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92 BURKE’S WEEKLY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. ■j/'T !-JL. " ~ ' MACON, Ga., SEPT. 21, 1867. Contents of No. 12. School is Out—original—with an illustration...pago 89 The Charity that Covereth 89 I will not 89 Is it Light?—poetry—original 90 Jack Dobell; or, A Boy’s Adventures in Texas, Chapter VI, —original, 90 The Fairy Shell, by Uncle Joe —original 91 Editorial— Photograph Albums; Your subscription is near ly out; A Bit of Familiar Science: Beautiful Books for Boys and Girls; A Real Child’s Mag azine, &c„ 92 93 The Heroic Women of Bryan Station 93 The Sea Shell, by Mrs. E. P. M.—poetry—original.. 93 Marooner’s Island, by Rev. F. R. Goulding—Chap ter IX.,—original 93 A Timely Word—poetry 95 Knocking away props 95 Our Chimney Corner, with two illustrations, 96 Photograph Albums. (tT&E are enabled to offer some very beau tiful Photograph Albums as premiums for new subscribers to our Weekly. fFor three new names and SG, 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. Your Subscription is Nearly Out! Those who subscribed for three months are en titled to thirteen numbers of the paper. The present issue is the twelfth— so that all three months subscriptions expire with the next num ber. Please send your name and the money for a renewal of subscription at once , so that we shall not be under the necessity of erasing your name and then entering it again. We cannot afford to send the paper on a credit, and wo trust that no one will ask or expect us to do so. To all three months subscribers, whose subscriptions expire with the next number, we renew the offer made last week, viz: Send us $1.50, and we will con tinue your paper for twelve months longer; or $2.00, and wo will give you credit for fifteen months from the date of renewal. Back Numbers. . M e can fitill su Pply back numbers from the be ginning of the volume. t s BURKE’S WEEKLY. A Bit of Familiar Science. fERE is a little poetical waif, which, though not new, may serve as a text for a very short practical lecture : “ Some water and oil One day had a broil, (N) As down in a glass they were dropping, And would not unite, Rut continued to fight, Without any prospect of stopping. “Some pearlash o’erheard — As quick as a word, He jumped in the midst of the clashing; When all three agreed, And united with speed, And soup was created for washing.” Now, this is very good poetry, but it is not ex actly in accordance with facts, nevertheless; for the water and oil could not possibly have had a “broil,” and we are disposed to think the poet used the word because it rhymes with oil. It is true that these two substances will not mix, be cause they have no affinity or liking for each other. Put them together in a vial, and by sha king you will succeed for the moment in com mingling them, but as soon as you stop shaking, each takes its place again—the oil rising to the top, because it is the lightest of the two. Now, if they were disposed to quarrel, the water would not be apt quietly to allow the oil to take the place of honor, as it does. But this want of affinity—this dislike —be- tween the oil and water is overcome by the pearl ash. How? By a very simple process. Oil contains two parts, a solid and a liquid; the former called stearine , the latter oleine. When potash, or pearlash, (which is refined potash,) comes in contact with the oil, the oily principle flies off, and the stearine is converted into an oxide of potassium, which is easily dissolved by water. This is the manner in which the “three” become agreed so as to form soap. There is a good deal more of chemistry in soap-making than we have given above : but our little readers can learn all about it by referring to their text-books on this subject. Our object is simply to interest them in it, and to provoke fur ther inquiry. — Read an Hour a Day. N English paper tells of a lad who, at ✓rikV f° urteei b was apprenticed to a soap boil er. One of his resolutions was to read an hour a day, or at least at that rate, vjQy and he had an old silver watch, left him •ft) by his ancle, which he timed his reading by. He stayed seven years with his master, and said when he ivas twenty-one ho knew as much ns the young squire did. Now, let us see how much time he had to read in, in seven years, at the rate of an hour each day : It would he 2,555 hours, -which, at the rate of eight read ing hours per day, would be equal to 310 days, equal to 45 weeks, equal to 12 months —nearly a year s reading. That time spent in treasuring up useful knowledge would pile a very large store. Surely it is worth trying for. Try what you can. Begin now. In after years you will look back upon the task as the mqst pleasant and profitable you ever performed. HH “The Little Chief.” This neat little child’s paper, published month at Indianapolis, Indiana, coinos to us this week in exchange. e have carefully looked over all the numbers, and take pleasure in recommending it. Terms, 75 cents a yqpr. A “Real” Child’s Magazine. briefly alluded, two weeks ago, to The Nursery , a monthly magazine for /psigfr youngest readers, a copy of which had ¥ reached our sanctum. Since then, the publishers have kindly sent us all the back numbers. We feel that we can do our young friends no greater service, than by commending this little work to their favor. It i s intended for youugest readers, and we cannot conceive of anything more admirably adapted to their wants. Beautifully printed, on tho finest paper; illustrated by the prettiest wood cuts we have ever seen, and filled with the choicest read ing matter, it is the very thing for “wee” little readers, who are just out of the spelling book. If you would like to see a specimen copy, send us 15 cents, and we will mail a number to your address, or we will send two for 25 cents; or, better still, we can send you the first half-yearly volume, beautifully bound, for SI.OO. But wo can tell you of a still better plan : If you are al ready a yearly subscriber to the Weekly , and will send us two more names, with $4.00, we will for ward to your address, post-paid, the bound vol ume, or will have The Nursery sent to you regu larly for one year. If you are not a subscriber to the Weekly , you can avail yourself of the above offer by sending us three names and $6.00. The subscription price of The ISursery is $1.50. Beautiful Books for Boys and Girls. Messrs. J. W. Burke & Cos., Macon, Ga., have received a large number of beautiful English books, for young people, among which may be found the following: Aunt Agnes; or, The Wliys and Wherefores of Life.s2 00 The Star of Hope and the Staff of Duty 2 01 Half Hours with our Sacred Poets 2 00 The Boy Crusaders. By J. G. Edgar 200 Lessons at Home; or, Pleasure and Profit 2 00 The Story of a Boy’s Adventures 2 00 The Flower of Christian Chivalry 2 00 Men who were Earnest 2 00 Roses and Thorns: The Start in Life 200 Romantic Passages in English History 2 00 Noble Dames of Ancient Story •• 2 00 The Man at the Helm 2 00 The Story of Herbert Lovell 2 W Tho Wave and the Butterfly..., 2 00 Tho Art of Doing our Best. 2 00 Home Sunshine 2 U 0 The Long Holidays 2 00 Winter and Summer at Burton Hall 1 50 Blanche Cleveland 1 '•& The Poetry of Daily Life "1 <r> o Philip and his Garden... 1 25 Tales and Fables in Verse 1 25 Elm Grange : a Summer in the Country 1 2o The Happy Days at Fern Bank 1 25 Tho Laird’s Return, and What Came of It 1 2^ Beatrice Langston: or, The Spirit of Obedience 1 25 Hans Anderson’s Danish Story Book 1 50 These books are elegantly illustrated, and beautifully bound, many of them with gilt edges, and will be sent, postage paid?) on receipt ol the price; or wo will send any one of those at $1.25 to whoever will send us three new subscribers and $6.00, or any one at $2.00 for four subscribers and SB.OO. A few hours work among your little friends will ensure you one of these beautiful books. Try it. Look Out for the X Mark. All those -who find a cross mark (like this X>) on the wrapper of their papers, are especially re quested to read the paragraph on this page, headed: “Your subscription is nearly out! Renew in time, and you will thereby keep your files complete.