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ter that all the pieces of material should
not only be of the same shade of color
at the outset, but that they should not
| be liable to change color under the in
| fluence of rain and sunshine. Every
| piece of material coming into Pimlico
| has to undergo the most rigid chemical
| examination before it is passed into
| stock. The regiment of British Warri-
| ors who should turn out before the en-
envy in uniforms having one arm brill
| liant scarlet and the other a washed
| out pink, or the two sides of their tu-
! MICS made up of half a dozen shades of
| dingy red would run some risk of evolS-
| ing the contemptuous mirth of the foe.
| Every piece of material brought in is
therefore rigidly tested chemically, and
a sample Of 1t is, as final test, exposed
for time to the weather.
This wholesale procedure is all right
for the majority Of the men in a regi-
ment, and out of the twenty sizes most
of them can find something to fit them,
but a certain proportion OF them cam
not be fitted decently this way, and al
terations, more or less extensive, have
to be undertaken and in some cases
garments have to be specially made.
Boots they do not make at Pimlico, but
get them from the contractors, and 1t
need hardly be said they, too. are sub
ject to rigid inspection They get in
every year over five hundred thousand
pairs of boots, for Pimlico supplies not
only the army, but some other depart
1nents Of the public services, such as
the police, the Irish constabulary, and
the London park keepers, and so on.
There are always huge stacks of boots
piled up, eight thousand pairs or so in
a stack, and care is always taken that
they shall not be dealt out till they have
been warehoused in that way for about
year. The rhymlng adage about new
boots from the last making q man poor,
work ever so fast, seems to be Endorsed
at Pimlico, where they store them till
they get well seasoned; but it seems to
be the opinion there that after keeping
about year they deteriorate rather
than Improve. The scrutiny of the
boots brought in here is done by men
who employ their time in picking out
sample pairs, and just ripping them to
pieces. If they are found varying in the
slightest degree from the sealed sam
Piles, the whole batch may, of course, be
lelSClGu. II sttlIlS Ntiy NdSttiul pro-
cess, but this whole establishment orig
mated in the shocking scandal that
aroused the Indignation of the whole
kingdom at the time of the Crmean
war, when, under the old system, by
which the colonel Of each regiment re-
ceived so much money for clothing his
men, and entered into his own contracts
with manufacturers, our men were
found to have been sent out into the
trenches before Sebastopol In boots that
We're little better than brown paper
frauds, and clothes that went into rags
and tatters almost as soon as they were
put on. Pimlco factory was set up and
charged with the responsibility Of MAX
ing large quantities of clothes for Brit
ish infantry, and with the inspection of
what it did not make, and ever since the
clothing of our soldiers has been SPLEEN
didly carried out-London News.
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Following are the closing prices reporteo
by Prince & Whitley. Bankers and Brokers.
81 Broadway. New YORK and 10 Center st :.
New Haven. Bid. Asked
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New York Cotton Exchange.
Reported over private wire by III. G. Fried.
man il Co., bankers and brokers, 10 Wall
street, n. Y, and 1853 Chapel street, New
Haven. N. A. Tanner, Manager of Local
Branch. ODenlng Closing
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Yale ten times for the amount spent up
ON it. There could, be no more deserv-
ing project to which to devote a share
of the money raised for the bi-centenni-
al than this, or could any graduate pre-
sent more beneficial gift to his alma
mater-Yale News.
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NEW Y0RK STOCK MARK m.

OpeNfnN, TfIghFHf, UOWfst UHOthtIOns
On the New York Stock Exchange, reported
by Prince & Whitley. Brokers, Is Center
Street, New Haven.
The times., 1899-12-22
BUNDY's NEW CALENDAR.
4 Year of Thirteen Twenty-eight-
Day Months.
CFrom the Indianapolis News.

