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Resolutions of Thanks to Hon. W. R. Vaughn

Hon. W. r. Vaughn, of this city, has re-
ceived the following letter from the Post at
Weatherford, Tex:
Dear Sir: Some of the, comrades OF Sam'l
]. Randall Post, As, G. A. r., having read
in The National Tribune of Feb. Is, the
kind act you performed for our late beloved
Comrade. Albert d. Shaw, at the time OF his
sudden death, read the account to the Post
at their meeting today. Thereupon the fol-
lowing motion was unanimously passed and
a committee appointed to transmit same to
you. which we gladly do:
Moved, That vote of thanks be exteniel
to Hon. W. =. Vaughan for his manly and
soldierly act in caring for the body of our
late eomrade, Albert d. Shaw, and that a
committee of three be appointed to express
the thanks of the Post Immediately.
Passed unanlmousy.-H. II. Virgin, Jacob
Davis, Jas. NJ. Steel, Committee.
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woman's Veteran Relief Union.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The sisters OF
evening OF installation served bountiful sup
per to Dickinson Regiment, U. V. U. Gen.
A. A. Ford installed the officers as follows:
Mrs. Julia Tyer, President; Mrs. Nora II.
Burcher, S. V. p; Mrs. Ruby Green, ]. V. p.
Mrs. Diana Sullivan. Treasurer; Mrs. Jane
E. d. Conkln, Chaplain; Mrs. Myra Beebe,
Secretary; Mrs. Mary E. Preston, Conductor;
Mrs. Emma Benedict, Inside Guard; Mrs.
Francis Bugby, Outside Guard. Our Presi-
dent Is very much interested In the work,
ever ready to advance the interests Of the
Union, and think she will make Il q success
full year for the Unl01.-MRS. MARY
HUMPHREY, Press Correspondent, Bing,
hamton, n. Y.
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Regular ARMY and Nayr union.

National Commander ]. b. Morton has is
sued from National Headquarters, Washing.
ton, d. c., Special Orders, announcing the fol
lowing appointments TO fill vacancies:
S. o. Tripp Of Fort Clark Garrison, 1874
Of Peoria, H., TO be Senior Vice National
Commander; Robert II. Sentro, of Tri- Noun
tain Garrison, 9S, OF Boston, Mass, to be
Junior Vice-National Commander; Alfred A.
Phelps of Fort Clark Garrison, 1884, OF
Peoria, ILL.,, to be Quartermaster- G General; DR..
Florence Donohue, of Gen. ]. n. Schofeld
Garrison, /, to be Surgeon-General; Jacob
iLipps, of Fort Clark Garrison, 1874, National
Aid-de-C Camp, vice Tripp promoted; D. NJ.
Calnan, of Tri-MouRtain Garrison, oS Ma
eonAl Alde-ds Camp, vice Centre promoted.
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The Missouri Legislature and American Flag.

