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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1892)
THE OMAITA DAILY HRK : SUNDAY , SEPTEMHKIl 18 , IHJMM'WKNTY TAOER \V1STER\VIIEAT1NNEBRASKA \ \ Ecasons Why Fnim rs of tlio State Should Favor its Cultivation. CONDITIONS HERE AS GOOD AS IN KANSAS With llio Pri-M l rlll High WlniU Atn 1'owrr- IcM-l'iiy * Unnil Itrtnrin to Tliom Who Jlnvo Trli-il It Siinipln Oiillny mill liK'Hino Accounts. In the diversity of Its crop' * Nebraska's future most sccuroly lusts. It has neon llio subject of much serious consideration among fat tarrsnnd Kioto directly in tores ted in the products of the soil , what to do in case corn should prove a total failure , for Nobraskii is pre-eminently n corn stnto , and tlio answer bin In variably uecn rotution in crops , But while diversity of products has boon con ceded by the huibiuUincn of Nebraska as ( Diving a grout commercial problem , until within the past tbiee yours it has boon very much doubted if the soil is nduptcil to the wising of m.ything clso In largo quantity ex cept corn. Hut the fnct Hint nearly L'5,000,000 DUHl.els of winter wheat was harvested this season in Nebraska proves conclusively tbnt herein lies one of the chief cereals of No- bru.sku , mid n pram that muy provo the suiva- tlon ol our business Interests In times wlicn corn unil other crops prove n fnlluro. Notwithstanding that It seems hardly credible , NebrasUu has yet to find out the merits of winter wheat culttvntrU In the hiitno manner us corn. Tlio failure to raise fall wuont in times just is directly traceable to want of pioper care and cultivation , farmers relying upon the old law that nothing will grow hero but corn. Hut as the state glows older and farming lands bccomo more valuable on account of tilling , the natural Increase In population mid n more intelligent cultivation , oiib of the Hlnplc crops of the stnto will prove to bo win ter wheat , and It behooves ( armors now to begin to plant what Is destined to bo one of the great sources of wealth In the stnto. The eastern Investor coming to Nebraska to look around for a farm Is surprised when told that Nebraska Is almost as mucn of a .winter wheat stnto as Kansas. Ho knows Its standing among the corn states , for No- Lrabku has been heralded fur and wldo as a follower of the great cereal , but to bo ab'io to raise winter wheat hero , there must bo homo mistake. A visit to any portion of the ttato In .lime will onon the eves of tlio honie- seeker'und ho falls to uondcring why this young stuto lias not done more toward di versifying its crops Instead of depending upon n single grain to drive away hunger and \vunt. And the surprise of It all is that farmers bavo bcllovcd in tlio old story that high winds , drouth and other causes mudo the raising of ono grain only possible. Nebraska Is a g.irdon spot , its climate Is particularly suited to the raising of all kinds of crops mid them is no good reason appar ent why Us sell should not bo turned to ttin development of the winter wheat Industry. \Vhcn wheat had to bo broadcasted In , when D light frost would kill the germ on account of the seed Doing to near tlio surface , then fall Wheat planting proved n cos'ly experi ment. But In tlioso days of press urills wh'.eh not only plant the grain four to six inches under ground , but presses it down so thai high winds and curly frosts have no effect upon it , winter wheat raising becomes n matter of tbo greatest importance to the fanner who desires to nmks out of his land nil that is possible and still l > o urovidcd uzuintt a failure In ono .slnglu ciop. Mr. John Francis , general passenger and tlcKut URont of the Kurllngton , in order to nctu llv determine what is ihouaht bv the fanners or tlio state aouut llio nuslnc of winter wheat , tent the following circular letter to Nebraska agents ol the Burlington : OMAHA , Sop * . - . In Itso Nebraska produced 10l.l'llW ( ' ) < ) bushels of corns In ISI ! ) her output uxcueilrd 'I.I.MiU.Uiu bushels. An issatliu wheat - crop WHS IT.riU'.UUO bushels ; In 1MU it was 1H- ObO.uiO bushels. < ' ' loin these HSU ros ( which constitute an ob ject lesson from which wu may loirn ; much ) it appi'ius thiit tthlli1 thu cultivation of corn has In bix vcar.s liiLToased moro thiiiUO nor cent Unit of wheat has remained about st-itlonarv. If our neighbors on both sldos can , und do , lu'hlovo reputations as ureut ulu > ut glowers , why cannot we ? 'llio v.iluo of wlniur uhoiit IN nndoiiDlod , and one can hardl } understand the re.iHon for its not recelvlm ; more uttcn- t on lit the hands of our farmers than It docs. A nioxuiiiunl Is now on fool to urlnir to tbu notlcu of the .Ncbr islci World's fulr coinniN- H on and the Stnto Hoard of Agriculture ) the Importiincuof viu-oiirnglirj thu cultivation of winter whu.it. and of dcinoiistnitliu to Inter ested pintles the capabilities of onrso.I for Its pn dilution. Thu lutuiiilon Is to liavr , u portion t thu money appropriated for Nc- ijr.iskii'h exhibit at tlio Wund'b fair sot nsldu for the puipo&u of satisfying vlsltois ( wliotliur from our own state or from tlio unst ) to ISe- biiiHka's hnlldlii2. duiln. tlio life of the expo sition liy mcansof piitnplilulsadvurllsln ; ; nmt- torand u display of bunples : that wo liivo here , not simply a wo ulerfnl corn loiintrv. liutone that can pioiliico wheat conalln. : In nuiillty and ( | iiantlly tliat giown any where on I lin i nnt Itinnt. 