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"Biggeit baby I ever saw," he panted, 

 resuming the weighing process. Fifteen 

 and a half-16! This thing won't weigh 

 her. See, 16 is the last notch, and she 

 jerks it up like a feather! Go and get a 

 pair of scales at some neighbor's. I'll bet 

 a tenner that she weighs over 20 pounds, 

 Millie!'' he shouted, rushing into the next 

 room; "she's the biggest baby in this coun- 

 try - weighs over 16 pounds!" 



"What did you weigh her on?" inquired 

 the young mother. 



"On the old scales in the kitchen." 



"The figures on those are only ounces," 

 she replied, quietly. "Bring me the baby, 

 John." Pearsons Weekly. 



GOV. MOUNT'S ADVICE. 



Governor Mount, of Indiana, has writ- 

 ten some suggestions to boys which are 

 wise and well put. We quote the "five 

 fundamental principles" which, he declares, 

 are essential to success, and lie at the foun- 

 dation of good citizenship; 



Discipline. Obedience to constituted 

 authority, self-control, discipline of th 

 will, of the tastes, the passions, the aspira- 

 tions, the habits. "He that ruleth hia 

 spirit is greater than he that taketh a city 



Love of home and country. I never 

 knew a boy who loved his home, his par- 

 ents, his brothers and sisters, and to whom 

 it was a joy and pleasure to respect and 

 obey his parents, who ever brought grief to 

 his home or dishonor to his family. 



Through the tempting and dangerous en- 

 vironments of war, and the multiplied con- 

 ditions since, I have found it a pleasure 

 steadfastly to keep the boyhood promise I 

 made my mother never to use tobacco or 

 intoxicants. From a life of experience I 

 can earnestly commend the wisdom of 

 making and keeping such promises. The 

 love of country is interwoven with the love 

 of home. 



Habits of industry. I would prefer that 

 my child be reared in the most unpreten- 

 tious cottage and trained to habits of indus- 



try and economy than to be brought up in 

 a stately mansion, surrounded by the ener- 

 vating influences of wealth, ease and idle- 

 ness. "An idle mind is the devil's 

 workshop." 



Principles of temperence. If greater 

 energy were expended in teaching the 

 principles of temperence to the youth in 

 the schools and in the home there would be 

 less demand for temperence laws and fewer 

 victims to the drink habit. The increased 

 consumption of tobacco and the widespread 

 indulgence and the evil effects of cigarette 

 smoking are assuming alarming 

 proportions. 



A purpose in life. I would impress 

 upon the mind of every youth the motto 

 of Longfellow "I am determined to be 

 intensely something;" or that of Em- 

 erson: "Hitch your wagon to a star.' 

 Intensity of purpose, a resolute deter- 

 mination, with indomitable will-power 

 oupled with the foregoing principles, are 

 he essential factors which will win in the 

 battle of life. 



MIKE'S SONG. 



I'm Michael McCarty, 

 So hale and so hearty 



I work ivery day in the year; 

 The horses all know me, 

 The cattle all show me 



They know they have nothing to fear. 

 Stan' up for the brutes, 

 An' the birds if it suits, 



An' the chickens. an' turkeys alone, 

 For God made 'em all, 

 An' they came at his call, 



An' He gave them to man for his own. 

 We shouldn't abuse 'em, 

 Nor cruelly use 'em; 



Begorra! I know I am right, 



An' before ye shall do it, 

 I'll have ye to know it, 



'Tis Michael McCarty y'll fight. 



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