In the good city of Philadelphia ther j was, in the conveniently movable period Once Upon a Time, a certain place lied Coppersmith Court, it was no lioronghture, being only a sort of bay yut of a great fashionable riyer of a treet. It held six houses, two on each *!• and two across the/end, and there 'as a placard bearing the words, "No judlers permitted to eater. ” Number one contained old Mr. Flack ( d his wife, but they were seventy and rheumatic. Number two ared the deformed little librarian rtain religious library w the city, consumptive youug sister, three held—how, they alone i Methodist minister’s widow and jhters. Number four was occu- lan old lady who had a son at Officer on a vessel in the navy, always being expected borne, hies of coral, Ouinese curiosi- jxea of foreign jellies aud cou nted to the fact that ne did sionally, but the chances were t>uld me iu mid-ooeau at any Number five was oocu- Cornelia Coppersmith, a A eight-and-forty, and a very And number six, being left to- its *ghost. Pro- I of patronage rather than the lished the peddlers. Ion why the Coppersmith set their faces so sternly ilers was that they were not id the people of Copper- were genteel or nothing, its all lived on limited in- not one of the ladies had a penny in all her life. 1 had a pension under govern*- ecr ~—W lt} librarian was connected "ith§, U( j er i u ijy genteel society, A “^“■Vs mother go ’aprson of po- ‘ a pr -'^^fidow. And ^ was Miss Coppersmith brought the brandy —about half a gill in a oologne bottle— and presented it on a small fire-shovel. The neighbor, thanking her in a pro fusion of complimentary French, re tired, but toon was heard to groan again more dismally thau before. “Are you worse?” called the lady through the shutters. “I am vara bad,” piped the sufferer, in auguished falsetto. “Perhaps a mustard plaster might re lieve," suggested Miss Coppersmith. ‘•Per’ape,”' moaned the Frenchman. Miss Coppersmith, who was really a tender-hearted soul, instantly rushed to her tiny kitchen, and soon approached the window again with the piaster be- two souo dishes. Placing them on the shovel sue waved it before her bor’s window. “The plaster," she said. The plaster was taken with thanks. Shortly the groans ceased. Was be dead or relieved of pain, this man who had oalled her au augel ? She called softly : “Are you better? 1 ueigh- mauy thing, and they have nice indigestible httle suppers at ten or «leven o’clock. In fact, Cornelia is no longer genteel, but she is what is better, exceedingly happy. Although the tale of -her fall ing off, and how she, a resident of that place to which peddlers were not ad mitted, married one, is still a fearful legend in Coppersmith Court. Captured ana Kiteu. “Ah, yes,” replied voice. ‘Ze old usual F. M. Jo/ni Mclfitvrej A A. SK lj eda' as plastaire is ’eaveuly, like madame.” Miss Coppersmith retire*!. Early the next morning a tap came on her door. It was her neighbor, with her plates well washed aud her bottle reiii led. He had come to overflow with gratitude. He declared that he should have ex pired but for her most amiable conduct, her delightful mustard-plaster, and he ended by a narra ive of his own life, his iallen fortunes, aud how he came to peddle pipes. “I say to myself what matter vero no one knows me ?” he said. “Still, ma dame, I am a gentleman; zat I vould ’ave you know. ” “1 am sure of it,” said Miss Copper smith. Her guest departed, Miss Copper smith sat thinking. What haudsome eyes he had 1 What a nice nose I How romantic