Two pages from The Textile Mercury, December 1889. The main item continues a series on preparing and spinning Barchant and waste yarns, covering the finisher card with Saxon or Bolette condensers (illustrated, Platt Brothers, Oldham), cotton and woollen mules adapted for condenser bobbins, and self-acting waste mules with their roller arrangements and output. The second page adds short trade notes on carding engine orders, an article on tannins for dyers (Dr. August Foelsing), dyeing recipes for olive green on cloth, and the start of a process for white patterns on aniline black.