Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-24
HUMAN NATURE IN HUMAN BEINGS
Close Up Views Of Tx Worth. knowing
By FRED c. KELLY.

dan. Gu ~betliought himself that i:
would interest his readers to Know
something about the method OF bank
clearing under the new system of fed
eyal reserve Banks. He strol|ed over TO
the treasury department and held &
LONE conversation With the official who
knew most about tie new banking syS-
TEN. AS the official explained 1T, the
whole proposition seemed absurdly
.:impic, hat TO make sure of no mlsun-
notes. A little later. back at his desk.
he inserted Il sheet of paper in his
typew rite1, spread his notes
ieatly at e. side. n will. q merry
cocksuHe, romring motion over the
! ireys. dashed Off an opening sentence
The method Of bank clearing under
the new federal reserve act, while
/ seemingly very complicated and diff
! cult 20 understand, is in reality alb
| sEld!y simple"
; Then lie slowed! ur to glance at his
rotes. He picked up the notes and read
them intentiy, after which he frowned
! severely and scratched his head. For a
long time he sat there either frowning.
, OF scratching his head. o: both. Then
he ierSed the sheet OF paper from the
| typewrites. crumplsd 1T up, threw it
| into the waste basket, and decided to
write on some other topic.
Franklin n. Lane, secretary of the
interior. hopes TO retire some day to
an 1S-acre farm. He himself does not
know why he wants it to be just Is
acres, nut that is the area that his farm
dreams always provide.
Postmaster Genera Burleson knows
a good deal about art. He can go into
a gallery, look at a famous painting
and frequently guess who the artist
was, without ever having to consult a
catalogue or the janitor. -
Sometimes q clev-t hotel clerk in
putting down the number OF a room OPP
posite a guests name writes the fig
ures backward, to save turning the
register around. That's nothing. Sec
rotary of State Lansing can write his
name backward and upside down, all
at once. And having done it. you can't
tell the signature from one written un-
der more favorable conditions.
All of which recalls that former Rep
York, has an odd little fad. He can
give an almost perfect imitation of the
handwriting of scores of famous Amer
leans, beginning with George Washing
ton.
1t has been :. matter OF lifelong regret
to former Senator Theodore T.. Burton,
of Ohio. bachelor. that he has never
been able to nave a house with q yard.
so that he could keep a dog.
Billy Burns, the detective, paused IN
Washington the other day long enough
to thrill a picked bunch of listeners
with a brief tale of personal adventure.
1t seems that Burns had gone to a
certain town to Investigate a iynching
which the people OF the town did not
care to have Investigated. The day
after his arrival he received an anony-
nous note which said:
Leave town before tomorrow moor
or We'll hang you to the same limb"
and did you dare to remain after
that?" a breathless auditor asked
Burns.
oh yes" a the detective. ST
fooled them. 1 got up early the next
morning and sawed the limb off"
Congressman Dorsey w. Shackleford,
of Missouri. chairman OF the House
committee on roads, was asked by an
associate how much money he thought
would be spent this year on national
highway Improvement.
Boom, boom. boom.'' replied Shack
leford. in a vexed tone.
"How's that?"
Boom, boom, boom. hoom." repeat.