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Mrs. Henderson. Fad..

1t is said that the vegetarians Of
Washington arc not thriving. The
High PriesteSS OF the cult Is Mrs. John
b. Henderson. She lives In beauti-
full house on the top of Meridian Hill,
on 18th street, upon which the White
House faces. The house Is battle
Diented about its towers, and looks so
medieval that it is known as Boundary
Castle" being a misnomer now, because
the boundaries OF Washington have
fed far beyond the Henderson home.
which was out In the woods when built.
Mrs. Henderson has plenty of time and
plenty of money. so she can nurse all
the fads she likes-and she has 'em
by the score. She Is suffragist, vio-
] lent one, entertains for the suffragists
when they come here, gives them a
yearly donation and all the influence
she can bring to bear. She belongs to
the Dog Protection Society, the Cat
| Succor Society; the Audubon Society,
which Is feminist birds on bonnets; the
| Rechabites, and heaven only knows
what other fad cult, and a year or two
ago. suffering from nervous dyspepsia,
she became devotedly attached to the
vegetarian cult, and wrote a dainty lit
| tie book about it. This last fad is, of
| course, harmless so long as 1t does not
| hurt you. But it seems that the Hen.
dersons, pere and mere, are both suf-
| fering with Indigestion to beat the
in the same boat. The vegetarians eat
no meat nor grease other than that
which comes from nuts. They eat no
butter from milk and drink no milk.
Nuts and fruits are their principal diet,
with vegetables and grains made in
various appetizing forms. They drink
a near coffee of some kind
About three years ago, when the
Hendersons concluded that they
wouldn't have wine in their possession
even for medicinal purposes they had a
Rechabite party one evening. and with
ceremony brought up from their famous
wine cellars all the costly wines that
were in stock. and, breaking the bot
| ties, poured the liquors into the gut
ter. Some philanthropic people who
know the value of good wines and other
liquors in sickness asked Mrs. Hender-
son to donate the liquors to certain
hospital where stimulants were an abb
solute necessity. but Mrs. Henderson
refused. If she did not believe in drink
| ing liquors herself she would not, even
metaphoricaily, put the glass to her
neighbors' lips. So many hundreds OF
dollars worth of rare liquors were sac
| rificed. Since then only unfermented
grape juice has been used by the Hem
dersons. Chinese ambassador WI is q
convert of Mrs. Henderson's cul..
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where the speakers stood in turn. sat
the President. with Mrs. Roosevelt on
his left. The mistress of the White
House wore a gown of royal purple
cloth, trimmed In black. and hat to
match. Chairs Immediately behind them
were occupied by the Vice President
and Mrs. Fairbanks.
In front and to the left sat the Secre-
tary of War, Gutzon Borglum. Lieut.
Gen Henry C. Corbin. retired; Bishop
O'ConnelI, in the black and purple vest
ments of his Office. and behind these
personages the family of Gen. Sheridan
and near friends.
The Speeches.
The speeches were made by those
who had been with Sheridan in his CAM
paigns. Gen. Horace Porter. formerly
ambassador to France, spoke with
much earnest enthusiasm of the love
that Sheridan's commanders and men
bore him. He spoke with matchless
eloquence of the characteristics of
Sheridan.
THE hearts of his mon warmed to
him with the glow of an abiding affec-
tion," he declared. ''The Inspiration 81
his example reused them to deeds OF
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The Sd Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
brief history of the Sd Ohio. While
we did not exactly put down the rebel
lion, l think we were there some.
d. McSwegin, Wellsville, o.
The Sd Ohio was organized at Camp
Denni5on June 20, 1861. and mustered
out June 81, 1854. 1t was commanded
by Col Isaac II. Marrow, who resigned
March 8. 1852, succeeded by Col. John
Beatty, who was promoted to Brigadier-
General April 10, 1863. Col. Orris A.
Lawson then took command, retaining
the same till r1uster-out. 1t belonged
to RoU Jseau's Division, Fourteenth
Corps, and lost 81 killed and 81 from
disease, etc.-Editor National Tribune.
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taft. 10 Be Entertained.

