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Opponents of Omar Khayyam.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUS-Sir: Somewhere. l
forget now just whore, a story is told of the times
gone by when it was not 10 easy to get around the
world as 1t 10 now. 1t is about a mar who was lee.
turing in London on Russia. in those days a terra
incognitd to western Europe.
Some person. moro inquisitive than discreet, asked
how many Year, the lecturer had spent in gathering
all this information. my dear fellow was the
response. not a day Of my life, but I've q brother
who plays eIquisitely on the Russian fiddle"
I'm reminded of this little story by casually seeing
that yet another exponent and translator of Omar
Khayyam and his philosophy is over here to en-.
tighten tho American public.
If the spirit of my old master in shiraz. Thirza
Baker Kerbelai-peace to his ashes-is lowering
round can imagine his feelings of distress. May I
ask you to print this in THE Sun to let him know
how I sympathize with him. for he will certainly see
THE Sun.
In truth. Omar's philosophy contains no mys.
teres. st. Paul. . thousand years before. and others
some thousands Of years earlier. wrote 1t all down IN
other words II people would only look for it.
The alleged mysticism" is simply q fundamental
element of the spiritual side of human nature that
he who runs may read. 4. 7.
New YORK. March 7.
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Delaware.

The Republican statesmen who have
called the attention Of the Republicans Of
Delaware to the Importance OF electing a
United States Senator did we'll, OF course,
but 1t must be said frankly that 1t will be
better forthe gentlemen addressed as MEM
bers Of their party to compel q vacancy in
their States Senatorial representation than
to fill one with a candidate OF the nature Of
ADDIcKs. ADDIcKs entered Delaware but
recently. possessed himself OF enough
Republican legislators in 1896 to prevent
the election of any other candidate, and
again is a candidate for senator with more
legislators, and qualdetermination to have
himself or nobody elected. An enterprise
Of this nature can succeed only at the fatal
expense of the party identified with 1t.
Delaware will be Republican on the merits
Of the Republican policy, or it will not be
so at all with either credit or advantage to
the Republican party.
The genuine Republicans Of Delaware
had better leave the Addicks people to their
shame than take their man.
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as It's value becomes apparent he will be
eventually the gamer, not the loeer, by
this years experience. Now he Is impover-
ished and discouraged. onicial reports
from the South indicate what had to be
expected, that there will be a decided de-
crease In the acreage Of the coming cotton
planting, that little or no money has been
spent for mules, and that only about one
third OF the ordinary amount OF fertflizlng
material has been purchased.
And yet the outlook for the cotton grower
Is not unrelievedly black. Partly because
Of the reasons just mentioned. there is q
strong probability that the next crop will be
smaller than the present one and that 1t
will bring pro~portionately a much higher
price. The planter has the grim satisfac-
ton OF knowing that over l,0oo,o 900 bales
OF short" cotton, or contracts to de-
liver that amount, that have accumulated
in the New York market as the re-
suit OF confident operations for the de-
cline by English spectators who believed
in Mr.. NErbL's IL, 25o, ooo-bale crop will,
in all probability, have to be cancelled
at a heavy loss to the sellers and at an
equally heavy profit to American buyers
who did not believe in NELL. Certainly
no other result can happen while the price
Of spot cotton in the Southern cities remains
but slightly below the price here, and that
price In turn is far above that OF the OPP
tions for future delivery. "
But the great thing which will benefit the
cotton grower is the extraordinary and
peremptory demand which has arisen for
manufactured cotton all over the world.
and especially in this country, bidding fair
to continue for twelve months at least.
The prosperity Of the cotton manufacturing
business is, in fact, at present unmatched
by that OF any other American industry, ex-
cept the manufacture Of iron and steel.
Within four years. indeed, the worlds con-
sumption Of cotton has increased 100000
bales. The vast stores of cotton fabrics which
numbered the warehouses Of Fall River and
Providence lave been swept away. Ninety
thousand operatives in the cotton mills here
have had their wages raised 10 per cent.
within W. weeks. A million spindles which
were silent in New England last summer
are busy to-day and before long, we venture
to affirm, will be singing as merrily In the
small hours Of the morning as now they do
atnoon If the current crop is but between
10, 800, 900 and 1O,75O,oO0 bales, this
crop and the reserve stock will be barely
sufficient for consumption until the winter.
Should, in addition to this, the crop of 1900
1900 prove to be small or even of only fair
size, and it's prospect Of being great is
steadily declining, the planter will get prices
for his raw cotton which will more than re-
pair the havoc caused by the m~al-prophetic
NELL, and he will see again the better
times OF the past.
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BRAYroN 1rEs,s .e1,ooo BOOK.
Gilbert Ellis sweara That He Believes Ht to
Be Genuine 1493 Print.

