The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-04
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wNuNefIAi CHNNEc@ lu ift'A '-,fAt-ii 'NtI-.'' sibiifr. During the carly part Of it, whether or not there WIS more inher- cnt honer among men. it was necessary Co leave great deal Co the honor of in. alrhnsls An exercise of anything keeps if alive When it is dormant ii is liable to retrograde. it was not tiu GSfa or thereabouts that the punch svstem for fare collectors on railroads and street ear lines was introduced. and tue companies made the public their agents. informing them of the conductors duties lt was one uf these notices posted in street GIT that gave rise Go Mark Twain's celebrated dogcerel
 mink trip siip gcr sn eight cent fare. A biae irlp siiy, for a six cent fare. A tuH trip slip for i've cent fare, 7,,nehel In the presence of tne passenEere. Punch. brothers punch punch With care' Punch in tae presence ot the passengere'
 Then. too. the merchant of the early part of Che nineteenth century consid- cred it disgrace Co fail ia business lie bad inherited from his ancestors the tradition that iu monetary irans- actions he could only maintain re spccied position among his fellow men bv paving dollar for dollar Many a man of that time died of a broken heart not entirely because of the loss or his wealth. but the loss of bis honor
 These Illustrations could be added ad Hbltum. but tbe two mentioned VII suffice to give the younger members of Ola, community today an Idea of those times when there were po patent de vices for Iusurinu honesty
 When the war between tbe states broke out Ned Carleton. a boy of tf te,u. enlisted. though hc was three wears upder the required age and marched sopth with hi> rrimepl Aft CT Che battle of shiloh hc was reported missing and vas drwIrJ iram thc reg incut8l roster His family mourgcd him as dead.
 In the year 1900 mau giving his name as Iudsau Maelniyre called upoa an oculist Go sa,c Che sight of one of bis eyes. The o.utisi after a nun her of ylsas on tb, lart of the patient discovered that he was suffering Iron a depression at a certain point iu tis sEuH. causing a pressure Cu the optic nerve. and recommended trcpanning Inc part Naclmyre WIS operated pr by surgeon aud ,hc moment he became eous IoGs after rte passing of The eHest of th. au ..It cried oni, rising to a situa- post
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 Don't excite yours if said ihe sur reao gently foy-iBs the patient dow gu his back
 "Oh. | see sald Maclm,vrc look ing about him. i've been hit lm ih hospital, I suppose
 .1hs operation h.s }een successful yoag, be aii riylt very soon.
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 Those about ihe patient looked at one auotErr as much as Co say. Hes out of his head
 "You must keen qnict Mir Macin- tyre" said the surgeon.
 .NHacIutyre. Who are you taking tos My names not MacIntyre, I'm Ned Carleton oJ the Indiana volnn- fears
 And so he was For forty years a pressure on his brain. accustomed by a wound in the head. had mgde him ob. llviaus 10 his existence for the first fifteen years of his life How be had come Go assume anothcr name he didn't quite remember but during four derades he had livel under that name. ! But he had not lived iu America. Ills earliest rcmcmbraucc was of Australia, though how be got there be didn't know He had been a sailor a part of the time since he began hts second existence. while tl.e rest had been spent as a sheep berdcr
 And now carleton arty-dve years old, ] having recovered from thc operation, was obliged Co go out into the world and earn a Hviug. lie hnd been well educated for a boy of fifteen and wrote 1 sn excellent hand. He went about ap plying for clerkship. Everywhere ! he applied he was received with sur prise
 eve don't hire any one of your age ! for a clerk. be was told. We pre-. ' fer very young men
 "T'm a good penman Can't you give me some copying to dor
 "Typewri6ngE
 "Typcwritine' Whats thatt'
 ''That young lady wiH explain it Co you. pointing to a girl clicking ma chine.
 The poor fellow. taking up as be did the thread Of life from the age of six teen. did not apply for a mans work.
 One day Carleton. being kindly re celved by benevolent looking gentle man. told the man his story elicitiHs a great deal of interest
 .I will do what ] can for you said I the gentleman. "We need a collector How would you Ike that positiony "Glad Co set anything" said Carle ton. "and I'm sure you win tnd m' honest " not pocket my collections. -.a-...... .ss.H s-...e.. tffs ftsifslse