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VOL III.
LINCOLNTON, N.C.. FRIDAY, AUG. 23, 1SS9.
NO. 16
AX OLD MAID
Of course I was an old maid, any
body in Maple Ridge could have
to'd you tbat, and a good man)
would bave said 1 was several yeis
older cLaii the old fduiity bible af
United 1 felt all of my three and tbirn
yeais, and knew that dark little faei
ibat looked back at me so soberly
from tLe cracked mirror showed
tot in beyond question. liur, what
of that I had other things to think
ot tbau that I was an old maid-many
others.
There was poor Susie, our pet.
tbeyouugest ot ua all, who would
marry handsome, reckless Noll Dash
er, who, utter a wild life of only a
it w years, ended it iu a drunk aril V
grave and left poor Susie and bet
t o babies to me.
Nor wa that all, for Ered. our
e dest, ihe piide of our old father
and mother's hearts, must marry,
i 'io which was well enough, only
after oue brief year iu his city of
fice, he, too, grew nek and died
but, oh! so peacefully, so nobly !
''You'll take care for my wife and
baby, Alaryf ' he said pleadingly,
and I answeied: 'fcYes, Fred, always."
r3o it isu't much wonder I looked
old, siDoe only my little dressmak
iog shop stood between us all and
starvation.
Father and mother had become
feeble they couid only sit on eith
er side of the fireplaceand talk ot
their trials and sorrow.
Susie took upou herself the Care
of the large household, and I've
shed many a tear at night thinking
hnw wau and white she was grow
ing, our beautiful little Susie.
What did Fred's wife do? I that
la a soje subject; no on ever said
anything, but I've seen Susie shut
her Hps in a strange way when '-the
lady,'1 swept inr.o our simple meals
and never cllered to soil her white
bands even to wall her own dishes
or clothes.
''She's never been taught to wo?k
I suppose," I thought; "poor
thing!'1
Then I bent lower over my sewing
and sat up a lttlo later.
Things bad been going on th
jyay (or nearly a year, until one
BtgJjC when it was growing very late
&asie came i,n and shut the do or o'
my shop carefully.
"What is it, my dear?" I said
cheerfully, for there was a look on
her face that tronbled me,
"Mary," she said sinking down at
my side and laying her pretty gold
en head on my knee, "my poor Ma
ry V and then she begun to sob so
pitifuljly.
I had but little time to spare for I
knew that Mrs. Greathouse must
bay? libr new dress by the next
evening and I dropped my needle
and took her iu my arms and whis
pered: ' What is it my darliDg, tell me,
won't-yonf"
:'0u; Mary, no gvod, so unselfish.
I can:t bear it. You are working
yourself to death for me and mine,
j bave thought and thought and
pjapoed, apd there's only one way
'.' don't understand how hot
your cheeks are! You are going to
be sick.
am going to die. Don't look
Mtari'ed, I am yery wicked and
foolish, bat I can't see you kill your
self nor my precious children starve.
I am only going to get married, des
perately. Then I felt her whole body shuds
4er,
:'Yes, tfarliug, but whop"
I am going to marry Mr: Caleb
Lefflugwell
45usiei you are mad"
No? he proposed tonight as I left
ue store, and X accepted bim, that
ij all; why don't you congratulate
i Because I ean'c for I know ob
my aariing! for X know f0Q do
not love him V-
''Love; I loved once and pot a
&weet reward. Yes, Train love with
the okl miser's money; that's hon
'iHushj Never oiipd. sleep on it
pet. We'll taljiaboqt It tomorrow
1 must finish this dress now.''
"Mary, do stop and rest, yon un
setfieh bonsekeeper! Your bardenland t0 0Qr astonishment 8he kissed
uall be lightened. I am not half hh
miserable as you fancy."
But I knew what she bad suffered
aud I oigbed, for thing ba I come
10 a very had state. What with
poor father down with the rheuma
tism and Susie's childieu Hutlerinfr
tor shoes and none of us too warm
ly clad, unless it was the lady"
that in what Susie had called Fred'.-
wue to me more than once: b ut I
could only sigh and remember ih it
they were her old gowns,
Nevertheless it did neem bard
that she and her baby should hare
me one spare room and tire, and
coal so dear. But, law, me, I had
promised. Such a rosebud a that
little cooiug baby wax. If 1M time
Fd have cuddled it by the hour,and
strange to say she had called it
"Mary." She never said it was for
me, and I often wondered, but nev
er asked her for somehow all of us
simple folks were a bit afraid of the
lady.
