The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-07-02
NOTICES OF STATES.
HOW MANY OF THEM, WITH THEIR
MEANINGS, DO YOU KNoW2
The Great Seal of the United states
Was Designed by an EngIiahman,
who Also Suggested the Motto
Adopted, s'E PIuribua Unum."

| Who Also suggested the Motto
Adopted, ''E PIuribus Unum."
If you desire to have fun with a
learned acquaintance, ask him simple
| questions about bis country its histo-
ry, financial condition, political divi-
siOns, geographical lines, cllmatology,
topography, etc. Questions that any
schoolboy can answer DR.. Knowall will
stumble clumslly over, often getting
bad fall. There Is one question that l
have never heard any one answer
namely, "What are the notices Of the
several states of the Union and their
mcanng" A clever man may name
that 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 able
professor in crowd and see him foun-
der.
Ask the professor II he knows that
the great seal of the United States was
designed by an Englishman. Sir John
Prestwlch, who also suggested the mot
10, "E Pluribus Unump Our ablest
men had failed to propose anything ac-
ceptable, 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, Rebellion TO
Tyrants Is Obedience TO God" Adams
proposed the choice of Hercules and
Jefferson the children OF Israel I'm the
wilderness. Doesn't II seem funny?
Some OF the suggested notices were
'Bello vel Pace" (Bor War or Peace,
"Semper" (Forever). "Deo Favente"
with Gods Favor, "Virtus Sola In
vlcta" Virtue Alone Invinclble), etc.
After six years the Englishman'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 10 say of the reverse, and
the chances are 100 to 1 that he can
not recOllect the unfinished pyramid,
the eye in the triangle, the glory prop
er, the motto over the eye, "Annult
Cmptis" God Has Favored the Under
takingJ, and that under ALL "Novus
Ordo Seculorum" "a New Series of
Ages. The diverse Of the great seal,
with Its splendid eagle. the bundle OF
arrows. the olive branch, the 10 stripes,
the i3 stars, the glory breaking from
the clouds aud the &c Pluribus Unum,"
is magnl6cently American, hut the
pyramid, the desert, the forbldding
Egyptian sky and the eye In the tri-
angle on the reverse are simply bar
barous.
The great seal OF the COnfederacy
by a strange arbltrament OF fate was
never used. IL was made I'm England
and reached Richmond about the time
of It's evacuation by the armies Of the
lost cause and the Confederate gov
ernment. Its motto was "Deo Ylndice"
God Maintainsl. The seal is a hand
some silver die about three Inches In
diameter. bearing an equestrian por-
trait OF Washington (after the statue
In Richmond. surrounded with a
wreath composed OF cotton, tobacco
sugar cane. corn. wheat and rice-the
principal products OF the Confederate
states. IL cost In England about 5000. |
with press, waters. seal papers. wax,
silk cords, etc. IL was presented to the
state OF South Carolina about 1887 and
Is kept In the Office OF the secretary OF
state.
Ask the professor II he remembers |
that Minnesota. founded by Americans,
is the only state In the Union that has |
a French motto. The one originally Sc
lected and ordered engraved was Latin, |
but the die was spoiled and the French |
substitute was adopted. "L'EtOile du |
Nord" CThr Star Of the North. Does
the professor recall that Montana Is the |
only state with a Spanish motto? |
Strange that fur traders should have |
adopted "Oro y Plata" Gold aud Sill
yer. II you say that one state has a
Greek motto, he probably viii do some |
pretty hard thinking before answering |
that II Is California. Eureka" Is be- |
lleyed 10 be Greek for Il have found"
The only Italian motto belongs 20 Ma |
ryland. and Il originally belonged 10 tho |
Calvert family. "Fatu Maschi. Parole |
Femme" Deeds Are Males, Words |
Femalesl To be a trihe palmer. "Man-
~ Deeds. WOmanly Words" Ask the /
professor II be knows that Washington /
Is the only stale with an Indian motto. |
"ALKr' Is pure Chinook for by aud by /
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