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The Heroic Women of Bryan Station.
#HEN Great Britain gave up the war in
1783, a number of Western tribes of
Indians, under Little Turtle, a famous
Miami chief, resolved to continue it.
A party of unprincipled men bad, a
a short time previous, murdered some
‘ Indians who bad been converted by
Moravian missionaries, and bad taken no part in
the war. Thirsting for vengeance, the Ohio
tribes carried devastation far and wide, putting
to death their prisoners with cruel tortures. The
whites, though they had now become more nume-
rous and powerful, were hardly
strong enough to repel the fierce
Algonquins. In August, 1782,
a party of savages appeared be
fore Bryan Station, four miles
from Lexington, Kentucky, and
tried to draw the garrison out
from their log defences. Failing
in this, they pretended to de
part ; hut the old hunters, skilled
in all the artifices of Indian war
fare, felt sure that they were
lying in ambush near the fort.
At this critical time their water
gave out, and it was necessary to
obtain a fresh supply. The spring
was a short distance off, near a
thicket of trees and bushes, in
which is was supposed the savages were concealed.
If the men went out, it was almost certain they
would be shot down and a rush made for the
fort; but it was thought, if the women went to
the spring, the enemy would not fire, but wait for
a more favorable opportunity. The heroic wo
men of the fort undertook the perilous task.
Going carelessly to the spring, as if they sus
pected nothing, they filled their vessels and bore
them back to the fort. Five hundred rifles were
aimed at them while they dipped up the water,
but not one was fired. The shrewd pioneers of
the wilderness had judged Indian character aright.
The next day the surrender of the fort was de
manded, but a spirited refusal was returned, and
no further attempts were made on its brave de
fenders.—Quaclccnbos.
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Dramatized Fairy Tales.
We shall try to make room next week for
“ The Sleeping Beauty,” another one of our
dramatized Fairy Tales, to be followed by others
as fast as we can find space for them. These lit
tle dramas are just the thing for schools and the
home circle, and are already being called for by
teachers, who were delighted with the first of the
series—“ Cinderella.”
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“Tom Tiddler’s Ground.”
This is a good game for boys. It, is played in
this way: Draw a large circle on the ground, and
let one boy, called “Tom Tiddler,” take his
place within it. The other boys must then run
in and cry: “Here I am on Tom Tiddler’s
ground!” If Tom Tiddler can touch any boy
while ho is inside the circle, the boy touched
must take his place.
R£& a ' Flowers are beautiful thoughts that grow
U P ou t of the ground, and seem to talk to ns,
pointing us upward to God and Heaven.
BIJEKE’S WK KK I, V .
Be Polite.
tN anecdote is related of the late Hon.
George McDuffie, of South Carolina,
which we take pleasure in reprinting and
commending to our little readers. When
a very little boy, he was, one evening,
y) holding a calf by the ears while his
mother milked the cow. A gentleman passing
by, said :
“ Good evening, my little son.”
George returned “Good evening, sir," with so
polite a how, as to attract the gentleman’s atten
tion, who said :
“ Why did you not pull off your hat, my little
friend ?”
“So I will, sir,” said George, “if you will
get down and hold the calf for me.”
His politeness and this shrewd remark were
the making of him, for the gentleman, who was
rich, said to his mother :
“ Your son is a smart boy, and will, one day, if
he is properly trained, make a great man. If you
will allow me, I will educate him and give him a
start in the world.”
His mother was only too glad to thank the gen
tleman for his kind offer, and to let him take
charge of her son, who became one of the great
est men this country has produced, having been,
at different times, a member of the Legislature, a
Senator in Congress, and Governor of his native
State.
No boy or girl ever loses anything by being
polite and civil. Polite children are always be
loved and respected. Be polite to all with whom
you come in contact, the rich as well as the poor,
and never, under any circumstances, fail to be
polite and respectful to the old. Be polite at
home —to your parents, and brothers, and sis
ters —for politeness must begin at home. Ihe
boy or girl who is habitually impolite at home, is
apt to be coarse and rude to strangers. It has
been truly remarked, that “ nothing sets so grace
fully upon children, nothing makes them so lovely,
as an habitual respect and dutiful deportment to-,
wards their friends and superiors. It makes the
plainest face beautiful, and gives to every com--
mon action a nameless but peculiar charm.
Mason & Hamlin’s Cabinet Organ.
The New Orleans Times says : “ The tones of
this instrument are mellifiuously sweet, with a
volume, power and expression truly marvellous,
in so small and compact an organ. They are
beautiful, simple, and economical. ' See pre
mium list, on last page, for offers of this magnifi
cent instrument for new subscribers.
Written for Burke’s Weekly.
Tho Sea Shell.
Rosy-lipped sea shell
What do you say,
Whispering, murmuring
Softly all day?
Is it true that you tell
About the blue sea,
Where your beautiful home
’Neath the waves used to be?
I sing of my home
Under the waves,
Os the bright sea foam
And the ocean caves.
But oh ! ever I sing
Os what you may hear
In the soft whispering
Os the summer air,
In the babbling brook,
As it talks to the flowers,
In the gentle sound
Os sweet spring showers.
All nature sings
With tuneful voice—
Glory to God.
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Cfarhenville, da. * E. P. M.
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Written for Burke’s Weekly.
MAROONER’S ISLAND ;
08, »
Dr. Gordon in Search of His Children.
BY REV. P , R. GOULDING,
Author of “ The Young Marooners.”
CHAPTER IX.
WATER ! WATER ! —BRACKISH WATER COR
RECTED —SALT WATER CONVERTED INTO
FRESH—SUBSTITUTES FOR WATER—MODES
OF ALLAYING THIRST —SIGNS FOR FIND
IN (L WATER.
HR encampment for that
* J. ■ _ the coast, where the soft
mb lies a great portion of
peninsular Florida, had been worn
into the proportions of a mimic
JT* bay. The surrounding bluff was
nf higher than usual, being withal
surmounted by hillocks of sand blown up
from the beach, and by a clump of thick,
dwarfish cedars and small bushes; while
beyond these, for a quarter of a mile, the
country was perfectly clear ot growth,
even of the cactus. In a military point
of view, no better place could have been
expected, for while it gave to persons on
the spot every advantage for conceal
ment and defence, it furnished none to
persons approa ch in g.
Rut there was one serious deficiency
attending it—the water which oozed
through the sands of the beach was all
brackish, while the runlet on board the
barge was nearly dry. In this emergency
tw<rsuggestions were, offered. One was
by Jones, who said that in the pai t ot
North Carolina from which he came, it
was common to correct the brackish
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