Smyrna times., 1859-12-29
paria Gussin.


ton Traveller tells The following good thing in
his last gosspings.
Women differ from men in a great many par
ticulars, but in none more than this, they are |
never open to conviction after they have reach
ed years Of discretion. There are, however,
several ways OF convincing them, and Ithiak
you will agree with me the following cannot
be ranked among the worst At Froscati's !
hotel (Which must let you know is the favor /
lie hotel of persons who visit Havre for sea ba- |
thing-it stands Immediately upon the beach1 |
woman from Paris made herself excessively
dlsagrceable by her naughty bearing and ex-
cessye raillery. These defects of character
had made her offensive in Paris, but in the |
large dinner parties and balls of this capital
there was always means of escape from so disa- |
agreeable companion 1t was different in an
hotel in small place where nobody had any
acquaintance. She was, as you may we'll i'm
agine, cordially detested, and the ladies' living
in the hotel tried very hard to engage the gen.
tlemen TO drive her away. The feat was not
impossible, for there was one weakness in this
woman through which she might be reduced TO
humbleaess. She passed herself off for a good
many years younger than her certificate ofbirtA
allowed, and dreaded any iHsnuation of the |
truth much more than she did all ese.l A gem
tleman heard that two female friends whom he |
loved exceedingly had been the object OF this
woman's raillery and he determined TO ayange
them. Although he is only six-and-thirty
years old, his face is furrowed with rinkles, and
bis hair quite gray; he was dissipa,ed during
the first years of manhood, and he has travelled
a great deal the fatigues of pleasure and sight
seeing have prematurely made him look like |
an old man. There. being no ball that hight, |
he resolved should witness this woman's hu-
initiation, and all the company were assembled
in the large drawing room Of the hotel, en-
gagged in conversation. He stared for some
lime at the woman have mentioned, on pur-
pose 10 make her say something, as she did
almost instantly, with more than her usual
haughtness /" beg your pardon, Madame, .
was his reply, tits true have not the honor
of your acquaintance, bet II cannot forbear look |
ing at you with interest, for there is between
US tie, which, though distant, is none the less
precious in my eyes,"
"And pray what may that be!" said she,
even more haughtily Than before. "a tie be-
tween us p
T" Why, Madame" he rejoined, in most af-
fectionete tone, !" you are my sister,"
"Your sister,"
" Yes, Madame, you are my foster.sister."
"'1is impossible" 81
" dare say you were ignorant of it, Madame,
and yet tbs true. Wasn't your nurse d Nor
man woman who lived at Pont lEyeque, aud
wasn't her name Madeleine Picquet y
= Why yes, think TINT was her name
"Oh knew twas. How often Ilas she told
me that | had a beautiful foster-sisger, Mile
Hortense called Mme de-. That
is you, Madame, isn't it ~
6 Yes, SIR"
" So you see. Madame, we are not stranges,
since we had the same nurse, with but two
years interval between u.s."
8 hope, sir, you do not pretend to say that
am only two years younger than you ale3"A
4 Oh dear no did not pretend to say any
such thing, for / know am two years yo0nger
than you are"
"Thats good joke replied she, laughing
very loud 10 conceal her embarrassment.
+" beg your pardon, Madame, am speaking
seriously, but am afraid have spoken indis-
crcety, for thought that at our time Of life we
would have abandoned all pretensions, and would
4 frankly confess the number of years that had
rolled o,ersour heads. i see you are very vex-
led with me-
sNot at all, sir on the contrary, you great
| " amuse me. Il is an excellent Joke to repre-.
sent me two years older than you. am afraid
you will not find many to believe it."
81 know, Madame, lock great deal older
than am; but am only six -and-thrty, which
would make you only eightand-thIrty.Y
What Il eight-ans-thirty You must
be dreaming, sir"
i "IndeAd I'm not Would were But sinte
the subject annoys you, let us dropit."
"No, sir, let us continue 10 elncidate tile
matter HE woman hoped TO carry the day t'y
dint of aildacityl unlessyotl consent to retrsr,t
an assertion which is a joke 10 wretched taste
or an insulting falsehood."
II .Madame Madame You treat me with
uumerited severity, and to clear myself Of the
harsh charge you make against me, must tell
you'll have sent for our old nurse. She will tie
here to morrow, and know she will vindicate
me, and give you pleasure.r
AS the gentleman made ihis remark he rose.
bowed and retired BY the sunrise train next
morning the woman quilted Havre, leaving
everybody at the Hotel FraEcati delighted at
being rid of 20 disagreeabe a woman.
n Did you ever read of a society so full ofthese
petty hstreds, petty jealolBies andpetiy quar-
rels Yet all classes Of society high and low,
are engaged in constant war with pins for
their weapons Despicable race !
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I Gen. Jackson His Valor When q Boy
The following incident Of The boyhood ol
!, Gen. Jackson is copied from Parton's Life o.
jackson. 1t occurred during the partisan wal
in the Waxhaws:
Q In that fierce Scotch-fndisn warfare, the alb.
sence OF father from home was often a better
b protection TO his family than his presence be-
cause his presence invited attack. The main
object Of both parties wias to kill The fighting
y men. and to avenge the staying Of partiaans. :
The house OF lhe quiet hero, Hicks, for exam
pale, was safe until il was noised about among
Q the tories that Hicks was home. Aod thus I
Is came TO pass that when whlg soldier OF ans
y note desired to spend nighE with his family
his neighbofs were accustomed 10 turn out an'
d serve as guard 10 bis housa while he slept
. Behold Robert and Andrew Jackson, with 81
l. oihefs. thus employed one night in the sprinl
lr lof 1871, at tho donicil OF noighbpr, Caplai
" Sands. The guard, on thisoccasiofs was NOR
Tc trlendly tribute TO an active partlsan than