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Geese tonight after this racket. Well, acorns are very good and they are fattening. 1 need to get as fat as l can If the winter is to be as long, hard and cold as some folks say it is"
 So Buster wasted no more time | thinking about a Goose he couldn't have, but patiently searched among l the leaves for fallen acorns. Buster
 is much too wise to fret over things | that might have been; he believes in making the most of things that are.
 Acorns were plentiful and a little | before it was time for jolly, round, red Mir. Sun to kick off his rosy blankets and begin his daily climb | up in the blue, blue sky, Buster had eaten all his stomach would hold. ] Now a full stomach makes for good ] nature. It was so with Buster. He ! thought of Honker the Goose and his flock, but it was no longer with any desire to have one of them to eat. | You see he was no longer hungry. and it is only when they are hun | gry that the big people of the Green Forest try to kill the smaller people. "I'l1 go over to Paddy's pond and pay friendly call OF Honker," nut ! ltItQ DuSItI. ne HRS the latest news from the Ear North and prob ably he knows iw it is true that the winter is likely to be long and cold
 So Buster turned back toward the | pond of Paddy the Beaver. Big as he is he can move very quietly when 1 he pleases. Now he moved along among the trees like great Black | Shadow He knew that after the fright Fowler the Bob Cat had given them, those Geese would be on guard an deasily frightened by any noise, however slight. So he took the greatest care to make no sound.
 A few feet back from the pond he stopped and sat up. All was peace ful. Out in the middle. of the pond he could see a black mass which he guessed was Honker's flock. Buster grinned.
 Wise birds! Wise birds!" thought he. "They are safe enough out there and they know it."
 Presently 1t began to grow lighter out on the water and almost at once a low gabbling began out there and Buster knew that the Geese were awake. He sat perfectly still, look ing for all the world like a great, black stump among the trees, and his small eyes twinkled as he watched the big birds make their toilet by shaving out and smoothing their feathers. It was fun to see and not be seen. And as he watched Buster had only the friendliest feel ings for Honker and his flock. Not once did he wish that he might have one of them to eat. That was be- cause his stomach was full of acorns. He wished no harm for those great hirds In fact he hoped that no harm would ever come to them. You see he was feeling very friendly.
 Copyright, 1921, by T. w. Burgess.)
 The next story: "A Misehievous Merry Little Breeze"
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RANDOM NOTES

Mrs. l.. r. Connely or Detrolt ia the guest of Mrs William M. Walker with whom she will spend the Christ mas holidays. Mrs. Comedy was for merly Miss Hattie Culiom.
 Mrs. Adolph Kind of Turin, Italy who was the guest of her sister, Mrs Frances Brown, has returned to Greensboro, where she is visiting her mother, Mrs. Adelaide Murphy.
 MT, and Mrs. Warner Shook and little daughter, Theresa, are guests at the Tutwiler for the month of De- cember. Later, while Dr.. and Mrs George Morrow are in Florida for the winter >they will occupy the Morrow home in Glen Iris park.
 Miss Susan Shook. who is in school at Holton Armes in Washington, and MT. Alfred Shook. who is at Boys Cathedral school. will spend the holi- days with their parents at the Tut wiler.
 Miss Jessie Webster of New York and Florida is the guest of Mrs. w. D. Webster on Cliff road.
 MT. J. R. Smith of Fayetteville Tenn, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Calvin Jones and Mir. Jones.
 Mrs. S. E. Greene, Miss Rosa Greene and MT. Sam Earle Greene have taken an apartment at the Newport.
 Mrs. c. J. Ketchum has gone to Louisville, Ky, to spend the Christ mas holidays with her parents, MT. and Mrs. H. D. Odom.
 
