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84 BURKE'S WEEKLY FOE BOYS AND GIRLS. MACON, Ga., SEPT. 14, 1867. Contents of No. 11. The Esquimaux —with an illustration —(original) page 81 Little Rose—poetry 82 Marooner’s Island, Chapter VIII., by Rev. F. R. Goulding—original Noble Thoughts Biographical Sketch ®4 Editorial— Renew your Subscriptions; Photograph Al bums ; More about Lightning; Take particular Notice: Geographical Puzzles : Scripture Ques tions ; To Correspondents 84—85 A Ride in the Country—illustrated—original 85 Cherish Kindly Feelings—poetry 8G Jack Dobell: or, A Boy’s Adventures in Texas, Chapter V,— original, 80 Little Pearly, by Mrs. E. P. M.—original 87 A Delightful Legend 87 Sowing Little Seeds 87 Our Chimney Corner, with two illustrations, 88 Photograph Albums. HIT frE are enabled to offer some very beau § 1 tiful Photograph Albums as premiums for new subscribers to our Weekly. fFor three new names and SO, 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 sl6, 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. Benew your Subscriptions. tL L those who subscribed for three months are reminded that their subscrip tions will expire in two weeks, and they are earnestly requested to renew in time, as we cannot continue to send the paper vC after the subscription has expired. As an inducement to three months’ subscri bers to renew, for a year, we make the following proposition : Send us $1,50 and we will send you the paper for twelve months from the time your subscription expires, or send us $2,00 and we will credit you for fifteen months from the date of re newal. These are liberal propositions, in either case giving you fifteen months' subscription for $2,00. is a storm like a fish after a hook ? When it is going to abate. 33 TT RKE ’ S WEEKLY. More about Lightning. our last we briefly noticed some of the -J peculiarities of lightning, and the safest -> places to be found during the prevalence of f thunder-storms. Such of our little readers as have studied Natural Philosophy, know that lightning is accumulated electricity dis charged from the clouds. Clouds arc chaiged with electricity in three ways, viz : by evapora tion from the earth’s surface; by certain chemi cal changes which take place on the earth’s sur face, and by currents of air of unequal tempera ture, which excite electricity by friction, as they pass each other. Some clouds are more highly charged with electricity than others. When two clouds ap proach each other, the one overcharged and the other undercharged , the fluid rushes from the former into the latter, until they both contain the same quantity of electricity. Sometimes, what are called “lightning clouds are four or five miles above the earth, and some times they actually touch the earth with one of their edges. It is generally believed that they are discharged by objects on the earth’s surface when they approach within seven hundred yards of them. Lightning passes from the clouds to the earth when the former are in a positive state of elictricity ; that is to say, when they are more highly charged than usual. During a thunder storm the clouds are always in this state, and therefore the discharges of electricity are con tinual. We told you last week that tall objects, such as church steeples, trees, or very tall houses, were apt to discharge a lightning cloud, because they were nearer to it than the earth. For example : Suppose a lightning cloud were a little more than seven hundred yards above the earth —it would be too far off to be discharged, but a church steeple fifty yards high would be within about six hundred and fifty yards of the cloud, and would instantly discharge it. Lightning sometimes has a forked or zig-zag appearance, because the cloud which discharges it is a long way off, and the current, meeting with great resistance from the air in its passage to the earth, flies from side to side in order to pass where there is the least resistance. When the cloud is very near the earth, and the current meets with but little resistance, the flash is straight. Sheet-lightning is either the reflection of distant flashes not distinctly visible, or of several flashes so nearly simultaneous as to appear like one. Sometimes lightning assumes a globular form, which is more dangerous than any other. Some times balls of fire fall to the earth during a thun der storm. These are masses of explosive gas, which are formed in the air, and when they fall they explode like a shell from a cannon, and oc casion much mischief. Sometimes they run a considerable way along the ground, and explode in a mass; at other times they burst into several smaller balls, each of which explodes with a loud noise, setting fire to whatever com bustible matter comes in their way, and destroying life. We intended this week to say something about the means to be used to restore persons who have been stricken by lightning, but we have already said as much as our space will allow, and must defer any father remarks till some other time. Carefully preserve every number of this paper. Biographical Sketch. time is the eleventh century; the 1 place, the town of Amiens, in Picardy, a provine of France. We see a boy of mean and insignifi “tCg cant appearance, standing aloof from e) his play-fellows ; perhaps he feels that he cannot compete with them in games requiring strength and hardihood. But observe him a little more closely. See, someone speaks to him ; look how his eyes flash and light up with wonderful fire and brilliancy. What is it that has aroused him ? He is listening to a horrible tale of some new cruelty inflicted on the Christians in Palestine. Already deep down in his heart he vows some day to avenge his countrymen. Time passes away ; lie becomes a soldier, and a brave one, too, notwithstanding his mean stature—but the life of the soldier does not satisfy him—there is a yearning within him for something higher, holier. He changes his profession for that of a priest, and soon becomes renowned for his sanc tity. Again we see him. He is preaching to a vast assembly, composed of all ranks, and poor work men and noble princes alike listen to him with breathless attention. He has been to Jerusalem, and is describing the cruelties practiced upon his countrymen. When he speaks ot their suffering, his hearers weep ; when he calls upon them to march to their relief, they shout with one accord, “ God wills it! God wills it!” The power of eloquence has transformed the poor priest into an inspired prophet. Those were the days of chival ry, when it was the ambition of every boy to become a knight, and now all brave and adventu rous spirits enlisted under the banner of the Cross. The first Crusade was undertaken, led by the soldier-priest. He distinguished himself at the siege of Jeru salem, and his exploits were afterwards celebra ted in the verse of the poet Tasso. He was one of those men whom God permits from time to time to rise from obscurity, take a prominent place in the history of the world, and even some times change the destiny of nations. This celebrated person was called — Peter the Hermit ! E. P. M. — Take Particular Notice. When you send enigmas, charades, or anything else for publication, write on only one side of the page. If you send new contributions to our “ Chimney Corner,” and answers to those which have already appeared, write on separate pieces of paper, so that we can file them separately Attention to these matters will save us much labor aud annoyance. —— — Geographical Puzzles. We have received several geographical puzzles, sent in competition for the prize we offered tince weeks ago. We shall keep the offer open f ()r another week, in order that our more distant sub scribers may have an opportunity of sending > n their contributions. In the meantime, our Ht-tle friends must “possess their souls in patience. There are four good habits — punctuality accuracy, steadiness and dispatch. Without the first of these, time is wasted ; without the secon , mistakes the most fatal to our own credit n’> ( interest, and that of others, may be committcu , without the third, nothing can bo well done; all( without the fourth, opportunities of great a vantage are lost, which it is impossible to reca