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MOUNT AIRY.

The ladies of 'St. James Guild" will
hold q "Silver Tea" at the home OF
Mrs. W. r. Rudy on December 31st,
from to o'clock in the afternoon
and from z to at night A musical
and literary program will be rendered
and dainty refreshments served free
of charge. The ladies are making
every effort to make the Tea a success
and a cordial invitation is extended to
everyone to come and bring their
| friends. There will be a silver offer
ing at the door.
There will be meeting OF "St.
James Guild at the home of Mrs. j.
Fl. Kahn, Wednesday, December 20, at
p. m. This will be very important
meeting, and the attendance OF every
member is desired.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Long, of Harris
vile, spent Tuesday and Wednesday
Of this week with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. Carver, Of Mt. Airy.
We are glad to report Miss Belle
Runkles as having fully recovered
from a severe attack of indigestion.
c. ID. Canada, who had been acting
as agent for Rudy az Burdette i'm the
sewing machine business, has resign
ed and returned to his home in Vir-
ginia.
The Mt. Airy Lumber e. Grain Co.,
will have their new 75-barrel flour
mill completed and expect to be run
ming regularly on January End. They
will do a general exchange trade. as
well as ship largely to Baltimore. The
plant is thoroughly up-to-date, and is
considered one Of the best milling
outfits in the State. A 10000 bushel
grain elevator adjoins the mill.
W. D. Snyder, who for four years,
was a faithful and popular salesman
in the dry goods emporium OF c.
Sponseller is now with Rudy &c Rout-
zahn.
From the quantity and great assort-
ment Of toys and Xmas goods on ex-
hibition at Rudy G. Routzahn's Drug
store, one would conclude that "old
Santa" had made it his headquarters.
". 3. Keller, with that ever pleas
ant smile and fatherly tone, is now
acting as Santa" at the Drug store,
where the children are all invited to
visit him.
Mr.. @. Sponseller has moved into hiG
new and up-to-date home, on East
Man street.
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WEST FALLS.

All seem to be enjoying the fine
Sleighing, but the roads are very
dangerous to travel on with a smooth
shod horse.
Leonard LoWman and wife spent
Sunday with his mother, a. LOWman.
Florence Gartrell, who has been i'm
Baltimore, for quite a while, returned
home last week to spend the holidays.
Sylvia Lowman and mother called
ON Edward Shipley and family on
Sunday afternoon.
Eddie CLANCY is confined to his bed
with typhoid fever.
West Falls Sabbath school will hold
their Christmas entertainment on
Monday night, December rs, beginning
at 7.30 o'clock. A special program is
being prepared.
Sunday school Sunday morning at
$50. Preaching at 1890.
Hello, my dear friends, it has been
long time since I have written to
the paper, but please excuse me, as it
was not my fault.
Mrs. Neal Brashear called on Mrs.
Guy CLANCY on Sunday.
Mrs. John Baumgardner called on
Mrs. A. Baumgardner on Sunday.
Our young sports are enjoying this
fine coasting and sleighing.
Most of our people are through
butchering.
R. Fl. Alexander and wife, of fancy
town, called on friends Saturday last
Masqueraders, don't forget your
horns Saturday night, and don't for
get to come this way, as we will join
your band.
Our farmers filled their ice houses
the past week.
May Long called On Dora Gartrell
Thursday OF last week.
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"Farmhand" Who COurted Country
Bellies Discovered TO be Woman.

Middleport, N. y, Nov. Sailing
from an apple tree and injuring
his" back, James Dean" who had
been employed asa farm laborer by
3. NJ. Bell, OF Alabama township, was
forced to admit that "he" was girl,
and had been masQuerading as man
since last May nat fHn7d afMa 1
Dean, or Miss Olive Meeker, as her
name really IL, left her home, which
she made with her married sister at
East Syracuse, early in May, and dur
ing the summer months employed at
the assembly, grounds at ChatauQuR
as boy waiter. Leaving there nc the
close Of the season. she hired out to
Mr.. Bell about the first or September
and with i've other men mad done her
share of the apple picking. No one
suspected that she was a. woman. Ar
The physician who was called to
attend her when she Tell from an ap-
pie tree discovered her secret and
told cir Bel. Then the whole story
came out 80 ss.a.l saa 8& ~NaM
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UNIONTOWN DISTRICT.

