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Anonymous BenefactiOns.

One secret was well kept for long
time, even in London. The secret was
Who was the anonymous donor of those
sums of FL ZOO, who from time to time
gladdened the hearts of the managers
of deserving charities. 1t was general
ly observed that the initials given were
those of the charity which was benefit
ted, although that was not always the
case. Conjecture was rife as to who
could be the giver. Wealthy he must
be, for the sum total of all these dona-
tions amounted to figure considerable
enough to be in itself a fortune; that
he was benevolent was equally certain
from the fact of his donations; and
that he gave without any desire for re-
turn in the way of personal distinction
was evident from the pains that he took
to keep himself hidden-pains greater
than those which some spend i'll making
themselves known. But the secret is
DOW revealed. The death Of Mr.. Benja-
min Atwood, of Chestnut. drew back
the vail of concealment. He had the
satisfaction of seeing that some good
was done with the money which he gave.
He hes given away upward of 9375, 900.
Nor has he been neglectful of those who
had claims of relations ; for among
these more Or less closely connected
with him he has distributed nearly
million sterling. The money thus
charitably employed consisted partly of
Mr.. Attwood's private fortune and part
ly OF that bequeathed 10 him some years
ago by the late Matthias Wolverly Att
wood, NJ. P. Mr.. Atwood had reached
the age of eighty years, was unmarried,
and lived very quiel y, though SO rich.
His luxury was that of doing good
quietly, and we have no doubt it was
one he thoroughly enjoyed. Each man
has his own mode of enjoyment, and
there are many who share in Mr.. Att
woods benevolent feelings, though few
have such ample means of gratifying
them. The world is better for such
persons; would there were even more
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Effect OF Nervous Influence ON the
Heart.

Experiments made with much care
and precision show that the circulation
of the blood is accelerated or retarded
by nervous influences in manner which
before was only vaguely suspected.
More recently the Investigations of this
subject by NJ. Marcy, in relation to the
beating of the heart, and its connection
with muscular exercise, fever, and vio-
lent emotions of anger, fear, JOY, etc,
all of which, he says, exercise direct
action on the peripheric circulation,
have excited peculiar interest. NJ.
Marcy does not consider variation in
the beating of the heart to be due to
any change in the activity of the heart
itself, but says it is certain that chances
in the general circulation take place
under the influence of moral emotions,
the face becoming red, or pale, etc.
These we'll changes must entail
variations in the frequency of the beat
ings of the heart, so that the power
which moderates or accelerates the con-
fractions of the heart, he thinks, can
be no other than the contracyility of the
vessels of the whole body by nervous
agency
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How TO ALLEVIATE A CoUeH.-The
London Lancet, which ought to be q,
good authority, says :, ''Anodynes, mar
coties, cough mixtures and lozenges,
are practically of no good, and bat too
ofteh increase the debility and hasten
the fatal end. The best method of cas-
ing cough is to resist it with all the
force of will possible, until the accumu-
latio n of phlegm becomes greater. then
there is something to cough against,
and it comes up very much easier, and
with half the coughing. A great deal
of hacking and hemmiLg and coughing
in invalids is nervous, purely nervous,
or from the force of habit, as is shown
by the frequency when thinking about
it, and the comparative rarity when the
person is so much engaged that there. is
no time to think about it, and the at
tention is compelled in another direc-
ton. t''"-
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Chinese Revival Meeting.


