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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
paper a coat of sizing, made by dissolving white 
glu9 in boiling water and then dilating to the 
proper consistency. If the paper be light and 
delicately colored, give a coat of white varnish ; 
for less delicate work, furniture varnish. One 
then add thirteen ounces of distilled or filtered 
water. Subject to a gentle heat until no odor of 
alcohol is perceptible, after which add four 
drachms of gum-arabic dissolved in three ounces 
of water. Mix and strain. 
THE MARKETS 
PRODUCE AND PRO VISIONS 
FRESH SIFTINGS FROM THE KITCHEN 
FIRE. 
NKW Vobb, Saturday. Nov. 2. IHT8. 
Beans anti Peas.—W ith cooler woa’her local 
trade becomes more divers) tied, and the Bean market 
shows some neglect. Marruws are wr ite; whotesulo 
buyers can nothin *rnnw concos.Mon frail extreme 
rates, Mediums look us i bench iliov wmiM n-.i bold 
fl bo lor i>nm». Common qu.iit'lo- 'font vii’ Irty nl. 
most unqtu.i able. While and Ked kidneys, !>«« and 
*»■laC'b«it | i» a 1 somethlni! in bnye’s lavo . Western 
and Cnniirthiii field jipus T0«-Jfn.. tin. l iner In bu k 
and bnml. Gwen phis steady * t $ l ‘2 Va I ;«i; Southern 
B. E. pi m, >2 .yWziiO per 2-bu-h. otic. Medium brans 
I 1 }”?* 5 ,t u * r 1? P r lro j . *1 ’Oiol liV; marrows, do. j' fin® 
♦ Ii5: Pe , $IF0@ 8U: Wliitn kl. jay. f l ii0-> 180 ; Rwr) 
Kidney. $1 ,5<a)2 iO : Black tnr.in aoup. ♦! ;0.«2 B*- 
8& l bbls° f t,eaU8 tor .week, 12,2,0 bush.; exports. J,- 
BUTTER —Th®. receipts have included a better col* 
Irctioiiof One nun lily State, hnd as the local demand 
h s been looking tnrlliu *t> le. buslines is more nn- 
lmlted. but d not show imirli |»i Icf-virTine 
strenptli. In full d»l>t<?a Vie. lnm been qiMe fre¬ 
quently miidc. but ibey nnisi Imve n liberal lop of 
Intern, do mbs lobe to q oreo. The null..ok f-r 
summer Male is ven cl n my : i hero is no local use 
lorofr-tlav.ire baiter, mid expoxt help t • se6m irmly 
hopeless Western hmier. a before. Is dul c wrll 
where qnalry fives II. a pus live precedeiueuf St ite 
pi Ices con-ldvred. IVu qiinbi * 
Dairy pnaij, choice, 2 c i rail to prime. 14®2i<\ t 
choice, hulf-tubS.22 «,23c . oilier. U«*2hv. iVel-iunb*. 
2l(a22e.t other. iS-llic.: Welsh done*. 
l*® 7 Vc - • V 1 SOj<fClOd,20.*2le. ; (food. ISvjMBc,; 
tlrkla, dairies, ciln.lco, die.; nilior. i:>..*l8u ; low rrade 
btate, lltet*.: suite ; reamory, small |..ts. 27 o.; ,|, u rj 
2j«2rc.; held lot., Jnrti2ie, . sweet cream. 2S»2uc • 
We-tern creamery, uhol e, 2if.*2?o.j fair io mime. 
200 i.jc. j held lots. I8@l!lc.t dairy packed, l«'iI7c • 
C< u? n i‘n?, IO tf " 0d ‘ "*»»«!.t factory iaiiKe? at tl$12c., 
with little movemei t 
Receipts fur week, 29.337 pkxs.; exports. 5,730 pkfrs. 
Broom Cohn.—S maP lots of new are arriving • a 
car lot ol about medium ftrei n b'Ouirht 5H. O'd 
stock quo c-dat tor choice Breen hurl. «..7e.; medium 
hurl, ..(gibe.-, choice short vreen, 5K®HSc.: medium 
short green, 5716’.; red stubbyimdciooked, lafta. 
