The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-06
BAD DREAMS PUT TO FLIGHT.
s~l~epin CrDs-lrgg~si VIII Insure ~ Might

Of Get bte1ss~A,.
"what with mosquitoes and bad dreams
/ get no peace o'ni9hts," sighed "a heavy
eyed, MISUNDERSTANDING club man tai "A
group of congcnial spirits M they tar
ried over al midnight repssst IA few even
ing~ ago, says the Philadelphia Resord.
ut doesn't make ~ particle of difference
what i tossed off before seeking my couch
whether il be dcvilcd crab or buttcred
toast, whisky cocktail ar ~Schuylkill bac-
terra, ~ night Of unrest is sure To
follow. My eyes no sooner close than n
horde of tiresomc spritcs be0in tn dance
through my brain, the old-time villain still
pur-ues me, and everybody l ever knew.
together with myriads that l never want
To know, begin tn chatter u fendish jar
Eon inas nass y" .sIss,sth Sm, VII r .ns' ''E1,Tsn ni.g
a mint of money to the Doctor who would
give me the prescription for ~ night of
solid, d~rpamlcss slunhsr."
"Why don't yo,I try Mother Mehitable's
soothing syrup? suggested ~ sympathetic
friend.
"sOr ~ dose of arsenic" murniurcd u
Gross yourself thrice before retiring.
turn yourself about on your left heel in
front OF the mirror seven times. ana step
into he'd hick ward" came from u man
who never sat thirteen at ~ table nor
looked at the moon over his right shout
sight nor hear ~ sound the livclong hight"
"lf you will rsclinc ON yo,Ir back ar ON
your stomach, of course you will see all
the trrrurs of the Infcrno,'' vouchsafctl a
young medical student. "lic on your side.
with your head ON a low, hari pillow, and
yoti will sleep dreaNnlessly till stoohisiay
or breakfast time"
Thers. was q little pause. broken only by
n sigh from the man of dreams. He evil
IDENTITY had no faith i'm any of these spe-
cities. But another voice spoke up: "old
man. In. So good as to try my method, and
j promise you'll never want tai try another.
No quackcry ar muulnicry about IL. no po-
ton ar lotion either; no explanation FOR
that matter, We! il is a sure cure every
time. ! used tn liz. fcarfully harrasscd with
visions. My nights were made hidcO,s.
hut there came ~ sudden change. L awokc
that for the iir~, time in years i had slept
for eight hours i'm perfect peace and for
0etfulncss, with mot u dream nor night
mar, Ia mar my delight. l wondered
what was the cause and at length discov-
cred that had ls.n sleeping cross-lsg-
ged. I tried il again next night, and again
and again, and will yon believe il, my
only, | have never had anything worse
than day dreams. Tie reason il that l
never close my eyes without previously
adjusting. my legs AT right angles and
the might through. One night, however,
I was So tired that ] forgot the usual ar
rangcmcnt. The horrible creatures that
psopied my mind that might will live with
The drs.Ans-bound banQuctcr looked in
credulois and heavesl another sigh. He
asked IA question ar two as tai the angle of
the lcg-,russing and its Tendency To lum-
hago and then rclapsed into silence.
Yesterday, however. he met his friend
and adviser ON Chestnut street and greeted
VISION" he cried; mot a spirit nor u
gllonie, nor "a friend nor "a foe. but "a night
of perfect, sweet Oblivion. 1 tied my legs
i'm "a double bow-knot and every blasted
Danish tb.. mosquitoes too and by George.
the world is yours"