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The colored American., 1904-01-02
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der surface. These currents of air
operate against the line of move
ment of the carpet through the ma
chine, and carry the loose dust for
ward over the uncleaned portions of
the carpets. Then the dust is forced
into an ingeniously contrived cham
Der, filled with fine spray of water,
that is projected through finely per
forated pipes. This spray carries the
dust down to the floor Of the chamber,
and it is then carried out through the
waste pipe in muddy water.
This waste pipe is connected with
the sewer, and there is no possibility
OF the dust, or any portion Of it, ever
striking the carpet again. When the
water flows clear, showing that the
loose dust has been carried off, the
machine is reversed, and into the jet,
through which the air has been dis
charged, steam, impregnated with a
disinfecting solution, is injected and
discharged, which etfectually disposes
of all germs remaining in the carpet
which it is not possible for the cur
rents of air to carry off. The carpet
when taken from the machine at the
expiration of two minutes is, to all
intents and purposes chemically clean,
absolutely free from dust, dirt and all
noxious germs.
The value of the invention to hotels
and hospitals is that the machine can
be operated without trouble by the ele-
vator engine, and calls for no addi-
tional power than that already sup
piled. The waste pipe can, without
trouble, be conducted into the sewer,
and one man can operate it without
assistance and clean twenty times
more than by any other method.
In addition to the Carpet Cleaning
Machine, Mr.. Thomas has also invent
ed a movable apparatus for the disln-
fecting of rooms and other enclosed
spaces. The question of disinfecting
cars is now a matter of considerable
agitation, and in some states has been
the subject of legislation. The impor-
tance and value of these inventions
have been recognized and acknowl-
edged by the railroad companies, no
tells, ETC. leading physician OF this
city who saw one Of the machines in
operation, expressed himself as fol
lows: q
MY opinion of the apparatus is
based largely upon the idea as viewed
from a medical standpoint. l believe
the machine to be a marvel in field
of usefulness heretofore neglected or
crudely attempted. It's scope of use
fulness can be more fully appreciated
by physicians than by any other class
of individuals, for it is they who deal
directly with contagion, and it is they
who welcome any contrivance, the OBJ
ject OF which is to destroy or prevent
the same.
The dispatch with which carpets,
etc. were cleaned, disinfected and re
turned for further use, has converted
me to the belief that we have now
machine constructed and an invention
ifaaI0
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erican Office.
lreay thee following men have been
gnated to begin work at once, Hon.
:. Leftwich, Oklahoma City, o. T.,
general organizer for that section; Mr..
P. S. Blackwell, Steelton, Pa, and DR..
w. c. Clinton, Pittsburg, Pa, for the
State of Pennsylvania. Bishop ]. w.
Alsteck and Mr.. James F. Armstrong
for Alabama. Other names will be ad-
ded to this list
The colored American., 1904-01-02
THE

the carpet was subjecte
Grafton of cleaning. a
maldehyde, (the ideal
the century,, thrown
IS, in my judgment, an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-29
MUST CONCLUDE
 ANOTHER TREATY Captain Walker Thinks Nica- rauga More Feasible WATERSHEDS ARE MENACE Labor Question in Canal Construction Threatens to Be Grave-Will
 the New Eight Hour
 Apply?

Washington, May 2S.-(Speeiail l-ln tho opinion of Capt. John Perry Walker, un- tied States army, retired, the United States government will have 10 conclude another treaty with Panama designed to greatly enlarge the present zone before the Panama canal can be pushed to a successful conclusion.
 T still believe" said Captain Walker today, that the Nicarauga route for an inter-ocean canal is the only feasible one, that it can be built in less time and oper- ated at less expense than q canal ut Pan anna, if, in fact, a Panama canal can be solons, may they prove to be so, and the President have decided for the Panama route, l want to do all in my power to assist in the effort to build the canal.
