Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-06-25


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ciplei the old idea OF sxtracting the last drop
of blud had lived its day and done its worst,
modern agresiv ideas demanded change from
ancient usages that dwarfed and shiveld and
destroyed; credit was the n4ulo team, cash
yaa tho iron horse driven by steam aud WhirIed
with tho speed Of thought BY electricity.
And bealde, had drank to the bitter dfeFS
the cup of adversely, aud was tired of the end;
less midnits of misfortune and longed for tho
britetite. Tho credit demon had driven itS
victim into the eheerless streets, the haunts Of
poverty, sleeping on police station floors by The
big stove among tramps aud fees and nth.
knu that all the successful wer ono unown en-
thusiasts, peering into tho hidden mysteries Of
the future, and had lerned too that al Aelth
and worth once walked from the p6FtaiB 81
poverty. and that the intellectual giauts Of tie
age were once nliputs, and from the snatc he6
of slumber in the dreams of FairylAnd
came many itland vision OF a boter and d
briter da, and caut many mimic glance Gs
the short strait rules and roads that led OUT
ward. Yes, labor sweotened with industry Is
the ar6itect Of the worlds great wonders and
genius and glorious ambition, the big wheels
of science, Invention and progress.
Tho persistent toilor in luv with bis labor viii
always win, whilst the dead-in-the she'll, weary
of life fellow who waits and wishes, witiih the
plaintiv old whine ''the world owes me tiv-
ing viii drift into the edies of obscurity.-
Ono is old crosscut, the other the steam cir
cular-saw-lafng in sardonic irony at impOs-
sibilities. But industry and ability avail MOTH
ing in the struggle fof victory upon the mafshy
treacherous lowlauds of the ledge, for king
credit, iiio tile god OF double-distilled appleo,
corn and hops, respects neither person, cir
cumstance nor condition; 1t tackles the pedTdf
and the millionaire, tile peanut stand as vel aS
the marble palace. the genius as oftdn Is tie
numbskull and these two monsters hSv made
their broad black mark across eYeutful pages
of the worlds history from the dim arcades OF
time down 10 tile marvellous aud magnificent
splendor of the present.
And tho medlocrity SCOTS at success and cnIi6
it LUX, the grnter minds ncnolege that 1t was
pluk and ambition. for the rich-born usually
drift toward the Oblivion shadow, whilst tie
true soldier has won his lautels by honesti
earnest toll from the ashes to the azure.
The close-fsted, Secn-sented, wideaNGk6
byers from Frisco, Chicago ST. Lou, BaltimoFo
and al the second and third hand markets OF
the continent are here at Headquarters after
real values, and difference of two per cent,
OF even one, will comand the clean, hard caSfi
trade. OF course tho aristocratic old regular,
always on his dignity and name, always planks
ing down his negotiable at four aud six monthsl
takes no notls OF a fu hundred cases of Jobs,
20 per cent off for cash. Thoyr not regular
and his patrons cdnt use, even ut this fearful
shave, anything not religously regular he
turns with content from the red flag butchersi
the great Rrbiters OF prices, who sumtines
slauter to the tuuo Of five millions 10 one single
do The level heds who wade into Ties pro-
digious landslldcs can readily smaah the dfy4
roter who's dgent never apcars upon thes shift-
ing, changing mercantile ehesbords. The old
pig-hed Of antedeluvian Inien selects doReni
cases to suit his fancy at the market vnin tpod
the customary terms nnd conditions salt RiV:
or dating-alOng comes the audncious dRfSa
devil who lets 1y his bid for bullon-and fof
the old veteran of eternal4imo never knu what
strul him He lerns that actos the street UPS
on the counter of a cash before delivery cotis
cern whose entire stock wud not hll his great
windows thor Hr goods at retail for ies THAI
lie paid at hoesalei Competition ls cisRF otit
of the question. II wud do no good TO lower
the price TO cost. He didu't buy them right,
and can't even approach the genius who dSlt
with the red lag peple, aud tha of tho wbito
and tile blal; flag too, asking nor giving qtafl
ter. All, me! ther's many a solid nan who
mist his chances by tic old turnpike VITO Wud
have been thor long ago insted of Cavalry, had
he jumpt upon the steel rails OF OmnlpOtsnt
cash In the march of progres, tho coming
historic leaders, thirsting for fame and fortud6,
are watching the Titanic strides Of the metfOs
politsn i've per center and his eosni6politau
army, twenty-five thousand strong, who's tntif.
derons ere at % per cent. is rcvolutionizInk the
entire system of the country. ThR hay wateht
the race between the Leder at the old system,
starting thirteen years ngo with ono hundred
Thousand, piling millions on theledger, ending
in Greenwood, and the Church street pflo Of
plu1 without the hundred thousand. but dfty
thousand agcnst him, under the lash and spur
of five per cent, driven upward ana onward
until the magnificent wArerooms Of 4G6 and 46s
must be abandoned for a prodigious mercantile
MONUMENT upon which the Metropolis turns
It's unaverted gaze in admiration ana anaEel
ment. CHAs. BROADWAY RoUsb,
New York City.