Gilbert Ellis Sweara That He Believes IL to
Be Genuine 1493 Print.
The evidence Of Banker Brayton Ives In his
action to recover the S4.374 he paid Gilbert
b. Ellis for a book containing a COPY in Spanish
Of a letter OF Columbus about his first voyage
went on before Justice Leventritt Of the Su-
preme Court yesterday with the testimony Of
Theodore L. De Winnie. author Of a book on the
history OF printing. Mr.. De Winnie testified
that the book is not printed from movable type
and is not genuine old Spanish Typography. Mr..
Ives says that Ellis represented that the book
was printed from movable type in 1893. Mr..
De Winnie testified that while letters impinged
upon each other and the alignment was irreg-
ular In some fifteenth century prints, as in the
book in dispute. Typography had SO advanced
by 1898 that these defects had been eliminated.
An offer was made by the defence on cross-ex-
animation to Introduce several specimens OF
but the Court ruled them out. holding. that
their introduction would lead to the trial OF
Gilbert ii. Ellis. in his own defence. testified
that he came from London In, 1890 with this
book and other old books to sell. de called at
the, house Of Mr.. Ives with the book in suit and
another printed copy OF the letter in the Am
6rosian Lib RI E, IN M Milan Lam and =, d Ssli tor AZ 1t t to be
the BOOK was sold Tor 1000. He told Mr. ives
ano, at the Ambrosian Library and askedi II his
book was genuine the fatnef's only reply was
to shrug his shoulders.
this 2 Ale looked over the book and said he
could believe his own eyes.
Mr.. Ellis said that he had the opinion OF sew
movable type and is genuine. and he still be-
lieves SO. The case was not concluded.
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MIR. MoFFETr IS D1sGRUyTLED.
VIII Probably Resign as Deputy Water
supply Commissioner An Brooklyn.

VIII Probably Resign as Deputy Water
Supply Commissioner An Brooklyn.
1t is understood that Deputy Water Commits
sioner James Moffett of the borough of Brook
Ign has become disguised with his $1,000 a
year official Job and will give 1t up just as soon
as ex-Register Hugh Mclaughlin. the Demo-
cratic manager. gets back from Florida. 1t Is
said that Mr.. Mofiett has already made out his
resignation. and that it is only owing to Mr..
McLaughlin's absence that it is not already In
the hands Of Mayor Van WICK. Ever since he
gave up his lucrative law practice to assume
charge q the BROOKLYN Water DEPARTMENT Mr..
his hands. First Of al, he had trouble with
the Democratic politicians over. the minor
appointments In his bureau. aud then friction
occurred with Commissioner William Dalton,
his chief. His plans for the much-needed ex-
tension Of the water supply system were i9-
mere hsurehead. y He told his friends that Il It
seemed to him that his office was a superf uous
one. under the circumstances. and that it was
his intention to give II up and resume his law
practice. which he will now probably do In a
month or so. Mr.. Moffett is the Chairman Of
the Democratic General Committee and has
long taken an active interest in politics. His
present OH ,ial job is the only one he has ever
held. although he had been a candidate for iu-
dicial hopors.
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Mr.. Henry Neill's Lamentable Proph-
ecy in Cotton.

