SOME HOROSCOPES. FEATURES OF LIFE INDICATED BY THE PLANETS. ,me Instruction* to Applicants for Free Readings --Full Name and Ad dress Must Accompany Every Letter —Private Readings. * HE Astrologer In sists that every ap plicant for a free reading in these columns must give full name and ad dress. The answer will be by initial unless some other means of identifi cation is adopted by applicant. If you do not know the exact date or hour of birth send TWO two-cent stamps for special instructions. Every request for a horoscope will be answered in its turn. Several hundred have already been filed. Per sons wishing private readings by mail, at once, must inclose TWELVE two cent stamps. Address all letters to Prof. O. W. Cunningham, Dept. 4, 194 South Clinton street, Chicago, 111. This week’s horoscopes are as follows: X. V. Z„ Crete, Neb. You are a mixture of the signs Aries, which Mars rules, and Taurus, which Venus rules, and therefore Mars and Venus are your ruling planets. You are medium height or above; medium to light complexion; the eyes have a peculiar sparkle and sharp sight and are of a medium to light color. You are very active and energetic and quite ambitious to push business; yet, if this time is correct, you have no constitu tion that will allow you to carry out your ambitions, and your worst ail ments will be in some way connected with your head. You have a great love for the beautiful in art and nature; you are possessed with a great ability to talk, write and work fine embroid ery and paint; you have natural abil ity in some of the fine arts. However, only those that know you well will fully appreciate you, and the first half of life will be uphill work, the last half will be some better. Marriage is un fortunate for you. “Flax,** Smith boro, 111. Data proclaim you a mixture of the signs Libra, which Venus rules, and Scopio, which Mars rules, and, there fore, Venus and Mars are your ruling planets. You are medium height; well set figure; medium complexion; hazel eyes; hair was flaxen when young, but has been getting some darker as you have grown older. If you had been born a few minutes earlier there would be indications of a dimple in your chin. You are endowed with the indications of both the gentle, confiding, modest 'y^Venus; also the bold, aggressive, re fractory, warlike Mars, and you will (act in accordance with whichever one of these happens to be called forth. You are fond of anything that relates to chemistry and mystery; also the beautiful in art, such as music, paint ing, drawing, sketching, etc. You need some special instructions or you will get rid of all the money you can make and have nothing left to show for it. Marriage fortunate. “Mrs. Helena,” Cairo. According to data, the sign Sagitta rius, which Jupiter rules, was rising at your birth, and, therefore, Jupiter is your ruling planet or significator. You are medium height or above, with a well-set figure. The complexion very clear and healthy; the hair medium to light; eyes light; you are noted for being of a cheerful, happy disposition; you do not allow anything like the blueB to come near you; you are also noted for being fully appreciated by all, and you can secure and hold a good posi tion at any time you wish; you have had a very eventful life and have been a great traveler, and the last half of life has been the most fortunate; you can always command a good salary if you wish, and will make and handle large sums of money during your life, yet will meet with many losses. You are a great lover of horses. You have great ambition for a large business. You have a remarkably strong consti tution. Helen, Dnbuqne, Iowa. You have the zodiacal sign Libra ris ing, and therefore Venus is your ruling planet. You are medium height or above; slender figure; medium to light complexion, hair and eyes. If born i-jr minutes earlier you have Uranus 'also for ruling planet, and that would denote a little darker shade to the eyes. You are cheerful and happy most of the time, yet will be subject to short spells of the blues, and if any one does you an injury you are not apt to forget it very soon; yet you will forgive them and be very Just to them if you had any dealings with them, for you are a lover of justice, and have also a great admiration for the fine arts. You will have very strong intuitions at times, yet this will only ' be spasmodic in its actions. Marriage will be more than average fortunate for you. FACTS ABOUT GAMES. On the old-time cards used in India the vizier is repiesented as mounted on a horse, a camel or a tiger. It is said by some writers that the game of dominoes was known to the Jews in the time of Solomon. Dice of ivory and marble have been found in the ruins of Roman houses in various parts of Great Britain. Dice almost exactly similar to those now used have been discovered in iXhebes and other Egyptian cities. ij - T.