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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-11-21

Referring to above circular. we have secured our
policy holders In the stsunch old company 1fH
ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF LlVEH-
POOL AND LUEDOE-cap!tal, $1o, GOO. ooo-iep-
resented by Us, and request thst all policies snai
be sent to our Office. Unearned premiums Will DC
paid. JOHN II. CLAiBohNh d IT,
no 2l-1t RIO. ll08 Main street.
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NE MEADE & BAKERS
MEDICISALLY PURE
oliver OIL.
Fresh supply o, The new crop just imported
from New Foundland, direct.
We have tho testimony OF physicians who pre-
scribe It, and patients who have taken II, that 1t
Is moro acceptable to the s.oms ch and more
easily asslmilated than any other oil.
MEADE BAKER,
importing and Dispensing Pharmacists,
no Is I'm sl9 Main street.
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RICHMOND, VA, October 30, IS

RICHMOND, VA, October 30, 1871.
A SPECIAL NEE T l NC Or TIE
n ST;,CK!IuLDERS OF THE RlCtaOS -
ENILNhY C,ApANI ls called by tie board ni
directors tc NEST at the cflice OF the company, ~
g.. c CT? OF Richmond, Va on the BETH :'h1 r.
NDV HM3TE, ISL, al Il o'clork IL, Tor the tlaAs-
&c al III Z. G. HUYT, President.
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1rScGNIC EOTICE-The mem. g.
\ ESQ., hrs of iIcHMoNn k :. ,sn9 ndo.! TX
6nGT No la VII liza at Masoas' si Hall THIS EVE
MING at O'clock. =,
By'ider Oh '''e William J. RIDnICK.
Secretary.
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MFRS. M. c. MORTON will be pleased
w 20 accommodate BOhED.R5 ~ COS Main
street. tsriy tppcsite the Arlington house. fias
pleasan! ROOMS pn :e:ond door. noa..2.a
NOTIFICATIONS wishing PAINTING
IN and GLAZING Of huy aescr prlon Done
cbcapIy, neatly, and promptly, will ple ,se Gu on
tie undersigned. JOHN W. LEt, Agent
RIoat street between Ftth snc six h,
no Posts next TO Moualcds tle'g,
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MILITARY NOTICES.

n L. /. BLUES, ATTENTION. i
Until further notice Tho company VIII ret III
ST Monticello Usll tEARE TUESDAY EVE II
: ItiI 1; ~ II tlf-p.s. O'Clock.
Hy order Q: Lieutenant comm sndng.
L. Il. Gl.AXEBEOCk,
no.l rd2r.y scrgeaHf.
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'NHE SCHOOL OF TELEGRApuY.

All arrangements being now complete, the
s'n Oh lof Instruction In TIE art OF teIegraphinp
VIII 10 opetcd on the 10Th OF Decem Der proxlmS.
tAe principals Goth OF whom are practica! ope-
lalofs OF msny years eXpetiencel, feel Iully as
lurtl that The undertaking. win De entirely snc-
cessu!, aud 'hey respectfully r,qre,t al WHO
contemplate Scqnirirg i kuoHlcose of this piea =
san. and p;on;"D:e business TO cal At or address
SEsiEaS UHloa TGLEHhAPH OFs.ET
No. i?l2 haln street, and eLler their n4m4s that
eE may know for hoa many ,ney mustmske nro.
vision. Pio-
Arrangements are also in progress for FORMING
GLASS OF LaDltS; ana full lLfurmaliou ~
regard TO t3is c'ass will be made public In lew
days. 10 them this bu3iness Offers peculiar Inv
Gu :emsLls. II Is lieh., Leaf, and more remune-
tier sex. "
xee-adyantsge which this school otf,-s ovsr
commercial COLLEGES is, that so soon as the SIN.
dent Is competent tGere VII be no difficulty alb tut
getting position, as the ex.enlion of railf0ars
and LIE building OF new lin: OF telegraph crea;ts
constant and eve.-ipcreasins demand for skill
ful operators.
should The numb Der OF pali!s IN IKE 1t necessary,
practical &nG sktilt d operators will tie emplo, cd
rs assistant Instructors, 'or whose efficiency the
principals pledge Them elves.
X. III. j. PAYHTER,
no 2l-WG Slm JOSEPH hCGUVEHE,
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NI 1000 BRICKS

