The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-10-17

dogs, and did his wooing so well and deter
minedly that the fair genius suceumbed. the
wedding took place and made great stir for
awhile. Then everybody ceased to talk about
it, and the couple were almost forgotten. The
oblivion was broken last week by the an n ounce
ment that divorce had been granted the wife
on the ground of incompstibiity of tempera-
ment To the credit Of both parties it must be
said that they absolutely refuse to talk to the
reporters. aud leave the public to draw its own
surmises.
TIPPrSa.
The young Duke of Marlboro IL some good,
after all. He is teaching the New York club
men that tipping is now considered very bad
form in England. 1t is worse than that here,
for it is vicious and american, and lowering
to the self.respect to the man who gets the tips.
1t is bad importation from land Of aristo.
Gratis and servile menials. The old-fashioned
American would have resented a tip. lie
rightly considered tina. waiting at table or
driving carriage was just as honorable and
respectable as managing a newspaper or trying
a case. He stood on perfect equality with the
man who ate at his table or rode in his carriage.
He was doing one form Of service for him, just
as the other man might do another form OF
service for him. Each was paid the regular
price for the others services, and that
ended the matter. But there came host of
men to New York aud other Eastern cities,
who belonged TO the distinctly servant class in
Europe, and who had grown up in the habit OF
standing in begging expectancy before those
they served, and there was another class of
Americans who had been abroad, and ostenta-
tiously aped the manners of the European
aristocracy. Between the two the custom Of
tipping was established and has made wide adj
vances, until now tips are expected in nearly
every large hotel in the country. 1t is a seri-
Gus expense to travellers aud guests, and is de-
moraizing in every way. The hotel and res
taurant rates are high enough. heaven knows,
without the unfortunate guest being compelled
to pay the wages Of the walters in addition.
When man pays his bill that should end his
obligations. The waiter should have more
manhood than to seemingly expect charity
from the man he serves. Let him demand
sufficient wages from his employer TO requite
his services, and conduct himself as polite,
he serves. He is giving them their moneys
worth. and they pay for what they get, so that
there should be no sense Of lordly patronage on
one side, and of servile dependence on the
other.
Ohiosns are moving in the matter of an eff
cient Naval Militia for the State. There is
liable to be clash of arms any day over the
bass fishing off Point su Pelee. and there must
be sufficient force at hand to save their bait
bottles from the greedy Canadians.
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The Interior wants tax put on the Amer
cans who fit to Europe every year. carrying
s100, 600, 900 in GOLD with them. 1t says very
that travel in this country would do
Them much more good, as they find nothing in
Europe that begins to compare with Niagara,
he Yellowstone, and the Yosemite.
e
Mr.. Debs announces that he is going upon |
he lecture platform. / sincerely hope that he |
will try it, as there is no way that know of |
hat man more quickly arrive at a real |
zing knowledge of the pubics estimation of |
iim than by embarking upon lecture course.
Ouiy WISH COuiu SSt u Ecub dpicCC ANOtu
Ill the men in the country who won't pay so
much as % cents for a ticket to see and hear /
he man who precipitated the bloody insurrec-
ion at Chicago. If 1 could get such contri-
,uton l would buy few railroads and Pull
nan cars myself.
Kentucky is suffering severely from the
routh. and in addition Senator Blackburn
ays that he proposes to make 100 speeches
more before the campaign closes.
"wooLING" IN THE ARMY.
Sometime ago / published some extracts
rom diary of a private soldier in the Revo-
utonary Army, showing what q terribly fire.
ueut instrument of dicipline the lash was.
len were logged for all mannersof things
OF merely rascsls and rapscallions, who actu-
lily deserved fiogging. and should be fogged in
he Army to- day, but also really good soldiers,
rho were merely thoughtless and negligent.
len were logged for what nowadays would be
Efficiently punished by an extra turn of guard
uty or a few hours work policing camp. Cor
oral punishment had a strong hold on the
Kinds of officers Of the Army and Navy, and
ogging was only abolished by law few years
efore the war. 1t seems that the favorite puu-
hment in the days when Gen. Taylor was
Iajor, was wooling." An officer who was
ispleased with anything about man, or with
,mething that be did, would catch him by |
10 ears, and worry him around much as one
og does another, or pig. Maj. Zach. Taylor
as a good deal of disciplinarisn and par
icuarly addicted to this style of performance. .
n one occasion he attacked German recruit, |
no did not understand that this WAS part of
10 discipline, and let fly with his right and .
nocksd Taylor fat. The other officers ran up !
it'll their swords, and would have cut the
an down, but Taylor made them let him
one, saying that he would make good SOL
sr, which he did. Another time q soldier {
slibsrately sosped his ears, and then went on {
,rade, and Intentionally acted so awkwarcly as
bring Taylor down upon him, but the irate
aior could get no hold on his ears, and every
,dy around was exploding with laughter.
PERSONAL
Admiral George Brown, head of the United
atss NAVY. who is visiting his old homo in ,