Friends of Rev. L. F. Murray and
family surprised them with large
donation on Tuesday evening.
Harry Baughman, of Gettysburg
Theological Seminary, will preach at
Baust Church, Sunday at 10 a. m, and
in Uniontown Lutheran Church at 7.30
%. IN.
Miss Anna McMann, who had been
visiting Mrs. Thomas Mering, return
ed home on Tuesday.
A very pretty wedding occurred at
the home of MIR. and Mrs. Frank
Bowersox on Thursday evening at z
o'clock, when Miss Rhoda Bowersox,
Of Uniontown, and Mr.. Raymond Day
hoff, of Linwood, were united i'm mar
rage by the brides brother, Mr.. Dix
on Bowersox, Of the Gettysburg Theo-
logical Seminary, assisted by Rev. G..
w. Baughman. The attendants were
Miss DEM Sittig and Orville Bower
sox. Miss Hadie Messler, of Linwood,
played the wedding march, and Henry
Sittig sang softly during the cere-
mony "Oh, Promise Me-" Misses Mary
Baughman and RENE Heck received
the guests.
Mrs. VIM. Graham and children are
visiting Mrs. Oscar Crumpacker and
family.
The remains Of Mrs. Louis Rowe
were brought here for burial on Tues
day. Funeral services were held i'm
the Bethel by Rev. T.. F. Murray. In
terment in the Hill Cemetery. She
was the daughter Of the late Moses
and Iantha Hollenberry, and was an
invalid for a long time, but was able
to attend her mothers funeral a week
ago. She died in her 53rd year and
is survived by her husband, three
daughters and one son.
Program for Week of Prayer SER
vices, January l to 8. Sunday, Mon
day and Tuesday evenings, Lutheran
Church; Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, Bethel; Saturday and Sun
day, WI. p. Church.
Mrs. Julia Englar and Miss Marie
Englar, of Clear Ridge, are spending
the winter with Dr. Jesse Englar and
family.
Mrs. Robert Davidson, of Hamp-
stead, spent few days this week with
her sister, Mrs. Guy Segafoose and
family.
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SANDYVILLE,

VIM. r. Westaway has returned
home after visiting the Shilling Bros,
of Baltimore.
Wilson Zepp and wife spent Satur-
day and Sunday with Frank Glover
and family, at Medford
?. 0. Bortner and wife were guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Shilling Sun
day last.
Sandymount NJ. p. Church will give
Christmas cantata on Monday even-
Ing, December 26, entitled "Santa's
substitute. Come and enjoy the even
ing with us.
Nearly all our citizens have their ice
houses filled with fine ice.
Miss Mira Shilling, who has been
on the sick list, IL improving.
William LeiSter, who Is sick with
pneumonia, is improving under the
care OF Dr.. FoutZ, Of Westminster.
John Vogt' slaughtered % hogs
on Tuesday last. The weights are a.
follows: Thirteen February hogs,
352, 361, 351, 357, $50, 354, 351. 367'
362, 397, 384, 399 and 46O, and II June
pigs, 1S4, 1877, 179, 1S1, 1874, 100 186,
186, 1S4, 191, 189 and 172, one beef
765. Raymond Stonesifer did the kill
ing.
George Barnhart butchered for the
following people: John Slorp, three,
276, 276 and 270; Murray Shreeve,
four, 1900; Noah Arbaugh, four, 1860;
Ruth Flater, two, $50; William Tan
ner. i've. HOO; Albert Hoff, nine
200; Mrs. Conaway, three, 615; e.
Ill Shipley, four, 7421z; Annie Flater
five, 1850; George Barnhart, two, $50
John M. Blizzard, three, $50; jacob
Caple, four, 400; Thomas Shilling
three, S75; Mrs. VIM. p Shilling, two
$40, and Walter Robertson, one, go
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BENNERSVTLLE.

