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T. A. BURKE, Editor.
MACON , AOr. 12, 1870.
The Piano Premium.
USY hands are at work all over
the country, collecting names
for Burke’s Weekly in cotn
fcfrJtG petition for the splendid prizes
offered by us recently. A num
ber of clubs have already been
sent in, and many others write us that
they have begun and will soon forward
the result of their efforts. None of the
clubs yet sent are so large but that a
little earnest, well-directed effort will
enable you to send in a larger one.
Suppose you try it. Remember, the
first prize is a splendid Rosewood
Piano, worth $-500 —one of the best
instruments to be had for that money
in this country. Those who know us
do not need to be told that we will
do what we promise. Reader, don’t
you think that so splendid a prize as a
SSOO Piano is worth a little effort?
You may be able to get it; and if
you fail there are nearly 200 other
prizes offered many of them very
valuable, and well worth working for;
and if you cannot get the Piano, you
can certainly get one of the other
prizes—possibly a Sewing Machine, or
an elegant Gold or Silver Watch, or a
magnificent Bible, or some elegant
plated ware, or a work-box or writing
desk, or a library of choice books, or a
guitar, a violin, or some other musical
instrument. Indeed, the list is so large
and varied, that something can be se
lected from it to suit every taste.
If you want to canvass for subscri
bers, and get one of these magnificent
premiums, write to us for specimen
numbers, and we will send you as many
as you can judiciously use. What say
you ?
•.». * —
The New Eclectic Magazine.
fF we thought anything we could
write would induce the reading
public of the South to give'this
excellent magazine the support
it deserves at their hands, we
would gladly devote a column to
it each week. But we have long since
learned that the Southern people will
not patronize their own publications.
Southern magazines and newspapers
are “not without honor, save in their
own country.” The New Eclectic Mag
azine is recognized all over the land as
the equal of any similar publication
issued at the North. We do not hesi-
BURKE’S WEEKLY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
tate to say that the November number,
just received, would do credit to any
locality ; and that the magazine, from
first to last, has had no superior iu this
country —and yet we dare say the pub
lishers are sinking money in order to
keep it up. Let Southerners give it the
patronage they are now bestowing on
Northern publications of not half its
merit, and it can be made a success.
Will they do it? Let the little readers
of Burke’s Weekly beg their fathers
and mothers to give the New Eclectic a
trial, and our word for it they will not
regret it. The terms are $4 a year,
but we will send it one year with the
Weekly for $5. Turnbull & Murdock,
publishers, Baltimore, Md.
; —
New Books.
The Boys of Grand /Ve School. By the author
of the “ B. 0. W. C.,” " The Dodge Club,”
etc. Illustrated. IJostor : Lee & Shep
hard. New York : Lee, Shephard & Dil
lingham.
This is a capital story of boy life at
school, full of adventure, and with quite
enough of fun and frolic to make it
readable and sometimes laughable. The
author —Professor James DeMille —is a
writer of ability—a little given to the
sensational, but not enough so to make
his books positively objectionable. We
have read the volume before us with
much pleasure, and do not hesitate to
commend it as a genuine boy’s book,
and one that most boys will like.
She Hath Done What She Could. By E. R.,
author of “ Levin’s Treasure in Bank.’’
Philadelphia: Claxton, Rernson & Ilaffel
finger. Macon: J. W. Burke & Cos.
We remember reading, and heartily
endorsing, “ Levin’s Treasure in Bank.”
The present volume is even better than
that one. We don’t know that we ever
read a book with more genuine pleasure.
The character of Ailsie Gordon is beau
tifully drawn, and the book is a simple
story of her life—of one who “took
life’s duties as they came, day by day,
and hour by hour, and met her death
alone, as the rest from toil sent by
God.” Fearlessly she went in and out
among those who surrounded her, ten
derly she soothed and tended, as only
a woman can, where strong men shrank
and shuddered. Her strength was not
earthly, though her rule of life was
simple—so simple that all can follow
it. “ She did what she could.”
Big-Foot Wallace.
LI, I Jju E -were in error last week as
MjPjLi to the price of the Adventures
of Big-Foot Wallace. The
paragraph was written before
we had ascertained the cost
Y of the book. We now find
that it cannot be afforded at $1 50, and
that the price is $1 75, for which
amount we will send it to any address,
postage prepaid; or we will send it,
postage paid, to any one who will send
us two new subscribers.
