4 ay PMNS), TA OAT ? A pe ae 4) A ayy. ait BYR He ANTE if Aas A 7 er, < by i 4 Pt \ ya) ihrer) F ier Ms nr) OX tM ua RO An 4 Mi . “ v uN. ¥ ais 4) » Fe, “ts . She eae AP a Sori ss ee er SES NS et 2 os A> a RY: nO aa ete, ae a ee > Gt Pea ~ —" eK Pa SOLAS nies Dean ed So Se SS Priedeas eee ie HARVARD UNIVERSITY. LIBRARY OF THE ) MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY 9S) 13 BEQUEST OF WILLIAM BREWSTER Mees e é f 1 th heey )) rf ‘ yy ed \ Ty 4 r oi eel os , ~ Lan 4 - fh pate V4 4 [ Pies ‘ j an f i ‘ " F a - . = ” ~ 2 " i st . + o . . . ‘ - > . ‘ S i . < ‘ > . 1 ~ ; ‘ 7 ‘ J #. Sf, i ae 5 “y art. ao te y ’ M5, VOLUME XVII. JULY, 1902 NUIIBER 1 Sirht; A Story of the Selkirks, by W. H. WRIGHT. ies in THE KING OF THE JUNGLE. PUBLISHED BY G. 0. SHIELDS (COQUINA) 23 WEST 241x ST., NEW YORK Z. (1) = E a4 e) QO. N Z, < S 4 jaa = < ae =) aa = en) < aa ml jaa 7 = LL. © Z. 5 a4 e) me] = 2 ae ae © Twenty-one Grizz An Account of Two Trips in North- On the Nez Perces Trail; western Idaho, illustrated. ba} A®OUF this time of year every man who ha -a drop of red blood in his veins begins to think of the fishing, hunting and camping trips, which he will make during warm weather. If there’s anything worse than not taking such an outing, it’s taking the outing without the right kind of equipment. You cannot fish or hunt or camp to the best advantage without one or all of the articles shown in the border about this page. Thesame goods in other sizes, styles and prices are shown in our folder A tree fon) the sackeinos Marble’s Sporting - Specialties are for sale by dealers, or prepaid, direct _ from factory, on receipt | of price. \, [Marble Safety Se hee \ Axe Company ~ GLADSTONE, MICH, U.S. A. RECREATION Copyright, December, 1901, by G. O. Shields A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Everything the Name Implies $1.00 A YEAR. CHO; SHIELD DS(COOMIN A), 23 WEST 24TH STREET, 10 CENTS A Copy. Editor and Manager, NEw Yor«k CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER Standing on an Old Pine Log, One Foot in the Trap, He Glared at Me ........--+.-----..04-. FRONTISPIECE PAGE Trapping a Mountain Lion. [llustrated........ .-.-.-. Leet aie ied 3 oaentae ae eee CuaAs. A. FRIEDEL 3 eed Gout ehogume an tho Desertae m-9- te oq... 52g G ee Pee ae eee. Bo eee ee ween LAWRENCE MoTT 7 innthb Wes Pecos Trail. Llastratede tS a. soa. < » oak G8 - te tne ode ee ever ec cnveccsces WESTLEY JONES 7 DOP EH UTNE PIRTINT NSS CEULE ach 2 ig ie ae Me een ame hcp ape kendecsss cadeecue sence TipD MuRRAY II Tho Mystery of a Bullet--..-.........2-..° PRO rae ain oie vale cieee amensey 2 CHARLES W. SAWYER 13 MESFET MMTITISUTALC Keke ater fa oe deine cielsis ca cicen ccbecas otis Re ee ete rerapfed weiareteietecs:2 By einichs tieeroe ores C.F; PLEAS. 16 A Deer Hunt in Lost Park ...... » BOE Se R EE ABO GTA OUR. SE aE EEE Toe Mh ra ot ee ae en a H.J.L. BARNES 19 Twenty-one Grizzlies in Sight........-...-.

- trajectory, also neate-t and most effective rifle manufactured, Highest development of sporting rifles. Constructed to shoot six differ ent cartridges, ~er may be used asa single shot with ut the slightest change in the mechanism. Adapted for Large and Small Game. _.303 and 30-30 Calibers.. Every. rifle thoroughly guaranteed. Awarded Grand Gold Medal at Paris in comp.tition with all other styles of repeating rifles.’ Write for new illustrated catalogue (*‘G”). Manufacturers of SAVAGE Magazine and Magnetic Hammers. Send for Circular. SAVAGE ARMS CO., Utica, N. Y., U. S.A. Pacific Coast Agents: Baker & Hamiton, San Francisco and Sacramento, California. wy —, iene RECREATION. ple ble ede fede de ecb deofedecbede de dedrbebedbn bred THE =: = SYRACUSE HAMMERLESS : : SHOT GUN : y bedded ll ‘ All of our high-grade guns are regularly supplied with our patented automaticejector. This istheonly automatic ejector that has been thoroughly tested and tried, and found satisfactory in every respect. Before purchasing a high-grade gun, or a gun with an automatic ejector, write to us for full descrip- tion and prices. = Syracuse Arms Company, SYRACUSE, N. Y., U.S. A. Catalogue free upon application. Mention Recreation. EEAAAALAAAL LALA IEEPEE ED IEEE bbb hh hhh EEEEEEEEEEEEREREREREREF en oes gt RECREATION. ATHLETIC GOODS When in need of anything in Athletic and Sporting Goods get our quotations and catalogue, everything for outdoor and indoor sport We are running four bright, smart and up-to-date Sporting Goods stores in Greater New York, which enables us to buy (what we do not manufacture ) in quantities and get the lowest price. Not like the old time Sporting Goods Stores looking for 100 per cent profit. | We select the best and well known makes of Sporting and Athletic Goods, then see how low and attractive we can make the price. Don’t take our word for this, see prices of well-known goods quoted hereunder Golf, Tennis, Baseball, Fishing Tackle, Billiards and Pool GOL F It has always been our claim—no Golf Club ever made worth more than $1.50. Last year we sold over threethousand of our No.1 club at $1.25. This year we offer the same club, only better finished, a much better shaft and head, at goc. No, 2 1s the same club finished as good as money can make it (shaft and head) either wound or socket club for ¢1.25 Thisincludes every make of clubs, Driver, Brassie Driver, Cleek, lrons, Mashie-, Mid Irons, Putters, Lofters and Niblicks. Right or lett hand in models of most popular styles. TE N N IS The Pim Racket, the one used by all professionals, is probably one ‘ of the |:est Rackets made because it is the best ideas of many players combined. We offer our Columbia or Princeton at $4.50 with this statement, It is the exact shape and size of Pim and as good, for which you pay $7.50, if not so return and get your money. Childs Victor 50c., Victor 80c., Cleveland $1.65, Newport $2.00, Berkley $2.25, Ingersoll Special $3.50. Tennis Balls, Newport Final 35c., Victor Champion 40c., Club tennis balls 23c. BASEBALL UNIFORMS. Five years ago we commenced manufacturing our own Uniforms and that year cut up five thousand yards of cloth, since which time it has grown to 40 thousand yards a season, Prices and quality can only account for this enormous increase. The following retail prices will compare favorably with most jobbers’ prices. Each suit has shirt, pants, cap, belt, stockings and 8 letters on each shirt. Grade A, $2.50; B, $2.75; C, $3.75; D, $5.50; E, $7.50. Special discount to clubs, Send for samples and catalogue. Following a few quotations in supplies: Victor League Ball, $1.00; Louisville Slugger Bat, 50c.3 Louisville Taped Wound. handle, 60c.; Black Calf Base- ball Shoes, $2.25; full line Victor Gloves and Mits. BILLIARDS AND POOL, 2urovess Tbs home entertaining. Why pay a great price for billiards and pool table and then go tothe top of house to play, when you can have both games (and various others) and play in any room in the house? Games with balls and cues have been in use for three hundred years, and still growingin favor. ‘This table is no toy, it is real Pool and Billiards, madein sizes for both old and young. On the $6.00, $7.00, $9.00 and $10.50 boards can be played Billiards and Pool as well as 23 other games, with outfits to play the entire 25 games, The smaller boards having a double face, while the larger boards, $15.00, $18.00, $21.00, $23.00, $27.00.and $30 00 the game is only Billiards and Pool, including’ Bottle Pool, Pin Pool and Ten Pins, being a practical Billiard and Pool table almost full size 3x6 feet, balls, 134 and1% inch. RODS AND REELS No house in this country can offer * to the public a greater assoit- ment of Rods, Reels and supplies, It is said there are two thousand ems to us correct when we come to purchase the line, If we have Yards ; 40 60 80 100 150 Price, 45 55 60 75 85 Mention Department 77 and Secure Baseball Score Card. Robt. bh. Tngersoll § Bro. 67 pariscer Wik York { ill IV ; RECKE AMON ats HE choice of the route has much to do with the success and pleasure of an outing. Probably nowhere in the world can a person secure more real, delightful comfort on a railway journey than on the great trains over the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry The splendid construction of this road, in track and equipment, and its pleasantness of route makes every mile one of comfort and pleasure. As a route for summer vacation travel the Lake Shore is unexcelled, reaching by its through trains, or by direct connections, practically all the summer places east and west. | The following books will be sent free by the undersigned: ¢ Book of rains,”’ telling about the service; ‘* Vacation Journeys,’’ containing a select list of tours to and via the St. Lawrence River; the Adirondack and White Mountains; the Atlantic Coast; New England ; Niagara Falls; Lake Chautauqua, etc., with rates from Chicago, Ill., Toledo and Cleveland, O.; and an illustrated, descriptive book about Lake Chautauqua resorts. We shall be pleased to render any assistance and information in your vacation plans this summer. Address A. J. Smit, G. Pp. & T. a., Cleveland, O, | SOUTHERN RAILWAY THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH Nowhere east of the Rocky Mountains is to be found anything approaching it for spring, summer and fall, and all-year-round retreat. ASHEVILLE AND THE SAPPHIRE COUNTRY . With an average mean temperature of 50°, there is perfect freedom from torrid heat and the ter- rors of wintet’$ grasp. Her skies ‘rival in their azurine tints those of Italy, and there is a vitality and tonic in the atmosphere which makes an instant impress.on’on the visitor. I1t is aregion more charmingly beautiful than Switzerland. Here range after range of heavily forested mountains parallel each other like waves of the sea, where interlacing valleys are rich with verdure and flowers, and, where silver streams murmur unceasingly-! — . aa oy bagel HOT SPRINGS, N. C. © | | i A place where rest and recreation can be most happily combined. The climate and baths are especially applicable for nervous and rheumatic ‘troubles. The pure mountain air, charming scenery and luxurious thermal baths are among the attractions which justly render Hot Springs'a favorite resort for people seeking health and. recreation. mu LM de Reached in 24 hours from New’ York in through Pullman-drawing-room skeping’ cars, via’Southern ia ' Cetr phd Co setcg ee Railway. FOR FULL PARTICULARS CALL OR ADDRESS New York Offices: 271 and 1185 Broadway ALEX. S. THWEATT, Eastern Passenger Agent, 1185 Broadway, N. Y. W.A.TurK, Pass. Traffic Mer.,.Washington, D.C. 8.H: Harvwick, Gen’l Pass. Agt.,Washington, D.C. CAROLINA ‘‘THE LAND OF THE SKY” ASHEVILLE, THE SAPPHIRE COUNTRY AND HOT SPRINGS ON, BARN a (ater ee ee RECREATION, The way to get the best accommodations is via the 'GREAT Rock ISLAND ROUTE } WHY ? It is the only direct line to Colorado Springs and Manitou. It is the popular route to Denver. It has the best Dining Car Service. It has the finest equipment and most satisfactory schedule and in the ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIMITED offers the best train; only one night, Chicago to Colorado. It leaves Chicago daily at 5.40 p. m. and arrives at Denver at 8.45 Psi. Colorado Springs (Manitou) 8.30 p. m. Another inducement to use the Feek Island will be the low round trip rates of $25 fircm Chicago to Colorado and ${5 from Missouri River Points to Colorado, effective this summer by that line. Ask for details and free books. ‘‘Under the Turcucise Sky” gives the breeziest and most fascinating description of Colorado, ‘*‘Camping in Colorado’’ has full details for campers. Anglers wiil want ‘‘Fishing in Colorado.’’ JOHN SEBASTIAN, General Passenger Agent, CHICAGO. RECREATION. 1000 [sland house In the midst of are «Thousand Islands,” the so-called «Venice of America,” and really the most charming and delight- ful Summer Resort on the Continent. Send us two 2-cent stamps and we will mail you a beautifully illustrated guide book. Mention RECREATION. O. G) o> EAP Es: poe G. DeWITT, Owners and Proprietors Alexandria Bay, Py. Y. RECREATION. Vil Tired of the city? Sick of the heat ? Longing for the mountains ? For fresh air ? For cold water ? For restful scenery ? Then try The White Mountains. A i gs ane S ———————E—— Es t Maplewood hotel AND COTTAGES, MAPLEWOOD, N.H., is one of the [lost Restful and Delightful Summer Homes in the World. Illustrated booklets giving full in- formation can be had at 3 Park Place, New York City, 147 Sumner Street, Boston, | 171x Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, or by writing the Managers, CILLEY & MURRAY, MAPLEWOOD, N. H. Mention R&EcREATION MAPLEWOOD PARK AND PEESIDENT!AL RANGE FROM EAST PIAZZA HOTEL ®7ITUATED on a mountain peak, commanding wide and beautiful panoramic views of the Highlands, Catskills and Berkshires. Water Supply, of unexcelled quality, from a Natural Spring. No Malaria. No Mosquitoes. Two hours distant by rail from the Grand Central Depot (via Dutchess Junction), and easily reached by travelers from the West, the South, and New England, ~ House autor obile, omnitus, or carriage, when notified, will meet gues!s at Poughkeepsie, 15 miles or Dover Plains (Harlem R.R.), 8 miles distant through enchanting country. Spacious and beautiful grounds, afferding an ple room for Outdoor Games and Pastimes of every sort. Superb. roads for Driving, Bicycling, or Automobiling, Livery and stabling facilities of the highest order : Adjacent estates occupied" by New York mil- lionaires, whose Summer- Homes in this region are a guarantee of its braciag healthzu.ness. An exclusive resort, never invaded by noisy crowds or excursiontsts, House Physician. Hot, cold and needle baths. “ Thy happy clime is free, Music by a first-class Orchestra. Concerts And plenty knows, three times daily, A Dance every Saturday And days ot halcyon rest.” evening after an Entertainment by noted Artists. Telephone, Telegraph Operator, Stenogra- pher and Typewriter, in the House. Stock Exchange news and quotations by direct wire. Trap-Shooting, Billiards, Library, Golf, Tennis, C O nN a Ping-Pong, Boating and fishing nearby. A new drive for every day in the year. Roads as good as those of Central Park, ‘The scenery And Cottages about Millbrook recatls the s-ftness of Devonshire r ; and Surrev landscapes, while the horizon 7s out- MILLBROOK, DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. = “xed by billowy mountains and serrated peaks.” S » Mav 25 N h —Illustrated london News. e@ason ay 2Jst to Nov. 9t Illustrated booklet sent on ppplication. *< HENRY F. GILLIG CQ CO., Proprietors. Viil RE CREATION, (CCAMPERS’ OUTFITS Do You Know ABERCROMBIE & FITCH 2&3 SOUTH Si NEW YOR Ga Everything te [ake the Camper Comfortable and Happy We can advise you where and how to go. We are practical campers and have person- We have had twenty years’ experience in ally tested all our goods. camping out. We guarantee everything we make to be the We can furnish you with complete outfits. very best procurable. We Manufacture CAMP ‘FURNITURE, TENTS, SLEEPING) BAES, PACKS and PACK HARNESS, CLOTHING and PRO- VISION BAGS, TUMPLINES, PNEUMATIC BEDS and CUHSIONS, CANVAS FOLDING BUCKETS and WASH BASINS, FOLD- ING STOVES, ALUMINUM LANTERNS, BAKERS, STOVES, CLOTHING, MOCCASINS, ALUMINUM COOKING OUTFITS and Everything Else Used by the Camper. Write for Catalogue “R.” ABERCROMBIE & FITCH? S232" New York City RECREATION. Twentieth Century Electro=-Vapor Launches RE ideal gentlemen’s launches, free fram complications and care, and should appeal A to the angler, the hunter, and every lover of nature, as they are designed with a view of supplying more genuine, healthful pleasure to the square inch than any- thing we know of. They are elegant to look at—a pleasure to ride in—easy to manage— safe and reliable. There is no heat, no smoke, no fire, no engineer or pilot, no govern- ment license required, no offensive odor, no noisy exhaust; under way in ten seconds. The most simple, economical, powerful and effective outfit ever offered. There are three thousand of these launches in use, and we ship them to all parts of the globe. They were used exclusively at the Pan-American and Omaha Expositions, where they carried thousands of delighted people. Why? Because they were the best. Alaunch as shown above is 16 ft. long, and can be operated in 8 inches of water, enabling the angler and the hunter to invade the feeding grounds with ease. We build a 15 ft. Fishing Launch for $150 6s ss 66 TG 66 Family 66 66 200 ‘6 66 “© 35 * Cabin 66 <5 1500 Also a compiete line of Steam and Sail Yachts—Row Boats—Hunting Boats—Canoes. Our 80-page catalog tells the truth about the best boats built, and it is yours for the asking. Send to-day and avoid the Spring rush. Adcress Racine Boat Mfg. Co. Riverside, Racine, Wis. x RECREATION. SUMMER VACATIONS IN COLORADO THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY OFFERS INDUCEMENTS IN THE WAY OF LOW RATES AND SUPERB ACCOMMODATIONS TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. The World-Famed Resorts of Colorado Are Ideal Places for Health and Recreation—Benefits of Camping Out—It Is Very Inexpensive—Interesting Information for the Tourist, Sportsman and Health Seeker. T this season of the year when thou- sands of American Tourists go abroad to spend their summer vacations in crowded European cities, the question naturally arises, why do they do it, when there are so manv attractions on this side of the Atlantic? They return and rave over the Alps and Apennines and have never seen the *‘ Rockies” of their own country. Summer resorts are numerous and hotel and boarding house accommodations may be obtained at most reasonable prices. The Missouri Pacific Railway with its connecting lines the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and the Rio Grande Western Rail- way will offer very low rates to all points in Colorado during the entire summer. Itisthe most direct route from the South and East GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO. The mountains of Colorado are as pictur- esque, grand and sublime as those of Switz- erland. They rear their heignts of never- trodden snow, the sameas the Jungfrau, and their hidden beauties have never been portrayed by pen, pencil or brush. In the light of modern transportation facilities they lie at the threshold of every health and pleasure seeker’s door. Amid the heat, turmoil and bustle of daily life they expand into the infinite and extend a cordial welcome to recreation, repose and rest. To live among them during the sum- mer months is to dwell in -a land of per- petual sunshine—almost midway between earth and heaven. ‘There are clouds and showers at times, it is true, but just enough to make a glorious sunset. In that great tract along the eastern foot- hills in which lie Denver, Colorado Springs, Manitou, Pueblo, Trinidad,Golden, Boulder, Fort Collins and Greeley the sun shines sixty-two hours in every hundred in which it is above the horizon. via the Pueblo gateway to the famous re- sorts of the Rocky Mountains. It has a double daily service of fast trains from St. Louis and Kansas City with equipment un- surpassed by that of any other railroad in the West. A vacation spent at the seaside or eastern mountain resorts can not be com- pared for a moment with the bracing and invigorating effects derived from the free- dom of outdoor life in Colorado. The sum- mer climate is simply delightful, the atmos- phere being crisp and cool during the day and inviting to peaceful repose at night. There are no flies or mosquitoes in the higher altitudes. Even the cloudy days do not pre- clude an outdoor life. They are not accom- panied with the penetrating dampness or rawness of the Eastern or Middle States. A camping season in the mountains of Col- orado is one of the greatest inducements that can be offered to thousands of men and women who are looking forward to and ar- ranging for the summer vacation, which is to give a respite and relief from the toil and RECREATION. x1 turmoil of daily business and domestic cares. Camp life in the Rocky Mountains means days of rare sport and pleasure, fol- lowed by nights of delicious repose—it means revelry in the warm sunshine every day with cool and sequestered nooks always near at hand. ON THE BANKS OF THE RIO GRANDE, COLORADO. Camping is not expensive. Asa matter of fact it has been demonstrated by experience that a summer vacation spent in this manner is much less expensive than one spent in a large city, at the sea- side or the average summer resort. Eliminating the cost of many ar- ticles which camp- ers already own and which natur- ally they would take with them and those articles which may be made at the camp grounds and add- ing the fact that fish and game will form a good part of the food supply, the expense of a trip in the moun- tains will be found to be very low. During July, Au- gust and September anyone enjoying rea- sonable health may camp safely under can- vas inalmost any part of Colorado. Itis then a question of accessibility in the selection ofa camping place. Camping outfits for two, four or Six persons may be boughtor rented from supply houses in Pueblo, Denver, Colorado Springs or other prominent points at very reasonable prices. The expense of camping will decrease with the size of the party, the per capita rate growing proportionately less. The Missouri Pacific trains from St. Louis ani Kansas City carry through Pullman Wide Vestibuled Drawing Room Sleeping Cars and Reclining Chair Cars (seats free) to Colorado, Utah and Pacific Coast points. Observation, Parlor, Café Dining Cars in which meals are served at. all hours, @ /a carte, are also operated on these trains between St. Louis and Kansas City and Kansas City and Pueblo. A similar service is given on the Denver & Rio Grande and Rio Grande Western Railways. The Sleeping and Dining Cars have electric lights and fans, Further informa- tion and details in the shape of descriptive and illustrated literature on Colorado and camping in the Rocky Mountains will be furnished gratuitously by any Representative of the above lines or by H. C. Townsend, General Passenger and ‘Ticket Agent of the Missouri Pacific Railway, on ap- plication or by mail at headquarters in the Equi- table Building, St. Louis, Mo. During the months of June,July, Au- gust and September, the Missouri Pacific Railway will sell round trip tourist tickets to all points in Colorado at greatly reduced rates. To illustrate, the round trip from St. COLORADO SPRINGS. Louis to Denver, Colorado Springs or Pueblo will be only $21.00; from Kansas City, $15.00; from Atchison or St. Joseph, Mo., $15.00; from Joplin, Mo., $16.80; from Hot Springs, Ark., $26.10; from Memphis, Little Rock and Texarkana, $25.00. These tickets will be good to return until October 31st, 1902, and every inducement is offered in the way of stop-over privileges and side trips to make a trip to Colorado and the Rocky Mountains an event to be recorded and never forgotten in the annals of one’s life. xl RECREATION. are caught in the Delaware River and in many of the beautiful lakes and streams along the PICTURESQUE The board on which the fish are nailed is 16 inches wide. The largest fish weighs 8 pounds 9 ounces, Send three cents in stamps for postage to D. W. Cooke, Gen’! Pass’r Ast. Erie R.R. 21 Cortlandt St., New York, for ‘‘ Fishing on the Picturesque Erie.” Mention RECREATION. Thov- sands of Muskal- longelike this are still at large in Chavlav- qua LaKe State Wardens at the Long Point Hatcheries, Chautauqua Lake, “stripping” Muskallonge at the spawning season. RECREATION. xlll AMERICAN Food and Game Fishes By DAVID STARR JORDAN and BARTON W. EVERMANN So AMERICAN FOOD &GAME FISHES "DAVID, STARR JORDAN IMPORTANT POINTS FOR THE ANGLER 1. Dr. Jordan, President of Leland Stanford University, and Dr. Evermann, of the United States Fish Commission, have fished in every State and Territory of the Union, as well as in Canada, Alaska and tropical rivers and seas. 2. They combine an exact scientific knowledge with an en- thusiastic love of angling ; thus the book is not only scientific, but popular and sportsmanlike. : 3. There are 1,000 species of fish described. 4. The illustrations are remarkable, over 100 species having 10 OR been photographed from life,in the water, by A. R. Dugmore— ~21 OSe the first successful photos of live fish ever secured. There are also 10 superb lithographed color plates and over 200 text cuts. wi Eos. LIFE PHOTOS 5. The identification of any fish is made extremely easy. 6. The book tells of the ‘habits of the fish, and indicates the 208 localities, the seasons, and the methods best adapted for success- TEXT CuTs ful angling. se . 7%. Extraneous matter is introduced—verses, authenticated stories of unusual phenomena, and anything which may be of interest to the reader. 8. The book is of royal octavo size, containing 545 pages and over 825 illustrations, and sells for $4.00, special net. (By mail $4 36). Ghis is the eighth in our New Nature Library, the other volumes being Nature's Garden (Wild Flowers); Bird Neighbors; Game Birds; The Insect Book; The Mushroom Book; Bird Homes; The Butterfly Book. Cc bawe printed 91,000 of these books to date. : Cut out this coupon and maii to us for our full-page circular giving full particulars, with reproductions of some of the cuts. ee Houpleda ae pa e q (0 -4: Dousrebay, Pace & Co.: na 9 e Kindl¥‘send me full particulars of American Food and Game Fishes. 54 Union Sq., East RA st: Pee) coor eeeseeeerere sree sere ree NEW YORK CITY | go AS | X1V RECREATION. ‘FOR 34: YEARS A STANDARD PIANO.’? THE Wina PIANO - YOU NEED THIS BOO IF YOU INTEND TO BUY A PIANO. A book —not a catalogue—that gives you all the informa- tion possessed by experts. It makes the selection of a piano easy. If read carefully, it will make you a judge of tone, action, workmanship, and finish; will tell you how to know good from bad. It de- scribes the materials used ; gives pictures of all the different parts, and tells how they should be made and put together. It isthe only book of its kind ever published. It contains 116 large pages, and is named ‘‘The Book of Complete Information About Pianos.’’ We send it free to anyone wishing to buy a piano. Write for it. SAVE FROM $100 TO $20 We make the WING PIANO and sell it our- selves. It goes direct from our factory to your home. We donot employ any agents or salesmen. When you buy the WING PIANO you pay the actual cost of construction and our small wholesale protit. This profit is small because we sell thousands of pianos yearly. Most retail stores sell no more than twelve to twenty pianos yearly, and must charge from $100 to $200 profit on each. They can’t help it, Et ee eee Oiacvacgusecsusasacessacacaasase! FLOLILEPLCLLLLLLILILLL LLL LLL CLL QS HSvusnVrSsOo1yS10oSsr Snorer snonsneS nore, ‘ Hy ; 4 ; 4 4 4 4 y i 4 g , i 3 3 SSAA SNS My CLG LGW LG VLD vensoaee, penezzeracssrn “ia We A Wing style—as5 other styles to select from. SENT ON TRIAL WE PAY FREIGHT. NO MONEY IN ADVANCE. We will send any WING PIANO to any part of the United States on trial. We pay freight in advance and do not ask for any advance payment or deposit. If the piano is not satisfactory after twenty days’ trialin your home, we take it back entirely at our expense. You pay us nothing unless you keep the piano. There is absolutely no risk or expense to you. Old instruments taken in exchange. EASY MONTHLY PAYTSIENTS. INSTRUMENTAL ATTACHMENT 422s! teine Piano; it imitates perfectly the tones of the mandolin, guitar, harp, zither and banjo. ; We refer to over 33,000 Satisfied purchasers IN 34 YEARS 33 ,000 PIANOS in every part of the United States. WING PIANOS are guaranteed for twelve years against any defect in tone, action, workmanship, or material. WING ORG ANS Are just as carefully made as Wing Pianos. They have a sweet, powerful, lasting tone, easy action, very handsome appearance, need notuning. 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Orders for Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, . Utah, Washington and Wyoming must be for 20 Quarts for $16.00 by FREIGHT PREPAID. 3 \ i ee thes i , Are ele 2 ’ foe meinen PHYS TNR Shey Ht RA em Hee RS Em Mah OM REE FE Aine Row) an Seely HATE Nae mat) ee PTY eta a eee We siete melden Fah Nam romensieg w anit Mies eee CPs tor Liye mete aie a ay * A - f » Hay iy ks 7. ae Ce & ’ pes La ae re a re Poy, Cx re Wr ey + hog . . ? “Yr aS ‘ Lor 7 F ’ P = * ~ . . J 7 ope 4 .3 - <4, “ + ; ‘ ‘ a a n {: oS i i, oP f i ) i ‘ _ J . ’ Fs — , ; = ? ] * ’ § > -. & _ : 2 ? > 4 “ ae m iss . ; ’ io 5 . ws re S par > a m1 : - y . 23 . ‘ § rd Bu © Seti ae 4 Rae P - ed 7 . * Za rer 4 ty WY y tii j Yj, is STANDING ON AN OLD PINE LOG, ONE FOOT IN THE TRAP, HE GLARED 2 RECREA TION Volume XVII. JULY, 1902. Number J, G, 0. SHIELDS (COQUINA), Editor and Manager iAPreinG Aw MOUNTAIN LION: CHAS. A, FRIEDEL. In Southern Colorado, a branch of the Purgatory river known as the North Fork has its source high up in the Sangre De Christa range of moun- tains. Along this stream and several of its small branches, I was prospect- ing for gold. One day, as I was returning down the mountain to my camp, 3 deer sud- denly sprang from out the brush, dashed across the path in front of me, and bounded up the side of the moun- tain. For a second or so I was at a loss what to do, and could but stand and admire their graceful movements. After going 200 yards they separated, the doe and the fawn going to the right, while the other, a large buck, came to a stand beyond a boulder, with only his head visible above its top. Though not in urgent need of veni- son, the temptation to see if I could hit the buck’s head at that distance was so great I could not resist it. I raised my rifle, made a slight allowance for the drop of the bullet, and pressed the trigger with a “don’t care if I do miss” sort of a pull. The bullet en- tered the deer’s head below the ear, killing him almost instantly. The rock was 10 feet across at the base and about 5 feet high, with a ‘flat top. The side on which the deer lay was sloping, and the sun being al- most down, I thought I could do no better than to draw the deer up on the rock and leave him there until morning. That, with some difficulty, I did; then, rapidly descending, I soon reached the trail at the bottom of the canyon and in about an hour ar- rived at camp, Early the next morning I was up, and after a hearty breakfast I buckled the pack saddle on one of my best burros and returned to the rock to get Ty dec ee Ammon there, i found someone had been before me and had carried, or rather dragged, him away. The thief had been unable to shoulder the carcass, and a broad trail lay be- fore me, down the mountain. This I followed, but found nothing by which I could identify the robber until I came mer tae Cree lale Ingial julia the deer while walking backward, and in that way had covered his own tracks. Near the creek, however, he had met an obstacle in the shape of a fallen pine. There, it appeared, he had a great deal of trouble, and in his efforts to get the deer over the log he had left his own footprints. The thief was a large mountain lion. The creek being but a few yards away, I began to be on my guard. I was certain he had not been able to draw the carcass across the stream. Pushing through the thick under- brush and aspen trees that lined the stream, I came on the remains of my deer. ‘The lion thad feasted to his heart’s content. After devouring all of one hind quarter, and part of the back, he had covered the remainder with some sticks and leaves. Being well acquainted with the habits of the beast, I was sure he would return to renew his repast. I therefore made preparations for his capture. After removing the ‘hide, I cut up the best portion of what meat was left and tied it up in the skin. Then, making a hole in one of the deer’s 4 Ia Cla Al ION ears, I passed a piece of buckskin through it and hung the head on a limb of a sapling. Some 2 miles above my camp, on Whisky creek, was a bear trail, and near that trail a large steel bear trap, 42 pounds in weight, had been set 2 or 3 nights previously for a large cinnamon bear. He had, however, failed to accept the invitation. I took this trap up and carried it to the place where the lion had had his royal feast the night before. Removy- ing the deer’s head from the limb, I fastened it securely to the butt of a small aspen tree. Then I cut down a. tree from which 1 made a clog AbDOE Oo teer slong anda Oemichics in diameter at the large end. I put the ring of the trap chain on this clog and fastened it with a wedge. Then ll dine yp dae carn imeaie ine Geer Ineacl until I had a hole about 4 inches deep and about the size and shape of the (ayo, lim that Inole I ollagecl wane lous ifap, alter setting it, and covered) at with earth and leaves. I was up and on my way to the trap early the next morning. The shad- ows cast by those lofty mountains among which my camp was placed had not as yet been dispelled by the rising sun, although higher up, on the Sangre De Christa range, vast piles of snow were glistening in his mye, AS I imeacecl dae pllece wiere the trap was set,I became anx- ious to see what my luck had been. After I had penetrated the thick un- dergrowth, to within 50 feet of the spot, | found I had made a capture. The aspen trees near where the trap had been set had the bark torn off. The marks of teeth and claws on oth- er trees and the trampled earth bore evidence there had been a fierce bat- tle between the beast and the big trap. Stealing softly forward, I soon dis- covered the lion. Standing on an old pine log, one foot in the great trap, he wlared) at ime) silent sand seiiminemele made no motion except with his tail, which he lashed furiously. His head was in a line with his body as he stood directly facing me. Not wish- ing to make any bullet holes in his skin, I moved forward and began to circle around him. He made no ef- fort to change the position of his body, but followed me with his in- tense gaze until I had made almost a half circle. His head then being out of line with his body, my chance to fire had come. This I did with careful aim, just above and between those glowing eyes. As the report of the rifle rang through the canyon, the head of the beast sank down and his body fell sideways off the log. Reloading my rifle, I stepped quickly forward, but life was extinct before I reached him. He was in the parlor of a St. Louis residence while his fiancee was playing a Chopin sonata on the piano. Her mother was seated almost opposite her future son-in-law, and when the proper opportunity presented itself she said: “Don’t you think Edna has a great ear for music ?’’ “TI certainly do,” maya, dit replied the young you'd stretch a few strings across it it would make a lovely guitar ’’— But he never finished his sentence.— N. Y. Herald. Wik DIGOAT SHOOTING ONSITE DESEKTAS. LAURENCE MOTT. The yacht was lying off the town of Funchal, Madeira. We were only to stay 2 days, as we were homeward bound and in a hurry to get to New York; but as I had received a tempting invitation from the owner of the Desertas islands, which lie 20 miles to the Westward from Funchal, to shoot over them, I decided to take the 2 days and go over to the islands after wild goats. Leaving the yacht one morning at I o'clock, 1. the cutter, we sailed across and reached our destination at 7 o'clock. I say we because I took 2 sailors with me, be- sides a Portuguese, whom the owner of the islands recommended as a _ good guide. We tumbled our stuff ashore and while the men got a fire going for breakfast I took the glasses and climbed up 100 feet or so on the cliffs to get a look about. It was the most desolate sight I ever saw; no vegetation of any kind, except here and there a few patches of moss. Nothing but rocks and cliffs towering some 2,000 feet from the water’s edge. I could see no pos- sible chance of getting to the top, as the cliffs seemed perpendicular everywhere. After breakfast we made everything fast in case there should be a blow while we were gone, and started. I had never done any high climbing. and the altitudes both- ered me. In some places we edged along goat paths not 4 feet wide with the cliff on one side and a sheer drop of 1,000 or 1,500 feet on the other. Two or 3 times on the way up we saw goats, but they either were too far off to attempt even stalking, or they saw us just about the time we saw them, and disappeared. It took us 2% hours to reach the top, and I was nearly exhausted when we got there. erancisco, —)-said, OEMS “Find some plent’ quick now,” the guide answered; so we trudged on, sneaking from rock to rock and crawling on our hands and knees whenever we came to a turn in the path, lest there should be goats on the other side. The native method of hunting is primitive and tiresome. They creep along for hours sometimes, and when they see a goat they hide themselves com- fortably, trusting to luck that the animal will come toward them. The goats are very wild and “light out” at the slightest movement or noise on the part of the hun- Lens We had been dragging ourselves slowly along for an hour when the guide, who was ahead, suddenly dropped flat. I quickly followed his example and awaited further “where are the In a few moments he mo- tioned to me carefully, and I wriggled along the ledge till I got to him. Follow- ing the direction of his eyes I saw on the edge of a cliff, some 250 yards away and fairly well above us, 4 goats. With the glasses I could see that one of them was a large buck with a fine pair of horns. They were nibbling some bits of moss and had not discovered us. I got my Win- chester 30-40 carefully in position and waited for a favorable opportunity. At last the “bigga one,” as Francisco called him, stepped to the edge of the cliff, as though trying to get a better view of our position. I thought that my best chance aiaGl lee Inuian Jaen ie, (alebne Siedate ene! Iovic shoulder as nearly as I could make it. When I fired the buck jumped forward and fell clear of the ledge. Down he went, turning over and over in the air. “Buono, buono!” ejaculated the guide; “me get.” Betore, © ecouldiisay, a word he was over the edge of the path we were ly- ing on and was going down the cliff at a break-neck pace. I thought surely he would kill himself, as one misstep would have plunged him about 1,600 feet into the water; but in another hour I heard a faint shout, and looking over the edge I saw him standing by the body of the goat. While I waited for him to get back I took the glasses, and leaving my rifle on the ledge I climbed up to a pinnacle about 150 feet above me. From there I com- manded a much more extensive view, and to my delight I discovered a bunch of 6 goats around in the next chasm but one. They were evidently out of hearing of the shot, as they were all lying down in the warm sunlight. I hurriedly scrambled back to the ledge where I had left my rifle, and leaving my pipe and tobacco pouch there to show Francisco I would be back, I started. It was nervous work, all alone, but in 2 hours I was within 300 yards of the bunch. I could get no nearer, as there was no way but a narrow ledge and that was in full Sight#ot the coats. For half an hour I waited, hoping they would move up to the ledge where I could get a shot. Finaliv they got up hurriedly and started along the path they were on. but away from me, so I fired at the largest buck and missed. The bullet struck close, and the brute must have heard it whistle, as it covered him with sand and dirt. They all disap- peared like a flash, and I was cursing my poor marksmanship when something mov- developments. 6 Mee OL ANITA ing caught my eye below me, and there were the whole 6 going like the mischief along a path about 150 yards away. They must have got down out of my sight and then started back again on that trail. I threw up my rifle and holding a trifle ahead of the buck which was in the lead, I let him have it. He stumbled, fell and began kicking vigorously. The rest of the animals hesitated a moment then jumped over their fallen leader and went on with redoubled speed. I got down to the wounded goat just in time to prevent his kicking himself over the ledge. Getting my hunting knife in his throat was quite a job, as the ledge was not wide and I did not fancy going down the great height into the sea. I got a rock as big as I could lift and managed to throw it on the goat, which kept him quiet long enough for me to finish him. Cutting off the head and the skin well down on the shoulders, for mounting purposes, I tied it on my back by some handkerchiefs, and began my re- turn trip. Francisco was calmly smoking my pipe when I got back to him and to my sur- prise there was the whole body of a goat aieinismreets “Ha! Ha!’ he said, “you gooda one! Get all ’lone! buono, buono!” We compared the 2 heads and found that the last one I had shot was a trifle the larger. These goats are not very large, weighing possibly 50 to 70 pounds. They are dark in color, have heavy, long hair and excellent horns, being somewhat like the chamois in shape, but much heavier and longer. It was getting late and it was as cold as winter up on the plateau, so we fastened on our game and began the trip to camp. We got there in 2 hours and after supper turned in. Our beds consisted of 2 thick- nesses of blanket between the rock and our bodies and the same quantity over us, but it felt like down to me. I never knew anything more comfortable. The next morning at 6 o’clock we loaded ae Cohnier ame see saul sor Wonca, it was blowing hard, but as the wind was well abaft the beam the seas did not bother us much. When we got about half way across we saw the yacht coming out to pick us up, which she did in a short time. oe gos. Sai AMATEUR PHOTO BY CLINTON A, SMITH. OWLETS. Winner of 36th Prize in REcREATION’s 6th Annyal Photo Competition. ONT NEZ, PERehs: TRAIL. WESTLEY JONES. Photos by the Author. An article recently published in REecrEa- TION, Hunting for a Place to Hunt,” by H. H. Todd, in which the author relates some of the experiences of himself and party in Central Idaho in 1899, was par- ticularly interesting to me and has prompt- ed me to tell the story of a recent trip over the Nez Perces trail, in the expecta- ing to Adams camp and leading our sad- dle animals. We halted at White Bird to feed the horses and take our lunch, and were engaged in that pleasant task when the wind storm mentioned by Mr. Todd in his article swept over that section with the suddenness, swiftness and destructive power of a cyclone. The section is heav- PACK DRAIN: tion that it may be of interest and value to some of the many readers of RECREA- TION. Viet tancisiet. “oure. of. san Pran= cisco, and I, en route to Concord, Buffalo Hump, Idaho, to inspect some mining properties 1n which we are interested, met and made the acquaintance of Messrs. Todd and Moses soon after leaving Chi- cago, and made the railroad, steamer and stage journey with them to great and growing Grangeville, where we were all put up at the Jersey House, of which the genial George K. Reed is proprietor. Mr. Young and I started for the Hump, driv- ily timbered with pine, and the trees, large and small, were lashed, twisted, smashed and mowed down by the score. Like most sudden and violent atmospheric disturb- ances, this one was of short duration, and the weather soon became calm and clear again. Not so the Florence road, across which many trees had fallen which had to be cut out before we could proceed. Had we been on the road when the storm struck, instead of lunching at White Bird, we could scarcely have escaped destruction by the falling trees. We reached Adams camp that evening, and the next morning, well mounted, we 3) IRIE OUIE AI IOUT hit the Gospel Mountain trail to the Hump. ‘The distance is a little less than 25 miles, and the greatest elevation about 8,000 feet. The trail? Well, many better mountain men than we had been over it, but it snowed all day, and that doubled the diffi- culties and halved the pleasures of the trip, as most of the magnificent views were shut out by the storm clouds. We reached Concord about 9 o'clock in the evening, having been on the trail somewhat more than 12 hours. When within a half mile of Concord, we nar- rowly escaped being blown from the trail into the canyon below by blasts which were fired almost in our faces. At that time our company was operating a pack train of about 25 head between Adams camp and Concord, and employing some 40 men in the various operations of min- ing, building, developing town site, etc. JTS DEVIOUS 1 Ole aAirriyall wae iPS grave was opened on our property in Con- cord to receive the body of the unfortu- nate victim of a quarrel which terminated fatally.