RECREA TION. 



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Raked, in shops mod- 

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 cure perfect cleanli- 

 ness, by a process that 

 retains all the richness 

 and sweetness of the 

 materials used, it makes 

 a most delicious bread. 

 To emphasize these 

 qualities it's wrapped 

 in clean white tissue. 

 Get the genuine. For 

 2 cents we send sample loaf and the shop's ad- 

 dress that'll serve you. 



The Asbury-Paine Mfg. Co., Phifa., Pa. 



THE ORIGIN OF MACHINE 

 POETRY. 



NIXON WATERMAN. 



One time the poets struck and, say, 'twas 

 really very funny, 



Not one of them would write a line for 

 either love or money. 



And in about three thousand years the ver- 

 ses they had written 



Had all been used and earth was with a 

 poem-famine smitten. 



And then, oh, what a fearful time! The ed- 

 itors were frantic. 



They hunted everywhere for verse, from 

 Maine to the Atlantic. 



But not a couplet could they find, and peo- 

 ple raved about it 



And cried, " Oh, give us poetry! We can't 

 exist without it! " 



It's hard to tell what they'd have done had 



not a fellow clever 

 In making of machines, arranged, with 



many a wheel and lever, 

 A great invention that would make of verse 



a rod a minute, 

 And hand-made poetry, alas! since then 



has not been in it. 



Of course the poets felt abashed to find 



their " trust " was shaken, 

 But they could ne'er regain the field the 



verse-machine had taken. 

 To-day its lines are everywhere, it's pretty 



hard to go 'em, 

 But oh, it's mighty seldom now you see a 



hand-made poem. 



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Elk were never in better condition at this 

 time of year than they are now. Thousands 

 can be seen on neighboring hills, quietly 

 feeding or lying down, and they are all 

 strong and lively. The prospect now is they 

 will pull through the winter with no loss 

 worth mentioning. 



O. F. Bike, Jackson, Wyo. 



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George FrostCo., &os'ton,mass. 



The Adlake camera, given me as a pre- 

 mium for a club for Recreation subscrib- 

 ers, arrived O. K. and I am greatly pleased 

 with it. Have shown it to one of our ama- 

 teur photographers, and although he has 

 one camera he is going to dispose of it and 

 get an Adlake. Accept my sincere thanks, 

 for this is certainly a grand premium for so 

 little exertion. 



Ed. C. Mahaffey, Mt. Vernon, O. 



They say if you feed one tramp, a score 

 Will straightway hasten to your door. 

 But my landlady fed one of them once, 

 And no more came 'round that way for 

 months. — Exchange. 



" One swallow does not make a summer," 



But it is clear to all 

 If we drink enough of the dad-binged stuff 



It is sure to bring a fall. 



— L. A. W. Bulletin. 



Are you going to the " Klondike "? Do 

 you want to know how to get there? Write 

 S. K. Hooper, G. P. & T. A., D. & R. G. 

 R.R., Denver, Col., for a delightfully illus- 

 trated pamphlet, devoted to this subject. 



