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4 6 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. monstration most gratifying to those who, twelve years ago, had pointed out these qualities to incredulous manufacturers. The American worsted coatings were extensively exhibited. The excellence attained in so short a period was a matter of surprise. While the fine diagonals of Sedan were not equaled, the American exhibit, as a whole, compared favorably with those from abroad. In the fabrics for overcoatings, Moscows, Kerseys, Castor beavers, and Elysians, there was the same general resemblance in the stuffs from different countries, already spoken of as forming one of the charac teristic "features of the woolen manufacture of the present day. All the kinds made abroad, with the exception of special novelties,—like the beautiful peau d'ours, a species of Moscow coating made at Dussen, in Germany, and the delicately soft Montagnac overcoatings of Sedan,—are made in this country ; and our fabrics did not suffer by comparison. The value of a manufacture is shown less in costly fabrics than in the common cloths combining utility and cheapness. Commendation was given to a mill established as an accessory to the largest iron- making establishment in Pennsylvania, in which the women and children of the operatives obtained employment, and which furnished cloths, marked for their soundness and cheapness, for the workmen. Many of the combinations of wool with cotton or union cloths were noticeable for cheapness and utility, such as the Kentucky jeans with cotton warps and wool filling, in much esteem for cheapness and wearing qualities in the agricultural districts in the Southern and Western States. The repellents, or water-proof cloths, show another union fabric. FELTED GOODS. The exhibits of felted goods, quite numerous and varied from the United States, were few and barely incidental from foreign nations; and those which were seen were Oriental in their origin or affinities. They were incidentally seen in the national fez of Turkey, so en during in fabric and pleasing as well as enduring in its madder-red color; in fils of exquisite softness to the touch, made of camel’s hair, forming the ground for costly Turkish embroidery (a material de serving more extensive use for this purpose); and the thick Russian felts made up into boots and gaiters,—the only foot-covering, accord ing to Mr. Bielsky, the Commissioner for Russia, capable of resisting the cold of a Siberian winter. These articles also deserve imitation. It is believed that felted cloth was the most natural and the first stuff employed by man. We cannot reflect without pride that the first in vention of primitive man in the textile arts, originating in Asia, the