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BURKE’S WEEKLY
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
MACON, Ga , AUGUST 3, 1867.
Contents of No. 5.
Hunting Birds’ Nests—illustrated—original page 33
To a Sick Child, (poetry,) by Mrs. E. P. M.—ori
ginal " 34
Marooner’s Island, Chapter IV., by Rev. F. R.
Goulding—original “ 34
Christ’s Sympathy, (poetry,)—selected “ 35
The Crooked Pickles “ 35
Editorial: An Organ for Nothing; Not Sec
tarian; Our Premiums; “Goon, sir;” Jack
Dobell “ 36
The Happy Ones, by Mrs. Theodosia Ford—ori
ginal “ 36
Our Letter Bag—Editorial “ 37
I’ll Try—illustrated—adapted “ 37
I dess you fordot me —selected “ 37
The Robber Kitten, (poetry,)—selected “ 38
The Little Flower Goodness, by Fanny Fielding
—original “ 38
The Robbers and the Peasant —Selected “ 39
What the wind says—selected “ 39
Our Chimney Corner —illustrated “ 40
An Organ for Nothing.
Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organs are
regarded as the best instruments of their
class in the world. Fifty-six gold and silver
medals, or other highest premiums, have been
them at the principal industrial fairs
\£JO of the country, and two hundred and sixty of
qY 5 the most eminent musicians in the United
States have pronounced them “ the best ok
their class,” and recommend them as ” very admirable
and desirable for both public and private use.”
We have sold a number of these organs for use in
churches in Georgia and Florida, and they give univer
sal satisfaction. Now, in order to give every church and
Sabbath school in the country an opportunity of pro
curing one of these useful and desirable instruments, we
make the following propositions :
For fifty subscriber* and SIOO, we will allow a credit of
S3O in the purchase of any organ that may be selected.
For one hundred, subscribers and S2OO, we will allow a
credit of $75 on any organ that may be selected,
For one hundred and fifty subscribers and S3OO, we will
allow a credit of slls on any organ selected.
For two hundred subscribers and S4OO, we will allow a
credit of $175.
There are over forty different styles of these organs,
ranging in price from S9O to SISOO, according to style and
finish. The cut represents style No. 15, the factory price
of which is sllO. We supply them as low as they can be
purchased from the manufacturers, and will make the
above deductions on any organ selected from factory
prices! These organs are fully warranted for five years,
and will be securely packed, ready for shipment, and de
livered at any railroad depot in Macon, free of cost to
purchasers, or we can have them shipped direct from
New York, if preferred.
Price Catalogues sent on application to the publishers
of this paper.
Remember that subscribers can be procured at any
post office, or any number of offices.
If you have much, give of your goods ; if
you have little, give of your heart.
BURKE’S WEEKLY.
The Happy Ones.
tSAW a beautiful river, which seemed to
run more swiftly, more gaily, as it touched
its green banks, which were green even to
ftke very edge. Huge trees grew along this
bank, and hung over into the stream, and
a little boat was tied fast to one of them,
and three little children sat and played in it.
While I looked, a great steamboat came splash
ing along and made the waves run up into the
grass, and they dashed over the huge stones, and
sparkled in the sunlight, and then went back to
the river, and coming again caught at the falling
leaves as they fluttered down from the grand old
trees, and whirled them off into the rushing
stream ; and, coming once more, went right over
the little boat, and sprinkled the children all over.
I looked at the children to see if they were
frightened, but they seemed to understand the
water, for they laughed and clapped their hands,
and shook off the glittering drops which the mis
chievous waves had thrown over their red cloaks
and blue ribbons, and rocking the little boat, put
out the oars, and made believe to row, although
the boat was tied fast, and could not move, and
sang to a tune of their own —
“Who so happy, oh, who so happy as we,
Who are going to London, the Queen to see.”
And they laughed and shouted in their glee, and,
as the fresh breeze blew their long curls about in
the sunlight, they looked for all the world like
fairy children, come to play with the water.
