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About The Plattsmouth daily herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1883-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1891)
1 red J" ' f sU of : I ; The amc ; I heard ; Aaar' A ABOUT HANDWRITING. y'rt ExptttlllD -11 Chalk m How Khjj It I to from li-i-fi. j , on which in an old and hon- jt which has not received t I recognition until recently, i.iinl writ in; cjK-rt. This ' . timony now curries much J nt with judfo ami jurymen il f:omo years a;o, by the man .vIiIcJi tho testimony is given. tn-rt nowadays does not ask the and jury to accept his private ,.. n as to the genuineness of a nigna- 7 bat produces huc.h proofs of the ons which have made him reach the clnsion by im.kiis of diagrams, photo apJiK, etc, a.s to leave no doubt in their junds. "Every ik'I-rou," said Mr. D. T. AinnM, ,t . tho famous handwriting exjx-rt tho other day, "h.i.i p en liar characteristics, and no two handwritings aro exactly alike. Personalities enter as ninch into a man's penmanship as in his d.'iily intercourse rith friends or aeqnuiiitaiH-cs. The forger, for instance, cannot know his own habits or control his own hand so as to set it r.ride entirely at will. Mcro lower can h;ive Iittlo c-iToet on the 1 formation of letters, ami even, although ' 1 ho may try, tho skillful former cannot wholly hide his own individuality. , Forgeries aro more frequently confined to a ringle f ignature. "Tho forger has the ;wl vantage of hav ing lieforc him a copy upon which he may practice until h" h;is attained enough skill to ri'xr:ducir it. or ln mayuiako use of tho various mechanical iiif.iiis fur w curing a correct out line by which ho will le guided in reproducing his copy. "Where the former method is employed there is usually a fatal lack of accuracy as to form. The other method usually leaves signs of th slow and hesitating movement required f.r carefully follow ing an outline, also several retouches of the shaded lines, which when examined under a microscope are at once apparent. Forgeries thus made may generally be demonstrated from the very character of the work wit'iout any reference, what ever to the general signature. "An amusing instance of tho detection of this class of simulations occurred in my own experience some time since when called to a certain law office for the pur pose of examining a contested will. The junior member of the firm took occasion to sieak disparagingly of expert exami nations of writing, saying that a clerk of his could copy his own signature so closely that he was unable himself to de tect the difference, nor did he believe that any expert could do so. I had never seen the writing of the lawyer or that of his clerk. After a few minutes the law yer handed me a sheet of legal cap cov ered from top to bottom with his name, remarking that a iortion of the sig natures had been written by himself and a portion by his clerk, and reiterating his belief that it was beyond the power of an exiert to determine which were his and which the clerk's. "Taking the paper in my hand I looked at the signatures fox not more than one minute. 'You wrote that, that and that,' I said, indicating three of the signatures, ' nd your clerk wrote the rest.' The lawyer admitted the correct ness of my answer, and expressed great surprise at its readiness and accuracy, and asked how I had determined it. I explained that in looking down the rage I observed that the writing of one class of names was entirely homogeneous. In its turns, shades, grace of line and all there was apparent a full, natural move ment, while in another set there were hesitancy in the lines, angles in the place of round turns, shades varying in place and degree, a different slant and general want of homogeaeonsness. So it was very easy to tell them apart." New York Recorder. Mrs. Croly and Her Work. Mrs. Croly, whose pen name is Jennie June, has long been a favorite with the reading public, is the president of the Women's Press club and the founder of it, for it was her call to the press women of New York that resulted in the organi- .zation of the present club. Sorosis also owes its birth to Mrs. Croly, in whose house it was organized, and she has written a history of it. At present Mrs. Croly is the editor of The Home Maker, into which the Wom en's Cycle, that was started by her a few years ago, has been merged, retaining, however, the name of Cycle department. To this magazine Mrs. Croly now de votes the greater part of her time, but goes about to various cities and towns in the United States, whenever she is called upon, to speak of club life before wom en's clubs. No woman perhaps has had more exjerience than she has had in this respect, and her love for all women and - her interest in everything pertaining to them render her ieculiarly well fitted for this work. She does not sympathize with the universal suffrage movement for women, nor does she approve of it for men, but she thinks that certain classes of women should have a voice in the making of the laws, and she believes that the time will coino when they will have it. A thoroughly womanly woman, Mrs. Croly's