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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-04-03
BEA CONSFIELD AS AN ORA TOR.

AS an orator, generically speaking,
he could hardly be compared with
Mr.. Gladstone, certainly not with
John Bright or our own Phillips, per-
haps not even with Beecher at Beech
er's best To be sure, we have the
testimony of his early friends that in
youth he was very imprisoned in
his eloquence, but he learned to re-
press or prune his early style and be-
came calm, almost cold, in ''the lone
some, latter days" Except on ex-
traordinary occasions, then, he
should be deemed a great debater
rather than a great orator. Yet
there is nothing ever uttered by any
speaker, ancient or modern, that fills
one with such a sense of perfect pow
er as Disraeli's response in the House
of Commons to the nobleman who
tainted him with his. Hebrew origin.
The taunt was mean; the reply roy
al. Springing to his feet, his dark
eyes flashing like swords, he exclaim-
ed: Yes, l am a Jew. When the
ancestors of the honorable gentleman
who has flung this fact in my face as
a taunt and an imputation-when
the ancestors of that honorable gen
tleman, Irepeat, were brutal savages
in an unknown island, mine were
priests in the Temple. feel every
fibre of my being thrill with the tradi-
tlons of my people. - From "Of
David's House" in Arena for April.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-04-03
LABOR CONFERENCE AT BERLIN.

The Labor conference at Berlin was
formally opened on Saturday, Mar.
10. The Prussian minister of COM
merce, Baron Won Berlepsch, wei
coined the delegates, and was elected
president The session will be secret.
Not much is expected from the con
ference in the way of direct benefit to
the workingmen. The latter them
selves have no confidence in it. One
of the delega ties even, M. Jules Simon,
has publicly intimated that ''the
differences in the characters, climates
and resources of the various Euro
pean nations" are too wide to make
any agreement possible as to the
hours of daily labor. The faint hope
that Emperor William might posi-
bly, have some surprise in store of the
nature of a proposal for disarma-
ment, is dissipated by the statement
that 1.-The great increase in the Rus
sian and French artillery compels
him to demand an addition of "A
field batteries of O,OOOmen." There
can be no effectual alienation of the
wOrkingmen so long as such hosts of
them are forced into armed idleness,
and the rest are taxed to desperation
for the maintenance of the enormous
and ever-growing military establish
ment.-[ Zion's Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-04-03
APRIL MAGAZINES.

The June Scribner will contain the
magazine article of Henry M. Stan
ley, and larger edition than usual
will be printed.
The Pansy for April is as attrac-
tive as former numbers, and is just
the magazine for little folks with its
short stories and pretty pictures. 1t
is published by ID. Lothrop & Co.,
Boston, at only 10 cents a number
and 81 year.
The New England Magazine for
April contains full page portrait of
Miss Edwards, the Egyptian eXplor-
er, with an article upon her work by
Mrs. Sallie Joy White, and several in
teresting and important fac-similes
of passages from her letters and man
uscripts. 1t also contains an eXccll-
ent picture of Speaker Reed, his birth
place and residence, and very read
able article on the subject.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-04-03

in Bratt1eboro, VT, and afterwards
did gallant service in Wisconsin
regiment during the war. Dennis
Coffin was born in Ireland, educated
in Paris, and then for many years re-
sided in Rutland. Vermont. He also
served out his full term in the Union
army Sanford A. Larock was born
in St. Adams, VT, in 1861. His
brother, W. A. Larock, was a men,
Der of company G, second Vermont
volunteers, of which your correspon-
dent was a humble member At this
place yesterday A. L. Kimball was
elected justice of the peace. He was
born in Danville, Caledonia county,
VT, and some time in the fifties was
a schoolmate of Charles Dyer, divi-
sion superintendent of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe railroad. The
Vermonters in this vicinity propose
to hold a reunion of the Green Noun
tain folk here at some time during
the comming summer Las Vegas,
New Mexico, Optic.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-04-03
A LOOKING BACKWARD" COLONY

