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The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-27
BARON DE sTAAL.

ity. That is one of the chief ingre-
dients of diplomacy. Diplomatic anna
bility is not so much the art of giving
ones interlocutor an agreeable impress
sion OF ones self as to give him higher
idea OF himself and TO convey to him
the conviction that you hold him in
very high estimation. Then, from
sheer gratitude, he viii have a higher
idea of you, try to do all you want, ct
lie tour est joue. 1t is in this peculiarly
Muscovite art that Baron de Staal ex-
since he is martyr to lumbago.
Born In 1922 at Reval, he is a scion OF
one of the old German noble families
settled since the time of Peter the Great
in the Baltic provinces of Russia. He
began his diplomatic career at an early
age under Prince Gortschakoff. who
was first ambassador at Constantinople
afterward viceroy of Poland. Like the
good apprentice in the fairy tale, the
baron welded his chiefs daughter, and
is by marriage therefore nephew of
Prince Alexander Gortschakoff, who
for so many years controlled the for
eign relations of Russia as chancellor
of the empire. He may be said to be
allied to the reigning family, since sew.
eral of his wife's ancestors ruled as,
czars, while the founder of her house is
that same Grand Duke Ruric to whom
the imperial family of Romanoff trace
their origin.
After his marriage Baron de Staal
represented the car as envoy at num-
Der of minor German courts. notably at
Darmstadt, where his daughters may
be said TO have been brought up with
the girls Of the late Grand Duchess
Alice, the youngest of whom is now
czarina of Russia. The latter looks
upon II. de Staal as one Of the oldesA
friends of her family. and there is every
reason to believe that his appointments
TO the chancellorship in preference to
Prince Lobanoff, who was regarded as
first choice for the post, may be due to-
her influence
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-27
DRAWN FROM AFFAIR
Something About the Electric
Plant at the Falls.
Thst Is Expected to Be Accomplished IN
Furnishing Power to Distant Points
description Of One or the
Zig Dyoamos.

