Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1893 — Victory Snatched from Defeat. [ARTICLE]

Victory Snatched from Defeat.

Examination of one of Vantine’s prayer rugs has revealed to an interested nnd expert .observer what he believes to be a true and interesting story. The striking peculiarly of this rug is a border and figure of gleaming yellow spots, which prove to be only the rug showing through the silk texture. The ingenious connoisseur says he thinks the workman was smokiug hie omnipresent cigarette, and, accidentally dropping it, burned a hole in the silk. This probably happened several times until the bright workman conceived the idea of turning his carelessness to hie own advantage, and kept on deliberately burning spots to form what is a most effective pattern. —[American Carpet and Upholstery Trade.