Daniel Cronen, the chief of produc-
ton of the Nehalem Valley Co-opera-
tive colony of Western Oregon, has
just arrived in Chicago from the
West and gives a glowing descrip-
ton of this new colony, which is con-
Quoted on the theories set forth in
Edward Bellamy's novel, Looking
Backward. Mr.. Cronen says that
colony, of which he is one of the
founders, numbers % men and 6
women, besides 33 children, all of
which are radical socialists. The
colony is incorporated and owns
1000 acres of land, only about 100
acres of which are cleared, and the
business consists of numbering, stock
raising and farming, principally the
latter. The work of the colony is
divided into four departments-prO-
duction, distribution, transportatio ton
and education. The government is
pure democracy. Routine business is
transacted by a board of directors
All the workers get the same pay,
and there are no poor and no rich.
The colOnists produce all they need
except clothing and some of the finer
groceries: These one can get at the
central store, paying for them out of
his time checks, which constitute the
money of the colony, and represent a
certain amount of labor. The colo
ny has no saloons and no drunkards
There is no preacher, but every one
worships in his own way, there being
five denominations represented
Members are admitted on Davr1er1t
of $500, one-half of which may be
paid in labor. The colony started
with $4,000, and now has a plant for
which $15O,OOO has been offered
Mr. Cronen comes East in the inter
ests of his colony and expects to get
a number of RECRUITS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-04-03
Travellers Guide.


TRAINS GOING SOUTH. LEAVE
West Burke, s 81 m, o 90, II 80 pm
Lyndonvile, . 10, 20, 40 IN, . ~
20, o 80 m
Lyndon, s 10 a m, . %, o 80 pm
st. Johnsbury Centre, s 90 m, 3 10, o 90
p III
St Johnsbury, IL 80, 81, o OF m, so
Passumpsic, II 81 IL a m, 6 OF, 10 IL
E. Barnet, "a a m, 6 %, 10 81 pm
Barnet, 1 2 50, 81 m, 6 80, 10 30 p m
McIndoes, 90, So m, 80, 10 40 p
TRAINS GOING NORTH, LEAVE
McIndoes, 30, 10 40 m, 53, 4 o5.
%
Z. Barnet, so, II 90 IN, / / : p m
Passumpsic, 3 10. II II n IN, i ~ pm
st; Johnsbury, Oh, 20, II 80 m, 3 10,
3S, Z 80 pm
st. ]. Centre, II sS n m, + 10 u III
Lyndon, II 90 m, 4 80 p IN
Lyndonvillc, 81, 3 40 a IN, 2 80, 3 SO.
West Burke, !: So a m, IL 50, %, 26 p m
81. D Ohnsbury N Lake ChampIaIn II. IL.
TRAINS GOING WEST, LEAVE
Lunenburg, 90 m, %, II 40 pm
n: Concord, - %, 90 m, 33 pm
W " Concord, 12 -, II a m, 3 oopm
St Johnsbury, 10 IN, 3 80, + 40 p
Danyille, : 50 a m, 3 IS, 80 pm
Walden; 80 m. II, 6 12pm
+. Hardwick, Oh m, 46, Z % p m
Hard wick, 10 a m, + 80, 81 pm
TRAINS GOING EAST, LEAVE
II rdwlck: . u a M ~ %, 81 pm
Danville. 90 a m, or, As
St Johnsb'y, 40, 6 30 m, . 80, 4 40 p m
l.. st. ], 1 , m, &c, > % p M
w Concord, Z 80 a IN, 90 3 2Opm
n. Concord, . + a m, 3 Oh, . 80 p IN
Lunenburg, 40 a IN, 3 80, 6 5Opm
s Stops when signalled.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-04-03
SHEAR NONSENSE.

