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BURKE’S WEEKLY
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
MACON, GA., JANUARY 12, 1868.
Contents of No. 28.
Willy and his Cousin Lily—original—illustrated..page 217
Poetry —Lullaby 2lB
Marooner’s Island ; by the Rev. F. R. Goulding.
Chapter XVIII concluded—original 218
Engaging Manners 219
Poetry— Little Bell 219
Editorial-
Now is the Time; The Savannah River (illus
trated); To Contributors; Half-Yearly Parts;
Clubbing with Other Papers; A Good Agri
cultural Paper; Our Exchanges; Information
Wanted 220
Ellen Hunter: A Story of the War—Chapter ll—
original
Poetry —Little Rose 222
Jack Dobell; or. A Boy’s Adventures in Texas
Chapter XX—original—illustrated. 222
The Unknown Beauty—original 223
Our Chimney Corner—illustrated 22-1
NOW IS THE TIME!
SPLENDID OFFERS FOR 1868!
present number of the Weekly is
the first of anew year, and of the second
half year of its existence. Now is the
ftime to raise clubs for the new year, and
to obtain some of the beautiful premiums
offered for new subscribers. In the list
of premiums are to be found beautiful books, sets
of Croquet and Martelle, Photograph Albums,
choice Music, and Photographs of Confederate
Generals, etc., Crandall's Building Blocks, Mi
croscopes, Mason & Hamlin’s Parlor Organs, etc.
We are anxious to begin the new year with a
largely increased list of subscribers, and to induce
our little friends to work, we make the following
proposition : To the boy or girl who will, before
the first of March, send us the largest list of sub
scribers above ten, at club rates, we will give,
as an additional premium, a complete set of im
plements for playing the new and beautiful game of
MARTELLE,
worth $25; or, if preferred, the successful con
testant will be allowed to select articles from our
premium list, of the same value.
Remember, the subscribers maybe taken at our
club rates, viz : Three copies for $5 ; five copies
for $8; ten copies for sls, or twenty-one copies
for S3O. At these rates you make a fair commis
sion, even if you do notobtainthe extra premium,
while you stand a chance of obtaining the beauti
ful game of Martelle, or something equally valu
able.
All of our young friends can help us if they try.
They have, all of them, many acquaintances who
are not subscribers. By showing their numbers,
talking about the paper, and asking their friends
and schoolmates to subscribe, they can procure us
a great many new subscribers, and thus benefit
themselves as well as us. Will each of them try
to send us at least one new subscriber every week
from this time until the first of March ? We will
keep a regular account with each one, and on the
first of March announce the one who has sent us
the largest uumber, which must not be less than
ten, so that he or she can let us know what prem
ium
WORTH TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS
they prefer. This offer applies to clubs as well as
to single subscriptions.
BURKE’S WEEKLY.
The Savannah River.
S\)ANY of our little readers in Georgia, es
!lj pecially those who live near the coast,
will recognize the beautilul picture on
the next page. The large spreading
tree, near the river’s bank, is a live oak,
(jf 9 one of the grandest and most beautiful
trees of the forest.
The Savannah river is quite a large stream, and
is about 450 miles in length, from its source in the
mountains to its mouth below Savannah. It is
navigable for the greater part of the year for steam
boats to Augusta, about 230 miles, and for flat
boats as far up as Petersburg, in Elbert coun
ty, about 50 miles above Augusta.
The voyage from Augusta to Savannah is not an
attractive one, as the river sceuery is not very
beautiful. But, as the traveler approaches nearer
to Savannah the scene increases in interest, and
to one unaccustomed to such sights the rice fields
and the majestic groves of live oaks, which line
the river’s bank on both sides, and shade the an
cient-looking residences ot the planters, are very
beautiful.
A short distance above Savannah, not far from
the river, may be seen the spot where Whitney
invented the cotton gin. Whitney was a Yankee
school-master, who, during his vacations, visited
the neighboring plantations, and saw the slow pro
cess by which the cotton was then separated from
the seed, by the fingers of the negroes. He im
mediately set his wits to work to invent a more
expeditious method, and the cotton gin—one of
the greatest blessings to mankind —was the result.
