GARDEN MANUAI, FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



5th Month. VI AY, 1903. 



31 Days 



Calculated for the I,atitude of tlie Southern States. 



MOON'S PHASES. 



First Quarter 4d. 



Full Moon Iki. 



lb. 26m. Morn. 

 7h. 18m. Morn. 



Last Quarter 19d. 



New Moou 26d. 



!)h. 18m. Morn. 

 4h. 50m. After. 



Day 



of 



Month and .Week. 



Sun I Sun I Moon 

 rises sets sets 

 h. m. I h. m. I h. m. 



CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS. 



Friday- 

 Saturday 



5 20 

 5 18 



6 36 

 6 37 



Cor. -stone of Smithsoniau lustitut'n laid, 1847. 

 Iliidsou Bay Company chartered, 1G7U. 



18. Third Sunday after Easter. 



Day's Length, 13h. 2Un. 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



17 



6 38 



morn 



10 



6 38 



9 38 



U) 



6 39 



1 22 



14 



G 39 



2 3 



13 



6 40 



2 42 



12 



6 41 



3 21 



11 



6 41 



4 



Martin Pinzon discovered Brazil, 1500. 

 Horace Mann, the educator, born 179G. 

 Mass. Congress renounced British allegiance, 1775 

 Tha^k^giving day at Valley Forge, 1778. 

 Robt. Browning, English poet, born 1812. 

 Metric system originated in France, 1790. 

 Columbus sailed on his last voyage, 15u2, 



19. Fourth Sunday after Easte; 



Day's Length, 13h. 31m. 



Sunday 

 Monday 

 Tuesday^ 



13 I Wednesday 



14 I Thursday 

 1.5 I Friday 

 16 I Saturdaf 



5 11 



6 42 



4 40 



5 10 



6 43 



rises 



,0 9 



6 43 



7 56 



5 8 



6 44 



8 46 1 



5 8 



6 4.5 



9 34 



5 7 



6 45 



10 18 



5 7 



6 46 



U 



Centennial Exposition opened, Philadelphia 1876 



Washington made general of France, 1789. 



Old South Church, Boston, begun 1669. 



.John Smith began settlem't at .Jamestown, 1607. 



Lewis and Clark left St. Louis, 1804. 



Eittel Tower opened at Paris, 1889. 



Lincoln nominated for the Presidency, 1860. 



20. Rogation Sunday. 



Day's Length, 13h. 41m. 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



5 6 



6 47 



11 39 



5 



6 47 



morn 



5 .5 



6 48 



16 



5 4 



6 48 



52 



-J 4 



6 49 



1 27 



5 3 



6 ro 



2 4 



5 3 



6 50 



2 41 



Money-order system established in U. S., 1864. 

 Peace" Conference at The Hague began, 1899. 

 Legion of Honor in,stituted by Xapoleon. 1801. 

 Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, 1775. 

 Manchester Ship Canal formally opened, 1894. 

 Waguer, German composer, born 1813. 

 Eads, builder of Mississippi jetties, born 1820. 



21. Sunday after Ascension. 



Day's Length, 13h. 48m 



24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



5 3 



6 51 



3 21 



5 2 



6 52 



4 4 



5 2 



6 52 



sets 



5 1 



6 53 



7 49 



5 1 



6 53 



8 50 



5 



6 54 



9 45 



5 



6 54 



10 36 



First calculated return of a comet (Encke's), 1822 



Ralph Waldo Emerson born, 1803. 



First steamship to cross the Atlantic sailed, 1819. 



Morse telegraph line first used, 1844. 



Louis Agassiz, scientist and teacher, born 1807. 



Pepys made last entrj' in his famous diary, 166S. 



G. A. R. instituted Memorial Day, 1868. 



22. Pentecost Sunday. Day's Length, 13h. 55o3. 



31 1 Sunday | 5 | 6 55 1 11 22 | Tallest cathedral spire (Ulm) completed, 1898. 



Jewish Calendar, May 27— Sivan. 



When in Doubt, Consult Steckler. 



