The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-04-03
NOTICES OF STATES.
HOW MANY OF THEM, WITH THEIR
MEANINGS, DO YOU KNoW2

MEANINGS, DO YOU KNoW2
The Great Seal of the United states
Was Designed by an Englishman,
Who Also Suggested the Motto
Adopted. .E PIuribus Unum."
II you desire 10 have fun with
learned acquaintance. ask him simple
questions about his country, It's hiSto-
~, financial condition, political dlvl-
sions geographical lines, cllmntology,
topography, etc. Questions that any
schoolboy can answer DIR. Knowall viii
stumble clumsily over, often getting
had fall. There Is one question that
have never heard any one answer
namely, What are the notices of the
several states OF the Union and their
meaning \ clever man may name
thnt OF his own state and guess at
those of three or four OF the more Inn
portant sister states. but he is unlikely
to know the meanings of any that are
In the original Latin Try some nble
professor In crowd and see him floun-
der.
Ask the professor If he knows that
the great seal of the United States was
designed by an Englishman. Sir John
Prestwleh, who also suggested the mot
TO. IL fluribus Unum" Our ablest
men had failed to propose anything ac-
ceptablc, Franklin, Jefferson. Adams,
Lowell, Scott, Houston and others vast
ing nearly four years on the task.
Franklin proposed Moses dividing the
Red sea with this motto, "Rebelllon to
TyrantS Is obedience TO Cod" Adams
proposed the choice of Hercules and
jefferson the children of Israel In the
wilderness. Doesn't 1t seem funny?
Some of the suggested notices were
"Bello vel Pace" dor War or Peace,
"Semper" O5oreve1, "Deo Fnvente"
with Gods Favor, "Vlrtus Sola In
yicta' Virtue Alone Invlnclblel. etc.
After six years the Engllshman's de-
vice was adopted. and II yet remains
the arms of the United States.
II the professor Is familiar with the
diverse of the great SEAL ask him
what he has TO say of the reverse, and
the chances are 100 to l that he cnn-
not recollect the unfinished pyramid,
the eye In the triangle, the glory prop
or. the motto over the eye, "Annult
C1ptls" God Has Favored the Under
taklng1. and that under all, "Novus
Ordo Sceulorum" a New Series of
Ages. The diverse OF the great seal,
with Its splendid engle, the bundle OF
arrows, the olive branch, the IL stripes,
the - stars, the glory breaking from
the clouds and the &c Plurlbus Unum,"
IS magniiicently American, but the
pyramid, the desert, the forbIddlng
Egyptian sky and the eye In the tri-
angle Oh the reverse are simply bar.
barous.
The great seal of the Confederacy
by IL strange arbitrament of fate was
never used. 1t was made In England
and reached Richmond about the time
of its evacuation by the armies OF the
lost cause and the Confederate gov
eminent. Its motto was "Deo Vindlce'
! God Mnintains). The seal Is II hand
some silver die about three inches II
| diameter bearing an equestrian por
trait Of Washington (after the statue
IN Richmond, surrounded with Il
wreath composed OF cotton, tobacco
sugar cane. corn wheat and rlce-the
principal products OF the Confederate
states II cost In England about 5000,
with press, waters, seal papers, wax,
sill, cords, etc. 1t was presented to the
state of South Carolina about 1887 and
ia kept IN the office of the secretary OF
state.
Ask the professor if he remembers
thnt Minnesota, founded by Americans,
is the only state in the Union TINT has
n French motto. The one originally Sc
lcctcd and ordered engraved was Latin,
but the die was spoiled and the French
substitute was adopted. ~ Etole du
Nord" Crhe Star Of the NorHhJ. Does
the professor recall that Montana Is the
only state with II Spanish motor
Strange that fur traders should have
adopted "Oro y Plata" Gold and Sill
yer). If you say that one state Inns
Greek motto, he probably viii do some
pretty hard thinking before answering
that II Is California. Eureka" Is be-
llcved to be Greek for IL have found"
The only Italian motto belongs to Ma
ryland and 1t originally belonged to the
Calvert family, "Fattl Maschi, Parole
Femme" Deeds Are Males Words
Females. 70 be II trfle palmer. Man
ly Deeds, Womanly Words" Ask the
professor If he knows that Washington
i8 the only state with an Indian motto.
"Al-Kr' Is pure Chinook for by and by.
in the future or hereafter Exchange.