The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-08
PHILOSOPHY OF PALMIsTRY.
Logic Wasted On Those Who Consult
Fortune Te1Iers.

last week a poar egotistfcal crea ture,
who had been emplo.sed as BARNARD.
drowned herself, chiefly. az woa,id seem
from her letters. on account OF the sinister
predictions which she read in her palm.
combined with her planets" No doubt
this girl WAS weak-mtnded. II not actually
insane but there II a good deal In her case
worth thinking about. Some years age
when conducted some researches into
paimlstry win, the assistance Of lady who
claimed TO be All expert in that craft.
put the question TO her, what IL you see
intieafions In palm that the owner or the
hand will de or incur some other awful
:nisforsune at an early iate~' The lady
answered that in such a case she always
diseernbled. and she led me to understand
that II was q matter OF professional ETH
ausefte among really CONSCIENTIOUS rsaimlsfs
not 10 make known the truth when 1. WIS
or such a nature that 30 impart II might
be dangerous.
This In all very well. but no one can pre-.
vent people who dahb.e in palmistry, or
astrology. or other occult means OF reading
the future. from discovering their own fate
for themselves Those who discover by
such means that the outlook for them Is
very black may not all commit suicide. Hike
tina unfortunate barmaid but such knowi-
edge IL bound To have an Injurious effect
on all bat persons OF the toughest moral
aber: and persons of the toughest moral
aher. l may remark, are not In the habit
OF dablAing I'm the occult sciences As "a
r'ile. fortune telling In its various shapes
~ chiefly denounced as swindie and a
msans Of obtaining money under false pre-
senses. hnt I question whether the mofM
mischief which may result from efforts tn
ascertain what the future has I'm store FOR
us may not be far worse than any triaiGg
financial loss
Nothing IN more certain than that Il Is
20 the advantage of mankind on the whole
NOT 20 know the future In saying fhfs
dn net iese sight of the fact that 1; would
be- a profitable thing 20 many 10 know, for
instance. who Is going tn win the next
years Derby. or the price at which any
particular stock VIII stand ST the end Of
the next account. This knowledge how
ever. can oaiy be profitable 40 long as II Is
IN the exclusive possession of ore ar two
individuals. II II were made accessible TO
al. the knowledge % the future wauss
cease TO have any more value than the
knowledge % the past On ,he ether hand
the knowledge OF coming FnlstoYyune--lf II
IS so fF.csslziY.si that IL can Ice f,rw.il,s sd
can oniy have a deruara lsxing effect ami
on the sha;e life has generally az n,uea
Of the unpleasant a. 90 the peasant IN
store for ths ma iortty OF huraer kind
How many youths Gf - are there who.
II they conss ascertain everything that *
going % happen 80 them during the rsxt
Afty years. would thins the game worth
she eaadleF 1 dcsibs ~ ,sere ara many
stss the eth.r hand. living In ignorance 80
what is corning. taking the ~eNa with tire
bal an each CAV brings g. ara inss.sssea r,iv
hoping far better thlne~ fruEn ths fnex-
haussiasl. possibilities az the future. We
rnaDagc for the Fnost part SO combat eYsr
tsstsfcrtgnes aa they turn np. ard cHsnv u
hfe aS ioyg as II So left in us. The nr0verf,
SAWS thar as iogg the-e Is ilfe thsva sa
hope. ana the eaHyerSe e. equally true
that as }cfag as sher~ sR hope there Is sffe
Destroy the ore and - Il Ten "a ere ,has
~en destroy the etsar. NV impression ss
that 80 far as Che Shanoes ~ individual
life SO Do NSe hsS ever knows fhe fstsf~s,
~ ever can kESsw & Eat whssaer IL Ne
aHaele3~@ 60 aes. TIE a@Fsnn vsN desires
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