Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1880-12-14
MIscEllAnEous S.
When You Make a. Call

Do not stare around the room.
Do not linger Mt the dining hours.
d. not lay aside the bonnet a, q formal
call.
Do not fdget With your cane, hat or par
nsol.
Do not turn ycur back to one seated near
you.
DO not touch the piano unless invited to
do so.
d. pot remain when you fnd the lady on
tha point of going out.
DE net make the first call If you are a new
Gamer in the neighborhood.
Do not open or shut doors or window, mr.
alter the arrangements of the roam.
Do DOT enter a room without first knock
ing aud receiving an invitation to come in.
ia not handle ornaments or furniture in
the room.
Do not mako a display of consulting your
Do not go into the rooms of an invalid
unless iayited. ~
D on"t remove the gloves when making a
Formal call.
% not continue to stay longer when oon-
-n~rsattonsbegins to lag.
Do NOT resume your seat after having risen
&c, unless for important reasons.
natswalk around the room, examining
&c pictureE,avhiie waiting for the bcstess.
not predueo politics. religion or weighty
topics for conversation when making calls.
DsSnot call upon q person in reduced cir
eunstances, With a display of wealth, dress
and equipags.
Do not larry. Do not speak i'll of your
ncighbors. Do net carry gossip frsm ore
family to another.
Do not, if a lady. call upon a gentleman,
except 'ti''aily or PROFESSIONALLY, unless he
may he a confirmed invalid.
do not take a strange gentleman with Won
unless positively certain that his insroduc>
ton will be received with favor.
A NEW DEPARTURE IN RAILRo,p
RaAKes.-Mr. VIM. Loughridge has made
arrangements with tho Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, through its master of
machinery and others connected with thai.
corporation, to introduce on 40 experimental
train now being equipped a new method of
applying brakes to an entire line of freight
cars. This system, the invention of Mr..
lNughridge, whose air brake is in use on the
Baltimore aud Ohio railroad. is to be opera.
ted by the-eneineer By steam power, a.sisted
by the force Of tho momentum of the train
Fhis IL done without any connection of
f'xihle hose or the use Of air or air pumps
IN any form. Mr. Loughridso has made
sfneorate experiments with dyuamnneters
and o.her iostrumentaIities, which prove
that the engineer can apply the full braking
power required. and graduate tho aOme to
any degree required for grades or moderate
stops The great feature in this improve
ment is that tho engineer can within two
Raoonds apply the fall rowCr to a train of
any leogsh and relieve the brakes from The
wheels within the same time to start the
train: This remedies the great evil now
fsnnd in tho air-brakc. by relieving tho
brakes from the wheels to start. With tho
new method the power is go nicely adjusted
that it is Impossible to slide the wheels. and
It can be graduated to deliver on each brake
lever ten pounds pressure. 1t is also earo-
bile of being graduated to transmit the re-
q1'red power to each car ia tho train,
whether laaded, partly loaded or emntv'
without sliding wheels. The experimental
train is now being equipped at Mount Clare,
and will within sixty days be ready for ae-
tual test.-Bahimore Sun.