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Show Chinese Cousins. In the course of tho evidence of a Chinese interpreter interpre-ter in the Ah Moon murder trial lately, late-ly, the witness was asked what was the application of the term "cousins," as used by the Chinese, or in other ; words, what was the relationship ex isting between Chinese calling each other cousins. Ho replied ituvt all Chinese having tlio t-amc surname were coUBins under the social laws o! China; that it mudu no dit7t;reuce from what state or part of China they hailed from, thoy called each other cousins, and that this applied to the Chinese all over the world. The witness wit-ness .was asked the question: "Il these cousins did not consider it not only their privilege, but their duly, to sustain each other, riht or wrong?" He answered that they did. "Suppose," "Sup-pose," said the counsel, "a member of the cousin family by the name- ol Wing was killed by a member of a cousin family named dung, would not all the members ol the Wing family be obliged lo pursue the Sung family until they obtained revenge on one or the other of the members?" "Yts, sir,' ' replied the witness.- San Fr;m-cisco Fr;m-cisco Bulletin. |