to fall irom the aristocracy to pipes ! How he had looked at her 1 Ah 1 Miss Coppersmith, who had held nerself too aristocratic for every suitor ot her youth, fouud herself blushing. That evening her neighbor called again. He brought with him an offering, an ivory nut thimble, iu a case shaped like an acorn. Shortly, a sort of scandal spread through the neighborhood. The ped dler, the vulgar peddler, oalled on Miss Coppersmith I He took tea with her on Sunday afternoon! Could such things be 1 The family heard of it. It called in its coach, with, its redroookafl*! toot- boated »ia J to by ( rr~ ~ “V late nut. ” a " X*. IV. Al * yuKjauu. Homrt- |M. F. lA’SS. They filled Miss covered room to “The Blver Putumayo is one of the many which run from the eastern slope of the Colombian Andes aliout wiiioh little is knotyn. Rising in the moan taiuous districts of the upper altitudes of Pasto, iu the State of Cauoa, it runs nearly 1,000 miles, receiving in its course the tributary waters of more than thirty streams. Its banks are partially known, but the world is yet in complete ignorance of the secrets contained in the immense territory it drains. It serves as the boundary between Colom bia and Equador, and Colombia and Peru, while the extreme confines of Brazil run up to its month—1,200 me tres in width where it rolls into the Amazon—where the Brazilians are anx ious to seize auother slice of territory to add to that vast empire whose pro ducts, population, and above all, pro gress are not on a par with its ambition to obtain possession of the soil of its neighbors. In past times this same spirit of aggrandizement existed, and the Spanish authorities were so well aware of the fact that they kept garrison ninety miles from the moutii of the Putmayo, which was always pre - pared to prevent the Portuguese as cending the river in order to reach the southern districts of the former vice- royalty of Santa Fe de Bogota. “Within the past few years adyeutu rous residents in Pasto have endeavored to turn the riches of the river to ac count. • It is navigable even in the up per part by canoes. After frequent petitioning, Congress passed a law per mitting the entrance of merchandise by the river free of all duty, with the re sult that some portion of the imports came by way of the Atlantic, were oar riod 2,000 miles up the Amazon by steamer, and thence by launch and ca noe unt.l they reached a market, within 800 miles, as the crow files, of the Pa cific Ocean. Messrs. Reyes were the first to engage in this enterprise, and, by treating the Indsaus well along the route, have been establishing a very fair trade, exporting ivory nuts, india- rubber, vanilla, cascarilla, sarsaparilla, and other raw products iu return for the goods brought in by them. Their success induced a youug merchant of Barbaooas named Fortes to engage iu audinouiunaux foot of ground. They had erected au IUU Oi anaal. was that r,f » k ““ UUUI ‘ 011 t ^ ie Bmall r /J. R. fu .1,0, him,.!!. kr “ l “ - ^ ‘ f.t -H.i..’