The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-28

~ observatory at Juyisky. Against tis
Hi ct the side of the filed stove Is a
ookease which is filled with cases
u ktsned To represent volumes. Each
s 6nee Is used for the classification of the
sr6pEu which THE. savant received from
70 parts Of the world referring 10
various branches of astronomical
Ngdy. Thus Mars ard Jupiter have
1aEA their ease, the other planets being
&spo<ed Of in one labeled PLANETS
osher than Mars and Jupiter The
kzther diaing room chairs are deco
rated each with one Of the signs OF the
sdlc. Over the buffet Is a plate
& painted with the picture OF Urania,
which smiles ds.sn on a gigantic cop
Z ~ x.novar beneath.
Ffsm the dining room access Is
fatnsd % the sasant's study. which is
Y 20 tagpilal in shape, with three VIM
lows on three sides. IL lis very simply
nFnished. with book cases reaching
ffpa foor to ceiling all around. Against
0e wall IL FTanHnarfun's table. and
puck to back with il is a little. table at
xhAsh sits his wife. who acts as his
sssseiaTy and 10 some extent as hrs
epssahgafT. Two small Telescopes
sssnd in a corner. The tables are
heaped up with proofs, newspaper cut
ufss. brochures and scientific reports.
amongst the books may be noticed a.
number Of works referring 10 occult
tsnres. notably Colin de prancey's
4esisaaire lnfernale."
have always been intensely inter-
esied In the occult sciences" said
hznnnrion. and have studied them
70 over twenty-five years from Alan
AArdec 10 Rochas and Papus. Ny con-
uaslyn u that there exist certain nat
ssal iosres Of which humanity is igno-
na' Fapus. the writer on occuItISrn.
frequent visitor TO my house, and
- gwen numerous seances here
NY question on this subject was pro-
s"keu by The sight OF book by r. r.
vsasfs entitlesi. Death and the Devil"
~ inu viii find the result of my OBJ
sfsstiufis in this branch Of study" he
spsainuef. I'm my book, .I4uinen.' 1
sassfaat say that I have come 10 any
: s'N'susaons on the subject beyond the
we whfsh I have just formulated,
Naich - that there il certainly son1c-
al''s m the science and that the inves-
'sss''ons merit attention.
aasaining the study is the drawing
s.nl. which is elegantly furnished
s ga furniture rspestried In white An-
sasson tapestry. bn the mafstie piece
magnificent clock represen ting
s,ssia That clock said rianlgna-
va save me the i,iea ~ writing my
novel uranie II is one of three. one
8 a. fs'slisasnhleau. The other has dis
sss'sarei Against the wall over the
y . fire Portrait of Flan,inaeion,
Polish millionaire friend, Conn,
&. $500, and In the cwner by a book
naasst with novels and poetry IS a
sssate 81 Mn2e. f7l8znsiYalSs,n. now n
80 haired ksiy. bat stlif retaining
shs sr'aces Of the beauty revealed by
Fesn is'S To is7S.' be said. ''rnv at
ssssssssn Was alulaSt entirely at,sorh<d
isse study Of double stars. Tn ~
- - although numerous observations
- - 'nse's n1ade on shese remote STELLAR
ss.sns. these observations had not
-. - Classified IT. was net known
!. wsfe eo9slins sleubia stars---talsss
say physical systems. and which
+ - as,tical groups. due only 10 tvr~
No cs0salogae had BEEN nude
asn eFiy sssac incomplete lists had
-. - pesua h0t never terminated. Her
- -, iAzaleoN>i1g. strive aud Others
Written about them. hzis not IN a
a.. 'df7a' rSelner. II struck me saSsi
:, 80 w.ss q rsch mine 20 be- eypsaats~a,
-. a~ ''iansefi thc double stars cansit-
- oae ~ the nn4st important
49, 81 siaevcal astronomy. Yet
@ a's'e that approached che sub
- - stsa1 r "a say during 1879, 10 nv
/ discovered a fatal ahsssts>e
''lsesstS GOVERNING them. 4 hum
~. gs'es'&'ns. which 50 far have
-, !. unanswered. presented themselves
s..,. "an'}, kIaw many sfouafe ~
- STARS are ksleane WHAT Is
= - assgsaEttog 70 the number OF sln-
Ia the tosal number ~
- witch have lss@n discovered
- sassy SIZE sssaple optical phesnxss-
= 1'se oasy "a the effect o6 psrsyses,-
-. asaf 5s0g nany ara geusssus. ~
- ss'al sss sesnsT w1sleA are fne ssesi-
'ae "gh.ts8 movement ~ which can
- sessf'e3T Nhlca are these ~ whicaa
a.. sSs'sSss movement is pFsisahles Are
aay - whissss tho nsssxssfarss1 Is
= @S~is BY what intrinsic move