Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1886 — Washington’s Rules of Conduct. [ARTICLE]

Washington’s Rules of Conduct.

One of George Washington’s early copy-books contains a list of a hundred and ten “Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation.” Here are a few of them: “Every action in company ought to be with some, sign of respect for those present. 1 j i“When you meet with one'of greater quality than yourself, stop and retire, especially if it be at a door or any strait place, to give way to him to pass. “They that are in dignity or in officehavo in—all places precedency; but whilst they are young, they ought; to respect those that are their equals in birth or other qualities, though they have no public charge. “Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty. “Be not hasty to believe flying reports to the disparagement of any. “Take all admonitions thank fully, in what time or place soever given; but afterward, not being culpable, take a time or place convenient to let him kll■■ w i t that gave them. ” - ' Some remarkable and very successful experiments have been made at Portsmouth, England, on the use of creosote as a steam generator in ships-of-war. The creosote is contained in a tank, and kept at a uniform temperature and consistency by steam-coila running through it, and steam injectors force the vapor into the furnace. In the latest list the beetles of the American continent alose number 9,490 species. Z