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New-York tribune., 1903-05-03
Japanese Fesffval Of Flags.

cotton paper they are perfectly prop9rtonedd Td
with Fish qgs ns 5 fT9% n and at
feel as they look up at their ridgepoe and
able to count one. two. perhaps three or Iour' OF
air, for that advertises to all the world that they
have that number Of sons IN In the fanny mi Tow zbons
Even the small villages have their toy bazaars ana
al are Important institutions business starts up
about two weeks before the feast OF nags E IN ne
with stalls for the sale of boys toys. and the
and his votaries to live on until March, when the
feast Of little dolls comes round again I'll. g.
the feast of flags military toys The military
ranks * high in AND to to die de 6F the
Emperor is the height of a young mans amDitiGn on
Emperor as here they talk about being President
SO The special toys for the feast Of hag5 have
to Hachiman. the Japanese god Of war, Inere 7 are
and soldiers OF every arm OF the serVlce,n aerH
cavalry, artillery and marine. Genn OF strenstIn
the legendary history Of the country, are favortes
while the munitions and equipments OF d panners tns
Bought for t each son born in the family AS they
are handed down from one generation to another
the display in old and wealthy family is often
Besides the military emblems and toys a sppTo6i pro-
Iate to the day there hers are b apanese boy has
more kinds Of tops, for instance, than any other
the object Of each player being to damage his
adversary's top TO make 1t stop spinning t0pS ops
ironclad by having a heavy iron ring arouno 'heHi
japanese boys play ''Puss in the corner and
Prisoners base" only ''puss" is represented Dy an
evil spirit -, .Aoro
II the military toys and the paper fish pail there
IS end to the street amuSements Whcn Hens can @ pe
depended on to entertain. Children in Japan nave
their own street theatriCals in which twenty
or twenty four trained boys and girls play AS a
rule they present comedies. Then there are hute
players song singers story telters, dancers con-
tortionists and conjurers. who make their appel.
childrens 1t IL FOR the benent OF
children that the fire eater rolls ms glowing
balls over his arms and eXtingushes them in his
mouth; that the with the magic winning
birds his prodigies to float In long, narrow
dish OF water that the jelly man exhibits MS imp,
Il drum and dances, and that the vendors
of sugared peas candy, Sweetened beans and other
Japanese delcacies parade the streets with their
wares
All over Japan Tuesday the feast OF flags Will
be honored sometimes deliberately il this
house. sometimes humbly. All over Japan little
boys will playing soldier and making great
hulabaioo. And the little girls Will play with their
dolls and keep quiet. and think wistrully OF the
long year that must elapse before their turn comes
again.
fifth all to themselves.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03

PART VI.
BILLY AND NANNY GET INTO MISCHIEF.

Billy had been with the fremen about month
when one day he heard them talking about q pro-
cession they going to be in. that all the fire
engines. hosecarts and hook and ladder companies
were TO in the parade, and that the horses were
10 have their hoofs glded and wear collars OF
roses, and that he. Billy. was TO have his horns
and hoofs gilded also and wear 4 rose collar and
frernen who was TO wear red shirt, black trousers
and high patent leather boots. and his freman's s
hat with . visor.
When Billy heard this he said, I won't march
in their old procession. and make circus OF my
self I'll run away first" But he did not get
chance
When the morning Of the day OF the procession
came Billy watched the firemen polish the brass of
The engine and trim it with garlands Of flowers tet
with bright colored ribbons; but when they began
10 gid the horses hoofs Of them said 10 him:
Tt will be your next. Billy: We are going
10 give YOU scrubbng in the tub until your hair
IS as shiny silk, and then We are going
TO gid your long horns and tie blue ribbons on
them and put the handsonest wreath of pink
roses We can find round your neck My! but you
will look fine. Billy. And expect you TO behave
and walk a dignifed manner for the fire marshal
is going 10 give you gold medal 10 wear round
vo1lr neck for saving the babys life
1t is very nice Of them 30 give me medal"
thought Billy. land they have been good TO me;
hut don't like being scrubbed and dressed up
Ike a clown: besides. I getting tired OF town
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03
DIAMONDS
WILD FLOWER AWARD

