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- r-* “.tti —r-?-- ■r-r—srrz— t-r i. ■ i ■- ■ rvs * • —. ■ —■, -, r n. , IOH\ HENRY SEALS, ) and l Editors, L. LINCOLN VEAZEY, S NEW SERIES, VOL I. TIIPIW£ CRUSADER. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, EXCEPT TWO. IN THE YEAR, BY .1 OHN H. SEALS. TERMS ! in advance; or $2,00 at the c-ad of the year. KATES OF ADVERTISING. 1 square (twelve lines or less) first insertion,. .$1 00 Each continuance, 50 Professional or Business Cards, not exceeding six lines, per year, 5 00 ‘ Announcing Candidates for Office, ? 00 STANDING ADVERTISEMENTS, 1 square, three months, 5 00 ; 1 square, six months,. 7 00 ! 2 square, twelve months,. .12 00 j 3 square*?, “ “ . 18 00 ‘ 3 square?, *• “ 21 00 ; 4 squares, “ “ 2t> 00 ; not marked with the number of insertions, wfll be continued until forbid, and ‘ ciiarged accordingly Druggists, and others, may cor.- 1 tract for advertising by the year, on reasonable terms. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS Sale of Land or Negroes, by Administrators, Executors, and Guardians, per square,... 5 00 * dale of Personal Property, by Administrators, Executors, and Guardians, per square, 8 2o . Notice to Debtors and Creditors,. 3 25 Notice for Leave to Sell, 4 00 Citation for Letters of Administration, 2 75 i Citation for Letters of Dismission from Adm : n. 500 Citation for Letters of Dismission from Guardi anship, 8 25 ; LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, | Executors, or Guardians, are required by law to bo j held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the after noon, at the Court House in the County in which the i property is situate. Notices of these sales must be given in a public gazette forty day* previous to the day of sale. Notices for the sale of Personal Property must be ; given at least ten day* previous to the day of sale. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court vs Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must ■ be published weekly for two months. Citations for Letters of Administration must be published thirty days —for Dismission from Admin- ; istration, ninthly, six months —for Dismission from ; Guardianship,, forty days. Rules for Foreclosure of Mortgage must be pub- ; iished monthly for four months —for compelling titles | from Executors or Administrators, where a bond has been given by the deceased, the full space of three i months. will always be continued accord- j ing to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ! ordered. The Law of Newspapers. 1. Subscribers who do r.ot give express notice to i the contrary, are considered as wishing to continue ; their subscription. j 2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of their ; newspapers, the publisher may continue to send them until all arrearages are paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or 1 refuse to take their newspapers from the offices to which they are di rected, they are held responsible untii they hare set tled the bills and ordeied them discontinued. 4. If subscribers remove to other places without informing the publishers, and the newspapers are sent to the former direction, they are held responsi- i ble. j 5. The Courts have decided that refusing to take newspapers from the office, or removing and leaving them uncalled for, is primafacis evidence of inten tional fraud. 6. The United States Courts have also repeatedly decided, that a Postmaster who neglects to perform his duty of giving reasonable notice, as required by the Post Office Department, of the neglect of a per son to take from the office newspapers addressed to •him, renders the Postmaster liable to the publisher for the subscription price. JOB PRINTING, of every description, done with neatness and dispatch, ( at thi3 office, and at reasonable prices for cash. Ai! ! orders, in this department, must he addressed to . J. T. BLAIN. PROSPECTIS OF THE TEMPERANCE CRUSADER. [qcohdam' 1 . TEMPERANCE BANNER. \CTUATED bj a conscientious desire to further the cause of Temperance, and experiencing great disadvantage in being too narrowly limited in space, bv the smallness of our paper, for the publica tion of Reform Arguments and Passionate Appeals, we have determined to enlarge it to a more conve nient and acceptable size. And being conscious of the fact that there are existing in the minds of a large portion of the present readers of the Banner and its former patrons, prejudices and difficulties which can never be