tffuln the Indianapolis NeWs.)
c. H. Bundy, editor Of the Morning
News" Marion, Ind, has received copy
rights covering a new calendar He would
shift mankind from twelve to thirteen
months of twenty-eight days each in ev-
cry year and straighten out the present
system, by which We are compelled to cut
on leap year every hundred years, and
make other corrections OF which the mass
es know comparatively little. Though the
opening of the new century is very near at
hand he has hopes that be will have ii
universally adopted and put in use during
its first year. Already he has attracted the
attention of some of the most prominent
m of Europe and America, who advocate
a universal shift from the present system
to his calendar.
Mr. Bundy says: AS 1900 comes in on
Monday, and Monday is the first day of
the commercial week, l make it also the
first day of the first month This new
thirteenth month is called Century, because
OF the time of its proposed adoption-the
end of one and the beginning Of a new
century. Every month of every year and
every century begins with Monday That
is the greatest OF all advantages over all
calendars Of the past and present.
IF d person wants to know what day
July would come on he would start with
Monday and find it would come on Thurs
day, while at present a calendar has to be
hunted for the information. Christmas
would come on Thursday every year. Val
entine Day on Sunday, April Fool Day
on Monday. Monday is thus made the first
and Sunday the last day of the week The
permanency of holidays is thus established.
and, as luck will have it, none of the great
days come on Sunday Memorial Day
is the only one that is thrown out and it
would probably be placed on the 2Sth of
May-the last day--which would be Sunday
and just as we would arrange it. no doubt
if it were left to popular vote. This plan
gives US year of 364 days, it is true. and
a day and a quarter are left over The
present calendar takes an extra day every
four years to keep US up with the solar
procession. For the sake of this splendid
division of the week and month system.
why not let those one and a quarter days
each month 90 until we have enough to
make an extra week, which we can tack
onto anyone of the months? This done
and my calendar is very simple, complete
and on a par with standard time II is
practical in every way and abreast with
this progressive age.
The times., 1899-12-22
HomeIe.s Presidents and Ju.ticer.

While we are thinking about Christmas
presents and such things, it might be well
for the nation TO remember that there are
two worthy institutions who are greatly
in need Of the compliment of convenient
and adequate homes. We refer to the
President of the United States and the su-
preme Court. The first is quartered In the
White House, which, architecturally speak
ing, is the handsomest house in Washing
ton. Il has also the advantage of being
historic. Put in no sense or direction is il
large or convenient enough for the accom-
modation OF the Presidential or executive
families condRed to its few rooms for all
official and private requirements.
We do not advocate the abandonment Of
the White House as an Executive Mansion.
but we do venture to urge upon Congress
the necessity for its enlargement, and bet
ter adaptation 10 its necessary purposes.
That something OF the kind has not been
done before merely emphasizes one of the
strange aspects Of American politics There
has hardly been a time since the Civil War
when an appropriation adequate to the
enlargement Of the national residence
would not have been freely made if the
President of the day had urged it, The
truth has probably been that no President
IN MS first term has felt like asking for
ampliled accommodations, the construction
of which might be made 10 look as if he
were expecting to occupy the premises be
yond the end OF 1t; and second term men
have scarcely cared to be smothered under
bricks and mortar for the benefit OF a sue
cessor, who might, under conceivable condi-
tions. represent the hated opposition party
SO the old ediice has been tolerated in the
absence Of unselhsh public spirit enough
outside of the Presidents, to make it a
fitting habiJation for the Chief Magistrate
OF one Of the greatest empires on earth
Il is time that the occupant of the White
House, whoever he may be for the time
should be left out Of the consideration, and
that Congress IN a non partisan and wholly
patriotic spirit should take hold OF the mat
ter. At a very moderate cost, two large
wings could be added to the building, in
harmony with the original design, and
without affecting the integrity Of its ap-
pearanee, or Of the sentiment which cher
ishes il rs "a creation OF Washington and
PEnfant and d reminde ;hat cur best
cousins will sometimes bum IN, roof over
our heads. For the credit OF the country
If not to make Il possible for the President
10 have an extra bedroom ar disposal for
guest, this Improvement and reform should
The times., 1899-12-22

