Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03
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some one to advise you at first
mother or aunt or father or uncle.
Here are some suggestions for seeds
for you to get.
If you like vine, morning glory
lis very satisfactory. and it will climb
up strings on window or fence or
house. Some hardy flowers (meaning
flowers that can stand cold) are phlox.
| candy-tuft, nasturtiums, portIlaca,
snap dragon mignonette, marigold,
cornhower, peoples and verbena.
If you prefer vegetables, try beans,
lettuce, radishes, parsley and mint.
Don't worry if the beans poke right
out of the ground after planting, for
; that is way they have. Let them
alone and they will manage them
selves. If you do not live too far
north, see If you can get peanuts from
your florist. If you plant mustard or
cress seed, not water cress) try In
this way: Scratch your name or in
itials on the ground and plant the
seeds in the scratches, and the little
green plants will spring up and grow
into your name in your garden.
Are you going to have little gar.
den somewhere this year?-Washing
ton Star.
BOYS MAY FESTIVAL IN JAPAN.
The famous boys festival which oc-
ours in Japan every May is an In
teresting affair.
Long before the arrival Of the day
shops are gay with all kinds Of
tempting toys and banners. while in
every yard and in front of the houses
long bamboo poles are seteup. When
the day arrives, writes Genjiroin Tho
Circle, the boys tie their paper fishes,
flags and streamers to the rope hang
/ ing from the top of the pole, and pull
| them up. These paper fishes are
made hollow, SO that the breeze may
pass through the wide opening OF the
| mouth and initiate the body, making
1t round like a real fish. The paper
is painted either red or black to rep
resent red or black carp. The fishes
are of different sizes, ranging from
foot to three or four yards long,
Some of the bamboo poles have as
many fishes on them as there are boys
in the house; often each fish repre-
sents one of the boys of the family.
When there is strong spring
breeze the air entering through the
mouth initiates the bodies OF the
fishes. swings them from side to side.
and makes them flap their tails, so
that they look as If they are in their
own element-are swimming in u
stream. 1t is pretty sight to sees
from housetop great number OF
them floating in the air all over the
city. To other bamboo poles flags
are attached and these have pictures
OF warriors and heroes in Japanese
history and legends painted on them.
PIGEON CITIES IN THE swAMPs.
Each spring, In May, all the rosy
gulls of wide region somehow agree
to resort to particular one of vari-
Gus marshy lakes for the purpose Of
rearing their young. Just how they
decide the important question is not
for us; humans to know. At any rate,
what they do select is great area
of grass, reeds or rushes growing out;
of the water and there, out Of the
abundance of dry STEMS. each pair
builds a partly floating nest, side by
side With others. thousands upon
thousands of them. These great
| Cities" of the prairie pigeon present
one of the most dramatic, spectacular
sights in the bird life of this CONT.
nent, comparable in way to the
former breeding "roostsr of the real
wild pigeon. Outing Magazine.
i HAWK KILLING OFF sPARRoWs,i
Charles Wall, who lives north OF
town. says that the English sparrows
In this part of the country, which
have been such pest for good many
years. are no longer increasing in
numbers and that they have almost
entirely ceased to be the nuisance
they formerly were.
The reason he gives Is that the
sparrow hawks are killing them OF
and that the sparrows can not null
tiply as fast as the hawks do away,
with them. The sparrows, he says,
stay near the buildings for ear Of
the hawks and SO do not get .nto
the fields and yards tn do the CAM
age they used to. Mr.. Wall thinks
the time may come whom the Eng
lish sparrow will lie so reduced in
numbers that they will be no longer
a menace.-Lawrence correspondence
Topeka Capital.
TO ATTRACT HORNETS.
/ Last summer Ned went to the conn.