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-v 3 JBttkltj Comity JStmspBptr—-Itomtrti fa tjjt 3utm*ts of tj(t Motional Stnmrrolit ^arhj, liftrotart, tyt 3Botktb, ftnip anil Jtarortit Mtm, fa. B. F. BENNETT, Editor and Paklither. “ Efulitf i> the Uiioi or Independence omt of it.** TERMS—TWO DOLLARS a-year, io Afnict. VOL. X. CASSVILLE, GEO.. THURSDAY, OCT. 38, 1858. TSTO. 4=0. m l^bertisements. JOB OFFICE. The Standard Office being well supplied with a large variety of the best kinds of print ing materials, we are prepared to do all kinds 'jOB BR.HSTTI3SrO-, in the best style of the art, and at short no- tice. Haring just received a large quantity of all kinds, and the latest styles, of plain Mid fancy <luts, Ornaments, Ac., and having one of '“Hoe’s Lightning Hand Presses,” we can do *s nice printing as can be done at any office :n She State, and at ns low terms. Particular attention will be paid to the {printing of lllanks, of all kinds. Blank Notes, Pro- •granunes, Hand and Show Bills, Posters, Ac. We respectfully solicit the patronage ot the public, with the assurance that all orders will be nromptly and faithfullv executed. r li. F. BENNETT, Cassville, Ga. Publisher. Ltwb of Newspapers. 1. Subscribers who do not give express no tice to the contrary, are considered as wishing to continue their subscriptions. •2. If subscribers order the discontinuance ot their newspapers without settling all arreara ges, the Publisher may continue to send them until they are paid for. ... 3. If subscribers neglect <>r refuse to take their newspapers from the offices to which they are directed, tlicv are held responsible until they have settled the bills, mid ordered a dis continuance. 4. W subscribers remove to other places with out informing the Publisher, and the newspa pers are sent to the former direction, they are held responsible. , , 5. It lias been decided by the Courts that subscribers refusing to lake their newspapers from the office, or removing and leaving them lineal led for, is fn*ivi<i ftvsie evidence of inten tional fraud. _ . <3. The Courts have also decided that a Post master who neglects to perforin liis duty of giv ing reasonable notice, as required by the Post- Office Department, of the neglect of a person to take from the office newspapers addressed to him, renders Uimselfliable for the subscription price. Terms of the Standard. If paid strictly in advance, $2; if payment is delayed « months, $2.50 ; if delayed until the end of the year, $3. No paper discontinued until paid for, except at the option of the Editors. Miscellaneous Advertisements inserted at $1 per square (twelve lines) for the first insertion, and 50 cents for each weekly continuance. Contracts for advertisements by the month or year will be made at fair rates. AND BUGGY-MAKING, AND BLACK-SMITHIES, BY H. H. HOLMES, CASSVILLE, GA. I can put up any kind of Vehicle wanted, at short notice, and in as - 3T) -w ■ j s t v ie as it can be done any- ,chert. All work warranted. Cassville, July 1st, 1S58. AND uuEsmi SHOE. William Headden, CASSVILLE, GEO., IS prepared to make and repair -•"vHSIjgfr Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, or — W anything in his line of bnsiness. He has one of the best BLACKSMITH b pd some of the best WOOD WORKMEN in 1-eorgia. Thankful for past patronage, he begs a con- [nuance of the s ime. Work wurrauted. t All those iudebted to him for last year s hop accounts are requested to call and settle iy cash or note, without delay. Cassville, Mch 25,185S—ly AT AUGUSTA. r HE next annual course of Lectures in this Institution will begin on the 1st Monday i November next, with an Introductory Lec- ^KmeritasProf of Anatomy— G. M. NEW- juTiatoinv-H. F. CAMPBELL. M. D. ^^^Siiry^an dPhairmacy—J OS. JONES, M. Institutes and Practice—L. D- FORD, M. D. Physiology and Pathological Auatomy n. r it. MILLER. M D. Materia Medina, Therapeutics and Medical r.tispwdeqce-1. P. GARVIN. M. »- Deapmstrator of Anatomy—ROB T CAMP- ^iiliiUiit Demonstrator—S. B. SIMMONS, If. D. Prosector to the Professor of Surgery—U- IF. D. FORD, M. D. Curatqr of Miiseum—T. P. CLEVELAND. Tickets (qr the whole Course, $106 00 Matriculation, (to he taken once) 5 00 Practical Anatomy (to be taken once) 10 00 For fqrther inl rnnavion apply to any mem- ijer of the Faculty, or to the undersigned. 4Ug. I3-UbU I. P. GARVIN, Dean. ' Musioal Instruments O Perery kind qt VEAL 4 Co>. 