Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1876 — Oriental Names. [ARTICLE]

Oriental Names.

he Orientals are as fond of calling people by nicknames as Westerners could possibly be, and these names, suggested by some peculiarity of feature or manner, are often exceedingly appropriate: Sixfingered; Half-mustache; Shovel-nose; Liquor-jug, a drunkard; Catch-no-jack-als, an unsuccessful hunter-; Son-of-golden-hair, a red-headed man; Son-of-the-night-ingale; Laughter; Come-and-go, a busybody ; Bon-of-a-fox; Son-of-a-cat; Sonof-a-wolf, a sheep-thief; Son-of-Thunder; Son-of-the-Devil, and many similar, are but examples of the appropriateness of these names. The designations of gfrls are supposed to be expressive of all those charms which will aid them in securing a fortunate alliance in matrimony, the chief end of an Eastern woman's life. Often the names of the most brilliant stars are given them, as Venus, and others; the word Esther means a star, and was a favorite name for Jewish girls. They werenamed Light, Dawn, Twilight, Moonlight, and the. names of favorite trees were also given them, such as the Pomegranate, Almond, Date Palm. They were also called after precious metals and gems, and given the names of fleet and graceful animals and birds, as well as of moral qualities. Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, Brilliant, Gem, Sugar-Lip, Princess, Gazelle, Dove, Sparrow, and among the moral attributes, Well-Spoken, Love, Affeeticn and the Holy One.

A little girl came into her mother’s presence in great glee, holding up a large orange, whieh she said the “ drocery man” gave her. “ I hope you didn’t beg for it, Dolly?” said the mother. “No, mamma, I dus tole ’e man would it make me sick to suck it, an’ he said no, ap’ I said I dess so too, when I didn’t have no money to det it, and he dus said, tate it and do, an’ I tooked it an’ doed.” —Brunswick (Mo.) Newt. —■ T "V .4 he father of E. S. Stokes, who muruSred Jim Fisk, died suddenly in New York city a few days ago. Mr. Stokes Was an old gentleman-of great activity and had amassed a large fortune. His son was allowed to leave Sing-Sing Prison for twenty-fourt hours to attend the old man’s funeral. TwEED-has been found—wanting <