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e Favorite dish in mexico Hot Tamales Worth Introduction Into American Kitchens?How They 8hould Bo Made. The Mexican recipe (or making hot tamales ta to cook one or two chickens until tender. Remove all meat from the bone, shred It In the chopping machine and add to It the liquor in which the chicken has been cooked. This is seasoned with any desired condiments, especially red popper, and thickened with cornmeal. The rolls are about the size ot link sausages and they are wrapped In the Inner husks of green corn. Tie the husks with strings at each end and boll them for three hours. It is best to taste the preparation before adding meal to note whether it is rich or needs more seasoning, allowing for the meal to be added, which Will take up the sharp flavor. To make tamale pie, take ox\? pound of hamburg steak or left-over meat cut fine, add one level cupful of seeded raisins, one dozen stoned olives, salt, pepper and red pepper to taste. Stew until tender and thicken with one tablespoonful of cornmeal. Then stir one and one-half cupfuls of -cornmeal into boiling salted wateif^dd one tablespoonful of shortening and cool to the consistency of mush. Line a buttered baking dish with about two-thirds of this mixture, pour in the meat, cover with the remaining mixture and bake for one-half hour. FOSSIL FOREST IN AMERICA Yellowstone Park Contains One of the Most Remarkable of Natural Curiosities. Remarkable fossil forests exist In Yellowstone park, the most remarkable, it Is believed, of the several fossil forests which have been discovered ?there are others in Egypt, in California and in Arizona?because in the Yellowstone most of the trees were entombed in their original upright position and not found recumbent and scattered about the ground. In Arizona, for instance, the fossilized trunks have evidently been carried a long distance from where they originally grew. In the Yellowstone the trees now stand where they grew, and where they are entombed by the outpouring of various volcanic materials. Now as the softer rocks surrounding them are gradually worn away they are left standing erect on the steep hillsides Just as they stood when they were living: in fact, it is difficult at a little distance to distinguish some of these fossil trunks from the lichencovered stumps of kindred living species. Such an aggregation of fossil trunks is therefore well entitled to be called a true fossil forest. It should not be supposed, however, that these trees still retain their limbs and smaller branches, for the mass of fuiumit uinicnai lulling on I tie HI stripped them down to bare, upright trunks. Words in English Language. The English language is constantly j growing and almost every person's vocabulary changes from year to year. ; The first edition of Webster's diction-1 ary, two quarto volumes, published in 1828, contained 70,000 words and this number was increased by several thousand in the second edition of I Webster's dictionary in 1840. An edi- j tion of 1890 contained 175,000 words and the latest edition has more than 00,000. Many of these are technical, scientific, or for other reasons restricted to limited use, Dut neverthe- i less they are words. Obviously an ' educated man has a larger vocabulary, ' or command of words, than an unedu-1 cated one and a professional writer or public speaker needs more than a day laborer. Shakespeare had a vocabu lary of about 15,000 words, but some that he used are now obsolete, while a large number of now ones have been added. Milton used about 8,000 words. It is not likely that any public speak er ever uses more than a few thousand words or the average citizen or man on the street more than a few biindred. Legend of Belgian Lacemakera. Once upon a time there was a girl, t a dark-eyed Venetian girl, who bad a Dover?all Venetian girls had, once upon a time. She was a lacemakcr, he was a sailor; and one day when he, had just returned from the Indian seas ane snowea him the lace she had been making. Thereupon he tossed into her 1 lap __a wonderfully delicate piece of cornl and told her it was lace the mer-1 maids wove in their caves deep under j the sea. And when he had gone again she set; herself to weave her bridal veil; after1 the pattern of the coral sho wove. Filmy seaweed. Iluted shells, tiny seahorses and starfish grew under her hand until at last th?. veil was finished and it was