'Jo en.ililu proper representations to bo made to the commissioners and thuUoird of Agtlenltnir , It Is npcesMiry Unit I bo placed In possession of consider.ib o dntii. 1'Iease therefore < onfer with farmers and rrnlndealerH with whom yon are acquainted , uml write me fully on thu following points : I , The relative merits of sowing and piant- Inz by drill. Why Is the ! attur method more Kticcessful , nnd what percentage of InurtMscd cost does It Invo vu ? L1. The feasibility of plantln ? corn In Iho Biiino gronnil. In c.isu thu winter whuitt erop piovos u failure. II. 'I he icsiuts of f.irmurs In your v'clnlty who havi ! I'xpeilineiileil in winter wheat , How niiiny acres were iiliintcd ? Wnsi Ins wheat HIIWII ordnlludVliatwns the yield ? The nuiii\llii | ill ! cost | ; ur neiu'f If possible , ohlalu wr.tten Htateinenls , embodying pai tlenlais. 4 , The value ofhu.it ut your station , Thu niittur : of winter wheat Is an iiiiirirtant om * . unil I himeruly hone to lie aided bv the nctlvo co-oner lion of our agimts and all othersulio have thu uplifting of our Htuln at 'lieiirt. J. KltANOlS. O , I' , und T. A , From ttio rcplleb received , and every agimt In Iho state 1ms answered the questions of his'chief , the consensus of opinion is that thn winter wheat acreage will bo Increased by DO ! ) per cent this year over last , which In it self Is proof of the awakening of the farmers of the suite to Iho supreme itnporlanco. of planting this cereal. While hastily computed , thuso replies show thai the nvcrago yield to iho aero is bot.\eon thirty nnd forty bushels which gives a not protll of $3 to * 1.5. Frank B , Snyder , whoso po-aolllco address Is Stratum. Hitchcock county , mnkos iho following fttatcinnii which bo vouches for : liTHATTos , Neb. , Hi-pi , a The following itiiloiiii-nt Is tinu In uvury iiarlluuliir us noiir a * I c.in lull It : I Ind In u'uu'iesof f ill whuiit this year. t-obt of pnttliig saint ) In was four days' work ulgtHipur day (1400 S'l liushoiH n'c'd iitlik ! | H'r biihliol jy 2"i I'osl of lliinsldiu' I , U. " > hnslieJN utGu per luslio , this was amount raised HI 0 } Cost ut hauling siiinu to ears ; io 00 Total vint J1K8 15 Afli-rdudiii'tlni : freulil eliaiKiis to O'lil- riiL'o I feoelwd > ' > Uu per huhhol for l , : i bnchuU M ! SJ 1 huviiui | < ar prulll uf Ml : r. I'liini thu in iicics of ronnd my wlieatonly nvnraiio I il biihhols per aero which Is low aver- ncc for full tthi'tii thin year , in mv uHtlma- t On llieru iH ti pur unt morn Hindu by jnittln In fnl wheat Hum pulling In sprint wheat. I ull "lio it Is In nearly till U.IMIS oleir ; of smut nliixpr | | | nu wheat IH not. .1 , D. Llckllitcr , u farmer living near Strnt- ton , Hitclu'Oi'U county , furnishes the follow ing interesting lluuros showing thut his nut prollt on 1WI acres of land wu f ISIS.70 , ; lliniiKInK ( Macro * . . . . . . . . . $ I's'.OO llleulng thri'o times und burrowing om't'i Urllllni ; In grain , boaid for men nnd toiinis , .m Bceduheiit. H--.M Cutting und sliookliu 1'I.I3 btaeklni , threshing , boarding hands und toiiiMK , . , . , , . , 400.70 Total expense .Vl.UM.TC I,4J4 Inn he us whout , 71'i cents per biuhol a,173,40 Netnrollt Vl.818,70 E. Molnarclus of Borwyn , Neb. , replying to Mr. Francis' inquiries , says ; "Tho plant ing of winter whout by drill is much moro preferable , us the gram U nut In o the ' ground deeper and more even than If sowed , nnd tbo heavy winds in fall have not to 'much of a chance to uncover iho seed , as It will to a great extent If the grain Is sown broadcast , the soil hero being very light. lu case tbo prospects should be lots than half a crop there would bo enough of a cbauco to prepare the ground and put in corn. Several farmers n round hero uuvo experimented p with wiiitor wheat and nra well satisfied with the results. A Mr , U , Wukelln hud IK kown about seventy aorvs ana rained thirty- mno bushpls ono pock per acre. Huvltur re ceived your lottoronl.v .vokioiUiv , i had no chuucc to got my luforuiatloii us 10 con or ' ls < That's what it This great suit sale ol the finest $9 , $12 and $15 suits in America at the ridiculous price of $ S 75. Everybody buys thera-bankers , clerks , merchants , young men , old men-Why ? Because they are $9 , $12 and $15 suits at $875 We introduce our selves this way be The most genuine bargain ever seen in lieving1 it to be more this community. All the latest shades effective as an ad in mixtures and plain checks. vertisement . n ' BRAND NEW anything 'else we could ' 1 