Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-05-28

c around to the hotels and treat, nor carry
our samples in great trunks-we simply place
before o ourleders and our logic, and ak q
to try our system one short year, OF > month
even do vii cure U.
We don't caro- wher U buy, but DO fdh
your bisnes upon the RoUSS SYSTEM, aolids
. per cent beIor delivety-thats ~. And
many of the old timers who had lost their hair
and hide hav jumpt just In time and throwing
the ledger aside, hav scraped together q littls
hard cold cash, bent upon one trial OF this
''quik work." The hrst Letter generally tells
the story-tha ar no longer looking up into
the blank space for hope and help from HeNen,
butrather feel like yelling for his informal sa-
tanic majesty to com from his plutonI5 10
gions to drive OF the crowd that he may have q
chance at a little cornpone and gravy.
Yes, It seems 70 reyers th6
old machinery. The rattllng bargains start
the people after U, whilst the old hundred per-
center wears off more shoe lether than he ertB.
Somo put him of with the old molasses
story, Let her run !" others the thredbaro
sing songs-.Times too tufr-"Wait TN the
clouds rol by"-''Soln other da, and all sIi6h
xasperating chat, but hp gets NO cash. Tho
truth is the valus have gone from the shelves
to the ledger, and gon ther to stay, aud thats
the eud of it. Tho 25 percenter eIoses the mat
ter as he delivers tho package -mouey down,
aud that settles It, Aud this simple logic .is
not only cure. but prevention of the disas-
trous effects Of that fatal mercantile consunIJ-
tion cald the credit ledger. d,r
We have with zeal and fidelity unques-
toned aud unchalenged sRut to educate the
mercantile masses up to a loftier plane nt .
I 1p1Ha sf,.,-
wa. We have taut them that It is simply
child's pla to clear the " Eirst Thousand" In thb
shortest space Of time by the very lowest MIN
imum of percentage spot cash. We hay
proven by the marvellous records of our con-
spicuous and succeasful Representatives that
the entire trade of place at IS per cent.
is of greater valu than slim percentage
of this patronage at or 100 per cent, and
thcs same distinguish mercantil gladlators hav
demonstrated that APPETITE aud sleep are the in-
separable adjuncts to ambition and enterprise.
The hard lines worn by anxious caro- and fret
full sOlicitude continually anticipating misfor-
tune have disappeared from the face OF the rae
queter us he bulges along with a momentum
that prosperity always inspire. The oppressive
and eXasperating ledger and the credit nite-
mare that banisht sleep and the terrific throat
scratcher have had their last graple with him
as he stands hi abuv tide or storm. II the past
has been hel, he means that heven shall DO his
up to the lastinevitablc hour. The fascination
of the pa-da siren has past ava forever. The
delirium of ofone-hundrcd- percent ''pay-as-yon-
pleas has worn off and he has jumpt from the
sunken traX of time up upon the steel rails Of
money down. Nor ar thcs successful champions
hat harted, selfish or narrow-minded; with
sincerity that dus not admit Of dout tina will 70
over the story of ther triumfs and xplaih In
blunt, terse words the way thu did 1t, and thh
viii advise U to follow the same sure strdight
paths. Go ask any Of them or writo them
they seek to hide nothing. Il tina az genuine IS
per eentera tina vii civ U tho whole story Z
brief and win tell o how and why, and an hour
spent In their busy beelivcs win convince any
man of common hors sens that tho hour OF iF-
resolution has past, and II theF is q history for
him in the future there is the problem solved,
and he has only to roll up his sleeves and pitch
rite in.
And many Of thes heven born, old time her
chants visit thes champions Of the net spot eash
aud day or two finds them here 70 talIS Il
lover and to go # alone, and at once; boiling
down the partner-and the ledger into the elo-
quent and Ornnipotent coin, with letter from
his banker endorsing him as fair and square
and tru, he begins over agen and in ernest the
most mercantile Marengo, and the hrst day
decides his destiny and the Hush and nhEils Of
triumf bury the misfortunes of the ded past,
and his first message to 4G8 generally ends In
something after this talk: " Rush them OH
o, rattle them along. The crowd Is after us,
almost sold out. Began at sunrise. Closed At
midnite. Tired and like a hungry robin, can
eat anything from peck of grub-worms to q
pound of shinglo-nails. oe
CHARLES BROADWAY RoUss.
New York City.