Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-03-18


script, or previously agreed upon between the
Iparties.
underseil. His march from Paudemouium to
Heven reads like fieton-remindiug U of tho
majestic strides of the Undannted and unterl-
fed Masters of PSI, to the acme of mercantile
fame.
OF coars, behind this euaacious aud un4vay-
eriug plu6 IL the real merit aud real values or
we cud never hav beaten the solid falanSes
! that faced us at every turn and every crisis.
Ther wef men who began with us in the very
ashes of desperation, who faut aud won in our
own way. who had achieved suces bordering
on the miraculous, much of which was won in
the erly and late hours when lnediocrlty drops
off in 'pastime, plesur or slumber,
From This very ashes of the rEins-from the
oblivion of annhilation--our own little enter
prise has pushed its way to the front rank by
watching the crooked assignee, the crafty mar
shal, in following the sheriff in his winding way
and IN Knowing and properly apreciattng the
rafting devil who lets fail the auctioneer's ham
er, which settles finally the question of owner
ship OF botam VOlnes.
From thcs quarters, aud wherever the want
of money was felt, our buyers, young in years,
old in experience, ripe in rare Judgment, brim-
tCl OF audactous pluk, cary with them rs they
march over thes fields of tTiumf, that lever that
makes or brakes alike the master and the i'm
itator, the genius or the nunbskul.
AL his lif Claiiin that colusus in mercantile
metafor, was hampered, staggered aud CRIPPLED
by the Demon of Credit that perineated every
page of his uunumbered ledgerS and who vii
deny his vast aud far reaching abilities who
wud predict wher that modest uuasuming little
man in the white slOuch hat. wud have stood
had he loded his Gatling guns with buliOn ral-
ing and sweeping competition with murder
ous margin of tve'pcr cent. proht2 The long,
| esy. liberal credit he gave precudcd the idea of
minimum profits. and cash competitors walked
| right up under the shadow OF his palace and
! teasted, fateued and grew to be giant rivils.--
| Stewart knew the intrinsic merit OF cash, and
drove from his path everything that stood In
his way. like chat before the Wild dstorIn. and n
sar6onic smile Illuminated his grim visage at
| the bare whisper of impossibilities He knew
that the omnipotcut coin would not only buy
the real values, but the factories that produced
them and the brains that them, and tho
genius that invented and controlled them. The
| giant punics that staggered Clulfiu were simply
harvest fields of glory TO him. dnbliug the al
ready stupendous aggregate of his unprece-
dentcd busnes. If it be your ambition TO stand
at the head of the column, and drive your COM
petitor TO the wal and nail him thcr then go
for the masses, not upon the paltry prctenc of
| favor and friendship, but quote Your sledge
hamers for the eloquent cash, ut fieur fully
| ten per cent. less than competition can buy on
| thirty days and 1t viii only be Il question of u
little time when you vii find the opposition
among the unknown, slepiug that drcan,less,
eternal rest in the cemetery of oblivion,
This house wud he pleased to hav personal
acqu0iutanc with reader. wud like to place
their special bargains and leaders ON approbO-
tion and in competition with mcn you now del
with, wud like 10 prove BY U the arguments
advanced in this circular, wud 81 that If u are
not IN condition to accept our ofcr to-da, read
our nonthlies md profit by thG priceless pre-
cepts aud u win be reCy to-inuro. Thes undy-
ing aud imutabo truths are placed before u
| frci thare yors without even the asking. and
tho you may never deal with the house, if they
change U from that dredIul road to rain, IT thn
induce U to burn or bury your credit ledger.
aud keep nothing but money drawer. then Ia
| our mission filled. We Ehal aim 20 place our
| ''sedg hamers" within yor reach tie terms,
| conditions, liue variety ar ul plgiuiy stated
If yon fail to avail yorsolf OF thes chances tho
mistake vii cost U, perhaps, many years OF
valuable time IL may SAVIOR OF egotian some
| what, but we boldly advance the fact that NOR +.
