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feeble in his frame." He lived, however long enough to prove the fallacy of his  and many other prognostics of a like nature  and when on his deathbed, he more than  once expressed this surprise that "at 84 years of age, he should still have so much strength left, and should find it so hard to die.

FORTUNE TELLING BY THE GROUNDS of a TEA or COFFEE CUP.

To pour out the Tea or Coffee Grounds:- Pour the grounds of tea or coffee into a white cup and shake them well about in it  so that their particles may cover the surface of the whole cup, then reverse it into the saucer, that all the superfluous parts may be drained, and the figures required for fortune telling be formed. The person that acts the fortune teller must always bend his thoughts upon him or her that wish to have their fortunes told and upon their rank and proffession, in order to give plausidility to their predic- tions. It is not to be expected upon taking