The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-09-24

abundance OF space for a private riding-sclooi.
BY riding from one end to the other aud turn
ing the corners carefully, it is possible to ride
around the table. thus giving a lap OF about Oh
to the mile. Cardinal SatolIi is quite pleased
with his new wheel, and has taken several
lessons in tie old ballroom. The clergy gen.
orally in Washington have taken very kindly
to the bike"
Lord Chief Justice Charles Russell, the emf
nent English jurst, and his party made a brief
visit to the National Capital last week. They
were received at the railroad station by At
torney-General Harmon and Mr.. Caideron
Carlisle, one of the counsellors of the British
Legation, and driven to the Arlington, where
apartments had been secured for them. Ac-
campaigning the Chief Justice are Mrs. Russell,
their daughter Miss Russell, and Mr.. Fox. an
English barrster. The time during the visit
was spent in seeing the sights of the city. Lord
Russell is not a stranger in Washington, as he
was here in 1888 with his predecessor. the late
Chief Justice Coleridge. On that trip he visited
the leading cities of the United States. Lord
Russell is now 63 years old. His ancestry on
his mothers side is Irish, and being Catholic
her children were educated in that faith. TAX
ing his degree at Trinity he read law and began
to practice at Belfast He toiled years in
poverty. aided bravely by his wife, the daughter
of the Irish poet, James Mulholland. His sue
cess at the bar has been due to his breadth of
scholarship and general versatility. He is re-
garded as one of the greatest cross-exaniners
that ever practiced at the English bar His
defense of ParnelI and his associates in the
London Times case gave him great popularity
with the English as we'll as the Irish people.
In person Lord Charles is stout, ruddy-faced
man of medium hight. A thin fringe Of beard
adorns his-ehiB his eyes beam kindly upon all
whom he meets
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Washington is to be enriched by two relics
of national importance. These relics are the
log cabin which was built by Lincoln and his
father, and the Mclean house at Apron attox.
Va, the place in which Lee and Grant met
and signed the terms of surrender The Lin
coin log cabin is now in Chicago but it is a
question of only short while before it will
be brought on and erected in Washington.
The Mclean house will stand in the same lot,
and both will comprise part of museum
which will be the property of patriotic Wash
ington gentlemen, prominent among them
being Col. NJ. Z. Dunlap, to whose energies is
due the preservation of these souvenirs of the
most memorable epoch of American history.
Col. Dunlap, who fought under Gen. Banks, is
the owner of the Mclean house. the title of
the cabin being with the rest of the gentlemen
who are organized undtr the name Of the
National War Museum Company.
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The Mclean house is still at Appomattox,
but it is not standing, as some years ago it
was carefully taken down, with the view of
moving it to Washington. Just at that tine
the financial panic came Oh, and the project
was postponed; but it is certain that it will
now be successfully carried out. Prior to the
dismantling of the place, Col. Dunlap had a
series Of photographs taken, as well as great
many blue prints. showing the exact appear.
ance Of the rooms, and each bit of boarding is
numbered, SO that the house will be just as ii
was before it was torn down. Even the plas-
tering has been preserved and stored in bar
| rels SO that it can be again mixed and used
| in mortaring the bricks. These bricks now
| lie in heap, but are closely guarded, so as
10 prevent the deprcdations of reic-huuters.
When brought to Washington, the house will
be rebuilt exactly as it was on the day on
which the articles of surrender we're signed.
Much of the old furniture has been secured
and as far as possible the rooms will look just
as they did 80 years ago.
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al do not know whether it is superstition OF
| fun, but there is at least one in every six o.
| the men who walk the slab pavement on
the north side of the Treasury" said the police
mac on duty at the corner of Fifteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue, who religiously
refuse to step on crack between the slabs
| Sometimes to clear a crack they have to take
! a hop, skip and a jump motion, which is very
amusing to observe. Some men have told me
that they have never knowingly stepped OIL
crack. They cannot explain why they do not
but they do not just the same. Now, with ladie
il is entirely different. They never seem t.
to pick out their steps, and everything, crack
or slab, goes with them.
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Lafayette Park has an interesting feature il
the way Of a wishing tree" which is a hand
some chestnut standing the west of tn,
| Jackson statue. The wishing tree is jus
| now much asked for" said one of the en-
| pioyes of Lafayette Park. land to US, a
we'll as Others, this tree has peculiar in
iuence. Now. do not mean to say that ever
wish made under it comes true. Far from il
But it is a fact that many persons, especiall,
ladies and yonng girls, find not only pleasure