The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-14
AN HOUR WITH CORRESPONDENTS


A friend from Harrisburg sends Us
kindly greeting, and adds: "My wife
and 1 pray for the cause of human
rights every day, and will always give
our cordial support to any means that
promises TO aid its advancement" We
have Holy Writ for it that the 'prayers
of the righteous availeth much," there
fore we hope our friends will 'cry
aloud and spare not" They are wise
also in remembering that "faith with
out works is dead" and while petition
ing the favor of the Great Supreme,
they neglect not the use of every means
placed within their reach that may aid
in securing the desired boon of freedom.
Pray on, good friends, hope on, but,
above all, aOork on.
A young lady, not disciple of DR..
Clarke, writes: "My sister and are at
tending the medical lectures at the
Willamette University, and find them
very much more valuable and interest
ing than we had anticipated" Two
triumphs are recorded in the short
extract quoted; a triumph over the
unreasoning discrimination so long
shown in favor of young men as regards
the benefits of medical lectures, and a
triumph over the petty, narrOwminded
prejudice which has for ages declared
thaf uoupO uopoon toEa No ipfaraSf in
anything but beaux, and regard moth
ing as valuable except dress and dis
play. This correspondent does not bear
testimony to the debilitating effects Of
brain labor as predicted by DIR. Clarke
and his class of theorists, but acts upon
the supposition that the brain should
be taught to preserve the body. 1t is
especially gratifying to see whimsical
theories give place to stubborn facts.
A dear old lady in Yamhill county,
upon whom care and disease wait with
unremitting vigilance, writes. at is
said where there is will there is a
way but my experience does not prove
it. would be so glad to aid in the ef-
forts now being made for the restoration
of woman to her heaven-appointed
place by the side of man, but circum-
stances are all against me. I have
toiled with constant energy for nearly
three-scOre years, and to-day 1 cannot
command three dollars from the thOus-
ands 1 have helped to accumulate, to
pay for my paper, so must give it up.
The children are as sorry as myself, but
like myself they are powerless to help
it. Oh, what pleasure it would be to
be able to give one little push to the
wheels of progress, and thereby hasten
the time when woman shall have joint
ownership in property she has borne an
equal part in earning" Dear friend,
fact as simply and pathetically stated
as is this one gives the "little
push" you were so desirous of CIV
ing, and shows as plainly as any
argument, however logical, could do, the
injustice of a system that leaves a
woman pauper, even while surround
ed by broad acres she has earned. Take
courage, and remember that we some
times "build better than we know"
Now comes letter, in heavy busi-
ness hand, saying, "Please discontinue
nly paper" Inasmuch as we do not
find the name signed to the brief notice
upon our books, but do find the name Of
the industrious little wife of the writer
and in view of the further fact that said
Plucky little wife requested us to con-
tinue the paper to her address until she
ordered it stopped, we smile serenely
and feel thankful as we always do when
we find woman who takes her rights
in the matter of deciding what she
wants to read.
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