Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 18, 1892, Page 20

Reasons Why Farmers of the Etate 8hould Favor ite Cultivation, CONDITIONS HERE AS GOOD AS IN KANSAS ress Dritl Bigh Winds Ate Powers to Those Who Outiay With the Tess—Pays Good Retn Have Tried sample and 1 Aco Nebraska's oeen the Tn the diversity of its crops future most securcly vests, It subject of much serious consideration among farmers and those dicectly interested in the products of the soil, what to do 1n case corn sbould prove a total failure, for Nooraska 1s pre-eminently a corn stete, and the answer has invariably been rotation in crops, But whitc giversity of products has beou con- ceded by the husbindmen of Nooraska as soiving & great commercial problem, until within the past three years 1t has boen very doubted it the soil 1s adupted to the thiug else in large guantity ex But the fact 1 25,000,000 wheat was harvested this season in Nebraska proves conclusively that herein lics one of tho chief cereals of Ne- braskn, und a grain that may prove the saiva- tion of our busincss interests in imes when corn und other crops prove a failu Notwithstundivg that it seems hardly credible, Nebrasks has yet to find out tho morits of wiutor wheat cullivated in the same manner as corn. Tho failure 1o raiso fall whant in times pastas directly traceable to want of proper care und cultivation, farmers relying upon the old law that nothing will grow here but corn, Rut as the state grows older and farming lands become more valuable on account of tilling, the natural increase in population aud a more intelligent cultivation, one of the staple crops of the stato will prove to be win- ter wheat, and it behooves farmers now to begin to plant what is destined 1o be one of the great sources of wealth in the state, ‘' castern investur coming to Nebraskn 10 look around for a favm is surprised when told that Nebraska is ulmost ns much of a winter wheat state as Kuusas, He know #s standing among the corn states, for Ne- braska has been heralded far and wide as a follower of the great cereal, but to be abie 1o raise winter wheat here, there must be some mistake, A visit 1o any portion of the state in June will open the eyes of the Lo ccicer, und ho falls to wondering why this 3 state has not done more toward di- versifying its crops instead of deponding upon asingle grain to drive away hunger and wa And tho surprise of it all is that farmers have believed 1in tho old story that Iigh winds, arcuth and other causes mado the raising of one grain only possivle. Nebraska is a gardon spot, its climate is ticularly suited to the raising of all kinds of crops and there is 0o good reason appar- ent why its scil should not be turned to tho development of the winter wheat industry. Wheu wheat had to be broadeasted in, when 2 hight frost would kill the germ on account of the sced being L0 near the s ace, then fal) wheat planting proved a cos'ly experi- ment. But in theso days of press arills which not ouly piant the grain four to six inches under ground, but presses it dowa so that high winds and’ carly frosts have no effect upon it, winter wheat raising becomes maticr of the greatest importanco 10 the farmer who desires to maks out of his land all that is vossible and still be vrovided azsinst o failure in one single crop, Mr. John Francis, general passenger and ticket agent of the Burlington, in order to actu lly determine wout is thought by the farmers of the state about the 1msine of winter wheat, sent the following circular lettor to Nebraska agents of the Burlington OMANA, Sept. 2.—In 186 Nebraska produced 6,000,,00 bustels of corn; fu 1801 her output coeded 215,000,000 Dushels. - T IN86. the Whodt op Wits 17,00°,000 busheis; 1n 1800 16 was 1. 080,040 bushols, . ¥ rom these figures (Which constitute an ob- Jeet lesson from which wo niny 1eurn el (¢ appenrs thut while the cultivition of corn has i six yeurs inerensed more th in 10 per tent that of wheat has remained nbout stationurs If our neighbors on both sides . s do, © reputtions 4% Krent wheat rowors, ot we? Lo viluo of winter wheat 15 undounted, and oue ean hardly anderstind the reason for 1t not eiving more atten= ton ut the hands of our farnicrs than it does. A wovement is now on foot 10 bri; 10 the notles of the Nebraskin Wor.d’s fuir ¢ & on and the Stute Board of Agricultare the of encouraging the cultivation of cat. ind of demonstrating 1o inter- A b es of oursol for ton. The intention 1s 10 hive portion of the money nppropriatoed for Ne raska's exhibitat the Worid's fair sot asid for the purpose of sutisfylr S (whethe On OUT WD SLALE OF Trom tho 6ast) t