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4 BURKE’S WEEKLY for boys and girls. MACON, GA., JULY 6, 1867. One Word. We are not going to inflict a long introductory editorial on our little readers, and occupy space which can be filled with matter of more interest, but we may be pardoned for a word or two at starting. We promised the boys and girls of the South the handsomest and best juvenile paper published in this country, and we think we have kept our word. As far as looks are concerned, we think the point will be conceded at once. Our heading is peculiarly beautiful and appropriate, and we confess that we are proud of it. The engraving on our first page is a very fine one, and the others are not much inferior to it. The pic ture of “The Cloud ” is a gem. We are proud, too, of our table of contents. Mr. Goulding’s story of “Marooner’s Island,” of ’which we give the opening chapter, will be read with delight by all who have read and admired “The Young Ma rooners,” and their name is legion; a talented lady contributor from Rome furnishes the first instalment of a beautiful Fairy Tale ; the sketch of Sergeant Jasper will be found instructive and entertaining; and the shorter stories and poems, together with our Riddle department, all go to make up a first-rate number. Now, boys and girls, send us long lists of sub scribers, and we promise you that still greater im provements shall be made. We already have much excellent material in hand for future num bers. A pretty little story by “Clara LeClerc,” and several tales and sketches by other writers, are crowded out of this number, but will appear in good time. We have the promise of an abun dance of good things for future use, and if you will send us the subscribers, we will give you just as good a paper as you can ask for. How to Destroy your Enemies. The Emperor Sigismund was asked why he always showed favor to his enemies, instead of destroying them. “Do I not,” he answered, “destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?” A nohle reply. Is not this the very best and surest way of destroying one’s enemies ? Little kindnesses go much further than harsh and angry words, and a little yielding gentleness will do more towards conquering an enemy than all the hard epithets that can be used. “A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.” “He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.” It has been aptly said that a kind word is like oil dropped into a rusty lock, which makes it go gently and easily, and prevents it wearing out. Remember —that clubs need not all go to the same post office, but to fifty different offices, if you wish. Nor need they all go to the same State. Get them where you can, and send us their names and the money, and we will send the paper. When you send your own name, or any other, be careful to give vs the name of the Post Office arid State also. It is best to add the full address at the bottom of your letter. BTJRKE’S WEEKLY. Our Premium List. We desire to call the attention of our little readers to the offer of Premiums for subscribers, to be found in our advertising columns. The Catalogue, which we will send, post-paid to any one desiring it, contains a list of the very best Ju venile books published in this country , which are offered as premiums for three or more subscribers to the Weekly. Now we want every boy or girl into whose hands this number of our paper falls, to go to work and send us a list of subscribers. If you are already a subscriber, you may include your own name in the club, provided it has not been sent to us as a club subscriber by someone else. For instance, two more names besides your own will entitle you to the premium for three sub scribers ; four besides your own, to the premium for five subscribers, and so on. Now, there are hundreds of boys and girls in the South send us five, ten , twenty or fifty subscribers, and secure for themselves good libraries. W r e intend to give you a good paper, elegantly printed and beautifully illustrated —one which will recommend itself. You need not confine yourself to one post office, but get your subscribers just where you can, and remember, we will direct the paper to each one separately. We make this explanation because there seems to be an impression that the papers for a club must all be sent to one person. As fast as subscribers are obtained, send the names along, so that we can begin to send the paper, and when you have forwarded all the names you can obtain, select your premium, and we will forward it promptly, free of cost to you. To save ijpjstalces, send with each name the exact subscrip tion money, and when you send us names for a premium, let them be marked Premium List in every instance. This is necessary to enable us to keep our accounts straight with the getter up of the club. So, now, little friends, do your part by sending us the subscribers, and we will not only do ours by giving you just as good a paper as you can want, but will pay you well for your trouble besides. Save every number of your paper. At the close of the volume we expect to furnish you with a handsome title page and index, so that you can have your numbers bound into a neat and valuable book, which will be worth to you three or four times the amount it costs. ftfSjP We send the first number to all who have sent us their names, and to many others. Those who have forwarded their names without the money will please send the amount due at once, as the regular publication of the paper is already determined upon. Persons receiving this number who do not wish to subscribe, or to aid us in pro curing subscribers, will do us a favor by handing it to someone who will take an interest in extend ing our circulation. Depend on Yourself. —Most young men con sider it a misfortune to be born poor, or not to have capital enough to establish themselves at the outset of life in a good and comfortable busi ness. This is a mistaken notion. So far from poverty being a misfortune to them, if we may judge from what we daily behold, it is really a blessing; the chances are more than ten to one against him who starts with a fortune. Most ch men’s sons die in poverty, while many poor n is sons coino to wealth and honor. It is abh tg. instead of a curse, to have to work out y > u fortune. An Explanation. After the present number of our Weekly v. in type, it was discovered that the press on whi we expected to print it was too small for pu, pose, and that it was necessary to put up a , one before we could make a beginning. Tim lay has been a source of serious annoyance to but it was unavoidable, and we believe our ,’i; readers will excuse it. The next number appear on the 13th of July, and it will be pulT ed regularly thereafter every Saturday. What One Glass of Wine Did The influence which an apparently insq circumstance often exerts on the affairs well illustrated in the history of the eld Louis Phillippe, late Emperor of the Fr> was the heir apparent of his father's thro ■,i regarded as one of the most promising you ; in France. Not given to dissipation, n : nfty and noble character, and an officer of and in the army, the hopes of his family, br and his country were centered on him. 0: ning, being about to take his departure from to join his regiment, he invited a few comp to breakfast with him, and in the convivia ; o, the hour drank one glass of wine too much, bid ding adieu to his companions, he stepped into a i carriage. Had it not been for the “glass too much” he would have remained seated ; as it wa-, he sprang out. But for the “glass too much” he would have alighted on his feet; as it was, his head struck the pavement. Senseless and bleed ing, he was carried into a beer shop and soon ex pired. That extra glass of wine overthrew the Orleans dynasty, caused the confiscation of their property worth $100,000,000, and drove the family into poverty and exile. idea of the terrible havoc of war may j be gained from the following figures: In the des perate encounter at Chickamauga, Rosecranz los I 16,851 men, and at Murfreesborough 12,085; a ; Pittsburgh ‘Landing Grant lost 13,573, at Vicks ; burg 9,875, and at Mission Ridge 7,000 ; at Gaines Mills, Peach Orchard, Savage Station, Glendale, White Oak Swamp and Malvern Hill McClellan lost 70,000, and at Antietam 11,426 ; Hooker lost in his campaign in the Wilderness 20,000; Burn side at Fredericksburg 12,000; and Grant’s uni ted losses, from the time of crossing the Rapidan in his final campaign, to surrender of Lee, at | computed at 90,000. —— ♦♦♦ JSSSP“' Time, patience and industry are the tin - < |j grand masters of the world —they bring a man 1 j; the end of his desires; whereas an imprudent a I turbulent manner oftentimes turns him out off a J way to his proposed ends. ptaf A Sunday-school teacher was relating j| her class of boys, graphically and of course in t n j gravest manner possible, the ancient Bible im i \ dent which speaks of Joseph’s going out chariot to meet his father, Jacob, when she w.i | interrupted by the following abrupt reman “ Uinp ! Joseph thought he was ‘ some pun in , didn’t he, riding in a chariot to meet his dad! ’ +*» friend asked of a pretty little child of s years old, “ Which do you love best, your eat your doll?” The little girl thought some tin before answering, and then whispered in the < of the questioner: “I love my cat the best, please don’t tell my doll.”