It was oue dull, rainy evening in
Feburary tvhen poor Susie came to
me with her pitiful story ot sacri
fice she bad resolved to make, I re
member very particularly, because
Mrs. Gratehouse was to bave a par
ty the 25tb, the next night, and 1
was hurried with her gown.
She came in quite early for if,
but the rich silk was finished. I
trembled a mite as she scanned it
closely, but she found no fault
whatever, and paid me the $5 fr it
promptly. Her last words w r
"You are looking far from well
Mary: brother Tom would hadly
know his old sweetheart if Me could
see you now. You need res' my
dear do take some;" theu she passed
out.
"Good advice excellent," said
Suie in a hard voice, and 1 was
glad he had not uoticed what Mrs.
Gratehouse said about her broth
er. "I wish you had charged her fif- 1
teen dollars instead of five. The
dress was worth it.
"Yes, I know, '' I answered
drearily, but that would not have
paid all the bills," and for the first
time in Susie's presence I broke
down and cried.
Even as J wept softly a,nd Susie
tied to crtniort me, 4itbe lady" en
tered the little shop and bending
above Susie and me dropped a let.
terinmylap a great big funny
looking affair.
"A letter! Oh Mary who woild
have sent you a letter?'' said Susie.
"The ladv caused a moment in
j t
the shadows of the room and I tore
off f he envelope, and their fell in my
lap a great lot. of bank bills.
"Moneyl" cued Susie; money!
who what does it mean? Ob, here's
note, Listen:
D ar Mary Accept a little pres
ent from a loving Friend.
That was all. We looked at each
other stupidly.
''Who could have sent it? Oh,
Susie it is a mistake!" I ga3ped.
"No, it is not, the letter is sent to
vou and it is for you. I find it is
just $100- I'm so glad.
I kept the money I needed it so
sorely aud they all said it was mine
but I felt nneasy aU the time, and
wondered aud wondered, for we
hadn't a rich relation in the 'world.
Bat even that hundred dollats
could not last forever and by and
by I sav Susie looking oyer her old
things and trying co make up her
mind that the time had come when
she could tell her betrothed husband
she was xeadv. Poor, poor little
Sasie.
"I've set the day at laor,' che said
"It's to be next Tuesday," then she
began to sob.
Once mere 'ufae lady' entered
and dropped in my lap another let
ter and a book.
This letter was not so bulky but
when I opened it I found that it
contained ti'o bills of 100 each.
"What who?'! I begau vaguely
as before, when opce more 5'thelady
bent over Snsie and me, and wind
ing her white arms around pur necks
fell into a. violent jto! weeping
"Qb, my sisters she sobbed, vhen
she could speak. "Do yoa think
me blind as v?el as heartless! Do
yprj think yqu are to do all the work
and me none? Dearpatient fingers?
first my needle pricked baud, and
then SusieV chapped and toiU
marked.
"There" 8 the book read it when
you can. I bec-in it when mv hus
band was first taken ill. I fancied
I could get it done in time to help
bim, but I couldn't. Yet he known
he umst know how glad I am to
belli those so dear to him".
"Florence,'' I said in wonder,
"what are yoa talking aboutf
"Why my book; it is there in
your lap, as well as the money tor i
a portion of it.I always acribbled
more or less, but in a careless man
ner, uutil I saw the great need,
and then I found I could write even
be'ter than I dared hope. I never
told because I wanted to surprise
Vou. Susie little .Sister, don't dream
of that disgraceful marriage. I was
so afraid it wouldn't come iu time
to save yoa. And Mary, gentle one,
I've something for you even better
than gold. I forgive me! I found
out all about yonr sad love story, of
the quarrel long ago, and the lover
in the West, and I sent a little bird
with a message of your faithfulness,
your nobje t life, and., the answer
came,(Oh, the West is not far away)
Fm coming.''
I wondered why Susie, with such
face of peace'and joy at I had not
seen her wear for years, should look
startled and step back, while "ihe
lady" oh, snch a lady stood be
tween me and the door.