It is expected that the wheels of the
great electric plant at Niagara Falls
will soon be set IN motion, and that
what may be considered one OF the
greatest engineering works in the
world shall have become an accom-
plished fact.
The plans for carrying the power to
Buffalo, eighteen miles distant, are
complete. In month or two factories
may be in full operation; in year Buf-
falo may be supplied and, lin two
years." says Prof. George Forbes, ''the
company win be working the Canadian
side OF the falls, and in ten years shall
we say?) the whole of the 100, 900 horse
power which can be supplied by the
existing hydraulic works viii be giving
power to smckeless manufacturing
towns"
One of the three big dynamos with
which the Cataract General Electric
company proposes to distribute its
power has already been placed in posi-
ton, and the shafting and hydraulic
connections are ready to be put in mo-
Ftion. The unique machine. which in
many ways represents the height OF
electrical ingenuity, was constructed
by the Westinghouse company at Pitts
.burgh. A description of one of the
dynanos has been obtained by the
Electrical Engineer, which in substance
is as follows:
To circular foundation is bolted a
vertical cast-iron cylinder, provided
with fange, on which the stationary
arnature rests. The inner part of the
cylinder is bored to the shape of an in
verted cone, and serves as bearing for
another conical piece of cast iron, sup
porting the shaft bearings. The
armature cone IS made of thin, oxidized
iron plates, held together by eight
nickel-steel bolts. In the outer edge Of
the plates are one hundred and eighty
seven rectangular holes to receive the
iarTnature winding.
The outer rotating field magnet con-
sists of a wrought-steel ring, to which
are bolted the twelve inwardly project-
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POWER influence the is
sue of part of the'large loan, and in
alarming statement generally circulat-
led regarding the condition of the treas
Fury, the sole anxiety of the greet bank
ing house has been lest no loans
he issued at all. This anxiety, it
further appears. was the cause Of the
lRotlschiids' willingness TO take large
aoan even though it was not expressly
redeemabie in gold
The principal reason ior this conces-
sion on the part OF the Rothschilds is
beginning TO be understood on Wall
street The house is embarrassed by
the vast accumulation of gold IN its
vaults. 1t had, indeed, at one time a
fear that the rapid release of this bul-
aion would bring down the price OF
gold itself As it is, the mere rumor Ot
q, release Of buts250 ,000, 900 of it brought
down the rate Of exchange. Nathan
Rotf,schild himself instructed the Bel
hnonts not TO let the loan slip. The
simple truth Is that the Rothschilds
themselves were caught in a tight
hlace. But it was squeeze OF a totally
unprecedented nature in financial CIR
cles, being due to some $500, o,000,0 900 in
yold which they could not get
Eid Of The China loan, it seems,
kvent to the Barings, and the death
lof the car postponed the 100000
boo Russian loan. The German gov
ern1nent now uses no RothSchild gold
i'm new loans, and the Bank OF France
supplies Austria and Italy. 1t was to
this country, therefore, that the Roths-
.childs looked with hope, and at no
time during the furry would they have
hesitafed to advance the government
iof the United States $500, 900 in gold
at three per cent. The fact that half
per cent. higher rate was insisted upon
by the Rothschilds and conceded by US
hs bringing Secretary Carlisle in for
much adverse criticism. The mere
blight of time makes the Rothschilds
richer, but with $500, ,O0O, 900 idle it has
ibeen going at snails pace to them for
many weeks. Wall street is just begin
ming TO realize this, and much disgust
hs expressed because our government is.
lilzely actually to free the Rothschilds
from embarrassment. Disgust is ex-
tpressed because the secretary was SO
hneek with them Our government has
ACTUALLY freed the Rothschilds from en-
fbarrassment.
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rest. he should hrve broker down un>,
der the stress of duties which his SOW
ereign viii not permit him 10 give up.
Stricken with paralysis at Osborne,
Sir Henry viii not retire from the
court 10 which he became attached
when he was q young officer of the
guards, toward 1850. He was then
made equerry 10 theprince consort~ and
he was 50 much liked by the prince that
the queen besought him, m lSso, to be-
come her private secretary He ac-
cepted, and for tweuty-fuur years has
been unceasing In his vigilance for thu
queens interests Being private secro-
tary means managing the queen's
estate and intimate affairs, and taking
care of the Immense number OF boxes ct
documents. orders and warrants daily
sent wherever the queen may bs residf
ing for her signature It means subnlit-i
ting to her the drafts OF all papers os
importance on foreign affairs before
they are launched fo<th TO the vurioGs
ambassadors 1t means occasional con-
Acts with. officials and long and care
ful correspondence with them H
means WCIkInR I'LL TIC hIbfIuopu au1
late into the night getting rid Of the
business which the queen has heapei.
upon her secretary during tho morn,
ing hours.
SIR Henry has trained STAFF of cons
ffdential clerks which travels With hirn,
when the Queen moves from palace 10,
palace. He has hing been tho arTanger
OF family quarreIs- the writer Of lett
ters which settle disputes between
royal personagcs, and often he has 20
exercise the fuuction Of censor. He
has also usruiiy had To manage fhs
negotiations with the statesmen who
have been charged with chs ad.ninis-
tration of the country, and has shown
himself singuhrly successful tn pro
senting the queeT,1s views 10 sncces-
sive premiers without seeming % do
tate ut adj His small private otaoe In
Windsor castle n really one Of The most
Important In the Kingdom
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Missionariee and Kur.

Ambiguous language often gets the
public speaker as well as writer into
trouble. This fact was illustrated at
one of the Cohoes churches one Sunday
morning. The preacher was discours-
ing on missionary work in Africa and
was reviewing some of the difficulties
which confront the missionary to the
dark continent. In this connection he
took occasion to inveigh loudly against
the rum traffic among the natives, as
iserting that it did more harm than the
missionaries could do good. why"
said the preacher, ''forty barrels of rum
are sent to Africa to every missionary"
OF course the real meaning Of the good
man was obvious. but nevertheless a
smile went around the church.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-27

ITO the highly sentimental variety, which
failed for some mysterious reason to
tind liberal buyers. As a result, this
merchandise is heaped up in wholesale
warehouses TO reappear next year as
fresh stock and the latest style. New
York is the headquarters for this sort
Df matter, and the only comfort in the
situation is that in 1896 the cost of man.
nfacture viii be reduced to minimum.
The poor season is attributed to the
growing lack of sentiment in American
hnen and women People seem to take
"a certain pride in their cynical supe-
hiority to the emoson popularity asso-
ciated with the distribution of valen-
kipes.
Another reason for this years valen-
zine dullness is an impression that
these missives are not quite in good
form. Itis a well-known fact that New
Workers would cease eating if mastica-
fion were asoertained to be unfaShion-
nble. But as matter of fact valen-
times Gre very much the vogue in Lon
don. being sent by all the young peers
TO their fair acqua;ntances on a very
liberal scale.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-27
All Head AID Mouth.

