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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
§omcstir (fnniomjj. 
CONDUCTED BY EMILY MAPLE. tl 
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MY NEIGHBOR’S BREAD. b; 
MART BEAL M’LODTH. 
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“Mrs. Kindness, I am dreadful sorry to come 
borrowing the first thing after we moved here, c 
but your boy was at our house this morning, a 
and I heard him tell my Johnnie that his a 
mamma never had any poor victuals, and I ° 
thought, ‘Now there’s my chaucc,’ for it’s been 
such cold weather that I have had two bakings ti 
of sour bread in the house now, and our flour h 
is all gone, and a fussy aunt of mine, who was il 
never known to have anything wrong, has 
come to see us and brought two city cousins s 
right from Boston, and I know they’ll think s 
my taste wretched poor because I don t make a 
yeast bread, and besides, we expect wood- g 
cutters this afternoon, and oh, dear! I didn’t a 
know what to do, so I just came over here to 
see if you could help me.’’ I e 
“Why, bless you! child, you are welcome to f 
some bread, if that is all- I never eat yeast t 
bread, either, but husband likes it best, and I 
made some yesterd fl y, so you can have enough ' 
to supply your present wants. But you look E 
so tired, do sit down and rest in this easy- £ 
chair, and we will see what can be done for < 
your future needs." ' 
“Well, this is a comfort I don’t get every 1 
day, for we have but one easy-ckair in the 
bouse, and that is in the parlor, where I don’t > 
get a chance to sit down very often." 
“This is all the easy-chair I have, Mrs. 
Trouble, but 1 think if any one needs such a 
piece of furniture, it’s the busy housekeeper, 
when she does get a chance to rest. 
"I believe that is so, but I’m in an awful 
hurry, so please tell me how you manage never 
to have anv sour bread." 
“My dear, good woman, I am a little older 
than you and have had a trifle more experi¬ 
ence, perhaps. When first married, I had 
many misgivings as to ray abilities, hut suc¬ 
ceeded in having good bread the first year. 
The next our wheat was very poor, and I had 
as long a siege of perplexities as you have ju6t 
named. The two maxims, ‘Practice makes 
perfect’ and ‘Perseverance conquers all things,’ 
are worth a small fortune. Don t you think 
60 , Aunty 
“Indeed they are, aud I think if housekeep¬ 
ers made their work a study and were not 
afraid to ask questions, as our neighbor has 
done, there would in the future be more good 
cooks, more tables laden with plain but whole¬ 
some food. If the whole world had been more 
temperate iu all things, there would not to-day 
be 60 many melancholy, broken-hearted people 
fighting that dreaded disease, dyspepsia. It’s 
of little use for invalids to take medicine when 
they continue to live on rich pastries, puddings 
aud hot rolls, to say nothing of meats which 
are seasoned so highly as to be very unwhole¬ 
some, besides destroying the natural flavor. I 
hope, Mrs. Trouble, you will get directions for 
cooking with Graham flour of my niece, for 
her recipes are all good.' 
“I should be very glad to, I am sure. And 
now, Mrs. Kindness, I’ll listen to you and try 
and remember year directions.” 
“Very well; I will first of all tell you, briefly, 
“How toMa.ke Scalded Rising- It is sure, 
and I don’t believe you will have any more 
trouble. You want a pinch of salt and two 
spoonfuls of canaille. Pour just enough boil¬ 
ing water on to wet it, and beat until the 
lumps are all out, just as you would make 
flour starch, thickening for gravies, etc., with 
cold water. Then put iu a trifle more water, 
aud stir again, repeating until it is about the 
consistency of griddle-cakes. In this way it 
can be made iu a moment’s time, but if you 
stir in all the water at once it takes much 
longer to mash the lumps. Set on bricks over 
the oven, anj at noon stir thoroughly. If kept 
very warm, it will be light at night or the next 
forenoon. Then put iu a pitcher two cups of 
warm water, all the flour you cau stir in, salt, 
and two spoonfuls of the scalded rising off the 
top of what is in the bowl, throwing away the 
watery substauce in the bottom. Beat three 
minutes and set in a pail of warm water. This 
will rise in two hours. When light, take out 
a good large cupful for Graham bread. For 
the sponge, pour on the fine flour one pint 
of boiling water, cool with one pint of milk, 
put in your flour emptyings, rinse your pitcher 
and beat all together hard. Sprinkle over a 
little flour, cover and put iu a warm place. I 
always salt my bread, for 1 think it belp6 to 
keep it moist. The lighter the flour emptyings 
and the sponge get, the whiter the bread will 
be. But don’t let the loaves get too light, and 
if you do not want the bread to be porous, aud 
wish to keep it moist a week, mix the loaves 
pretty hard, or so they will keep their shape. 