s do.At * the $12 $ and $15. $ same time you get a good suit yon won't be. , ashamed of for mighty little . money. The Sizes are 34 to 46 , in both Suits and Overcoats. If You Order by Mail , State Size , Style and Color of Suit or Overcoat , All Wool Diagonals , and We'll ' Do the Rest. Gray Goou Sjrgo anil Modo. LiningLJrown. NoLoil.y . . else thinks of sell them less than $7.00. T to pot any written statements. Tbo nrico of wheat at present is 4U cents. Quito u iiiiin- ocr of farmers i\ro going to nut in winter wheat this fall. " Mr. G. 11. Wceilornian of Greenwood , Cass county , bays : "I seeded twonty1sovon ncros of land with wlntur wheat of t'jeimproved 'L'uruoy variety putting it In witli a press drill , and threshed out l"JiJ4)Ushi > ls pf wheat , making mo an average of forty-eight bushels par aero. I consider the ground as using naturally adant. U to wheat , as well as corn , nnd tl > U year will scud , 'JGO acres with winter wheat , as my experience has boon thoroughly satls- fuetory. Perhaps the Ilgures in my case will provo the prollt of thu wheat crop. 1'or Acre , limit for land Win ) l'IUWlll'4 1 00 Seed mid : > oudln : 15(1 ( Twine luul harvesting 100 Thrcslilni : a 00 Total 13.10 IS bushels \\huul pur acio.D.'ic per bushel. $ JiIU ( Not urnllt per aero 817 1KJ Mr. ( . ' . H. Toftl of the Greenwood roller mills suvs in u letter to Mr. A. U. Smith of the Burlington : "in nil tne pieces of land sowed to winter wheat in our county the smallest yield re ported was thirty bushels per acre , and was sowed on low eround , not being put. in with a press drill. It is the universal opinion o ( farmers In this part of Neoraska that winter wheat Is a great succors. Tnuro will bn ten tiiiK's the amount sown this fall that there win last fall. " Mr. Wllllum Ernst , ono of the most Intolli- goiit farmers In Nobralta. . a man who has .nado winter wheat a study , says in a letter fioiu Grnf , .lohnson county : Ali > vi > u | | tlm ground'should bo plovvuJ early : wu COIIIIIIOIIL-O ussoon as tlio uruiind Is uluaied , will h.iy nilildlu of .Inly and nlm to llnlili p.owlnv the last week In Aiunst. As siion ti wunro llnoii h | ) ovlnu smoolli the -niiiMl with < i ha row , tliun wait , until the middle of Septunibe' to foiniiieiicu sowing and try to llnlsh howliii In thlh section the lirst wuok In Outobur. 1 think the lait week In Soiitc'inher M the be t time. The Kionnd Is never too dry to plow. Last year I hired hoiuu | i owing done , nnd over old uionnil In imrttuiilur. Kt ( ) so dry that few of the men quit and llnUhed nfle * a r.iln -Septoniliur. . whllo the first utowlni ; was ron.-h and foil of skips It yielded iniKronnil that has been thir teen yours In cultivation thlrty-Hilit ; bushels pur in 10 , the wheat lulling sixty -fun r pounds wlihont. liuliif oluiinu I. Whu it bad Deuu , raised on the s line Kionnd last ye.irand the yearbofoio. Abiiuuriib 1 recollnet tlio yield was on this particular iilecu of groun I last year ihlity-two biiblie.s. and thu year before forty-two bushels pur aero. Our late plowing such as stack y.ir.ls mid iinllnUhL'd luiiilu tuivor iiiakii ovcronu-balf to two-thlrdk of n prop.'n don't plow very ( loop but plow ejru- filliy with KIIIII ; and rldltu plows mostly. Up to llio last of tiutunii | < era sow ono H ml ono- cUhth biisliul ] ier acre , nftor that date ono and one-fourth bushel. Wo used to sow early , but funnil that wheat would miller nioredur- IiiK hiich w.nds In the winter when the fall Clowth was too bin t.omo of the too Ill'er roots would in 1st looto nnd dloolf , I would hoonor h.ivo a growth of fiom two tothn'o Inches than a bUuer one. 1'ho press drill boats hroaJcast sowing uunorally live bnslie.'d uur acre , where sown In the mine Hod anil thu same tliun It nuvur cumCT ni | to the drilled grain. ( July onti of my renters sowed broad- east lust year , and whl o' ho claimed thu he iiMiil over ono and one lulf bushels of nooii , his uram was the Ihlnnost In the whole MX' ton. IHirerent Idmls of wheat have been tried In this suction. The foil and other vn- rletlos have , at tunes , mudo a big crop , nirl millers don't illie the Ked Turkey , but the lust mimed variety will pay betlur'than any other. The 1'urKuy wheat Is as hard as ryu nnd stands pasturing -nearly us well. 1 have seen Holds Infuntod with the Hessian My wlilch iifter close p islnrlinr iiiiulo a KOO.I crop the iioxt ycir. The | ) lcco of k-round which was plowed In September liul year made uboiit twenty bushels and Is foul of whu.it while thu cam-dry plowln. Is perfectly clean. Mr. John Kruiii'is , in bixjiilung ot Nohraslcn n a winter wheat ntoti > , sulUi "Stnto pride should linpol fnrmors to plant winter wheat , for Kansas , tills year , raised 100,000,000 along- Bid' ) Nebraska's 25,000,000 , Our climate , so fur as high winds uro concerned , has ma terially changed , 'and the Invention of the press drill has mudo It possible for No- bruatiaus to raise both 'wlntor nnd aprincr wheat. Very often