A committee appointed by Gen. Geo. r.
Smith Post, Of Sedalia, Mo, to draft resOlu.
tions expressing the sense of the Post rela.
tive TO the action of the Missouri Legislature
in refusing to hoist the American flag on the
State House, and expressing sympathy with
the Philippine insurgents, reported the fol
lowing:
Resolved, That Gen. Geo. r. Smith Post
Of Sedalia, Mo-, G. A. r., deprecate and de-
plore the recent action Of the dominant party
In the Legislature of Missouri, In making and
publishing TO the world Il record voting down
resolution to hoist the American flag on the
Capitol Building at the City Of Jefferson, and
expressing sympathy for Philippine rebels
and bandits engaged In the assassination OF
our brave and patriotic uphOlders OF Ameri-
can honor and lawful authority.
Resolved, That while the aforesaid I'M
patriotic action of the Legislature has excited
much unfriendly and harmful comment, yet
this Post tenders TO the boys In the Philip
pines It's assurance that 1.-THE fire in the. rear
from the Missouri State House is only the
unloading Of few old guns In the Missouri
Museum Of Antiquities preparatory to their
final consignment to the dust of oblivion
W. A. Fast, VIM. Z. Challacombe, Committee,
Sedalig Mo.
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In Favor of the Court.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The fol
lowing preamble and resolutions were
unanimously passed by Shiloh Field Post,
No. 1913, Department of Indiana, G. A.
r.: We earnestly request all Posts in the
United States to adopt the same without
delay, and mail copies of their action,
properly certified, to their Representative
in Congress and to both their United
States Senators. Now is the time to act
Whereas, The United States Pension
Department involves tie expenditure of
over S14O,O0O,0OO annually, distributed
among nearly 100000 people, and as its
business is of so serious a nature and pc
culiarly personal in character, and as much
dissatisfaction is expressed at its slow and
imperfect working and at the constituting
Of its laws by single individual upon
whom so extraordinary a responsibility
rests, and in view of the fact that thou
sands of claims are not passed upon be-
fore the applicants die: Therefore, be il
"Resolved, That we hereby petition Con
gress TO organize a Court of Pension
Appeals or Special Executive Pension
Commission, that shall adjudicate and
pass upon all pension claims or appeals
and that shall operate as a substitute fol-
the unsatisfactory methods now existing
The said Court to be empowered to inter.
pref all the laws passed by Congress ap,
pertaining to the granting or modifying
of pensions to invalid soldiers or sailors
or to their entitled relatives.
Resolved, That a copy of this preamble
and resolutions, duly certified, be for
warded to our Representative in Congress
and to each of our United States Senators,
and that they be requested to have the
same considered. ."-VETERAN.
Mrs. Mary e. Kiblinger. Albion, Ind,
writes the comrades Of Warden Post, 205,
recently accepted an Invitation from the W.
r. @. to visit the Corps room, where they
were entertained with music and readings.
The evening was pleasantly speat.
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oticers of a wisconsin Corps.

Alonzo Palmer Corps, IS, Superior. Wis.,
Pres, Mrs. Judith Fields; S. V. p, Mrs.
Martha Robinson; ]. V. P, Mrs. Lydia Earn
shaw; Chap, Mrs. Johnson; Treas, Mrs.
Hattie Williams; Sec, Mrs. Catherine Bell
niger; Cond., Mrs. Bingham; Guard, Mrs.
Wagner; Color Bearers, Mrs. Huldar Strader,
Mrs. Edith RObie. Mrs. Hicks, and Mrs. Tur-
yey.
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Indorses Col. stubbleaeld for Commissioner.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In be-
half of the 10th Kan. Cav, and of Jesse
Turnage Post, Old, Hallord, Mo-, l pre-
sent the name of Capt. II. W. Stubble-
field, of Co. II, 10th Kan. Cav, Boulder,
Colo, for Pension Commissioner In pre-
voice the sentiments OF comrades every
where he is known. His integrity and
ability as a business man are beyond ques-
tion. So give us Capt. Stubblefeld and all
will be well.-JoHN MCGAUGH, Co. i,
10th Kan. Cav, Knoxville, Mo.
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dent Of the Ladies Of the G. A. R.. of Mass
achusetts, In her first General Orders ap-
pointed Mrs. Annie Boudinoa, of Lowell,
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New-York tribune., 1901-04-14

