?" inquired Ralph. "I haven't any; wish I had."

"Yes, you have, my boy," answered Miss Hill. "You have red, white,
black, and yellow brothers, and this 'A.M.A.' is to help them to
read, to work on the farm and in the house, to learn trades, and to
know the best things. Your black brothers are the negroes who live in
all the South, the yellow are the Chinese in California, the red are
the Indians in the Territories, in the schools of Hampton, and the
whites are in the mountains of Kentucky and Tennessee. All these
little books that I will show you tell about these brothers and
sisters. Now read the card. Read it all.

THE A.M.A. "TRUE BLUE" CARD.

SPACED FOR COLLECTING FIVE CENTS.

For each five cents collected, prick a hole with a pin in one of the
squares below--each space representing that sum.

Letters from the "Children's Missionary" will be sent to each
collector upon returning the card with amount of collection--not less
than Five Dollars.

Six of these cards will entitle the collector to a Life Membership in
_The American Missionary Association_.

"GATHER UP THE FRAGMENTS, THAT NOTHING BE LOST."

[Following this is a large square containing one hundred small
squares, which are the ones to be pricked.]

Ralph read the card very distinctly and carefully, and then said,

"O Auntie, may I have one to prick."

"Indeed you may," answered Miss Hill. "I was just wishing for a young
collector. When will you begin?"

"Oh, right off," exclaimed Ralph, impulsively.

Then taking the card he approached Aunt Inez with a low bow and said,
"Miss Hill, I called to see if you would not like to give me a small
sum, five or ten cents for the poor negro."

"You'll do," said Aunt Inez, smilingly, handing Ralph the ten cents,
while he energetically pricked two very distinct holes in the blue
card.

"There," continued Ralph, "Now see if I don't get a missionary letter
for the next Sunday-school concert. Before the year is out, I'll be a
life member of the A.M.A."

Is there any other boy or girl who would like to be a collector?

If so, please raise hands.

--_The Advance_.

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RECEIPTS FOR JUNE, 1888

MAINE, $1021.72.

Andover. Mrs. E.M. Bailey, Box of Minerals,
_for Tillotson C. and N. Inst.

Bangor. Central Cong. Ch. 75.00

Bangor. Central Cong. Ch., 20;
Sab. Sch. Hammond St. Ch., 10;
_for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._