Cotton is, as many people do not know,
our chief and most valuable article OF OK
port. The cotton season runs for twelve
months, beginning Sept. !, and the size Of
the years crop is fixed by the amount
brought into sight within the period
named. The crop last year was II, $780,
900 bales. 1t vas the largest on record.
and followed other crops Of large dimen-
sions. The season was ideal for the plant
Ing, maturing and gathering Of cotton, and
the amount produced and added to the re-
serves already accumulated was much more
than the world could consume. Very ia
vorable conditions attended the planting OF
the succeeding crop, which is now being
gathered. AS the season proceeded and no
disaster occurred, belief In another enor-
nous cotton crop became prevalent, chiefly
because OF the emphatic and reiterated
declaration in the middle of the summer by
the famous Nj. HENRY NELL OF New Or
leans that the crop which would be gathered
in the twelve months ending Sept. /, 1899,
would be between ii, $50, 900 and 12,oOO,-
900 bales. Mr.. NELL. who is the Amer
lean representative OF an English cotton
importing concern. was very happy for the
last two or three years in his estimates of
the cotton crop, and his views had great
weight, especially with foreign buyers. In
deed, the authority with which Mr.. NEILL's
utterances about cotton were invested may
be described as commanding. The market
moved up or down MS he spoke, and he
might almost be supposed to govern the
cotton crop himself.
The English spinners received Mr..
NRnL's decision about the current crop
with Joy and the American cotton plant
ers with CONSERVATION They and every
one else were aware that, II 100000
bales of cotton were to be thrown Upon
the market following the preceding big
crops. the price of the staple would sink
to- level which would imply ruin to those
who had spent their money in its produc-
ton. Obviously, after demands of con-
sumption had been provided for. the sur
plus wodld bring only what anybody WAS
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home. Il is impossible to provide cars
enough to give everybody a sea-.
It might be q little more reasonable to
attempt, but purely as an experiment, to re-
strict the number OF passengers on the rear
platform and to diroct the conductor not to
take on n more passengers while say
twenty are standing in the car. There must
be crowdinR, but the crowds might, perhaps,
be sometimes divided with Just a little
more evenness. Standing in the open cars
should be prohibited save on the platforms,
aregulation which would DO in the interests
Of safety and decency, and might induce
more persons to be satisfied with the close
cars, which, with the front door open, are
actually cooler than the other kinds.
We doubt, however, II anything will be
done or can be done that will relieve
the situation much. There are too many
people and that Is all there is about 1t.
Foreign example is often lightly urged, but
1t does not apply. The typographical side
of the problem makes most of the trouble.
The tedious waiting that you are exposed
to In Paris, for instance, whose omnibus
system Is much lauded by cursory trav-
oilers who have never used it much, would
not be endured In New York. There is some
jammiDg Of toes and tempers. but the
Americans get to work and get home in
less than IN age. II the Hon. JULIUS HAIR
BURGER should be anxious to arrive at the
Grand Central Station on his way to Albany
and the building Of bills. he might think
that 1t Is sometimes moro necessary to get
q ride than to get q seat.
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time forward through the war Of 1912.
the Mexican war, the civil war, and many
minor operations and expeditions, It dis
tinguished itself alike In land campaigns
and sea fights, proving it's value as a
lighting force. Ithas now, however, reached
a growth and prosperity it could hardly
have hoped for q few years ago, when
It's very existence, at least as a sen
faring force, was threatened. The provision
made for it in the Personnel bill, at an In
creased expense Of 81, 22s, sas ayear, was
questioned neither in the Senate nor the
House, although in the same bill some Of
the outlays for the always popular navy
were cut down..
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LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS-.
The President Again Appoints Samuel 4
Barrows, but He Declines.

The President Again Appoints Samuel j.
Barrows, but He Declines.
WASHINGTON. March S.-The announcement
was made to-day that President Mckinley on
Monday last again rendered the office OF
Librarian Of Congress to Samuel June Barrows
of Massachusetts. notwithstanding the virtual
rejection Of the nomination by the Senate on
Saturday last. To-day this letter Of declination
was made public at the White House:
ITO the Prendent:
Permit me to express my sincere thanks to
you for again rendering me the appointment Of
Librarian Of Congress and thus renewing YOUR
expression Of confidence in my ability to fill
the office. feel. however. that It would be
impossible for me to meet your expectations
or to do Justice to your wise and enlightened
policy concerning the library without the
hearty support which the Senate. by its failure
to act on, my previous nomination. has not
given. Thanking you for this evidence OF your
very kind consideration l feel constrained to
decline the honor, and remain with tho most
cordial regard. SAMUEL JUNE BARRows."
So far as cGn be learned the President has
as yet taken. no action toward making the APP
pointment of a Librarian. The general opinion
Is that Herbert Putnam. Librarian OF the Bos-
ton Public Library. will be appointed and will
accept, the place. although this not admitted at
the White House.
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WINTER FOOTBALL.
A Grand Game Among Ono Expert and
Three Scrubs in Chicago's Streets.

