Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-10-07

ter and fevelrS, dH2 never looseaed his grip
until the midnite Of his utter defeat. Ther was
no haf-harted, 'qttSeriug, doutful maner Of his
onsct-usiug Alezapder's language 70 the ledaf
of the multitudinons Rost4 that euverd the VallS
ley of Tophet, "Yor he'd or mine" The old
time methods ar disappearing, or hav disSpeardf
the old Regular feels himself out1anked and
outfatt, aud his lifelong friends whisper to him
that the ".TWenty-AveT" Is diging the VeSY
ground from under him, and It's time 10 clear
or quit or change. In his d-fashlond Wa, he
fSls the hundred peg center that the dare dsSif
OF cash befor delivery has cum to Sta, to bild1a
TO tear down tho old hencOops and ratrnps, and
revOlutioniEe things geueFaiy, and buy up tho
stox of al thes dried up ded lumber, at 50 cents
fling them out to tho peple at les than haf tho
FORMER price. and NAH theS dcd aud buried fel-
lows to the wal US lNfng advertismehts. Win
rcstles, unesy, impatient yOwn, he declares
that 1t is tine to make declslv efort to achleV
success, 6udArItes to Hedqnarters of the RoUss
wa for points and pointers. After trial tha'
pa us q visit to get orator leverage. I've Seon'
sum of tlies fellows over so, who had almost
ovaporated in the ledger's merclles crucible,
now looked as il the wheels OF time had Slipt
baE 20 years Their fnrfowd cheek were rcd
Win slu GuLuueidslu LtlbJ AClI Uuu IO1GSdW IuU
splendid succcses that alrady Id in 'thcr gTiakPS
one Single da here and tha wanted to get baE
TO the battle thatment for them certain victory.
Results that wud pa up and oblivion the long
years Of mental agony, worrying over the pagrs'
of the Internal swet-bobk Of eternal timo. Al
of the unsuccessful; and most even of the sucl
cesfuI, Eav struggled along thru these ages of
'barcn results aud hopIel, lrnrucs struggle, Wa
ting al thru the dark dS for nite aud in tho
darker Mite Tor the unwelcomo mornI
Tho Raqueter can eat tespehy nails, drink
like u tramp and sleep as tho Il was the SVtt-
lasting slumbcr No waiting for mite or MORN
ing. but turning bRk the dial of time and living
life over agcn. The conundrums, lis life WORTH
living ?" or is ther hcl ?" ar not thnut OF in
the weighticr sokdolagers of tho sledghAmers
and triphamcrs destined to smash Into pulp the
antedeitviau acros the street, wishing he had
never ben born.
This scltsame twenty-five percentcr feels for
the first time in life an impglsiv, irresistible con.
viction that hc was cut ont for CRATER rcsults'
than drifting adown the cdies of life at the vii
of credit constituency aud has made up his
mind that he vii, even at forticth mifo poet
(thc hardest one Of life to pas). turn bnk upon
tile past aud make u mercantile history that
vii dumfound and stupefy his old lifctmers,4
aud surprise and astonlsh no one more than
himself.
He was a barber making living by " tito
tootin' and saw the BARRIERS combs In our win
do be began TO sol them as wei US use them :
his patrons wer surprised ut their clepnos, HIS
barber busincs was abandoned aud forgotten In
the rush of trHde-for he, too, put them In his
wiudo at 5rnh advance, and all who past
stopt aud lookt aud baut. He has mado NOR
In short year than in all his life bcior Tho
ticket in the windo had changed his destIny..'''
He sat by me one da telling OF his hard Lux
in the drift of his grocery trade-bartcr and
credit and dry rot told him TO open upl
HcrOs the street opposition stor and run it ioir-
the RouRs plan, sa 500 to begin on; thto -day&
after he cam in telling how he had electrified
the little Jersey community, himself included
had decided to melt up his groceries aud turn
everything into the leash bofor delivery en-
enterprise. year nearly had gon by, his groy
Gerry had long ben forgotten, he was on the
top, the talk of tile whole country for nil6Bs
around-al from the 1V mInIts talk about hIs
bad lux in groceries.
flo was In the advancing goods on the cot
ton crop" mortgage and one Kindred per cont,l
Wns wei off but tite up, and getting richer and
liter evty year. The Inevitable cam, but ho-
had saved $3.50 aud began under the "BlnlC
Flag" of the met spot sharp cash." a year or
more had whitled by--forgetlng the agOnles-
and horrors Of the irccIuimable pRstAhe was Ins
the front, agresiS, progFesiv, with the savage
thrill Of u Royal Bengal Tiger. 'r g.
She, too, had been iost-id the terors of credit.
lost her own aud owed a good deal besldeS-in-
other words, was much In, the 4pueBhape q
the Church street dcspefat In 1870, no money,
no rating, owed evrybody. Her banker was.
perhaps, the heviest loser, but had mot lost faith
in her ability and integrity, and give her 100
tryit over agen. She had red the ROusB cir
cnlsr and felt her Bldd 4siken, 6ndbhef pulls
thrOb aud thrill with an unown enthusiasm
Two years had swept by: she WAS ct tho he'd
and lead, had paid the old diets aAdBhen shui
came on here In September che had lnoneyir
her bank and in her pocISet-book. and baianG
to her credit in $40, and scd her store wa6 fuI
but she was going into the biggest one in town.
Her simple story Wcs worth moro than nibney-
to this ritter. Brave, modest, pretty Mary stSi-
phcnson, Of Clinton, North Carolina. She af,
ways reminded me Of tho Baker sisters of
Carolton, ohio. or our great advettiserAent,
Mary Lyons, Of Goldsboro, and yet we hav .
thousand of just suoh of the iaiE Eek, Whos
maryelus records almost make the HtSt .fcsi
smat aud blush With sltaiie for lis fslow thap.
Mrs. Haines. of Wdshington, %aeJ, Pef5Naps,
the most perfect parallel of the perfect tBletufs
of desperate ON of 23-hevily in det and without
the S1eO, she 6bena Fer lille SAop in sidS
street in the great capital city. Pcple from al
parts Of t4e South stop over d do TO take y
glanc at this Ineteorlc mercantile herOin. Yes:
more than a thousand Of inst such splendid
thrilling advertiSements-aud' ud'this pen AlEsSA
runs ava at viii and at fantom when thinking
Of ties t,nhvald record smashers.
CHARLES BROADWAY RoUss,
New York City.
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