Suddenly she bent and kissed my
hot cheek, and deftly snatching the
comb that bad held my curls so verv
primly as I deemed most becoming
staid old maid she fled with Su-
s,-e into the next room and dosed
the door
I knew then why bhe bad held
herself ss persistently before me, for
standing on the outside of the door
stood a tall man tanned and beaid
ed. "I could not speak. I would have
fled, too, but I could not move.
The tall man smiled and ap
proached me, took me in his arms
and whispered:
"Is it my own little Mtry?"
And somehow in hi sheltering
arms I found mv tongue and an
swered boldly: "Yes T'm."
We call ber ''the lady" still, some
time?, for she is now famous and
rich, and Susie and ber children
live with her. The old folks have
found a better home with Fred, aud
I cannot help bnt think they told
him how we loved his wife and the
happiness sbe uroug'it as. me
Old Homestead.
The liuinmer'4 RsiKses.
A short time ago a drummer
from abroad called at a Bangor
'ivery stable and wanted a doable
team for a ten days trip into the
country, aud the stableman refused
to let him have it oa the ground that
he wss a stranger. There was much
discussion over the matter, and fin.
ally the dimmer said;
"What is your team worth?"
"Foor hundred and fifty dollars,"
was the reply.
"If I pay'you that some for it,
will you pay it back again !wbei I
return!" asked the customer and
upon receiving an affirmative reply,
he put up the cash. Ten days later
he returned, he alighted, and ens
tered the office saying, Well, here
is your team and now I want my
money .back. '
The sum was passed to him and
he turned and was leaving the
place, when the livery man called
out, f'Look here, aren't you going to
to settle for tbat team!"
"For what ream?" asked the
drummer, in a surprised tone.
"For the one you just brought
back:''
"Well now." drawled the drum
mer,"you arfn't fcol enough to
pappose that J would pay anyone
for the ue of my own property, are
yon!'' and be shook the dust of the
place from his feet. is$$r Cow
Johnny bacj been carefully raised;
anybody cd see that. Que da.y he
at upon his father s knee in a crow
ded street car. A lady entered. Ma
dam," he said, as he rose to his feet,
"take my seat."
I It an Important MmI iul
UiHeovery or a Humbug?
Since the announcement wasmade
by the Herald to the American pub
lic tbat Dr. Brown Sequard.of Paris,
claimed to have discovered a treat
meut tbat'wiml'i in a measure re
juvenatu the h'linrii iysteiii th-
m lmrt. has litiHU miih of n Hiiil tr
1 1
interest and discussion in ren-ral
is well hs medic d circles.
Ii both the. repute! discovery
has beeu received with a greatdeal
)f incredulity and Neepf ici.nn, and
'iven no little ridicule. Many lav
rnn h-ive made light of it and many
physicians of high stand have not
hesitated to declare that the thin?
s a nostrum and a humbug and
that Dr. Brown Sequrd mu-t eith
er te under a delus'ou or in bis
doUfcTe.
This scepticism is but natural. It
U thn scepticism that olten greets
the first announcement of genuine
discovery or invention as well as the
first announcement of what turn
out to be a gigantic frand or hun
bug. The human mind is no
prone to believe in a new thing tbat
seems impossible. Harvey's dis-.
coveryof the circulation of the
blood, Jeoner's vaccination theory
ind other important medical event
net with this fate when first an
nounced. Who could believe until
lemonstiation and practice bad
routed iucreduility tbat physical
pain could be robbed ot all its ago
ny and terror by ether and chlors
form? The maicS of science has en
countered the sune scepticism.
What was deemed impossible a few
years ago has been turned into a
matter of everyday life by the mi
raculous achievements of elect'idty.
No wonder, ther, the word ie
ceived with increduilty the report
that a simple means had beeu found
for restoring to age and infirmaty
the strength aud vigor of earlier
manhood. That sounded very much
like saying the fountain of youth
had been discovered for which
Ponce de Leon bad searched in vain.
Yet it is a physician of world wide
reputation, never regarded as a
quack or humbug who informs the
world that he experimented upon
himself the most astounding results.
Radical and remarkable changes
for the better were produced in
his tneutal and physical
conditiou. The infirmities of the
man of seventatwo gave way to the
health and strength of earlier years.
No oue has questioned the hon
esty or doubted the sincerity of Dr.
Brown-Seqnard. No one charges
that he has not truthfully 1. ported
the results of bis experience as they
appeared to him. Was hp under a
delusion? Is he in his dotage?