.; replied to Sr r. door. aS. .'A “ ,I, >r t L'„“ d _ the »“ My. „ „ , court, and a m fine clothes, and a thin gentle | Cjrneiia, a great diamond "I “ ut « rud T Miss Cornelia was then whispered tbat lady’s — ukjijii u» all ,— . «h the court that lL uy had called upon her “eSl uT.t oootiijofcl tor .V years but that Airs, Rooney camM r . her grandfather’s pro cert/ j&aving qmte given up the idea of Uectase, for he lived to be a md hi teen years oi — hundred ^ M., ih’s chintz- verflowing. They ready saw their w^ a^a^.T,' 1 ^ 1, auuo aua perch- ness when they were viiiErf W bUS1 stool before the ber of Jeven«tL ft Bam Tryoo; t & t S. visited the Putumayo before, and “ one lias ever fallen in with them on the Amazon. Other tribes have also made their appearance in different places and .owub jHuy numoer one. 1 tribes are^dri t - 1,4t .u° me Biere Powerful i/oir tir w * ra jou/ ' “* "Di«Ob, bio, .t0000,” Mid tho tbio. I oho ^Ul opportunity offers. Re^ZH oTZ Homebody was asking a Hartford man how It happened tbat Mark Twain wrote and published so little nowadays. •• He writes f s much as ever,” was the reply; “ but hts barometer is out of order, and he does not know what to publish; so he publishes nothing.” “What in the world has hi* barometer to do with his literary activity ♦" “ Hut barometer is a man-servant named Jacob, who is remarkable for bis deficient sense of humor. Mark never can Judge of the meat of his own performance. Years ago he fell into the habit of testing every thing that be wrote by observing its effect upon Jacob. If Jacob listened to the leading ot the article, Jest, or itorv with unmoved couateuance, or mettntVy^. ; in a perfunctory way, Mark wr l whtcb is locked on the inside, fc e will de vHU Ckoiivide himself^ the dodt- T Proprietor of the doe»* 1 ‘ h f e . . U00r b ^ind him, sud proceed^n aeardi I of the rooms which he supposes It if. » 1 2°f.“M*.t\ I respectfully call the attention of the public to my superior facilities for sup- plyiag everything Li my line, of superior quality. Starting business In Wiuns- boro in 1876, I have in all this time given tbe closet attention to my busi ness and endeavored to make my estab lishment FIRST-CLASS in every par ticular. I shall in the future, as in the past, hold myself ready to serve my customers with the beet articles that can be procured in any market. I shall stand ready, also, to guarantee every article I sell. I invite an inspection of my stock of Wines, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars, etc. F. W. HABENICHT. IMPORTED. Scotch Whiskey (Ramsey's), A. Bin Laubert and Marat Cognae Brandy. Jamaica Bum. Rotterdam Fish Gin. Ross’s Royal Ginger Ale, Jules Mnmm A Co.’s Champagne. Contra! A Cochran’s Ginger Ale. Apollinaria Mineral Water. Angustora Bitters. Old Sherry Wine. Old Port Wine. DOMESTIC. Ginger Ale. Soda Water. Sarsaparilla. Old Cabinet Bye Whiskey. Old Schuylkill Rye Whiskey. The Honorable '^®* a -iL«key,„ - Old (Jolden Grain Rye Whisker A peddler I vVs call to remonstrate!” ‘ *V'e hear you are engaged to him ” said itout lady number one. “And we cad to lady number two. Wto 1. .offlciemljr nest gentleman, “or we discard you.” “And disown you,” said |»nd fifteen years of a , ld , ■ L ■ d duown J oa >” «uud the other frontier also suggMt tbRifh °\ * he - Ji m Changlo, a Olmiese ia,i ^ ^ froiVr fiom^ of . uurt. Mr. C„pp«Ci, nant who paid no rem~l Wo 1 ^ Ik} bttllK^v’u 4- ftalUQt} to a , . •we gbost—agreed to the price 1 ‘“rou, and one moiuiinr tl.u 1, 00 . »P«» of the court TeeJd 4? green blinds upon* tuTjr^ V 8 household Rods .. rs. gotten you are a Coppersmith. Poor Mias Cornelia, meekest of wo- men, burst into tears. T was so lonely," she sobbed. “You never even invite me to tea, and he’s a —* gentleman.” ‘‘We say no more,” replied the old ady “*8, or uo_Wiii you dismiss him? And she looked an anathema maranatha. been driven from their home? they may be, by the slavers, whose ves- S.rr ed 8eVeral oI the tributaries -arcL cZr,; ‘Z to I : 4 .