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BURKE’S WEEKLY
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
MACON, GA., JULY 27, 18C7.
Remember.
that names may be added to
clubs at club prices, at any time, and that
premium lists are left open just as long as
f desired. There will often be opportuni
ties to secure additional subscribers, after
you have sent in your lists, and we want
our little friends to bear this in mind. For in
stance, if you send us a club of ten and sls, you
may add names at the same rate, viz : $1 50 each ;
and when it has reached twenty names, and you
have sent us S3O, you are then entitled to an
extra copy gratis. Or if you send us ten names
and S2O, and receive as a premium $6 worth of
books, you may send names as fast as you get
them, and when the number has reached ticenty,
and you have sent us S4O, you will be entitled to
additional books to the value of $7 50, and so on.
Remember, too, that you need not confine your
self to one post office, or to one State. Get your
subscribers wherever you please, and send us the
money, and we will send the paper. And re
member, lastly, that four quarterly subscribers at
50 cents each, or two half-yearly subscribers, at
$1 each, count as one yearly subscriber in all
premium lists.
Now don t say that you can't get subscribers,
but iky. Try accomplishes more in a moment
than can t does in a life time. Make an effort,
and if you fail the first time, try again. Turn
back to the first number of your paper and read
the story of ‘‘The Try Company.” We want
every little reader of this paper to join that com
pany, and we intend to offer a handsome premium
to the one who makes the best showing at the end
of the year. Remember that.
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. Take Care, Boys.
QSjl) OYS who go to have their photographs
had better be careful what sort of
AHJ water they wash their faces in. A short
time since a gentleman from the country
went into a photograph gallery in Mary-
Vlll e, California, to get pictures of his two
boys taken. In order to have them pro
perly prepared, he asked for a basin of water to
wash their faces. The artist informed the cus
tomer that he would find one in another room
and he retired and gave both boys a clean wash.
After the pictures were taken it was noticed that
the lads began to grow black in the face, and con
tinued to get blacker and blacker. The true state
of the case immediately occurred to the operator
—the boys had washed* their faces in the wrong
dish, a basin of chemicals prepared for pictures
There was no remedy then for the accident. The
silver wash was turning the faces of the boys
blacker and blacker, and there was no other way
than to let the chemicals perfect the work. The
gentleman left with his boys, and by the time he
reached home he had a couple of nice mulatto
colored children.
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AnTJ u r j Teler ’ wWI asked whether, in his
‘ h ’‘‘ e , la ( d li t ' 0 ™ thro «Bh Euclid, was not quite
M uffalo and Erie* ‘ a S “ aU V ‘ llage between
BURKE’S WEEKLY.
Imperial Discipline.
/YAUR little readers will, perhaps, be inter-
VJL" I ested to know that the young Prince Im-
P er i a l and heir-apparent to the French
f throne,is kept under the strictest discipline
by his tutors. A Paris correspondent re
lates that he was recently taking his riding
lesson when he rode round the ring lean
ing to the off side of his pony, instead of toward
the centre of the circle. His attendant, M. Bachon,
desired him to ride as usual. The Prince paid no
attention. “Monseigneur,” said M. Bachon, “I
beg you to ride in the proper position, otherwise
I shall have to take you off your pony.” The
child did not seem to hear. M. Bachon w r ent up
to him, stopped the pony, and quietly lifted the
Prince off his saddle. Monseigneur coolly laid
flat down on the sand, and there he stayed. M.
Bachon told him if he did not get up he would
make the pony walk over him. Upon this he got
iip and was very obedient during the rest of the
lesson. However, the Emperor came into the
room just as this scene was nearly over. As soon
as the Prince saw his father, he said :
“Papa, Bachon forced me to —-”
11 What! You say Bachon ?’ ’
“Yes, papa; Bachon.”
“Say M. Bachon,” replied the Emperor.
The child did not utter another word. The
Emperor, on hearing from the equerry what had
happened, informed his son that M. Bachon had
been perfectly right, and had acted in accordance
with his express orders. Next day the Prince
was out riding, and suddenly stopped his horse
and said —
“M. Bachon will you allow me to call you
‘Bachon’ when we are alone?”
