ers with a new power applicable to every purpose, and Cotton gin

An apparatus for cleansing picked easy of control, but with one that might be placed in the cotton. most convenient situations, and in the midst of a popu- Cotton Gin, in Texas , a P. O. of Freestone co. lati on trained to industrious habits. Still something re- Cotton Gin Port, in Mi i ippi , a former post-office mained to complete this astonishing career of discovery. of Monroe со. Cotton Grove, in Iowa , a former P. O. of Henry co. Cotton Grove, in Tenn ., a former P. O. of Madison co. Cotton-gun, n . See PYROXYLINE. Cotton Hill, in Illinois , a township of Sangamon co. Cotton Hill, in Georgia, a township and village of Clay co. Without a vastly increased supply of the raw material Cotton-gra , n. ( Bot .) See ERIOPHORUM. at a lower price than it had previously brought, the in- ventions of Hargreaves, Ark wright, and Watt would have been of comparatively little value. Luckily, what they did for the manufacturers, Mr. Eli Whitney, originally of Ma achusetts, and afterwards a citizen of New Haven, Connecticut, did for the American cotton-growers. He invented a machine by which cotton-wool is separated from the seed with the utmost facility and expedition. Previously to 1790 the U. States did not export a single pound-weight of raw cotton. In 1792 they exported the trifling quantity of 138,328 lbs. Whitney's invention came into operation in 1793; and in 1794, 1,601,760 lbs., and in 1795, 5,276,306 lbs. were exported. And so as- tonish ing has been the growth of cotton in the interval, that in 1895 the exports from the United States alone amounted to the prodigious quantity of 2,983,622,000 lbs. The first machines set up in the U. States were at East Bridge water, Ma ., in 1786, by two Scotch men, employed by Mr. Orr of that place. The manufacture, however, languished for want of competent machinery until 1790, when a person named Slater, who had been employed in ruff co. Cotton Hill, in Georgia , a former P. O. of Randolph co. Cotton Hill, in W. Virginia , a P. O of Fayette co. Cotton-manufacture. See COTTON. Cottonocracy, n. [ Cotton , and Gr. kratein , to rule.] In the United States, a designation formerly given to the cotton-planters as a body; now out of use. In Eng- land, an appellation bestowed on cotton-spinners as a generic cla of society. Cotton ous, a. Like cotton; partaking of the nature of cotton. Cotton-pick'ings, n . pl . (Com.) Loose cotton picked from broken bales. Cotton-plant, n. ( Bot .) See COTTON. Cotton Plant, in Arkansas , a post-township of Wood the English cotton-mills in Derby shire, and had there Cotton Plant, in Florida . a P. O. of Marion co. acquired a knowledge of the Ark wright proce es, es- Cotton Plant, in Mi i ippi , a P. O. of Tippah co. tablished himself, in conjunction with partners, at Provi- Cotton-pre , n. A machine employed in the comdence, R. I. In 1806, Slater's brother came over from pre ion of cotton into bales.