Many mans birthplace is on the
ocean, though he was born on land.
- Danville Breeze
Conservative Cows. Farmer
You kin feed them COWS some corn in
the ear tonight. New Hand tried
that Yesterday, sir, but they 'pcared
to like it better in the mouth
American Grocer
Stranger Ito Oregon grangerl-
How much of a rainfall did you
have in this section last winter 2"
Granger-"About forty feet" Stran-
gcr-'Forty feet! You mean forty
inches.' Granger l don't;
mean forty feet" Stranger-"How
did you make the measurement? '
Granger-"Do you see that barrel I'M
der the spout at the end ofthe house !?
Well, sir, that barrel is four feet deep,
and | dumped it ten times last Win
ter. = The Racket.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-04-03
MORAL: Insure in the Travellers.

There is a corset that never
breaks in wear it cannot be bro
ken in wear.
No; that's going a little too far.
There have to be steels in it.
Steels will break. We don't mean
the steels; but they are not the
part that troubles corset breakers.
What we mean is the bones"
don't break. The reason is they
are Kabo, not bones at all and
Kabo don't break.
This corset that never breaks is
the Kabo, mysterious Kabo, WON
derful Kabo. Let every corset
breaker make the acquaintance Of
Kabo.
If the corset doesn't suit you,
after wearing a week or two or
three, bring it back to us and get
your money; and, if the Kabo
breaks or kinks in a year, come
back for your money.
We have a primer on Corsets for
you at the store. 1879
F. A. CARTER.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-04-03
A NIGHT IN THE SYRIAN DESERT

At sunset we encamped. And what
a sunset There was still the same
simplicity of the desert, for all the
glory in sky and mountain was not
aided by single cloud. The west
was brilliant with pure gold, while
the hills to the southeast glowed
with q FURNISHED blending of red and
blue like the bloom on a plum. Ev-
cry crag and valley stood out dis
tinct, while the outline of the range
was sharply pencilled against the
deep purple of the sky, which changed
imperceptibly to blushing crimson
and then paled upward to clear
star-pierced blue. Above our heads
there was no longer rounded dome ;
it seemed to dissolve into an infinite
number of colored particles, each
radiating a light of purplish blue.
Long, thin lines of shadow were cast
by the tiny sage-bushes as the west
ern light slanted over the plain. The
great wide plain, so silent all day,
seemed hushcd to a more solemn still
ness.
Syrian twilights are short, and we
hustled about to get our little camp
in order before darkness should fall.
Cots were put up, the spirit-lamp set
going, and soon we were ready for
bed, after a hearty meal from our
box 1t was indeed n curious expert
ence, this trying to sleep under the
blazing stars, out alone in the Syrian
desert. The air was cold, but per-
fectlv drv. The sound of the horses,
as they contentedly munched their
barley about our beds was pleasant
to the ears. One did not sleep much.
The stars were too beautiful for one
thing. They seemed to hang down
out of the sky like rounded lamps
Then one would be falling into deli
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-04-03

cate doze, when suddenly his bed
would be jerked up into the air by
the horse that was tied to it Yusif
would call out 'Dehl !" to the refrac-
tory beast, that would wake us all
up for another look at the stars, and
then we would doze off again. Only
one thought troubled us. We had
come without the usual guard of
soldiers, and we longed to realize the
risk. Our imaginations, however,
miserably failed us, even when we
tried to stimulate them by recalling
the Bedouin raids which had occurred
on this very plain. 1t was very
Notifying The sense of security
would not be shaken off From
"Tadmor in the Wilderness by
Frederick Jones Bliss, in April Serb
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-04-03
VERMONT MINING-CAMP IN NEW
MEXICO.

A few days ago, in your office, l
said there was a mining camp in this
territory almost entirely composed
of Nermonters. You then dared me
TO prove the assertion. A Green
Mountain boy never takes n dare,
and now for the facts At the little
town of CarbonatevilIe, some four
miles north of this place, there are
about four families and several lone
" bachelors. Cyrus Wells and wife
came here in 1879 from Cambridge.
Vermont Mrs Helen Wilson, a very
charming widow, arrived here last
year She also comes from the same
place Edward F. Bennett was born
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-04-03

Is now open to the public. 1 have secured for
the holiday trade the services of first-cIas S
artist from the city and shall be prepared to
furnish the best work at the lowest prices
Esg-Wil1 those having unsettled accounts
please call and settle.
]. c. SPAULDING, 20 Eastern Ave
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-04-03
TREE PLANTING.