removed so long as It retains the name, we venture also to make a change in that par ticular. It will henceforth be called, u TUE TEM PERANCE CRUSADER.” This old pioneer of the Temperance cause is des tined yet to chronicle the triumph of its principles. It has stood the test—passed through the 14 tiery fur nace,” and, like the “Hebrew children,” re-appeared unscorchod. It has survived the newspaper famine which has caused, and is still causing many excel lent journals and periodicals to sink, like “bright ex halations in the evening,” to rise no more, and it has even heralded the “death struggles of many contem poraries, laboring for the same great end with itself. It “still lives,’’ and “waxing bolder as it grows older.” is now waging an eternal “Crusade against the “in fernal Liquor Traffic,” standing like the “High Priest” of the Israelites, who stood between the people and cbe plague that threatened destruction. We entreat tne friends of the Temperance Cause to give us their influence in extending the usefulness of the paper. We intend presenting to the public a sheet worthy of all attention and a liberal patronage; tor while it is strictly a Temperance Journal , we shall endeavor to keep its readers posted on all the current events throughout the country. as heretofore, sl, strictly in advance. JOHN H. SEALS, _ _.. m _ Editor aad Proprietor. PewfieW, Hl, Bee, g, 1866 , JMwtt to fcMptrmct, Pmlilj, t'itttatuw, (foteral Jitttllignttt, Jfow, fa. Prom Arthur's Home Magazine for February LITTLE LIZZIE. “If the} wouldn’t let him have it ! r said Mrs. Leslie, wiping. “O, if they ■wouldn’t sell him liquor, thereM be no trouble? He’s one ot’the beet of men, when he does not drink. He never brings liquor into the Louse; and he tries hard enough, I know, to keep sober, but h< ran not pa-s den k*’ tavern.” Mrs, Leslie was talking with a sympa thizing neighbor, who responded by say ing, that she wished the tavern would burn down, and that, tor her part, -sue didn’t feel any too good to apply lire ■ o the place herself, Mrs. Leslie sighed and i wiped away the tea?* with her checked I apron. “It’s hard, mdeed, it is” she murmured, : “to see s man like -Tanks growing richer i and richer every day out ot the earnings of poor working men, whose families are ,in want of bread. For every sixpence that goes over his counter, someone is made poorer—some been is given u throb or pain.” “It’s a downright shame!” exclaimed the neighbor, Indignantly. ‘‘lf I had my way with the lazy good-for-nothing fellow, I’d see that he did something useful, if it was to break stones on the road. Wore it iny husband, instead of y >urs, that he en ticed into his bar, depend’ on’t, he’d get himself into trouble.” While this vonvorsation was going on, a little girl, not over tori years of age, eat lis tening attentively. After a while, she went quietly from the room, and throwing her apron over her head, took her way, unobserved by her mother, down the road. Where was little Lizzie going? There was a purpose in her mind—she had start ed oil a mission. “O, if they wouldn’t sell him liquor!” These earnest, tearful words other mother had filled her thoughts. If Air. Jenks wouldn’t sell her father any thing to drink, “there would be no more trouble.” How simple, how direct the remedy. She would go to Mr. Jenks, and ask him not to let her father have any more liquor and then all would be well again. Artless, innocent child ! And this was her mission. The tavern kept by .leaks, the laziest man in Milanville —he was too lazy to work, and therefore went, to tavern keep ing—stood nearly a quarter of a mile from the poor tenement occupied by the Leslies. Toward this point, under a hot, sultry'sun, little Lizzy made her way, her mind so till ed with its purpose, that she was uneonsei-; ous of heat or fatigue. Not long before, a, traveller alighted at I the tavern. Aftergiving direction to have j his horses fed, lie entered the bar-room and : went up to where Teaks stood, behind the i counter. , “Have something to drink ?” inquired | the landlord,. “I’ll take a glass of water, if you phase.” i Jenks could not hide the indifference at once felt towards the stranger. Very de-j liberately he set a pitcher and a glass upon th e counter, and then turned partly away. The stranger poured out a full tumbler of j water, and drank it off with an air of satis- j faction. “Good water, ‘that of y.