Done, and then came the ex-
PLANTATION. Simple, of course, but why had
he not thought of it before? Oh, what rev.
elationl Here was hope for him and for all
Here, hope for suffering
friends and neighhors. That night he scarce
could sleep, but when he did, he again saw
bright vision of golden letters, IN fact,
Monagram Deciphered readily,
and reading G. M. D.; and again 7. T. r;
and yet again f. P. and one huge Z. around
which these Others we're entwlned, and then
w. d. NJ. A. All the letters blended, yet
each was di tinct. All he had seen in the
book all he again saw in his vision.
Dream Most Glorious. d. Nj. G.-G. M.
D.-Again he rang the changes; backward,
forward, every way. Gold Medal Deserved.