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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-09
Gstherias Cora In Peru.

4 plant is extensively cultivated in
Peru and Bolivia, and depended upon
by the people as one Of the necessities
Of life. This is the coca, or cuca
(E,yesrozylon coca.) 1t is chewed with
duicklime, like the areca and betei OF
India, but its effects on the system are
more striking. 1t is not nutritive, it is
not intoxicating, but it is certainly in
MIGRATING. Scientific men have tested
and examined it, but fail to find the
secret Of its influence. Some think it
only imaginary, some think it mar
cote with an exhilarating influence for
the moment.
But where science fails, the facts stand
out clear and Indians with little food,
but constantly chewing coca, travel on
foot journeys of two hundred miles in
three days. And this they do not in
exceptional cases but steadily. They
arc never seen helpless from its effects,
a. men become from opium or liquor
On the contrary, it helps and aids men
to work. With it men can toll on for
twenty or thirty consecutive hours. un-
refreshed by sleep.
About pound Il week is issued to .
man; yet its strength is such that,
when used for tea, four or five leaves
are enough to steep for six persons.
The Republic Of Peru introduces the
coca and the vicuna into her coat-of-
arms as one Of the characteristic pro-
auctions of the country.
The cultivation is easy, and is ex-
tensivcly carried on in the valley of
Ituata The gathering of the crop,
from January to March, is general
merry-makiug. Men and women flock
to the fields, gathering the leaves into
cloths, which, when full, are emptied
into baskets, When all is gathered,
the leaves are spread OH n rough bas-
Network to dry for two or three days,
and are then packed in bags to be sent
to all parts.
When the labor is ended, dancing
and drinking begin, and excuses Of all
kinds result. This we need not picture
either in words or artstically
The plant is one that deserves more
extended study than it has yet received.
Its effect Oh the laboring classes in
Peru is certainly not intoxicating nor
enervating; on the contrary, i: has,
like tea and coffee, and in higher de-
gree, the power of supplying vital force
rs substitute for food.
No attempt that we remember has
been made to cultivate the plant else
where, yet the valleys Of Mexico
and our southern borders there would
seem to supply the same conditions
required for its success in Peru. 1t is
strange indeed that plant figuring in
the arms of one of our sister Ameri-
can Republics should be SO completely
unknown to us.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-09
The Star of Bethlehem.

There is story, many ages old, but
which will be freshly told this morning,
in every tongue under heaven, Of how
three heather monarchs once set out
on long and perilous journey to seek,
not riches or adventure, but new
born King greater than themselves.
On their way from the far east, they
crossed the damp malarious slopes of
the Egean Sea, the precipitous noun
tain heights ofAChaldea, sterile desert
tracts, with neither chart nor compass,
guided only by a mysterious light in
the heavens. Kepler asserts that this
light was caused by conjunction Of
the planets Saturn and Jupiter, which
for the first time, appeared in the year
or Rome 747 as one star for months in
the southern heavens, pointing as with
heavenly finger Of light to the hills
of Bethlehem. Other astronomers de-
clare that while this conjunction did
take place ut that time. the wise men
were probably led to the place of
the Savior's birth by comet which
traversed the heavens for the space Of
seventy days.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-09
Bible Terms.

Readers of the Bible will be interested
in the following explanation of express
sions frequently met with in the Holy
Scriptures. They are believed to be en-
tirely correct A days journey was 33
and 1-5 miles. A Sabbath days journey
was about one English mile. EzekiePs
reed was II feet, nearly. A cubit is %
inches, nearly. A fingers breadth is
equal to one inch A shekel of silver
was about so cents A shekel of gold
was $500. A talent of silver was ST.
5lS.32 A talent of gold was $23, 800.
A piece of silver, or IA penny, was 10
cents. A farthing was 8 cents. A
gerah was cents. A mite was II cents.
A homer contained 76 gallons and 5
pints. An ephah, or bath, contained Z
gallons and pints. A hin was l gal
Ion. pints. A firkin was pints. An
omer was pints. A cab was 8 pints.
A log was one-half pint.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-09
How He Married the Bar. ker's Daughter.