>nra, landlord.” said he. “1.5 it?” wh* returned, somewhat an courteously. “I call it good water, don’t you ?” “Never drink water by itself.” As •bonks said this, he winked to one <;t hia good customers, who was lounging in the bar. “In fact, it’s so long siwv 1 drank any water, that I forget how it taste*.— ; Don’t yon, Leslie ?” The man to whom this was addressed, was not so far lost to shame us decks. He blushed and looked confused, a* lie re plied ; “It might be better for some of us, if we had not lost our relish for pure water.” “A true word spoken, my friend !” said the stranger, turning to the man, whose swollen visage, and patched, threadbare garments, too plainly told the story of his sad life. “ ‘Water, pure water, bright wa ter;’ that is my motto. It never swells the face, nor inflames the eyes, nor mars the countenance. Its attendants are health, thrift, and happiness. It takes not away the children’s bread, nor the toiling wife’s garments. Water!—it is one M God’s chiefeet blessings ! Our friend, the land lord here, says he has forgotten how it tastes; and you have lost all relish for the refreshing draught! Ah, this is a sad con fession—one which the angels might weep to hear.” ‘There were two or three customers in rh<- bar-besides Leslie, to whom this was ad dressed ; and all of them —in spite of the landlord’s'angry and sneering countenance —treated the stranger with attention and respect. Seeing this Jenks could not re strain himself; so coming from behind his bar, he advanced to his side, and laying hie band quite rudely on his shoulder, said, in a peremptory manner: “See here, my friend ! If you are about to make a temperance lecture, you can ad journ to the Town Hall, or the Methodist Chapel.” The stranger moved aside a pace or two, so that the hand of Jenks might fall from his person, and then said mildly : “There must be something wrong here, PEiN FIELD. (SA.. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY % 1856. | if a may not speak in praise of wafer, :; wiiOv.viv. giving otienc'e.’’ “I said you could adjourn your lec \ ture !” The landlord’s face was now fiery f red, and .ha spoke with insolence and pas* . j sion. j’ “O, well, nf- you re president f the t av- -ting, f suppose we most let you et<*r jefoo tat arbitrary power of adjournment,” 1 sjiid the stranger, g-xai humoredly. “I , ‘ did 1 ”* think any ..-c had so etreng k die ’ like 1W water <. to “-..‘rudder ivs praise an ‘ j,.a,,]*. >’ At lhA moa.enf u child stepped into the - bar-room. Her little face wss flusbe-i,acd I great h-oads- of pwspiration .were slowly : moving down her crimson checks. Her; st&p was elastic, her manner earnest, and; ; her large, dark eyes bright wirh an eager’ purpr.ise. She ghanceci neither ro the right | nor tho left, y< :■ walking up to the land* y lord, lifted to h : m her sweet young face, land said, in tone* tbs? ?hriled ovory heart* but his ; “Please, Mr. Jenks. don't ‘oil papa &ay | more liquor!” ’d “Off homo with you, thi- instant!” ex claimed -Jenks, the crima-u of his face; ( deepening to *, dark purple. As he sjxtke, !| be towards the child, with his 1 hand uplifted in a threatening attitude. , “Please- don’t, Mr. Jenks,” persisted the j • child, not moving from where she stood, I nor taking her eyes from the landlord's i countenance. “Mother says if yon wouldn’t sell him liquor there’*! be no trouble.— • He’s kind and good to n* all, when ha ! doesn’t drink.” j “Off, l say!” ahemed Jenks, now marl-’ j denod beyond si-lf-control; and ‘his hand ; was about descending upon thu little one, i | when the stranger caught her in his arms, j j exclaiming, as'he did ao, with deep eram ; I tion : “God bless the child! No, no, precious : - , one!” he added ; don’t fear him. Plead : for your father—plead for your home.— ;Tour petition must prevail! He cannot] say nay to one of the little ones, whose an gels do always behold the face of their | Father in Heaven. God blees the child!”’ I added the staanger, in a choking voice.— i , “O, that the father for whom she }as come j ! on this touching errand, were present now! j i If there were anything of manhood yet left | in Rife nature*this would awaken it from j I its palsied sleep.” 