Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1886-06-26
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

lambrequins or scarf.
Silver Cake.-Half pound Of sugar,
quarter-pound each of flour, butter and
corn starch. whites of eight eggs, one
saltspoonful salt, one teaspoonful ex-
tract of bitter almonds.
Scotch Cake-Qne pound sngsr. half.
pound butter, two eggs, tablespoonful
cinnamon, one saltspoonful salt, one
pound flour, Roll very thin and bake
very brown in quick oven. ,-.-
Seed Cake-Half pound butter, three
/, quarters of a pound sugar, one table,
spoonful rosewater or two teaspocnfuls
esseno,e of lemon, one saltspoonful salt,
one pouno end half of flour, one table
spoonful caraw.y seed.
Rice Cake-Three-4uarters of pound
sugar, half-pound butter, beaten to a
cream; one pound rice flour and eight
eggs, added alternately, one saltspoon-
full salt. half nutmeg, grated, and one
teaspoonful essence of lemon or half
wineglassful wine.
New York Cookies-One teacupful
butter, three of sugar, four eggs. one
tablespoonful cinnamon, half teaspoon
full cloves, half nutmeg, grated, one
tablespoonful caraway seed. Flour
enough TO make a dough that can be
rolled out-but not stiff-saltspoonful
salt. II
Spanish Bun-One pound sugar, one
teacupful butter, four eggs, one quart
flour, one teacupful currants, one tea
spoonful salt, one small teaspoonful
soda, beaten well into one teacupful
sour cream, milk or buttermilk, added
last. Bake at once in shallow pans in
quick oven.
Sugar Congratulations pound but
ter, one pound and half sugar, five
eggs, one teacupful sour milk or cream,
three pounds flour. one teaspoonful
soda, beaten with the cream, half tea
cupful ginger, same of cinna-
mon, one teaspoonful each of cloves
and allspice, saltspoonful salt.
Gingerbread Loaf-One pound sugar,
three-quarters of pound butter, one
pint molasses, six eggs, two pounds
and half flour, one teacupful ginger,
one wineglassful rose water, one of
brandy, one teaspoonful soda, beaten
into the molasses, one saltspoonful
salt, one pound raisins, one pound cur
rants.
Jumbles-Half-pound butter, three
quarters of a pound sugar. two eggs,
one saltspoonful salt, half nutmeg
grated, one teaspoonful cinnamon, one
tablespoonful rose water, eight drops
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dy Gf you like) and one pound of flour.
and the same of flour is said to be an
improvement.
A Tooth Wash-The following is an
excellent wash for the teeth: Dissolve
two ounces of borax in three pounds
of boiling water and before it is cold
| ADJ one tablespoonful of spirits of
camphor and bottle for use. A table
spoonful of this. mixed with an equal
quantity of water, and applied daily
with soft brush, will preserve the
teeth, extirpate all tartarous adhesion,
arrest decay, and make the teeth pearly
white.
Portieres have proved to be boon
to many household. They can, with
graceful effect, curtain off the obstinate
end of hall, and are very useful in
flats, or where quarters are circum-
scribed. Besides, they furnish more
than is easily realized, except by ther
absence. There is "a real elegance and
refinement about even the simplesC OF
them. 1t is so much more. convenient
to draw portiere than it is to eir.o a
door, in case little privacy is desired.