slight "figure and nnwrinkled face make her look almost too young to be the mother of grown up children. She lives in a dainty Hat uptown that is filled with books, pictures and bric-a-brac, making it the ideal literary wom an's home, ller Sunday evening recep tions are crowded with bright men and women, and the young aspirant for jour nalistic and literary honors is always cordially welcomed by the genial host ess. New York World. A Uowl Conceit of Himself. Lieutenant (to his intended) I see by the papers that there is an increase in the mortality of the female population. Had no idea that my engagement would produce such disastrous results. Sach . ischer Postilion. lie Marched. Literary Aspirant I can write about .Anything. . . , . .Sored Publisher Then pleas nght .about face. Exchange. LACRYME RERUM. O, Time and Change, they range and r&ORO From sanshiuo round to Ui under! Th'y glance and go ax Uie Kreat winds blow. And the bent of our dreams drive asunder: For Time and Change estr.-irn outrange And now they have looked and sh;u us, O we that were dear, we are all too near With the thick and the world between ua, O, Iath and Time, they chime and chime IJke bulla at tiuiiMct falling! They end the song, they right tho wrong. They set the old eclniej calling; For Death and Time bring on the prime Of (jod's own c hosen weather. And we lie in the peace of the Creat Ilelean As once in the grasn together. -W. K. Henley in New York Commercial Ad vertiser. Why Humanity I Dwarfed. Woman has not suffered alone from the denial to hi r of political equality The human race is like a man who through infancy, youth and manhood has compelled his right leg to bear the burden of his body, regarding the left merely jus an ornamental appendage, to be swung up by supports and tricked ont with r hiious, lace and jewelry. The one would be nerveless and feeble, the other lame and overworked, and the progress of the while body would be halting, un even and slow. So with the body pol itic;. All who aro interested in public affairs feel how lame, unequal and im perfect is the advance of society, and how heavily drag tho mighty interests of the great republic. It will be no better till complete jus tice is done to woman. With her en franchisement there will come a nobler era. Then, with interests that are iden tical, with a humanity common to both, the masculine head married to the femi nine heart, wisdom supplemented with love, l.tan and woman shall together work out the great problems of life, ami a nobler and better civilization shall come to the waiting future. Mrs. Mary A. Livermore. Heavier Knines I'uitml to Come. The demand of the time is to move weight over distance at the least possi ble cost to it on slow freight or fast pas senger trains. There are hundreds of locomotives in service of about forty tons weight, capable of hauling a train of 100 tons at the .average running rate of sixty miles an hour. Cut that is not the kind of fast train that our railroad managers want. They are required to make money for the companies employ ing them, and they realize that it pays much better to use locomotives weigh ing sixty tons that are capable of haul ing a fast train of 300 tons. It is a curious study, and one that ; . interesting to some minds, to investigate the rapid speed that might be made with safety with locomotives having abnor mally large drivers, but as far as the bearing on American railroad operating is concerned, it is just as practicable as speculations or calculations respecting the time it would take a balloon of cer tain proportions to reach the moon. National Car Builder. Woman and Her Foot 'Wear. "Please try the left shoe on," said the lady who sa'- next me in a shoe store. "Why was that?" I asked 4. he man who had served her, when she departed. "Hole in her stocking. Oh, yes, you would hardly believe how many ladies have holes in their stockings. We al ways know it. It's 'try the right shoe on,' or the left, 'never mind the other.' Some of them say: 'I'm afraid I have a little break in my stocking. I didn't ex pect to get my shoes tried today.' And often the little break horrifies them, hav ing grown to a big break during the day. Oh, yes; little breaks come sometimes, and the lady herself does not know it till the shoe is removed. In those cases she usually sa-s nothing, but just blushes. The hole is always a genuine case of ac cident when a woman takes it that way. Sometimes they xasp, so that we shall see how surprised they are; but then some women pretend that. We can usu ally tell the real thing. A successful shoe salesman needs peculiar gifts of tact and the genius of patience," this one continued. "When a woman has a really large foot it's best to bring a shoe slightly too small, and then appear surprised that it does not fit. 'Some feet look smaller than a really smaller foot' is a good ex planation of your error. Bring to the woman who has a genuinely tiny foot a 6hoe too big and then fit down to her. Nothing pleases her so much. A sales man influences the buyer tremendously. I believe a woman would rather have her foot praised than be told she is clever. Always humor a woman with a big foot. 