MIR. and Mrs. Taft will be- eJstrenuously
entertained during their Forthcoming
visit to Washington. They will be the
guests of honor at breakfast to be
given by Assistant Secretary of State
and Mrs. Robert Bacon on Dec. 8. Mrs.
Bell, wife of Gen. ]. Franklin Bell. will
give a tea for Mrs. Taft in the after
noon. Mr. and Mrs. Taft will be din
ing at the White House in the evening,
and the large reception, for which their
hosts, Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Boardman,
nave had cards out for some time, will
follow late in the evening. Mr.. and
Mrs. Boardman, who are old and close
friends of the President-elect and Mrs.
Taft, have placed their home at the dis
posal of the incoming President when
he comes to be inaugurated in March.
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HONORS TO LITTLE PHIL.
Bronze Statue of the Hero Of Winchester
Dedicated with Martial Display and
Ceremony-President Roosevelt One Of
the Speakers-crowds Of People and
Intense Enthusiasm.

''Up from the South at break of day"
Is there a school child in the land
who dates back to previous genera
ton who has not at some time been
made to stumble thru the soul-stirring
poem of Thomas Buchanan Read? The
only line of the poem with which he
was really familiar was "And Sheridan
20 miles away" and so happy to touch
familiar ground, this single line was
usually shouted wildly loud in contrast
with the preceding mumbled words.
But, after ell, sheridan 20 miles away"
was the cens-al thought to start with.
and as he lesseGed the distance on black
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THE NATIONAL rRBuNE THURSDAY DECEMBER

Before a large assemblagse of catho-
lie Church dignitaries and o. huge gath
ering of friends, Rev. James f. Mack
in. pastor of st. Paui's Church, last
week received the rank and insignia OF
a domestic- pre1ate of the Pope, with
title of Monsignor. Not only was trib-
ute paid Father Mackin byoclerical and
lay friends and admirers. but the es-
TEEN in which he Is heid9l was voiced
eI6ouently by Cardinal Gibbons, the
Primate of the Catholic Church. in the
limited States
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The 1GSfh PA.

Editor National Tribune: Please pub
lish short history of the 198th Pa
John r. Sylvester, Hyannis, Mass.
The 198th Pa was organized at Phil
adelphia from Sept. to Oct. 81, 1864,
for one year, and mustered out June 4,
1865. 1t was commanded by Col. H. G..
Sickel all thru its service, belonged to
Grifin's Fifth Corps, and lost 73 killed
and A from disease, etc.-Edftor Ma
tiOnal Tribune
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Rienzi the poem increased in power
and Shersdan's personality grew.
Oh, but it was a wonderful poem,
and If it romanced just a little, who is
there to find fault with it to-day?
On that poem great bronze statue
has been fashioned by an American ar
tist and sculptor, Gutsom Borglum-
his name is the only really foreign
thing about him-and that statue was
dedicated Nov. 25.
If the spirit of the little but mighty
General was hovering anywhere around
in space watching things down here, it
must have flown back to its. higher
abode well satisfied that the fame of
one of the greatest cavalry leaders of
the world is still 1aure1-wreathed and
star-croWned.
The military pageant was something
to rejoice the souls of the patriotic, and
was sure evidence that the memory of
Gen. Phil Sheridan is as green to-day
as it was when he won from President
Lincoln and reluctant Congress the
plaudits earned by magnificent gener-
alship on field that had been declared
lost to him and won by the enemy. And
this he did by brilliant dash down the
Valley of the Shenandoah on that Oc-
tober morning in 1864, just after Early
so nearly had his grasp on the Capital
Of the Nation.
Maj.-Gen. Bell commanded the pa
rade, and had as his Chief of Staff
Maj.-Gen. William P. Duvall, General
Staff Corps, u. S. Army, and as his Ad-
jutant-General Lieut-Col. Benjamin
Alvord of the Adjutant-Generaps De-
partment. His Aids were Capt. w. c.
Harliee, U. s. NJ. c.: Capt. Fred w.
Sladen, General Staff Corps, U. S. Army;
Capt. p. D. Lochridge, General Staff
Corps. u S. Army; Capt. Edward Car
penter, Coast Artillery Corps, y. s.
Army; Lieut.. George C. Sweet, U. s.
Navy, and Capt. c. Fred Cook, District
of Columbia Militia.
The first division was commanded by
Col. Charles A. P. Hatfield, 18th Cav,
U. S. Army and made up of detach-
ments of the Regular Army, sailors
and marines.
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The 116th Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
history of the 116th Ohio.-W. H.
Williams. Sarahsville, o.
The 116th Ohio was organized at
Gallipolis and Marietta in September
and October, 1862, and mustered out
June IA, 1865. 1t was commanded by
Col. James Washburn all thru its SER
vice, belonged to Thoburn's Division,
Eighth Corps. and lost "a killed and 81
from disease, >etc.-Editor National
Tribune.
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1909 LINCOLN 1909