NE" 1000 BRICKS
1.-THE Richmond Enquirer saysl Will be required TO
build tbe house to be occupied by
LEVY BROTHERS
when computed. They also state that 1t will he
tie largest building on Main street for mercantile
purposes. We ctate that we now have the iergeas
ani best assorted stock cs
pty GUUD3, CARPETS, OILCLolHs,
FAEGY GOODS, ard NOTIONS,
ever Ci:arst II this city.
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WHE BRICKLAYERs WILL III nj,
! c.llsd Getting aithe!r halI. TONIGHT
frnsed'y,, November 2ls at o,cA r onasent. rs
mem, 3 specially requested 10 OF .efore tn.
Union. NJ J0EtS.
by m;Ge "a iie' Secretary.
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no u id

NNUAL MEET1NG.-The annual
"a n,os,;, y or tEe r. +. & -. 6ND r. & (. r.
=. < tENFt,TII COMPANY will he as ,I on On
WEDNESDAY the 22d dav OF November. ssrI, ~
fred .rlrkshurg and Potomac railroad Comt&h?-
No I'd j. b. WESTON, Secretary.
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sTEAMEpAT LINES.

rHANGE OF sCHEDULE.SNN
On and after TUESDAY the Hh instsn. TIE
fss. ard elegant side wheel ste amer PALIsADE,
Captain CHARLES NELSON will leave her wharf
lat Powhatan Steamboat Company's chets) every
TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY, al
q O'Clock A. NJ. fer Norfolk Portsmouth, and all
the regular landings OF James river.
Freight received every dag from O'Clock q. 81.
10 O'Clock 2. NJ.
All freight for way land ngs must be prepaid.
For fright or passage apply TO Captain, on
board, or 10
NJ l,-s:n WILLIAM p. BRETT. Agent.
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RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG RAlLR0hD wy
~ TREAsURER's OFFICE
RICHMOND, VA, November ILL., PIT
N1GTICE.-The annual meeting OF int
stnckhnGa.s of this company " be Le'u 1s, =,
he Office OF tie company, corner srrl ano n
s;.c.ts on TUES NY the 28.h a. II o'ciccs u
ira hr:,i3 ri transfer VIII l.. closed trol< III"
I'm instant until af.e- tho day Of neeing.>,,
Ia" '''''''' NJ ". YhREI>GroN,
,o,afa Secretary suG Treasurer.
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-, T1E WILD HORSE OF TAEThkT.
MLZ 'P.'A...,.... go. Hiss X AYE FlSHsR r.
To conclude with au amusing farce by Ihe COM
p1ny.
,AT UNDAY AFTERNOON, GRAND FAMILY
MATINEE. no 2l-lL
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HooMs RICHMOND PnI NIL 81 1s7I
tssocIATIoN, RICHMOND Nov -V ..
called meet r1 o. r aI's Ia %
S@Tis1iohN " 2ist, at o'clock at the
KcbmonG Musical for 1e bs
of imrortgn. business. Members r1us' ee p'oAf'
In attend .nce. ,,,,t
Bv o.dsr OF the PresdsII; ,uI,hyNE. JR.,
r. d. Shn> Sec etIry.
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sHe1af,NENI'S.
Grand Euocess Of

GraEd Fuccess Of
Miss KATE FL HER
and llsr celebrates. horse WONDER, who will ap-
pear TINS evening FOR the last Time as Msz2rpa.
TUESDAY EVENING, November oist, 1871 Will
be ptesented TIE greet drama Of
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NATIONAL LlNE-ST L N .<>SFg
~ TO QUEEr stowe hEDsazkassSa.
LIVERPOOL. The 6rst,c,ass ~ amShip5 ~ tbis
las sal! from pie II Forth river, New YORK
every : = UiLnkI.
BATES OF PASSAGE First cabin. to liverpool,
QUEENS ow0, or London. Greet, US AID $S5 stfcr
.|e, s2s payahie in currency. From Liverpool,
l6n,'o dry Queensso~o or 6 2sgcw, to Sew
York. pcs?3if, atccrag. So, currency.
Pass ngecs booked + ~ from other pO!:.ts IN
En:and %, tae continent at chez curl cncT rates.
tie company, ID 7. ". J. HURST, Manager,
eaBroaG7ay, Gew York, or 20
JDilr; " " yh1'C, Agent
oc e-3m 3GovCrrOr street, Richmond. Va,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-04-14
To Those Who Employ Farm La
bOrers.
We find the following sound advice in