4 Roto* Of. Italian Violiu Strings, 10 cents a hundt, mot br mail free of postage. Send canh with he order. J»»« 10 > 18W - business Carirs. JOS. DUNLAP, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Kingston, Cass do., Ga. Jane 10th, 1858—ly. B. H. LEEKE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Cassville, Ga. B USINESS entrusted to my care will meet with prompt and vigilant attention, and monies paid over punctually. Feb. 1, 1858—ly. W. V. WESTER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CALnOUN, GEO. \\Y ILL practice in all the counties of the VV Cherokee Circuit. Particular attention paid to the collection af claims, and to prompt ly paying over the aame when collected. Nov 26,1857—ly ANDREW H. RICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Cassville, Geo. P RACTISES in the Counties of Cass. Cher okee, Cobb, Catoosa, Gordon, Gilmer, Fannin, Paulding and Whitfield. Prompt attention given to the Collecting bu siness in all of the above named counties. May be found in the office formerly occu pied by J. H. A A. H. Rice. June 17 th, 1853—ly. THOMAS J. VERDERY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CEDAR TOWN, GA. W ILL practice in the counties of Floyd, Polk, Paulding, Carroll, Haralson and Cass. Strict attention paid to collecting. Feb. 18, 1858—ly. M. J. CRAWFORD, Attorney and Coonsellor at Law, niNGGOLn, CATOOSA COPNTT, GA. W ILL practice In all the counties of the Cherokee Circuit. Particular attention paid to the collecting of money, and to paying over the same when col lected. mh 19, 1858—ly Wofford, Crawford & Howard, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Cassvillr, and Cartersville, Ga. W ILL faithfully attend to any business en trusted to their care, in any of the coun ties of Upper Georgia. Wm. T. Wolford, J. A. Crawford, Cassville; J. A. Howard, Cartersville. July 23. E. M. SEAGO & GAAR, SUCCESSORS TO E f M. SEAGO, Wholesale Grocers, PRODUCE DEALERS, AND GENERAL Commission Merchants, SOUTH SIDE PASSENGER DEPOT, Atlanta, Ga. March 18, 1858—ly. S. B. OATMAIf, • Dealer is Americas, Italias asd Egyptiah Statuary, asd Tennesseb Marble, Monuments, Tombs, Ubxs and Vases, Marble Mantels, and Furnishing Marble, Atlanta, Ga. James Vaughan, Agent, Cassville, Ga. April 22, 1858—lv. SUMMEY & HTJRLICK, DEALERS IN MARBLE monuments. Tombs, Urns, Vn- SES, VAULTS, TABLETS, HEAD AND FOOT STONES, Ac. O RDERS promptly filled. Address Marble j hend. Works P. O., Pickens Co., Ga. James Vaughan, agent, Cassville, Ga. Feb 1st, 1858—ly. isceliancmts- From tit Springfield (Jfast') Republican. “TIMOTHY TITCOMB’S” LETTERS TO Y0UUG WOMEN. When 1 was a joung man, (memory does not have to go so far as it might to recall that period,) I observed a couple of facts from which' I now propose to draw a les son for your benefit. I observed, first, that young married women had a peculiar charm for unmarried young men, and that a young man’s first love was almost uni- formily devoted to a woman older than himself. I suppose I might name one young inan who was effected in this way, but what would be the use ? It is enough for you to know the facts, and for me to explain and improve them. A marriageable young woman occupies, or is made to occupy, a position of pecu liar hardship. Our theory is that a young woman should never-make an advance to ward the man she loves and would marry. Such a step is deemed inconsistent with maiden modesty. I do not quarrel with this, but the effect lias been to make young women, who possess sensitive natures, hypocrites. It ought not to do it, but it does. Every modest young woman, poss essing a good degree of gumption, plays a part, almost always, when in the society of young men. The fear is that by some word or look, or act, she shall express such a degree of interest in a young man as shall lead him to believe she Is after him. Young women study the effect of their language, they put on an artificial and constrained style of behavior, for fear that some ass will misconstrue them, or spme gentleman whom they wish to please will deem them too forward, and so become disgusted. The result is that a man rare ly finds out either the best or worst points of his wife’s character before he marries her. Social intercourse is carried on un der a kind of protest, which places every young woman in a position absolutely false before the eyes of young men. Ma ny a woman owes a life of celibacy and disappointment to the fact that slic