stilt and kicked me in the eye.

They pulled me out from under that millin' mass o' legs,
And they fed me on hot whisky and the yelks of ostrich eggs;
And, as soon as I was able, I pulled freight fer Cattle Land,
And the ostrich punchin' bizness never gits my O.K. brand.

_Denver Republican._

A Horoscope of the Months.

BY MARION Y. BUNNER.

=What it Means to be Born Under the Sign "Pisces," Which Represents the
Period Between February 19 and March 20.=

_Compiled and edited for_ THE SCRAP BOOK.

From time immemorial man has striven to read the mystery of the stars and
to discover what influence the constellations may have upon his life. The
ancient Egyptians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, and Greeks have handed down to us
their knowledge and their fancies, and others have augmented and
embellished their work, until astrology has become a veritable
treasure-house of picturesque legends. Even to-day, in this most literal
and materialistic of the world's ages, when some of our most cherished
myths and fairy tales have been relegated to a limbo of contempt, there
are many who place a certain credence in the magic lore of the stars.

The present series of articles will set before the readers of THE SCRAP
BOOK the most interesting and notable of the old astrological traditions,
treating the signs and portents of the successive months in their proper
places, and giving their application, real or fancied, to the lives of
their "subjects."

PISCES: THE FISHES.

FEBRUARY 19 to MARCH 20.

CUSP: FEBRUARY 19 to FEBRUARY 25.

The twelve signs of the zodiac represent the physical framework of
man--head, neck, shoulders, heart, loins, hands, feet, etc. The four
elements, fire, earth, air, and water, are the four Triplicities which
govern these signs, and there are three signs in each Triplicity. Seven
planets in turn control these latter: Jupiter and Venus, which are
favorable; Mars and Saturn, which are unfavorable; Mercury, which is most
undecided and variable; and the Sun and Moon, which modify the favorable
or unfavorable influences of the others.

The sun passes through each of the zodiacal signs successively in the
course of a year; and the duration of each sign is about thirty days. But
the change begins about the twentieth of each month, so that a sign
extends over only two-thirds of its own month, and holds about ten days of
the month preceding.

When the sun is passing from