Most people bake bread too long, or with too 
much fire. After I set this sponge I take one 
small pint of warm inilk, one-half cupful of 
sugar, one large cupful of rising, and stir in 
Graham flour until as thick as common stirred 
oake, Put in a deep bread-dish and let stand 
until light. The top will be flat. If it rises 
higher than the edge of the tin it will run over 
when baking. Like cake, it is best baked on 
the lower grate first—unless very light—aud 
finished on the upper. Bake until a good 
brown, and try with a broom splint. 
“Graham Bread No. 2.—Two and one-half 
cups of buttermilk, one-half cup of cream 
unless the buttermilk is very rich, onc-balf 
cup of sugar, salt and soda, and Graham flour 
as above. If thin, it will settle when done, 
and if too thick, so that there are little bunches 
on the top when baked, it will be dry and taste 
too ‘branny.’ If the flour is ground too fine, 
the bread will be sticky. Avoid these mis¬ 
takes, aud you will have bread the whole fam¬ 
ily will call for. 
“Dysbeptic Bread. —One and a half cup of 
sweet milk, two-thirds of a cup of sweet cream, 
salt, and three cups of Graham flour. Bake in 
a very hot oven, in gem irons which have been 
greased and heated, first on the lower grate 
and then on the upper, until of a rich brown. 
Take out on a plate and partly cool before 
eating. If you do not succeed the first time, 
follow directions for thickness of Graham 
bread No. 2. 
“Stirred Biscuit. —Two cups of buttermilk, 
one-half cup of butter or one cup of cream, 
salt and soda. Stir in all the flour you can, 
and drop on buttered tins. Bake in a quick 
oveu, so they won’t spread, or, what is better 
yet, iu gem paus, for then you don’t need 60 
hot a fire.” 
“Bakes alive!” says Mrs. Trouble, “I can’t 
remember all that." 
“I’ll write it down for you if you wish.” 
“Oh, do; hut I must go home. Good-day. 
Much obliged for the bread." 
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DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
Currant Ice. 
Add to three pints of water one pound and 
a half of sugar, boil uutil reduced to a quart, 
skim and add two coffee-cups of currant juice. 
When partly frozen, stir in the beaten whites 
of four eggs. 
Tea Ice-Oream. 
Scald four tablespoonfuls of Hyson tea in a 
pint of Bweet cream—it is best to 6cald it either 
in a custard-kettle or iu a tin pail placed 
within a kettle of boiling water. When partly 
cool, strain it into a pint of cold cream, bring 
to a scald and stir in four beaten eggs and 
three-quarters of a pound of sugar. Let cool, 
and freeze. 
I have found that in making water-ices, if 
the sugar be not well stirred in before freezing, 
it will sink to the bottom and give the mixture 
a sharp, unpleasant taste. It is best to make 
a syrup of the sugar and water by boiling, aud 
when cold, to aad the pure juice of the fruit. 
Mart B. 
Strawberry Sauce. 
One and a half teacupfuls of sugar, half a 
teacupful of butter beateu to a cream; then 
stir iu a pint of strawberries mashed until 
juicy, aud the beaten white of an egg. Nice 
for puddings. Mrs. Bradt. 
Gooseberry Jam. 
Simmer the fruit iu a very little water, press 
through a sieve aud return to the kettle. Then 
add to each pound of the pulped gooseberries 
three-fourths of a pouud of sugar and boil one- 
half hour, stirring constantly. Mrs. Terrt. 
Clnger Beer. 
A cooling summer drink is made by adding 
to six quarts of water oue pound of sugar ; oue 
ounce of cream-of-tartar aud one bottle of Ja¬ 
maica ginger extract. Put over the fire and 
stir until the sugar is dissolved, but do not 
heat. Take from the fire, add a teaspoonful 
of good brewers’ yeast; 8tir together, bottle, 
and wire the corks. 