never felt at liberty to act out herself. With these statements it is very easy to understand the attractions which a young married woman has for a bachelor, and to explain the phenomenon of a young man falling in love with a woman older than himself. In the first instance, a mar ried woman becomes agreeable because she becomes perfectly natural and unre strained, her circumstances allowing all the more grateful forms of politeness—the cordial greeting, the complimentary atten tions, and the free conversation—without the danger of being misconstrued. In the latter instance, the woman throws off her constraint in the same manner, because she is in the society of one whom she re gards as, in reality, a hoy.' She finds ve ry much to her surprise, that she has won the boy’s heart, but it was the most natu ral thing in the world. He had never got a sight at a woman’s nature before. The girls with whom he had associated hadal- ways worn a mask. The real heart be hind it he had thus far foiled to appre- There is a very general impression among the young men whose affections | have got common sense, and know what I mean. Some people, I suppose, would present you with a formula by which to conduct all your intercourse with young men. I know a large number of fathers and mothers will think that upon this subject I ought to guard my language, and be more particular; but I know very well that if you have not sense and pru dence enough to take this general coun sel, and use it judiciously, no qualifica tions that I could make would be of any service to you. I trust you. I believe you are virtuous young women, with pure hearts and true intentions; and I know there is no danger to you until you cease to be such. You have an instinct—God’s word in your own souls, that tells you when a man takes the first wrong step towards you; and if you do not repel that step in such a manner that it will never be re peated, do you suppose that anything I could say would do any good ? I say this: that perfect frankness and cordiality in the treatment of the young men are en tirely consistent with the safety of any true woman from insult or offensive famil iarity. Is your father afraid to trust you out of his sight? I am not. If I were, I should he ashamed to confess it, particu lar!}' if you were a daughter of mine. I believe in you, and I believe, moreover, that this infernal idea that men are your natural enemies, and that you nhist cheat them and look out for them, could be got out of the way, and a free and unconstrain ed social intercourse established between you and them, they would be much bet ter, and you altogether safer for it There is another subject more or less associated with this, which may as well be treated here. It is very natural for young women to get in the habit of treat ing only those young men politely whom they happen, for various reasons, to fancy. They “ don’t care” what the majority of the young men may think of them, provi ded they retain the good will of their par ticular pets. They are whimsical, and take on special likes or dislikes for the young men whom they meet One is “perfectly hateful,” and another Ls “perfectly splen did,” and so they proceed to make fools of themselves over both parties. Now there is nothing upon which a man is so sensi tive as the matter of being treated with polite consideration by the young women of his acquaintance; and I know of noth ing tliat will tend more certainly to make a young man hateful than to treat him as if he were so. There are a multi tude of young men whose self-respect is nurtured, whose ambition is quickened, and whose hearts are warmed with a gen ial fire, by those considerate recognitions on the part of their female acquaintances which assure them that they have a posi tion in the esteem of those with whom they associate the sweetest hopes and hap piness of life. To be cut for no good cause is to receive a wound which is not easily healed. The duty, therefore, which I would in culcate is that of systematic politeness. If you know a young man, bow to him when you meet him. He will not bow to you first, for he watts for your recognition.