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KkCIIMIOOATKD MAXIMS. 187 those of the hitter, and the; representation of one clRsa by the other would at best be hut partial. Some may hold that the ef fect of the measure would he a powerful inducement on the part of the illiterate, to come out from their condition. Now while this would he true of a portion, we cannot expect the .same result from them all. Human nature gives us no ground for .such an assumption. Whether the elective franchise be based upon educa tion or property, seems to me not to dill or in principle. In either case, many useful citizens are dis franchised. Again, the enforcement of such a scheme would he a mere farce. We all know how few persons are in any degree educated, and how many, though not reckoned as illiterate, are yet barely able to read intelligently. If wc add to this the; other difficulties of the plan, wo will see that if the standard he made low, it will not client the desired results; if it ho high, it will cause a vat amount of deception. In order to meet, the great end in view, our system of education can he extended and improved. If public sentiment can be made to cooperate, then it, is well and good: put in our eagerness to improve our national condition, we must not let zeal blind our eyes to the fact, that obstacles of the most serious nature often lie in the way, even of the best of schemes. Caius. I! ECU ROC ATM J) MAXIMS. CHAPTER III. Tlilu tory vn rominonruil In thn Mnv !suo. Unci; numbers cnn ho obtiilneil by mlilrtiH-iiii: tho lliiNincnK Milliner. "Wo twi lm'o rln nboiit tho lirniw Anil pu'od tlm gnu-miD lino; Hut wo'vo wuniliirod mony a wunry lit Sin' uultl lnng nyno." Aulil Lang Syne. Ten years have now passed away. In these ten years Howard McKeo has made the tour of Europe, studied law, been ad milted to tho bar, and at this lime is a judge of no mean reputation, Nellie Raymond lias during this time lead a quiet life at home, and we find her now in womanhood with that same "s,wcet, attractive grace" which formed socharac (eristic a feature of her character when she was llrst introduced to the reader iu her teens. It is a frosty evening late In. No vein her, and she is sitting by a small table iu front of the cosy sitting-room lire, busily engaged with some fancy needle work. At length she lays aside her work and going to the window, peers out into the street as if anxiously awaiting her father's return from his store. Mr. Ray mond had been for some days suffering from rheumatism, and Miss Raymond generally met him in the hall when he re turned home, to help him oil' with his great coat, and put away his hat and cane. To-night however he was later than usual, and Miss Nellie, returning from the win dow, brought along to the light the morn ing's paper which she found on the win dow sill, and began to look over the col umn of local items. At the third para graph her eyes rested upon the following announcement. TIIIO IB ON. HOWARD MO KHE gives n tomperence letcure at Library Hall this evening. Let every one come out and hour him. "Well," mused Miss Nellie, "who would have thought (hat the boy of ten years ago would have become tho sober Judge MoKee of to day. Some good peo ple hinted to mo then that ho would with out any doubt be in a druukards's gravo ere this, What a great mistake they made; probably because the mistook his boyish faults for more seated vices. I wonder if all smart hoys must sow wild oats before they become men of strong minds and staunch moral characters. It does seem to me that real smart hoys are more or less wild. I don't believe that old saying: "Just us tho twig is bent tho tree's inclined" will always apply to boys, that is, smart boys. Real smart boys seem to have a coat of mischief, which, like the pupa skin of some insects, must . 'A U m a