Adolph z. is young, not unprcpos-
sessing, and i. clerk in wealthy
bankers Office in Paris, on salary of
two thousand francs year. The
banker mas a pretty daughter of eight
cen. Adolph has not u sou, but that
does not deter him from waiting upon
his employer and saying: "Sir, l
have the honor of asking your daugh-
ter's hand in marriage" The banker,
astonished, rang the bell, and told the,
waiter to throw Adolph out Of the win
dow. Gas you please" calmly said
the clerk. But, before that IS done,
learn that I am about to become a
partner in the London house of Bath
urst & Co." At this the banker softens.
"The proof, sir--the proof of what you
say" "Give me forty-eight hours in
which to go to England, and will
bring you the proof" Adolph hurried
to London, presents himself ut the
Office of Bathurst & Co., and says: II
have to propose that you take me as a
partner" And, as Mr.. Bathurst looks as
though he thought Adolph:demented, he
adds, am about to marry the daugh-
Their of Monsieur p, of Paris" Adolph
is thereupon asked to be seated, they
converse, land come to terms. The
bright young man returns to Paris
carrying to his future father-in-law the
proof of his statement, and the young
people are welded.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-09
The Wit Of d Priest.

The cure of country church; where
the men sit on one side of the aisle and
the women the other, being annoyed
in the middle Of his sermon by bah
bling of conversation, gently reminds
the congregation that it should be
silent.
One Of the women arises and tri-
umphantly exclaims: /" 1 want you to
notice, father, that the chattering isn't
on this side of the aisle this time
All the better" replies the priest
meekly, sit wont last 80 long,"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-09

good to both parties u papa's frOlic
with the babies! What an interest i
added to the books, the drawings, the
games, or even the studies if the father
enters into them!
Aside from the children, and in homes
where haply there are none, men still
have more direct part than most OF
them are ready to bear, in making the
daily life pleasant We hardly need
say that man should set the example
for the family in patience, cheerfulness,
courtesy, forbearance, and all the
amiable moods and graces that are the
soul of home happiness. The sort OF
men who display all their suavity and
politeness on the street or at their
business places, and save the storms,
and sulks, and sourness, and all the evil
brood of devilish dispositions that they
characterize by theconvenient euphem-
ism of "moOds well we have our
opinion of them! and if they will come
within range we don't miEd expressing
it privately; but we are afraid it
wouldn't look well in print!
The whole tribe of home tyrants-
men who make the entire household
revolve around them as the center;
whose tongues are chronically ''furred "
in the morning, and nerves SO upset in
the evening that the family must keep
silence while they read and smoke; who
"can't bear" the noise of innocent and
natural mirthfulness; who have to be
toadied and tended and humored; they
ought all Of them to be doomed to pass
their days in shabby-genteel boarding
houses, without sight of wife or child
ren-with hash for breakfast, warmed
over pancakes for lunch, and Jean
mackerel and centennial hens for sup
per, with the ledger overhead always
learning the trombone and servant girls
that steal the hair oil. They don't de-
serve home, and no man does who
will do nothing to make it. For mans
rights do not Include the right to all the
comforts OF home without any of the
work, or worry, or self-sacrifce, or
thoughtfulness and well-doing incident
to its creation and maintenance.
A good many men think they have
done their full duty if they pay.the bills,
more or less grudgingly. But one might
as well try to warm room with fire
place and pair of silver-plated andi-
rons, and no fuel or fire, as to make
home with money. The money sim
ply makes place for the home; to
complete it the man must put in HIM
self. and the best part of himself at
that.-Goltten Age.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-09

GETTING OVER A DIFFtCULTY.-I'll tell
you how one young lady managed in
very disagreeable event of a whole street
under water, to my personal knowledge
by eyesight. She was pretty school
ma'am in an East End institution of
learning, and at the close of her days
labors was returning home in company
with q number of her merry school
children. 1t had rained very hard that
day, and Broadway, at the intersection
of Tenth street, was sea to the depth
of the knee for the pupils, who plunged
into it with evident enjoyment of the
situation. The young but sensible
teacher thought q moment, then DOTTED
shoes and stockings, and with her skirts
held up, bravely waded across, to the
great admiration of her scholars, in
whose gleesome shout grave young
man passing at the time felt sorely in
clined to join.-I. Louis Herald Gdlreston
Letter.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-09

