business compares favorably with this time last

year."There ls ore lace factory in the Oreater New-

Tork which employs 700 hands. It does a goodbusiness and thinks lt would do a better tf the

duty on laces were raised still higher. It is In

Brooklyn, with its office in this city.

SEWYORK COTTOS' RICHAXGE.This institution, which has now attained to

such majestic proportions In New-York, had, like

others of a similar nature, a modest beginning.lt was organised In August. 1M70. and Its first

.lecPon waa held on the 10th of that month.

In September of that >ear the new Kxchange

secured a few smaM back rooms In No. I'M Pearl

st., and In 1H72. having outgrown Its birthplace,removed lo Noa, 1 and 3 Hanover Square. In

April 30. ISM, the New-York Cotton Exchangemoved into the splendid new building on Hano¬ver Square and William and Beaver st?., Its

pg*egnt hom*.Thc Exchange began Its existence with IW

chartered members, who paid §'21M each admis¬

sion fee. The initiation fee was |*acreaeed to

MOO in July. 1873. and In 187-1 was raised toj."i.i)*N!. lt ls now 910,000 and the Kxchange hasa membership of 4.">4.The subjoined figures will plve an Idea of tba

volume of business transacted: In lsi»l-M.»'j. 27S.-471 hales; PO:"-"JA, 333.7.VJ; 189S-'94, 308.H3K;1804-'90, 808.231. and for the year 1805 "90, 301,-M2 '. .Ci-t. After New-Orleans, Kew-York is ihegr.-atesi cotton centre In the l'nlted States.Following are ths present officers: President,

fsustavus C. Hopkins, vice-president. WilliamV. King; treasurer, Walter T, Miller; secretary,Thomas M. Robinson; managi rs, John L. Bullan),¦WRit.r c. Hu:.hud. Theodore P. Raitt, RobertP. McDougall, Edward E. Moore, J. TemplaOwathmey, winiam J. Hochstactter, SigmundM. Lehman. William Ray, isaac h. Proellgh,Hebert H. Rountree, john C. Latham, Louis C.Schiffer and Clayton E. P.ich. Edward R.Powers ls the superintendent.

KHTTTRD GOODS TRADE.At the present time In th's country are

situated al>nut 8,000 knitting mills. The Past¬

ern. Middle atid Wi stern Btates possess about¦.'..Vu of these, while the Southern states hawthe tialance. New-York, with the New-EnglandKl.at.-s. contains about "¦"> per rent i.f the total

number, and every mill throughout the countrytha: amounts anything hi's iib agency or

representative tn New-Torh City. The greatknitting poods district <>f the city is situatel inFranklin, Leonard, Worth, Thomas and Churchsts. ami Broadway. Everj year manufacturersstrive to outdo their previous efforts an I gener¬ally succeed, and this year there will be more

novelties and more really meritorious lim a

shown thin ever before in the higher grades,**Ah!le In the cheaper goods there lc a markedadvance In quality as well as in beauty. Pr!, es

will rule low, .-heap as go ,.ls have been, more.Aili be given fe* the money than ever, ar.d it Issafe to predict that sal* a will he larine. Thesenior par ii r of a lanie Broadway hons*- jaid:"I presume that \ou are aware that very littleknit goods manufacturing ht done In this city.The great bulk of it is dons up al Cob es, Al¬bany and the Mohawk Valley, but al! of us makeNew-Tork 'mr headquartere, and this I* wherewe do all the bualnesa, and I haw a very strongida-a that this will be our most pr 'aper .us yearslr.ee that glorious period from 1889 to 1892. Atpresent moat of our time ls Kiven to preparingfor tiie rush we expect, which, in the opinion ofthose best Informed, promises to be greal Indeed."Trade will have to be v. ry mm h worse than I

usual if th*> lines of samples shown this gpringdo not capture the fancy of the buyer, no matti rhow reluctant he may be, for, t" Judge from th.-fine specimens, thc new line promises to be un-usually at'ractlve, and we are groing to catch Jthe fish, or know the reason why."

QUILTISQ MA Xl FACTIRE.There ls on the West Side In th** drygoods dis¬

trict an establishment which ls the only one

of Its kind in the city, or, in fact. In the coun¬

try- lt ls a iiuilt factory, and employs about one

hundred hands. The proprietors, for lt is a com¬

pany, sell the product of their Industry in allparts of the l'nlted states. Canada, Mexico, theI'entral and South American re;.ul.Mes and event-> Europe It ls difficult t obtain any Informa¬tion as to materials used by the company or

their modus operandi. They never advertise, butnevertheless their business keeps constantlygrowing. The materials ih-y u.se are, however,produced in thia country.

