A Little Chinese.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8019, 4 January 1906, Page 4

A Little Chinese.

A lew definitions of Chinese geographical prefixes and suffixes may be of service in eluciadating the nomenclature of current war news. First, prefixes: Ta, as in Taku, means great ; and siao, as in Siao-Ping -Thou, means small. Pel, or pe, nan, tuug, and si, are Respectively north, south, eaßt and west. Thus the Pei-Ho is the North Kiver, &c. Pai, hei, and whang are white, black and yellow. Suffixes are more numerous and familiar. Eiang, ho, tchuan, ula, muren, and tchu each and all mean river. Thus Yalu Kiang and Liao Ho are simply Yalu River and Liao River. Shui, kou, thsuan, khi, gol, and ussu are unfamiliar terms, meaning a brook or small river. Hu, nor, and omo mean lake, as in the wellknown Lob Nor and Eosso Gol. Po, tse, and tien mean a small lake or swamp, or a town situated near such a place, Hai meanseea. Thus Whang-Hai is the Yellow Sea; TungHai is the Eastern Sea, and Nan-Hoi is tha Southern Sea. Tao and sometimes shan means island, but shan more of ten means a mountain range. Ling is a pass over,a mountain range.

Mrs R weai, i\ T ew i'iy mouth, says :—" For three yearn I suffered with the kidneys and ba.dly ncoded a medicine to give me relief. The symptoms were pain in the back and giddiness and headaches. The pains in my back were simply agonising, and my heartaches were so violent that they used to prostrate me. I was lor ever using medicines, but they never did me any good. I was at a loss whnt to try next when I saw Uoan's Backache Kidney Pills advertised, and I got a box at the Co-operative Store in Currie Street. These pills are the best medicine I have ever used. They are splendid. They gave me such relief that 1 did pot take them regularly, but I know they will effect- u permanent cure in time."