The Centennial Anniversary of the
birth of Abraham Lincoln will occur
next year, and it is now time for Grand
Army Posts, wOmans Relief Corps and
all other patriotic organizations and So
cieties, which may have been formed
having similar ends in view to begin
Preparations for the purpose of fifty cele-
brating that important event
Osborn H Oldroyd, whose residence is
now in the same house in which Lincoln
died at Washington d. c.. has prepared
an appropriate service to commemorate
that occasion
The program, containing some 20 mum,
bers, consists of songs. recitations and
four articles covering the different
phases of Lincoln's life. 1t is 20-page
Illustrated pamphlet, printed on good
1aper and in attractive style. The price
If this edition. or compilation, has Deen
placed at 10 cents per copy, 81 per dozen
,r 3, ner 100. 1t seems impossible that
here can exist single Post or Corps
hat could not subscribe for and easily
iispose of at least 100 copies of this pro-
auction. and thus make proht of an
AMOUNT equal to purchase price, pes,des
serying as an educator to the peoPle
1non the true greatness OF the character
az Abraham Lincoln. Orders SENT pre-
Maid on receipt of price.
Communications should be addressed 10
q. III. oIDROYD, oI6 10th ST, N. W,
Washington, ID. q.
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BOOK ON GOD HEALING.

Send Is cents and obtain a 116-page
book, 1-2 by s inches, giving the
bv Pisbon oliver c. Sabin. is very COM
nrehsnsive and plain. Masterpiece In
Metaphysics.
THE WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER
COMPANY.
Lock Box s24, Washington, d. C., U. S. A.
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by force of his magnetic genius as
General, lifted the broken remnants OF
his army out of the mire of hopeless
ness into the golden glory of supreme
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District National Guard.

Brig Gen. George H. Harries. nis-
trict of Columbia Militia, commanded
the second division, made up of the bri-
gade of the National Guard of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
President Roosevelt reviewed the pa
rade from the grand stand directly in
front of the statue. The guests OF
honor were the veterans who fought
directly under Sheridan and the men,
bers of Phil Sheridan Post, of this city,
Col Garrett, Commander.
The veterans of the IS Posts of the
Department of the Potomac, Grand
Army of the Republic, held the pace
of honor, in Post formation, led by
their Post Commanders, with Depart
ment Commander Walker and his staff
officers at the head. These also had
seats of advantage upon the platform
erected especially for them.
The grand stand was beautifully dec
grated with flags and bunting, with
laurel wreaths and streamers of red,
white and blue, and the statue stood
in the quadrangle formed by Them The
great statue, said to be the largest and
heaviest ever cast in this country. was
vailed with two tremendous flags, which
hid 1t from view.
The National tribune., 1908-12-03

The fght for the Senatorship is on
I'm CONNECTICUT Representative Il. j.
Hill. of the Fourth District. has for
nlaIly announced that he is a candidate
for the United States Senate, to succeed
Crank B. Brandegee. of New London,
whose term expires March. 1909. The
successor to Senator Brandegee will be
ueUed by the incoming Republican
The National tribune., 1908-12-03

Miss Ethel Roosevelt viii make her
formal bow to the public at an after
1,nan Tea at the white House Jan. 8.
on that same evening she will be the
guest of honor at orc of the most mag
Efficient balls ever held I'm Washington.
which will be given ut the Wizards
Hotel by the Bachelor Cotillion Club Of
the Metropolitan Club. Miss Roosevelt,
altho not out, is being much sought
after as dinner guest and at afternoon
teas.
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Decorations.

