Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-02-04

iculed the old hundred perceuteF clean out
of his boots; tina swept the place with sledg-
hamers that tore and twisted aud emaght,
making lafing stock and advertisements OF
the old regular and his eternity terms and
conditions.
Our raqueters won becaus tina descFt ted sue
ces-becnus tha bought bargains and sold bar
gains. Tha won fortune and fame beeans thh
went for the masses of the magic tombstone Of
the pocket book. Many of them had been
scalded in tho credit caldrou and had lerned
the titan force of Umnipotent cash. Most of
thes cash gl0diators began as we did with q
very small start. but carved figures so that the
peple in self-defeuce choked up .tlIer busy little
warerOOms whilst the old-timer snored.
We intended to quit the auctionfooIns one
week to carve stock down before moving, but
the temptations were too strong aud in tina rOl
as tho we never ment to go.
In the meanwhile from under the red nag of
Europe, our sledghOmers begin to count, Our
fearless path-fnders have nu avenues of special
hHrd-hitcrs. 'f..5f9 ffair
We invite al to walk thru the great shop 10
Sc what the tru system has dun when Followed
with faithful and unlinching zeal. want
u to Sc what q can do If U let loose nj tho
latent iron vii that la COLD nptn the make up
Time is short and sveot-whirl. Will the
sun shines and let the other fellow wait for
something to turn up. ~
took the lfe-time when /. was success. but took
les when it failed, as it did 94 out of the 100
This is my pa-the 3 don't count to him who
nus Guul uuu no. II "a Iuu 1lLusHlA. .euCCeHu IL
is not enuf, let him march out his armies who
hny followed. matcht aud beaten him. That's
true fame. Why, the mere whisper, twenty
Ave per center, vii palsy tho old hundred per-
center. The raqueter marches on with the iE-
esistible momentum of Ru urnolite from the Iiu-
known. Like lcder born to couapd success
The annual inventories OF sum of tiles terrific
dare devils wud hardly be credited by the reg
ular ded in the shel society. Sum began c.
o. d. and ran beyond thu SI ,O00lino pTohtthe
very first year Ther wcr Resurgams beginning
with 500 who hRv dun $40 NJ. Ther Ia before
me letters that wud thrill into lif agen lifc's
perisht hopes in plain aud simple words sum
of thes fellows Of irou-nervo rite sentences TINT
scorch andsCald and awaken into nn life tho
very -harted that had long laid pal1ied. Most
al h0v utterly surprised themselves, but.M hay
the stuf In the drawer or on the shelf. It lay
not on theledger's fatal pages nor in the Worth
les negotiable and other dcd humber The let
ers of welcom and prais ar worth NOR to this
ritter than this one hundred aud eighty feet OF
brik aud iron.
But behind thes iron laws must stand the
spunk and pluk-the resolution and the back
bone-theu the rest is simply child's pla.
1t has always been the boast of the north
that her peple supplied the south with the cap
ital. enterprise and energy which Xnults heTto
that pitch of Importance that demanded recog-
nition-very tru to n great Xtent aud in return
the defeated Confederate of AppomattoN thot
It well worth while to drop in upon tlis old-
fashioned town of York and teach her mer-
chant princes the tru principle OF tradeiin five
words-underbuy. undersell, net spot cash.
Not alone has the great Metropolis learnt it,
but the great nation of the eHrth has adopted
the trn successful method of busincss--cash be.
fore delivery. and the ledger pirate has drifted
into the eternal past ,.-
On the first dn OF February our entire bisihes
vii be in perfect shape In the Great building,
and our patrons. friends aud the public goner-
ally ar expected to walk thru without special
invitation
Moving? Such a novel The Metropolis
never saw one that compared to it. The last
move but one. .EE,al
Two hundred thousand packages 70 fdnttean
days and nights. fs}
Thank for the past. AtEH
We pledge the efforts Of our life-tine for the
next ten years-up to 1900. We cal updn al
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CHAS. BROADW4Y R0Jss.
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