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Show PIPIXU U0T. How Chicagoars Sweltered ana Broiled Last eek. Characteristics of American Society Thoughts, R-h:tioDS and Items. Ciiicagj, July 21, 1S7S. TLc healed term wiiuh has lasted almost without :nterm.ion for two full week 9, ilo il last night, by a change iu tt:e di.-i-fiu.-n of iLie wind from S. V. to N. W., giviDg the weary ci .y a conipirfHive rest and a good nimbi's sleep. Tais change ceme not a mcmpol too goon for the benefit of the peuple, more especially especi-ally the little folks, upon whom the sultry air and excessive beat wae beginning to ttll fearfully. The infantile mortality has been unusually large, and another week of humid weather would probably have swollen the death rate to remarkable proportions. propor-tions. To-day, under the influence, perhaps, of the iceberg region, Chicago erjjoys a deligbtlul climate one too good to last, we fear. Th greatest consolation ia gathered from the fact that ST. LOUIS HAS SUFFERED DOUBLE, both in discomfort and losa from Old Sol's rays, what Chicago had experienced. experi-enced. One thing can be truly said of Chicago weather: It is naturally eo variable that a week's continuous stretch, either of excessive heat, cold, drouth or aridity seldom occurs. The lake end prairie influences give us one of the most temperate of climates, io which excessive extremes are rarer than in most ciliea in Ibis latitude. As in Salt Lake cool iog breezes are the rule at night, but we have no cation retreats within an hour's ride, no Salt Lake tor invigorating baths, or hot eprioga to tone up and recuperate enfeebled systems. People here seem almost incredulous when told of YOUB SALT LAKE BATH ISO in the Roky Mountains, enjoyed by thousands, of its life-saving ami comfort-giving qualifies, and cannot conceive con-ceive how living can he made tolerable in a country where rain ia EOmetimes invisible tor mouths together. How can snow-clad snow-clad mountains exist in Buch a climate, tbey ask, and I hey look upon such an institution as the City Creek waterworks as a romance. That the "Moimona" wear hoofs, horn3 and veritable tails would not surprise them, and a great many are prepared to ewallow with avidity almost any ridiculous story in regard to Utah and the degradation aud superstition there prevailing. Yet I thiuk this tendency of mind is more chargeable to the SOCIAL CHARACTER AND HABITS of the average population of the country than to any positive feeling on the subject. One who looks about him ratber from the outside of tbe popular circles of American communities com-munities is apt to detect above other characteristics an engrossing rtis position towards uniformity of sentiment senti-ment and thought, no leas than in tbe routine of daily lile, tbe fashions of dress, demeanor, amusements and duty. Since tho war all Americans appear to be cast in a single mould, and marked individuality either in babit or idea ia rather tabooed than encouraged. Our children are schooled .n euch masses and put through such EXACT AND UN'irORM MACHINERY , that our young man of the period is almost the exact counterpart of all others of his class, aud the ycung lady,"' with her "banged" genW-TnsWHy J-CK . and down as a fair sample iu every characteristic) of the entire sex, though it is to be supposed, aa nature never repeats herself, that there are distinctions, which might become visible in an emergeucy. Little won 1 der th At such a uniformity in tbe American race peimils an independent indepen-dent examination o! any subject. The people Uko their ideaj from the cheap newspapers; most of them do wore, they read only the sensational headlines. They follow the fashion in religion, go to tbe churches and theatres most convenient, and accept lifti aa they find it, without thought or care save of their own direct surroundings. sur-roundings. Utah to them possesses about the Bamo interest aa Africa, and as tho pulpit aud the press declare de-clare Mormous to be the most Gjd foreakeu people in the universe, the average American citizen SWALLOWS