- James P. Turner had passed the previous winter in Concord and reported 18 feet of snow. The small log structure in the foreground of the accompanying picture was his only shelter and was the first house built at Buffalo Hump. So much has been written within the last few years im re Central Idaho, and espe- cially the Hump and adjacent country, touching on the vital points of physical and climatic conditions, mineral resources, development, etc., that little remains to be added until new history is made, and it is making fast at the present time, Whe railroad from Lewiston to Stites has cut off about 60 miles of the stage ride over Camas prairie to Grangeville, and a pass- able wagon road has succeeded the Gospel Mountain trail. Thunder mountain is now attracting much attention, and it is expect- ed that the tide of travel will soon set strongly that way. Finishing our business at Concord, we returned to Grangeville and thence back to Boston. I decided that in the following vear I would approach the Hump from the East, leave the railroad at a point in Mon- tana and travel West over the Nez Perces trail to Elk City. Arrangements were made accordingly, and Monday, September 3, I leit the cars at Monida, Montana. There I found James Blair, with whom I had previously made several similar trips, and his 2 assistants, John Bray and Joe Kemp, ready for me. Blair’s outfit, 22 head of horses, of which 14 were pack, 6 were saddle animals and 2 were young colts, was the handsomest and best I have ever seen. He raises, breaks and trains his animals himself. As a hunter, trailer or packer, Mr. Blair probably has no superior in his section of the country. He is efficient, fearless and tireless when on the trail. Our supplies, selected and shipped from Boston, were on hand, the packs were ac- curately weighed and prepared for the horses, and Wednesday morning, Sep- tember 5, with an outfit as complete and perfect as careful thought directed by the knowledge of long experience could as- semble, we started on our long journey of nearly 500 miles to Buffalo Hump. James Blair lead the way, and he was leading in his own bold, fearless way when we en- tered Elk City, Idaho, 24 days later. Our course was via Big Sheep Creek basin, Horse prairie, Bloody Dick creek, Big Hole, Moose creek, Trail creek, Ross Forks to Darby, thence via Nez Perces trail to Elk City. None of us had been over the ground before; the trail was diffi- cult, even dangerous, and in places blind and impassable until with axes we cut our way through fallen timber. We were late in the season in starting and encountered snows and severe cold. Heed for the horses was scarce and on more than one occasion lacking, and horses will travel a long way after being turned loose, looking for teed.) Water 1s) tombe. found wonlyarat long intervals, and the camp at night must be timed to water and grass. Here is a mountain wilderness of pine, an ocean of tree tops nearly 150 miles in extent East and West, with little water, few, if any, mountain meadows, so common in other sections, and no game of account, large or small. We saw a solitary mule deer and half a dozen fool hens. Nothing else. We found none of the usual tracks or signs of game along the trail or about the watering and feeding places. We met two Flathead hunting parties whose camps looked rather lean. They were having poor success. The first day out from Monida, when near Lima, we narrowly escaped disaster. The road on which we were then traveling makes through a narrow defile with per- pendicular walls on either side. Ahead it narrows to a mere pass, through which comes a spur of the railroad. Half way between us and the pass a large drove of cattle were feeding, many of them stand- ing on the tracks. We were giving them all the room we could, when through the pass came a freight train, up grade, with ringing bell, screeching whistle and clouds of black smoke hanging low and blowing straight toward us. It is impossible to de- scribe just what followed, I was so busy with that part which particularly interest- ed me, namely, an endeavor to save my own neck. ‘There was a flying wedge of bellowing cattle and a wild dash of stam- peded horses, snorting and bucking. The bell, the whistle, the rush of the animals, ON THE NEZ PERCES. TRAIL. G the shouts of our men, the rumbling of the cars, the black smoke, and—it was over, with no one hurt, though slightly jarred. The second night out we camped at the North end of Big Sheep Creek basin, near the ranch of Joe Smith. One horse was picketed, 8 were hobbled, and the others were turned loose. In the morning all were gone except the one on the picket rope. Blair and Bray went after them on foot, without any preparation for a long tramp. We did not see them again until the night of the third day after, when they returned with 18 head. Two belonging to tracks of the horses ridden by the thieves and he trailed them to their corral. Hav- ing gathered some local traditions, he be- lieves he knows who the men are, and | do not care to be present when he meets them. During 3 days of enforced idleness I came to understand why sheep herders be- come so melancholy. There was one bunch of 3,600 sheep about our camp, and the continual bleating and that undulating mass of waving wool drifting aimlessly about were maddening. an agreeable man, Vete so bik game yt, nad ‘ & % ae f ag . ey ; The herder was A compensating fea- A COSY CAMP. Joe Kemp were missing, and as Joe had recently sacrificed a $2,000 outfit in Alaska, he felt his loss keenly. Our animals were run off by horse thieves to a distance of 25 miles from our camp, finally up a steep mountain side and down into a deep basin. Vhe hobbles were not removed, and the legs of the animals were terribly mangled. They were a sorry sight when they got back to our camp. Worse than inhuman brutes were they who committed the out- rage on horses and men. Blair and Bray trailed the horses until they found and brought them back. Blair loves a good horse, and his wrath was dark hued and continuous. He was able to pick out the ture in our delay was the abundance of sage hens, there being almost as many hens as sheep in the basin. Bunches of 100 to 200 could always be found in the wet bot- toms, and the young birds at that season are equal to grouse. In the meantime I bought a saddle horse of Joe Smith, “Bal- dy” by name, and by nature a reliable and sociable beast, sound and sure footed. Resuming our journey, events ran smoothly for a while. Our chief difficulty was with fences. We sometimes went 3 to 5 miles out of our way to weather a fence, and generally there was someone present to see that we did go around in- stead of through it. On the 14th we 10 REGIA MONG camped at a ranch in Big Hole basin. We took turns during the night in fighting off a drove of hogs that were determined to feed out of our packs. : Sunday, the 16th, we visited Big Hole battle ground. The thrilling story of that historic event is so well told by the editor of RecrREATION in his book that every reader should have a copy. Just previous to our arrival, a badger had dug into one of the graves on the point and a skull and bones lay exposed to view, thus rudely dis- turbed after more than 20 years’ peaceful rest. Whether white or Indian we could not determine. The monument is much defaced. The badger and the vandal are on the same level of ignorance. The bad- ger follows his instinct to burrow. The vandal yields to a morbid desire to possess. The vandal has had an opportunity to learn and should know and do better. The next day, after leaving Big Hole, we had Sapestarulinewexpe tence aE DUNC mor several hundred sheep had become lost, and, seeing our horses from a distance, came tearing along after us like mad. Blair and I were leading the procession down a steep incline in a narrow part of the trail, when the bleating bunch struck our rear guard and stampeded the pack horses down on to us, pell mell. The con- ditions were favorable for trouble, but we succeeded in extricating our horses and selves from the plunging, kicking, biting bunch without accident, though the sheep followed us several miles and we had some difficulty in getting away from them. Tuesday, the 18th, we camped at the ranch of John Stella, just out of Darby. Stella has a good sporting bungalow. This season he took out the party of Mr. Charles P. Pettus, of St. Louis, over the Lost Horse trail. They captured deer, elk, goat and bear. On the 2Ist we were well into the moun- tains on the famous Nez Perces trail, from which we had been told we could kick the game as we went along. How difficult it is for one to say truly, “That was the hap- piest day’ or “This is the sweetest mu- sic,’ or “She is the prettiest girl!” Gen- erally the last seems best. I can truly af- firm that at a given point after passing Castle mountain the scenery is the most beautiful in extent and grandeur, breadth and scope, ruggedness and magnificence that I have ever seen or ever hope to see, and my experience has been considerable. For an hour I continually repeated to my- self, so that my mind should be fully im- pressed by the fact, never after to waver, “This must be the grandest sight on earth.” We camped that night near a small Flathead Indian outfit. They showed us where to find a small spring. During the evening we were overtaken by Messrs. Robb and Chillson, who were making a break to go through with us to the Little Salmon meadows. We found them good company, but they were a divided house; one in favor of pushing on and the other in favor of turning back before they were snowed in for the winter. They eventu- ally went with us as far as the Little Sal- mon. The meadows, like the game, were not to be seen. We rested in camp the 23d. There had been a snowfall of sev- eral inches. The 24th we crossed Mc- Gruder mountain, one of the most difficult sections of the trail. We were profound- ly impressed by the details of the awful crime committed there when McGruder, his men and mules were cruelly murdered and their bodies thrown over the cliff. The afternoon of the 25th we were “la- boring heavily in a rough sea”; that is to say, we had some doubts as to the trail. We camped that night on the summit of the Divide, altitude not less than 10,000 feet. Where was little feed or water, the cold was severe, a high wind was blowing and snow was falling. Had the storm continued, our fate would have been set- tled right there, but fortunately it cleared during the night. On the 27th Messrs. Robb and Chillson quit at Little Salmon. They had had enough and turned back. From Little Salmon to Elk City is about 40 miles, and easily done in 2 days. An interesting feature of the trail is the mul- titude of inscriptions on the trees, gener- ally some tale of woe or hard luck story, coupled with advice to turn back. On the 28th we camped at the ranch of Buster Smith, Elk City. I drove 55 miles to the nearest railroad point, Kooskia. Blair and outfit went back over the trail, and narrowly escaped being snowed in for the winter. One horse perished, and on their last day in the mountains they en- countered a furious snow storm that near- ly overwhelmed them, but they finally succeeded in breaking through to Darby and thence back to Blair’s ranch, in Cen- tennial valley, where I am sure you would be a welcome visitor. She—I understand vealhas gone up. He—I guess that’s right; I see the res- taurants have raised the price of chicken salad.—Yonkers Statesman. JUXGKOUSGS) JEN IRZAUING TIDD MURRAY. Low’ry sky an’ Southern breeze, Sun he’s hid ahind a cloud, Robins singin’ in th’ apple trees, Hoppe: chirpin’ sort o’ loud. Guess I ain't so weather blind That I don’t know th’ token; Reckon that thar Southern wind Shows th’ drought is broken. Guess I can’t get in th’ hay 1Gozeitse stne= ten fain: Better wait till another day When th’ signs are not ez plain. Reckon Ill get out th’ pole An’ dig some worms an’ hike Down ter th’ old deep river hole That used ter hold the pike. What! th’ sun a burnin’ through? Blame it! let her burn. An Sth sky, a tunmim plie! I don’t care; let her turn! Might jest ez well be fishin’ Ez ter be er pitchin’ hay When all th’ time yere wishin’ That termorrow’d be a rainy day. AMATEUR PHOTO BY R. C. W. LETT. A MORNING NIP. Winner of 28th Prize in RECREATION’s 6th Annual Photo Competition. If AMATEUR PHOTO BY J. E, STANLEY. A GOOD RETRIEVER. Winner of 30th Prize in RECREATION’s 6th Annual Photo Competition THINKING IT OVER. Winner of 37th Prize in RECREATION’s 6th Annual Photo Competition. 12 tite VivohekyY On A BULLET. CHARLES W. SAWYER. One September day in 1895 John and I were starting for our vacation in Northern Vermont. As we walked through the city streets on our way to the train, we saw a sign in a gun store window, “The U. M. C. Company’s new cartridge, 22 short smoke- less mushroom, just received.” John had in his hand a fancy 22 caliber single shot rifle, and he bought a few hundred of these new cartridges. No suspicion of the trou- ble they would get us into shadowed our sunny spirits while the train bore us to the beautiful woods of the North. Forests and fields, hills and valleys, sunlit waters and shadowy crags passed in endless proces- sion, until, at last, far from the towns the conductor called ‘“Staceyville.’ At this little railroad station the farmer we were to board with met us, and drove us a 3 hours’ rough-and-tumble, jouncing, jolting, bumping ride, up hill and down dale, through woods and past clearings to the ’way-back farm that was to be our home. In this quiet, sweet smelling, old fashioned farm house, in the fields, pastures, and ram- bling orchards that made up the clearing, and in the border of the woods around the clearing, we were for a time content. There were ruffed grouse and squirrels for John to shoot with his rifle and new cartridges. There was a range sufficiently long, shel- tered, and well lighted, whereon I could play at target shooting with my powerful hunting rifle. There were rest, recreation, rustic beauty, and every attraction to keep us at home, yet we soon became rest- less, and strayed farther and farther away. In going about the country we often stopped at the outlying farms, and became friendly with the inmates. They were a pleasant lot of people, always ready to stop work for a chance to gossip. There was one of the lot, Ezekiel Withington, on whom we did not at first call, because the farmer with whom we boarded was at law with him, and told us terrible tales about him. We found, however, that some of the other farmers spoke well of Withington, so one day we stopped at his house. We liked him very well. He treated us to cider, and showed us about his farm. He had a mag- nificent place, of some 1,500 acres, pictur- esque buildings, herds of cattle, and a big flock of sheep. We soon found that some of the best small game hunting in the country was to be had in his woods. He was interested in John’s rifle, and examined it and the ammunition with much care. Then he brought out his grandfather’s muzzle loading rifle, which was a remarka- 13 bly fine weapon, and we had some shoot- ing. We found the man and his woods so attractive that we spent considerable time there. One thing seemed odd to us. He let his cattle, with a bull in the herd, and his sheep, with several rams among them, roam at will about the country, al- though a town road ran through his farm. We asked him if it was not dangerous. He said the bull would not hurt anybody, as he was tame, and the sheep were all pets; but we heard elsewhere that Withington had sometimes had his sheep shot. The coun- try was heavily forested, and in the fall and winter there were numerous camps of hunters and woodchoppers, so it was diffi- cult to fix the blame. The loss and an- noyance had become so great that With- ington and other farmers had succeeded in getting a law passed making the illegal killing of sheep punishable by both fine and imprisonment. In telling us about it With- ington’s eyes snapped and his manner was such that we could see it would go hard with an offender if Withington could catch him. Soon after this we were going along the road one morning, guns in hand, on our way to a shooting match at the village. John had his new rifle. As we came out of the woods we saw Withington’s sheep, an immense flock, feeding on both sides of the road in the pasture. They scattered frometisuriciteandwlert. Isican do a. little something at imitating the calls of various animals, and we had considerable fun in mystifying the sheep with the plaintive bleat of a lamb in distress, that drew them toward us, and the deep bass of a watchful old ram, that sent them running off again. Suddenly there was a slight sound behind us. I had only time to turn my head part way round when something like a great dirty white streak struck John in the back. At the heavy thud my friend doubled back- ward like a bent bow, and was thrown for- ward bv the impact of the mass Io or 12 feet. He fell in a heap as if dead. At the same time his assailant, an old ram, with great curved horns, came down on his feet, lowered his head, and stood ready ‘to charge again at the least sign of life. I laid down my rifle and ran at him. He promptly wheeled and charged me. As his ponderous head almost struck me I leaped aside, put out one foot, and tripped him. He was up in an instant, but before he could get away I had him by the tail, then by one hind leg, then, after a struggle, by both hind legs. I tied them with a piece 14 RECREATION. of cord, tipped him over, knelt with one knee on his head and the other on his body, and tied his front legs. John, meanwhile, had got up, and was limping along to get his rifle. The first thing he thought of, after the edge of the pain was off, was whether the rifle was in- jured. It was without a scratch, for it had fallen on soft grass. John was the sort of fellow who would not give in to pain. He said he was all right, but I could see he was hurt. However, after sitting down awhile he insisted that we go on to the shooting match. I unfastened the ram’s front legs, and taking his hind legs, trundled him along, wheelbarrow fashion. We got to Withington’s after a while, and I fastened the ram in the sheep pen. We called at the house to see Withington, but he was away. I told Mrs. Withington the facts in the case, and added that I was afraid my friend was hurt worse than his grit would let him acknowledge. I asked if we might have a horse and buggy and Mrs. Withing- ton consented. We found a motley crowd assembled at the range. There were boys with cheap rifles, and men of all ages, with arms of about every degree of poorness and excel- lence. In spite of John’s grit he was un- able to walk without a bad limp, and this soon drew the query as to how he got hurt. His hurt did not affect his shooting, or his skill at making bull’s-eyes, and the beauty of his rifle brought a crowd of lookers-on. They were greatly interested in the ammunition, for, although the bullet was small, and the powder of little bulk, it shot, in John’s hands, better than their heavy charges. They championed him strongly in the matter of the ram, and were loud in their statements of what they would do if they had been in our place. “Why,” said one old grandfather, “that Zeke Withington haint no right on airth to let his cattle ’n sheep run in the public road. You orter shot that sam fishtythen an there, an’ he never could ’a touched ye fer it. What's more, you’ve got a case agin him fer heavy damages. You just sue him tem $5,000) an? lar ima ae lesson. “That’s right,’ said half a dozen around us. The village lawyer edged his way up, and offered to take the case. “You've got a clear case, gentlemen, and if you want to trust it to me, I’ll guarantee you good money out of it.” We refused his offer, and John said he thought he should let the matter drop. When we got back with the horse and buggy Withington had returned. There was a snap in his eyes that told us he had ~ received the news from his wife, and con- sidered that henceforth we were to meet as foes. John was as pleasant as usual. “T suppose you heard from your wife,” he said, “that your ram assaulted us this morning, on the road?” Yes; said “Withinetony sandeslesup- pose you'll have Lawyer Gibbs, down to the village?” oNo;” ‘said: John =. “shall snotwasues: Withington looked as if he wondered what kind of trick John would play. “You and I have been good friends, Withington, and, as far as I am concerned, we shall remain so.” Withington soon became like his for- mer self, and we left on the best of terms; yet, I had a suspicion that he thought there was a screw loose somewhere, and that he might yet get a rap when he was off his guard. The spirit of revenge was inbred in him, and in every one of the men there- about we had chanced to meet, and he found anything different hard to believe. The next to the last day of our vacation arrived, and we decided to go gunning. We went through a stretch of oak woods near the brow of a long hill above the pas- ture. We thought we ought to find some grey squirrels there, and perhaps a few ruffed grouse, but although we kept very quiet and exercised our utmost skill, we did not see or hear a thing larger than small birds. We did not even fire our rifles, and went home saying it was the poorest afternoon’s hunting we had had. The next morning we went over to bid goodbye to our neighbor to the South. The first thing he said to us was, “Well, boys, that was big game you got yesterday,” and he gave us a wink. We thought it was his joke on our not getting any game, and wondered how he knew. “Yes,” said I, “so big we could not get it home.” “How’d ye shoot it,” he asked. ‘“Acci- dental?’ and he winked again and grinned. “Shoot what?” said John. “Why, Zeke’s sheep. Haint ye heerd about it?” with a broader grin. “No,” said I, “we not only have not heard about it, but we didn’t shoot it.” “O, go ’way! You needn’t be afraid of mess “Tell us about it,’ said John. “Why,” said the farmer, “last night about _ sundown, when the sheep come home to the pen, Zeke an’ his man, who were standin’ by the pen, noticed one of ’em was sick. It was kind er totterin’ along, and pretty soon it laid down. Zeke, he went up to it, and it was dead, so quick. He turned it over, and ther warn’t no mark on it nowhere, so they cut it up to see what the matter was with it. They found one o’ your queer little holler bullets in its vitals. Must have been shot within half an hour of when it died, so it must have come straight from the see BW Me pasture side of where you fellers was gun- nin’, ‘cause that’s ’bout half an hour’s sheep travel from the pen. Looks ter me ’s if Zeke’s got a clear case agin you fellers, an’ by gosh, I’d rather ’t be you than me. Say, why didn’t you take a likelier chance, when it was ’way off, somewheres?” John and I looked at each other, amazed. “Well,” said John, at last, “let’s go over to see Zeke.” When we reached his house he greeted us pleasantly. “TI have just heard,” said John, “that one of your sheep was shot, and that the bul- let looks like one of mine.” “There it is.” said Withington, produc- ing it from his vest pocket. It certainly looked in every detail like one of John’s. “T do not know as you will believe me,” said John, “but I hope you will. I did not shoot that sheep, nor did my friend. The first we knew of it was when we were told this morning. Neither of us did it, either accidentally or purposely, I pledge you my word of honor. Will you believe me?” Withington chewed a straw, and did not look up or say anything for some time. Then he smiled rather pleasantly, and said: “My wife said she didn’t believe you did it On purpose.” (Ove raks de (ONLI Ra ep 15 He talked pleasantly, and bade us good- bye. We hardly knew what to think. On the train going home we talked the matter over continually. Surely, had Withington chosen to arrest us, we should have had to suffer on circumstantial evidence, for never was an innocent suspect convicted on a clearer case. First, Withington’s counsel would mention to the jury the matter of prejudice. Our farmer was a bitter enemy to Withington, and never let a chance slip to say an ill word of him. We should naturally be prejudiced in the beginning. Then, there was probable cause, the ram’s assault. Strongest evidence was the bullet, just like John’s, never seen in that country before, none like it to be had anywhere near, except of John. Witnesses there were in plenty for Withington, not one for us. “Well,” said John, in conclusion, “either we shall yet feel the weight of his ven- geance, or the leopard has changed his spots.” As time passed, and we were left in peace, we concluded that Withington felt we had done by him, in the matter of the ram, as we would be done by, so he had returned the good deed to us; but there is yet a mystery, and that is, who did shoot the sheep? Bk AMATEUR PHOTO BY E. C, THATCHER. QUAILS IN THE STUBBLE. Winner of 38th Prize in REcREATION’s 6th Annual Photo Competition. COLE PLEAS. CE: Not a big boa constrictor of the jungle story, but a little one, the hero of which is a beautiful red and dusky spotted fellow about 2 feet long. Scientists will better know him as Coluber guttatus, while his common name varies in different localities. Sometimes he is called spotted racer, and again house snake and chicken snake; but if you want to know his greatest aim in life, give him a mouse or a young rat. I started to call him our pet, but as he never showed affection for anyone, nor preference for one person more than an- other, he is hardly entitled to that name. made a noticeable change in him, particu- larly just after a big meal, and we could almost see him grow. He drank about like a cow in manner, and almost as often. We had a rat hunt in the barn one day, and Cole played the part of executioner. Among those caught were 9 young rats, about a third larger than house mice. As in the case of all other executions, a spe- cial place was prepared for this one. A shallow tray 16x18 inches, with a layer of clean sand in the bottom, was put in a public place, a few tufts of grass were placed around the edge, a glass cover was AMATEUR PHOTO BY C. E, PLEAS. A FULL MEAL. Yet from the time he was taken captive in 1900 until given his liberty last spring, he was as quiet and gentle, when handled, as if he had been raised in captivity. Our first meeting was down in the or- chard one hot day in July. I was raking hay; he was asleep underneath. I took him in my hands and deposited him in a cage prepared for such a purpose in the barn. There he seemed fairly contented, and greedily took his food and water when offered. The old idea that snakes feed only once in 3 months has long since gone out of my mind. Possibly some do, but my observations are different. ply, I believe, governs the time of feeding more than aught else. Cole was about 16 inches long when cap- tured, but it seemed that every mouse The sup-_ 16 provided and the next thing was the audi- ence. A camera with its wide angle eye was given the best view commanding the whole arena, and was supplied with plates on which to take notes. Cole was then placed in the arena, a rat turned in, and the per- formance began. ‘The rat, of course fright- ened, had forgotten the old fable about snakes charming their prey, and was in too great a hurry to investigate Cole’s mes- meric powers, running about as fast as it could, to find a way out. From the way in which Cole gave pur- suit one would judge that he had little in- tention to charm, and he caught the rat about as a bow legged man would catch a pig in an alley. I can not describe the scene that fol- COLE. 17 lowed, it was done so quickly. The photo- graph “In Mortal Coil,’ made during the execution and published in June ReEcrEa- TION, best illustrates it. The rat was held as shown until life was extinct, when the coils were slowly relaxed. The remains were swallowed as shown in the accompanying illustration. The supply of rats held out longer than Cole’s appetite, but his instinct to kill was so great. that he continued to seize and squeeze until he had executed some of them several times over; the dead being made to appear alive by being poked with a thin wire. He would take dead rats in motion, but never lying still. Cole was given his liberty this spring, in hopes that he would remain about the barn and catch rats, but he proved un- grateful, for he disappeared at once and has not since been seen. Single specimens of this kind have been found measuring over 4 feet in length. They appear to be semi-domestic in their tastes, being frequently found making themselves at home in some _ dwelling, where, though innocent of harmful intent, they are likely to cause consternation among those who are not acquainted with their habits. One of these snakes innocently deprived me of an interesting photo in the fall of 98. About 1,000 swifts had taken tempo- rary lodging in one of our chimneys. At sundown they swarmed around = and dropped into the chimney in a_ black stream. We counted several hundred, one evening, after they had been going in for half an hour, and we thought what an in- teresting picture that would make; so the next day I set the camera on the roof in good time and waited. Dark came, but no birds, save one or 2 stragglers that flitted by. Mrs. Pleas had that day stepped on a big Coluber in the room by the fireplace, and on examination it was found to con- tain 2 of the birds. Thus our disappointment was explained. AMATEUR PHOTO BY WM. H, FISHER: HIGH AND DRY. FERRUGINOUS ROUGH-LEG HAWK. ARCHIBUTEO FERRUGINEUS. 18 Je\ AD NMG le Osh hah EUey. In August, 1898, I left my home at Glen- wood Springs, Colo., for a hunt on White river, a fine trout stream, 40 miles North of Glenwood. All I took with me was a frying pan, 25 pounds of flour, a little salt, pepper, coffee and sugar, my rifle and fish- ing rod, and one blanket besides my saddle blanket. The first night I reached Mud Springs, and by noon next day was on White river. The second night I spent at Marvine creek, where I caught a mess of trout for supper and breakfast. The following night I camped at the end of the wagon road on the North Fork of White river, just at the mouth of Lost creek. At 5 a. m. I was 3 miles farther up North Fork and began isis byenoone .. tad awcreel full” of trout, among them one rainbow weighing 5% pounds. Next morning I took my rifle, a 25-20 Winchester, and set out for Lost Park. I had not gone far before I came on a doe and 2 fawns. I did not fire at them, be- cause in Colorado it is against the law to shoot anything without horns. A little later I saw a bunch of 4° deer, 3° bucks and a doe. When I opened fire I had 15 shots in my Winchester; after the deer had skipped I could find only 6 cartridges in the gun. The rest were not in the deer either. Feeling pretty sore over such shooting, ipushed ahead. As i rounded a bend 1 saw 2 bucks in a clump of small trees. They were fully 300 yards away, and I raised the sight to the proper notch before I fired. At the report the buck farthest from me dropped; the other remained motionless. With careful aim I fired twice at the stand- ing deer. Then I raised the sight for 400 yards and tried again, with no result. He must be clean out of range. I thought, and began creeping nearer. Not until I was within 100 yards did I discover I had been shooting at a rock. Where I had seen a ie roOsl PAkk, BARNES. buck fall I found tracks leading down the other side of the ridge. There was no blood, however, and I did not think it worth while to follow. Late in the day I ran on toa pair of elks, but elks are protected here and I had to let them go. Well, thought I, fishing is my best chance; I'll go back and fish. Just as I crossed Lost creek a 6-point buck rose from behind a log not 15 steps from me. The Winchester cracked and the buck went down, shot through the stomach. In an instant he was on his feet again and off down the creek. Two shots followed him, but with no result. I put spurs to my horse, and after a chase of 3 miles got an- other shot as the buck was about to recross the creek. That time he went down to stay. I jumped from my horse, drew my knife, and in a minute was at the side of a 280- pound buck. He was still breathing, and when the knife point touched his throat he made one last ‘efiort to regain his feet, knocking me backward into the creek. I had to dress him on the ground as he was much too heavy for a boy of 15 to lift. I got him dressed at last, and then came the question of how to get my game to camp. It occurred to me that I might float him down the creek. I tied a rope around the deer’s neck and dragged it into the creek. It was hard work dodging rocks and stumps, but the worst of all was when I came to a fall. It would never do to let the deer go over it. I went back after the horse, took him down and_ backed him under the fall. Then I eased away the rope that held the deer above until the carcass came down on the horse, where I managed to tie it. It was midnight before I reached camp, tired, wet and hungry. I remained in Lost park 18 days, hunting and fishing. In that time I shot 2 deer, I antelope, 1 wolf, 1 wildcat, 1 fox, 2 coyotes, 38 grouse and 19 rabbits. I also caught 81 trout, weighing over 60 pounds. The trip, including ammunition and _ fishing tackle, cost me only $5.90. General : away?”’ “And did your moaKSiol ~ aebael ‘Sir! His Majesty’s 2,781st Lowlanders We surrendered, sir!’’ NEVER run away! —lkife: 19 TWENDY_ONE GRIZZEIES INGSIGrae W. H. A chance conversation between Mr. Cole- man, of New York, Dr. Penfield and me, led to an impromptu bear hunt in which the hunters came off second best, though game was more than abundant. During the trip 21 grizzlies were seen; also the tracks of scores of others, some of the footprints measuring 842 x 12 inches. I had heard of a place in British Colum- bia where bears were found in droves. On my speaking of it. we agreed that we 3 would visit the region provided we could start at once, the time at the doctor’s dis- posal being limited to 10 days. According- lv we left on an early train the next morn- ing, and 2 days later found ourselves with- in 20 miles of the bear country. The re- mainder of the journey had to be made with pack horses. It was early for bears to be out, as the snow was still deep, and we were advised to remain in town a few days at least; but as we had good tents, stoves, etc., we de- cided to push on as far as possible and then wait until the snow settled enough to permit farther progress. This we did, hir- ing a man and 5 horses to pack our outfit while we walked. Our trail was an old prospectors’ path leading over the steepest and most difficult hills. No one had trav- eled it since the year before, and there was much down timber to be cut. We struck the trail at 3 p. m. and fol- lowed it 11 mules) Dhe last 2 one einailes we made by pounding down and plowing through soft snow 3 to 4 feet deep. By that time we were all tired, hungry and cross, and being then on a little side hill free from snow and facing South, we con- cluded to wait a while. After sending back the man and the horses we proceeded to make camp, no easy thing in a country that fairly stands on end, and where there is hardly a bit of level ground large enough to play marbles on. -We cut logs and boughs, drove stakes, skinned trees and at last got our 12x20 tent erected, but at a cruel cost to the timber of the Dominion. The weather, which had been mild for a few days, became colder, with an occasional snow storm. We could do nothing beyond beating up and clearing the trail ahead in readiness for a move when the time came. This state of affairs continued 2 weeks and outlasted Dr. Penfield’s patience and leave of absence. Early one morning he took the trail South, promising to try again another season. His departure seemed to break the spell, WRIGHT. 20 for the next day warm weather began. Two days later, when the man and horses re- turned, we succeeded in reaching a little bottom 6 miles farther on, where we made our final camp. Just before getting there we saw our first grizzly track, evidently made the evening before. The mountains are high, steep and hard to climb. Every half mile or so snow slides have left their mark, sweeping be- fore them to the creek bottoms everything that offered resistance. These old slides are covered with bushes which, yielding before the onrushing snow, have been left to grow, slanting downward. This makes it next to impossible to get through them when going up, though one can slip down easily enough. Amid the bushes are little parklike patches covered with grass and a yellow lily having a bulb root. It is on grass and these lilies that the bears live. Emerging from their dens in spring, they make their way down to the foot of the lowest slides. As vegetation becomes older and tough they work up the steep and nar- row canyons, following the snow. When they have reached the highest divide their bedtime has come again. If when they first come out the grass has not started, they nip the small and tender twigs of the bushes, which are mostly maple. There is no game other than bears in that country, except on the high divides, where caribou are said to be plentiful. We saw none, however, nor even any tracks. Hedgehogs were all too abundant; we never went out without seeing a dozen or more. They will eat anything at all salty, or that has been handled by man. At first we thought them cute, but changed our minds when they began to eat the tent and walk all over us while we lay asleep. Not a night passed that we did not have to get up once or oftener and knock the sawdust out of misguided hedgehogs that insisted on eating our shoes, hats and anything else we had neglected to hang on the tent pole. There were many large timber wolves; we saw their tracks everywhere. A band came within 300 yards of camp. Following the trail the next day we saw where one had left the bunch. Out of curiosity we tracked the lone wolf and were led to a hole in a large cedar tree. The track went in and out. In the hole were 4q little black wolf pups, their eyes not yet open. We took them to camp and returned to watch for their dam. She did not return that TWENTY-ONE GRIZZLIES IN day or the next. When she did we heard of it, for no sooner did she miss her pups than she raised a howl, assisted apparently by all the wolves in the country, that made the hills ring. We tried to raise the kid- napped babies, feeding them condensed milk. Two died in a few days and the others lived but 2 weeks. A day or so after moving camp we start- ed out to round up some bears. ‘Two miles back on the trail we came to a slide clear ot snow and already green with grass. A half mile up the slide was an open space which we thought it well to investigate. We entered the gulch, through which ran a little stream, and climbed up. At the edge of the clearing I stopped and looked over the ground. Not 100 feet away stood the prettiest old grizzly I have ever seen. His head and shoulders were tawny; back of them he was white as snow. He was not eating, neither did he appear alarmed, but had altogether the air of a portly old gentleman looking over property with an eye to making a bid. Without looking around I motioned for Coleman, and when he did not respond I turned and saw him some distance to the rear. Not until I made frantic gestures could I attract his attention. When, at last, he reached me the bear had vanished, having undoubtedly winded us. We fol- lowed him a mile or more; then as he kept persistently in thick brush, we gave it up. Across the creek from camp was a high mountain with 3 large slides on the side facing us. Those we watched with glasses and there we saw our next bear. He was another overgrown old fellow, white all over. He appeared on a little lawn half a mile up the hill. Below him was a cliff some 500 feet high, which we would have tOpround: tne lorder to reach finn. VAs it was late we decided to wait until morning and then go up and lay for him. It took us 3 hours to reach the place where we had seen him, and the ground was so steep and the brush so thick that we did not think it worth while to wait. Often after that we saw the old fellow from camp, but did not attempt another campaign against him. By that time the snow was going in earnest, slides were frequent, and we con- fidently expected some real bear hunting. Every old slide contained one or more bears, some white, some brown, some half- and-half. We climbed hills, cut trails, felled foot-logs across creeks; but the bears still stuck to the side hills, ate yrass, dug bulbs and minded us not at all. It would take us so long to get where we saw a bear that there was no chance for us. With a pack of dogs we could have cor- nered many. After goose-chasing those SIGHT. 21 weeks we hung up our things, tied the tent door and walked 17 miles back to the lake. A man lived there who claimed to have killed many bears on our creek, and we asked him if there was any patented way of doing it. He said we should have baited them and then watched the bait. We had thought of doing that, but it seemed like taking an unfair ad- vantage. However, Mr. Coleman wanted a bear and at last said he did not care how he got it. We went on a few miles and found a man who had an old horse sick with the heaves. He was going to kill the poor beast to get rid of it, until he found there was a market for bear bait. There was an instant rally in equine values, but we finally closed a deal at $20 and started campward, leading our bait. Our progress was slow. About every 100 yards we had to stop 10 minutes while the old horse re- covered his wind and composure. When we finally reached camp with our prize we felt that he fully deserved the death pen- alty. A few miles above camp was a branch stream coming from a range of high, rough hills to the Eastward. There was no bot- tom land along it, the mountains running down to its very bank. There were slides along this creek half a mile wide at the base and extending far back into the mountains. There, we thought, would be the place for our bait, as bears could hardly miss it. We assisted the old horse to the first slide, roped him over the creek and killed him in a little open place near a cedar thicket. Across the creek, about 75 yards away, we built a blind, and cut every bush that could intercept our view of the bait. The blind was so arranged that we could approach it unseen. We cut off the horse’s head and dragged it a mile up stream to an old deadfall. Coleman was getting desperate and bound to have a bear one way or another. We fixed up the old trap, piling logs as big as we could lift around it to make sure bruin could not get the bait without being pinched. Within 3 days a bear had found it. That we discovered one morning and the same afternoon we watched the ‘bait from grizzlies 2 the blind. Next morning we again watched, returning to camp at II. Com- ing back at 2 we found the bait gone. We had never seen bears around in midday; always before 11 or after 2. This fellow was the evident exception to the rule. We found he had moved the bait to one side out of sight of the blind, eaten a hearty dinner and departed. Getting ropes we hauled the remains back and watched until dark. Next morning we were at the stand by daybreak. There had been nothing 22 RECREATION. doing over night. At 9 I returned to camp to do some cooking. Later I relieved Cole- man. He came back at 4 and we both watched until dark. ; Next morning the bait was gone. We recovered it and watched all day. For 5 days we pulled that horse one way and the bear nulled it the other. When there was nothing left but bones we piled them up, and congratulated ourselves on having had last move in the game. To be sure our ante was $20; but the bear earned it. We decided to look at the trap, pack up and pull out. When we passed the stand Coleman looked for the bones. They were gone! At the trap another surprise awaited us. A bear had carefully removed our logs, eaten our bait and gone on his way re- joicing. We are going back next spring. Mean- time we invite proposals from persons who think they have dogs smarter than those Selkirk grizzlies. C * de DONE. “ae AMATEUR PHOTO BY C. M. HAY, THANK YOU. Winner of 34th Prize in RECREATION’s 6th Annual Photo Competition hiVSe A pie With AS GREAT SORNED OWL. Bee Gok. In September, 1901, business calfed me down to the Buffalo hills, of Arkansas, the outrunners of the Ozarks, or better, the Boston mountains. I had been led to be- lieve that in the forests I should find deer, turkeys and smaller game, and that in the clear waters of the Buffalo the wily bass were only waiting for the man with rod and reel. Alas! the deer had been run out with hounds years ago, andas the result of giant powder the beautiful stream yelded so lit- tle that even the patience of the most ar- dent angler was overtaxed. Some quails and turkeys were reported and occasonaly a dog might jump a rabbit. That was all. The tapping of the yellowhammer was about the only sign of life, a welcome sound that broke the dead silence of the vast forest. SEitesmonlyathe, varmitse thats) lett. =tite natives told me. “Rabbits? Why, hit’s the owls and red foxes that done away with them.” In consequence I hung up my Savage 30- 30, my other guns and fishing tackle, and with a deep grudge against the foxes and owls, and especially against the 2-legged “Vvarmits,’ my wife and I, with net and cyanide bottle, rambled, as of old, through the forest and beautiful valleys in search of coleoptera and lepidoptera, a tamer sport thatethatewithie Tod) sands eum, but withal equally fascinating and undoubtedly a bet- ter and more satisfactory one. St. Valentine’s day came and with it the first snow of the season. Who could have stayed home on such a day? “Bring me my Valentine,” called my wife after me, with a dubious smile on her lips, as I stepped out into the brisk wintry air with my little 16 gauge Syracuse over my shoulder, and Nemo, my beagle pup, at my heels. That day the unexpected happened. Scampering along over the snowclad hill- side came bunnie, who had evidently lost his bearings, only to stop at the peremptory “halt” of my gun and to find his way into my alas, too roomy, game pocket. The rab- bit was a measly, dyspeptic looking speci- men, but a rabbit after all; and when, later in the day, I succeeded in bringing down a chicken hawk that soared high overhead, I felt once more the jov of the hunter, the fascination of sport. The hawk measured 4 feet I inch from tip to tip, and to-day looks down on us from his high pedestal in our den, much valued by my wife as her “Arkansas valentine.” Not many hundred yards from our house a rocky bluff arose about Ioo teet in height, BUERGER. 