forward through the loop. By providingthe shaft loop with an anti-friction bearing for the shafts thedefects of the ordinary shaft loop are avoided, for if there isno friction between the shaft and the loop to move the latter,there will be no chafing of harness or animal. With thisbearing for the… … Improved Cotton ^¥1>lpper. A new and improved device for whipping and cleaningcotton was recently patented by Rose H. Gold.«mith, ofCharleston, Charleston county, S. C, and is illustrated bythe accompanying engraving. A is a box of oblong^ormand has an inclined bottom formed of wire cloth. At…