FARCY BIRDS ASH FISHES.*he wholesale fancy bird and fancy fish mar¬

ket f<r this whole country is centred In GreaterNew-Yolk. There is mi" such store that haaover ""..Otto birds constantly on hand, principal¬ly canaries, and Ihat receives shipments from

Europe nearly every week, and in the summer¬

time they send their own men to South Amer¬ica and .' 'rica and catch young parrots. Amongth-s fancy birds at present on the market arc

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the small African fin. h. ¦ of different colon ex¬

cept greer.; Australian paroquets "f all colon: :

European ulgfatlngslea black caps tbrushes sndrobin redbreasts. Th- csnsriss moally come|from Oerssany, but then is als-, tin- Englishcanary, which is of a very daik orange color sndis larger than the Qsrman bird. Then is alsothe Itelglu.n canary, which Seldom sIiiks. bulls prized on a'-iount nf its shape. Parrots in all

i olors come from tfuuth America, but the mostvaluable and the best talker I* tlc- Aft nan

gray. Th-.- canaries are f> d almost entlnlj on

canary and rape-se-d. as ai-- also the Ouchesand Kuropean birds. The rnrx ktagblrd diets

on soft food mads nf carrots K'at.-.i with otheiIngredients Y..ung parrots sxts! "ti i rackerssoaked In water, or buckwheat sri it, aid when

they get older they liv on sunflower se. -I Bliare subject to as mani h.In .ms a* a human

beingThere are many varieties of fancy flab. Tbs

shining little goldfish, however, an tbe fainr-lles and inns! in demand, and they an Importrd from Europe and italy Th<- Japanese fan¬

tail is a QtMOr-ShSped fish, for lt has a very

Short body and a rei") long double tai! The

Jipanesi tcUMi.p. -¦ ml-Ls tin fantail ex¬

cept as to Its eyes srbich look like the Instru-ment from which ll derives Hs natue Th"nthere is the Paradise tish from China, and thecelestial fish, that U always looking skj ard,

and all kinds found in the streams in thiscountry. Fish are fed with prepared food, whichconsists of dried water Insects, water plantsar.d vegetables.

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COLLARS ASD CUFFS.Although the collars and cuffs used In this

and other American countries, Including Can¬

ada, are. for the most part, manufactured In

Troy and Glens Palis, New-York is their dis¬tributing point. The business ls immense In vol¬

ume, and ls annually Increasing, fur nowadaysmen. women and even children wear collars andcuffs. There are factories also in this city en¬

gaged In the business. Ladles' cuffs and col¬lars are made chiefly on the West Side In the

drygoods district, while those for men and boysare turned out further uptown. Many are also

Imported from Kngland. Prance and Germany.A number of New-York's curled darlings sendtheir measures to England for collars and cuffs,as well as shirts, believing, or affecting to be¬

lieve, that the Imported is better than thedomestic article. A; the Troy and other out-of-town factories have offices in this city, theindustry may be considered almost local.

"lt ls estimated,'' says a manager of one ofthe uptown factories, "that upward of 10,000men. women and children are engaged inhandling collars and cuffs one way or th*' othertn the treater New-York, nnd that the animalbusiness connected with them ls about $36,-000,000, The capital invested In them must bevery large in amount. Il is also a growing In-dustrv, not more than twenty or twenty-five

and other purprr.es The editorial departmenthas an English, a German and a Hpanlsh branch,the publications being printed In separate edi¬

tions for each language. There ls, thenfon,a polyglot editorial staff. The bookkeepers amibill clerks number 180 The business lettenreceived dally aggregate, r.n the average, BOO.The subscription department reglsten annuallybetwe.-n 1,400.000 ami 1.800,000 subscriptions.The circulation of the perimlicals ts 2.O00.000copies per month s.-vi-nty large cylinder pnssesare always running, and tin- output of booksand periodicals is the largest, Prom ii single con¬

cern, in the world. Ntaetj per cent -if sll thsdi'oss and household sri pad-ins produced bjthe world's trade come from this establishment.Two floms of the emporium sn occupied by a

total nf l.flOO.OOO pattern forms, Bled away sc-

cording to an SlsbomtS system which enablesany particular design to li" secured al a mo¬

ments nntlro. Two hundred and (lftv cases an

shipped dally, in addition to many thousands ofpackages. -o-

CLOAK AXD SEIT TRADE.The Hoak or suit manufacturer who prnmls-d

his wife a Cloak or I suit or anything else in

reason In the event of McKinley's election ls

now bl a position tn discharge his debt of h n-.r.

Prosperity for him came In al ths same time

with th-* newest ld.-a In the watteau plaitedJacket, immediately after election.The woman srho wean thc Jacket, suit or

cloak, and buys it uptown, knows little of the

meehanism. the combination of circumstances,the chain of events that has resulted in produc-

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years old. The trade In collars and cuffs this

year has fallen off somewhat, though opti¬mists see a revival in sight."