 Miss Dorothy Haywood of Worces- fer. Mass. who was the guest of MT. and Mrs. George Connors, has re-
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and others who have visited us lately have been shining examples of the kind We enjoy entertaining"
 Are women harder to please than men in the matter of food" l asked euriously.
 Men are much easier than women to please" Mir Bender declared quick ly. "A man hates to bother with menu card and will turn a dinner over to the maitre d'hotel and just leave it to us, while a woman loves to talk about the food and the prices especially the prices-and never wants to leave it to anyone else. That, I presume, is natural since women are the housekeepers and are sup~ posed to know more about ordering meals than men."
 Few men know really wha. to or der; they don't know what sort of vegetables go with certain meats; all they know is they want everything to be right when it is served, and if the maitre de'hotel can please mans palate in this matter then he makes his guest happy"
 What effect has prohibition had upon eating?" Mir. Bender repeated the question. Just this: formerly. when a cocktail was served-maybe two-before a meal people cared very little what they ate just so they had plenty of food and it was well prepared. Nowadays when there is no cocktail food is the all-absorbing subject; much more attention is paid to it than ever before, and men who used never to question what their luncheon would consist of now work and study over it like they never did before.
 "There is no place in the world where human nature can be studied more effectively than in a hotel cafe, for every type frequents it's doors
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To Relieve Catarrh, Catarrhal Deafness
 And Head Noises

Persons suffering from catarrhal deaf ness, or who growing hard of hear ing and have head noises will be glad to know that this distressing afflction can usually be successfully treated at home by an internal medicine that in many instances has effected complete relief after other treatments have failed. Suf- ferers who could scarcely hear have had their hearing restored to such an extent that the tick of a watch was plainly aud1- ble seven or eight inches away from either ear. Therefore. if you know of someone who is troubled with head noises or catarrhal deafness. cut out this for- mula and hand it to them and you may have been the means of saving some poor sufferer perhaps from .Otal deafness. The prescription can be prepared at home and is made as follows:
 Secure from your druggist 1 OF. Par mint double strength). Take this home and add to It F pint of hot water and a little granulated sugar; stir until dis solved. Take one tablespoonful four times day.
 Parmint is used in this way not only to reduce by tonic action the inflamma- tion and swelling in the Eustachian Tubes, and thus to equalize the air pres sure on the drum, but to correct any excess of secretions in the middle ear, and the results it gives .aN nearly all ways quick and effective.
 Every person who has catarrh in any form, or distressing rumbling. hissing sounds in their ears, should give this re- cipe a trial-Adv.
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ANDREW AND
 EWOGENE
By ROE FULKERsON