OF the specimens of early ssxtfraSc
that have reached The Tribune Office durtns
the last three weeks. the one sent by otis ~
Angeil. No. t37 PRrk-ave.. Orange. v j. ~
by fnr the finest. and 10 him must go the
hook offered n. prize The Hftle men ard
women who live ia Orange must be Nrr'
fond @ the pretty little white SaxffruGe- 1ec
pressed plant sent nv Alice Hubert. or '"-
II Met Chesney-st-. Ora Se. il very Gttrac'tN.
md neatly mounted, hut the one awnrde
the prize - framed under glass. ara "
really n beautiful piece of work. The iFio-
une q. much pleased indeed with the ""I
its little men and omen are dotnG ." u"
Wild flower line.
The specimens hepatica from hoi
keeIer. scarsdaIe. y. v. seem the best NJ
that have beeu receIN cd show care ana nv
precIatfon OF the fittie flower friends IN '.
way they mounted. but Edna kecaSf
blossoms and leaves HFe nearly perAe
and srtisticnIis mcsated fant the p''A
must go to them.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03

goat ever heard Of" said Nanny. IF you want
y0g 's have y9u to get t sS 70 nave H. 10 matter 40"
5 aed and rb bdtsre9 Ss pd6c6rh 8e6 ySg oS
would have it If you had to hook all five of those
we will 90 over near the lake. so when they go
into the water We can go through their clothes.
cacy in the shape of popcorn"
Billy and Nanny soon arrived at the bank OF the
lake where the boys had gone in swimming, and
behind clump OF bushes they found the boys
clothes,
Billy lost no time in smelling out the bag of pop
corn. but, alas! when found it was empty, Billy
Vent his spleen on the clothes that were lying
fhT1wing' a coat I'M in the air on his horns two
nice red apples rolled of one Of the pockets.
eat the other he felt u little less angry and COM
menced to smell around for something else equally
Al this time they could hear the boys shouting ig
Chief that Was being done to their clothes for
they could not see the goats through the bushes
oh Billy. come here called Nanny, and see
what have found. 1t smells awfuly good but L
don't know what 1t can pe.o,,,a- be-, ,ho oo,+ MO-
nOunced the good smell to come from q piece Oh
sgeTGFSSo' So von on I1e knoW? W 's asked Nanny
We'll, l guess if you had eaten as many pieces
name. When I lived at Mr.. Wagners, his boys
used to give it TO me often =. ,4 - +,,o -oo,,o,
now that it Was found Billy threw the coat up in
& a m eoad bhR ii * o Bat the aa %
not fall out, so when the coat turned wrong side
ali, forgetting to save any for Nanny u,-.. ,o,,
oh Nanny forgive. me: forgot TO CIV give yGI Sid
some and you found it; but don't care. Tor IL dld
not taste very good, and l felt something hard go
down my throat. and l think ] must have swaI-
lowed a jackknife also.
Here is something good, Nanny white shirt
with starched cuffs. You take one sleeve and l
will take the other, and 1 know you will like the
starchy taste"
TIE goats were standing there. each chewing on
4 cuff when they heard the boys coming, and II
happened that they botn heard the noise at the
same time but turned III opposite directions.
which tore the shirt from top to bottom; and when
the bows first saw the goats they We're ScampeT-
ing off with pieces of shirt waving from their
mouths.
The bows started after them. but the rough
ground the goats running over hurt the
bows feet so they had to give up and content
Themselves with throwing stones at the two run
awayS.
When the BOYS went what damage had
been done they found boy minus a pair of
trousers another a shirt and all the rest had lost
their collars and cuffs to say nothing Of the
pockets that Were missing.
ITO be continuedD
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03
HOW A CAT ADOPTED SQUIRRELS