develop opinions-this book abounds in them
but his first aim is for the facts: and if as he
admits. he inevitably plays. therefore. some
thing of the part of plodder. hasten to
add that his resolute. sometimes grim. ploddins
makes decidedly interesting reading We realize
the virtue of his method as soon as he gets
through with his preliminares and settles down
tn work. in the pages which sketch Greek crit
icism before Aristotle 1t is open To the student
who is Platonist first and critic afterward
to aver that Platos whole tendency is a critical
tendency; that in the special habit of mind
which Patonism has been called. Il definite
basis for critical processes Enthusiastically resides
Professor Saintsbury, however, is on the watch
for just this natural miSconCeption of the PIa-
tOniSt. Himself a critic before he is a philoS-
opher or anything else he says felicitously that
Plato by the very nature of his genius
prompted ito make straight for the adytum.
neglecting the main temple; his passionate
iGealism makes him gradually look more more
and more down on Art Art while he spends
himself on ethical and other preoccupatiorls in
imical to his standing as a critic however in
dispensabe they may be to him as Il phiIoso-
pher. The point is very effectively worked out
though it might be urged that in giving too
pedantic Il estimate of Plato that
is legitimate up to certain point. the historian
overlooks the fact that ideas are after all no
less suggestive than laws to the professional
critic. The Philosophers glances at the truth
are as important to the more technical
illumination which later writer's give us.
However. the less metaphysical Professor
Saintsbury is the better for his readers and
there can he quarrel with the perspective in
which he ranges his Greek eXemplars. There is
undoubtedly more to be learned from Aristotle
than from Plato about the reasoned exercise
of literary taste the luminous analysis of
the 'Poetjcs'' and the Rhetoric speedily de
mon5trates: and there is even more to be got
from Lorginus i'll whose statement that Beau
tful words are in deed and in fact the very
light of the spirit Professor Saintsbury finds
the Declaration of Independence and Fiat Lux
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attractiveness' of Dante's dual pre-eminehce
as poet and critic in the Middle Ages is, Oh
course obvious, he clinches the matter with
the remark that 1.-The tub can stand on its own
bottom" His sentences often not merely
inelegant but involved. But. we repeat, IT is
more to the credit of Professor Santsbury that
with all these impediments in the way his
history of criticism is nevertheless destined to
prove his magnum opus. a work of permanent
value which seriously interested in the
subject could afford to neglect.
The scope of his inquiry is. to begin with
sagaciousy determined. THE Criticism which
VIII be dealt with here is that function of the
judgment which buses itself with the goodness
or badness, the success ill-success, of lit
erature from the purely literary point of view"
This assures us at the start immunity from
vain speculation. The reasoned exercise of lit
erary taste is what the author sets out to il
Iustrate and he fixes his attention on the exer-
else as exercise the principles underlying it..
on the tools employed in it; he does not con-
Germ himself with what men ought to have ad
mired what they ought to have written. what
they ought to have thought. but with what
they did think. write. admire" He is certain to
New-York tribune., 1901-04-14
THE FALSE SPRING.
EY G. CONSTANT LoUNSBER

TY q; CONSTANT I1OUNSBE.FsY
This is the joyous birthday of the spring.
So thought / when the morning kissed thy f-ce.
And as deep flowers unfold from sleep their
grace.
Thine eyes awoke and found mine worshipping-
Night without thee. LO. the piteous
thing
My hopes put forth their tender leaves apace.
When all the bshting winds gave sudden
chase.
And nipped their premature adventurng
Since all my spring is winter once again.
turn within To warm me: where the fire
Before thine image in i shrine
Effulgent-with an unremitting pain
Consumes my heart. and feeds my vain desire,
Till Spring herself shall grant an anodyne
New-York tribune., 1901-04-14

In preface to the present work he tells
that he has undertaken it in order to sup
ply Il want which H. felt when first asked 10
write criticism. about thirty years ago. He had
then to overhaul his own acquaintance with the
theory and practice Of criticism, he says ana
inquire what was the acquaintance OF others
herewith The disconcerting smallness Of the
first" H. adds. was little compensated for hy
the discovery that very few persons SCENE! To
be much better furnished" lie now attempts
to produce for others the Atlas of which the
writer himself so sorely felt the need"
That his bcnciciaries are in as sad case as
III, was on the threshold of his career could not
fairly be maintained. y good deal of water
has passed under the bridges. Criticism has
been in the air Sainte-Iseuve and Matthew
Arnold lead a vast company whose writings
have done much to extend the common under
standing of that science, or art, To the develop
ment of which Colcridge gave renewed impetus
in the earlier decades of the last century. But
nothin; quite so systematic and comprehensive
as this history Of Professor Saintsbury's has
hitherto appeared, and the book promises To
stand as his best contribution to literature 1t
is a testimony To its excellence that il tri-
ulnphs over all the limitations and faults of
critic notably limited and faulty Professor
Saintsbury', previous publications have shown
neither originality of thought nor distinction of
style He does not show these qualities now
He has done much good journeymans work.
but nothing creative. His vocabulary has been
vitiatcd at once by pedantry and a lamentabe
faculty for dropping into "jOurnalese. Ils
tone has always been, and still is, cocksure and
wanting in urbanity. He conveys the impress
sion of a man who has not only read a great
deal but rather fances himself in the matter.
ana is blissfully unaware of the possibility that
some one else may have read quite as much. II
rot more Proficient in the art OF sinking
which he would call the art of fortnight com
nonsense and "praCticai' statement ire
auently discloSes the kind of taste which in
others he would be the first to call bad. When
he wishes to point out that the mere external
New-York tribune., 1901-04-14
WE'RE THERE No CELTSt
from The London Globe

