The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-17
CONGRESSMAN oANNoN's HANDS.
Peculiar characteristics Which a
Study Of Them eveals.

Peculiar Characteristics Which
Study of Them R eveaIs.
From, the CHICAGO Tribune.
the distinguished chairman of the House
committee on appropriations, and the Hon.
w. H. Martin, the famous congressman
from the Lone Star State, are national
characters, and whatever pertains to them
must prove interesting to the public. Here
is the result of little philosophical study
of their hands:
At first glance the student of chirosophY
is unable to decide whether Joe Cannon's
hand belongs to the spatulate or square
shape variety. 1t is not pronounced, like
the hand of Speaker Reed. On a close in
spection, however, you will note that the
| finger tips are more inclined to be spatulate
than otherwise, and the development of the
| phalanges or joints gives the subject some
of the attributes that belong to those whose
hands come under the head of the knotty or
philosophic. For the sake of brevity one
may we'll call Mr. Cannon's hand the spatu-
-philosophic.
The attributes OF this hand are prompt
ness, enthusiasm, desire to take advan-
tage of every opportunity, and a tendency
| to day dreaming. Cannon's hand is of
good size; the thumb large; the palm some
what thick and rather hard; the mounts of
Venus, Mercury and Apollo are well devel-
oped and give the key to his character
There is no affectation about Cannon; he
| is always the same except when he Is suffer
ing from an attack Of indigestion, and then
| he can wither you with a look The spatu-
late-philosophic subject, especially when the
thumb is large, is liable to be overconfid dent
and rate his abilities above his fellow
| mortals These subjects always have
| Of ham al h.rf ha
same time, they are willing to recog-
nize merit, and reward it accord
ingly. They possess a certain amount of
philosophy that stands them in good turn
| when they become excited, whether in de-
bate OF quarrel. Among the spatulate-
| philosophic subjects are found the masters
| of sopbistry. 1t matters not what they
| undertake they always carry out their in
| tentions and purposes in the same way
i. g.: they attract attention to themselves
| by the wonderful amount of enthusiasm
| they display, and ia so doing they generally
| succeed.
The mount of Mercury gives to Cannon
! good business instinct. He would make
| successful contractor or merchant Venus
gives him love for music, gallantry, ten
| derness and benevolence. One would say
that when not worried with the cares of
state OF business Cannon derives considera-
| Bile enjoyment from romp with the child
rem. He also likes to be made great deal
of and is fond of ladies society, while in no
sense pronounced lady's man.
To conclude the reading of Cannon's
hands, he is a little curious and has an origi-
nal way of pumping" fellow for infor-
nation he doesn't pay any attention to the
| fashions nor is ne close observer of men;
his philosophy keeps his ambition in check;
| when he shakes hands with you it's hearty
shake and you almost hear him remark,
| 'have another with me-"
He is a good talker as we'll as listener
and he retains most of what he reads. He
possesses more sentiment than Reed, and
tenfold more sympathy. He is a tolerant
of all forms of religion, and one would
| think somewhat skeptical. He prefers
quantity to quality. and doesn't stop to
consider the price of anything on which he
| has set his heart.
There Is big difference between the
hands of Martin and the hands of Cannon.
Martin's hand is larger than Cannons and
| belongs to q spatulate type The fingers are
| long and thick, while the thumb is abeve
| the medium size. Martins will and logic
are about evenly divided. None of the
mounts are particularly prominent except
the mount of Mars. A man with such a
| hand as this is subject OF even tempera-
ment: one who prefers outdoor life
and exercise, who loves nature for
what she is. Any one who possesses good
amount Of intuition could read Martins
character by looking at his hand. The de-
velopment of the mount of Mars gives him
resignation as well as courage. He has
little or no imagination, but at the same
| time he has a certain amount of cunning
that those who attempt to play practical
Jokes on the old gentlemen would do well to
remember.
He is unsuspecting and seldom sess below
the surface. His will is indomitable, which
enables him to keep excellent control over
his temper, otherwise it would go hard with
some of the fellows who have made fun at
his expensa. Toe mount OF Jupiter is de-
veloped just enough to give Martin deep
reverence for religion. Judging from his
hand he is not fanatical, but, nevertheless,
wants those around him to observe Sunday.
He has certain amount Of imitation and
likes to be considered in the swim. He has
high regard for the opinion Of Others, bat
when he gets an idea he'll stick to it until
the last horn blows. You cannot take ad- |
vantage of him twice; if you deceive him
once and be finds it out you can never do 1t
a second tiu1e. He appreciates good story |
and eau see the point as quickly as the next
one.
Looking at his bands, one would say he
regards reading as a waste OF time; he
wants everybody to be up and doing.
Spa.ulate hand subjects like 10 be on the go,
especially if they follow agriculture. They
rise early and work late. They know the
value Of money, and It's this class who leave
behind a fortune 10 be spent and enjoyed
by their heir. They want 10 hear all that's
going on, and generally they knox all
about their neighbour business, like eau
nog. only it,le more Indifferent, Martin
cares nothing for the crees OF fashion
He is sf1setioaate aid very jealous Of what
he loyes Ogs Of bis weak spots le his
yanlly. which is made sapd OF by DIS
true friendship.