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VERY PBRPLEXING.
Family Relations Which Bother the
Man Interested in Them.

Family Relations Which Bother the
Man Interested in Them.
The strangest combination resulting
| nom the marriage of relatives that We
have ever heard of is that in the family
OF Lewis Osborne, who has recently
removed to Pomona from Selma.
Fresno County. Mr.. Osborne tells us
that he has been ten years trying 10 nm
raVel the perpleXlties of relationship that
his second marriage has caused. In 1SSS
he married young widow, who was his
own grandtather's third WIFE The couple
have little son.
Given this simple statement and Num-
Der OF peculiar family relationships may
be deduced. For example MIR. Osborna
is grandchiId of his wife. His son
being also son OF his (Osborne's) grand
mother, Is uncle to his own father. Os-
! borne becomes a brother to his uncles
and aunts, and also a stepfather to them.
| The boy, being the child of Osborne as a
grandson, is thereby great-grandson of
his own mother, while his father may re-
Jolce in the title of great-grandiather to
his own child.
Thus the boy became a granduncle to
himself and his parents great-grand-
child. Osborne is the boys father and
great-grandfather at the same time and.
| being the husband OF his own grand
mother, enjoys the distinction of being
]
Osborne's mother married a man
named Blake and his sister married a
brother-in-law of her mother, Henry
Blake. Osborne's sister becomes sister
to her own mother. Mrs Blake, being
! Osborne's mother, is grandmother to Os-
borne's son.
The latter. however, being the son of
the wife OF Mr.. Blake's father-in-law, is
therefore brother to his grandmother
and granduncle to his grandmother's
sister, the daughter who married Mrs
Blake's brother-in-law. He also is her
nephew, as the son of her brother. Os-
borne is the younger Mrs. Blake's grand
father as well as her brother. Thus her
nephew, Osborne's son, becomes uncle to
her aunt, being a son of her grandmother.
The series of relationships may be like
wise traced almost indefinitely The
family is happy and contented. and lives
as pleasantly as though the peculiar fam
lily ties were not present.-Pomona Pro-
Cress
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TREASURY NOTES.
Information as to Their Redemption
Under the sherman Act.

Information as to Their Redemption
Under the Sherman Act.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-Secretary Car
Isle sent to the Senate to-day commune
cation in reply to resolution requesting
certain information as TO the redemption
Of treasury notes issued under the Sher-
man Act. During the present month
treasury notes issued under the Act Of
July "A. 1890, amounting to S7I4,636, had
been redeemed by the Government in
silver dollars. He added: I'm further re-
Spouse to the resolution, have to say
that recently old coin has been presented
at the office of this department and silver
dollars asked in exchange therefor, and
that the exchange was not made for the
reason that all silver dollars in the treas
ury at the time were required, under the
provisions Of the laws relating TO cur
rency. to be held in the treasury to cover
outstanding silver certificates and treas
ury notes issued under the Act Of July
II. 1890"
The record-union., 1893-08-19
Special to the REcoRD-Ux1oN.

Special TO the REcoRD-UNIoN.
CHICAGO, Aug. 18.-The Daily Nelcs'
Washington special says: 1t becomes APP
parent as the debate in the House pro-
crosses that the test of strength between
the silver and anti-silver forces will be
shown on substitute for free coinage at
the ratio of is to l, instead of the ratio of
20 to l, which has been the popular i'm
preston among anti-silver men. The
weak points in the scale of the ratios
above is to l have developed gradually.
Messrs. Bland, Bryan and other veteran
silverites are telling their followers that
an increase in the ratio would be a conces-
zion to the single gold standard, for it
would be an admission that the future use
Of silver for money must depend on its in
trinsic value, instead of the stamp of the
Government, and would be subject to
change, just as the price OF bullion fluctu-
ates.
The silver leaders agree with Bryan
that 'binetallism does not depend on
any fixed ratio, but may exist as well at
ratio of 10 to l as at ratio of 80 TO l."
The free silver leaders are counseling
their followers to mass their strength on
substitute of 10 to l, and many of them
will decline to vote at higher ratio, on
the ground that it would be a depreciation
OF the white metal as a monetary stand
ard. The silver men admit now that the
repeal vote Will pass the House by
larger majority because of the peculiar
variety of tree-coinage viewss but they
hope that the Senate will return bill to
the House with certain concessions to sill
Yer coinage.
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BRIEF NOTES.