$2,000 IN PREMIUMS.
The Proprietors of Burke’s Weekly make
the following magnificent premium offer for
the first Two Thousand Subscribers, sent in
after the Ist of August:—
1. For the largest Club, not less than
thirty, an Elegant Rosewood Piano,
worth SSOO
2. For the second largest, not less than
twenty, a First-class Sewing Ma
chine, worth 70
3. For the third largest, not less than
twenty, a Sewing Machine, worth ... 55
4. For the fourth largest, not less than
twenty, a Premium worth 50
5. For the fifth largest, not less than
twenty, a Premium worth 40
6. For the sixth largest, not less than fif
teen, a Premium worth 35
7. For the seventh largest, not less than
fifteen, a Premium worth 30
8. For the eighth largest, not less than
ten, a Premium worth 25
9. For the ninth largest, not less than
ten, a Premium worth 20
10. For the tenth largest, not less than
ten, a Premium worth 15
11. For the ten next largest clubs, not
less than ten sucscribers each, a Pre
mium for each club worth $lO, ma
king 100
12. For the ten next largest, not less than
ten subscribers each, a Premium for
each'club worth $9, making 90
13. For the ten next largest, not less than
ten subscribers each, a Premium for
each club worth SB, making 80
14. For the ten next largest, not less than
ten subscribers each, a Premium for
each club worth $7 50, making 75
15. For the one hundred next largest, of
not less than ten subscribers each, a
Prize to each club worth $6, making.. 600
16. For the forty-three next largest, of not
less than ten subscribers each, a Prize
to each club worth $5, making 215
Making 193 Prizes, worth $2,000
For clubs of nine, eight, seven, six and five
subscribers each, premiums at the rate of
50 cents for each subscriber.
The Clubs must be formed of new subscri
bers— those not now talcing the paper, and $2
must be sent for each name. Any present
subscriber, whose subscription is paid up to
Ist of July, 1871, wishing to compete for these
premiums, may count his own name as one
of a club, provided the full amount of $2 was
sent for the subscription, and no premium or
per-ccntage has been allowed for it; or old
subscribers may count their names in clubs
provided the full amount of $2 be forwarded
with the name. But, in no instance, will
other parties be allowed to count renewals
as new subscriptions. Those who have dis
continued the paper may be counted as new
subscribers.
Subscribers may be procured anywhere,
and at any number of offices.
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Any of the above sent post-paid on receipt of
price.
BERTIE’S BIRTHDAY PRESENT,
OR, PAT IEM C K REWARDED.
A pretty little Juvenile Book, sent post-paid
for $1 15.
A Large Assortment of Toy Books,
from 15c. to 60c., at
J. W. BURKE & CO.’S,
Macon, Ga.
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HARPER’S PERIODICALS.
Terms for 1871.
Harper’s Magazine, One Year, $4 00
Harper’s Weekly, One Year, 400
Harper’s Bazar, One Year, 400
Harper’s Magazine, Harper’s AVeekly, and
Harper’s Bazar, to one address, for one
year, $10; or any two for $7.
An Extra Copy of either the Magazine, Week
ly or Bazar, will be supplied gratis for every
Club of Five Subscribers at $4 each, in one
remittance ; or. Six Copies for S2O, without
extra copy.
Address, Harper & Brothers, New Yhrk.
KiC Harper's Magazine, besides being pro
fusely illustrated, contains nearly double the
amount of matter furnished in either The
Galaxy, The Atlantic, Lippincott, or Scribner.
It exceeds in about the same ratio any Eng
lish Magazine of the same general class, such
as Blackwood,Fraser, Macmillan, Temple Bar,
Belgravia, or The Cornhill.
Persons desiring to renew their Sub
scriptions to Harper’s Periodica!s!!wi]l much
oblige the Publishers by sending in their
names as early as convenient before the ex
piration of their present subscriptions. This
will obviate the delay attendant upon re
entering names and mailing back numbers.
_QiT New Subscribers will be supplied with
either Harper's Magazine. Harper's Weekly,
or Harper's Bazar, from the present time to
the end of the year 1871. for Four Dollars.
New York Oct. 22, 1870. 3t.