Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-22

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great advertisement that filed our little rat
trap with customers. We had bot it at auc-
ton. STEWART put his detectives and
caught the thief and sent him to Sing Sing for
three years.
When you hRv drank the very dregs of the
bitter cup of humiliation degradation and de-
sSafT-when yon hay felt the cold steel of in
gratitude quivering in the quick and the mar
row-when the barbariek brothers credit and
partnership had robed you of every dollar, and
buried yon under a mountain of debts. ofhOu-
or cancela by ccmon law, but none the les
morey is still honestly due-when feroci9us
adversely has relentlessly driven you to the OBJ
livion line and taken from you your name,
your prestige and pride-when the thrilo re-
vense mingles with the ambition and resolu-
tion you will then, like this ritter feel con-
seiousness OF power aud pluk aud iron worth
more thousand times than mere n:ony-and
when this confidence and conviction comes
from brave heart and fearlcs brain. the da
of triumf is not far distant. Under the bullion
banner the Impossible viii disappear like mist
before the morning sun-the great bouldcrs
which wud, under the laws of credit block tho
way and stop the wheels. under the tTiphamcrs
of gold wud melt as If struck by bolt from
the eternal.
amount Of genius or ambition, no measure of
ability. integrity or industry viii avail-well
once in while. say one OF dfty-CLSPIS didit,
aud tho no: 1.-THE of STEwART's unapproach-
able record, still he rose to a prominence riyald
and beaten by but solitary one, but wher
he triumph, thousands of millions in enterprise
and aIdacity, courage and chivalry, coin and
courtesy were swept into anIhilatiou-and
shall these terrible tragik Lessons go for nothing
In spite of this awful destruction of high hui
man hope and aspirations upon the wild
stormy sea of life, you propose TO run the
same drcdful chanc thro the gauntlet whertho
odds agenst you ar d out of 100 Be it So
II IN the face of pleadings something akin to
the aNiectiOnate soiicitude that iTu man has
for his brother-if after reading lines and
thoughts traced in tears and blood you will
take the i've desperate lottery blanks of credit,
it will avail you little to Say what might hav
been" had you listened and Termed before It
was - too late"
The great merchant prince cared only for \.
T. STEwART-had the world SUDDENLY dropt out
of x;stence, II would have hardly cost him II
pong-with that imperial mercantile monarlS
it was simply gold and power and fame! With
your humble servant, the milion line in coin,
prosperity and prestige has been reached and
past. and the lofty aspirations are. aud hav al
Ways been, not simply to get even with the
monstrous credit HrdnI but to lead from tho
rank of his iifated armies. regiments and legions
aud still other armies, and arm them 70 the teeth
with double edged Damascus blades, and
peatcrs charged with buliou-undcr the net
spot baner Of the ulmity dolar-les, e,at t-iH
beat mOHy Glddy--lt is finer than gold to change
thes victims to victors almost In 4 day-thc
nh
recognize hiuiself-a single dag OF twenty-five
Observation-Disclosures delivery had given him ten
years of new life, with the strength of giant.
the power to twist eampetili .lnto shreds, aud
not nj the picadipgs, threts or power of The
drumcrs OF unlimited time cud swcrv him from
his straight, sure, quick putiI 20 victory. andif,
in after years when the hand that pend thcs
lines had melted into dust in Greenwood or He
Dyo-t Ms last resting place. he cud read upon
the shining slab such words as these; M
cared little foriig Ircdl hiSheGrt and pride trGS
Ia he broad marx he had made IN mercantile his
or-t,e defeated armies he hc, suddenly changed
into rictorious hosts-ne bllt Ji'sJ- idrInes he
had turned into G,s butiTuI sEjie7sdoy or midday
:" If it wer permitted him TO com bai
agen to look upon his victorious lcgious charg-
ing the flying and broken rank of the defeated
barbarions--D,a teVdbe HedrcJ.. Rei IS here o,i
the spot. The debtor and creditor both feel it's
fangs Even In the pathetic hours OF dream
land they meet. one prcst for money begging the
other who has none; the oyoT-Gue negotiable,
, the crowd OF impatient Collectors the blood
thirsty lawyer. the ineXorGble marshal, the fl
nal arbiter of valuc-tiie red fag. Thro tho
long hard day, and the Longer mite this awful,
stormy life drags along until tho augIe ofdcth
CONS welcome. How familiar thes distressing
AL thro the dark Gay waiting for mite, and thro
the darker mite waiting for day? Like Yelling
ton bending before the French Eagles: "a Bvd
, that Bi,icher or nIc pud come r. Let DE JIdk
stddo,o pas aud turn He briie sunLife, whcr
the impatient, audacious HEDEL nAcxETs, well
coming the mite and morn alike, ar driving he
for them into the lnbrinths of oblivion the ter
4 flied le9iODs of time, much after The way tho
4 GREAT ONWARD of the onrAT REHELIos crept
up upon Hooker in the wilderness and twisted
and tore his division as a child wud crush an
u egshel.
Z Thes imI3etuous cash sharp-shooters know
wei the difference in solldity and ieveFnSe, be-
tween a biz profit on the book and n dozeu
quick advertising profits in the cash drawer
Tha haT felt the want Of coin Mt the comcrcini
slawter pens OF cash bcfOr delivery gheT nego-
. TABLES count.d just 1s SO much old pnpeT-d
. ceaf a pOuJidf The twenty-five per center has
made hundred sales during the day-the hum
dred per center perhaps quarter as many
. one has the days gains In CASH, the other has
lost IL IN his IEDoEE forever.
II yOu think the pictHr oyeTdrawn, you need
not com TO the great tbOrOfare Of tIc InetrOp-
I oils to look into the gIBt, careworD faced
pincht with poverty, hart-broken by the relent-
les tyrany Of credit. wandering up and down
tIIes busy streets waiting for the oblivion sbadv
= to bury their Sorrows, tiieif blasted hopes and
disappointed ambitions. YOn vii dud tfcs hop
: les. helples ttaglsrs cTcryEhere-you meet
them at every turn in your Own quiet towns,
villages and citis ss-bTite. brave. bang mp. eiev-
I er fellows too. who mite haT been the impe.
rial autOcrats of ther nativ hills. had tina bafled
with cash thunderbOits inztcd of the antedeiu-
q SiaIt war clubs of antiquity.
Henc We apeal To men who's Lifuc and chances
hay not al gOD. who hny yet the opportunity 70
lump from the iIfated tFux Of time to the solid
Z steel rail- OF bullion.
To STRIKKEs--Do you kno tlaf you are
more abject slaves 70 more nleTeiies masters
/, than eysr the Ethiop wnss II yon are ress-
Nights of Labor. work ten, twelve. fourteen,
s sixteen hours day. and remember that the
$ workmen Of twenty-five years ago ar he rdp-
Idlists of today. and the independent toiIers of
, tp-dIy. putting in many strokes as can be
driven in tweDty-four hours. lci be Hae capital
ists quarter Of a CENTURY hence From the
pIOw. the workshop, from the wOOf and warp
of every day life. frofD the bratsny arm and
catgut siIiew 20 the fair soft hazsd- wearing
robes Of royalty woven in the loolfl Of genins,
from want 70 Eeifh MERIT. 1o cad fn rays Tiosc,
wII. Pas THE xEEIDIkS HILg PosT sOsfEDAr.
The dense mases of eighr-bOur Dedioerity-
} leisure and pleasUr fslOBs-sink into oblivion.
{ and TIE RIAL KNIGHTS or L4roH, the six
. teeIi-fouT champions, recO-c Their mortal