Effect OF the Preaching of the EvAnge-
list Al hammond.
The sensation of the day was a meet
ing gotten mp by Wah 10y, a converted
Cinnamon. 1t was held on the corner
of [ and Third streets. Wah 10y man.
aged, at half past one O'Clock, to get
together some 200 of his country men.
He had about him six Chinese who have
been Christianized. These were pro-
vided with singing books, while on a
blank wall were hung a number of slips
of white cloth, on which various songs
were stenciled. 10y stood in front of
these, and with a long wooden pointer
pointed out the words, emphasizing the
syllables and the music at the same
time. The singing by the Cinnamon
was creditable, better than we had any
reason to expect. Early in the evening
a lumber of ladies came up and aided
in the singing, and subsequently the so
or go white men in the crowd joined in
the chOruses. After cOnsiderable sing
ing, Rev. Mr.. Hough addressed the
Chinese assembled, Wah 10y interpret
ing sentence by sentence.
"When Jesus was here in the
world
"How 10y sing chewing see Jesus see
you late"
"He said, Come unto me all We that
labor and are heavy laden, and l will
give you rest"
Say lung yet che caoy ching buy
sat che quoy longing, onlying yah wong
yet wing choyse.
You are all seeking for happiness
but you are not happy"
Ling ty Sc ung you moy chawiDg
sing aew SIT yeng."
You seek for happiness, but do not
find it"
"Ayng how u sing chong lee set sing
coy mig gee"
Jesus shows us the way to true
happiness"
lying low mnsing leying toy set
oy-ng."
In this manner the exhortation pro-
ceedt d. The Chinese above given, if
not thoroughly ineligible to the civil
lied reader, can be sifted by the nearest
Chinese laundrymar, our report being
special and accurate and in the purest
tone of the poetical tongue of the
fowery kingdom.
Wah 10y now took the stand and
preached TO the Chinese for twenty u in
utes s, in what appeared to be an earn est
and eloquent manner, if eloquence has
place in Chinese culture.
More singing followed, and Mr. Ham
mopd having meanwhile arrived, was
placed in buggy, and Wah 10y mount
ing beside him, the Evangelist preached
to the Cinnamon, the interpreter, sen
tence by sentence, iranslating for him.
The Chinese gave good attention, and
nearly all wore smiling faces. Tt was a
great curiosity to them. Said one:
"All same Nellie man, Chinese hab
big meet, all eam0 in street. Bully
| Sacramento Record.
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DR., adruI Picture of the Persian Famine

Statistics will show far more forcibly
than could any exercise of the imagi1R-
ton how bitter were the sufferings of
the Persians while the lord of all that
fair land of Ivan was spending untold
gold in his visit to Europe. Hardly
had DR.. Bellew an 1 his English fellow
travellers who have tod the story left
Afghanistan than the signs of the long
three years of famine were seen on every
hand. Everywhere W. re deserted houses
upon which the curse had laid its ma
lignant hand. The green and beauti-
fully fOliated trees, the vineyards and
orchards, stood in stark contrast to the
misery that reigned around. The high
roads we're insecure, for the Turcomans
had velywheTe resumed their old habits
of plundering, robbng, and murder
ing. Mesckid, out of population of
As, 500, had lost 20, 900 inhabitants, who,
without Offering the slightest resistance,
had been marched Off to slavery in
Khiva and Bokhara, r had persisted of
hunger. In such numbers did the
starving wretches allow themselves TO
be led to chains for the sake of food,
tLat the gates of the city had to be
locked to keep any of the inhabitants in
the city. We give q few of the most
fearful examples of misery. Only four
families lemain in Mahiabad. Out of
400 in Ghibk, ouly $50 inhabitants are
left. In Kun numbers of families
strayed away to look for food where, in
d,ei, none was to be had. The sur
vivors were too feeble to bury the dead,
who, exposed, added pestilence to fam
inc. In Damghan, photographic station
east of Teheran, only 200 famii lie
main out of 900, and in Teheran itself
eco persons persisted weekly of starva-
ton and typhus. The district of Tur-
bet HardarI lost 10000; the district Of
Selzwar, $4,000; of Nischapur, at least
10000; Hamadan, lost between q, 600
and $4,000; and in Kirmanseha alone
$1,000 persisted Ct hunger, On the
whole journey from the frontiers of At
ghanistan to the Persian capital DR..
Bellew saw not one child /; all were
dead. Nowhere was there music. sing
ing, or Joy. All was sorrow, death,
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VINEGAR BIrTERs. -Dr. j.. Walker,
regular practicipg physician of Cali
fornia, has conferred priceless boon
upon mankind, by the introduction of
a "Bitters compounded from herbs
exclusively, which may be truly said
to be superseding all others. ard is
becoming bitter dose indetd for the
charlatans and quacks, ON account Of
its immense sale and universal popu
larity. Not only are these Vinegar
Bitters, as he calls them, an invalu-
able tonic and Alternative, but they are
acknowledged as standard Medicine,
and the astonishing rapidity with
which they cure diseases hitherto de-
clared incurable, seems almost incred-
ible. After having been carefully
tested, they are kept on hand in thou
sands of households, and used tor any
and every form of disease, many re-
lying upon them in preference to the
most celebrated physicians. They
have become a recognized family
remedy" and properly so. asH- aH- l-E'
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DON'T Hack, Hack, Cough, Cough !!