Ilis conclusions were corrobarat
ed by the results ot experiments
made on different old men by Dr.
Variot of Paris. Were that physi
cian and his patients also render a
delusion or ;n their dotage?
Now oomes a. cloud of American
witnesses. Physicians in all parts
of the country Cincinatti, Wash
ington, Cleveland, Detroit-, pridian
apolis.and other cities-have tried
the experiment oa numerous sub
jects in various conditions. In ex
ceptional cases the reported effects
are slight or noappreciable: in a few
they are but moderate: in mo$r tl-ey
are remarkable and qorrespoud to
those announced by Drs. Brown Se
quard and Variot
It is to be noted that this evi
dence comes from mauy indepeod ;
ent sources ancj Ifcads tc a comrn,ou
conclusion.Jt is hardly to be pxh
poohed away aud lend little eoh r
to the thaory of crackery, delusion
or dotage. It appears to beat lenst
sufficient to claim for the new idea
fair consideration and experiment.
What a thorough test will cm
onstrate remains to be seem. The
treatment may be shown to foe a
discovery of yalu,e 0.1 t ruay prove
to b$ useless or even injurious. Not
even its discoverer claims that by
it youth can be Testored or the
grave robbed of its victory ovfcr age.
ftqt can infirmity be transformed
eyen partially and temporarily into
strength? Can the remedy be made
efficacious in treatment of disease ?
Is it but a powerful stimulant whose
good effects will soon disappear?
Above all, will its use h followed
by a reaction or other injurious ef
fects, so tht the patient is left
worse tbau be was fouud?
These are problems which only
lime aud experience cau solve- But
whatever there may be iu it, the
new hiea has evidently tateu hold
of the medical as well as the public
mind.
Her Death Sentence.
The trial that euded at Liverpool
with a verdict of guilty and a .sen
tence of death on mVm. M Hybrid
as hardly a paralM in recent ciim-
inal annals Lnlih or American.
Prisoner and victim weiv Ameri
cans the poisoned husband a met
ehant anl a man of meat?; the
accused wife a woman of education,
travel aud accomplishments.
That she had been unfaithful to bet
marriage vows she her-elf confessed
in court, and lhat fact led to the
teriible nentenre pronounce-1 upon
her, for it disclosed a motive lot
wishing to be 1 id of her husbaml.
Tbat she deliberately poisoned bim
to gtatity her wish is the verdict ot
the jury. But it is a verdict that
nev r would have been tendeied bj
an American jury.
The prisoner mav be guilty pio
bibly bhe is. But no American jury
would doom a woman to the gallows
on the evidence produced in ibis
ca-e. The doctors ditf red as to
whether death wan due to poison
111 or mtur-d cause". Tip msenic
found iu the vital orga wthatd!
sufficient to kill. Its presence might
have been accounted for by the fact
that luo deceased had been an
habitual arsenic eater. The traces
of the drug found in the apparel
and the apai troenta of Mis. Mahrick
might possibly have tieen due to
her avowed habit of ubing arsenical
preparations as cosmetic-.
This conflicting evidence did not
establish the innocence of the ac
cused woman. Nor did it death
prove ber guilt. It left the question
in doubt. American law declares
that the accused shall have the ben
efit of a doubt, and an American
jury world g.ve a woman especially
that benefit.
This case suggests another inter
esting difference between capi'al
trials in England and iu this coun
try. Mrs. Maybrick was not allowed
to take the witness stand iu her own
behalf, but she was permitted by
the. judge to teli her story from the
dock without being sworn or sub
ject to cross-examiuation. Uere a
prisoner would not be allowed such
a privilege, but the witne.-s 8ttnd is
open to bun if he wishes to take it.
In that case be must testify under
oath and is surdect to cross-exam
ination.
While Mrs- Maybrick has been
convicted atd doomed to the gab
lows ber fate is not yet settled. .he
may still look with hope to the
chances of appeal and the clerneucx
of the pardoning power
Wliat Hid Yamlei hill &ay
Alxtut Hie IeoMe
BJack Mountain is the name ot
a postomce in Buncombe county, N.