The story is told of a cats care for two young
squirrels that shows how helpless babyhood appeals
to even fOur-fOoted mothers The old squirrel 1t
seems. always had to be kept out Of Calcos way
for never cat fonder Of squirrel meat than was
this old black and white and yellow Calico.
As soon her families of kittens. that appeared
two or three times year grew old enough to eat
meat she would roam the woods and fields in search
of young rabbits squirrels. and tree was too
tall for her to climb In search of dainty meal
When the tame squirrel, whose lifelong and bitter
enemy Calico had been. died in the early spring
leaving two tiny babies. with eyes not Yet open,
was supposed of course. that they. too would have
to die. way could be found to feed them. IT
was suggested at last. however that as Calico had
four small, eyeless kittens. she might possibly be
persuaded to take the orphans. At any rate. it
worth trying. the squirrels might we'll be eaten
as starve to death. So two of CalicOs children were
lifted from their bed and put in hat the table.
Their mother looked concerned they left her but
borrowed before While Calico was not looking the
two young squirrels were substituted for the kittens
in the hat.
Presently she began to idget and new for the
missing Kittens At last, they did come
back TO her, she leaped out of her basket and
made for the hat where the hungry squirrels were
crawling about. When she them she started
back in surprise. Her missing kittens were three
these dull gray things before her She shifted
about them and the squirrel smell made the pupils
did not attempt to eat them. however but was
backing away from them with rather fierce ex-
of the squirrels whmpered-a genuine universal
baby whmper-as much like kitten like any
and whatever else these things they were
babies and they were hungry. She took them ten
deposited them beside her two remaining children
in the basket they called home, and began to feed
a anT waSn men nfa me SQUIRRELS are sleek
with their pranks-
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03
PRIMITIVE TRAVEL.

In Madeira the common public conveyance. or
..cab'' is basket like affair wooden runners
furnished with a canopy or curtains and drawn
bv oxen that make a record of mile and half. or
at the most two miles. an hour. The wheeled We
hicles on the island that they are
brought out only fete days curiosities. The
reason this scarcity of wheels is that the hills
are too steep TO make their safe and vet ii Is
so hot that one quickly tires in walking The thick
white dust makes travelling runners almost
smooth through snow. but for long journey a.
hammock is generally preferred This is slUng
between poles which rest on the shoulders OF
cuar natives. who think nothing of carrying their
burden for fifteen twenty miles
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03
MOI In kINGLY GARS.

A recently returned traveller who was received
by Emperor Meneik of Aoyssins describes mis-
majesty seated in a small state chair with
gayIy coIored carpet at his feet He wore white
trousers brown checked socks and very large
patent leather shoes without lacings- 4 long flow
ing coat of yellow striped green silk enveloped
his body and over this q black satin. gold en-
broidered burnous with pink lined hood His
head was bound with fine white muslin above
which lowered A broad brimmed straw hat. over
laid with gold leaf and trimmed with sapphires and
rTbies In his left ear sparkled a cut damC nd
stud A red silk umbrella. heavily embroidered
and fringed with gold protected the royal head
from he rays of he sun.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03

This is the month to which little Japanese boys
look forward longingy all through the other eleven
months Of the calendar. There are many festivals
in the Japanese year-O, wistaria and cherry bios
som festivals and a New Years festival not TO
mention the birthday festival which every one has
of his own and great many special days religions
and patriotic, which there is not time even to
mention. In May comes the festival of the little
boy when gifts showered upon him and every
thing is done for his pleasure That is why he
spends a good part of bis time talking about the
last festival of flags as it is called and planning
what he will do when it comes round again
Japan is such queer and yet lovely country to
live in! If happens TO be born girl, there is
the annual festival of the little dolls. when the
girls have things all their way, with splendid
old and beautiful dolls, with toys and parties
and tea drinking. If. on the other hand, one IS
born a boy, why, there is the annual festival of
flags when Hachiman, the god of war. is honored,
and boys have their innings. The girls day comes
the third day of the third month-that is to say
on March g. the boys have theirs on the fifth day
Of the fifth month. or May 5
The feast of little dolls is very miserable sort
of day to the boys While the girls are wearing
their best clothes and showing off their dolls and
swelling in their pride. the unfortunate little be-
ings called boys sulking about in hstless
way and bemoaning their hard luck. for nobody
pays any attention to them.
But just you wait" will be heard to say;
Just you wait The fifth of the fifth will soon
be here and then you'll see,''
When the fifth of the hftn does come u oung Japan
is in possession of the day just as Young America
rules July /. All the little Japanese boys are
up bright and early for in the first place there are
the bamboo poles to up in position outside the
house. one for each boy inside and then there will
be all ones toys to admire and show. and much
feasting and drinking of a certain wine.
Each bamboo pole must bear a flag, and If il
baby boy has been born in the year since the last
feast of flags, he has to have pole and flag,
too
The flags shaped ard painted exactly like fish,
and nothing but alright paper sacks, with wide
mouths, that adjusted 10 open and shut by
means of a hoop OF bamboo. The carp is the fish
which they all made TO resemble. In this, as in
other matters, the japanese is fond of symbolism.
The carp IS agile and courageous fish. 1t can
leap and spring waterfalls, swim successfully
against the current, and fight its enemies with
pluck and endurance. So it symbolizes the way in
which the Japanese hopes his Will SurmOunt the
difficulties of life press energeticaly against the
temptations that beset him and push forward to
Sometimes the fish are of cotton, but whether OF
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03