Cueesk. These light shipments ehowlhn indls- 
porttiuii. jo ope: me that h»> p evniled through tne 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
Autumn has come; we are glad to leave the 
garden—stripped as it is of floral treasures and 
all its beauty gone—to gather around the kitch¬ 
en fire in the morning, as long as housekeeping 
duties keep ns in that part of the house. What 
a work is ours at this season of the year! Be¬ 
fore cold days come to benumb our fingers or 
our faculties, we must 
“ Open the camphor trunk, 
And bring ihe mittens down” 
for the many little bauds that need them; re¬ 
pair warm garments, and prepare warm flannel 
underwear for the dear ones in our circle. The 
kitchen fire is very pi. asant; its homely glow 
has something honest and hearty; the stick that 
sputters and glows is grateful to our chilled 
hands and has a peculiar charm as coming from 
our own piney woods where, while the summer 
lasted, we often went to search for flowerB, 
bringing to mind the sweet companionship of 
one, the ‘‘gentlest of my friends." Bat senti¬ 
ment is not allowed in these degenerate days, I 
believe, at least so say the would-be fashiona¬ 
bles, and just now we are busy with vegetables. 
Long ago I banished from the house cellar all 
potatoes, cabbage, celery or any other vegetable 
in quantity, after a severe leBeon in typhoid 
fever, that was caused by the unavoidable decay 
in early spring lime. It is not difficult to build 
a root house, but better still for convenience in 
a cold climate, is a barn cellar for storage of a 
root crop of a. y kind. The air of these cellars 
is generally more even than that under the 
living-rooms, and all vegetables require to be 
fresh and crisp. I wonder how many people 
pare their potatoes an.i other tuberous vegeta¬ 
bles aa hour before boiling, leaving them in 
cold water for that time. It is a very great im¬ 
provement. In this, as in many things, I often 
think how “ tnfljs light as air" make a great 
difference in our daily life, and in nothing more 
pri'Yemeni. I'lotfijig Hrm St ne and lini. d stusk has 
llltle cull. Near pi.lilt*. 2T.i25c.; Suite mid Penn.. 22i< 
®23e.; Western and Canticinui fresh 2ir<t‘22..\: u.iur 
State. HI a 20c; limed. State, UwlTe.; Canadian, J5® 
Ifr-.t Western. 13 a me. 
Ueceip.s for the week, 7,241 bbls,; do. last week 
7,143 do. 
Flour—W ithin sevpral days a much more active 
export iiiovnmnnt lias bin n n "pd in tmtli low prude 
winter ami up lap icnide-,, and the « our*eof the mar¬ 
ket ha* been Mr these to belter price*. Tne hlirber 
grades are having moreutieui on and areut steadier 
pricer. 
Latest prices are: f3.rO A3.fiO for very Inferior to 
chutce snperllne State: » 3 .«ii(*;j ,00 for poor tu xoud 
extra do.. Odd lots a.’d lines: *3nfl.i 4.i5 lorgO'idto 
very choice do., strictly choice and fancy h ts above 
this; f3.0fta3.QJ fur v*ry Interior t‘> rh dee siiper- 
ttne Indiana, low*. Michigan. Sc.; I3.00* 3 9 i for very 
Inferior to imod shipping extra do. ami *3 UJmf.M for 
«ood to Choice extra du.r common to »b nit choice 
white wheal**ir«s.»S.OLit.83, choice tostrlctly fancy 
ao. Htf4.91KCp.io; red and amoer winter <* neat, inferi¬ 
or to very rhmrc irade •naf»milvhl »3.l5.t'i.V)- mood 
hoop Obioat 43 7IIAf4.10.and trudoand family brands 
Of do. »t fl.iaratS'p. the Iait 4 »r rate for very choice: 
Si. LobIh, fS.904fl.Oi for very poor to pond extra, and 
f4.60fti5.75 for pood to very choice; Minnesota clear, 
very inferior to fancy, at *3.<0<t.V0: Minnp»nta 
"strsipht.' veiy nifern r to very choice at »4 fiOA 
6 TU; (about ciioice to fancy old at tfi.u0ci0.60),aud 
patent fair 10 very fancy til |5.25 (is 3.3U ; nr souDd 
stock at truru f2j»«73: city mill extra at f!7.W500 
for West Indio* (the latter rate for strlciiv choice 
In new packages); do. for ICnnhird. tt8.7o(h3.90: do. 