Gen. Nelson A. Miles has devoted
much time and thought to the sub
Ject of irrigation and tree planting,
with reference to the new lands of the
West; and he contributes to the
North American Review some valua-
bic results of his observation and
study. He points out that sit IS a
Well-knOwn fact that after land has
become thoroughly cultivated by irri-
cation less water is required, and
that it is safe to assert that thou
sands of acres of so called desert land
may become adapted for agricultural
purposes without the continued help
OF irriga ton"
Immediately following the estab-
lishment of an irrigation district,
after the canals with their lateral
bitches have been completed and the
cultivation Of crops has commenced,
the planting of trees should be en-
couraged," writes Gen. Miles "Thc
eucalyptus variety is mostly planted
in California, and the cottonwood in
Arizona and New Mexico. Coinci-
dent with irrigation should be tree
planting, which would in a short
time not only change the appearance
of the country, but supply the wood
which is necessary for fuel. 1t would
hardly be possible to estimate the
value of trees in their usefulness to-
ward retaining arid lands; and too
much cannot be said in urging the
profuse planting of them. In fact, it
would be well for the government, in
selling land reclaimed by it through
the irrigation works to be established,
to make it compulsory on the pur-
chaser to plant q portion of his acre
gein forest trees. They would only
require thorough irrigation during
the first year, less oft the second, very
little the third, and none at all there
after. Tree-culture, especially the
planting of trees indigenous to the
country, should by all means be
encouraged"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-04-03
Obe Californian.
A DEADLY CYCLONE.

One Hundred Lives Lost in Great
Wind Storm in Louisville and Vicin-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-04-03

Insure your life in the New England Mutual
Company, strong safe and reliable
Take a Life Rate Endowment, ate low,
cash value every year after the 2nd. Every
policy-holdcr protected by Massachusetts
law. Or insure in the Travellers Life and Ac-
cident Insurance Co, best in the world. Did
more accident business last year than all
other accident companies combined.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
New York Produce,