— He does not know whether you esteem him of sufficient value to be recognised. If you pass him without a recognition, jirp not cn^Rircd tliat ttic best women arc ■ - . «. « « are noi engage m ^ j you say to him, in a language which he feels with a keenness which you cannot j married, and that those who are left ! not amount to much. They will think j differently some time or other. Now my idea is that this universal DR. J. T. GROVES, ^JHAS removed to the office next door to XW A. C. Day’s shop, where he may be found Q both day and night, unleasprofessionally J mask-wearing business should be broken engaged. Prompt attention given to all calls, by day or night. Cassville, Jan. 21, 1853. M. McMURRY, Dealer in Family Groceries, CONFECTIONARIES, Ac., Cassville, Ga. Feb. 1st, 1858—ly. measure, that you consider him beneath your notice. You plant in his heart im mediately a prejudice against yourself.— You disturb him. You hurt him, and this too, let me admit, very frequently without 1 design. You are sensitive yourself and are afraid he has forgotten you. You think, perhaps, that he would not like to notice you, and would not like to have you up. It does injustice to all parties. If there is, in society, any poor fool of a voung man whose vanity is so open to flattery that a young woman cannot treat him with natural cordial politeness, with out his thinking she would like to marry , kind of thing, doubtless, but it is all wrong. There is no' matt who will not return your bow, and feel the better for your smile;— j out ms murning sue »~ ' , notice him . There is a good deal of this ! him, and is trying to ensnare him, let him ^ ^ hut it is alt wrong. I think so, and trust to time and cireum : stances for justice. Such men are of too little account to pay for carrying NEW B88E JII8111 little account to pay .or «rry ^ , f ^ ^ who ^ the at NEW GOODS'. NEW STORE! NEW L0- ceitful face, and despoiling the intercourse ^ is * ,nd has his position in the CATION ANDNEW ARRANGEMENT! | ofth e young of its sweetest charms. If ^ ^ of ^ ^ h ^L not as Wm. Kay, Agent, the many attractions, personal or circumsten- HAS fur sale a large assort- no pains to conceal it, u tial as others, you have made his heart Of Books, SLttionefy, Musi- ifran k cordiality. No true gentleman a- ^ and toward yourself a misconstime you. fth» ^ ^ .kin, ^ .-.fretail..t thelowest possible not necessary for you to_ tell them tot to you expect to live a maiden life. J j ^ yQUng woman w ho is afraid of com- ry, wholesale cash rates. A share of the public patronrge is Particular attention paid to country orders, know you lie. It will not do to indicate , ^... u„ recognizing sssaa? srssWfcc .w-f—“ *-*-*• .ET!r£jrSiJ.SEZ ’‘arSf.sK&r 1 ST'S. <***>«> ^ ’ f° r he knows . tenure she holds her own respectability. ought to like them, «d that if * herself to be a indulgence of offensive familiarity. Such only cypher in the family ? When you women have a sacredncss in his eyes that j have finished school do not for s.monttnt no other woman possesses, and he would believe you are educated. Don’t dress up offend them in no way, for the world. in your flounces, ect. arid gH town fltrthe The advice I have given yon in these !«*» ™ tin S that young derk at matters is partly for the benefit of yo«r j “ Ket«hum and Cheatiuns to caff sex, and partly for mine. I believe that round. No; let hun show off hut lac£ there should be a for more rational mode embroideries, eta, and wear them too, for of intercourse between young men and young women than at present exists. I believe that every legitimate attraction that your society has for young men should be free and unconstrained. I be lieve that there is no good reason why a young married woman should lie more at tractive to a bachelor than yourselves, and that in the degree in which they are more attractive, do you wrong yousclves and the young men of your acquaintance. I be lieve that it is well for you, and well for young men, tliat they should he attracted to you by a frank behavior on your part, which will place them at their ease, and exercise upon them all that good influence which a pure, strong, outspoken female nature is so well calculated to exert. Young men and young women, to use a catch phrase of the day, “ are in the same boat.” But a few vears will pass away before they are the bosom companions of each other, and the fathers and mothers of the land. It matters everything to them that they understand each other; and to this end, in my judgement, an intercourse should he established upon a very different basis from that which is now maintained by so ciety. It should lie more simple, more ample, more natural more trustful, and more heartily considerate. There