AN APPROPRIATE HyMN-The story is
told, and it is said to be entirely true,
that at the recent dedication of n Baptist
church in this county the ceremony of
immersion was performed for the first
time in that church by a well known
Baptist minister Of this city. When he
had entered the water. and while wait
ing for the candidate, the minister sug-
gested that somebody should sing an
appropriate hymn. One of the deacons
who stood near by heard the suggestion,
and without thinking, struck up the ia
miliar hymn, Pull for the shore" The
hymn proved to be SO suggestive that
neither the minister nor congregation
could refrain from an audible smile for
some time, and the ceremony had to be
postponed until the preacher could re-
cover his gravity.-Rochescr ~. ~ En-
press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-09
Pail Mall Gazette,

Experiments are being carried on in
Prussia, by order of the German mill
tary Authorities. to determine how far
it may be practicable to employ
hhc telephone for military pur-
poses. One of the new Instruments
shas been arranged by the railway regi-
ment on the exercising ground near
d. Berlin; but, rs yet, the results obtained
have not been altogether satisfactory
With the stations only few thousand
PAGES apart it is found extremely diff
cult, and nj times when the conditions
are unfavorable altogether impossible
to carry on II conversation. 1t is ex-
pected, however that when some sug.
gested improvements in the apparatus
have been carried out, the telephone
will work in u much more satisfactory
manner, and will become of great value
for military purposes. One of the
obstacles to the more extended employ
ment of the tield-telegraph in actual
war has always been the difficulty of
instructing men in the manipulation of
the instruments, and of giving them
sufficient practice to render them ex-
pert in reading and sending messages.
The telephone, however, once set up,
can be used by any one without any
preliminary training; and therefore it
is easy to conceive almost any number
Of cases in which it would be found ex-
tremely useful in the conduct of the
operations of war. In many instances,
however, it will still be desirable that
the messages sent should be written by
the instrument Employed; and there
fore the German military authorities
are now endeavoring TO arrange an APP
paratus which shall be able to be used
at pleasure either as n telephone or AS
n Morse's printing instrument, and
which Mt the same time shall be COM
pact, portable and not easily liable to
arrangement.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-09
WAS OsnAx A GREAT GENERAL.
Gen. McClellaH Hints that He Was
Nst-.-Conse4aences Of the Fall Of

Nst..-Conse4acnces Of the Fall Of
Plevna.
In an article ON the !" Capture Of Kars
and Fall of Plevna," in the North
An,evican Reriesc, Gen. George B. Nc
Clellan says:
Osman Pasha was treated by the
car with degree Of courtesy and con-
sideration justified, perhaps. by his
obstinate courage, but certainly not by
the inhuman brutality which constantly
characterized the conduct of his troops
toward the wounded Russians which fell
into their hands.
We do not yet know with sufficient
accuracy the means at Osman's disposal,
or all the circumstances which sur
rounded him, to justify final judg-
ment upon the merits Of his defense
from professional point of view. He
certainly deserves the credit of obsti-
nate gallantry, but it now appears more
like the conduct of wild beast at bay
than that of a skillfulj general. He
selected his position well and fortified
it with skill, but it does not appear that
he took advantage of his successes,
which was due more to the blunders
Of his antagonists than to his own
merits.
This much is certain; from the mo-
ment when Todleben took charge Of
the siege-operations, when Imeretinski
became chief Of the staff, when Skobe-
loft received an important command.
and Gourko was placed in charge Of
operations on the Sophia road-from the
moment, in fact, when knowledge and
skill directed the operations of the
Russians-Osman became helpless as a
child in their hands, and his fate was
sealed. Plevna had no such value in
itself as to justify the loss of an army
in holding it few weeks longer. If
Osman had been great or even good
general, he would have abandoned his
position the moment he found the
Sophia road seriously endangered, for
his army would have been of infinitely
more use elsewhere. Should events
prolong the war into another summer
campaign, the Turks have not much to
gain by the delay. Their resources
are nearly exhausted. while those Of
Russia are not. The Servians, the
Montenegrins, and the Greeks will oc-
cupy them so fully on the west that
the Russians and Roumanians can de-
vote the entire strength of the main
army to direct operations against Con-
stantinople. From their underground
in Armenia, it will be perfectly prac-
ticable for the Russians to conduct q
campaign in Anatolin, which, even if it
does not actually lead to Scutari, will
at least completely paralyze the Turks
in that quarter, and deprive them Of
the large resources with which that
region has always furnished them. 1t
now seems probable that nothing short
of foreign interference-and that in
the shape Of very strong battalions and
n formidable navy--can. save them.
There is only one power, if there be
even one, that has any disposition to
interfere, and it is doubtful whether
other and stronger powers will permit
that interference. It would appear to
be wise for the Turks to make peace
promptly, and on the best terms they
can.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-09

