The Dickinson press., 1889-11-09
PLEASE SHOW YOUR HAND
TROUBLES IN THE WAY OF APPLY
ING RULES IN PALMIsTRY.
Hard to Get the Subject to say ~ Am
Like That"-What Is Indicated by tho
Line of saturn"-Short Little Fingers,
and Thumbs of Different Kinds.

and Thumbs OF Different Kinds.
l have been twenty years at the study
OF palmistry or chirognomy, and during
that time have not been able to discover
any philosophic reason for believing that
the lines Of the hand and its shape indi-
cate character. The want of connect.
ing theory frequently causes me to lose
all hope and belief in the investigation;
but practice restores confidence. No one
can look at even few hands every
month for years together without being
driven to the conclusion that they really
do contain guide to much that is to bo
found in the nature of their owners. AS
an actual fact, however, find that the
leading lines of the hand are never eccen-
trically deformed, broken or deficient in
persons who have not some gaps or
queer places in their characters, to
match.
THE LINE OF SATURN.
If the lines are long, clear, red, gently
curved, except the upright ones, few in
number, and shown in hand that has
fingers with substantial tips and not too
long roots the best sort Of nature may
be looked for In the case of persons Of
brilliant original talent and thought, the
upright line from the base Of the palm
toward the fingers is never absent and
is sometimes repeated twice or even
thrice 1t is called the cline of Saturn" :"
and springs from many different places.
In musicians, actors and some others it
usually starts from below the little
finger. When it is Joined at tho base to
the curved line round tho thumb an in
dependence of feeling out of proportion
to the will strength or the pride of tho
rest of the character is to be expected.
If the line called that of the head, which
crosses tho hand from above the thumb,
usually turning down to the pad below
the little finger, be entirely separate
from the line that surrounds the thumb,
the whole character will be modified
whether it be good or bad one, by this
separation. AS n rule that modification
will tend to make the person seem moro
clever when thinking out of his own
head, but less able, however sympathetic
and docile, to adopt tho modes of getting
at IDEAS by which his teachers achieve
their success.
A short little finger often goes with
sweetness, u readiness to repent of evil
and of anger, and sometimes even q
cheerful abnegatton Both kinds arc
consistent with pcrmancnce of mega
tive wishes, or, as it is usually called,
obstinacy, as this is quality capable of
drawing strength from many sources. A
largo ended thumb is very good in n
good man, and helps him to fight the
battle of life. In a dull and selfish man
it enables him to be extra oppressive at
home, and to make his opinions of much
moro effect than their value warrants.
A thumb whose end is large and it's shaft
poor, as though it were door handle
with n weak neck and could be twisted
off tho hand, is not an advantage This
leads to many evils, and, though often
found in IL good man, gives tendency
to change the reasons for his good deeds
or good opinions, even after he has been
emphatic in choosing or defending them
Such change will usually bo rather of
the nature Of reversal than n drifting
lWay