Evening journal., 1902-11-06
EACH STATE HAS
ITS OWN MOTT
How Many Of Them DO Yd
Nnow-I'cw PcrsonsKnow
Them All

If you desire to have fun with
learned acquaintance. ask him simp
questions about his country. It's hist
ry, financial condition. political dl,
sions, geographical lines, climatolog
topography etc. Questions that N
schoolboy can answer Dr.. Encwall W 4
stumble clumsily over, often getting
bad fall. There is one question that
have never heard any one answerN
namely, what are the notices of IN
several states of the Union and the
meaning:" \ clever man may nam
that of his own state and guess
those of three or four Of the more IN
portant sister states, but he is unlikeH
to know the meanings of any that a
IN the original Latin. Try some abb
professor in crowd and see him fOu
der.
Ask the professor II he knows tha'
the great seal of the United states wa.
designed by an Englishman. Sir JohI
Prestwich. who also suggested the mol
TO, ~ Plrribus Unrm:" our ableI
men had failed to propose anything ad
ceptablc. Franklin. Jefferson. Adaml
Lowell, Scott. Houston and others wasl
ing nearly four years on the tasl
Franklin proposed Moses dividing It'd
Red sea with this motto, Rebellion d
Tyrants Is Obedience to God" ADAM
I proposed the choice Of Hercules an
Jefferson the children of Israel In tn
wilderness. Doesn't it seem funny
Some of the suggested mottoes wer
'Bello vel Pace" Q'or War or Peace
"Semper' Foreyer), "Dco Fayente
with Gods Favor. "Virtus Sofa In
victa" Virtue Alone lnvincible), ct,
After six years the Englshman's dc
vice was adopted. and it yet remain
| the arms cf the United States.
If the professor is familiar with tn
diverse of the great seal, ask hh
what he has to say of the reverse, an
the chances are 100 to that he cal
not recollect the unfinished pyramis
the eye i'm the triangle, the glory prol
/ er, the motto over the eye. "Annu
Cpptis' God Has Favored the Unde
( taling). and that under all "Novu
Ordo Seculorum' G. New Series {
Ages. The diverse Of the great sea
1 with its splendid eagle. the bundle {
arrows. the olive branch. the 13 stripe
! the Is stars. the glory breaking frol
the clouds and the "E Pluribus Umm
is magnifccntly American. but ii
pyramid the desert. the forblddin
Egyptian sky and the eye in the Il
angle on the reverse are simply ba
barous.
The great seal of the COnfederac
! by a strange arbitrament Of fate w;
never used II was made IN Englar
and reached Richmond about the tin
OF its evacuation by the armies of Il
lost cause and the Confederate go
ernment. Its motto was "Deo Vindic'
God Mantainsl. The seal is a han
some silver die about three inches
diameter. hearing an equestrian pc
trait of Washington (after the stat
In Richmond. surrounded with
wreath composed of cotton. tObacc
sugar cane. corn, wheat and rice-tl
principal products Of the Confedera
states. 1t cost in England about sec
with press. waters. seal papers, wa
silk cords. etc. II was presented to Il
state of South Carolina about 1887 al
is kept in the office of the secretary
state.
Ask the professor If he remembe
that Minnesota, founded by American
is the only state in the Union that h
French motto. The one originally :
lccted and ordered engraved was Lat
: but the die was spoiled and the Fren
substitute was adopted, "L'Etoile
= Nord" (The Star OF the North. Do
the professor recall that Montana is t
only stale with a Spanish mott
l Strange that fur traders should ha
adopted "Oro Plata" Gold and
i ver). II you say that one state has
= Greek motto. be probably Will do sol
5 pretty hard thinking before answer
2 that It Is California. Eureka" is
lieved to bc Greek for Il have founC
J. The only Italian motto belongs 10 N
:, ryland. and it originally belonged to
Calvert family. "Fatti Maschi. Pare
$ Femine" Deeds Are Males. Wor
Females. 70 he n trihe palmer, m
c ly Deeds. WOnanly Words" Ask :
y professor if he knows that Washlngt
: is the only state with an Indian mot
= "Al-Ki'' is pure Chinook for by and
J. in the future or hereafter -Exchang