a Merry Christmas and Hapr
New Year to all.
Charles Roger, wife and SON spent
Sunday with Noah wv. Miller and
family.
Keener Bankard and family, Sam
uel Bare and family and Miss Irene
Bare spent Sunday evening with
Walter Snader and family.
Our school will close Friday for the
Christmas holidays. The school viii
give a. entertainment in the after
noon.
Mrs. Henry Benner still remains on
the sick List. NF'NMnaMHaN EM
Wm. Jones and wife, Luther Uter-
mahlen and daughter, Of Bark Hill;
Mrs. Mary Babylon and little Miss
Ruthanna, spent Sunday with Samuel
Gilbert and family. @Aaana@M RaA
- Homer uM . WarAhiman killed Mani two
hogs on Monday, weighing 262 and
l921 pounds. yE
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b. b. Gochnauer, Fanquier Co.. Va. writes:-"I
have used your Square Deal Chick Starter with
excellent results Have lost less chicks since feed
ing than ever before"
PREVENTS DIARRHOEA.
Chas. S. Grason, Baltimore Co. Nd, writes:-''I
have found by actual comparison that Bolgianog
'Squar-Deal Cjicj Starter has a great advantage
over NIL prominent foods on the market IL does not
give the Baby Chicks Diarrhoea.''
WITHOUT AN EQUAL.
MFR. G. L. Jensen. of Atlanta Co, NJ. j.. on Oct.
9th, 1870 writes as follows.--'I want to state
that your three grades of Poultry Food. Chick
Starter, Developing Food stands without equal
to-day. They are perfect mixtures. and sound in
grain and pleasure to handle
BEST HE EVER PURCHASED.
ELI q. Griest, Cessn. Pa, writes:-- Your Square
Deal'Scratch or Poultry Food is the best ever
purchased at any price. have no trouble to sell
it. MY customers like i"
SQUARE DEAL.
Chick Starter. Chick Food, Scratch Food,
LIST weeks. 5to10weeks. Makes Hens Lay.
DON'T BE FOOLED.
III your local merchants dosen't sell Square
Deal Foods, drop us postal we win tell you who
does Send us &c i'm stamps, to pay the postage
and mention the name Of this paper, we will send
YOU package each OF Pansy. Nasturtium. Asters.
den and Flower Seed and Poultry Supply Cata-
y. BOLGIANO e SON,
Seed Growers, Importers, Manufacturers
Four Generations 81 Unbroken Success.
.sy WV BALTIMORE, .4a-Ts- MD. E%
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4 STONERSYILLE.

WY The Christmas services viii be held
by &c. Benjamin's Lutheran Sunday
school Sunday morning. In the after
noon st. Benjamin's Reformed Sunday
school will have their Christmas ser
vices. NAh 4
m George =. Marker attended the fu-
neral Of his uncle, Mr.. Belt, at Union
Mills, on Tuesday. N -
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hesson and
daughters Ruthanna and Gladys, of
Bachman's Valley, spent Friday even
Ing with Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Hesson.
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GREENWOOD.

The ladies in this vicinity are busy
baking cakes for Christmas. The
children are busy writing letters to
Santa Claus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Babylon visit
ed friends in Baltimore the past week.
Edgar Burial and wife spent Tues
day at John Burall's.
Mrs. James Robertson spent Tues
day at I'D. x. Gilbert's.
Mrs. Annie Copenhaver and daugh-
ter Mary spent a few days with Ed
Gilbert and family.
Wesley Warehime and family en-
tertained on Friday night Noah Baby
lon and wife, Ed. Gilbert and family
Miss Ruthanna Babylon, Chas. Mitten
MIR. Arnold, David Harris, Paul Ware
hime and Homer Warehime. The
evening was very pleasantly spent In
playing various games and MAKING
baffy. AT Ill O'Clock refreshments
were served consisting OF cake, ap.
pies, taffy, lemonade and coffee. At
late hour all departed for theil
homes wishing Mr.. Warehime and
family a Merry Christmas and Y Han.
nv New Year. Nny@ uM
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PATAPSCO.