1 “Papa ! O, papa !” now cried the child, I stretching forth her hands. In the next ‘ j moment she was clinging to the breast of; ; her father, who, with his arms clasped j i tightly around her stood weeping and ] j mingling his tears with those now raining i from the little one’s eyes. What an oppressive stillness pervaded i i that room ! Jenks stood subdued and be- j ! wildared, hia state of mental confusion i scarcely enabling iiira to comprehend the j i full import of the scene ; the stranger look-1 led on wonderingly, yet deeply affected. — ! | Quietly, and with moist eyes, the two or \ three drinking customers, who had been ; : lounging in the bar, went stealthily out; j and the landlord, the stranger, and the j ; father and his child, were left the only in- | , mates of the room. \ “Come, Lizzie dear! I bis is no place | ; for ns,” said Leslie, breaking the deep si- i lence. “We’ll go home.” ! ! And the unhappy inebriate took his child i by the hand, and led her towards the door.! : But the little one held imek. “Wait, papa; wait!” she said. “Hoi hasn’t promised y*t. O, I wish he would | promise !” “Promise her, in Heaven’s name‘s said the stranger. “Promise?” said Leslie, in n stern, yet i solemn voice, as he. turned and fixed hi* \ ; eyes u(>on the iandlord. i “If 1 do promise, I’ll keep u !” ret tune-l I Jenks, in a threatening tno. as he return-; 1 ed the gaze of Leslie. i “Then, for frod’s sake promtse!” ex* | • claimed Leslie, in a half-despairing voice,! , “promise* and Pm ttafe!” “Be it so! May fbe cursed, if ever i | sell you a drop of drink at tins bar, while] I am landlord of the ‘Stag and Hounds !*”j . Jenks spoke with an angry emphasis. “God be thanked !” mnrmnred the poor 1 drunkard, as he led his child away. “God I be thanked! There i hope for me yet.” Hardly had the mother of Lizzie missed I | her child, ere she entered, leading bar filth* i ; er by the hand. “O, mother!” she exclaimed, with ajoy-i j lit. countenance, and in a voice of exnlta- • tion, “Mr. Jenks has promised.” “Promised what'?” Hope sprung up in \ her heart on wild and fluttering wings ‘ her face flushed, and then grew deadly j ; pale. She eat panting for a reply. “ j “That he would never sell rue another! ; glans of liquor,” said her husband. | A pair of thin, white hands were clasped j ; quickly together, an ashen face was turn- j jed upwards, tearless eye looked their ! thankfulness to Heaven. ! “There is hope yet, Ellen,” said Leslie, i “Hope, hope! And. O Edward, y<m j have said the word.” “Hope, through our child. limoe*nc has prevaikni over vice and cruelty. 81>e came to the strong, evil, passionate man, and, in her weakness and innocence, pre vailed over him. God made her fearless and eloquent.” A year afterwards, a stranger cams again that way, and stopped at the “Stag and Hounds.” As before, Jenks was tw h> his weli filffd •>;;r, uiui drinking cue* toinys name atm vu r in number*. : di’ rwr rwfcogniz* biut until he sailed for I and drank a lull tumbler of the pure ! liquor with a hearty zest. Then he knew ; him. but feigned to be ignorant of his iden- The atmiiger u-‘. reference to j tne Rv-fiie he l>?*o there a twftiv®- I idol ch beiore, but lingered in the biir for I ifte Tiiodt ot tiw dftv cloeel v’ observing every ’ •■'•'u? :ti.it onune to drink. Leslie was not i among the ntimber. ; “A hat }>*& beriom*- of the man gad t)i-e ! little girl I hsi'e, at my lat visit to j Mii*io villel” the stranger, eiiwakiug ! at last to Jenks. j “Gone to the devil, for -ill I care,” wae ! trip landlord’s rude answer, a-s he turned off ‘from hia questioner. “I or ill you •are. no doubt;” the 6tr>aOger to himself. “'Mon often speak their real thoughts in u passion. 35 “Do von see that little white cottage away otT there, just a r the edge of the wood? Two [all poplftia stand in front.” ■ Thus spoke to the stranger one who had heard him address the landlord, i “I do. What of it?” ho answered. “The man vr-u sgted ff>r lire? there.” ! “Indeed i “And what .?•* snore, if he keeps on a* be I hnc !)gun, the cottage will be all hie own ! Li another year. Jenks, here, doesn’t feel i • any good bbx>d f<<r him, aa you mav -well believtn A. poor oikij’s prcsfFerity is re garded as so much loss to him. Leslie i ft good mechanic—-one of the beef, in Milan* ! ville. He can earn twelve dollars a week, yeftr in umj year out. Two hundred duff lars U h ha* already paid on his cottage ; ( and as he is that much licher, Jenks thinks ! bin-self just so much poorer—for all this ; surplus, and more, too, would have gone ; into hi*, till, U Dslie hud not unit drink ing.” “Aha! 1 -pc ! Well, did Leslie, as you cftii him, ever try to get a drink here, since i the landlord promised never to let him havo anckher drop?” “Twice, to my knowledge.” “And he refused him?” “Vos. If you remember, he said, in his j auger, : May / he cursed if 1 sell him an > other drop.’ ” “I remember it very well.” “That saved poor Leslie. Jenks is au • peratitioufl its some things. Me wanted to get hisx-ustom again—for it was well worth ; having—and he was actually handing him j the bottle one day, when I saw it, and re-; minded him of his self-imprecation. He i hesitated, looked frightened, withdrew the bottle from the counter, and then, with curses, drove Leslie from his bar-room, threatening at the same time to horsewhip him if ever he set a foot over hie threshold again.” “Poor drunkards!” mused the etranger,! as he rode past the neat cottage of the re- j formed man a ‘couple of hours afterwards. “Ai? the case now stands, yon are only saved as by Are. All law, all protection, is on the side of those destroying you, body ! and soul. In their evil work, they havo i free course. But for yon, unhappy wretch-) es, after they havo robbed you of worldly l goods, arid even manhood itself, are pro vided prisons and pauper homes ! Andi tor yonr children”—a dark shadow swept! over rlie strafigor’s I'a-ce. and n shudder) went, through his frame. “Can it be a | Christian confftry in which I live, and such j things darken the very sun at noonday?”! he added, as he sprung his horse into a gal-; lop, and r<*de swiftly on ward. t. t. a. ] WHO IS RESPONSIBLE 9 A man enters a licensed doggery and I drinks a draught of the poisonous compound • there vondoti bj the scoundrel whom the i law recognizes ae a man. of good moral ch-ar outer, walks out, and in his frenzy plunges a dagger into the heart of his fellow-man, and, at cnee, all are astir—none so cold or cruel that does not regret and commiserate the act. We ask, who A responsible for that murder? In the eye of the law,.the grog-seller is. biamoless, because ho is con-! eiderod a man of good moral character, and \ licensed to manufacture nmniaca and mur- ! derers. But rhe one who directly strikes the blow is held doubly guilty—first, for getting drunk, and second, for committing the murder. We hold that both are guilty; and that every- man who does not actively work to shut up the grogshops, where these mnrdejreiisi are made, is as guilty of the vie finds blood, ah if he had urged the murder er to commit the detwl. Oh, ye driveling, long - faced, cross - grains! lovers, Jer& and abettors of grog and grog shops—it does not matter if your name is on the church record —it does nc-t matter how much you bewail the unfortunate af fair, nor how much condolence and ehr'U tian sympathy you express, a just God will call you to account for not staying the foun tain of such crime. It is not enough that you do not oppose Prohibition and Tem pevanev.—it is not enough that you do sot directly aid and comfort the enemies of nnr gocni cauae; for unless yon are actively en gaged in fighting the hosts of Bacchus, you are a rec Wefts passive agent —have hid yonr talent in the dust, and proved recre ant to the trnst a wise and merciful God has given . The blood of your brother orie* from the ground, and. in reply to the spi rits’ strivings, you reply, M Am Imy broth er’s keeper!” Surely, you are another| Gain, ana deserve the wwwA sat span yo%l tlnu. wherever you gu, the world may see that at heart yon are a murderer—guilty, guilty before God ant] man ! Western Qr-a-Wbdsr. “ CHAIW-Saoi FROM THE CAYUGA I | CHIEF. Anotner broadside at the Maine Law has been given by a Police Justice in Detroit— declares it unconstitutional. These things remind one of the dog who bayed at the j ; tnoon The moon “continued right on t” j | . °f ollr exchanges gives an account of | J t * 1 ® death of a child, Irom the “brutalities of } a drunken mother.” Had the same “domi i cil” been entered and a “jug of rum” de ! stroyod the whole rum press would be ram pant. ! A man shoots or stabs another and kills S him, and is hung. He might have killed him | with rum, and lived a member of the Liquor j Dealer’s Association, in good standing, i One hundred and sixty-seven murderers ; were hung in the United States during the | year 1054. | Were not these murders proof that the ■ law against murder was inefficient—did not : prevent them—ought to be repealed? “Com ) puisory morality” will n n t stav the murder- j S er’s blade! i The crushed oody oi a drunkard was re j cently carried to his home. Go tell the j widow and orphan children that there are j millions of money in the rum traffic*, andlet j them dry their tears! j At the recent fire in the vicinity of the car | i house, ten barrels of whisky, it is stated,! : were consumed. A loss to the grogseller,) j