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What  Open  Eyes  See. 
For  Thanksgiving. — What  about  an 
“Open  Eyes”  page  for  the  Thanksgiving 
season  ?  Can  we  pick  up  enough  that  is 
of  best  quality  for  it  ? 
Autumn  Leaves. — I  wonder  if  our 
readers  know  how  nicely  autumn  leaves 
may  be  preserved  by  powdering  a  little 
resin  on  them,  and  then  glazing  them 
with  a  moderately  hot  sad-iron.  A  jaunt 
to  the  woods  to  gather  them  is  so  restful 
a  change  to  many  that,  if  Jack  Frost  pen¬ 
cils  them  nicely  this  fall — which  he  doesn't 
always  do — they  might  add  to  autumn’s 
pleasures  and  winter’s  cheer.  J.  h. 
Good  Remedies. — I  find  elder  juice 
rubbed  on  the  places  the  best  remedy 
for  the  poison  of  oak  and  ivy.  Cooking 
soda  is  also  good.  A  handful  of  elder 
leaves,  some  of  plantain  and  Jamestown 
weed,  stewed  in  lard,  with  laudanum 
added,  make  a  good  ointment  for  sores, 
piles,  etc.  Elder  flower  tea  is  good  for 
cramp  colic,  so  is  a  tablespoonful  of 
kerosene.  F.  v.  m. 
An  Adaptation. — Every  week  I  get 
some  new  idea  out  of  The  R.  N.-Y.  It 
is  such  a  help.  I've  already  begun  a  nur¬ 
sery  quilt  for  Christmas,  for  a  baby  neice. 
I  make  it  of  two  thicknesses  of  unbleached 
muslin  with  a  sheet  of  wadding  between. 
This  gives  it  a  little  warmth,  while  it  is 
light  enough  to  wash  easily,  inexpensive 
and  the  red  cotton  on  the  unbleached 
muslin  is  very  pretty.  Linen  I  could  not 
buy  here  and  the  muslin  I  have.  E.  E.  s. 
Civfc  Us  Something  New  is  the  re¬ 
quest  that  comes  from  every  editor  in 
these  days.  But  where  can  we  find  it  ? 
Let  us  skip  away  from  the  hackneyed  old 
subjects  of  housekeeping  and  cookery  and 
hunt  something  fresh.  For  instance, 
take  up  the  study  of  mental  telepathy,  as 
demonstrated  by  the  English  Society  of 
Psychical  Research,  and  be  convinced 
that  the  strange  things  that  take  place 
around  you  are  not  mere  concidences,  but 
simply  the  effect  of  mind  acting  upon 
mind.  If  all  the  “Open  Eyes”  would 
give  us  their  experiences  in  this  line 
what  pages  of  interesting  matter  might 
ensue  !  h.  mac  d. 
Cleanliness  Not  Disinfectants. — 
I  am  glad  to  see  that  a  high  medical 
authority  (New  York  Medical  Record) 
confirms  my  opinion  of  the  usual  house¬ 
hold  disinfectants.  It  declares  that  sul¬ 
phate  of  iron  in  solution,  zinc  and  salt 
solution,  corrosive  sublimate  solution  and 
sulphur  fumigation  are  alike  valueless 
for  killing  disease  germs,  and  concludes 
that  “  heat,  lime,  soft  soap  and  water  are 
the  only  disinfectants  which  at  present 
quite  escape  modern  criticism.”  I  keep 
every  place  around  the  premises  clean  at 
all  seasons,  using  lime,  soap  and  hot 
water,  and  never  fear  epidemics  of  any 
kind,  though  I  have  two  small  children. 
I  cannot  bear  the  odor  of  chloride  of  lime, 
and  am  glad  it  is  not  necessary  in  any 
case.  MBS.  A.  A.  K. 
“Moral  Idiots.” — A  few  years  ago  I 
overheard  two  men  discussing  another 
who  had  just  been  divorced,  and  within 
a  week  married  a  younger  woman.  It 
appears  that  in  order  to  get  the  divorce  he 
had  made  his  wife  drunk  on  several  occas- 
sions.  One  man  said,  “  A.  is  worse  than 
unscrupulous;  he  is  a  moral  idiot.” 
This  expression  seemed  very  appropriate. 
And  ever  since  when  I  have  seen  women 
smiling  on  fast  men,  and  treating  with 
scorn  the  girls  who  have  fallen  through 
the  deceit  of  these  men,  I  always  won¬ 
der  why  so  many  women  are,  and  al¬ 
ways  will  be,  moral  idiots.  The  Mexi¬ 
cans  often  say  E  Dios  de  los  hombres, 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
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When  Baby  was  Blok,  we  gave  her  Castorla, 
When  she  was  a  Child,  she  cried  for  Castorla, 
When  ahe  became  Miss,  she  clung  to  Castorla, 
When  she  had  Children,  she  gave  them  Castorla 
pero  los  mujeres,  cuvlquiera  hombre  es 
Dios.  There  is  a  God  of  the  men,  but  for 
the  women,  any  man  is  their  god. 
For  Ironing  Day. — Use  a  wire  hair 
brush  to  put  in  order  the  fringes  of  table 
cloths  and  fine  towels.  It  is  effective 
and  less  wearing  on  the  articles  than  the 
usual  vigorous  flapping  iknow. 
Experience  with  Pyrethrum. — In  a 
recent  issue  of  The  R.  N.-Y.  among  the 
Brevities,  pyrethrum  was  mentioned  as 
a  fly  exterminator.  I  pasted  the  item  in 
my  note-book  so  that  I  might  obtain  the 
powder  when  I  went  to  the  druggist's. 
