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T. A. BURKE, Editor.
MACON, GA., JUNE 11, 1870.
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in another column. The two pictures
are richly worth $3, and you may get
them for nothing.
The Illustrated Library of "Wonders,
Wonders of Architecture ,
has been added to the “ Illus
trated Library of Wonders,”
and is in many respects one ot
the most attractive and in
e) structive of the thirteen vol
umes thus far issued. Each new volume
of the “Illustrated Library of Wonders"
has only served to draw a greater de
gree of attention to this most admirable
series, and to increase its popularity by
extending the range of subjects which it
embraces. The popular estimat eof the
Library is most admirably summed up
in the following article from the Boston
Watchman and Reflector:
“Undfcr the general title of ‘The Illus
trated Library of Wonders,’ Messrs.
Charles Scribner & Cos. are publishing
a series of books w'orthy of more than
ordinary attention. They combine, in a
remarkable degree and with admirable
skill, requisite qualities of entertainment
and instruction ; they are very sensible
and very readable. These good traits
ought always to be married in litera
ture ; but somehow most authors eith
er divorce them, or never allow them
to come into marriageable relations.
Readable is suspected of being no bet
ter than he should be. These books
are French in origin, and are marked by
the nice tact and eclectic precision which
we look for in intelligent Frenchmen.
The marvels of Optics, Heat, Thunder
and Lightning; the structure of the
Sun ; authentic facts illustrating the In
telligence of Animals ; the story of no
ted Great Hunts ; the deciphered won
ders of the Egypt that flourished 33
centuries ago ; the exhumed memorials
of the life and manners of the people of
buried Pompeii 5 caverns, mountain
heights and gorges, and other illustra
tions of the Sublime in Nature; and an
BURKE’S WEEKLY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
outline history ot Italian Art—are given
in these volumes, with a profusion of
pictures that add new light to the lumi
nous descriptions on the printed page.
This Library is not intended for men
who have given their lives to study and
arc masters of science ; it rather pre
sents in popular yet accurate form the re
sults reached by natural philosophers,
the knowledge gained by travellers, the
discoveries made by those who have
pierced the lava covering of Pompeii
and the hieroglyphic mysteries of Egyp
tian records. These wise and persistent
men have cultivated the trees, the nim
ble men who wrote and compiled these
books have climbed the trees, and now
toss down to us the wholesome fruit.
This popularization of science without
making it worthless as science ; and
this gathering up of facts and records
that interest all —are well suited to such
a country as ours, where millions are
intelligent enough to appreciate such
books, and only here and there one is
likely to study so profoundly as to render
them unserviceable to him. The fami
lies are very few that could not furnish
eager and appreciative readers of these
Wonder books, and certainly they are
few that these books would not instruct
most delightfully and delight most in
structively. Some books of the series
would be altogether appropriate and
valuable in Sunday-school libraries, lift
ing the wonder they excite into rever
ence and deepening it to humility/’
With the “Wonders of Architecture”
the issue of the volumes of the Illustra
ted Library of Wonders will be suspend
ed until next fall. Then some very im
portant additions will be made to the
series.
To Many of oar Present Subscribers.
subscription to Burke’s
Weekly will expire with No.
156—June 25, 1870. As an
inducement to you to renew
promptly we propose to send
1 you either of the beautiful en
gravings advertised in this week’s pa
per, if you will send us 50 cents over
and above your subscription ; or if you
will get anew subscriber and send the
name with your renewal, and the regu
lar subscription price of the two papers
—s4 —we w ill send you either of the
engravings, free of cost; or if you will
get two new subscribers, and send us
$0 for the three, we will send you both
of the engravings, and a copy of the
“ Little Soldier ,” for one year, to any
address you may send us. Please re
new at once—don’t put it off until your
name has been erased from our list.
No Post Office,
Mrs. G. Worrell orders the Little
Soldier for Miss Josie Worrell, but
gives no post-oflice. If she sees this
paragraph, will she send us her post
office address ?
