e declared that even if the effect of Trusts was to lower prices, he
considered them injurious to the public good, because they prevented
competition and drove the smaller men out of business.

The Tobacco Trust trial has resulted in a disagreement of the jury.

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A wonderful diving-bell is being tried in the Great Lakes.

We described the method of using diving-bells in a previous number, but
this new invention is built on an entirely different plan, and can
accomplish results never before dreamed of.

The kind formerly made could not withstand the pressure of the water at
any very great depth. No machine had been invented capable of bearing
this strain until the new Smith bell was tried.

This bell has worked successfully in two hundred feet of water, and it
is claimed can withstand the pressure at a much greater depth.

The most remarkable thing about the bell is that it can move about under
the water, instead of merely being let down to remain in one place like
an ordinary diving-bell.

Attached to its cage are four long arms, which can be moved about at
will by the persons in the bell.

With the aid of these arms the huge machine can move from place to place
like a great spider.

The arms can also be drawn together like pincers, and made to grip
objects and carry them up to the surface.

The interior of the bell is lighted by electricity. Outside it carries a
large headlight, which enables those in the bell to see around them for
a distance of a hundred feet.

Experiments have been made in the Great Lakes with this bell, and its
first practical work has been to locate the exact position of the
steamer _Pewabic_, which was wrecked in Lake Michigan thirty-two years
ago.

Many attempts have been made to find this steamer because she was laden
with a cargo of copper ingots, and had besides a large sum of money on
board, the two together amounting to about $140,000.

All attempts had, however, been unsuccessful until the Smith bell was
used. The steamer was found lying in one hundred and sixty feet of
water.

To prove the truth of the find, portions of the wreck were brought to
the surface.

The success in Lake Michigan has determined the owner of the diving-bell
to try and raise the North German Lloyd steamer _Elbe_, which was
wrecked off the coast of England in 1895.

The owners of the _Elbe_ have already spent about fifty thousand dollars
in efforts to rec