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ABOUT THE SUGAR TRUST.

LeXOW investigating committee.
That the American Sugar Re6nerieS
Company succeeded the sugar tru0t by
purchasing the stock Of the fifteen
companies In the trust.
That Henry o. Hsvemeyer, PEesi.
dent Of the Re6nerles Company, once
declared, under oath. that the prinCi.
pal object OF the ReHneries Company
was to control the output and price Of
sugar.
That he now says, under oath, such
was not its object.
That he admits that man who con.
trolls 80 per cent. Of the output Of
sugar can control the price.
That he concludes, therefore, that he
controls the price Of sugar.
That he says the price Of sugar to
the consumer ls less than 1t was before
the formation Of the trust.
That, In hls opinion, he would not
have q monopoly Of the sugar even II
he controlled 90 per cent. Of the whole
output.
That the Re6neries Company will
prObsbIy 90 into the coffee business,
as It is immensely profitable; more 80
than sugar.
That since his firm has been In the
coffee business the profit on each
pound sold has been reduced from 8
cents to / cent, thus bene6tlng the
consumer.
That he says Arbuckle Bros. were
not threatened that II they went into
the business Of sugar refining the Re-
6neriss Company would embark in the
coffee trade.
That Mr.. Arbuckle and his partner
aver they were 90 threatened.
That the Rehnerles Company was
organized in New Jersey because, as
Mr.. Havemeyer says, there is less
''sCrutiny, examination and investlgs.
tiOn Of corporate acts" there than in
this State.
That Theodore A. Havemeyer says
the price Of sugar is lower now then it
ever was.
That the Re6nerieS Company has
for years paid q dividend Of IL per
cent. on its $37,5O0,0O0 Of common
stock and Z per cent, on the same
amount Of preferred stock.
That Theodore A. Havemeyer would
not 90 into any business that did not
pay profit of Is or 16 per cent, at
least.
That there is that much profit in the
coffee business, and that is why he liz
going into that business.
That his brother, Henry, fixes the
price of sugar.
That Theodore attends solely to the
refining, and that, on all other topics,
he refers his questiOners to his brother,
Henry, or to "Mr. Sesrlss."
That John E, Sesrles was declared
in contempt of the investigating COM
mlttee, because he did not respect lie
subpoena and appear before it,
That as the investigating committee
must report to the Legislature on
March l, and is to sit on only two days
In each week, 1t has only seven more
hearings In which to learn all about
the trusts in this State, ,--Ns,O YORK
To9St110I
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-08-25
nnndaged the Wrong Leg.

A prominent young couple of
Phoenix were riding their bicycles
leisurely along West Washington
street recently when Chinese yegeta-
BILE peddler came along at a lively gait
and upset the bicycle of the gentleman
and fractured his left leg. His lady
friend and companion, who is "A re-
markably talented girl, did not cry or
ring her hands in helplessness, but,
breaking limbs from neighboring
tree, she made several splints. Then
she tore up a white skirt for bandages
and hailing a passing buggy, she aided
in lifting her injured friend into it
and had him driven to the Office of DR..
Helm.
The doctor helped the man into his
office. Then he proceeded to make an
examination of his injuries. "Who
bandaged this leg SO neatly?" asked
the doctor. The girl blushingly re-
piled it was her work. ''Well, "quoth
the doctor, as an amused smile covered
his face, sit is beautifully done, but l
find you have made a slight mistake.
You have got the bandages ON the
wrong leg" And the laugh that fol-
lowed this announcement was joined
in by the victim. Gazette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-08-25
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

