Jonesboro, Tennessee; Tougaloo, Mississippi; and Austin, Texas. One
missionary writes, "I find my classes very large. In beginning I have
about one hundred girls in sewing, about thirty in Household Economy
and Cooking, and later I shall have a large class in Nursing. This
work added to the care of the Mission Home will, I fear, be more than
I can carry, unless I have help, and I do not see how I can let one
bit of the work stop. I am sure there are plenty of good friends at
the North who will gladly help when they know."

WE HAVE ADDED a special industrial teacher to the force in
Trinity School at Athens, Alabama. Miss Perkins writes: "I am charmed
with the school and the inside of the building. I wish each day that
our Northern friends could look in at Chapel. I think they would feel
repaid in great measure by the goodly sight. I was glad to find a
Christian Endeavor Society in the school, it seemed so like home."

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WOMAN'S WORK IN NORTH CAROLINA.

BY MISS A.E. FARRINGTON.

On Thursday, Oct. 3d, a Woman's Missionary Union was organized for the
Congregational churches of North Carolina. A year ago, at the meeting
of the State Association in Wilmington, the subject was discussed, and
a committee was appointed to confer with the ladies of the churches
in regard to a local organization in each church. The plan met with
favor, and on coming together this year it was found that nearly every
church reported a missionary society in some form. All were therefore
ready for the State Union, when the Association of Congregational