The opponents of clear, pure water are
daily becoming fewer. The people are
beginning to have their eyes opened.
The transcript on appeal to the Supreme
Court in the case Of the Strybe. brothers,
convicted of murder, was filed in the
superior Court yesterday.
1t should be rememb ered that an
abundance Of clear water means protec-
ton against fires and low rates of insur-
ance. No property owner can afford to
vote against it.
Instead Of water rates being increased
under the new plan, the city can, when
the bonded debt is paid OFF, reduce them
one-half, but not if she should have to
put in new works herself.
a runaway sOrrel mare, dragging the
remnants OF wrecked buggy, was caught
in front Of the police station yesterday
afternoon. 1t is doubtful if the owner
could identify what is left of his vehicle.
The non-commissioned staff and the
non-commissioned officers of the local
militia met at the Second Infantry
Armory last evening for instruction.
Colonel Guthrie presided and the tactics
were thoroughly discussed.
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THOUGHT HIM A HOODoO.
III-Luck Followed tho Chain. Selected
by Senator Reagan.

by Senator Reagan.
when Senator Reagan was in Com
gresS from Texas" said Thomas r. Chat
wick of Baltimore, che was regarded as a
hoodoo. He had habit of Wandering
aimlessly around the floors of the Senate
chamDer ana then sitting down, without
thinking, in some one else's chair
The curious part of it was that when
ever he sat down i'll a fellow Senator's
seat bad luck invariably followed.
Il remember that when ex-senator
Eustis from Louisiana was a candidate
for reelection Reagan was constantly in
his chair, and he was defeated. Then he
sat one day in Salisbury's seat, and the
next day Salisbury was defeated.
Finally the members got to talking
about it and Reagan was looked upon as
regular Jonah.
Along in 1850 Senator Harris of Ten
nessee was having hard fight for re-
election. The day he started home to
look after his fences he called the Texas
Senator aside and said:
See here, old man, while Pm not
superstitious in the least, still You'll do
me a favor if you will keep ont of NV
chair when l am away
Reagan consented and Harris was re-
elected. Not long after that Reagan lat
down IN tansoln's place, and the follow
ing day the North Carolina Senator re-
eelved telegram commanding him to
come home on the next train-tbat
serious opposition had sprung UP against
hun and his presence was demanded at
once.
Reagan had been in the habit of sit
tlng IN ms lKansom's) seat, so ne called
him aside and told him about it, plainly
lntimating the fact that he had been using
his chair caused the dissension, Reaga6
got mad and said something about neo-
pie being - - fools. Ransom went
The record-union., 1893-08-19
She - Snuck.',

The horror of Bosto maidens of slang
is not a new theme, though it constantly
finds new illustrations. Last week
Boston woman, with her nine-year-old
daughter, visited former schoolmate in
New York. The hostess is possessed Of a
nine-year-old boy, and the TWO at once
became fast friends. When Saturday
night came the boy was hustled of TO the
bathroom to be secured up for Sunday.
The little girl missed him and instituted
instant search. She described her eX-
perience to her mother as follows:
81 went into the bathroom. AT first l
could not see him, but when / called he
slowly raised his head to the level of the
top OF the tub, looked at me and said,
Sneak.
"What did you do2'
~ didn't know exactly what he meant,
but | 'snuck.' 2
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WAS QUICK WITH HIS GUN.
Dick Tod, on Whom No Man Ever Sue
ceeded In Getting the Dron.

