Too much importance cannot be attached to the rigging of the dobby harness. A 30/9 ply linen cord is desirable and a lingo of about 16 to the pound. After deciding on the character of the tie-up required, and when the harness has been threaded in the compart boards, the lingoes should be looped on the strings, and then left to stand and settle for a couple of days before leveling. It is better still to run the dobby machine for a few hours, lifting all the harness and then dropping them, so as to settle the strings and take out any kinks or loose places which are bound to exist in a highly cabled linen cord of this character. The labor required in the tying up and leveling of a string harness suggests the advisability of great care in determining the tie-up to be used, so that changes of pattern can be made easily without involving changes in the tie-up. In order to prolong the life of the harness, in the adjustment of which so much time and care must necessarily be spent, it is advisable to apply a dressing of boiled linseed oil, which should be thoroughly worked into the strings by running the harness for several hours, using one and one change cards. This should be followed by a dusting of talc or soapstone, which will add much to the smoothness of the finish. To reduce the friction of the strings which operate in the several outside compart boards, where the strain and wear are particularly acute, and also to prevent the strings from cutting into the boards themselves, it is good practice to fix strips of ground glass between the different rows of strings, just above the compart boards. These strips of glass may be threaded through drilled holes in the compart board frame. CONSTRUCTION OF SIMPLE WEBS Before enlarging further on details of fancy looms, it will be well to retrace our steps and consider the construction of some of the simpler forms of web, such as are made on what we have described as plain looms. The webs best known, perhaps, are those such as are used for men’s ordinary garter wear, and for cutting up to retail in the regular dry goods and notions trade. They vary from one-quarter to 2 inches in width. There are several distinct classes of these goods, the best known of which are the loom webs, the lisles and the cables, all of which are of single cloth construction, in which the filling is the main feature. There are generally two cotton warps used in such goods, one of which is commonly called the binder and weaves two up and two down, while the other is called the gut or filler, and works with the rubber warp, one up and one down. The selvages of these webs are made with the filling, which passes around a wire at each pick, the wire remaining stationary while the web is taken away from it in the process of weaving. An illustration of a loom web of this character is shown at Fig. 6. The draft and cam arrangement are shown at Fig. 6A.