It will be fit to drink in two or three days. 
Mart B. 
% mis of flje ®fflt. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Monday, May 20, 1879. 
Tllden seems likely to be remlned ot fils Income- 
tax for some time to come. Thomas Hurland aud 
William P. Healey, the lawyers who spirited away 
from the court-room at Marquette last fall the 
books showing hla income from the New York 
mine at Negauncc, Mich., have been Indicted by a 
Michigan grand jury. The death at Philadelphia 
ol Judge Asa Packer, of Mauch Chunk, Pa., re¬ 
moves one of the most prominent of the “coal 
barons.” He had long been president of the Le¬ 
high Valley railroad, and as such was one ol the 
pillars of the old coal combination, but to blm 
more than to anybody else In that monopoly was 
due Its final disruption, ills age was 72. aud the 
accumulations of his long and active business life 
are very largo. Ohio’s legislature has been In 
session so long that the treasury Is drained of 
money t,o pay the State officers, aad from the gov¬ 
ernor down to the Solons themselves no oue can 
draw any cash until further appropriation are 
made. William Lloyd Garrison has just died In 
this city. 
The news of the veto of the anti-Chinese bill by 
President Hayes excites conflicting comments In 
l China. Americans throughout the country ex¬ 
press satisfaction at the rejection of so summary p 
a plan for disposing of the question at Issue; Eu- ci 
ropeans merely evince surprise, having In most si 
cases anticipated different action; while the Chi- t< 
nese differ among themselves. In the Immediate b 
neighborhood of Iiong Kong, the port of emlgra- h 
tlon. where tho friends and relatives of the Chi- o 
nese now In America live, much gratification Is b 
shown, and the notion appears to prevail that fu- I 
ture persecutions are Impossible; but there Is no s 
Indication of Increased departures. Around Shang¬ 
hai the populace arc apparently Indifferent, and c 
the officers reticent.. It la believed that the veto Is e 
not received with unmixed pleasure at Pekin, as s 
the goverment,, It Is thought, would have been glad 1 
of an opportunity for Inaugurating an extreme <- 
auti-forelgncr or anti-American policy. 
During the ten years of work upon the Sutro < 
Tunnel In Nevada, the lives of the operators have 
been carefully guarded, and but five or six deaths ’ 
by accident have taken place. During the boring 
of the Hooslc Tunnel 1S5 men were killed, and the 
accidental deaths In the Bt. Gothard Tunnel have 
averaged one a day, and in the Comstock oue a 
week. The low rate of accidents In cutting the 
Sutro is attributed to the strict system under 
which the work has been carried on. The con¬ 
tempt which Is bred of familiarity Is the real cause 
of most explosions. 
Mrs. Kate Cobb and W’esley Bishop have both 
been sentenced to State prison for life for the mur¬ 
der of Mrs. Cobb’s husband; Mrs. Jenny Smith 
and Covert D. Beun«t?t were on Saturday found 
guilty by a jury of having deliberately murdered 
Mrs. Smith’3 husband. Mrs. George II. Mack of 
I u ock County. Wisconsin, is In State prison for life 
>r the murder of Mr. Mack, and Frank Dickerson, 
Lra. Mack’s boy paramour, on whose testimony 
irs. Mack was convicted, is now on trial as an ac- 
ompllce in the murder. In Lowviue, In this State, 
lrs. Harriet Merrihcw Is In prison lor the murder 
f her husband’s brother, and attempted murder 
f her husband, whose lHe was fortunately saved 
iy the timely dismissal ot Mrs. Merrlhew from her 
losltlon of nurse of the sick man. Mrs. Merrihew 
tas confessed her guilt, and her aUeged accomplice 
s under arrest. A singular feature of aU these 
iases is that there Is no pretence that the victims 
vere otherwise than good husbands. 
Col King, a Texas cattle man, bas a fence 75 
niles long, enc.loslug about 837 square miles, on 
vhlch range 1 10,000 beasts. The House Committee 
m Agriculture will, at the first opportunity, report 
i blU to give growers of tobacco tho right to pro- 
luce It In any quantity and for any purpose free 
3 f taxation. The bill Is opposed by the internal 
Kevenvo Bureau and the manufacturers of tebac- 
30 . Mr. Kimball, Chief of the Tobacco Division 
of the Internal Revenue Office, says that the bill. 
