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Observations on the Inefficiency of the Cathar- tic Poiver of Rhubarbarine (1828); On the Mnriate of Soda or Common Salt, icith an ac- count of the Salt Springs of the United States (18"29); Observations aiid Experiments on Peru- vian Bark (1829); Observations on a new variety of Peruvian Bark (1831); The Vesicat- ing principle of CantJiarides (1883), and Notice of New Medical Preparations (1832). He died in Gerniaiitowii. Pa., June 7, ISCO.

CARPENTER, Louis George, educator, was born at Orion, Mich., Marcli 28, 1861; son of Ciiarles Ketchuni Carpenter. In 1879 he was graduated at the Michigan agricultural college; studied at Johns Hopkins university, 1879-'81, and from 1881 to 1883 was a student in the literary department of the University of Michi- gan. He received the degree of M.S. from the Micliigan agricultural college in 1883, and was for several years a teacher of mathematics in that institution. In 1888 he accepted the chair of engineering and physics in the Colorado state agricultui'al college. He was elected a member of the British and American associations for the advancement of science. He was connected with the Colorado experimental station from 1888; was decorated by the French government, 1895, and received a gold medal from the Paris exposition, 1900. He edited geological re- ports.

CARPENTER, Gilbert Saltonstall, soldier, was born in Medina, Ohio, April 17, 1836. He was graduated from Western Reserve university in 1859; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1861. He entered the volunteer army as 2d lieutenant in the 19th Ohio infantiy, April 22, 1861, serving till Aug. 31, 1861, when he entered the regular army as a private in the 18th infantry Sept. 14, 1861, attaining the rank of 1st lieuten- ant, Nov. 25, 1862. He was brevetted captain, Dec. 81, 1862, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; was pro- moted captain, Dec. 21, 1866; transferred to the 45th infantry, Jan. 22, 1867, and to the 14th in- fantry, July 22, 1869; was promoted major and assigned to the 4th infantry, March 1, 1894. and lieutenant-colonel of the 7th infantry, July 7, 1897. He served in the Spanisli-American war at the battle of El Caney, July 1-2, 1898; was commissioned colonel in the regular service and brigadier-general of volunteers, Sept. 21, 1898, commanded the 18th infantry in the Philippines from June to December, 1899, when lie was de- tached from service in the field and ordered liome. He was retired Dec. 27, 1899, with the rank of brigadier-general in the regular army.

CARPENTER, Matthew Hale, senator, was born in Moretown, Vt., Dec. 22, 1824; son of Ira and Esther Ann (Luce) Carpenter. His parents

gave him the name Decatur Merritt Hammond, which he afterward changed to Matthew Hale. He was a student at West Point, 1843-"45; studied la%v in the office of Paul Dillingham at Waterbury, Vt., and was admitted to the bar in 1847. He studied law in the office of Rufus Clioate in Bos- ton, Mass., 1847-'48; removed to Beloit, Wis., in 1848; engaged in practice, and in 1855 married Caroline, daughter of Paul Dillingliam, governor of Vermont. He removed to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1858; served as judge advocate of Wisconsin during the Civil war, and after the slaves became free insisted upon their being enfranchised and protected in their newly accorded rights. He was employed as government counsel in the Mc- Cardle case in 1868. a test case involving the legality of the reconstruction act. He also acted as counsel for William W. Belknap, secretary of war under President Grant, who was impeached by the houses of representatives, and secured his acquittal, and represented Samuel J. Tilden be- fore the electoral commission in 1877. He was elected to the U.S. senate as a Democrat, serving 1869-75, and 1879-81. His most notable speeches in the senate were those in defence of President Grant against the attack of Charles Sumner; on the Ku-Klux act; on Charles Sumner's second civil rights bill; on President Johnson's amnesty proclamation; on the bill to restore Fitz John Porter to his place in the army; and on the iron- clad oath. He died in Washington, D.C., Feb. 25, 1881.

CARPENTER, Rolla Clinton, civil engineer, was born at Orion, Mich., June 26, 1852; son of Charles Ketchum Carpenter. He was graduated at the Michigan agricultural college in 1873, and two years later finished a course in civil engineer- ing at the Univei-sity of Michigan. In 1875 he became professor of mathematics and civil en- gineering at the agricultural college. Heinvented among other devices a furnace for steam boilers and a level for draining; both of which came into extensive use; became secretary of the Michigan Engineering society in 1880, and professor of ex- perimental engineering at Cornell in 1890. He is the author of A Text-Book of Experimental Engineeering (1892).

CARPENTER, Stephen Haskins, educator, was born in Little Falls, N. Y., Aug. 7, 1831. He was graduated at the University of Rochester in 1852, when he removed to Madison, Wis., and served as a tutor in the University of Wisconsin. He did excellent service from 1858 to 1860 as assistant superintendent of public instruction for Wisconsin. In 1860 he was appointed professor of ancient languages in St. Paul's college. Pal- myra, Mo. On the opening of tiie civil war the college was closed and lie returned to Wisconsin, where for a time he earned his support as a cortj-