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Mcre Stubborn Facts.

| New developments are being onstantly
made in regaad to the adulteratiCn Of liquors,
and we predict that the makers and vcuders are
I" treasurng up wrath against wrath" Ii the
drinkers of these poisoned liquors knew one
half the frauds that are practlced upon them,
tho day of reckoning would soon come. Much
has been said of late about the use of ofstrychnne
in manufacturing whlskey. 1t has been af-
tirmed and denied repeatedly. Last week we
called upon the chemist who has been appoint
ed under the law of this State to analyze and
inspect liquors, and he assured us that he had
found this deadly drug present inthe whskey.
How it came there is a question which we, OF
of course, could not determine. He declares
that ninety-nine gallons, at least, otcvefy hum
dred, is basely and vlllan0usly drugged. OF
seventy-six lots of what purported to be port
wne only one stood the chemical tests. Tae
chemist gave us access to his book OF records,
and we will give one specimen TO show the
character of the trade. A Cincinnati druggist,
who procured an expensive French brandy in
New York, for medical purposes only, wished
TO be able to state to his customers that he had
Il genuine article, and that ne might do SO con-
tidently, called on the chemist 10 procure his
certificate. Upon analysis this choice, Gus
tom-house brandy contained Corn FRESH OIL"
Sulphuric acid, Nitric acid and copper-ot
course, most deadly mlXtCre.
1t would not surprise Us IA earn that the cpl
demic disease at Washingtc City was produ-
ced by poisoned liquor. 1t is quite certain that
hundreds are dying all over the country, among
that class known as genteel tippers, and their
deaths are generally sudden, and the symptoms
quite similar.
Ifan examination could he legally enforced,
and the chemist was required TO destroy all
drugged liquors, there would not be much IL
quor left for the Maine Law to take hold of.-
We predict that ere long facts will be made
known which will startle the public mind
GEN. J. f. CARY.
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ENIGMA.

Composed of "a letters
|, Is, A, A, Is was great Poet;
2, IL, %. 10, 8, 9 is an awkward country girl:
3, %, 4, 8, l6 is river; : "d
4, 20, ,, Is, II, %, "a, 4, is writer of ex-
planatory notes; ...i.., .,..t..,
5, Is, 10, 10, 3. 5, Is is thin silk;
Z, g., 8, 20. 2. g. 1S. 23 is measure of liz uids;
3, l5, l, lS, % was an American General;
o, q, 0, 20, %, Is is an Envoy from the Pope !;
10, %, A, 8, %, 20, 2 is an epigram of only two
verses; ......) y .r..,,.. . ..,........,
II, Z Is, II is singular precious stone; -
l3, 8, 8, l3, 8 is the faculty by which exterior
objects are perceived; AFy.2 81
Ia, %, 3D.. 10, IL, Ia is an aperture in build
l5, 8, ., %, 8 is lady's name; !, ~. ~.
l6, 3, Is, % contains one Of the Oldest towns
in Europe; .'-t"... e y a'i %
81, 24. II, was an eminent writer of Hydro
= statleksioI .rh .1ria11% t3aaH ~ 20
"a, IL, "a, 20, 2l, IL, "a is ia county in Florida
| My whole is great masterpiece of industry,
genius and perseverance,. ''' + -" ii. VI
G',sslfu ..,a s7sssl.1" $ ,ily,.r.-..JA'.'' tn,sa
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fiend- like-as to engage, and buy the privilege
to do it, to destroy their fellow-man, as Mr..
Wesley has it, body and soul; and, also, affic:
and entail so many distresses and evils upon the
companions and offspring of the victims of their
commodity. Why, sir, the offspring of besotted
or debauched parents are not capable of becom-
ing SO refined as the children of proper parents;
there will be, as general thing, unavoidable
defects somewhere, that would not have been
under different and virtusus parenage.
SPECTATOR.
Near CentreUiLe, Nd.