Patansco M. =. Church will give ar
Xmas entertainment Tuesday even.
ing, December 9th. III the weather
should be unfavorable, 1t will be held
the next clear evening. raaauam4 7'
Miss Carrie =. Green spent Satur.
day and Sunday with Mrs. G.. r.
Chew.
Miss Ruth Chew spent last Sunday
in Baltimore. I
The community deeply regrets thu
death OIL Mrs. IL. "a. Rowe, who liveg
iin our town for several years. a'l
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A.L.ESIA.

VI w ~
Miss Katie Snyder, of near here,
visited relatives il Baltimore the past
week. #.y
Mr. and Mrs. Charles III. Spicer
spent Tuesday fl Baltimore.
Charles p. Henry, OF Baltimore,
visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.
T. Henry, of near here, last week.
Don't forget the oyster supper that
will be- held here next week We ex-
pect Ait to be = record breaker. S
HILL. Newman, of York, Pa., expects
to cut ice ON the large dam near here,
with large force Of men next week.
Jacob Folk, the Oldest resident OF
this place, .is very LII at this writing.
Some OF our public roads have NOT
a. vet been opened. liz is hard work
to get over them with sled, much
less with a buggy OF wagon. Wonder
Nlf there VIII ~ VI reduction In our
road tax next year?
Merry Xmas tU all. F@ NM 4aM4Rf4
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ELEcTION NOTICE.

W A meeting of the Stockholders OF the
Smallwood Land and Improvement As
ISOLATION, to elect Seven Directors. will
be held at Smallwood, Nd, O. MON
DAY. JANUARY 16, 1911, between The
hours of i and Q r.. H.p rss4Ezs g 4s
5afi WILLIAM HOFFMAN, President
HOWELL DArIsySec AZ IEeaay dee23 -
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Hog 'Veights.

Frederick Richter, Fenby, Eve, 366,
9332, 329. 293 and $40, total 1850; John
Nelson, SmallwoUd, one, SOL. Elmer.
Beaver. John street, WIN three, 535si 372
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posts, but that depends on local con-
ditions-the timber supply, the de-
posits Of sand, gravel, and rock, and
the skill of the workman. If manu-
factured as usual and cured for three
months concrete posts are as good
as the best wooden posts. After three
years wooden posts possess only 1-3
to IL of their original strength, where
as concretet grows stronger with age
and needs no repairs as neither wealth
er nor fire Injuries it. Under ordinary
circumstances concrete posts will last
forever; and even If in the course of
years few should be broken by un-
usual strain, it is cheaper to replace
them than to replace an entire fence
Of decayed posts with material with
the same lack of durability.
Concrete posts are attractive in ap-
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was cheap at the price of a church
carpet. ! received less qualification
and less gratitude-when l presented
the new silver communion set to St
Barnabas.
l had a great many things to think
about in those days. / made list of
questions and possible answers, but
I seemed only to be working around
in a circle. 1 always ended where ]
began. The list was something like
this:
Who had entered the house the night
before the murder?
Thomas claimed it was Mr. Bailey,
whom he had seen on the foot-path, and
who owned the pearl cuff-link
Why did Arnold Armstrong come back
after he had left the house the night he
was killed?
No answer. Was it on the mission
Louise had mentioned?
Who admitted him?
Gertrude said she had locked the east
entry. There was no key on the dead
man or in the door. He must have been
admitted from within.
Who had been locked in the clothes
chute?
Some one unfamiliar with the house.
evidently. Only two people missing from
the household, Rosie and Gertrude Rosie
had been at the lodge. Therefore-but
was it Gertrude? Might it not have been
the mysterious intruder again?
Who had accosted Rosie on the drive =?
Again-perhaps the nightly visitor. 1t
seemed more likely some one who sus-
pected a secret at the lodge. Was Lou
ise under surveillance?
Who had passed Louise on the circular
staircase?
Could it have been Thomas? The key
to the east entry made this a possibil-
ity. But why was he there, If it were
indeed he?
Who had made the hole in the trunk
room wall?
1t was not vandalism. 1t had been done
quietly, and with deliberate purpose. If
/ had only known how to read the DUR
pose of that gaping aperture what 1
might have saved in anxiety and mental
strain
Why had Louise left her people and
come home to hide at the lodge?
There was no answer, as yet, to this
or to the next questions.
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CONCRETE FENCE POSTS
ARE MOST SUBSTANTIAL
Ordinary They Will Last Forever as
her Nor Fire Injuries Them
EasiI Made Home