23 its summit crowned with evergreens and crooked oaks, whose yvigantic silhouettes stood out clearly against the sky. The spot was extremely picturesque, and the many crevices in the rock afforded excel- lent hiding and nesting places for bats and owls. The hooting of the latter could be heard a long way in the stillness of the sur- roundings and, judging from the deep, son- orous tone of their voices, I concluded they were of the same large variety that caused the untimely death of Ernest T. Seton’s Rag- gylug. I was to find out for myself soon after. Snow had fallen all night, the heaviest snow in Arkansas for 17 years. A magnifi- ment sight met our eyes in the morning, and soon’ we were out with our camera among the white capped rocks and snow bent cedars to get a few pictures of the de- lightful landscape that stretched in all di- rections, glistening and glittering under the cold rays of the winter sun. The afternoon, too, was spent in the same fashion, to make the best of an opportunity so seldom offered under these skies, and it was not until the dying sun glided the tops of the mountains that we reached home, weary from our long and difficult tramp. I was about to take life easy the remainder of the evening, when, like a challenge, there came from the rocky hillside tne deep, long-drawn hooo, hoo, hoo, hooo of the huge bird of darkness. The next minute found me climbing again, that time in the direction of the bluff. While I stood a moment panting and gazing, a pair of great horned owls arose from an overhanging rock and flew up on the crest of the hill. The distance from where I stood was too great to justify a wing shot, but I marked the place where the birds alighted and was about to commence the ascent of the hill, when one of the owls returned and made the highest branch of the dead oak tree, right on top of the precipice, his point of observation. Apparently not larger than a quail, the form of the bird stood out against the wintry sky. In order to get a better range, I cautiously began to advance, but the keen eyes of the owl had esnied the enemy, and I knew that in a moment my prey would be gone. In an instant my gun was at my shoulder, and when the echo of the report rolled back from the hills, I saw with pride and joy the mighty vird hanging lifeless in the branches, only to roll, a moment later, down among the boulders. Breathless and excited I reached the top of the cliff, but found that on account of the circuit I had been obliged to make, 24, RECREATION. I had lost my bearings. No trace of my game was to be seen. Every minute it grew darker, and had it not been for the white- ness of the snow, I should have bee com- pelled to postpone my search until the next morning. The thought of it did not strike me favorably. My hunting passion was up and once more I pressed forward. That time success rewarded me. ‘There, near the edge of the precipice, lay the owl, my game, apparently stiff and lifeless. However, locating the bird and getting it were 2 different things. The ground was slippery, and the deep snow treacherous. One false step might hurl me down over the bluff. What should I do? Was the prize worth the risk? Was it not satisfac- tion enough to know that I had made a good shot? To all these questions there was only the same stubborn answer; “Get your game!” With the help of saplings and overhanging branches I slowly began the descent, feeling the ground step by step, until, half creeping, half sliding, I came near enough to reach for the coveted prize. Grasping a stout limb with my right hand and bracing my knee against the protruding rock, I succeeded in seizing, with my left hand, the owl’s wing. Like lightning the bird swung around and buried his powerful talons in my hand. The attack was so un- expected and the pain so intense, that I came near losing my hold. The tables were turned; the hunted bird had taken the of- fensive. The yellow, malicious eyes glared at me as big as saucers, and the continual cracking of the sharp beak showed that my adversary meant fight. Handicapped in every way I instinctively tried to dash my enemy's head against the rocks, but he cleverly dodged time and again. My po- sition was becoming more and more try- ing, hanging there, so to speak, in midair, struggling with a foe that stuck faster than glue. To regain my strength I tried to pause a few moments in our pass-at-arms, but the owl evidently did not believe in an armistice, and to make the situation clear to me he dealt me with his free wing such a vicious blow across my face, that I be- came totally blinded and dazed for a few moments. What might have been the result of the fight had my enemy been in possession of his full strength, would be hard to tell. As it was, his wounds soon began to weaken him, his attacks grew fainter, and dashing him with all my strength against the bould- er, I ended the life he had so bravely de- fended. I could but admire the pluck and gallant fight of the owl, and I wish I could have ended the struggle in a more sports- manlike manner. Worn out and bleeding, but exultant and proud, | reached home. The owl, a beauty, measured exactly 4% feet from tip to tip, and was promptly mounted to remind me in days to come that under certain condi- tions the hunter of “small fry,” too, may encounter a thrilling experience which he will remember with as much pride as his brother sportsman who can tell of hair- breadth escapes from mountain lions and grizzlies. A MEMORY. EDITH M. CHURCH. A moon just over the hilltop, Shining so round and bright; Fir trees that look like spectres, In the weird, uncertain light. Night shadows upon the waters That stretch away to the shores; Half way ’twixt light and shadows The fitful dip of oars. A boat glides through the darkness, Then passes forever from sight, Lost in the Past’s great ocean, In its deep, mysterious night. Will no vision come in the future, As we eagerly press to’ard the mark, Of a boat that drifts through the shadows, And is lost again in the dark? OW Tih OU ATES: WHE Pies Hix VED. DAVID BRUCE. “T fed a little bunch of quails all winter,” said my friend, the farmer, as I got into his buggy. He had asked me to go to his place with him to shoot a fox. He knew just where to find him, he said, for he had tracked him on the snow to a lot where a wagon load of cornstalks had been over- turned, and fearful of disturbing him, had driven down for me. He said he had no confidence in his own shooting any more. “Not but what my old gun would fetch him, if he was anywhere within 15 rods; but my eyesight aint so good as it was 20 years ago.” He had been all around the lot and was confident the fox hadn’t left the cornfield, and he was sure we could have lots of fun. His shepherd dog would hunt better than half the hounds. “Vow See. said he, “Iver ted a little bunch of quails all winter. They come right to the barn and feed with the fowls. I like to see the little fellows. Lord! when Iwasa boy, what a lor. used to get, “to be sure. I hadn’t seen but one or 2 for years. This little knot was huddled up in the corner of my orchard fence during that big storm we had Christmas week, and I have fed ’em ever since. There were 8 at first, now there are only 7; but-I mean to take care of “em and see if they won't nest close by, for I’d like to see ’em com- monepacaitiee Mhiss pesky. fox: must be killed the first thing, or they won't have much chance. Blest if I dont think we are going to get another storm; when you see that long) dark, streak of cloud over old Ontario, you may be sure there’s some- thing a coming.” True enough, the sky looked threatening. I certainly should not have ventured out of my own accord, but it was not more than 2 miles from my house, and my friend had always been so good natured and liberal with the produce of his orchard and garden that I was glad to oblige him; so we went. “Well, we will go to the house for a minute and see the missis, and have some cider and apples, and get the old gun.” This gun had done wonders in its day with the wild pigeons and golden plover, and.) like ‘Captain! Cuttles. wate was “ekalled by few, and excelled by none.” It was a really handsome old single barrel, of Spanish make, I think. It had been neatly converted to a percussion lock, and was tenderly cared for and greatly valued by its owner, who was never tired of re- counting its wonderful performances. His shooting yarns almost invariably ended thus: “I blazed away at 20 rods and the old gal made a clear sweep, for I killed the l@in. By the time we had crossed the big orchard and a narrow strip of woodland, the wind began to blow. It was past 3 o'clock, and there was every prospect of a big storm coming We hastened into the cornfield, though my friend’s dog was loth to leave the woodland, which was thickly marked with rabbit tracks. The snow had fallen 2 days before and was nearly a foot deep. We had but just got over the fence when whish! came a furious snow storm. “If we can get to the cornstalks and have a look around,” said my companion, “we'll hurry back to the house, but we may have him yet.” “T told him to take the dog around the snow-covered mound of stalks, and I would be ready ih our came started; but | hadn’t much faith in the affair, and the snow storm Was aMMosHDlindinem by; that time. “Ele walked a few rods to the right of me with the dog. I heard a quick exclamation; up went his weanon. Bang! Yes; another laurel wreath for the old gun! There was a fluttering and struggling for a few sec- onds; a few feathers blew toward us. We looked at each other, and the old man Gaels , “What in hell have I done? I thought I saw the fox’s head and, blast my picture, I’ve shot the quails!” Yes; he had. And the old gun, true to its traditions, had “killed the lot”! “Ts that the latest book you are reading, dear?” “Oh, no! This book has been out since noon yesterday.’—Ohio State Journal. 25 THE EESSEReS@eAwie ALLAN BROOKS. Few ducks are so closely allied as the 2 species of scaup, more generally known as blackheads or bluebills. When ex- amples of both species are laid side by side, the much larger and broader bill of the greater scaup is conspicuous, as well as the larger size of the whole bird; but the infallible distinction between the 2 species is the pattern of the wing. In the treme Northern rim of the Continent. It has a decidedly more Southern range in the breeding season than its larger rela- tive, breeding West of the Rockies, as far South as latitude 52 degrees. In habits the 2 are much alike, though the smaller species shows a decided pref- erence for smaller bodies of water, more often being found on fresh water lakes and THE LESSER SCAUP. AYTHYA AFFINIS. larger species the white bar on the sec- ondaries is continued on the outer webs of 6 of the primaries, or long flight feath- ers; while these are entirely grayish in the lesser scaup, the white being confined to the secondaries. Even in flight this will serve to distinguish the lesser scaup. The white wing bar of the greater scaup appears to extend nearly the whole length of the wing. The head of the adult male is glossed with violet in the lesser and green in the greater scaup, but really perfect specimens showing this character to good advantage are seldom seen, especially in fall, when most duck shooting is done. The lesser scaup is found throughout North America, except, perhaps, the ex- 26 ponds than on the sea coast and estuaries. Scaup prefer to seek their food in water about 10 feet deep, though capable of reaching the bottom at much _ greater depths. As a rule, they do most of their feeding in the daytime, resting toward night in large, densely packed flocks, gen- erally known as rafts or beds; but where frequenting salt water they feed ac- cording to the tides. In the gray of the morning they are especially active and noisy. The cry of both species is very like the long drawn meow of a kitten. They also utter a harsh croak. The lesser scaup is a late breeder, lay- ing its eggs in some tussock of marsh grass close to the water, late in June, when its congeners, the canvasbacks and SONG OF ringbills, have their broods hatched out. The downy young are much darker than those of the canvasback or the ringbill, being almost uniform dusky olive above, with little trace of the light colored spots so conspicuous in most ducklings. Two or 3 mother scaups will sometimes pool their interests. I once observed 41 duck-. lings led by one mother, while the other 3 herded them in the rear, whipping in the THE ROBIN. 27 young at first get all their food from the surface, picking up flies, larvz, etc., with incredible quickness. The young of the ruddy duck are the only ones I have no- ticed diving for their food. The iris of the adult male lesser scaup is yellow; bill pale leaden blue. In the fe- male the iris is yellowish brown, bill vary- ing from dark grayish to leaden blue. The feet are plumbeous, with dusky joints and webs in both sexes. SONG OF Ti VOBIN: REV. R. S. STRINGFELLOW. stragglers. Like most diving ducks, the Cheer up! Cheer up! Cherries are ripe! cheer up! High on the topmost boughs we will sup And we'll drink the red wine from nature’s sweet cup, For cherries are ripe! cheer up! cheer up! Cheer up! cheer up! The day lulls to rest, The sunlight fades in the clouds of the West, My mate and my little ones sleep in their nest. Cheer up! cheer up! cherries are ripe! cheer up! Cherries are ripe! Cheer up! No trouble to borrow, For God will care for the things of to- morrow. He brings the sweet cherries and cares for us all; Without His fond care not a robin shall fall. Cheer up! cheer up! cherries are ripe! cheer up! The clouds of the evening have fled with their gold, ‘the echoes are still from the chimes that were tolled, My little ones sleep all safe in their nest, Under sheltering wings and my little mate’s breast. Cheer up! cheer up! cherries are ripe! cheer up! Cheer up! for to-morrow will soon be here. Never fear, the God of all Nature is watch- ing us near; Swift banners of light will soon be unfurled, And again I shall sing to God and the world. Cheer up! cheer up! cherries are ripe! cheer up! So early and late my song is to all, Through spring and through summer till snow flakes shall fall; Then far to the South my flight I shall wing, And to others in distant lands I will sing Cheer up! cheer up! cherries are ripe! cheer up! “Tt’s an Ar display,” said Mr. Pitt, at the dog show. “Tt’s a first class exhibition,’ replied Mr. Penn, “but you have the wrong number.” “How sor” “Instead of Ar it is Ko.” —The Dog Fanciers’ Gazette. at AMATEUR PHOTO BY OLIVER LIPPINCOTT YOSEMITE CREEK NEAR THE FALLS. Snap shot in dense woods with Plastigmat F6. 8 Lens. AN IDEAL VACATION. C. H, DILLON, One soft, balmy morning in early spring my chum and I started for our annual week with nature. By sunrise we were within 20 miles of our destination. A fox squirrel, out for his breakfast and an early morning frolic, scampered along a rail fence and vanished like a streak of dull red into his castle. About 3 p. m. we reached the camp ground, on the bank of the Lamine river. A heavily wooded point ran out into the river, and in a natural clearing in the center we pitched our tent. After everything was made snug for the night, fire wood up and horses attended to, Dan left me to the pleasant task of cook- ing supper while he went fishing. While busying myself about the camp I heard a squirrel barking. I got the gun and after a half hour’s walk succeeded in getting 3 squirrels. Returning to camp I had nearly finished broiling them when Dan came in with 4 large bass. We had a glorious supper, which suited our appetites exactly. About 9 o'clock we turned in, to be lulled to sleep by the voice of the creek. After breakfast next morning we both left camp and went to the place where Dan had had such luck the evening before. We caught a few small fry of bass and crappie and as I made my last cast, the fly was taken by a bass. Forty yards of line were whirred off at once. Finally, after 20 min- utes of hard work, I landed ‘him, a small mouth, of 5 pounds. That was enough for one day, so we went back to camp for lunch. In the afternoon we took the guns and hunted along the river, getting 4 grey squirrels and a wood- cock. We broiled 2 of the squirrels which, with some hoe cake and coffee, made a repast fit for a king. Again the pipe and the night sounds, sleep and dreams. Small bass that we could not use that day we put in a little pool in a spring- branch near. In the night we heard a com- motion in the little pool and discovered, too late, that minks had eaten all our fish,* so our breakfast would be fishless. The next day was not so beautiful. At 7 o'clock a thunder storm broke, deluging everything and raising the river so that fish- ing for the rest of the day was out of the question. However, we went out in the afternoon and killed 2 more squirrels for supper. That night we again slept well. The next day was bright and clear and the prospects were good for fishing. During the day we caught 14 small mouth bass and crappies and 2 channel cats. Next day we returned, arriving home about sunset, to resume the stern realities of -life. * This incident is almost identical with one des- cribed in ‘‘ The Minks’ Festival,’’ published in De- cember, 1899, RECREATION,—EDITOR. isha IOSUENG Sey EO Me a W. S. JONES. I love the woods; its solitude My senses holds with silent charm; There soft winds sigh, and song birds fly From tree to tree, secure from harm. I love the lake, its murmurs wake A happiness within my breast; Its low, sweet song blots out the wrong That warps the soul with vague unrest. I love the flowers, and bless the hours That I have passed with them, alone; Their sweet perfume and brilliant bloom In mem’ry cling, when years have flown. I love a heart that does its part With quiet, unassuming grace. I love the streams, the sun’s bright beams, Sweet smiles upon fair Nature’s face, I love the sway of friendship’s day, Its ne’er to be forgotten hours, And musing sweet, when mem’ries meet; 29 All these I love, for they are ours. WHERE BASS ABOUND: J. A. BOZMAN. A party of my friends, summering at Lake Minnetonka wrote so _ enthusias- tically about the good time they were FROM MINNESOTA WATERS. having that I determined to visit them I gathered up bag, baggage and fish- ing tackle and took the first train heading Northwest. Two days and nights of riding took me to Excelsior, on the lake. My friends had arranged fora day with the bass, and to that end had engaged a steam yacht, together with a yawl and expert boatmen. Early the next morn- ing we were aboard the yacht, headed Oe Wore wooo JAS ie mMiles chistarite, towing the yawl behind us. Our boat- men had provided 12 dozen frogs for bait. We arrived at the fishing ground about 9 o'clock, rigged our tackle and committed sundry unfortunate frogs to the mercy of their finny admirers. Black bass and pickerel jumped fairly out of the water in their eagerness to swallow those poor little croakers. By noon we had 48 fish. Then we ate lunch on a little island near, and lounged on the rocks and sand. From 2 to 5 we fished again. We did not count our afternoon catch, but after reaching the hotel found we had 98 beautiful black bass, weighing in all 210 pounds. They were taken within’ 6 hours by my friends, Mr. Martin and Mis Reeds and mie: You apparently do not know that 210 pounds. of fish is at least 3 times the quantity any 3 decent men_ should take in one day. You have displayed your bristles by loading your boat in this way and then boasting of it. I trust that if you are ever lucky enough to go where fish are plentiful again, you will stop when you get enough.—EDITOR. Every day 13 million kind hearted girls sit down to the piano without a thought of the misery they are about to inflict.—Life. “New York is a great city for a military parade.” “Why so?” “There’s hardly a street in which troops couldn’t fall in.’—Yonkers Statesman. 320 A MOUNTAIN SHEEP IN DOMESTICATION. MOWRY BATES. Photos by the Writer. Enclosed find 2 photos of a young moun- tain sheep taken at Ouray, Colorado. This sheep is about 8 months old, and was found nearly dead when a few days old. A HEALTHY BABY. GROWING. It was raised on a bottle, and is now of dom, but prefers to stay at home instead of good size and healthy. It has perfect free- going to the hills. AMATEUR PHOTO BY C. C. SPEIGHT. HAIRY WOODPECKER. Winner of 35th Prize in RECREATION’S 6th Annual Photo Competition. 31 oF A DRUGGIST IN fae PEN This photo was given me by the man ANSWER. ia whose mug is shown beside the dead bodies- Yes, he is meaner than any 4 legged hog” of his 96 victims. His name is B. C. New-- that:ever lived. I often: wish, when I get lon, a druggist of this town. In 4 days he’ such pictures as this, that.the whipping post killed 73 rabbits, 18 grouse and 5 quails and could be revived. as a remedy for such said if it had not rained all of one day he bloodthirsty’ butchery as this man com- could have done better. Is he not worse’ mitted..Even Newlon’s‘own dogs-look as if than a hog? they were ashamed of him, and: I don’t K. C. M., Sharpsburg, Pa. wonder;. They’ ought to be—Epzror. A SHARPSBURG RAZORBACK llalf a loaf is better than no vacation. 32 Dido phe Pen. ~— SS ss Se PEA PO TIGER KITTENS AT PLAY. ‘AV1Id HAUOW R4 Vie ‘ << aac phn PLAYING OVER-TIME. TO, IMPROVE THE SERVICE IN? YEVEOMW STONE Eakie E. V. WILCOX. The establishment and maintenance of the Yellowstone Park are commonly sup- posed to be for sentimental and esthetic reasons strictly. The country included in its boundaries is not open to settlement or for economic use, and only 2 or 3 men have re- tained holdings within this region, in aj semi- private capacity. It seems, therefore, rea- sonable to expect that this, perhaps the most interesting park in the United States, should be managed in such a way as to preserve its timber, game, and natural wonders in as nearly their present condi- tion as possible. It is necessary, in order that tourists may be able to visit the dif- ferent parts of the Park conveniently, to build roads, which are suitable for wagons, to all parts of the Park which are of espe- cial interest. At present the roads which may be said to be maintained in good con- dition simply cover the route along which the Yellowstone Park Transportation Company wishes to carry its passengers. This route includes merely 4 or +5 of the chief points of interest in the Park, namely, Mammoth Hot Springs, Norris Geyser basin, the Lower and Upper Gey- ser basins, Yellowstone lake, and the Can- yon. If for any reason one desires to travel in other parts) ofthe: bare it us found extremely difficult to do so with a wagon. The road from Soda Butte to Yancey’s is as rocky and as sidling as any road in the mountains, and the bridge across Lamar river, just below Soda Butte, is in a dilapidated and dangerous condi- tion. This portion of the Park is possessed of much interest to tourists. The antelope’ along the Lamar river are as numerous. and as tame as in any other part of the Park. The fossil forest and Big Specimen ridge are in themselves of sufficient inter- est to attract tourists. While it is true that the Transportation Company allows only 5%4 days for their trip in the Park, and therefore can not travel over longer dis- tances than the present improved ‘roads, there are others to be considered besides the tourists who patronize this company. Of the 10,500 tourists who visited the Park during the past season, over 4,000 traveled by means of private conveyances, and a considerable number of such tourists en- tered the Park by Soda Butte, Snake river, and Riverside stations. None of these roads are in the condition in which they should be, until the tourist reaches the regular circuit, around which the Transportation Company travels. The tourists who visit the Park in private con- veyances are not subject to the regulations 36 of any transportation company, and they travel where they desire. In justice to this large body of tourists the roads which lead to other points of interest in the Park, aside from the chief features of this region, should be improved so that those points may be reached in safety. One of the purposes for which the Park was established is the protection of game within its borders. Nearly all species of game within the Park are at present in- creasing in number, and this is a sufficient evidence that the protection afforded by the Park is more or less effective. Poaching occurs, however, every year, and may be carried on with comparative safety. It is absolutely impossible for 2 scouts to patrol 3,600 square miles of mountain country in summer, when the conditions of travel are best, much less in winter, when the whole country is deeply. covered with snow. There are many trails which permit an easy entrance into the Park on all sides by means of pack trains, and these en- trances can not possibly be guarded by 2 men. It is not practicable to impose the duties of scout on the soldiers of the Park, for several reasons. The soldiers do not remain any great length of time in the Park, and do not ‘become thoroughly ac- quainted with the various trails by which hunters may enter. They are, moreover, as a rule, not satisfactory scouts, and do not understand the habits of game to an extent which would make it possible for them to locate the large bodies of game at different seasons. of the year. Hunters may enter the Park by various trails on the North as well as by the road from Cooke City. On the West they may read- ily gain entrance by Miller Creek trail, leading from the Hoodoos, or by means of the trail from the North Fork of Stinking Water. On the South they may enter along the Yellowstone river, Snake river, and by trails at the Southwest corner of the Park. On the West there are several entrances, the most important being by the Madison and Gallatin rivers. It is manifestly im- possible for 2 men to guard all these en- trances. Hunters may enter by one trail, remain in the park 2 or 3 weeks, and escape with their game without the possi- bility of the scouts learning of their pres- ence in the Park. At least 15 or 20 experi- enced mountaineers should be employed as scouts for the protection of game during the fall and winter months. At other sea- sons of the year a smaller number will be required. 7 Excellent grass is found in the valleys TO IMPROVE THE SERVICE of the larger rivers in the Park, and these valleys, including the famous Hayden val- ley, serve as the winter range for the big game which remains in the Park during the year. The protection of game in the Park requires that all this grass be left standing in order to furnish winter range for the game. It would naturally be expected that such would be the case. On the contrary, however, one can not help noticing throughout the Park that in all the meadows along river val- leys the grass is cut for hay. MHaying operations were in progress during the season of 1901 along the Yellowstone and a number of its tributaries, in Madison valley, Hayden valley, and a number of other localities. It was stated that this hay was being cut for the horses of the soldiers and of the Transportation Com- pany. With regard to the soldiers’ horses and the Government mules located in the Park, it seems almost ridiculous that an attempt should be made to practice econ- omy by destroying the winter range of the game. The small quantity of hay which is required by the domestic animals belong- ing to the Government in the Park could easily be fed with hay bought in the open market and shipped to Cinnabar. From that point it could readily be freighted to the different stations where it might be re- quired. The labor involved in cutting the hay and hauling it out of the valleys in the Parke irom, which it. 1s\'cut* is, great, and the quality of the hay is by no means so good as that which would be obtained in any market. It is not likely that any- thing is really saved, from a financial standpoint, by cutting the grass in the Park and depriving the game of their natural winter range. Why the Transpor- tation Company should be given the priv- ilege of cutting hay in the Park it is im- possible to understand. This company has the most valuable franchise within the Yel- lowstone Park, and they can afford to pay for hay. The Yellowstone Park should be maintained for the pleasure of the citizens of the United States, not for the profit of the Transportation Company. No mountain scenery, however great its original beauty, can fail to give an im- pression of desolation and barrenness when the timber is burned off. It is unfortunate- ly true that the present arrangement for protection from fires in the Yellowstone Park is utterly inadequate. Fires occur within the Park as extensive and as disas-- trous as any of those which devastate the PCV ELE OW STONE PARK.” 37 forests outside of the boundaries. These fires occur every year, and their results are in evidence in every part of the Park. Around Mammoth Hot Springs nearly all the good timber has been destroyed, and the result is an indescribable appearance of barrenness in this naturally beautiful locality. During the past season 3 forest fires occurred in the Park, 2 of which were the direct result of unextinguished camp fires. The other was from lightning, and was of only slight importance. One fire burned for a month, and destroyed enor- mous quantities of standing timber; while the other, which took rise in a camp fire, burned several square miles of good timber in the neighborhood of the Upper Geyer basin. It is evidently impossible for the sol- diers to patrol the camping grounds in such a manner as to prevent these costly acci- dents. In fact, it may be doubted whether the duties of fire wardens should be im- posed on the soldiers. This is not sup- posed to be a part of the work of soldiers, and they are not required to be especially fitted for this duty. Their patrol duties simply require them to ride from one sta- tion half way to the next station, where they meet the other patrol. They start out on their patrol in the morning, but not sufficiently early to inspect the camp grounds before the camping parties have moved on. These parties usually move very early in the morning, and of course travel in different directions. When the soldiers arrive on a camping ground and fad a camp fire not properly extinguished, it is usually impossible to fix the responsi- bility in the case, for the reason that there is no evidence for identifying the offending party. If regular fire wardens were main- tained in connection with the Park service it should be the duty of these men to visit camping grounds before the camping parties have left and see that camp fires are properly extinguished. In the even- ing they should visit the camping grounds _and prevent fires being built too near stand- ing timber or in connection with large dry logs. It would not require any large force to patrol the camping grounds in a thor- oughly satisfactory and effective manner and thus avoid the tremendous destruction of timber which annually occurs within the Park. It thus appears that slight additions to the force of scouts and the establishment of a small force of fire wardens would, at a small cost, protect the Yellowstone Park against the greatest dangers to which it is at present subjected. Why not present several of your friends each a year’s subscription to RECREATION? They would thank you for it 12 times. SHERIFF, McPEE'S (BiIGwBASs: Cc. C. HASKINS. Old Sheriff McFee was of ‘fishing quite fond, In lake or in brooklet, in river or pond, And gabe at the tavern big yarns he would But ee ash being absent, his stories seemed — thin To Jonathan D., who said, says he, “T don’t take no stock in old Sheriff Mc- Fee.” Now Sheriff McFee of his tackle was proud And boasting its virtues he spoke long and loud; “Two hooks back to back are the catchers for me,’ Says oe Hales old sheriff. “Oh! fiddle- e- Says Jonathan D. “Why don’t he use three? I don’t want no hooks of old Sheriff Mc- Fee.” Once Sheriff McFee, after fishing all day, Sneaked homie through the alleys and every by-way, For fear of the roast from the boys, don’t you see; When crossing his path there was Jon- athan D. “Ah! what luck to-day, sir, how many?” says he, “Is that all you’ve got, sir?” says Jona- than 9): Says Sheriff McFee, “Yes, it has a bad look, But a 7 pound bass carried off my best hook. Up there by the walome at Davis’s dam, He looked when he jumped like a 20 pound ham.” Says Jonathan D., “He’s a wonder,” says he, “I'd jest like to catch him,’ says Jona- than D. Now Jonathan D. e’re the sun broke his nap Went down the next morning to catch the big chap, And silently baiting he made a sly cast, When quicker than winking he had a fish fast. Says Jonathan D., “So I’ve got you,” says e, “I’d like if the sheriff was jest here to See. hen ena D. brought his fish to the and, The language he used you can well un- derstand When I tell you his prize weighed a pound, just about, And instead of a bass it was just a bull pout. And Jonathan D. said, “I snummy,” says he, “That’s the funniest bass that I ever did ” And fast in its muzzle when Jonathan looked, He saw where the sheriff the same fish had hooked ; For his “very best hook that the world ever saw,” With a bit of the leader, was stuck in its jaw. And qoners shouted, while dancing in glee, “We'll have this bass stuffed as a roast for McFee.” Now Jonathan D. has a bar down in town, And wishing to add to the sheriff’s re- nown, The fish when set up bore this legend, you see, AS 7, pours bass weighed by Sheriff Mc- ee And Jonathan he told the story to me Of this fish that was weighed by the scales of McFee. “So the President is the servant of the people, eh?” said the man from a foreign land. “It seems to me you treat him with a great deal of respect and consideration for a servant.” ba acini lse born. urbs.”—Puck. scornfully retorted the native “IT guess you never lived in the sub- FROM THE,GAME FIELDS. The man who quits when he gets enough, with plenty of game still in sight, is a real sportsman, HANDWERKER DISGRACES HIS CLUB. Tunica, Miss. Editor RECREATION : If you have room in your roasting pan and some red hot grease, it will be a kindness toward the good citizens of Tu- nica county, Mississippi, if you will dump into said pan and grease one J. G. Hand- werker, of Memphis, Tennessee. It is pos- sible you will have to trim off a few bris- tles with your hatchet before he will go into the oven, but his case demands heroic treatment, especially as he is president of a gun club. His last offense againt hu- manity and the dumb creation was the kill- ing of 135 ducks in one day. Did he load the product of his slaughter on the train and sneak off home after this bloody day’s work? No! There were 27 ducks left, so he remained over night and completed the work of annihilation the next morning. The one redeeming feature in the case seems to be that members of the club of which he is president strongly condemn his action, and it is’ safe to say he will not be president next year. The killing of 50, 60, 70 or even 80 ducks in one day had occasionally been indulged in by some‘ of the members, but it was left for Hand- werker to bring home to them the enor- mity of their offense. The club is known as the Beaver Dam club, and their place is near a small lake a short distance from Evansville, Mississippi. Game, such as. deer, turkeys, quails, ducks and squirrels, was plentiful in this part of the country a few years ago, but the deerhound, the negro with the breech- loader, who is at the same time a pot shooter, and such men as Handwerker, are, together, rapidly exterminating it. Mis- sissippi has poor game laws, and such as it has are not enforced. You are doing a great work in behalf of _ the hunted, and we will welcome your aid in this part of the vineyard. NORV od J. G. Handwerker is secretary of the 3 most prominent hunting and fishing clubs having a Memphis membership. In 2 of the clubs 50 ducks a day is the limit. The other one, the Beaver Dam club, has no limit except what the decency of the in- dividual member may determine. I am not a member of the latter, but one who is a member asked me to say to you that Mr. Handwerker recently killed 139 ducks at Beaver Dam lake in one day. C. M. B., Memphis, Tenn. On receipt of the foregoing letters I wrote Mr. Handwerker as follows: I am informed that you recently killed 139 ducks in one day. Will you kindly tell me if this report is true? To this letter Mr. Handwerker replied: I regret to say that the report is not true. J. G. Handwerker, Memphis, Tenn. Thereupon I wrote a subscriber in Mem- phis, asking him if he could verify the re- port. He replied: I have heard rumors that Handwerker killed a great many ducks in one day, but have thus far been unable to get definite information in regard to it. I will, how- ever, investigate the.matter carefully and report to you in person in a few days. EK. J. .M., Memphis, Tenn. , Imalsomwrotes «VicV> (.;% saying that Mir. Handwerker had denied the charge. Fol- lowing is reply: Your favor of some time ago with refer- ence to Handwerker’s denial has had my attention. There is no question but that he killed the ducks, although I now under- stand he says the number was only 134. Dr. J. H. Hitt, of Clayton, Mississippi, says he heard Handwerker telling what he did with the ducks. I have talked with numbers of men who know that the deed was done, but as yet I have no positive evi- dence. Will keep hot on the trail, and when I land a man I know saw the ducks I will get his affidavit. You are at liberty to command me for any work which will _ result in the protection of game. I have al- 39 ready succeeded in getting many men to quit shooting ducks when they have enough for their own use, and I shall keep ever- lastingly at it. Weaver aninaicass Mass: The foregoing letters are all signed by the real names of the writers, and are on file in this office, so that anyone interested, who will call here, may have an oppor- tunity of seeing them. These gentlemen, however, desire that their real names be withheld from publication for the present. “E. J. M.” called here, according to promise, and assured me that Handwerker did kill 134 ducks in one day. He added that a large number of members of the Beaver Dam club had repudiated and con- demned Handwerker’s dirty work in an emphatic way, and that there was a pros- pect that the president who had disgraced the club would be invited to resign. Mr. E. J. M. intimated that in case Mr. Dirty- 40 RECREATION. work should refuse to resign, he would be deposed and publicly expelled from the club. It is to be hoped that the Beaver Dam club will dispense with Mr. Butcherwerk’s services at an early date. If it should not, it will be regarded as in a measure condoning his offense. The club can not afford to let this disgraceful piece of butchery go unpunished. If I remember correctly, the club has a provision in its by- laws allowing any member to kill 50 ducks a day. This is all wrong, and I said so edi- torially some 2 or 3 years ago. Thousands of other men have said so when hearing of thst cule: = (hat. “any, “member oi setais club, and more particularly the president thereof, should so utterly ignore all mod- ern rules of decency and sportsmanship as to kill 134 ducks in a day is unpardonable. Let us see what the Beaver Dam club will do with Mr. J. G. Dirtywerk.—EDbiror. FAVORS HOUNDING. ake wPleasant, IN. Ye Editor RECREATION : In my opinion, still hunting, whether of deer or birds, falls little short of murder. Thousands of deer are wounded by still hunters and linger for days or weeks until death ends their misery. Deer should be put on the alert, as we put up birds. You would scorn to prowl through the woods and shoot a grouse on a limb or a wood- cock on the ground. You want your pointer with you to give these feathered friends a chance for life and to find for you those you wound or kill. I am opposed to the killing of does at any time or by any method. Deer were increasing rapidly in this lo- cality under the old law, but we can see a marked decrease in the last 2 years. They are much tamer since hounding was stopped and therefore are more easily killed. I am a woodcock and grouse shooter. I use a 20-gauge gun and keep as fine a pair of pointers as there is in the State. No man enjoys the woods and hunting more than I do; yet if I were compelled to hunt woodcock and grouse without my dogs I should hang up my shot gun, as I did my rifle when the no-hounding law went into effect. The last deer I killed I still hunted. I found him after a long and tedious stalk, auietly feeding on the margin of a stream. There he stood, without a suspicion of dan- ger and without a chance for his life. Even as I fired I was ashamed of myself and when his brief strugglé was over I would have given my best rifle to bring the poor animal back to life. I vowed I would never kill another deer by still hunting, and though that was 12 years ago I have kept my word. What is the difference between that kind of murder and killing a deer at a salt lick? What is the difference whether the deer is feeding on salt or on lily pads? You will say the salt is put out to entice deer to a certain spot. I grant it; but how about the man who knows where the lily pads at and when deer are likely to feed on. them? Wherein is he better than the man who kills deer at a salt lick? The hunter goes where he is likely to find deer, and the deer goes where he is likely to find food. Between them still hunting becomes the easiest and most certain method of deer killing. I know whereof I speak. I have lived in the forest 12 years continuously, never tak- ing more than a month each winter in New York city. There are lots of wild deer on my place. I frequently see them from my porches and often hunt them in my woods, but never with any thought of killing them. My plan to maintain the supply of deer in the Adirondacks would be to forbid the killing of does at any time, make the open season on bucks September Ist to November Ist, and permit hunting with dogs. If the season was long there would be only a few hunters at a time in the woods, thus giving the deer more chance to escape. Some hunters will ask, “How can we know whether we are shooting at a buck or a doe when we can see only a small part of the animal through the brush?’ How can those men know whether they are shoot- ing at a fawn or even a man?- Cases of accidental shooting were rare in hounding days; now they are common. A still hunter here last fall saw the tan leggings of a fellow hunter. He fired at them and shot his friend through the leg. Then he fired twice after the victim fell and the leggings had disappeared, fortunately missing both times. If a man can not see a deer plainly enough to distinguish whether it has horns or not he has no right to shoot. Three men in this vicinity had hairbreadth es- capes from still hunters last fall. Stop all still hunting, and by that I mean stop jacking, floating, stalking, watching at salt licks and crust hunting. Then give the hunter his dogs and a chance to kill a buck and get it. When the guides hunted with dogs there were but 10 or 12 men here who were deer hunters. They had to keep their dogs the year around for a few weeks’ hunt- ing and only a few could afford to do that. Now nearly every man and boy in the community is a still hunter and guide. Anyone can learn a small section of the forest, build a bark camp, buy a rifle and boat and call himself a guide. All manage to kill deer, and all use every device known to the Indian and to the pot hunter. We FROM THE GAME FIELDS. AI never heard of salt licks in this section un- til the dog was taken out of the hunt; now there are lots of them. Moreover, we have now probably 50 native hunters where we had 10 who kept dogs and were recognized guides. Unless a change is made, especial- ly in the line of protection for does, the deer of the Adirondacks will, within the next 10 years, follow the buffalo of the Western plains. J. D. Morley. GAME NOTES. On the 13th of November last, I left Boston on my annual hunting trip in Northern Maine. From Mattawankeag I hired a team to carry me to James Mill- more’s, 15 miles North on the road to Sherman. The following morning I was ready for the woods. I had engaged a good guide before leav- ig home, and found him on hand. The deep snow made it hard walking, but once in the woods and finding plenty of fresh deer tracks, we forgot all hardships by the time we started our first deer. We sSe- cured a buck weighing 175 pounds, with antlers spreading 20 inches. After bleed- ing, dressing and hanging him up we re- turned in time for dinner. The next day we were not so successful, but the third day we killed a handsome doe, weighing 150 pounds. As the 2 were all the law allows, I spent my time the next few days hunting other game, which was plentiful. Deer are abundant in Maine and will re- main so if the present laws are enforced. J. C. Gilbert, Whitman, Mass. The excellent game laws of Maine are often praised, yet I have it from reliable authority that they are shamelessly vio- lated all through the summer. Numerous camps are open all summer to accommodate anglers and many of those anglers feel that they would like to kill a deer. The guides have to feed their guests and it takes money to buy beef, so they are per- fectly willing to have venison and rather encourage the killing of deer. Some of the camps have many visitors to feed and they have venison nearly every day in summer. I hope this will open the eyes of the Maine authorities and I am sure the L. A. S. will do all in its power to break up that practice. There is abundance of deer in Maine, but constant slaugh- ter will soon show its ill effects. It is estimated 15,000 deer were legally killed in Maine in the season of 1899. Why do not all sportsmen fall into the ranks of the L..A.S.? . L. A. S. No. 2088, Baltimore, Md. No wonder game is becoming scarce in Florida. Forest fires have been burning here for a month past, driving game into the open and destroying the nesting places of the quails. Hogs, too, are running through the woods destroying nests and eating eggs and young birds. What this State needs is paid wardens in every town- ship. It is not well for private citizens here to thrust themselves forward in game protection work. Barns burn easily in this country and cattle die of strange ailments; but our native law breakers have not sand enough to go up against a State officer. We have a county non-resident license law which is never enforced. ‘There should be someone in each township with power to grant licenses; then no one could dodge the issue. L. A. S. 4118, Lake Como, Fla. I killed a big elk the other day about 35 miles from St. Petersburg, and 2 others were killed on the same shooting ground bv 2 friends. They were all beautiful ani- mals and weighed about 900 pounds each. Our shooting society has, within an hour’s railway travel from here, over 20,000 acres of shooting grounds well stocked with bear, elk, deer, hares, foxes, blackcock, wood- cock, partridge, wild turkey and water fowl. If you have any American friends who want to come over for the shooting season we shall be glad to receive them. Our season’s ticket costs $75. To-day we had shooting and in one round there were 10 elk and in the other 16. No elk was killea, though 2 unfortunately were wound- ed and escaped. P. P. Boeckel, St. Petersburg, Russia. I am on a ranch Southeast of Medicine Hat and near the Cypress hills. Reading matter is scarce here. When I found a copy of RECREATION I read it from cover to cover. Its stand in regard to wanton destruction of game should meet the ap- proval of every sportsman. There is a game law here, but it is not enforced as it should be; and antelope, ducks and prairie chickens are killed in such num- bers at times that they are wasted. Ducks breed here and are killed in the spring when nesting. Some white hogs gather the duck eggs to sell and to eat. The hard storms in the winter bring the antelope into and around the towns and ranches and they are easy to kill. D. Ross, Medicine Hat, N. W. T. A merchant named Letempt, of Rileyville, Sa- line county, was caught with 514 quails in his possession. It seems he started for Belleville with the birds in 2 trunks and a valise, checked as baggage. Information was furnished a constable at DuQuoin, who watched for Letempt. On the arrival of the train the constable boarded it and traveled with Letempt to Belleville. There Le- tempt suspected he was being watched, and hur- 42 RECREATION. riedly ordered the trunks and valise re-checked 490 Rileyville. The constable stuck closer than a brother, and again boarded the train with him on the return journey. Arriving at the Perry county line, the constable arrested Letempt, and confis- cated the birds. Letempt was placed in jail and afterward furnished bond. He employed Wm. S. Cantrell, of Benton, as his attorney, and threat- ened a red-hot fight over the matter. The fines in this case at the minimum would have aggre- gated $12,850. But the case was compromised. Letempt paid a fine of $250, and his lawyer’s and court fees probably amounted to as much more.