0., among the peaks of that Black
Mountain range which is of late s
veais becoming so popular with
tounsts. Tbe (ffir.e has been iu
charge o.f a young white woman,
who has performed its duties with
entire acceptability. Assistant-Post-
master-General Clarkson recently t
removed her, appointed aa her uc-cess-or,
"in th? regular routine,'' at
tb$ (ieu.'and of t'e local Republican
machine, 4,not knowing the facts,1' a
negro who can neither read nor
write. When a person calls to make
inquiry for iia;', tbe pesnaner cays
he doesn't know whether there is
anything for h'm, bn dumps the
entire mail of ihe tfice in front of
the applicant acd invites bim to see
if there is anything addres-ed to
him. Eveninq Post.
lie was Convinced
Au old man would not believe he
could hear his wife talk a distance
of five miles by telephone. His bet
terhalf was in a shop several miles
away where there was a telephone,
and the skeptic wao a! so in a place
where there was a similar instru-1
ment, and on being told how to ops
erat it Le walked boldly up and
shouted, 'Hella Sarah r At tbat in-
itant lightning struck tbe telephone
wire, and knocked the man down
and as he scrambled to his ftet be
excitedly cried, "that 8 Sarah every
inch."
The law m this State now requires
the reoored of the property of white
people to be kept separate from tbat
of the colored. This plan furnishes
an easy means of ascertaining the
relative amount of property owned
by the two race?,and the f;axes paid
by them.
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I.I V IH'S Till ! VI I" II.
W hen Mr-. Mun invited Lind
Desmond tit innko the tour of the
continent i'h ht-i s roirpanion
the young k1,1 who had never teeu
a dozen miles from ber native town,
felt that 1 a the luckiest o
mortals.
Had bhe knonn ihe sorrowM that
awaited her, she. would not have
stalled out o-i her tour with 9uch a
gay he-ti f.
Mis. Muny and Linda reached
Paris after a long tound of vieits to
he art centres of Europe.
Everywhere the beauty of tbe
voung gir! had excited universal
admiration' Iu tbe gay French cap
ital they made tbe acquaintance of
young Englishman, Paymond
Vinc-nt. It was the old Mory. The
young couple constantly thrown to
gether fell in love and became be
trothed. The news of their engagement
reaches tbe young man's family iu
Englatid belore he had time to ac-
quaint them of tbe step he is about
to take.
So it hapjens tbat one mom
uig Linda ecivs a call Ircm
"Lord Vincent," her lover's father.
When she encountered the cold,
contemptuous aze of her visitor's
ptoud eyes, she sees that his errand
is not a kindly 01 e But if the
naughty English Lord thinks to iu
fimidateibe xoucg girl, whom lie
stigmatises as "a t-chemiug adveu--tutes,"
be counts without his host,
for Linda's pride is equal to bis own.
"Do not be afraid1', she says, in a
voice vibrating with intense feeling,
iu which worn is uppermost and
for the time drives away pain- Were
your sou to come to me on his ben
ded knees 1 would not be his wife."
'Ob, Mrs. Many! take me away!"
is Linda's cry a while later. "1 must
never see Raymond agaiu. Should
be plead I could Dot resist him j and
sooner would I die thau meet again
that cruel man !''
Four years bave elapsed. During
the last, soon after their return to
America, Linda's kind benefactress
bad died. In one of her sudden
tainting attacks ber spiiit had fled
from its tenement of clay, never to
leturu. Iu ber will allot her fortune,
which was lare, was left to her
young friend, Linda Desmond.
Thus we meet our heroine again.
But, although it would seem that
fottune had poured all her li'-hst
gitta at her feet, tbiujh youth, j
beauty and wealth are hers, it is
easy to see that Linda is imt happy
She is seated thi morning by ihe
window, her hands lying listlessly
in her lap, the emhrod"ry, with
J which he has sought to begni'e the
time that bangs so beavih , unheeded
"Was thre ever any one more
alone than I !'' she muses, bitterly,
"My parents, my lover, my dear
benefactress, all taken fiom me. I
bave noth:ng to live for."
Just then conies an interruption
to ber sad thoughts, s a feivant
knocks to inform ber tint a gentle
man wishes to see her.
'It's a lame gentleman, and be
seut no card, ma'am, " the, girl au
Iswets to her mistress's inquiiy.
"A larue gentleman J" No cne
among her acquaintances answers
to that description. And so, never
imagining for an instant the ur
prise tbat a.waits her, Linda goes
down to the parlor. As che enters
the room a tall form rises slowlv
with the aid of a crutch from a chair
and advanced to meet ber.
