The St. Johns herald., 1886-10-14
HINTS FOR THOSE ABoUr T TO MARRY.
Curious Suggestions as to Choosing a Part ner for Life.--Hands as the Index to Character.


 Character.
 As a rule, though there are many e1- ce3tions, a man with long nail joint to his thumb, but shor. nails, sEouid marry a woman with q short thumb and iong neiis.
 don't mean talons,' but the pink part O. the paI should be lOug enough 10 promise grace los. in the mans ana lyticai natur. these very short nails de- clare the diver intohid en reeesses; cer- tainly he often d sccvers diam. ms, but their rUUghne is usually appalling, aud the wife who will see to their poi hing is the one thing ne7dful.
 Long nails look 100 much on tha out side Of things. and Judgel ,ple by looks, manner and dress; so this combination should insure tie juste milieu." A girl whose long poin ed fingers and nails, and long, thouyn siantiug Une of head. show much n 9utal Do CT, coupled with strong imagination, D great tendency to judge bJ OJtgard signs, must be carefully wcoed.
 The man to succeed will Do short fin gered and the first joint of hi5 Lhu nb will be at ieast as long a. the second. He will never quite let her know now much he cares for her, nor will he ever alto gther lift the vii which shrJuds him. To her hi, charm will be that there is a.ways something behia something more to know some day.
 These long pointed fingers, with the line of head described above, love exploi- tation, but the mine once opened aLd fully explored has 10 more interest for them.
 The signs of chiromancy vary so much, according to the type Of the hand, that it is difficult to cult hard and fast ma1ims. 1 can, however g.Ye at least one which is a thing of beauty and joy forever in any hand.
 When the line of heart forms fork, of which both branches are exactly equal, on the mount of Jupiter, which rises at the base Of the first finger, tt declares absolute trueness of heart. Tn such a person you may fully cOnfde, for 10 hiIn or her deceit is impossible.
 This fork also tells of one love only, for even when the person inspiring i5 has proved wholly unworthy, no other love will ever replace It. Other altec- tions may attempt to do 50. but none will ever hold the place consecrated to the first and last real love.
 The person inspiring such love is often indicated by @ cross between the lines of heart and head, the invariable sign of an influence of opposite sex. These crosses, however, sometimes show irk- some influences; old loves which refuse to be shelved, and threadbare friend ships, straining at the cords of old af- lection in well-meant fatal efforts to ad- Vlse.
 Once, when telling the hand of for eigner, found one of these crosses cut ting the lines of heart, he Id and fae, and indicating continued worry and hin drance arising from q woman's intlu- ence l said:
 "Your life is crossed and marred by some woman. Whatever you take up she objects to. No matter ill what career you seek success, she crosses your path and bars your way"
 To my dismay, the fiery foreigner sprang to his feet, and bringing his clenched fist down on the table with force all but disastrous to glass and and china, he said:
 An I do know her; she is von fiend. do wish she would die."
 When these crosses rest on the head line only, the influences they ind cate arise from fascination alone, and the heart is unto ched.
 I know one lady whom palmistry saved from miserable marriage b. warning her how speedily the glam lr sGrro inding an influence of this k!nd would wear of. In consequence of this warning shelook six months to think over matters, and long before their termil alton the glamor had vanished. and the engagement was broken off. When the line of heart is broken into many small pieces it argues little luck in love, and tells of inconsistency in friendship.
 A man who with this line combined a long line of head reaching right across 1 the hand, would be a dangerous rival, with but little regard to what imple- ments he employed to cut out any one who interfe; eu with him.
 The iragmentarg line of heart tells of the wish 10 do it, while the i lengthy line of head literally far-reach- ins) shows the poAel. This long head inc IS always a dangerous posses sion. indicating capabilities lor swim ding.
 With 8 good long line of heart princi- l pie will strangle speculation, but when you find this in the hand of friend whose line Of heart is defective, cross | quickly to the other side of the way, especially if you have anything of value about you.
 ] In hands blessed with all virtues, this i line merely deno e5 that delightful tai- ! ent for getting ones moneys worth out ] Of everything which those who do not i possess it ceaselessly envy and admire. | Doubtless it Is Q most desirable knacG, but if everyone had it no one would over- pay, so how would any one profit? It Is . just as we'll, therefore, that no two people possess hands exactly similar, and that Q large heart so often overruIes Q long head.
 Redness of the lines shows passion :; but unless so red as to indicate violence, they are, l think, preferable to the vice, whi eliaes declaring egOtism. The ! latter s,amp the g. Grandoourt5 Of life. Had Gwen1olan liar eth studied p ,Im- istry, no lalse hopes oI '' mapaging Jet ter than mamma would have Iured her into matrimoay.
 Beware, yo fiancas, of heart lines. chainei, crossed and harassed by little lines; they tell of icLlaness.-[ London Stander1