Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-12-07

the magnificent army of men they had
around them. And the illustrious
names that have long adorned Broad-
way had at one time of life fought
under the eagle eve and inspiring in
fuences of these world-renownedm mas
ters, only to show that whilst you are
shaping the future of your lieutenants
they too are, day after day, writing
your history and building your land-
marks.
That man who buys at headquarters
for the money down, and who sells
with fair, honest profit for cash only,
holds competition with an mistaken
grip. that never looSens; in a word, it
is - diamond cut diamond" the gem
uine gem pulverizing the imitation;
tits the giant of genius towering above
and dwarfing the pigmies and servile
imitators who lack the nerve, the
brains and the Almighty Dollarl ''In
| God we trust" is an honored axiom,
and works well after you once get up
in the world, but whilst battling your
way up try little of that everyday
religion, leaning on your own good
right arm, your honest heart, and an
I indomitable, indcXible and unbending
will-mixing in some of the advice;
but not the example of the sardonic
Bcccher, or the terrific fulminationS
of the Plutonic Talmage, as with in
satiable justice he pursues with the
lash the historic rascal around the
world. Try it upon the merit of your
own brain. blood and backbone; for
as sure as there is heaven, there Is
within you the power which will print
itself upon the brightest page of his
tory, if you will but let it loose and
give it free and fair scope.
Then success will come-not all
bright sunshine, but here and there
deep black shadows that will search
you to the heart agonies that will drive
the blade through the quick into the
marrow up to the hilt-but pluck and
patience and moral courage will al
ways win. and the sun will shine
again, and final triumph-alloyed it
may be with bitter dregs-will come,
sc lid, decisive and enduring.
Go ask the thousands whom you
meet on Broadway every day in life,
whose faces bear the solid imprint of
integrity and ability and genius, but
furrowed with a century of care and
misery, whose hair, prematurely FROST
ed and whitened by that. gFindstone
of unlimited credit; they will tell you
they took the wrong road that they
followed the impulse of n warm and
honest heart, beating kindly for the
people who buy to beat or break, on
check and on time. When you have
felt rs they do, have passed through
that pandemonium that has robbed
life of its charms and pleasures, you
will swear, as did Old Hickory, by
the Eternal, that the case battles the
human tongue in power of language,
the Imagination in its widest flights
of fiction or fancy, or the pen in its
portrayal of illustration.
How much can I get for thiss chuckics tho
antcdiluvian ana iuckless champion of lucks
less system. trying to crowd two profits on one
| sale. How cheap canI sell this aud how quick
can turn my money; answers his successful
antagonist. who, rattling them of Ike light
ming 10 make room for more. makes n dozen
sales and dozen profits to his opponents one.
smashing and crashing him into nothing by the
divinity itself. by the unseen but deadly force
of the nitro -glycerine of brain power.
Genuine bargains OF real value always meet
the demands Of the masses nil over the COnti-
nent, who are not slow to realize the vast adj
vnniages and tine marvellous change it VIII
make In their history. u they can. with tho
cash down buy mt eight cents. the Identical
item they bad been paying ten Tor ON Vrcdit-
selling for eighty cents the same article pre-
cisely they have heretofore asked ono dollar
for. thus realizing the result of lifetime. In q
I "a
struggle, where brains masters mcdiocrity. and
genius with the almighty dollar in one hand
and the black flag in the other, briinful OF au-
dacity and ambition, marches unchallenged
| over tho world.
Does it pay to come TO New York; Unques2
\ tionahy it does. II you have To pay 25 per
cent. for expenses. We maintain that In the
/ long run yOu see the big gains \ visit 70 the
| metropolis will give you Increased confidence,
as mos; of the merchant priuces of the dag are
men who. al the outset OF their brilliant and
I successful career. were country merchants
ClnfIn. ut Worchesfer Mass, Is simply one IL
lustration out Of n thousand. When here you
arc at the great competitive centre Of the counS
/ try. As n merchant yoti Intist be indge Of
values. and to learn values yOu must peFEOnnl-
ly cOmpaTc merchandise and prices where CONF
petition j. the greatest. 4 pcrEOnal visit and
a thorough examination Of our stock. over one
million. has been the foundation OF thousands
I of the most prosperous aud successful ner-
chants Of the couuiTy-men who started on lit
/ tie or nothing. who are to-day clRssed In the
csJIlllHeTflai agencies gflOu bfNDl0
aud look upon their FIRST visit TO our ware
rooms the pivot on which hung. Mt one pre-
7 ciOuE bOur OF life. their destiny. nchfesiBg q
success that probably a. much astonisbed them
selves rs staggered their local competitors. and
which. from Tie bottom round Of fhe ladder.
/ placed them almost unnwarrs. in big jumps, at
I tine head. To every merchant who has not
I personally visited rs. and to any who conten@
] plate a successful mercantile career. we baJ
Cmphatically IN all. as Uncle Abe did 20 bis
soldiers when old Jubal was thundering NJ the
gates Of the Capital. come. and o come quick
! Iy. Start right. drive onward and never look
back. Fight as though you had but one hour
of life, and victory, with her splendid glory
and fame, viii perch upon your excelsior BAN
ner. In after years your fret Visit 70 the COM
mercial metropolis Of America viii thrill your
thoughts with irresistible pride, a. the turning
7 point Of your evcnifuI history.
The year has been crushed TO that merchant,
whether strong or weak, whose hopes and as
Z piTatiOns were launched upon the EhnllOw-wa-
I teTs Of unlimited credit which flow into the
mneistTOm Of destruction. but 10 fhe man who
listened to no argument but Cash down." 10
him who laughed 20 scoTn that army Of shift
less, helpless. dead and buried, nameIess class.
who live upon and destroy the good hearted
and inexperienced merchant. whose faith In
his fellow man had never been shaken-fo him
who used that ammunition that never faIteFed
or failed. the Almighty DoIlaT-wifh this two