Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-12-13
A French F0rtune-reIIer.

Desbarolles, the noted author of ''The
Mysteries of the Hand" has returned to
Paris. The professor of the singular art
of chiromancv is not. as one might mag
inc, an ordinary fortune teller or vulgar
lmpostor He was the intimate friend OF
the elder Dumas. and some Of the mCst
noted personaQes of France have found
their way to his uupretendIng suite Of
apartments on the Boulevard ST. Michael.
He affects none OF the airs or q sorcerer;
his simple little parlor Is as common a
place as POSSIBLE, its only remarkable or
nament being portrait of the elder Du-
mas hanging upon the wall, with the in
scription beneath II. ''To my dear friend
Desbarolles. s" penned by the novelist him.
self. A letter from Dumas, neatly framed,
hangs near this portrait, and copy OF
Les Impressions de Voysge occupies the
place of honor ON the table. A good many
Americans. | am told, come to test the
skill of the famous chirmomanclan. In
one instance two American ladies came to
consult him. After telling them a num-
Der of curious particulars respecting their
traits OF character; their tastes, their intel
lectual tendeacies ETC., he added some IN
formation respecting the future. TO the
one he predicted the approach OF the
greatest sorrow that her life had yet known
she lost near and passionately beloved
relative before three months had elapsed
To the other he said; "fou will shortly
be placed in great danger of death, should
you escape the coming peril, your life will
be long and happy one." Before the
summer, which was then just opening, WAS
at an end, this second auestloner came
near benz dro Sned while ON a fishing ex-
cursion with some friends near PARIS, and
was only saved BY the courage and pres
ence OF mind of one of her companions,
Who seized her by the wrist and managed
to hold her above water, TIL mere efficient
aid could be summoned, Desbarolles was
also frequently consulted by the Empress
Eugene, who was fond of prying INTO the
future; despite her bIgotted Catholicism.
1t is said that ne predicted to her in 1850
tnat sne would lose her throne, snd would
end her days in exile, ''Not upon the
the scaffold- NJ, Desbarolles?" asked the
Empress eagerly, as she had always been
nauHfed by presentinent that she was
destined to perish as did Marie Antoinette-
On receiving decisive negative she sought
to learn no more. Desbarolies also fore
told Nine Musard the splendid fortune
which she was to 1--WE TO the iberaiIty oil
the king OF Holland, and which made her
one Of tine richest women in Europe. But
it was not from Desbarolles. but from the
scarcely less famous clairvoyant, Edmond
that LOUIS Napoleon learned that he wa'
fated to die by the knife in London. Iht
emperor, who was extremely supersiItlous
as was also Napoleon the Great, fanciec
that he was to meet his death at the naDd:
of some political refugee. As he died
from the effects of a surgicrl operation. th'
prediction WAS. oddly enough fulfilled
though IN different sense from what Is a
inst apparent. Desbarolles Is small
drled-up, white haired parsonage, with Terl
charming and polished manners. lie L
now ABOUT seventy years OF age.