 Tn order to build this canal contin- uea Captain, Walker, it will be neeessa- ry for the President to cause a new or additional treaty with Panama to oe made in order that there may be in- cluded in the zone of operations the en- tire watershed of the chagres river, and in all probability of all other rivers which have their source outside of the ten mile zone. Then a complete hyro- graphic and geodotic and geological sur vey must be made; engineering work to obtain complete control of all water now ing down the Chagres watershed must De had; and finally, a complete diversion oi the waters of the Chagres, that would otherwise flow into the reservoir of the Bohiodam--or at least until a dam can De built at Bohio or some other method, possibly an iron or steel open conduit devised to overcome that unknown quan- tty of a canal
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Pe-ru-na Contains No Narcotics.

There are great many catarrh cures in the world. The most of the mare To- cal applications. Few of them are to De used internally. Unfortunately large number of these catarrh remedies. espe- eiflly the ones prescribed by the doctors. contain narcotics of some sort. Cocaine opium, whisky, and other narcotics are used. These remedies sive temporary re- lief. The patients thinks he is better right away. In a few weeks, however he discovers his mistake. Not only is his catarrh no better, but he has ac- auired the habit of using some narcotic. This happens in a multitude of cases. Such remedies cannot succeed People find them out very quickly.
 One reason why Peruna has found permanent use in so many homes IS that it contains no narcotic of any kind. Peruna is perfectly harmless. It can be used any length of time without acquiring a drug habit Peru ma does not produce temporary results. It is per manent in its effect
 II has no bad effect upon the system and gradually eliminates caterfh by re- moving the cause of catarrh There are a multitude of homes where Pernna has been used off and on for twenty years.
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of B for every man employed whether he does 1t Intentionally or not not only for himself but for the sub-contractor and whether the sub-contractor Is lnten- tionally violating the law or not In other words 1t Is proposed by act of congress to make the contractor respon- sibe for So per day for every man whom the sub-eontraetor may permit to work more than the allotted time Now the question Is whether the eight hour law and the eight hour bill. if it passes. with all these severe penalties, are 10 be ap- piled to the construction of the Panama canal
 Entirely Under Commission.
 It is argued by some that as the canal zone is entirely under the control of tho canal commission, acting. of course. un- der the supervision of the secretary of war, and by the direction of the presi- dent, the eight hour act of 1892 does not ex proprio givore apply to the zone and that until congress hall determine other wise the matter rests entirely with the commission. II is further represented that as the canal will necessarily be con- structed so largely by labor other than i from the United States, the commission will not restrict such labor 10 eight hours q day. But while II Is not probable that the commission would undertake to en- force this law should the canal be con- structed directly under its supervision. what the prospective contractors want 10 know is whether they would be exempt if the work should be done under con- tracts and they should be fortunate enough 10 secure some of them. In the absence of an authoritative opinion in advance they fear the question might be raised at later time by labor organiza- tions at home and they might be heavily mulcted.
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visitors are conducted through the estab- lishment every month, where everything concerning the manufacture of Perna that can be eomprehended by the non professional visitor IS fully explained.
 Although Fortuna is a proprietary med icine, the details of It's compromising are no secret, and nothing gives Dr. Hart man greater pleasure than to show the many friends of Peruna all of the es- sential processes by which Pernna is smade.
 A Doctors Prescription.
 Before Peruna was manufactured as proprietary medicine, it had been pre- scribed by Dr. Hartman for many years. The doctor used to practice medicine and was probably one of the largest prac- titioners in the state where Il belonged. Every day he found himself writing his favorite prescription for eatarrh and all catarrhal ailments. With very little change this prescription was used year after year. So frequently did he have oc- casion to write the formula for Peruna that he could do 1t in the dark with his eyes shut.
 People would take the prescription to the drug store, where they would procure the medicine Unfortunately one drug
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1t is not like so many other remedies that pass away as soon as the first few bottles are used. The longer Pernna is used in any community. the more popular it becomes.
 Pe-runa Actually Cures.
 The reason why Perana has become standard catarrh remedy the world over is simply because it cures eatarTh. There is no other possible explanation of it. It is simply idle talk for any one to pre- tend that advertising can create a pop ularity for a medicine equal to that of Peruna.