I PH0L8TERY GOODS.One of the surest signs of an improvement In

trad- is the demand for such articles ns em¬

broidery, lambrequins, lace curtains, and such

aids to the comfort and ornament of the Interiorof the house. Quite a number of large establish¬ments on Broadway, Grand-st. .and Creen.--si.

make a specialty of those article?. Speaking ap¬

proximately, and In th" roughest sort "f way,

there are from 125,000,000 to 130.000,000 worth

of them In stock, but the gr"at bulk is importedfrom Europe and pays a heavy duty."Thc prospects for this season an excellent,"

said a Broadway d-*f.l -r to a reporter, "and con¬

tinue to improve. Business was very dull hefore

the election, owing to the fear growing out of

free sliver, but, although trade is always more

or lem depressed between the election and in-

m pu nu ion of a President, this time, at leastin our bualnesa, a pleasant excition is observ¬able. I have not the remotest Idea of the capitalInvi sted in upholstery in this city, though itmust be large, nor of the number of hands theIndustry employs, and I do not believe; any nn-*

ran tell with accuracy You can purchase a

pair of Imitation lace curtains for .*7, but T can

show you a pair ir an uptown window mad*- byband and Imported from Prance that cost $500.And so with lambrequins and portiere* Yes,most of us are satisfied with the way businessls progressing, and we look for further Improve¬ment. The trad" compares favorably with lastyear at this time. One thing I can say withcertainty, which is thai an extra session of Con-gr* gg ll not good for trad"."

PATTERS PVRLISBER8 ASD MIRERS.

The manufacture of dress and household art

patterns ls conducted In New-Torh upon a sc?b,so extensive that few persons outside the trad*;

Itself can have any adequate conception of lt.The greatest pattern manufacturing establish¬ment In the world, and whoa . branches are dis-

trlbuted over everj civilized country.and in

sumo cases sltoost beyond the conllncs of civili¬sation- i-enti-s in New-Tork. The three -rreai

branches <<f this trade an designing, manufac¬turing and publishing, i-i ess patterns of ali

kinds, and pattern* relating to every conceiv¬

able department of household ait. are producedThe patlerns are published through the medium

of an endless varlet) of periodicals snd bookawhile the actual pattern forms are kept In

st- < k and shipped upon selection to purahssersThe uni.ual trade uf this establishment f.-achesrt vain.- of $6,000,000, and 3^000 per¬

sons rind employment in connection with its

operations Ths New-Tork bouse ls the pulseand due, tin-; force of the whole Immensescheme. The building In which this central ofRcs is located ls divided and subdivided into a

set j.-s of departments, conducted according to

a system of the most remarkable precisionTil- departments Include the designing-rooms, a

bureau of engraving employing mon engrav-. i than any other sinni. concern In existencee.in..nal rooms, printing offices snd press¬rooms There li also s largs factory when the

pattern forms an made, (me hundred andfi ri \ reams of paper ai.- consumed per h-mr

durlni '--i'l. working da] iii the year in the

production of Ihe perlodlcsls and books Be-.^ this, .. las- quantlt) '.-> used for patterai

Ing for her nn article to make her sisters enviousat so very moderate a price.To h"r th" millions ..f dollars of canltal In-

vested, and ihe thousands of employe* now-

better paid than ever before, .'.re as if they hadnever existed, The greal wholesale doak andsm: Industry of New-Tork is to her n closedbooh. Bul .".ri.tioii j.,-rr- .rs are ^ivc-n employmenthy the nearly 800 who!..-.:!" houses that -*---

pi -.. \. ". -York's doak and suit tradeThere are IBO of these, eaeb of which has

s.'."i.hihi capital invested, and thirty ncr" have.Ctir.OOti ur more ventured In business. Borne In¬dividual houses do a business of 12,000,000annually.There ha\e been few failures lo the last year.

and the mishaps that have ot curie. 1 have beenfor nilling amounts. In days of prosperity theclass of -.nits and leaks that And most readysale * readily Indicates that pocketbo ks areplethoric. In days of financial depression or"hard times" the dealera say thal th< po r gowithout doaks, .it-ii-rs now i..-lng received bythe big houses show that evin the very poorare noi going unprovided The out-of-town buy-era ar- rea. bing New-York earlie- in the seasonthan l<- usual, and the manufacturers take thatto mean real ired confidence rfu..nc the retailersand a more healthy feeling iti the trade thrsou' the country.

"The signs are for better business." gayg alarge wholesaler, "ind even more prosperous.vi:-.-. ir. Inclined to tak* s verj roseau viewconcerning the approaching spring trade lt lsmy belief *h.%t sales within the next few month;will rise to such a figure thal mar.;.- people .0our braich of business '.*iil begin t" talk abouth..oms and flood tide* I loo1: for a veryhandsome ami appreciable Increase In the volumeof orders fur spring gooda in "in line."Owing to th*- unsettl .! condition of the coun¬

try on the political questions las spring, buyerjonly ord'-red what th. .. fell certain of Hell¬ing, an.! " large majority preferred to keep wiinside th- anticipated demand. They have nostock now on hand for their women custoiparticularly stylish wraps. Buyerg ar.-

prepared to give large ordera for th" newgt]'lea."other representative manufacturers ar" sa

sanguine, and many are making plans to in-crease thi lr facilities and extend the capacity oftheir factories.