is no thing in the history of the race to prove that anything has ever been preserved or won to virtue by a system of essential folsehood, or a policy of arbitrary con straint. Many a girl feels this, and will feel it to her dying day. To tie a young woman up to the meanly cautious conven tionalism, of the day, Ls to prepare her as a helpless sacrifice to the first designing villian who insinuates himself into her confidence. Many a woman groans to-day in bondage to a drunkard, a libertine, or a dolt, who only needed to have been al lowed to know men better to have secured a proper companion. I say, then, to yon, young women, re form this thing altogether. It is in your hands. I give you the idea: l leave you to carry it into practice. You do not need that I should tell you how to do it. If you are not vicious, there is nothing for vou in your mind and heart, to conceaL— Be simple yourselves, taking all possible care to make yourselves what you should be. Learn to think kindly of all young men, save those whom you have reason to believe possess black hearts and foul in tentions—those who arc enemies of your sex and social purity. Treat every young man well both for his sake and your own. You shall thus be the light of many eyes, and your kind heart, thorough good manners, and transparent nature, cannot foil to attract to you those whose true no bility is the most strongly touched by that which is best in womanhood. One of those will become your companion, I am inclined to think, if human nature, meanwhile, does not suffer some remarkable change. Tuiotiit Trrcosti!. Farmers’ Daughters. Miss L. Virginia Smith, tliat all you care about it Remember, that “let others do as they wifi, as for you,” you have something else to do than to sit down, fold your white hands, and wait to be married. You have an interest in so ciety to wield—duty as a daughter, and perhaps as a sister to perform—and then you must not forget yourself, for you have a mind to cultivate, health to be guarded, a heart to be "educated, and an imrnwrtal soul to be saved! Is not this a great deal of work ? Yes, trust me, if you only go about it with a will, you will find every moment employed, and every day too short for its accomplishment of all your duties. You know how much you can as sist Mamma in all her varied departments of domestic economy—the dairy, the poul try yard, the store-room, the sewing bas ket, the garden, the shrubbery, and twen ty other things over which her watchful eye presides; but while you are doing all you ran for her, please don’t neglect Pa pa. Now I see you simple incredulously, saying to your nice little self, “ Why, what in the world could I do for Papa ?” Oh! a great deal if you will assume the respon sibility. Besides preparing some refresh ing delicacy when he comes in, as he ex presses it, “ hungry as a hawk,” or sing ing him a sweet song when his mind is o- ver-tasked; you can talk with him, and learn of him about his fields, his stock, or his buildings—you can read to him his agricultural books and papers and so qn, (for there is a good detd of “ head work” in farming) and thus improve your own mind, while adding also to his-knowledge. Suppose then, that some day he is called off on important business, though it is in the hurry of harvesting; he quietly takes his seat in the cars, and “ goes on his way rejoicing.” “ Ah! Squire, glad to see you, but how in the world did you get up to town, this is your busiest season, is it not?’ The old man smiles, a deep light flashes in his blue-grey eye—is it pride or love V as he quietly replies. “ Yes sir, it is—hut my Mary will attend to that.’* Oh! would you not “ glory” in tliat ? I would I can see no necessity in the world for your troubling yourself about marrying, but if Harry Thornton, that intelligent, handsome, and successful young man, will keep on coming to consult your Papa a- bout this or that—always contriving by the way, to terminate his consultation with a walk, a ride tete a tete with Papa’s Ma ry—why then you needn’t be surprised on some fine evening, to hear yonrself “respectfully solicited” to become Mrs.