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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-12-05

Don't fail to get prices a. Ferreifs Dollar
Store before buying ANYTHING in Toys or
Fancy Goods. They are from - to 100 per
cent. cheaper there, sat
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-12-05
Post Office.

When you go for your mail stop a, J E Is
and buy one OF those lamp-,--handsoms, use
full and cheap. 81
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-12-05

We pre- iie. big rush a, Eerfeg's Doi.ar
Store 2spec.aiis Il people get 10 ses Ii, goods
anc Pr.ces. ait
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-12-05

District Court, Thircrcmth judicial District.
s~dgwies county, Kansas.
H. A. Tracy,
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-12-05

Alden & racke are sllippirs ek0i-e apple
diFecs from M.eAigau. aud ass prep sred 20
slye dealers ios figures. 2s-sl
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-05
Recognizing the Army.

The Joint committee on tho reorganiza-
ton OF the army, which recently met at the
White sulphur Springs and adjourned over
until November, reached no conclusion OF
any kind, and separated without the sign Of
an agreement on the points which most
divide the thick-and-thn supporters OF the
present military establishment from tho
friends of reform. All the stories Of perfect
harmony among the members, and an UNI
Outstanding rs to q bill TO be reported at the
next session, are wholly unfounded.
No result was reached which in any way
preigures a measure likely to be accepted
by the joint committee or by Congress. The
views of all the principal officers Of tho army
had been invited. not only in regard to their
specalties, but also in reference To the gen
eral question OF reorganization. or course
each General stood by his own department,
and regarded it as beyond the reach of re-
form, being already next to perfect
These papers were distributed among the
committee for study and report three
months hence, so as, II practicable, to put
them In shape, with whatever changes may
be considered desirable, before the meeting
Of Congress. After that interchange OF
opinion and votes, tho public will know
whether there is happy family or not
among these patriots, who are allowed so
many agreeable extras Tor fancy work dur
ing the recess, and who only tore them
selves away from the White sulphur Springs
because nominations and elections for tine
House Of Representatives are soon TO come
of
This committee may tinker with bill in
any way they please but the radical ques-
ton will still remain and cannot be thrust
aside by trickery-the rank and file OF
the army must be reduced to the lowest
point. Until that real reform is fairly con.
sidored and adopted, the agitation will 30
on in spite Of the shams and devices that are
put forward TO msead the public and to
sanctiiy abuses that have become monstrous
impositions on the country. The existing
evil must be cut up by the roots, and, there
fore, trimming the branches will not satisfy
the country
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-05