trade and family extras, ffi.IbcrffiOO: do. for south 
America. f5.C0-fS.60 for fair to veiy choice; No. 2 at 
f2.25A3.00 for very Inferior to choice, 
Fresh Fruits Finn retiililmt failap-des aro do¬ 
ing be iter, but i ho range < oniliiuea lo>* on Winter and 
common sort* Kxpori* for ihc week, 13 ,ini obis 
Fine Spitz and mil ft50®2, tin- latter for King of 
Tompklna Co. Prime rn i winter, El 13.r 137 ; good 
greening-, ft® 126 ; common lo fair mixed lots, 73 c.® 
fl 12 . cranberries quiet, few . xiras hero ; eil* ern 
bbls. fa@7 a few at f3 ; N. J. bn s. f nao ; eratos, 
$1 id®2 for Choice ; 41 25®l fi2 cumin ,n to i , ir. Quin¬ 
ces rule high Choice apply, fiajm per bbl.: other 
the loner for spotted. Lute Viirieiiu* or nbl. 
Pear* quoted . Ducliess, »6®I0, exiift; poor, fail) : 
Lawrence. f7r«8; Vlcma. }450®65U. lio-ton lancy 
bxs. make a pood dl-play ranging *2 Oai) 50 pur bu-h. 
box, the high r r.tu tor li. Claiige.ni. ( aliloinia 
poiirs not tinning out will. 8 "ii»ol Nelli* ftat.iO; 
Vicars, »3; I.iareuce. f4 ; i ulifornlu grapo-, T"kay, 
fl'(®S per box. E . puror. t 0. per 4U In cane, Cal Quln- 
ct-B *) 50<« l per iiu-ti. i lnt-n<ni*c gr pe- 50«. p-rlb., 
H. II, in burg and Muscat. Suite taiawb ia 7 tkc, por 
In. : romnnni* of cvlit r Ivii Jtv t bcsimus rtamty, 
$1.0 t4 per bu-h. Hickory nitta. Sticnbark-, $3s2 50 ; 
B. Wiilmns, fO - . Peirntt* are low, nnivlng nitta 
green. Virginia hand-plo ted ft 25al 30. other,95c.@ 
(£$ 12 U. 
Gkain.—E xporters hnvo resumed opernllons in 
wheat, piii'chases ofwhh li ior shipment . re i irge, 
and the whole situation of the market I-buHe r , with 
tne calmer dnani iai situation on ihe olli-r side. 
Litte»t «al«n are. of Nn. 7 spring ai Of (attic., tne t*. 
ter for Milwaukee : New York No. 2 spring, Novera. 
her option,al !'4e ; New Vurk. No 2 spring, Dccem- 
ber option, »H si3«ti953»o.-. No. 3 m rihwe*', Nnveuibwr 
option, at 96(5.: N-.. 2 xprlng at tSaSfic.: ri-lacied 
spring ntaOc.: uiigradoil soring at SOijfOhc ; nnpraeed 
..mher atfhsi ua; urn ipr Mkliigau at fl nnai o ; No. 
2 anther m fl 02Rwl Of; Un.. N.,vcmher op Ion. at 
$1 U?4f'.i>l 01; do., Drccmher Oi lion, at fl Of Sil 04K; 
ungraded red at 57c.« f U»; No. I ted utfl u.j5il ilia ; 
do . htst halt Novomlier, m tl 03R: No. t ied, at fl 1>4 
<al(15: do.. November option, at » 01 •'•Ho; do.. De¬ 
cember optIon.at f D. is®i Ofi: do,, Jaoti tv option, at 
fl 17, No 2 red. stewipr gnole. at fl tttk : nng.Rdcd 
while at hftc.'afl ID: evfra whit* at fl INK -1 q*.»V« : 
white Suite at fl 07stl 09; No. I white nt f u ii^m i 117 ; 
do. Novemher dellvei le*. part at f ID*; No 2 while 
at flltS. Rye at 6;®i’4e. tor Suite, and 59a<lk'. for 
Western. Corn at. for aieamer mixed at *• 47<;; 
ungraded mixed western allfl ilTKC. New 7‘i.rk No. 
2. at New \ ork No. out. 45o: New York 
No. I while at53c. tore t lots: low in red at t-iita. 
fur our lots; New V..rk N". ?. Novemb-’r option, at 
4754 u.47)4c.' do,. December option, at iStfo ; steamer 
mixed, Nov m”er Option, at 47c.; do., I.eeetnber 
nnlifln. at 47<4(7Xe. Outs ur*>. for mixed Stale at 
mixed w. stern at WIJ4'<*»Jc.: whim western 
ttt 29 1 0 3i'C.; whtta Hiaie at S0®:t5u. New York No. I 
at 3Hc New Yoik No. I whoc «i 32i3iH3c. asked and 
81c. hid ; New York extra w hite al 3-iv New York 
No. 2 at 2*V'<*29c.: New York No. 2 while at SORo.; 
New York No. 3 at 27K®27Xc.; No. 3 white at 25*c.: 
No 2 Chicago at 29c. 
