The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-03-30

SNOW CAKE.-Two cups sugar, one cup
butter, one and a half cups Of flour, one and
u half cups of comstarch, one and ahalf cuPi
sweet milk, whites of eight eggs, three large
te~sspoonfuls of baking powder. Stir the
butter to q cream, and then gradually add
the flour. Add sugar as for frosting, and put
in the last thing before baking.
CREAM CAKE.-A lady in the Inter-oceaI
says she has used the following recipe fol
thirty years, and can vouch for its perfec
ton Take u pint Of water, and one-half lb
Of butter boil together and stir In while
boiling th~reefourths of q pound Of flour, theI
pour in a dish and stir in nine eggs, one at {
time; when oil are in, add one teaspoonfu
Of water; drop on tins and bake in q quicl
oven they should be well baked, or theI
may fall after taking them from the oven
for the filling take a quart Of milk, thicker
with four eggs, one cup Of -four and two o.
sugar; flavor with lemon; let the cakes stans
till they are cool, then fill them.
EVERY TIME CAKE half cup sugar.
one-half cup molosses, one-half cup SOU
milk, one egg, butter size Of egg, one CUP
chopped raisins spice to taste.
AMMONIA, more commonly known as splr-
Is of hartshorn, is n powerful alkali and dis
,olves grease and dirt with great ease. It is
Eery useful for domestic use. For washing
aint, put n tablespoonful into q quart Of
warm water, dip in n flannel cloth, and then
wipe off the wood work.
OF animal food, beef, mutton, and ~venison
ire the best meats for weak stomachs, for
;hough young meats are more tender, they
IRE less digestible than old ones. Soup and
proth are not so digestible as properlydressed
old meat.
INK OUT OF SNOWFLAKE CLoTH.-Soak
he spots well with fresh milk, remove all
hat is possible; then with lemon juice and
,lenty of salt, bleach the rest out In the
un.
To MAKE THE SKIN SMOOTH Use a
easpoonful Of powdered borax every morn
ng in the basin of water when washing the
ace or hands, also use it when taking n
Nth.
| GOLDEN HAIR.-The only safe way to
iress golden hair, and to prevent its turning
larker, is to use no oil or patent mixtures OF
my kind; wash it frequently, at least twice
, week never use soap OF ony kind, use
.resh eggs instead; rub hemwell in the hair,
whites and yolks, then rinse it out in warm
water made softwith powdered borax; brush
t frequently to make it glossy.
REMEDY FOR FELoN.-Take the root OF
he plant known as dragon root, Jack-in-the-
ulpit, or Indian turnip, either green or dry;
rate about one half a teaspoonful into four
ablespoonfuls Of sweet milk; simmer gently
few minutes, then thicken with bread
crumbs, and apply as hot as possible. This
IAN be heated again two or three times, add
ny a little milk each time. If the felon is
ust starting this will drve it back; if some
that advanced. will draw it out quickly and
reutly. 1t is well to put a little tallow on
he p~oultice, especially after opening, to pre-
yent sticking. This same poultice il good for
.arbuncle or any other rising.
REMEDY FOR WHooPISG COUGH. MAX
syrup of prickly pear (0puntta U'a0drn),
md drink freely. Take about three moder-
,te sized leaves of the pricklypear to a quart
# cold water; cut up in pieces n boil
,ln,yly about half an hour, strain out all the
\, ickles through close muslin or linen, sweet
IN with white sugar, and boil a little longer.
4 safe and sure cure, and 30 pleasant to the
.,stn that infants will taxi it with a relish.
n is also good for u cold that settles in the
,hroat or lungs. This species Of cactus grows
n rocky'and sandy places, or is grown In the
gardens.
BROWN. STONE FRONT CAKE.-one cup
mi sugar. two cupfuls flour, two eggs, two
,h;rds cupful milk, one-half cupful butter.
me teaspoonful seafoam; take half the cake
and bake in a square tin CRATE a cake OF
chocolate in the remaining half, with the
,oiks Of two z make an icing withwhites,
| and mt il between the two cakes, having the
chocolate cake for the top.