, 1874-08-24
PAL lMtSTRY.
Tho Mystic and Prophetic Lines
OF tho 1Iu1ltl.
How VIC. May Reveal tho, Past ana Un~
veil tho Future

veil tho Future .
=, II. Deabarro1loa is tho n,lthor Of an interest,"
III which ho gives tho result Of his renoalcllea
into tho acc,ots Of Gypsy fortuno-telling. Tho
London Saturday Reuicto gives aynopHin Of tho
| rules which ho Bots down as tho bnH'a Ut patn,-
iHtry, which arc givon below
nrpt host lavo fingers with pointed tops; tho
sceohd, ,nqunro tons; tlio third, apado-alIapod
topa. Q,y npadc-shopcd arc meant ilngora
llas at cac side Of tho nail.) The frat typo Of
hngera boio1igH to pbsaons possessed OF rapid In
slight Into things to extra-Hensitiyo paoplo to
% %rlonn rcopio, wlloso nlety Is Of tho contenpla,,
artigts IN whom itlcality lis pronllhont tralt.
The second typo belongs to scientific rooplo to
sonsih!o' He!f-contalnod characters; to most Of
our professional 1lletlt who 'atoar botwoon tho
shared iingors talsc and tho too ylulonary bent
1 OF tho a.
| PEOPLE WITH POINTED FINGERS,
Tho third tyno pertains to those Whose instluca
for commerce. and high appreciation Of oyory-
tbing that tends to bodily easo and comfort;
also to people Of grcnt nctivIty. Each finger, no
matter what kind Of haud, has ono joint repre-
| bontinB each Of thoEo types. Thus, tho division
| Of tho finger which is nearcst tho palm stands
for the body {and corresponds with tho Bpatlo-
shaped typp) tho middle division Represents
mind (tho aqnaro-toppel) tho top. soul {tho
pblntou}. 1t the top ioilIt of the anGor be 1oug,
1t denotes q cl,araetor with much Imagination,
| or idcallty, aud leaning toward tho theoretical
| tnther tim tho practical. Tho middle part Of
the finger hoihs largo promises logical, calcu-
| hitting mluu-n commDf-scusB person., 1l,n re-
l1lainlns joint long md thick denotes u nnturo
that clingH moro to tho lnxurica thnn to tho ro-
npetnouts OF 1ifo. Things will present thon,-
aolyca to such . nature under . lower u.s.
| poet, and utility will DO accounted bcfuro
bonuty. Tho abovo description Of tho types Of
hands Is fur from exhaustive, for each typo af-
| forts indications OF many qualities not evon
| mentioned horc. This skotch aims merely ut
! giving rough idea Of this part Of chirognomony
| It ie woll to romembor; that there aro "gooa
| hands" to BIZ fonnd in each tyno-hnndB TINT aro
| eQnat to lottor of recommendation for their
owners (only, unfortunately, fow can read t1otn)
denote enlondld qualities Of head and heart;
but tho lfGloss md bost hand OF tho pointod
| typo viii lo aomotl,lng bottcr than the best
TINT tho other kinds oas bonst It must not bo
supposed TINT NJ; dArpont1sny fonnd no attista
with my but pointed tlngors, aud no men Of
| mon Of Bcionce with pointed fingers; but it IL
observable TINT those with pointed fingers who
take to Bclenco invest their choRon subjects
/ With
4 CERTAIN roET1cAI. CHARM;
and In tho sa1no say III ", tist with rpnde-shnpei
fingers will be found tn yutgarizo art, or ut lcast
to treat his subjects i'll realistic mannor, and to
atandroins. Some time and experience viii bo
needed by II beginner to construct the idea OF
tio AVERAGE proportions Of a hand. Only de-
par:uros from this avorago hand aro rcnly char.
acterist,c and significant. a hand conforming
itself exactly to tho representative hand would
portclld being without auy indviduality-a
nonentity. The aize Of tlo hand should bo in
proportion tn tho roat OF the person. Tho lsagtA
Of tho fingers should equal the longth OF tho
pnln,. The palm longer thar tho lngors would
Indicate DrHHluttHrnhEG OF mnttnt mind =
tho nEoru much longer than tho palm a want
of ballast-of common senses the palm aud fill
gors cqnal, or nearly equal, showa n proper bal
aiico hetwcen the spiritual and tho material.
Tho tl,roo Typos are varlcd almost infinitely BY
the combination of two or moro kinsls Of hands
in ono hand. Thoro mnY DO nqtaro fingers in
tho pointed hand. or homc spatlo-Bhnped. a
hand may even contain tho threo types. Again,
thcro aro Bomo hanls where uono Of tho t1ngoras
arc quite Hquaro-topped, or quito polntod or
1nito apaao-shhped wl,cro tl,oro aro suunrBh
points, or pointosi' sq.lares, and no
E1NaEnR nF THE ruNE gYpE.
These transitional hands aro calod linked"
aud they tleaotn the loHsehsion Of portion Of
tho gifts of both Of tho types represented In
them. Tho hands in whlol al tho iingers belong
70 one type, .pura and unadnlterated," are not
ofton mt with, They belong to people Who are,
|! not unnaturally, ut !east unconnonly, con-
sistout. 1t has leon Bnd by q novelist, who il
noted student OF character, TINT there IL q csl-
rously mistaken tendency tolook for logical con-
but paln1stry presents human nature in itninhntr-
ent Inconsistencies mud Observation-Disclosures itn
intricate nlixtrao Of good aud evil, OF great md
small.
NJ. Dcslarrocs adopts oil tbat ia horo mt
down Of IT. d,Arpeniic,,y,. syston, niain. ~ ~ ~
tho study OF tho palm, In which lilo nrjcinai
ii,leB aro-tlo lne Of lifo, Which rul,s raunj lin
baso Of tho thumb; tho limo Of tho head, which
and tic frat tluger, and crosncy tho miiJtn Of
tto palm; aud tlio line Of tic lloa,t which soes
from one side Of tin hand In thn osh"r af Pthe
base Of tho llurors. An llnbroken md wall, ,t1o,
fined line Of A;o signifies good health. brea]s.
ago il, Tie line royoaig imno,jpc HicnaBa' r. Il
ba IN years to como ar sickness nassn1 # r. ha
in Years gono iy, Tl.e date can 10 easy ascor.
tocd. ID tic line Of hfo is divided into t3ortinna
thai roprosout differont n9os. .TIls: n ira IL
drawn from tic middle Of tbo pago Of tic thjrI
finger towards lie aecond mint of tim hmm