“No, Monseigneur, your father forbade you to
do so.”
“Yes; but when we are quite alone nobody
will know anything about it.”
“Well, yes; but only when we are quite
alone.”
Now this was very wicked in the Prince’s at
tendant, and was an encouragement to him to
disobey his father’s commands. We trust that
our little readers will never be guilty of the great
sin of doing what their parents bid them not to
do. Remember the promise to
“ Those who worship Gon, and give
Their parents honor due,
• Here on this earth they long shall live,
And live hereafter too.”
Take Care how you Handle Guns.
The Enterprise Star tells us that a son of Mrs.
Jarred Windham, living at Claiborne, Jasper eo.,
Miss., was killed a few days ago by the acciden
tal discharge of a gun in the hands of one of his
playmates, Albert Donald, son of Esquire Don
ald. It appears they had gone out to shoot at a
mark, and while young Donald was pointing the
gun, and looking for Windham to step out of the
way, by some accident it went off, killing Wind
ham instantly.
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The Little Pilgrim.
We have received the July number of the Lit
tle Pilgrim, edited by Grace Greenwood, and
published monthly in Philadelphia, by Leander
K. Lippincott, at 60 cents per annum.
mp “Pa, can a person catch anything if he
don’t run after it?” “ Certainly not.” “Well,
then, how did you catch the cold you’ve got?”
Something about Florence and her
Great Men.
/''7ON the banks of the Arno, in Italy, lies the
MLr 1 beautiful city of Florence, famous in
ways, but, above all, for the great
fmen who have shed lustre on her name.
It was in Florence that Lorenzo de Medici
established gardens, where he placed beau
tiful statues and busts, and all the finest
specimens of art that he could procure, and en
deavored to interest all classes of people in these
pursuits. It was in this city that Michael Angelo,
the greatest of modern painters, studied when
only fourteen years of age ; and here he entered
into competition with his celebrated rival, Leo
nardo da Vinci.
Raphael spent much time and painted many
pictures here. But it would take a long time to
tell of all the celebrated men whose names are
connected with the city of Florence. You should
all try to learn as much as you can about famous
places and celebrated men, for if you should ever
visit Europe you would find your pleasure increas
ed a thousand fold by such knowledge, and if
you do not, you will still derive interest and im
provement from studying about them at home.
There are many circumstances of interest con
nected with the lives of each one of the great men
that I have named, and although I cannot now
tell you much about them, every one can find out
something additional for themselves. We may
learn from the life of Lorenzo de Medici not to
let small obstacles stand in the way of our en
deavoring to attain some worthy end, for this
prince was defective in sight from his birth, and
yet he became distinguished as a poet, and also
in other arts and sciences.
Youth should not deter us from making a com
mencement, for Michael Angelo was only fourteen
years old when he began the study of those arts
in which he afterwards attained such proficiency.
Most men think themselves fortunate if they
attain distinction in any one pursuit, but Leonardo
da Vinci was master of many ; and Raphael, com
bining the excellencies of those who had preceded
him during nearly four hundred years, has charm
ed the world.
Learning to understand and Appreciate the
works of celebrated men enlarges the mind and
fits it to behold with awe and admiration the won
derful works of God. M.
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Yes.
V e are sometimes asked if we can furnish
books from our premium list to those who wish
to buy. Certainly. That list is made up from
our regular catalogue, and anything named in it
will be sent, free of postage , on receipt of the
price annexed. We can also furnish any book
published in the United States at publishers
prices, whether contained in our catalogue or not.
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Well Done.
V e havg received during the present week,
from Ihomasville, thirty five yearly subscribers,
with the money. Well done, Thomasville. We
received a few days before, from Dawson, Terrell
county, twenty-six subscribers, and several other
large subscriptions have come in. We are thank
ful to our friends everywhere for their kind efforts
to extend our circulation, and will try to merit
their good opinion.
may be added to clubs at any time
during the year, at the regular club rates.