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN--lSir: | am
in receipt Of letter from gentleman of Man
chester England. lately returned from Morocco.
callin. my attention 10 tho terrible famine there
raging. and enclosing accounts from Sir Drum
mond Hay. the British Minister ut the Court OF
Morocco. and Mr.. Hay, Consul at Mogndor. de-
failing the misery caused by starvation and dis
ease. from which the unhappy people. to the
estimated number OF three millions, are suffer-
ing. 4 committee Is ut work in England. COM
prsing Sir Moses Montonorc. +. II. s.. Sir
Joseph Hooker. President Of the Royal Soricty.
and many eminent merchants OF London, Man
chester. and Morocco. and relief in money and
grain is being Organized. II IA imposs ihle in
tho limits OF letter TO give you nm idea OF tho
calamity. which cannot he overcome by the re-
sources Of the country itself until the now crops
with refugees lceing from the terrors Of the
iamin that rcigns in their own districts. =, =.
Committee that IL IS computed that 100 weight
CT rice costing from twelve to fourteen shilings.
VIII keep alive $50 neople Tor tw.nty-four hours
--that Is. that u Will Keep alive nifty people for
that time-l think many Of those who are
SPENDING money 50 layishiy for pleasure ut this
tmc OF year VIII spare little To obtain neces-
sites 81 life for uniottunntes The aid Is dis
trihuted irrespective OF race or creed. The
American Consul ut Tangiers reports to the de-
partmcnt: Tho suffering Is indies rihahle.
some rice and -four are being imported from
England and France. The cattle are dying by
sold iGr si. Want OF rain Is The cause Of tho
distress and famine. Relief So rrt"e are being
formed in the ciiies. in Gibraltar and other al
lac"nt places. Tho British Government sub
scrihcd 81 900 20 the relief fund raised in Glib
raliar' Mr. payton. a res dent at Mogador,
and children are nnckinr INTO Nogaior many
dying %. hunger and sickness on the WV. liN-
ing skeletons and g, KY. eunciaied iorms are
from month 90 month. and disease. its natural
consequrnce.; is already rife among the poor IN;
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by BLAoK and VANCE They made false return, stuffed
the ballot box with Republican votes, made false roll
list stole and committed perjury aud forgery TO sus
tain the fraud"
Gen. BARLOW, one Of the Visiting States
men, exposed this scandalous fraud at tho
time and relieved himself from the odium
which Justly attached to others, and es-
pccally TO the Republican members Of the
Congressional Communicable II. Dun
NELL of Minnesota and WILLIAM Woop-
BURN of Nevada-who justified the outrage
in every form, and sought by pcrverting the
testimony to sustain the scoundrels who had
perpetrated It. After the Inauguration OF
HAYES. these two forgers and periurcrs
were appointed to Office, one in the Custom
House at Philadelphia and the other in
department at Washington.
They are holding places now, not only
in disregard Of these grave charges by
Congressional committee, but also in face
Of the testimony of l.. q. DENNIS, the Re-
publican leader in the county where the 219
votes were added, who sworc recently that
he saw BLACK and VANCE Mt the work Of
forging and iabrlcatng the poll lists to COR
respond with the false return they had
made. These facts are as well known at the
White House and TO every member Of the
Administration as that they themselves are
usurpcrs in Office, and occupying public
honors and trusts solely by the rascality of
agents like VANCE and BLACK. than whom
hundreds of better men are now cracking
stone in the pententiary.
Another Of this crew, who helped to steal
the vote OF Baker county Is in the Sixth
Auditors office at Washington, placed over
the heads of deserving men who for years
have been denied promotion in order to
provide for this class of creatures. When
called upon TO contribute to the campaign
fund he boisterously and profanely refused
to pay dime, and told the collector TO make
the most of IL, claiming that he had earned
his position by party services and could not
be disturbed. JOHN SHERMAN did not dare
to remove him. but he vented his mallgnty
on faithful and competent clerk in the
same office, who had not stolen any votes, but
had declined TO be blackmailed. This is re-
form under HAYES at Washington.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-05
The Effect Upon the Potter Investi-
CATION.

We have often commented on the course
OF the Democrats in Congress in voting for
the BURcHARD resolution declaring HAYEs's
title sacred, as an open abandonment of
principle. We recall attention to ii to-day
as n stupcndous political blunder 1t has
done the greatest injury TO the Democratic
cause by interfering with the Investigations
OF the POTTER Committee.
That committee has already performed an
invaluable service to the party and the
country. and something more may yet be
expected from it, But much that would
have been told has been kept back in conse-
quonce Of the Democratic votes for the
BURcHARD resolution. Witnesses cognizant
OF important and startling facts. who were
ready and anxious to testify, became re-
luctant and tmid as soon as they
saw the record of the votes on that
resolution. What is the USE" they
naturally asked in telling all we
know, II nothing is to come of it? We
may expose ourselves TO great damage
without benetitng anybody. If HAYES is
10 be kept in, and not impeached and re-
moved, no matter in what frauds and con-
spraeles his completely he proved, why
should we volunteer to testify, and thus ex-
pose ourselves to the Ill will and persecu-
ton OF those whom the Democrats in Con-
gress have resolved shall continue in
power?"
Great as have been the results OF the
POTTER investigation, they would have been
much greater but for the passage by
large majority, and by Democratic votes,
OF the BURCHARD resolution.
II should not be forgotten. in making
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-05
The Florida Fraud.