- Harry Thornton. Then I wish you to re member marriage is only a question of will with you—not a necessity—your pa rents are not all anxious to get rid of such a sweet, sensible, brave and beautiful child; and you, if you have a “ call” to become a wife, you have been too well ed ucated to fear the name of “old maid”— But if you love Harry, and your will is won, (which for his sake, poor fellow, I hope is the case.) then like an honest, was—! dear little girl as you are—having too Mrs. French that is,—the editress of the ! much respect for yourself to “flirt”—say Southern Homestead, gives the following | —“ Yes,” immediately—and Heaven bless excellent advice to formers’ daughters.— ’ you both. Although intended for rural districts, it is j applicable to young ladies whose fathers are not formers.: The girl who happens to he the daugh ter of a real genuine farmer, should con sider herself particularly fortunate. Her position is one which goes to make up a lofty character; it Ls calculated to bring out all the energies, to develop all the nat ural gifts, and in time, with proper guides, to make her one of the greatest women in A Kaee with s Widow, Merciful Jehosophat and big onions— what a time I’ve had with tliat widder.— We chartered an omnibus for two, on Christinas, and started. “ Widder,” said I, where shall we go to V” She blushed and said she didn’t like to say. I told her she must say. “ Well Jehuvi if you insist upon it, and I am to have my choice, I’d rather go to _ j church.” “ What for widder *" said I. “Oh, Jehuel how can you ask me?” “ Cause I want to know,” said I. REMOVAL. that you ougttt to uxe “ Intact, she demonstrates herself you do not there is something “S ^ r ^ ]mr f ^ ose _ j could name to you wo- powers in a THANKFUL for the pa- j any kind. A man who is Bans *naopeu- J^tion fa the best sod tronage of the past year, vou deserves to be met with * commanding P 08 * ooatinues to offer hia sem- i ^ , , , . : n ety, who are as uniformly and systemaL ces to the public, and will a frank and open heart by Y ou “ “ » lite to ^ der k who sells them attend promptly to every n : nctv _ n i ne cases out of one hundred, men cail - v P®*™ 5 , •all, day or night. Office ninety-nine w silks , as to the pets of their aide; who next door south of J. A. j will be honorable and manly with y<m. x —^ fcr all with whom Terrell’*, where he can be _ -, ide suspicion, and trust them, have a bow and a smile wr auwm. found during the day. at V ou ^ ^ they have been thrown into personal reU Ifamanprovcs himselfunwort^ ofyour ^ ^ who, by this very prtiteness confidence, you have your remedy. ^ G ther selfexpression, vin- bim dead, or tell him what you ; ^ ^ Le among those whom so- Inland bring hun Up0tl h * j derails J&s. There is a kind wont ateht at the residence lately occupied by Mr. Botaanon. Cassville, Aug. 12,185$. Caution. rr»HE public are cautioned against trading iwa .Jewdm* wiKf IfdahA. Wo have ncTagentaoud wilL*"* VEAL4UO. June 17 the world. If there be one situation hove all others, where the daughter may j grow up healthful beautiful graceful, in- j telligent, and pure, that situation I believe to hfas one of the household band, in the “ " ^ (blushing redder than a beet) it home of the honest and independent for-j * ^h «> W weather now and the nights mer or planter. I would say to young a "f'il cold, and-ob, Jehuel I can A girls whose lives have fallen in such stand it! . “pleasant places,” donot undervalue your i “ I*baw, widder spit it out j what peculiar advantages. You are the “ high-j do you mean ? ’ lVfovored among women ” The cireum- i The widder nled; she biled right over stances in which you are placed, are such hkea quart of milk on the fare, and burst as are best calculated to develop your, out with— f threefold form; physically, j ” If yo« em't understand me, you re a Dr. J. W. Kinabrew, Hold your horses!” said 1 “What’s all this about? Fm not a brute; nor never and if a man called me that Fdboot value your advantages, improve every one j <ff them to the utmost and place a proper estimate upon yourselves. You have ev- was; , ^SjS^U^^wo^ni j And then I hfied right over, a^unbut, do this, then, and each in her own person toned my rent collar to keep me from bus- - assert the dignity of labor.” tW off my buttons. Consult your, parents, and form for was going to explode, or else collapse my vourselfo purpose in life. They place be- windpipe, and she flung b» for* your brother some aim, some stan my neck, put her lips to rnsne, and cooled daid, some goal which bis exertions are right down. Rome, Ga. >»»do■>«nusconstfi—"j”“ h ft, liv.ro, Wbf Mi ko lko tin'-W. mi ta » i ” ' I write upon the supposition that you 1 gan, “Jehuel honey, I wanted to go to