time for her lover to return. This is a real stoif, so?he came hack, and they were married, she in the veil it had pleased her fancy to make., Whether the wedding was a quiet one j or not, all Venice heard of the veil.: Queens and princesses sought her out j and "point do Venise" became the rage.?Vogue. ? ??? ? '* To Drive Out Mu'arla And Build Up The System Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONJC. You ki.ow what you are taking, as the formula is printed on every label, lowing it io Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form, i The Quinine drives out malaria, the ' Iron builds up *,be system. SO cents MMHg The Rayo Lights LikeaGasJet TO light the Rayo lamp you don't have to remove the shade or the chim- < ney. Just lift the gallery and touch a match. It is just as P easy to light as a gas burner and it requires A little effort to keep it clean. Rsyo ; Lamps " are the modern t] lamps for the farm. ? Simple in design? f< yet an ornament to \ J any room in the n I house. ? b Use Aladdin Security d Oil or Diamond v White Oil to obtain best results in Oil I o Stoves, Lamps and J Heatm. I I a The Rayo is only one of 8 our many products that are o known in the household c j and on the farm for their 11 quality and economy. i 1 w Ask for them by name and p you are sure of satisfaction. v I . Standard Household Lubricant i Matchless Liquid vi Gloss Standard Hand Separator Oil 8] Parowax ci Eureka Harness Oil Mice Axle Grease ^ If your dealer does not , have them, write to our c< nearest station. ! 8< S rANDARD Oil. COMPANY tC (N?w JtrMj) BALTIMORE E Waahington, D. C. Charlotte. N. C. Norfolk, W.Va. Charlcatoo. W.Va. D Richmond. Va. Charlcatoo. & G. Weeping Trees. One of the wonders of plant life Is the weeping tree of the Canary d. Islands. It 1b of the laurel family, and rains down a copious shower of water drops from its tufted foliage. This water is often collected at the foot n) of the tree and forms a kind of pond, T from which the inhabitants of the (J] neighborhood 'can supply themselves with a beverage that is absolutely fresh and pure. . p{ The water comes out of the tree itself through innumerable little porea UJ situated at the margin of the leaves. It issues from the plant as vapor during the daytime, when the heat is suf- u flciently great to preserve it in that ^ condition; but in the evening, when pi the temperature has lowered very ..? much, a considerable quantity of it is w exuded in the form of liquid drops that collect near the edges of the p] leaves until '.hese members so bend R( down that the tears tumble off on the ground below in a veritable shower. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Ia Take Grove's T The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless jr chill Tonic i9 equally valuable as a General Tonic because It contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE r( end IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood on<l e: Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. c.l b FOR CHILDREN'S COUGH. si You cannot use anything betterj h for your child's cough and cold than J a Dr. King's New Discovery. It is pre CJ nared from Pine Tar mixed with heal- , ing and soothlne balsams. It does: ' not contain anyhing harmful and Is. dightly laxative, just enough to expel the poisons from the system. Dr. n King's New Discovery is antiseptic-<CH the cold germs?raises tha plegra?loosens the cough and soothes the Irritation Don't put off treatment. Coughs and Colds oft? n | v' 'end to serious lung troubles. It is i lino goon for adults and the ag'd. I *' let a bottle today. All Druggists. I J tl< The ttulnlne Ti flr?? Hot AWoct Ihe Her* llrcauae ol I'll- hi I laxative elfe? t. t.AXA ' ' TIVK BKOMOCH .VI it better th*n o linnry i f'i Quinine and doe* nut cause nervouao< a* r i q|< ringing in head. Remember the full name and . look fur the signature of K. W. GROVli. 