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the: RURAL* NEW-YORKER 
March 5, 
Shingles. 
One of our friends recently remarked 
that patches of an eruption, almost like 
fever sores, had appeared a little above 
her waist; also, that she must have 
taken cold, as she had such acute pain 
that she began to think of pleurisy, only 
she didn’t cough. We said “Shingles,” 
and told her to go to a doctor, who con¬ 
firmed our diagnosis. The mention of 
shingles usually provokes a smile; few 
people realize that it exists as a painful 
ailment—which is as a rule the result 
of weakness, shock, or occasionally the 
symptom of some deeply seated disease. 
The usual symptoms of shingles (Herpes 
zoster of the doctors) are general ma¬ 
laise,' slight fever, and- vague neuralgic 
pains in the side or other parts, fol¬ 
lowed, in two or three days, by the erup¬ 
tion, which consists o'f minute ' yellow; 
blebs, which dry up in a few days, form¬ 
ing «a scab, like ah- o'rdinary fever sore. 
Ordinarily the eruption soon heals, but 
skunk, coons and minks, the furs bring¬ 
ing him $50 one Winter. Besides this 
he went to school in town, over a mile 
away, and always helped his,father with 
the chores and milking. He had a pony 
to ride to his traps and to school. “I 
tell you it keeps me busy in the morning 
to see my traps, do chores, eat breakfast 
and get to school on time, but I do it all 
right.” That boy has a chance in the 
world; his father does not do as too 
many fathers have a habit of doing, 
take a share, if not all, of the boy’s 
earnings until he is of age. He is en¬ 
couraged to go on. I know there is a 
vast difference in boys about spending 
what they earn, but this boy had a shift¬ 
less father, whose life seemed to be only 
to live „as he went,' the boy- having more 
of his mother’s disposition of getting 
ahead in the world and saving.. That 
father, however, has one grand quality; 
it is not only John’s calf, but his cow, or 
steer, to do with as he sees fit. 
I was much interested in Mrs. E. C. 
in'very severe cases; c as in old people, it 
mav leave ulcers . that are healed with . Mp^bn’s article,- page 993 of The R. 
difficulty.- Shingles mav be caused "by ; N - Y : 1 can.-tell ,her that rag carpets 
weakness 'resulting', from other illness, \M& mgs are dll the style now, particu- 
by overwork, , exposure, acute mental ! arI >; 1,1 the West 1 heard of one 
anxiety, or any other cause-that lowers 
strength and vitality. In any'case, com¬ 
petent medical care is needed to reach 
the underlying cause. The neuralgic 
pain sometimes persists for some time 
after the eruption is cured, returning at 
intervals whenever the patient is chilled 
or overfatigued. On the whole, no one 
who has ever suffered from shingles has 
any reason to regard the ailment as a 
joke. The name shingles is a corruption 
of the word cingulum, a girdle. 
in the city made o-f rags with a border 
woven, the center being hit-and-miss, 
and the bolder all brown and red, the 
warp dark red. It was for a dining room 
in one of the fine houses of the town. 
Personally I do not like rag carpets to 
sweep or take up; they are so heavy, 
but they have a homey look, and are 
very durable. When they get faded and 
soiled they look worse than other kinds. 
Patchwork quilts also are fashionable 
once more. But I see no good in having 
dozens of them' stacked away, as I know 
of people who have. Little girls learned 
to sew on “quilt pieces” when I was 
young. There was six-patch and nine- 
patch. Some were sewn over and over, 
and how proud we were when the quilt 
was finished and mother had a “quilt¬ 
ing” and told that it was my work, and 
it was put cn my bed to sleep under the 
first night. Very few children are 
taught these things now; or at least I 
have seen but little of it in later years 
This is being taught in the schools now 
to some extent. mrs. f. c. Johnson. 
Peach Jelly. —Mrs. M. D. asks for a 
recipe to make peach jelly, that will 
“jell.” Mine is beautiful, cuts like any 
other. I took parings and all of the 
peach stones, with a few pieces of peach, 
cooking it longer than usual. a. p. 
Notes From Nebraska. 
While calling on a lady in town who 
recently moved from the farm, I asked 
how she liked town life. “Not at all; I 
really believe I am homesick. I try 
not to be, for my husband likes it, and 
his business is good, but ah, dear, it is 
so different! I feel cooped up. The 
only thing about it better than where 
we lived on the farm is that the children 
are close to school, and we have good 
teachers, but it is ho place to bring up 
children.” While'she was speaking her 
three little girls came in from school 
with a sack of candy. “That is the way; 
every penny they get goes for candy or 
gunf. When on the farm they kept their 
money, and when we went to town we 
got them candy or fruit, and they were 
happy in keeping their money until 
Christmas, or to spend it for something 
that would do them good.” The chil¬ 
dren, however, were delighted with town 
life. If their life on the farm had been 
a little different I doubt if the change 
would 'have pleased them so much. § 
Being over two miles to school, they 
went very little, and having no children 
close by to play with, they had to make® 
their own little world. They had a good 
home, an organ and phonograph, but 
it was society they lacked. 
Another instance, the reverse of this,;?? 
comes to my mind. Our little niece, 12 
years old, *who has always lived in town ji 
or city, said to me when I told her there 
was a little girl moved in our neighbor¬ 
hood now, so when she came to see us 
she would have some one to play with: 
“I do not want any little girls to play 
with. I just want the horses and Molly.” 
(Molly is our Jersey calf that is a great 
pet with us all.) The joy of her life 
is to be on the farm, and if she marries 
it will be to a farmer, she often says. 
A young boy of 15 worked for a few 
weeks for a man near us two years ago, 
and he was one of the most enthusiastic 
farmers I ever knew. Every spare 
moment he would come to our house 
and look over books, papers and cata¬ 
logues we had on farming; asking ques¬ 
tions, and was so eager to learn. He 
told me he had over $200 in the bank 
of his own earnings. In Winter he set 
over 30 traps along the river bank, and 
caught great numbers of water mink, 
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