A bar of lead cooled TO point about
300 degrees Fahrenheit below zero,
according to the experiments of NJ.
Pictet, gives out, when struck, a pure
musical tone. Solidified mercury, at
the same temperature, is also resonant,
whilea coil of magnesium wire vibrates
like a steel spring.
A new method of preserving meats.
from which much is expected, consists
in immersion in thirty per cent.
solution of salt through which con-
tinuous current of electricity is being
passed. The curing is completed in
from ten TO twenty hours, when the
meat is taken out and dried.
Gold leaves so thin that $50, 900
measure only an inch in thickness are
produced in the Swan process by
placing thin sheets of polished copper
in an electrolytic gold plating solution
only until q continuous gold film has
formed, then dissolving away the
copper in n solution of ferric chloride.
Liquefied carbonic acid is now pro-
duced so cheaply that its use for mo-
tive power for such purposes as driv-
ing light carriages is often considered.
A difficulty encountered is the great
absorption of heat and consequent loss
of efficiency through the refrigeration
of the engine, as the liquid expands
and returns to the gaseous state.
When the flashlight of submarine
camera was burned recently in the
Mediterranean. crowds of fish, with
their wide-staring eyes, were instantly
pictured on the sensitive plate. Pho
tographs of submarine forests are
startingly novel Seaweed makes an
altogether different appearance when
seen in its natural element from that
which it presents when seen floating
on the surface or driven up ON the
beach.
A new nickel-iron alloy, reported by
Dr. Charles Guillaume, of Naufchatel,
to the international Committee of
Weights and Measures, shows less ex-
pansion and contraction under the in
fuence of temperature than any other
metallic substance known. 1t consists
of thirty-six per cent. of nickel and
sixty-four of iron, and the expansion
is but one-tenth of that of platinum.
1t is expected to prove of considerable
value for measuring apparatus exposed
to suddeR changes of temperature.
Railway tracks are found to be not
absolutely stationary, but to be moved
slightly, especially on steep descents,
through the influence of the traffic
over them. Austrian and French en-
gineers report that the left hand rail,
seen in the direction of running,
moves forward more than the right
one, while Egyptian engineers have
an opposite experience. Ono explain
alton is that the cranks on the right
side lead on European locomotives,
and those on the left sido ON the loco.
motives of Egypt.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-08-25

Justice Harlan, of the Supreme
Court, in an address before the Yale
Law School, stated that he believed
of all documents in American history
he would have preferredsIo have been
the author of George Mason's bill
of rights. This was the first in.
strument upon earth defining that
principle which underlies every free
government to day-the separation of
the three functions of government,
executive, Legislative and judicial. He
took occasion also to express his dis
approval of Americans who are
ashamed of their Government by
saying that "there are those among
us who affect to believe that no gov
ernment without royalty can be endur-
ing. They affect the manners and
ways of those they see abroad, and
express disgust at the simplicity of all
that is American. 1t would be well
for them to stay permanently abroad.
They are Americans in name only and
deserve our pity rather than our con-
tempt "
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-08-25
A Now Reservoir.

In Pawtucket, II. l., reservoir has
just been constructed, which, accord
cording to casual observation, has been
made to stay. 1t has a depth of
twelve feet, top diameter OF ninety
seven feet and n bottom diameter of
ninety-fve feet. The concrete walls
are four feet thick at the bottom and
two feet thick at the top, with an out
side batter of an inch to the foot. Ex-
tending all around the outsideaof the
walls and imbedded in the concrete
are wrought iron rings. There are
four of these rings, about seven
eighths of an inch in diameter. The
upper one is one foot from the top of
the wall; the others are each one foot
lower than the last The entire sides
and bottom are ofone continuous mass
of concrete, the whole being laid out
without joint or seam and of the most
approved material. The concrete is
made of one part Portland cement,
three parts sand and six parts gravel
Any person at all familiar with the use
of such material need scarcely be told
that this is an exceptionally strong
construction, and one that, barring ac-
cident, will make the reservoir practi-
cally safe for many years to come.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-08-25
Ont CnngIt Fox.

The family cat of George J. Dudley,
of Millbury, Worcester County, Mass,
which has long been famous in the
neighborhood AS II hunter, broke all
records the other day by capturing a
half grown fox. Mrs. Dudley was at
tracted to the scene of the combat,
which was near the barn, by the un.
earthly yells of the fox. When she
reached the scene Reynard was sitting
back upon his rear legs, bowling with
terror, while the cat stood guard near
by.
Mrs. Dudley's coming distracted the
attention of the cat for an instant when
the fox darted away and was out OF
sight in n moment. No one saw the
opening of the contest, but there was
wet aud matted spot upon the fur OF
the fox that told its own story of the
affair, and it was evident that there
had been a fight, in which the cat had
been the victor. The cat has caught
rabbits aud no end of other smaller
game, aud has fought dogs to a finish,
but foxes have not been included be,
fore, so far as known.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-08-25
A MUNICIPAL FARM.
A Successful Experiment I'm Agriculture
by the City of Macon.