DICK O(ts on w nom NO Man Ever sue
ceeded in Getting the Drop.
Dick Tod was one Of the characters in
Western town, says the Detroit Free
Press. lie was active in politics and
horse races and was a man who, while
not quick TO provoke row, was quick to
end 1t his way when once it started.
Every body In town was afraid of him,
and his prowess was held to be invinci-
bic. On one occasion new editor, dis
pleased with Mr.. Tod's methods, an
nOunced in his paper that the gentleman
was liar. Two hours after the paper
appeared man rushed into the office
perspiring like porpoise.
II hope you'll excuse me-" he said to
the astonished editor. taking tape line
from his pocket, but l didn't see the pa
per until few minutes ago."
what do you want?" exclaimed the
editor.
"Want to take your measure, Of
course" he said, as il the editor ought to
know what he was there for.
But don't want any Clothes" urged
the editor.
Clothes nothing; Pm no tailor"
well, what in thunder are your"
Pm the undertaken. Didn't Won call
Dick Too a liar?''
That night the editor got out of town
and Dick was pacitied before he came
back.
At another time political opponent got
into difficulty with Mr.. Tod and pub
Ilshed card Of a very personal character
Hello" said friend meeting him
shortly after the card appeared, "Have
you seen Dick Tod ?'
NO" was the short answer.
"Ot course you haven't" apologiZed
the friend. Pm blamed fool 10 be ask
ing live man question like that"
once again Mr.. Tod had some trouble
over a race.
Flows this ?" said friend to him the
next morning. 81 heard BHnker say in
a crowd last night that you had sold the
race"
"oh, that's all right" laughed Tod.
"Blnker's funeral won't take place until
Sunday afternoon, as we couldn't post
pone the races"
But MIR. Tod went the way of others of
his kind. In saloon one night when he
was not expecting it woman whipped
out a revolver and shot him through the
body. He lived about ten minutes and
his last words were:
We'll boys, good-by, and remember
That no man ever got the drop on Dick
Tod"
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mad DC Capaclty for II.

Little Mary is the daughter Of Pres
byterian clergyman in pretty village Of
Western New York. one morning a
very corpulent butcher called at the
parsonage with a roast of beef for dinner.
Mary answered his knock at the kitchen
door, and proceeded to entertain him un-
Til her mother should arrive. The PASTORS
wife on her way down stairs overheard
this conversation:
This is a very lovely day. Mr.. Mea-
son."
ut is, indeed"
"Do you like roast beef?"
YES"
''Do you eat it every day?"
mot every day. Why?'
Nothing, only your stomach seems to
be larger than ours."-New York Times.
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NAMED he Isesr.

Mrs. Nagge-I hear that your husband
expects to be appointed Postmaster in
Skeetohurst, n. 3.
Mrs. Suburbs-He applied for the posi-
ton, but Withdrew his application when
he heard that it was u fourth-class POST
mastership. He couldn't think Of taking
anything that wasn't tirst-class.
The record-union., 1893-08-19

The Lieutenant-Govern of Massachu-
sets is the only person entitled by law to
be called honorable" His right to the
title is conferred by the Constitution of
that State. But anyone who ever held
any Office, or is particularly wealthy, or
especially prominent, is dubbed ''honor-
able" SO that the title really amounts to
nothing
The record-union., 1893-08-19
TEE SILVER PROBLEM.
Test Of Strength to be Made on
the Question Of Coinage Ratio.
PECULIAR VARIETY OF VIEWS ON
THE SUBJECT.

Voorhees, OF the Senate Com
mittee on Finance Reports the Bill
of the Majority for the Repeal OF
the Purchasing Clause of the
sherman Act-Representative Sib-
ley OF Pennsylvania Utters the
First Views of the East in the
House in Favor of Free Coinage.
The record-union., 1893-08-19

a couple of days ago gentleman
caught good-sized trout in the river OPP
posite the city. He is going to try it
again, being confident thar he can work
the lily there quite successfully.
The record-union., 1893-08-19
'IkdE DAILY
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IN ALL RESPECTS THE
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Clean in all departments, and there.
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manner.
The record-union., 1893-08-19

First of all it will be seen that the lesser
number is written above the greater one
and the operation is begun at the left
Six from 10 says the Cambodian. employ
ing the 10 as a fictitious numberl leaves
t. and by adding the first figure in the
greater number he has II, and 10 from n
leaves l, the first figure in the rest. Then
he goes on TO say 8 from 10 leaves 5. and
s is -, from ID leaves Il, thus giving
the first two figures of the rest. In this
complex way the remainder is at last
definitely obtained. In multiplying the
muluplier is placed above the multiple
cand, and each figure in the multiplicand
is multiplied by each one in the multi
plier, thus producing an innumerable
amount OF small series, which must then
be added in the same manner that has
been shown above. The method Of di-
vision is just as complicated, but enough
has already been said to show that the
arithmetic of the Cambodians is not
particularly brilliant for It's simplicity.
The record-union., 1893-08-19

home, and when Reagan went into the
Senate chamber the next morning he
found that Ransom's chair had been
moved away. "-LouisviIle Courier our-
no
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5*lrett1ra 5tnttrrs

