The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-01

- fM pAcanemta Have Been Prod seed
lnlmiinbIe Fabrics.
rh. s.,,,,.....-. 80.
49,. - :. Soi'ou ~ .naia
- - = =, s.'h'i's-s 1llsIots. Ahefe
g 49,. ons y = si0oneeted Win tndia
Y 'ae bioie- 10 old sanSkrit records
location = made Of Il being used 10
India nearly 5000 years ago Al the
time 81 Alexnnders Invasion Of India
the dress Of tie uludoos was descr.,,e8
as consisting isgneir ~ ~s,s.,e. n,,-s
wbtr ~ bevlr. 49,. -, 80
- - - 1919 -
~ l--'oRs eui'nA me ntst
eeH'1.s. snall'efatea ~ the elder
fl'''s. musl'ns ana eaieoes from lndia
are Described e. y superior quality
Pefhaps The earliest police Of cotton
IS hy Herodotus about $50 8. G. who
spelka 81 the trees u india oearlag 4,
Their fruit feetes more delicate ana
be8utlful theu hose of sheep apf ar
the Indians using them FOR the manu-.
facturs n cloth From india cotton
cloth was gradually introduced INTO
Greece Rome and Sicily before the
Christian era Cotton awnings we're
used 10 the theater at the Apolllnarian
games, and Caesar afterward covered
ihe Roman forum with them. e. also
the sacred way from bis own house to
ne capitolian bill. which Is said to
have appeared more wonderful than
me gladlatorial exhibition itself
The cotton fabrics Of the Hlndoos
ilass eheer excelied 10 oneness and ex
cellsiAce oniy oy the productions OF the
most perfect machines Of modern
Ilns1 bs tnese people were made the
liue = u.ashs known 70 the Greeks oy
lame Nnicn referred 70 their coming
I'm -. sns ootuers Of the Ganges
lne ~ OF Callcnt. on the Maiabar
c 49,. Wnlcn, WIN surat' was an an.
elenA eoaon mart TOT the supply Of the
lnofe Nes.efn nations Of Asia, gave
= tame 20 NJ variety o. the fabric
ahoNo = eaieo' some qualities OF
49, were nne mat one could
naroly teei them IN the hand. and the
thread when spun Is scarcely discern.
sea. once = considerable and
Nsal'ly cry, iying 70 me northeast Of
slieussa' Sent ont rom its looms II
- 10y centuries nose wonderful It's
.ues q nue. maslins made from sta.
ple 700 snort 70 be woven by any ma.
sinnsfy. named on account q their
aneness -Abrawnn." Or flowing VA
,ei' ana sandman Or evening
ieW.
EFga after me advent Of the Eng
W. p lnuta mere Is an Instance re.
.'d'l regarding me hneness OF piece
'Ausi'h twenty yards long ana one.
.-'.rt'r YARD Woe. weighing only four-
ilhees- WIN me rudest Of I'm
'eats me Hindoo women spun
J .N''' almost impalpabie threads aud
/ ""'e tabrics mat Tor hneness Of quail
\ w uake never been successfully INF,
.'..'''l ELSEWHERE, with the decay OF
w." aatfve hindoo courts the chief
1' 'ners- ne demand ceased. and the
liaesqre oas entirely stopped
i.'.'a todAy exhibits little more than
2 s..a-
N'avlne N india divides Itself into
I'VE oranches-hand loom and power
i''N weaving The proportion Or hand
~ made. cloth 10 power loom Is fully
'"o 2 one-that Is. there Is about
tN.ee ~ much hand loom cloth made
70 mia as there Is power loom made
cloih
ne nRtiye baud loom Is a most
primitive AFFAIR The Indian hand loom
q I ntw Is e the same as II was some
tnir'y centuries ago. The old Eng
hsh ny shuttle hand loom OF a cen.
tEy ago i ages in advance OF the
nand loom now 10 general use by the
native weavess throughout India. or
course there IRE number OF ay shut.
te looms il successful use IN certain
losaiities-for instance. those now In
the mission schools, sist introduced BY
me Danish or German Lutheran mis-
siouar'es IN Madras. ana though IN
soire Instances they have met with a
eeIta'n degree u success, yet they have
not s1creeded IN Inducing the natlve
me same businesslike way as was done
n Europe and In America In the days