Just then the old clergyman, a venerable man,
passed by, and the little ones saw him, and ran
from the boat and hid behind a tree, and then, as
he came near, they ran out and danced around
him, calling him “Father! father!” and he
stopped and opened his arms wide, and they ran
into them, still calling “Father! father!” and
he blessed them earnestly ; and they went back
to the boat and rocked it, and laughed, and Eva,
the eldest, who meant to be a poet, changed the
song; and now they sang —
“Not the bird, nor the bee,
Are more happy than we,
Our father, instead of the queen, we see.”
Then the good man stopped and looked out at
the blue water, and the green banks, sfnd the huge
old trees, and the gay children, and the glad sun
shine, and he said, lifting his eyes and his heart
to heaven, as his face lighted up with a smile —
“ Who more happy? oh, who more happy than
I ? for has not our dear Lord given me all these
things richly to enjoy !”
Thkodosia Ford.
Not Sectarian.
E wish it distinctly understood that our
Tfi-I paper is not sectarian, in any manner,
shape or form. While religion will al
ways occupy the place of honor with us,
we shall endeavor to teach our little
readers the religion of the Bible, and
not of any particular sect or denomination. We
take it that all the orthodox evangelical Chris
tians of our land are striving after the same great
end, each in their own way, and our mission shall
be to aid them all as much as possible by teaching
the little ones who read our paper that there is but
one way to honor and usefulness in this life, and
to happiness hereafter, and that is the way of the
bible.
Remember that clubs need not all go to the
same post office, or to the same State. Get them
where you can.
Our Premiums.
ftt desire to call the attention of superin
mium offer of Mason & Hamlin’s Cabi
net Organs, elsewhere. These instru
ments are, beyond all question, the
best in market, and will be supplied by
us at New York prices. The portable organs are
just the thing for Sabbath schools. They are
smaller in size and more compact than the cabi
net organs, and as less expensive materials and
workmanship are employed, they are of course
less costly. This economy of manufacture is not,
however, allowed to extend to the working parts
of the instruments, for they are made with all the
scrupulous care and thoroughness which charac
terize the higher-priced organs. These portable
organs are sold at $75, S9O, SIOO and $125. they
are tastefully and neatly finished, in black walnut
cases, and are warranted to be superior to any
other low-priced instruments made.
Our offers of valuable books will be found on
the last page of this paper. Catalogues will be
sent on application.
None of these clubs need be sent all at one time.
Send the names and money as fast as you receive
them, and we will keep a regular account of the
number received. When all are in, you can then
select your premium ; or, if you select books, we
will send the books as first as you order them, pro
vided you do not order more than the number of
subscribers sent entitles you to- Get your sub
scribers wherever you can —we do not confine you
to any locality. And remember, that in all cases
two half-yearly or four quarterly subscribers count
the same in a club as one yearly subscriber.
“ Go on, Sir, Go on.”
RAGO says, in his Autobiography, that
vQi/ his master in mathematics has a word or
GryV/fwo of advice, which he found in the bind
ing of one of his text books. Puzzled
QjTTy and discouraged by the difficulties he met
with in his early studies, he was almost
ready to give over the pursuit. Some
words which he found on the waste leaf, used to
stiffen the cover of his paper-bound text book,
caught his eye and interested him.
“Impelled,” he says, “by an indefinable curi
osity, I dampened the cover of the book, and
carefully unrolled the leaf to see what was on the
other side. It proved to be a letter from d’Alem
bert to a young person disheartened, like myself,
by the difficulties of mathematical study, and who
had written to him for counsel.
“Goon, sir, goon,” was the counsel which
d’Alembert gave him. “The difficulties you meet
will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed,
and light will dawn and shine with increasing
clearness on your path.”
“That maxim,” said Arago, “ was my greatest
master in mathematics.” Following out the sim
ple words “go on, sir, go on,” made him the first
astronomical mathematician of his age.
Jack Dobell.
We shall begin in our next number this story of
a Boy’s Adventures in Texas, and promise our
little readers a treat of no ordinary character.
Advise your little friends who want to get the
whole of this beautiful story, to subscribe at once.
When you send your own name, or any
other, be careful to give us the name of the post
office and State also. It is best to add the full
address at the bottom of your letter.