The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-03-24
USEFUL As THE FINGERS.
Tho Toes, u They BE- Observation-Disclosures
Draw Tissir Rowe With Their FEET.

It il astonishing. says the s.. Louis
R.pub'ic. to what uses the feet and toes
could he rt,t II necessity arose for =
full development Of their powers
There is a y ~ of educating the FOO, '
~ we'll ~ the hand or the eyes, anT
there is no telling what sn educated
foot can he male I" do. In the time
of Alexander the Grcat warriors were
taught to draw their bows with their
feet. rs we'll as their hands: aud this
j. done at tho present time by the Rock
Vcddahs of Ccylon.
Nearly all at,oriyines can turn their
toes not only 10 good but to- bad &C.
counts. This is especially true OF the
natives of Australia. who. while they
nrc cunninyly diverting your attention
with their hands. are bu<ay engaged
committing poEaerie.- with their toes.
with which they pick up small arti-
Giles as an elephant would with his
trunk.
So, also. the Hindoo makes his toes
work ut the loom. using them in his
weaving operations with almost a
much drxterity ~ he does his fingers.
The Chinese carpenter when he 10
planning piece Of wood always holds
It with his feet. He also turns 4 grind
| stone and does other kiud OF work in
the same manner.
The Banaka tribe. the y.sost famous
canocmen on the West African coast,
will impcl their light canoes with great
velocity over the waves. and at the
same time use the feet to hail ont the
water that happens to hc dashed over
| the sides Of the light craft. If from
anv cause "a Banaka breaks or loses his
cars he throws his legs over the sides
Of she boat aud propcls it almost as
fast with his feet IS lac could with the
paddles.
NJ. Ducornet. who died in France II,
| 1862. was born without arms or hands.
lie had the eye Of an artist. and not
withstandiny his great misfortune ac'u-
ally studied painting and exhibited
many tiuc productions wholly executed
with his toes
The feet of Thomas Roberts. the
armicss huntsn'an. once in the employ
of Sir George Barlow. we're made to
serve in tao places of hands. Roberts
manufactured most of the instruments
which he used while on the chase. aud
could shout or throw with ~ much
prrci<iun as the average hunter in pos
session If both arms aud hands.
The same NAV bc said Of William
Kinstonc. an Ensli>hman who KEPT
his own accoas,t~. shaved and dressed
himself. sadLic.l and bri.ilcd his horse.
threw slcdyc hammers and did Other
seemingly impossible things with hi.
toes.
As to national cl,ara cicristics in feet
it may he said that tue French foot i
barrow and long, the Spanish foot i
small and elegantly cnrved-thanSs Il
its Moorish blood -c,rrc.pnn,iiug Il
the Cas,ilian's rsile VI being high il
the instep."
The Arabs foot is rrovcrbErs sor it
higl, :,rcl. The Koran says that :
stream oi water can run under the tru
Arabs foot without touching it. Th'
foot o! the Scotch il high -ar.s thick
) that of the Irish fiat and square; tn
English. short and 1:<hy.
Wren Athens was in her zenith tn,
Greek foot was the most lerfrcti
torEas:,l and rx,ctiy rrnpnrtinne'i q
:hat II any Of the human race. Swede'
NorwccT,,s- AMI Germans have tn
largest feet; Americans the smallest
! Russian TOES are '.wub',.si' 10 the ir,
Joint; Tartarian toes are all the sall,
length,