-. . .. .... ^ • DAIRY AND POULTRY. NTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. Slow Successful Farmers Operate This Department of the Farm—A Few Hints as to the Care of Live Stock and Poultry. HE selection of good thrifty hens not over two years old that have ma tured early or of early hatched pul lets that have been kept growing until they are reason ably well matured is one item in se curing a good sup ply of eggs in winter, writes N. J. Shepherd in Nebraska Farmer. The supplying of dry, clean and comfortable quarters is another and fully as important as anything else is the feeding. The hens must be well fed if they lay well and this implies not only liberal feeding, but the supply ing of a good variety. One of the best 1 have ever tried, one that gave us the most eggs, kept the fowls healthy and in good condition, was to give a good feed of whole corn just before the fowls went on the roosts at night and give them all that they will eat up clean. This is one of the best grains that can be given to maintain animal heat, and the whole grains keep the gizzard grinding for a longer time and the fowls will not get as hungry through the long nights. During the day the scraps from the table with the scraps from the kitchen, the potato parings, cabbage leaves and things of this kind can all be thrown into a vessel or pot and with sufficient water be kept cooking through the day. In the morning,if the quantity is not con sidered sufficient, corn meal or wheat bran and milk can be added to make up a good ration. Feed warm, not hot, giving them what they will eat up clean. Being soft it will be easily di gested and will satisfy the appetite quicker than whole grain. At noon give whole wheat, oats, barley, sorghum Beed, Kaffir com or buckwheat. Any of these will do, but a change from one to the other will be found beneficial. It is not best to depend upon any one entirely. Turnips, beets, carrots or cabbage can be given to take the place of green food. Supply plenty of coarse Band for grinding material. Supply a dust bath and supply pure, fresh water daily. Have the nests as warm as they can be made, and do not undertake to keep too many hens, so that when they are confined, as will be necessary dur ing cold or stormy weather, they will not be too crowded. Any one can se cure eggs in winter if they will only take the pains in good season to make the necessary preparation and then to properly care for the hens. Dairying In Kansas and Iowa. H. M. Brandt, president of the Kan sas State Dairy association, in a re port to the State Board of Agriculture, says: In May, 1896, I had the pleasure of observing the conditions, advantages and facilities, both favorable and un favorable, of the dairy industry of fowa, Minnesota and Southern Dakota, ihrough the courtesy and co-operation jf some of the leading dairymen, who only are able to impart such knowl edge. I learned with surprise the mu tual interest that is being taken by the farmers and agriculturists in these states; the attention they have evident ly given the improvement of their lairy cows; the manner of feeding; rearing of offspring, and in various ways continually seeking to raise the standard of their milch cows. The suc cess that has attended such efforts I have noticed more prominently in Iowa and Minnesota, and it is astonishing to discover that there is a wide dif ference in the quantity of milk and butter furnished by the Iowa and Kan sas cow. I am safe in saying that, gen erally speaking, Iowa's milch cow will return between a third and half more. All of this has been brought about by close study of the animal herself; the adaptation of the different feeds, etc.; the giving of less attention on the part of the farmer to the price paid by the creameries ior me raw material ana more attention to the development and care of the very machine that will raise both the price and the quantity. The cow will do more for the Kansas farm er than any animal he can have, if properly taken care of. This can be proven by a comparison of the sections in the state where dairying has and has not been carried on extensively, tor several years, and where the results are most noticeable. The conditions tor profitable dairying exist In Kansas on every hand; while there are some unfavorable, such as hot winds or ex treme heat, making It difficult to main tain pastures for a month or such a matter during midsummer, yet plenty of forage feed can be supplied In an early spring crop to tide over all such difficulties as these and satisfac torily keep up the flow of milk. Iowa has more than 800 creameries; has them every five or six miles apart; and all, or nearly so, during a very good business. States east and north of us are not realizing any more for their product than Kansas factories, al though feed, stock and land