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of the good things of life, is sometimes attend
ed with its Inconvenience Forinstance, there
are soRe persons in the world so cold and pas
sloRless that I'd as soon kiss the iron-handle o
our street-pump on Christmas morning as suffer
my lips to come in contact with theirs. They'd
freeze you in the middle of the dog days =
And, then, there are others again so sour that
1t would take you a month to get the vinegar
oil your lips, after kissing them. They remind
me of picked goirds. With such beings as
these, kissing amounts to a nullity,-they don't
like it themselves, and there's not much dan
ger of anybody else's risking their dspleasure
by attempting such thing against their will.
ltwouldn't half pay. Besides these two classes.
there's the snuff taker, and who is there that
doesn't remember having rushed forward with
eagerness, at some past period of his life, to
snatch kiss from some blooming fair-one, and
found with dismay that the aroma of her lips
was blended with the odor ofGarrett's 'Scotch!"
or who doesn't remember the TINA when he
made an unexpected call, and saw his idol, lust
as he entered the door, slip pretty little en-
amelled box into her work k-basket, and cast a
Sneeps eye glance at m1mma," az much as
to say, "nO he didn't thought" This class like
kissing as much as anybody, and as long as they
can keep their secret to themselves, and keep
their mouths clean in company, all goes on well
enough, but murder will out, and so will the
practice OF snuti-takng, generally. But there S
still another class of persons, | mean those who
keep their faces continually daubed and smeared
with paut and varnish, and I'm so utterlyav
to kissing these horrible painters signs, that I'll
not trust myself 10 speak of them extensively
here, for fear might become too much excited
with the subject. Iii only say that l kissed one
of them once, and had to scour my lips in soap
and water every morning for fortnight to get
the acid removed from my mouth. But my
sheet is full. So adieu, for the present,
Yours, respectfully, SPY.
7. 81 don't want any remarks made about
this article. know what know, and I'm 90
ing to say whatever Pm going to say. SO |
want to say what have to say with as little
interruption as possible.
Yours, again, SPY.
Smyrna, April 18th, 1857.
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Written for the Smyrna Times.
SpV, on Kissing.


A KIss-what is it! The lips touch, a short,
sweet, smacking sound succeeds, and the ope-
ration is performed. 1t only takes a moment
to do it, but King David himself couldn't de-
scribe the pleasure that's concentrated in that
moment. No, there's bliss enough centered in
that little act to sweeten a whole days labor
and toll Joy enough to make you forget the
strifes and end turmoils of whole weeks servi-
tude at your business. It's quickly done, and
easily done but it sends a thrill of ecslacy
through and through you that can no more
be described than the doings of the inhabi-
tants of Sirins. 'Tis a simple operation
anybody can do it that's got the courage to
ry-but it has to be practSced to be understood
and appreciated. Take a pair of plump, pout-
ing lips, and just try the experiment. It'll make
you forget you were ever mad in'your life, or
that single rufIle ever passed over your temper,
TO destroy the polished smoOthness of its sur
face. You'll think you're an inhabitant of the
seventh heaven, and imagine yourself looking
down with pity and contempt on the poor, mis-
cradle heirs of Adam, and deploriDg the state
of wretchedness to which the transgression OF
their unfathful progeuitor has subjected them.
You'll think there's legion Of angels singing
and dancing around you, and making music ON
ten thousand elysian Aarps for your especial
benefit, and that all creation is looking up 10
you in jealous admiration ard envy. You'll
fancy yourself walking oil heaps of roses, and
breathing nothing but their fragrance, whilst
everything you taste will turn to nectar
You'll forget your identity, your name, your
nature, your passions, your situation, ,--eVery'
thing but the felicity which nearly carries you
off your feet, and when you come to your sen,
ses again you II swear you have been paying
a visit to the place where Mahomet pretended
te have gone before he wrote the Koran. | tel
you there's nothing like it. Anybody that
got three grains Of genuine humanity in hi
composition, Enjoys good, earnest, screeching
smackng kiss above everything else that
earthly and whoever says such kiss ism
worth walking mile for doesn't know any
thing about the Joys Of life, and shall be struc
from my list Of friends with as little ceremon
as possible don't care to possess the friend
ship of such frozen-hearted creatures ;-they'r r
; worse than, January snow-storm. But any
! thing that's worth doing at all 10 worth dOn
r wen, and kissing, like anything else, in orde
E to be enjoyed must be executed heartily and wit
will. There's no use hemmiDg and having an
v foolng about i" Go right into it at once-th
d quicker done the better-and if the fair oT
r looks up archly into your eyes and says II ,dal
Y you," that only makes it the better. Don
u stop to think about it till you've performed tt
- operation, and then, my word for it,you'll VOL
e der YOU hadn't done il just Avs minutes soone
d tell you again there's nothing like ii. q.
