Death Of The Inventor Of Spool Cotton

The English papers by the lato steamer announce tho death at a rips old ago of Mr. Andrew Olark, the celebratod manufaeturer, whose name has been associated both in the New World and the Old with the famons thread which is in universal use. He was virtually bom to the bu&iness of thread manufacture, his father having been engagcd in tbat line in Paisley, Scotland. But the young inventor aoon effected improveinonts which revolutionizfid the trade. He brought the proceas of raunufacturo to its present perfeetion, and was the inventor of the prooess of winding it on spools for consumers, Like all inventors Mr. Clark was a self-niade man. He commenced business in a small room, but hia improvements were so valuable that his business seemed only liuiited by the capaci ■ ty to supply the demand of consumer?, and for years before his death ho was at the huad of tfcelargest and most eelebratcd fiietory in the world. He was the moans of converting his native village of Paisley into a great and prosperous man ufacturing center. Mr. Clark a few years ago nssocinted bis son ia the business which is now continued under tho name of Clark & Co., and its agenoies are established all over the world - in Kussia, Germany, Franco and othor parts of Europe, and in South America and the United States.