'You can wear a much smaller shoe than this, of course, but you want tlu's for really comfortable wear.' That makes her want to hug you." New York Sun. Wooden Lace. Lace making in America is still an in fant industry, though the continent can claim the only lace tree yet discovered. It is the lazzette, or lace tree of Jamaica, whose inner bark can be separated into layers of very pretty mesh. Queen Vic toria has had a dress of it, presented by the people of that loyal colony. His Majesty Charles II had only a cravat. History does not record if he wore it. It does tell, though, of a wooden lace cravat that must have been much more desirable. It was carved by the famous (Jrinling Gibbons in imitation of point lace, and was so flexible that it could be tied or folded without injuo. The Duke of Devonshire was its first owner. Gibbons gave it to him upon the completion of Chatsworth, the mag nificent. In some manner it came into the hands of Horace Walpole, who de lighted to wear it when he had special guests of honor at Strawberry Hill. New York Herald. The greatest density of population is in the area wnicn nas iroui lorry to niiy Vioa nf rparlv rainfall. On either side. inches as the rainfall increases - or decreases the maximum of the country being above seventy inches and the minimum ten inches the population dimio- below ishee. Wedding Bella. They rang right merrily this morning1 at 8.30 for the future hap piness of K. J. Franklin and Miss Annie Livingston, who were united in matrimonial bonds at that hour at the home of the brides' mother in this city by Rev. llurgess, in his pleasant but impressive manner. The wedding was a very quiet one, only the members of the family being present. The bride is the well known daughter of Mrs. Dr. Livingston and the groom is the popular agent of the U. S. Wind Engine and Pump Co., with headquarters in Denver, where the happy couple will reside. The bridal party boarded the train for Omaha this morning, 'midst a shower of rice, and the con gratulations of a host of warm per sonal friends of the bride, who had gathered at the depot to have a parting word and ctend heartfelt wishes for future happiness. Till-: 1 1 t:K'AI.l trusts their lives will always be as peaceful and pleasant as the bright, sunshiny May morning-that saw them wedded. It vvus Ins Birthday. Sam Archer the chief police was :.' years old yesterday but he did not attach any particular signific ance to the fact and went his way as usual. Hefore starting flown town after supper he arranged to take his wife to the catholic ball and was to cal 1 for her at half past nine which he did; Hut Mrs. Archer had put up a job on him and when he called at the house he was con fronted by such a crowd of neigh bors and friends as he had not met in a long time. He tumbled to the situation and admitted his wife was to smart for him. Shernd Graves was in the crowd with his violin and having a room suited to the purpose all danced who so desired while others sang ami played the piano in another part of the house. The supper was an elegant affair and did Mrs- Archer and her assis tant M isa Klla Archer great credit. The marshal was remembered at the hands of Mark White, Sherad Graves and Fred Egenbcrger with a splendid meerechaum pipe while Jack Denson and Mr. IJroback presented him with an elegantly carved meerschaum cigar holder and Julius Pepperberg remember ed the evenings victim with a mons ter cigar. The entire evening was an unusuall- pleasant one for all present, who could not heip but con gragulate the marshal on his youth ful appearance and bashful mann ers. The guests were too numer ous to name them here and retired at a late hour wishing happiness prosperity to their host and hostess. C. M. Rowitzer, of Omaha was in thecity over night guest of his friend John D. Kobbins. If you want and dolls J. P. Youngs is the place as he will close out his stock of dolls regardless of cost and cpiit handling that line of goods. This is your chance Uoc dolls lor 10c. Somewhere between 1CD and oOO people will go to Omaha to-morrow to see President Harrison and to see the decoration and display in his honor. The latter number is nearer correct than the former. The ball ground is now nicelj graded, and the boys are at work to-day putting up a neat and con venient grand stand. They deserve liberal patronage and THE IlEKALD believes they will get it. The A. O. U. W. Grand Lodge be gan its annual session this morn ing at Grand Island. J. A.Gutsche, Dr. Hall, Frank Boyd, F. J. Morgan, Mike Shirk and F. K. White are in attendance as delegates from this city. The Catholic ball at Fitzgerald's Hall last night was quite largely attended and the participants in the mazy waltz, seemed to enjoy them selves immensely. The Bohemian band furnished the music which was up to their usual high stand ard. The Box social at South Park last evening is said to have been a great social success, a large crowd was out, the South Park cornet band played some of its prettiest airs and all was merriment and good cheer resulting in substaintial help to the amount of several dol lars for the new church. Two