My first is I'm torture and terrible. too.
My second in thither. and also in through
Ny third is in everything. uausht IS without ~
While In nothing my fourth appears. though you
may doubt IT,
NV ffth component. Of melody Is.
And my sixth is to wonder. most nesdf1l 7 wis
In youth IS my seventh. important yOU'U ind
As my eighth is in stones unless you're quite blind
My ninth is Of work. 1useparablC part.
As is also my tenth. if you take Il to heart
In time my eleventh is prominent quite.
As my twelfth IS OF art. by day or by night
NV thirteenth In ignorance plays n chief role
And my fourteenth in brainineSs marshals tho
whole.
From units my fifteenth cannot be omitted
While coins not coins If my sixteenth -
quilted
In everything everywhere looms uP ny last
Whether writing. singing. or saying them last
Built of seventeen commonplace letters nv whole.
Is visitor daily from pole round to pole
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03
.BRAIx PuzzLERs. PRIZE WINNER.

Henrietta Westerhon. No. 5O5 East Twenty
ffth-st.. Paterson, " J.. wins the prize of n
hook the correct solution n
the puzzles published I'm the Brain PuzzIers'
Column April 10. More of the little m
ought to try for these puzzle prizes or the
little women will walk of with all the VIC
tories. Hereafter the reach
this office before the close o week
which the puzzles published.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03
BRAIN PUZZLERS.

Several Of the Little Men and Women have vol
unfairly sent such neat and attractive solutions 70
the puzzles given weekly under this head that The
Tribune has decided to offer fine book As a prize
to the who sends the best soIutiOrs 20 the
Brain Puzzlers each week TIE answer TO sveTv
puzzle must be correct in every detail, must %
written on one side of the paper only and must "a
addressed to Brain PuzZerS' Contest. Little Men
and Little Women. The New-York Tribune The
letters must reach this office before May 9. Neat
ness and clearness count. well as correctness II
the award of prizes
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03
WHAT TOMMY TAKES.

That Tommy Todd could have fault
Which all his friends condone
Is past belief and yet tbs said
He takes things not his
He has his fathers eyes" cries one,
It's plainly to be seem!
His nose and mouth. though. Tommy took
Straight from his Grandpa Green
'Our Tommy has his mothers hair
His aunts will freely say,
His mothers forehead, too, you see
OF course, that's plain as day.
And many. many. times a week
OF Tommy Todd tbs said
We all know where he got that laugh,
From his poor Uncle Ned!'
Elizabeth l. Gould, in Youths Companion
This Is very wet country. What do you rails
here chiefy?''
''TImbrellas '-(Chums.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03
Answers to Puzzles Published April q

HIDDEN CITIES
Stockton. Salem. Utica. Bath. Omaha. Troy
CHARADES
Inn-dye-Anna. Knee-brasS- ROad-eye-<
land Ten-S-see. Are-Can-sav. NisS-is-sfp-
eve.
JUMBLED NAMES OF TREES.
Pinoak. poplar maple. dogwocd hickory snd
willow.
s-Ioop-s. STARTS, stiles. s-cow-s =-tarS
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03
DISSECTION

Cut 4 certain English poet in two and one half
Will be unncoistured and the other lair. Cut a
s.ressmaker in two and get something she makes
and hard pressure cut lady in two and leave
misery and her husband Cut beast Of burden
in and get Spanish uObleman and an fnStru-
rnent open with.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03
ANATOMY TRANSPOSED.