— Pinckneyville (Ill.) Democrat. I am employed on a ranch located on the trail of the elk and antelope on their way to and from the desert, and I see and hear of a great deal of unlawful killing. Elk are killed by hundreds along the trail from December 1st until May and June. Antelope the same. Many elk are also killed for their teeth. There is no game warden in this locality, so game is killed the year around, mostly by non-residents. I hear that a guide, not many miles from here, killed 30 elk last winter. I have also heard from reliable sources that elk are killed on the desert in large numbers and the meat is sold in Rock Springs and other mining towns along the railroad. Tenderfoot, Pinedale, Wyo. The game laws are little observed here. What grouse we have are killed as soon as they can fly. Deer, which were abundant until recently, are now scarce. Indians and many white men kill them at all sea- sons. It seems the intention of the In- dians, when their reservations are thrown open to the prospector, to clear the coun- try of game as quickly as possible. That has proved the case all over the State. Pintail grouse are becoming numerous in the Okanogan country. They are the only thing able to hold their own against the coyote and the pot hunter. There are few shot guns or bird dogs here, but every boy has a 22 rifle. L. H. Doner, Republic, Wash. ——— I wish RECREATION could reach some of the fur hogs who boast in other sportsmen’s periodicals of the big killings they have made. There are animals, such as minks, weasels and muskrats, that seem of no earthly use; but to kill raccoons, opossums, skunks and foxes simply for the price of their skins is utterly wrong. No creature renders the farmer more valuable aid as an insect destroyer than does the skunk. Our Legislature recognizes that fact, and has forbidden the killing of those animals un- der heavy penalty. No other creature does so little harm while furnishing as much sport to as many people as does the fox. H. S. Wolf, Point Pleasant, W. Va. Many sportsmen, when on hunting trips, are in the habit of shooting birds that can “in no sense be considered game, simply for practice. Large numbers of gulls, terns, swallows, swifts, nighthawks, which in some sections of the country are known as bullbats, and birds of like character are destroyed every year. Without considering the zsthetic side of the question, such birds should not be killed from an economic standpoint. They are of great value to the public, and no true sportsman will wan- tonly destroy them. Sportsmen should practice and preach the gospel of protec- tion at all times. William Dutcher, New York City. 1 have always hunted small game and observed the law, and I admire your plat- form of game protection. I have been in Northern Pennsylvania 3 years. Last year I got 15 grouse in the whole season. We had Lou Fleming, of Pittsburg, Pa:, and other crack shots here last season for a shooting tournament. They stayed one week to hunt and the largest bag made was 5 or 6 grouse. It is hard to make a big bag here on account of the brush. Birds are plentiful. I contend that men who shoot too much in open season do less harm than is done by campers in close season. Gr Karns, Kane, Pa. Early last summer some animal began playing havoc with young chickens in this vicinity. As long as he confined his at- tention to the hen roosts of my neighbors I was content to suppose him a fox or a coon. When, however, he levied toll on my own flock, I determined to hold an autopsy that would leave no doubt as to the rascal’s species. I procured 8 steel traps and set them along a trail leading to an opening in the poultry yard fence. The next day I found the robber fast in 2 traps, and I was as greatly surprised as he, for he was an 18 pound woodchuck. L. H. Bower, Newfield. I think A. A. W. never owned anything in the dog line better than a yellow cur, or he would not advocate the extermina- tion of bird dogs as a measure to increase game. No real sportsman feels any more satisfaction in making a nice shot or a good bag than in watching the work of his pointer or setter. Moreover, % of the birds killed are not recovered unless a dog is used. A. A. W. likens hunting with bird dogs to running deer with hounds. It ap- pears to me much easier for a covey of birds to get out of reach of a bird dog than for a deer to get away from a hound. HA; Gay alaizetne, “Pa. FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 43 Fog was unusually prevalent here during the first part of January and, because of it, some of our hunters met with trouble. Three members of the Chico club got turned around on a duck marsh. At dusk, when tired, wet, cold and hungry, they reached a spot of dry land and de- cided to camp there for the night. What dead wood they could find made them a scanty fire around which they sat all night and talked of food, beds and such unob- tainable things. When day broke they found themselves only a few yards from the county road leading to their homes. Madge, Oroville, Cal. A deer has been seen recently in the fields around Sanquoit and Clayville. The farmers’ dogs, of course, give chase now and then and some men have, in spite of the law, taken guns and joined in the pursuit. The man who kills her, if she is killed, will be exceedingly sorry. We are bound to protect her if we can. It is the first deer that has been seen here in 30 years. . Does Norwood claim that the photo in January REcREATION is of live deer? If so, I want to quarrel with him. W. J. King, Norwich Corners, N. Y. I am much interested in the protection of game, and am anxious to see more strin- gent laws enacted and enforced. Grouse and squirrels are fairly plentiful here, but constant pursuit has made them exceeding- ly wild and is steadily reducing their num- ber. Since the removal of protection from rabbits, they have been almost extermi- nated by ferreters. The sportsmen of this county favor a short open season on rab- bits and would endorse a law making ownership of a ferret a penal offense. Hunter, Catherine, N. Y. Deer are plentiful and fair hunting can be obtained within 4 or 5 miles of this town. Excellent hunting can be found at Brompton lake, 15 miles from here. The best place, however, is 30 miles down the St. Francis river, at Drumhanville. Good grouse shooting can be found within 2 miles of town. Coons and red foxes are abundant. Black bear are also plentiful; a large number were shot in the fall of 1901. Ducks and geese are rare visitors on the river. W. R. Damant, Richmond, Que. Duck shooting here was good throughout the entire season. Canvasbacks were more plentiful than for a number of years, mal- lards were scarce, while widgeon, pintail and teal visited us in large numbers. Ow- ing to dry weather and the lack of green food, geese did not remain here in any con- siderable number, as they did the previous season. However, many snow geese, checkerbreasts and honkers fed on the grain fields in Orange county. B. C. Hinman, Los Alamitos, Cal. I congratulate you on the good work al- ready done and hope you will keep it up. It seems there is no use in trying to get our State law on quails and grouse changed, more especially on quails. It is too bad, having the open season begin October 15 and close December 15. Many quails killed after Thanksgiving are not more than half grown. Pot hunters made our law; let us change it to November 15 to February I. H. L. Manchester, Tiverton Corners, R. I. In March RECREATION someone told of a deer that ran into a building and lay down. Some men secured it, took it to the woods 2 miles away and turned it loose. The League of American Sportsmen ought to give those men a gold medal. I hope their pictures will be sent to RECREATION. Geo. R. Dunahoo was evidently a tender- foot and the old miner was filling him up with his road runners and snake yarn. Mrs. Ben Morss, Cottage Grove, Ore. Deer wintered well, and are fairly abun- dant. Mountain quails and gray squirrels are also plentiful. Smoke from the Iron Mountain copper mine and its smelters is killing all the timber and brush for miles around. It has already spoiled thousands of acres of our best hunting ground. This is a foothill and winter range country, and it is a pity that game should be driven away for the sake of a penny foundry. C. E. Kimball, Stella, Cal. Am a reader of RECREATION and a firm -believer in its principles and work. Your roasting of game hogs is all right, and well deserved by them. We have some here who need browning. December 26th, A. Van Wicklen killed 68 coot and old squaw from a battery, and the weather being warm the next 2 days many of them spoiled. Still such men cry, “where is the game?” Jasper Smith, Port Washington, N. Y. I believe there are more quails to the acre in this part of the State than in any other place in the country. Since the law prohibiting the taking of game out of the State went into effect there has been no hunting except a little locally. In one of our orchards of 200 acres there were 6 bunches of more than 20 birds each. They should make a large crop for another year. C. S. Perry, Menlo, Ga. 44 RECREATION. I disagree with J. N. Fisher, Jr., who, in February RECREATION, growls at the non-resident license laws. Take the Indi- ana law as an example. I am sure it pre- vented 1,000 Chicago shooters from visit- ing the Kankakee marshes, thus saving the lives of fully 1to,ooo ducks. Next to the stopping of spring shooting, a good stiff license fee is the best thing for the birds. O. A. Corner, Chicago, III. I think A. A. W. is wrong in contending that dogs should not be used in hunting grouse and quails. If he lived on Cape Cod, he would want a dozen dogs; and if he used them all he could not get over 6 birds a day. I own a good rabbit hound. I went out 6 times last winter, hunted all day each time, and my biggest day’s bag was one bunny. E. G. Harding, Harwich Port, Mass. We have plenty of bears, deer, turkeys, grouse and squirrels in this part of West Virginia. Quails would be exceedingly numerous if they could find food in the winter. The rest of the year they thrive famously. Coveys of 20 and over are the rule. Scarcely any grain is raised in this country, which is probably the reason so many birds starve in winter. Minter Jackson, Jane, W. Va. As the result of a 5 days’ hunt in the vicinity of Notch P. O., Pike county, last fall, I brought out a number of grouse, a 2A6 pound (buck Vand ayibicardoes sineci- dentally I helped extinguish a forest fire. The game and fish wardens attend strictly to business in those parts. They are well supported by the residents and, as a con- sequence, game is increasing. P. W. Hobday, Dunmore, Pa. I saw Mr. Van Dyke’s hunting stories in February RECREATION. They are stories, -and no mistake. Any deer not instantly killed will run when hit if it sees the per- son who fired the shot. Ifa deer dies after being hit with a 22 caliber ball it is from heart disease. A healthy deer would run off with all the 22’s the U. M. C. Co. could make in a month. C. L. Patrick, Cedarville, Mich. On) my ‘annual “hunt last) season. in Northern Michigan, I killed 2) large bucks and a small one. We have a good ‘game law now and I believe deer are in- creasing, for I never saw so many signs in the same length of time. RECREATION is doing good work. Keep on until every game hog is too ashamed of himself to grunt. Reuben Fish, Freeport, Mich. Ducks of many varieties, including mal- lards, greenheads, pintails and teal, were exceedingly abundant last spring. Even game hogs got all they wanted. It is a shame that ducks are slaughtered on their Northern flight. They are of little food value at that season, and every one shot then means 3 or 4 less in the fall. CE Ee Sulton itl I was among the first in the Adirondacks to stand for a non-hounding law. I was almost alone then in the North woods, but to-day consensus of opinion in the Adir- ondacks is against the dogs. There are more deer here now than for 30 or 40 years. I have seen scores of them within a few hundred yards of the house. . Mr. R. M. Shutts, Merrill, N. Y. I should like to see RECREATION take up the fight against loose dogs in the close game season. Without doubt a few dogs running at large through the summer will destroy more young animals and birds than would glut a dozen game hogs. Will not the members of the L. A. S. take this mat- ter into consideration? R. W. Stout, Poolesville, Md. Grouse were plentiful here when the shooting season opened last fall, but they were nearly exterminated when it closed. Quails are abundant, because they sold so low the market hunters could not afford to hunt them. Foxes, I am sorry to say, are also plentiful, and are destroying many birds. Wm. Leigh, Wurtsboro, N. Y. RECREATION is doing much good here- abouts. Keep pounding away and you'll get things right after a while. This State permits spring shooting at ducks, which is a mistake. It should at least cut out the month of April. That would result in a great saving of birds. E. L. Cobb, Portland, Me. Grouse are scarce in this part of Sulli- van county, and becoming more so each year. Rabbits are numerous, but farmers kill them at every opportunity, claiming that they damage crops. Quails have in- creased wonderfully. Louis Boettger, Jr., Callicoon, N. Y. We have quails, prairie chickens, jack rabbits, cottontails, ducks, geese, brant, snipe, plover, minks, muskrats and wolves. There will be no open season on quails for 3 years. There are few game hogs here. Roy Fryer, Plainview, Neb. FISH AND ALMANAC FOR SALT WATER FISHERMEN. The following will be found accurate and val- uable for the vicinity of New York City: Kingfish—Barb, Sea-Mink, Whiting. June to September. Haunts: The surf and deep channels of strong tide streams. Baits: Blood worms, shedder crabs and beach crustaceans. Time and tide: Flood, early morning. Plaice—Fluke, Turbot, Flounder. May 15 to November 30. Haunts: The surf, mouth of tidal streams. Baits: Shedder crabs, killi-fish, sand laut. ‘Time and tide: Ebb, daytime exclusively. Spanish mackerel—Haunts: The open sea, July to September. Baits: Menhaden, trolling—metal and cedar squids. Striped Bass—Rock Fish, Green Head. April to November. Haunts: The surf, bays, estuaries and tidal streams. Baits: Blood worms, shedder crabs, Calico crabs, small eels, menhaden. Time and tide. Night, half flood to flood, to half ebb. The Drums, Red and Black. June to Novem- ber. Haunts: The surf and mouths of large bays. Bait: Skinner crab. Time and tide: Day, flood. Blackfish—Tautog, April to November. Haunts: Surf, vicinity of piling and old wrecks in bays. Baits: Sand worm, blood worm, shedder crabs, clams. Time and tide: Daytime, flood. Lafayette—Spot, Goody, Cape May Goody. August to October. Haunts: Channels of tidal streams. Baits: Shedder crabs, sand worms, clams. Time and Tide: Day and night flood. Croker—July to October. Haunts: Deep chan- nels of bays. Baits: Shedder crabs, mussels. Time and tide: Day, flood. Snapper—Young of Blue Fish, August to No- vember. Haunts: Rivers and all tide ways. Baits: Spearing, and menhaden; trolling pearl squid. Time and tide: Day, all tides. Sheepshead—June to October Haunts: Surf and bays, vicinity of old wrecks. Baits: Clams, mussels, shedder crabs. Time and tide: Day, flood only. New England Whiting—Winter Weak-fish, Frost-fish. November to May. Haunts: The surf. Baits: Sand laut, spearing. Time and tide: Night, flood. Hake—Ling: October to June. Haunts: Open sea surf, large bays. Baits: Clams, mussels, fish. Time and tide: Day and night, flood. Weak-fish—Squeteague, Squit. June to October. Haunts: Surf, all tideways. Baits: Shedder crabs, surf mullet, menhaden, ledge mussels, sand laut, shrimp. Time and tide: Day and _ night, flood preferred. Blue Fish—Horse Hackerel. June to November Ist. Haunts: Surf, open sea and large bays. Baits: Menhaden, surf mullet and trolling squid. Time and tide: Daytime; not affected by tides. FOR ONE-ARMED ANGLERS. Recently I was about to start for a day’s fishing, in company with an acquaintance who has lost his right arm, when he warned me that I would have to bait his hook for him. He said he was accus- tomed to hire a boy or man to accompany him on his fishing trips to handle his bait for him. I went to a workbench near, and in a few moments I made a simple de- vice which enabled him to put a minnow, worm or frog on his hook almost as easily as anyone else could. The device is sim- ply a piece of straight grained oak, 14 inches long, 1 inch wide and % inch thick, planed smooth, and sharpened to an edge 45 FISHING. at one end like a chisel. This sharpened end is split down about 3 inches. When the hook is placed in the split it is firmly held. The other end of the stick is held under the arm, leaving one hand free to place the bait on the hook. This idea is not patented, but is offered freely to all anglers who have temporarily or permanently lost the use of an arm. Blue Spring creek is one of the best stocked trout streams in Missouri. This creek is but 6 miles long, flowing from Blue spring to the Merrimac river. It was first stocked with rainbow trout 5 years ago, and there have been specimens taken out weighing 4 to 6 pounds. The Merri- mac river affords good sport in small mouth bass, pike, crappie, channel and blue cat, etc. The beautiful scenery adds to the enjoyment of a day spent on this stream. About 2 years ago I first saw a copy of RECREATION. I have bought a copy every month since. It has taught me a great deal. Largely as a result of its teaching, I now have a conscience concerning fish and game. Last summer, while at my summer home at Macatawa, Mich., I built a canvas covered sail boat similar to the one de- scribed in August RECREATION. I departed from the description in some respects, but the boat was a success. It is 15% feet long, 52 inches beam, and has 72 square feet of sail area. I used for planking %4- inch pine, 134 inches wide, instead of 3-16- inch cypress, 3 inches wide. For covering I used 18 ounce canvas. For cockpit floor- ing I made an inch grating, in 2 pieces. This grating, the coaming and the narrow strip outside, just below gunwale are paint- ed green; inside of cockpit and spars have spar varnish; canvas cover and rudder have 2 coats of white lead. The “White Duck” was generally admired by all who saw her. Arthur O. Garrison, St. Louis, Mo. HOW THEY RUN IN MICHIGAN. We have excellent yachting and fair fish- ing in the Saginaw river and its tributaries. A 20 mile run down takes us to the bay and if the weather permits we can take a limited run on it. Our favorite run is up the river. We have the Tittabawassee, Shi- awassee, Cass, Flint and Bad rivers, all navigable for boats of 3 feet draft or less, and all tributary to the Saginaw. The Tit- tabawassee is shallow and swift, and from June until September affords fine small mouth bass fishing, supplemented with an occasional t to 20 pound catfish. The others are clear and not so swift, surround- 46 ed by miles of marsh and woodland, fur- nishing fairly good trolling for big mouth bass and grass pike. From about Septem- ber rst to November 15th perch are caught in large numbers in both the. Shiawassee and the Sagi.aw rivers. It is a sight to behold during our perch run to see the docks and river fairly alive with men, wom- en and children of all ages, sizes and colors, from every station in life, and with every conceivable kind of tackle out for a few hours’ sport with the little toothsome fel- lows. I counted 216 boats filled with anglers during a 6 mile run last September. Commercial fishing is prohibited in the tributaries, but in the Saginaw it com- mences November 15 and ends April 15. The annual catch is amazing. It consists of suckers, mullet, perch, rock bass, sun- fish, wall-eyed and grass pike, bullheads and carp. Commercial fishing has been the bone of contention between Saginaw county sportsmen and the market fishermen for several years. The latter have won out at every Legislature, except losing the tribu- taries 7 years ago; but the sportsmen have not lost all hope of abolishing net fishing entirely, as the Saginaw is the only inland stream in Michigan in which it is allowed. We have miles of duck marsh, and over- run land practically does away with spring shooting here, as no waterfowl get here be- fore the season closes, April 1oth, except a few merganser ducks. I thoroughly agree with Mr. W. L. Stew- ard in February RECREATION relative to the destruction of small fish by herons and kingfishers. I also add the merganser, or sawbill ducks. A friend killed a heron and found about 30 little grass pikes in his pouch, and I have seen half a pint of little fish come from a merganser duck’s mouth after he was dead and hanging head down. Lee Mann, Saginaw, Mich. e MY TROUTING DAY. It was an ideal spring morning and every thing foretold a delightful day in the woods. A turn in the trail leading down a steep incline took me to an old bridge be- neath which flowed a crystal stream fed by many cool springs. There I expected to make my first effort at the trout. Hastily adjusting my rod I approached a curling patch of white foam held back by a half submerged log, and made, with pork for bait, my first attempt to hook a brook trout. I cast the hook above the eddy and like a flash a streak of mottled beauty shot from beneath the log. With a vigorous jerk he was thrown clear of the water on the sand at my feet and in a mo- ment he was mine. He was the first I had ever seen. A second cast was equally suc- cessful. RECKEATION;: With varying results I fished the wind- ing stream as its course led through almost impassable underbrush, occasionally throw- ing a trout high among the branches, en- tangling my line in overhanging limbs. Thus the hours passed unnoticed until hunger and fatigue reminded me that it was time to eat. Selecting an old tree trunk I spread my lunch and there in the quiet depth of the forest I ate. A half hour was given to rest during which a number of Canada jays assembled around me and pro- tested at my long repast. A red squirrel ventured near, and, with curious eyes, gazed on the intruder. His curiosity satisfied, he scurried up a tree where he gave me an acrobatic exhibition among the branches. The slanting sun admonished me to re- trace my steps, so I started on the return, taking my time and fishing the most likely places. They yielded an occasional prize and at length I found myself back at the old bridge. There I took an inventory of my catch and found I had 14 trout. I was proud, mosquito bitten, happy; the happi- ness born of honest recreation and love of nature. Dr. C. T. Thomas, Trout Creek, Mich. CARE OF CANVAS BOATS. I have never noticed in RECREATION any information as to the proper care of a canvas folding boat, or how to repair one. The solution, or preparation, on the outside of my boat has partly worn off. L. A. Place, Chicago. ANSWER. If your boat requires waterproofing the best thing to use is common kettle-boiled linseed oil of a pure quality, which can be bought at any paint store. Use with the oil about % a cup of burnt umber, of de- sired color, to a quart of oil. Stir it well and apply with a brush, being careful to ap- ply it only to the part which is worn. One coat is sufficient. Many people spoil their canvas boats by continually daubing them when the boats do not need it. This forms such a coating that it cracks the canvas when folded, and the waterproofing itself becomes so thick that it cracks. The canvas is then destroyed. Leaving the boat in the water or on the shore where the air gets to it does no harm. Neither does it hurt a boat to fold it and put it away, provided it is thoroughly dried before folding. To fold a canvas boat while the canvas contains more or less dampness and pack it away, will rot the canvas. Many canvas boats are waterproofed with a quick drying process which does not penetrate and fill the fiber of the canvas. Such waterproofing is not right and will not stand. It will quickly wear off from the surface and the boat will leak. The waterproofing should thoroughly fill the fibre of the canvas.—EDITor. : : | j FISH AND WEST VIRGINIA WAKING UP. Constable L. C. Jones, who was recently appointed by Gov. A. B. White as deputy fish and game warden for this section of the county, prosecuted his first case at Fair- mont. It was remarked by many at the time the appointment was made known that no better person could be found in the State to fill this position. His first victims were John Brown and L. H. Slater, young men living on the East side of the river. They were dipping for fish at a point below the first ward feed mill, when Jones went to the place, arrested them and took posses- sion of the fishermen’s outfit. They were taken before Justice Benning- ton Saturday and were fined each $25 and costs. The defendants took an appeal to the circuit court and were released un- til court shall convene by each furnishing bond to the amount of $100. The fish and game laws have been flagrantly broken for years in this State, especially the fish law. So open have the violations grown to be that fishing in the common and ordinary way, by hook and line, trout line, etc., have practically been abandoned, and the fish box, dynamite, etc., substituted. Judge Mason instructed the grand jury to inquire closely in regard to the viola- tion of the fish and game laws. I am looking forward to the days when the L. A. S. will conquer and the bristle- backs will be extinct. Clifford Merrifield, Riverville, W. Va. CARP FISHING WITH A STEEL TRAP. Some years ago my father received from the United States Fish Commission a new kind of fish known as German carp, and said to be choice. We stocked a new pond with them, and fed them regularly every day for 2 years. At the end of that time the pond was full of large fish; and I proceeded to angle for them. I soon found that no kind of bait was tempting enough to induce them to bite, and the frequent sight of a fin above the water soon made me desperate. I studied the ways of these carp, and found that they loved to suck at a lump of wheat dough. They would suck it all away, without once taking the bulk in their mouth. This gave me an idea, which I at once executed. I procured a large single spring steel trap and tied a piece of tin on the frame, so that when set the trap could not be approached from the bottom. I tied a lump of dough on the treadle, tied the trap on the line in place of the hook, set it, and held it out in the water a moment. There was a snap, a shower of bubbles rose to the surface, and I brought out a 5-pound carp, with his head mashed flat. In 30 minutes I had FISHING, 47 30 pounds of fish, and yt being a game hog I quit. My thoughts when I attempted to eat those fish are not fit sor publication; and I[ afterward blew up the pond with dynamite to get rid of the small carp which could not throw my steel trap. Ed. C. Hill, Horse Cave, Ky. HOW TO TREAT KINGFISHERS. I have read with great interest a commu- nication from W. L. Steward, of Monson, Maine, in regard to the killing of fish by the blue heron and the kingfisher. As to the heron, I can not say. My experience with him is limited; but the kingfisher is without doubt one of the most destructive enemies of the finny tribe. I have had am- ple opportunity to study kingfishers dur- ing my 3 years as superintendent of hatcheries at tnis station. There is con- tinual warfare by kingfishers against fish during the spring and summer. We are compelled to kill hundreds of these birds. In spring, summer and fall I have often seen them dart into the ponds and come up with their bill run through a trout 4 or 5 inches long. They will also strike a large trout that they can not handle, and wound him. Then, fungus will set in and the fish dies. I agree with Mr. Steward that a bounty should be placed on this bird instead of protecting him by law. I should also like to hear from persons who have had oppor- tunity to study the great merganser and the water ousel. I have caught them both at questionable tricks. C. W. Morgareidge, Wolf, Wyo. MINNESOTA WATERS. Your magazine is properly named. I never fail to read it. I note in February RECREATION that Mr. Stick, of Chicago, after successfully landing a 14-pound pick- erel, was so delighted that he could fish no longer, returning home with joy. In this paradise for anglers, Minnesota, we usually find our craving harder to satisfy. Mr. B. and I take frequent drives during the season to the many lakes in our vicin- ity, and have yet failed to return with less than 20 to 30 bass of the choicest black va- riety. Many a 5-pounder has bent our light Bristol and made things hum before we had him in our landing net. Eight to 15 pickerel, weighing 6 to 15 pounds each, are common. Lake Mary has our preference, with its sparkling spring Water, high wood- ed shores, abundance of fish. When we get on the croppie we simply pull up stakes and move on, as we find it monotonous to continually take them off our hooks. We have 6 lakes within a mile, and each has its own specialty to offer in the line of fishes. O. S. Lowell, Watertown, Minn. 48 RECREATION. DEFENDS HIMSELF. My attention has been drawn to an item in a late issue of RECREATION which is any- thing but complimentary to my friends and me. If you will do a little simple calcula- tion you will see that your remarks are uncalled for. Seven hundred (fish) dor 3 men in 8 days would not give them quite 10 fish to each rod morning and evening; and after 3 men and 3 guides satisfy their appetites there are not a large number of fish to carry home. I am personally acquainted with your in- formant, B. R. W., Bear River, N. S., and our party are fly fishermen, not pot hunt- ers and bait fishermen like himself, nor have we been known to fish through the ice in the early spring. I have known this party and his friends to return from Flan- ders’ meadow, White Sand lake, Stillwater, and the Mississippi, back of Bear River with a catch of much greater average than ours. I trust you will give this letter the same prominence you gave the item referred to. R. W. Ambrose, Sydney, C. B. NIBBLES. I am interested to learn what fish hatch- ing work is in progress or in contemplation for this year at the State hatcheries. Will you kindly favor me with a statement of what eggs are being hatched or are to be hatched and at what times these operations are likely to be in progress? Are catfish ever artificially propagated, and if so under what conditions. C. J. Herrick, Granville, Ohio. ANSWER. The United States Fish Commission does not hatch any species of catfish, nor does any State Fish Commission, as far as I am informed. No method for the arti- ficial propagation of any species of catfish has ever been developed. All the United States Fish Commission has ever done is to put adult catfish in ponds where the con- ditions are favorable and let them spawn naturally, then plant the young.—EDbITorR. Please say to W. B. Halcomb that one day when Pop Slyers and I were fishing at the mouth of Junalice river Pop lost several fish because, as I thought, he pulled too soon. I said to him, “The next time a fish takes your bait, let him go a while be- fore you pull on him.” He let the next one have about 4o feet of line. Just then I had a strike that meant business. I said to Pop: “T have him!” “So have 1” said Pop. Our lines came in crossed and tangled. I said: “Your fish got away” “No, I have him; our fish got away.” When we got the fish in we both had him. Pop took him from the hook. He was a 2 pound bass. F. K. Middough, Harrisburg, Pa. Last August while camping on the Cuyahoga river, I caught a number of rock bass, but to our surprise we found, when cleaning them, that.they had grubs about 1-16 of an inch long on their back bone. Can you tell me the cause of it? Will the grubs leave the fish when cold weather comes ? Harry J. Hopton, Youngstown, Ohio. ANSWER. Ordinarily, rock bass should not be in- fested with parasites of that kind. Prob- ably the water was too warm, stagnant, or impure. Anything which lowers the vi- tality of fish renders them more open to attacks by parasites and disease. Very likely when the water becomes more suit- able the fish will improve.—EbrTor. No method of angling affords more sport than trolling, especially on a large body of water, free from weeds and other impedi- ments to the free use of the line. I have spent many summers fishing in the vicinity of Petoskey, Mich. With a small launch and a line not less than 300 feet long, trolling at a moderate speed over good fishing grounds, such as are found in the many Northern lakes, is pure joy. Burt lake, 20 miles Northeast of Petos- — key, is one of the best bodies of water for this purpose. There trolling is employed almost exclusively, and pickerel are taken in great numbers, weighing 2 pounds and upward. A 28-pounder was the largest ever taken in that lake, to my knowledge. T. P. Wagoner, Knightstown, Ind. On the 7th of June, 1808, at 6 p. m., I left town with my wife and 2 little children for a trip of 2 days at Alligator Head. We went down at night because it was cooler. Having only very light wind we reached the Head next morning at 8. I went out on the wharf in the morning and caught 3 trout, 3 catfish and 1 shoemaker in 20 minutes. Spent the evening resting. Next morning (oth), I fished from 9 to Ir and caught 7 trout, weighing 16 pounds, and 2 man-eating sharks. Tried for Jew fish (deep sea bass), but got none. In the afternoon we returned home with a fair, stiff, breeze; making the trip in 3 hours and 20 minutes. H. M. Brown, Port Lavaca, Tex. Persons who are interested in the habits of fishes should read the article about driftwood noises, in the Natural History department of this issue. GUNS AND AMMUNI11ON. Anybody can keep on shooting all day, but it takes a gentleman to quit when he gets enougu. SOME WORK WITH A SAVAGE. I have had a Savage .303 about 4 months and after having given it a thor- ough trial I consider it far the best rifle I ever owned. It will not, of course, shoot so strongly as a 30-40, but that is its one point of inferiority. The .303 shell does not seem so apt as others to stick in the chamber and break off. The gun shoots right where it is held and at the same time is sighted coarser than a 30-40, which makes it easier to catch a quick sight. When it comes to reloading, the Savage shell is a thing of ‘beauty and a joy for- ever. I use a wire patched 180 grain bul- let, made by the National Projectile Co., and 18 grains by weight of Savage powder. I have been able to prove, to my own satis- faction at least, that the wire patched bul- let will hold up 50 yards farther than the regular soft nose, metal patched bullet. It wilt do quite as much crushing and tearing as any other bullet, yet does not damage the rifle. Recently I shot a white tail buck at 281 paces. The bullet struck about 3 inches back of left shoulder point and about 1-3 the way from the back bone to belly line. It nicked one. rib a little going in and cut 3 at point of exit, besides tearing away a lot of flesh from the right shoulder. The buck jumped once and went all in a heap. I don’t see where the 30-40 could have done better. I started with 60 U. M. C. cartridges; 10 having burst, the rest are still good though some have been re- loaded 5 times. I never clean my shells in any way except to wipe off with a greasy rag. I tried to reload 30-40’s and on the first reloading 21 out of 60 shells broke at the neck. I should like to know if any reader of RECREATION has seen a gun like one I know of, which was bought in Newport, R. IL, about 45 years ago, for $25. It was a single barrel breech loader, though it had a ram- rod and was often used as a muzzle loader. It was made for Western turkey shooting, with either balls or buckshot, and used the old percussion cap. It was lever action with an open space behind the flat-sided breech block, which was in 2 pieces, work- ing on the principle of a wedge, so the hard- er the gun recoiled the tighter it was closed. The barrel was 12 gauge, about 24 inches in length, and was fastened to the stock by a bolt passing through the barrel from left to right. The stock was extremely long and straight, and the gun had a hammer about 4 times the ordinary size. The strangest feature in the make of this gun was a vent 49 on the right side of the breech, just beiow the tube for the percussion cap, from which a stream of fire nearly a foot in length would issue every time the gun was dis- charged. This, the makers, whose names I do not remember, claimed made the gun burn more powder. Was this claim true? If so, why did not the shooting power of the old muzzle loaders increase when their percussion tubes became so badly burned out that enough gas would escape through them to blow the hammers to full cock every time they were discharged? If I re- member rightly, the cartridges for this little gun contained 23 buckshot. For wild goose shooting I never saw its equal. I have seen it shot at a target against guns of all prices and bores, and never saw a gun that could equal it in range and effectiveness. Was it the vent in this gun that caused it to shoot with such tremendous power? The only objectionable feature I remember about the gun was its loud report. It roared like a small cannon; but when kept clean had no recoil, although it weighed only 6 pounds. Old Subscriber, Webster, Mass. VYES,-HE PAYS: “EM. I note that some wise men from the East are sending up a plaintive howl, claim- ing that the editor of RECREATION is pay- ing his subscribers for saying complimen- tary things about him and about his maga- zine. I have no fault to find with this kick, for it is a good ad for REcREATION, and it is also true. Mr. Shields has paid me for saying nice things about his maga- zine, and for fighting on his side of the fence when any little Coquinian war chanced to come bobbing along; and | have no doubt he has paid thousands of others for like services. This is how Mr. Shields has paid me. For only $1 a year he has furnished me a magazine from whose pages I can glean more real information. on subjects dear to the hearts of sportsmen than can be found in any dozen other publications. This alone would be pay enough, but it is not all. He has ever treated me with uni- form courtesy, and it is fair to assume that he extends this courtesy to all with whom he has any dealings, game hogs ex- cepted. Courtesy is a good investment for anyone, and I respectfully recommend it to the careful consideration of the hasty- pudding folks. Here is some more pay that I get. Rec- REATION, aided by the L. A. S., for whose birth and rapid growth Mr. Shields is re- sponsible, is trying to save the game for 50 RECREATION. all sportsmen. This magazine has ever stood firmly for game protection, while its editor handles the game and fish hogs in a commendably vigorous manner. By this means Mr. Shields has made enemies, and has lost subscribers innumerable, but it is worthy of note that the circulation of RECREATION is rapidly capering upward, and right here I call the attention of ad- vertisers to this fact. I am, of course, paid fot saying all this; paid as enumer- ated above. When some of the big gun manufacturers and dealers pay their pa- trons in the same coin—courtesy, and a desire to please customers by furnishing the best goods, they will find it will pay, and that more cash will flow into their strong boxes. As to sportsmen receiving any pay, save courtesy and fair dealing, for booming RECREATION, there is nothing to say only that the lovers of gun and rod are gentlemen; and as gentlemen, they can stand with equanimity the insults of the howlers. Those sad eyed mortals who worry about pay would better go ’way back and stand on their heads till sufficient blood to properly work their brains flows down into their think-tanks. Gentlemen of the plaintive howl, it is up to you either to quit the fight and retire from the field, or else to lay down your scalping knives and your poisoned arrows, and take up modern weapons of warfare. The methods and the weapons you are now using will not go in this era. The days of savagery are past, and real men do not now tomahawk their enemies either literally or verbally. A. L. Vermilya, Columbiaville, Mich. PREFERS THE 44-40. All the various rifle calibers are good, and should be used for what they were de- signed by the originators. The way to make this department interesting and in- structive is to write the facts as they are, the caliber of the rifle, the kind of ammu- nition and the distance the game was hit, and then let each reader judge for himself. The 30-30 and 30-40 when used with steel or full mantled bullets are military arms, of course; but with soft pointed bullets their effect on big game is deadly. In face of the evidence that has been pro- duced, any man who says the 38-55 is equal or superior as a game killer to the 30-40 stamps himself as ignorant and inexperienced. It’ also:. .makes! )amest sportsmen tired to read about the 25-35 making a hole 4 times larger than a 45. Those of us who have had experience with the 30’s know such claims for the 25-35 are nonsensical. To my mind the 30 cali- bers should not be compared with black powder guns as they are entirely different. My favorite is the little 44-40, but I hate to see men ignore facts and set at naught the merits of an arm so powerful and effective as the 30. The Winchester people do not say the 32-40 and 38-55 are the best all around cartridges. Those loads were designed for target shooting in the old Ballard rifle. They became popular at once and soon Stevens, Remington, Winchester and other makers built more target rifles for those calibers than for any others. Those cart- ridges hold nearly all the finest rifle rec- ords up to 500 yards; showing that the originators knew their business. But ac- cording to the Winchester tables the 32-40 and 38-55 as big game killers, are not in it with most of the cartridges named on that list. Most all the 38, 40, and 45 calibers shoot flatter, have a higher velocity and more penetration. The 4o and 45 calibers have a much larger diameter. It is not necessary for a hunting rifle to put 16 consecutive shots into a 2 inch circle at 200 yards. - Killing power, not extreme accuracy, is the ihing of prime importance. Penetration, diameter and striking power constitute killing power. The 32-40 and 38-55 do not possess those qualities to any great extent. We also must not forget that go per cent. of big game killed is shot with- in 200 yards, and almost any rifle will shoot with enough accuracy to hit game at or even beyond that distance. Many of the 40 and 45 calibers shoot well up to 2,000 yards. The Winchester table is both interesting and instructive, and every sportsman ought to get a copy and study it. If he can reason and does not forget the simple law of cause and effect, he must come to the conclusion that a large bullet that penetrates a goodly number of boards, must be a much better killer than a small one that penetrates fewer. Wenzel Mashek, Kewaunee, Wis. DENOUNCES MUTILATION. Saylesville, R. I. Editor RECREATION: In reading the letters in January number by Terry Smith and W. W. Prentice, rela- tive to the work of the 30 caliber rifle, I was filled with disgust at the mutilation recorded. I own a 30-30 rifle which I bought some time ago, but have not yet used on game, and, in my present frame of mind, I shall not use it. For 6 or 7 seasons I used a 38-55 for deer shooting and found it a perfect rifle for the work. There are, of course, several cartridges of more or less similar power, which’ answer almost as well; but I caught the craze, sold my 38 and bought a “modern weapon.” How- ever, if I can not shoot deer without tearing 7 inch holes or disemboweling them, I will go out of the business. GUNS AND AMMUNITION. St Why a man need blow off whole sections of a deer’s head in order to kill it I can not explain. These are simply hints as to what those articles described. One writer says that after seeing 2 deer almost blown to pieces his gyide be- came a believer in the small bore rifle! I have always thought the only use of a rifle was to kill; simply and cleanly kill. One might judge from many descriptions published within the last 2 or 3 years that total annihilation was the end to be at- tained. Possibly, in the near future, some- body may bring out a weapon which, at its discharge, will destroy every vestige of the game aimed at. Then the 30-30 will not be in it, and there will be a mad rush for the new gun because of its power. I believe in using tools or weapons adapted to the work required. Undoubted- ly the 30 has its place and its uses, but in its indiscriminate use, it becomes a danger because of the great surplus power exerted. Moreover, it is, and must always be, ex- tremely wasteful of meat. I am fully convinced that 4 out of every 5 of such rifles are as unnecessary for the use they are put to as a 12 inch naval gun would be. I have no excuse to offer for owning, one myself except my anxiety to be recent. If ever I use my 30 on deer it will be with a reduced charge or low pres- sure powder. I wonder if anyone else is tired of hear- ing about the wonderful, I call it horrible, work of the 30-30. Ae jordan, GOOD LOADS FOR THE 30-10. Having noticed a number of inquiries in RECREATION as to the best all around rifle, I recommend the 30-40 Winchester as being one of the best. A good short range load for the 30-40 for target and small game is 9 grains Du- Pont shot gun smokeless loose in shell; 8% or 2% Winchester primer; and Mr. Beardsley’s bullet, No. 3086, 101 grains, or the Ideal No. 30812, 113 grains, cast I to to and well lubricated. Seat bullet in shell just deep enough to cover lubrication, with no crimp. If bullets are loose in expand- ed shell, use a muzzle sizer. The sharp- pointed bullet will not tear small game so badly as the flat point. This load is clean and accurate and about equal in power to. a 32-20. Another load which will do fine work and is somewhere near a 38-55 is 52 grains (Ideal measure) semi-smokeless fffig. and a 220 grain lubricated wire patched bullet. Those bullets are perfec- tion and are advertised in RECREATION. A great deal of useful information in regard to reloading and reloading tools is contained in the Ideal Hand Book. A good plan for anyone using high power smoke- less rifles is to keep an Ideal broken shell extractor at hand. They will save trouble, delay and bad words. But unless care and judgment is used in experimenting with smokeless powders a good insurance policy is the most important thing to have on hand. I use Lyman receiver and ivory bead sights. The rear sight can be instantly ad- justed to any load. Tell A. G. Burg, Liv- ingston, Mont., that the Ithaca No. 1 or 2 is the best medium priced gun in the world. O. E. Raynor, Meadville, Pa. A DOUBTING THOMAS. In February Recreation Mr. Van Dyke tells of his wonderful exploits with a Stevens Favorite. Why didn’t he sign his name Van Winkle? ‘Then the charitable might believe that he fell asleep on some mountain and dreamed that gun story. Think of a 22 caliber bullet containing 45 grains of lead, with a penetration of 5 pine boards, passing through the shoulder of a bull elk and breaking a rib on the oppo- site side. Think of his shooting 4 deer, all through, or near, the heart. Imagine, if you can, his loading and firing a single shot rifle 4 times at a running deer. Why is he not with Buffalo Bill? Then when he inves- tigates he finds he has killed 4 deer with those 4 shots while thinking there was but one deer all the while. If Syracuse thought some of Mr. Van Dyke’s other stories were fishy, what does he think of this later ro- mance? . I have shot squirrels with a 22, but some- times had to use 3 or 4 bullets to make a neat finish. Mr. Van Dyke gets a bullet stuck in the barrel of his 22 and blows it out with another cartridge. It bulges the barrel some. Then the poor little gun falls under the wheels of a wagon and the barrel is bent. Thrown away and left to lie outdoors several months it is finally restored to alignment and usefulness by being hammered over a log. “Good medi- cine for the crowbar, good medicine for the gun.” Great! Moral: Throw away your 30-40 and 45- 70 guns and get a 22 for big game. E. G. Moulton, Derby Line, Vt. A CONVERT TO MODERATION. I have been reading RECREATION regu- larly for some time, though I was guilty of throwing the first copy I saw under the table with the remark that I would not spend my time with such rot. I had grown up in a region where the chap that killed the most game was the best man. I shot 26 deer in 3 weeks one season, and thought I was a great sportsman, but after reading your publication a while I changed “2 RECREATION. my mind about it. Now I stand in line to protect game in every way possible. Therefore, I was sorry to see the Mar- lin Co. and the Peters Cartridge Co. with- draw their ads from RECREATION. I know from experience that both concerns de- serve hearty praise for protecting our game, as I will guarantee that anyone using their goods exclusively will be in little danger of getting roasted as a game hog. I was out with a party one fall for a duck hunt, and we were unable to kill enough for the camp table, though ducks were plentiful. Four of us were crack wing shots, but we had no ammunition with us except Peters’ Quick Shot cartridges. Last fall I used the U. M. C. New Club, and, although I am a Winchester partisan, I had to acknowl- edge they do execution. My gun is an old timer and will not do good work with nitro powder, but makes some record breaking kills with New Rival or New Club black powder shells. F. B. Lamb, Washburn, Wis. REGARDING BULLETS. In reply to Amateur, whose letter ap- peared in Febrtiary REcREATION, I will say that lead bullets do not develop so great a velocity as metal patched bullets. A metal patched bullet will give 100 feet more ve- locity than a lead bullet with the same quantity of powder. Accuracy can not be maintained with a lead bullet at over 1,500 feet velocity. Another reason is that smokeless starts a bullet much quicker than black powder and a lead bullet is likely to jump the rifling at the breech. Some people use RECREATION as they would a tin horn, to talk through. Do not write things that people will not believe. Mr. Van Dyke, of Red Lodge, Mont., tells of killing a number of elk and deer with one shot each from a Stevens 22. He says he shot deer at 75 yards running straight from him and the little 22 put a bullet through the heart of every one. The Stevens must have excellen® penetration. There are a number of good shot guns, but the Winchester ’97 model excels them all. With mine, I have put 310 No. 8 shot into a 30 inch circle at 40 yards. My load was 3 drams powder, I ounce shot. With shot spreaders in the same load I can put about 175 pellets into the same target. I gave wire patched bullets a trial in my 38-55 last fall. They are excellent for all but game killing. They do not expand on striking bone. M. C. McGowan, Lawrence, Mich. PENETRATION OF THE SAVAGE. In March RECREATION we came across a letter written by R. M. C., Red Lodge, Mont., in which he mentions that the Savage Arms Company claims the Savage rifle will shoot into 50 inches of pine boards. As R. M. C. mentions the 30-30, we take this opportunity to explain that it is our .303 full jacketed bullet cartridge fired from a Savage rifle which penetrates 50 inches or more of clear pine. We had an exhibition at Detroit, Boston and New York shows, in which there are pine logs showing this extent of penetration. The bullets have traversed the wood end-wise, which is a greater test than across the grain, the wood being stronger end-wise, and more power being required to crush the fibers than if the bullet were going across the grain. We have in some instances se- cured better results than 50 inches, but sometimes the bullet will not reach so far as that, owing to some extra resistance in the fibers of the wood. We have noticed that if a wood contains much rosin it will materially reduce the penetration. Savage Arms Co. PETERS’ FRIEND DISAPPROVES OF HIM. Dover, N. H. Peters Cartridge Co., Cincinnati, Ohio: Dear Sirs:—I think you are wrong when you accuse Mr. G. O. Shields of doing you an injustice. The fault is probably with the extractor of the gun being worn or the springs weak. It certainly is not with the shells, because I have a Winchester and have shot at least 1,000 new Victor shells in it. I shall be in the market later for a lot of your goods and expect to have large sales. I consider the Peters goods equal to any on the market. Yours truly, Pam Gat ahi SMALL SHOT. For ducking I use a 6% pound Clai- brough, fullchoke. It will kill at 75 to8o yards. Those who claim that black pow- der is superior to smokeless, taking every- thing into consideration, are mistaken. There are good and poor smokeless pow- ders. The 2° best are Dupont and Laflin & Rand. I find Winchester Blue -Rival shells with Laflin & Rand smokeless a load which can not be bettered, and it is » within reach of all. I am with you in your struggle against the game hogs. We are troubled with a few here. S. E. Sangster, Pt. Perry, Can. In looking over recent numbers of RECREATION I find no mention of Stevens’ Ideal rifle No. 44. Ihave one, chambered for the 22 long rifle cartridge, that I have given a thorough test. It will shoot short and long cartridges accurately up to 100 yards. When weather conditions are favorable it will, using the long rifle cartridge, do good work at 200 yards. For squirrels, rabbits and other small game GUNS AND AMMUNITION. 