The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-03-10
TIMELY TOPICS.

DIR. Busch, who has risen to the high
est rank in the German foreign office,
has no noble birth to recommend him.
He began life as q dragoman to the
Prussian consulate at Constantinople,
and there thoroughly mastered the in
tricacies of the Eastern imbroglio. He
studied politics with equal success
when attached to the legations at STAN
boul and st. Petersburg; and when the
last Turco-Russian War began Bismarck
summoned him to Berlin, and relied
upon him for information on the chang
ing phases of the Eastern question. Be
fore Bismarck's rule only aristocrats
were permitted to enter the Prussian
diplomatic corps. Now there are many
commoners holding the highest offices
The desirability of having immediate
and absolute control of telegraphic ia
cilities in certain emergencies has led to
the leasing of telegraph wires by news
papers. The London Times has some
short ones; the New York T,iJwe has a
wire between New York and Washing
ton the leading papers Of Cincinnati are
similarly connected with Washington;
and recently the Chicago Inter- Ocean
has taken what is probably the longest
wire leased by any newspaper, connect
ing its editorial rooms with its news
bureau in Washington. All messages
are sent direct, the paper having exclu.
sive use of the wire and employing its
own operators.
! Prof. Bernbech, writing to the Medi
| cal Press, calls attention to the probable
| danger arising from the use of ultrama
rine wall papers. He states that a room
hung with an ultramarine colored pa
per gave out most disagreeable smell
of sulphuretted hydrogen, the source Of
which for some time escaped detection
Eventually, however, q close eXamina
ton was made of the paper, which led
to the conclusion that the deep blue
wall paper was slowly undergoing pro
cess of decomposition under the int1u
ence of the alum in the paste used il
hanging. This appeared to be confirm
ed, for on stepping piece of the papel
in n very dilute solution of alum it gave
off sufficient sulphereted hydrogen tC
bo quite perceptible to the nose, and t
blacken lead paper.
Pennsylvania avenue, in Washington
which now runs through the heart of til,
city, so forming and connecting the capi
tol of the United States with the oflicia
home of the nations chief magistrate
has in the comparatively few years of it
existence been the scene of many grand
peculiar and most interesting occmren
ces. A dozen Years after the commence
ment OF the present century, over tn
mud which then formed its road-bcC
the British armies moved. Over Penn
svlvania avenue has passed to his inar
guration nearly every president of til
, United States. Washington, the frs
as it is almost needless to say, was nC
inaugurated here He took the oath {
Office on the Both OF April, 1873, in til
New York city hall, then called the Fec
erol building, and situated where til
custom house now stands. Upon renr
sylvania avenue almost any day dulin
the winter, may be seen most OF til
men distinguished in the politics Of ih
country. 1t is the habit of all the pc,
pie of Washington to walk on the av
= nue. during the hours from 4 to 80 ,
' 6 o'clock III the evening.