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28 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. —♦♦♦ . 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. ~ ♦♦♦ 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. ♦♦♦ 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. ♦♦♦ 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. ♦♦♦ 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.