‘ l«~* Ototo. u 'Ph-* tr t 1 . .. r • I j u iciiuw wooin elusion -1 ““I the Harlford man, In con f 8 J beta tnul h»g for a day and a half, writs ’ n\ Wby Mark Twai ' 1 does no balt wa8 *oon called at the from, and the mfr 1 ; He huD * hts reputation as a hu traggler *’ deluding Cariboo Tim cam! I T aepenatd 0o - 'fhe burglar ° eter no ^ ometer > *“d his barom As f' ltn a PProached the leaders,f° re be pr ®P ared f or contingencies ^ndTii eter no longer works.” “ | of course knew him, he was L PraC ^ hwd it is by difflcul? surrounded and earnestly besought to take I m make a ,add « wh.ch shall e^m no them them to his new diggings. more sus P‘Cious than a mere ? ^ mI 1 10 ‘ . ry main tamed by Dr. I “hsoiete. A “iimm»>» at g equally Renowned standard Rye Whisker Jesse Moore Yollmer Rye Whiskey. Old N. O. Sweet Mash Corn Whisker Old Stone Monntain Corn Whiskey. Western Corn Whiskey. Virginia Mountain Peach Brimdj New England (French’s) Rum. North Carolina Apple Brandy. Pure Blackberry Brandy. Pure Cherry Brandy. Pure Ginger Brandy. Boston Swan Gin. SUNDRIES. Bock and Rye. Osceola Bitters. ” Hostetter’s Bitters. Rergner A Engel'a Lager Beer, to patent stopper bottles and on draught rZ BpKm * ' Mn, Rook i Ejo, Luvrenoo t Martin. Stoughton Bitters. Rook and Corn. Cigars and Tobacco Syndicate Cigar, 5 cents. Freer is always bam up for J f ^ W< f ^ a , d i®’ 1 ar . 0 stauding face to fac? GMMnhwd^i neve Jhe nonheroc^S their gas Jthfm^ta * before retirln 1 ]' 2^ cents, and is eyerlaatingly trying to ^ ^ fluting each other ThrJ* hm if haS n n Yet been circui nnavigated, tlje night—-a device wliiph h!a for Madeline Cigar—All Haranm in n a ^t ZZSI ^ °rorto.r.r. “ZI-1 g. “.r-y- rL'l^^ U unto^l to* "“Riiin. b«.3! e of za court so aristocratique. ve vfi. fly. Marry me to-day kissed her. J vtty old or ugly, family I Zese HorL’ r ®“’ yesterday 1 let George •ristocratique. .T. L hav !. the las t half dollar I bad S Q explorer, that I lands of Green- i A “jimmy” of about a toot j sinTi,:" 1,“•‘•k* wossi Neitoerofthemwiie[“ 1 ® lld “ 10 J ,>, ‘-" Kext ^ Pre ure a pistol which may be disposed of in his waistcoat-1 Pocket, and wnichyet would be dangerous at c oee quarters. But he would not b! fu? f n e £“ ~» r , u r. , L*toS^4 .ft 1 Su 8 !lv h 1 8Uy Wea P° n which might to ** UelJy ‘‘•QgBrous but less ternfviJg. yOU dlp y yUf hroom iu clean, hot suds onoe a week, then ahake it till it is almost dry, and then hang it up or ZtZiZ Z 1 ‘“ dl8 “ inR l0 “* “ “ *“« -iUioal tola Gmw bell peppers make a delicate relish if eaten with salt. Out the pep per m narrow strips, after temoria^Z Mode and rinsing i» cold water; !Sd tb! strings in salt as you do celery. Her Te on * pf»to or in a shallow gliss. a hon‘ *o buttonhole the bottom of a flannel shirt, wiiatn*. r»- oy you comprehend, maul a e r a t,e ' said Miss Copptramijj, ***** hi her uarher c^upany—jor—” bn ‘ a f^ut I don’t kaow 11 a ij ta# - 'JSSLt r persmith. There is no “dlfflcffit7 m«X ^ ^ he ^ a ‘^ - we wed. U lUey man m Austin whom he respected m Shortly after the first eroitement bf mac h “ he did Pete Freer. Ou the the elopement had ceased to thrill the 8U0 ® eedln g day Pete onoe more tackled —or. a parson duly ' onthcrisaA I Andrews, who reirmnbered that he iimt h^iS*.? 8y v oon^ibuted the only half deliar he had to the erection of aJ a» .u F “ fsy “ aui y authorized acio ^way the farm tore of Number Five and if d the house, and no one of the occupants tV er saw Miss ““JX again. g«Q- Copper- respondod aunt .A-- dlso wrned her, and the old name^hoflS^ 1 ?' 11 " 11181 0 ' >rnell »' 8 heeitowi. a**.