I  had  tried  “lotions  and  potions”  for 
these  little  pests — still  they  held  “the 
fort.”  When  the  flies  got  thick  enough 
I  used  it  as  directed  three  nights  in  suc¬ 
cession,  after  which  my  husband  said, 
“  What  has  become  of  all  the  flies?”  I 
said,  “What  becomes  of  all  the  pins?” 
but  added,  “pyrethrum!”  Never  be 
afraid  to  try  anything  stated  as  a  fact  in 
The  R.  N.-Y.  TGood  !— Eds.1  mbs.  peter. 
Soap  in  theChurn. — In  “Brevities 
in  The  R.  N.-Y.  of  September  10,  are  these 
questions :  “  Do  you  ever  use  soap  in  the 
churn  ?  Why  ?  ”  I  did  so  because  it 
had  been  used  for  so  many  generations 
before  me  that  I  supposed  there  was  no 
other  way  to  keep  a  churn  sweet  and 
clean,  until  we  were  asked  in  some  of  our 
papers  “How  do  you  keep  a  churn  clean.  ” 
I  told  my  way,  and  the  editor  explained 
his  way,  and  wished  me  to  try  it.  “Rinse 
with  cold  water,  then  with  hot — do  not 
put  a  cloth  or  brush  in  the  churn.”  I 
had  very  little  faith  in  the  recipe,  as 
there  was  so  little  work  about  it,  but 
after  several  weeks'  practice  I  pi-onounce 
it  a  success.  mrs.  feed.  c.  johnson. 
A  Way  to  have  Soup  Stock.  —  In 
small  families,  especially  on  farms,  the 
making  and  keeping  of  soup  stock  is  not 
an  easy  matter.  Few  such  families  have 
a  supply  of  bones  to  be  cooked  twice  a 
week  as  the  cook  books  tell  us  ;  but  I 
have  overcome  this  difficulty  by  taking 
waste  meat  and  bones  when  a  lamb,  pig 
or  beef  is  killed,  and  making  a  supply  of 
stock,  which  I  prepare  just  as  I  would  if 
I  were  to  use  it  soon,  then  it  is  strained 
into  pint  fruit  cans  and  allowed  to  cool. 
When  it  is  cold  and  stiff  like  jelly,  I  melt 
a  little  tallow  and  pour  a  half  inch  over 
the  top  filling  the  can  entirely,  then  I 
screw  down  the  top  and  set  away  in  a 
cool,  dark  place  to  be  used  as  needed.  I 
have  kept  it  for  seven  months. 
Cornhusk  Mats. — Take  the  inside 
husks,  color  red,  black  and  green — about 
a  peck  of  each — braid  the  same  as  rags 
into  strips,  sew  into  a  mat,  which  will  be 
very  durable  and  pretty,  much  lighter 
than  rag  ones,  while  it  does  not  catch 
so  much  dust.  For  a  lamp  mat,  take 
blue  and  gold  husks — gold  for  the  out 
edge — strip  up  fine,  and  crochet  in  plain 
stitch,  into  a  round  mat,  being  careful 
that  all  the  ends  are  on  one  side,  so  that, 
when  done,  it  will  be  quite  shaggy  on 
the  right  side.  To  make  a  parlor  mat 
stitch  a  mosquito  netting  of  the  size  of 
the  mat  desired  on  a  frame.  Take  husks 
that  have  been  stripped  up  fine;  run  them 
through  the  netting,  filling  each  square 
with  a  different  color;  or  as  many  colors 
as  desired.  Take  off  the  frame,  line  and 
fringe  all  around  with  red  yarn.  t.  g. 
Crinkled  Seersucker. -Crinkled seer¬ 
sucker  is  not  intended  to  be  ironed,  and 
does  not  look  so  well  ironed,  is  easily 
washed  and  wears  much  better  than 
print,  or,  in  my  experience,  than  common 
gingham.  Of  it  I  make  work  dresses 
and  also  what  we  country  people  call 
“afternoon  dresses,”  and  a  white  or 
cream  crinkled  seersucker  makes  a  cool 
and  pretty  picnic  dress.  The  white  goods 
also  answer  admirably  for  night-dresses 
which  can  be  made  as  plainly  or  trimmed 
as  elaborately  as  one  pleases.  I  intend 
to  make  a  set  of  summer  night  shirts  of 
it,  and,  if  they  are  a  success,  I  shall  ex¬ 
experiment  further  by  using  the  colored 
goods  for  men's  working  shirts,  in  place 
of  the  cotton  shirting — which  has  not 
good  wearing  qualities.  Both  the  white 
and  colored  goods  make  excellent  home 
dresses  for  children.  The  result  is  a 
much  smaller  ironing.  SAC  ROMAS. 
A  Cholera  Precaution. —  When 
cholera  invaded  this  country  in  '32  many 
were  panic-stricken  and  fled  from  their 
homes,  sometimes  leaving  the  dead  and 
dying  with  no  one  to  care  for  them. 
Elder  Wright  was  one  of  those  employed 
to  care  for  these  helpless  wretches,  and 
my  grandfather,  then  a  young  man,  was 
his  assistant.  In  regard  to  taking  care 
of  themselves,  the  medical  authorities 
advised  them  to  be  careful  as  to  diet  and 
cleanliness,  and  to  wear  tied  around  the 
neck,  and  next  to  the  skin  a  small  bag 
containing  camphor;  also  to  eat  a  piece 
the  size  of  a  pea  each  morning  before 
breakfast.  These  directions  were  faith¬ 
fully  followed  and  they  never  had  a  sick 
day,  although  caring  for  many  cholera 
victims.  J.  s. 
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