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Show 'A THE DESERET EAGLE. -- FINE CLOTHING GENT'S. FURNISHING GOODS AT J. P. GARDNER'S J41 fc'alt Main St. Lake City PW " Mu ds em- - WHC LES A LFS R h.TA I L DE A LhR 1 N DRY GOODS Axi iivh n eli &M v o , 5i;&53E. First South .n. "lMMTczlCtt Wm.WOOD&SONS ttiff & Co H Wholesale Retail Dealer's In DEALER IX ALL KINDS OF & GRATES STONE MANTLES & BUILDERS HARD WARD 30 & 38 K. Fir-- t South St THE AMERICAN EAGLE. proposed lately to ornament the tip of the fUgstafls used in the regular army of the Unites States with a representation in metal of the bald eagle, which is the emblem of our republic. It has been The staffs of regimental standards THE LEADING GRCCERS WHOLESALE & RETAIL Fkee Delivkky To All Paris The City Nc. 45 E. FIRST SCUTH T. Ov proudjof her great eagle," The bald eagle, with wii-gextended, or "displayed proper," as it is called in heraldry, was made the emblem of the United States in the year 1785. renjMiiiin Frankin did not approve the choice. The bald eagle, s now terminate with a pike. The he declared.'was a very evil-disp- o eagle has already done duty in sed bird, who would not tain an this way upon the standards of honest living, but got his liveother nations, and particularly lihood by violence, deceit and upon those of Home and France. rapine. He did not consider such a The American eagle however, is creature a worthy emblem of a of a different variety from the people who had valiantly driven eagles of Franco and the llomau out of their country all kingly Ilepublic. It is an American birds of prey. variety the "bald," or white-heade- d Frankin's critical judgment did not prevail. It is true, as he eagle. The ordinary name of the bird declared, that.the bald eagle lives is a misnomer. It is not bald, but chiefly by violence and theft. the feathers swooping down upon the osprey, simply white-headeon the head and neck of adult and snatching from this indus specimens being i&nowy white. trious bird the fih that it hi d, The honor of lirst naming this just caught. But the esigie. on ca u take iisii out of the bird as the emblem of the United occasion, water with great skill- States belongs to John J. Audubon The eagle is, moreover, a bird wnose name of dignity as well as of in 9 naturalist, bravery will be forever associated with and beauty, and its strong our bird liie. He called the bald attachment to its young and to the eagle "Washington eagle," its home certainly recommends it because, he said, "Washington as an American emblem. Youths was brave, as the eagle is. Like Companion. it, too, lie was the terror of his enemies, and his fame, extending THE SIGN LANGUAGE. to resembles the from polo pole, majestic soarings of the mightiest The sign Slanguage bas feutd Us of the feathered tribe. If America greatest development in ( onr.ee tlon has reason to be proud of her With the intellectual an religious s, Washington, so has she to be advancement of in which I deaf-mute- i". o. iiox so a. 107 Telephone its ( flkacy has bern abundantly proven, t id unequaled a? a di liner of word?, since it is a pictorial lartuige. The motions of the bands and fibers fl ish ideas upon the minds of deaf mutes with great, clearness. They help the m to the acquisition cf another means of xpression writtui which Is the real la' guag of their being s nt to The impression on many minds is that are sent theie solelv to learn the they sign language. 'lh sign language is a'o as a means ot conducting public worship tor It, is fir more distinct to the eye than the motions of the lip?, which are leallv inotln r lotm of the sign language. In lip reading it is ImpoHvihJe to catch every word of a rapid discource, so that thp words must he f rami d slowly on the lips. A discourse ?n ihis fashion is tediors, and u profi ibV. Tfce minds of lif'ls, the silent congregation are not stirred. In v rv deedt ri n- t:rast is the presentation of the same Gospel truths by the distinct and graceful gestures of a master. Th. v arc to the deaf-mutwhat pleasing sounns are ami to ineir hearing ipccn en. Deafness is more brethe common than is generally euppot-dOne in every three growu persons has his nearing more or less impaired. By the "deaf," as a class, are usually m ant those who cannot hear the voice. and who, having thus been disabled from birth or childhood can not attend ordinary schools and must be taught by some special method. There are neariv 40,000 such poplein he United States. They are cr.mmonly all called s, but thi name properly to those applies onlj who can not In speak. nearly every instance however, especially if the hearing is lost in childhood, or the person alllcted has been disabled from birth, t'u suetci rarely remains with them. Being of what is being said to them, Bin the sign language, they except naturally contract the habit of um in": the Fame method to replv. and so verv seldom make use of speech that it becomes lost to them. St. LouLj srr-onf- . olct rtraf-muw- s. es deaf-mule- ob-livio- Globe-Democra- t. us |