There are many curious forms among
the fishes known TO inhabit the very
deepest portions of the deep sea, bat
there are few such unique specimens as
that recently reported 10 the Berlin IN
stitute from the coast Of Morocco L
was brought up from depth Of one
and one-half miles and was wonder
TO behold The creature was only about
- inches long, but fully four-ffths Of
its entire length was head and mouth.
Il was estimated that If The body had
been severed Just behind the hinges Of
the jaw 10 such bodies" could have
been slowed away in its great pouch
Ike stomach
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-27
FOR AN ARCHBISHOP
Aa Element Of the Episcopal
Church Is After One.
Bishop Williams, Senior Member OF the
House OF Bishops, May Be Elected
Next Fal-His Seat to Be
at Warrington.

Some time. and perhaps it will not be
Iery many years from now, Episco-
palians in America viii be able to
speak of ''our archbishop at Washing
ton just as Church of England people
say 1.-The archbishop of Canterbury"
1t is all vague at present, and whatever
steps have been taken so far have
merely been tentative. Perhaps that is
the reason no one seems inclined to talk
about it. Bishop Potter told New
York Commercial Advertiser reporter
recently that the matter was to receive
official consideration from the commits
sion on the revision Of the constitution
and canons appointed at the general
convention at Baltimore last October
which meets soon in New York city. It
is said that no move has been specifcal-
Iy proposed, but it is pretty well under
stood that an amendment is to be dis
cussed, which will read something like
this:
In every diocese the bishop (cr bishop
ccadjutor) should be chosen agreeably
to such rules as shall be prescribed by
the convention of that diocese. except,
that whenever the diocese, which in
cludes within it's limits the city of
Washington, shall permanently sur
render its rights to choose its bishop
and the Office of bishop of said diocese
shall be vacant. the primantem shall
thereafter. under such regulations as
the general convention shall prescribe,
be the diocesan thereof, with the title
lof archbishop of Washington and
primus, and the diocese vacated by the
translation of the prinus to Washing.
ton shall thereupon elect another do
ceSan.
If an archbishop is appointed to .e
the head of tho Protestant Episcopal
Church Of America it viii mean a great
deal. It will affect the government OF
all the church and involve a change in
the whole constitution, and, in fact,
revolutionize American Episcopalian-
ism.
This is by no means a new idea. For
the past ten years there has been a
growing party in the church which has
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-27
A Need-d DisrinetIon.

She-I think there ought 70 be some
distinctive title by which married men
could be distinguished from unmarried
ones. as women are designated b. Miss
and Mrs.
He-Wel. married man might be
called Mr." and an unmarried oae
master
She-I don't like the word master; Il
lacks dignity, and you know in The old
times 1t was applied principally to Per
sons of low degrees
He-But it Is 50 e7ainently a proper
term
She-f don't see inst wig.
He-cf course, you do Don't you
know that q man Is ne-er master after
he is ied2-Detroit Free Press
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-27

lurowier, auu some on the anglers WHO
go down TO the fishing banks on the
fishing steamers call it rock toadtish.
1t is a very ugly fish The sea raven is
. cold-water fish 1t likes rocky bot
tom. fifteen or twenty fathons deep.
and it is SO formed that when lying on
rocks overgrown by seaweed ard kelp
it is almost indiseernible by other fish
The sea raven does very little hunting
for food, but takes what comes its way,
small crustacea and small fish. 1t is q
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-27

In a recent Official paper on The
values OF foods Prof AtyTater writes
that the sun IS the source Of al energy;
that the coal and wood we burn. the
plants we gro-r, the food ve eat. ard
the reserve materials IN our bodies are
al reservoirs Of latent energy derived
from the s1n. Perhaps some Edison OF
the future wil learn how % oonaense
aad convert this energy directly With
CIT such clumsy. indirect p-ooesses Is
our best science now eaPioys
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-27