Regimental and corps flags, alternat-
mated with the Stars and Stripes, fiut-
tered from circle of white Staffs that
cleared the tops of the stands by six
feet These staffs upheld an endless
rope of laurel, caught with wreaths CT
green, and similarly against the sheet
ed fronts of the sta IDS, forming the
inside walls of the h. flow square, the
heroic emblem in ropes and wreaths
was hung.
Encircled by other rings of laurel,
representations in color of the corps
badges of the armies successfully COM
manded by Sheridan, decorated the
white fronts of the Presidents stand.
There, too, on the canvassed roof posts
were suspended green wreaths and
white cards, lettered with the names of
the battles whose history is Sheridan S
fame-Booneville, Perryville, Stone
River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge,
Fishers Hill. Cedar Run. Waynesboro,
Dinwiddie Court House, Five Forks and
Sailors Creek among them.
At the peak of twin staffs. surmount-
ing the roof of the Presidents stand.
fiew-the flags OF the United States and
the Commander-in-C Chief of the Array
and Navy, the one brilliant in the Ma
tional colors, the other of somber blue,
relieved only by the rich hues of the
American coat of arms. Under the
cleaning caves, and directly above the
speakers space, hung the red flag of
the Secretary of War. gold-fringed,
white-starred and shielded. Below this
was q wreath-encircled card bearing the
first stanza of the National hymn.
Behind and a little to the right OF
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The eyes one of the most important organs OF
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The National tribune., 1908-12-03

The threads of lives are very closely
woven sometimes, tho continents sepa-
rate the people. In the United States
and at the Court of Washington" there
are vet those who remember most vivid
ly the "Sacixvilie- Vests" and their rath-
er "haremish" menage while Lord Sack
yiIle-West was ambassador to the Unit
ed States, His family relations became
the talk of two continents, and when
Lord Sackville-West got caught between
the Upper and neither milestone in poll
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Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
For particulars of the
Bronze Memorial Tablet
adopted by the Grand Army of the
Republic for schools, libraries, etc.,
write to
CHARLES BURROWS,
Rutherford, N. j.
The National tribune., 1908-12-03

The foot and mouth disease has brok-
en- out so badly in several States that
il has been necessary for the Agricul-
tural Department to step in and de-
clare a special quarantine. The States
most affected are Pennsylvania, New
York ard New Jersey. The Agricul-
turaI Department has forbidden stock
to be shipped from any of these States
to stock shows or for any other pur-
uOSp
The National tribune., 1908-12-03

In his annual report for the fiscal
year ended June 80. 1908, Postmaster
General Meyer gives the total receipts
for the year as s191,47S,663, and ex-
penditures $20S, S,351,SSs, thereby show
ing a deficit of $16.S73,222, the largest
in the history of the Department, with
an additional loss from fire. burglary.
etc, of S37.056 The deficit of 1863,
it is estimated, again will exceed &c.,
900 900,
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One day you heal that Ruth Bryan
and her romance are in sad straits,
which only the divorce court can re-
lieve, and then you hear that it is not
true. Let us trust that it is not true.
and that the runaway match will In the
end prove to be happy, as it was in the
beginning. Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt
is a pretty headstrong young woman.
and her artist husband is a dreamer
and a romancist. One can readily i'm
agine the little riffs that come to make
| life miserable to both. but maybe when
they are a little older common sense
will dawn upon both.
The National tribune., 1908-12-03

When Magness. boy husband OF Miss
Ada German, went to prison from Phil
adelphia, where he was tried and SEN
fenced for being a deserter he rode in
a Pullman car. and was accompanied
by his wife. His custodian WAS Mate
of the receiving snip Lancaster. Mag
ness viii be confined in the Portsmouth
Penitentiary, and his wife viii live there
during his confinement, so as to be
close to him.
The National tribune., 1908-12-03

