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BURKE’S WEEKLY
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
5, 1867.
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Contents of No. 14.
Knock Again—illustrated page 105
The Very Place
The Snow Drop—poetry—original 1 06
Jack Dobell; or. A Boy’s Adventures in Texas,
Chapter VII,— original, 1 06
Don’t Kill the Birds—illustrated— original 107
The
Hmtorul—
Endless Amusement for Boys and Girls; How
to Get Off a Font Gun; Scripture Questions;
An Immense Fortune; A Word of Warning;
A New and Useful Toy; To Correspondents.... 108
The Chameleon and Porcupine 109
Song of Marion’s Men—poetry—illustrated 109
Not the Gift, but the Motivo 109
Very True 109
Well Said 109
A Big Family 109
Mamma’s Birthday—poetry—original 110
Marooner’s Island, by the Rev. F. R. Goulding—
Chapter XI., —original 110
" Guess I Know a Thing or Two," 11l
Worth Knowing 11l
Playing Sweepstakes 11l
Our Chimney Corner—illustrated 112
FOB BOYS AND GIBBS.
whioh oan be made of them: Churches, Arches, Bridges,
Castles, Turrets, etc., etc., all coming from the hands of
the skillful boy or girl like magic, assuming the most
grotesque and beautiful forms, and can be carried from
place to place without falling apart.
No rules are necessary for putting them together, al
though a large photograph (showing a complete village,)
accompanies each box. Wo would say to parents, that in
offering these Blocks for the amusement and instruction
or your children, we are literally placing the “ Lamp of
Aladdin " in their hands, and feel we are doing you a ser
vice which cannot be fully appreciated until you have
seen them in their wonderful combinations, affording a
boautiful and lasting toy to the prattling infant, and
serving as a dehgntful study and pastime for the older
ones of the family.
They are put up in neat boxes, each box containing one
J? eiwS 1 PVJ-gsraph, showing a complete village. Price
1 50, $2 and $3, according to size, etc.
To the boy or girl who will send us three subscribers to
Burke g Weekly, and $6, we will send a set worth $150:
lor four subscribers, and SB, wo will send a set worth $2 •
and for jive subscribers, and $lO, we will send a set worth
$3. Address J. W. BURKE & CO„
Publishers, Macon, Ga.
How to Get Off a Foul Gun.
CORRESPONDENT of the Scientific
/ntV American says :
p u I hand you the following as a reliable
fact the reason I leave to others: In
(Jr hunting, a gun often becomes foul from
>9 use, and the exploding of a cap will fail
to explode the powder. With a knife sharpen a
piece of dry pine wood, or common match wood
Vill answer ; drive the splint right into the nipple
of the gun, cut otf the bruised part of the wood
•*#n with the top of the nipple ; put on a cap, and
it will not fail to explode the gun. Any one wish
ing, can test this by putting a little powder in bis
gun, then driving snugly the plug—it will go every
time.
BURKE’S WEEKLY,
Scriptural Questions.
following are the answers to the
G/jjp Scriptural questions in No. 11 :
1. Pretorium; 2. Immanule; 3. Le
rbanon: 4. Golgotha ; 6. Rachel; 0.
Isaiah ; 7. Michael ; 8. Sennacherib 5
9. Peniel; 10. Rlieboboam ; 11. Oreb;
12. Gideon ; 13. Reuben ; 14. Eschol;
15. Simon ; 16; Shiloh: “ Pilgrim’s Progress.”
Correct answers were sent by Miss Emma B.
R., Cotie L. C., Alice R., Sallie G. R., C. P. C.,
J. E. TANARUS., and a little boy and girl in Glenville, Ala.
Olin S.’s answers were all correct except Nos. 1
and 2.
Eddie G., of Glenville, Ala., who sends the an
swer above alluded to, says: “If any of your
readers wonder whether all the ‘ little girls and
hoys’ here are smart, I answer, with a Female
College, a male school almost a college, a Sunday
school that takes the shine off anything this side
of Georgia, and ‘Burke’s Weekly’ to read, there
is no excuse for not being smart.” Well done,
Eddie. We’ll underwrite for you, at all events.