If passed, will be disastrous to the States where 
tobacco is grown as the money crop of chief agri¬ 
cultural product, lie says that tobacco can be 
grown without difficulty 1 n most of the States of the 
Union, aud it it can be disposed of, exempt from all 
taxation, either special for selling or specific, 
farmers everywhere wlH engage in the cultivation 
of the plant. Consumers cun buy the leaf direct 
from the producers and manipulate It themselves. 
They can thereby avoid payment of the tax of six¬ 
teen cents per pound on tobacco which la granu¬ 
lated tor smoking, or twisted by hand for chew¬ 
ing, and also the tax or $6 per 1,000 on all home¬ 
made cigars. Manufacturers oppose Hie blU, be¬ 
cause it will, If It becomes a law, greatly diminish | 
tlielr business. The Treasury authorities are op¬ 
posed to it, because It will diminish the revenues. 
Tobacco producers everywhere desire the passage 
of the bill for obvious reasons. 
The regular order in the Senate to-day Is the 
consideration of the bill relating to the transpor¬ 
tation or animals, reported favorably from the 
Committee on Commerce. The bill is of interest 
to humanitarians as well as cattle dealers In the 
East. It provides that cattle, sheep, SAlne, or 
other animals shall be unloaded for.l'ood and water, 
and seven consecutive hours of rest once In every 
twenty-eight hours. When comfortable cars are 
provided lor transportation of live stock, and the 
animals arc well ted and watered once In every 
twenty-tourhours, the animals may be confined In 
cars forslxty consecutive hours, without unloading 
for rest. Severe penalties are provided for viola¬ 
tions of tnis act, and the carriers of the animal 
are required to execute the provisions of the bill If 
their owners do not. At present cat tie are brought 
from Chicago to New York, a ride of nearly lour 
days, without being fed or watered. When the 
animals reach Jersey City, they are half starved, 
leverlsh, and In this condition are slaughtered. 
The meat Is not perfectly healthy, and will not 
keep weU. Mr. McPherson's blH was adopted by 
the Senate at the close or the lust session of the 
last Congress, but it failed to pass the House be¬ 
cause of the expiration of the session. 
pursuit, although they were unprovided wlthl 
cavalry, and Lord Chelmsford had a comparatively I 
strong force. The British commander, according | 
to the London Times corresponeent, contented« 
blmseir with “confendlng the impudence” of the i 
Inferior lorce which was charging to the edge 
of his Intrenclrments. The same correspondent, -1 
by the way, pronounces the men making up the 
British line mere boys, without the stamina to 
stand a campaign. w 
England has one great, place of agricultural edu-1 
cation—Cirencester College. Jt 13 erected In an \ 
elevated spot, facing Lord Bathurst’s Immense and 
splendcd park in Glostershlre, while Its south front 
has a wide view ot Wilts. It contains uccommo- ^ 
datiou for eighty-five students, a museum rich In 1 
specimens of geology, botany, <fcc - and near by Is i 
one ot the best laboratories In England, formed 
out of an old barn. The farm buildings are on a I 
very extensive scale. Gentlemen distinguished In 1 
the sciences connected with agriculture, In addi¬ 
tion to the regular staff, give lectures. The col¬ 
lege Is now thirty years old. Mr. fiuscy, a leading 
agriculturist (elder brother of the Doctor), was one 
of Us main promoters, and the undertaking was 
carried out at the Instance of the Royal Agricultu¬ 
ral Society of England. The Prussian Government 
appeals? determined to make sure that the army 
shall not. like the French soldiery, be permeated 
by the leaven of democratic Ideas. The troops 
stationed In Berlin have been forbidden to read the 
liberal newspapers, and their quarters are to be 
searched at regular tiroes for the prohibited Jour¬ 
nals and for other objectionable publications. 
Severe, punishment Is promised those with whom 
such articles are found. 
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Murray A Lanmani* Florida water. 