FTHIS evening JUDGE MAYHEM
a ~lu address the W. G. T. L. temperance
meeting There VIII be good music. III
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This popular route leads IN what the public
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TWO DAILY TRAINS, both anording
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Through Car Service,
Flrst-class and second-class, are an important
feature or It's superior equipment
The EUROPEAN MAIL. leaving sac
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Palace Drawing-rOOm Sleeping Cars To CHI
CAGO WITHOUT CHANGE; also, DINING
CARS, on which meals are served regularly,
equal in excellence TO those Of any nrst-class
hotel, ana at reasonable rates.
The ATLANTIC EXPRESS. leaving sac
ramento at O:5O A. N. daily, carries Pullman
Buffet Sleeping Car and the popular second
Gas sleeper arranged on the same plan
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ARITHMETIC OF THE CAMBoDIANs.
They Add, Substract, Multiply and Dr.
vide BY Methods of TheIr Own.

They Add, Substract, Multiply and Di-
vide by Methods of Their own.
The arithmetic of the ambodians. a
curious people Of Indo- China, is described
by the st. Louis Post Dispatch as differ
ing vastly from that of other nations. In
the first place their system of enumera-
ton is quinteclmal by counting up to 5.
as: Mouille, pi, beye, boun, pram q, 2,
8, 4, 81, then going on with pram-mouille
Tor and l, and SO ON. In adding the
Cambodian does not write his numbers
in columns below each other. No matter
how many numbers he may have to add
he places the first two beside each other.
as 247,3 1872 So, 723, with a vertical line to
the right. The addition is made and the
result set down beside the vertical.
Under the first total he writes the next
number and adds the two, drawing an
other vertical line at the side with the re-
suit as before stated until all the num-
bers have been added. While the process
is a somewhat lengthy one mistakes are
discovered at a glance. Their method of
satisfaction is also quite complicated.
Surprising that S., 1863 is to be substracted
from 786, 422, the operation which the
Cambodians pursue is as follows:
657,S6g 1858
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3I11Iten.

VOUNG MAN (2s) WISHES POSITION
Il as shipping clerk or collector Al refer
eAce' Address j. b. C., 700 Second street,
aul9-lWT
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+ AIRY w. RIVETT, STEAM CARPET
4 a cleaning, corner Twelfth ana q streets
Carpet cutting, sewing end refitfIng Fnrni.
tute packed for shipment Secondhand car
pSls anu furniture bought ana for sale. TeIe-
The record-union., 1893-08-19

& COMPETENT NURSE WITH EXPERT
~ ence OF fifteen years wlshlE engagements
IN CITY or country. References ii required
Gail northeast corner Twenty-lrst and D
su4eels' au19-6t@
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M ANTED-A GIRL FOR GENERAL,
hoqseWork; must be a good cook APP
Ply - i street. aultb-3f4
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90 Act or Rc4rt.

nc LET-THE FINE STORE, 3Ox5O FEET.
4 southwest corner Of Eighth and L streets;
rooms above store; all newly painted; VIII
give lease LOT Two or three years. good lOc.t-
uon. Apply to CROSS, 1O15 Fourth street
between j and h.
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M ANIED-A FIRSTCLASS PANTS
7O1 j street. anig-IJ<"
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1nat--Enlt,tn.

STRAYED-FROM 1923 II STREET. 4
- uarN-red mich COW. Information leading
- Ier recovery viii be suitably rewarded.
EOUND-HORSE AND SADDLE: ROAM.
4 4 E S4iu ace; leIt 1eet white to knee; at
bltf res RANCH, y oIo County. The owner
can nave by calling and paying charges. IT.
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General 3lptEres.

y FADING OF THE PAST PRESE Nr Ann
II future by MRS. l. c. ANDREWS. the pfo-
lleer lortune-teller and cIairvoyant. 1921 sew
eh1h street, between l. and NJ iv94-Im3
The record-union., 1893-08-19
Enr gale.