s,a92 pigs: experts, 2,I7s bbIs, ? 54.5i7
sacks; stronger, fairly active; sales $3.50
bbls, Wheat-Receipts, 2 90 bu; exports,
900 bu spot; spot market quiel, Irregular,
closing easy: No. 2 red. a6a4e elevator
ASA@SSl2c afoat. S15s@9 We o. b:
steamer No. red, s2f20s3c; No. 8 red.
S-l29 $50; steamer No; red. 74l2@75c;
g>&994c: No. ] hard, 9534c. Options
fairly active. unchanged 10 ssc off. weak.
No. red. March, S6s4@-7 8 l6c, closing at
S6Ac; April closing at S6a4c: May, g s4@
81 3-l6c, closing at S6a4c: June, S59s@86c,
closing at S55sc: july. S4I261s47se. closing
at s4l2c; August l2@94c, closing at 93lsc;
September. S3&@S ssc. closing at s3cs4;
December, S6aS@S67Sc. closing at s6sSc.
Rye weak. Barley dub Marley malt quiet.
Corn-Receipts. II $40 bu: exports, 70.
blu; sales, l,264.O ~ blu futures,2 5000
spot. Spot market active. weaker; No. 2,
35SS@35l2c elevator, 36ssW37c atioat; un
graded mixed. 25@37l9c: steamer mixed.
324@H6l2c: No. white, 374@39c: No. 8.
3l@34l9c: options moderately active and
4@l2c off; weak; March. 35aS@35 9-l6c,
closing at 35ssc; April, :, A@36 9i6c, clos
ing at 334c May. 37@37ssc closing at
&c: June. 37A6l376sc. closing at 31Ac;
July, 8 L@3S Ice, closing at 39Ac. Oats
bu; sales, 1850. 600 bu futures. 2I3,OOu bu
spot. Spot market unsettled, quiet easy:
OPTIONS fairly active. easier: March, $50
2slsc, closing at 2se: May, 262@27 1sc,
closing at 267sc; spot No. white
western 2s@ Bic: - No. q chi.
cage. 29ls@29Ae. Hay easy quiet
Coffee-Opti0ns opened firm. solo points
mp: closed firm, 1920 points up; higher
cables. quiet; sales. 81, 90 BAGS, including
lG;64c; May, le.5o@16;55c: June, 1919
@l6.5Oc: july, 1874 @lo.50c; August 1879
@l6.4hc: September, l6.3U@l635c; Octo-
Der, Is 25c; November l6.2uc; December,
1t. lOD zoe; spot Rio firm. quiet; fair
sugar-Raw firm, quiet; sales. 500 bags
Cuba centrifugals. 96-test 5 5-l6c, j. f.. for
Boston; 76U hhdS melado 7--test, sac; re-
fined fairly active, firm. Molasses-Foreign
frm; 50-test: 23c; New Orleans strong:
Petroleum steady; United closed at 9ss4c for
March. Cottonseed OIL steady. Talow weak;
city (S2 for packages) 4A@4 D. &c. Rosin
dull lower: strained common to good 81. 10
@l;2o. Turpentine, dull, nominal; 42la@43c;
easy; domestic fleece, SEQ s6e; pulled, 27@
Sic; Texas, 13@25c. Pork quiet but firm I;
mess. old, ST. o. 90: mess, new. Slo.75@
25: extra prime, So. 2Y@975. Cut meats
hrmer; giesied shoulders. 1904 We; picked
quieter; sales. 0'U tierces; western steam.
S. l7N206. 70, closing at S6.l7l2 bid; op,
tons dull; sales, 1.5sO tierces; March
$6. IL bid; April, 20. IL, clos NJ, So. %; May,
S6. 1M6.26, closing at S6.-6 bid; June
S6.3l: July, S637; October. 1854 bid
Butter quiet, freely Offered: Elgin. 2Sc: west
ern dairy, s@17c; western creamery. 800
:6l.c; western held at @,oc; western
factory, 5@i-c. Cheese strong and active;
western, sla@loc, Pig iron steady. Copper
neg ected; lake, March, Sl4.05. Lead steady;
domestic, S3.s7l2. Tin quiet but frmer:
Straits $3.50.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
THE CONGO RIVER.
The Conditions of Transportation
Il

The Conditions of Transportation
as They Exist To-day.
From an article IN the Century. by
one of Stanley's former Offic rs. we
quote the following: ION the Congo
there are no beasts of burden, there eX-
listing merely manual transport, the
p0rters being the natives of BakOngo
tIbe. inhabiting the cataract regions.
In physique these men are slight and
only poorly developed; but the fact of
their CARRYING on their heads from GO to
100 pounds weight twenty miles day
sometimes six consecutive days, their
only food being each day a little
manioc root, an ear or two of
maize, or a handful of peanuts, pro-
nOunces them at once as men of singu-
larly sound stamina. Small boys of
eight and nine years old are frequently
met carrying loads of twenty-five
pounds weight.
"ThrOughout the cataract region the
general accepted money currency is
Manchester cotton cloth made up into
piecer of six yards each. The European
cost of the cloth paid to these natives
for transporting a load to Stanley Pool
from Matadi, including ratiOnS, amounts
at the present day to S. for a load of
siXty-fve pounds. Five years ago the
cost was only one-third of this amount:
but it has increased on account of the
opposition of the various trading houses
that have established stations at Stanley
Pool for the ivory trade on the upper
river"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01