The only material difference between the
fraud in Louisiana and the fraud in Florida
was that the former cast eight votes and
the latter four. When the conspiracy WAS
started on the sth of November to steal
these two States, it was indispensable that
the conspirators in both should act together
understandlngly. The cipher kilograms
which passed between New Orleans aud
Tallahassee during the progress of the count
make plain the whole plan of operations,
and FRANK MoREY, ex-member OF Congress
and one of the Republican counsel before
the Returning Board. admitted in his recent
testimony, that ii the programme for Florida
had failed, the organized movement in
Louisiana under the lead of JOHN SIBERIAN
would have been abandoned
In other words, there was no object TO be
gained In stealing the eight votes separate
ly, because they would not have consum-
mated the fraud the entire twelve being noe
eSsary 10 sum up the 1855 votes which ZACH
CHANDLER had audaciously claimed when
the conspiracy was set in motion by his
false telegram. The methods used in one
case were pursued In the other. Forgery,
perjury, fabricated returns, ballot-box
stuffing, manufactured anidavits, and
bribery were the tools with which the con-
spirators worked. And when success
crowned the vilainy 10y these means every
one connected with II, from the highest to
the lowest, was appointed TO Office, and is
to-day paid an annual salary from the Treas
ury for aiding and abcttlng the crime.
Perhaps the most striking example of this
prostitution OF public patronage is to be
found in the cases of the two negro nspcc-
tors of election, VANCE and BLACK, at
Archer precinct No. 2, in Alachua county.
They added 2l0 votes to the declared result
OF that poll, and the proof of the fraud was
so glazing and indisputable that the ma
torty OF the committee who went to Florida
20 investigate the charges on the spot re-
ported, Jan 81, 1877. as follows
The ballot box and all the papcrs relating to this pre.
cinc were In the hands Of NANck aud BLAcK and they
had full opportunity TO commit the fraud. and did as
clearly appears from the evidence, commit II Jointly as
part Of the false ana forged returns In the hand
writing Of each Of them, The fraud was committed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-05
The Circle No, squared Yet.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: find
in THE Sun "a letter from Durham. y. H.. under
the heading. Has he Squared tho Circle ?" to
which | reply. " Not yet.
Your correspondent puts forth n proposition
which. while 1t has the advantage Of novelty.
has also tho fatal defect Of being incorrect He
says Let it be assumed that the area of cir
Gle is equal to the eXcesses Of four squares over
four circles described within the squares whose
diameters and sides ARE equal" We may MS
sumo anything. hut the demonstration should
follow. ] could assume that four and four are
seven. and upon that could produce a series ot
arithmVtcHl results sufficiently astonishing t.
make ones hair stand on end Your CORES
pondcnt says that live circles ar" equal In area
e. four squares. al being oi cqnal diameter.
between the diameter and the Circumference OF
circle has never boon fully determined. II
has been calcuiutrd to over 100 places ~ dcci-
mails, which II sufficiently accurate Tor all prac-
teal purposes. Tho prouorton 10 i places IL
this: ms / Is to 3.llljN2ij35s9. and the greater
the number of drcimuls added the nearer the
result. Even with these figures tho error is
less than one square inch IN the area of "a circle
thirty feet in dWm"trr. ANY elrmn nj ny work
on mensuratiou VIII prov" TINS But until the
cNnct proportion has been solved the true area
Of a circle can never Doe H@ '"rlalu"L
Let Ms tHko asquaro having sides ~ 30 feet
AMI ins'rlbe within u. or lmestne, lnsrrloed.
the latter the rule is simple:
ds .TS5i-nrea
This resolves itself into 7oG 9-l0 square feet
But, snys your correspondence the area oi a
circle Is As thut OF the cir up- 'rihing square.
II that bee 30, then the area ~ our 80 feet CIRCLE
is 100 squire feet. an crrorof 10 10 feet or so
in excess NJ the total area.
II your New Hampshire friend submitted his
nI ,ii-.t,c,n 20 any IonnG maihsmat,eian he
lem oi squHring the circle than We're our Hncrs-
tors IN the middle ages j. sIMONs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-05
Those Learned Ancient IrIshmen.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: II your
patience he not already tired 10y an American Irshman
who two proix letters recently endeaVorcd sustain
two untenable propositions let say u few words In
rcfuauon thereof Your correspondent with apparent
sincerity. maintains that the telegraph and kindred cleo
trcal instruments existed In Ireland hundreds not
thousands u years and that the ancient Irish
far more advanced In the arts and sciences than
the present time. The first statement is unworthy Of
attention because OF in absurdiiy To attempt Ia dis
prove it would place in the same category with Hudi.
bras who would try prove hv force u that
man not horse The second point i-eNidrnt! I'D
upon ignorance The science. Hni tr arts in which ire.
have they ever heeu although We know that other nl
Gceks aud the Ruuaus on the contrary, Ireland tar
behind IN the the sciences We have tolrarn
her inathemAuciHn. astronomers scuptuls painters,
Michael Aneelos, RanhaoIs, NrMtnns. to.nmbusrs,
engine. the rlr raph, the sewing machine came To
succession but Ireland has not contributed one iota II
hind the creeks, the Romans, the GuhS Even her
poetry though Justly admired cannot compare with that
q dTeIee k"e i%y t"nss Sg T or Ens
exploits She saw mo HOMER to sing them where are
ia muse Ia ireland pr'.used Ece,hc,rn Mozart,
Kns,iu' Indeed, much ~ We may Iratc ot the an.
cvr with Thomas Moore that the Irregular gannt OF the
lush could not he brought within The compass Of the
harmoni-t II was onN when the harp hcear eslarsed
hN the additional strings ~ modern INVENTION that cur
melodies have assumed their present sweet character
show how little tir.r WORTHLESS VII" write about
lrrlani have studied ihr -nbrrt | ten these yn'd
people WAT litH frhr.t t niue crh upon Ireland by
the rectal ~ their iuolsh hruun. She has history t.
he proud ct without igAlins upon her claims which 20
luonce Of her orators lc forecast az her statesmen the
hyfliy and bravery ul Per -dic' VIII awiNs WIN IN.
admiration ui Ur lhirlhlr 100 EVERY lhhl not turned
into rdcuc and contempt by OF hers who ton often
rush into print T. tiIiIiCK
,272 Washington street Jersey city, and aO and 2oa
William street New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-05
Why they Did Not Fight.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-!Sr: That
brave and courageous T'utouc in,inchic OF II Jeweu
avenue, lcrsey city Hrlhts should have been on that
train at the time II was boarded by those roughs II Is
very plain that he knows nothing Of what he Is talking
about For his benefit viii state that there were not
over nrtv male passengers ON the train amt perhaps not
one revolver among them. NrarS an these passengers
were rNir Aii' rir iu iant IlV had not lasted
any lrr.rN lghung nyiNc them Jersey Dutch courage
wa, nn the tram aud do not a. kuuwicdge my self To
be coward. wont Vtruugh the Mexican war in the
FIRST Nrw York Volunteers and through three wears NJ
the fcf un In the twelfth Massachusetts, Infantry. Yet
saw ~ glance that II would he foolish resist those
MY ruugh, Ten MellArmCd men would have cowel
them, but We were unArincd. ID. &. r.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-05
The Delegate from the Pines.