oi course, but a gain to the community. ; Fanaticism—liberty— dornicii-—property | i —yes, constitution—are the great argu*! \ merits ot bar-room statesmen. : We can count” up thousands of our citi-1 I Kens in this county whom rum has injured ‘ | and degraded. SV’here has it ever benefit-1 | ted one ? It has killed its hundreds. When J w il! it be less fatal in its effects ? It has | cursed our homes. When will it give them i food and raiment ? It has crushed strong hearts under bitter wo. When will it fill hearts with joy ? It permits yica and crime, j When will it jfromote virtue ? ; Come, gentlemen advocates of the busi | ness ? How far away in the future is the j ; day, when the use of rum shall promote the j ! happiness of the people ? How long boforo l ! the programme of blood shall be changed ? j I Can you tell us ? At Niagara Falls, an Irish woman, in lead-1 ! ing homo a drunken husband, fell through a | bridge, upon the rocks, and was killed. It is gratifying to know that such calami-1 ties are necessary for the preservation of [ the constitution 1 The Baker trial in New York opens to 1 view, most revoltingly, the iniquity of rum | ! and its kindred villainies. The fraternity j I must be proud of these exhibitions ! Violence and murder flow as naturally | from the grogshop, a3 waters from the foun- j tain. FAME IS A BUBBLE. i We visited the grave of a hero. Hie j name was inscribed on the white marble | that covered him and vet there were per | sons standing near who inqui rod, “Who! ; was he?” Who was he? Why, he was ; the triumphant loader of a battle whose achievements were, at the time, theanbject of laudation for at least’ nine days. Forty years, however had passed since then, and his name and deeds were unfamiliar to one out of a thousand of his own countrymen. It is the eominon fote of heroes?. The world is too progressive and fond of change to keep in fresh remembrance those whose services were once applauded, and who, in their simplicity, had imagined that the lau rels they had achieved were imperishable. It was humorously remarked of Welling ton, that no man in London was 30 well known as he; that probably, one in a hun dred recognised him as heappeared in pub lic, and that for this distinction he was chiefly indebted to the huge proportion of his nose. Literary men are flattered by the com mendation of their familiars, and if ten thousand copies of their publications are dispersed abroad they imagine they have secured a lasting fame. But where are their books after the lapse of five, ten, ox i twenty years? From the teeming issues of j the press, one book out of a hundred lives ]>erhapß five years, one out of a thousand twenty years, aad in the lapse of a century very lew indeed have escaped the dust and cobwebs of oblivion. To write for fame is, henc, next to use less, and to exert ourselves for fame in any department—the pulpit, the bar, the polit ical arena, for instance, is a labor of more vexation than profit. The generation in which we live will die with ns, and the next j will scarcely know us by name. There is, however, an ambition which is j legitimate, and it is the ambition to be good \ and to do good. He that converts a sinner \ from the error of his ways has achieved a \ greater work than the proudest hero of ■ earth, and one that will never bo forgotten. ? And eo of every truly good word-r-it has an enduring existence. The man too, who eecnree the salvation of fade own soul, has secured immortality, and his name shall be inscribed in luminous characters in heav en, to endure after all the baubles of earth •ball have been eocaumed ia the general \ TERMS: SI.OO IN ADVANCE] / JAMES T. BLAIN, | \ PEIffTER. VOL XXJL-NUMBER 41 ; “LOVE ONE ANOTHER.” 1 As little Annie and her brother Frank! | were playing in the nursery, Annie acci-1 ! dentally struck: her brother with a ball I \ an d he ran to his mother and told her thaa | she had hurt him, and was a bad girl, and! ! ought to he punished. | j Then Annie came with tearful eyes, and! ! said, “Show me where 1 hurt you, and I will j kisa it and make it well.” But he would nol ! hear her ; so she turned away that sh ! might give vent to a flood of tears,’ for he! ! little heart was wronged, wronged indeed. .1 Frank did not come into the room all thai day. When evening came his mother saidl “Go find your sister, and come and get you* supper.” Then he ran up to the nurserj® but she was not there; then he went to thl garden, and down to the little brook, anl