be no longer neglected. We do not plead
for it in the personal interests of Mr.. Nc
Kinley, Senator Morgan, Mr Bryan, Sen
ator Depew, Governor Roosevelt, or any
other person liable to be struck by the di-
vine lightning of the peoples choice in
1900, or thereafter We only urge that the
White House ought to be extended de-
Gently, and that the bill or resolution
necessary to the end should be introduced
and passed Immediately after the current
recess of Congress
In a like spirit We believe that build
ing for the Supreme Court of the United
States should be provided for and designed
at once. The State Of New York has put
the nation to shame by erecting splendid
temple of justice to be occupied by its
Appellate Court-a structure of marble
embellished with the best work Of Ameri-
can sculptors, and a monument of Ameri-
can architecture. The present generation
has witnessed but one national accomplish
ment worthy to be contrasted with this
effort of a single State. IN Mr. John L.
Smithmeyer's magnificent contribution TO
the art of the country in the nineteenth
century, presented in the Congressional
Library, the United States has made an
excellent start. The movement should rot
be halted at the end of one achievement.
The Union is great and rich enough to
continue it, Millions have been spent in
humiliating horrors like the Grover Cleve-
land Washington postoffce. The same
amount OF money might have been used
in the creation of things that would have
challenged the admiration of posterity. 1t
would be little use to cry over spilled milk
in the matter. We may live in the hope
that ultimately the destroying element
may come to the relief Of native pride, and
cover up the criminal work of apprentice
blacksmiths who have through political
pull, posed in the past as Supervising Arch
itects
We are about to enter upon the last year
of the nineteenth century. It's closing
months. short at best, could be well spent
in part, in providing for respectable
White House, and for fitting home for
the Supreme Court.
The times., 1899-12-22
Rennrntion.
CFrom The Philadelphia CalI.l

tFrom the Philadelphia CALI
Editors Of newspapers are often in jeopardy Of
their lives. and only 10y cooness and discretion do
they escape from the harm which might other
wise come 10 them from cranks. The editor OF
a certain newspaper in a New Jersey town was
approached hy-a well-known general whose death
had been published in the paper several days be
fore.
Il want that statement taken back, sir" cried
the general. "or I'll have your life
The editor looked frightened. but retaining his
presence Of mind, answered: 81 am very sorry,
my dear cir, but do not take back anything
we have published, we contradict mis-
takes but" with broad smile. tomorrow wen
publish your name in the column cf births.
The humOr Of the remark struck the general and
his anger WAS appeased.
The times., 1899-12-22

and at one time may have been carried out
in comparatively harmless fashion, there
is no denying that of late years it had be-
come menace to life and limb; that it had
developed from mere amusing pranks into
vicious abuse Of the selected victims, and
that it had brought disgrace upon many
educational institutions
Perhaps the death OF New York collie
gian only few months ago brought about
by his efforts to prove his courage and en-
durance 10 his fellows during a secret fra
ternity initiation has had something to do
with developing a sentiment for this salu-
tary reform. This college tragedy brought
a great many young men TO their senses
and directly thereafter the ancient and
honored practice Of maItreating the college
newcomer lost caste. Youthful exuberance
cannot be credited with many atrocious
things that have been done under the
name Of hazing, for in its latest form It
has lost whatever amusing characteristics
it may have had in the olden days There
is every prospect that hazing viii in the
near future pass out of the unwritten cur
Ticulum Of the American college
The times., 1899-12-22
A Checl,. Nnt a RennIse.

(From the New York V0mmeFcilI AdVertIseT-I
All along the line British advance has been
checked but nowhere has the line been broken.
No garrisoned place has been lost. and only de
tachments have fallen into the enemys hands.
The Boer advance has been checked as completely
ss the British and in Natal has even been pushed
back TO the line of the Tugela 80 far the result
is a drawn battle with both forces weakened
somewhat by the struggle, but with all the re-
sources Of the most powerful Empire in the world
behind one Of them This is 50 iar from a hope
less situation that it seems superiuous to talk
about British resolution and persistence That
is a matter Of course, and the end is inevitable
The times., 1899-12-22
Mr.. RurIeson of Texas.-Represen

tive Burleson Of Texas was most fortunate
in his committee assignments. He OBJ
tained what he asked for, place on the
Foreign Affairs Committee. Very seldom
does a frst-term member receive such an
important appointment. Mr.. Burleson has
the reputation of being one of the most bril-
liant lawyers in Texas AS State District
Attorney he won fame in the celebrated
Bert murder case, a case which attracted
wide attention. He is said TO be an orator
and speaker of force, and his friends say
he will early come 10 the front as one of
the strong men On the Democratic side of
the House
The times., 1899-12-22
Z NIepH III I''IV7 ~ 4VI4VW9'
Near SIX Miles West Char
After IA While.