** h® meI »tioued in her not f**> tLe« outraged beings for the Iu a little house over a smaL shoo wnere pipes of *U soils are sold 8 he hves with her husband. Bh«hJg ro Vx 1 walk in Us band S" 1 ® Partly and never i IRa Together they Hy Sundays, o piaof. of of She has grown 1 *° gay in her the Park an wouii cash. Alamo nronument, otherwise he be proud to advance Pete the oasn. wh??* 811 w “ e hop ®* and 7^ tor Jay, when he met An ’ sws on Austin avenni ^ JUilK for ‘frefi'df doUar b ®“ e re'y mqmred, “I say, Colonel. . wb J t dld y° Q do yesterday with that half dollar you can’t lend me to-day ? ! Atfsmuu* farmers do not value clover ^ « I* ^cglUD do. Tlmo- -by i« coosidered much inferior to oiover . “/ them; much superior by us. Glovar fo to the eheap >aJB ngl&nd tor about twedty parent a -anal i "“i*****' where I , ° 01 ? Uiau Umothy. Properly curad fa t -suah ade to bear er we any-! xvaiueoie crop. . I 1 with their them, Chinese move around northern William r« me T a 8tow, of Kin « «miams tei 6 fi Wef ® ) goneon expedition to„.to.^ t , entrance bow gracefully, hands clasped before fashion, the • soldiers bmkiy, the animals run swiftly^I * h ( io , b tlu »® they traveled 81*25 ? Englfaf thewomenon the veranda over the main 8t8t “ te ,Ull ® , • 11 would, probably, to entrance voouerato wildly, in fact i I nucb !n9r? *enous mattsr to traalin me^t 00 uuected with theeatoblfah- “ orth ’ Previded land or ice fields !tr^“•tural and life-like, are eontinunns from Upernavik to “How long did It take you, Mr Chau- lo . ( to make that concern I” r 14 t0< ' k me lon «ei than a month I work very fast and can make such things very quick. The house you see is composed wood.'All thetriimi^ we of silk. Those pictuies you see the teble doth there, "he said pointing to leg8 °^ th ® ^ ipamted. xuey are oil paintings. One represents a Chinese castle. The long-sought point, the North pole. ever, there seems to as that How- much hioh move wha* is- “f! I , 1 . W, ' I to about uiuu,. SSZJT" ““ 11 '“ 1 ^ 'IJ sledges, as by any other means, and the pian of establishing meteorological and exploring stations in the northern latitudes^ and depending largely on sledge exp xtiT tions to extend our knowledge ot^ the toSirtssT’ h “ b6en adopt#d by i ® arn « i oodies, and in soma measure by the United ® tataa an d other Governments, Our Gov- b “ OBO ,uch Permanent elation at oi^AW^T? ^ norUlera •xtremite w AfaskA Jbap u reason to to Us vs >uws whioh move when the h^“&! *-?“• 0f ,uc08 ‘ at »«y woundup. ^ Grttaaland. 8 ’ ** wmU,ru *** of Don Carlos (Nub) all Havana—10 cents Minerva Oigar-Havana fiUer-5 cents Cheek Cigar-Havana fllier-5 cents Our Boast Cigar- Havana filler^ cents • LnckyHitCigar-Havanafiller-fi cenfa.; The Unicnm Self-Lighting Cigarette (Amber mduth-piece to every ’ ten packages.) TheRokWekoiubQg^^ tohuck month-pieces.) '! ho Richmond Gem Cigaret te, (Light smoking.) only Billiard aid Pi Par lor in Town. flannel shirt, whether for a child double the flannel as if you were to hem tl* and bast# it in piie. S* Armnees and body toit •Qd it wiU fast at least twice aa iJJg ^ i - / r \ j ■ ’ r ICE! ICE! ICE! An abundance always on hand for tho ase of my customers. I wil also keep a supply of WSH, OYSTERS, &C., for my Restaurant, which fa always open from the first of September to the first of April. I shall endeavor to pleas > all who tte a call. Very respectfully, F, W.. H AJBFMCHT. OPPOSITE POSTOFPC a W ■ •erjt' # r—- Lad- • . fV > ,'y' * • "f*-; • *SaB*£i* tiMim give .’Vj ■ w ' ' ’