The traveler on the Savannah river will see hun
dreds of alligators basking in the sun, on its banks,
as he approaches its mouth, and many persons
amuse themselves shooting at them from the decks
of the steamers as they pass. The alligator, how
ever, is an ugly customer, and looks best, we
think, at a safe distance. One of these days we
will tell our little readers something about them,
and their habits.
The source of the Savannah river, as we have
already stated, is in the mountains of Georgia. It
is formed by the Tallulah and Chattooga rivers,
which unite at the lower corner of Rabun county,
and form the Tugalo, afterwards called the Savan
nah. The celebrated Tallulah Falls, one of the
grandest natural curiosities on the Continent, or
in the world, are on one of these heads of the Sa
vannah river. We trust that all of our little read
ders —especially those in our own State —will one
of these days visit this wonderful curiosity of na
ture. There are thousands of grown up Georgians
who can tell you all about Niagara, and yet have
never taken the trouble to see Tallulah Falls, in
their own State. And yet European travelers
have declared that for grand and beautiful scenery
Tallulah is far superior to Niagara—the latter be
ing chiefly remarkable for its immense body of
water.
The picture, given on the next page, represents
a scene on the Savannah river a few miles above
the city of Savannah.
To Contributors.
The following are accepted and will appear as
soon as possible: “Lillian’s Room,” by Mrs. E.
P. M. : “ Ilorilla and the Dove; ’ “ Remember
your Mother, Boy “ Mariana,” a poem ;“ A
Ghost Story for by Cousin John. We
shall be glad to hear from Kate Claremont again
and often.
Half Yearly Parts.
aTr E Imve tlie num 6ers for the past six
months—July to December nicely
stitched, in an elegant illuminated cov
er, which we will send to any one who
will remit us sl. Those subscribers
whose subscriptions begin with the first
number in January of the present year, and who
wish the back numbers, can get them, bound as
above described, by sending us an additional dol
lar, or, if they prefer it, we will date their sub
scriptions back to July, and send them the half
yearly part, without additional charge. Besides
the earlier chapters of “ Marooner’s Island” and
“Jack Dobell,” these numbers contain many
beautiful stories and poems, and more than one
hundred elegant engravings. Such a quantity us
valuable reading matter can be had no where else
for the same amount of money.
♦♦♦
Clubbing with Other Papers.
Y an arrangement with the publishers, we
niVaP are ena 6led to offer the Weekly in con
nect.ion with several juvenile publiea
ftions, at reduced prices. For $2 50 we
will send the Weekly and The Little
Chief for one year; or for $3 we will
send the Weekly and Merry's Museum one year.
We have read both of these publications care
fully for a year past, and can safely commend them
to our little readers as in every way worthy of j
their patronage.
For $3 we will send the Weekly and the South
ern Boys and Girls Monthly for one year. This,
besides being one of the very best of our ex
changes, is a Southern work, and appeals strong
ly to Soutnern boys and girls for support.
A Good Agricultural Paper.
very best agricultural paper that we
jH -lyv know of is the Southern Cultivator , pub
lished at Athens, Ga., at $2 a year.
Everybody who owns a farm or a gar
den ought to subscribe for and read it.
e) We do not suppose that our little readers
care much about such reading, but their fathers
need such a paper, and we propose to send the
Cultivator, with our paper, one year, for $3. We
are sure that such a quantity of valuable reading
can be had no where else for the same amount ot
money.
♦♦♦
Our Exchanges.
Ml | jPr E have received the January number of
Ap Jrlf Nbrsery, a Monthly Magazine for
youngest readers, (Boston: John L.
Shorey, publisher) ; Merry"s Museum ,
an illustrated magazine for Boys and
Girls, (Boston: 11. B. Fuller,publish
er) ; and the Southern Boys and Girls Monthly,
(Richmond, Ya. : Baird & Brothers, editors and
publishers.)
We have also received several copies of South
ern Society and The Southern Home Journal, tw r o
elegant weekly papers published in Baltimore, the
former at $4 and the latter at $3 per annum.
Information Wanted.
Can any of our little readers give us the post
office address cf “ Miss A. E. Matchett,” or of
“J. It. Scott.” We have been sending their
papers to Sumter, S. C., but the post-master in
forms us that they are not called for, and that no
such persons live at or near that office.