TOBACCO LEAVES 



This singular discovery was made in a 

 singular manner. Ever since Tammany 

 Hall, in New York city, acquired national 

 prominence, Indian names and titles have 

 been popular among local Democratic or- 

 ganizations. New Orleans, for example, 

 has its Choctaw Club, and elsewhere such 

 tribal appellations as Wyandotte, Chero- 

 kee, Arapahoe, Navahoe, and even Black- 

 foot have distinguished the societies of 

 the faithful. Among the many Southern 

 clubs which have followed this picturesque 

 and pleasant custom is that of Donaldson- 

 ville, La. It calls itself " The Mohawk." 



When the name was determined upon, 

 not long ago, the officers of the organiza- 

 tion were seized with a happy inspiration, 

 namely, to secure a large and robust 

 wooden Indian and station him as a sen- 

 try in the vestibule. Such an effigy, as 

 they very sensibly argued, would not only 

 form a neat and appropriate emblem of the 



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