Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-11-09
They Become Familiar Enough
When They Are Translated.


The mysterious names which appear in
the dispatches in connection with Chi
ncse affairs become familiar enough when
translated. thus: Tung means east; 81,
west: nan, south. pei north; while tsin,
Kin or king stands for capital or metrop-
oils. as ia Picking (northern capital AM
Nankin tsouthcrn capitaD. Tien means
heaven. 50 Ticn-tsin signifies heavenly
metropolis flo Or kiang means river, SO
Pei-ho is north river; Si~kiang. west riv.
Ell. Che means seven, SO Che-kiang is
seven rivers. Shan is mountain and
Shangtun@, east mountain, and Shansi,
west mountain: Pal is white. and Pal
shan. white mountain. Hal is sea. and
kwan stands for gate. so Hai-kwan (the
maritime customs) is gate of the sea and
n-hai-kwan mountain and sea gate.
Shang is a city. and Shanghai is city by
the sea. Hoang is yellow; Hoang-ho,
yellow river and Hoang-hai, yellow sea.
Yang means ocean and tse son; hence
the Yang-tse river is son of the ocean.
and Tientse son of heaven (the EMPEROR.
Ku or kow is mouth or pass and Ia
big or great, 81 Taku means big mouth
(of Pei-ho), while Nankow stands for
south pass from Mongola). HUI is 4
lake, ling hill, hsiang village, listen
tax district. Flu is 4 prefecture, tai
governor, tao circuit or group Of admin
istrative department., so taotai is a gov
ernor Of a circuit, and futai is a governor
Of prefecture. Chao or kiao is a hr:dg>',
Ii Chinese mile. pa eight, and thus Ia,
li-kao is the eight mile bridge. ~CEo 0:
chow is depot or stopping place, hence
TunycbDw. eastern tdepot Of Peking).
Shen is a province. and Shensi is the
western province.
Yanlen is police station or official res
idence and hui Il secret society or club.
Using means pure OF clear. 50 Using
kiang is clear river while Ia Using
means great pure 'name OF Present dy-
nasty). and llWo being Il kingston or e..
Dire, Ia-Ts'in. Nwo SIGNIFIES the en-
p!re Of the great pure ttlina). ii Mel
IA is the n':nc applied by the Chinese to
the Cnitr:! states and means great Amer
ica.-LeSlir's Weekly.
George Moore, the English novelist,
dranlat!st ull art critic. is to visit thi,
country about nest Christmas time fHI
the Purpose ni' studying; art conditions IL
America.
Mr.. Richard WhiScing's new novti Will
deal with TIE lie Ct the British farm Ia
borcr. The a1i,I>;r is again at work,
though slowly. as IS not entirely re-
covered from III: recent severe illness.
Beatrice I;,rr'den. it is said. Wcids
saw and plane with US much sk,Il a.; ncr
pen While living on a ranch in Ca!if2E-
MIA for her hc;,lt!l's sake she became
quite expert as Il carpenter, helping upon
occasions to L:iId a fence: She set out
| With her own hands Il small orchard: and
attended to I'll" grating and pruni:'s-
NJ. Sa,,lou frankly admits that there is
nothing bat pItuean blood in his veins.
For three generations his ancestors liycd
in very modest circumstances at Cannes.
Before that they we're Sandman fisher
men. lis grcnt-grardfati.cr. he says.
NAV have been wrecked on the south Of
France and settled there; hence the
family name S;srdoE. signifIing - .
1ahitAnt Of Sardinia
How to sEake Wood Stain.
Oak stain is made by mixing to~etlc.
a pint OF boiled linseed oil. Il gill and &
| half of tyrpcntine. three ia blespocnfuI*
of raw Ur},cr. three tablespoonfuls o!
whiting. Mahogany stain is made witt,
one pint Of boiled oil. d gil! and a hal:
Of turpontinc. three tablcSpoonflls Of
whiting, half a tablespoonful of yellow
ocher. half tablespoonful of bismarcl:
brown and half teaspoonf'l] Of ami
line black. a little of the stain shouli.
be tried on piece of hoarL before US
ing it on any articles Of furniture or
floor. The shade Of color may be deep
ened or lightened by increasing or di-
TIL,
stain should be rubbed into the wood.
and after day or two rubbed hard
with soft wooden CLOTH.
How to Saute Bananas.