A VERY BAD CoLD.-lt was ten
o'clock Jones was dry-hadn't been
so dry since the strike-but there was
no cash left. He knew that Mrs. J. had
n little old Hennessy about the house,
that she put in buildings: and he sat
down on the door-steps, and wondered
how he could save it from being wasted
IN such nonsense, as economy was his
motto. He looked up Mt the dog-star,
the great bear, and the milk-maid's
path, but they We're silent, and tending
strictly to business. A scheme finally
dawned on him, and he opened the
door, and felt his way back to the ice
cooler, got up on n chair, and tished
out II piece of ice, buttoned up his coat
and turned up his collar. Then he
staggered up stairs, Ice in hand, and
met Mrs. Jones. whats the matter,
Jones--been drilling NO. said
Jones, with SILVER. another strike q
mo. Chill" said Jones; and he sank
into n chair, and slipped the ice into
his coat pocket-"feel that hand" "Oh,
MY" and she shuddered Then she
got blanket, and put it over him. and
said she would make him some hot
tea. As she started for the kitchen
Jones called her back, and, with a sigh
suggested if there was little whisky
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-09

Prof. Martyne, for 20 cts, with age, height
color OF eyes and hair, will seud correct picture
of your future husband or wife, with initials Of
real name, when and where Won will meet, ana
date of marriage. Address Prof MARITIME. JOCK
box III, Milwaukee. Sd:4-2
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-04-05

SENSIBLE ADVICE ABOUT EGGs, comes
from friend, ~" Hartford, Conn, whose
approach to the age of so, shows that h,
has paid proper attention to his dict. He
says 81 suppose it is generally admitted,
that the best way to cook eggs, so far as
health is concerned, is to boil them sort, saw
three minutes. If they are boiled three
minutes, the white will be cooked hart, and
the yolk will not be cooked at all. This
way, therefore, does not allow us to cook
eggs SO as best to promote health Eggs
sho~a not be boiled at all; they should be
"eoddled' and perfectly soft when cooked.
How TO CoDDLE EGGs.-Put the epos
into vessel of water at temperature of
one hundred and seventy (l7Oo) degrees
Fab, and keep the water at that tempera-
ture from ten to fifteen minutes, when the
eggs may be taken out, and the white will
be fine jelly, and the yolk will be cooked
soft. The temperature should be tested bv
thermometer, not guessed at The ouan-
tity OF water should be so large, that the
introduction of the eggs will not materially
reduce the temperature.
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FRESH MANURE BAD FOR POTATOES
Fresh manure is hurtful to potatoes. This
crop needs old well-rotted manure or tho
tubers are apt to be scabby, and to bo infes-
tea with white worms. Fresh manure may
o., DC used for corn without any ill Effects
Inc corn rather likes it. There are no DO
tatoes so clean and free from blcmish, as
those grown with the artificial fertilizers.
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The PIP IN PoULTRY.-Poultry are
sometimes troubled with disease known as
PIP This is Inflammation of the tongue
and mouth, with the growth of a horny
scale on the point of the tongue, which pre-
vents the fowls from feeding. Give each
fowl a pinch Of powdered chlorate of potash,
dropping it into the throat and upon tho
tongue and remove the scale with the poipt
of penknife.
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UNION q d, so1TH a. se asIfs IS