Three Scrubs In Ch1cago'S Streets.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Phil Wellington. the noted half back of the
Chicago Athletic Association. established a
new football record Saturday night about 8
O'Clock. Six downs we're scored by the athletic
clubman in about three minutes amid the
cheers of assembled cab drivers and street
fakirs who crowd Congress street opposite the
Auditorium Theatre. A riot call was sent in
by an unappreciative spectator who happened
to be a policeman. and a patrol wagon full OF
appeared a sdI to carry art of 9h The Injured Wu,1l n.do,,,
six successive downs on the hard stone. OF the
pavements were the heads OF his three friends.
Pixley. with whom he had been dining in the
kh s;dIs We. Theatre 1. e m entT fHs fs! a fs !, m : G2Sss,
s snGe which hsa s arose In Chambers place. and the
te snsfI n Slms salIK WI @he Me5 the as'io was began e MhG he
vas s,l lined g up on d the =, Walk Az aghhinst Pixley, who
centre. while spraeue and Hammill. played
ends; WELLINGTON bucked the line with a stiff
ment he s seiIed Tn@s boW Rls neaa s'ru'k the pave
his siin nteyf .nsslaere was So po eere W & eiRlhienaGT'n; ri sRs
second touchdown. Hamnih was unable e
mo WIN hili tiV ihll
back. and he went down in the scrimmage with
his two companions.
Wellington neglected to jump on the pile in
true football style. but his blood was warmed
to the game. and he continued to score;
flowing from his mouth. and as he staggered
to his feet .Wellington's right again met his I'M
guarded features. and he fell heavily in the
gutter and was retired from the game.
AS no substitute was offered the game was
continued without him. At this ~juncture Will
liam Carpenter Camp. who had been watching
the, game from the. side lines. broke for cover
and sought refuge, in the Auditorium Annex.
slaught OF the half back was too much for even
his trained muscles. AS Wellington again hit
the line. the same right hand connected with
Wellington had Just gone through HammiLls
end for the sixth down when Officer Falls, who
presides over the front entrance Of the Audito;
rum Theatre. called time. He had delayed
Just long enough to, turn in a riot call, and with
raised club descended on the football players.
The club was too much for Wellington and the
officer was master OF the situation.
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1t will be seen that it will take a move

1t will be seen that 1t will take a move
ment OF the crop from this time until the
end of August as uninterruptedly great as
that OF last year to bring the present crop
even up to last years level. AS a matter
OF fact, the receipts do not now promise a
crop in excess OF 10, 500. 900 bales.
All this is bad for Mr.. NELL, but it is
worse for the poor planter. Mr.. NELL has
lost his reputation as IA prophet, and it is
likely that next fall he will not endeavor to
foretell the crop until a few bales Of 1t. at
least. have been picked and marketed. He
may, indeed, conclude not to mako any esti-
mate at all, and In hat case the cotton world
will be better of. But the planter has lost
money. The profit which was rightfully
his due has escaped him and is in the
pockets of cotton buyers. He for the
coming season, anyway, distrust the efforts
of the early crop guessers N conclude that
the value Of Americas great crop product,
raised over a territory greater than the
wholeof Europe, cannot be predetermined
infallibly by the conjectures Of any one man.
And II the planter will abandon his present
system OF selling his cotton for cash to the
first buyer who comes into the field and will
return to the old method of putting 1t into
the hands OF an agent or factor in a large
town who can work it off during the year
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The Hamburger Bill to Prevent Get
ting Uptown.