ny AhOb EOl4tA EfAA9ON i Goodness" said Imogene, looking over her bills from the department store. "I never owe these people all | that money in the world. Oh, l see 1 here it is. A S65 dress; that's what makes it so big.
 Do you mean that you buy things like that and have them charged on i your bill?" asked Andrew, drowning. T thought gave yod money for all the clothes you need, If there is anything on earth l dislike 1t is haY- 1 ing you run up big bills at the 1 stores.'
 q didn't get that dress, goosie," l laughed Imogene.
 Well" said Andrew, "let me have that bill and l will go past there on my way downtown m the morning and have them scratch it." l Don't do that" sad 1mogene. T did not get 1t, but 1 guess someone did"
 1 Someone" repeated Andrew, land you are going to pay it just because you think someone got it. You would rather I would lose the $65 than to have the store lose it? Is this the way yop handle money?" He was sputtering,
 No, no. goosie," laughed Imogens. q mean some of the gang got that dress"
 "Who Is this gang whose clothes I l am buying?" demanded Andrew. If l am leading double life and sup- porting two families 1 want to know it before the newspapers do at least
 But 1 do not mean that, Andrew ,' said Imogene, serious at last. "I mean some of the girls, my friends, you know, Kitty or Mary, or Sally or some of them. 1t was very likely one of them bought the dress and charged it to me.
 "I will call all of them up in the 1 morning and see who did 1t, and if IL happens it was none of them, then, of course, you can go down and have if , taken off the bill"
 Why in heavens name should we pay for those women's olothes?" de- handed Andrew.
 T never saw such a stupid per son." exclaimed Imogene. We don't pay for them. l simply loan them a | charge on my account.
 Women have to do that sometimes Andrew. You see some of them have been short this month and had all | the things charged they dare let their | husbands know about and they just had it charged to me and then when their bill comes in their husband will not make a fuss about heavy ex- penses and things like that.
 Then next month, when they get some extra money, they just come and pay me the $65.
 You see, it is perfectly fair. just like you men when you borrow SIG from each other"
 But where do you get off" asked Andrew. Do you pull this sort oi stuff on me, too? Do you buy things and have them charged to other women's accounts?"
 "Why mo-" said Imogene, a little indignantly.
 "rhen when the money comes ir from them what do you do with it?' asked Andrew, pleasantly.
 Why, nothing in particular" re. piled his wife.
 And I pay those monthly bills for you?" he asked. don't IF"
 Why certainly" said Imogene Who should pay my bills but you?,
 "Then don't you see that 1 did buS that dress, after all?" he asked.
 Why, Andrew, how could you b, so stupid?" replied his wife Did not explain to you that they alwayi pay me back?"
 But who pays me back?" he de manded.
 ''Why-er-why. never thought of that" faltered Imogene.
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the dyspeptic, the gourmand, the dainty eater, the epicure-and to ca- ter to all these and many more types of appetltes is an art, although to the usual observer it may seem very trifling.
 Tt has been my pleasure to be as- sociated with many hotel men, but l have never seen anyone who knows the hotel business from the ground up like the present manager of the Tutwiler MT Harry Halfacre.. He is all business. conducts his hotel on business principles and his carly training and wide experience it him admirably 10 make a success such as he has made of the Tutwiler.
 Many amusing incidents transpire in hotel cafe, and not a day passes but that something funny good enough for a moving picture, doesn't take place. Which reminds me that 1 heard an amusing story not long ago which Irwin $. Cobb might easily have incorporated in his Batting in Three Different Languages.' A lady of the nouveau riehe type who was try ing to show off her knowledge of French and her travels around the world, walked Into a cafe. and as the maitre dhotel handed her menu card she looked over the card, OH one side of which was printed the menu and on the other the .musica program. Finally. with her lorgnette she pointed to something on the card and, speaking to the maitre dhotel said:
 I'll have an order of this,' to which the maitre d'hotel quietly re- piled;
 "'sorry, madame. but the orchestra is playing that now.
 "she had made the mistake of or dering from the musical menu, in stead of the other
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CREW ESCAPES WHEN
 SUBMARINE SINK }

Bridgeport. Conn. December s The Lake submarine s-4S. sunk o;t this harbor last night and remain ] submerged for 12 hours before t.u. crew. by Tightening the ballast tanks raised ono end of the craft to the surface and escaped through the toe- pedo tubes.
 The submarine, according to mea gre information so far reaching th@ Lake Torpedoboat company, was un- der test off the Penfield Reef. when she was rammed and sunk by a tus She now lies in 70 feet of water, on end resting on the bottom and the bow, from which the crew got away above the water.
 The location is said to be fodr miles east of Penfield Reef.
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turned to Atlanta to resume her visit there.
 Mir. Jess Adkins is visiting rela- tives in Cincinnati
 Miss May Steiner of Montgomery is the guest of her sister. Mrs. E. M. Mason.
 Mir. Val Kolb will leave the early part of next week for a brief stay in New York.
 Friends of Mrs. W. G. Estes will be glad to learn that she is improving
 Miss Ruth Barton has returned to her home in Tuscaloosa after visit to friends in this city.
 Mrs. Frank Coleman is the guest of her parents, MT. and Mrs. Will Kilby in Anniston.
 Mrs. c. E. Busch is the guest of her aunt and uncle, MT. and Mrs. Will Roberts, in Selma.
 Governor and Mrs. Thomas E. Kilby are in. Washington, D. c.
 The friends of Mrs. Hugh Wilker- son will be glad to know that she is rapidly improving after recent ac- cident.
 Mrs. Ross Snider has recovered from a recent illness.
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CHARTER IS GRANTED
 NEW BANK AT MOBILE