53 this weapon is not excelled by any other single shot rifle in the market. Any one wanting a first class gun at a moderate price should select a Stevens Ideal. A. L. Fritts, Olpe, Kans. Is there a 22-7!4-45 cartridge made with smokeless or semi-smokeless powder? If so, who makes it? If there is such a cart- ridge, have any of your readers tried it, and if so, with what results? I have just bought a 22 Winchester R. F. rifle and think it all right. I have a 44 C. F. rifle I bought last fall. Though fitted with Ly- man sights, it does not come up to my ex- pectation. I am going to sell it and get either a Winchester 30-30 or a Savage 303. Which of the 2 has the flattest tra- jectory ? G. M. Miller, Montreal, Que. What shell and load would you use in a Forehand single barrel for ducks? What is the velocity of a 32 calibre rim fire cartridge fired from a Stevens Fa- vorite? E. F. Gillespie, New York City. ANSWER. The velocity of the 32 short rim fire is about 980 feet a second; the 32 long rim fire, 1,025 feet—EDIToR. In a Forehand single barrel gun, for ducks, I should use U. M. C. or Winches- ter No. 4 shot.—EbirTor. I should like to give Mr. Jones, of Slate Hill, Pa., the benefit of my experience with guns. I have owned 2 Colt 12 gauge, 1 Claibrough I0 gauge, 2 Greener I2 gauge and 2 Greener 16 guage guns. I used all more or less for game and trap shooting, and while the 16 gauge was not quite so effective in trap shooting it was an ideal field gun. The last 16 I worked was an ejector Greener, and I used it with the greatest satisfaction on quails, snipe, and ducks all through the South. E. C. Hall, Ashfield, Mass. I use a 32-40 Winchester for deer and for that purpose prefer it to all other calibers. I shot 4 deer last season, securing 3 of them. The other I could have got had there been a tracking snow. I fired twice, hitting him back of the shoulder and in the hip. He continued running, and as the wounds soon stopped bleeding, I could not follow. Of the others 2 dropped instantly and the third ran not more than 6 or 7 rods. My favorite for larger game is the ’76 model, 45-75 Winchester. Louis Luder, Caro, Mich. Which is the best way to choke bore a gun barrel for hard and close shooting? Is the taper choke bore as good as the full -animal. choke for nitro powder? In the former the barrel is cut true cylinder bore from the breech to within an inch of the muzzle. The muzzle is left about 1-64 inch smaller than the rest of the barrel. Waull some one who has used the Winchester 30-40 on big game give me his experience? What is a good load for shore birds? Warren J. Barlow, Wollaston, Mass. I should like to know the tensile strength of the Winchester rolled steel rifle barrels. Can you tell me? John Bowden, Spring Valley, Minn. The question:was forwarded to the Win- chester people and they replied: Nickel steel for high velocity rifle bar- rels we buy with an elastic limit of 80,000 pounds. Steel for black powder barrels we buy with an elastic limit of 40,000 to 45,000 pounds. Winchester Repeating Arms Co. I should like to find out whether the soft nose or the full metal cased bullet is the better for big game. I have had vary- ing success with both. On one occasion I shot a wolf at 200 yards with a Winchester 30-30. The bullet, a soft nose, struck the backbone and did not pass through the Out of 18 deer shot with hard nose bullets, in front parts, 11 ran 34 of a mile to 3 miles. Baio. athaca, aN2 ¥: A year ago I wrote RECREATION asking advice about choosing a quail gun, and was urged to order an Ithaca 12 bore, 28 inch, weight 634 pounds left barrel modified, right barrel cylinder. I did so, and received a 1902 model Ithaca gun, with the new cross bolt and fore end ejector. I thank Recreation for helping me find just what I wanted. Northwest, Sioux City, Ia. I use only Dupont smokeless powder in shot gun, rifle and revolver. While I have used nearly all other.makes, I consider that the best in every way. Am now using U. M. C. smokeless shells altogether, and their metallics in my smaller arms. U. M. C. goods are simply perfection. L. D. Whittemore, Redlands, Cal. I have seen nearly all kinds of shot guns, and have owned a great many. Ex- perience has taught me that there is no better shooting gun than the Ithaca. By ordering a gun from the Ithaca Co. you can get just what you want, and it will be the best of its kind. O. J. Emerson, Kendallville, Ia. NATURAL HISTORY. When a bird or a wild animal is killed, that is the end of it. If photographed, it may still live and its education and scientific value is multiplied indefinitely. WHAT CAUSED THE TAPPING SOUND. T. F. Covert, in March ReEcrEATION asks, “What is it?” and the same question I have asked myself several times of late years while on fishing expeditions, but about 2 years ago I got my first clue to the prob- lem, which came to me just as it came to Mr. Covert; the conditions being always as he states them in his inquiry. It is noth- ing more nor less than a poor, old, skinny, bony, dried-up, demented carp, or white sucker, the abomination of a true angler. I do not like the name fish hog, but I should be willing to acquire it if I could kill all the suckers and carp in existence, and I should be willing to be roasted by Coquina as thoroughly as he roasted my friend and neighbor, B. I. Jones, the duck shooter. In the spring of ’99 I was visiting in the vicinity of Buckeye lake, on the banks of, Lake rin.) At that place, the run has been washed out in 2 or 3 pools to the depth of 8 or 10 feet. There one spring morning I found myself before sunrise, and heard that tapping, or rather smacking, sound as it was on that occasion. ‘These pools were shaded by several large Ameri- can elm trees and the blossoms, falling into the water and being blown by the wind or carried by the waves, had gathered in large patches on the surface. These patches were surrounded by great, big, rawboned, slab-sided, dun-colored, flabby, bottle- nosed carp, weighing 3 to 15 pounds, their bodies half out of the water, sucking in those elm blossoms by the quart. In one patch I counted 13 of these abominable fish and I was frantic in my appeal for something with which to exterminate them. I would have given my kingdom and thrown in my best fishing rod as induce- ment, which, in fact, is worth more than my kingdom. I ran to the house, about a quarter of a mile away, got one of Paddy Marlin’s 30- something rifles and rushed back to wreak vengeance on those abominations. ‘They were still at work when I returned. With care I aimed the gun at the biggest, raw- bonedest, slab-sidedest, dun-coloredest, and let go. When the smoke cleared away the water was full of the red bellied whelks, but before I could get a stick and get any out in order to tramp them into the mud with my feet, they all came to life and disappeared. But then you know a Marlin is of no account anyway. Some time afterward, when sitting on the 54 bank of a creek, I heard that same tapping sound, and grabbing a rock I peered over the bank. That time I saw a poor, old, skinny, white sucker, belly up, on the un- der side of a root, sucking away for dear life and squirting the dirt and sediment through his gills as if it was good. A number of times since I have seen the same performance repeated. Of course I threw that rock at the sucker. What did you think I picked it up for? a Thos. H. Jones, Newark, Ohio. About 5 years ago a number of us were camping out in the Eastern part of Iowa, along the Maquoketa river. One day while strolling along the bank of the river I heard just such a noise as Mr. Covert de- scribes. There was a sandbar about 30 feet from the bank, running parallel with it, and at the lower end was a large pile of drift, connecting the bar with the bank. I examined the pool closely and failed to find a living thing in sight in the neighbor- hood .of the noise, but, like Mr. Covert, I noticed that bits of drift bobbed up when- ever I heard the noise. I, waited some time, but finally went back to camp, wonder- ing. The next day I visited the pool at a different hour and I saw at least a dozen turtles out on the logs, sunning themselves. They were what are commonly called snap- ping turtles. I visited the place many times, going up quietly, in order not to frighten the turtles, and watching them closely, but I was never able to determine whether or not it was the turtles that made the noise. I do not remember seeing a turtle out of the water when I heard the noise. I decided that it was one of their modes of feeding, probably gathering the snails or other ani- mals that were on the under side of the drift. Now I, like'Mr. Covert, would like to know positively what made the noise. I have never seen so many turtles in one place before or since and never heard the noise at any other place. J. D. B., Colorado Springs, Colo. From Mr. T. F. Covert’s description of the tapping he heard, I have no hesitation in saying that it was caused by a fish of the sucker variety. When a boy, I was once fishing in the Sequachee river, at the foot of Cumberland mountain, in Tennessee. I had chosen a quiet, shady nook, an ideal place for fishing, but a poor place for fish, as I’soon found. After a time I heard this same tapping, or sucking, sound de- scribed by Mr. Covert and determined to NATURAL investigate. Moving a little nearer spot whence the sound seemed to come I soon located it in a mass of sticks and leaves collected by the current about a half submerged log. The water being clear I soon discovered fish. Going home I rigged up a small spear and returned. Stepping out on the log and waiting some time I secured 2 or 3 small fishes and then tried another place, with the same result. Just what kind they were I am not prepared to say, but I remember they all had sucker mouths and I am inclined to think they were feeding. I have heard them many times since. Anyone who will quietly ap- proach a drift in a stream any day in summer and remain still a short time will be rewarded by hearing that sound. F. F. Mottelen, Primghar, Iowa. Some years ago, while fishing in the Towa river, I noticed the peculiar noise mentioned by Mr. Covert, in a drift imme- diately above a fallen tree. On investigat- . ing I found that every time the noise was made a stick or a small piece of bark could be seen to rise and fall at intervals. I decided that the disturbance was made by a sucker. Wishing to be positive I placed a small hook on my line, baited it with an angle worm, placed a small sinker above the hook and lowered it into the drift 4 to 6 inches below the surface of the water, where it was in motion. In a few seconds I landed the fish, which proved to be a sucker. -It is} a question in my \ mind whether these fish feed on the decaying wood or the insects found therein, or whether they simply make the noise for pas- time. I have been fortunate enough, once or twice, to see these fish sucking on the un- der side of a drift and their body is almost perpendicular in the water. If Mr. Covert will take time to investigate this matter, I feel confident he will have a counterpart of my experience. C. L. Bowen, Fort Dodge, Iowa. I read many magazines and newspapers, but none is more welcome than REcREA- TION. I may be able to throw light on Mr. T. F. Covert’s perplexity. I have heard sounds such as he describes, and several times have traced them to what I think is _ the source. If Mr. Covert had thrust a fish spear through the debris he would most likely have impaled a fish of the sucker variety. These fish feed largely on the low vegetable and animal life that ac- cumulates on submerged logs and drift material. I do not know just how they produce the sound. I have watched them _while feeding and they seemed to attach the circular rim of their mouth to an object and then with a quick movement remove it. 1 am of the opinion that they attach their mouth to the object, and by producing a the - FTO LUCY 55 partial vacuum by suction remove the food and at the same time produce the sound referred to. Ira Lamb, Atkinson, Neb. The drumming or thumping noise heard by Mr. Covert was made by fish, sucking. A number of fishes make this noise, name- ly: the buffalo fish, the quillback or bony carp, the German carp, the redhorse and the different varieties of suckers. While buffalo fish and German carp suck almost exclusively in foam and drifted sediment, the redhorse, quillback or bony carp, and all the various tribes of the sucker species suck on logs, fallen trees, etc.; in fact, on any bulky article suspended in the water, on the bottoms of boats, etc. The sounds are easily distinguishable, the foam suckers making a nois somewhat, resembling that made by a hog drinking swill, while the log or timber suckers make a distinct crack- ing, or thumping, noise. The redhorse makes a great deal more noise than any other kind of fish. He can be heard on still nights a distance of 200 to 300 yards along the river. T. H. McKinley, Wheatland, Ind. Say to Mr. T. F. Covert that the mysteri- ous sound he heard was a sucker, feeding. Some years ago I was fishing in the Au- glaize river, near where a log had lodged, above which a lot of drift had gathered, consisting of small pieces of bark, sticks, rotten wood, leaves and foam. MHearing that peculiar sound I soon located it and noticed that small particles of drift and foam about 2 or 3 inches square, rose each time. While I was watching, a neighbor came along with a gun and I called his at- tention to the disturbance. He was as much puzzled as I was. After watching it for some time he concluded he would try his rifle. He took careful aim and fired. In a few moments a large sucker floated out, with part of his head gone. If the listener is close he will notice a peculiar sucking sound accompaning the tapping Mr. Covert describes. D. W., Delphos, Ohio. I have often heard the sound described by Mr. Covert, when fishing for bass, which, by the way, is usually after dark, when the water is smooth and no noise is heard except what is made in the canoe. In paddling along by a lily bed I once heard the sucking, or picking, sound he said came from the drift stuff under the uprooted tree, and on investigating with a lantern I found that the noise was made by a black bass, with his nose just out of water, suck- ing flies off the edge of the leaves. When I hear that “gnashing of teeth” I forthwith send my white miller on its mission of al- lurement and am usually rewarded by a click, click, that sends a thrill along my 56 RECREATION. spine, even to-day when the ice is on all. the waters. E. C. Frost, South Framingham, Mass. There are 4 kinds of fishes that make the same noise as a woodpecker, namely, the sucker, the redhorse, the carp and the buffa- lo. They get under a boom, bark, a barge, etc., and cause the noise by sucking. How- ever, I have noticed that their tappings are slower than a woodpecker’s. That is one way these fishes feed. I have had a good chance to know as I have seen them with half their bodies out under a house- boat and have heard the constant tap- ping. Some old rivermen claim _ they even pull the calking out of barges. Albert Roberge, San Francisco, Cal. In answer to Mr. Covert, in March REc- REATION, I have heard that peculiar sound he speaks of. and have always found it to be made by the fish called sucker. If Mr. Covert were here and would take a run over the logs stored in the different bays on Black river he would find many oppor- tunities to see and hear for himself. He would see suckers swimming alongside a log striking it with their mouth, thus produc- ing the sound he spoke of. They swim on their sides while feeding among logs, and on their backs under driftwood. Frank Schaller, La Crosse, Wis. I used to fish a great deal and one day I was attracted by the same kind of noise described by Mr. T. F. Covert in March RECREATION. I investigated and found the noise came from just such a place as he describes. I watched a while and then dropping my baited hook where I saw the disturbance, I pulled out a large sucker. Whenever I saw a_ similar agitation going on thereafter I dropped my hook and ~ pulled out another sucker. In time I caught o. I have seen the same thing a great many times since. N. H. Uttie, Elmwood, Wis. The peculiar noise Mr. T. F. Covert heard under the foam, dirt, etc., in Little Beaver creek was caused by the common sucker. While I do not favor shooting fish, if Mr. Covert will take his gun next sum- mer and shoot at the place where the move- ment of foam and the noise are I think he will get a sucker. I do not know why suckers do this, but think they are feeding. I tind the noise they make is similar to that made by placing the tongue to the roof of the mouth and removing it forcibly. J. Drueg, Elgin, Minn. The sound referred to by Mr. T. F. Covert in March ReEcREATION was proba- bly made by a turtle of some kind. I have several times heard similar sounds near old logs or where drift had collected and, on investigating, I have found one or more snapping turtles (Emysaurus serpentina) frolicking around and feasting on the in- sects which gather about such places. C. C. Manley, Milton, Vt. In March Recreation Mr. T. F. Covert says he would like to know the cause of the pecking he heard while fishing. I have had similar experience and on investigating I found it to be the work of squirrels. Have since been told it was so. It attracted my attention while camping last summer and I, like Mr. Covert, thought it was a wood- pecker. PB iy Syractse, Neo In regard to the tapping described by Mr. cle: F. Covert, I have heard a sound similar to it and on investigation I have found it was made by turtles, feeding. They swim under moss, weeds, or such debris as Mr. Covert describes, with just the end of nose out of water, and snap at bugs, flies, etc., with a decided snapping sound. Geo. E> Blackford, Algona, Iowa. The noise Mr. Covert heard was made Dv German carp sucking the scum on top of the water and around logs, driftwood, ete. 1 have speared them in the act and have dropped a hook in their mouths. If Mr. Covert will be quiet while watching them he will often see their round yellow mouths taking the scum. F. D. Gardner, Brodhead, Wis. If Mr. T. F. Covert will watch closely the next time he goes near that driftwood I think he will find that the tapping sound he mentions is made by suckers or red- horse feeding on the old driftwood. I. N. Hardy, Central City, Colo. Say to Mr. T. F. Covert that those strange sounds he heard while fishing in Little Beaver creek are caused by suckers feeding on the moss and sediment that ad- here to the drift. Levi Ballard, Paonia, Colo. The noise that mystified Mr. Covert was made by a fish of the sucker variety. J. L. Whinery, Marshalltown, Iowa. MURDEROUS CROWS. In February REcREATION someone asks if any reader knows the habits of crows. In Indiana we have many crows. I am not a friend of the black thief, as we call them, because they steal the bait that we use to trap minks and skunks. Crows are wise and cunning. They are fond of young squirrels, birds and rabbits. I was brought up on a farm near heavy woods, where I could learn the habits of crows. I have seen an old female crow find a’ squirrel’s nest with the young in it and catch them. She would stick her head in the nest, take them out, and _ feed NATURAL them to her young crows. I have seen a crow find a young bird on the ground, that was unable to fly, kill it, carry it off somewhere and eat it. I have also found old rabbits that had been killed by crows. I once tracked a rabbit out in a stubble field and found where it had made a place in a bunch of grass to sit in through the day. Later the same rabbit was caught and killed by crows, and all that was left were the bones to tell the story of Mister Rabbit. I have found many such cases in hunting rabbits. “ H. C. Beahler, Rosland, Il. BREEDING FUR-BEARERS. Can beaver, otter, marten, fisher and mink be bred in captivity? Would I be successful if I should corral about 500 acres, with creek running through the tract from a neighboring lake, put each species in a separate enclosure, so each would, have a share of the creek, and give them their liberty? Would you advise me to®keep the males from all the above or from any one of them? If I kill off 2-3 of the males each year would it be safe to let the remainder run at large among the fe- males? x H. F. Shipley, Storlie, N. D. ANSWER. The animals named can be bred in cap- tivity; but no man has yet found a way to breed them at a profit. Not being a prophet, I can not say whether you would be successful or not in attempting to breed fur-bearing animals on a tract of 500 acres. The only way to find out is to try it. Dur- ine the season of bearing and rearing young the females should be kept separate from the males. At other times there would be no danger in allowing the 2 sexes to run together.—EDITor. FLIGHTS OF SNOWY OWLS. I saw in April RECREATION a query from F. S. W., Elk Rapids, Mich., about the oc- currence of the flights of Arctic, or snowy, owls. These flights are probably due to storms of especial severity in the Northern regions. About 5 years ago a number of these owls were taken along the Hudson river and in the Northern part of this State and New Jersey. Some of these owls were said to fish in the Hudson river, diving for their prey like the osprey. This year the birds appear remarkably numer- ous. The New York Zoological Society has received specimens from Minnesota and Long Island to the number of Io. Probably the most remarkable flight on rec- ord was about 1850, when some 60 of these birds were said to have rested in the rig- ging of a ship in the North Atlantic ocean. This story I have on good authority, it HISTORY. 57 having been published in several standard works on natural history. T. Barbour, New York City. RODENTS EAT SHED HORNS. The inquiry in March RecreEaATIon by E. E. Munn regarding deer horns called to my mind several things I have noticed. In the spring of 1880 I passed through a grove of juniper and mahogany trees covering about 20 acres, _ that had been the winter quarters of a bunch of mule deer. At that time I saw at least 30 pairs of horns. A few years later I passed over the same ground, and was surprised to find only 2 or 3 horns, and they were almost entirely eaten by rodents. Since then I have noticed that a pair of horns left in the woods will be eaten in a short time. As deer are less numerous in this locality than they were a few years ago, it is hard to find any horns in the woods that have lain there longer than a year. I saw one deer killed in No- vember with horns still in the velvet, and have seen a few deer carrying their old horns in April. S. R. O., Klamath Agency, Oregon. NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. One day about noon I saw a peculiar object floating in the air a short distance away. It proved a large spider web, much resembling a parachute. About 3 feet.be- low it was a spider, suspended by threads from the main body, which was about 2 feet across. I followed it on a run for over half a mile, but it kept above my reach, sometimes only a few feet, and at others fully 50. Finally at the top of a hill overlooking the Chemung river at least 150 feet, I lost sight of the little ad- venturer and his balloon, as he floated out over the valley. If others of your readers have seen spider balloonists I should be glad to hear of it. J. B. Bray, Waverly, N. Y. _ Chicago.—The Illinois Audubon society is go- ing to strike a blow at the root of the fashion of wearing sea gulls and terns for hat decorations. The society has decided that moral suasion with the women is not effective, and that the people to get after are the dealers. Every millinery house in Chicago, wholesale and retail, is to be served with a notice that the selling of skins of gulls, terns and song birds is illegal under the law of Illinois. The name of each bird which it is forbidden to buy or sell will be given, in order that ignorance can not be pleaded as an excuse for law violation. A committee chosen by the directors of the society will visit the retail milli- ners, and after an inspection of the stocks will point out to responsible persons the birds which it is unlawful for them to sell. The committee will then request that the prohibited bird skins be returned to the supply house from which they were bought. If the merchants agree to do this they will avert prosecution.—Exchange. THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN SPORTSMEN. OFFICERS OF THE L. A. S. President, G. O. Shields, 23 W. 24th St., New York. : rst Vice President, E. T. Seton, 80 West 4oth St., New York. 2d Vice-President, W. T. Hornaday, 2969 Decatur Ave., Bedford Park, N. Y. 3a Vice-President, Dr. T. S. Palmer, Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. ath Vice-President, A. A. Anderson, 6 East 38th St., New York. 5th Vice-President, Hon. W.A.Richards, Gen- eral Land Office, Washington, D. C. Secretary, A. F. Rice, 155 Pennington Ave., Passaic, N. J Treasurer, AustinCorbin, of the Corbin Bank- ing Co., 192 Broadway, New York City. ARIZONA DIVISION. M. J.Foley. Chief Warden, Jerome. ARKANSAS DIVISION, W. R. Blockson, Chief Warden, Mena. CALIFORNIA DIVISION. Dr. David Starr Jordan, Chief Warden, Leland Stanford University. C. Barlow, Secy.-Treas., Santa Clara. COLORADO DIVISION. A. Whitehead, Chief Warden, 303 Tabor Building, Denver. CONNECTICUT DIVISION. Hon. F. P. Sherwood, Chief_ Warden, Southport; Dr. H. L. Ross, Vice-Warden, Canaan; H. C. Went, Sec.-Treas., Bridgeport. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DIVISION. C. H. Townsend, Chief Warden, U. S. Fish Com- mission. FLORIDA DIVISION. Frank Clarkson, Chief Warden, Jacksonville. GEORGIA DIVISON. J.J. Doughty, Chief Warden, Augusta. | IDAHO DIVISION. Hon. T. W. Bartley, Chief Warden, Moscow. 7 ILLINOIS DIVISION. W.T. Jefferson, Chief Warden, Plymouth Building, Chicago; F. M. Taber, Vice Warden, me Kinzie St., Chicago; G. C. Davis, Sec.-Treas., 123 S. Central Ave., Austin. INDIANA DIVISION. Frank L. Littleton, Chief Warden, 30% East Washington St., Indianapolis J. J. Hildebrandt, Vice Warden, Logansport; T. J. Carter, Sec.-Treas., State House, Indianapolis. IOWA DIVISION. Carl Quimby, Chief Warden, Des Moines; C. C. Proper, Sec.-lreas., Des Moines. KANSAS DIVISION, O. B. Stocker, Chief Warden, Wichita; A. J. Applegate, Sec.-Treas., 113 E. 1st St., Wichita. KENTUCKY DIVISION. Geo. C. Long, Chief Warden, Hopkinsville. MAINE DIVISION. Col. E. C. Farrington, Chief Warden, Augusta. MASSACHUSETTS DIVISION. Heman S. Fay, Chief Warden, Hazleton Block, Marlboro; c E. Tweedy Vice Warden, North Attle- boro; A. Lamson, Sec.-Treas., 194 Main St., Marlboro. ‘ MICHIGAN DIVISION. J. Elmer Pratt, Chief Warden, Grand Rapids; R.S. Woodliffe, Vice Warden, Jackson; A. B. Richmond, Sec.-Treas., Grand Rapids. MINNESOTA DIVISION. Dietrich Lange, Chief Warden, 937 York St., St. Paul; H. A. Morgan, Vice-Warden, Albert Lea; A.R. Bixby, Sec.-Treas., ror Baldwin St., St. Paul. MISSOURI DIVISION. Bryan Snyder, Chief Warden, 726 Central Bldg., St. Louis. MONTANA DIVISION. Professor M. J. Elrod, Chief Warden, Missoula; Sidney M Logan, Vice Warden, Kalispell; R. A. Waagner, Sec.-Treas., Bozeman. NEBRASKA DIVISION. Fred. E. Mockett, Chief Warden, Lincoln; P. O’Mahony, Sec.-Treas., Lincoln. NEVADA DIVISION. Dr. W. H. Cavell, Chief Warden, Carson. Geo. W. Cowing, Sec.-Treas., Carson. NEW HAMPSHIRE DIVISION. C.M. Brooks, Chief Warden, 105 West St., Keene, Sidney Conant, Sec.-Treas., Keene. NEW JERSEY DIVISION. A. W. Van Saun, Chief Warden, Pompton Plains; Dr. W.S. Colfax, Vice Warden, Pompton Lakes; I. V. Dorland, Sec.-Treas., Arlington. NEW MEXICO DIVISION. W. P. Sanders, Chief Warden, Magdalena. NEW YORK DIVISION. John R. Fanning, Chief Warden, Powers’ Bldg., Rochester ; Col. R. E. Moss, Vice-Warden, Wallack’s Theatre, New York City; Dr. C. C. Curtis, -Sec.- Treas., Columbia College, New York City. NORTH DAKOTA DIVISION. Dr. W. D. Jones. Chief Warden, Devil’s Lake. OHIO DIVISION. W. EE. Gleason, Chief Warden, Mitchell Bldg., Cincinnati; A. C. Thatcher, Vice-Warden, Urbana. OKLAHOMA DIVISION. W. M. Grant, Chief Warden, Oklahoma City. ONTARIO. DIVISION. C. A. Hammond, Chief Warden, Box 7o1, St. Thomas; D. L. Mells, Sec.-Treas., St. Thomas. OREGON DIVISION. Robert F. Kelly, Chief Warden, Box 188, The Dalles; C. B. Cushing, Sec.-Treas., The Dalles. PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION. C. F. Emerson, Chief Warden, 189 N. Perry St., Titusville; Hon. C. B. Penrose, Vice-Warden, 1720 Spruce St., Philadelphia; E. Wager-Smith, Sec.- Treas., 1026 Ridge Ave., Philadelphia. RHODE ISLAND DIVISION: Zenas W. Bliss, Chief Warde, 49 Westminster St., Providence. , SOUTH DAKOTA DIVISION. Burdett Moody, Chief Warden, Lead; John C. Barber, Sec.-Treas., Lead. TENNESSEE DIVISION. Hon. G. C. Martin, Chief Warden, Clarksville; Hon. Austin Peay, Jr., Sec.-Treas., Clarksville. TEXAS DIVISION. Prof. S. W. Stanfield, Chief Warden, San Marcos; W.E. Heald, Sec.-Treas., San Angelo. UTAH DIVISION. Hon. John Sharp, Chief Warden, Salt Lake City. VERMONT DIVISION. W.E. Mack, Chief Warden, Woodstock; S. C. White, Sec.-Treas., Woodstock. VIRGINIA DIVISION. Franklin Stearns, Chief Warden,13 N. 11th St., C. O. Saville, Vice Warden, Richmond; M. D. Hart, Sec.-Treas., 1217 East Main St., Richmond. WASHINGTON DIVISION. F. S. Merrill, Chief Warden, Spokane; F. A. Pon- tius, Sec.-Treas., Seattle; Munro Wyckorf, Vice War- den, Pt. Townsend. THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN SPORTSMEN. 59 WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION, J. M. Lashley, Chief Warden, Davis. WISCONSIN DIVISION. James T. Drought, Chief Warden, Milwaukee; Dr. A. Gropper, Sec.- freas., Milwaukee. WYOMING DIVISION. H. E. Wadsworth, Chief Warden, Lander; Frank Bond, Sec.-Treas., Cheyenne. Applications for membership and orders for badges should be addressed to Arthur F, Rice, Secretary, 23 W. 24th St., New York. LOCAL WARDENS IN NEW YORK. County. Name of Warden. Address. New York, Conrad L. Meyer, 4° W. Broadway. Livingston M.DeLa Vergne, Lakeville, ss K.S.Chamberlain, Mt. Morris. Nassau, Willett Smith, Freeport, L. I. Albany, C. D. Johnson, Newtonville. ik Henry T.Newman, Albany, Broome, yop Sullivan, Sanitaria Springs - . R. Mathewson, Binghamton, Cayuga, H. M. Haskell, Weedsport. Chemung, Fred. Uhle, Hendy Creek, s M.A. Baker, Elmira. Cortland, Jemes Edwards, Cortland, Erie, ae. Dorr 18 D. S. Morgan uilding, Buffalo, Ms Marvin H. Butler, Morilla. Essex, W. H. Broughton, Moriah. Franklin, Jas. Eccles, St. Regis Fails. W. J. Martin, McColloms. Montgomery, Charles W Scharf, Canajoharie, Oneida, J. M. Scoville, Clinton. Orange, Wilson Crans, | Middletown. }. Hampton Kidd, Newburgh. Richmond, Lewis Morris, Port Richmond. St. Lawrence, Dr. B.W.Severance, Gouverneur. ase A.N. Clark, Sevey. Schenectady, J. W.Furnside, Schenectady. Suffolk, F. J. Fellows, Central Islip, L. I. P. F. Taber, Orient, L. I. Tioga, Geo. Wooa, Owego. Washington, C.L. Allen, Se Holi es A.S. Temple, Whitehall. a J. E Barber, Dresden. Westchester, George Poth, Pleasantville. $s Chas. Seacor, 57. Pelham Road New Rochelle. s¢ E.G. Horton, Pleasantville. Essex, H. E. Braman, Keene Valley. renee A.B. Miller, Jackson’s Corners. Orange, Thomas Harris, Port Jervis. | Onondaga, James Lush, Memphis. Yates, B. L. Wren, Penn Yan. ois Symour Poineer, Branch Port. Dutchess, Chas. H. DeLong, Pawling. ” Jacob Tompkins, Billings. Queens, Gerard Van Nostrand, Flushing, L. I. s W.S. Mygrant, 46 Elton Street, Brooklyn. 43 P. A. Geepel, 473. Grand Ave., Astoria, L. I. “ L. B. Drowne, II9 Somers: Street, Brooklyn. Ulster, M.A. DeVall, The Corners. a Wm. S. Mead, Woodstock. Jefferson, C.E. Van Order, Watertown. “ Ci. Smith; ag Herkimer, D. F. Sperry, Old Forge. Oswego, J. E. Manning, 154 West Utica St. Putnam, H. L. Brady, Mahopac Falls. Schuyler, G.C. Fordham, Watkins. Allegany, G. A. Thomas, Belvidere. Schoharie, O.E. Eigen, Sharon Springs. Warren, Geo. McEchron, Glen Falls. Orleans Co., J.H. Fearby, E. Shelby. LOCAL WARDENS IN OHIO. Stark, A. Dangeleisen, Massillon. Franklin, Brook L. Terry, 208 Woodward Av., Columbus. Cuyahoga, A. W. Hitch, 161 Osborn St., Cleveland. Clark, Fred C. Ross, 169 W. Main St., : : Springfield. Erie, David Sutton, 418 pegeoy Si andusky. Fulton, I.. C. Berry, Swanton. County. Name of Warden. Address. Allen, S. W. Knisely, Lima. Hamilton, W.C. Rippey, 4465 Eastern Ave., Cincinnati. Knox, Grant Phillips, Mt. Vernon. Lorain, T. J. Bates, Elyria. Ottawa, Frank B. Shirley, Lakeside. Muskingum, Frank D. Abell, Zanesville. Scioto, J. F. Kelley, Portsmouth. Highland, James G. Tie, Hillsboro. LOCAL WARDENS IN CONNECTICUT. Fairfield, George B. Bliss. 2 Park Row, Stam- ford, Ct. - Harvey C. Went, 11 Park St., Bridge- port, Ct. Fairfield Samuel Waklee, Box 373, Stratford. Litchfield, Dr. Hie. L. Koss, O. Box_1oo, Ca- naan, Ct. Middlesex, Sandford Brainerd, Ivoryton. Wilbur E. Beach, 318 Chapel Street, New Haven, New Haven, Ct. ir D. J. Ryan, 188 Elizabeth St., Derby. LOCAL WARDENS IN MASSACHUSETTS. Norfolk, Orlando McKenzie, Norfolk. os Je eeb lick. Wrentham. S. W. Fuller, East Milton. Suffolk, Capt. W. J.Stone, 4 Tremont Row, Boston. » LOCAL WARDENS IN NEW JERSEY. Mercer, Jos. Ashmore, 124 Taylor St., Trenton Mercer. Edw. Vanderbilt, Dentzville, Trenton. Ms Roland Mitchell, 739 Centre St., Trenton. Morris, Joseph Peliet, Pompton Plains. ye Chas. W. Blake, Dover. ‘ Francis E. Cook, Butler. ie Calone Orr, Hibernta. Somerset, G. E. Morris, Somerville. Sussex, Isaac D. Williams, Branchville. Union, A. H. Miller, Cranford. C. M. Hawkins, Roselle. Warren, eee ress } Phillipsburg. Monmouth. Dory-Hunt, Wanague. Hudson, A. W. Letts, 51 Newark St., Hoboken. LOCAL WARDENS IN PENNSYLVANIA. [eee On John Noll, Sykesville. erry, Samuel Sundy, Lebo. — Warren. F. P. Sweet, Goodwill Hill. oi Nelson Holmes, Cornplanter. Juniata, Clifford Singer, Oakland Mills. ad Ezra Phillips, McAlesterville. Venango, G. D. Benedict, Pleasantville. Potter Ira Murphy, Coudersport. oe Wiley Barrows, Austin. ee Chas. Barrows, Austin. Crawford, Jasper Tillotson, Tillotson. - Geo. T. Meyers, Titusville. cg J.B. Lamb, Buel. Cambria, W. H. Lambert, 720 Coleman Ave., Johnstown. Butler, F. J. Forquer, Murrinsville. Allegheny, S. H. Allen, Natrona. Beaver, N. H. Covert, Beaver Falls. of W.R. Keefer, “ McKean, C. A. Duke, Duke Center. L.P. Fessenden, Granere. “ Wm. Holsinger, Stickney. Lack, m. Weir, Moosic. Carbon, Asa D. Hontz, East Mauch Chunk. Cumberland, J.C. Gill, Mechanicsburg. Wyoming, Cyrus Walter, Tunkhannock. Tioga, E. B, Beaumont, Jr., Lawrenceville. ae G. H. Simmons, Westfield. Lycoming, Jas. J.Brennan, Oval. : D. Kurtz, Cammal Delaware, Walter Lusson, Ardmore Montgomery, L.C. Parsons. Academy Bradford, Geo. B. Loop, Sayre. Clarion, Isaac Keener, New Bethlehem. Cameron, Harry Hemphill, Emporium. Clinton, M. C. Kepler, Renovo. Northumber- {2 W. Roher, land, 505 Anthracite St., Shamokin. Elk, D. R. Lobaugh, Ridgway, 60 LOCAL WARDENS IN MICHIGAN. County. Name of Warden. Address. Ottawa, W. H. Dunham, Drenthe. Kalamazoo, C. E. Miller, Augusta. Berrien, W.A. Palmer, Buchanan. Cas Thomas Dewey, Dowagiac. Eilicgale: C. A. Stone, Hillsdale. LOCAL WARDENS IN VIRGINIA. Mecklenburg, J.H.Ogburn, South Hill. King William, N. ae Montague, Palls. Smythe, J. M. Hughes, Chatham Hill. King & Queen, R. D. Bates, Newtown. Louisa, . P. Harris, Applegrove. Henrico, . J. Lynham, 412 W. Marshall Richmond. East Rockingham, E.J.Carickhoff, Harrisonburg. LOCAL WARDENS IN WYOMING. Fremont, Memon feel Dubois. : - N. Leek, Uinta, F. L. Peterson, hy eckson: Carbon, Kirk Dyer, Medicine Bow. Laramie, Martin Breither, Cheyenne. LOCAL WARDENS IN TENNESSEE. Sumner, W.G. Harris, Gallatin. Stewart, ee H. Lory, pear Spring. Robertson, C. Bell, Springfield. Montgomery, P. W. Humphrey, Clarksville. LOCAL. WARDENS IN NEBRASKA. Hall, E.C. Statler, Grand Island LOCAL WARDENS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, Cheshire, S.C. Ellis, Keene. Sullivan, G. A. Blake, Lempster. J. W. Davidson, Charlestown. LOCAL WARDENS IN VERMONT. Rutland, Wm. J. Liddle, Box 281, Fair Haven Windsor, F, A. Tarbell, West Bridgewater. Orleans, E.G. Moulton, Derby Line. Essex, H. S. Lund, Granby. LOCAL WARDENS IN ILLINOIS. Rock Island, D.M.Slottard, 12th Ave and 17th St.. Moline. Iroquois, J. L. Peacock, Sheldon. LOCAL WARDENS IN OKLAHOMA. Kiowa and Comanche Nation, ; Cooper, Ft. Sill. LOCAL WARDENS IN IOWA. Clinton, D.L. Pascol, Grand Mound. Pattawattamie, Dr. C. Engel, Crescent. LOCAL WARDENS IN WASHINGTON. Okanogan, James West, Methow. Stevens Co., Jacob Martin, Newport, LOCAL WARDENS IN UTAH, Washington, S. C. Goddard, New Harmony. LOCAL CHAPTERS. Albert Lea, Minn., H. A. Morgan, Rear Warden. Angelica, N. Y., C. A. Lathrop, Augusta, Mont., H. Sherman, ne Austin, Minn., G. F. Baird, e Austin, Pa., Ww.S. Warner, ss Boston, Mass., Capt. W. I. Stone, oe Buffalo, INGO: H. C. Gardiner, ¢ Cammal, Pa., B. A. Ovenshire, o Charlestown, N. H., W. M. Buswell, ef Cheyenne, Wyo., J. Hennessy, sie Cincinnati, Ohio, B. W. Morris, i! Couders ort, Pa., I1.L. Murphy, st Cresco, lowa., } L. Platt, rr Davis, W. Va., . Heltzen, ef Dowagiac, Mich., W.F. Hoyt, ss East Mauch Chunk, Pa. SE. Dany, % Evansville, Ind., F. M. Gilbert, S¢ Fontanet, Ind., W.H. Perry, rhe Ft. Wayne, Ind., W.L. Waltemarth ee Great Falls, Mont., . M. Gaunt, ¢ Heron Lake, Minn., K. C. Buckeye, ef Hollidaysb’g, Pa., H.D. Hewit, . Hopkinsville, Ky., Hunter Wood, z Indianapolis, Ind., Deb. E. Bell, : Jerome, Ariz., L.A. Hawkins, “ Johnsonburg, Pa., W. J. Stebbins, . alee Mont., John Eakright, Keen ale, F. P. Beedle, cs Kicubsher, Okla. A.C. Ambrose, ; RECREATION. Lake Co., Ind., Dr. R.C. Mackey, Rear Warden. Loganpsort, Ind., iDiAie ys McConnell, Ludington, Mich., G. R. Caree, ke Mechanicsburg, Pa., Dr. de . Swartz, a Minturn, Colo., © A.B . Walter, es New Albany, Ind., Dr. f F. Weathers, Es New Bethlehem, Pa. a Isaac Keener, Penn Yan, N. wae r. H. R. Phillips, in Princeton, Ind., i A. ae er, iy Reynoldsville, Pa. x ChE man, cf Ridgway, Pa., T. J. Meet od Rochester, N. Ve, C.H H. McChesney St. Paul, Minn., Opie Denny, oe St Thomas, Ont, L.J.H “ Schenectady, N a J. W. Ped i Seattle, Wash., M. Kelly se Syracuse, N. Y.., GG Timeadell: s Terre Haute, Ind; ‘Cok: Thiede, i The Dalles, Ore. stan Gos) Bp Peo nInes ey Walden, N. Y., J. R. Hays el Wichita, Kas., Gerald Vol lis, fs Winona, Minn., C. M. Morse, of DISCOUNTS TO LEAGUE MEMBERS. The following firms have agreed to give members of the L. A. S.a discount of 2 per cent. to Io per cent. on all goods bought of them. In ordering please give L. A. S. number: Syracuse Arms Co.,Syracuse, N. Y. Guns. Davenport Fire Arms Co., Norwich, Conn. Shot guns, rifles. Gundlach Optical Co., Rochester, N. Y. Photographic goods Blair Camera Co., Rochester, N. Y.Photographic goods. The Bostwick Gun and Sporting Goods Co., 1528 Arapahoe St., Denver, Col. James Acheson, "Talbot St.. St: Thomas, Ontario, Sporting goods. Jespersen & Hines, 10 Park Place, New York City. Ban MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE. W. D. Ellis, 136 W. 72d street, New York City. Rice 155 Pennington avenue, Passaic, N. J. Dr. Gee A. Valentine, 5 W. 35th street, New York it A. A. Radeon. 6 E. 38th street, New York City. A. Me Fraser, 478 Greenwich street, New York ity. E. S. Towne, care National Bank Book Co., Hol- yoke, Mass. F. G. Miller, 108 Clinton street, Defiance, Ohio. Gen. One F. Pierson, 20 W. 52d street, New York it 13, Ar; Sevan 80 W. goth street, New York City. ele Seymour, 35 Wall street, New York City. A. G. Nesbitt, Maple street, Kingston, Pa. D. C. Beard, 204 Amity street, Flushing, L. I. C. H. Ferry, 1720 Old Colony Bldg., Chicago, Ill. Hon. ae P. Morton, 681 5th avenue, New York Cit H. Willams. P. O. Box 156, Butte, Mont. D. B. Fearing, Newport, R. I. E. H. Dickinson, Moosehead Lake, Me. Lorenzo Blackstone, Norwich, Conn. A. L. Prescott, 90 W. Broadway, New York City. G. S. Edgell, 192 Broadway, New York City. W. Mershon, Saginaw, ‘Mich. Hon. H. W. Carey, East Lake, Mich. George Carnegie, Fernandina, Ila. Andrew Carnegie, 2nd, Fernandina, Fla. Morris Carnegie, Fernandina, Fla. W. Underwood, 52 Fulton street, Boston, Mass. C. E. Butler, Jerome, Ariz. Mansfield Ferry, 183 Lincoln Park, Boulevard, Chicago, Ill. Austin Corbin, 192 Broadway, New York City. J. Stanford Brown, 241 pent oth street, Reading, Pa. W.H. Smith, Bryn, Mawr, E. B. Smith, Bourse Bldg., ’Pitiadelphia, Pas There are thousands of men in the United States who should be life mem- bers. Why don’t they join? Will some- one please take a club and wake them up? THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN SPORTSMEN. 61 SENATOR HOAR WORKS WITH US. Washington, D. C. Editor RECREATION: I have your letter transmitting to me copies of 6 resolutions adopted by the League of American Sportsmen at its an- nual meeting, and I have given them my careful attention. I shall do my best to comply with the desire of your League that the destruction of our wild animals, such as elk, moose, buffalo and antelope, be pre- vented. I shall also do my best to prevent their destruction, extermination and slaugh- ter by leagues of sportsmen. I have no respect whatever for the pursuit of birds, and gentle, harmless wild creatures, like deer and antelope, as they strive to escape their nersecutors, With broken wings and legs, hunted with dogs, and tortured with deadly fear, which, I suppose, is the cruelest torture of which animal nature is capable. I hope that the animals will not be suppressed and that the sportsmen will. Geo. F. Hoar. The resolutions which Senator Hoar re- fers to were printed in April REcREA- TION, so that my readers are already famil. iar with them. Senator Hoar is_ well known to all reading Americans as a staunch friend of the birds and wild animals. His objections to the methods of sportsmen are well taken, and his opposition to the kill- ing of birds and animals under the name of sport is shared by many thousands of good people. I, however, recognize the fact that it is impossible to abolish the use of fire- arms as an adjunct of outdoor recreation. It is impossible to entirely stop the killing of birds; and “animals as an “adjunct of sport. We have greatly reduced the kill- ing, and that is what the League of Ameri- can Sportsmen was organized for. We have almost totally wiped out the brutal side hunt which prevailed so generally up to a few years ago. We have nearly stopped the sale of game. We have abol- ished the millinery traffic in the plumage of song and insectivorous birds. We have shortened the season of killing in nearly all the States, and have, in many States, limited the number of birds and animals which any man may kill in a ‘day. There- fore the venerable Massachusetts Senator must agree that the League has done a great work, and thus far must approve it. In fact, he has told me in private conversa- tion that he does approve it. We are in- debted to him for supporting nearly every measure which the League has put forward fer the protection of birds and wild ani- mals ; and while we can not agree with his radical views as to prohibiting all killing, we value him and honor him for what he has done in our behalf and in behalf of the wild creatures he so dearly loves.—EDITOor. WHAT A MONTANA MAN SAYS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING. J. M. Gaunt has returned from Indianapolis, where he represented Montana at the annual con- vention of the League of American Sportsmen. Mr. Gaunt reports a most enjoyable trip and session of the League, and returns a much more enthusiastic member of the League than ever before. “Although I have been a member of the League several years,’ he said, “I never before realized how great and powerful an organization it is. It has had a remarkable growth in mem- bership in the past year and it is a great power ‘in shaping needed legislation for the protection of game of all kinds, song birds, and insectivor- ous birds. “The matters of probably the greatest interest to Montana sportsmen on which the League took action were concerning the deportation of the Cree Indians to their native land, Canada, the project of making all forest reservations game preserves, and the adoption of a resolution, call- ing on the Indian department to direct that no Indian shall be permitted to leave a reservation bearing arms. “One of the most interesting features of the meeting was the reports of progress made in the enforcement of the Lacey game law. Dr. Palmer, who is in charge of this enforcement, requests all sportsmen to notify him by telegraph of any violation of the law, and on receipt of such notice he immediately instructs the United States marshal who can most easily do so to confiscate the game illegally killed, shipped or stored, and to arrest those violating the law. “Action of the League that was particularly gratifying to the Western delegates was the de- cision ‘that the next meeting, to be held next February, shall be in St. Paul. Each year the meeting place is moving Westward, and we may in time get it to Montana.