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108 BURKE’S WEEKLY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. 5, 1867. ~ - • ' 11 ' 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.