Ne- askin's buildinz, durinz the 1ifo of the 6x po- ucins of s, advertising mit- w display iples that wo hive not simuly w worderful corn «ountry, but oune that can produce wheat equiding in 1ty and quantity that grown anywhers on continent, enih proper representations the commissioners und the Board of ure, it I8 necessary that I be placed ssession of considerab’e d 1. Plose therefore confer with farmers and praindealers with whom you ure acquuinted, anaG write me fully on the following points: L. The reiative merits of sowing und plant- inz by drili. Why s tho ‘atter method successful, ind what percentuge of incre. cost dovs it luvo ve Tho feasibility B0 ground, - cs proves u fallire i The resuit who liave cxper w cros wer Sowii or drlle approximate cost peracre? I possible, obtain WEALTCH SUOIeN 1S, etbody i pirt 4. The vaiue of wheit at your Stitio The matter of winter wheéat §s an imnortant one. und I sincerely hove to be aided by the netive co-oper our agents and all others who have the uplifuing of ourstate at beart, S FRANCES, G oand TUOA rom the replies eived, and every agent In 1he stato has answered the questions of bis chief, the consensus of opinion is that tho winter wheat acreage will bo increased by 800 per cent this yenr over last, which in 1t self is proof of the awakening of the farmers of the state to the supremo 1mportanco. of planting this cereal, White hastily computed, theso rephies show that the average yield o the acre 18 between thirty and forty bushels which gives a uot profit of 5 Lo $1 Frank B. Snyder, whose postoflico address is Stratton, Hitencock county, mukes the following statement which be vouches for: STHATTON, Ne Sept. G—The following statenient s true {h overy partieulie ns nour us leantoliit Thud in o ucres of £111 whent this year, CoSLOL PULLING Sine 1o Was four dayst WOrk Ut %70 por diy. 85 husho s seed ut G | bushel. Cost of threshin: 1, 65 Lushels ut Lushe . this was amount ralsed., Cost of hauliug same t curs much ralsing of 4 cept corn, bustels of winter its to be in the it crop of planting corn the winter whe firmers in your v'einit cnted i A ntor wheat, Tod #1400 pir 810 TOtud COBte..co vy rrdodueting freight charg, i I received oo p 1Lib bushols 1 hiave cinar profit of From the 6 ucres of ground my wie averazo 21 bushols per Age for fnll wheat this ye ton there Is 3% per cont du fal” whoat thun putting Full wheat s in nearl 1 eases clear of suiut while sprng wheat is not. J. D, Lickliner, a furmer living near Strat- ton, Hitehcock county, furnishes the f LW ing inte ng fizures showing that his net profit on 156 acres of land was §1,815.70¢ Br king 160 aeres e 257.00 Discing three times und hirrowing ance. ariiling (o gratn, board for wen Wnd toins a e Eood wheat teaee Cutting und shooking. " Btacking, tireshing, boarding iinds wnd 1oums. ... only is 10w iy v In iy ontin o mado by putt In sprine whout. 400.70 Total oxpense 3,84, 70 Dusheis whout, ushol.. Net profit. BT siaee E. Meluardus of Berwyn, Neb.. replying to Mr. Francis' inquivies, says: *The plant- {og of winter wheat by drill 18 much more preferable, us the grain is put in o the * ground deeper and more even than if sowed, and the beavy winas in fall have notso much of a chance to uncover he sced, as it will toa great extent if the grain is sown broadosst, the soll here belng very light. In oase the prospects should be less than half & Gcrop there would be enough of a chauco 10 repare the ground and put lu corn. Soveral armers around here e experimented with winter wheat and are well satisficd with the results, A Mr. 1. Wakelin had sown about seventy aores ana ralsed thirty- pine bushels one peck per acre. Haviue re- eeived your letter only vesierday. 1 had no ehuuoy 10 KoL Mu) iuformiation s Lo cost or B1,808.70 THE OMAITA DAILY BF We introduce our- sclves this way be- lieving it to be more effective as an ad- vertisement than anything else we could do. At the same time you g a good suit you won't be. ashamed of for mighty little money-. The Sizes are 34 to 46, in both Suits and Overcoats. TWENTY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 PAGES, is. l E That's what it I ; I : This great suit sale of the finest $o, $12 and ¢15 suits in America at the O R lia‘lwulmn price of Everybody buys them--bankers, clerks, 8 7 5 merchants, young men, old men--Why? Because they are $9,$12and $15 Worth $9, $12 and $15. - Ssuits at $8.75 The most genuine barg aln ever seen in this community. All the latest shades in mixtures and plain checks. RAND NEW 9.00, $12.00 —AND-- $15.00 Suits, = S ESSSS It Yeou Order by Mail, Stete Size, Sityle e Celor O Suil OF @vercoal, and