Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-23
Some Autographs. A

The many people who have admiret
the free, bold, yet graceful handwritin;
of President Garfield, as displayed il
hundreds of fac SMILES, will be glad t,
learn that his original autographs ar,
quite as fine as any copies of them evel
made.
General Arthur writes large, care
less, heavy hand, with no particular in
clination. 1t looks precisely as if th'
writer could not spare the time neces
sary to execute it. There Is strength il
the writing, however, and both these
signatures compare favorably with the
inflated, shapeless, balloon capitals o
General Grant, or the little crampec
hand of President Hayes, which likewise
appear among the rest.
Secretary Robert I. Lincoln, by the
way writes hand strikingly like that O
ex-President Hayes. Attorney Genera
MacVeagh's signatures resembles some
of those affixed to the declaration-tha
is, it is large, bold, antique and distin
guished- looking. Kirkwood and Win
dom are neat and legible penmen. Post
master General James writes prettily,
with several graceful little hourishes,
Secretary Blaine's hand is large, bold
and distinct, all letters and words being
connected throughout.
If ever signature could be received
as indicative of the character of its own.
r,it is that of Roscoe Conkhng grand
gloomly and peculiar. 1t stands out in
the relief of the blackest ink from the
paper. Scarcely two letters at the same
angle, with intricate and grotesque
fourishes everywhere it certainly gives
expression to the mental ramifcations
of the unknown, so far as they can be
guessed at. 1t seems to say: ''My mas
ter writes like no one else; stand alone
among the signatures. Directly below,
as is fitting, appears the respectable and
business-like chirography OF Thomas G.
Platt, which is above invidious criticism.
Colonel George Bliss signs his name in
a bold, dashing running hand, every
stroke of which is clearly cut, without a
particle of affectation,
General John A Logan incribes his
name IN series of coarse, black, upright
characters. Senator Pendleton's style
is somewhat similar, though the letters
are better joined and better formed. The
Hon. Thomas T. Bayard's hand is a
study. Plain, neat and angular, it re.
sembles the bold, English manner OF
writing so much affected by ladies'
General Joseph r. Hawley's elegant and
graceful autograph is familiar from its
appearance on innumerable diplomas
and other documents issued by the cen,
tennial commission in 1876. Alexander
81. Stephens writes hesitatingly, in q
small. tremulous hand.
General William, Malone, the grea,
Virginia readiuster, is the possessor o.
what may be termed a lateral handwrit.
ing, if handwriting is a proper term tc
apply to a sea of broad horizontal dashes
extending from one side of the paper to
the other, with here and there a slight
ripple of short, upward stems. Hannibal
Hamin apparently wastes as little time,
ink and paper as possible in signing his
name, vet there is no need of second
glance at the writing in order to inter-
pret it. Senator George T. Hoar, ol
Massachusetts, writes, quite as plainly
but in a pinched sort of hand,
like that of New England "school
marm,' who set copies to her pupils
prettily, in the style of former days
Wade Hampton walls his ferocious per
sonality behind pretty lady's hand
which some of his fair constituents might
envy. Don Cameron appears to have en-
tirely forgotten that one of the objects
of writing at all is to convey ideas to the
human mind, as not even the profound
hand writer expert who figures in SC
many courts, could confront the scraw
described as his signature without a fee
ing of awe.
Ex-senator B. X. Bruce places OF
record one of the most dainty and micro
scopic round hands imaginable.
| William Pitt Kellogg simply writes hi:
name like other people, and not unlik.
them in any marked degree. Boil
Toombs' signature is an old-style round
hand, as much behind the age as tn.
views of that venerable fire-eater. JET
Davis has characterless way of allow
ing little sharp letters to straggle up ant
down hill, rather in accordance with tn,
Imaginary curved line of beauty thai
with the straight line commonly regard
ed as the line of beauty most appropri
ate to chirography. General Beaure-
CARDS signature is as distinguished and
Frenchy as his three magnificent names
which he gives at full length.
Ex-Treasurer Spinner, whose auto
graph has been as eagerly sought for a
that of any other man living, appearing
as it has in all its strange luxuEianc
upon millions of greenbacks; wries iron
his quiet home in Florida a courteou
little note, the chief interest of which i
that it exhibits in a curious manner th
) great difference between his ordinar
Handwriting and his remarkable sigma
ture. The latter, however, has los
none Of its unique perfection.
I Bad Case.
A more shocking spectacle, e1claim
ed the indignant old lady, 81 never be
held" The simple fact was that sh