Show HIS DEFORMITY A BLESSING owns ten fingers ond and uses uaea extra ones at sill loom charles IV haines of abigail street who is 24 years old has five fingers on each of his hands but no thumbs says the cincinnati commercial tribune in the place of his thumbs are perfectly formed fingers similar in appearance to the index finger fiber only a little longer the of his ea caa is s that nature mature zo so arranged it that the first phala ax unlike other fingers has a ball joint articulating with the first metacarpal in in a away way that enables liim to turn the finger about in any direction even upon the back of his hand haines is a silk bandage weaver and by the aid of his thumb fingers he can reach into the loom and catch up broken threads and tie them with one hand not being compelled led to use a hook book line like other workmen hesayo teaton that on account of his bis hands being so constructed he can save time and do more work in a day than anyone at his shop chop like miss sayers haines is a musician he is a go good od performer on a zither and when not employed at his work vork he spends a great deal of time playing upon this biffl difficult instrument lie he can pick pich the strings more nimbly with what serves him birn as a thumb than i with his other fin fingers gers and lie he verily believes that nature e f furnished urnis hed him a deformity that has proven a physiological benefit |