We find the following sound advice in
the RraL World:
We wish to talk few minutes with
farmers and their wives, who employ
men during the summer season, or dur
ing the entire year, about the manner
in which they often treat those sons Of
toll. First Of all, do not be continually
finding fault; it would turn the sweet
temper of a saint to murky discomfort.
after laboring hard all day, to come to
the supper table at evening and there
listen to the scathing words of fault
finding No matter how triHing the
cause. some employers will fly in pas
sion call harsh names, and often end in
blows, or perhaps an immediate settle
ment, and often at times when their
services are most needed in haying or
harvest.
What of it if your hired men do break
fork or rake, or do some other equal
ly trifiing act during the season it was
undoubtedly an accident, and they are
without doubt sorry for it; and if they
were careless, would rather pay the eX-
pense OF repairing, or III some manner
bring about just reconciliation. than
have it thrown up in their face
when their employer is little out of
sorts.
We occasionally hear Of and some
times see farmers wives with their
bump of selfesteem so well developed
that their hired laborers eat their meats
in the kitchen or wood shed, while they
langllish at the dining-room table and
they would far sooner think of allow
ing the large Watchdog in the parlor
than one of the hired men, which
speaks as plain as words, :" You are I'M
worthy our society, and cannot appre-
ciatc the works OF art and beauty upon
the walls and table OF the parlor." As
to asking the servant in to hear them
play upon the piano or organ, why, that
would be an objectionable sin
Farmers. you should never employ la
| borers whom you are ashamed to sit be-
side at the table, or labor with in the
! field and when they are once in your
employ, treat them with kindness and
respect. and they will cheerfully do
your bidding, performing more labor
passionate Remember that, although
those whom you employ may be poor,
they may have instilled into them a
deep and appreciative sense of the man
hood and responsibility resting upon
them. For the sake Of our nations fu
ture, do not try to keep them ignorant
or tread upon them with your golden
heel of wealth, but encourage them to
read, and place within their reach at
noon and night papers and books of an
instructive character.
There are two sides to this question
We opine, however, that when the en-
ployer acts the man, and has due re
spect and regard for the welfare Of
those in his employ, but little com
| plant will arise from the other side.
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Pruning GOOseberries and Currants.

Planters often fail of success by ask
ing for the following blind directions,
without properly understanding the
reasons for their operations. Gardeners
dispute whether it is best TO strain cur
rant and gooseberry bushes in the form
of trees, or allow them to assume the
shape of bushes from the surface. They
fail to point out in their discussions the
only essential requisite for the best sue
cess, namely, to obtain yearly success
sion of vigorous shoots. Bushes may be
trained both ways, but they will not
bear the finest and largest berries un-
less the old stuffed wood is cut away
and the young and thrifty shoots only
allowed to grow. Every man who has
pruning knife in his hand should un-
derstand distinctly what he wants be-
fore he begins to cut; and he would Go
better not to cut at all than to work in
the dark. Most persons have observed
that young currant and gooseberry
bushes bear larger and finer fruit than
when they become old. The object,
therefore, is to renew the vigor OF youth
year after year. In cutting out old
wood let the remaining shoots be as
evenly distributed as may be, and allow
sufficient space between them for large,
healthy leaves. The foliage feeds and
manufactures the fruit; and small,
crowded foliage will give small and poor
fruit. This rule applies to all kinds
grapes, apples, and the smaller berries.
Whatever may be the practice in the
cooler and damper summers OF Eng
land, it will be found here generally
easier to maintain the succession OF
strong young wood in currants and
eooseberries, if not pruned in the true
form, but allowed to spread at the roots.
We have taken some pains to compare
the fruit on well-cultivated and we'll
pruned currant bushes with those suffer
ing entire neglect. The berries on those
around which the earth was kept rich,
clean and mellow, and the branches
properly pruned, measured from five to
ten times as large in size as those grow
ing on old crowded bushes enveloped in
grass. 1t is worth while for every one
to try the experiment, in order to find
that "seeing is believing. Country
Gantlcmm.
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The Triumphs or Old Age.
Prom the Methodist.


