The Forrest City times., 1890-02-15
What does this meanr' asked the

What does this meanpn asked the king astonished.
 Permit me, your majesty, to bring this man before you, who understands how to make sugar out of vegetables. Dumoret Is trying to ruin our colonies and make them useless to us. This is the discoverer of beet sugar.
 "Discovererp No. that honor does not belong to me-" exclaimed tho Chemist Dumonct. 'It was learned Maj. Serre. who, during tho regency. deceived by the beautiful red color the beet gives out in cooking. fancied he could make red wine out of it. Instead of the desired wine he found the bot tom of his retort covered with fine sugar. At that time France was rich in colonies on the Mississippi. there fore no one paid any heed to the dis covery. Nor was it fully developed. learned abroad in Prussia. new inn provements. expended my small pos sessions to test it, and hope I have succeeded
 ''It is not poison, thenp" cried Marie Antoinette, meaningly. The king for the first time understood what had preceded, and discovered also that the chemist was bound. At sign the bond was cut and the guard left the room without Dumonet
 Meanwhile the queen bravely took Q piece of sugar in her lovely mouth That was signal for the young cou rt- iers to rush upon the before distrusted sugar, vieiug with each other to exhibit their courage, their devotion through this harmless poison.
 Gently, my ladies, my lords" cried Maurepas, every little piece of that sugar cost golden louis"
 But the sugar is not one bit better than our ordinary sugar" rcmonstrat- ed the queen, ''aud it is only Il curio iosi- ty leading to ruin.n
 Dumonet dropped on one knee. Your majesty is in a measure correct Experimenting in small way, at the same expense as n great trade. natural ly makes this sample excessively dear; but il your majesty wilt advance me two millions for tho development of larger facilities for manufacture shall be able to furnish a pound of sug 10 | 10 sous instead of 1 francs
 The king recoied involuntariiy, and Mario Antoiuette grasped her famous necklace, which had cost two millions, as If the plain man before her had been robber. Her disapproving glance gave direction to the kings answer
 "Dr. Dumouet. l honor enterprise; accept this snuf-box IS rccogn ition of il. But two millions the state can not possibly loud you That is too much money for tho exhausted ex- chequer"
 Dumouet received the gift respect fully. "Sire. sooner or later ray en- terprlse will find the money.n
 The whole shallow. subseryient swarm of courtierlings cried out m excited echo to the royal words:
 Two millions for sugar. Two millionsl The man should ba in a mad-house' How can any one be so shameless? Just as fl 1t were not al the same whether one pay 10 sous or 1 francs for u pound of sugar: And il any can't nay it let him take his food unswectened. What has tho govern ment to do with thatp'
 And SO Dumonet was dismissed. He had only need l.000 900; the second was the price deDanded by the minister for the introduction. This evening Maurepas composed tho only good verge Of his life, which. translat- ed, runs somewhat thus;
 "Aitho' his llfa To sweeten
 Ia all his royal care.
 Two million francs for sugar
 The king finds rather dear''
 The Juror which his wit created at the court eonsolei him somewhat for the lost 1, 100000. and was 1t not all the same whether ut his death ihere should be deficit ot ono paltry million moro or lessa lie loft, in fact a round 10000. oQQ in debts. It was n noble sum; nine would not have sound. ed so impressive.
 numonet migrated to Belgium, where he found more appreciation. and lived, sato and respected. while the revolution storm swept over his unhappy fatherland Who laughs last,H etc.
 
 ''And my queen would have died with mesh asked Louis. as he accom- panied her to their chamber tha, night She was so beautiful, SC dainty; in her wonderful eyes heamed tue reflection of loving tears. The next morning the king granted 3. 800 000 out of the state coffcrs to the 'nn- fortunate" duchess Of Polignnc. From the French,