25c. 18 THE l^CAJj'TKRNfewW. | Doctors and t$. Lawyers || :: Tj We print neat prolessional cards. We print neat letterheads. We print neat billheads. Call on Us and $3 We'll Prove It S 'EARL HAS FAMOUS HISTORY IXX .mono Other Thlnoe. i* I* *h? oihm* Object Used for Adornment 4&4A of the Parson. . X A The pearl is the only gem needing &? ot the hand of man to bring to peraction, and history affords ample vldenee of the Intense fascination It j j as exercised upon the people of every ge. The pearl Is the oldest object of ersonal adornment. ^ 1 Indian mythology often speaks of + j? le pearl, attributing its discovery to le god Vishnu, who Is aid to have aused It to be drawn from the ocean ir his daughter Pandala. The rec- ' ^ f rds of the Babylonians, Egyptians, 1 'erslans and Romans also contain lany references to the gem. The wife j f Emperor Caligula, for an ordinary 1 t j etrothal feast, is said to have ecked herself with pearls to the alue of $1,000,000; and Jultus Caesar resented Serv'.lla. the mother of Bru- ! J <E us. with a specimen valued at $250,-!*^*? 00. VV Philip II of Spain paid $200,000 for single pearl known as "Peregrlna." , ? t was found In riunma. was pearhaped and weighed 134 carats. An- | ther king of Spain?Philip IV?pur- | hased a pearl of Indian origin weigh- t I lg 126 carats. ! The largest pearl known Is that hlch was once the property of Henry AA hilip Hope. Cylindrical In form. It Is wo Inches long, four and a half ^ f idles In circumference at one end V^ nd three and a half Inches at the ther. It weighs 1,800 grains and Is JL JT alued at $:i00,00rt. Jg JL It Is known that the beauty of the atural pearl sometimes proves eva- ?*?e*t escent. To retain its shimmering A ^ plendor it needs air and light. Acids X in affect pearls, and emanations oin the human skin can, it is conmded, destroy the precious luster, hlch, onco gone, cannot be recov- 1 ^ red. Sometimes, too, owing to their imparatlve softness, pearls become ?*n5? matched and thus a source of anxiety their owners. 1 1 TV FFECT THAT WAS LASTING TV TT umas Had Ready Explanation of the Presence of Sleepy Ones in Audience. X X ? X? The elder Dumas was celebrated for s never-failing repartee in every- .?? ?& iy conversation. In Illustration there j X ay be cited the following: One evening he attended a theater Paris with a literary colleague, wit- ^ ssing a play written by the latter. X X he author of "Monte Crlsto" noticed VV lat one of the audience in the parlet had gone to sleep during the perfinance, He nudged his friend, 1 X >inting to the sleeper, and whispered: j ^ Jr "Is that the effect your plays have >on some people?" Soon after the same couple went to , ie same theater on an evening when , ^ ^ play by Dumas was being produced. : gain there was a man asleep in the irquet. "Look," said Dumas' friend, it the result of your dramatic orks." "Why, my dear fellow," wai the rey. "that's the same man we saw Z X sleep here the other night. He la not wake yet." Allowance for Your Child. A child may be given a small regu- && r allowance for his own use. ? X hrough this he may learn the Joy of umediate indulgence of trifling hints; or he may learn to expend his J4J4 ^sources with discrimination; or he XX lay learn tho advantages of deferring VV Kpendltures for more favorable purbasing, says a wr.ter in the Pittaurgh Dispatch. Tho child's claim tQ i X uch an allowance can be Justified to ia mind on exactly the same ground s his claim to food and clothing and ^4^4 ther material and immaterial wealth 1 X X hared in the home. He gets these lings not as a reward of merit, but lrough his status as a dependent > lember of a household. ! i X ITT 1?H. BELL'S PINE-T.XH-HONEY rur your tu. i, lor your cougn, lor j . ir f -.erlnh throat, nose and head,. Jk Jfc Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey, Honey I y f lotlies the irritation. Pine-Tar cuts ie phlegm, thus relieving conges:>n. Pine Tar also acts as an anti- ? t pt'c, as a result general relief folws. Breathing becomes easier and r*her Inflammation Is arrested. In n 01 Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey. It nn ideal treatment. Price 26c. I ' LI Jl J IW M l.TTrppT^rTWinTWTFj^i ij'11,1 I amp! FEBRUARY !!, I5lC " ' S?, i .1 !> ?%? *$* <%?<%? <$> $ <$> $?<$> ? ???<%? ? < I 5.0 / tO ' )A FAMI How Many Trade Wi There are about families in Lancast The Lancaster f the homes of mor | four hundred of th< I ? Mr. Act * You can send yo these twenty-four h through the columi caster News cheap had a government1 See us about a or any size contn space. Our Job Dep{ "On Tht TV Lanes Ney jrf M oolfl IIFQ II Li 1 Li ij ||: Z X x x*v ith You? |? it five Thousand <|**|? er County. !**!* ^ews goes into *?X e than twenty- || ise families. XX irertiser ? >ur message 'to III iundred families ?Y is of the Lan yjr, sr than if you Y% PostalPermit. year's contract, II act for any size XX irtment is XX i Job" II le jj ister || I ft I vs I? it III