Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1879 — Rules of Conduct. [ARTICLE]

Rules of Conduct.

Never exaggerate* at least don’t exaggerate so excessively as to cause undue remark. n Never laugh at the misfortunes of others, save in -the isolated instance of a man struggling between heaven and earth, with only the blue dome of the sky above him, and nothing to speak of under him, except a banana peel. Never send a present, hoping for one in return. Nine times out of ten you will slip up on your expectations. Freeze to the present you buy. You are dead sure of that. Never question vour neighbors’ servants or children about family matters. They are liable to fib to you. The best way is to “snook” around and find out for yourself. Always offer the easiest seat in the room to a lady or an invalid. A hard bottom, straight back chair is ustudhr considered the easiest thing there u made to sit on. A rocking-chair is apt to produce sea-sickness. , Never pass between two passengers who are talking together, without offering an apology. One of them may lift you a kick that will jaise you through the pier glass- U Never put a fire or warm dry sheets

in the spare room. It’s two awfully inviting, and these are hard times. Never insult an acquaintance by harsh words when applied to for a favor. It is just as easy, and ever so much pleasanter, to lie to him and tell him you haven’tgpt It He may know you are a liar, but he can’t deny that you are a gentleman. Never fail to answer an invitation, either personally or by letter. If it is an invitation so dinner, by all means answer it personally. If it is an invitation to a wedding or donation party, a letter will do just as as well ana is about ten times as cheap. Never refuse to receive an apology. You won’t be offered one more than once in twenty-five years, and you can keep them as rarities. Never thrust your foot out across the aisle in a street car. Somebody may spit on it. —Burlington Hawk-Eye.