South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-05-01
Former and Hosssexecpcr.

Farmer and H0slsekecper.
PiAIx TEA CAKs.- Two cups of siit-
Cd nour. one tablespoonful msltei but.
ter. one egg we'll mixed with cup OF
milk. one tsaspeontul Of soda and ono
teaspoeufal Of cream Of tartar dissolved
in hot water. Instsad Of the soda and
cream Of tartar, one and half tea.
spooufols Of baking powder sifsed With
the dosr nay ~ sssa.) Nix we'll AMI
bake ia mufhn slnys for twenty min
u,es in very Nos oven.
GIS0ER COoKiEs.>-Thc best ginger
cookies that ever tasted had in plsea
Of the usual cup ~ water cup OF sweet
milk. This gave lightness to the
cakes that water cannot give. The
tesnsle Coz. .thsss is: Two cups OF
New Orleans mola.ses. ore cup OF
sugar. one cup Of sweet milk, half q
cup Of lard. one teaspconful eacL OF
ginger aud OF soda. one tsaspoonful Of
salt. The lard. instead OF being melt
OF. should b. rubbed with the flour the
Same As for pie.crust.. Exchange.
Delicious SAUCE ron PUDDING
Upon two yolks we'll bssten eggs add
one.haif pint scaidcd milk; return to
the saucepan till Il comes to q custard.
When cool add the whites of tho eggs
beaten stin with cup OF white sugar
(pulverized) and tablespoon OF vanills,
or season 20 your fancy. When the
whites and sugar are addc d stir vigor-
ossly.
WATER PouSp CAKE...One pound OF
d our. one pound sugar. one half pound
OF butter. four eggs, and one cup of
warm water. Use prepared -four. or
put into tho -four before sitting 1t two
even teaspoonfuls Of any good baking
powder. The cup Of water must bo
quite warm. but not really hot. Beat
eggs separately.
Cur THIS OUr.-The New York Sun
republishes the formula OF it's 'Cholera
Mixture and In view of the fact that
1t 10 not improbable that that dread die.
ease may visit this country the coming
summer, we advise our readers TO cut
it out and put II where It can be readily
referred TO II needed: Take equal
parts Of tnctute Of cayenne, tincture Of
opium, tincturo Of rhubarb. essence OF
peppermint, ind spirits Of c,mphor.
Mix we'll. Dose, fifteen TO thirty drops
in o wine glass of water, according to
age and violence Of the attack. Re-
peat every fifteen or twenty minutes
until relief 10 obtained
A few drops Of ammonia In a cup Of
warm rain.watcr, carefully applied, will
remove spots FROM paintings and chro-
mos.
A writer in Boston paper claims
that pure red clover blossoms made
into strong tea and drunk freely every
day, will cure any case Of rheumatism
in short time.
A Wisconsin farmer ciairis TO baYe
found sure cure for potato bugs. H,s
plan IS to put one or two dax seeds in
each hull oil potatoes. He says that the
bugs will stun !. every time. and for
ten years he has thus been succs ss.ul
ia growing potatoes.
IMPROVING ToE-NAILs.--A this is a
very painful maiady, /. may be ". rth a
great deal to some OF our many readers
10 say that the trouble is not with the
nail, but with the flesh. which gets
pushed upon IL. thereby becoming in.
hamed, and the Inflammation and
swelling are kept up by the presence or
the nail, which then acts as foreign
body. 10 cure II, take tho neig hboring
toe which, by the way, is really the Of
fsnder.-ans with it press tho swollen
flesh down and away from the nail.
then bind the two firmly together With
adhesive strips. which may be had at
any drug store. IL the strips &c. loose
and the flesh slips up on the pail again.
rssdjust the toes and put on fresh
plaster until the flesh rehabituAles
itself to its former place. This is the
only rational treatment. Let sufferers
try II.
A Western farmer who tried what
sras sss nssurs for WHEAT reports that
the eject Of an application OF enc ton
OF bran 10 the acre vas equal 10 tbst
obtainsd from the usual application OF
. mixture OF boas dust, guaoc, line s5d
wood ashes. and the difference In yield
ct crops that received bran as compared
With those not so treated vas very
great.