The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-10-05
BAD DREAMS PUT 10 FLIGHT.
sleeping Cross.LeggeA Will Insuee = /
Night of sweet Reposos sa
rph,ladelphia Record,

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lPhhadelphia Necord.l
"Wkat with mosquitoes and lad !
I get no peace Of ntgAees"
s,ghed = hsavy>eyed, dyspeptic, looking
cluoman to Z group oi congeNiel apls.
lite, as they tarried over mlduleht
repast a few evenings ago. ut doesn't
make a particle OF difference what I
have tossed OF before seeking my
couch, whether Il be devllsd crab or
buttered toast, whiskey cocktail OF
6chuylkill bacteria, q night Of unrest 10
sure 10 follow. Ny eyes NO sooner
close than . horde of tlresoms 0pirlta
begin to dance through my brain, the
old-iIme Villain still pursuss me. and
everybody ever knew, together With
myriads that never want to know,
begin to chatter foolish jargon that
has no cessation till the morning breaks
and the risIng bell rings. I'd give
mint Of money to the doctor who
would give me the prescription for .
night OF solid dreamless slumber.'
HWby don't you try Mother Mehila.
beps soothing syrups' suggssted .
Sympathetic friend.
cor dose OF srscnic 2" murmured
facettous one.
"Csoss yourself thrice before Setislng,
turn yourself about on your left hsea
| Ia front Of the mirror seven tunes and
step into bed backward" came from
man who never sat thirteen at table
nor looked at the moon over his right
shoulder, "and IN warrant you'll
never see sight nor hear sound the
|livelong night" "a s,se ,s-
nIf you recline on your back or your
stomach Of course you will see all the
terrors of The lnferno," vouChsAfed q
young medical student. ellie on yout
side, with your head upon . low, hard
pillow, and you Will sleep dreamlessly
til doomsday--or breakfast time"
There was little pause, broken only
by a sigh from the man OF dreams. He
evidently had no faith 10 any Of these
specifics. But another voice spoke up :
GOld man, be so good as to try my
method, and promise you'll never
want to try another. No quackery or
nummery about II, no potion or lotion
either; no explanation for that matter,
vet Its a sure cure every time. I used
TO be fearfully harrasscd with visions.
MY nights were nude htde0us, but
, there came O sudden change. awoke
one morning supremely happy In the
thought that for the first time In eight
years had slept for eight hours u
perfect peace and forgetfulncss, with
not dream nor nightmare to mat
, my delight. j wondered what was the
cause, aud ut length discovered that
had been sleeping cross.leSged.
, tried II again tho next night, aud again
, and again, and will you believe II, my
friend, from that day to this, saw
, once only, Eave never had auythinl
worse than dag dreams. Tho reason \
that I never close my eyes withou
previously adjusting my legs at righ
y angles, and keeping them poised u
. this tailor-fashion the night through
:, One night, however, 1 was so tiret
!, thnt I fTrgoa the usual arrangement
a The horribis creatures that peopled N!
!, mind that night will live with me {
my dying day"
The dream bound banqueier locke
ircreduous, and heavcd another sigt
He asked Il question or two as 10 tn
angle OF the leg crossing aud Its tender
Of cy 10 Iumbago, and then relapsed LOT
silence. ~
Yesterday, however, he met p
friend and adviser on Chestnut stree
n and greeted him uproariously. "N
ID a dream nor visiop," he cried: s'n
10 a sprlte nor agnome, nor friend NJ
$. foe, but night OF perfect, swe
ID oblivion. tied my legs In q doub
n. bow knot and every blasted drea
III took flight. Now tell me how to ba
'ts ish tho mosquitoes, too, and, by Geor
og the world Is yours"