o But, then, kissing, like a great many otbe
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SeIett 9flisteIlarrg,

WHY THEY SHOuT.-That fervently religi-
Gus paper, the Western Christian Advocate,
which we never open without looking for the
characteristic Of Methodist piety, affords, in the
following, an apology fer shouting. We eau
"rejoice with them that do rejoice" and even
Ieast--with sucL heartfelt evidence before US
of the real thing:
A brother in the travelling ministry--for OBJ
vlOus reasons we suppress his name-sends US,
in private note, these words: You love
music Right. The other day | was meet
ing class, and before it was half over | got
happy. forgot, for the time, that there were
any narrow hearts or misers in the world.
forgot that there were any to get angry, or to
trown each other. forgot that there were
any dark clouds over head, or any dark waters
to get through. Several hymns were sung
| have heard of the eloquence ofthe pul pit, and
Of the bar, and of the pen; thought OF none Of
these things then. AS the singing and speak
ing went on my heart got full. You know our
hearts are cups, and are always empty till they
overflow. We never enjoy till we have some
thing to give. My tears began to fall. A
voice struck up that hymn which time can new
eT lHk6 Olu.
ALAS and did my Saviour bleed
Ta every note there was melody. That hymn
was sung, brother, when, in the old school
house at r, | was converted to God.
thought of the year, the day and the hour when
Jesus deigned to own me, and when again the
last verse struck upon my ear.
But drops of grief can ne'er repay
The debt of love owe;
Here, Lord, give myself away,
'Ts all that | can do
[ could not help shouting. The Bible--see
Joshua 6: ). etc.-recommends shouting. Per-
haps some felt concerned for me; but | was too
happy to be bound by rules, and | wept like
child. 1t will be happy day when we get
home. Yes, happy day, brother. May you,
and the writer and all who love the Lord Jesus
meet together in the morring!"
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WHOLE NO., 317.

ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.-Quite an excite
ment was created in Brandywine Hundred du-
ring the former part of last week, by the sud-
den disappearance of a young and enterprising
farmer. 1t was known that he had drawn
several thousand dollars from bank in neigh
boring village, with which he avowed ntertioj'
TO purchase Il farm. Hence, his not returning
caused much uneaslness among his friends
lie was traced to Phlladelphia. where it wa
found he had been and the knowledge OF bis
having the money in his possesSion was esO
known. But, although he had avowed his in
tentIon OF making the purchase and stated that
he was going to start to place of mee,in! t.
elect 1t, no traces of him could be- found after
leaving the city. 1t was supposed he had star
Ted tor home and met with fou play A search
was made and continued for about week; much
OF the Hundreds had been gone over without,
hndWg he murdered remains of the victim of
deed most g foul and unnatural" The SYM
pathetic tears of some of the gentpr sex fIuu a l.
ready begun to flow and others even bedew ed
the checks of some of the sterner sex. wh"u,
10 1t was discovered that rich and blooming
widow OF some thirty summers had also been
very mysterously spirited away. The excite
ment instead of abating, grew more intense;
nor was 1t stopped until gossip, which is ever
on the alert, traced the missing parties 10 the
residence of a clergyman, where the ceremony
OF uniting hearts and hands had been performed,
and from whence the twain made one had star
on tour toward the city ofnotions.-Del. Ga
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meet life's many emergences. But your spirit
was brave, and you felt with Willis:
Mans heart is strong thing,
And godlike in the grasp of pain
NhaR

was brave, and you felt with Willis:
. Mans heart is strong thing,
! . And godlike in the grasp of pain
FRI. That wrings mortality"
And you smothered q had like to have sGit
conquered) the deep affections of your soul
and threw your whole heart, by the effort cf q
strong will, into the business Of your choice
and was successful. And soon you heard the
voice of Fame, in whispers almost inarticulate
at first then louder and more distinct until your
name could be heard in thousand homes where
your success was theme of daily conversation.
And you played well your part; and, as Byron
says,
" You made your cheek belle your heart
And wore masque to seem what you were not!'
But the earth was drear amid it all,-the sun
light was not glad, as of yore; and the swift
fell pointess on your ear. And you felt,
when in the presence of those who have the
weird faculty of reading the human heart, like
an unsealed book, that the deep, utter loneli-
ness of your soul was too perceptible; and you
knew that the deep love of your soul was only
hid from the gaze of ordinary minds. But let
US wave the wand athwart the Past.
