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Show TITLES OF AFFECTION j ALM03T ALL THE 8TATES HAVE POPULAR NICKNAME8. r t r r Many Sources of Suggestion, bill Few of the Appellations Ar;Malfelous Geographical FeaturesHave 'Given Rise to Some. w)r Nearly ovcryono of the states of tho Union has a nlcknamouggestlYe qf Its chief .product, physical character or hlstorio association, and some of t tho states bavd a dual nlcknamo of two or moro nicknames, which in most cases appear to bo equally popular and about evenly employed In current use. California Is called both "Golden Stato" and "El Dorado;" Connecticut Is tho "Nutmeg State," tho "Freestone State," and also tho "Land of Steady Habits;" Delaware Is tho "Dluo Hen Stato" and nlso tho "Diamond Sta'o," nnd Georgia Is tho "Cracker Stato" and also tho 'Tmplro Stato of tho9outh" Tho sons of Illinois speak of it both as tho "Sucker Stato" and tho "Prnlrlo Stato;" Kansas answers to tho nnmo of "Sunflower Stale," "Central Stato" and "Jayhakwer State;" Kentucky is known ns tho "Dluo Grass Stato" and Louisiana Is tho "Pelican Stato" and tho "Creolo State." Mlnnesotans affectionately or familiarly famil-iarly descrlbo their stato as the "Gopher "Goph-er Stato," tho "Bread nnd Dutter 'state," nnd tho "New England of tho West;" Michigan Is tho "Wolvorlno Stato" and tho "Lako Stato;" Nebraska Nebras-ka Is tho "Silver Stato" and the "Sago Hen State," and Now York Is tho "Empire "Em-pire Stato" and tho "Excolslor Stato." If a man speaks of tho "Old North Stato" or tho "Turpentine Stato" or tho "Tarheel Stato" ho means North Carolina; Oregon Is the "Braver Stato" and tho "Wob Foot SJ(le;" South Dakota Is tho "Swing Cat S(ato" and tho "Blizzard Stato," "Washington Is tho "Chinook Stato" and tho "Evergreen "Ever-green Stato" and Virginia Is repeatedly repeated-ly spokon of ns tho "Old Doral'nlon," tho "Mother of States" .and tho ','Moth-cr ','Moth-cr of Presidents." Tho genoral nickname of Maryland Is tho "Old Lino Stato" and it is sometimes called tho "Oyster Stato" .and tho "Terrapin Stato." Maine is 'either tho "Pino Troo Stato" or tho "Lumber Stato." Using geographical features as nicknames nick-names aro Florida, tho "Peninsula State;" Massachusetts, tho "Hay Stato;" Mississippi, tho "Bayou State;" Tonnesseo tho "Big Bend State;" Vermont, tho "Green Mountain State" and West Virginia, "Tho Panhandle." Animals give their names to Arkansas, tho "Bear Stato;" North Dakota, tho "Fllckertall Stato;" and Wisconsin, the "Badger State." |