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the crocodiles of the Ganges. A leading journal has said 

 that "fifty cents per day for the labor of a woman is her 

 only barrier between a life of virtue and a life of shame. ' ' 

 What a terrible admission ! Thousands of women yearly 

 go down to lives of shame driven by want and poverty 

 to desperation and dazzled and charmed by the glitter 

 and display which the money of Mammon and his satellites 

 shower upon the hell -holes of sin and their occupants. 

 Man neglects her, woman ignores her, the world passes her 

 by without notice while she remains virtuous ; she sees her 

 sinful sister feted by the elite dressed in gorgeous apparel 

 set off in brilliant jewels; she loses confidence in humanity 

 becomes exasperated at the heartlessness of her own 

 sex chides the charity of the world doubts falters 

 falls. 



" O the rarity 

 Of Christian charity 

 Under the sun." 



If poverty hardens the heart unto desperation, and 

 riches niaketh it haughty unto wickedness, how great the 

 sin of the nation that has adopted a system of laws that 

 leads to these two extremes ! We are pleased to know that 

 one religious paper has taken up the cause of the oppressed. 

 We clip the following from the St. Louis Christian 

 Advocate 



"In the further consideration of this subject, it is well 

 to inquire whether the present condition of the masses 

 denotes advancement and prosperity, or a tendency to 

 poverty and demoralization. It is doubtful if any period 

 of our history has been marked by a more general dissat- 

 isfaction than at the present. Undeniably there is a 

 widespread spirit of discontent. Many laborers are idle, 

 others working on short time and what they regard as low 

 pay. Many factories are silent, furnaces are either not 

 worked or yielding- no profits. Strikes on the part of 