We'll Do the Rest, " COLUMBIA CLOTHING to gotany writton stutoments, The prico of | wheat at present is 43 conts, Quite a num- ver of farmers are going 1o putin winter wheat this fall. Mr. G. H. Weederman of Greenwooa, Cass county, says: "'l seeded twenty-seven acros of land with winter wheat of the improved 'Lurkey vurioty PULLing 1t in with a press drill, and threshed out 1,205 bushels of wheat, making me an 2o of forty-eight bushels psr acre. 1 consider the ground as bowg naturally udant. d to whoat, as well as corn, and this vear will seed 260 acres with wiater wheat, v experience hias beeu thoroughly sa Perhaps the figures in my case wi prove the profitof the wheat crop, Per Acre. 00 100 150 100 200 Rent for land ... Piowin Seed o Twino Phresh Total 2 85 50 48 bushels whe 6 40 e per bushel. §2 Net profit per acre. ... . . Mr. C. R Tefftof the Groenwood roller mills says 10 a letter to Mr. A. B. Swmith of the Burlington: “Iu all the picces of land sowed to winter Wheat i our county the smallest, vield re- ported was thirty bushels per aere, and was sowed on low eround, not being put. in with a press drill. Itis the universal opinion of farmers in this part of Neoraska that wiuter wheat is a greav suceess, Tneco will bo ten times the amount sown this fall that there was lust fall,’” Mer. William Ernst, ouc of the most intelir- gout farmers in Nebras Who s nado winter wheat a stuly, says in a letter from Graf, Johnson county Above all the ground should be CUTly: W Common e is S001 s the cloared, witl suy middie of July nng tindsh p.owing the last week in 5000 48 Weare Lhrough p owin: we smooth tho round with wharow, then walt antil the middle of Septenibe. to eon tey to finixh sowinz—in this woek in October. 1 think Soptember I3 tho best tin nover too dry to plow, S001e p oWing done, und ol grou particular, g0t o dry that fow of th auitand f plowel und is i to Auzust. As DIOWInE Wits 1 s ity ielded ongronnd ) > Wheat testing Sixty-four pounds 2 Whett had been t year and the ollnet the yield Wis on this partic of groun 1 last yoar thirty-two bushe.s. wud the vear bofore forty-two bushols pericra, Our ite plowina ack yurds wnd unfinished Linds f to two-thirds of u 'UPLOW Very duep but plow ¢re- fully with gans and riding plows wostly. U p 10 Lho (ust of SODLember wo sow ono nud oncs el hth bushel per ucre, nftar that date one and one-fourth bushel. ' We used to soiy oarly, but found that whoat Wou'd suffer more dup Ing hign wonds In the winter wien the tall ETOWED Wits Lo big some of the top fiber roots would twist loose and diooft. I would sooner have w growth of from two to threo inehes than a bizier one. Fho press drill bonts Uroadeast sowing generiily five busiels por acre, where sown fnthe & me flod and the SAIC L L never cume up o the drill graln. Only one of my renters sowed brow castinst year, und whi e he elafmed thit ho used over one'and one-haif bushels of s 5 the thiunest in the whole sec ent kinds of whoat o beon tried tn Uiks section. I'he folz aud other yvas rletles huvo, ut times, muden big crop, ani wililors dou' like the' Ked Turkey, but tho Iust nwmed varioty will pay better than any other. The Turkey wheat Is us hard 08 ryo and stands pastu I have lis wit Hesstan fly pusearis Lo piec ound which Sep U oyeur made ud is foul of wheat v 18 porfeotly cloan. Funcis, in sponking of Nobraska as 4 winter whoat ktate, said: “State pride sbould impel farmers 1o plant winter wheat, for Kunsas, this year, raised 100,000,000 along sids Nebraska's Our climate, 50 fur as high winds aro concerned, has ma. terially changed, and the inveniion of the press drill hus made it possible for Ne- braskaus to raise both ‘wintor and spring wheat, Very ofton the wheat 1s sown in tho corn, aud then when frost comes the coru- stulks aro beaten down, and you have your wheattield already in sight.” By Juno® the farmer will kuow if his wintor wheat is £0ing to make & crop or not, *ana if a failure is threatened he oan again put the same field In corn, with the loss of only the seed whoat and his time in planting it, but the ground, having been worked, is in 'very much better condition for corn thau it would have other- wise been. The.B.& M.'s position in this matter Is prompted only by a belief in thedi- versity of crops, for then & failure of a single crop caunot wark very, great hardsbip; now tho failure of the cora is felt from one end of the state Lo the other. The intelligeut furmer who wants Lo improve bis conaition will ook at all phases of this question, aua I bave vo douot, will colucide with me thut we can bo as much of & wheal state as we aro corn staie.” All Wool Diagonal Gooa Ssrge Lining, Brown, Gray and Mode. - Nobody else thinks of sell them less Z than §7,00. Cor. [3th and Farnam Sireets, Gmaha. IN JOYOUS COVENT GARDEN Where Addison, “Druak, Del'b:ra‘e and Moral,"” Sought Solace and Homage, SEEN IN AND ABOUT THE FAMOUS MARKET of a 4 Mol Most Intorest- Where Brilimot Sohemians rat oregathored are Soan ing of London “Neighborhoods,” (Covyrighted 1502.) LoNDoy. Sept. 5.