(From the Savannah NeWs.)
Many thoughtful Germans who watch the poll
tics Of their country with an eve to the future
viii be able to see in the exceptional concessions
just granted by the Sultan to German influences
promise OF the time to come when German will
be the official language at Constantnople, after a
bloodless revolution.
The times., 1899-12-22
when a Choice Is onered.

tElom iut btvoHi4h i-aElt'}
When the Cubans are called upon to make a
choice between the attractions Of independence
and the advantages the island viii enjoy as
American territory, they win know just what to
do about it. There IS warrant for the assumption
yhat the youngest child Of the Youngest child
in the United States win not live long enough
fa see Cuba roiug il alone
The times., 1899-12-22
skxscrnners In Paris.

CFrom the Birmingham Post)
departure in the building trade IS being
made IN Paris Hitherto houses Of a dozen and
more stories have been rarely erected outside the
United States. The French capital however
Is soon to have one Of fourteen. A correspondent
states that 1t Is being built in the Rue Mont
Thaher and will be fireprooi throughout, being
constructed entirely Of cement and steel When
completed the archives Of the Minister Of FL
nance WIN find a resting place within its walls.
The times., 1899-12-22

A Southern Running Mate. - 1T
strikes me" said Representative Brown
low Of Tennessee yesterday, that as one
effect of the Spanish war has been TO join
together the North and South, that it is
about time that the South should be rec
ogniZed on the Presidential ticket. Not
since 1864 has the South been honored with
a place on the ticket. Andy Johnson, of
Tennessee, was nominated on the ticket
with Lincoln because he was a Union
Democrat. But since then not a son OF
the Southland has been considered in con
nection with the Office of Vice President.
We have plenty of available material in
the South and in my opinion strength
would be added to the ticket If a Southern
Republican were chosen for President Nc
KinIey's running mate. l should be
pleased to see Senator Pritchard of North
Carolina named for second place. He is
popular and stands well with the Southern
people. ! believe he could carry three or
four States that are generally classed as
belonging to the Solid South. It would
be good politics for the Republicans TO
nominate a Southern man for Vice Presi-
dent and it would add strength to our
party In every section of the country. The
South has been ignored in the matter long
and l believe we are, then the time has
come not only for the Republican party
but the Democratic party as we'll to con-
slider the claims of the South for recogni-
tion on the Presidential ticket"
The times., 1899-12-22
Chnrneh tn Hnnnn

(From the Richmond Dispatch)
So Mr. Mckinley has decided that the time has
not yet quite arrived for the throwing overheard
OF the colored man and brother. The darkey,
however, can see the handwriting with reference
TO himself on the Republican party wall if he
will look earefully enough.
The times., 1899-12-22
4 EnnIt nf Pnenmntic -.

tFrom the New York Evening Te.egrana-4
Oae OF the greatest troubles with the pneumatic
tire on heavy vehicles is not caused hy puact-r-
ing. which accounts for only about per ceE-
OF the trouble but results from the internal wear
oi tie ibrCs Ot thc tire. dine 10 the weight SoTue
tires which have been examined show the tc-rs
nf The nater.al reduced 70 a fine poWaer-
The times., 1899-12-22
Mud snecnIntion.
lFrom The Philadelpbis Times

(From the Philadelphia Times
II our speculative operations were upon an en-
tirely solid basis they could not be materially
affected by any conditions abroad, but during the
last year or more we have rushed headlong into
the widest speculative schemes. z few Of which
have a solid basis, most Of which vastly
overcapitalized and never can pay reasonable
returns to investors, and many Of which are
certain 10 result in total loss to shareholders
The times., 1899-12-22
Iudiau md FiIipipo.

(Fr0n the st. Louis Globe DemocFst)
Some Of the veteran regulars iH the Philippines
say there is a marked similarity between the
native Filipino dialects and those Of The american
Indians. The theory that this continent Vas
populated from ASIA is not ana some %
the scientists viii proceed 70 investigate the
Filipino langsages
The times., 1899-12-22
Encitnhie FRANCE.