—Great Falls, Mont., Tribune. I am sending out from my home 40 or 50 circular letters to my sportsmen friends in able replies to some of them. I expect to have the application of our representative in the State Legislature, Mr. Hagenbuch, in a day or 2. We intend if possible to enroll 200 names in this county. We have set our mark high, but we want to make this the best protected county in the United States. Mr. Gleason will help us. A. C. Thatcher, Urbana, Ohio. THE LEAGUE DID IT. There are a lot of pot hunters in John- sonburg, Pa., who for many years have held a side hunt about Thanksgiving time. Some months ago a good sportsman in that town stirred up others of his kind and sent in 41 applications for membership in the League. A local chapter was organized and League posters were put up throughout the county. League literature was liberally circulated among the pot hunters, and the result is that the customary Thanksgiving side hunt was cut out last year. Yet the editor of the A. D. G. H. predicted 4 years ago that this League would not “accomplish any important achievement.” FORESTRY. EDITED BY DR. B, E, FERNOW, Director of the New York School of Forestry, Cornell University, assisted by Dr. John C, Gifford of the same institution. It takes thirty years to zrow a tree and thirty minutes to cut it down and destroy it. THE FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. The annual report for 1900 of the New York State Forest Commission was issued some time ago from the Government printer at Albany. The report of the Commission itself Wiss), brief...) not. (quiter)@umpages: but is supplemented by reports of the su- perintendent of forests, and a lengthy ex- tract from the report of the assistant superintendent. The matter of most interest in the Com- mission’s report is its reference to “exten- sive experiments in tree planting, made by the Commission, which have shown that at a remarkably small expense these barren places can in time be replaced by a health- ful and valuable forest growth.” Anyone consulting the reports of the superintendent of forests and of his as- sistant superintendent contained in the same volume, will smile at the basis for the statement of the Commission. For there we read, that the “extensive experiments” carried on by the Commission consisted in the planting in the Catskills of 6,000 little seedlings of pine and spruce, a gift of the New York State College of Forestry, which, with the greatest stretching, could not cover more than 4 acres of ground, and which were planted by the assistant superintend- ent and his assistant with a few friends at a “planting bee.” No wonder that under such conditions, the plant material a present, the labor gra- tuitous, the expense was small. The College of Forestry has for 3 years been engaged in this kind of planting, has planted 150 acres of brush and waste land besides 105 acres of cut-over land, and set out altogether over 230,000 seedlings; has large nurseries established to furnish the plant material and has sold to the Com- mission 420,000 seedlings to continue its ex- periments. The cost of planting seedlings can hardly be kept below $6 to $10 an acre, although by sowing the cost may be con- siderably reduced. The condemnation of the wood alcohol or acetic acid iridustry, which the Forest, Fish and Game Commission indulges in, while advocating the cutting of spruce for wood pulp, is, to say the least, inconsistent. If the industry is a nuisance, it will be proper to condemn it; but to suppress it because it uses small hardwoods is peculiar. The wood alcohol manufacturer is to the hard- wood industry what the paper pulp manufacturer is to the softwood industry. Both use or can use small stuff, and it is the 62 utilization of the small stuff resulting from cleanings and thinnings and limbage in gen- eral that makes forestry at all possible. The dry distillation of wood, which is alse the modern method of charcoal manufac- ture, is an industry that needs encourage- ment and extension in proper direction. It does no injury to the forest; in fact, it is essential for the utilization of forest rub- bish. It is right to restrict all industries which are a nuisance and which actually do damage; but to single out the acid fac- tory, the necessary and highly utilitarian concomitant of the hardwood industry, is most erratic and unjust. To recommend the preservation of our forests for indus- trial purposes on one page and then to summarily condemn the manufacture of charcoal, wood alcohol, pyroligneous and acetic acid, etc., on another is a most in- consistent position. The Commission recommends in one place that “scientific conservative forestry” be applied to the Adirondack forest, and in another recommends the “prevention of the cutting of hardwoods for commercial pur- poses.” If this is forestry, it would be as well to leave the constitutional amend- ment preventing all cutting just as it is, for an indefinite period of time. The prac- tice of forestry under such circumstances would be little better than poor lumbering, and worse than the let-alone policy which is now in force. It seems a pity, also, to prevent the cutting of hardwoods for “commercial purposes,” and not for any other purpose, if there is any. Perhaps the Commission has overlooked the recommendations of the working plan of Township No. 40, made for the Commission by the Bureau of Forestry of the United States Department of Agriculture. This working plan recommends the cutting of softwoods down to certain diameter limits, for purposes of revenue making, but with silvicultural accompaniments. It also recom- mends the “utilization of all mature and defective hardwoods,” whenever it can be done profitably, and suggests the construc- tion of a mill, a dam, a railroad and acid and other factories, if need be, to aid in the process of judicious utilization. In fact, the report concedes that the better prac- tice would be to remove the hardwoods first and the softwoods afterward. Well meaning people often shed tears needlessly over what appears to be denuda- tion. It is often a good plan to cut the forest and burn over the soil in places FORESTRY. 63 where large masses of duff have accumu- lated. This duff, undecomposed, is me- chanically unable to start a healthy crop of coniferous seedlings. It is often necessary to expose the mineral soil to insure re- generation. It is only in particular por- tions, which are necessary for protective purposes, that this process of treatment would be detrimental, as on all the moun- tain tops, rough mountain sides and lake shores, which should perhaps be left un- touched. The truth of the whole matter is, appar- ently, that neither the Commission, the Legislature, nor the people of the State of New York know just what they want in reference to the Adirondacks, and the ad- vice of the Governor recommending caution until a definite policy can be evolved is good. Nothing is more detrimental to the practice of forestry than constant change and uncertainty. After a definite policy is once decided on, then the proper move would be to stick to it in spite of public opinion, and to take the money used in the publication of voluminous, beautifully illus- trated reports for the employment of a trained, well organized body of professional foresters, not merely natives of the region in which they are to work, to put this policy into execution, in spite of what hotel men, campers, guides, hunters or other individ- uals may think. The preserve belongs to the whole people of the State of New York, who have paid for it by taxation, and not to the few who live or go there. NEWSPAPER PAP. The New York Herald for Sunday, Feb- Tuary 23, contained the following interest- ing note: “New York State has given deep offense to the Italians, and to persons of English birth living in this city, and it is said the matter has been, or will be, called to the attention of the 2 foreign governments. The offense was committed in the last re- port of the Fisheries, Game-and Forest Commission. “In an article written by Dr. John Gif- ford on ‘European Forest Scenes,’ refer- ence is made to the science of forestry in various countries. The Italian residents of New York take great offense at what is considered an uncalled-for attack on their home government. Referring to Italy, Dr. Gifford said: “The people of Italy are, on os wwhole, good; but the government is ad. “It is asserted that this matter has been robbed of its lack of importance by the fact that it has been made an official document by the State of New York. The Italians, however, do not know just what action to take, as their representative is accredited to the United States and has nothing to do with the State Government. On the other hand, New York State can not well be called to account in a matter of this sort from Washington. “Englishmen have a special grievance against Dr. Gifford. He seems to believe that the sons of old England are a de- cone lot. Referring to them he has said: “With the destruction of the forests in England have gone the stalwart men who once worked in them, to be replaced by the factory hand, knock-kneed, weak-lunged and sallow. Judging from what I saw during a recent visit to the big towns of England, I should say that England could better af- ford to pay $100,000,000 for foreign wood than to lose the broad shouldered and mus- cular men who once worked in her forests.’ “Thus far Dr. Gifford has not been called to account and has volunteered no expla- nation of the remarks.” The above was probably written to fill an aching void. Dr. Gifford has volunteered no explanation because none is needed to the person who reads his article with any degree of care. To call the “Italian people good and the government bad” is, indeed, a peculiar offense. The writer of the news- paper squib forgot to notice that the offense to England was quoted from an article by an Englishman, for which he received a prize in England. THE PRESIDENT ON FOREST PRESERVA- TION. While there is still among the public at large a considerable misconception of what forestry and forest preservation involve, as is evidenced by the un- warranted attacks on the methods of the College of Forestry in managing its demonstration forest, President Roosevelt, in his annual message, put the matter in such simple and thoroughly intelligent words that everybody should learn them by heart: “The fundamental idea of forestry is the perpetuation of forests by use. Forest pro- tection is not an end of itself; it is a means to increase and sustain the resources of our country and the industries which depend on them.” No word of comment is needed. Investigation shows that the Northern dwarf mistletoe is common on the black spruce in the Adirondacks. It is para- Sitic, causes deformity of the tree and in the aggregate does considerable dam- age. The large bunches which it causes are called witches’ brooms. PURE AND IMPURE FOODS. “What a Man Eats He Is,”’ Edited by C. F. LANGWORTHY, PH.D. Author of ‘“‘On Citraconic, Itaconic and Mesaconic Acids,” ‘“‘Fish as Food,” etc. LILY BULBS EATEN BY CHINESE. Though we are accustomed to consider lilies as plants for ornamental value only, the bulbs and flowers of several species have long been used as articles of food by the Chinese and other orientals. Of these, Lilium glehni forms the chief vegetable diet of the Ainu, an aboriginal tribe now confined to the islands of Hokaido, but Lilium tigrinum and Lilium concolor pul- chellum are the 2 species most commonly cultivated by the Chinese as articles of food. A recent investigator found the bulbs of Lilium parrum in use by the Washoe Indians of Nevada, and those of Lilium pardalinum in use by Indians of Northern California. From the early part of December to the latter part of August, according to a re- cent report made by Blasdale to the De- partment of Agriculture, there are found in the Chinese markets of San Francisco the bulbs of a species of Lilimm which greatly resemble those of the well known Lilium auratum. These are sold at 10 to 20 cents a pound. They are all imported from Canton. The bulbs have proved iden- tical with the ones sold by nurserymen un- der the name of Lilium brown. This is apparently the only species sold by the Chinese merchants, as a large number of bulbs purchased at different times and from different dealers have invariably yielded plants corresponding to this spe- cies. Unfortunately the bulbs are often in- fested with mites, which, either primarily or secondarily, cause the death of the plant before it perfects its flowers. From a col- lection of over 100 bulbs only 10 perfect flowers were secured. What seems to be the same species may also be obtained in a dry form throughout the year, and both this and the fresh bulbs are known under the name of “pak hop.” The dried bulbs, as shown by analyses, contain some I0 per cent. water, 5.6 per cent. protein, 63 per cent. starch, and small quantities of ash, etc. The fresh bulbs purchased in San Francisco contained much more water, and correspondingly smaller quantities of nutrients. The Chinese regard lily bulbs more as a delicacy than as a standard article of diet, and the customary price is considerably above that of other vegetables in common use by them. It is said that they are re- garded by the Japanese as an especially desirable food for invalids and convales- cents. When used for this purpose the 64 bulbs are only slightly cooked and are eaten with sugar. The bulbs sold in San Francisco, as far as was observed, were nearly devoid of the bitter principle which is reported to occur in several species of Lilium. When simply boiled, they formed a palatable food, and Blasdale believes that Americans would soon become ac- customed to. them yuse. , Whe cultural conditicns. favorable to the production of Lilium brown or of some of the other edible species are not difficult to find in our own country, though it is doubtful whether they can be grown as cheaply as our other commonly cultivated vegetables. One valuable feature of the bulbs is the ease with which they may be dried, the resulting product being quite as acceptable as the fresh bulbs. The value of lilies as ornamental plants. under present conditions will doubtless prevent their extended use as food in this country. Another unusual vegetable substance largely used as a flavoring ingredient by the Chinese consists of the dried flowers of Hemerocallis fulva, the day lily of our American gardens. This substance is known as. “kam cham t’soi,” or the “gold- needle vegetable.’ The flowers of Lilium bulbiferum and Hemerocallis graminea are also used as food by the Chinese. The dried flower petals contain some I0 per cent. protein and some 56 per cent. carbo- hydrates. When judged by their composi- tion, they are seen to possess a fairly high food value. They are used, however, rath- er as a condiment than as an article of diet. THE BLUEBERRY INDUSTRY. Although from the earliest Colonial times the blueberry has been highly prized as an article of food, little attention has been given to the systematic exploitation of this fruit. In many regions of the Northern and Eastern United States, par- ticularly in New England, New York, Michigan and the mountains of Pennsylva- nia and West Virginia, there are thousands of acres of land which are worthless for ordinary agricultural purposes. After the pine is removed from such lands, an abun- dant growth of blueberry bushes, alders, poplars, grey birches and spireas springs up. It is believed that by proper manage- ment of these natural blueberry fields large areas may be made to yield a handsome profit to their owners, and furnish employ- ment to a large number of people. At the present time these lands, for the most part, are considered public property, = PURE AND IMPURE FOODS. 65 and irresponsible persons, recognizing the fact that the blueberry crop is more abun- dant on young bushes which spring up after a fire, recklessly burn over vast areas, thus destroying valuable forests for their own selfish ends. As described by Pro- fessor Munson, of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, the method of har- vesting blueberries is somewhat as follows: The land is divided into several tracts, each of which is leased to some respon- sible party who assumes the whole care of burning, keeping off trespassers, harvest- ing and marketing the fruit. The owner receives, as rental, one-half cent a quart for all the fruit gathered. The pickers re- ceive 1% to 3 cents a quart; those who lease the land and haul the fruit to the canning factory, or to the station for ship- ment, one-half to one cent a quart; the rating being determined, in accordance with the market value, by the firm which handles the product. The fruit is all canned or shipped by one firm, which pays the royalty to the owner. Every year a certain section of each lease is burned over. This burning must be done early in the spring, before the soil becomes dry; otherwise the fire goes too deep, the humus is burned from the ground and most of the bushes are killed. Many hundred acres on what should be the best part of the “barrens,” as the blueberry lands are termed, have thus been ruined. Each section is burned every third year. By far the largest proportion of the fruit is taken to the factories for canning. Early in the season, however, before the factories are opened, a considerable quan- tity is shipped, usually in quart boxes, to the larger cities, for use while fresh. With the exception of currants and gooseberries, blueberries will stand rough handling bet- ter, and will keep longer than other small fruits. All the early fruit is picked by hand, and only the ripe berries are gathered. Later in the season, particularly on “old burns,” that is, on areas which have not been burned over in some time, but which are to be burned the next year, the fruit is gathered with a blueberry rake. This is an implement somewhat similar to the cran- berry rake in use on Cape Cod, and may be likened to a dustpan, the bottom of which is composed of stiff, parallel wire rods. The fruit may be gathered much more quickly and more cheaply by means of the rake. The bushes are, however, se- riously injured by the treatment. In no case should the rake be used in gathering high bush blueberries. As the berries are gathered they are passed through a fanning mill before being sent to the canning fac- tory; and again at the factory, they are submitted to a stronger winnowing. This is usually the only preparation necessary. ON THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. GERTRUDE F. LYNCH. By whatever route you cross the con- iinent, be sure that special attractions in the way of scenery will make the trip mem- orable; but it is safe to say that if you select the Canadian Pacific in preference to others, you will never regret the choice. Railroad traveling is, as a general thing, but a mecessary evil between 2 certain goods—the place of departure and the place of destination. This general rule finds its notable exception on the Canadian Pacific, where the traveling itself is the all impor- tant consideration and the points of arrival and departure sink into insignificance, for all impressions and memories are for the time being blotted out by those created by the stupendous spectacles offered in this means of transit. We, as representatives of RECREATION, boarded the cars of the C. P. R., at Van- couver. We were scenery-sated, for we had already crossed the continent and had spent weeks amid the marvels of the world. We believed that nothing could arouse our calloused sensibilities; we were sure we had not a thrill left in our whole nervous outfit. We did, however, look about the spacious car with its soft upholstery of restful color, note the quiet deftness of the attachés, as we were conducted to our section, and the general neatness of detail with satisfaction. One can easily exhaust one’s power of enjoyment, but appeals to personal comfort are rarely made in vain. We determined, in the manner of blase travelers that, if we felt so inclined, we should ignore alluring prospectuses and turn our backs on the well: advertised at- tractions of the route in order to enloy the comfort and repose of our temporary home. No such inclination assailed us. Scarcely had the train left the station when the passengers began to leave the sleeper to seek the observation car in the rear. A few remained to keep us company, but they were soon dragged away by enthusiastic friends. We were the last to go, and fol- lowing the example of the late comers, we remained the last. No one, I am sure, on that memorable trip displayed greater en- thusiasm or has shown more unflagging zeal in reminiscence. Through stupendous gorges, at the edges of canyons so deep that the head swims looking down, scaling mountains tipped with the everlasting snow, panting up grades so steep that 2 and 3. engines were brought into use, along the brink of yawning gulches magnificently colored, in gloomy snow sheds, reminders of the win- ters’ wrath, we pursued our way. Words are inadequate to describe, they can merely suggest or perhaps invite. Nature, in this part of the world, has been generous in her 66 : RECREATION. wrath. Chasms and steeps, ice and snow, rugged peaks and bottomless pits are here in abundance, with sullen grays, alluring greens and dazzling whites. She has flung ner challenge to man, and man, bit by bit, here a little and there a little, has subtly and persistently enclosed her threats with the ring of his achievement—this ring the Canadian Pacific Railway. It is an achieve- ment to be proud of! An achievement to be seen and admired. Even to our feminine minds, untrained in technicalities, the engineering feat of car- rying this road through and over these mountain fastnesses was awesome. Never for a second did we experience a feeling of instability or of physical dread. We felt as safe there on the brinks of precipi- tous cliffs as we did later on the rolling prairies. Strength and skill are not the only quali- ties displayed by the makers of this road. Everywhere is shown a keen appreciation of its artistic possibilities. This is noted particularly in the locations chosen for the wayside inns where our meals. were taken, during the first day anda half of our journey. At these places the train remains half or 34 of an hour, as need be. We were ushered into flower-decked rooms where big open fires took the chill from the mountain air and even the scenery was forgotten for a little while as we gathered about the hospitably filled tables. The prairies come just in time. One could not stand the strain of this wonderful journey too long. We left Banff at night, and when we awoke we were on the plains, as in music the composer puts the bars of rest after the succession of stormy harmonies. Approaching from the West, Banff is really the climax of the journey. From the East it is promise of that which is to come. It has been made mem- orable recently by the visit of the Royal Couple, but it needs no royal approval to emphasize its attractions. Towering moun- tains enclose it as a gem is imbedded in its matrix. There are charming walks and drives, scenery which suggests Chamounix in the Alps—that most beautiful Swiss: vil- lage; an hotel with every possible comfort and luxury from its cuisine to its sulphur baths, and an interesting assortment of cos- mopolitan guests. There are other stop- ping points of interest where a day or 2 can be wisely spent, Glacier notably, which has also a fine hotel and scenery equally im- pressive. In a word, take the Canadian Pacific Railroad either going or coming—both, if possible. To say that to cross the con- tinent merely to return by that route would repay the traveler, is not saying too much ; it is not saying enough. PUBLISHER’S NOTES. SUMMER FURNITURE. The Old Hickory Chair Company, of Martinsville, Ind. is turning out a unique product. This is rustic furniture made entirely of hickory. The hickory groves of Indiana have long been famous, and “tough as hickory” is a local expres- sion which represents the limit of endur- ance. No material could be better adapted than hickory for the manufacture of furni- ture suitable for country cottages, country clubs, log cabins, or other places where perhaps much hard usage would befall it. This company makes a large and attractive line of chairs, tables, settees, and other household pieces, as well as lawn and veranda seats, rustic bridges, summer houses, and even log cabins, notched and marked, ready to put up. All the frame- work of Old Hickory furniture is made of hickory saplings, with the bark on. This is a soft, quiet color, giving a rustic yet neat and artistic effect. The seats and backs of chairs are plaited by hand, of the inner hickory bark, which is of -: great strength. The material is all chemically treated, so it is free from germs and in- sect life. The company issues a complete and handsome catalogue. Write them for it, and please say you saw their ad in REcRE- ATION. - A NOVELTY FOR ANGLERS. All anglers who fish much, and buy their minnows, will save money and annoyance by using a Fisk Aerating Minnow pail, made by J. M. Kenyon & Co. See their ad in this issue. The pail is so arranged that by means of an air pump and rubber tubes the water is constantly supplied with frcsh air, which is necessary to keep the minnows alive. I have one of these pails, which I have tested thoroughly, and find it works as the manufacturers claim it will. The pail con- tains a large air chamber in the bottom, into which air can be forced under a heavy pressure. Then it leaks out gradually into the bottom of the water chamber of the pail and comes up through the water, forming a stream of small bubbles. I have not made a test as to how long minnows could be kept alive in one pail of water, with this machine, but see no reason why they should not live in it indefinitely. I have found Messrs. Kenyon & Com- pany thoroughly reliable people and I feel confident that any reader of RECREATION who may order a minnow pail from them, and send his money in advance, will get just what he pays for. PUBLISHER'S NOTES. 67 A BUSINESS SUCCESS. About 12 years ago Higgins & Seiter be- gan business as dealers in glass and china in a small basement in West 22d street. Five times they have increased their room and facilities, and last summer they erected in conjunction with their 3 stores in West 22d street a 6 story building in 21st street. This is now amply stocked with the goods with which their name has become identi- fied. The members of the firm attribute their growth largely to persistent adver- tising. There is not a month in the year in which the fact that they “sell glass and china %4 less than elsewhere,” is not kept prominently before the public. Much of their business is done through mail orders, from Maine to California. The dinner table department always has an immense assortment of fine china and glass, and articles that are suitable for gifts are shown in a fascinating variety. Not ony the choicest china and the richest cut glass are displayed, but also statuettes in marble and bronze, plaques, pedestals, hall clocks, candelabra, and finally paintings and water colors by well known artists.— New York Daily Tribune. THE NECESSARY KODAK. The Canadian government has officially recognized the Kodak as a necessary part of a camping outfit for hunting and fishing parties. In a circular issued by the Hon. John McDougald, Commissioner of Cus- toms, dated at Ottawa, Canada, July Ist, 1897, he says, “Persons visiting Canada for health or pleasure may bring with them such guns, fishing rods, canoes, tents, camp equipment, cooking utensils, Kodaks, etc., as they may require while in Canada, etc.’ The circular goes on to provide that such outfits may be taken into Canada by depositing with the Collector, at the port of entry, a sum equivalent to the regular duty thereon, and that this sum will be refunded to the visitor on his return from the Do- minion on presentation of receipts origi- naHy given him for the money by the cus- toms officer. This is indeed a well deserved recogni- tion of the value of the Kodak for every hunter, angler or pleasure seeker. MINING IN MONTANA. Nearly one-third of the Wonderland book, for 1902, is devoted to mining in Montana, which dates from the early 60’s. The old mining days and the incidents of the time, most dramatic, are portrayed and photographs of the oldtime camps are given. Many of these old historic spots, such as Alder Gulch, Confederate Gulch, etc., were visited by Mr. O. D. Wheeler, who wrote the book. The Montana mining of today, scientific in every detail, is also shown in its vast proportions. To those interested in this subject and who desire to know the great value of the mining industry in Montana, this chapter will prove interesting and valuable reading. It is profusely illustrated. If you want a copy of the book, you have only to send 6 cents to Chas. S. Fee, G. P. A., St. Paul, and mention REcrEas- TION. There was a serious mutiny in the United States penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., in December last, in which several of the guards were killed, a number of the convicts killed and wounded, and some escaped, although they were mostly re- captured. It appears that the arms which the guards had on that occasion failed to work properly, and that was apparently one of the reasons why the convicts es- caped. Such being the fact, it was decided by the United States authorities: to call for sample arms for the purpose of testing, and to equip the guards with the arm which was most suitable and reliable. The Sav- age Arms Company was approached for sample arms, which were promptly shipped, and the Savage rifle was adopted. The order has been placed for entirely re-arm- ing the guards with these rifles, although it is the highest priced rifle on the market. Columbiaville, Mich. ithaca -Gun Co Iibaca, N.. Y-: Dear Sirs:—The Ithaca gun which you recently sent me on Mr. Shields’ order as a premium for RECREATION subscribers is at hand, and is in every way satisfactory. I do not believe there is any other gun, selling for anywhere near the reasonable price of this one, that can equal it for beauty of workmanship and for close, hard shooting. Several of your guns are owned by sportsmen in this place, and are well liked. Ina letter received from Mr. Shields a few weeks ago he assured me that your guns are first class in every respect, which is true. We all read REcREATION here, and like to see your ad looming up prominently in our favorite magazine. I shall always take pleasure in recommending your guns. Yours truly, A. L. Vermilya. A remarkable invention for the con- venience of tourists is the new Goerz Fhoto-Stereo Binocular. This wonderful little instrument is in size and appearance an ordinary opera glass, and it serves that purpose. It is also a field glass, a simple camera and a stereoscopic camera; 4 neces- sities in one. It is small, light, strongly and perfectly made, and exceedingly power- ful. It makes clear, sharp photos 134 by 68 RECREATION: 2 inches, which admit of perfect enlarge- ment. It gives either instantaneous or time exposures. As a field glass it magni- fies 314 times, and as an opera glass 2% times. The photo lenses are Goerz double anastigmat. Write the C. P. Goerz Opti- cal Works, 52 Union Square East, New York, for a descriptive circular and please mention RECREATION. The tdeal Manufacturing Company is al- ways on the alert to make tools and im- plements that will meet the needs of shoot- ers. The latest device made by this Com- pany is the Ideal shot shell trimmer. This is a practical implement that will properly trim paper shells that have been fired. With it the soft and frayed ends of shells that have been fired a number of times may be cut off to any length desired. This trimmer is made for all gauges. Every shooter should have a copy of the latest Ideal Hand Book, full of information to shooters. It also gives description and price of all ideal Implements, which should be kept by all dealers in arms and ammuni- tion. Address Ideal Mfg. Co., New Haven, Conn., and mention RECREATION. Mr. E. H. Fitch has bought the interest of A. E...Gehben in the old firm -of DD: shoe Abercrombie é& “Co. ands the new concern will be known as Abercrombie & Fitch. Mr. Fitch is a gentle brother of the angle, a big game hunter, a good wing shot and, in fact, an all around sportsman and lover of outdoor life. Everybody knows Mr. Abercrombie’s qualifications for conducting a business such as he has been running for years, and in this new addi- tion to his working strength the house will be able to do everything that any reason- able sportsman could wish done, in the way of providing complete camping outfits. I know Mr. Fitch personally, and bespeak for him the good will and the confidence of all readers of RECREATION. E. W. Stiles, 141 Washington street, Hartford, Conn., has issued a new and at- tractive catalogue of goods made of buffalo horns. These include mirrors, gun racks, buffalo skulls mounted on shields, electric light fixtures in great variety, silver loving cups artistically mounted with buffalo horn handles, etc. These horns are genuine buffalo, picked up on the Western plains. The articles made in combination with these horns form interesting and valuable American sou- venirs of an animal now nearly extinct. Write E. W. Stiles for a catalogue of these unique goods and say you saw it men- tioned in RECREATION. The Charles Daly gun has long been a standard. among the better class of shooters, but the price has been be- yond the reach of thousands of men who have often wished they could have one of these guns. In _ response to this large demand, Schoverling, Daly & Gales, of this city, have now put on the market a Charles Daly gun which retails at $80. It has many of the good qualities of the high-priced Daly guns, but ol course is not so highly finished. See the ad of the new Daly in this issue of RECREATION, and write the manufacturers for full particulars. Mention RECREATION. Jespersen & Hines have been occupying only half of the store at 10 Park Place, New York, with their sporting goods -business, but it has outgrown that capacity, so they have crowded the other man out and will hereafter occunv the entire store. They will add to their previous lines a full outfit of tents, boats, camping outfits, sportsman’s clothing and many other things they have not heretofore kept in stock, so readers of RECREATION may feel safe in ordering al- most anything they may want from that house, and their orders will always receive prompt and careful attention. E, S: Applevate*& Co; of Trenton, N: J., have been compelled by increase of business to move to still larger quarters, and have selected a more central location, at 17 South Broad street. They carry a much larger stock than heretofore of bi- cycles, guns, ammunition, fishing tackle, sporting and athletic goods. To these they have lately added canoes, gasoline launches and general boating supplies. Sportsmen would do well to write Messrs. Applegate & Co., at their new address. Please say you saw it in RECREATION. Rolla O. Heikes, the veteran shooter of the scatter gun, recently established a-new record for long range flying target shoot- ing at Waco, Texas. Mr. Heikes broke 99 out of 100 targets with a run of 89 breaks without a miss, at Io yards. This work speaks well for the uniformity in the veloc- ity and pattern of his load—factory loaded U. M.' G.. shells. Sea Breeze, Fla. Drs. H. R. Phillips and Wrean, Penn Yana Neo Dear Sirs: Rabbits and pedigrees arrived safe. The rabbits are in good condition and please me greatly. Yours truly, C. M. Barlory. PDITOR:S THE PICTORIAL SIDE OF WAR. Many people say I talk too much about game and fish hogs. In fact, some of my best friends say this; but there are thou- sands of other good people who heartily approve everything I say and do in this THE GAME HOG Dr. J. S. Trotter. 569 Walden Ave., Bu ffalo, re - N. i) by line. I get great numbers of letters ex- pressing this approval..in words. Then, the extent to which my crusade appeals to the pictorial sense of my readers, is another indication. Here are reproductions of a few of the many envelopes that come to this office, bringing encouraging messages In 5 days return té WILL D. JENKING, »SECRETARY OF STATE OLYMPIA, WASH. = SS sineies Peewee Coan ¢ 3) ase a 69 CORNER. and hearty approval of my work. The first shown is from a prominent physician in Buffalo. Another comes from the Hon. W. D. Jenkins, Secretary of the State of Washington; another is from a_ well known business man of York, Neb., and still another from Glasgow, N. S. (CASTER I have reproduced in RECREATION many pictures showing how the pork roasting business appeals to artists in various por- tions of the country. If I should print all of these, reducing each to a space 2 inches square, it would take at least 20 pages to hold them. Meantime, I hear of thousands 70 RECREATION. After 10 days, return to een ow ees 28 hewn Ss ee nn ne YORK; NEBR. of men who still delight in slaughtering game, but who now exercise the utmost care in keeping their tracks covered, lest RECREATION find them. It is amusing to learn from the neighbors of some of these game and fish butchers how carefully the latter smuggle in their big bags and what precautions they take to keep the neighbors from. hearing of them. There are still some who have not learned the lesson of the past few years, and who, when they make a big killing, rush madly to a local photographer, string up their game, stand up beside it, and get photographed. Then comes the inevitable. Some friend of the game Neu York gets a copy of the photograph, sends it to me, and in due time it appears in RECRE- ATION, together with the names and ad- dresses of the men who perpetrated the butchery. Then these men either reform or fall into the ranks of the skulkers and in future, when they return from _ their MY slaughtering matches, they sneak up the back alley after dark, tote their game into the kitchen and make the members of the household swear not to tell about it. Ernest T. Seton tells of a case of this kind that came under his notice in New Mexico. A party of game hogs went from that State across the border into Texas, EDITOR S*CORNER. ———— and shot quails. They had what they called glorious sport for several days. They literally loaded their wagon with birds. Then they drove home in triumph. When they neared town they stopped, got out, and strung quails all over the wagon box RECREATION Tre Best Macazink Gun Extan? PENETRATUN, ACCURACY. WoT AREECTED BY WIND RANGE NoT YET AscERTAINED But XNOWN To BE ACROSS THE CONTINENT, Tuk BRST WEAPON FoR GAME HOGS, EquiePed With SHEDS FORESIGHT. UNEXGCE).LED ASK CoguinA Avout wT. psi iit fyi and over the harness. They then drove up in front of the local picture gallery, got out some more quails, strung them over themselves, hung large bunches on their guns, stood about the team and had them- selves photographed. Meantime some decent citizen of the town who saw the disgusting array, went to the sheriff and reported the case to him. He was also a decent man, and went after the game hogs. When he questioned them they put up a defense to the effect that -~A "GAMEHOG"™ [y the game was not killed in New Mexico, but over the line in Texas. Hence, they said, they were exempt from the New Mexico law, and no Texas officer could fcllow them into New Mexico to arrest them. “But,’ said a bystander, “just wait till RECREATION gets a copy of this picture.” “Who is RECREATION?” inquired one of the butchers. “It’s a magazine published in New York which gives such fellows as you what you deserve.” A hursied consultation was held and the game hogs decided it would be best not to have the pictures, after all. Then they called on the photographer again, counter- manded the order and asked for the nega- tive he had made. He was on to the scheme, and said: “Nay, nay, Pauline, the negative is mine. I shall be glad to sell you any number of prints you may wish, but I shall not part with the negative. I can sell a print from it to a certain New York editor for many shekels.” “But,’ said the game hogs, “we do not want him to have a print.” “But I do,” -said the picture maker, “and I want his money.” While the picture was being made, the local editor had obtained full particulars of the hunt, returned to his office and was busy writing up the story. A committee was despatched to his office to ask him to suppress the report. He said: “Nay, nay Pauline, this is good stuff and I must print it.” “But we don’t want it printed.” “But I do,” said the editor.. “I do: not apnrove of such slaughter of game as you have been guilty of, and intend to give you a column. Then [ will send a marked copy to a certain New York editor who will give you fellows rats.” 72 RECREATION. By that time the game hogs were hot all over and were down in their buckskin wallets for money to buy the negative, and to keep the story out of the local paper. It took all the dust they had to suppress the photographer and the editor. Similar scenes are being enacted every day, somewhere in the country. RECREA- TION is threatened about once a month with a libel suit or an injunction suit, as a re- sult of its branding process; but its picture gallery grows apace and some days 2 paces. AND SHANLEY PAYS THE FREIGHT. In February, 1901, I learned that grouse, quails and woodcock were being. served at Shanley’s restaurant, 1212 Broadway, New York. This was 45 days after the close of the legal season for selling these birds; so I went to Shanleys to din- ner one night, took 2 friends with me, ordered quails on toast and got them. The next day I took 3 friends to lunch there, and we each had a woodcock. Then the next night we dined on ruffed grouse. The next day we took broiled quails again, for a. change, Ineach case “i jcaretullly, wrapped up the bones of one of the birds and brought them away with me. We kept on eating game until we thought we had enough penalties chalked up against Mr. Shanley to teach him a lesson. Then I had my attorney draw up a complaint against Mr. Shanley and he was summoned to court to,answer for his illegal deeds. As usual the case hung fire a long time and was bandied about by the opposing counsel. A few months ago Mr. Shanley got tired of playing football in court, offered to con- fess judgment and pay a penalty of $250. Under existing circumstances the League officers decided it would be well to accept this proposition; so Mr. Shanley paid his good money into court and the case was disposed of. Under the game and fish laws of this State the complainant in such case gets half of the fine imposed, after paying attor- ney’s fees. Accordingly, I have received from the State Treasurer a check for $100 as my moiety in this case, and have bought with it 5,000 2-cent envelopes. These are to be used in carrying on the League work as Jong as they last, which will probably be 3 or 4 months. Mr. Shanley may, there- fore, feel assured that his money is being put to good use. The envelopes which I have bought with it are .now carrying League literature all over the United States and Canada. They are carrying copies of this statement to thousands of hotel and restaurant men in various tawns and cities, to warn them as to what may hanpen to them if they serve game in close season. Some of these envelopes are carrying notices to game dealers in various States of the Union, to remind them that in sell- ing game to hotel and restaurant men they are perhaps contributing to the future grief of such customers. I trust Mr. Shanley may enjoy these re- flections, and that in future he will en- deavor to feed his patrons on food that may be sold and served without violating any law. If the June number of RECREATION is bet- ter than its predecessors, it is owing to the fact that the Editor was away while it was being made up and put to press. Of course I roasted some pork and fixed up a few other things for that issue before leaving home, but the detail of the work was left to an able corps of assistants, who, I trust, have done their work to ‘the entire satisfac- tion of all my readers and advertisers. Where have I been? In the Selkirk mountains, British Columbia. I spent a month climbing mountains, in the hope of regaining my health, which has been seri- ously impaired by overwork. I am not cured, but am a lot better off than I was. I shall be compelled to absent myself from business during a portion of the sum- mer, but shall keep in close touch with the office, and the interests of the magazine will be carefully looked after. The League work will also be in good hands during my absence, and IJ trust I may get in such shape by next fall that I can take up both lines of work with renewed vigor. I have received at least 100 clippings from various newspapers telling of a large killing of ducks, said to have been made near Norfolk, Va., in March last, by Grover Cleveland,Paul Van Dyke and ‘others: "ls. wrote Mr. Cleveland, asking if the reports were correct, and he replied, “I am glad to say there is no approach to truth in the story of duck butchery referred to.” I also wrote Mr. Van Dyke, and he answered to the same effect. It is well known that nearly all news- paper reporters, when talking of prominent men who go hunting or fishing, grossly ex- aggregate the quantity of fish caught or game killed. In view of Mr. Cleveland’s frank statement, it is fair to assume that the wild-eyed reporters of Norfolk who in- terviewed him and his friends on their re- turn from the hunting trip are no exception to the rule. You would be surprised, or at least I was, to find in the little towns up the line _and out by the St. Lawrence river, Rec- REATION lying on the counter of some news stand. Itcertainly has a wide circu- lation, R, C. W, Lett, Ottawa, Ont, RECREATION. harmful. difference lies. POOR BEER is easy to brew. The materials are cheap. The brewing may be done un- der any sort of surroundings. Cleanliness is not impor- tant, for the users never see it brewed. Any water will do. No air is too impure for the cooling. No filtering, no sterilizing; almost no ageing, for ageing ties up money. What is the use of expense and care when there is no repu- tation to defend ?