 If Peruna did not cure catarrh, people would soon find it out. Perhaps a well worded advertisement might sell a bot tie lof Peruna, even though Peruna were no good. But, after person has bought one bottle of a useless medicine, no ad- Vertisement could induce hlm to buy the second bottle. If. on the other hand. he finds the medicine to oe what 1t is rec commended then he requires no further argument or inducement
 This exactly explains why Peruna has become so popular. It cures ca tarrh. This is an amply sufficient reason why 1t should become popular. Catarrh is almost universal. Catarrh is difficult to cure. The doctors do not care to treat cases of catarrh at all. It therefore follows that when remedy is devised that can be used by any one in the home at moderate cost, such a remedy should inevitably become popular.
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The plant of The Feruna Drug Man ufacturing Company Is the largest pro- prietary medicine manufaetosv in the world. It's buildings are of the most modern and expensive kind, including within them pharmaceutical apparatus equal to any estapishnent of the kind in the world. Much of the chemical par aphernalia has been made expressly for the manufacture of Peruna and repre- sents many of the latest inventions
 The plant covers a large area in the thriving city of Columbus, and many of the buildings in point of architecture and material are the finest structures in the state of Ohio No expense or pains have been spared to make Peruna one of the most scientific and pharmaceutical pro- ducts the world has ever known.
 The rapid growth of The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company is as phenom- enal in the business world as the uni versal popularity of their famous rem edy. Peruna
 A visit to it's busy laboratories, bot tling and shipping rooms constitutes one of the sights of the city. Hundreds Of
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Such thing could not he possible If Peruna contained any drugs of mar eotic nature.
 Popular for Twenty-Five Years.
 Peruna has been before the public as catarrh cure for about twenty five years. Previous to that time lt was the private prescription of Dr.. Hartman. For 25 years Peruna has stood the test of every opposition.
 Made in large quantities 10 supply the immense demand for It. it requires the ut most vigilance to maintain the purity and excellence of every single bottle. Sent as it Is to the cold wn.ry climate of the North, or the hot, torrd climate of the South. Peruna must DC so prepared that neither cold nor heat ca1 change it's composition or alter Its appearance. North. South, East and West, ear loads of Peruna are being rapidly conveyed to their destination by hundreds of rail- roads.
 Not single bottle of this vast amount contains a speck of impurity or the slightest difference in composition. The contents of every bottle are exactly alike. All these difficulties nave been overcome and Peruna Is furnished to over two million of homes each bottle is spotless purity and pharmaceutical in- tegrity.
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roes of Pickett's charge at Gettysburg was captain and brevet major of the Sixth infantry, and resigned May 26 He was a Virginian. as all of Pickett's men ware. At Gettysburg he led the forlorn hope across the stone wall and was killed about twelve paces inside of it.. When he fell Lieutenant Gushing Union) was ten paces in front of him, and was killed while firing a charge of grape and canister into the Confederate ranks and from the last available gun of the Cush- ing battery
 Capt. George E. Pickett resigned from the Ninth infantry on June %. Capt. J. E. B. Steuart of the First cav airy resigned May 14 to become Gen. "Jeb'' Steuart, Lees great cavalry leader who was mortally wounded in battle.
 Was Lees Right Bower.
 Gen. Ambrose P. Hill, Lees right bow CT" was a first lieutenant of the First artillery, and resigned March 1. In dy- ing delirium Stonewall Jackson said: "Order A. P. Hill to prepare for action. Pass the infantry to the front Then, as if the fray had been won. he added: Let us cross the river and rest in the shade of the trees" When Grant was crushing the lines at Petersburg Lee said to Hill: General, your men are giving away" Hill galloped into the melee and fell
 Gen John B. Villeplgue who led a wing of Prices army at Corinth, was a first lieutenant of the Second Dragons, and resigned on March 31.
 Gen. John B. Hood, who fought with Sherman at Atlanta and with Thomas at Nashville. was a first lieutenant of the Second cavalry, and resigned on April 16.
 Capt. Lafayette McLaws of the Sev enth infantry resigned March g. On the second day at Gettysburg as a general of Longstreets corps, he almost cap tured Round Top--the key of the battle field. He made assault in conjunction with Hood Meade afterward said that if Round Top had been taken nothing could have been held.
 Raids Into Missouri.