(From the Kansas City Starr
The uniriendly tone Of all OF the French news
papers IN relation TO the British campaign in
South Africa, and OF many Of the publications
in Germany ard Russia, indicates 4 keen sense
OF Jealousy which is not usually excited by a
power that has lost its prestige and is on the
vergc Of dissolniinn.
The times., 1899-12-22
A colIeElnte reform.

West Point cadets having taken the ini-
tiative against the barbaroUs practice Of
hazing it is probable that the reform VIII
sooner or later extend throughout the
American collegiate system. Although
hRzing IS venerable feature OF student life
The times., 1899-12-22

Copying the DemOcrntE.-In his for
NAL call for the Philadelphia convention,
Senator Hanna recommends that after 1900
the delegations from the Territories, ex-
cept Alaska, be increased from two mem
bers 20 three each. This has been the basis
of representation OF the Territories in Dem
ocratic National Conventions for many
years, and the Republican followers in the
Territories have been trying for long
time TO secure similar recognition from
their party organization. Dennis Flynn,
Delegate from Oklahoma, it is said, has
been urging upon Senator Hanna the rec
ommendation contained in the call, and the
Oklahoma mans friends are claiming for
him the credit of securing its insertion.
There is little doubt that the recommenda-
ton viii be adopted by the national con-
ventiOn
The times., 1899-12-22

Chicago vs.. st. LOuis.-Chicago has
strong lobby In Washington that is lay
ing the groundwork for some very effective
logrolling TO secure additional legislation
for that far-famed and far-smelling drain
age canal, that is designed to dump the
sewage of the Windy City at the feet of st.
Louis. The three St Louis members have
just learned of the presence of the Chicago
lobby, and, while two of them are not
noted for constant attendance on the ses-
sions Of the House, 1t is observable that the
ST. Louis delegation is fully represented at
every session since the discovery OF the
lobby was made. The matter probably will
not reach the House before neyt spring,
but the st. Louis Representatives are taking
no chances. The case is a desperate one
for the two cities concerned. Congress
must help Chicago out or Chicago must suf-
focate in her filth. And yet if Congress
does render the desired assistance st. Louis
must perish under the awful avalanche Of
sewage that will be poured down upon her
through the drainage canal by the hundreds
of millions OF gallons every hour A dlsin-
terested statesman hit OFF the situation yes
teTday by remarking that the case was a
simple one, In that it presented TO Con
gress choice of two evils, and as for him
it was a toss-up whether he voted for the
salvation of Chicago or the destruction of
st. Louis.
The times., 1899-12-22
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Thirty Days NOtice.-In the call is
s1ed by Senator Hama for the Republican
National Conyention at Philadelphia the
faithful are warned that they not only must
elect delegates fully thirty days before the
| meeting of the national convention. but
also that at least thirty days notice shall
have been published in some newspaper or
| newspapers of general circulation in the
respective States and Territories" in which
the delegates at large are chosen. This is
a new rule, and it is said to be of Mr..
Hannas s own making. There was no dis
1 cuSsion OF such instructions as this by the
national committee at its recent meeting
in Washington, and politicians high and
low Of both parties are wondering what
induced Mr. Hanna to put the clause in
MS call. Nobody believes there is the least
danger of any outspoken opposition to Mr.
hinley developing in any part OF the coun-
try, and yet, candidly the clause quoted
indicates that Mr. Hanna is taking unus-
ual precautions to guard his friend against
any attack from ambush. The election Of
all delegates at least thirty days before
the national convention meets will give
the candidates managers ample time In
which to thoroughly sound every man on
just what he is going to do when he gets
TO Philadelphia. The advertisement for
thirty days of the names of the leaders is
a new wrinkle prescribed by Hanna which
is puZzling everybody except the select few
who enjoy his confidence. 1t is pointed out
that the new instructions will so cucumber
the credentials of delegates that every man
who goes to Philadelphia to participate in
the June convention will have to prove the
regularity of his passports so as to ensure
himself against trouble in the event that
the party machine should for any reason
want to annoy him. Under the new rules
If the credentials of district delegates fail
to show that the holders thereof were elect
ed ''at least thirty days prior to the meet
ing of the convention" they are liable to
lose their seats; and If the credentials of
delegates at-large DO not set forth the fact
that the election of the holders thereof
had been duly advertised for thirty days
embarrassing explanations may have to be
made before such delegates can sit in the
convention.