— When few people who drink it know even the name of the maker. Y / Poor Beerys.Pure Beer Both cost you alike, yet one costs the maker twice as muchas the other. One is good and good for you; the other is Let us tell your where the To maintain its standard, we double the nec- essary cost of our brewing. Don't you prefer a pure beet. a cood. beer, a. healthil beer, when it costs no more than common? Ask for the brewery bottling. The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous PURE BEER calls for the best materials —the best money can buy. The brewery must be as clean as your kitchen; the uten- sils as clean. : The cooling must be done in filtered air, in a plate glass room. The product must be aged for months, until thoroughly fer- mented, else biliousness results. The beer must be filtered, then sterilized in the bottle. You’re always welcome to that brewery, the owners are proud of it. And the size of it proves the eventual success of worth. 73 74 RECREATION. The magazine of the Svappa Camera is the wonder of the photographic world. It carries 12 plates or 24 films which it changes like magic the instant the expos- ure is made. Whether you take a picture every second or only one a week, you always have a fresh plate or film ready for instant use. Every exposure is entirely separate and distinct and can be correctly developed. The is fitted with the famous Plantograph Lens, the new Auto Shutter and every adjustment an expert requires. If you want to understand the latest wonders of photography you must know all about this wonderful camera. Ask to see it at the dealers or send for an illustrated book—F REE. Rochester Optical and Camera Co., 119 South St., Rochester, N.Y. AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 75 AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. “For sport the lens is better than the gun.” I wish to make this department of the utmost usetoamateurs. I shall, therefore, be glad to answer any questions and to print any ttems sent me by practical amateurs relating to their expert- ence in photography. 7th ANNUAL COMPETITION. conducted 6 amateur photographic competitions, all of which have been eminently successful. The 7th opened April Ist, 1902, and will close No- vember 30th, 1902. Following is a awarded : First prize; A Long Focus Korona Camera 5x 7, made by the Gundlach Optical Co., Roch- ester, N. Y., fitted with a Turner-Reich Anastig- mat Lens, and listed at $85. Second prize: A No. 3 Folding Pocket Kodak, made by the Eastman Kodak Co.. Rochester, N. Y., fitted with a Bausch & Lomb Lens Plastig- mat Unicum Shutter, and listed at $61.50. Third prize: An Al-Vista-Panoramic Camera, made by the Vultiscope and Film Co., Burlington, Wis., and listed at $40. Fourth prize: A Wizard C Camera, 4x5, made by the Manhattan Optical Co. Cresskill, N. J., with B. & L. Iris Diaphragm and Leather Carrying Case; listed at $33. Fifth prize: A Waterproof Wall Tent, 12 x 16, made by D. Abercrombie & Co., New York, and Listed at $32. Sixth prize: A Watch; listed at $50. | Seventh prize: 4X 5, and made by the Blair Camera Co., ester, N. Y., and listed at $15. Eighth prize: A Bristol Steel Fishing Rod, made by the Horton Mfg. Co., Bristol, Conn., and listed at $6. The to next best pictures will each be awarded one dozen 8x10 Carbutt Plates, made by the Car- butt Dry Plate Co., Wayne Junction, Philadelphia, Pa. The ro next best pictures willeach be awarded one dozen 5 x7 Carbutt Plates. The to next best pictures will each be awarded one dozen 4x 5 Carbutt Plates. A special prize: A Goerz Binocular Field Glass, listed at $74.25, will be given for the best picture of a live wild animal. Subjects are limited to wild animals, birds, fishes, camp sccnes, and to figures or groups of persons, or animals, repre- senting in a truthful manner shooting, fish- ing, amateur photography, bicycling, sail- ing or other form of outdoor or indoor sport or recreation. Awards to be made by 3 judges, none of whom shall be com- petitors. Conditions: Contestants must submit 2 mounted prints, either silver, bromide, platinum or carbon, of each subject, which, as well as the negative, shall become the property of REcREATION. Negatives not to be sent unless called for. In submitting pictures, please write sim- ply your full name and address on the back of each, and number such prints as you may send, I, 2, 3, etc. Then in a letter ad- dressed Photographic Editor, RECREATION, say, for instance: RECREATION has list of prizes to be Gold Hunting Case A Tourist Hawkeve Camera, Roch- being used. No. 1 is entitled 4 Made with a —— camera. lens. Ona plate. Printed on paper. Length of exposure, : Then add any further information you may deem of interest to the judges, or to other amateur photographers. Same as to Wigs. 2) 3, Cle. This is necessary in order to save post- age. In all cases where more than the name and address of the sender and serial number of picture are written on the back of prints I am required to pay letter post- age here. I have paid as high as $2.50 on a single package of a dozen pictures, in addition to that prepaid by the sender, on account of too much writing on the prints. Any number of subjects may be sub- mitted. Pictures that may have been published elsewhere, or that may have been entered in any other competition, not available. No entry fee charged. Dowt let people who pose for you look at the camera. Occupy them in some other way. Many otherwise fine pictures have failed to win in the former competitions because the makers did not heed this warn- ing. THE WORKROOM. For spotting mat prints, such as Velox, bromide, or platinum, the general practice of using a spotting brush and India ink, is not the only or most satisfactory method. A brush is an unwieldy thing for one so little accustomed to it as photographers in general. I have been using a certain pencil several years, and I find it superior in many ways. The fact that this pencil is unknown to photographers and has been introduced only recently, probably accounts for its not This is the “Negro” pencil, made by Hardtmuth, of Vienna, and it can be obtained from dealers in artists’ ma- terials. They claim it is neither graphite nor crayon, but keep its composition a se- cret. It is made in 5 grades. For spot- ting, No. 5, the hard, for light and delicate work, and No. I or 2, soft, for blacks will be found sufficient. Work done with these pencils does not shine as with the graphite or lead pencil, and it does not rub off like crayon work; besides it is much cleaner. Spotting is done much more quickly and neatly in this manner, than with a brush. An error can easily be erased with a-rub- ber. While developing Velox, bromide, or other papers, it often happens that some part of a print comes out too black, or over- exposed, while the remainder of the print is properly exposed. This can be avoided, by plunging the print into clean water, or 76 blotting it on clean blotting paper, and then with a brush, dipped into a 10 per cent solution of bromide of potash, painting the overprinted parts. Return to the developer and proceed as usual. A slow working developer is preferred. Wher- ever the bromide of potash is applied it checks the development; therefore care must be taken not to apply so much as to cause it to run where it is not desired. A serviceable addition to the dark room sink is made of a board, 8 or 10 inches wide and a little shorter than the inside width of the sink. About one inch from each end nail 2 cross-strips or blocks, so that one end of the board is % to 1 inch higher than the other. This forms ‘a sort of bench, 3 or 4 inches high, which sits in the sink with the higher end under the faucet. After this is complete, cover the upper surface with carpet, or some similar material, fold it over the edge and tack underneath. This may form a permanent fixture in the sink, or it can be removed at will. It should never be quite so high as the sides of the sink, and should be placed so the water will strike it at the higher end. When a negative is taken from the hypo drop it on the board, and by the time you have attended to a few other things it is sufficiently washed; or if you are only de- veloping 4 or 5 plates you will need no fur- ther washing arrangement. The carpet cov- ering prevents the plates from slipping, and it holds a sheet of glass so firmly that while cleaning old negatives or lantern slide cover glass, you can give them a thorough scrub- bing under running water, without fear of slipping. An excellent retouching medium for nega- tives can be made by dissolving a small quantity of light colored shoemaker’s wax in gasoline, decanting the clear liquid and adding spirits of turpentine. Another good medium is made by add- ing a small quantity of damar varnish to spirits of turpentine. Apply a small quan- tity of either of these to the part of the negative to be retouched and wipe off the surplus with a piece of muslin or your hand. I prefer the latter, as it does not leave lint on the negative. These formulae will per- mit much heavy work on the negative, especially if a fairly soft pencil is used.— Western Camera Notes. PRINTING IN CLOUDS This is a good time of the year to pro- cure a few cloud negatives, and if I or 2 are taken now and again when out picture hunting, a valuable stock will soon accu- mulate. If taken on films, each will give 2 views, from the fact of their being re- versible. The picture being printed, and the cloud negative having been chosen for the subject, RECREATION. the masking of the picture while printing in the cloud is the main point to be over- come. The joining of the horizon lines is often badly done, and if by chance the pic- ture line is slightly intricate, it is generally here that a weak point exists. Provide yourself with a dozen or more sheets of thin white tracing paper, cut to the size of the plate you are working. When you have finished printing your landscape take it out of your frame, place it ‘on a small board, place a piece of tracing paper over it, and retire to the other side of the room. You will then be able to draw with a fine pen over the most important objects in the picture a line from one side to the other, following, of course, the details. Give ample time to this part of the work, for without it you can not succeed. When you have finished this outline, all that is necessary is to fill in the view with India ink, artist’s black or vermillion,-and let it thoroughly dry, which will take but a few moments. Insert the cloud negative in the printing frame, place the print, with the mask in register, in position in the frame, and print in the cloud to the proper depth, If you possess a retouching desk, these masks may be made at night from the nega- tive. With a few pieces of stamp paper attach the edges from front of paper to glass side of the negative to prevent its slipping; afterward it can be detached and then blackened out. The hard lines are softened to a nicetv by printing through the tracing paper, and perhaps a little longer time is required to print. With a negative that has clouds, it often happens that in printing the clouds pro- perly the view is overdone. The tracing paper mask is useful in such cases. In printing on paper that gives no visible image, such as carbon, platinotype, bromide, etc., the paper negative and mask should be placed well into one corner of the frame, and a note made of it on the back of the print, so as to provide against any chance of mistakes. Nothing is more annoying than to find, after all your pains, that you have manipulated your sky upside down on the view when you come to develop the pic- ture. A good white tracing paper gives no grain that will harm a print, and care should be taken that it is not crumpled. It deteri- orates with age, going yellow, which makes a long printing job; but the paper is cheap enough for one to make a fresh mask when required. —FErudio, in Photographic News. MY MOST INSTRUCTIVE EXPER’ENCE. My most instructive experience was the result of a mistake. When I first started making lantern slides I found difficulty in judging the exposure to give. I exposed many slides with only a few enon results. PPO MINE Ab) Spat ase Pop ie we, AMATEUR One day in making slides by reduction and trying to get the correct time on a nega- tive from which I had already made a slide, I forgot to stop down the lens before making the exposure. The slide, therefore, had 3 times the exposure I intended to give, so that 1 concluded it was another tailure. Instead of throwing the slide away, however, I determined to see what I could Make om it, and. therefore mixed the following developer: PoMMnieieee hal seser EIT SS 4 ounces. Saturated solution sodium sulphite 4 drams. 1 TEE 0 Rg ga a i 2 drams. op SRS iclo i ESE ae ea a a IO grains. To this I added ro drops of a 10 per cent solution of bromide potassium. To my surprise the slide came up slowly and even- ly and developed to good density without the slightest trace of fog When thrown on the screen it proved fairly satisfactory. Taking advantage of this mistake I there- after proceeded along the same lines, great- ly over exposing the slides and so manipu- lating them in the developer as to give the best results. Since that lucky mistake I have lost few slides, one exposure generally suthcing where before I would perhaps make 3 to 6 exposures to get a good one. I do not think the above plan could be followed with all developers, as the tendency would be toward fogging; ‘but with pyro acetone I have never had the slightest trace of fog, and in the most contrasty nega- tives the shadows will not clog before the high lights and half tones gain their proper gradation. The exposure I give at a North window in good daylight is 3 minutes with stop 16. Another suggestion in regard to the fix- ‘ing of slides will perhaps prove beneficial. It will freauently be noticed that although there is no pinhole in the slide on removing it from the developer, 2 or 3 will appear when the negative is in the fixing bath. This generally results where the slide is fixed in a flat tray. Instead of fixing by laying flat in a tray, get a small box, stand the slides up on edge in the hypo and pin- holes will be an infrequent occurrence.— John Hadden, in Paine’s Photographic Magazine. ISOCHROMATIC PLATES. Isochromatic plates are éspecially adapt- ed for obtaining color values. If the amateur will give a Crown plate and an isochromatic of the same speed, the same time and same stop, and develop with the same developer, he will see a vast difference, and, I believe, will use only the isochromatic plate for any subject in the future. The cost is only 5 cents a dozen more, and the result is more than 5 times better. PHOTOGRAPHY. 77 A slow isochromatic plate is not the best for portraits out of doors,-as 14 sec- onds is too long, especially if any wind be blowing. The instantaneous plate is ex- cellent for outdoor scenes, especially if it be stopped down to 16 F. or 32 F. For all around work, the medium brand is a plate hard to duplicate. The best effects. of sea views or snow scenes can be ob- tained on Aristo-platino paper, from these plates. The surf and foam of the waves show as clearly ds it is possible to get them. These plates are not more difficult to handle than any others. Keep all white light from the plate, and do not keep it too near the ruby light. A red lantern, with no white light coming out of any small holes or openings, is as good a lamp as can be had. Pyro is the best developer. It brings out things more clearly and gives a far better negative to print from. One need not keep his hands in the pyro all the time. An old knife is handy in the dark room for plates sticking in the hold- ers and to lift the plate out of the pyro. Here is a formula for small quantities of developer to be made up and used as one wishes to develop; say only 2 or 4 plates. It can be made at a small cost, and always full strength, giving good results: Stir into 8 ounces of boiled water 1 drachm (60 grains) carbonate of soda, 2 drachms (120 grains) sulphur. When dis- solved, add 3 grains of dry pyro for each ounce of water; less pyro, less intensity. For users of 4x5 plates, 4 ounces are plenty. In making hypo I have found it well to use plain hypo and water, 4 ounces of wa- ter to one ounce of hypo, and lay aside all other chemicals, especially in winter. H. P. Wightman, Evanston, III. RESULTS OF SOME EXPERIMENTS. ihe dry plate: orn, is .exceedinely sensitive to light, yet people persist in over- estimating its sensitiveness when taking a picture and underestimating it when in the developing room. Do not be afraid of slow instantaneous instead of rapid instantane- ous timing. Ruby light will fog a plate if too near until development is well begun. Last summer I bought a cow, thinking I would photograph it with the children or dogs or something playing with it; also, would get a genuine milking scene. When- ever I tried I got everything all right but the cow. She came out in silhouette, and I wasted much ammunition on that wretched quadruped before I found that it is almost impossible to snap a red cow at Io feet. Finally, by using isochromatic plates and a slow shutter, I could take my red cow every time. .When I began to develop I entertained the idea that a strong developer would be 78 best, but luckily I met a man who put me on the right track, and I got well ac- quainted with tank development and pyro. I have made up the pyro developer that is prescribed for the plate I use and then I go about it this way: I use an ounce of each of the 2 bottles in 4 ounces of water. to develop a dozen 4x5 plates. I fill my rubber tank, which is an ordinary fixing box with cover, nearly full of water, in- cluding the 2 ounces of developer, stir it, drop in my plates, cover, and wait 3 hours. It is so easy I am ashamed to admit I use it, but I have tried all the other ways for experiment’and I do not get the results I do with the tank. I make all my preten- tious work in carbon. It is neither difficult nor expensive. I often use films and, of course, prefer them for carbon work, as by printing through the backs I can make carbons by single transfer that are not re- versed. With plates I have to use the double transfer process. You do not know what a good print is till you have made your red, sepia, green, blue, brown, black, grey, etc., carbons. The process is king of all—Edmond Pond, in the Photo-Ameri- can. MR. KIRSCHNER EXPLAINS. I see in February RECREATION you awarded a prize to Mrs. P. B. Kirschner for a photo of a buck which was wounded and which, from all appearances, was taken in the close season, as it has velvet on its horns, and the foliage indicates that it was not in open season. The buck was undoubtedly killed, as it was known to weigh nearly 200 pounds. Of course I do not think Mrs. Kirschner shot the deer, save with her camera; but the party who did shoot the deer ought to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. If that deer was killed and weighed out of season, why do you not find out the offending party and see that he pays his fine? James Clemens, Nemo, S. Dak. On receipt of the foregoing letter I for- warded it to Mrs. Kirschner, and her husband replied as follows: As I killed the deer in question, I think it my duty to reply to the attached corre- spondence, thereby relieving Mrs. Kirsch- ner from all responsibility. If Mr. Clem- ens has never seen a deer in the velvet in September, he has yet something to learn. His argument that ‘the foliage shown in the photo indicates that the deer was taken in the close season, will not hold. The foliage shown in the photo is chiefly, if not wholly, witchhopple, which does not aie off in June like sage brush in Dakota, ‘ which Mr. Clemens probably had in mind. I wounded the deer near Big Otter lake, New York, September 3, 1901, He got RECKE Ad TON: away from me, and as it was getting too dark to follow him, I left him over night, knowing he was. badly hurt. The next morning, together with Mrs. Kirsch- ner and my brother, a guide, we took up the deer’s trail and soon found him lying down as indicated in photo, when another shot finished him. Any further information you may wish regarding this matter will be cheerfully given. P. B. Kirschner, Lowell, Mass. UNCLE JOSH AND THE CAMERA GIRL. Yeh see, she wuz a summer girl, an’ when she come down tu our place tu stay a week, she brot a thing-ma-gum she called a Kodax with her. It wuz a kind uv a box with a eyehole in one end, an’ a button tu press on the side. When you pressed the button it tuk a pictur. I kno’ it did, fer I saw one it tuk uv M’ria, milkin’ th’ jersey cow, an’ it wuz jist as nateral as life. That gal wuz a stunner! She wore purty cloze, an’ she had th’ new Florodoro hold-up way uv liftin’ her dress, fection. Ev’ry man in town wuld turn an’ look after her when she past by. Why, I'd stop buggin’ th’ pertaters any day an’ set up at th’ corner fer an hour to see her go crost the street. Well, I wuz goin’ to tell yeh bout that Kodax. - She went round snappin’ everything she see. She told me she liked to git Gene Ray picturs; she sed Gene Ray picturs told a story. They never told me any, tho’. One day little Bobby fell in th’ soap kit- tle an’ ruined his new pance. She tuk a snap shot uv him an’ called it “A Sunset in Greece.” One day when M’ria wuz trimmin’ my hare an’ whiskers with the sheep shears, th’ gal tuk a pictur uv us an’ called it “Moss from an Old Mans”; an’ one time when she got her close fast on th’ stake- and-rider fense, an’ I had tu go an’ hep her down, she remarked, “Saved from over-exposure.’ Some time I’ll tell yer about how she tuk th’ pictur uv the yearlin’ calf—West- ern Camera Notes. to per- it at most SHOULD BE NEUTRAL. Must sulphite of soda be exactly neutral? I have some which is strongly alkaline. I bring it as near neutral as I can with sul- phuric acid and litmus paper. Is that method correct? Does it not form a sul- phate which is a powerful reducer or re- strainer? How should pyro be used, kept, etc.? How long should a plate be in pyro SPM ALP Mae PH it ier : ro AMATEUR PHOTOGRAFH Y. 79 developer? Is it economical to use com- bined developer and fixer, and is it worth anything in your opinion? How can plates be spotted? I mean how is it done? Can “E. W. N.” be bought in smaller quanti- ties? Should an acid fixer be used with an alkaline developer? How can portraits best be made with a 4x5 Wizard B. and a Nehring portrait lens? My room in which I make them has windows on the West. Edgar R. Thome, West Hanover, Pa. ANSWER. Sulphite of soda is neutral if good. A\l- kaline sulphite disturbs the balance of your developer, naturally. Some only keep a stock solution of sul- phite at 60 grains to the ounce, or even 40, and add dry pyro and dry soda as wanted when developing. _Boflay is good. It is, I believe, hydro- chinone and hypo with carbonate of potash. Send to E. W. Newcomb, Bible House, New York City, for circular in answer to this, no charge for directions. The 50 cent box is the least quantity sold. Acid fixer is often used after alkaline developer, and you will find it recommend- ed for many plates by the makers. Your arrangement is good. reflecting screen to one side of and a little in front of the sitter you will have good results.—EDITor. NOTHING BETTER THAN PYRO. Does the length of time a P. O. P. print remains in the toning bath affect the perma- nency; whether removed quickly for red or brown tones, or left the usual length of time, as for purple or black? You place pyro ahead of all other devel- opers. I have never used it, and hesitate now to make a change, since my work, though not altogether satisfactory to my- self, is fair. Do you think the results would justify the extra trouble of using pyro, with its staining propensities, etc.? Is there any method of preventing the tendency to fog, during development in hot weather, other than using ice, where this is hard to obtain? Amateur, Blackstone, Va. ANSWER. The print, in combined bath, should re- main only long enough to insure fixation, regardless of the tone. In the double tones you may tone red, purple or nearly black in gold and then fix in hypo without affect- ing the permanency of the print. Pyro is absolutely the best developer there is, and will give amateurs far better results than so-called stainless developers, which do stain after all. By using plate lifters for plates and clips for film you Eheyou.usela. need never soil your fingers in pyro. The sooner you use it the better it will be for you. Plates do not fog any more during hot weather than cold, nor will ice stop fog. If you mean frill, use formaldehyde in your hypo, one dram to a pint. Jf you mean fog, stop up the cracks in your room, re- place your slides squarely in the holder, do not use a leaky lamp, keep holders in shade when out, and you will not have so much fog.—Ep1Tor. TO GIVE CRIMSON TONE. Crimson prints are a new thing, that is, as far as anything can be new in this age of second-hand discoveries. The ton- ing bath is made up when wanted and used at once, and is as follows: Sulphocyanide of ammonia ....75 grains. hodide of potash 1s iis ie oh ZOna ¢ Niraren sb y Eb ie Styl), onde bog: a Ounces. Chloride of gold, dissolved in 2 Gia raise wawerty iio) Beye Las 4 grains. Wash the prints well before toning, and see toit that they are but proof deep. Fix full 15 minutes, as silver iodide dis- solves less freely in hypo than silver chloride. Toning to a bright crimson with the above bath takes 30 to 45 minutes. There is your formula; now if you want to paint the town’s portraits red, go ahead. Blue prints are in favor again. I am glad of it. The humble, simply made, water-developed, permanent old chap has not deserved to be let alone as he has been for some years. Try a 9x14 panel in blue, with a border of silver paint Y inch wide around the edges. Call” it a Venetian or a Cyanotype, or any other name, state that it is warranted absolutely fadeless and permanent, and charge an extra price for it. Might be just the thing to revive interest in some of your nega- tives—E. W. Newcomb, in the Profes- sional and Amateur Photographer. HOW TO WORK URANIUM INTENSIFIER. I inclose clipping giving formula for in- tensifier. Will you please explain more fully, through ReEcrEATION, how to work rte Beach, ‘Columbia, Ada. The clipping enclosed by Mr. Beach is as follows: Nitrate of uranium intensifier will give to the thinnest negatives printing qualities which the mercurial intensifier fails to give on account of the red color which it im- parts to the negative. The formula is the following: Solution I., dilute acetic acid with 4 times its bulk of water. To 100 parts of it add one part of nitrate of uran- ium. Solution II. is a one per cent. solu- tion of red prussiate of potassium. For 80 RECREATION. use, add Solution II. to Solution I. in equal quantities. ANSWER. 5 The formula says to add 8 ounces of water to 2 ounces of glacial acetic acid. That gives 10 ounces of dilute acid. To that, add 44 grains of nitrate of uranium. ‘Then mix 50 grains of red prussiate of potash in 10 ounces of water. Bottle each separately and label A and B. Use one ounce or more of each to intensify nega- tives and throw away this mixed intensi- fier after use. Separately they keep, but not mixed A and B.—EDpirTor. TRANSMISSION OF LIGHT Following is a good way to experiment with the effects of the selective transmis- sion of light produced in the negative, or in other words the results of absorbing partly or wholly one or more of the 3 colors, red, green and violet, which go to make up the light that reaches the plate. Place in a clear hypo or hypo-chrome alum solution a plate which has been spoiled in exposing or any plate in which there is no free silver. A new plate is best. Leave until every trace of the silver and bro- mium salts has disappeared. When the opaqueness has vanished the operation is about 34 completed. After thoroughly washing out the hypo dry carefully. When the gelatine is hard lay the plate, film down, on a clean filter or blotter and cut it with a diamond into squares of a size sufficient to cover the ‘lens. These small plates will readily assume the color of any solution into which they are placed. Do not use a solution that will leave a crystalline deposit on the film in drying. Procure some of the aniline colors and mix them to suit yourself. Varied results will be obtained by combining one or more of the screens or by only partially covering the lens during exposure. William A. Fuller, Ithaca, N. Y. SNAP SHOTS. Is E. W. Newcomb’s spotting medium, mentioned in March ReEcrEATION, used for retouching negatives? Where can I ob- tain it? What will keep films from roll- ing? My husband and I enjoy RECREATION greatly, and find much useful and inter- esting reading matter in it. Mrs. R. E. Sumner, Ludlow, Mass. ANSWER. No, Newcomb’s Ideal spotting medium is not to retouch negatives in the sense of smoothing out faces. It is to fill in holes, scratches, etc. in both negative and print. You will find the soaking solution given in Eastman’s instructions the proper thing to keep films from curling: Water, I quart; glycerine, I ounce; soak 5 minutes after washing and pin up film, right out of soaking solution, by its 4 corners.—EDITOR. Those who are accustomed to work the carbon process, know that when the same warm water has been used for developing - several carbon prints, the dissolved gela- tine has an unpleasant.tendency to work up into a froth by the inevitable splashing of the water. To skim off this froth is only to find it replaced a few moments after- ward. The following suggestion meets the case: Take a piece of common yellow kitchen soap, and pass the moist hands over it 2 or 3 times, just enough to get a slight lather. This, when mixed with the water, dispels all gelatine froth as though by magic and no harmful effects follow. A slight trace ot soapy lather will counteract a large quantity of gelatine froth—The News Monger. What will prevent ferrotype plates, that are used for squeegeeing, from adhering? i DBs Plymouth? Pat ANSWER. Make the following waxing solution and when your ferro plates are cleaned and polished drop a few drops on each and rub around vigorously with a woolen cloth until an almost unperceptible coating is se- cured. Then squeegee your prints on and they will never stick. Repeat at each use ot plates. Dissolve 2 drams yellow beeswax shav- ings in) I .ounce, each’ /of. ether, alcohol (95 per cent.) and benzole. Shake till dis- solved and keep tightly corked.—EpzrTor. Will you kindly give me a little in- formation in regard to coloring photos? I mean, to take the print after it 1s made and color the dress, hair, eyes, etc. What kind of colors are used, and what is used to soften the print, so it will take the color? How are colors applied, etc.? W. W. Noble, Yazoo City, Miss. ANSWER. : Use Marshall’s electric colors and _ his medium to apply before coloring, so the color will spread. The colors and full in- structions are to be had of A. G. Marshall, 625 Vanderbilt avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.— EDITOR. Will you please give me formula for salting solution in making plain salted pa- per? F. C. Wilbour, Austin, Minn. ANSWER. Ammonium chloride.............. 60 grains Gelatime:). 5. sade, bee attemete ota 20 grains Wraterii. Ra wte ce cen, Cees aman 20 ounces Dissolve by gentle heat and soak paper in the solution 2 minutes.—EDITor. ve ee RECREATION. 81 If it isn’t an Eastman, it isn’t a Kodak. 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SS EN &@ ANN ae ZS 25 Zw MW Wao a, al } SAK W Wy ltt z (W001 1 HTT VES anni Issey SMe § WS WF Nyy yup gn 099999 HH NH HHH Hyg NTT ES MY 2A i! zy ® XViil RECREATION. “THE GOERZ ANSCHUTZ CAMERA Sp\NEEDS LESS LIGHT THAN ANY OTHER ILL make pictures when others fail, and will take anything others can. Most compact, lightest and most complete. A wonder- ful instrument for obtaining full-timed results when/speed is essential. Fitted with the famous Goerz Lens and Focal Plane Shutter Catalogue free from your dealer or C. P. Goerz Optical Works See Room27 52 E. Union Sq., New York MAIN OFFICE: Berlin, Friedenau, Germany A Wide Angle Lens VERASTIGMAT side by side with all — Others before you buy A Convertible Lens Some Anastigmats | are better than others | but noneis betterthan |# the VERASTIGMAT if We don’task you to } believe it because we say so, but we would thank you to test the anfattan Optical Go. of N. Y., a N Up Send for our book- let; it is instructive Sand interesting, and to be had for the ask- ing. Mention Recreation C1esskill, N. J. RECREATION. X1X PERFECTION IN PHOTOGRAPHY Has been secured by the use of the Al- Vista Camera. It produces the entire panoramic view—from the limit of vision on the left to the extreme roint on the right. The Al-Vista Camera is compact: easy to use, sure in action. Itissold on its merits: we dem- onstrate this by selling you one ON EASY PAYMENTS. Ask us for a catalog: select the camera you wish, fill up the blank we shall send you, and references being satisfactory we will at once send you a camera—pay weekly or monthly in sums to suit your purse. The camera is no longer a luxury: the demands of modern progress make a good camera a necessity ; we make it easy for you to get the best, THE MULTISCOPE & FILM CO. 136 Jefferson Street, Burlington, Wis. ARNOLD.N.Y KX RECREATION. i ate No. 3 FOLDING WENO HAWK-EYE A DAYLIGHT LOADING FILM CAMERA OF THE HIGHEST TYPE, IN POCKET FORM. Rapid Rectilinear lens, pneumatic release auto- matic shutter, with iris diaphragm stops, brilliant reversible finder, focusing scale, and _ tripod sockets for both vertical and horizontal pictures. May be fitted with a glass plate attachment at slight extra cost. Ghe Perfect Pocket Camera No. 3 Folding Weno Hawk-Eye, with double R. R. lens, not loaded, $15.00 Do., with single fixed focus achromatic lens, ° ° . . 13.50 BLAIR CAMERA COMPANY, Hawk-Eye Catalog at your dealers or by mail. . Rochester, N. ¥% Binoculars An article that ap7 peals to almost every reader of Recreation. Take one with you, no matter where you go—on land or sea, in forest or mountains. Compact. Durable. Light in weight, finely finished, of unique de- sign with great magni- fication VJower, they are unequalled. Goerz Trieder Field of View I1 per cent. greater than any other Catalogue free from your dealer or Cc. P. GOERZ OPTICAL WORKS Main Office: Room 27, 52 E. UNION SQ., NEW YORK Berlin, Friedenau, Germany. RECREATION. Xx1 IT’S ALL IN THE LENS Scrics V Long Focus Korona Can be used with equal facility for everyday, hand-camera Snap Shots Photograpning Distant Views Copying or other work needing bellows ca- pacity, and also with wide-angle lenses for interiors and kindred subjects. . ONE CAMERA DOES IT ALL Every adjustment is a marvel of simplicity and mechanical ingenuity, and many of them are found exclusively on the Korona. Note our patent auxiliary bed for use with wide-angle lenses, and compare it - with the clumsy methods used to obtain this result on other cameras. Our patent automatic swing back op- erates from the center according to correct principles. KORONA LONG FOCUS Has a Convertible Lens, Automatic Shut- ter, and numerous other special advantages. Catalogue gives full information ~ Gundlach Optical Co. ROCHESTER, N. Y. Mention Recreation 21 Union Square RECREATION. Made, not by an experienced opti- cian, but by anyone wearing eye= glasses, with the aid of Gall & Lembke’s new Temple Attachment Neat Convenient Every wearer of eyeglasses wishes occasionally Simple that his pince-nez were spectacles. Spectacles stay on, however violent one’s exercise; however warm the weather. With this little device you carry practically both eyeglasses and spectacles in one ordinary case. Automobile and horseback riding, hunting, fishing, ping pong, cycling, yachting, golf, tennis, and all other athletic exercises can be indulged in with perfect safety to your glasses, Perhaps you keep one pa‘r of spectacles for just such uses. Sometimes you forget them; sometimes they are broken. The Temple At- tachment will fit any of youreyeglasses. Kept in your regular case, they always are on hand. Price per pair in nickel - - 50 cents Price per pair in gold plated - 75 cents Send for circular. GALL & LEIMBKE Handy NEW YORK Are You an Amateur Photographer ? If so, would you like a Camera that will photograph A whole range of mountains A whole sweep of river A whole arnev A whole fleet of ships A whole city Or any other vast stretch of scenery or movin THE SWING LENS DOES I Ghe AL VISTA Ls the thing. Tt lists at $30. One of the greatest inventions of the age. Given as a premium for 12 Subscriptions. For particulars address . RECREATION, wan Se Has any reader of RECREATION ever shot a turkey with a soft nose 30-30 bullet? If not, don’t try it. While hunting in I4exico last fall I found a bunch of 30 or 40 turkeys led by an immense gobbler. As they were coming in my direction, I crouched behind a rock and waited. When they were near I opened fire and soon had 4 birds down. When I went to gather my game I found the big gobbler blown to bits, there being nothing left but his breast. The other birds had been on high- er ground and I had undershot, breaking a leg of each. As turkeys can not fly from ~ the ground without a running start, I soon caught the cripples. At camp that night I explained to the boys that I had pur- posely shot my birds in the leg in order to save some of the meat. Drews Te-Bush. et ae Tex. Last night when I came home I found a package addressed to me. On opening it I found one of the finest hunting knives I ever saw, also a sheath for it. Kind- ly accept my hearty thanks for this pre- mium. I shall try to send you more sub- scriptions soon, and get more of your fine premiums. objects? A. R. Shafer, Baltimore, Md. RECREATION gives me much pleasure. I take much interest in camera work, also in hunting and fishing. E. C. Chandler, Deep River, Conn. ecm ad LON. XXill Brelek: £ EN a. French Satin Jr. ay HE STANDARD blue print paper of the world—not the Binary kind, but a perfect paper for photographic work, perfectly made and_ perfectly packed in sealed tubes. The delight of pro- fessional and amateur : Be ocachen There is no better, it is the best. A postal card will bring full infor- mation of French Satin Jr. and our other photographic specialties. aie J.C. MILLEN, M.D. Photographic Chemical Co. Mr VER, COLORADO /he Paper for Printing by Gaslight If your dealer cannot supply you send 20¢ for one dozen 4X5 size with developer. THE ANTHONY @ SCOVILL co. 122-124 Fifth Avenue !7th@i8th Sts Atlas Block Randolph St@ Wabash Ave NEW YORK CHICAGO Royal i in Name Royal in Quality ROYAL ANASTIGMAT LENSES For Landscapes | Ocean Views | N| Made Mountain |. S| in Scenery | &| Three Architecture |! B| Series Interiors |. Fo75. and |= E| F. 6.3. Portraits and USE 5, A ROYAL Reduced from 5x7 Print made with a Series IT Catalogue Upon Request if You Mention Recreation ROCHESTER LENS CO, Rochester, NiY.,. U.S, Ay XxiVv RECKEATION: If it isn’t an Eastman, it isn’t a Kodak. A new folding KODAK for the pocKet—almost for the vest pocKet, at six dollars. MaKes pictures 15g x 2% inches, loads in daylight, has a fine meniscus lens, brilliant finder, automatic shutter—in fact, has _ the “Kodak quality” all the way through. No. O Folding PocKet Kodak, for pictures ae x 2% inches, - : . - - $6.00 Transparent Film Cartridge, 12 exposures, 154 x 2%, 20 Do., 6 exposures, = : - . = : 15 EASTMAN KODAK CO. Catalogue free at the dealers Rochester, N. Y. or by mail. $4,000.00 in prizes for Kodak and Brownie Pictures. RECREATION. XXV Photographic Talks. No. 1. Dry Plates No matter how perfect the camera; how fine the lens; how expert the operator, the success of Photography depends on the plate. Until to-day, the trend of plate making has been to produce a different plate for every sort of service—an orthochromatic plate for subjects of color; a non-halation plate for windowed interiors; a slow plate for copying, and a fast plate for snap shots. While acknowledging the value of these special plates, we have, in 25 years’ experi- ence as the largest plate camera makers of the world, come to recognize the growing need for one dry plate of general utility; a plate that would render, as far as necessary, the value of colors; that would eliminate, as nearly as possible, the flare of halation; that would give the fullest depth, the most delicate definition, and yet be rapid enough for high speed work. We believe we have solved this problem, and supplied the need for a universal plate. With this knowledge we now introduce ‘DRY PLATE Sold in all sizes Ly all dealers. Made only by ROCHESTER OPTICAL & CAMERA CO., Rochester, N. Y. Largest Plate Camera makers in the world, XXV1 RECREATION. WESTWARD WITH THE IMPERIAL. SR. The desire to live a little longer has led me to quit the unwholesome climate of the national capital, the house where wife and children dwell, and to wander across the continent to the mountains of Colorado, hoping to find in their quiet solitudes, un- der their cloudless heaven, a new lease of life. “A journey twice interrupted and delayed brought me via the C. & O. and the Big Four to Chicago, where I procured pas- sage over the Rock Island to Denver. It was a kind friend, whose goodness has often, heretofore, been a gladness to me, who directed me to that road. I take this means to thank him for his kindnesses; not this alone, but many others. I shall carry to the grave a grateful sense of all his goodness. How shall I tell the readers of RECREA- TION how well the officers and employés of the Rock Island know the meaning of courtesy? I have not always fared sump- tuously at the hands of railroad men, though I have many times, in the course of much travel, found friends and genial companions among them; but I record my grateful thanks for a kindliness which be- gan with John Sebastian, and ran through every officer I met and through ali the ‘train crews, even to the dusky porter on the chair car. This diluted son of Ham was as watchful of the passengers under his care as if he had been father of us all. The conductors between Chicago and Den- ver were changed several times, but from their uniform kindness and courtesy they might all have been one. The train was of the latest, roomiest vestibule pattern, and the roadbed was per- fect, the train bowling along as smoothly as if it ran on a track of glass. We left the station in Chicago at 10.00 p. m., made the long run of 1,083 miles, and pulled into the Union depot at Denver on the second morning at 7.45, not a second late. In the great station in Chicago is a res- taurant where one may find an excellent meal, splendidly served, at a reasonable price, and on the train is the dining car where one may get as good a meal as at Delmonico’s at a price so fair as to sur- prise him. A lady, next seat in front of me, said she got dn excellent breakfast for 35 cents. Let me advise every brother of the trig- ger cr the quill, to trust himself, in case he should follow the Western star, to the Rock Island. He will not regret it. In the years gone with the past, I picked up a smattering of palmistry. I had scraped a casual acquaintance with a fellow trav- eler, and offered to read his future if per- mitted. My offer was gladly accepted and a brief sketch of the future was rapidly read off, A young lady sitting in the next seat forward, overhearing my forecast, timidly turned to me, thrust her little hand between the chairs, and asked me to read her fortune. I could not well decline and when I had completed that task I found another hand held down over my shoulder with the request, “Tell mine, too.’ I chanced to hit her past correctly, and gave her a flattering picture of her future. She was a mother in Israel, nearly or quite to the half century mark. When I finished her reading I found the whole end of the car packed with a throng, all anxious to try their fortune. Some were as gray as I; others were not yet out of their teens, “Standing with reluctant feet Where the brook and river meet.” Some were marricd, some wanted to be, and some perhaps wished they were not. For half-an hour I held levee. Even the staid conductor held out his kindly palm, and the brakeman wanted to put his for- tune to the test. Last of all came the por- ter, patient, polite, waiting till all the “white folks” had been read, holding to me his broad and generous hand. I am glad to say that he seemed happy over the little I could:tell. One elderly lady, from the extreme front of the car rushed to me, held out a dainty hand, evidently unac- quainted with toil, and asked for her horo- scope. I chanced again to tell her of her past, and in prediction told her that she was the mother of a young man in whose future her heart was deeply concerned. “Yes,” said she, “what can you tell me of his future?” “Madam,” said I, “it ends in tragedy.” I was sorry in an instant, for she caught her hand away, and went forward to her seat. I think she must have left the car at the next stop, for I soon missed her. The time passed plpeasantly en route, and so I am housed once more in the Rockies, — where the skies are bluer and the breezes sweeter, to me at least, than anywhere else on earth. W. H. Nelson, Boulder, Colo. I wish RECREATION would help do away with pump guns for hunting deer. There are fellows who will go to the woods after deer with a gun full of bullets, and at the first move in the brush begin shooting and continue until the magezine is empty. If they had to hunt with a single shot rifle they would not shoot so recklessly, but would wait for a sure shot, and thus, per- haps, avoid killing a fellow hunter. C. R. M., Trempaleau, Wis. IN ANSWERING ADS PLEASE MEN= TION RECREATION, | i RECREATION. XXVII Food for hot weather is an important question. People can feel from ten to twenty degrees cooler than their neighbors, by avoiding fats, cutting down the butter ration and indulging more freely in fruits and food easy of digestion. * An ideal meal is Grape-Nuts with cream, some fruit,a couple of slices of whole Wheat bread, and a cup of Postum Food Coffee, hot, or if cold a little lemon juice squeezed in; Grape-Nuts can be made the principal food of the meal, because it is a con- centrated food, one pound having as much nourishment—that the system will absorb—as ten pounds of beef, in addition to which it is already cooked and ready to serve. Delicious hot weather entrees and desserts are easily made. Try this entree :—(Salmon Croquettes with Grape-Nuts.)—Drain a can of salmon and mash the fish fine; add _ two beaten eggs, four tablespoonfuls of melted butter, one cup of bread crumbs, one-half cup of finely ground Grape-Nuts, Six tablespoonfuls of milk; salt, cayenne pepper anda pinch of mace. Bealtoa paste. ay small spoonfuls first into beaten egg, then in cracker dust, and shape ito croquecties. Fry a delicate brown in deep fat, and serve with Mayonnaise dressing. A dessert for a warm day:—(Fruited Grape-Nuts.)—Chop together enough pineapple, bananas and peaches to make one cupful. In a dainty dish place a layer of this chopped fruit; then one of Grape-Nuts, and repeat. Over all turn a cupful of whipped cream, let stand on ice ten minutes and serve. A booklet of excellent recipes is found in every package of Grape-Nuts and many easy Warm weather dishes can be made that are not only nutritious but pleasing to the palate.- A person can pass through weather that may be intensely hot, in a comfortable man- ner, if the food be properly selected and the above suggestions can be put into practice: With most excellent results, RECREATION. NEW:SK/ TRADE MARK REGISTERED / WATERPROOF ° LIQUID COURT PLASTER Heals Cuts, Abrasions, Hang- Nails, Chapped and Split Lips or Fingers, Burns, Blisters, etc. Instantly Relieves Chil- blains, Frosted Ears, Stings of Insects, Chafed or Blistered Feet, Cal= lous Spots, etc., etc. A coating on the sensitive parts will project the feet irom being chated or listered by new or heavy shoes. ll ih i> mM | | Applied with a brush and immediate- ly dries, forming atough, transparent, colorless waterproot coating. Mechanics, Sportsmen, Bicyclists, Golfers’ Etc. | @re all Jiable to bruise, scratch or } Scrape theirskin. “NEW SKIN” will ij beal these injuries. WILL NUT WasH } OFF, and after it is applied the H injury is furgotten, as ‘NEW SKIN”? makes a temporary new skin until the broken skin is healed under it. EACH } Pocket Size (Size of Illustration) e © 106, Family Size ai 2 oz. Botts.