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BURKE’S WEEKLY
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
AUGUST 31, 1867.
Contents of No. 9.
The Regions of Ice and Snow, illustrated—origi
nal ... Page 65
Song for the Children, (poetry,), 66
Jack Dobell; or, A Boy’s Adventures in Texas,
Chapter 111, with an illustration, —original 66
A Good Trick, 67
Vegetable Instincts 67
A Smart Minister 67
Editorial —Now is the Time —God Bless You
Geographical Puzzle—Photograph Albums—
Geographical Enigmas—To Correspondents—
Kind Words —A Curious Calculation 68—69
Rabbits aiMkHares, illustrated —original, 69
A of Things 69
How I Live, (poetry,) 70
llarooner’s Island, Chapter VII., by Rev. F. R.
Goulding—original 70
A Rash Act, by Mrs. S. E. Peck—original, 71
A Little Boy’s Answer 71
How to Get an Education 71
Our Chimney Corner, with illustration 72
Now is the Time !
/jT are particularly anxious that our lit-
-1 friends shall continue to exert them
selves to extend the circulation of our
Tfe/v’ paper. It is to the interest of every one
of them to swell up our subscription list,
because an increased subscription will
enable us to present increased attractions. It
costs as much to set the type for a paper with one
thousand subscribers as if it had ten thousand. It
stands to reason, then, that the editor who has a
subscription list of ten thousand can afford to give
a great deal more matter and a larger number of
engravings than one whose list contains only one
thousand names. Now we promise our little
friends that the Weekly shall be improved, in its
illustrations and the quantity of reading matter, as
often as its increased patronage will justify it.
Give us ten thousand subscribers, and we will give
you the best boys and girls paper in this country.
It can easily be done if our little friends will set
to work in earnest. Let each one who reads this
paragraph consider himself or herself a special
agent to canvass for subscriptions for us. If you
find a boy or girl who is unable to take the paper
for a year, get them to try it for three or six
months, and at the end of that time they can re
new. If each one of our present subscribers will
send us one new name , our list will be doubled,
and we shall be considerably advanced towards
our ultimatum of ten thousand.
We invite special attention to our list of premi
ums. Our offer includes nearly every juvenile
book published in the country, Photograph Al
bums, Mason & Hamlin’s Organs, etc. We are
making arrangements to increase our list, by the
addition of many new and valuable articles, so as
to make it the most attractive in the country. We
want our little friends to work for us, and we mean
to pay them for it.
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.
JB@T*Remember that clubs need not all go to the
same post office, or to the same State. Get them
where you can.
BURKE’S WEEKLY.
“ God Bless You !”
Mb jT have seen somewhere the story of a
a crippled beggar, who was striving to
pick up some old clothing that had
fbeen thrown to him from a window,
when a crowd of rude and wicked boys
gathered around him, mimicking his
movements, and hooting at his ragged and help
less condition. Presently a noble little fellow
came up, and, making his way through the noisy
crowd, helped the poor man to pick up the cloth
ing and make it into a bundle. Having perform
ed this kind act, he was about to go away when
he heard a voice above him say: “Little boy,
look up!” He did so, and a lady leaning from,
an upper window said : “ God bless you, my little
fellow! God will bless you for that!” As he
walked away, he thought how glad he had made
his own heart by doing good. He thought of the
poor beggar’s grateful look; of the kind lady’s
approving smiles; and last, and best of all, he
could almost hear his Heavenly Father whisper
ing—“ Blessed are the merciful, for they shall ob
tain mercy.” Little reader, when you have an
opportunity of doing good, and feel tempted to
neglect it, remember this little boy.
Geographical Puzzle.
: 5 j I)hE following have sent in answers to the
Geographical Puzzle, since our last pa-
Cper was issued: Eugene; C. C. Evans,
QiStyf? Pleasant Hill; M. K., Hagerstown, Md.;
John P. tHuntley, Greenville; Miss
oj Carrie Morel, Atlanta; Belle Evans,
Madison C. H., Ya. ; Johnnie Parks,
Athens, Ga. ; J. W. Weston and Jimmie G.
Parks, Dawson, Ga. ; Eliza Price, Glenville,
Ala. ; Annie M. 0. Smith, Columbus; Julia
Threadgill, Union Springs, Ala. ; John H. C.