there, beneath the shade ofthe spreading fol liage, upon a mossy bank, lay little AnniJ sleeping, and on her cheek “was a brighl tear. But he could not speak to her, foB his heart grew sad and the tears started fronS his eyes; so he stole thoughtfully back tfl the house. I The next morning Frank’s mother callecl j him to her, ana told him Annie was quite ill! ;-and he must not make a noise. As eacli I day rolled or, she grew worse, and after J few mornings more his mother took him t<j her room alone, where all was quiet save thtl sweet notes of the early birds. There with! the bitter anguish of her heart she told hinJ dear sister was dead. 0 how he wept] pmd wept again. How he longed that hej | might kiss that tear from off her cheek.—-] . Alas, it was too late. Never again would! < those little dimpled arms be thrown around] j nis neck. Her warm lips would press hid , cheek no more for ever. And then wheit! the dark night came, and he was taken to| his bed, he cried and sobbed aloud, and. tossed upon his pillow, for he seemed to* j hear a sweet-toned voice whispering,“Show. I me where I hurt you, and I will kiss it and ? make it well.” Dear children, be ever I ready to lorgive. Be kind to each other.—- i Love your brothers and sisters. Let us ; bear what God says: “He that loveth not j his brother, abideth in death.” “Whoso ha j teth his brother is a murderer.” Never ’ forget that God has commanded, “Littie j children love one another.” — Child's Paper . J THE RESTRAINING* LIQUOR LAW. i A significant paragraph in the message of | Cov. Bollock must have thrown a damper * upon the confidence and enthusiasm of those | who anticipate an easy and speedy repeal sos this law. The paragraph to which we I refer reads thus: “A full return to the license system in op . eration prior to the passage of the present j law, is-not demanded by enlightened public | sentiment, and would not promote the good | order or happiness of the community.” j The Governor doee not say the law shall ! not be modified, or even repealed ; that may I come to pass—but he does give a very ] strong intimation that a “return” to the it* ! cense system, as it was, will not meet with executive approval. This is all that enlight ened, conservative temperance men can ask; for what they are aiming to accomplish is a thorough radical reform in the drinking cus toms and usages that prevail The mode of effecting this object is of secondary im portance. It is not forty-eight hours since we conversed with a gentleman ofthe high est character, recently a member of the State Senate, who said most emphatically that in temperance in the rural districts, under the practical operations of the existing law, has diminished one-half, and that two-thirds or three-quarters of the stores that used to sell liquor have abandoned the sale. The fact is, this law, so much reviled, is effecting a great reform out of the city of Philadelphia. The strong opposition to its enforcement is found here. Why is it so? We could read ily answer this question, if we were so dis posed. We will, however, just intimate, in passing, that the public authorities in this city need to feel their responsibilities in this matter a little more deeply, and act with more decision, resolution and energy. We respectfully suggest to them all, without naming any one, that their province is exec utive, not legislative. The law may be ve ry imperfect, or very unwise in its provis ions, but that does not render their duty the 1 less imperative. Our patience is very near ly exhausted by the dilly-dallying of those who should, from the first, in their official capacity, have shown themselves firm and fearless in tho execution of this law. It has never had a fair trial in this city; its wis dom and efficiency have never been tested; the officers of the law have quailed before the Liquor League and their satellites. We protest against a longer continuance of this state of things. If longer suffered ; if the Liquor League still continue to hold the rod in terrorem over the heads of our officers of justice, we shall feel bound to state specifi cally and with precision who these official gentlemen are, who stand in the way of the faithful execution of a law upon the statute book of the State.— Phila. Sun. CURIOSITIES IS A ripple from the fountain of health, A counterfeit tnnsquifco bill. ♦ A gravel from the road to ruin, A handle from a blade of grass. Jj Pieces from broken promises. Buttons from a ooat of arras. ? jj A autibelToontainfn P the