From The London Globe
AnthroI ologists pretty well agreed that
there is not. and probably never was a Celtic
variety OF man. There is neither a Celtic
type nor = Celtic race. says Deniker in his re-
cent work. which is the latest word on the sub
ject- There is a language which has come to b,
called celtic by scholars. but u language may
he spoken by any race that acquires it, and how
or where Celtic originated is a mystery
There are some millions of people in Brittany
and the British lSleS who still speak this tongue
but they all differ from each other in race prr
Sentlns the very extremes of the EurOpean
peoples. ana TO call them 'CeltS'' as IL they be-
lonSed To one race. with the like physical ami
moral characters. is pernicioUsy misleading and
false,
New-York tribune., 1901-04-14

Speaking the other day on English literature
American readers Of "Dombry anl Son in its
serial form, were so anxious to know the con
tcEtS of the number following that in which
little Paul brought 20 the edge OF the
grave that they waited in crowds on the dock
To get the news from the incoming steamer
The tale is Old but il has Il uggeStion for us ut
the present time. Is enthusiasm of this sort
never come again, even if another Dickens
were To ariS" \ second "Dombry am Som
would get itself published simultaneously on
both sides of the Atlantic. The nearest par
allcl to the incident provided by Mr.. Kip
ling'S illness H. NewYork. Th" public solir-
tulc was then manifested in sufficiently strik
in" manner. Iut sympathy for il living man is
always forthcoming. What doubt is that
any readers anywhere in the world would to-
day exhibit the enthusiasm for book that
Dickens and Thackcray excited. Not bad"
"Prcrty good, VERY interesting these are
the phrases with which much fine work is re-
wardcd, by readers who possibly fancy that in
these mea Surcd terms they indicate not merely
the truth about book. but their own superior
udgInent. 1t is i'll its way no less drplorable
than the indiScriminate praise of poor work
which, curiouSly, often comes from the same
sources. Discrimination is the thing needed
most, but it would be cheering nevertheless. to
witness deeper and more candid enthusiasm
now and thea, in the right place.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-14
CRITICISM.
THE FIRST VOLUME OF PROFESSOR
SAINTSBURY'S MAGNUM OPUS.

A HISTORY OF CRITICISM AND LITERARY
TASTE IN EUROPE. FROM THE EARLIEST
TENTS TO THE PRESENT DAY. BY George
Saintsbury. NJ. A. OXon; Hon. Ii. D.. Aberd-
Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature
in the University of Edinburgh. In Three vol
umes. Vol l. Classical and MediHval Criticism
Octave, PIP. XIV, 499. Dodd Mead n Co
Professor Saintsbu-y's dealings with literature
have extended over a considerable period. and
have been productive of respectable number
of books. Laboring in more than one educa-
tional institution from the late sixties-presuma-
bly, not long after his graduation from Oxford
until 1876 he then took up the career OF Lon
don journalist. following it down to 1893, when
he was appointed to the chair in Edinburgh Uni
versty which he still occupies. His first book
was a Primer of French Literature, pub
lished in 1880 Soon after came a life of Dryden
from his pen, for the English Men of Letters
series. and since his activity as essayist
and literary historian has been constant.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-14
SUNDAY, APRIL II, 1901.

