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Show THE RICH COUNTY NEWS, RANDOLPH, UTAH PART I (Prepared by th National ciety. Washington, Geographic So- D. C ) To all Americana the origin of . tfye names of our states should prove an Interesting subject, and from it no small amount of history and geography Is to be learned. It is, however, a more complicated subject to trace than the origin of the nomenclature of European states, which, for the most part, bear names derived simply from the ancient tribes by which they were formerly Inhabited, Of our 48 states, we find that 25 bear names of Indian origin, while 12 are English, six Spanish, three French, and two bear names that must be considered, from a historical standpoint, American. Considering the states with English names first, the origin of most of these will be familiar to us from our studies In American colonial history. The first of these is New Hampshire, the original territory of which was conveyed by a patent of the Plymouth company to John Mason In 1629 and named by him for the English county of Hampshire. When the Dutch navigator Adrian Block sailed lnfb Narragansett bay, an island about 1614, he encountered ' of fiery aspect, due to the red clay In some portions of Its shores. He called It Roode Eylandt (Red Island), and the surrounding country received Its name from that of the island. The English settlers, who, with Roger Williams at their head, received a charter for this region from the English Crown in 1644, Anglicized the name, making it Rhode Island. There is a theory, also, that our smallest state was named after the Island of Rhodes, in the Mediterranean, but It is difficult to substantiate this claim, as the two localities in no way resemble one another. The Empire State, New York, as Is well known, was originally called New Netherlands, while the city was known as New Amsterdam. But when the colony was taken over by the English, in 1664, the names of both were changed to New York, not, as might be supposed, after the city of York, England, but In honor of Charles IPs brother, the Duke of York, afterward James H of England, to whom the grant was made The duke, in turn, transferred the southern portion of his grant to Sir George Carteret, who settled there and named the country after the Channel Isle of Jersey, which place he had bravely defended against the parliamentary forces in the English Civil war. Only One Namri for Its Founder. Charles H of England, the Merry Monarch, spent so much of his countrys funds on pleasure that state debts often remained unpaid. One of 'these was for salary to one Sir William Penn, one of the lords of the admiralty, who, on his death, bequeathed the claim, which amounted to some 16,000 pounds, to his son, William Penn, a Quaker. The latter agreed to accept a land grant from the crown in exchange for the debt. Penn wanted to call this land on account of Its vast forests, but the king insisted that the founders name be incorporated in that of the colony, and thus it is as Pennsylvania, literally "Penn's woods, that the Keystone state is known to us today. It Is the only state named for Its founder. Our second smallest state, Delaware, bears the name of Lord de la ' Warr, first governor and captain-generof Virginia, who in 1630 went on an exploring expedition in the bay and river after which tije state is named. i The first English Roman Catholic ' settlement in America was made In Maryland, In 1634, and this colony, by the way, was the first to extend religious toleration to all. It was named after the' queen of Charles I, Henrietta Maria, who was the daughter of Henry of Navarre and was of the Roman Catholic faith. The strong tendency of the earlier English settlers to perpetuate English royal names in their settlements is Indicative of their loyalty to the crown and is further illustrated in the names of the Virginias, the Carolinas and n Syl-van- ceived a grant to the land from Charles II and who named the country in bis honor. Georgia was named by and for King of England, and the crflony George was referred to under this name ,in the charter which that monarch granted to General Oglethorpe, the n f founder, in 1732. Of the three states bearing French names, the( origin of one is doubtful. This small number is out of proportion to the extent of French explorations, evidence of which can be gained s from the trail of French from the mouth of the St. Lawrence to New Orleans. Vermont was first explored by Samuel de Champlain fix 1609 and was so named by him after Its Green Mountains (Vert Mont), which are the dominating natural feature of the state. The generally accepted version of the origin of the name of Maine is that It was so called by some early French explorers after the French province of that name, wherein was located the private estate of Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I of England. There is another meaning ascribed to the name, fairly well supported by authorities. According to this version, the fishermen on the Islands along the coast of Maine always referred to that region as the Mayo- land, and in support of