1t is the fate Of the Hon. JULIUS HARBUR-
GER to introduce into the Assembly many
bills that have to be content with his ap-
proval and never make their way into the
statute book. He seems to have a gift for
bills born to die. 1t is natural that private
persons with projects OF new laws should
seek Mr.. HAMBURGER. His mind is hospi-
table as we'll as constructive, and he Is not
jealous of the measures Of others because
his own are not always appreciated. When,
therefore, some amiable citizens whose zeal
for the public comfort has led them to form
the League Of Passengers OF New York City
wanted to get the Legislature to prevent
o~vercrowding in the street cars and ele-
waited trains, Mr.. HAMBURGER was the pre-
destined vehicle of their ideas on the SUBJ
ject. At the request Of the League no has
brought in a bill providing that the railroad
corporations here shall cause to be erected
at each entrance of their cars "a gate for
the exclusion Of passengers, and 1t shall be
the duty Of any person employed as con-
ductor to close the gates thereon when all
the seats In said cars shall be occupied by
passengers and to keep said gates closed
and to deny ingress to said cars to any per-
son II all OF said seats shall be occupied"
Legislation of thisk kind has been proposed
often enough. and doubtless the League Of
Passengers and Mr.. HAMBURGER are anx-
ious to make themselves and everybody
else comfortable, but 1t can't be done. The
only way to prevent o~vercrowding is to
prevent the crowds, and the town is too
thickly settled for even the wisdom OF the
Legislature to do that. The people nave
got to be carried, principally downtown
and up, in a regrettably shaped city, but
even the wisdom of the Legislature cannot
reform the figure OF New York and improve
its circulation and distribute it's crowds
more evenly. Perhaps a line OF sky-scrap-
ing cars, whose roofs should be aver with
those of the cottages on Broadway might
do the business. but nothing else will. The
growth of the population is unlimited and
out OF all proportion to the possible means
of transportation.
Mr.. HARBURGER's gates for the exclusion
of passengers would be broken down by the
excluded. The spectacle OF a number of
members Of the League OF Passengers,
seated at their ease while the crowd waited
in vain for a car that was not full Of seated
passengers would not be borne. But sup
pose the multitudes patient ands justly
reverencing the reforms OF Mr.. HARBUR-
GEAs About half Of us would have to, walk
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Talk of ShurtIefi Retaining Ex-Prssidsnt
Harrison to Contest His Removal.
1t was reported last night that Ferdinand N.
Shurtleff. who was appointed a member of the
Board OF General Appraisers during President
Harrison's Administration and whose sue
cessor has been appointed by President Nc
Kinley. had retained Gen. Harrison as his
counsel and would contest his removal. Mr..
Shurtlef1 said he had not yet decided what po-
sition he occupied since the appointment OF his
successor: eX-Congressman sherman. and that
he had not communicated with Gen, Harrison
in regard to the matter at all. He added that
II he decided to make a contest there was no
person e whom he would ratheL, trust his In
Gen. Harrison had been In his mind. but thaG
he had not yet taken any steps In the matter
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NEW PRESIDENT OF WELLESLEY.
Miss Caroline Hazard of PaacedaIe, Il. l..
to Succeed Mrs. Irvine.

Miss Caroline Hazard of PeacedaIe, II. l.,
to Succeed Mrs. Irvine.
Boston. March S.-The trustees OF Wellesley
College have elected Miss Caroline Hazard Of
Peacedale. R. L.. to the Presidency OF the col
lege to succeed the present incumbent. Mrs.
Julia j. Irvine. Miss Hazard Is ~ years OF
age. She is the granddaughter OF Roland G..
Hazard, a woollen manufacturer OF Peacedals,
and a writer on philosophical subjects, Miss
writings, She is not a college Bred woman.
but In her student days enjoyed at Providence
ton Of Brown Unlversity-the semi-collogiate
privileges granted there. especially under the
tuition OF Prof. Diman. whose memoirs she
wrote in 1885, Among, her best known literary
works works are "Ih2mss HaEqEd, son o. Robert.
raganset in tho Eighteenth Century," and
"Nurragansett Ballads"
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A Profitable Customer.

A stranger dropped Into one Of the Wood
ward avenue groceries the other day and in
quired OF the clerk II he had any nuts. Ths
clerk answered In the affirmative.
What kind do you wantf" he asked.
i don't know. Just name them over to
me. will your"
Well. we have hickory nuts, pecans. beech
walnuts. almonds, peanuts" and he ratified
off q mum Der Of other varieties. but the strang-
or shook his head.
".Filberts." suggested the clerk.
No. something like that. but not flberts."
"Butternuts?'
The stranger smiled. That's 1t. thank
you"
How many do you want?' asked the clerk.
Il don't want any. I've been irving TO think
Of the name OF that street for an hour. and
thought that would be a good scheme to help
What car do / take?"
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Resistance to Expansion Useless.

From Me TouthS C0nDdnton.
When . subject 10 "in the air. everything seems TO
speak OF It.
element.
whats the matter p asked his mother.
Found two double-yolked eggs in the barn!' he
exclaimed breAthlessly.
"Have you ever found any before ?" inquired his
father. looking up from his Newspaper.
Never" said the excited boy. We've been
keeping chickens three years. tool
"Well." says Tommy's pAternal ancestor. shaking
his head lugubriously. when oven tho barnyard
fowls declare in favor of the policy of expansion !
may rs we'll give I'M"