there are much higher, yet they are extending their business in portions of those itates continually and must be having s profitable business. The question comes to us. Why not Kansas, with tbelr conditions similar for the cheap •aising of feed crops, engage in and taster an Industry that promises such gcod results? We must pay more at tention to the care-keeping of the cow If we would obtain satisfactory re turns; instead of trying to dairy with one that returns but 150 to 200 pounds of butter per year, we must Insist on her returning us at least 300 pounds on-, nually. Such an animal will take very little, if any more, feed, care or atten tion if she is properly developed than the other, and leave a much more sat isfactory balance to the credit side of her account and to her owner. This is the kind of cows that farmers and dairymen keep in the states mentioned, and which alone will explain why they are better satisfied with results. American Sheep In Great Brltlan. In a report the secretary of agricul ture says: American sheep during the year 1896 have been landed -in Liver pool in greater numbers than during any preceding year. They have con sisted largely of corn fattened muttons, and nine-tenths have been of superior quality. The profitable market for mutton In England has encouraged sheep growing and fattening in many of the western states. Although prices fluctuate considerably, being regulated by the supply and prices of native Eng lish mutton, there is, as a rule, only a difference of about three cents per pound between the best English and the best United States mutton. This is not because of English prejudice against the American article, but be cause many of the sheep from the Unit ed States have been rapidly fattened on corn prior to shipment, show some times 80 per cent of their added weight to be tallow, while the flesh (English declare) is flavored by the corn feed. American yearlings and two-year-olds command practically the same price as English sheep of the same age and quality, and have sold during the pres ent year at from 14 cents to 16 cents per pound. It was, however, the mis fortune of American shippers, not withstanding the increased vigilance and rigor of the Inspection of animals for export, to have landed during the year 1895-96 a few lots of sheep In Liv erpool and London affected with scab. It is quite possible that this disease was generated by infected ships upon which diseased sheep had been, sent from Argentina and other countries, and then, without proper disinfection, had been put into the carrying trade between the United States and Europe. It is, however, believed that if sheep are wet and crowded during a voyage scab may be generated by those condi tions. The Glasgow market finds fault with American sheep, and also Cana dian, by declaring them too big and fat. The Scotch want medium weights, and for them will pay high prices. Foreign markets demand some other breed of sheep for mutton than the merino and the crosses, and those looking to profit able ventures in this line should secure the best mutton breeds of sheep, which, when they are landed in as good con dition as American cattle, will soon have as high a reputation and bring as remunerative figures. Indian Milch Buffaloes. Jersey, Guernsey and Holstein breed ers, as well as the Ayrshire, Brown Swiss and Simmenthaler people, will have to look to their laurels, for a new dairy light appears In the East, this time In the form of the buffalo of India. The India buffalo, it will be under stood, is the genuine article, and not the American bison to which we are ac customed in this country. According to the Sydney “Stock and Station Jour nal," these animals, while not rival ing other dairy breeds In milk produc tion, greatly surpass them In butter making capacity and in the total solids which the milk contains. The dairy experts of India declare that their buf falo is the. best butter-producing ani mal in the world. By actual experi ment eleven pounds of buffalo milk were required to produce a pound of butter, while seventeen pounds of cow milk were necessary for the produc tion of the same amount. The buffalo in an India test was in milk 459 days, yielding 6,669 pounds of milk. Eng lish bred cows were in milk 471 days, yielding 5,024. An analysis of the milk made at Poona, India, showed the Eng lish cow’s milk to contain 3.7 per cent of butter fat, against 7.9 for the buf falo. The total solids were 12.8 per cent for the cow and 17.95 for the buf falo. If these analyses are a correct index to the normal production of the India buffalo, the breed will be an ex cellent one for dairy crossing, and some enterprising breeder in this country should import a few good ones and see whether the average cow in this country, which produces 125 pounds a year, cannot be graded up. Protect the Neats. Farmers