the wheat is sown In the com , and than when'frost comes the cornstalks - stalks are bouton down , and vou have your whoatlleld already in Bluht. Uy Juno th farmer will know If his wtntor wheat 1s going to maU a crop or not , * ann If a failure is threatened he can again put the lame Held In corn , with tbo loss of only the seed whom and his tltno In planting it , but the ground , having boon worked , li in very much bettor condition for corn than It would bavo other- wlio boon. Tho.B. . & M.'a position in this matter la prompted only by a belief In the di versity of crops , ( or tbon.a failure of a slnglo crop cannot work very , great hardship ; now the failure of the corn Is felt from ono end of the itato to the other , The intelligent farmer who wants to Improve his condition will look at all phases of thU Question , aim I have no douut. will coincide wl'h me that wu can bo as much of a wheat stuto as wo are a corn state , " IN JOYOUS COVENT GARDEN Where Adilison , "Drunk , Dellb rate and Moralj" Sought Solaoa and Homage. SEEN IN AND ABOUT THE FAMOUS MARKET \Vhrro Ilrllli'.uit ltoliuml.ini of n i'uriuor ouner.itloii Foreg.itliurotl unit IMoik uf I'.irtH Tiiilny aril .Sojli.Hint Intorrst- ing of l.oiiilou "Xulgliburlioods. " ( L'oiiyrlKlited _ IS93. ) LONDO.V , Sapt. 5. [ Corrojpondonoo of TUB Dun.J Of till the good old London taverns of uygono days ihoju looking In upn C.ivont Garden , or ImmoJititoly round aQaut It , best retain that llavor which hu clvon English llctlonal literature for the past UJO years ono of its most wtnsomo and lasting charms. I used to haunt the apartment houses of London , up Uloomsbury way , and skirmish witn their sadeyca.funorcal-volcodwidowed , nimbly-lingered keepers in dismay and des- poriUlon , or waste my onorglos upon the austerities of the great hotels along the Strand. But ono day of grnco succor cunio , and good old Sant Mathotvs , the London acter , said : ' 'My dear boy , don't ' bo a cad any longer and waste your gold among the hotel Bedouins of London. Llvo Ilko a gentleman - tloman of tbo old school on half tha money , and take your ease ut your inn in the very heart of mat precinct whore all our lltora- turo worth reading was mado. Go to any of the quirt old inns about Covent Garden and bo always at rest , oven in restless London. " I havo'never been so grateful for advlco In all my Ufa. lloro are half a score of Inns , genuine old taverns , most of thorn built long bcforo the century came In , and every ono of modern malio constructed and conducted on the old-fashioned plan. They are taverns at which the tiruplncas arc hugo , cavernous and get-at-able ; the bedrooms" warm nnd oozy ; thu bulls low coilinued , but broad and full of real olden settles and sofas : the smoking rooms snug and warm and with plenty of papers and books ; the pictures yellow nnd old and dim and hung la great , broad , odd frames , which snow they wcro there long before - fore you wore born ; the dlnlhg rooms amulo mid quiet and "richly browned ; " the ports' , claruls and Miorrlos with tuo cdb\vol \ > s of the ' 'O'-i or ' 3.1's upon them ; the food wholn- sonie , line und rood ; the porters friendly and "tulky" when you wish to got down from your own ueucstal fo'r alittle hu- niiinl/.lug patter ; and even the tnlssos In the olllco und bar ahd "rosy-faced chain- barmaids are not avorsu on occasion to a bit ot innocent banter , which uftor all anybody but n prude , a hermit or'a uypocrlto at times truly enjoys. CdVOIIt CjliriUlll A 9Ollllltll > ll4. And HO from coming and-goiuc often , these old Covent Garden Inns have become a sort of homo to mo. Tnolr associations , rich and mallow as the very wines they servo , have taken their place ono by ono in my heart , while thu market , Into which the windows of nearly all of them look , like Silas Wueu's ' "Our Houso" "Mutual ' in friend,1' has become - come my mnruot. Scores of its folk uro my Inllinuto friends ; for you muit know that most of them tmvy easy , all-uu-lit ways with thom , and you require no Introduction what ever to cot " upon outing and drinking terms and 11110" vows of lifelong intimacy with yokel , coster , porter , und I wag almost about to say with the 1'rlncu of Wales himself. That really human and clover' man of the world often comes to "Hulo's , " hut a stone's throw from tha market , where ho makes a night of it peaceably and Ilko u gentleman with the wits of the town , ending hU llttlo forgivable diversion by a rousug Jostling among tuooarlv portew , costers und iroon- grocers , and taking the badinage given all who como with royal philosophy and cheery good wil1 , ThU largo human leveling in- iluouco has always noon peculiar to the ( Joyont Gordon district. It is still here as ono of the best legacies of the mellow oldou time. And bore Is the only plaoo to Londoner or in all England where you can Hud It changeless to enjoy. What a host of rich associations crowd within this llttlo Covent Garden distrlctl