—[Correspondence of Tie Bee. ]—Of all the good old London taverns of bygone days thoss looking in upon Covent Garden, or immediately vound about it, best retain that flavor waich has given Eaglish fictional literature for the past 2)) years ono of its most winsome and lasting charms. T used to haunt the apartment houses of London, up Bloomsbury way, and skirmish witn their sadeyea, funereal-voiced, widowed, nimble-fingered keepers in dismay und dos- peration, or waste my energies upon the austerities of the groat hotels along tha Strand. But one day of grace succor camo, and good old Sant Mathews, the London acter, said: My aear boy, don’t be a cad any longer and waste your gold among tho hotel Bedouius of London. Live liko a gen- tleman of the old school on half tha money, and wake your ease ut your wu in the very heart of tnat precinct where all our litera- turo worth readiog was made. (o 1o any of the quiet old inns ubout Covent Garden and be always at rost, even in restless London,” I have never been so grateful for advice in all my life. Here are hall a score of fnns, gouuine old taverns, most of them built long before the century came in, and overy one of modern make constructed and conducted on the old-fashioned plan. They are taverns at which the fireplaces are huge, cavernous and got-at-able; the bedrooms warm and cozy; the halls low ceiliged, but broad and full of real olden settles wnd sofas: tho smoking rooms suug and warm and with plenty of papers and books: the pictures yellow and old and dim and hung in great, broad, odd frames, which snow they were there long be- fore you were born; the dining rooms ample and quiot and “richly browpod ) the ports, clarots and shorries with the cobwebs of the '20's or '30s upon them; the food whole- some, fine and zood; the porters friendly and “talky’ when you wish to get down from your own pedestal for a little hu- munizing patier; and even the missos in tho ofice aud bar abd rosy-faced cham- bermaids aro not averse on occusion to a biv of innocont banter, which after aill anybody but a prude, a herwit or a hypocrite at iwes truly enjoys. Covent Garden Associations. And so from coming and'going often, these old Coveat Gurden inns have becowe n sort of bome to me. Their associations, rich and mollow as tho very wines they serve, have taken their place one by one in my heart, while the market, into which tho windows of nearly all of them look, like Silas Weeg's “Our House” i “Mutual Friend,” has come my market. Scores of Its folk are my intimate friends; for you must know that most of them bave easy, all-night ways with them, and you require uo introduction what- ever to got upon eating and driuking terms and ioto vows of lfelong intimacy with yokel, cgster, porter, and 1 was almost ubout to say with tho Prince of Wales himself, ‘Thac reaily buman and clever man of the world often comes to “iRule’s,” but a stone's throw from the market, where he makes a nignt of it peaceably aud like & gentieman with the wits of thé town, ending his little foreivable diversion by & rousiag jostling @mong the early portere, costers und erecn- grocers, and taking the' badinage given all who come with royal pbilosophy snd cheery good will, This large buman leveling 1n- Huence hes always opeen peculiar to the Coyent Garden district. It1s sull here as oue of the best logacies of the mellow oldeu time. Aund here is the only place in London orinall Eoglana where you caa Hud it changeless to enjoy. What a bost of rich associations crowd within this little Covent Garden district! Tuackeray called it the ““joyous neiznborhuod of Covent Garden,” though it wuas scarcely koown at the beginning of the seventeenth ceutury. From the middle of the seven- toonth” ceatury L0 the middis of tho nineteenth century it was iho best koown reudezvous of @uthors, mclors, painters, gooa fellows generally and substan- tial country squires and gentlomen visiting tho town in London. In Russell street, now chicfly given over to greengrocers and fruit- erors, was the then social excbange of the Euglish capital, the mart of its news, poli- tics, scandal and wit, Historte Colfee Houses, Tu this one short thoroughfare stood the most noted coffes houses of the reigns