church to get mar—no I cant say it all ; you finish the word Jehuel sweet?” “ What word, marm f’ “ Oh, you stupid; Jehuel dear, t mein the word married my lore,” “ Married, widder!” said I; “did you mean that?” “ Indeed I did" Jehuel love P' “ Look here marm, my name isn’t Je huel Love, nor Jehuel Dear, nor Jehuel Sweet, I’d have you,to know; and I won't get married' to nobody bnt one, and you are not the one,” Oh, pewter pennies, but didn’t she rate! She made one dash at me, I dodged and she went butt up agrinst the upper end of the omnibus. Crack went her comb, and smash went the bran new bonnet that I didn’t buy for her, and down she Went with her face in the straw. But in a mo ment she rot!* again, and made one more dash at me. I dropped—she went over me and butted the door of the omnibus. The strap broke and out sht went—her gaiter boots higher than her head as she struck the pavement. “ Drive on!” I yelled to the drivef. “ Woman overboard ?’ cried ft passing sailor. “ Stop that White Coat-breach of prom ise—reward—Herald—publish,” shrieked the widder, in tones of mortal itgOffV; while tears of blood streamed from her beautiful pug nt®C: “ Drive on!’ drive on ?” t shouted, “ Where to f ’ asked the driver, “To the devil—to Hariein—to Macomb's Dum—anywhere so we escape matrimony and the widder.” He started, so did the widder, and then we had it np the avenue, buss having tho start of about a hundred yards. Foot by foot the widder gained. Thinks I Jehuel you are a goner. I thought it best to lighten ship. So first I hove overboard the straw. Still she gained on me, Then overboard the cushions. But still She gained, “ More steam, driver, for mercy’s sake!” t yfelled. “We ftfe going faster than the law al lows now,” he answered, “Thirteen miles ftrt hour.” Jehosophat, how the widder ran; she hove off her bonnet and Coma up hand overhand, A thought struck roe, so I off with my White coat and flung it right down in her path. She sprang on it like a she panther, and tore it to pieces. Oh, how they flew. I wept to see it go, but life is sweeter' than a coat, Mid my tailor is making me a new one. Here we gain ed full two hundred yards, but on she came again. Once more I could see the green in in her eyes—merciful Moses, how I felt “ Driver,” said I, “ kill them horses or get another mile out of them.” “ Will yOu pay for ’em ?’ \e said. “ Yes, yes,” said l “ only save me from the widder.” By cracky, we did slide; the widder no longer gained but she held her own beau tifully. Thus we had it—out past the Red House-^through Harlem—where Captain Graham with three mounted policemen in vain attempted to cat*l» as, he probably supposing that we were running away with some bank fund. My only hope was in reaching Degroot’s ahead Of her, for I knew they would hide me. We were on the Bridge, and oh, Mo ses, the draw was up, and a sloop going through, “Driver,” said I, “jump that bridge and Til make your fortune for life, sure as you’re born.” “ Til do H or die!” he cried. And he did it. The widder jumped after us, fell into the Harlem river, and hasn’t been heard of since. Population ef Ike Word. Herr Dietrich,- a distinguished professor of the University of Berlin quoted by the Philadelphia Bulletin, has lately addressed a paper to the Academy of Sciences of this city, in regard to the world's population, and it is generally agreed that it is the most carefully prepared and most reliable work that has yet appeared on this inter esting subject After some detailed esti mates in regard to the five great divisions of the world, he arrives at the conclusion that its present population is about twelve hundred and eighty-three millions. This will no doubt account for the hard times and the great difficulty now-ardays of making-a living! It has generally been jipeeed that 800,000,000, or 1,000,000,- 000 at the outside, was the Jiij^sit figure of the world’s inhabitants. But here comes the Prussian statistician, with his twdve hundred and cighiy-three millions, show ing an amount of competition for the fruits of the earth, to say, nothing of the locusts, caterpillars, grasshoppers,chtnchbug, we- vO, Ac-, Ac,, which may throw faint heart ed people into despair. Nor is tins the worst of it, for Herr Dietrich calculates that by the end of this century the pees- ent lumber of human beings will havein- creased to two thousand millions. Let us be thankful wo.dheH not see the cod of this century. ■