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68 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