WHATEVER TRASH is presented without question. Here and there is a business man, a cultured cul-tured geutleniau, or an independent tbiuker who dues not fail into the popular current, aud regard it as his duty to accept as truth wbatever pnrtieau bigotry or eeoturiaa malice may suggest. Such men aro true Atiiericaus, who constitute the leaven that is to rtd-jem the mass from tho dead level of uniformity and ai'lfi'hness into whirl) our commercial ; age, demorahzul by an era of scnti-; scnti-; mental politic.'), Ins drifted, an av wbou the highest fr.tuJ that cm be perpetrated upon a nation goes UD finished and virtue toleration and common banes 'y ARK THINGS OF KEOOUD rather than matters of practical life. The republican party must be mainly responsible for this un-American stale ol afl"irs, else our early history i a lie and cur great fathers arran' impostors. Aud so wo drift insensibly i:)'-o politics, which leads to the remark, that amtd?t the apparent conl'.isi,i;i of partus the prospects It ti e r western tUta are geuerai'v favor Onto On-to tLo dtinccr.u-y, so far as t .c eh- ! r ot a mj Tiiy t I eoriir. a-men re en certird. Tnc re; u' nc.; s 'h m.t a vtjuoir.eul f '.i titul'.' i h ' LmiCH, and ai iy 1l' t) re:i:' extent by the "o -:" "nalioi.nU," b.H i-n ki c. gn uu-n in !1 this ln.t ni i ..i.s :s rv-nnrut-d i'V me b;: iiifTiiul p'l-u I oiai's n- nearly c rum to rc-i with r: .!.-river. L, a.s th's ftu.oa, fr.n )t,i. Ut Or i; n ti.H iu t o.-iiisi- Uii"'y " i .i-mocra;? u- -'iJyuu e repui . j 'is. nij; theui . i.tr t ic sup;ri r ou uc A iiu"res c i..tr gin tniu li.rtt.ai i;i t'.f u ki.' - -'ate, wl.ere the n .-r - r .ivis arc row J;tiJl1 lut.i .. .:y i .ti t.ixi'h atd thirty vi a n ; ctti. Mill a ka:h i f to or th;fi-im th;fi-im iiil'-i r? :n l!;e mU: u elates -9 n.-i iiiip.-.-.:-!?, at.d in New EngUid, -ert g:' euoat k p. it. It ."b ar? I.v:ir.r : up anv e!.ai:(ie m;:s. tc .' .v ral ;c u iiie d. ti;tv:acy. In the sou h, wiurt iwe rvpuh.iean prty has oniy mo1 l :be iiiuety-twj congrc-vmeu, t;.( aomiuant party may eipriec'3 a Itsa of two or three members. Instead In-stead of twenty democratic majority in the hc-jse of -i--presentalives lobe elected in November, there is likely to be AT LAsT THIETY on ilif -irae side. As io general news, the Herald constantly obtains and publishes ail ol importance by telegraph, and to repeat re-peat it wou.d he buperUaous. The press dispatches maOe up for me Pacific coast are the best and most comprehensive furnished to auy pari of the country, a ad your citizens mav have the satisfticlion of knowing thai no important uews o( public interest can escape them. MISCELLANEOUS. Business does not seem to mend, as the commercial people expected it would, though there are indications that the worst fleets of the hard times hive passed. Tbe Chicago wholesale dialers have never felt the liuaucial stringency as the rwtttil tradesmeu and manufacturers havt. Field, Leiter & Oo. have made a furtuue &iuce the panic. A. T. Stewart i. Co. aro reported to be coining coin-ing money in their Cnicago branch, and Farwell & Co. do as large a business busi-ness 63 ever. There is not a large amount of building going on, but I imagine most of our laboring people are at work, judging from tbe number num-ber of the tin-pail brigade to be seen on the streets early and late. Wages rule low; rents aud the necessities of life are very cheap, and, though a good many people are leaving the city for Texas, Kansas and other states, larger numbers are coming in to fill their places. Cnicigo river is very filthy and frequently fre-quently us vile waters empty into the lake from which we draw the drinking drink-ing water i'jr 500.000 people; tbe Bridgeport "stinks" are to be abated; city scrip sells at S per cent, discouui: Mike Hickey has had to vacate the supsriutendeocy of police; the communists com-munists are actively organizing for tbe till election, when there will be lively tiuies; Wilbur F. Storey, iired of newspaper work, is travelim: in Europe, and Chicago is in the midst of her summer vacation. Faiihmlly, E. N. F. |