With a cry of startled pain, Lin
da springs forward, to shrink back
as suddenly. Cau this pale, crippled
man be the lover who had combined
j in his one person all tbe beauty and
grace of manhood ?
Raymond notices and interprets
. , .
ber r wrongly An expre,.
slou 01 wuue?9 crosses m iea.ues.
1 do not wonder that you shrink
frotn me Miss Desmond," be says,
f ltinm,nr 6n '
" . '"T
tbat I bave sought and foonu yoa
to take advantage of our for
mer relations that were teered
so long ago. T came i obedience to
the request of my dead father. He
yp,s taken ill three months ago, and
daring bis last illness I learned for
tbe first time tbat it was bis band
tint ruthleKsly dashed the cup of
ny liie'rt bappiucMs from my lips,
and that all thee years I had beeu
wronging in my mind one who, in
Mtead of being a hard.-hearted. co
quette, as I bad deemed br, ha
b-en as c-i nelly injured as myself.1
He bad kept his secret well ) even
during my own sickness, 'when
bad come hack from tbe war,, with
the savage Zulus, almost . a wreck,
with but little ihaiice and le9 hope
of living tbe year out, ho did bot
di.c'ose the truth. Butiu'hlaown
last moment he. remorsefully tol l
me all, aud begged me to promuw
tbat after bis death I would teek
out tbe young girl whom be had
wronged and tell ber of tbe rcpeo
tauce for the bandintBa tbat had
blighted two lives. I have no ex
tenuation to make for my father."
Raymond concludes, "save this ;
That he was proud and overwhelm
ingly fond of me, his only, eon ;.and
he had mistakeuly thought that, io
preventing my maniage with a girl
whose goodness and beauty were
her only dower, he would further a
matiimoniul scheme he had long
bad planned in bis own mind.''
Raymond pauses, but as Linda
does not speak, he goes ou :
' Vou must wonder bow I dis
covered your w hereabouts. A friecd
Ju tbisj city who had known ot my
engagement wrote me of your arii
val here aud Mrs. Murray's death.
But pray, believe me, tbat as I am
now, though my love for you is still
the strongest passion of my heart,
bad it not bteu for my promise to
my dead parent nothing would bave
induced me to intrude myself upon
you."
Now Linda finds her voice, aud,
though it trembles with agitation,
an unmistakable ring of joy thrills
through its low, soft tones.
' ' 'As you are now ! fjb, Raymond,
a love would be worthless indeed
tbat time eou'd cure, or a bero'a
scars terrify !'
It is three years later. Upon the
velvety lawn, before au elegant
English mansion, are a group of
three, a lovely woman, a tall d stin
guished man, and a toddling, gold
eu fia red child. It is Lord auu La
dy Vincent and their two year old
son. . .
They have only been at Vincent
Towers a short fortnight; for among
tbe physicians of hia wife's native
land Sir Raymond found one whose
skillful efforts bad restored to its
usetullness his injured limb; aud
though longing to show his bride
bis beautiful anc-fir.il home, he
bad remained ju Acoerici uutil a
cure bad been effected-
Sach a joyous home coming a
that bad been 1 Such a time of af
feetiooate greetings and warm wel
wisbings!
And tbuf, happy in tbe love ' of
ber hut-band aud child and sur
rounded by hosts of friend?, we bid
our heroine farewell.
What tliellisIiiveMtiKatlon
Cot.
There have been heard now and
then queiies as to what was tbe '
ost of the great Griasom investiga
tion to the State. At its beginning,
the Board of D rectors decided tbat
the mileage and expenses of all wit
nesses should be paid from tbe
funds appropriated to the instiu
tion. This, of course, makes a de
ficiency in the amount given for tbe
maintenance of tbe asylum which
tbe State most make up.
A 'eporter made some inquiries
this morning and learned that the
per d te n, mileage and general ex
pense of each member ot the board,
during tha investigation, amounted
to about 200. This would make
the aggregate expense of . the direo
tors alone $1,600. It will be reinem-.,
bered tbat many witnesses from all
sections of the State were euro
moned and examined. The mileage- v
and per diem of these exceed gLOpO.
All told, it is probable that the cost.
of tbe investigation to the State
has beeu $3,009. Besides this, the "
private expense may be reckoned..
It is known that the prosecution
paid out over $800 for counsel fee
and incidental expenses. , It i not
known what expense was borne by .
the defense. .