HATS ASH CAPS FOR MEWThe hat and cap Industry of Xew-Torh leads

the country iir wholesale manufacturing. Thewis about $5,000,000 Invested In th* manufact¬ure of ha's and car.', and fully 1.500 hand.; areemployed. Th" volume of trade for tlc las:

year was net wee, $9,500,000 and $10,000,000.The line of industry has suffered lea* during th-*last two year* from hard times than manyother trade* Th** silk hat trade during Presi¬dential yeara has generally been flour! bing,while the demand for soft hs*ts ls steadily grow¬ing greater, and the Stiff hat or derby hal ls stillheld in high favor.There are one hut.died salable shapes in the

soft hat line, while the silk and derby hat stylesare. as a usual thin*;, adopted by the leadinghatters, of which there are ah.mt half a dozen,and Ihe trade In g. .ci.il copy from them ardmanufacture in ail grades.There ate quite a number of silk hal fro tories

in New-Tork Cit.v. but. there is only a singlefactory which manufactures stiff lint-.. Mostof ihe other factories which supply the whole¬sale stor< s in thia 'itv with derby hits ar.- lo¬cated in Brooklyn, and In Danbury. South Nor¬walk, pet bel and other Connecticut 'owns.where the manu'act rue of hats is th.* chiefIndustry.The cheap soft hats are manufactured at New¬

ark and Orange, N. J, virile ti..- wool hatcomes from factories located nt Peekskill ai,.]Newburg, in New-Tork Btate, In Uris citythere are fully "tu- hundred wholesale h.llaid on . ntall cont ern has half a do;t*-n stor< sthroughout New-York <~*ity and Brooklyn, Therels a stor" in this cits which, without exception,ls the- largest in the world. Th" show roomshav.- an area of 65 f.-.-t by I"** feet, and occupyfive floors, all stock".1 with hats .nil caps forthe wbohwal. trade only.The trade is lo..king for a lively business dur¬

ing the coming month, as th" Inaugural ;i (President McKinley v. Ill cause a great demandfor silk hats.

CORBET i/i w r ir i run.The manufacture of e.,rs"ts ls distinctively an

American industry, which has gr atti ag ti:-

years rolled by into wist proportions. Th*- Eu¬ropean manufacturers cannot compete with us,and hav- long sim-e practically abandoned nvfield. The women dress reformera hav.- railedagainst the Wearing "f Corset* to no purpose.Corsets at present an- in more universal usethan at any other time m th" history ..f thecountry. Especially ls this tm" .,f New-TorkCity, wt" i coreel manufacture ha- .... ,.,.,..

I,. ,,f the most imp. : lani of the man) gnatIndustries, The varlet: of corsets is simplywithout number ami he) come within r* i hof th*- very poorest. The prices range from:.n cents or less v> almost un-, ngura ihat thewoman win* a long purse may desire, lt lsestimated 'hat $10,000,000 ls Invested in thumanufacture "f corsets in this country, an.lme prospects *.f th- trade for iii*- coming yearure ut the bright

// I \ DEERt Ell ls WU USES..ric manufactures of linen handkerchief! and

other articles of wearing apparel from linen ara

not so numerous in this country as m..si peopleImagine. For some reason or other, In spits ,,r

th.- vast sums that have been spenl in the In-dustry. the American art.eic |i n.*t nearly as

g.,od as ii.e imported American manufacturersthemselves admit this, and explain ll b) saying

j that tln-re is something In the water of th,-*

country that prevents tte- manufaetun of reallynoe linen. Vast quantities ol handherchlefa an-

made here, In tha vail*) of tht Blacks!. and

throughout New-England, but they are madeProm cotton and riot linen.ImmtSM sums of money are Invested In these

Impnriatlnns. and the prolll to thc merchantsnore ls about the averag-. Tho Am-rl an rnanu-

faetunra however, say that in the course of a

few yean they Will be able to manufacture linen

-foods here e.|ii.il lo the Imported article. Theyar-- making experiments constsntly, which they

lope so.m to see provo successful If th lr hopesire fulfilled lt Will be a gnat bOOn (0 the ponpleif this country, who Will then be aide to buyrood linen articles nt a much smaller pries than

they now pay. Very few lace handkerchiefs are

made in this c.,mirv, the bulk of 'h-m comingfrom Frame. Ireland and Switzerland.

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NEW-YOSTS «iLOVE TR [OE.

