The Dickinson press., 1883-12-29
HAND HIERoGLYPHICS.

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Cleveland Herald.
~Chairvoyants and fortune-tellers are
usually untruetworthy persons, stepped
in Quackery aud ready to take advantage
of the superstitious side If human ma
tnre. a reporter met n of the class
yesterday, and was astonished in the
course of conversation, at the informa-
ton the woman possessed on the subject
VT palmistry. Not in q mood to have
his future life mapped out, the reporter
talked to her solely in search Of informs
alton. He got some very interesting
matter for his pains. The woman was
enthusiastic on the subject, and Gained
to be infalllble. She grew indignant
when the reporter refs rred to palmistry
Us a pastime, and said: "No, sir! 1t is
not a pastime, but a deep science,
founded or principles created by Heay-
en-. Show me q man or a Woman's hand
and face. and | will tel! you his or her
nature and qualities"
els it Il difficult knowledge to ln.s-
teri"
"No; comparatively easy, though tine
and experience render this work of the
palm;st truer and more thorough
"Are there fixed ru'es":"
Yes, and they are not intricate ones.
| don's know but | am divulging my
trade secrets, but | have enough inter-
est in palmistry'to ovcrturn your doubts.
Hands are divided into three kinds
those with tapering fingers, biunt,
square-tipped ones, and fingers that are
spa%de-shaped, with cushions Of flesh on
each side OF the nail. The taper-tin-
gered hand is the highest and best type,
and is possessed by poets, artists,
persons Of coatemplative moods and
with quick, sensitive minds that turn to
the ideal rather than the real. The
blunt. fingered hand belongs to the Sou
sible, matter-of-iact, well-balanced class
OF humanity, such as the successful bus
mess and professional man or SCIENTISTS
You have taper fingers and are
something OF an ideaiist," SAID the palm
list, gIancing at the reporters busy fin.
gers. The reporter had to own up.
"Thespade-shaped fingers to my third
of strong passions, who love creature
Goa forts, aud have what | call material
instincts.
"The joints on the hand are points
that are very important in the study.
If the top. joint is longest it speaks
broadly Of ideality and lack Of practical
ability, making the possessor Of tbs
hand a dreamer. If the second Joint he
longest it denotes a keen, we'll balanced
mind. and ii the lowest Joint excels il
length tine person who owns the hand is
Il unitarian, with strong passions. If al
three JOINTS are equal, a we'll balanced
mind is there.
by my rules you will see that tic
first or topmost joint means the spiritu.
al nature, the middle, mind or intellect,
and the lower JOINT the body Of the per.
son. These rules may be thrown aside
in the case of an uncommon hand. In
that case the face aids us and Il conclu.
sion can be reached by tina: means"
"HoW do you read the lines of the
hand9"
"Thnt is the finest work Of the whole.
Two hands may be widely different, and
their lines and shape may contradict the
tales told by the fingers. Then only the
instinct that comes with the true grasp
Of art can aid the palnist. To learn the
chief lines of the hand is an easy mat
ter. They are, first, the lifeline, which
runs roun. the base of the thumb, the
head line, which begins alongside of The
life line-sometimes running into or
joining it-and crosses the middle Of the
palm, and the heart line, which crosses
the hand somewhat diagonally near the
base of the fingers.
The lines that run round the wrist
are age lines, each meaning thirty years
of life. III the line of lie be strong,
deeply tinted and runs nearly unbro-
kenly to near the wrist, it is a sure sign
that the owner of the hand will live a
long. healthy life" The reporter looked
at his hand, and may lave laughed, for
the operator first looked ''nettled." and
secondly at ~ the hand, and said:
Yourdays wi | be filled with sickness and
II knock down for the pianist, looked
innocent and listened as she resumed
her talk.
"Ifa spot or star lies on the life line it
means that an eye or both will be lost,
and every obstruction or cross on the
surface a q. misfortune graded az to
the size. Have you wavy lines at your
fingers ends. No! Then you'll not die
OF drowning"
"How about hanging" asked the Her.
aldite.
"There is no especial line or mark for
that" suspiciously, t'but," warningly,
II raj tell from general Signs"
rhe quas.iouer did not press the sub
ject, and the lady went on: "a crescent
shaped mark below the little finger line
denotes hereditary insanity, and a we'll
defined short line, joining the line of
life, indicates early or late marriage, ac-
cordlng to the length of the llne."
"Shall l become a Benedict"
"No sir! Iun will not" emphatically.
The reporter looked solemn, and was
impressed with the words. He was
already married. Resuming, the lady
said: eff there are lines on the
side of the hand below the little finger,
the number of times married are indi.
Gated. The lines extending down be
t cen the third OF ring finger and the
ii tie finger to the line Of the heart mum.
ser the loves of life time" The inter-
siewer's hand Was extended. and tho
Interviewer answered: e
"Your loves will nc four aud short"
The reporter tiglratively hunted his
aole agAin. Zone line says the love will
oe singh, long. and unaIioyed. A long,
ya.i-dHtilaa line of the hanl promises
intellectually. Yours is not long. Ifit
extends over the sides of the bands,
raft, n and calculation is indi-
:ated. One can not be possible without
The other. In q good hand, if this line
De forked ordoubleda at the end it isasign
Of rrticence or slyness. With a ba 1 hand
it means deception. A faint, short line
shows stupidity. I said the line of the
heart ran from one side ofthe hand to the
other at the base of the ting .rs. Ii that is
!ong, the hama belongs 10 a person vino
is atf~ectionate. II short lines run down
'oward the main line. affection will only
follow respect; and if the lines RS" un.
passion and impulse are the MI Ms
pTings Of love.