 Gen. John s. Marmaduke bore a lead ing part in the fighting west of the Mis- sissippi His raids into Missouri made him famous. He was a second lieutenant of the Seventh infantry. resigning on April IT,
 It is a good while since the war, and If any mistake is found in the preceding, let some southern vet correct It. Of these disaffected officers three have since been in the service of the United Stats govrnment-Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, Gen. Joseph Wheeler and the late General Longstreet, the latter having been reiat- ed by marriage to General Grant and having a son now commanding company in the Thirteenth United States cavalry. It is probably well known that a soldier of the Mexican war who afterward served in the Confederate army is nevertheless entitled to a pension for his services in Mexico.
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gist would put up the prescription little differently than another druggist. The color would not be the same, or possibly the taste would be little different. One druggist would fix Peruna so that there would be little sediment in it. while an other would compound it in a way to maintain it perfectly clear.
 For years Dr. Hartman usee Peruna in his private practice as a regular pre- seripton, and had no thought of man. ufacturing and advertising it in pro- prietary medicine.
 Forty Thousand Patients.
 Dr. Hartman estimates hat he must have prescribed Peruna for over forty thousand patients before t was adver- tised as a proprietary medicine In fact circumstances forced Dr. Hartman to manufacture the remedy himself in order to insure a standard purity and uni form appearance.
 Peruna needed no advertising in the section where the doctor praeticed medi- cine. Already thousands of people knew of it's good qualities. This is exactly what has happened in every other locality where Peruna has been used
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No medicine that the world has ever produced has received the unqualified en- dorsement of so many prominent peo- pie as Peruna. All classes praise Peruna4 People of national prominence. who are busy with professional and official affairs, do not usually take tune to write letters of commendation. But Peruna arouses such enthusiastic approval as to break down all precedent in this particular.
 II is no wonder when one stops to think of 1t. Catarrh is an insidious dis ease. While 1t does not often make one actually sick abed, it Is a very annoying ailment. 1t hangs on, year after year. II yields neither winter nor summer It becomes q drag and n drain from the vitality, a disngnrement as well as an annoyance To be rid of such a disease after repeated failures to cure It. Is sure to awaken feelings of rnrestrained grat- itude No ordinary .nduoement would have secured the consent of senator's governors, congressman. eonsus. bishops. prominent physicians and elergymen of all ereeds. Nothing but cure could await to procure such testim jnials
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ant in a regiment of mounted ri1emen,
 and resigned April 9,
 The famous Gen. Joseph E. Johnston
 was brigadier general and quarter mas l ter general and resigned April 22.
 Both armies drilled and fought by ''Hardees Tactics"
 The day before the battle of Shiloh be-
 gan Hardee Ca Confederate general sat on his horse and watched a brigade Of
 Grants soldiers drilling by "Hardees Tactics and the next day cried out to . captured regiment: "Boys, I saw you drilling by Hardees s Tactics yesterday. Today you are fight ing by them.'
 William J. Hardee was lieutenant colonel of the First cavalry, and resigned on
 January 31. 1861.
 Albert Sidney Johnston, who fell at the
 head of his victorious lines on the fiIst
 day at Shiloh was colonel of the Second
 cavalry and brevet brgadier general He resigned on May 3. He had commanded an expedition against the Mormons. Burned Grants Ammunition. Gen. Earl Van Dorn. who fought so des- perately at 1uka and Corinth, and who afterward at Holly Springs burnt up the supplies and Ammunition Grant had gathered for the Vicksburg campaign who defeated Grants advance through central Mississippi--was major of the Sec ond cavalry, and resigned on the 31st of January After his raid on Holly Springs
 he was killed by an injured husband.
 Gen. John II. Winder, who won i'll fame
 as chief commander of Andersonville
 prison, was major and brevet lieutenant colonel of the Fourth artillery. He re- signed on the 27th of April Capt Lucius B. Northrop of the First Dragoons resigned Oh January s, and is l said to have been implicated In the i'll 1 treatment of Union prisoners. Gen. Kirby Smith, whose name was a
 household word west of the Mississippi,
 was major of the Second cavalry, and re- 1 signed on April G.
 Every veteran of the war knows what Sibley tent is. It was invented by Maj. Henry II. slbley of the First Dragons. who resigned on May 13. Gen. John B. Magruder was captain and brevet lieutenant colonel of the First artillery. and resigned on April 2o- Gen Richard s. Ewell, who made such trouble on Meades right flank at Gettys-
 burg and was heard of at other places, was a captain of the First Dragons, and resigned May '.
