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RECREA HON. 



HEAD OF MULE DEER, OWNED BY JOHN E. DAVIS, BUTTE, MONT. 



I send you a photograph of a black tail 

 deer head which every one here thinks is 

 the largest on record. The spread of ant- 

 lers, from the tip of main prongs, is 42 

 inches. I should like to know if any reader 

 of Recreation knows of a head that will 

 compare with this one. 



John E. Davis, Butte, Mont. 



" Yes, sir, Bleeker would make money 

 out of anything." 



" Is he so lucky? " 



" I should sav so. Why, he married a 

 penniless girl two years ago, and he got her 

 a position that brings him in $1,200 a year." 

 —Life. 



" What," cried the orator fiercely, 

 "what, I ask, causes poverty?" And from 

 the back of the hall a hoarse voice an- 

 swered, " Lack of cash." — Harlem Life. 



She — I like your impudence. I haven't 

 quite reached the bargain counter yet. 



He — You would be a bargain on any 

 counter. — Harper's Bazar. 



THE MUSIC OF THE REEL. 



LEONARD HULIT. 



There's a wealth of glorious music 

 In this good old world of ours, 

 Wide in range from soulful opera, 

 To the bees among the flowers; 

 But my soul has found no siren. 

 At whose shrine more prone I'll kneel, 

 Than to that divine enchantress, called 

 The Music of the Reel. 



When at last we've crossed the river, 

 Left behind the flowers and streams, 

 Gone to join the silent kindred 

 In the land of golden dreams; 

 There will be a touch of sadness 

 Such as now we sometimes feel, 

 If within the bright forever, there's 

 No Music of the Reel. 



A poor devil reads in a fragment of news- 

 paper that the government is about to issue 

 a new design in gold pieces. 



" And I," says he, sadly, " I haven't yet 

 seen the old one." — Eigaro. 