this theory we find the colony referred to In a grant of Charles I to Sir Fernando Gorges In 1639 as the province or county of Mayne. Louisiana for Louis XIV. The third state name of French origin is that of Louisiana, so called in honor of Louis XIV. The name was first applied In 1683 by the daring French explorer, La Salle, who employed it to indicate the vast territory watered by the Mississippi and Its tributaries Permanent Spanish settlements within the present boundaries of the United States were made earlier than those of any other country and they were numerous. As a result, we have six states bearing names of Spanish origin, and In them and their neighbors we find a large number of town and county names from this tongue. The first state to bear a Spanish name was Florida, which was discovered by Ponce de Leon on Easter Sunday, 1512. Two theories exist regarding the origin of the name. One refers to the Spanish term, Pascua Florida , (Easter Sunday literally, Feast of the Flowers), having reference to the flowers with which the churches in Spain are decorated on that day. In view of the day on which the discovery was made, this is probably the correct explanation of the origin. The second theory is that Ponce de Leon simply used the word Florida, meaning flowery, 'from the aspect of the country. , The other Spanish-name- d states lie In the Far West. Any one who has seen the snow-clapeaks of Nevada can well appreciate the descriptive place-name- - d word, Snowy. While not explored or colonized by Spaniards, Montana bears a Spanish (some say Latin) name. This large states giant ranges and cordilleras make Its name, which means Mountainous, singularly appropriate. Colorado was probably named from the river, although only Its tributaries flow through the state. The word is Spanish for red in the sense of ruddy, and may come from the color of the stream at some places. Then, again, it Is possible that the state was named from the red earth of some regions which were settled in the early days. "HE MEANT ME! SYNOPSIS Under the name of Captain Sazarac, and disguised, Jean Lafltte, former freebooter of Baratarla, proscribed, returns to the city of New Orleans. He is recognized by two of his old companions, Alderman Dominique At the gaming and Beluche. tables Sazarao has won much money from Colonel Carr, British officer. John Jarvis, the city's first bohemian of the arts and e friend of letters, an tells of a womans face and smile. As his last wager, Cirr puts up a woman, presumably a slave. Custom compels Sazarac to accept the stake. He wins. His old associates and Count Raoul de Almonaster accost him A project of thj as Lafltte. youthful adventurers of Nqw Orleans is the rescue of Napoleon Bonaparte from St. Helena, and a ship, the Seraphine, has been made ready. From De Almonaster Sazarao learns that the girl he "won" at the card table is white, of high estate, and that the matter has been made a byword in the city's resorts. Sazarao finds Mademoiselle Lestrop, a fellow passenger on a river steamer a few days before, and with whom he had fallen in love, is the girl and in chivalry fore- -' goes his revenge against Carr. Jarvis admires Mademoiselle He is a witness of the meeting and picks up a camellia which the girl had thrown, unnoticed, to Sazarac. e, old-tim- Les-tro- CHAPTER III n. Continued. Pon word, fellow, you had the effrontery to show up, then?' Something in the cold eyes of the taller man stung through to his drunken brain. I will not fight you, eh? Is that what you are thinking? Of course not-- of course not, Captain Sazarac ! I of His Majestys Service, and you not a gentleman In the city could vouch for you! Colonel Carr, put In the girl will yen cease? She steadily, stepped nearer: The gentleman but wishes to depart. The house will be aroused, the servants are gabbling now ! "You will excuse him, sir. Madame Carr turned to the stranger ; and even In her disarray, he saw that she was matronly beautiful, but hollow-eye-d as one tom by ceaseless anxiety: He does not know of what he speaks. I can speak that, Madame, that would put all Louisiana in an uproar. Langhorne, the consul, will open his eyes when when With a sudden furious movement Mrs. Carr closed his mouth. He threw her off violently. Cease this, Madame! I am not a child, or fool! d Already about this city the clouds are gathering! From the Sabine country the Spaniards Be still! She checked him with rising fury. In the moonlight her eyes held the glitter of a tigress. But the officers drunken madness became uncontrollable. To your rooms, you women! Both of you ! As for this man he turned again, staring abruptly at the tall cloaked figure; for the time, he had forgotten him : Bah ! He Is here be- his caking uiy last farthing on Luo ise, because of her airs. Enough, its done. Sazarac can challenge and be d d. He can send a second if he knows a gentleman in the city, which is Improbable when I am sober. My affair Is in Langhornes hands. Now, to bed! He staggered along the gallery. But suddenly, with a shrug, a bow a face serene in the moonlight Captain Sazarac addressed him. Sir, I am