A Successful Experiment In Agriculture
by the City of Macon.
As u demonstration of the profit
there may be in city farm, attention
is called TO the city Of Macon, Ga.
From tho facts as set forth in the Ma
con Telegraph there are few little
farms in Georgia that are more profit
able The farm covers sixty acres
and is planted this season in single
crop-oats.
All the land inclosed 10y the mile
track is planted in the cereal, and
some twenty or so acres in addi-
ton are under cultivation. The crop
this season is nearly ready to cut and
something like $500 bushels will be
the result. These oats would cost the
city not less than $3.50 if they had to
be bought.
This is not all, for two cuttings of
hay will be made from the same land,
which w. Lee Ellis, who is in charge,
estimates will produce something like
$500 bales, which would cost the mu
nicipality easily $4,000
The city has more stock TO feed
than is generally considered Taking
the fire department, the sanitary
squad, the street force and all, not
less than fifty mules and horses must
be fed by the city, and all this proven
der, raised under Farmer Lees su-
pervision, is direct saving.
Mr.. Ellis, in speaking of the matter,
says: "The cost of operating the farm
is practically nothing, except for labor
needed in plowing, planting aud har-
vesting. The stock must he kept
anyway, and, with the number needed
to do the city's work, all that is neces-
sary in the cultivation of crops we
raise can be done when the animals
would be idle if not thus employed.
We use all the fertilizer made by the
city stock. Outside of that we have
spent this year just $40 for the com
mercial article"
From measured acre of the city
land last year there was cut at single
cutting 5i00 pounds of fine hay. This
was after n forty-bushel crop of oats
had been harvested, and early enough
to make certain another cutting of hay
before frost
Up to the time that Mr.. Ellis began
to cultivate the city's farming land it
had been the custom to rent it out
for So an acre. It's annual product is
now estimated ut over 500 an acre"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-08-25
Porpoisos Capture Rspcher's Hog.

Ole Iverson, rancher living on Nc.
Neil's Island, started from Tacoma,
Wash, for home in a skiff. His only
cargo was quarter of hog that he
intended to salt down for patching
when the long days of winter come.
As he passed Steilacoom he noticed
large school of porpoises oil about his
little craft and soon discovered they
were following him. When he reached
mid-channel the school, numbering
about 100, began to close in on him and
two of the biggest ones worked up close
alongside the skiff
Iverson by this time was pretty well
scared and bent TO his oars like good
seafaring Swede. But the feet-tailed
sea pigs were too swift for him. As
he drew opposite the United States
Penitentiary one of the two big lead.
ers shot out of water into Iverson's
frail craft, knocking the rancher over
board, breaking one of his ribs and
upsetting the skilf The other big fell
low grabbed Iverson's quarter Of pork
and started to make off with it for
deeper water The rest of the school
started to ram him rs one porpoise,
and for an instant there was minia-
ture maelstrom, with Iverson and the
big porpoise as II storm centre.
Iverson, by desperate effort, man.
aged to swim out and made landing
DIR. Macklinson of Steilacoom was sent
for, dressed the mans wounds aud says
that he will be all right again in few
days. Iverson says he will sell his
ranch cheap, and he has forsworn meat
for as long Il time as he must live ON
the island. While the sea fight was
n serious affair for Iyerson, itfurnished
much amusement to party of eXcur-
tance while on a wayboat from Tacoma
TO Olympia.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-08-25

There is a dog at Paris, Texas, who
can tell the time of day, and calls his
master for breakfast every morning,
He belongs TO II. G. Peterson, "A work
man of the cotton seed mill ut Paris.
1t is Nick's duty, besides waking his
master in the morning, to take his
dinner TO him in a little pail every day.
Should Mrs. Peterson, 10y any mis-
chance, overlook the matter, tho dog
is sure to remind her in proper time
by bringing the pail aud urging her to
fill it. At first it was supposed to be
the dogs intuition which enabled him
TO know the hour, but he has many
times been seen watching tho clock,
aud once, when Mrs. Peterson set the
hands ahead 10 test the matter, Nick
brought the dinner pail promptly ON
the stroke of -, although in reality II
was only IL o'clock
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-08-25
IF THEY BUT COULD.

