Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-01-15

Itfls Jack Horper, q AL remember. gave
pnepnscions szidepceI IN las favor .phcn.
eaiisg his Christmas, pic. he did not rely
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oos j. e-e;77ga lun .9sapea sai ~ bra
aistt Put IN his thumb 81 -1ol sii -
Iart f' And pallediout The plum. "a
which a. that particular period Of his life
was the coveted object of his desire. ..r
According to palmistry. our thumbs
reps-sen. the reasoning. will. logic. and
decision. Those versed in this science
place the sign Of the mind, or moral sense
at the base or root Of thess members, and
judge of the intensity Of !. our. reasoning
FACULTIES by the measure Of tue length, and
thickness of the rising, or mount. as It is
termed by the initiated. fouud there. BY
the shape and size Of the thumb is also ex-
pressed our; love and Affection. -,
Representing ihcu. as they do. intelli
ganae and feeling. We find i. an interest
ing fact that. in the same measure as the
hands are defective aud Incomplete With
out thums. so when the moral viii and
reasoning faculties. Of which the thumbs
in different degrees offer different signs.
are found blunted or imperfectly devel-
oped. these members which denote them
are inert or wholly waning. Common
sense teaches US this is but natural, and
tue world freely illustrates in this instance,
as in every other. the truth Of the state
ment that ..When the substance is absent
the symbol must fail"
In general parlancc We say ga man has
put away his thumb" to convey the idea
that he has resigned all powe. Of voluata-
ry action.
Born idiots, as medical statistics slow.
t, frequently come into the world without
any thumbs. or. having them. they arc
found to be powcrless aud inactive.
Infants, until they arrive at the age
when ray Of intellect comes to their aid.
constantly keep their tipy hands closed
with the fingers folded above the thumb
Open the little hands, straigh,en out the
passive fingers as often as you choose, and
soon rs the restraint Of your touch is gone
the thumbs will seek their accustomed
place beneath. tho other fingers. By and
by, as the mind develops with the body.
the thumbs in turn shut over the other
fingers in convenient and tempting posi-
ton for use, and are, as all cen testify
Who are conversant With nurseries, The
members which first receive tho first In
telligent attention from their young own.
ers. The cpilcp.ics. in their fits, fold the
thumbs FIRST. the fingers afterwards clos
ing over them. .r.-......
At the approach Of death the thumbs Of
the dying, as if impeiled by some vague
fear. seek refuge under the fingers. and
when thus found are an almost certain an
nouuccmcnt Of the end So in leaving
this world it would seem that our hands
in their last desire for movement assume
With our growing unconsciouspcss the
same suggestive position in which the
hands OF the newborn babe. with facul-
ties al dormant, first shape themselves
People with small thumbs are governed
By the heart rather than The head; they
breathe more freely in the atmosphere OF
sentiment and romance than that Of thought
and earnest purpose. Tie posscssors Of
large thumbs are endowed more gencr-
ously with intellectual gifts. and arc con-
trolled by the dictates of reason and COM
mon, sense rather than feeling. They are
also free from those rash and oft times
disastrous impulses which urge the sen,i-
! mental and mawkish possessor ola thumb
small in proportion with the remainder OF
the hand to the attainment Of ends which
DO no no, justify the means Of their ac-
complishment. to the enjoyment Of pleas
ures which too quickly fade away. leav-
ing the disenchauted illusionist with the full
appreciation Of the folly Of attempting hap
pincss without the aid ef principle and
judgment.
And iu turn a hand with thumb out
Of sy ymmetry. because too large to be in
harmony with its other parts. represents
all head and no feeling-a cold. calcula-
ting. domineeripg being. Of whom it u,ay
truly be said his wife or bis friend lis
under his thumb"
Long thumbs 90 with kng heads; their
owners have the gift Of rcering into fu-
tur,.y with an almost prophetic vision
When they allow ..bird in the haudr to
escape you may be assured it is only to
make room for two or more in ''the bush,
the reaching Of which they have so accu-
raseiy planned aud calculated that the
prixe sooner or later is faund in their
grasp. The Wall street broker who /.
Noted for buying aud selling stocks jus,
in the right season. the real estate agent.
the merchan, who always finds gain. biox
the winds ever so i'll for most people. you
will ascertain, II you bu: take the trouble
to observe, bear long thumbs. thumbs
which tend TO bend backward, deho;ing
sagacity. curiosity, and address; the cad,
of which are square rather than pointed
Indicating industry. the theory Of things.
the knowledge Of facts. i'
+ Wherever you find hands With thumbs