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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 253, 4 December 1914, Page 2 (Supplement)

HOW TO READ PALMS. Anybody "'ho believes that character or luturo events iim bo "read" from the hand n-:ed u<'t consult .1 professional palmist. Hero tiro u few points on llie subject:—lf the first finger of the bund curves inwards towards the «econd finger it is a sign of a money-lov-iii|{. It tho soeond joint of the thumb is thin, it denotes gnat taei; and if the first join* is it slrow's strength ot will, When JlO lingers are long and ta|»cring, it may l*> Uiken tiiai the person is ot an nrtisjic teiiu>eriHT)ent ; when I hey are su.ua.rc and stumpy, a i>rncticiil nature i-- indicated. When the lino ol lite (at the baao of the thumb) is long an,] thin, n long healthy life may lie expected. It the line is broken tinlook for trouble and illness. The line ot the which is the first of tho (no which inns across the palm, de. notes a taste for literature and seiwnc* where it is long and straight. SHRAPNEL. Tiie shrapnel, says an invest ig(..-ar, »» really a Hying cannon, which snows iit. charge while in Hiy'ij m explodes' uk contact. Its hjwMvf of .Vm.onn feet po, mm-oiul i« produced l»v n pioMur* <>l loin .1(1.01)0 to 3.") 000 puiinde wjuaf.. uth from the j>o\wlor that r.vjvU if from the igun. Its Ingrafting eliar{> Rxetrts a pressure of from 20.000 t» '.'".not) pounds per square inch. Tin. ■ -'i.il of its case has n tensile Nirengtti I' 13*).(Kin |M>nn''.> lo 111 , ,< inch ••'tid an elactic limit of ll(',i«i< pound* for square inch. Colonel <cely. forim-rlv Seoiotarj of s'lato for War, irnno tin servie« with the K\pcdition;iri l*i [■:. ( olouej Seely »hs tii.-' " I 11 ment ' "mem !">r t.'r thr ]o*> . 1 W »hik> u> South Africa.