more car loads of Wisconsin red stone arrived last night for the court house. It begins to look as though the building was to be con structed of stone. The heavy lime stone foundation is being rapidly put in by M. J. O'Reilly and his corps of competent assistants. George Schuler of Springfield, Sarpy county, called on the county clerk to-day with a formidable look ing petition, signed by nearly all the farmers near Cedar Creek ask ing tha.t a permit be granted Mr. Schuler to sell malt, spirituous and vinous liquors in the village of Cedar Creek. " The application comes up for hearing June 1. Joe Gilmore loaded his stock and other goods at Cedar Creek yester day for Ilaigler, Nebraska, where he expects to reside in the future. He will start the last of the week, and the familiar face of Uncle Moses Dodge will be missed on our streets, as he goes with him to spend the summer and autumn. The IIekalo wishes that these stal wart citizens of old Cass may be blessed with unstinted prosperity and good health in their new home. The Lincoln correspondent of the Bee, tries to make out that F. S. White did not understand his bus iness as oil inspector and a man had to be sent here to to do his work. The statement is untrue and does Mr. White an injustice. The fact of the matter was Mr. White, had been sick and could not go to Omaha for his apparatus. A car of oil came in and he telephoned to Heimrod to send him the testing tools at once or send a man to do the work, a dep uty came down and did the work and thats all there is to the story. Brown & Barrett have the largest and finest stock of wall paper and borders in Plattsmouth. wlf Will you suffer with Dj-spcpsia and Liver Complaint? Shiloh's Vit alizer is guaranteed to cure you. 'J I had a severe attack of catarrh and became so deaf I could not hear common conversation. I suf fered terribly from roaring in 1113' head. I procured a bottle of Kly's Cream Balm and in three weeks could hear as well as I ever could, and now I can sajr to all who are afflicted with the worst of diseases, catarrh, take Ely's Cream Balm and be cured. It is worth $1,000 to any man woman or child suffering from catarrh. A. L Newman, Grayling, Mich. Our Clubbing List. Globe-Democrat and Heralij $2.25 Harper's Magazine M " 4. CO Harper's Bazar V " 4.fc0 Demorest's Magazine " 3.10 Omaha Bee ' " 2.40 oledo Blade " " 2.45 Lincoln Call " " 2.15 National Tribune " " - 2.45 The Forum ' " 5.55 Inter Ocean - 2.25 Lincoln Journal " " 2 30 The Home Magazine " " 1 85 Cough Syrup. Koch's Lymph is good in its place but no remedy has been put on the market and had such marvelous sales in so short a time as Haller's Sure Cure Cough Syrup. We guar antee it to cure 1:113 cough, cold, bronchitis or sore throat. For sale by all druggists. Marriage license issued to Mr. Harris G. Todd, and Miss Alice Brown both of Murray. Dr. E. L. Siggens has returned and may be found hereafter at his office over Gering's drugstore. tf The ladies of the South Park cir cle will give a box social at the Bap tist parsonage, Monday evening, May 11. Ladies are expected to bring a box containing lunch for two, with the ladie's name enclosed. The gentlemen will have the oppor tunity of paj-ing twenty-five cents for a box regardless of the shape or size of the same. Right reserved to withhold names until boxes are purchased, The South Park band will furnish good music for the oc casion. Come one and all. d'it New Millinery Store. Mrs. C. M. Graves, dressmaking and millinery. New goods, new prices, latest styles. Store No. 110 South 3rd st. Plattsmouth, Neb. lm Pansies! Yes! In bloom, of the most gorgeous colors, They will con tinue to bloom all summer, too, and can be selected at Moore's Green House for from 40 to 50 cents per dozen. dtf A restore, stricken, "and give you a luxuriant growth of hair, to keep its color natural as in youth, and to remove dandruff, use only Hall's All watches, clocks and jewelry left for repairs atC. II. Jaquette's Neville block, Sixth street, will re ceive prompt attention. All work guaranteed and done in a workman like manner, tf kMicta Sell The WashingttoB Avenue GROCERS -ASD- Provision Merchants. Headquarters for FLOUR AND FEED, We pay no rent and sell for CASH. You don'tjpay any bills for dead beats when you buy of this firm. The best SOFT COAL always on Hand. iDoisirr forget AT THE Opposite Ilichey Bros Lumber office VET. Time Table GOING WK8T GOING KABT No 1 3 :30 a. m No 2 5 :05 p. m. " 3 6:45 p. m " 4 10:30 a. m " 5 9 -.25 a. ra. " g 7 ;44 p. m. ' T :15 a. in. "10 9 :45 a. m. "9 6:25p,m. "12 10 :14 a. m- "11.. 5:25p.m. " 20 8 :30 a. in. " 19 11 :05 a. m. 1. PETESEJvf THE LEADING GROCERS HAVE THE MOST COMPLETE STOCK IN THE CITY, 3 - FRESH - AND - IN - SEASON ATTENTION FARMERS We want your Poultry, Kggs, liut ter and your farm produce of all kmd,, we will pay you the highesl cash price aswe are buying ?or a hrn in Lincoln. B. PETERSEN, THE LEADING GROCERS Plattsmouth Nebraeka. K The Gitizeik BANK vapimi, 9100,000. " OFFICERS ifBANK CAKItUTH. JOS. A. CON NO It President. v. , W. H. CU8HINC. C Jn8"" w. D. Memam. Wm. Wetencamp. wT H. Cushlog. traksacts:a general banundsikeJ m it