The Rlnvo Industry lt* M»e nt . he most Impor¬tant in the city, and is stesdlly on the Increase In

the volume of business Last year there were

Imported I.400.0QP doaen p.-ir-* of gloves, and

the Indications ure lhat the Importation w'-H blmuch larger this year. They an brought prln-eipally fr .rn Frame. Germany, Belgium fltid

Austria The msnufactun .>( gloves in thiscountry cuts a verj small flgun. There ls onlyone fs< tory of any consequence, and that ls lo¬cated at Pultonvllle, this State. The outputth- re is BO small thai the importers do not take ltInto consideration Si all. The kid gloves usedhen an- chief!] of two varieties.the button andthe hn.ik ki.ne. The former has a decided eauin the market, the average American not takingkindly to the article with hooks. Most of theImported cloves en brought to New-York, fromwhere the] an distributed all over tho countrya large percentage ot tho importation remains Inthis city, Importen sp'-ak very encouraginglyof thi- .utlook ru tim coming year as soon as then"w tariff schedule has boon arranged. Thebusiness ilius far in January has been very sat¬is fa"tn ry.

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CABPBTB AND DBAPBBIBS.The carpet business that ls to say, the manu¬

facture ard sale Of carpets, is rule-] from New-Vnrk. The amount of capital Invested is. say,

$100,000,000. The sales an- one-third Of this

amount. Thc Importation of carpets is a largeItem. Bul ii ls gradually growing lesa withthe Importation of 40,000,000 square yards ofChinese mat ling, the business was almost dis¬

organized.The second largest mill in the world ls In

T-.nk.rs. Philadelphia really produces the moatfinished product. New-York distributes it.Then sn msd-i hon Axmlnsten, Moquettes,tapestries, Brussels Willuns nnd ingrains. It is

Interesting to note the number of lo. ms that aro

used In iii" manufsctun of the different stylesof carpet: In-crain, 3.300 hand looms, -1,7'-*"power looms; Brussels, 1,300 power looms; tapes¬tries snd velvet, 1,700 power looms, Moquettennd velvets 800 power looma

In the matter of draperies, s kindred branchof tl..- carpet trad.-, aboul $10,000,000 is in-vest. d. Tiure is little export business, most ofthe product being disposed of In this city.Aboul mi.-third nf the business thal is .lone lsImported st... k. This amounts to a large sum

every vear.In the matter of Oriental nips the business

Is almost entirely In the hands of tbe foralgnImporten. lu this countrj then sn only twomills that manufactun the same lino of goods.Phlladelphls is the larges! producer of thisstyle of gooda but New-Tork ls the distributingp-iint. New-Tork City receives ar.d distributesS.". per cent of all Imports of the kind. It isestimated thal tbe business ls worth $5,000,000per annuli..

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DRESS LININGS.Cne ot th.* minor Industries which go to make

New-Tork the gr---u Industrial centn ls thebusiness Of making dress linings. At least

$10,000,000 is Invested In ths business Tho

cspltsl ls turned over aboul three limes a year..Ml the distribution ls der." by a few firms In

Ity. Much of ile product, odd as lt may:. sen! to European snd South American

countries. The heal dress linings with the fast¬est colors, atc manufactured here. The Importa¬tions of dress linings Into this country ai--- In¬finitesimally small.Pravlous t" 1888 few linings were made In this

country lt was..of the Infant Industries tlgrew up in ii night. Now the American manu-factunr, by a wise expenditure of money, leadsthe world. Paster blacks brighter reds andmon spotless whites an s.iid in New-Tork thanIn any other city in the world.

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JAPANESE AND CHINESE noons.Americans have noi yet nached a point when

they can compel" with th" Chinese ami Jap¬anese in tho manufsctun of that clsss of goodsknown as Orients I. Th" Importation of tl- >se

ls, hov. \-.-r, bas grown rapidly within tl elast ten yean, until now it bas assumed the

proportions of s gnat business. Then an200 houses In this - it>- dealing In Chinese

and Japan. les "f all kinds'. nilri th"monej Invested yearij rea. hes Into tli*- mill-lons, a gc it majority ->f these houses handleonly Oriental gooda such as ruga carpets, jlamps, lanterns, portieres and bric-a-brac <>fall kinder Thc importation of ornaments isvery hu ce. and is steadily nn the increase. Th-*American manufactun of this class of cnn.in lsvery small, ard the sale is very lisht, as

the quality does ti"i at nil compara withthe Imported article. Jspsnese silks en

ming very popular, an-i tho Importa¬tions have duul,|r-d in thc las' live years. Theyare light and durable, and can be used for a

variety of purposes. A large proportion of theImported Oriental goods find s nady market Inthis ciiv. Most nf the merchants engaged In thebusiness an forelgnen, very few Americanshaving yt dei ide.) that it would be wise togo Into it

FANCT ci.o i ll.-.