A very Son oi Anak hr.
az most mair-Ic frame,
And fresh ~ Portland from the mines,
A delegate he came
A citizen upon the street.
she sauntered ,low along,
Approached and said, "The Hayes men nere
Don't seem TO pan out strong
Awhile he thought, ms on the ground
lie nNed his steady gaze,
Then NacanilN hooked up and asked,
who thr devil Is tins lli,,s.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-05
Danger. ON ,he Aew York Central.

. The horrible story recently published in the
Now YORK iiH''oi the rUhVIY aud outrage of lalV of
u+ city, uns,o niger un the Sew York Central Railroad
BE- hi mo- means intunsrav Improbable. A member ni
"ui sian Nhu had occasion a. travel upun midnight
ltn ", stNArd from Albany irN months since was IN
car whcr three phmhlrl-. who had cnucrd tiotmAn
10 play. robbed hnn eff n'fy dollars hN ,uatrhln. his
lo,helhooh rom h.' haui The rhhcr escaped with the
motley, while the copper of the pau! "a strong hunk
fellow, iop lhly kept The victim nom following him bv
blows ANA ilrcat-, the scene continuing ior some
minutes ana the conductor not making the shghtost
sinrt - hid Tue German or apprchend the criminals
Tue PASSENGER drowsv ana indlnient made no atemps
" interfere, except IN ono instance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-05

To TIE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sr; The G
Company Thirteenth Rc-imeut which has recently been
recognized and recruited by Chaplain Bcecher aud
Plymouth Church. 10 the same company that few
years AGO muiinrd ina holy at the inst3tton of that
perfect huiyIr uf 'u''ltr Cant Il william. wan
ono nnhIc rNfrpuun. ht ruu refused 90 obey the
ite ton Nahu's order 80 parade I'm PROSPECT Paris AMI
we're di.' nl,d hy uriDrs ram Albany Tor msuhurlina.
nnu This H. rnrtul waning Tor tho new COMPANY ut
Christian sudor- which they wall do well to pioht By.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-05
TINT EXCLUSION TRAIN OUTRAGE
CowardIce that would Make barbara Friet.
chile Blush for her Countrymcn.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-.Sr: was do
lighted with Nj l. u shaener, letter about the caruil
coward, who sat silent ami trembling while Those
roushs were insulting their wives. sisters, ami sweet
hearts FOR NV part lccl more indsnant Al the shock
lu display OF ai,rct tcrror ON the part of the mnc pas
scnsrrs WAN ~ the ahnmnahe outrage Of the lies II
seems almost iucrodihr that among large number of
men not one could he found To- strike blow
men. or shoot down. A. he might mad dos IN Sc
scnundrcls ! hope The old mdN who waved the Ann ~
can nag In ~" iacr OF stnncwa jackson. uop, dead,
or tear she Will blush at tho manhood nf tic present
generation, should rlt rrii the account
l.. v StHNMk, lWl l.er avenue, brooklyn, T. ID.
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theoretically, the duty of the members OF
n Congressional investigating committee Is 10
investigate tho matters concerning which Con-
Ercss desires information; not TO show their
arGumcntativc powers 10y converting witnesses.
their skill as s-qucstioners by puZzling
them. or their wit Nv g,ttinc tho lnugh ON them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-05
Leaving an Estate OF $4,000. 900.