What is happening to the old men?
According to all established precedents
they should retire, give themselves to
contemplation, and leave the busy
affairs of life to a younger race. That
may have been the practice in ancient
times, but in our day they hold fast to
work, and rule the world right royalty.
Won Moltke, quite juvenile at seventy,
plans and executes such campaign a.
modern ages have never witnessed his
sovereign, tough as oak at seyenty-four,
roughs ii on the field rs .jauntily as
young lieutenant.
Won Room, the Prussan War Minis
ter. older than either General or King,
directs from Berlin the marshaling of
hosts and gathering OF supplies. Nor
are these wonders confined TO the Ger
man side of the controversy. Theirs, at
seventy.fve, fits with the vivacity of u
boy from one camp to the other, is a
negotator of peace, and the executive
head of the French Government. OF
his associates, Dufaure, the Minister Of
Justice, is seventy-three; Guizot, King
Louis Philippe's eX-minister, though
past eighty, writes books with as much
precision and force as when he occupied
a professors chair.
In England, where men are reclloned
young till they are past fifty, splendid
examples of vigorous old age have not
been wanting. Palmerston, Lyndhurst
and Brougham, octOgenarians all OF
them, led public opinion in Great Britain
to the end of their days, and died in
the harness. 1t is said of the first Of
the three, that after a field night in the
House Of Commons, he would be seen
at daylight walking home at pace
which young man could hardly equal.
Thomas Carlyle, over seventy, abates
nothing of his intellectual vigor; while
Lord John Russell, though creeping to-
ward eighty, still attends the Upper
House of Parliament. Our own cOun-
try, too, furnishes as striking instances
OF hearty old age.
Stewart, Drew and Vanderbilt, the
money kings OF this city, are old men,
as the years are counted, but still hold
firmly in their grasp the great interests
which they control. The grave has just
closed over DR.. Skinner. who nearly half
century ago was famous as a preacher,
and of whom it may be said that to the
last "his eye waxed not dim, nor did
his strength abate"
Psychologists tell Us that with a great
or prevalence Of the knowledge of the
laws of health the world may expect an
increase of the average duration of hu-
man life. Are we already reaping the
fruit of this better knowle sc, in the
PRONUNCIATION of the yigor OF the human
| .
not Of old age enfeebled, retired, and
barely tolerated, but Of age still bearing
the armor militant, triumphant One
could almost persuade himself that the
golden era is near, and that these
splendid examples are the first tokens
of its approach.
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termination of the war in Europe, the
expectation Of the productions OF the
country TO France and Germany have
greatly increased.
-Advices from Hayti TO the lst inst.
announce that there is much feeling
against the President because his Sec
rotary favors annexation. The Presi-
dents life is threatened.
Miscellaneous.
The Governor of Michigan has APP
pointed Mrs. Harriet a. Tenny State
Librarian for the coming two years.
The American Express Company
have shipped from Cleveland, within a
few days past, fifteen thousand pounds
of unleavened bread to Pittsburgh, and
four thousand to Detroit.
A detachment of 100 troops left
New York, Saturday, for the Depart
ment of Texas: 100 more will leave for
Louisville, Ky, whittier another detach'
ment will follow in a week.
Walt Whitman writes that he can
hardly doubt his death after reading
the obituaries in the New York papers
but as he has not yet been officially in
formed of his demise, he prefers Tor the
time to consider himself alive.
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Weight Measurement.
Full-fatted cattle measuring as follows
will weigh as stated in the table
The following are rules for similar

Inc following are rules Tor similar
work:
For cattle girthing from five to seven
feet, allow twenty-three pounds to the
superficial foot.
Cattle from seven to nine feet girth,
allow thirty-one pounds.
For small cattle and calves from three
to five feet girth allow sixteen pounds
to the superficial foot
Fer pigs, sheep and cattle Of less than
three feet girth, allow eleven pounds to
the foot.
The general rule is as follows:
Suppose, for example, you had steer,
the girth Of which was six feet four inch
es, and length five feet three inches.
You want to compute the weight Of
beef you can get out Of him. You
have:
Girth, &c inches, multiplied by GO
inches; the length, equal Ass, divide
by IA, equal 33 ii square or superficial
feet, multiplied by %, equal 764 81
pounds.
This rule wi II work with as much ac-
curacy as any other, and little prac-
tice with it will soon enable you to
work it rapidly, and 10y and by quite
skillfully if you have an eye for stock.
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grain, and the straw will be no better
than if the grain had ripened." As he
was an older man, listened to his adj
vice meekly, of course, and then tried
to explain to him my theory, that, as
the oats had now got their growth, the
substances or juices that form the grain
were i'm the stalk, and if cured, what |
did not have in the head, | should have
in the straw. But the old farmer said
this looked too much like book farming
for him.
Another neighbor came along and
wanted to know what i'm the world !
was moving those oats for. ! told him
to make good feed for my COWS this
winter. lie thought would make more
feed for rats than COWS; for" said he,
1.-THE rats will cut them all to pieces and
your barn will be overrun with them"
But | cut my oats and put them in the
NOW, and now have the satisfaction of
seeing with what keen relish my stock
eat them. Permit me to advise my
brother farmers to SOW piece of oats
to cut green and cure for hay; prepare
the ground thoroughly and SOW from
three to four bushels to the acre, and
cut when the most forward grains come
in the milk, and put them in the barn !;
and when fed, please report TO that
staunch, reliable friend and journal,
the Country Gentleman.
WIZ. WADE.
TRUMBULL Co., O., February %.
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asked him what he meant by -" late Sena-
tor" Biggs replied that he had made a
mistake, but perhaps the Republicans con
sidered Sumner dead and intended to bury
him politically -Adjourned.
The session of the Senate, on the 4th,
was occupied in general debate on the Ku-
Klux bill 1t was finally agreed to take a
vote on the resolution on the 5th inst.-
Adjourned.
In the House the Ku-Klux bill is still un-
der discussion. Various speeches were made
At o'clock the House took a recess
until 1870.
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Corn Fodder and Dat Hay i'm Ohio.