Most of th" fancy ninths for dress goods ar°

Imported from England, Prance anil Oermar.y, jbm tho Americans are gradually taking hold oftheir manufacture on a large scale. Those fancycloths .nm hemming quite popular, and min:.*"'¦¦.""i who scorned them a few vears aeo ran

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now he seen wearing them. The value of the

Imports is placed al a high figure, and the im-

porten say thal it lias Increased greatly in thelas! two or three yean. Some of th.- patternsare very beautiful and present a very pleasingeffect. Iioth On the Street turd m the hoUSO. Lastii.n the trade wss very brisk In this city, andthere is every prospect ihat it will he even bet-ler during the year thal has Just begun.

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MY I. [DY's li UNTt FAN.Til.- tusking and selling of the dainty, luxurious

and. winn property wielded, dsngerous fan, s

..mi woman's mosi killing weapon, has

i.un. a rVcognlxed s parate business in New-York. This eltj .iii..'- noa be truthfully said to

supply the pretty women of sll tbe Fnlted Stateswith these fragile bul seemingly Indispensabletrifles. A w niiiiin going tn a ball .mw a.lays

without a fan nf an elegance corresponding t-»

her gown is a ran . reception, and a woman usinga theatr. programme or a dancing programmeinstead nf a fan is seldom en

Th-- New-York woman of fashion has adopteda tat ranging In width from eight tn ten inches.

Tdls si.-.., while perhaps nol :-.. Imposing ns thelarger ians thal were p pular a few yean ann.

is mon comfortable tn use, and an be monami gracefull) handled than ihe inrg>*

unes.I".il a ball -.1 pat:-- tint hm-; ls non mure f.-isih-

lonable 'han a fan made of tine ostrich plumes,witn tortoise-shell --r pearl bandies of the sortmat have been in use for the past century, andthat bid fair to be tn uae for a century to come.

Th.- manufactun of fans in this country isIn Its Infancy, and the yearly Importation ofthnjie ,,f KumpeHn make is st li 1 very Inrge. Thei i.lef fan-making foreign manufacturing cen-

tres nt. VI. ma Furls and Kobe. Vienna has.'...nb- gi .-at slr!.'., j In this line In the past twenty-

five years, end hM* fair to soon produce more jnovelties than 1 uris.

DECK MANUFAOTUBE.Ths American In Europe in answer to a ques¬

tion as to what was mode and sold on this side

»f the Atlantic, said: "forton dues." He was

not far wrong. The world gives to American

nanufaclurers Ihe credit of miking a finer ortI-

"1.* than anything they ever conceived.in Nsw-Tork City are represenled rome twenty

lillis Host nf thom have a ipltal of $1,000,000.Hhers run ilmvn as low as 1100,000 All <>f them

pay. becsUM American dink ls In demand the

srorld -ur it is ueed for sails, tents, awningstarpaulins, coven fur everything from -i steammat tn a gypsy's tent; shooting suits, shoelinings, and a hundred other branches nf in¬dustry. Not the least, odd as lt may se.-m, it

'nters Into th<* farm. Tho 1 lg rear.er companies>;' the West present to every purchaser a suitif du. 'i. with hat and gloves. Il st nf lt

i- i',nd" nf ih.- snitm sort of material asthat nf whieh the nails of the yacht i> fenderwere mad.-. Th.-., wen made of South Bes isl¬

and cotton, and not ons .i' them ripped. Theyivere a triumph of American ma nu fa-Mure.Little flax duck is made here, only stesmen

use lt. It has bern found that a spark falling on

a sail -ii- awning msds nf flss viii go out. while I-n cotton duck it ..' iii sn- ni rn- smoulder. Mostat ri,,- i,,;,- mills ur.- j., Delaware :.. rgls, Ala-iiama. Connecticut and MarylandThe business is an i- portSI ne and adds

greatly to the wraith nf New-York year by year.

WINDOW SHADE MANUFACTURE.Every American family has it window shade.

often half a dozen, ts. it can readily ie- coned radthat th.- business has grown to some Important -.

in New-Tork City then sn a dosen firms whichsell everything from -I.-- diminutive tic i< to thiOneal Holland shade.Several millions nf dollars ar<- Invested hi t;-,-

business, and just how many times this ni¬

ls tum. .1 over it would I-.- iii:!i''- 't to tell. One'biller satd tia- business amounted to prolSl'i».imi.i.imi' in New-York ( if alone. >»f coune,'his Includes the buslnei nf the wholesalersTh.- idea nf window shades original d I" this

city sumo twenty-five yean ago Tl ¦.: llcrude affair Indeed. Now the roller is perf t.

tin- Holland cloth and tassels as srttstl. as ouldh.- desired, and th" buslner i so satisfactory thatat leas! ."i.nilli persons are engag. ¦'. li their manu¬facture.

