New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-05
The Forsans TeIlsr.s rraek.

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little mare than a;xtp ,vear. afrss, 4 $780,
teller in Paris was aroused from i'll be " liz sesa
Of night by loud knacki,,- AZ lsa s1s NJ. ass~
ing Il, he perceived staninr iefre, rim s Fssr,
unified up in N aTunIe cIoak viii ! jarce -
sioucfed over his face Wkst II vof5 sSsufsn
said the foFtunc-teller, somewhat alarmed. Ths
stranger answered sterily, iii Won III whit yu
profess TO be- you can teff me tat.., III saff IN
n0thing without my eards :, rerIied tfs sstksr
They both walked in and the fortune teller hayiir
slutied his cards and laid Them ont after pause,
am in the presence Of an illnstrious anefsell
on are right" said the strangers and uosr Ss1I
Tae what it ID 4 wish 10 know The fortuue-te4Ier
again consulting his cards. answered !" You VIII
Y know whether certain lady viii faye 1 IN, 81
= aaughsef !" a@ Right again, y said the stranxer
aiter another pause, the foftune-feler pronounced
tnat me LADY would have 9 son. On which tbs
saager a ffepned I that prove kue you shaH
Feceive NIFTY pieces Of gold II false suod cud.
gelng. rev WEEKS after, about The s1me hour
ana ana n sne same manner The stranger re-appeaFed
aioi neipIs ne couia speak the teller en-
claimed, Z 7 on md was right e III do y said thu
sStranger and \ am come to keep my pronlseu
20 SAYING, ne produeed pHls8 of ffty i0uis and
os RE-
har h s.ra9ge.s NODE q proceeding seems 70
nass oeen ueslghsa 70 put me fortune telers skiH
20 tne seserest test Inc circumstances 81 lii com
lng alone, and ~ such an houx, makes Il probable
ne nag nei communicated MS intention 70 Wy one
whnss nus careiuinsss IN conceanng M pefzon and
lace, ana ms extreme caa1on Y ah0rd no cine -
tne discovery OF himself or his object by conFeTS1
Mon, were admHsnIy calcuiatea t0 render lz1p61E
uon imposslpie Ipe history 0I the case y taisy ~
tola py hoiney .ne traveller y tae Eest
Yolney mad u from tne fortune teller himseh who
apphed 70 MN lot some SyF1sc expressions. On
being asked TOT what purpose Pc wanted mem, be
confessed nis TRACE ana yofneJ. finding him ~
marka0Iy shrewd person, inquired Of him tho story
NAG great turn lot expense, very slender MEANS
and an lnyeterate repugnanee 70 anything like
arudgery Aitsr iqng pnzzzng hlmssA p d5senyer
some mode Of Life BY which he could unite certain
profit with continual amusement, he set up asa
fortune ,teller. he commenced BY taking lodg-
ng IN the obscure quarter Of the Maras a1d prac
tlcng IN small way in that neIghb0rhood, where
the blunders Of beginner would not be Of mach
consequence. At the same time he never failed to
be in daily attendance about court, and spared no
pains to make himself familiar with the personal
appearance and private history of every person
Of the least note there g
After TWO years Of practice amongst the small,
and OF study amongst the great, he thought him
self quailfed TO begin business on grand scale,
ana having ny proery q servant procured .
proper customer ne tried his art in his new sphere
with great success. HIS fame, and Of course his
gains, increasing rapidly, and IT was when he was
IN ms zenith that tne adventure above related hap
cards he pnrposely let two or three fall and ia 1is
ing from picking them up, ne cuntrlved to catch d
suffcient glimpse OF the strangers countenance to
discover that he was no less person than the Duke
OF orleans and afterwards Philip Egalite, and the
father OF the late King OF the French, who was ac
tuaily the child m question. He took not the leagt
notice OF the discovery ne had made but pretended
TO ascertain the iact from the contemplation OF his
cards. Having overcome this difficulty, his prae-
tsed acuteness made the rest easy to him. Il was
puphcly known that tine Duchess was near her Con
Theme Mt, and that ne had heard the Duke was anx
lous to nave son ne, therefore, confidently haz-
a fHf.r<l xffrrl1
sure him the most liberal pay. He did not expect
the proposed alternative, which Obliged him to be
on his guard, and he had actually only just re-
turned from learning the news at the palace, and
was scarcely in bed when the Duke arrived, whose
iaith must nave been confirmed by the fortHne-
tellers anticipation OF his intelligence.
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birds AND fIsaEs.-Among birds are 70 he found
Iamilles whose decorations are lnimfabie ~ any
material tnat We are acquainted with, be il even
gems ana metals whose song Dy It's mere tome,
moves Ine isteher almost 20 Tears, although ne -
.a q lne exact senumenI tnat inspires tho
nome, g INC raven, are absoiutcly cos
mopohtan IN tneir dispersion throughout the eli.
mates Of our planet. Inc Tour departments OF
materlal nature, P9puiariy s1yiea elements. seem
open e az ahd accesslo,s 70 lhem-eartn, an water,
a a nre almost, OF heat as not as hre NOT are
, Iaere Wahllng' 10 promote our sympathy the qua
iltles Oh asu.e pefception, ooGhty, mimcfy, even
Iul aha huihor, eouIags, saiiahIry, strohs aHee-
" ~ passn,a l na ~
ll4s- d 4t.ff H.
tnal " hlna WIN h,tle OF no expe.
renee OF lne aengaIs OF matuaI ana parental
aleI ep1 1Iihss ioi W w taosahus anu numerous
q tnousanas al ume eats Its own progeny IN
atsc w Wv. llose " " showing
~ lasol " enei Jas. ~ tsey arc arIisihg az me
i1s. ssases ~ l.sI 1nat M
duiges 4ofacious appetle WITHOUT, as far as phy-
sst o av suuss e pleasures q
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tat ~ tb shar,a icy, o oss ans .nall
tha+ i. haid a. = +; 41 ~ y ~ prey
y .;. H. = ~ i.sls ana len pa-
~. y ~ a NJ; t.e = se strange
sa y ulu NV sss y uone ualy before our eyes
~ .he e p. ~ Moula seem won
oeriui bue now mucn IS our wonder increased
when we think 81 the complex fabric Of each sim
gle thread, ana then Of the mathe NAUTICAL precision
itself Il constructed and to add to all this, an
example OF the wonders which the most common
things exhibit when carefully examined, the net of
the garden-spder consists OF two distinct kinds of
silk. The threads forming the concentrie circles
are composed Of a silk much more elastic than that
Of the rays, and are studded over with minute
globules of yiscid gum, sufficiently adhesive To
retain any unwary fly which comes in contact with
it. A net of average dimensions IL estimated ~
Mr.. Blackwell to contain eiehty-ssyeu Thousand
three hundred and six j,