Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-16
Everyday Chinese Names.

civilized countries. 2
Everyday Chinese Names.
Tung means east; 81, west; nan.
south; pei, north; while sin.kin or king
stands for capital or metropolis, as in
P-kln (northern capital) and Nankin
(southern capital)
Tien means heaven, so Tien Tsin
signifies heavenly metropolis.
Ho, or kiang, means river, so Peiho
is north river; Si-kiang is west river.
Shan is mountain. and Shan-tung.
EAST mountain and Shan-si west noun
tain.
Pal is white, and Pai-shan, white
mountain.
Hal is and kwan stands for gate.
so Ilai-kwan he maritime cnstoms)
is gate of the sea, and Shan hal .kwan
mountain and sea gate. Shang is city,
and shang- hal, city by the sea.
IIoang is yellow; IIoang- Ito, yellow
river, and Iloang-IIa yellow sea.
Yang means ocean, and Use, son;
hence, the \ ang-'se River is son of the
ocean, and Tien.tse son of heaven (the
emperor)
Ku, or kow, is month, or pass and
Ia, big or great, 80 Ta-ku means big
mouth of Pei-ho), while Nan.kow
stands for south pass (from Mongolia).
IIu is lake; ling, hill; hsiang, a
village; hsien; a tax district.
Chao, or klao, is a bridge; Ii, a Chi
nese mile; pa, eight, and thus Pail
kiao is the eight mile bridge.
Che, or chow, is depot, or stopping
place, hence Tung-chow, eastern de-
pot of Pekln.
Shen is province, and Shen.si is
the western province.
Yamen is police station, or official
residence, and Hull, secret society,
or club.
Using means pure, or clear, so Ts'-
|ing-kaing is clear river.
Kwo signifies the empire OF the
great pure Mame of the present dy-
nasty), and Kwo being kingdom OF
empire, Ia Using (Bhina).
Ia Mei-ka is the name applied by
the Chinese to the United States, and
means great America.
| AT Halestead, Kansas an interesting
series of experiments in wheat grow.
ing is being conducted. Last fall about
$50 varieties of wheat, selected from
all over the world, were seeded, and
about eighty of these were in GOOD
condition during the spring. Its de-
sired not only to determine which OF
these foreign wheats will do we'll ir
Kansas and similar climates in this
country. but an effort will be made Il
improve each variety by migrating
and cross fertile ,tion. New varitie,
will be produced having the better
qualities of both parents. It will re-
quire several years of propagation il
the same soil to determine whether
i
the product is valuable or otherwise.
Some unknown residents of Dehve
have undertaken to abate the bill
board nuisance. The mayor has stead
tasty refused to enforce the Ordinanc,
Regulating them, so the other nigh
one of the offending boards was tori
down and burned. The demolition
was complete with the exception o.
five scantlings that had been the mair
support of the structure. They rested
deep in the ground and 1t appeared
that efforts 20 take them out hat
failed and only fear of the noise at
tracing attention had prevented thos
who did the job from chopping then
Off at the surface of the ground.
| An Atchison, Kansas, man point!
with pride to the honesty of inhabl
tants of that city as exemplitied in tn
fact that a woman left well-tillet
pocketbook on chair in front of
MOTEL, there, and found it safe an,
unritled on returning several hour
later. A jealous contemporary in
rival town, comments on this circum
stance as follows: "As q rule peopl
pass along the streets of the place oft
ener than this. 1t really isn't so ba,
AZ the story would Indicate"
The following parties have bee,
licensed to wed during the past weel
by County Clerk Garrison:
Paul Hyde. 2
Elizabeth BraWley II
Gust Peterson 3
Myrtle ] Thomas. II
Albert r Schotield q