SANITARY WOOLLEN TRADE.Ten or twelve y.-ars ago what is now knowr

as the sanitary woollen system was Introducedinto this country from Stuttgart, Germany. The

American headquarters nf the system an now

In New-York City, and Ihe company lias

brandies "n all th.* larg.- cities "f the Union. It

has fi .. branches here an'! one in Brooklyn, and

employs from inn to -!"0 hands in distributingit? gooda which are .-ill Imported from <;¦ rmany.The duty on sanitary nooltana until it was re¬

duced to bi per cent by th.- Wilson bill, was

lin per cent, which was one '-f thc high-si paulon anv Imported articles if was nut, however,

PIASO CASIIn 1808 m .' .¦.". '¦ " .' :r »n-i.

-. tun ¦'. lt. Nan -Tori snd sold la Mos etty or. ported to rarioua parti f thi country* a fe*if them -...-I -"'.t to Bouth and Central Amati,a. but they w*r* I ar 'nly0,000 wero manufactured, j - nm inha .-rame gi "... us pi.vc,- ) ison thatherc- <v not ta a plano with aai. th*anaas for lbs declloe furnkthi *p*>rti ay bs of Intet Ht sahl:"It may appeal branga, '¦ ut lt ls ne* ¦ i thewan

i fact, that iii" bicycle baa ¦ go* .' al |o do'Ph :he dacad* rc- ,,t the piano, sir.**' the in-

ictlon of the - I the young Whi pp,ci i. enUl culture for phyrt< il & rment

,,, bra 'lng ¦ Ai d igo ls

mshlng this city of N iw-To k ha rothfew years ago stood first In and

ilano-caee Indu -tr-, B* .. n ae Chis¦¦¦: thin: Now Chicago ii* a IAhird cause is. of e.mir--, tba general stagag*lon In trade. Folks who lind di .To¬

uring bread can a ill a-n*Bthetic things g< n rally "

ire sll of dot "ir*.xceptin3 a few Imported from Fi oe*

,, Bl nf rh. le lr. n.- r, m $30 to ¦*'."" ea* h th ugi som

, ft, M 1100. There are on "yeas.ments In New york **l Ich deOli it* :.<¦.*-

i exel lelvely to ti. -.*.-... .,.,.,..,. of the t< tal product ls al st

t'.',..,. nally Tb- fact, r I MM,r m.-.' hai -is but. then, the maj mo-

-,, era th* u .. r oi" >»**.

own cases.n Leominster, Maaa., I " N' ¦¦-¦/" ****»¦

,,,i piano-cases is 88 this-y *¦.. Mid to be prohibitive, as apart fn -n

rift German .¦ k< n cannot with roth fur-,, the wood whi* h. in euch a u itru-

,,.. M the plano, an gund md.hanaeable climate of this country, rher* are

wo plano- ase fact. i rr. Harli m ¦. h em.

doy lon rn* h. all. oi neal ¦ 1. ^nuuig,"ho learned I trade In the fall he.um wood for g pla .*»««Ito m caa. costa >¦'. or $4. Of cou

mina \'ew-Orleane or "tier tot na and eitleahe French region in and around im

wealthy peopw Import hlgh-prteal; direct from Tran." and Germany, but as

c, duty la on the wh* le Inetrument. cases dotot ilgure in it.__

UVSICAL IXsTRLMEXTs.If Reston can Justly lay claim ta nv-steal

.ulture. certainly New-Torh is without doubt,r question the market of America f ir the Im¬

portation, sale, and to a great extent m.i'.ufaet.

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prohibitive, for the reason thit the woollens ara

demanded by the wealthy classes. Th" demandhas been increasing year by year; hard times donot se.-m to affect lt and good times do not addto th" pcoinerity. The capital invested her* larelatively small -$300,000 or «.. and the bandaemployed are few. The company ezporta toMexico and the South American rapubllcg fromIhis point. It has forty-five mills in and aroundStuttgart, nnd may 'ne said to ba rn monopoly.Nevertheless, there are other reputable house*In Ne* -York a hlch deal In w hat they term gai l-tary woollen goode rind do a larg.* trade. Thegelatter houses import Hie fine woollens n. ..

hut turn them Into clothes In the city, and towns

rind villages adjacent In this way they employa large number of people. The money InvestedIn this 1.ranch cf the sanitary trade is about$10,000,000, and the annual volume of tradetwice that sum

What may he styled the orthodox sanitarywoollens.which arc ali imported-are \.-ry dear.The proprietors claim for them a peculiar power

if absorption and transmission, the properties ofi non-conductor "f heat, so essential to anagreeable temperature of tha body; ths property»f promoting the elimination from the tissues ofnil excess of fat and water, thus making theflesh t'.rm nnd hardening and toughening themuscles. They claim also that their goods nolonly prevnt disease but absolute!) .ure manyof those In existence. Th. woollens are mad"suitable both for summer and winter wear;In fact, they ar" adapted to ail seasons, or Inother worda, "they are all wool :'..r all the yearround.'" Al! the articles are manufactured oftim (ines) and puresl camel's-halr w....i withoutany admixture of linen or cotton or trace ofi,..xi ug dye* The factories, orthodox andheterodox, turn oul ever*, article of clothingthal men and women wear night ..r day, winteror summer, with the exception of shoes and tn-s.and they make nearly all th* ir goods to order.

