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Show Q What the Stars Predict for August ACCORDING to the stars, August will be a month of 111 omen for the United States, in the lunation on the 2d the two malefics, Mars and Saturn, are nearlng conjunction conjunc-tion in the zenith, .the functional quarter of the city, State, and national governments. A sinister influence surrounds these centres, cen-tres, and every device of statecraft will be needed to circumvent malicious attacks upon the Integrity of chief executives. President Presi-dent Wilson, Governor Sulzer and the Mayor of New York will each feel the forco of this, and a fnnatieal attempt will be made upon tho life of ono of thorn. Anxiety and ill-health will be prevalent. In high places and the death of an Eastern Governor " Is foreshadowed. Heretofore we have found Jupiter a helpful arbiter in governmental gov-ernmental affairs, but the pendulum has suddenly veered the other way, with a national crisis threatening. The nation Itself is in a crucible, and it is a. question whether the test will pan out refinement or dross, There will be opposition to any specific measures advocated, and never boforo will we have realized so fully the inadequacy of our navy. A certain Power, "cognizant of the astral law, has been awaiting await-ing the psychological moment to force certain demands, fn any event, .Jupiter and Venus protect tho Panama territory, although we shall suffer loss to both our navy and merchant marine through fire and explosion. There will bo marked activity In the way of national defense, with movement of large bodies of troops. Serious rumors of war are sure to be prevalent with Mars so near the midheaven. Grave troubles aro threatened in the Eastern section of tho country through disgrace In social and political quarters. Market Mar-ket centers will bo torn asunder through reports and actual investigations, in-vestigations, and the full force of Mars and Saturn combined in our ruling sign will mako itselT unpleasantly manifest. The writer has neldom met, with so disastrous a lunation as concerns the body politic during August. The building trades will be benefited, however, and currency interests in some way improved. Tho public health will suffer through peculiar disorders, with many cases of nervous prostration prostra-tion and of accident. The weather promises cooler till after the 17th; then hot and humid, with destructive storms in the last week, accompanied by earthquake shooks. Specific happenings may bo looked for as follows: AUGUST 1. Excitement in a public gathering; a casualty in traffic centres; a bullish market trend In the first nine days of ho month. AUGUS.T 2. Slanderous reports in social ciroles and an important im-portant divorce case attract attention. AUGUST 6. Considerable excitement in the stock market; advance in quotations between tnis and the 8th inclusive. A diplomatic transaction satisfactorily effected in the same period. AUGUST 10. A seaside calamity: peculiar thefts involving women; an odd escapade in high society may be looked for. AUGUST 11. Market depression, with quick recovery; dan-cer dan-cer to a public building; probable death of a prominent financier. AUGUST 13. A scandal in financial marts; increase in public expenditures popularly sanctioned; the navy benefits. AUGUST IS. The President, if on vacation, Is visited by Cabinet members, a complex diplomatic problem having to ba dealt with. , , AUGUST 19-20. Military activity around this period; war supplies shipped to insular posts. Illness in the Presidents official family. , , , AUGUST 24. Mars conjunction Saturn; this horoscope a Jm replica of the monthly lunation, accentuative of the evil therein mentioned, but its effects extend into December, and are too involved and far-reaching to be detailed here; of evil significance as regards national prestige. Various calamities on this day, with a pleasure resort disaster. Violent storms, destruction of jH property, and a train of circumstances is now set In motion that leads to many subsequent Governmental complexities. JM AUGUST 2S. Accident on an eloctric railroad: subways and the New Haven railroad aro endangered. .Uiplter this month assures a pleasant trend to tho aftairs of people born at the close of December and Aoril, or near the beginning of September or November of any year. Business will be stimulated, health improved, new friendships formed. and those in employ will come into .lines of promotion; they should seek- favors and advancement. The December and Sep-teraber Sep-teraber natives of the fair sex will receive offers of marriage, if eligible. An opposito condition of affairs In the nativities of peoplo bom between the 5th and 3 0th of March, June, September ori jH December. Difficulties of a saturnine character will arise. progress wijl be impeded, and chronic disorders and general physical debility will be felt by many of them, with danger from ptomaines and gastric troubles. They should avoid Initial moves, and keep mattera as near the accustomed groove aa H possible. H There nre many good birthday anniversaries in UiiG month, 1 particularly the first nine days, between the ISth and 23d. nnd H 25th-27th inclusive. Unusual activity is shown for the year ahead. H with new business enterprise if born between the 6th and S'th, H or between the J9th and 22d. Calamitous for those born near H lOth-lltb, 24th or 2Stb, domestic and business difficulties, reac- H lions and unwise changos. Tho eligible of the fair sex" will H marry if. born on 7th.8th, U)th-20th or 20th; bereavement i.uea the 11th or 24th. ' |