How often we hear dscontented ones talk
OF grand opportunities lost,
And how by the waves Of condemnable
luck
They've ever been ruthlessly tossed.
They'll tell in q sort OF dlsconsolate way
OF laboring always in vain,
And how they would handle the contract If
they
Could live their lives over again.
The man who has failed in his business af-
fairs,
The prisoner locked in his cell,
The welded ones battling, with family
cares
All have the same story to tell.
Wherever we go that disconsolatc cry
We hear In pitiful strain:
"You'd see matters different with me II /
Could live my life over again"
We should never weep over milk that Is
spilled,
But hustle around for some more.
We cannot recall opportunities killed,
Nor chances blown Off from our shore.
This word of advice is the best we can
give;
Don't over the past sit and brood,
But tackle the future determined to live
The balance Of life as you should.
Denver Post.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-08-25

A Berlin paper prints some facts re-
garding electric railways in Europe,
which suggests to the San Francisco
Chronicle that the people in the Old
World are slow to take up a good
thing. According to this paper, Ger
many has 252 miles of electric rail
way, France 80 miles, Great Britain
and Ireland 66l miles, Austria Hun
gary A miles, Switzerland 30 miles
and Italy 249 miles. Servia, Russia,
Belgium and Spain have but from st
miles to 49, miles each. Contrasted
with the $4,000 miles Of electric rail-
way operated in the United States this
is very sorry showing, and the dis
parity is emphasized when it is stated
that European countries are almost
as drncient in other methods of get
ting about as they are in electric rail-
ways. The United States may learn
some things from the people of Eu-
rope, but the latter might derive some
excellent pointers from us on the sub
iect of moving passengers in big
cities.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-08-25
A sLUM5ER SONG.

You, with tho dark and weary eyes,
Weary Of love and sacrifice,
Come with me over the waters pale
In my small gray boat with the slender sail
Into the twilight we shall steal,
Aud the little gray waves along our keel
Shall sing you a slumber song Of the sea,
Where sleep endureth unendlngly.
The gray Sea Spirits In tender wise
Shall lay cool hands upon your eyes;
In their arms Of mist you shall fall asleep,
And sea dreams into your soul shall creep
And none shall know,-but on the shore
The old gray willows, bent and hoar,
Shall shiver and sigh to themselves next
day,
Leaning out over the sea alway.
-Iarper's Bazaar,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-08-25

the statistics Of accidents furnished
by some of the insurance companies
disclose some odd facts. Out OF
1000 given accidents 6S1 were caused
by falling on the pavement, while 143
were from slipping down stairs, with
157 due 10 miscellaneous causes, max,
ing a total of 9S1. Accidents from
riding in carriages and wagons are
given at 421, which is closely followed
by that new form of accident on the
bicycle, coming up TO Alb. 1t is shown
that 264 persons were cut with edged
tools, while 1875 suffered from the
falling of heavy objects. Kick
ing horses were the cause Of
1874, while nothing is said about
mules, probably because the mule
does not exist in the section of coun.
try from which these figures were
collated. The whirring of intricate
machinery, from which one would ex.
pect an immense number of accidents
to occur, really has but a small per-
centage to its credit, being only 107--
seventy-two eyes were hurt, sixty-nine
fingers crushed, tifty-fve people
stepped on nails in their stockings,
aud, singular to relate, out of 1000 ac'
oidents only forty-three were due to
railroads. The list all the way through
shows, comments the Atlanta Con
stitution, that more accidents come to
the man who walks upon his feet than
to the one who rides on railroads, sails
ON a steamboat, or coasts around on q
bicycle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-08-25
Another Long-FeIt Want.

Customer-'My wife has been pes
tering the life out of me to get her an
easy chair. She's always nagging
about something, and if it isn't a chair
it'll be something else, and it's hardly
worth while getting one; but, still, l
thought I'd drop in 80 as to see what
you had. She'll be sure to ask.
Furniture Dealer-"Here, sir, is a
chair so perfectly easy and comfortable
that she'll fall asleep the minute she
touches it.
Customer-"C "Cracky! I'll take it. "
New York Weekly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-08-25
AABoY,s Curiosity.

James MoAher, aged fourteen, en-
ployed by Tailor Sullivan, of Meriden,
Conn, walked out on a roof. Seeing
a box OH an electric wire pole, he pro
cured ladder and went up to exam
inc the contrivance. He took hold of
wire loaded with 1000 volts and was
about to grasp it with his left hnnd,
when he felt burn on the wrist of
that hand and found that he could not
release his hold with his right.
He was drawn upward SO that he
lost his footing, and his weight broke
his hold. He fell ten feet. Mr.. Sui
livau hearing his fall hurried to him,
The right hand was burned to the bone
aud the left wrist badly scorched.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-08-25

