Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-04-02
MISCELLANEOUS.
Monthly Auction Trade journal
for March.

for March.
Never was there truer axiom than "the first
thousandis the hard and decisiv one, for al
tho success comes often by taking opportunities.
still greater fortune follows the felo who makes
them
When merchant clears his first four fig
ures" it thrills him with a conscious pride of
self confidcnc that is the sure precursor of fu-
turc triumfs.
When hard working. dabreak and midnite
totlcr passes the fortieth mile post tits proper
period of life to stop and size up his financial
shapc. If his creditors are after him and he
after his delinQuents and the niteswet and
hartale are driving him into premature old age.
it is high time TO jump. and quilIly.
In vain will the crippled unfortunate look for
brighter days, for better times and for that
peace of mind never found upon the lcdg er's
melancholy pages.
The prayrs to the great jehovah go unheed-
ed and unGnsered. and the elast twoalternatiye
of life face the heartbrokcn desperate-obliv-
ion, or that other swift, sure, solid track,
known everywhere now as the Twenty-Five Per
Cent Net Spot Cash. Inthe monthles he had
read of the racketers-the iaredevils who un-
derhuy and andersell tho rufrlders of the cash
before delivery. who make la1ng stol5 of all
competition, and grind mp into pulp every vcs-
tige of OPPOSITION. He has read over their own
signatures of their marvellous records. how
tina. too, at one time of life felt the deadly un-
dertow sweeping them out into the unknown
and at last musters the moral courage to rite
the originators of 466 and 46s, and melting the
old ded lumber down into bullion. like tho
grand charge of the old guard of Napoleon at
Waterloo, he risks life's last chances on the
die =. One short year whirls by
and the converted net spoter visits headquar-
tcrs to show his hand and la the foundation for
grandcr operations. The old disasters, terrific
in wear and tear and swear, had been wei nj
forgotten. and his year of unaloycd victory had
braut bak one more the flush of youth and he
cald himself n boy agen. He rotc: "a There is
but one tingc of regret, and wonder why thes
plain and simple rules never came to me before
sell cheap apd rake in the coin, that's all.-
| To think that the prime of life was wasted in
the desperate and unequal struggle ending in de-
feat. when these straight, sure paths lay right
before me-"
| A single motiv promts thes lines. It is that
the present generation of beginners ma start
ritei that tina ma never know of the hard lines
of credit never own ledger Cor, more truth
| fully, ledger never own them) and If the da
Of adversely ever comes tina will hnv the coin OF
the values. Thes terors ar thus presented as a
warning to the inexperienced, SO that life's
crly prime ma not be lost in the grindstone
grapple that wears and tears with relentless
severity. so that when the fortieth mile post is
| past. the victor will not be torn and twisted
and withered by the tare and fret of rumatix
The old timer, who al his life faut the tiger of
time. driven in humiliation, degradation and
disgrace into oblivion, can tell U just what
thes words mean. And shall it be said of U
that in spite of thes words of admouition, in
the face of living Xamples that wud touch and
melt a heart of flint. that in reality and fancy
as lookt upon the ghasty baitlefelds of
fallen greatness U deliberately staggered down
that hard turnpike. macadcmized with the
bleacht bones of al that was once the acme of
genius, ambition and honor bright?
/ Yes. this ritter wud hav L great, successful
merchant. Ava upin wealth, honor. and pop
uiarity while still in the springtime of life; not
standing in the dreary autumn of life, with
melancholy, unavailfng regret over :" what mite
hav BEEN waiting for the shadow of oblivion
to bury upon the blank pages Of history
There is a quik and certain way, but u must
arm yourself with that invincibie. inhexibIe
resolution that masters all things and Iafs to
scurn the whisper of fear or fail. U must
stand by the wheel first in the dabreaI.
charge. nor lcav until the last gun has been
/ fired. just leay these imperative duties to an
other, and the battle is lost before It begun
/ We want L to join your fortune with ours
one short year. folo our lines to the letter, nrc
with perfect decision at a murdcrous range oi
% cash before delivery, and at the end oi
twelve months, U will walk into our iron palace
andswear. as Davis did have grown young
( agen aud am the master!''
Sometimes thes simple thauts and than.
traced in crude handwritc from ruf diamonds
who had been hidden or obscnred in the credi
coils. make the author of the net spot cash. Al
he reads them. feel as If he cud jump over
ten rail fence-thril with conscious pride th,
little man in the brown coat (s2.75 Topping's
saIe) aud nerv and drive and goad him on Will
greater intensity to the reclamation and recon
| struction of his felo unfortunates who had beer
seorcht, sealded and smasht in the caIdron, th
whirlpool and under the miIlst0nes of eterna
time Many of thes tnching, thrilling. piercin,
lines vel deserv to be traced 10 letters Of gold
and are held as sacred souvenirs beyond al
price In the years gon by, when the Cesar o
/ credit held his carnival, the CRIPPLED desperat,
used to rite something after this old sing song
% The weather is horrible, mud two feet deep