Tipton, Laurens C. H., S. C.; Mrs M. J. McAl
tamont, Little Rock, Ark. ; Mary B. Lawes, La-
Fayette, Ga., and Alice Wilkes, Culleoka, Tenn.
Photograph Albums.
CJJT AT'E are enabled to offer some very beau
j| 1.1 tiful Photograph Albums as premiums
for new subscribers to our Weekly.
fFor three new names and $6, we will
send, as a premium, a handsome Al
bum, holding 24 pictures, and worth
$1.50; for five subscribers and $lO, we will send
a beautiful Album, holding 50 pictures, and worth
$4 ; for eight subscribers and SIG, we will send
a very beautiful Album, holding 50 pictures, worth
$6 ; for ten subscribers and S2O, we will send an
elegant Album, holding 50 pictures, and worth
$lO. Any of our present subscribers who have
paid $2 for a year’s subscription, may count
their own subscription in the above, sending us
two names and $4, instead of three names and $6,
and so on.
The Albums we offer are of the handsomest
patterns and best make, and are warranted to give
satisfaction. A little effort only is necessary to
secure one of these beautiful and useful ornaments
for the centre table. Our paper is richly worth
the subscription price, and is popular wherever it
is presented.
Remember that two half yearly, or four quar
terly subscribers count as one yearly subscriber
n all clubs.
Names may be added to clubs at any time
during the year, at the regular club rates.
Geographical Enigmas.
fll are always glad to receive from our
m>m little friends Puzzles, Enigmas, Char
ades, or anything else suited to Our
Chimney Corner, but we must beg that
Co# they will not send Geographical Enig
mas, unless there is something stri
kingly original about them. Nine-tenths of such
enigmas (and we say it in all kindness) require
no ingenuity to make or solve. Historical or
miscellaneous enigmas, (such, for instance as No.
80 or 84, in this issue,) are better, for in solving
them some labor and ingenuity is required; but
in unravelling a Geographical enigma nothing is
necessary but an atlas and a good pair of eyes.
Try your hand at rebuses, charades, conundrums,
and, indeed, anything except such as are named
at the head of this paragraph.
To Correspondents.
Mrs. S. E. P., Decatur, Ala. —We accept your
proposition with pleasure. We shall be glad to
hear from you again, and often. Thanks for your
kind wishes.
C. C. E., Pleasant Hill. —Letter and money
received.
N. T. H., Bartow, Ga. —We stand correctedas
to Little Slave Lake. You must remember, how
ever, that when puzzles are sent in to us weal
ways require that answers shall accompany them,
and the solution sent in must conform to that fur
nished by the author of the puzzle. The grease
might have been spilled on the Brussel’s carpet
by a “ little slave ” or a “ great slave," but it
could just as well have been done by George, and
as the author of the puzzle selected the word
“ George,” we were obliged to determine that to
be the correct answer. But there was another
error in your solution —the use of “ Caroline - ’ in
stead of “Cook,” —and in that place you will
certainly admit that “Cook” was the most ap
propriate word. We can assure you that we take
what you say kindly, and shall always be glad to
hear from you.
L. P. D., Eatonton. —Your letter, with 50 cents,
was received. We haven’t the book you inquire
for.
W. G. G., Marietta. —We know of no book of
songs such as you write for. There was such an
one published during the war, but it is probably
out of print.
C. H. W., Savannah.—We sent you all the back
numbers at the time your name was entered. Mo
send them again, make the desired change
in direction.
L. C. McCarter, Union Springs, Ala. — We send
specimens as requested. You can secure the back
numbers for each subscriber by allowing the sub
scription to begin with the first number.
Few better replies are on record than that
of young De Chuteauneuf, to whom a bishop once
said: “If you will tell me where God is I
give you an orange.” “If you will tell me where
he is not, I will give you two,” was the child s
answer.
bright little girl, in playful anger, caugM
hold of an older sister, saying, “Now I 11 shake
the sawdust out of you,” thinking the human spe
cies was got up on the same plan as her doll.
boys, this is a whale. Can you
tell me what tho whale does with all the water ho
swallows?” Smart boy, whose father is a pawn
broker—“ Please, sir, he spouts it.”
received