The most delicate Invalids, the greatest sufferers 
with sea-slcknes, and those whose, nervous sys¬ 
tems are most sensitive, prefer it before ali others, 
and use It to the exclusion of all others, not for a 
time only, but always and continuously- The 
sense of smell never tires of Its soft, refreshing 
odor._ _ f __ 
Ladles, do you want to be strong, healthy and 
beautiful? Then use Hop Bitters. 
~ THE MARKETS. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. ZZH 
NEW YORK. Saturday. May 24th, 1879. 
Beans and Peas. -The export demand for mar¬ 
rows Is s-teady en ugh to support late prices, with 
extra qua tiles a trifle higher. Since Sept. At, >678, 
to date the exports of beaus add op 43,Will bbla.. this 
total t» cotiridetwiily tn excess ot Previous three 
corresponding periods. Mi-mmns move latrly. Red 
kidney * ui few bauds at d firm. Wtiltedo and pea 
quiet: a few selntted of the Jitter made f 1 .37 q. 
Hla. k beans a shade firmer. Green lae-is In light 
stuck: firm at fURtfit 85. B. E. peas dub at 62.60 per 
2 bui-h. hag. Canadian, in bulk and bond. 75<g77o. 
Beaus. nut tow. prime, SI 37>ffcl ths farr to good, 
*1 medium prime. SI rS'A ; tair to good, 
S120iSll25: pe*. *1205jl3o; white kidney, $1 30®160; 
red kidney, *2 80Ca!'i 10; black, $2 15. 
FOREIGN. 
India Is one of the sore spots of the world Just 
now. Famine, pestlleDCC. and mlsgovernment In 
the Funjaub, the Deccan and Bombay have been 
followed by riot and threats of the massacre of 
officials and Europeans. These evils usually ap¬ 
pear in their most aggravated form In India, the 
people being Improvident, their products and In¬ 
dustries lacking varleiy, and their rulershaving 
too little Interest In their welfare. They suffer, 
too, from the general business depression of the 
world, and the silver question affects their interests 
more perhaps than those of any other people. 
Garibaldi, the Italian patriot, has decided to live 
permanently In Rome. Full reports from the cor¬ 
respondents with Lord Chelmsford’s force, which 
marched to the relief of Ekowe, make a bad show¬ 
ing for the English troops. The attack upon the 
relief force was mad? by an inferior force of Zulus, 
one of the first Instances on record in which 
a white disciplined force of large numbers has 
awaited the attack of savages behind lntrench- 
ments. After the attack, In which the Zulus 
showed a gallantry the British officers say they 
never saw equaled by British troops, the Zulus re- 
! tired In good order, and with a trifling loss from 
Butter.—S upplier have tnnterlally lucreased, but 
prices have belli up extremely well. Up to this 
week the offering bus not been over I row, and wuh 
what exporters have called for and ihe demand for 
other outside one. In < onsequem e of ihe tale spring, 
lliere bus been a steady outlet. Now. an we ap¬ 
proach ibe ginr* seat" n, it will be dim u.t to handle 
streaked or while lots. At till? lime o cal bu>ers 
especially r. guluie their purchases .ti ker ping with 
lowest requirement*. There may t>e consequent ly a 
glut. MS the West comma c* liberally, Mid weak 
general quotations iu*y be expected. A good export 
demand promised, hut ss i»st »ea*"-n taught the 
buyers low figures, » cl.cap basis will nave t" be 
conceded. The annexed range dues not vary much 
Dorn lust week, but at ihe clone inside rate* ureas 
much as ibe murket will stand for wholesale bu*l- 
ne a Slate pah* and ball tubs, choice, ia(3l6c,: 
good to piime. l4otI5c.; fair to good, 12<r.)4o.; Welsh 
tuba, choice, lb®lSc.: good to prime, I4fttI5h.: lair to 
good, 12t<ol4c. ; poor.fMIOc ; State creamery, best In¬ 
voices, lW-lSXc.: good to prime, 11(517)40'. sweet 
cream,beat, »7<gl$C ; fair to g> od t.7SI7u; Wi;-lern, 
best involoes, 1£.■ ID.'.: good to prime. t7« 18c., fair io 
good. 15 m 7c.; Imitation I reamer). I3<tl6c.; dairy, 
best invoices, HtolAc.t good to prime. iitslfto ; fair to 
good, nxfflic.; poor to t.'lr. H'alUc..; Western, factory, 
best invoices, 12M*13<-.: good to prime, Il)@l2c.; fair 
to good. Swine.: poor to fair. C@8c.; Bream butter. 3 
Co 4c. Receipt* for week, 31,9'0 pkgw.: du. 1st week, 
24.582 do.: exports for week equal tU'27 firkins, 
BEESWAX—Tb»rc bayc bpqn (mail sales at24(g.25c. 
for Western aud Southern. 