Montgomery, December s.--(Spe- cial0-The State Savings bank of Mobile has been granted charter by the state banking department, ani will open for business Monday morn ing with paid-ln capital of $50. .001 and surplus of 5000 This an- nouncement was made today by II. II. Montgomery, state superintendent of banks. The institution will do a strictly savings bank business. J. B. Dortch is president; E. S. Wall, cashier, and W. II. Fitzpatrick, man ager of the bond department
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Beau5ZMsch
A Wonderful Beauty Aid

If your skin is blemished by freckles, pimples, dark blotches, Black and White Beauty Bleach and Black and White Soap will re- move them.
 Use according to the directions aAd your skin will be clear, soft
 ld -mooth.
 ki drug and department stores seA and guarantee Black and White Beauty Bleach, soc the pehage; Black and White Soap, 25e ghe cake. Write Dept. H, Plough, Memphis, Tenn, for your copy If the Birthday and Dream Book, and 1eaflet which tells all about Black and White toilet prep arations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-09
MONTGOMERY NAMED
 KEENER'S SUCCESSOR

Montgomery, December S.-(Spe- cial.)-W II. Montgomery of Annis- ton has been appointed office assist ant in the state banking department as the successor of c. R. Keener, who resigned to become vice president of a bank in Mobile. Mir. Montgomery assumed his new duties today. He is brother of H. II. Montgomery, state superintendent of banks.
 Mir. Montgomery is an ex-service man and was trained with the en- gineers of the Thirty-seventh Ohio division at Camp Sheridan, here. He was in much of the hard fighting in France and was gassed in action.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-09
BURGESS BED-
 TIME STORIES
BUSTER BEARS RETURN The gentle art of sitting still Is Just matter of the will.
 -Bustcr Benr.
ny THoRNToN w. suRGEss

Buster Bear, on the hill back of the pond of Paddy the Beaver, had heard Fowler the Bob Cat when he had lost his temper and had screeched his dis appointment at missing one of the flock of Honker the Goose. Buster had ohuckled.
 "Yowler is in bad temper" thought he. What silly thing to tell every body about 1t. When 1 fail or am disappointed I keep 1t to myself. but Cats are silly things any way. am sorry Fowler didn't catch one of those Geese. because I had quite made up my mind of dining on it myself, and now I'll have to go with out. 1t is disappointment, a great disappointment Fowler must have been in too much of hurry." You remember that Buster had planned to take that Goose away from Yowler If the latter had been successful
 My, my, myr' he continued. Just hear that Cat spit and snarli wonder just what happened over there. One thing is sure, and this is that no one will get one of those
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- PLAN HOMECOMING DAY

Gadsden. December S.-(Special.)- Sunday is homecoming day for the people of Whites chapel and the peo- pie of the neighborhood have pre- pared splendid program and every man, woman and child who has ever lived in that sectionsand moved away is expected+to be there on Sunday and participate in the days festivi- ties. A big spread dinner is being prepared and a great time is ex- pected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-09
HOG CHOLERA RAGING

Gadsden, December S.-(Special)- The farmers of Marshall county who were in Gadsden today report that the farmers of that county have been losing hogs at a rapid rate the past 10 days from cholera. The weather has been so warm that no hogs have been killed and now that cholera comes along the farmers are sec ing their next years supply of meat vanishing. The men who were here today state that preventives are be- ing used and it is hoped to save some of the hogs, and that If cold weather would only come the hogs could be killed and the meat saved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-09
MORE TRUTH
 THAN POETRY
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE

PRONUNCIATION I've read with avid eagerness
 How able men succeeded, For l was certain that success Was what I sorely needed. Said l, These brilliant men have won A place in fame's high inches So l will do as they have done And thereby gain great riches. I'll lay aside my poets quill, I'll scrap my pipe and tabor And learn how people climb the hill Without the aid of labor. The only way that I can find
 To do the same, at present. Is working with the hands or mind. And both are most unpleasant" Alas! each man whose life I read Proclaimed with vulgar ardor That he has forged his way ahead By always working harder. They all had burned the midnight oil. Urged on by fierce ambition; They all, through bitter, wearing
 toll,
 Had gained their high position. Alas againl swiftly grew
 Worn out, and spent and jaded Because I tried, week or two, To do the things that they did. I do not think I'll gain success, I'm lame, and halt, and wheezy; I'm going to give it up-unless l find some way that's easy
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coMnINEp KNIFE AND SAW