Thackerav called It the "Joyous nelznborhuod of ( 'event Garden , " though it wu * scarcely kuoivn at the beginning of tut > vovuntrnnth century. From the middle uf iho Kuvon- toontb century to the middle of tbo nineteenth century It wax the bast known rendezvous of author * , actorj , painters , good follows generally and substan tial country squlros and gentlemen visiting the town In London. In Kussoll street , now chlelly given over to greengrocers and fruit- oror.s , was tno then social oxcaango of the English capital , the mart of its news , poli tics , scandal and.wit. j lllstnrla ColIYso HOUBCH. I In this ouo short thoroughfare stood the most uotcd coffee houses of tbo reigns of William III. and .Queen Anne , familiar to all conversant with the best liagllsh litera ture. "Will's , " "Button's" aim 'Tom's" wore "sacred to < polite letters. " All the English Sir Hozcrs da Covorly also made these plHcos tbain London address. Pepys and Kvol.vn , tha hutorlans , visited and lodged horo. Tne ontlro neighborhood , in cluding the shady thoroughfares ot Wych street , Great and Littlu Queen streets , Lincoln' * Inn Piolds , Portugal street , nnd on the south Bedford , York , Tavlstoclc , Henrietta , King and tbo present Gamck and Catherine streets , were occupied by the houses of the gentry. "Will's" whichistooa at the wostsldoof Bow street and the north side of Uu sell street , was the most ancient and noted of these resorts. Dryden's patronage nnd fro- nuent annonranco there made the reputation of tbo bouse. After the play , the cream of these who know London und whom London know gatncrod here for coffee , a pipe and tholr nightly gossip. Macauluy says , "Un der no roof wits a greater variety of figures to bo seen ; uarls in stars and garters , clergy men in cassocks and band ! , pert tnmpmrs , sbaoptsh lads from the universities , transla tors nnd index makers In ragged coats of frie/.o. The great push was to got near the onair where John lryden sat. " London Is vastly greater no 17 , und the line London clubs often separata congenial men and in terests ; but another Macaulay could do- scrlbo quite as interesting groups and scones in Covent Garden Inns , publlo houses and cobwobcod old resorts of today. Addlson and Stoale wore the most brilliant of the company to which the hnspltablo doors of "Button's * opened. "Button's" was on the north side of Uussoll street. Addison's wife , the countess , was u lady of vinegary tastes and tomuor , nnd ho glady withdrew much from liar company for solace , whnro tno wltfiinolled more of wino. "Button's" Is gene , but the picture will always remain as Stcelo punted it : "Dear Addison I drunk , deliberate , moral , sentimental , foaming over with truth and virtue , witn tenderness and trlendship , unil only worio In ono rullta for the wine. " Gay and Prior nnd Pope were tbo other famous fivquonters of this resort. Homo ruinous Tavorns. "Tom's" stood at the corner of the 'Piazza. It was on the north sldo , ever against "Hut- ton's. " It wax sthrtod in 17111 by subscrip tion. Its most famous frequenters wore Gar- rick , Goldsmith , Sir Joshua Reynolds , Moody , Kooto , Sir Philip Francis und Dr. Jonnson. Near "Tom's" at 8 Kussoll Hjroot , was tbo booKsboo of Tom Davlos , in whoso tiny back parlor Boswell fint mot Dr. John son. son.Then followoa the era of famous Covent Garden taverns. There was "Hummum's , " two doors from "Button's , " most comfortable - able of old London hoUolrioa , Hucrod to the memory of college "doii" und country par son , It was from the "Bedford Ar.ns" Ilo- garth and bis friends set forth on that famous holiday Jaunt to Gravosand , Roches ter and Shocrnoss. Thu "Bedford llcau , " In Maiden lane , was the fuvotlto rotrjat of the Journalists , Ancient Tavlstoclc still stands on ono hldo of tbo market , dingy , mellow und comfortable us wlion the century came in , "Slaughter's" in St. Martin's lane , was the chief resort of military olllcirs until suupluntod by the United Stutcs Sar- vlco club. Thu Piazza tavern , whora Mack- lin had bis old ucadomy of hellos lottres. w-i next to the Tavlstock. Thu "Bedford ColTeo Houso" and tavern was the greatest resort of actors. Of thuso Gurrlck , Quln. Footo , Murphy , Maclilin , Fawcett , ( Jharles und John Philip ICeiuhlo will ho the best remem bered. And tho. "Shakespeare , " the Jlrst tavern sot up in the Garden , stood at the corner of thu Plaua und Kussell streot. It was here tlio famous "Lion's Head letter box" was placeditorocolvu extraordinary in quiries , lampoons ; prophecies , ucanduls and all tha odd iiusquinudos of that time of free thinking und wriling. lluppy at .luck Hurt's , Of the more noted Co van t Garden retorts of the Drosonttimo , perhaps the most unique , something like old tlino "Cobweb Hull , " In Now York , is "iiuok Hart's , " 9 Uussoll street. H Is practically an all-night nouso for printers , roooriors , ulghtudllor < i and moil of tuo town whotlxop In before daylight for u