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A ABOUT HANDWRITING.
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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
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