The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-04-06
TIMELY TOPICS.


DIR. Busch, who has risen TO the hig h
est rank in the German foreign office,
has no noble birth to recommend him,
He began life as a dagoman to the
P7ussian consulate OF Constantinople.
and there thoroughly mastered the in
tr1cacies OF the Eastern imbroglio. He
studied politics with equal success
when attached to the legations at Stam-
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 aristocrhts
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 fa-
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 Tribune has
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 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, close examina-
tion 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 intlu-
ence of the alum in the paste used in
hanging. This appeared to be confirm
ed, for on sleeping piece.o the paper
In very dilute solution of alum it gave
off sufficient sulphereted hydrogen to
be quite perceptible to the nose, and to
blacken lead paper.
Pennsylvania avenue, in Washington,
which now runs through the heart of the
city, so forming and connecting the capt.
tol of the United States with the official
home of the nations chief magistracy
has in the comparatively few years of its
existence been the scene of many G rally
peculiar and most interesting occurren-
ces. A dozen years after the commence
ment of the present century, over the
mud which then formed its road for
the British armies moved. Over Penn
sylvania avenue has passed to his inau-
guration nearly every president of the
United States. Washington, the first,
as it is almost needless to say, was not
inaugurated here. He took the oath of
office on the 30th of April, 1779, in the
New York city hall, then called the Fed
eral building, and situated where the
custom house now stands. Upon Penn
sylvania avenue almost any day during
the winter, may be seen most of the
men distinguished in the politics of this
country. 1t is the habit of all the peo-
pie of Washington to walk on the ave-
nue. during the hours from to $50 or
6 o'clock in the evening.