of Wiiliam I11. and Queen Anne, familizr to all conversant with the bost English litera- ture. “Will’s,”’"* “Bution’s" ana *lom’s” were “sacred to polite letters.” All the English Sir Rozers d> Coverly also made these places their London addrass, Pepys and tvelyn, the historians, visited and lodged bore. Tae entive neighborhood. in- cluding the shady thoronghfares ot Wych street, Great and Little Queen streots, Lincoln’s Inu Fields, Portugal street, :d on the south’ Bedford, York, Tavistock, Hearietta, King and the present Garriek and Catherine streets, wers occupied by the houses of the gentry. *Will's” which stoon at the wost side of Bow streot and the north side of Russell sreet, was the most ancient and noted of these resorts, Dryden's patrenage and fro- quent appearance there wade the reputation of the house. After the play, the cream of those who knew London and whom London knew gatnered here for coffee, a pipe and their nightly gos Macaulay says, “Un- der no roof was a greater varievy of figures 10 be seen; varls in starsand garters, clergy- men in cassocks and baads, pert tompiars, shoopish lads from the universities, transia. tors aud index makers in rageed coats of fricze. The groat push was to get near tho ohuir where Joon Dryden sat.” London is vastly greater now, uud the tne London clubs often separate’ congenial men and in- terests; but ancther Macaulay could de- scribe quite as interesting groups and scenes in Covent Garden luns, publis houses and cobwebted old resor:s of today. Addison and Stecle were the most brilliant of the company to which the hospitable doors of “Button’s’ opened. “Bulton’s” was on the north side of Russell street. Addison’ wifo, tho countess, was & lady of vinogar; tastos ana towper, and he glady withdrew mucn from ter company for soiace, whers tne witemelled moro of wine. ‘‘Button’s” is gone, but the picture will always remain as Steelo punted iv: **Deur Addison ! drunk, deliverate, moral, sentimental, foaming over with truth and virtue, with tenderness and friendship, and only worse in one rulils for the wine,” Gay and Prior and Pope were the other famous frequenters of this resort. Some Famous Taverns, “Tom's" stood at the corner of the Piazza. It was ou the north side, over against *‘But ton’s,” It was sthrted {n 1764 by subscrip- tion. Its most fainous frequeaters were Gar- vick, Goldsmith, Sir Joshua Reynolus, Moody, Ioote, Sir Philip Francis and Dr. Jounson., Near “Tom’s” at § ltussoll sproet, was the bookshop of Tom Davies, in whose tiny back parlor Boswell first met Dr. Johu- s00. Then followea the era of famous Covent Gardon taverns, There v Hummum’s,” two doors from ‘“Button’s,” most comfoit- able of old Loaaon hostelries, sacred to tho momory of college “don’’ and country par. son, It was from the “Bouford Ar.ns” Ho- warth and bis friends set forih on that famous holiday jaunt to Gravesend, Roches- ter and Sheernoss, The “ledford ITead,” in Maiden lane, was the favorite retreat of the Journalists. ' Ancient Tavistock suill stands on one side of the market, dingy, mellow und comfortable as when the coutury came 1n. “Slaughter’s” in St. Martin's lane, was tho chief rosort of military oficars until supplanted by the United States Sor- vico club, The Pinzza tavern, whers Muck- lin bad his old ucademy of belles lettres, was next to the Tavistock, The “Bedlord Coffee House" and tavern was the greatest resort of actors. Of these Garrick, Quin, Foote, Murphy, Macklin, Fawcett, Charles and John Philip Keuble will be the best reme:m- bered. And the “Shakespeare,” the first tavern set up in the Garden, siood at the cornor of the Plaza and Russell street. It was here the famous “Lion's Head lotter box" was placed to recelve extraordinary in- quirivs, lampoons; prophecies, scandals avd all the odd pasquisades of Lhat time of frev thioking sud wrsing. Happy et Juck Hart's, Of tho more noved Covent Garden resorts of the present time, perbaps the most unigue, something like old time *‘Cobweb Hall," in New York, is “wack Hart's,” 9 Russell streot. It is praedeally an all-night nouse for printers, repouters, uight editors and men | I became quite her favorite, and sho told we of the town who deop in before daylicut for | in confidence that she was really not ! 