You know that that young heart, which you
won long years ago, still throbs true to you
and that her eye will again brighten when she
hears that you have been won back to life and
love, and happiness. God shield her woman's
heart from sorrow! And if you meet not gain
this side the grave, may you meet and be happy
in that blessed cline where anguish and disap-
pointment, and sorrow and despair are never
known!
And may the gifted mind that has been won
back to Thought by atliiction, remain true to
the high resolves Of better and holier life.
And may the bright emanatons OF his intellect
not
LEAD to bewilder, and dazzle to blind"
but, by them, may the errIng be taught, and the
vicious be recaimed and, by them, may the
tempest ossd mariner on lfe's rough sea learn
to navigate correctly,
And gain the coast of bliss securely"
And, oh for him would give utterance to the
most beautiful prayer that poet ever made
may he
"Sland strong as Truth in greaves of granite
ma I'D.
And, tranquil-fron'cd, listening over all
The tumult, hear the angels say, WELL DoNE"
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EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL OF STRENGTH-The
Troy Times recounts singular trial OF strength,
which took place IN that CITY between james
Madison, '' the cast-Iron man." and Professor
Carl, the " strongest man in America" The
challenge for a trial of strength, sent bv Carl,
having been accepted, a large assembly wit
messed the performance.
"Previ0us to the trial, Prof Carl gave an
exh hibltiOn of magic and ventriloquism perfor-
med his celebrated guitar, and dram solo, bal
aHced sixteen chairs on his chin, and performed
other feals calling for an exercise of strength,
which must have wearied him somewhat. Mr..
Madison then appeared-hald an anvil weigh
ing two hundred and fourteen pounds upon his
breast, while two men struck II with sledges;
held an anvil upon each knee; broke a number
of stones with his fist; bent bar of iron ] tn
of an inch thick by striking it over his arm "a nd
held an anvil weighing about two hundred
pounds upon each arm, while men struck upon
it with sedges.
Prof Carl then appeared, held the anvil upon
his breast; bent the bar of iron almost double
upon his arm, held the anvIls upon his arm, q -,
for longer period than Mr.. Mad son had done.
He then took the flint stones which had been
rejected by his rival, and hammered them to
pieces signallZlng his performance by cracking
IN two a tag-stone about large enough 10 serve
as stepping block for door. After this he
held one of the heavy anvs over his head for
IL seconds, lifted go pound weight upon his
little finger and swung it around his head, and
held two men on his hair while he whlrled them
about, top.fashon. until their feet struck out at
an angle of Al degrees.
Mr.. Madison was then called out by the au
dience and requested to give an account OF him.
self. He excused himself by saying that his
liyal was in constant practice while he had not
broken stone for year. Being urged to
swing the weight about his head, he declined
to do it, on the score of inhabillty and as Prof
Carl had not held the anvlls on his knees. In
short, be virtually acknowledged himself a
whipped man."
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D9out6s' y department.
Written for the Smyrns Times.
ENIGMA,

Composed of Is letters.
l, III, 3, IA is name;
,, Ia, 3 is a river in Scotland;
3, III, II is a domestic animal; .u.i
/, ), &, 10, II is useful article; .-
), 10, Z, II, 9 3 is a county in Ireland;
6, 8, II, 10 is short poem
I, l3, ~, is very useful; '..' -'1
5, 5, Z, II is a kind of powder;
8 b. 3 is a part of the body; ...,|
10, >. L., II is sea phrase; ... .,,
IL, |, Ii is lndy's name;
IL. D 5, 7, l6 was one of the inventors ofprint-
ing with type;
l3, 10, , is Latin noHn; Fes
ii, IL, is a fruit; ...... .......
10, l3, !. II is of the points of the compass;
l6, 8, 10 10 was a Swiss patriot;
II, lS, l6, 9 is a French noun; 's
Is, 10, 10, l3 is the name of female. 49, ..-
My whole is he whom, next to Washington,
the American people delight to honor. . -
c. S. G.
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o. An Englis noheman once sent his STU
pd son to Rowland Hill, in order that he might
be educated, accompanied with note in which
the father said Of his hopeful son, 1" am conf
dent he has talents, but they are hidden in
napkin" The eccentric hut shrewd divine!
kept the youth few weeks under his care,
aud then sent him back To his ia ather with The
following laconic message: Il have shaken
the napkin at all corners, and found nothing
in it," +. ..
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DOCTOR RECEIVES HIS WALKING Papers.