parting ghns era cup of colToo , The cost- or und inurkot portord icsort herq later In tha day. Around In Maiden 1/ino Is the "Wclsi\ ' > u ofonnir ! luunl ) of Dlukens and tlm wti | and epirur s'bf bib time. I have alivailv mautlonud 'KuluV1 Just oil youth- ainptoa stroot. U 1 thu moil famous oyuter- house of London , and the occasional presence - once of thcl'nnco of Wales brings to tno plncOyOvcry swell and nobleman of the great metropolis , while on the eastern side of tbo murkot Is the National Sporting ciub and the Pelican club. The former was the no torious "Evans Rooms" of un curlier date. In these two clubhouses occur tne greatest gloia fights of Britain. Of all the intellectual giants who knowand loved the Covent Garden roilou , Tnack- cray has loft by fur Iho most charming pic ture. * 'A pleasant land , " ho says , "not fenced with tlrab stucco Ilko Tyburnm or Bel ravla ; not guarded by a largo army of footmen ; not echoing with noolu chariots ; not replete with chintz drawing rooms und neat tea tables ; a land over which bungs an endless fog , oucationoa by much tobacci ; a land of chambers , billiard rooms , supper rooms , oysters ; a land of song ; a land whore soda water Hews froelv In the morn ing ; a land of tin dish covers from taverns , nnd frothing porter : a land of lotus-eating ( with lots of pepper ) ; a land where men call each other t > v their Christian names ; whora many are poor , where almost nil are young , and where , if n few oldsters do enter , it Is because they have preserved moro carefully nnd tenderly than other folk their youthful spirits , and the doiigntful capacity to bo Covent Garilon CnrnucnpliM. It is also the land of Covent Garden Market , If not tbo largest known market in area , cer tainly that market through which dally passes from grower to buyer greater amounts of fruits , flowers and vegetables than at any other market In the world. The constant production of moro than 80,003 ncros contiguous to London , much of which Is forced gardening under gloss. Is required for Its constant replenish ing. There are roarlv sold at thU ono mar ket more than ( iO.OOO.OJO cnobages , r ,000OJO canlillowew , l.lL'jOUO pottlot of strawbor- rlos. about thu sumo number of lettuce heads , UOD.OOO bushels of hlielloil peas and and about C.VJ,03J bushels of onions. If you are stopping ut ono of the old Inns overlooking the market you are certain to bo awakened by the steadily Increasing hum of the place , which begins shprtiy alter mid night with the first arrival of the carts of produce from the country. This has grown into a subdued roar , though there is never any yelling or hallooing permitted. If the sun Is un and throwing its saffrony light through tbo lia/y atmosphere you will sue us pretty n sight down there u eye may look upon. Kvory cross street loading to the market , from Long Acre , from Urury lane and from iho Strand , which by regulation Is completely pi von up to this traalo until It o'clock , Is Jammed and packed to the hoaso doors with four , tlvo und sometimes six lines of ctirta. wagons nnd barrows , huiuled In orout , ouch vehicle In process of loading or unloading with every manner of fruit , flowor'and ycsoublo known to London mar- knts , while the several acres of tbo market Itself , most of which Is covered space , is ap parently 'n solid mass of donitoys , carts , hampers , stacks of vegetables and writhing , wriggling human beings. Thu Ciiirilun 1'iirtiirn. Tlio.'ray * of the morning sun bring out the vivid colors of the fruit und voiroluhlus won derfully. You descend to the market and nslc your tamper. If not your life , in forcing your-Wny > through'the obstinuto masses to tuo booths andstalls. In this effort you get somewhat acquainted with Covent Garden porters. They uro a bugo , hairy , rum- breathed lot. Everything Is carried from murkot to walling wagons on their heads from 101) to IWJ pounds balng considered nn ordinary load. Their headgear Is a padded yoke encircling the forehead and resting upon the shoulders. "Carrying the pad , " which was once the occupation of Kims Uneven , the famous tenor , Is portorlng. "Doing a turn" U making one trip laden , from market fttall to wagon , often as fur as the Strand. Each porter is licensed , receives twoponco per "turn" and usually does from olirlit to llfuon "turns" of a morning Another Interesting class which is often overlooked by visitors is the Covent Garden "whip minders , " Thebo are usually women , who for n halfpenny a wagon tuko uhurgo of the drivers' whips , rugs and tno Ilko. They also keep teams in line , lift at wheels , yank rofractoiy noises aoout Ilko tralnnri and aujudlcatu all differences regarding street rights of team- start ; , I saw on" soundly trouuco u toaniHier twlco her size for disobedience. At the cor ner of Southampton street and the Strand there Is ono that Is of Amazonian sue , and with u voUn easily hoard at Charing Cross. Another , named "Jenny Williams , " has the