Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-11-13
MISCELLANEOUS.
Monthly Auction Trade Jour
nal for November.

When al the craft, creeds and cunning-when
science. fflosofy and reason hav been exausted
when the loftiest intellect stands on a ded
level with the rankest ignorance, the great
problem that faces and mocks all the living in
every age. shall remain forever unsolyed; but
this ritter with experience that wud hav
suiasht lintstoncs, begs Z to accept as final,
his practical lessons on the subject that wears
and tears with unsparing asperity the brain f.
bres, the nerve fabric and iron vii OF al who
pant and pray for fame and fortune. that spleu-
did little solidity cald success. The record
from the little 12x1T nexto the Farmers Bank in
Winchester. Va, thro Richmond and appomat-
toxin the titanic graple with the Cesar
of Credit-in the resurrection from the ashes of
unparalleled disaster facing with unfiinching
front the vicisitudes from defeat TO triumf. is
q romance that rivals fiction or fancy in its
widest. wierdest dreams.
Aud how simple the iron law, the four magic
words that master the Ledger Demon that has
with ruthles hands torn from the we're acme OF
fame. the proudest mercantile magnates that
ever adorned the anaIs of comercial story
Under the simple, honest rules of " cash before
delivery" Zone price only" and twenty-five
per cent or les, If will. but not more the
plow-boy may. with an arm load of values ont
strip and eclipse and oblivion the old regular
with regular prices on regular terms. Tru
enuf, the old timer win mark his mnslins and
.. n. T. at, or bclo cost and al the other
brother antedeluvians vii, do the same. but
what dus this amount to when the Rebel Rack
eter is slashing rite and left without mercy
with his withering, staggering and murderous
atctiust
sheriff. Time values fromcredit concerns will
not meet. mnch les stand the hefeeand crucial
strain OF the unanserable argumentt that faI
from under the banner The peple. en- masse.
ar fretraders. Tha ar Democrats who want
the tariff puld down so tha can get at rOkbotom.
Tha neither strikers, nor Inonopolists. but
want big, fnl, honest value for the coin. Real
values settle friendship. Politix and religion
The hi tariff Republican vii buy of the Hard
Shel Baptist who dus busines under the RoUss
SYSTEM. and sells - needles for one cent.
Bliev me. thers many Waterloo beside that
of Wellington and Napoleon! And bliev me
agen, thcrs many a mercantile meteor who like
.GRoUcHY ut Waterloo, and LoSGsrnEET Goo
late y at GETTrsBURG. never got ther. becaus
he bet on the Ledger insted of the ALNTTY DOL
LAR. 1t is the same to-day. and yesterday, and
will be so forever. Honest values viii sweep
| the feld-wil always Command the coin. and in
turn mony vii demand success. The pocket
book rules the world, the ledger ruins it.
And the old regular is not fast asleep either
that is to sa, he sleeps with one eye only. and
both ears Iistning and when he hears the rebel
vel of the NET SPOT unconditional. he feels
that the hour for decision is at hand. 1t is sur
render. or the bayonet; it is % per cent on
real values. or oblivion. He feels that the long
ledger lease of one hundred per cent. is up,
and like the South without slavery he feels n,
last under the nn order Of things that tru In.
dependence lie never felt befor-that ten years
/ of pro.res under the cash befor delivery Il
more than equal to the long. hard, very life
under the old way. Tha feel too. that their
gains ar in solid substantial reality, and no;
/ in the old ded swet box Of eternal time. Who
cud CUES at the real valu of wheelbaro of old
retail diets ? Many a merchant with hundreds
and thousands, not able to eat or sleep. unabl,
| to collect or pay, welcoms the inevitable ever
tho it bIots him ont and crowds him down be
10 the oblivion line.
! Yes. indeed. the oIdtimers are fast EN-
bracing the new order of things-tha fine
| greater prosperity and popularity at 25 thai
in the old 100 per cent.-tha feel that on
days crowding at quik. close profit is worth {
year on the hi tariff and unlimited time. Tn;
can Sc the stok grow. the bank account swe
and II seems n real pleasure to no to th
pada pirate. and tina make mistake in th'
satisfaction of their patrons in getting sucl
solid vaIu for their little hard earned mony.-
There lay the pleasure aud profit of busine
I fEa ovI,- "a mt nnt
U can eat and sleep and welcome the IiTinl
ds, and that other life in drcamlaud.
No, the old ded system OF OPPRESSION and de
struction has had its centuries Of rong anC
ruin. and the age of mercantile progression ant
aggression marches abrest with science in he
onward sweep The taIlow candle. the mult
team, the flint Iok and the offs bible ar bar
barrie relics of an age gone by. Case befor'
delivery. electricity. free trade and tariff re
form ar the advanced pioneers of to-da- Thi
who embrace the living issues ar the successful
and others who dream over the ded ideas oi
the long ago ar simply food for the chivairi'
children who pres on in the titan struggles foI
supremacy
1t Is so in evry age and in alhthe walks anc
| ways Of life. Tba who stand Ftiil. looking bal
over the iremediabIe past, or consumed by the
dedIy dry rot. whilst tina who ar driving NJ
and on under the thrill of enthusiasm tha love
ar the tru masters ana future capitalists. Ont
elas clogs the busy wheels of lie. the other
whirl them with inteDser power and motion
in a word, one in mediQcrity. the other mas
tery Cash befor delivery is perfect anti
dote to the long, sleepless uites-spot cash set
ties tie siren song of credit harpies who neEei
nav. ana who reck and ruin all who listen Il
their everlasting sing-song. Ono wa is life
time of IVORY and wear. ending where you be
gan, or beIo or nowhere; the rite wa means
flu years of unsIoyd triumf and U stand at th'