We have had a very dry, cold winter
So far, stock is wintering well, consider
ing the damaged condition in which
much of our hay was put up, owing to
the extreme wet weather during hay
ing. Our corn fodder was also of poor
quality, the cause for which is not easily
explained. Corn, both planted and
sowed, was cut before we had any frost,
yet it lost its bright green color, and as
sumed a dark, weather beaten appear
ance, and looked as though it had stood
in the field all winter, and our stock
have to get very hungry before they will
eat it. There are many different opin-
ions as 10 the cause my own is that the
warm, wet weather at the time of cut
ting up, with extremely hot sunshine at
times, fermented the juice in the stock
before it was cured. However this may
be, it is certain that corn fodder this
winter is the most worthless feed that |
ever fed to stock.
One experiment / tried this season,
with which l am highly pleased-that
is, sowing oats to cut green and cure for
hay. Neighbor s. came along as | had
just commenced moving them, and adj.
vised me to let them stand until they
good ripe, and have good crop of grain
and straw, too For" said he, T" if you
cut them now, while the grain is just
coming into the milk, you will lose the
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The Evils Of Smoking.

OF the three methods Of using tobacco,
that of smoking has insinuated itself
most extensively among the youth of
the country. and is in reality the most
hurtful use that can be made Of the
weed. Tobacco employed in this way,
being drawn in by the vital breath, con-
veys its poisoning influences INTO every
part of the lungs. There the noXious
fluid is entangled in the minute spongy
air-cells, and has time to exert its per.
ncious influence on the blood-not in
vivifying, but in vitiating, it. The
blood imbibes the stimulant narcotic
principle, and circulates it through the
whole system. 1t produces, in conse-
quence, febrile action in those of deli
cate habits.
When there is any tendency to
phthisic, and the tubercular deposit in
the lungs, debility of these organs, con-
sequent upon the use of tobacco in this
way, must favor the deposit of tubercu-
lous matter, and thus SOW the seeds of
consumption. This practice impairs the
natural taste and relish for food lessons
the appetite, and weakens the power Of
the stomach greatly. The great preva-
lence of raving thirst among smokers
can be traced to its action on the lungs;
and because it is there, instead of in the
stomach, the liquor that are drank do
not alleviate the thirst, but rather ag-
gravate it. 1t is time that medical tes-
timony was turned to that point, and
the great danger pointed out that threat
ems to make Us nation of Sybarites and
pigmies.
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THE failures in the United States dur

THE failures in the United States dur
ing 1870, it is reported, amounted to
3,55l, involving liabilities Of $SS, 900,
against failures during 1869 amounting
to 2,799, involving liabilities of $75,054,-
600. The failures in New York city and
Brooklyn in 1870 amounted to 430, in
volving liabilities of SO, 1000, against
failures during 1869 amounting to AS,
involving liabilities of 81, $4,000. The
failures in Pennsylvania during 1870
amounted to AIS, involving liabilities of
Sl0,9S2000, against failures during 1868
amounting to BOG, involving liabilities
of 81, S44 900. The amount of liabilities
assigned to the failures in the principal
States Of the United States during 1870
amounted as follows: Ohio, failures 266,
liabilities S7.956,000; Massachusetts,,
failures 267, liabilities $7,59S,000; Hi
nois, failures pa, liabilities $5,9l9,OO0;
New York excepting the cities of New
York and Brooklyn, failures 3SS, La
bilities S5,692,000; Michigan, failures
les, liabilities S3,277 900; California,
failures GO, liabilities S2,423,000. The
differences derived from the full table of
statistics are not considered as satisfac-
tory, inasmuch as an increase of twenty.
five per cent. in failures, as compared
with 1869, and thirty-three per cent, as
compared with 1868, it is asserted, indi-
Gates a discouraging want OF success.
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The town of Wilmot, N. H., has
family whose relationships are mud
died. in the most extraordinary fashion.
A gentleman named Dicbey is the
father Of sixteen children, thirty grand
children, and three great grand-chil-
dren. His own daughter is his sister
10y marriage his son is his brother-in-
law his motherin-law is his own sister;
his father-in-law is his brother-in law.