DIR. LocOck, physician extraordinary to her ma.
esty Queen Victoria, has received his walking
papers. The doors have been lrrev0cably clos
ed against him, aud he may no more be admit
led on terms of familiar intercourse. This liz
tie freak of royal is rather an unpleasant
piece OF business for the man of medicine. His
salary, amounting To the comfortable sum If
$4,000 per annum, royal present OH each sue
cessve birth of an heir, and a large practice
among the nobility, is no small loss.
Locock, in despair, has made panfil! efforts
| towards etiectlng reconciliation. But Vic is
inexorable. 1t seems that Locock was unable
to control his tongue. His Hnruy member
wagged al all times and in all places. AIthOuub
The Queen has given it as her private opinion.
| that Prince AIbert's habit of sleeping between
blankets, was vulgar, dirty Dutch practice"
she did not care that all the sprigs of mobility
should be notified of her views on the imp,,r.
tant subject.
What Locock will do under these ufflictinp
circumstances, we can scarcely imagine. He
may devote himself to the manufacture of all
curlAg and nevVr-falIng pills, or dedicate his
energies tO'the dispensing Of strychnine, in
small quantities, to parties tired of life but lis
royal occupation is gone Locock retires into
shade and oblivion. .
1t appears from +hls that doctors have to be
pretty careful in the mother country. The
physician to our Chief Magistrate viii please
take warning from the above, aud refrain from
detailing the conversations between the old
gentleman, his pet servant, his pet dog. and
other members of the White House CONN. unity.
There are advantages, however. which the lat
ter official will have over the Queens man of
pulls aud powders" old Buck " is a bachelor
and there will be no conjugal confidence 10 re-
veal.-PhiIa JOurnai.
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Stlett 4oem*
Resignation.

The patient lips are cold and dry,
And soon will hold their fluent breath:
The gasp, the moan, and heavy sigh,
Alike proclaim the time of death.
The sturdy hand hath lost its power,
The once bright eye is growing blind;
But cen in this life's latest hour,
IT'S happiness to be resigned.
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ONF- The Tea-Dealers of London, it is said,
are all for Palmerston. They have on hand
100 100000 lbs. Of tea, great part of 1t bought
on speculation, in the prospect of rise in the
price by the continuance OF the war. Peace, at
this linle, would involve them inruinous losses
but war would add two millions sterling TO the
value of the stock. Politics and trade are here
so intimately blended that'the london tea"deal-
ers will, no doubt, see great deal OF virtue in
gunpowder for the perveraeness of the Chinese
10 refusing to allow themselves, in their inter-
nal policy, TO be governed by outsiders. A-,M
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MARYLAND POETS.-George d. Prentice, edi-
tor of the Louisville Journal, has a lively ap-
probation of poetic talent, wherever found
He has taken great interest in Miss Emma
Alice Browne, of Post Deposit. Miss Browne
is the second Maryland poetess of whom Prem
tice has become the patron. Mrs. Welby, the
well-known "Ameliu," who was a native of
Talbot county, was the first. Maryland, says
the Cecil County Democrat, has been prolific
in the production OF poetic talent, but ii has
been found chiefly among her daughters. Her
sons, if they possess the divine atfiatus to an
equal extent, have not found time or inclina-
Lion to cultivate it so highly. We of course
allude to the lighter productions of the poets,
and do not include Kennedy, Poe, Arthur and
others, whose works have been of weightier
character. Finley Johnson has written much,
but his compositions do not compare in merit
with the productions of Magers or Scott. Both
of the last named gentleman, however, have
hung their harps, if not upon the willows, at
| least upon the stern realities of the business
world, and have abandoned the ideal for the
practical.
There are other female writers in Maryland
of rare merit who have escaped the notice mol
only of Prentice, but of the communities IN
which they have lived. We Will mention one
- Miss Reese, of Somerset. distinguished
| professor in one of our seminaries, who haC
cultivated fine taste for such compositions
declared that the productions OF her pen were
superior to anything ever written by Mrs. Wei
by.
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OL5- The Washington Union says: ga gen.
tleman of this city, whose east aud west neigh
bors bear the euphonious name Of +" Smith," has
an intelligent Irish handmalden. A few morn
ngs since person rang lis door bell, and in-
quIred of his servaat whether MIR. Smith lived
there. lie does not was the prompt reply
"he lives next door" On which side - asked
the visitor. s' On both sides, your honor you
can't miss him." " But he is u clerk" contin'
ued the anxious inquirer. Sure they are both
clerks" was eagerly returned.