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Entered according to Act of Congress, in June, 18G7, by J. W. Burke & Cos., in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the So. District of Georgia. Vol. I. HOW TO MAKE HOME ATTRAC TIVE ! O other new game has ever become so imme diately and universally Ali its appointments are so ele gant in materials and finish that it makes a very tasteful orna ment in the parlor, while its combinations are so entirely new, and so skill ful and interest ing, that both old and young are de lighted with it.— It can be played so simply that any child can quickly comprehend it, and yet is suscep tible of such de velopment of skill, so nice a calcula tion of angles, sur faces, and propel ling power, that it provides new interest and plea sure for the most experienced per sons. Ladies will find the game one of pecu liar interest, it being so novel and entire ly new in its features. And business men, who, after the fatigues of the day, de sire some recreation which shall pleasant ly occupy the mind and furnish gentle exercise, and in which the ladies of the family can agreeably engage, will find Martelle just such a game as they all need. Martelle also furnishes an inexhausti ble source of amusement to visitors. It is an eminently social game, and will en hance the pleasure of any visit. MACON, LA., DECEMBER 14. 1867. How to make Home Attractive is al ways an anxious question in the home circle, and nothing does more to this end than the introduction into the family of such games as Martelle. All the mem bers of the family—young and old—can engage in the game, and a charming so cial amusement is thus provided for all. KAY 11 religion be the star you sail by, doubt not of a good voyage; at least you are sure of a good harbor. “ Boys, what is all that noise in school ?” “ It’s Bill Sikes imitating a locomotive.” “Come up here, William, if you’ve turned into a locomotive, it is time you were switched off.” -»♦ Fine sensibilities are like wood bines, delightful luxuries of beauty to twine round a solid, upright stem of un derstanding; but very poor things if al lowed to creep along the ground. Nothing is profitable which is dis honest. Written for Burke’s Weekly. MAROONER’S ISLAND; OR, Dr. Gordon in Search of his Children. BY BEY. F. B. GOULDTXG, Author' of the “ Young Marooners CHAPTER XVI. plans for the day—adieu to musquito KEY —CAPTURE OF FLYING FISH SIMPLE SERVICES —WORSHIP ; WHAT IS IT ? It being the Christian Sabbath, Hr. Gordon called the crew together at the close of breakfast, and said to them— is to carry this out. Wo are forced to seek some other place. I propose, there fore, with the consent of Sergeant Tom kins, to resume our voyage, and continue it until wc find a place suitable for stop ping ; and in case we do not in time, that we spend a season on boaid in the oxoi cisc of worship.” The smile of pleasure which overspread the faces of the men showed that the proposal accorded with their own prefer ences. A half hour, or more, before em barking was allowed them for paying such extra attention to person and cloth- IST o. 24 “It has been my custom, as a Christian man, to honor the Sabbath by making it, if possible, a day of rest and of wor ship. Such was my intention to day, and when, last evening, we selected this is land, which look ed so beautiful at a distance, I said to myself, ‘ How delightful a spot it will be for spen ding the Sabbath!’ But you perceive how impossible it