is lighter, less cumbersome to handle.
and gives the post neater finish and
any shape desired. Where the appear
be preferred to wooden.
Wooden molds good enough for
ordinary demands are very easily
made. White pine is the best wood
for this purpose, but at the same time
1t Is the most expensive. Cheaper
kinds of lumber, which are easy to
work with. may be used. Molds made
sides. form neater posts. but lighter
lumber may be used, If the forms are
well braced
In imitation of the manner in which
tree trunks grow. concrete posts are
usually made tapering in size from
butt to top. While this method may
add a little to the appearance of the
post and effect a slight saving in con-
crete, this saving is largely Offset by
the additional cost of the carpenters
work and the lumber used in making
the molds. Theoretically, the taper
ing post has better design than the
one with straight sides, but for ordi-
nary use one is as good as the other.
In making these molds, dressed
lumber, planed from the rough, should
be used. The proper dimensions for
rough timber are 1 or inches thick
and 4, 6, 8, 10 or IL inches wide; for
dressed lumber they are 7s or 15s
inches thick and 35s. SIS, 71a, 91a, or
liz inches wide.
Concrete has tendency to stick to
either steel or wood. In order to
yield a smooth finish to the post, It Is
customary to give the inside of the
molds coating of oil. Soft soap or
crude oils used sparingly serve the
purpose we'll. Too much oil will de-
stroy the setting qualities of the ce-
ment and will give a face roughened
with pockmarks. A small amount of
oil, poured into pail of water and ap-
piled with mop or stiff broom In
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pearance because of their uniform size
and color, and can be made either
square, triangular, or round, either
straight or tapering towards the top.
They can be purchased from dealers
or made at home.
Hollow posts require about four
pounds less of concrete than solid
posts which considerably reduces the
cost
Molds for concrete line posts are
made of both steel and wood, and are
built for single posts, or in "sets" or
gangs In deciding the size of the
top and bottom of the post, and con-
sequently Of the mold, one should take
into consideration the nature of the
ground in which the post will be set.
A very loose soil requires a post with
larger ends and wider sides or a
greater length for deeper setting In
the ground.
The purchaser will find many pat
ented steel molds on the market. 1t
is advisable to buy form simple in
its general shape, for in such a mold
the reinforcing can be placed more
exactly where it belongs. Steel has
some advantages over wood, since it
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SCIENCE in
RAISING GEESE
GoSIinGs Raised An Breeders Have
Tend eucy to Stray off
Goose Mother VIII Keep
FLOCK Together.