Mr.. H. Il. Baildon. in his monograph on
Stevenson goes out of his way to remark that
Sir Walter Scott had "A commonplace mind
that had never been disturbed by speculation
on the deeper problems of life. philosophy and
religion This is the kind of observation
which ordinarily one passes in compass ssOn-
ate silence, but Mr.. Andrew Lang, in his in
imi!able way, makes it 4 peg OH which to hang
one of those ten line sermons with which he
rejoices the souls of right thinking people. ''Sir
Walter was not an IDIOT" he reminds Mr.. Bail
don. Like other men he saw the deeper prob
lens. but he also that whatever his pri
vate guess at them might be- ii worth no
more than other peoples guc>scs. and what are
unSearchable mysteries is the part of Il mind
really commonplace. Every six Shil-
ling whipster drags problems into his fustian;
because he is incurably commonplace, not be
cause he is dauntlcSSly original" We are sorry
for Mr.. Baildon. But in fairness it must be
admitted that he is only incidentally to be
scrmoniZed The serious culprit is the six
shilling WhipSter." the ever present mediOcrity
notions" about Man. Life, Immortality and Il
lot of other things that he always spells with
4 capital letter. We are grateful once more to
Mr. Lang for hitting the nail on the head. for
hear 50 much in its proper place.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-14

The expectation that there would be many
new novels this spring is being more than full
filled. In fact, il looks as if the quantity would
soon SurpaSS all records. 4 recent lecturer has
called attention to the fact that while III 1920
only twenty-five new novels were issued in
England. the year 1900 brought forward 800
such publications. The output of English and
American presses combined is not unlikely to
carry the figures near the 1000 mark this year.
What is at the bottom Of It all? Mr. IIobson.
the lecturer aforesaid, noticing that womans
greatest literary achievements have been in
this field, concludes that the popularization of
the novel is as much her work aS mans She
has more leisure. But in America, ut all events,
the production of novels just seems TO be
no more the concern of sex than of the
other. 1t seems. rather. to be occupying the
faculties of every one, man woman. who
hold pen and devise something i'll the nature
of story. \ kind of fever has taken posses
sion of the country. Novels crop out in the
most unexpected places and widespread is
the cdc0cthtS NctibcHdi that even the failure to
find publisher leaves 81 undauntrd Pub
ing extraordinarily common title pages. 1t
is to he hoped that the furor will presently
subSide The average novel is better written
and more worth reading to-day than il ever
stuff has likewise enormously Increased
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-30
. A Slick Nexro.

Yesterday Deputy Marshal Jack
Walters brought George Young,
colored, from Wynnewood. lie
was arrested for fraudulently OBJ
tanning money on a postoffice or
der. The order was made payable
to II. T. Young, who George said
was his wife. He was told at the
postoflice that he would have to
bring an order from II. 7. Young
before he could get the money.
he left the postofiice, returning in
about twenty minutes accompanied
by a Mr.. Jackson and had an order
on the postmaster, purporting to
have been signed 10y II. 7. Young
MIR. Jackson identified George
Young and the money, $l3, was
paid over to him. Later another
negro appeared at the postoflice
for letters addressed to II. 7.
Young, said he had mailed letter
containing postofiice order at Mari
eta to his mother, whose name
was II. 7. Young.
George Young had a hearing be
fore Commissioner Bradford this
morning, who bound him over il
the sum of 800.
Postofiice Inspector o. b. We'll
was a witness in the case.
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Late yesterday afternoon Wade
Pulliam, son of A. S. Pullism, was
bitten severely by a dog. He was
near the railroad track when the
dog sprang upon him. A pbysi-
clan was called who rendered sur
gical attention.
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Epworth League Social.

The lawn party given by the Ep-
worth League OF the Broadway
Methodist church last night was q
success. both financially and So
cially. The lawn at the parsonage
was illuminated with Chinese Ian
terms. Tempting refreshments
were served and all had a good
time. About $15 was the amount
taken in at the refreshment tables.
The ARDMoREITE acknowledges re-
ceipt of some of the tempting
viands, which were highly appre-
ciated by the force.
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