Little Girl Mamma, is this sum
mer?"
Wise Mother-"Dear me, will you
never learn to know the seasons? Now
remember. When it is so hot one day
you can't breathe, and 80 wet and
chilly the next that you can't go out,
it's summer; when it sud denly gets so
cold that everybody shivers, and ice
and snow appear, it's autumn; when
it becomes warm and balmy, and the
birds sing, and grass gets green, and
trees begin to bud, it's winter; when
the winds start up and cyclones sweep
over the country, and blizzards carry
death and devastation in their wake,
and the rivers freeze, and the snow
piles up three feet high, it's spring
New York Weekly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-08-25

Says Law Notes, latter IN animated
trial, consuming ten days, the police
judge of Omaha decided that it was
not criminal libel to accuse a man
falsely of being an A. p A. man. One
Bennett was accused of branding State
Senator Howell as member Of that
order, to which charge Howell at.
tributes his defeat for election as Mayor
= of Omaha"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-08-25

ing down the newspaper which he had
been reading, and cycling the young
man curiously.
Sometimes I think it is MoIlie,
and again 1 am sure it is Millie," re-
piled young Bromley, genuinely per-
picked.
The old coal merchant looked SYM
pathetic.
"You can't have both," said he,
after an awkward pause.
They're splendid girls, good
enough for anybodyr' exclaimed the
young man.
"Well, rather Think" said the old
man, proudly.
81 could be happy with either of
them," went on young Bromley.
I'm disposed to think" observed
old Dimmock, "that you have been
happy with both of them"
80 they've told me more than
once" said Bromley, with the pleasant
light of recollection in his eyes.
'Well, can't you make up your
mind which girl you want to marry?"
The old coal merchant looked at the
young man with the fresh color aud
the loyal blue eyes as if he would like
to have him for n son-in-law.
Young Bromley did not answer for a
moment, and then he said slowly:
(Which do you think sounds the bet
ter 'NIillie Bromley or Mollie
Bromley?' Sometimes I've looked at
it in that way"
81 don't think there's much to
choose" returned the old coal mer-
chant, weighing the question with
every desire to be fair,
''You know" continued the young
man, "there have been times when
I've gone to bed perfectly charmed
with the name 'AIillie Bromley and
in the morning 'Mollie Bromley has
caught my fancy. Mile, Mollie
Mollie, NIillie-it's an awful puzzle. y
"Of course, you've proposed to one
of the girls?" inquired their father.
"Oh, yes, indeed" said young
Bromley.
''Then that is the girl you want to
marry" exclaimed the old man,
triumphantly. 'Why, it's simple
enough after ALL You've taken quite
load off my mind. Which one was
it?"
''It was Millie-I think" answered
young Bromley, hesitatingly.
''Thinkl Don't you know?"
The young man flushed, and looked
reproachfully at the coal merchant.
"AIr. Dimmock, said he, "I'll put
it to you as man TO man: WhiclRi'
Millie and which is Mollie?"
Don't cross-examine me, sir, $te
joined the old man ''If you want t.
marry one of the girls, it's your busi
ness to find out.
Heaven knows" cried young Brom
ley in anguish, 81 wOht to marry eth
er Millie or Mollie, and have her al
to myself It's trying enough for
fellow to be over head and ears in Low,
with one girl, but when there are two
of them it's more thau flesh and bloot
can stand"
'"There, there, my boy" said th'
old coal merchant soothingly, ''don'
take ON so. Either girl is yours will
my blessing, but / want to keep on
for myself. Let me see if can he'll
you. And going to the open Frencl
window he called:
"Milhe, Mollie! Mollie, Milliel"
eyes, papa, we're coming" sounde
two sweet, well-bred voices from tn
shrubbery.
There was tripping of light fee
along the stone walk under thee up
vine, and Millie and Mollie bloo
into the room.
GLOW do you do, Mr.. Bromley,
they said together with the same ii
tonation and the same merry CLINT i
their eyes.
AIillie had auburn hair and brow
eyes; so had Mollie. Millie had
Cupid's bow of mouth, little teet
like pearls, aud a dimpled chini S
had Mollie. Miles arms. seen thkuG
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-08-25

Stranger-'I should like to retain
you in an important case. 1t is fight
over child"
Great Lawyer-"Between husba nd
and wife?"
''No; she is an orphan and has no
near relatives. The contest is between
distant relatives on both sides of the
house"
"Ah! see. How much is she heir
ess to?"-New York Weekly.