3 @ partiog glass orm cup of coffe. — The cost- | “Jeuny’ any longer, but zenuwnely Mrs. I'ie sunusl convo atlon of the Protostant ors and narkol portors resort hore later in nevieve Brown, thouzh the murietmen | burlding'und 112,510 square foot for outdoor | Eplscopal missionary turlsdiction of Wyom- tho da Around in Muiden Lune is the | must wot know of it for the worid, * for arill, vhicn probably 5,000 udults und | Ing und Idaho will be held at Boise fro Welsa Houso,"ifermer huunt of Dickens | said she with # koowing 1ook, ““thov 'as 0o | several thousind ehildron will pariicipate. | Sevtember 12 o 15, Bishop Talbot, otbe thu wits and epicures'of bis time. [ have | pushuns aiong o' missuses.” ' Her futher, | Lu the covored spade the turner will o cal disnivaries wad many rectors already wentioned “Rule's,” Just off Soutn- | Josentt Williams, *iniaded th' w'ips" for | wodel classes taught gywoastics in wceord | fram all porilons of the LWo SLaL0s Fill b i amptoa stevet. 1t ds the wost fuwous oyster | more Lhaw forly years, kor mother ook bls | auce wilb tholr systew, bow 1a voguo 1o house of London, and the occasional pro: ence of the Prince of Wales brings to tho placg every swell and nobleman of the great metropolis, while on tae castern side of tho market is the National Sporting ciub and the Pelican club. The former wus the no- torious “‘Evans [tooms” of an earlior dato, In these two clubhouses occur the groatest glove fights of Britain. Of all tho intelicctual giants who knowand loved the Covent Garden rowion, Tnack- eray has left by fur tho most charmiug pio- ture. A pleasant lang,” ho says, *not fenced with drab stucco 'like Tyburma or Belzraving not guarded by a footmen; not echoing with not replete with chintz drawing rooms neat tea tables; a tand over which cndless fog, ocoationea by laad of chambers, billiard rooms, supper rooms, oysters; o land of song; a laad where soda water flows frecly in the morn- 1ng; a land of tin dish covers from taverns, and frothing porter; a laud of lotus-eating (with lots of pepper) ; a land whero men call each other by their Christtan names; whers mauy are poor, wnere aimost all are young, and where, if a fow oldsters do entor, it is because they have preserved move carofully and tenderly than other folk their youthful spirits, and the dehigntful capacity to be idle.” their socioties and schools, I'io Board of Lady Mauagers has issued & circular which is being sent to all _thg women’s organizatious in the country for the purpose of sceuring information to be used in a catalogue of the organiations conducted by women for the promo- tion of charitable, philanthropic, intelicciual sauitary, hyglenic, industrial, ‘or socinl or moral reform wmovements. 'The idea is to secure information sutliciently elaborato to base conclusions on regarding the growtb of, women’s work in the way of organized so- cs and the good accomplisned by the sume, place when the & the Chi Jenny the minder’ of heritage, Studying Character, An bour or so among tho porters, costers and countrymen wiil provide some extraor- dinary studies ana a most interesting place 1s reached on the northern side of the market, where at the foot of mouuntains of cabbages and precipices of wugons und hawpers vou wilt'find several hundred *peas shellers” squatting among bags of peas and Wworking away with marvelous dexterity. “They are usualty ola wowen, fat and blowsy, or seraggy and lean. ~As tno poas rattle into buskets or pans theshellers keep yp & fusil- lado of banter among eacn other and upin ull passers, their sides shaking with lauzhter as some well directed sally calls focth a a querulous retort. They receive oue venny per quart for shelling the peas, and each woman will earr. from eight to twelve perico during five hours’ work 1o tho early morning, Their labors over they drink and fight merrily daring the remainder of cach day. The two most interesting vlaces, asido from positions for character stud, , to be found in the market aro undoubtedly in tho fruit and fower arcades. ‘Tne flowers are in such abundance and variety that ouc won- ders oven in London a sale can bo found for thom all. Yeu tho flower market is the very wholly cleared of its contonts. s arc crammed togotier in such dnnse masses that one might almost walic upon them. Astors of all colors and of lux- uriant growth are the most plentiful and striking. Ioses, stocks, mulleins, lupins, beautiful bundies of heath, tho hibiscus, lobelin, pinks, caraations, dahlias, mathiolas, marigolas, calcolarias and splendid fuchsias churm and intoxicate, and contrast str with all elso in the dinful place, English Fraits. Of the lusciousness aud variety of fraits here exposed Americans buve no adequats idea, Tho general understanding with us is that we aro far more fortunate than England in tois regard. Yo I saw uero scores of varieties of Baglish and foreign zrapes, peaches s large as cricket balls, glossy nectarines scarlet anda brown, downy apricots frockled by the sun, monster