wosl half of Southampton street In charge. I baoumo quite her fuvorlta , nnd uho told mo In confidence that she was roallv not "Junnv" aov longer , but genuinely Mrs. Gunevlevo Brown , though thu muruolmon mutt not know of It for the world , ' for , " said she with u Knowing look , "Ihov 'us no Dushuns along o * missuses. " Her tuthur. josenh Williumt , "mludud tit * vv'ip.1 for more thuu forty ycnn , Her mother look hU place when the "old man" gave out , and " .Tonn.v thu minder" is still here by tuo right of heritage. Study I DC Clinractcr. Aii hour or so among the porters , costers nnd countrymen will provide some extraor dinary studios 'nnd n most Interesting place Is reached on tbo northern side of the market , where nt the toot of mountains of cabbages and precipices of wagons und hampers you wlll'llnd sovornl hundred "peas shollcrs" squatting uraonc bags of peas and working away with marvelous dexterity. They an' usually old women , fut nnd blowsy , or scraggy und loan. As tno peas rattle into baskou or pans tlicshellcrs keep tjp a fusil lade of banter among eacn other and upin all passers , tlioli-.siJos shaking with laughter as homo well directed sally calls forth a n querulous rotoi't. They receive ouo nanny par quart for shelling the peas , and each woman will oarr. from eight to twelve nonce during five hours' work in the early morning. Their labors over they drlnt und light merrily during the remainder of each day. The two most Interesting olaces , nsido from positions for character study , to bo found in the market are undoubtedly In the fruit anil ( lower arcades. Tno flowers are in such abundance und variety that one won- uors even in l ondon a sale can bo lonnd lor thom all. Yet the flower market Is the very first to bo wholly cleared of its contents. The flowers nro crammed together In such dnnso masses that ono mlcht almost walk upon Uiem. Asters of all colors und of lux uriant growth uro the most plentiful and striking. Roses , stocks , mulleins , lupins , beautiful bundles of heath , iho hlbUeus , lobelia , pinks , carnations , dthllus , mnthlol.ii ; , marigolds , cnlcolarias and splendid fuchsias charm and intoxicate , nnd contrast strangely with all clan in the dlnful place. rruiu. Of the lusclousnoss and variety of fruits hero exposed Americans huvo no adcquala Idea. The general understanding uilh ui is that wo are far moro fortunate than England In tins regard. Ydt I saw hero scores of varieties of English nnd foreign grapes , nsachos as large as cricket balls , glossy nectarines scarlet and brown , downy apricots freckled by tbo sun , monitor plum . luscious groonguccs , Orleans plums und swans' eggs , glowing magnum boiiunis , pours from the Channel Islands and the south of France , mulborrlos , melons , pineapples , apples in endless varieties , the aubcrglnu and late strawborrlos , big as r ggs , In tempting bouquets , bringing from tonponcola a shilling nplcco. lly 0 o'clock the market Is drowsy nnd still. The surrounding streets have been swept and washed. Stall in on nro busy counting up losses or gains. A few costora with carts or handbarrnws nro waiting In tlio open spaces for bargains in unsold loads. All that Is loft of iho din of thu morning nro tha royatorlng echoes of bacchanal songs In the near resorts of porters , costor.s nnd IHMI- sliollors , where , half maudlin , they decry thn tyrunnyof oapltal und drink "four alo" tno whole day long. Eim.ui L.VAKKM i.v. H'OltKlt'tt FA lit PAVia. President Harrison will attend the dedica tion. Various transportation lines have subscribed - scribed for f 1,000,000 of the World's fair stock. Moro than 101,000 , men are now at work In getting the bul dings und grounus ready for the great exposition. The dedicatory exorcises , October 21 , uro planned on a scale fully in keeping with thu great Columbian ovont. k Several Australian cyclists nro coming to the World's fulr to ont'ngo in thu cycling contests which ore being arranged. A heroic utituo of Hendrik Hudson , the dlscovoror of thu Hudson river , will bo placed In Now York's World's fair building. Miss Ell/.aboth Noy of IlompUoud , Tex. , n descendant of Marshal Nuy of Franco , will oxocutn In mjirblo iho statutes of n number of Texas heroes for exhibition nt tha fulr , Now York auto-proposes to exhibit at tin ) fulr complete data , Including photom-aptis , of all Iho monuments which have been crocted to soldiers of tnet state who nerved in thu war of the revolution , the war of 18I . or Iho war of 16DI. The United States ship , Constitution , Is about lo slart for Italy to collect works of art for tbo WorloVs fair. Tha u art tro in ures will remain In constant custody nf the government , and will Ift returned nflor the fair In tha sumo manner us brought. Mombcrs of tho'North American Turner- bund arc making elaborate preparations fur their exhibit ul the World's fair. They will occupy 4H , ) I * < | wire foot in thu ilberil arm building und ll.Vij , } squuro foul for