TOR SALE-TWO SETS OF WOEtC
II harness and saddle; also, wagon. IN
quiru 2O22 Ill street.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-07-22
Coin. Coin. Coin.

Coin is the only illustrated silver pa
per in the United States.
1t is the only Illustrated weekly that
opposes the aggressions of the gold
trust
It is making its fight in the camp OF
the enemy.
1t is the mouth piece of every friend
of silver.
1t is indorsed by all Senators, Con-
gressmen and Governors who believe in
silver's right to be money with full
power.
If you believe in the coinage of silver
on an equal basis with gold, you should
be reader of Coin.
1t is published for the people at peo-
ple's price.
1t contains trenchant comments on
monetary questions it is illustrated
with fine cuts and cartoons and is re-
plete with bright and witty writings.
1t gives away $500 in coin each month
on guessing contest on the price of
silver.
Other illustrated weeklies of the same
size and artistic merit as Coin, sell at
S4.00 per annum.
Coin sell for $500 per year; S1.O0 for
six months; so cents for three months.
Address all communications to Coin,
lis Monroe Street Chicago.
When you subscribe, mention the
name of this paper.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-07-22

Has it ever occurred to the brilliant
financeers who control the destinies of
Wall street that they are making them
selves ridiculous by trying to prove that
the present depression and consequent
failures are due to the operations of the
silver purchase act, which they declare
is making money tight by expelling
all the gold from the country? Apart
from the fact that there is no evidence
whatever that the exports of gold are
influenced by the purchase of silver,
there is abundance of evidence that the
depression is not confined to the United
States but is universal. Germay has
long been a sufferer from the ills of con-
traction, and the hardships experienced
by England are almost indcscribable.
Times in France have not been very
prosperous either, and yet in spite of
facts such as these the gold bugs have
the impudence to assume that peculiar
condition of affairs exist in this country,
and that it is due to the apprehension
of foreign investors that the credit of
our Government is likely to be impaired
by the purchase of silver which is used
as basis for treasury notes. These
same critics quite ignore the fact that at
one time this Government had over two
and half billions of outstanding in
debtedness without an ounce of metallic
backing, and that in the face Of the lack
of gold security the credit of the United
States increased at such pace that it
soon surpassed that of any nation on
earth. and is to-day better than the best
in spite of insiduous attempts to maxi
it appear that such is not the Cases.
F. Chronicle.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-07-22
PRODUCTS OF THE MINES.

IT is estimated that Butte, Mon,
will produce 1SO,ooO,OoO pounds of cop
per this year.
THE largest gold nugget ever found
in Colorado weighed thirteen pounds;
the largest in the United States
weighed 151 pounds and 6 ounces;
largest in the world, 223 pounds and
ounces.
THE outlook for successful salt in
dustry in the state of Washington is
reported to be very promising, as that
mineral has been discovered in several
places.
SOUTH CAROLINA is the largest pro-
ducer of phosphates in the world, lead
ing with her 600,0O tons; France and
Belgium next, each 10000 tons; Flor
ida next, 200, 900 tons; Russia, $4,000
tons; Spain and Germany, $4,000 each;
Dutch West Indies, 10000; English
West Indies, 10000; North Carolina,
$500; Algeria, Baltimore Manu-
facturers' Record.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-07-22

Every part of Idaho is good for some
thing-some parts for one thing, Others
for another, and still others good for
two or more things. DeLamar can
truthfully boast of the greatest mine in
the world that's good deal. That
town can also claim, without fear of
contradiction, the coolest summer eli
mate in the state. Sunstrokes cannot
strike, and it is too cool for ''skeets"
to bite. You don't perspire or swe at,
'tis said, while you earn your daily
bread. Snow fell there on the 9th inst.
but just little. Too cool to snow much.
While in other parts Of Idaho, we roast
and sweat and 'swar," the people don
their overcoats, over in DeLamar.-
Idaho World.