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WOMEN OF DISTINCTION.

At first it was difficult to keep them at lessons. If a boy proposed to go fishing the whole band rushed off to the river. Now they are not so wild.

When Mr. and Mrs. Ousley were obliged to return to America for a year Miss Jones bravely remained alone. Once she made an extended trip attended only by natives. Miss Jones has the honor of being the first unmarried colored woman to be commissioned by the American Board.

Mrs. Mararet Harris.