Cold Applications.
f')&,
HAVE known, says Dr. Dick
, / iuson, a swelling upon a child’s
forehead as big as a pigeon’s
egg, caused by a fall; and be
cause there happened to be no camphor
in the bottle, the sympathizing mother
had nothing to do but sit down and
cry over her child. Now she should
know that cloths dipped in cold "water,
or, if in winter, when it can be obtain
ed, a snowball wrapped up in a cloth,
and held on the swelling, will do more
good than a gallon of camphor. I have
known persons to heat rum to wash
the head with in violent headaches,
when showering it with cold water, or a
cup full of snow, will do a great deal of
good, as we might expect. I have
known a good nurse put on bruised
wormwood steeped in boiling vinegar,
to a sprained ankle to keep the swelling
down, but according to the laws of na
ture all hot applications in such cases
do harm. We must apply cold wa
ter to do good. Let pitchers of cold
water be poured from a height upon
such an ankle, and the inflammation
will be very soon subdued. As is after
wards intimated by Dr. Dickinson, these
directions to use cold water are intend
ed to apply to an inflamed state of the
part, where it is red, hot, painful and
swelled.
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A Real Charm.
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rNDING that he was getting
poorer and poorer every day,
g© a young farmer went to friend
to ask his advice. This friend, with a
very grave face, said :
“ I know of a charm that will cure
all that; take this little cup, drink from
it every morning of the water you must
get at the crystal spring. But remem
ber, you must draw it yourself, at five
o’clock, or the charm will be broken.”
Next morning the farmer walked
across his fields, for the spring was at the
further end of the estate. Seeing a
neighbor’s cows, which had broken
through the fence and were feeding on
his pasture, he turned them out and
mended his fence. The laborers were
not yet at hand. When they came loi
tering along, after their proper time,
they were startled at seeing the master
up so early.
“Oh,” said he, “I see how it is;
it comes of getting up in time.”
This early rising soon became a pleas
ant habit ; his walk and cup of water
gave him an appetite for his breakfast,
and the people were, like himself early
at work. He saw that the advice his
friend had given him was as good as it
was simple, for the charm that saved
him was early rising.
Many kings make their subjects beg
gars, but Christ makes His kings.
Two Elegant Engravings.
General Lee at tlie Grave of
Stonewall Jackson.
This picture is a gem both in design and
execution. It represents the old hero, who
occupies so large a place in every Southern
heart, General Lee, at the grave of his la
mented friend, the great and good “Stone
wall” Jackson. The noble form of General
Lee, clad in the undress uniform of a Con
federate officer, is the central and prominent
feature of the picture—his right hand resting
on the tombstone of the departed Jackson,
which is wreathed with flowers, while in the
back ground are seen “ the everlasting hills”
near which the departed hero sleeps. The
face of General Leo is from a recent photo
graph, and is one of the best likenesses we
have seen. Altogether the picture is one
that should find a place in every Southern
household. Price, §1 50.
“They Strew the Sacred
Spot with Flowers,”
This is a companion picture to “ Gen. Lee
at Stonewall Jackson’s Grave.”—of the same
size and executed by the same artist. It rep
resents the widow and two orphan children
of a brave Confederate officer decorating his
grave with flowers. The mother is in the act
of placing a wreath on the tombstone of her
dead husband, while the eldest child—a boy
—is looking up into his mother’s face, and
hearing from her lips the story of his father’s
death; while the little sister, too young to
appreciate her loss, is gaily stooping for the
wild flowers that grow beneath her feet. To
the left of the picture sits an old colored wo
man, evidently an old family servant, hold
ing a basket of florvers ready for her mis
tress’ use. In the background, other groups
are seen, performing the same sad offices over
tho graves of the loved ones; and still far
ther back are seen white cottages and the
spire of the village church, rising from tho
surrounding foliage. It is really a gem of a
picture, and only needs to be seen to become
popular. Price, $1 50.
Either of these pictures will be sent post
age paid on receipt of tbo price. For §2 50
both engravings will be sent. To any person
sending two subscribers—one of them a now
one-for BURKE’S WEEKLY, and $4, wc
will send cither of the above pictures; or for
three subscribers —one of them new—and SO,
we will send both pictures.
They will bo sedurcly enveloped and sent
free of postage. Address
J. W. BURKE & CO.,
. Macon, Ga.