outdoor drill , In whlon prohilily , ( ) 'Jil udulis and ( * ivpral thousind children will parilnlpiio , In thocovorod p u i the turner will nav in odd classes tuujtht gyiiia : tlui In nrc'jrd with tholr > syjiutu , now la vogue in their societies and the Chicago publlo schools. The Board of Lady Munagors has issued a circular which U boiu/f / sent to all _ tha. u onion's orcanizitlons in the country lor the purpose of securing information to bo used in a catalogue of the organi/utlous conducted by women for tha promo tion of charllablo , philanthropic , Intollcciunl sanitary , hygienic , Industrial , or social or moral reform movements. The idea is lo secure information sufficiently elaborate lo base conclusions on regarding Iho growth of , women's work in the way of organized so cieties and the good accompllsncd by tu en inn JOB JEVt'JilUiUlt , OUll , WK. Chnrlrt llenru H'clili tn the Centum- Joe Jefferson , our Joo'Joff. . \ \ hen first wo knew your form , You traveled round the country , And took iho b irns by storm. Hut now 'I is hearts you hold , Jeff. Von took them Ion.- ago ; God's blessings on your kindly pliU , Joe Jellorson , our Joe. Joe Jefferson , our own Joe , Wu'vu folloued you around ; It ii ( . i lifin r 11 ii I r I ( lit tifiniv _ We yet III front are found , ' - And still beynmi this alujie , Jeff. , We'll follow where yon 150. And greet you when thu curtain's raised. Joe Jutrerson , our Joe ! HKI.HHOVH. The senior prelate of tbo Anglican church Is I Jr. Austin , bishop of British Uulauii , who cclubr.iled Iho liftioth anniversary of Ills consecration lust month , and Is In his ninuty- seuond year. The now First Bunllst churoh In Portland , O'-o. ' , Iho corner stonu of walca wai laid on the 10th of this month , is lo cost over { 100- OOJ nnd will bo by all o Jds the llnost Baptist church edifice on tbo Puclllo coast. The organ which Edward J. Soirloj Is to glvu Grace church in San Francisco ns u memorial to his wife , Mrs. Honklns , Is intended - tended to bo llio finest in the country. It will bo built with special care , Und will cost about f ; 7,000. , The aig'bty-lhird annual mooting of tba American Board of Commissioners fcr Foreign Missions will bo hold In Cnicago , III. , In the First Congregational church , beginning - ' ginning October 4 , ISUi , and closing Friday noon , Ocioncr 7. At a cost nf SIO.oO'J the Baptist Publication society has u mission car In use in California for a missionary nnd his wife. It has an. auditorium which Is often llllod. Through IhU moans fl'JO nave boon converted , ton churches established and eight Sunday schools organized. It Is lau gift of J. D. Rockefeller nnd othors. -d.a According to a recent census Christianity In Iho third creed In India In point ot num bers. And Ur. Gsorgu F. I'entccosl , who has been engaged in nussloimrywork In thai country , gives u hopeful account of thu steady growth of Christianity In India. Ho reports a Bruhmln assaying that Christ 1- niiltv Is not so much converting individual Hindoos as Christianizing Hlndoolsm. Tnu Proiuyterlan Board of For.'Ign Mis sions has Issued u circular teller in regard to the establishment of u homo for thu children of missionaries , Onu lady him offered thn suui of f'j.UOJ toward the establishment of two such homos und the board recommended Unit $10,000 mcro bo raised for thu sumo pur pose In addition to regular contributions. Onu Is to bo at Woostor , O , , and tha trustees of Wnostor university bavo offered porpotunl frao tuition In tha different departments lo > these who comu from iho homo. Tha triennial council ot tha Protestant Episcopal ohurch convenes In Baltimore in October. It will conMnof two hnusui , iho house of bishops und the house of depullui. 'I ho concurrence of both house * IK necessary to the validity of decisions governing utU binding on tlio church , but legislation may bo oriyinatod in cither ono of them. Sixty- seven bishops will constitute the "upper bouse , " each of thu fifty-two dioceses of the church will bo represented by four clergy man und four laymen , making thu house of dupntlos , which Is known colloquially us Iho 'lower house , " to consist of 410 in embers. The old mission of San Luis Roy , near San Diego , Is to bo partially restored and will ttorvu us n retreat for the Franciscan ordur , who find Mexican rule heavy in these days. ' 1 In government of Uloz has Imposed n sharp riiiKorshlp on thu Franciscans , nnd to cscapa till * and ether nnnnVHiicn they have decided to occupy tno Sun Luis Roy muslon , which was founded by their order 100 year * ago. It was tint largesi and richest of tuo California mission * , but Its decay WM a > rapid anU complete us that of the othori , Tno annual nonvo ullon , of the ProtCBtmiL Episcopal missionary Jurisdiction of Wyom ing and Idaho will bu hold ut Bolso from Snutambnr VI to 15. Illshop Tslbot , ether < Kvlusla tlcal dlvniuilus und many rector * from all portions of the two stolen vlll bu la. uttunuauco.
