Issue No. 76 (4 October 1890) of The Textile Mercury, a Manchester weekly trade journal for spinners, manufacturers, machinists, bleachers and colourists. It covers the Calais lace strike, British cotton spinners' disputes and trades-union matters, the effects of the McKinley tariff bill, and textile conditions in Austria, Norway, Damascus and North Africa. Technical sections include a designing column with worsted and woollen fabric designs (nos. 184-187) given as drafts and pegging plans, an illustrated description of an Asa Lees improved spinning mule, dyeing and finishing articles, patent abstracts, and market and company reports.