A saw blade attached to the back of a butcher knife should prove a very useful arrangement, says the Popular Mechanics Magazine in an illustrated article. The saw blade Is slightly thicker than the knife, to prevent binding, and has curved slots at either end. by which 1t can be securely drawn against the knife.
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ExAMIyATIoN ANNOUNCED

Persons seeking position as gov ernment chauffeurs may take exami- nations in Birmingham December 30. according to the local civil service examiners. Applicants are required to furnish a photograph taken within the past two years.
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HER SHARE

Anyway, we will have to give Ger many credit for scrapping the Hohen- zollerns. Copyright, 1921, by the Bell Syndi-
 cate, Inc.)
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AND THEY WILL CHOOSE

-1N4FI0 T Ff7I T " II1I1 S~IfV7N1tJII
 The gum provision in the tax bill shows that people csn dodge a part of their taxes if they chews.
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GOOD NEWS

A man aged 99 says we can all live 100 years if we try. This will enable us to catch up with the re- ports of the disarmament conference.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-05-18
MRS. JOHN w1LBERN
Lamont Leader,

Mrs. Christina Wilbern was born
August 80, 1S47, in Guetzhagen, Ger
many, and died Sunday evening, May
1, 1921. at the age OF Is years and
s months, on the old farm south Of
Dundee. She was baptized and brought
up In the Lutheran faith OF the old
country.
She was married to Mr.. John VIII
bern, and this union was blessed with
eight children, all of whom are now
living: Mrs. Sophia burns of Ger
many; Mrs. Lena Deeres Of Apple
ton, Mimi; Mrs. Augusta Robinson of
Cedar Rapids; Mrs. Norris OF Man
chester; Mrs. Ida White of Thorpe;
Mrs. Anna Zemanek Of Dundee; Mrs.
Emma Cook of Chicago; Mrs. Rhodes
OF Littleport, Iowa; and their only
son, Paul, who was staying on the
farm with his parents.
They came to America in the year
1884 and settled near Littleport, Iowa.
From there they moved to Manches-
ter, Iowa, and then to the farm south
of Dundee, where they lived to the
present day. Being brought up In the
Lutheran faith, Mrs. Wilbern Joined
this congregation about a year ago,
and has been an active member since.
She leaves to mourn her loss her hus-
band, her eight children, eighteen
and seven great-grand
children. May she rest in peace.
Funeral services were held on last
Wednesday, May 4th, from the Luth-
eran church in Dundee, Rev. Mueller
of Lamont officiating.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-05-18

Mr.. and Mrs.@O. o. Smith Of Cof-
fins Grove township are the parents
Of daughter. born Sunday, May 18th.
The Ladies Kensington OF the
Congregational Church will meet with
Mrs. Fred B. Blair, on Wednesday,
May 25th. Mrs. Blair will be assisted
by Mrs. g. j. Boardway and Mrs. H.
B. Atwater.
The heirs OF the late Margaret
Barr sold the brick residence on the
corner OF Franklin and Butler streets
to Harrison Tate OF Dundee, who
contemplates moving to Manchester
in the fall.
This section of Iowa was visited
by a heavy frost Sunday night, and
much damage was done to growing
vegetation. Potatoes and other tender
vegetation was frozen to the ground.
except in the high spots.
Tho next regular meeting OF the
Manchester Commercial Club will be-
held at Keckler's restaurant on Mon
day evening, May 23rd. A number Of
important items of business are sched-
uled for the meeting.
One Of the most brilliant displays
Of Northern Lights was visible from
this section OF the globe last Satur-
day night. Weather observers in VAR
fous cities report damage to telegraph
and telephone lines as a result OF the
electrical phenomenon.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-05-18
couldn,t usa il

A New York pickpocket stole
clergyman's sermon, but afterwards
returned the manuscript. The only
religious thing thief cares for is the
collection. Boston Transcript. i.