Cough is symptom by which various dis
eased conditions OF the throat, bronchial tubes
and lungs manifest themselves. But whether
it arises from the irritation produced in the
throat and larypx by taking cold, from an at
ton, or from various other causes, nothing
will allay it more speedily or cure it more per-
manently than DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. 1t does not matter whether it be
a recent attack, or lingering cough, the Dis
covery is in either case equally well adapted
for its relief and permanent cure. In fact, it
will cure cough in one-half the time neces-
sary to cure it with any other medicine, and it
does it, not by drying it up, but by removing
the cause subduing the irritation, and healing
the affected parts No time should be lost in
commencing the use of proper medicine for
the relief of cough, for unless this course is
ursued, serious and dangerous disease of the
lungs is liable to result. Golden Medical Dis
covery is sold by all dealers in medicines.
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TBY ME.

told the rose thy nams-iI blusbed and stirred;
It's peia.s trembled IS in ecstacy;
I cried thy name aloud-and 10 the bird
Burst into song within the thick-leaved tree.
spake II when the morn was gray and cold,
And straight from out his east shot up the sun.
I spake il in the night the clouds that rolled
Above dispersed, the stars came one by one,
ShoTld any whisper II when On nv face ....
The / ack earth lies, calm sleeping underground,
i think my heart again would beat a space,
And that my lips would tremble at the sound.
And IL before the gates Of heaven 1 came,
And could for mine own worth no entrance win.
! think that then. if I should name thy name,
The eternal doors would swing and let me in.
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NOVEL RAILROAD IN SYRIA.-It is said
that the Turkish government is con-
structiog railway between Aleppo and
Alexan6retta, distance of more than
ninety miles, to consist of a low wall
following closely the topography of the
country. Upon this wall single rail
will be laid, and the locomotive and the
las car be ny provided with horizontal
wheels to grasp the sides of the mason
nv will retain the whole train securely
upon the track, it is thought. The
passenger cars ale to be constructed in
such a manner as TO make it easy TO adj
just the weight by arranging the trav
eIers in their seats. When filed prop
erly niret7-six passengers will constl-
iute ioad for single train.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-05

HE LIGHTHOUSES OF THE UNITED
STATEs.-The coast of the United States,
from the st. Croix river in Maine to
the Rio Grande in the Gulf of Mexico,
includes q distance of 5000 miles, while
that of the Pacific coast. exclusive of
Alaska, is about /, 800 miles. The coast
of our northern lakes is about 3 900
miles in extent, while that of the larg5
inland rivers, as far as under the super
vision of the lighthouse board, is some
700 miles, making a grand total coast
line of over 10000 miles, far surprising
that of any other nation on the globe.
The number of lighthouses and lighted
beacons along this coastline is $50;
lfghtships, 25; fog-signals operated by
steam or hot-air engines, 40; day or I'M
lighted beacons, $50; total, 1,045, being
one beacon for every 10 miles OF coast.
Besides this, there are 5000 buoys IN
position to indicate banks, rocks, anl
other distractions in channels of navi-
cation,
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A War Speck.

A Warsaw CORES pondent of Cracow
paper states that for some time past in
qujries have been going on in Poland
with the view of ascertaining what was
the largest number of troops that could
be maintained there without causing a
famine. These inquiries have been in
stituted by the Russian government,
whose object it is said to be. not the
keeping of order in the kingdom, but
the guarding of it's frontier on the Prus-
sian side, and it has been decided that
the army shall b raised within the next
three years to $50, 900 men. Camps
capable cfholding 10000 each are being
erected in the principal towns for the
accommodation of the fresh arrivals,
and q complete ambulance corps for
$50, 1000 men has been formed at War
saw. When this operation has been
completed, Russia, without waiting for
re-enforcements, will be able to confront
a Prussian army of invasion, or to an
ticipa'e matters by a march into the
enemy's territory Of Po7en. Although
everything now is apparently friendly
between these two great European pow
ers, there is said to exist feeling of
apimosity that at any time may precipi-
tate bloody war. At any rate Russia
evidently believes il the wiser policy in
times of peace to prepare for war.
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THERE are more than one thousand
different kinds of pills in the United States.
Some of them are worthless and injurious
others are good ana beneficial. Old DIR. Par
sons invented the best anti-bilious pill we ever
saw or heard of. They are now sold under
the name of Parsons' Purgative PILE.
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Ry neglectine the nrecantion which