In speaking from personal expert
ence Of raising geese 1 would say 1t
is a science just as well as any kind
Of poultry raising l have tried, says
a writer in Poultry Journal. Letting
the geese raise themselves according
to their own nature l have found that
they will do some very silly things:
for instance, stand by their mother
and drown in a rainstorm when the
old goose would gladly shelter them
Geese always do best with a goose
mother for me, but they must be kept
out Of the rain as water is fatal to
them. Not until they are about six
weeks old can they stand much of it.
/ have raised goslings in brooders
and would do this altogether were
it not for their tendencies to stray OF.
A goose mother will keep her brood
together, but when the goslings have
no mother they win separate and
sometimes stray great way from
home and be unable to find their way
back. Last spring had a small rat
proof house built especially for rails
ing geese. The mother goose is con-
fined with her family at night and On
rainy days. Next spring intend put
ting . brooder in ttis house and
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OF Thomas funeral in the village, and
Alex and / were in the conservatory
cutting flowers for the old mans cas-
ket. Lddy is never so happy as when
she Is making herself wretched, and
now her mouth dropped while her eyes
were triumphant.
i always said there were plenty of
things going on here, right under our
noses, that we couldn't see," she said.
holding out her apron.
Il don't see with my nose," 1 re-
marked. What have you got there ?"
Liddy pushed aside a half dozen
geranium pots, and in the space thus
cleared she dumped the contents of
her apron-a handful of tiny bits of
paper. Alex had stepped back, but /
saw him watching her curiously.
wait a moment, Liddy," 1 said.
You have been going through the
library paper-basket again!"
Liddy was arranging her bits of pa
per with the skill of long practice and
paid no attention.
Did it ever occur to you," 1 went
on, putting my hand over the scraps,
that when people tear up their cor
respondence it is for the express pur-
pose of keeping it from being read?"
"lf they wasn't ashamed of it they
wouldn't take so much trouble, Miss
Rachel" Liddy said oracularly More
than that, with things happening every
day, l consider it my duty. If you
don't read and act on this, shall give
it to that Jameson, and I'll venture
he'll not go back to the city to-day"
That decided me. If the scraps had
anything to do with the mystery Or
binary conventions had no value. So
Liddy arranged the scraps, like work
ing out one of the puzzle pictures chill
dren play with, and she did it with
much the same eagerness. When it
was finished she stepped aside while
l read it.
"Wednesday night, nine o'clock.
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Bridge" l read aloud. Then. aware
OF Alexis stare, 1 turned on Liddy.
Some one is to play bridge to-
night at nine o'clock" said. 'Is that
your business, or mine?"
Liddy was aggrieved. She was
about to reply when 1 scooped up the
pieces and left the conservatory.
Now then" 1 said, when we got
outside, will you tell me why you
choose to take Alex into your con-
fidence? He's no fool. Do you sun.
pose he thinks any one in this house
Is going to play bridge tonight at
nine o'clock. by appointment! 1 SUD-
pose you have shown it in the kitchen.
and instead of my being able to slim
down to the bridge tonight quietly.
and see who is there, the whole house
hold will be going in a procession"
Nobody knows it," Liddy said hum
bly,. I found it in the basket in Miss
Gertrude's dressing room. Look at the
Dack OF the sheet" turned over some
| OF the scraps, and, sure enough. it
was a blank deposit slip from the
OoAA was going
to meet Jack Bailey that night by the
bridge! And 1 had thought he was
Ill! 1t hardly seemed like the action
OF an innocent man-this avoidance of
daylight, and of his fiancee's people
l decided to make certain, however.
by going to the bridge that night
After luncheon Mr. Jameson sig.
gested that go with him to Richfield.
and I consented
Il am inclined to place more faith
in DR.. Stewards story" he said, since
found that scrap in old Thomas.
pocket 1t bears out the statement
that the woman with the child. and
the woman who Quarreled with Arm.
strong, are the same It looks as if
Thomas had stumbled on to some af-
fair which was more or less discred-
liable to the dead man, and, with a
certain loyalty to the family, had kent
1t to himself. Then. you see. your
story about the woman at the card.
room window begins to mean some
thing. 1t 10 the nearest approach to