Show J lR SJDESr ARTHURS PRECIOUS j TilING I Sew fork Soles bj an Old Resident Description of tho President A Slender Offspring Tanderbilfc Played for a tfnl ii Sucker j j jjcsneipondencecfTHz UE LD fJle 1 NEW YORK JULY 7 13S4 J The close sweltering heat of NeWT NeW-T ork is not like the breezy mountain mount-ain air of Salt Luke City any mo ethan e-than a lime kiln Jetemble I refrg elator one whO ha tried both limteslu irt e anbury n mak mTa choice betwjtm toem For jug the ra t few week this ci y has been a hotbed The high brick wslU have shut in the inirrow Crests like the class covers of a gardener sum mer house and tho only air that has stirred seemed to cern c ver a furnace furn-ace The pavements are hiked in the sun all day and hold their beat all night and the houes s earn with the heat Ta the crowded tenement districts the condition of tee people is pitiable nd score are dying daily But In spite ° the e drawbacks draw-backs those who have ti remain here all season manage to enjoy themselves after a pretty com rt able fashion The eubnrban resorts are all open ard seem to be dong moro business than ever before it the erecting of new hotels and the building l of additional eamboato are any iudlcatians tt Ling Branch the season fa now at it height All the cottages are filled and the mammoth hotels arecnwd ed with fashionable guests The Newport ason is what they call non which means that the visitor is i now obliged to pay 10 for what they only wanted S5 before the sea son leacbed that poin Saratoga Springs after recovering from the onslaught of John Kell > s Democratic Demo-cratic Convention has assumed as-sumed its wonted aspect and bossoms with feminine finery and dudsh splendor Coney Island is to Ntw York what th Jake Is t t alt Lake City It is where the jeople go Sev ral linea of steamboats and numerous lines of railroads are crowded to their utmost capacity i i trnspor ting the inspiring hou ands to and from the beach It is the near st most avail JtJI and con tquen ly moat prpular breathing point r eat I this c ty The West End where the iron steamboat piers are situated is the resort or the fportiop clwse aod contains more attractions than Mr Earnum ever conceived of Among the field of merry gcound menageries men-ageries toboggan inclines and thousand other money enticing devices de-vices h < the halF fiUhe Hpphant ho el It is erl > 151 fet high 1 aid is shiptl xactly lie a mammoth mam-moth pachrdenu I bIt ve it H > 0 becalfe he Whit E ephant probably prob-ably becau u n wt u washed The other rfav as I as walking along the eoncourV on the Hand wheie the milturns ro o < wle < l I I totlced a etout gentleimn walking in front ot me There was something some-thing about his face that looked familiar hut I couldnt exactly recollect rec-ollect where I laJ seen him He Was well dres ed and Icobed like S wholesale merchant fr m the city As be passed out of the canvast walled booths a smart ynunu fellow stepped out and arcoted him I could just hear what he said Dont you want to come in and have your head examined sir be asked The Etout geuteman stopped and I regarded him with what he flat tered himself was a glare of disgust but didnt deign to reply We have a very accomplished phrenologist inside sir continued the youth witboit noticing theo I the-o rb look on his llftet ers face lie has just returned from Europe sir and will guarantee you Fat 1l isctlon Be has examined all the crowned heads in Europe only ten cents sir The aristocracy of this i country has knelt before him sir ore as prepared cbart for Jay would James R Keene and Vm K Vandetbilt sir Whats that you Bay about Mr vandeibilt interrupted the stout gentleman liRe has examined his head sir veral times Mr Vanderbilt usually has hIm stop at his house oa Fifth Avenue He only came down here for a few days for thesea breeze Mr Vanderbilt thinks the world of him sir and itiiSj are an infernal liar again interrflpted the SSnPted gentleman as he raised his cane i am Mr Van Gerbllt the l1 Bd I sh111 have you put cff Islntl yon Infamous scoundrel It Bud be brought hh tick down on thlSide wlk wi h emphasis Jua young man dodged Into the booth without Bopping to hear any more have and after waiting a minute to him reappear the millionaire resumed hIs walk toward the Man hattan eah hotel rt KWa3r the old gentleman him f ti3 bOlt I dId not recognize him be I e < goaa he has recently shaved off In England his sde whiskers which ith his wide mouth > were his dis hDgDishs Ie characteristic I ftrnlnds Spe dng of distinguished people IDe of an incident which Drled In front of my hotel the Litting Inclalr Houaa on Broadway I was the lu the cafe Ionkin out on lug5 8tfret about 8 oclock one i even a a week or 20 ago when I noticed fcnzltd 1110ving object tint would have Was d a natlIallst to class It jUred 1ixnWscostcarn to a point behind and hugged his narrow chest so tightly he must have been melted and poured into it His broadbrimmed silk hat covered his little face like an umbrella um-brella and his trousers suggested the thought that they had been painted on his legp Hi shoes were pointed like his coat and if his troupers hadnt bren sa tight ho might have used them to piCk his teeth with Do you know who that It is askpd a friend who sat near me No E replied who is if That is President Arthurs son just home from Princeton College Even though I might have expected ex-pected something of that bOlt from a man who owns ISO different pairs of trousers still I must say I was astonished to find that the President I alljwed him to run at large If the troth were known the son probably had his influence in defeating bis father at Chicago The ° precious thing is what his father called him In a spe ch at Brine ton one day and after seeing him I wondered why the Pre dent didnt put him under a glass case and keep him in his parlor to Icuk at He doesnt look as if he would ever be worth much for practical use in this world I must bring this to a close or perhaps may lay myself liable to the charge of enumbering the mails I will sayin conclusion that it may be of interest to my good friends in Salt Lake to know that I hope to return to your city next winter and reopen my night school iu the commercial branches With a kind remembrance of past favors I eign myself yours truly I DWIGHT Dow |