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PIASO ACTIOSS.Aith.ue,h tiie majorit) ..f th** big piano manu

facturara ..;. New-York mai'.- nearly ail the cm.poiii-ni p.uis of their instrument* plano actlomm.- excepted by a fa* .-r them Plano actlomare ll., motive DOW** tl>al acts Upon the string-and enables them p. send forth 'hove iweetsounds with which every "tie's ears are i.inniv .¦:¦ leys familiar. Action, in tine, |H th.lungs "f th" plano, th" Strings are the \(,j,,.New-York is thc .-entre ,,, the industry and

Boston omea next Chicago. Ih. ugh she raak..>pianos, has to Import actions. There are in tht;city ten action factories, employing about 1 innmen, who receive big wage**. There ls only otuimporting bouae, nm! although th. duty is onl)30 per 'tit, not much bualnesa ls dona in thatline, lt lt* not easy to give even a rough sat Imat!of thc volume of trade or the capital investedbut there are many millions. The firm whtelImports (it manufactures as well) ls satisfier.*llh present conditions an regard*-, tariff rates."Two or three years ago." suld one of iti

ur>- of mualcal instrument* In New-Tor*]city proper there ar*-* at bast 230 reputablehouses which transact a yearly huiing in amount from $3,000,000 to $4,000,000 in

al Instruments, xclusfvs of pianos Thisnpmber Includes importers and domestic d *. rs

and agent* and ail agra that the present out¬look ls excell* i t f..r the tuturiThe last few seasons h.i\.* mvlncingl) dem-

onstrated thal there has b*In the musical Instrum ol i '"'ia¬

in noi only among Importers and manufaun -. but with th*- Jobber and retailer. Sot-withstanding the fact thal th*lasses were t.. ¦ greeter or less .-n

til- year just gone by, sales wera ba ttet

anticipated. It is furthermore gratlf;that in this branch of trade tl.

pun baaing agents -_.f musical ll *

In communication with New-Y rk i

at any period since 1802S fai as th. tarin I ..r.

authority declares thal ll la for the Iso much a question of dut) on muiments as it is v. hat goodalisted. Amein-a is also export fd 1

banjos, w iv!.- the Impro*, mi nt In Iinstruments ha.> been gatiafactor) bij*-i ure

Tl .. sudden .' nd complete return of th**dolla Into popular favor has been <: twa1farts; nrst, me recognition of Its »* 1sweetness as a solo Instrument,the marked improvement in mandolin* >:' Acan make.ilreat strides ha** also h<*-on made

can manufacturers f the sith. r. tb itfeet vehicle for poetic Impulse, gp| 't

.1 lea, to the highest artistic temi ndwhose harmonic splendor, mora than y otl **,

gea ic p iwi-r to move the >«¦¦

pathies and purest fountains of humanHarps, auto-harps, flutes, an I I l'

boxes, ami also thal wonderful solothe cornet, are it* Increased demand. WI dosir.ot remember the lin*

"That old c net nf mine.alas![ had to leave that reverenced bri isHut Joy! my younggter, just tunshall tool thal old corni I of mit

Good authorities attribute the cont I da>mend for musical Instruments to the fact 'hatit has. notwithstanding the bard tl *'.''...ei, possible to purchase and pa) tbaInstalment pian, from pianos down, w rp-utable perth ¦ wera ci niCertainly, in this industry the hi

healthful and hopeful.

K08H0CRETE.Ia .t since impro*,

sidewalks became a necessity of tax

life, men have been engaged bi eflprove upon thi I byhandling unyielding st me. Ono of i ba>portent discover!, of rc'bin times >¦ i thatof asphalting for street u -:'!'v

.is intioiuici. ii iame th.grhleblend themselves BO adm::*! I) leffects sought for bj experts tl ag outof paraway* In this regard Greater Neholds m .linnet advantage, having baan theseen.- t.r almost everything In the wa)or concrete, and eonaeoiuently sm tig ti1

of cities to reach an .¦' ;:i ';u>

material utllix* d vi the nu tb uta and I

ventlons have been tried. An Important variag!of all the mea ure* of Improvei Bl HI tn:inJ*

teetered ta Granter New-York, being shu Hrather tancifull) ano i as Kosm crete, wii!*hls lasslfled «.¦ .. hi*:!* teat Portl md cement, thatls c.unbii..*d with properties that are a trentof the manufacture, lt is us d largely for tn*

regular purposes, but in addition <an he ra'.s.»dUp Into retaining wall**, lt can h.* Utilised fordepot platforms, for fireproof wareh mses, andtor stable dooring, and from it sro made chim-rey flues and tope, h. t air dues f>*' terneaea,*SW*r pipe*, ornamental copings f«*r bttlldmga*for steps and ter safe linings.