merchants have been rescued from ruin aud
oblivion by thcs matcics bargains, more men
wavering in the halanc who cant site of thes
solid drives aud becaine suddenly prOsperus ;
NOR lost batlehclds changed into victories; NOR
credit ratrapf swallowed up into live rafting
enterpTising cust ;sORccrna-al by the magic
power OF rite over rong, of cash over credit, OF
low prices insted of lOug-wlndcd time prices
winch no pcplc cun pa and prosper We claim
with honest pride, that we have changed the
| destiny and the tate of a thousand merchants
who listened 10 the friendly ndmuuitious of Onr
monthlics, aud who could not rcsi6t the temp
tations we thru in their way In the styie oflog-
ic, of facts and of fgurs. that no other house
cud quote. that 10 bankrupt cud niilue. und
that would stnger and shame even the pcriodi-
cal swindier
The old timers nf this city who bav success
ful or otherwise, outllyed the storm OF the last
twenty-five years whisper OF orr concern that
1t is n mystery-thnt no mercantile Gladiator
smuSt as we lad been between the credit
Isrindstones-ded buried and forgotten almost.
cud possibly march to the front and meet
and match and master the cnmerciaI giants
who stood at the top. Ah me! what simple
and APPARENTLY insignificant. but stubborn facts
lay ut the foundation of all the giant phenom-
en1l plunge6 forward OF genius The stuff ihat
ratled the lid OF Watts teapotwas the ominous
tIoreruner and precursor of the omnipoteut le-
yer OF the nineteenth century. Franklin tear
ing from heven with his kit; the subtle mag
/ netlc unknown power was simply un cnthusi-
asst alied of his time, trying to tame the ire
sistible that even the skolGrs OF to-da cannot
master Creator OF the Universe The electric
ity of to-da-crude, wide dediy and unman-
ageable compared with its vast changes one
hundred-one thousand years henc. Their
was no mystery with the Church Street LilH-
/ put. Credit had dun It's worst-had driven to
TN ded line the Apomatox desperate who had
marched from the coTn-tield TO the metropolis
without II dime or his name aud fastened down
with milstones Cal them diets OF houor If u
wLl-Itha had to be paid--snd wer paid dollar
Thcr wer but wun ayenu to fnme aud fortune.
II lay on the steel trali of clos profits for the
money down. The indueeBent was 10 quote
lower nguFs lnstcd of longer timc and esier
terms. and the buyers who past our windows
and saw tie matehess figures had to stop. A.
/ i. SteWaTts buyer had to cum IN aud buy g.
| y. ID. He cudent afford to throw ava the 10
4 per cent. and 20 per cent that la between the
teltale quotations and the REGULAR market cy-
! rywherc. What chaf 70 talk OF mystery and
LUX and the good Lord when IL was simply
underbuyiSand underscl. Ono succeeded he
eans II was the rite and qaiz wa, the other
failed for want OF that axle grease that iubri-
catHs the greats wheels OF progress.
! When conservative, hgh-ulnded, big-hnrted
/ hcVen-born lcdeTs, are befen 10 death in "a
long. faithful and earnest struggle With hu-
perabnndance of al tlIg mental moral and
4 financial material for solid success no wonder.
that smal craft by legions go down eyry da
under tho iI-fated banner Of thirty days, ami
/ hilated by that mercantile blood poison called
the dry rot" of the ledger. The road U are
travelling may be sure, bat there L. { ! safer wa;
the old hiut-lock was almost uucTing but the
fellow WHO fires with the reputcr las thirty
chances to yor one.
In the very beginning VIC hsd marked in
PLAIN figures at our Church street door goods
that no competition cud match, simply becaus
tha sold on 20 days, aud sixty and 4 mouths
and eternity aud that cudeBt-the fellow who
] had had the cash in bis wesel skin stopt be-
caus he had no alternatiy. whilst the old regu-
lar gave groau and past on. knowing ful vel
I what aud how the cob crusher would count
when placed in competition with him.
Making yor purchases Ut hcadquarters or
under the red flag, yor sledghameTs mash up
/ into powder are unfortunate who buys his cot
| tons and calicos at ~, pays fFaii aud scatcrs
I them all over the pages Of worthless ledger
( at 5! One plays trick thut every body kuos
I the other strikes with u duble-cdged Dunas-
Gus blade and ftes under the black lag The
hour of victory 10 the one aud the day Of dis
] as sfn fO ftff