The Osceola times., 1879-11-29

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and give them Aaky appearances.
CABBAGE, when cooked BY boiling,
should be boiled In two waters, This
drys the Essential OIL which Is un-
wholesome.
THE SCIENCE OF CHIROMANCY.
How the Hand Betrays the individual
Character.
Caitsta Halscy in Washington ReyOblIe.
This cOnical fingered hand 10, of all
the seven types, the least practical. II
is the hand Of the poet, of the artist; the
intuitional, institutional, inspirational
hand, which has marvellous insight,
dreams wildly, and has more percep-
tions than executive ability In everyday
affairs. 1t has little sense of order,
leaving the prosaic work of arrangement
and details to the square and statulated
fingers. In art the pointed fingers belong
TO the domain of the Imagination, as
Raphael and Correggio. Albert Dyrer
had the square fingers, and Rubens and
Qembrandt. whose men and women are
"earthy Of the earth," had the spatu-
lated fingers. This hand takes kindly
TO the picturesque. Ii loves novelty,
Is quickly attracted, working with dash
and enthusiasm. rather than with cool
skill and force. II Is the impulsive hand,
hand of moods and lenses, passing
quickly from exultation to despair. 1t
is not fit 10 command, and does not
know how TO obey.
This artistic hand appears In war, and
the generals who possess II care more
for glory than success. They are the
white-plumed knights, the men who
lead forlorn hopes, and whose inspira-
tions are often translated into victories.
To this same conical type belong the
hands of the lyrical poets, and the sem
timental novelists, as Victor Hugo,
Lamartinc, George Sand, Chateaubrand.
Byrou had the very pointed fingers, and
was proud Of the delicacy of his hand,
sharing the popular opinion that II was
mark Of aristocratic birth. To tho
chiromant, however, the hand 10 consid.
cred by strength and harmony rather
than by extreme delicacy.
Rarcst and most beautiful of all the
| types is the psychical hand. It IL deli
cate in proportion to the person; has n
medium palm, the fingers without knots
or only moderately knotted, the outer
phalange long and filberted, the thumb
small and elegant. 1t docs not belong
exclusively to the titled and presumably
cultured classes. The psychical hands
do not, by choice, concern themselves
world, but in certain great crises, when
the square and spatulated fingers, with
all their administrative ability, havo
wrought confusion, the swift psychical
hands have come 10 the rescue and ram
somed art, civilization, and religion. Mil
ton, Schiller, G9the, and Swedenborg
had the psychical hand.
Searching for spongss.
| remember using eponges in my
schoolboy days without thought Of
whence they came, how obtained, or
their previous condition. Although
little, the sponges which we may find
exposed for sale in drug stores and other
places, look unlike animals, yet by our
naturalists they have been classsd with
the lowest order Of the animal species.
The sponge may be found in the various
sub-tropical waters Of the world. The
principal sponging grounds Of the
United States are the waters around
Key West and along the western coast
of Florida, from Tampa Bay on the
South to Pensacola on the northeast.
The sponge schooners have two places
to clean their sponRes when coast spong-
ing: one at Anciote Kevs, the other at
Rock Island.
OF the sponges We have several varie-
ties, classed according to their market
value, as sheep wool" yellow, fox
glove" grass" ETC., besides one class,
I the "loggerhead," which has no value,
and is not thought worth picking up.
The first named is the variety mostly
sought, as 1t bears the best market price.
The most Of the vessels engaged in the
sponge trade are owned and fitted out at
Key West. The outfit of sponge
schooner consists Of number of long
poles with hooks fastened on the end
for gathering, and from three to seven
small boats called "dingys," from seven
to fifteen men-according to the number
of boats with provisions for from eight
to twelve weeks, water-glasses, and 70
forth.
Having curiosity TO see actual sponge
gathering, last Monday morning found
me aboard the schooner "Samfler,"
spinning towards the bars; but, owing to
light winds during the day We did not
arrive till after nightfall. Tuesday NOR.
ming, however, sponging commenced In
earnest. Shortly after sunrise the
"dingys," manned BY two men each,
with water-glasses, sponge-hooks, etc,
set off in quest Of sponges. One of the
men in the dingy sculls the boat about
here and there, while the other, lying
across the boats thwart, with his head
in the water-glass, scans tho bottom for
! snouoea The Hatay.ulaaa ,,eed bv the
spongers is nothing but common deep
wooden pail, with circular pane Of
glass for the bottom. Placing this Np-
right in the water, and putting the head
in far enough to exclude most Of the
light, one can easily see an object on the
bottom in six or seven fathoms Of water
The sponger, when he secs sponge, by
the waving Of his hand directs the scullel
where to 60, and when In desirable
position he thrusts his long pole down.
and hooks his sponge.
The vessels usually remain out upon
the bars from Monday until Friday even
ing of each week, coming into the Key
Friday night, in order 10 clean the
sponges which they had gathered the
week previous, put those gathered the
present week into the crawls, put thsil
wood and water on board, and prepar,
for the next week. The sponges which
they gather one week are put in crawl
or pens, made by driving posts into tn,
sand, where, at low water, they will bt
quite or almost dry. Here they are lef
until the next Saturday, to be washed
by the tides. On the following Saturday
) they are cleansed by striking them one
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