Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-06-19
MISCELLANEOUS.
Monthly Auction Trade Jour
nal for June.


wild bound of the mountain antelope that had
escaped from its captors-the strange delirium
of genius when its fetters wer broken-the
whirl of the brain when science had anihila;ed
another barrier of impossibility hay herd
MY FATHER tell of the rhythmic ring OF has o,cn
name, cald by the jailor at the prison pen of
Fort Delaware. :: PETER Fl. RoUss YoU ARE
FREE" Such is the thrilling transition from
the relentless barbarism of credit slavery to
the intellectual liberty of CASH BEFORE DE-
LIVERY from the mjdiute of ledger tyrany to
NET SPOT CASH
The ancient iting was with sings, clubs and
javelins; and the hest degre of curnge al
ways won. irespectiv of numbers. Next came
the NAPoLEoNIc AGE of powder, grape and
steel, when the heviest artillery and superior
military genius drew the geographical lines of
history. After came the GREAT REBELLION,
when the chivalric South matcht its undaunted
valor agcnst the nifty North-the 1ood-gates
of the world drove the ragged rebel remnants
to APPoMATTox. upon the dawn of undrempt
and unexampled prosperity. In all these ages
and eras commerce has trudged along its wea-
ry way-the divinity of the GEAR OF CREDIT
has enthraled genius and medocrity, the weak
aud the welthy, the plumed and unhonored.
shadow of calamity, The child of rebellion
CAsH-has scarce dared to lift its voice agenst
the aspiration of this dedly hauty monster
Competition meant not ,rllO cud USDERBUY and
uSpERsE1. but who wud ofer the longest TIM
beg hardest. the oiliest tongue. the softest
hart and that merchant who's pluk and indc-
pendence was gone. whose ideas of accommo-
datiou. popularity by favor and susceptibility
Ia ~ q
demption-that clever. gifted, splendid fellow
I-Heven help him-whos idea of success we're
crudest aud densest-boiled down. the agony
was over quickest with him who got his asets
buried on the book Of fate first.
In the last decade apered upon the scene the
savage enthusiast of THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR.
He got his inspiration and his metalik sledge
hamers under the hamer ot-the red-fag butch
ser. and at twenty five per cont. he tore-and
twisted the old hundred percenter into carpet
rags. He split the aristocratic tariff of the
proud old timer rite in two. and money, like
water. always seeks the bottom Le1el, and the
long -winded, hi-priccd, stff-necker lay hi and
dry like Noah's. ark on Munchausen's nifty
mountains.
Like NAPOLEON befor OLD MACE, at ULMs,
these levcl-headed dare-dcviIs drop like an
l Y,
long hi credit rating and the whisper was let
loose that fashionable prices were to be smasht.
Long before the audacious pioneer had time
for breakfast, ablution or prayer. the masses
who had long dremdt of the day of freedom
from the fetters of unlimited time and mon
strous profits were ther waiting to get the TRU
vALU. No time for diner or tickets thank
or grace tho hungry crowd came surging on
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be swept off ere tha got a chance at values FIRE
from the taint of tenfold taxation-a snatch of
sandwich and cidor now and then, until i2 p.
NJ. Their was no mistake about the MEXICAN
TILE MANASSAS. A nice message to head
quarters, 466 and 46S Broadway, and he sank
in his trax. and in the delirium and facination
that other life of dreamIand-be faut over
agen aud agcn the days grand battle-thc
magnificent, esily won victory of a dollar
t1OrH for Il single dollar. The representative
in the metropolis red at daylite the every day
story: '.!Se'ad on ne goods-neGrly u,obd yesteT-
tertiay-dlnOst afraid 10 ope7, too,ay-Rus'.6 them,
rite H,ro. Another. day and II haze nothing left
LIT EN- come. and as Uncle Abe 0peniiny for
troops sed tolten JUBAL EARLY tCds ,riR,in site
of TIE spires of Washington t5im his band CfLin,-
g1y 5rGrcS, %! Let en- com quickly" Talk of
/
verted at the meeting of the dusky cornshucker.
it is simply moonshine compared 10 the intens.
real. splendid soidity of thes cash Jejore de
fUery" plays of reality by day. and rehearsals
in mimicry in fairy land at mite.
NO?
Then go ask DAVIS. of Charlotte. JONES.
of Ashville. RICHARD. of GAINESVILLE, the AP-
PIE PIE RIDGE ROBINSON BOYS. STRIP
oFC ,t,,
BEDDING BROTHERS. of shippensburg.
COBB. of York, CARNEY. of Savannah. and
thousands of other level-heded Titans who.
| like this author. had at one time of life stood
broken-bearted, facing fate. daring it to do it=
worst, when bread was king ard drcamlaud
was heven. and when it rnattercd little whether
the sun shone or the dark clouds shot down
their vivid shafts of deth.
Yes. that maybe Gu, bat rI.iIe ,ne ar ,ra,ing
and s,cdring along IFS 'eeu 10 remember that life
is short and Rte old adage, 50 Let toel enuf alone
Theirs stuff enuf in the hart and brain of
many a master to forge away beyond the mil
lion line, had he courage. not alone to try. 6'It
TO dare and do-to Ieav the narrow confines and
jump into larger commercial areas and hier
mercantile attitudes, and match his shiH and
nerve and enterprise with the pluk and anbi-
ton and capital of the ledfng masters. 1t will
not do to plead want of money or chance or
circumstance. for this ritter, with n par
donable pride. vii rehears agen the story of
his march thro fire and storm and starvation
from old. sleepy. patriotic Winchester. thro
Appomattox. to the metropolis of America.
sleeping on the floor near the stove in the Oak
street station. and wandering thro the FIRE
lunches, not alone pennies. b'a e'e1en sao'f-nnd
,corse The author of thes lines wud point to
even to a bleIker and bIacker day. walking
up and down thes busy cherries streets tni1tout
his name or solitary dime, and forty-six
Thousand below zero, just tweIv years ago.
crusht BEYOND recognition By that hineous. he'll
ion monster of monsters-cRgDrT
1t al la in little pulyerizer of impOssibilities,
cald PLUK. Al men poses this vital, magik.
tremendous force. and the rery fe,o who Civ it
fnl. fire.. fair play, and adorn it with ambition
and integrity. vii carv ther mortal names
away up among the worlds undying heroes.