One day my brother came in crying.
What is the matter?" asked his mother.
II fell down and hurt the elbow of my leg" he
replied.-(Robert Chapman
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03
TRANSPOSITIONS

Rearrange the letters following that they spell
five different words, domestic animal, to set
again a unit Of measurement used by the French
In computing quantities Of stone, frewO0d. etc.
concise and large perennial plants OF woody fibre.
+
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03
DIAMOND

A third of ten; boys name; more new. Il STATE
and its principal city: incorrect: skill, fourth q
king
TIE central words in this are the same read both
down and across
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03
BEHEADINGS

Behead a frown and get a hood. behead this last
and get a bird. Behead a weapon and get fruit.
again decapitate this and get part OF the body.
Behead to push beyond the proper limit. and get
to educate drill. again behead this latter. and
get a form OF moisture.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-03
ELEPHANT-CLOWN PUZZLE.

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is and in pa
scenery Nigh u a
rribun win
IitIew women The Newly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-09
BUILDINGS MUST
 BE MORE SECURE
JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE ARCHITECTS WILL BE HELD TO ARRANGE NEW BUILDING LAWS.

Mayor w. M. Drennen has called a joint meeting of the building committee of the city council and of the special committee of architects which was re- gently appointed to draw up new build ing laws, to be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the office of the city engineer.
 The meeting is the result of the agita- tion some time ago over the question of new building laws for Birmingham. The architects were the ones most interested, and meeting of all the architects of the city was called at the mayors of flee to discuss the best means of improv- ing the building laws. A committee of five was appointed, of which Mayor Charles Wheelock was chairman, to draw up an entirely new set of laws, to be submitted to the city council for ac- ton by that body.
 The laws have been prepared and the meeting this afternoon is for the pur- pose of joint discussion by the building committee before they are submitted to the council. The meeting Is to be public and all architects and others interested in building are invited to be present and offer suggestions.
 The laws will probably go before the next meeting of the city council.
 It Is understood that the news laws will correct a number of evils that have been allowed in the past. It is claimed by competent architects that the founda- tions of buildings in Birmingham are too weak; that in many cases of brick build ings the bases of the side walls are not strong enough to support the weight put on them; that substantially is sacrificed for cheapness in most of the two, three and four story buildings that have gone up in the city.
 All of the architects in the city agree that evils have existed and they hope that the new laws be so stringent that these abuses will not be tolerated in the future,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-09
DARKTOWN HAPPY OVER
 ADVENT OF WATERMELON

The watermelon season has arrived and the heart of the coon is made glad. Nine teen car loads arrived on Morris avenue yesteday, which was by far the heaviest shipment yet received. The melons now reaching Birmingham come from Florida. As is always the case early In the season, the fine ones have not yet begun to come in and most people are afraid to try them until the season becomes more advanced. However the question of health did not worry the Birmingham negroes very much last Saturday. The fruit stands did a rushing business all day with darktowu gentry who were sampling the early ar rivals of their favorite fruit. Every "dago' in town who could possibly do so had watermelon on ice Saturday The better class of stands served the fruit with some style. but many were content with bucket of ice.
 During the summer months Birmingham consumes about 4SoO GOO watermelons. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-09
WAS ONE OF THE WORSE.
Detective Will Take Irish Dickinson
 Back 10 Louisville.

John Sexton, detective from Louisville after Irish Dickinson, will probably leave with his prisoner this morning. He re- turned yesterday morning from Montgom- cry with requisition papers which had been honored by Governor Jelks, and yes- terday morning Judge S. E. Green refused to relelase Dickinson on the habeas corpus proceedings which were instituted
 Dickinson is the man arrested several days ago by Detectives K Hamilton, Bod eker and Patton on suspicion of being m- plicated in several of the cases of picked pockets which have been reported to the police. It was discovered that he was wanted in Louisville, and the police there were notified. Detective Sexton was sent after him with requisition papers. He identified Dickinson and stated that he was one of the worse boys ever raised III Louisville.