An Immense Fortune.
t EARLY one hundred years ago, the pre
sent Marquis of Westminster gave out
leases for 99 years, of a large body of land
CQ'r? which was then a sheep farm, near the
city of London. That huge city has long
<y since swallowed up these lands, and the
lots into which they were divided are now in the
most aristocratic part of the city. They yield now
a rental of a little over £I,OOO sterling, or $5,000
a day. The old leases will expire in a few years,
and, under new leases, the income from this pro
perty will probably amount to at least twenty times
what it is now. The present Marquis of West
minster is 72 years of age, and his eldest sou,
Lord Grosvenor, is 47. The next heir in succes
sion is Lord Belgrave, who is but 13 years of age,
and it is probable that he will become possessed
of this immense income before he is of age, and
be unquestionably the richest man in the world.
Just think of a man with an income of SIOO,OOO
a day, or $36,500,000 a year! What a blessing
such an amount of money could be made in the
hands of a good man, and what a tremendous re
sponsibility will rest upon the owner of it. The
mind can scarcely conceive of its vastness, and
when we remember the words of our Saviour —
“How hardly shall they that have riches enter in
to the kingdom of Heaven.” We are more than
ever convinced of the wisdom of Agur, who pray
ed, “ Give me neither poverty nor riches.”
Quarterly Parts.
Ljlf are having the first thirteen numbers
UP lil le W £EKLY —for July, August and
September—bound in a beautifully illu
minafed cover, making a handsome
volume of 104 pages and over 50 engra
vings. We will send this volume with
out extra charge to all new twelve months subscri
bers who send in their subscriptions before the
first of January. To all others we will send the
quarterly part for 60 cents.
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 bgst to add the full
address at the bottom of your letter.
Remember that clubs need not all go to the
same post office, or to the same State. Get them
where you can.
A Word of Warning.
fOUNG people have been encouraged of
late years, by lecturers and teachers and
writers, to take a great amount of mus-
VylY 3 cular exercise, and the frequent practice
of robust sports in the field, with the de
-4S sign of developing a fine physique. That
there is some danger that this maybe
pushed to an injurious excess is shown by facts
developed in connection with the recent death of
a student of Brown University, Rhode Island. A
post mortem examination of his remains showed
that his death was caused by an abscess, resulting
from inflammation of the muscles of the loin,
brought on by excessive exercise at the time of
the University match game of ball between the
students of Harvard and Brown, in which he en
gaged with great ardor. He had been a remark
ably healthy and vigorous young man, but after
the day when he engaged in this game, he left the
house no more. Just now, when there is such a
passion for athletic field sports, and young men
find so many temptations in the excitement of the
contest to exert themselves beyond their strength,
a useful lesson of caution and moderation may be
deducted from this sad bereavement.
A New and Useful Toy.
rv/jVNE of the very best things for children we
II have ever seen is a set of improved build
ing blocks, of which an advertisement will
fbe found on this page. They are really so
pleasing and useful that we have deter
mined to offer them as a premium for new
subscribers to the Weekly. They are plain bass
wood pieces, most of them of the shape shown in
the engraving, notched and dove-tailed to fit each
other firmly; so that when a building is put to
gether, it can be taken up whole and moved about
without falling to pieces. They can be joined to
gether in almost numberless combinations, form
ing churches, factories, wind-mills, fences, bridges,
cradles, etc. The little house represented in the
picture can be put together in a few minutes. But
they are not alone a source of amusement —they
will develope the taste and skill of children, and
prove of lasting benefit; and we think the inven
tor deserves the thanks of parents for bringing out
so good and useful a plaything for the little ones.
These blocks are very durable, and if split the
pieces can be used in making new designs. The
$2 and $3 sets may be had painted or plain. See
advertisement, and go to work, get up a club, and
secure a set for nothing.
To Correspondents.
UfjMj\)lSS E. B. R.—We assure you that the
TP failure to do jam justice has not been
intentional, but we are sometimes so
overrun with work that mistakes are ah
most unavoidable. We will try to do
<jT 3 better hereafter.
F. S. D., Orangeburg, S. C. —Thank you tor
your contributions to “ Our Chimney Corner.
We shall be glad to hear from you again and often.
Willard F. 8., Montgomery, Ala. —Thanks for
your kind wishes, and contributions to the Chim
ney Corner.
C. P. C., McMinnville, Tenn. —Your Scripture
Questions are not accompanied by the answers.
Please send them.
J. D., Anderson C. Hi, S. C. —Yours, with en
closure, was received. We printed one of yon*
enigmas last week.