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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. ♦«>.. —- —-- 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.” ——— ♦♦♦ “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. ♦♦♦ —-—— 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 93