[Illustration: This is the way H.G. Nolton writes his name.]

[Illustration: This was the original freak signature of the country.
It will be recognized by every one as F.E. Spinner.]

[Illustration: F.S. Watts, teller in an Iowa bank, is not afraid to
use ink. He says this signature has never been counterfeited.]

[Illustration: This stands for Lloyd Bowers, a well-known Kansas
banker.]

[Illustration: R.J.B. Crombie, a Canadian banker, has a signature that
is certainly freakish.]

[Illustration: Tom Randolph, president of a Sherman, Texas, National
Bank, thinks he is a good writer.]

[Illustration: W.D. Mussenden, an eastern banker, thinks any man ought
to readily read his writing.]

[Illustration: C.W. Bush, president of the Bank of Yolo, Woodland,
California, makes these marks and they are good on any check.]

[Illustration: W.O. Cline, editor and publisher of a Chicago paper.
This is one of the most unique signatures in the United States.]

[Illustration: A B. Ming might write worse but it is doubtful.]

[Illustration: W.P. Hazen, a Kansas banker, has written this signature
so many years he thinks it ought to be legible to any one.]