Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-21
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FACTS.xABOUT RUGS.
Where and How the Best and
 Costliest Are Made.
According to a Chicago Importer Carpets Arc Being Discarded by Wealthy People for Oriental Rugs-Tacts
 for Housewives,

'1t is only question of time," said one of Chtcago's most extensive importers to Times reporter, "when carpets will be dis carded by all people of means and their place taken by rugs. Rugs combine the excellencies of elegance and durability to so much greater an extent than carpets" he continued, "that they recommend them selves to all who have money to buy hand some and desirable appointments. A good rug not only lasts for generations and is al- ways far moro artistic and effective for the floor, but it can at any time be gathered up, carried out of doors, and shaken. A carpet, however fine, wears but 0 few years at most. When it is once stretched on tho floor it must lay there until the recurrence of each dread housekeeping epoch.
 ''Rugs in the greatest demand now are, of course, the oriental, made either in Turkey or Russia. They are all hand woven. The occupation of rug-making, an important industry in theso countries, Is followed by both men and women. Certain patterns and designs have been handed down in families from parent to child from time back of reckoning. The durability of the rug is duo in great measure to the dyeing of the material from which it is manufactured. No destroying chemicals are used in the preparation of the dyes, the coloring substances being all vegetable. ~ offense, and man or woman is executed for this crime with as little compunction as if guilty of atrocious murder.
 'Rugs take their trade names from the province in which they are made. There's the Afghan, Blandhor, Candahor, Khoras- san and the Mirzapoor, which, by the way, is made of sea fiber, so soft and flexible and closely resembling wool that none but an expert can detect the difference; it is al- most fndestructible, and wear gives it a sheen like satin. There are the Koenah, Persian, Savaler, Ahloowaled, Ouehak and Cabul, all valuable rugs, with recognized place in the market The Delhi is high priced rug, but 1t is now very scarce.
 s'There arc excellent rugs of American manufacture, made in imitation of the Oriental, but they do not possess the wear ing qualities of the latter, which are dyed with vegetable coloring and hand-woven. Good rugs range in price from S7.50 to $1,5OO. They arc used not only for the floor, but also for divan and table covers and for hangings. Very fine and rare specimens arc now placed in handsome fret-work frames and hung the same as pictures.
 "The silk Afghan is a particularly hand l some rug. It is not made of silk, but of the finest wool, possessing the gloss of silk. It will last for generations, and the longer it is used the more beautiful it becomes. The peculiar sheen Of the much-sought prayer rug is the result of long usage. The agents
 who are employed in the rug producing dis.
 tricts are always on the lookout for some l Moslem who has become sufficiently degen.
 crate pr impoverished to commit the sac
 rilege of selling his prayer rug to the unbe-
 liever. Prayer rugs find their way by some
 means, too, out of the mosques into the
 hands of the deaIers.s
 :Only long experience in handling rugs enables person to judge of their value and
 decide where they are made. There is nc
 other method to guard against imposition