SAN FRANcIsco. Aug 3.-Michncl Reese the
news ol who'o death Mt Wallcn'cin Gcrmany
was received here tciay leaves an estate
apprnNimaicd at SlOunlnm or more aud
with The exception oi senator sharon MAS tile lars.
est real esrtc owner IN Tn. city some years ago he
nUNuleut Institutions
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-05
A Suggestion from sixth Avenue.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: Will Mr.
Brosnan who claims that the ancient Irish the in
yentors Of the phonograph telephone telegraph and
on suggest something that will in measure suiue the
fearful noise OF the Metropolitan ElcN atrd Railroad On
sixth avenue. and thus show that IRISH ingenuity
capable Of duins that which Mr. Edison has thus lar TAIL
ed To dot
Talk Is cheap, but money buys land
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-05

There will probably be dissent from Col.
Boa INGERsoLL's estimate Of RoBERT DUINs as
the greatest Of poets. SHAKESPEARE alone oX-
cepted But there will bee no dlssen. from his
estimate OF HAYES. tho man on cruiches. 80
whose ilabby weakness has made some foolish
people long for the man on horseback " as a
change. or from his indignant rejection Of the
notion that there will be anything revolutionary
or Matchmaking in ousting Fraudulent Presi-
dent from the White House. That sort OF talk
is all bosh, says Col. Bon ISGERsoLL and he is
right.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-05

II Ia mentioned in the obituary OF n late
distinguished New Jersey Judge that he
spent several OF the last years of his life in
collecting materials for a history of his
native State. man who collects authentic
materials for history does useful work,
and II he puts them into readable, attractive
form deserves high praise.
Mr.. JOHN SHERMAN formerly Senator
from Ohio, now Secretary Of the Treasury,
has experienced some political disasters OF
late, which, in the frecly-expressed opinions
OF the sages OF his own party, threaten to
consign him to an early and ignominious re-
tirement.
Fortunately for this active and ambitious
man, as he sets in one sphere he promises TO
rise In another. He has recently given evil
dence of an astonishing insight into history.
He has a quick perception of the abstract
nature of facts, and OF their relation TO each
other. HIS knowledge is wonderful, and is
probably greater than that possessed by
any other mortal lie is intimately ac-
quainted with two worlds, aud is astute at
comparing them with each other. Writing
TO Mr.. II. Il. HAYES, the defeated candidate
for President at the last election, about the
history of Gen. GRANTS administration in
Louisiana, Mr. SHERMAN declares that IL
reads like the history of hell
II is easy to see. Therefore that n true
history OF GRANTS administration would
serve also as history of events in another
place and who SO well qualified to write it
as this great master OF the subject
What a venture for publisherl Here is
tho prosnactus.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-05

Prof WATSON may not be mistaken after
nll in thinking that he has Mt last run down
that willy and elusive planet. tho supposittious
Vulcan. Here comes Mr.. LEWIS SWIFT, respect
ablo hardware merchant and amatcur ostron-
omer. Of Rochester. N. Y. deposing and saying
that he has no more doubt that he saw Vulcan
than he has that he saw the eclipse His report
taies with Prof. WATsoNs. who will doubtless
be overjoyed at this independent corroborution
of his discovery. Although Mr.. SWIFT is a self
made astronomer who does his work in an inn
provised observatory on the top of an old cider
mill. he IL an astronomer whose word carries
weight Only last year he earned the 800
Vienna prize by discovering a new comet.
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took n great deal OF pride in them. and would
talk about their li'tln patches with all the
enthusiasm Of an old farmer They arc anxious
to farm. and fully understand that the days Of
hunting are past.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-05

the famine will grow worse from month TO
month. and disease. its natural consequence. is
already rife among the poor inhabitants The
famine is caused by drought the consequent
failure Of crops. and the wretched management
of the country's interests.