Show H hio I 1 Is L ui r t i i i t A L lt assing lotrn 0 ten T Fing erps and uses extra ones at silk loom charles W haines of abig abigail gail street who is 24 years old ihas has fiva fingers on each of his hands but no thumbs says the cincinnati commercial tribune in the place of his thumbs are perfectly perfect ly formed fingers similar in appearance to the index finger only a little longer the of his case is that satire nature so arranged it that the first phalanx unlike other fingers has a ball i joint articulating with nith the first matac metacarpal acpal in a way away that enables him to turn the finger about in any direction even upon the back of his hand haines is a silk salk bandage weaver and by the aid of his thumb angers he can reach into the loom and catch up broken threads and tie them with one hand not being compelled to use a hook line like other workmen he says that on account of his hands being so constructed he can save time and do more work in a aday day than anyone at his shop like miss sayers baines is a musician he is a good performer ona zither ither 7 and when not employed at his bis work he spends a great deal of time playing upon apon this difficult instrument ile he can pick pich the strings more nimbly with what serves birzl as a thumb than with his other fingers and he a e verily believes b e that nature furnished him with a deformity that lias has proven a physia logical benefit bene fiti I 1 r |