minded to recall my words. Now, I shall claim my wager I I say to bed mumbled Carr thickly. He reeled at his door, waved a palsied finger at them and crashed against the furniture within. Miss Lestron stood at the balustrade of the winding staircase as the stranger was descending. A step below he turned: I claim my wager. Let them have there was a wench of San Domingo a care who put a jest upon me In this fair as one of you. He was Imbecile town ! The sea is near . . . and it enough to yearn for her glances! is wide. and Wide, Mademoiselle, Your word, sir, If you recall? said deep; and far very far, is the way Sazarac gravely. to its secret places. A jest ! Who would deem it but a She was I do not understand. cardroom jest! him intently. He had gone watching The stranger turned as if to escape to the next turn of the 'staircase. The from an unpleasing situation. But moonlight struck the silver of his the elder woman suddenly came besword hilt. She leaned forth, and her tween them. But wliat is this curistruck fire from his own when he ous thing they whisper of along the eyes Far? she whispered: glanced up. a a I pitypromenade? caught laugh, And It may be beautiful! ! look ing He watched her lips. The perfume She swept scornfully upon her husof the jasmined wall seemed to rise band. Did you, then, cheat at the from the court and engage her; ghe cards? seemed afloat in a purple sea formed Carr roared his mirth: No on my the shadows. A face, a form lumiby honor! There was no need! nous in the mists of his dark years of The affair is done, murmured the remembrance. The soul of his youth stranger. Your pardon, Madame ! was stirring he had dared But as he made to pass, Carr must all, lost all, on decisions quick, hot Your wager, gibe once more at him. as this, in days long put sir? The prize you claim which pregnant behind. was it? I love you, he said quietly. You The silence grew acute. The two will remember that. women stared unbelievingly; the She heard his boot on the stones younger turned widening eyes upon of the court. He was passing the the silent stranger.1 pomegranate clump when he thought He told you that? something flashed near him in' the Nothing, Mademoiselle. Allow me moonlight. to depart! A white thing, a light thing a He meant me! A girl of San Doa petal in the air. But he feather, ! Bandied the name in mingo my saw no more, nor heard a sound from cardrooms He went to the untenanted above. You were not mentioned. Mademoistreet, wondering if she had waited selle. I never knew your name before. until his footsteps died away. He You will allow me to go, Mademoiselle wondered why he had spoken; and Lestron. It Is enough then he laughed. Sazarac, the packet You Ho not gamester . . . Jean Lafltte, last of "It is not enough! know all, sir! She turned swiftly the ghost of a vanto the drunken colonel and struck him ished time, back to tread the streets sharply in the face. You dared this! where his life was not worth the You infamous coward! I a slave of flicker of a moonbeam in the Jasmine San Domingo screen below her window. Carr stood in an '"abject sobering. After he had gone, something did Louise, this is folly! stir. A man crawled out from the I shall speak! Whom could you shadows across the area, went to the mean?" gardened center of the court and Eh? A jest! I said, a jest not searched under the fig and pomegranmeant for anyones ears but his and ate leaves. Presently he muttered mine ! He had the impudence to and straightened up,' a white blossom come - here to claim something t in his hand. Carr settled back on the rail uncerEh? he said. A camellia . . it has been in her hair. She was to tainly. Something?1 Miss Lestron turned wear it to the opera, and Carrs orgy Sir, and what? Icily to Sazarac. tonight prevented. I would have seen I do not know. I had no thought her pass . . . she would have save to seek Colonel Carr and demand thought me a beggar standsatisfaction. The affair could have ing by the areaway, but I would have seen her pass. ... red-eye- d Silt-Nos- pot-hou- Capturing Elephants. How are elephants captured for the circuses of the United States and other countries? An English traveler describes the method. First, the wild elephant herd must be sighted in the wilderness of India. Then a regiment of Indian soldiers surrounds the herd, keeping fires burning all around the big animals. A stockade Is built of stout posts, and leading from the stockade Is erected a narrow lane, which spreads out at the opening. The posts of this lane must be hidden with green Georgia. ' foliage and vines. The herd is now us? The first of these was named by driven toward the jaws of this lane by Monsieur Sazarac stood with foldSir Walter Raleigh for Elizabeth, the the soldiers, who yell and screech, and ed arms. The girl In white was watchVirgin Queen, who was on the throne build fires directly behind the moving ing him doubtfully. Suddenly she of England when the first settlements mass. The elephants, or some of There was , almost came' nearer. them, were attempted, In 1585. enter the stockade, the rope that holds pleading in her softness. When the state of