The long delay in the appointment
of a Commissioner of Immigration TO
succeed the late Frank Sargent Is un-
derstood to be due to the fact that
President Roosevelt really intends to
leave the selection to President-elect
Taft. and that Mr.. Taft is not ready to
make his recommendation.
The President intends to appoint n
labor leader as Commissioner If he can
| find a suitable man in labor ranks to
accept the place. He took the same
ground when he selected as Commits
sioner Frank p. Sargent. then Grand
Chief OF the Brotherhood Of 'Locomo-
itiye Firemen.
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The President spent this Thanksgiv-
ing at the White House, about the first
one he has remained there to eat. 1t
has been the custom to go to Mrs.
Rooseyelt's Virginia plantation, but the
trip foi various excellent reasons was
not taken this time. The President had
about him only three of his children,
Mrs Longworth and her husband, Rep
resen.ative Longworth, of Ohio; Ethel
and Quentin. Theodore, Jr., it at New
Haven. Archie is at Groton and Kermit
is at Harvard, and none of them came
home They will all be at the White
House for the Christmas holidays, how
ever There were no other guests at
the White House table.
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Mr.. Taft has received a set of new
golf clubs as present from George
Low, the professional of the Baltusrol
Golf Club. The clubs are made by
Low, and the Presfdent-elect is very
much pleased with them. They are
made, so the Professor says, especially
for Mr.. Taft's style of play. In the set
are an extra driver and brassie which
have been spooned, and which Low ad-
vised Mr.. Taft to use when he is off his
game
The National tribune., 1908-12-03

The President had a narrow escape
last Sunday from being run down by
bicyclist-a boy who laughed at the
Presidents dismay and rode off. The
President was walking across the street
when the boy. with both hands fun,
dashed around the President from the
corner. The President started back,
threw up his hands and yelled at the
boy, but he rode on, to fall into the
hands of policeman, who arrested
him. He forfeited his collateral, and
was not punished. The President ought
to have spanked him with the soft side
of young clapboard, aud taught the
kid some sense.
The National tribune., 1908-12-03

Mrs. Henry Corbin, wife of Lieut.
Gen. Corbin, is among the largest con-
tributors to the Republican campaign
fund, having given $4,000 TO the Ma
tional Republican Committee. Mrs. Cor
bin. who is a very handsome woman.
was one of the rich Miss Pattons." who
for many years dispensed hospitality
! from one of the largest homes in Wash
ington. There were several sisters, and
| they seened never To be in hurry 10
marry. They do a tremendous amount
of charitable and philanthropic work
but no one suspected Mrs. corbin Of
political tendencies before.
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Vice President Fairbanks announces
shat he is not contemplating an Embas-
sadorial position, has not asked for one,
and no friends of his have asked for
one for him. He gays that he will so
back to his home in Indianapolis and
again take up the practice of law.
The National tribune., 1908-12-03

It is going to cost more to clean our
dancing pumps after this, just because
nasty trust controls all the fuller's
earth on earth. At least that is what
Gen Robert J. Wynne, Consul-General
to London, says in his report. Well,
no, he does not mention dancing pumps,
but he implies that that is what will
happen. He says that the deposits of
fulIer's earth exists chiefly at Bath,
Nnttinghamshire and Maxton, in Scot
land. in addition to the deposits in the
LonGon district, and the industry is
practically controlled by combine
which strictly preserves the methods of
preparation of the earth"
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And Is it. to be Senator Root after
March 4? 1t looks that way now. Mr..
Plat. wrecked mentally, physically,
financially and politically, will retire
from public notice and position next
March. His successor was problematlcai
a few weeks ago, and now 1t is said that
in the interest of party harmony the
field has narrowed to Secretary of State
Root.
The National tribune., 1908-12-03

J. J. Parker amateur athlete of St
Paul, called upon the President the
other day, and tho it was 81 years since
they had seen each other in the West
the President Immediately recognized
Mr. Parker They had had several box
ing bouts while the President was On
his ranch in the West. Mr.. Parker
carried away with him signed photo
graphs of Quentin, Kermit and Archie,
and said that he considered he had a
prize package.
The National tribune., 1908-12-03

Up to the present moment President
Roosevelt has sent IT full-hedged mes
sages TO Congress. The coming one,
which it is said will recover the whole
range of precious ones. viii be the 18TH
with more to follow.