or common mucilagc TO one side of the
disk and stick 1t in the center of a plate,
leaving margin between its circum-
ference and the inner rim of the plate.
Place billiard ball on the intervening
space at any point, and propose TO any
one present TO send the ball, without
touching it, in to the center of the plato,
so that it viii rest in the hole in the
cardboard. While watching the efforts
of the operator to accomplish this ap-
parently simple feat, the reason for
calling the game patience" becomes
apparent. The ball goes round and
round, but viii not be coaxed into the
center. To succeed, you must have re-
course to simple trick Let the ball
rest near the edge of the disk, by inclin-
ing the plate slightly, then suddenly
lower the plate. as if you were about TO
drop it, and hastily raise it again. plac-
ing the center under the ball, which,
not having fallen as quickly as the
plate. clears the edge of the disk without
touching il and is for q moment in the
air. Having received no momentum in
a lateral sense, the ball will remain
stationary in the center of the disk once
you succeed in introducing it there in
the manner here described. The trick
is pretty and ingenious. and the game
Will afford much amusement TO the
curious
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-27

s1on EAAlHiG-
Affairs to which the rest of the family
go 1t is gossip that when the division
respecting mourning for Mrs. W. ".
,Astor took place, Mrs. Dravton was in
clined to syTnpathize with William Wal
rorf Astor. but that gentleman studi-
pusly ignored her and took no pains 70
ronceal his opinion that She is socially
impossible. Hence IL follows that such
New Workers as are cordial to the
american Astors viii find little favor
with the English Astors. This eortin-
gency is arousing some concern in New
York, where W ". Astor's growing
Importance abroad is fully understood.
Mrs. Drayton, by the way. has an ex-
hibit at the dog show. ii Is entered in
the name of well-known professional
breeder, but viii very likely "be recog-
Rized in the silky little black. poodle
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sinks. The bottles used nor1 arc large.
and specially ballasted so that they
always swim uprigh. A small sign Is
attached % the neck 20 sttrsr. atten-
.tioa, the inscription thereon showing
the letters IL O. ard number. When
such bottle Is sighted n nidoccan
the ships officers only need 20 take
down the number Of The bottle which
Is allowed 20 drift OF IL POSITION and
tine Of lighting sGch bottles are re
ported 20 the Autographs offcers IA
sufficient na-nbers, i vii Be poesibls
20 calculate the swiftneSs and establish
the direction q ocean currents aiI1os:
accurately.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-27

Iew Gays, a KING Or queen ihsy not
In order to keep up with the immense
volume of political ,.nd per..pal cor
reSponoencc. the sovereign InuS5 csI>.
ploy faithful and confidential person
willing 10 undertake. fatigue and an
noyance- Such a person. says Once q
Week, has Right Hon. Gen. Sir
Henry PonSonby been AZ the court OF
Queen Victoria for nearly two genera
tons And now it is not wonderful
that, as advancing years warn hIIn 20
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-27
The Ratio of Criminals.

According TO the census of 1890 there
are $50 convicts to every million in
,habitants of the North Atlantic states,
$50 in the South Atlantic, 491 in the
and 1.S4l in the western. The figures
can be used to prove either that the
west has more criminals, as its enemies
assert, or that it is more vigorous in
the enforcement Of its laws, as its
friends sly
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-27
COMMUNION CUPS.

whst II Costs TO szVpEy chsreh vfsh
Individual GEassss-
Baltimore churches ore Interested ID
the question Of individual conmnnion
cups They have been adopted IA two
Methodist churches, says the News of
that city, and several other churches
are discussing the matter With view
20 adopting them. There Il sone op-
position 70 tho change, partly 90 ae-
count of the trouble n handling sn
many. cups, and partly on account a<
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-27
s,eed OF Racinc Ostriches.

Gottlieb Won Kilkekenberg. South
African Bser. has two racing ostriches.
One of them has developed q speed OF
itwenty-txo miles ar hour and has q
stride of fourteen feet. The breeding
of ostriches for racing purposes has
been seriously interfered with by the
passage of an anti-betting law By the
English government
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-27
RUSSIl'S CHANCELLOR.
Baron dc Staai. the AmisbIe Successor o
NJ. de Giers-

Baron de Staal. who has Just been
designated by the new car 20 succeed
the late N. de Giers as chancellor of
the Muscovite empire, Is the beau
ideal of foreign diplomat. with his
long. flowing white whissers and his
dignified bu: suave manner. which con-
veys the impression that IL he Is as hard
and tenacious ss. his naIS- ig..iezs. in
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-27

New York real
estate and that
wn is Wal
dorf. William
Waldorf Astor
will spend much
of his time there
this year. The
millionaire has
just begun to
take the liveli-
est interest in
the little place
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ty into the i'm
N d a e pre-
Lonten period as
are now being
"a a d e. w 1T h
barely a week
left, a positively
feverish gayety
has been shown.
Dances are the
order of the day,
or rather, of the
n i g h t. NJ S.
iCornelius Van
derbilt gives no
less than five
private q aOces
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-27

that belonged to one OF her children.
It is trick dog, lively and intelligent,
and is liked by Mrs. Drayton because
the children were fond of it. The ami
NAL has been trained to sit at table on
high chair, which it never leaves
during the meal. 1t is very likely to
take prize.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-27
MAIL FROM miDOCEAN.
Am Ingenious Plan for Studying tho Cur
rents o; the Ocean.