By neglecting the precsution which
common sense dictates, many fall victims to
their own imprudence. We have seen the
young and beautiful girl, the hope and pride
of her parents-her cheek flushed with anticli-
patton, and her eyes beaming with the gay
dreams OF life-we have seen all this changed
for shroud by neglecting a common cold
which had settled upon her lungs. 1t might
have easily been cured if it had been attended
to in time. Now, when your lungs are first
diseased with the incipient stages of con-
sumption, you should use Aliens Lung Bal
sam, which will relieve them without fail.
For sale by all medicine dealers.
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How TO KILL AN ANIMAL WITHOUT
SUFFERING.-Many persons would be
glad to know how to kill an animal
without suffering, and we venture to
give the benefit of our experience. We
are constantly called upon to destroy
horses, dogs and cats, and have little
difficulty in doing it. For horses we
use large sponge, say six inches in
diameter, thoroughly saturated with
chloroform, which is dropped into a
bag large enough TO be drawn over the
horses nose. 1t is not desirable to
have the bag "air-tight; for, if so,
suffocation is likely to ensue. In two
or three minutes the horse is rncon-
scious, and in eight or ten mir utes
dead, without suffering. For dogs and
cats a similar process, using a small
sponge and bag or these animals, with
the saturated sponge, may be put IN
box admitting some air, when they soon
ego to sic ep." Seventy-five cents
worth of chloroform will kill a horse,
and t. enty five dog or cat. If one
saturation of the sponge does not COM
plete the work repeat it.
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Those Sharp German Wine Growers

In various cities of Germany, Rude
sheim, Hocheim, Coblentz, Maienz, etc,
effervescing wines, made from the grape,
and boldly labeled Champagne" are
now being turned out in prodigious
quantities, and successfully ,xported to
tie north of Europe, England, the Uni
ted States, Australia, China and Japan.
They are very cheap and very good,
better by far than most of the fabricated
champagne thrown on the market hith-
erto. This bold, strategic move of the
German wine-growe1s was taken during
the var, when the province of Cham
payne, being overrun by soldiers,
Rheims and Epernay gated, The French
could not make the wine for themselves
or others inaugurated then, IL has gone
on with increasing rapidity, until now
most of the champagne drank is of Ger
man growth and make, to the displace
meDt of French enterprise The Gaul's
are seriously alarmed at the progress,
although their champagne, when genu-
inc, can easily claim the first rank, and
they can sell as much at much dearer
prices than their neighbors pocket.
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Premature loss of the hair, which Is
SO common now. a days, may be entirely pre-
vented by the use of Burnett's CocOaine. II
has been used in thousands OF cases where
the hair was coming out in handfuls, and has
never failed to arrest its decay, and topromote
healthy and vigorous growth. 1t is at the
same time unrivalled as dressing fol the hair.
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We understand that the whoeping
cough is quite prevalent in the towns around
us; but that no cases have proved fatal. Some
families use nothing but Johnson's Anodyne
Linlment. Our Doctor, however, says little
ipicac, to produce vomiting, would be an ad-
Yantape.
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Ten RULES FOR FARMERS. Il. Take
good papers aid read them.
2. Keep an account of farm opera
tions.
3. Do not leave Implements scattered
over the farm, exposed to snow, rain
and heat.
4. Repair tools and buildings a. a
proper time, and do not suffer subse-
quent three fold expenditure OF time
and money.
5. Use money judiciously, and do not
attend auc N sales 10 purchase ell
kinds of trumrery because it is cheap.
6. See that fences are we'll repaired,
and cattle not grazing in the m, adows
or grain fields or orchards.
7. Do not refuse to make correct ex-
periments, in a small way, CT many new
things.
8. Plant fruit trees well, care for
them, and of course get good crops.
g. Practice economy by giving stock
shelter during the winter also good
food, taking out all that is unsound,
half rotten or moldy.
TO- Do not keep tribes of cats and
snarlipg dogs around the premises who
eat more in a month than they are
worth in a lifetime.
"THE only way some people can keep
their names untarnished is to make
Bridget spend about half her time
scouting the door plate.
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AFTER a fellow has been carrying a
young lady's glove pinned over his
heart for thirteen months, no one can
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imagine his feeling as he sees her dash
by in cutter with a clerks arm around
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Go TO Riverside Water Cure. Hamilton, n.
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The ConsumptiVes or sufferer from any
pulmonary disease will find TUFTS Expect0laut the
most general restorative ever offered an invalid.
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