plums. luscious greenguges, Orleans plums and swans' cggs, glowing maguum bonums, pears from the Chiannel islands and the south of France, mulberries, molons, pueanples, apples in endless varieties, tho auberging and lato strawborries, big as eges, in templing bouquets, bringing from tenponce to a shilling apieco, By 0 o'clock the market is drowsy and still. Tho surrounding streets have been swopt and washed. Stallmen are busy counting up losscs or gains, A fow costers with carts or handbarrows aro waiting in the open spaces for bargamns in unsold loads, All that is left of tho din of the morning are the roystering echoes of bacchanal sougs in tho near rosorts of porters, costors and nen shetlers, where, half maudlin, they deery tho tyranuyof capital and drink “four ale’” the whole day long. DGAR L WAKEMAN. e L WORLD'S iR F rison will attend the dedica- man’ gave out, and vublio is still here by tue right and hangs an much tobacc; a JOE JEFF Charles Henry Webl in the Century. Jog Jeflerson, our Joe Jefr., When first we knew your torm, You traveled round the country, And ok the birns by storm. But now 'tis hearts you hold, Jefl.— You took them lon't ago; God’s biessings on your kindly phiz, Joe Jelterson, our Joe. Joe sefferson, our own Joo, We've followed you around But thoush a triffe old now, We yet in front are found, + And suiil beyona this stue, Joff., We'ill foliow where you go, And greet you when the curtain 's rafsed, Joe Jeferson, our Joe! 0 RELIGIOUS, Covent Garden Cornucoplns, It is also the land of Covent (iarden Market, if not the largest known market in area, ¢ taioly that” market through which daily passes from grower to buver greater amounts of fruits, flowers and vegetables than at any other market in the world, The coustant production of more than 50,000 acres contiguous to London, much of which is forced gardening under glass. is required for its constant replenish ing. There are vearly sold at this one mar- ket more than 60,000,000 cabbages, 5,000,000 cauliflowers, 1,125,000 pottles of strawber- ries, about tho samo number of lettuce heads, 600,000 bushels of shelled peas and and about 639,000 bushels of onions, 11 you are stopping ut one of the old inns overlooking the market vou are certan to be awalkenea by the stoadily increasing hum of the piace, which begins shortly after mid- night with the first arrival of tho carts of produce from the country. This has grown 1nto & subdued roar, thoigh there is never any yelling or hallooing permitted. If tho sun is up and throwing its saffrony light through the hazy atmosbhere you will seo us pretty a sight down thero as oyes may ook upon. Kvery cross street leading to the market, from Long Acre, from Drury lane and from the Strand, which by rezultion is completely given up ' to this trafo unti. o o'clock, is jammed and packed to the houso doors with four. five ana sometimes six lines of carta, wugons and barrows. headed in orout, cach venicle in process of loading or unloading with overy mauner of fruit, flower and yegetable known to London mar- kets, while tho several acres of the murket itsell, most of which is covered space, is ap. parently @ solid mass of donkoys, carts, hawpers, stacks of voeetables aud writbing, wrigglini hymun boings. 'ho Garden Portors, ‘Ihe raye of tho moruing sun bring out the vivid colors of the fruit and vegetables won- dorfully. You descend to tne market and risk your temper, If not your life, in forcing your: \ay through' the obstinate masses to the boothsand stalls, Iu this effort you get somewhat acquainted with Covent Gurden portors. Lhey are & huge, hairy, ruwm- breathed lot. Everything is carriod from murket to wailiog wagons on their heads from 100 10 150 pounds being considered an ordivary load. Their headgear is a padded yoke encircling the forehead and resting upon the shoulders. “Carrying the pad,” which was once the occupation of Sims Iteevos, the fumous tenor, Is porteriug. *Doing a turn’ is making ouo trip ladon, from market stall to wagon, often as far as the Strand. Kacn porter 1s licensed, receives twopence per *‘turn’ and usually does from elgny to fifteen *turns' of & mording Anotber interesting class which 1s often verlooked by visitors 1s the Covent Garden whip minders.”” These are usually wou who for & halfpenny a wagon taka ohar of the driveis' whips, rugs and tne like, Thoy aiso keep teams in line, iift av wheels, yank refractory horses avout like tralners and acjudicate all difforences regarding streot rights of team stors. 