An Ingenious Plan Tor Studying tho Cur
rents o; the Ocean.
well known as they ought to he, and
measurements and researches ere con-
tinualiy made as to their strength.
direction, etc The hydrcgraphic bu-
lreaus of England, France, Germany,
Spain and the United States are now
using regular bottle-mails TO establish
data relative TO ocean currents. The
iordinary bottles formerly used viii not
do, as but few Of them are ever picked
up. Either they break or they sink II
the saltwater eats through a flaw Ia
the cork, or barnacles fasten them
selves on the under side until the bottlo
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-27

early as last De-
K e N Der. Ad-
vaBce orders are
usually placed
I'm January, but
Nv h e n ] a S t
month end e d
% T d ers were
Hound to be dis
"a p p o n t ing.
This does not
apply to { h g
eomics. which
went off at a
Erpat rate. but
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knowing that BARREL.
Lord Rosebery is anxious to have our
country speedily released from all
financial plight. So ardent is this
desire that his personal influence
would be exerted with the RotEs-
childs to have speedy conces-
sion in the gold stipulation made.
The premier wishes American support
in the Canadian question. He is anx-
ious to quiet the annexation fever by
the Inauguration of an imperial parlia-
ment to meet in London annually. This
parliament'is to be elected by the Brit
ish dependencies all over the world, but
Rosekery's bold idea is to have the
United States send delegates. Thus, as
he believes, would be laid the foun-
dation of that federation of all English
speaking nations, the esta biishnent Of
which he fondly hopes will be the
chief of his claims to the attention of
posterity. This may seem to be wild
dream, but Rosebery is dreaming it.
Here is the origin of the extreme will
ingness OF the present British govern
nent to do pretty nearly everything we
ask. Friendliness to America is its
motto. Hence the non-interference in
Hawaii, and the British Endorsement Of
the Monroe doctrine. The premier has
been little mortified that his schemes
have been coldly received over here, and
when Uncle Sam took the Rothschild
barrel with its Roseberry pendant and
politely handed them back, he did no.
conceal his disappointment.
American Millions fc 3 German Town.
n,a L., q l,e xaa.ox -
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his case the steel IS sneatneo IN velvet.
No man has more friends, and the fact
that, although the representative of
Russia at the court of ST. James for the
last ten years, he should have succeeded
in winning not only the confidence but
also the amity of che English, who are
always so suspicious with regard to
Russia, speaks volumes for his amiabil-
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No UEScuAo Ad1
a n a g e u t in
this cou n try
throughout the
rece n t furry.
He was a sub
ordinate, not A
man of note, as
q fnancier of
standing would
have attracted
too much atten-
ton. This agent
w 8 instructed
to use every pos
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-27
TIE UGLY SEA aAyEr.
4 Deep-sea Creature Vet Hsds for Beast,
show Purposes.

The sea raven. says the Se7v YORK
Sun. i Common u these waters Il
spring AID autumn. a. which sesso-s
+ comes 70 visit Gs from is home sDong
the rocks and reefs Of deep water Il
CONES Ia the spring 30 the bays 10
spawn. ard gDcs away again. AID cones
back for tine IN tie aatunn- ]: Is
knora aao1g GaAe.Een as sse Sslly
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-02-27

vicissitudes last
week. She was
out 81 Ell g hing
with her brother
very frequently,
and even went in
for other diver
sions. s he APP
pears TO take
pains to S n ow
that her matri-
m onial misad-
ventures h ave
no effect upon
her socially. She
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fra<.lgIu-

Customer IN cheap restzuTIatf-ts.ve
me beefstesk with mushrooms
Waiter lOudly, 20 eoolsJ->.auEhts
n de pan, wid funyy--.ed Ls--7soSisi--
d. I. Wees