diso sinusd or Settled by plaintiff, or the judg-
ment ~ for defendant, or the execution
aga,ns the defendant shall be returned nulia
oond, the officers aforesaid shall have
power issue an execution for his costs. or the
Sisrk s,ss % tssae for the whole, directed to the
oSstln 9e thprfzed and required to exc
cute sucit process as in other cases of execution
deliveredsE 10 him.
sEc.5 f3s That all acts or parts of acts incon.
sistent with this act are hereby repealed.
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~ h : q.
e'osms 70 reai property, Tor any sum not ex-
ceeolne e4oo' per cent: Tor additional
n auouass ar On hoe eAceea'ng eoV0: an additional
eu,u vi A1 per ce9.; tor additionai amount
n9' eAoeeu.us 9i'ooo, an additiona! sum OF
per oeu' Ia ACTIONS ABOVE named it
:: :ne ,:a :ame % 1e set1ied before Judgment there
, my u,'Twacces nc upon the amount paid or
SJou.eu ~ q: nah 'ne rates ABOVE sPecihed;
I.' comissionS snaii DC aiiowed piatnts9y
ueieuuan's ln cases OF ioreci1egs6 3k
mortgage ana PARTITION OF real sslses
oonr.s o g.. ,nPpeass t5e $ =
.oS coi p1sssta piainsssaa X ~! 81 Is s.
p.ooeeo,ogs aa 8eH2E g! r. : = ! j
Saune, 20 !; + g. ia Il
euAn nS1 . ~ 6nlent
~ SSRS< :. Is g
.l ~ ns = ~ Y r.
Ear Ik 81 8. ~, *
4 s6iFirmance Sbsass - =: 80 - ~
!. Src. Is Clerks of co,rt. Eo. .h .I
Of eyery. case. $3.50. for f;l;ns ali n,nsrs @
in case. 81 10 for the whole far an.
terine judgements 2h cenfa.. f,r .s;,n;u,, ."J
sealing each writ 2htcsnts. fnr .S,o;n;;s,a. snu
ing oath. 26 cents q y,rop;J,sJ Tho, -, &C.
shall be allowed for swaar;no 1,;tnossos ~
Jurors in the trial of n acr;m;noI nasa. Co.. M
taking and filing bonds in attachments
and other cases. 81 /: for sion;no and seaI;no
commission TO examine witness TX ce~ta !:
for recording plats under order of comrt
81 for rule Of survey Al. for e,cb cor.;G
cate nnder seal. so cents for issu;no writ
,ofs attachment for contempt or other sneciaI
writ, 4t'; for signing and sealing writ Of
habere facias possessionen,, 80 cents. for
receiving and paying over money officially.
1per cent; on bin noNe proseoui. before given
out, 81 on a bill thrown out by grand Jury,
or found nolle prosequi, abated, discontinued
or struck off, So; on bill found on verdict bv
petit jury, 81; on issuing bench warrant.
81 issuing each execution in sessions, 81 !:
signing and sealing writ of habeas corpus
$3.50 issuing warrant, taking recosnizance
or other services, same fees as allowed to
Trial Justices; each writ of venire facias,
including all services incident to summon
ing jurors, $3.50; preparing and issuing
certificates for grand and petit jurors, ard
constables and witnesses, and furnishing
returns to County Commissioners for
each week of every term OF conrt, S5 :;
furnishing advertisement in case of cs
cheat, exclusive of printers bill, $3.50;
for every deed or mortgage, 50; for adyer.
tising and giving notice to managers Of
election, s. for license to an attorney, all
incidental expenses included, So; fling, re-
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VOL. X.-NEw SERIES.
LAWS OF THE STATE. ;
THE FEE RTt1. 81. z

A BILL to regulate the costs OF PLAINTIFF
and Defendants Atlofneys and che costs
and fees Of Clerks Of Courts, Probate
Judges, Shefiffs, Trial Justices and other
Officers herein mentioned.
SECTION /. BE 1t enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
OF South Carolina, now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority, of
the same, That costs and fees which plain.
tifts' or defendants attorney, Clerks of
Courts, Probate Judges. Sheriffs, Trial j u.s.
Iices and other officers herein mentioned
shall be authorized to receive in the several
cases herein spsei6ed shall be as follows: q
sse. e Es ahts attor.
ney: For oil proceedings where yudoaSei}f
is obtained by default, SIS; for trial Of tho
cause, $40 in all contested cases, $40; for
commission to take testimony, IS; for ex-
animation of a party or witness be fore trial,
" for an .Gpptfutment of guardian for
an infant, S.; for making aud serving a
case or cases containing exceptions, $40
for procuring an order Of injunction, S5 /;
on appeal to the Supreme Court, S15 i; on
argument in Supreme Court, $50: Provided,
That if the plaintiff fail to recover ;uds.
ment against any one or G;oae of the dcfen-
dants in the cause, costs shall be taxed
against the plaintiff by the attorneyof such
defendant. 80
SEC. 8. Plaintiffs attorney only Upoi,
recSyeyS6f Judgment in actions in which,
aXqaEaHk qf sphment is issued I OF ad3udi-.