The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-27

tAAfNAlFF NN NtAN WHO was HNhffNNi
OF Shautuug when the Boxer trouble be
Kan. ana who is mo.e than any other per-
son responsible for the whole unfortunate
disturbance, as well a. the murder 81 an
tho foreisners. both a. pho Tiug-fu ana
Tai Yuan-fu is Yu uslcn. lis name
means Co nurture virtue " lie was about
a. much a patron Of virtco a. WaB Nero
| IA his most ucudish freaks.
Two men among this anti foreign group
are true Go the names they bear one 10
Kang ~. tho principal advisor % her
majesty. whose name signifies strong
determine tlon." an unloading viii" tho
/ other is lisu 4 ung. the tutor 20 tho heir
I apparent who is eighty years old con-
/ stitutionaily ant-fofcign. and above hrihe
taking His family name signifies slow
aud his given name "Narnish tfcc.'
SLOW a. a Namish Tree De De-, and as
este tdflsI aud stubborn.
The Chinaman has almost any number
OF names As a baby he receives hia milk
name" when no enters school his school
name" when he enters NE. "a tit,v or
| 'lfc name" An old friend OF the writer
/ had in the pckin University a SON whom
/ be had not seen since che lad LETT home
TO enter upon hts studies. had never
| known this student hy anything but bis
| school name which was Wei Fan. ! was
/ telling the father what a quiet gentle.
/ attractive boy Wei Fan was. ami uc, poor
| man. hadn't Tho least ldeA OF whom I
| was speaking until I told him ! was talk
/ inE about his fourth son. when the face
/ Of the old man lighted up. ana he said
"ph. YOU moan Get a Man "
| That was tho boys milk name. The
school name hadn't been given until the
| hoy LEFT home. and 50 the father did not
| recognize o. az applied 60 his son. Another
/ man whom I know called hts nrst boy GO,
| "a Mountain. his second Got "A Garden and
/ hts third Got "a Man.
| Those who have been following tho con
| duct OF affairs o. China and reading che
| papers without any thought OF the geo
| graphical names. expect their difficulty
/ OF pronunciation. would have found plea
sure and instruction in knowing the mean
/ Ing OF these almost uuprououuvablc but
/ often poetic. characters For instance.
when we read about Shanhaikuan We
would be much more apprechtive N We
understood that shan means mountain.
| hal means sea and kuau the official res
| tdence which controls. the whole meaning
THE city which Guards the Narrow
| Gap Between the Mountains and the Sea 90
| Tientsin Is she Heavenly Place. pckin the
North Capital. Peiho the North River.
Hun Ho the Muddy River. Yang Tsun the
| Village Of tho Yang family. Ho-Hsi-Wu
nese names also preserve much Of the his
tory % the past end explain the reasons
FOR there existence The Grand Canal il
called by tho Chinese Nuu-Liang-1io. tho
River for Transporting Grain. The name
Of Chcfoo r. Yen-Tai and means Rocky
Terrace
Again. take the names az the streets
on which tho various places which have
been destroyed in Pekin are situated. The
Methodist mission Is on Hsiao Shun Hu
Tung or "Filial piety street &" the Amer
loan Board Of Foreign Missions az TcnE
shin X ou'rh. or the Mouth Of the Lamp
Market" the school for the blind on Kan
VA Hu TunF or Dried Fish street" the
Presbyterian Mission on Yarh Hu Tung
or Duck street" witch runs or Yen
Tai Chich or Pipe street" and the Lon
don Mission on Lu jou Hu Tung or Don
key-fnoal street" while the Society for
the Propagation Of the Gospel Is on Jung
Hsicn Hu Tung or SILK Thread street"
The names which the Chinese give 10
an kinds Of foreign inventions. machinery
and importantions. are not without IN
terest Tho car Is called cine wheel
cart" Tho engine fire cart head" and
the man-of-war only a soldier boat"
The bicycle is called self moving cart
or a cart that one can himself move"
The phonoEraph Sc called talk box. b"
tho telegraph and electric wire" the tel
cgram an electric letter" and rho tcle-
phone talk wire" coal gas lamps
and electric F1s lamps" are sufficiently
clear not 20 need explanation. a fountain
pcn ia water pen. "a desk is a book
table" and a washsfand IS a wash face
table"
That rule which cautions MS against TAX
INK about feet in the presence Of club
footed man docs not apply Ia China.
Every popularity. particularly n q b.
physical and obvious a. eagerly and
promptly sliced upon az basis for the
almost universal habit OF nlcknaming
The founder Of the Taoist Sect goes
hy the namc Of the "Old Boy" Lao Tzu
This IS not applied 10 him in any sport
I've sense. but because q b. said he looked
old when he was horn n great officials
and founders OF religious systems are not
free from being uicknamcd. IL cannot
ho expected thar the people will spare
the common herd or the foreign devil
The members Of our mission. IN trav-
elling through the country and talking
with the people wcTe commonly address
cd. though not in spirit Of rudenoss. as
Mr.. Foreign Devil" Kuoi tzu Lao Yeh
And the doctor, when he visits patient.
o. frequently announced IN manner
which r. hardly calculated TO prove cheer
has come"
An individual Is nick-named usually
from some physical defosmity or short
coming. or mental or moral characteristic
A man whose face Is pitted deeply with
small po0 goes by the name OF peck mark
ed Ma. Ma Thu The ordinary Chinese
method OF addressing child f. 60 call
him Badly" either because u his shaved
head or his scaut hair. A little girl IS
called slave" va Ton.
A cross-eyed man. n his name Is Wang
r. always "crossed-cyed Wang" Hsieh
Yen. II no is the unfortunate posscssor
o. an Unattached roof. he gOes by the
name or Badly" Hsia yen. n Il is his
hearing he Is "dcafy" Lung tzu. II he Is
lame he loses all other personality and
answers per force 20 "lamey' en- Ueh
Txu
There Is an old woman IN the Presbv-
terrain missiOn In pekin who Is AFFLICTED
with a birth mark which almost cover
her face. She goes by no other name than
"Black-face Wang Ha Lien Wang Any
poculiarity about the nose. eyes. hair.
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