1 saw one soundly tronnce a weamater twice hor size for disobedience. At the cor- nor of Southampton strect aud the Straud there is one that is of Amazonian size, and with a yoloo easily beard av Chariog Cross. Auotber, named *Jonny Williams," has the wost balf of Southampton street in chargo. The senior prelate of the Anglican church 15 Dr. Austin, biskop of Britisn Guiaua, who celebrated the fifuicth anniversary of bis consecration lust month, and is in his ninety- second year, The new First Buptist chureh in P ortland, Ore., tiie corner stons of whicn was laid oo the 10th of this month, is to cost over $100, 000 sud will bo by ull 04ds the finest Baptist church editice on the Pacifio const. ‘The organ which Edward J. Searles is to give Grace church in San Francisco ns a memorial 1o his wife, Mrs. Hobkins, is 1n- tonded to bo the finest i the country, It will be bult with special care, and wiil cost a0out 47,000, . The eighty-third annual meetivg of the American Board of Commissioncrs for IPorcign Missions will be held iu Cnicagoy 1L, in the First Congregatioual ciiurch, bes giuning October 4, 1502, and closing 1'riday oon, Octover 7. At a cost of §10,000 the Baptist Publication society has a mission car in use in California for a missionary and his wife, It nas un suditorium which is often illed. Iirough this means 5)0 nave been converted, ten churches establishea and eight Suuday schools organized. It is tho gift of J, D. Rockefeller and others. “n According to a recent census Christianity is tho third croed iu India in poiut of nuwe bors. And Dr. Gzorge F. Pentecost, who s been enguged 1 missionary work in that conntry, gives o hopeful account of the steady growth of Christianity in India, He reports & Brabmin as sayiog that Christi- anity 15 not 80 much converting individual Hindoos as Christiunizing Hindools . Tno Prosbyterian Bourd of Forign Mis- 51008 has issued o clrcular letter in regard Lo the cstablishment of & home for the childron of missionarios, Ono lady haw offcred the sup of §5,000 townrd the establistment .1 two such homes und the bourd recommended 4 ony (o | that §15,000 mere bo raised for the sawe pur- gotting the bui aings und grounas reaay for | ;5000 addition to regular - contributions, the great exposition, One Is to be at Wooster, O., and tho trustees Toe doaicatory exercises, October 21, are | of \yaoster university have offered prrpotual planncd on a scale fully in keeping with tho [ jyeo tuition in the differont departments to great Columbian eyent, those who come from the homo, Several Austrahan ovelists are coming to | The triennial councl of the Protestant tho Worla's fuir to cugage in the eycling iscopal ehurch convenes iu Bultimoro in contests which are belng arrunged Octover., It will conaist of two houses, the A herole statue of Hendrik Hudson, the | house of bishops aud the house of aepuli aiscoverer of the Hudson river, wiil be | Lhe concurrence of both houses is necos<ary piaced in Now York's Worid's fair’ bullding. | to o v..lnn:._ ..{ deolsions governing anl o N steud, Tex., » | Pnding on who church, but legislation may executo in marble tho statutes of a number | 40VON bishops will constitute the ‘uppor of Texas heroes for exbitbition at the fuir, ouse,'! euan of the Afty-two 'dlocosos of Lhe SARAN church will be represented by four clorgy- Now York state proposes to exhibit at the And Tox ey men: makiLz 408 Boustiar fuir compieto data, Includinw photoaraphs, of | 4l tog “hioh (s knowh colloguially as 186 all tho monuments which have been crected | 4ol I BCONER PO RITIACY B8 to soldiers of tha state who erved 1 the | “Pud old mission of San Luls fty, noar San war of tho ravolution, the war of 1512, or the o, i8 to bo partially restored and will war of 1861, 3 s & retreat for the Frauciscan order, The United States ship, Constitution, 15 | who find Mexican rule heavy in these day about 10 start for Italy 1o collect works of | Iha governmunt of Dinz bas imposed & shirp art for tho World's fair. ‘Thaso art troas | censorship ou Lhe F'ranclscans, and 10 escape ures will romain in constant custody of the | (Lis and otber aunovauca they have decided govornment, and will B roturncd aftor th | 1 gccupy the San Luis Rey inission, whic fwir in the sume manner us brought, was founded by their order 100 yoars ugo. It Mombers of tho'North American Turoor- | was the largest aud ricuost of the California. bund are making elaborate prenurations for | missions, but its decay was @s rapid and wheir exbibit ot the World's fair, Thoy will | complete s that of Lhe owhors, cceupy 4,501 squaro fect in tho iibersl arts 14, President tion, Various transportation lines have sub scribed for §1,000,000 of the World's fair stock, Move than 104,000 men aro now at work in | witencaaz