Exports lot week, 5,000 lbs. 
Broom Corn.—O fferings fair except of brush, and 
manufacturers not doing much. 
Brush and *h >rt broom, choice, per lb., 5x<&6)»c.; 
do., common to good, 4HCtt6)<a.: hurl, good to choice, 
3M)vC.; do., common to i'air, 34g3)$c.; red and crooked, 
2gj3o. 
Cheese.— Exports for the week. 35,l3 r i boxe*; this 
Increased movement has been at neolded'y higher 
pries*. The muikud advance at the c.ointry-ales, 
aud the better English markets have tented to the 
enhanced vigor. Shippers have about confined buy¬ 
ing to the choicest grades, paying 7Y'-8, ami occa- 
rionally 8. At the close project, of eariy larger 
supplies tenos to rather less strength. 
Quoted for new factor/: 7 K@8c. for best: 6K@H4°- 
for good: t itle, for half skimmed, aud /)»m. 40. tor 
skimmed; dairy at 6a7ci. for good and fine: 5fr6c. 
fur fair to good, and t«3 i. tor skinunnd : West¬ 
ern factory at 7r.'i1So. for One: 4<vf>4c. for half 
skimmed, and 24&3Me. for skimmed, aud for old as 
follows: i ■••qt.fOt on* lots: lltAliJT'. lor gimdlfitliHO. 
for fair ; 2(SXo. for rkitomed, l aAc. for half skimmed | 
Western twotory. good m il nmim, ufir n ; do. full 
skirmnod, 243c.: do. half skimmed at 3(34o. 
Liverpool quotation for new, 41s. 
Steam. 32s. lid. 
Cotton.—E arly In the week a further sharp ad¬ 
vance was made, but lor two or three days there 
has been presMt’e to re land prices lower; latest 
prices nru for Mav, 12.9ii9l2.94c.: Juup. 12 97(3)12.9110.; 
Jute . IS. 1.11413.Re.: August. 13 29(413.. Do.: September, 
13.U5 a, 13.03c ; October, 11.8 c.: N<ivember,ll.32@ll.i»3c.; 
December. 11.25c.; January, 11 27all.2Jo. 
Quotations for spot cotton are based on Amer¬ 
ican standard of classification, aud Ob ootton In store 
running In quality not more thuii half a grade 
above or below the grade quoted ; 
<Jiiiij*)/ts A- ' rtf ant. Terai. 
rd Inary.1111-16 1113-10 1113-16 
Strict ordinary.....12 t-iO 12 3-10 13 8-J6 
Good ordinary.12 7-JG 32 9-16 12 9-16 
Strict good do.12 11-10 1218-lb 
Low middling......1213-16 1215-10 12 15-Jb 
Strict low middling. 13 13X 1-}H 
Middling. „ VtH 13# gk 
Good middling..13 7-lti 13 9-10 
Strict good middling.1311-10 1313-10 1313-lb 
Middling Fair. HX US HH 
Hair. . lofe 15 H l&H 
Middling.„ 18X 13# bH 
Good middling..13 7-lti 13 9-10 
Strict good middling.1311-10 1313-10 1313-10 
Middling Fair. 14K 1*S 
Fair. . L>« 15H l&H 
Good ordin«ry...UK I Low Middling— 1-9-]6 
Strict good ordinary....12H I Middling.....12 lo-io 
Dried Fruits.—T he general market is spiritless, 
as Usual, at ibis period of the year j in appies there 
1» a fair lobbing trade in evaporated, but beyuna 
tbl» nothing of morneot done, and peacheB ana 
small fruits generally »re somewhat nominal. Hol¬ 
lowing are the quotations : ^_ 1 „ 1 , -.rtw* . 
Apples—evaporated Alden’s & William s 10@10HO„ 
do. new process at 8@3Ke. State plums, 12®12Ho.. 