are troubled a great deal by hens roosting on the nest boxes at night. Drive them off as you will; they will be found the next time calm ly seated on the edge of the boxes, head outward. The best way we have found to keep them from doing this in an ordinary poultry house is to have the nests all in one corner, and a piece of woven wire fencing put up to serve as a door. Late in the afternoon this dcor is closed over the nests and the fowls are shut out. In a little while they get into the habit of roosting in the proper place, when the door may be left open with impunity. In hang ing this wire door we simply cut off a piece of wire three or four feet wide and six feet long. We staple this onto to a side post and it will swing back and forth with no trouble. It costs but a few cents, and the hanging is but the work of a few minutes. The nest boxes are thus kept clean, as are also the eggs. Try it, and you will save a great deal of trouble with dirty nests and eggs. In 1830 the Argentine Republic had but 2,500,000 shtcp and the average fleece weighed but a fraction over two pounds. To-day full 10,000,000 sheep are grazing in the republic, and the av erage fleece weighs over five pounds. There are 30,786,023 sheep in the United Kingdom, an increase of 1,080, 379 over 1895. A Tlrirteen-Year-Old Child Paralyzed. It Was Canned By a Nervous Affection, and Kcmlcrml One Arm Lifeless. (From lho Times, Pnoln, Kansas ) A happy family is that of Mr. James McKinney, of Hillsdale. Kansas, on whom a '1 imes reporter recently called. His bus iness with these people was to learn the facts for liis paper of the cure of their 13 year o-d daughter from a case of nervous pros tration, and the facts were learned from Mrs. AloKlnney herself, who quickly told the following story: “ The lirst perceptible result of her ex treme nervousness was apparent In a halting step of the child In her right limb," said the mother, "and a physician was called In to attend her. No apparent change coming, another doctor was called to nttend her She continued to grow worse, although wi thought the doctors helped her, until she lost the use entirely of her right arm, which hung listless, and apparently lifeless by her side." ''The physicians finally told us,” contin ued Mrs. McKinney, “ that Mary would outgrow it in time, but by accident my husband picked up a circular in his shop, which so highly recommended Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People,that we concluded to try them. Mr. McKinney procured a box at Grimes' drug store in Paola, and wo be gan by giving Mary a half pill at a time, and gradually increasing to one pill at a time, and before we had used one box we could see they were doing her good. This was one year ago. She had been suffering at that time for four years, under the doc tors, and we were so encouraged over the good effects of the use of Dr Williams’ Pink Pills, that we continued to uso them, and the child started to t chool again and has been able to attend school ever since, grad ually getting stronger and in better health all the time as you now see her, and we don't notice the old trouble any more. “ Yes, we are always ready and willing to recommend Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, and do so all the time to our friends,” replied Mrs. McKinney to our nuostion; and con tinuing, she said: “ We do not know what the doctors called Mary’s nfllictlon, but we took it to be something like paralysis or St. Vitus’ dunce, and we became very much alarmed about her. “ Our local physician,” she says, “ now tells us that Dr. Williams’ Pink iMlisareas good a thing as we could use; and while Mary is apparently well, she lias occasional attacks of nervous headache, aud then she says: ‘ Mamma, l must take another Pink Pill,’ so you see she has great faith in them, but does not like to have us talk about her late affliction.” Mr. McKinney is as much or more en thusiastic over the great benefit done his daughter through the use of these pills. He said: “Nothing too good can be said by me of Dr. Williams’Pink Pills—they are a great medicine.” Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain, in a con densed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to ihe blood and restore shattered nerves. They are also a specific for troubles peculiar to females, such as suppressions, irregularities and all forms of weakness. In men they effect a radical cure in all cases arising from mental worry, over-work or excesses of whatever nature. Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose bulk) at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $3.50, and may be had of all druggists,or direct by mail from Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. V. Not Always Miss Ruby—Wasn’t it sad about Mr. Larrabee? 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