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considerable amount of important material has come into possession 

 of the Museum, as noted under the head of accessions. 



ARTS AND INDUSTRIES. 



Textiles. — There was an increase over the previous year in the 

 extent and value of the additions to the collection of textiles, which 

 "were comprised in 73 accessions. Of woods and of miscellaneous ani- 

 mal and vegetable products, however, there were but few accessions, 

 as, owing to the press of work in other directions, no special effort 

 could be put forth in regard to these subjects. 



An important feature secured for the cotton exhibit was a ten-saw 

 Eagle cotton gin, with feeder and condenser, presented by the Con- 

 tinental Gin Co., of Birmingham, Ala., which has been installed in 

 a manner to permit of its being operated and forms the beginning 

 of a series to illustrate the converting of raw cotton into yarn and 

 cloth. The Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., of Manchester, N. H., 

 cooperated on a very generous scale by assembling extensive series of 

 specimens and appliances to demonstrate the manufacture and use 

 of several lines of cotton and wool fabrics. One of these shows the 

 preparation and use of blue chambray, a plain cotton fabric, and 

 includes sections of a number of machines employed in drawing and 

 spinning cotton, a complete Lowell loom with warp and harness in 

 place, samples of cotton fabrics as woven and after finishing, and 

 ready-to-wear garments illustrating the purposes to which the fab- 

 rics may be put. Another line of specimens, comprising denim, tick- 

 ing, shirtings and ginghams, represents the textiles as they come 

 from the loom and after bleaching, and finally made up into finished 

 articles of apparel. The outing flannels in plain colors and yarn- 

 dyed striped patterns are interesting for comparison with the printed 

 cotton flannels received from the Pacific Mills. From the same com- 

 pany were also received a large number of examples to illustrate each 

 step in the manufacture of worsted goods from the raw w^ool to the 

 finished product, and a supplemental series showing the production 

 of grey, worsted suiting by the vigoreaux process. A beautiful 

 United States flag, measuring 7 by 14 feet, of Panama cloth, is a part 

 of the worsted series, A collection contributed by the Worsted 

 Woolen Mill Co., of Worcester, Mass., represents the manufacture 

 of carded woolen fabrics, which comparatively simple process is in 

 striking contrast with the elaborate series of steps necessary in the 

 production of worsteds. - 



Of two American firms "interested in the making of lightweight 

 wash fabrics, especially for men's wear, one, the Goodall Worsted 

 Co., of Sanford, Me., furnished 30 samples of Palm Beach cloth, a 

 fabric woven with a cotton warp and mohair filling; and the other, 