Hay and Straw,— prime grades nro wanted and 
snipping stock In better demand 
Latest sales are at 40®45c. for shipping, and 6.V875C. 
for retail quallLlps. SiritiY quoted at 35®45c. for long 
rye : 30«35c. for sh' rf rve. 
Exports past week. 275 bales. 
Hops.— Emm*t We is, in his circular, rnys. ‘‘Re¬ 
ceipts are largely on iho increase, reuc log 4 '00 
bates for the week. With scarcely any exnO’t de¬ 
mand. und in )y a modnraie call for brewer*.-took* 
are acciimulai log. Values remain unchanged, 
though It Is believed that 1 1 sales are forced. i onces- 
slons in price w-ill fnifnw. Weliope soon t > open a 
lively trade with England for some of our finest 
hop*, and this expectation on the part of holders of 
such keens the price firm, lfop* ir-iru Cullu rnia, 
Washington Terrhory and Oregon are now arriving 
here In large quantities; these goods make very flue 
CLEANSING OF DRAINS, ETC, 
I trust my Rural sisters will not rest content 
when howse-cle&ning is over or consider their 
work done, until every sink., drain, cegBpool, 
cistern and well, if need be, r-re looked to and 
emptied, cleaned or deodorized. Copperas, car¬ 
bolic acid and chloride of lime are all excellent 
disinfectants, and were these agents unstinting- 
]y used abont our draius, cesspools and out¬ 
buildings, there would, unquestionably, be lets 
malarial and typhoid fevers and fewer cases of 
that dreaded disease—diphtheria—among our 
little ones. Mary B. 
CHEAP PAINT FOR OUT-HOUSES, 
We have found that the skins, oleanings and 
scrapicgs of pamt cans and pails, when boiled 
up in oil, make a most durable as well as cheap 
coating for outside work. Mrs. J. Brady. 
Chickasaw Co., Iowa. 
DOMESTIC RECIPES, 
Whigs. 
One egg, one cup of sweet milk, one cup of 
sifted flour, a pinch of salt. Bake twenty min¬ 
utes in gem pans. 
Washing-Fluid. 
Two pounds of soda ash; one-half pound of 
unslacked lime ; add nine quarts of oold water 
and boil twenty minutes ; take from the fire and 
add two quarts of cold water; let settle, pour off 
and bottle. Soak the olothes over night in cold 
water; iu the morning, wring out, soaping the 
soiled parts. To a good-sized boiler half full of 
water, allow one-half pint of the fluid. Put in 
the olothes and let boil fifteen or twenty minutes. 
If the clothes be then taken through one Buds 
and two or three rinsing waters, the Rural 
housewives will find that by this process much 
time and labor have been saved, while their 
clothes are very white and in no wise iojured. I 
write from experience, having used this fluid in 
my family seven or eight years. 
California Cake. 
One egg, one cup of sugar, butter the size of 
an egg. one cup of milk, three heaping teaspoon- 
fals of yeast-powder, sifted with the flour, which 
should be less than three teacupfuls. Flavor to 
taste. It will bake in fifteen minutes in a quick 
oven. 
Mrs. Mary E. Garrison. 
Orange Co., N. Y. 
-RulV\s\sa 
yucca filamkntosa 
Please give me a recipe for a good, cheap 
violet ink ? Anon. 
Ans —The following is the best reoipe that we 
know of: Mix one drachm of the desired aniline 
color with one and a half ounoe of alcohol in a 
glass bottle; let it stand three or four hours and 
■(See page 710 .) 
oover with alcohol, oork tight and put in a warm 
place ; let stand for two or three days, shaking 
several times a day; then add a piece of camphor 
gum as large as a hen's egg ; ahake well and in a 
few hoars add one ounce of lamp-black. Should 
it get too thiok, add aloohol. 
QUERIES ANSWERED 
O. E. W, wishes directions for varnishing wall 
paper. 
Ans —In order not to injure the colors, and to 
prevent the absorption of the varnish, give the 