 'StonewaiE' Jackson was first lieu- tenant in the Eighth infantry and re- signed April1.
 Surrendered vicksburg. Gen. John c. Pemberton, who surren- dered vicksburg and 37.O0O men to Gener- al Grant, and who till then had been special favorite of Jefferson Davis was captain and brevet major in the Fourth artillery, and resigned on April 29. He was a northern man. and was led to join the Confederacy by his wife daughter of the south
 Gen. Pierre G. T. Beauregard of South Carolina, who superintended the bom-
 bardment of Fort Sumter. who command de at Shiloh after the fall of Albert Sid ney Johnston, and who fortified Corinth against Halleck. was captain and brevet major ofsthe- corps of. engineers. He re- signed February 20
 Gen. Lewis A. Armstead, one of the he-
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GALLANT MEN WHO ! FOUGHT FOR SOUTH Resigned Commissions in Reg | 1, ular United States Army 
 MOVEMENT WAS GRADUAL 
 Many of Them Were of Humble Rank, q But Rose to Be Great Leaders
 When Ability Was ss Recognized.

Washington, May 2s.-(Special.)-Fr Inquiry recently made 1t has been learned that PAP regular army officers resigned to enter the Confederate service during the civil war. The movement was gradual, Jbeginning on December S1. 1860, and con- tinuing to August 2s 1s6l The first off ger to resign was Captain and Breyet Major Henry C. Wayne, assistant quar- termaster. He sent in his resignation on sthe last day of 1860. On the following day sBrevet Second Lieutenant Wade H. fGibbes. Second cavalry, resigned. and talso Second Lieutenant James H. Hollon- auist, Fourth artillery. Up to January 2s 1861, seven other officers resigned. In February twentyfour more resigned. When the bombardment of Fort Sumter fired the southern heart" resignations followed fast. causing much uneasiness in the north creating grave doubts con cerning the loyalty of regular army off rers, of whom so much was now expect sd and also generating intense and un just prejudice against the West Point Military academy. The humble rank of many at the outset who afterward held high command is interesting to note
 The late General James Longstreet who shattered the army of Roseerans at Chickamauga, and would have done a great deal more had he not met great Virginian-Ge George H. Thomas-was a peaceful paymaster when the war be- gan. and never turned his back on the government till June l, 1861.
 Lee Resigned in 1861.
 Robert Edward Lee resigned the colon- aelay of the First cavalry on April 25. 1861. He had been superintendent of West Poipt-the best military school in the world
 General Fitzhugh Lee was a first lieu tenant in the Second cavalry and re- signed May 2l.
 Gen Joe" Wheeler was second lieuten-
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ination having yet been made to prove that this dam can possibly be built The French surveys of the Chagres river are incomplete, in that they have been car rled no further than the location of the Alahuela dam, or about half the length of the Ghagres from its source to the line of the canal l have been informed that one of the surveying parties of the old commission passed down the valley of the Chagres but il did not include the tributaries. It will therefore be neces- sary that q complete survey shall be made before the engineers can make their plans for the work. If this Is not done, the result will in all probability be q repetition of the French fiasco, many hundreds of millions spent and no canal. This result might be satisfactory to the railroad interests, but not to the taxpay- CTS of the United States"
 Labor Question Involved.
 One of the most important questions with which the Panama canal commits sion will shortly have to deal Is whether the present eight hour law, act of August | 1892, applies to the construction of the Panama canal and whether, if passed the eight hour bill now before congress will so apply. Not only are thousands of prospective contractors and sub-eon- tractors vitally interested in q decision on these points, but also the public at large, as the application of either the present laws or the pending bill would extend the time Of construction at least two years and increase it's cost by many millions of dollars. It is understood that the American anti-boycott association. which includes in its membership many builders and dredgers, and others who may become directly or indirectly inter- ested in canal contracts. will undertake To secure decision from the proper officials. In this event Daniel Davenport of Bridgeport. Conn.,, the executive agent of the association, who has been so prominently identified with the opposition 10 the eight hour bill, w1il have charge ef the case.
 The leaders of organized labor are also