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Show for the future. The question of women's rights is an exciting one in the east at tho present tune. But, leaving the discussion dis-cussion of this fruitful theme to others who delight in theories, it is our policy to deal with the subject practically. Care should be taken to throw around woman every safeguard that will shield her purity and preserve her from contamination. con-tamination. ..No people cau ever attain unto any pitch of greatness who neglect the cultivation and education of their women." We have excellent facilities for education placed within our reach. If we improve them as we should, we will soon have women who will prove worthy co-laborers of their fathers, brothers and husbands in the great work which lies before us, and become tho mothers of a race of heroes. EMrL0YMENTSFOU FK MALES. Eleven of the offices of the Deseret Telegraph Line are now supplied with female operators. In several other offl-cesyouog offl-cesyouog ladies are being instructed in the art of telegraphy; and, before long, we presume, that nearly every office on the Line will be furnished with female 1 operators. If they steadily apply themselves them-selves to their duties, we know of nothing no-thing to prevent their becoming efficient effi-cient telegraphists. In repairing tte Line and other out-door labors connected connect-ed irithtbe Telegraph, of courue men can be employed; but for all office work, it seems to us, that females will answer aa well as males. There are so many demands for man's labor in this country, with every prospect pros-pect of the demand increasing, that the education of woman, with the view to fit her for the lighter employments which men now follow, is a move in the right direction. There are many branches of business which she can profitably pro-fitably follow for which she has a peculiar pe-culiar aptitude. As surgeons, especially among their own sex, females have found profitable aud satisfactory employment. em-ployment. There is no reason why some of our young ladies should not be Instructed in Burgery. Every mother mo-ther can appreciate how grateful the attendance at-tendance of one of her own sex would be In an Lour when skill is required, la preference to one of the opposite sex. Ladies cau also be trained to bo good book-keepers, dry goods clerks, type setters, &c, 4o. We are in a better position than most communities to Introduce female help into the various va-rious branches of employment; for most people, in coming. here, have to turn their attention to some other business busi-ness than that to which they have been trained. There is not that jealousy nere which exists in many other places, and jrhich leads to the formation of Trades tnions and other societies to protect workmen in their rlo-hf- Up to the present, there has been no carcity of -labor here. If a man could not Jnd employment in that business which he had been accustomed, he wuld la gome other business. Our old fliers, especially, Lave worked at a Peat variety of employments. They e compelled to do so, or have their orkstaad still. In the settlement of LaeV0UUtry thU 13 necessarily the J36- The first adobies that were made I W?r? the manufacture-excepting in fu L nces-of men who had never ,0-Vorh8man bies-ll J tomak own ado- fcaS QdJreqUent,y t0 Ia th "P do bt I PrUre hii own "mber and haveL carPeilter work. There C tha ev he Buteven now there tlchare'VT f PlWiU here Ce TVa lder unities. to0C9et9'RDd.eholdof the labor thera, Ti,i i' "self to klian tt ? f rtralU,Dg beget5 a 10 e peron , ".f great vanta'ge FUSS'S l0bta!n,n " to the The , arge" ,at,eWtWhIch,9now bg felt 1- ?? antl fining of yS0Ur,g 6ry pIeaaiS- It f peak, well |