not been for the efforts made to de-
press pr.ces in the last week there
would probably have been less business
on the stock exchange than has been
known before Tor many years. 1t is
true that from about JAM 2S to Feb. u
there was a pretty general decline from
2 to points in the active stocks, but
since then prices have resisted the
further short selling until there is now
a larger short interest outstand-
ing than at any time in three
or four months. This is shown
by the borrowing demand for Union Pa
cific, Rock Island. St. Paul, Lacka-
wanna, Reading and number of others.
London was again support to the
stock market to-day. the early prices
there having been A@25e higher than
the closing figures here last night. The
continued offerings of bankers bills in
the exchange market also show that
London is still buying securities. The
total sales of stocks to-day were 1S4.6Sl
shares, including: Delaware, Lacka-
wanna & Western. 1.6U5; Louisville IL
Nashville, 1879; Missouri Pacific, 6,OH,
Northern Pacific preferred, 1888; Read
ing. l1,50O; st. Paul, 1880; Union Pacl-
Gc. 90
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01

the letter collectors almost daily
brought in empty p0cketbo0ks which
they had found in the mail boxes on
their routes. This continued for several
weeks.
The constant bringing in of these de-
pieted pOcketbOokS was a source both
OF wonder and annoyance to the post
Office officials, who were at loss to ac-
count for the appearance of so many
rockethOoks in the various mail boxes.
1t was always noticed that never cent
of money was found in these pocket
books, but most of them contained papers
eff no value, cards and other trifliug ar
ticles. l he mystery was not solved
until a thief, who had been arrested.
confessed that it was his habit, and also
that OF his fellow pick-pOcketS. after
picking book and removing whatever
money it contained, to drop the book
into mail box.
"Ihere was no easier. or more effect
ual, method of getting rid of an in
eliminating pOcketboOk. In this way
many of the p"cketboOks We're returned
to the owners. who were very often
thankful to get back the papers which
the pOcketbOOkS sometimes contained,
and which were usually of more value
to the owners than the money which
had been stolen. In this way Uncle
Sam has unwittingly become medium
through which the losers of pocket
books have been made glad by the re-
turn of their property"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
HOW MRS. MAYBRICK LIVES.
A Graphic Picture of the Style of
a Female Convict.

A Graphic Picture of the style OF
Female Convict.
Pail Mall Gazette.
Mrs. May brick-almost forgotten now
lis doing her nine months of solitary
confinement and daily does an allotted
task OF needlework. Those who follow
the wretched woman's career, as it may
be studied fIom time to time by the
prison bulletins, will learn with interest
that there is considerable thought as to
dress in this prison, as belts ladies'
establishment. Even in prison, accord
ing to Mr.. f. w. Robinson, a variety of
t0ilettes are customary. There IS the
probation class, in which women for the
first nine months wear lilac cot
ton skirt in summer, with blouse bod
ice, square of serge for the shoulders,
checked blue and white apron, small
white linen cap, with goffered border,
and plain unbrimmed coarse white
straw bonnet of what is termed the cot
tage shape; and very hideous shape. to
our masculine mind. it appears to he.
On Sundays white aprons and necker-
chiefs are worn. In winter the lilac
dress is replaced by thick blue serge,
with neckerchief of the same material,
and thick faWn-cOlOred circular cape
is also allowed for the shoulders. In
the second nine months the prisoner is
woman OF the third class and wears
in summer plain blue cotton skirt with
stripes, and Square brown serge for
the shoulders. The bonnet and the
linen cap remain the same in style, or
distinguished, as it may be, for want of
style, and white aprons and necker-
chiefs again smarter up the prisoners
on the Sabbath. In winter the third
class women wear brown serge dresses
and faWn-col0red capeS. In the third
nine months female convict becomes a
woman of the second class, and is al
lowed the distinction uf wearing full
blue cotton skirt with white spots, a
blouse bodice of the same material.and
square of green serge for the shoulders.
In winter she wears thick green serge
gown, the other details of dress being
the same as in the preceding class. In
the fourth period of nine months she
becomes woman of the first class, with
little. if any, distinction from the sec
ond; and this remains till she is within
nine months of the expiration of the
sentence, When-happy time for the fe-
male convict, with liberty so close at
hand again-she is dubbed woman OF
the special class.