Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-02-03
ASTROLOGY AS A FAD.
It Seems to Be Gaining
ALI Over tho World.
People Who Consult tho Planets for Aid
In Solving PerplcxinE Mundane
Problems The Growth
of Spiri;ism.

SSSAAD
ularity and many are turning to it for
pointers concerning the fate that is in
store for them. MetcoroloGists arc con-
sulting tho planets in relation to
changes in the weather, and scientists
arc seriously discussing the probability,
or even possibility, of the larger plan
cts cxcrting an influence on the earth
sufficient to affect conditions Of life or
health.
Astronomers do not believe in astrolo-
Gy, but are willing to give the unique
science credit for assisting to develop
the science Of astronomy, says the Pitts
burgh Gazette. Long before there was
an interest taken in astronomy there
were many careful observers of tho
heavenly bodies. The names chosen by
these men fer stars and consultations
remain unchanged.
Astrolcgy may be the fad ere long.
If not the astrology of the a~ncicnts,
then q modern adaptation of it. Not u
iCw of tho great men of Europe consult
stars, and seek answers to grave qucS-
tiOnS in the 3tarS.
1t has been stated recently on what is
said to be good authority that q repre-
sentative of the Prussian government
asked Of y French astrologcr tho proper
time to pick a quarrel with France.
After carefully comparing horoscopes
of high officials he answered.: Any
hour in the afternoon, as ncar rs posi-
bic midway between the 9th and 18th
of July, 1870.
On the 18th Of July William snubbcd
Benedict, the French cmiSsary, and on
IL. 1n.1. c.-- I ..,l.4. n~. ,,,.1
Astrologcrs, like fortunc-tcllcrs, arc
largely patronizcd by those who arc in
love or who want to be, and by those
who arc anxious to get into rnatrimory
or get out of it. In addition to these
there arc not q few business men. spec
u~lators, politicians and craftsmen who
consult them.
The seer of CharinG Cross road, Lon
don, was often visited and consulted,
says Edgar Lee in the Arena, by the
late prince c~onsor5, Lord Lytton,
Charles Dickens, George Eliot. ord
Bcaconsficld, and many other notnblcs.
The seer Of Kings Cross also bc"aTnc
quito famous through his predictions
relating to the celebration of the
| queens jubilee, in which he forctold
the failure of the anarchists plots and
the injuries that befell the marquis of
| Lornc.
There are two kinds of a~strologists-
those who arc intuitivc and those who
rely solely on mathematical calcula-
tons. The latter meet with the greater
favor among educated and thoughtful
people, while the supcrsSitous and I'M
reasoning have as much, if not more,
respect for the seer who knows it simply
because he knows it.
Ruthicl, of Baltimore, who has been
consulted by so many in this communi-
ty, belongs to the mathematical class
He will not give names, but says he is
being constantly consulted by mcr
who rank high in business, politica,
and social life. While he does not SAY
that astrology is Il science, he allows i
hits entirely too often to be n mere
guess or Il coincidence.
What arc we coming to? Never il
the previous history Of tho world nave
people been confronted with SO many
pulling questions. We boast Of on
enlightenment, of our ability to solv'
1Enotty problems, but the solution o
one only leads to another more difficult
nypnotism, spiritism, theosophy an
many other things pertaining Il
psychology and biology are occupying
the attention Of brainy men and women
We may pooh-pooh these as much as W,
please, tho fact remains that they ar
steadily forcing themselves on u at
%tention.
You can hardly realize the growth o
spiritism within the last few years, an,
II 1T were popular to be an avowed spi1
ltnalist you would find them in ever,
congregation, not excepting the Romal
Catholic and Presbyterian. s.aj