West Virginia the gate is cut, and the animals are Tell me. There was some cruel first in was was formed, 1863, it proRiders on tame elephants Jest put upon you,, sir? imprisoned. posed to call it Kanawha," after then tie them witty' ropes. The stranger would not answer. one of its rivers, and much regret Carr laughed hoarsely, lurching ' Like Father, Like 8on. x has been voiced that this fine old against the rail. Do look at the way baby is workIndian name was not adopted. The jest is this, ladles! Upon the Confusion About tho Carolinas. ing his mouth, exclaimed young Mrs. packet trip, this man was all eyes for There has been some confusion as to Scrappington. See I Now he proposes one of you. Chagrined that I would which King Charles the Carolinas to put his foot In it not Introduce him, he was bent upon Mm! said her husband grumpily In 1560 Jean were named for. breaking me at cards. He had the a French explorer, named this "Heredity! Thats what I did when 1 luck of a cold devil even to the last Boston Evening Tranregion after Charles IX of France. proposed. throw at- - Mperos. Eh, well, It was i The name, however, did not come Into script. but a Jest! The town hackles Over general use and for d ,tlme disIt T' wagered him against his win. Unnatural. appeared. About 1630 the country was nings of the packet a bond girl of Dauber What do you mean by sayreferred to as Carolina in some Engour household. He took Mr greedily lish state papers, and It was con- ing my picture isnt true to life? ha-h' Friend Wife Why, youve got two sidered to- have been so named after Sir, we traveled with no servant new women In in brand gowos going Charles I of England, but it was save the public help, the wife put in. not until 1663 that the name Carolina opposite directions and theyre not Carr straightened That is true. New York was definitely applied to this section looking back at each other. up with drunken gravity. But he ' Sun. who had re r the lords proprietor, the wager. He thought evilly enough, s. , -- tk JT 83, GOES TO W0! After fourteen years of enfoi r ed Ici'eness because of ill health, J. U. Maryland citiKeeler, widely-knowzen, has gained forty pounds at the age of eighty years and gone back to work every day. 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Oh, ho! there were wagers that Captain Sazarac wcmld not even dare lift his face again at the gaming-houseHe would find pretexts, he would invent reasons indeed It was a shabby trick to put upon even a packet gambler! There was a silence. Madame Carr was staring at the stranger. What is this, sir? I heard some silly story of the cardrooms Mhdame des Trehan would not explain, but there was comment, upon the promenade, today. Sir, as my husband but shouts, laughing, will you enlighten John Jarvis stared up at the silent Then he, too, went his way. he The Cafe la Veau Qui Tete I shall put on my old grumbled. waistcoat again to get drunk in. Sazarac ! D n this Sazarac ! A flower from her hair, and the fool did not see it ! A flower for Sazarac ! At the Cafe la Veau he entered by the garden gate and went to sit among the huge wine tuns under the tiled shed. Three measures of liquor and I could paint a white camellia against her hair, he mused ; but the taproom and I together could not paint love In her eye for me. After that he sought a bench and slept Presently In came another and by the same stealthy passageway. A huge seaman, this, with broad hairy chest, and tattooed arms. He examined the sleeping painter, took off his coat and spread It above him. He must be kept drunkeh and asleep, muttered Johannegs. The fool would shout It through the town the Captain Jean returned, and meeting us old ghosts up from the islands! Enter, None here save John, Old the taproom avocat. A howl from him and he draws my knife point! Sit quiet and await. Our host gave me he prethe keys and is abed fers not to know what he should not ER, She 8wept Scornfully Upon Her HusDid You, Then, Cheat at the band Carder been arranged at the Oaks with no breath of the quarrels point. One of us should die . . . the others lips sealed In honor. Was that not enough, Mademoiselle, for your protection? Sazarac, the river gamester, saw a curious light In her eyes. Gratefulness, scorn, or the brief Interest in this Idea of protecting her, he could not say which, for she turned at once to the other man. Her voice flowed on steadily but mounting to a peak of implacable contempt. On the turn of a card, sir? You an played high very high empire, perhaps, risked In a Chartres gambling house! Will you be still? blustered Carr, A jest I said a staggering forth. jest on him! Your name was not in it! I said a slave girl. Bah I will go to Langhorne and borrow a wench to pay my debt, If that Is the issue ! You had best both be still, warned the older woman, frightened now. Louise, come this is no matter for a cardroom brawl. Sazarac if he is vouched for as a gentleman I supin this "city, must challenge. pose ah, God! He will challenge And, passing them with high head but eyes, Madame Carr went to her chambers. 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