(for Surgeons and Hospitals) 50, olneth) | DOUGLAS MFOCO"IN a the Druggists, or we will | Hey epesi(iililiy Mail a packaze anywhere in the Uni- Sa ted States on receipt of price. eeeeeees 250. — ,- _ )POUGLAS MFG. CO, »», Dept. W B 107 Fulton St. New York Bronze Medal, Paris Exposition, 1900 Collan Waterprooi Shoe Dressing Hunting Boots made permanently watertight, soft and flexible, never water- soaked, hard and shrunken. Dry feet for Sportsmen, Golf Players, | Mountain Climbers, Explorers and others } obliged to traverse wet and snowy fields [| f or stand about in water. Great for all winter footwear and | | school shoes. Prevents cracking—shoes | outwear others 3 or 4 times. A boon to ladies wearing ¢h27-soled shoes. Fine for Saddles, Bridles, all Har- ness. An unequalled Gun Oil, prevents rust, cleans, wipes close. Sold in tins, BLACK 25c and 45c; YELLOW (for fair leather), 30c and 55c, f. o. b. N. Y. How is your Muscle? Would you like to build it up? How are your Lungs ? Would you like to expand them ? How is your Circulation ? Would you like to improve that? If so, send me ro yearly subscriptions to RECRE- ATION, accompanied by a money order for $10, and I will send youa new Professional Punching Bag made by H. D. CRIPPEN, No. 52 Broapway, New York, and listed at $6.95. Gross lots and bulk prices special. Sold by dealers generally. dealer doesn’t keep it. J. R. Buckelew,Sole Agt. 111 Chambers St., N. Y. Mention RECREATION. Write us direct if your } There is a frame with the bag that you can attach to a door casing, a window casing or a wall, or a board fence, or anywhere else you may see fit to put it, and you will thus havea small gymaasium of your own. The Crippen bag is one of the liveliest ever devised, and if you will put 20 minutes a day on it, for a month, you will tind a wonderful improvement in your, muscle and your health. Sample copies of RECREATION, for use in can- vassing, will be mailed free. RECREATION. Blood Poison Cured Free. The Remedy is Sent Absolutely Free to Every Man or Woman Sending Name and Address. Chief of Staff and Head Consulting Physician of the State Medical Institute: Acelebrated Indiana Physician has discovered the most wonderful cure for Blood Poison ever known. It quickly cures ail such indications as mucous patches in the mouth, sore throat, copper _colored spots, chancres, ulcerations on the body and in hundreds of cases where the hair and eyebrows had fallen out and the whole skin was a mass of boils, pimples and ulcers, this wonderful specific has completely changed the whole body into aclean, perfect condition of physical health. Wm. McGrath, 48 Guilford St., Buffalo, N.Y..says: “YT ama weil man to-day, wherea year ago I was atotal wreck. Several doctors had failed to cure ' me of blood poison. I was rid of my sores and my ’ skin become smooth ‘and natural in two weeks, and after completing the treatment there was not a sore or pile on my body, and to-day I am absolutely well. Every railroad running into Ft. Wayne brings scores of sufferers seeking this new and marvelous cure, and to enable those who cannot travel to realize what a truly marvelous work the doctor is accomplishing, they will send free to every sufferer a free trial package of the remedy so that everyone can cure themselves in the privacy of their own home. This is the only known treatment that cures this most terrible’of all diseases. Address the State Medical Institute, 3693 Elektron Building, Ft. Wayne, Ind. Do not hesitate to write at once, and the free trial package will be sent sealed in plain package. xxxii RECREATION. This ~ Y (Oy Patent recommends itself and re- minds you that on receipt of your name and ad- ie 4 dress we will mail you our ra Illustrated 77 | ol po o uo ie Catalogue containing samples of This fold takes the weight of game and in the act of shooting UPTHE G OVE shells off the arms when they are raised Corduroy, Canvas, Macintosh, Flannels, etc., also cuts, descriptions and blanks for measurement. Address H. J. Upthegrove & Son, No. 2 Wood Street, VALPARAISO, IND. You are constantly receiving reports which point to the advance of the game- protection sentiment and the agency of Vz RECREATION in furthering it. Here is one | tat il /) which to me means much. Sanbornton, N. H., our summer home, is not in the back- woods of the State, but is a rural hamlet ¥ Wf Oy, es y ; p yj; — x \ 20 miles from Concord. L. A. S. posters Te f | = = have been put up in many places, and your WN Ll _SEE—SSSsSSSSSSS—SSS—.§_ number. Name, Remit by P. O. or Exp:ess Money Order, or New York Draft. DETACH THIS, FILL OUT, AND SEND IN. SS ST FP Ee a IEE LE EE EEE RA OK9X OK OX OX OX OOK OK GKGXOXGXOX GOK OKO OK GKOK OE OX ONOXOKOXE THE RECREATION OF YOUR LIFE. THE TETON GUIDES’ Lee ASSOCIATION, River. Canada, for four or five gentlemen sportsmen, (one physician) from July 15th till ;Sept. 5th, for my ex- The attention of sportsmen is called to The Teton Guides’ Association of Jackson’s Hole, peases, for the trip. Or,I will act in above capacity and in addition turnish transportation and eyery other neces- Wyo., where there is plenty of big game, elk, deer, antelope, mountain-sheep and bear, and sary expense of the entire trip tor the tine from Cleveland and return for $175.00 each. The above will numerous small fur-bearinganimals. Trout fish- ing in abundance. include special steamer service, once a week from North' Hunting parties outfitted and guided by compe- Bay, to our camp, with mail and provisions. Also a tent guides at fair and equitable prices, through guide and oarsman and rowboat, jor eacb two persc ns every day, a cook, provisions and every attention ex- Yellowstone Park and game regions of Jackson’s Hole. For information, address ys pected in tent lite. Grouse and duck season opens Sept. lst. Trout, Green and Black Bass, Pike, Pickerel and Muscalonge season open entire time, ard in the numberless rapids and bays there are waiting for fly, bait or troll more strikes for the fisherman than any other section of this continent. Camp ground is 40 miles from wie, settlement and has Never peer fished by ane 8 ays public. € scenery is most rural and beautiiul. e S ecretary Teton Guides’ Association, banks are timbered with scattered pine among the rocks. 2 desired. Write me care Sporting Goods Department, JACKSON, WYOMING The Geo. Worthington Co., Cleveland, Ohio. SAMMI SIAMESE ARPA LM PARTE pitas sei RELICS OF A DISAPPEARING RA CE BUFFALO... SKULLS cneotshed Horns hey ‘UNPOLISHED HORNS Also polished or unpolished horns in pairs or single. Polished horns tipped with incandescent electric lights; polished hunting horns; mirrors hung in polished horns, etc. These are decided novelties and are in great demand for sportsmen’s dens, offices, club-rooms, halls, etc. Send for illustrated catalog. Mention RECREATION. . No mud. Iwill give reference in return ior rejerence if E. W. STILES, !41 Washington St., Hartford, Conn. seteteteredetetrirderdededtereresseteteyt by Or Ox OvOVOVOVUvOvOLeyereyeNeYONONON OXON OTA APPLICATION FOR. MEMBERSHIP IN THE L.A.S. ARTHUR F. RICE, Secretary L. A. S., 23 W. 24th St., New York. t Dear Sir: Enclosed $1 for membership fee for one year. I certify that I am eligible to membership in the L. A. S. under the Oe eee eee ee en en een enn eee nee EEO ESS S NRE ES EES S SESE ES ES ESE ES RENEE EESE HSE ESE EERE REE R AREER ERR RRR NERS SRNR R SR RRR RENO EERE SS EEE RSS S SSH SS RHR Raman a sees ca provisions of the constitution, and refer to 2 League members (orto 3 @3 | other reputable citizens) named hereon, S = Name 05s) eae Page ae pee S| Street or P.O: Boxe) 22.02 ae ee ee Be eee es i City OF TOW! ....-.csscccsacsesnoscavsctact dessestaitiaccastel npassecnssuatcecten ethan site tose th eee eee ane pert i ee nn ee ee eee ee Detach this, fill out and send in. RECREATION. xli " GSURE SHOT. im Bc Sd pane Ie f , oD) wf \ The puppy is liable to destruction from worms. ’Tis the critical period in a dog’s life. Canine worms meet ‘‘sure’’ destruction when SURE SHOT is administered. After that, it builds up the growing dogs constitution, develops bone and muscle. It makes thin, puny and weak puppies plump, animated and strong. SOc. by mail, prepaid. Sergeant's Condition Piiis are the best liked and easiest to give of all alteratives and tonics. Incidentally any disease that a dog is likely to have will be speedily relieved and ulti- mately cured. Of dealers, 50c. and $1. By mail, prepaid. Sergeant’s Carbolic Soft Soap is the ‘‘best ever’? and for sale everywhere. 25c. of dealers. By mail 35c. An order, or 3c. in stamps will entitle you to our latest Dog Book and Pedigree blank, mailed free. For sale by ‘‘All Druggists & Sporting Goods Dealers.” \ SOOO nono no nicnicniGinGiniain WHEN YOU REALIZE that we own our own open-hearth steel furnaces, make our own Steel, then the Billets, then the Rods, then the Wire, and then Galvanize it in our own pans; Pan YOU CAN PLAINLY. SEE how we can furnish so much better fencing at about the same price that you have to pay for other kinds. If we could use common wire in PAGE FENCES, we could save about $5.00 a ton just on the wire. Allstyles of PAGE FENCES are made of PAGE-WIRE. Our catalog reads like a story. It is free. “Polk MILLER (8) Page Woven Wire Fence Co. BOX 39, ADRIAN, MICHIGAN CN ACACACAC ACCIACCA aaa aac ala (Se (5A aa xii RECREATION. With a Kenwood Sleeping Bag you do not need a tent; you are pre- pared for any weather, hot or cold, wet or dry. It is a light, compact, warm covering that assures comfort every night. The construction is simple, sanitary and practical. Hun- dreds of experienced sportsmen are now using Kenwood Bags. Write us for prices, samples and full information. = THE KENWOOD: MiLUs DEPARTMENT B, ALBANY, N. Y. COMPACT! POWERFUL! COOKS ANYWHERE. Fins and Feathers The Khotal Camp Stove. |] scestnttet song the tine of te . FRISCO _ SYSTEM. St. Louis and San Francisco R.R, Co, Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham R. R. SHORT LINE TO MISSOURI, KANSAS, ARKANSAS, | INDIAN AND OKLAHOMA TERRITORIES Texas and Mexico VIA ST. LOUIS, KANSAS CITY, MO., OR MEMPHIS Burns ordinary kerosene without Write for illustrated literature of interest to real Burns Kerosene wick. No smell, no wet wood. sportsmen. Hot meals and solid comfort. Heat regulated by self- cleaning needle valve, froma gentle simmering warmth to a temperature of 2,000° Fahrenheit. Send for Catalogue. Vestibuled Pullman Buffet Sleeper, through with- J out change between New York and Memphis, Tenn., via Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Ga., and Birming= Mention RECREATION. ham, Ala., in connection with Pennsylvania R. R. J Price, $3.75. and Southern Ry. F. D. RUSSELL A. HILTON q The HYDRO-C ARBON BURNER ¢ ; General Eastern Agent General ay Agent § 385 B’way, New York St. Louis, Mo. 197 Fulton St., New York. RECREATION. xiii THEYRE MADE TO MEASURE ’ enon < . ss Pu (man : Boots. | Go on like a glove 272 fit all over. For a Quarter of a Century Putman Boots have been the Standard among Western Hunters, Prospectors, Ranchmen and En- gineers (who demand the best) and we have learned through our per- sonal contact with them how to make a perfect boot. Putman Boots are in use in nearly every civilized country in the World, They are Genuine Hand Sewed, Water Proof, Made to Meas- ure, Delivery charges prepaid, and cost nomore than others. Send for Catalogue of over 30 different styles of boots. Also Indian Tanned Moosehide Moccasins: Illustration shows No. 900, 14 inches high, Bellows Tongue, Madeon any style toe desired, Uppers are Special Chrome Tanned Calt Skin, tanned with the grain of the hide left on; (Our Special Tannage) making the leather water proof, black or brown color, large eyelets and wide leather laces, laced at side to fit boot tight around top. sole, light. medium or heavy. Thesoles are Genuine Hand Sewed, (making them soft and easy) and made of the best Water Vroof Oak Sole Leather. Made to measure and delivered in the U. S., Canada or $/ h0 1 BS EO SD GOR BS Sette ihe ay i ae a a tg aE 1 H, |; PUTMAN & CO. Send for Order Blank showing 36 HENNEPIN AVE. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. how to measure your Foot. CONLEY'S COMBINATION HUNTING COAT AND VEST The [lost Useful Coat to Sportsmen It is made of the best 8-oz. plain and rubberized duck of dead grass color, and is absolutely water- proof. Order direct from the factory. The hunter is our only agent. Rubberized, - $5.00 Uurubberized - 4,40 You can use it fora long rain coat, a duck blind or sleeping bag. You can save yourself from dampness and cold, which costs moneyintheend. It will last a lifetime. Enclose stamp for =-y booklet. = Mention RECREATION. — wvsoseph, Mo. aa CONLEY MEG. Co., St. xliv RECREATION. A Boarding-House 2,798 Years Old is the ‘* motif” of the story of ‘‘ THE PROPHET’S CHAMBER” in The Four- Track News for May. This little story will prove intensely interesting to every farmer, and par- ticularly to every farmer's wife, in New York and New England. The Four-Track News will be mailed free to any address in the United States on receipt of 5 cents in stamps, or it will be mailed for a year for 50 cents, by George H. Daniels, General Passenger Agent, Grand Central Station, New York. p : t C t B d Of the best, perfect riva e oun ry Oar Summer conditions, edge charming New England mountain town, in the heart of the Berkshires. Adjoining Lenox, convenient to everywhere. Inland elevation 1200 feet above sea. Fine dry air not excelled by Adirondacks, yet within 4 hours of New York City by frequent expresses. (ADULTS ONLY.) For particulars write early to RAMSAY MacNAUGHTAN, Pittsfield, Mass. The WEST SHORE RAILROAD One of the leading Trunk Lines of America. Runs along the west side of the historic Hudson River, Through the foothills of the Catskill Mountains, Through the beautiful Mohawk Valley. Crossing the Genesee River at Rochester. Reaching Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Suspen- sion Bridge. Connecting at Buffalo for Chicago and the West: Having also connections for Cincinnati and St Louis. Presear fares from New York by the West Shore are as follows: $8.00 to Buffalo or Niagara Falls; to Chicago; $14.00 to Detroit ; Cleveland; $21.25 to St. Louis; $15.00 to Cincinnati. For particulurs call on any West Shore Ticket Agent, $18.00 $12.00 to or address C. E. LAMBERT, H. B. JAGOE, General Passenger Agent. Gen’! Eastern Passenger Agt. 7 East 42d St., New York 359 Broadway, New York. I have a small game preserve now stocked with elk and Virginia deer. Should be glad to learn through RECREATION where I can buy a pair each of antelope, mule deer and fallow deer. Last summer I raised a brood of native quails. They be- came as tame as chickens. I purpose to try raising California quails this year. F. J. Wilson, Lewisburg, O. 90c. PER 1000 With a WAGER SCALE you can make 1000 perfect negatives, and you can’t do it otherwise. Post free, 50 cents. money back if you don’t like it. Aluminum, $1.00. Endorsed by the Editor of RECREATION, Your Send a postal for descriptive circular. WAGER EXPOSURE SCALE CO., Box 539, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Wy } LS = Z%, SE Nime. Benoit’s Russian Depilatory Instantaneously Removes & > SUPERFLUOUS HAIR without torturing, blistering, discoloring or leaving any blotch, signs or other ill effect onthe skin. Itisan effective, instantaneous, harmless remedy. Send for Booklet Giving Full Information, MME, BENOIT, 2 East 42d Street, New York City. Mention REcREATION. MARBED BEAUTY RECREATION. WER RIA SLPS QUICK SERVICE BETWEEN BUFFALO and CHICAGO DEO Sah sl) Eee LG PUL aOres Ae a RIPS Nearly half a million dollars has just been expended on these floating palaces, in adding new and novel im- provements, refurnishing, etc. Unapproached for rest, recreation and comfort. Leave Buffalo Tuesday and Saturday. Leave Chicago Wednesday and Saturday. For full information apply to W.M. LOWRIE, General Passenger Agent 1460 Prudential Bldg., Buffalo, N. Y. xlv xlvi RECREATION. DOGS BARRED, IN. ALLEGANY COUNTY. The following act was passed by the Supervis- ors, and will prevent all hunting with dogs in Al- he eS legany county for 3 years: — ife™ — _ : Sec. 1. No person shall hunt or kill with a ; dog or dogs any woodcock, snipe, quail or ruffled Gy ‘NEW ENGLAND LAK fo c . grouse, commonly called partridge, within the |} ‘RIVERS OF: . ' \ co of Allegany, New York, for 3 years from ae “vy ae y \. |) anuary I, 1902. NEW ENGLAND. Sec. 2. Any person violating the provisions of S the Porceoine section shall be guilty of a misde- “fe . meanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a ‘NEW ENGLAND. fine of $20 for each offense, one-half to be paid SEASHORE OF : to ine person entering the come aad one-half ; to the county treasurer. n default of payment ‘ NEW ENGLAND. j Se of said fine, said offender shall be imprisoned in ‘| PICTURESQUE — the county jail of said county 20 days.—Wells- | NEW ENGLAND. : J ville (N. Y.) Reporter. HisToric— MISCELLANEOUS © Nee So we must poach or hang up our guns ‘Will be sent upon réceipt of 6 € } SS. for 3 years. This august body favors a aaa a law extending the open season on Dlack and Oswego bass in Lake Cuba, and at the ‘a Spa ne No same time wants to double the tax on dogs. eashore, sc | rm Out of our 29 supervisors I venture the : ‘T1 HE ey Pe assertion not more than 3 ever bagged a Ase EASTER and the bird. They are, therefore, probably fitted Reached by 4 fe 2 to make laws governing sportsmen’s Cie eer Bak pe a | i methods. Our board is credited with a member who sought to have a law enacted compelling owners of bees to stamp their names on each bee, to enable owners of clover fields to maintain actions for tres- pass by honey seekers. What next? H. C. Wilcox, Friendship, N. Y. IF YOU WOULD LIVE NEXT TO NA- TURE, READ RECREATION. A AILROAD oS 0+ C0 “the? Pleasure Resorts Ofsee Cexas and Gulf of Mexico TAKE... | |llustrated descriptive pamphlet (containing complete maps) have. A been issued under the following titles, and will be mailed upon receipt of 2 CENTS in stamps for each book. ALL ALONG SHORE, LAKE SUNAPEE, "AMONG THE MOUNTAINS, SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE, LAKES AND STREAMS, SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE, i POU Led eae! §6| Via CHICAGO, KANSAS CITY, or -MERRIMACK VALLEY, LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG, ST. LOUIS THE MONADNOCK REGION, 5 "WALLEY SF THE CONNECTICUT 48° NORTHERN VERMONT, THE HOOSAC COUNTRY 4%° DEERFIELD. VALLEY. WAGNER BUFFET SLEEPERS COLORED BIRDS EYE VIEW FROM MT.WASHINGTON FREE “KATY ” CHAIR CARS SENT ON RECEIPT OF G CTS. IN STAMPS. Aso Summer Tourist Book giving list of tours and rates, hotel and boarding house hst,and other valuable information, free. PASSENTER DEP AEN BM. hos tinMass. W. S. ST. GEORGE, Gen. East. Agt. Ds J FIANCELS , cen. pass'e & TICKET AGENT. Et 308 Broadway, New York For further information, address RECREATION. xI\ ii Fabled Icmagaming eer | | ee es HIS most beautiful Ontario f 7 lake is in the heart of the Ojibway country, and much Indian folklore clusters about it; but it has other attrac- tions for the sportsman and fisherman, for here moose, cari- bou, bear and deer are found almost, if not quite, as abundant- ly as when the first coureur des bois found his way there. Of course big game may only be shot during the latter half of October and November, so the summer visitor must content himself (or herself, for many ladies go there each year) with black bass, heavy lake trout, northern pike and the gilded pike-perch. Most men find it easy to be satisfied with such sporting fare, and not a few pitch their tents season after season by the shores to Temagaming and its sister waters. For further particulars, apply to any officer or agent of the Canadian Pacific Railway or to 353 Broadway, New York, N. Y.; 629-631 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. ; 129 East Balti- more Street, Baltimore, Ma. ; 1229 Pennsylvania Avenue, Wash- ington, D. C.; 304 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. ; 235 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Vis 9 Fort Street, W., Detroit, Mich.; 228 South Clark Street, ‘Chicago, Ill, RO BE R T KERR, Passenger Traffic Manager MONTREAL xlviii RECREATION. PS RE I EE | te . A région of “woodland ‘and water, 2000 feet above sea level in” | Lackawanna northeastern Pennsylvania ; one of the most alluring resorts fcx, I; iitrig health and ‘pleasure to, be found in the east; dry, cool and aes * invigorating ;\ splendid (roads ; modern hotels. ‘Reached int 1 3% hours from New, York, by fast express trains over the Lackawanna’ (Railroad. Eig i btpele cat PN Rg “ Mountain “andy Lake Resorts,” !a handsomely illustrated book; containing a series off sketches, called ‘‘ The Experiences of Pa,”’ a give complete information. ; Sent on ‘receipt of 5 cents in postage; stamps, addressed to T. W. LEE, ,/ General Passenger Agent, Lackag: iwanna ay aise New York City. ( RECREATION. xlix A BOOK FOR Sportsinen aiid Vacationists, ISSUED BY THE Bangor 24 Aroostoek R. R. AND ENTITLED “IN PINE TREE JUKGLES” Is a Guide to the Fishing, Hunting and Camping Regions of NORTHERN MAINE. 178 pages: Iilustrated by over 100 half- tone cuts of scenety, fish and gaiié; Handsomely designed. SENT FOR 10c. IN STAMPS. Address: GEO. M. HOUGHTON, Traffic Mer. BANGOR, ME. ‘Mention RECREATION. , Do you want a Good, Reliable Substantial, Well Made Mole Barrel Shot Gun If so, send me 10 YEARLY SUBSCRIPTIONS and I will send you such a Gun as a premium Itis made by the DAVENPORT ARMS CO., and this means it is made of good material and that only good workmanhip is put on it. This is one of the many remarkable op- portunities RECREATJON is offering to men and boys to fit themselves out com- pletely for shooting and fishing. Sample Copies for Use in Canvassing Furnished on Application. Addtess RECREA TION 23 W. 24th St, New York City Boston, Mass. - - - = . T. Wyn CHICAGO) bia ei cete ls Granp Rapips, MIcH., . San Francisco, CAt., St; PAUG,. MINN 26°. § ToRoNTO, ONT ; D THE MOST. CHARMING- ke SUMMER 5==RESORTS- i N” AMERICA oe 1000 FEET ABOVE SEA: ALE VEL | Pm, 9 ‘ 306 Washington Street. Seten Lh): McDonald, 285 Main St. (Ellicott Square Bldg ). J. H. Burgis, 249 Clark St., Cor. Jackson Boulevard. 124 Woodward Avenue. Morton House Block. 11 James Street, North, Burrato,N.Y.,- .- . . Geo. W. Watson . C. A Justin . C. E. Morgan, Detrorrt, Micu Hamitton, OntT., . . . KincsTon, OnT..s . . . . J. P. Ha anleypn : Comer Ontario and Johnston streets, . W. H. Bullen, . California Bank Building. . J. Quinlan, . . Bonaventure Station, “Dun ‘Building, 290 Broadway. - 219 Front Street. . 111 Endicott Arcade. Union Station. Los ANGELES, Cat., . . MONTREAL, Que.,. . . NEW VoRKS.N,¥-,2° 2 92. PD YErso se r . David Brown, Jr., M. C. Dickson; . . ] RECREATION. A King Folding Canvas Boat IS -MADE TO GIVE is buil irel HA a = YEARS OF HARD SERVICE, faye ani modeled BY HAND NOT BY MACHINERY. Its indestructible steel frame is made to stand salt water by heavy galvanizing. NO BAG- GING between the ribs is possible owing to the automatic tension of the Spring Steel Frame of 12 longitudinal and 13 diagonal ribs. This ribbing is covered by U.S. patents. Makes the SMALLEST and NEATEST PACKAGE of any FOLDING BOAT omer 11 -foot Special With Air Chambers in They Float 100 pounds Bottom Boards Rest on the Frame Not on the Canvas They are Stiffer than a Wooden Boat because the lines are fuller, and are much easier to row or paddle. Send 6c. for Catalogue No. 7—60 illus- trations and 250 testimonials. King Folding Canvas Boat Co., ~Kalamazoo, [ich., U. S. A. ——__ EXTENDEDSUIN INN FoLpep__-F Send for catalogue of our full line of Folding ite DITA TDAP OD Canvas Boats and Canoes, which have been adopted by Governments of United States, Canada and England. Just filled an order for U. S. Government who prefer our boats. Received medal and award at Chicago World’s Fair. If you investigate we will get your order. Acme Folding Boat Company, Miamisburg, O. Mention JRECREATION. OD ———_—_—_—— ————— ee a PARK Luxurious Launches Fay & Bowen very finest in con- struction and fin- . ish; equipped with Fi : the famous Fay & = Bowen Motors, which start when started, A perfect and unique Ignitor. Motors from 1% to 25H. P. Send for catalogue. Fay & Bowen, 28 Mili St., Auburn, N. Y. - == GAS ENGINE Co- ~~ ROC .. F]/ Launches are the § and run until you stop them. No crank or handle. J ———————————————— EE aaa = S= Sa eet y ESTER N.Y. For Sale or Exchange: One thorough- bred liver and white pointer, one year old, broken ready for work, staunch, and works close, $25. One black and white English setter, 8 months old, ready for breaking, makes good points now, $10. Three thoroughbred pointer pups, 6 weeks old, from best strains in the State, §$ro. One B-flat Slide Trombone, ‘‘Conn,” triple silver-plated, 6% inches bell, gold lined, good as new; cost $52.50, will take $35. F. C. Read, Cold Brook, N. Y. Sent Free: Ten varieties of Mexican pust- age and revenue stamps for one annual subscription to RECREATION sent in through me. Stamp collectors should not miss this chance to increase their collection of Mexi. can stamps. Albert M. Penn, Laredo, Tex, RECREATION. li A PLEASURE C In the use of which, you are tranquil in Mind, Body and Estate. It is Safe to use, Sure to go, Economical to maintain. It’s the kind that’s “ALL RIGHT, ALL THE TIME.” Built upon lines of Grace and Beauty, with Strength, Power and Speed. Send zo cents for Launch and Marine Engine Catalog **L WESTERN GAS ENGINE CoO., Mishawaka, Ind. Mullins’ Galvanized Sheet Steel Boats —=AND INDIAN CANOES ow in and Price Durable Send for Complete Illustrated Catalogues W.H. MULLINS,» - - 228 Depot Street, SALEM, OHIO Every Sportsman a ae | Every Prospector ever Server tancelf RUSHLON Canocs § Every Explorer “*The Quintessence of Canoe Quality.” Who goes into the woods or the mountains “INDIAN” should carry one of Marble’s Pocket Axes This is the most convenient and useful tool eve invented for such men. It is as important as a hunting knife, and almosi as much so as amatch box. This Axis neat, light, safe and effective. Length, rs ft.; beam, 32 in.; depthat center, r2in. Oak, cedar and cherry frame, canvas cover. Weight, 56 to 66 Ibs. ~ F Some canoes are quite strong, but slow; others are quite fast, but fragile; but in the Grade A, $38 to $40. Grade B, $30 to $32. : You can do more things with it than with any other one instrument known to the craft. I-have made an arrangement with W. L. Marble, Gladstone, Mich. The Maker of this Ax which enables me to offer, for a short time, one of these axes as A Premium for Three Subscriptions to RECREATION. RUSHTON CANOE you will find strength and speed combined. I make my canoes out of air-seasoned Mich- igan white cedar, and I also make a specialty of canvas covered cedar canoes. Better see This is Another Great Opportunity my models before you decide to buy. and should be taken advantage of at once by My Ill & : every woodsman who is not already supplied vier ee pares es ESERCS with one of these handy tools. Sample copies of RECREATION for use incan- é J. H. RUSHTON, 817 Water St., Canton, W.Y.,U.S.A. vassing furnished on application. GAAS Ges qe Se - lit RECREATION. Small Profits—Quick Sales. 15C Rigiar price spcaes” Quality A Flies 30C Resie the cone Quality B Plies 60C Regular price Sreents” Quality C Flies: 600 Ricular price’; ene,” BASS Flies SPLIT BAMBOO RODS || t o»ew Braided Silk Enameled Waterproof ty Beas! 7) 'e (Siesepaienene METAL CENTER LINE to feet, 6 ounces i Size No, 5, 444 cents per yard. Size No. 4, 5% cents per 3 piece and extra tip, cork grip, in wood form yard. Put upin ro-yard lengths connected. $200 Tuttle Launches Are the Winners 15 MILES IN TWO HOURS. LAUNCH ON EXHIBITION IN STORE Catalogues of any of above goods free on application The H. H. KIFFE CO., 523 Broadway, New York City Mention RECREATION. SILVER LAKE TROUT FARM Brook Trout FOR sTOCKING PURPOSES Correspondence Solicited GEO. F. LANE, Silver Lake, Plymouth County, Mass. FISHIN C.—Black Bass and Salmon Illustrated Guide with Maps of the RIDEAU, BEVERLEY & CHARLESTON LAKES, free Apply to’E. A. GEIGER, Sup’t Brockville, Westport & S. Ste. M. Ry., Brockville, Ont. [IF YOU WOULD LIVE NEXT TO NA- TURE, READ RE CK GAO IN: GOOD CHANCE TO JOIN ONE OF THE BEST FISHING AND HUNTING CLUBS IN CANADA One share inthe North Lake Fish and Game Club forsale. This club is situated within easy access ot Montreal. Fine Trout Fishing, Deer Hunting, Beautiful Scenery. Club con- trols 200 square miles of good Moose Hunting Territory. Will sell tor $100. Address, ‘B,’’ care of RECREATION. For Exchange: One No. 5 D Al-Vista panoramic camera, valued at $50, for a Vic- tor gramaphone using rubber disks, or a good Remington or Smith Premier No. 2 typewriter. Address G. H. E., care of RECREATION, . For Sale: Winchester 12 gauge ’g97 model, Take-down shot gun, 30 inch barrel, Barger sight; new, perfect condition, for $14.50- List price $27. J. W. Fream, Harney, Md. Weise ae é UDRP pg jae ee Submerged Electric Motor Co. GENERAL OFFICE WORKS, MENOTSIONIE, WISCONSIN PORTABLE FRESH AND SALT WATER PROPELLERS Attached to a double-ender or any boat in a moment. Absolutely practical; Noiseless, Odorless-and Safe. Nothing to get out of order or explode, Runs in shal- low water and is the correct thing for Hunting and ’ Fishing. Nothing so desirable for boating, We make the best Motor Generators and Gasoline Generators for any purpose. Outfit of Boat—16 ft.—and_Fresh Water Motor for Lake, with 2-box Battery, $195.00. Send for full information and catalogue. Gen’! Sales Office, R. 329 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, Minn. RECREATION. liii Established 1840 ye” Geo. B. Carpenter & Co. 4 ETING ( MAKERS OF HIGH GRADE TEATS, SAILS, CAMP FURNITURE copy"! go5 a é Geo.B. Carpenter & Co, ~& The Largest and Most Complete Stock :n the U,S. Send 4c. in stamps for Tent and Camp Catalogue, or 6c. in stamps for Marine Hardware Catalogue. 200, 202, 204, 206, 208 S. Water St.,Chicago, III. 77 Information Bureaus of the New York Central Lines Each city ticket office of the New York Central, Boston & Albany, Mich- igan Central, Lake Shore, Big Four, Pittsburg & Lake Erie, and Lake Erie & Western Railroads in the cities of New York, Brooklyn, Boston, Worces- ter, Springfield, Albany, Utica, Mon- treal, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Detroit, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, Portland, Los Angeles, and Dallas, Texas, is an information bureau where desired information regarding rates, time of trains, char- acter of resorts, hotel accommoda- tions, and a thousand and one other things the intending traveler wants to know will be freely given to all callers. For a copy of Four Track Series No. 3, ‘‘America’s Summer Resorts,’ send a 2-cent stamp to George H. Daniels, General Passenger Agent, Grand Central Station, New York; or send 5 cents fora copy o* the Four Track News, a beautifully illustrated magazine of travel and education. Fisk’s iMinnow Pail Ia £G> The only Minnow Pail in which Min- nows can be kept alive in- definitely. ita l as aoe air | Sr chamber .at i. Un LTA, 4 the bottom holding 260cu- bic inches of condensed air forced in by the Air Pump attached, and by a simple rubber attach- ment the air is — I se il allowed to es- = Cit water gradu- Lee Be the wae i with the oxygen consumed by them. One pumping is sufficient for ten hours. Height, rfoot; diameter, 10 inches; weight, 7%4 Ibs.; water, 2% gallons; keeps sc to 150 minnows, ac- cording to their size, IT KEEPS THEM ALIVE. Price, $5 net—Sold direct Send for Circular, Mention RECREATION. iJ. M. KENYON @ CO. Toledo, Ohio, U. S. A. i = liv RECREATION. = s ~ The Cebrated I have on file O measure- ments of z all old cus- ; tomers who ai H | Mu have bought HN ge un In iro MLS Boots, ing Boots and Shoes and Mocca- “*The Automatic Reel did it.” Caught by H. H. Fraser, St. Johns, N. F. when fish is | No. slack line—in.g ne little finger instantly releases spring which Shoes of the W. Fred Quimby Co, of New York for the past 20 years, winds the line automatically. This con- ; tinual pull “, prevents fish from dislodg- pce Fe ee ated . ing hook from %& his mouth. When Cane ae tue same Sins once hooked, he’s grade of sports- your fish. Reel can men’s footwear be made free-running ; asinthe past. I All Work for casting. Prizes For particulars ask any sporting goods dealer, or send di- rect, for “Booklet X.” tl” Yawman é Erbe Mfg. Co., ROCHESTER, N. Y. Guaran- teed was formerly superintendent of the shoe department of that firm and have bought out the right to make these boots and shoes. Measurement blanks and prices on application, Mention RECREATION T.H. Guthre 33 William Street, NEWARK, N. J. w No other reel will give satisfaction after you have seen THE “TALBOT REEL A. thing more perfect was never wrought in metal. In Tournaments always a victor; among the Fishermen’s treasures, the chief. Send for Booklet “D.’’ W. H. TALBOT, Nevada. Mo. fo mare oy ] Shakespeare Baits not tempt him. In the water it struggles as if alive and attracts a bass or any game fish from m any yards away For large or small mouth bass or pickerelit has no eae and fo parieulan skill is i 7 quired to use it. A small boy with a ball of twine, an o oat and Shakespeare Reels a revolution bait caught 19 bass in three hours that weighed 43 Ibs, Make you Sure of Landing Your Big Catch, There is no reel like it for bait-casting. It Jf aN makes a rapid, successful, expert fisherman out of the amateur or beginner in a very short time, These reels are (ff «f so beautiful in design, so exquisitely finished and withal so serviceable and strong the angler who is so fortunate / -¥ as to own one treasuresit ashis dearestand most valued possession and the price is within reach of every angler, $500 in Cash andDiamond prizes for best bait-casting records each month this season also $100 additional for biggest bass. You can winat home. Noentry fee required, Write for particulars. Shakespeare — : - Reels and Baits sent free on trial to any aneler who sends name and address to 5 WM. SHAKESPEARE, JR., 237 Shakespeare Building, KALAMAZOO, MICH. NOTE—Ask for the charming little books ‘‘How to Catch Bass,” ‘‘The Fine Points of : , — a Reel” and ‘The Art of Bait-casting. THEY ARE FREE to every sportsman. — RECREATION. lv RES Ss ieee war Og teed oo Lee eR, Sto OSs: iy 7 ahs nN : - GEE WHIZ! I never could have landed with a willow pole, or with any other kind but A BRISTOL. If you want a rod that will bring the big ones out, you must get A BRISTOL. I have seen fellows try all the other kinds, but some break, some come unwound, some bend too easy and some not easy enough. The fellows that use the Bristols, get every fish that bites. Made by the seeA HORTON MFG. CO., Bristol, Conn. SES eee. : Send for new catalogue. rae Je Mention REeEcREATION. li RECREATION. “HOPKINS & ALLEN” New Line Small Calibre Rifles ' ‘tae im ! f ey ) No. 822.—Lever Action, case hardened, walnut stock, rubber butt plate, weight | 4 pounds, 20-inch barrel, for 22 R. F, long or short cartridges. $4.50 | No. 722.—Solid Breech Block Action, case hardened, walnut stock, rubber butt plate, weight 3%4 pounds, 18-inch barrel, for 22 short R. F. cartridges, $3.50 We will ship, all charges prepaid, on receipt of remittance with order, to any express office ‘in the U. S. A. We agree to refund your money if you are not satisfied, provided you will agree to mail us a target made with the rifle we send you. Order while this offer is open. The Hopkins & Allen Arms Co. NORWICH, CONN., U. S. A. RECREATION. lvii Newhouse Traps THE STANDARD FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS Used by all professional hunters and trappers, who find that The Best Trap is the Cheapest Complete illustrated catalogue on application. ONEIDA COMMUNITY, LTD., Kenwood, N. Y. Practical sea ence CAMP oe STOVE Either with or without oven. The lightest, strongest most compact, prac- | tical steve made. Cast combination sheet steel top, smooth outside, : heavy lining in fire box and around oven, holds its shape, telescopic pipe carried inside the stove. Burns larger wood and keeps firelonger than any other. Used by over 9,000 campers and only one stove returned. : For catalogue giving {ull particulars, mention REC- REATION and address, D. W. CREE, Manufacturer, Griggsville, Ill. Ng Se For Sale: 30-30 Winchester Carbine, in good condition, with reloading tools; $9. Oscar Himebough Suffield O. ER EE-—HOW DOES THIS STRIKE YOU? To everyone sending me $1 by Draft or P.O. Money Or- der, for a year’s subscription to RECREATION, I will! give the choice of one of FOUR Roosevelt hunting books, Sagamore Series, post-paid, each containing frontispiece, 16° cloth, substantial and large print.: The books are: ‘Hunting the Grizzly,” ‘‘Hunting Trips of a Ranchman,”’ ‘ Wilderness Hunter” and ‘*‘Hunting Trips on the Prairie.’ This is a generous offer and willnot be open long. By this offer you can enlarge your library of sporting books with practically no expense to you. The books are interesting, inst1uctive, considered by many President Roosevelt’s best books. . Address GEQ. J. BICKNELL, Humboldt, tows, For Sale: A Lefever Hammerless D grade, old style action, 10 gauge 30-inch Damascus, drop 3, length 14. weight 10 lbs. Left barrel full, right modified choke. In good condition. Makes a very close target, Reloading tools and brass shells with it. Price, $35.00. I. P. Tafft, Box 474, Nor- wich, Conn. er ES Wanted: Typewriter in perfect condition inexchange for Winchester, 38-70, model 73, made to order with complete outfit, cost $23.00, in fine condition; also, splendid, mounted specimen of wood ibis; Florida Views, (Photos) or native plants, shells, etc. C. E. Pleas, Chipley, Fla. —s 1857-1902 (ae a NEW COMPANY ‘% ——— THE PERFECTED ““MIALCOLM)”? TELEscopic sICcHT OUR “ROUGH RIDER” HUNTING SCOPE, $9.00. The Best and Cheapest on the market, New Catalogue just out. Write Ghe Malcolm Rifle Telescope Mfg. Co., Syracuse, N. Y., U.S. A, y AD a, Tennis Rackets and Golf Clubs ee eS hE Carefully Selected Perfectly Balanced Finely Finished Up-to-Date in Model A Trial will Convince You of These Qualities Complete Lines of ‘TENNIS avd GOLF Supplies SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE — MAILED FREE THE BRIDGEPORT GUN IMPLEMENT COMPANY 313-317 BROADWAY. NEW YORK Sportsmen! Smokers! ‘“PRESS-ME” A Tobacco Pouch GOOD THING Self-feeding No Trouble Self-closing No Waste Made of fine, soft leather, in Russet, Brown and Black, price, 25c. Black Kangaroo, 50c.; Seal, 75c. From your Tobacconist or Direct The PEERLESS POUCH CO., Inc. Box 284 (R), Washington, D.C. PATENTED Our camping club is on the lookout for a site for our next fall’s camp. Can you put us in communication with some reliable people in Pennsylvania, who are located in regions where bear, deer and small game may be had? Recreation Camping Club, Camp Hill, Pa. IN ANSWERING ADS PLEASE MENTION RECREATION. — inne oa a lviii RECREATION. SS « ID Ps Ty iN ] Il $252 5S =? ==>==i= 4 cca 7 EAL « PAPER SHOT SHELL TRIMMER SOMETHING NEW. With it you can cut off the soft and frayed ends of shells that have been fired and they will be as good as new. away ? Send us 6 cents in stamps for \| latest IDEAL HAND BOOK, Why throw good shells i giving full information of all New | Goods and much matter of interest to shooters. Address, IDEAL MANUF’G CO., New Haven, Conn.,U.S, A. The Phil. B, Bekeart Co., of San Francisco, Cal., Agents fer Pacific Coast When you write please Mention RECREATION. THE... 1902 Model LEATHER-COVERED Pneu- matic Recoil Pad is now per- fect. No pump, no valve,no recoil, no flinch, no headache, no bruised shoulders, no money if not satisfactory and returned at once. PRICE $2. J. R. WINTERS Clinton, Mo. Another Great Chance I HAVE ON HAND A WILKESBARRE GUN ($125 Grade, Entirely New). FINE DAMASCUS BARRELS that I will give to anyone who will send me 75 yearly subscriptions to RECREATION. I have only one of these guns, and so the first man who sends me the $75 will get it. Others who may try for the gun and be too late can get for their clubs a Syracuse, Ithaca, Parker or Remington gun, of as high grade as I can afford to furnish, POOLER’S BOSS SHOT, CARTRIDGE BELT AND GAME CARRIER The best of all. Delivered by mail to any address on receipt of $2. Send 10 cents in silver or stamps for Sample Cart- ridge Holder. R. H. POOLER, Manufacturer SERENA, ILL. The New York Life Insurance Co., S. L. Fleming, agent, 276 West 43d street, New York.—If any reader of RECREATION is thinking of taking out a policy, I can tell him something that will interest him. I wish to obtain a copy of RECREATION, of December, 1894. Will pay any reason- able price for it. Please address, C. Greenwood, Lakeside, Wash. SOME GOOD GUIDES. Following are names and addresses of guides who have been recommended to me, by men who have employed them ; together with date as to the species of game and fish which these guides undertake to find for sportsmen. If anyone who may employ one of these guides should find him incompetent or un- satisfactory, I will be grateful if he will report the fact to me. FLORIDA. : Cason Bros:, Frostproof, bear, deer, turkeys, quail, snipe. ; C. H. Stokes, Mohawk, deer, alligators, turkey, quail and snipe. IDAHO. John Ching, Kilgore, elk, bear, deer, antelope, moun- tain sheep, trout and grouse. _ R. W. Rock, Lake, ditto Chas. Pettys, Kilgore, ue ditto W. C. Holt, Hanover, moose, caribou, deer, grouse, and trout. H.R: Horton, Flagstaff, bear,; moose, fox, grouse and trout, MONTANA. James Blair, Lakeview, elk, bear, deer, trout and grouse. : A. T. Leeds, Darby, ditto Chas. Marble, Chestnut, ditto Wn. R. Waugh, Darby, moose, bear, elk, deer, sheep, grouse and trout; OREGON, W.H. Boren, Camas Valley, bear, deer, elk, grouse and trout. WYOMING. Frank L. Peterson, Jackson, elk, bear, deer, moun- tain sheep, antelope, grouse and trout. } S. N. Leek, Jackson, ditto James L. McLaughlin, Valley, elk, bear, deer, moun- tain sheep, antelope, grouse and trout. a Felix Alston, Irma, - ditto CANADA. W. A. Brewster, Banff, Rocky Mountain Park, Can., bear, sheep, goats, grouse and trout. Wm. S. Andrews, Lillooet, B. C., deer, bear, monu- tain sheep, goats, grouse and trout. B. Norrad,_ Boieztown, C., moose, caribou, grouse and trout. RECREATION. lix Charles Daly Field Gun SN + Locks and Action Anson & Deeley system—Charles Daly rice = Pattern. This means that the frame is one inch longer than the regular > Anson & Deeley frame, making the leverage greater. This. with the —————————————————————— fine fitting, accounts for Daly Guns seldom shaking loose. Experts consider the Anson & Deeley Locks the safest and best. They are the most expensive to make and are used by several of the leading makers of highclass guns. The lock parts are highly polished and finished better than most guns costing twice as much. _ Stocks of selected Italian Walnut; pistol grip and rubber butt plate. Fore End fitted with Deeley and Edge patent foreend snap. Barrels of Krupp’s Genuine Fluid Steel. Barrels equal to or better than used in many guns costing 3 times as much. Bored on the same system that has made the Daly Gun renowned for its wonderful shooting qualities. Rib beautifully matted with large Doll’s Head Extension, which with 2 bolts on the lug, gives it 3 distinct catches. Fitting, Balance, Shooting Qualities—Simply Perfect . Schoverling, Daly & Gales 302-304 Broadway, New York PbS LESSEE EESEEELEEE +4 SS SY AT THE GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP OF 1902 Du Pont Smokeless WON MIORE MONEY Than all the OTHER POWDERS combined. The most popular powder on the grounds. E. I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO. WILMINGTON, DEL. a Boh oh oh oh oh ob eh beh hehe bbb bb bbb} ER he Ho Ho Ho Be Ho Ho He Ho He Ho Ho Ho Bo Fe Ho He eo Fe ee Fe Ix RECREATION. iatitattatatteatatee ian Brees Ts HIGHEST QUALITY RODS: anD FINE FISHING TACKLE; CAMP OUTFITS. VACATION SUPPLIES, $a : SPLIT BAMBOO, LANCE WOOD AND STEEL RODS, ALL VARIETIES, é ; EST Enameled Lines, both English and American make. Silk, Linen and Cotton Lines, the ** Dream’’ Patent Spinner for trolling, Baskets, Hooks, Rod Cases, Wading Stockings, etc., etc. Agents for ‘*Henry Milward & Sons,”’ Redditch, England, and our Snell ‘Hooks, Leaders, etc., are made especially for us by these noted manufacturers. Full supply for Early Lake Trolling of Milward’s Angler Spinners, Dream Spinners, Milward’s Phantom Minnows and Baits of all kinds. Superior Quality only and of Highest Grade. Also Golf Goods, best makers. Agents for Anderson & Son’s Celebrated Scotch Clubs with the Texa Shaft, insuring long drives. Vacation Outfits, Yacht Guns, Tents, Canoes, etc. 2 A aso FINE CUNS, ALL MAKERS. W. &C. Scott & Son, Lang, Westley Richards, Parker, Smith, Ithaca, Lefever, New Worcester, Davis, Remington, ere: je Send 6 cts. in stamps for Fine Illustrated Catalogue of Fishing Tackle, Guns and List of Second Hand Guns, some of Highest Grade, Bargains. WM. READ & SONS, |0/ Washington St., Boston. THE OLD GUN HOUSE, ESTABLISHED 1826. MULL SESOVUET VOCUS TPES aveeees @0O000277O8 H. @ R. “Bicycle Hammerless” Revolver Description 32 Caliber, 5 shot. 2Inch Barrel. Weight, 12 ounces. C. F., S. & W. Cartridge. Finish, Nickel or Blue. IMPOSSIBLE TO CATCH on the pocket and discharge accidentally, ABSOLUTELY SAFE. Although designed for cyclists, this revolver is equally adapted to all cases where a small, light weight, effective and handy pocket weapon is desired. It has small frame and auto- Matic ejector. Sold direct where dealers will not supply. HARRINGTON & RICHARDSON ARMS CO. Makers of H. & R. SINGLE GUNS oe. Ie WORCESTER, MASS. RECREATION. Ixi PARKER CUN Made on Honor. Has No Equal! Is noted for its simplicity of construction beauty of proportion, excellence of work- manship, faultless balance and HARD SHUOTING QUALITIES The “OLD RELIABLE” Has Stood the test of Over 35 Years Experience and ability have placed the Parker Gun in an envi- able and well deserved position as the Best Gun in the world. Made by the oldest shotgun manufacturersin America. Over 109,000 : of these guns in use. Send for Catalogue Mention REcREATION. * PARKER BROS., MERIDEN, CONN. New York Salesroom, No. 32 Warren St. Improves Your Score. “PERFECT TARGETS” Ez, ™ IF YOU USE IT. a This does it. Fits all guns. Adjustable to any position. Instantly attached or detached to trigger guard or finger lever without use of tools. Cannot deface or damage your gun, INSURES STEADY HOLDING. Send for circular. Mention ‘‘Recrea- tion.’? Price only $2.00 postpaid. Manufactured and for Sale by GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS, PITTSBURG, DA. THE ORIGINAL MODERN RIFLE TELESCOPE. rr SS eae a as We announce that our perfected SNAPSHOT telescope, which is 4 the innocent cause of the present “Revolution” in rifle telescopes, is still unrivaled as a hunting and off hand rifie sight. and that our High Grade Target Telescopes and Mountings hold the record for finest targets and the SMALLEST[GROUP ON RECORD AT 200 YARDS, A great variety oftelescopes at from $10 00 upward. DEALERS CAN CARRY THESE TELESCOPES IN STOCK, Have ; S always made them so. While other firms that boast of their antiquity were still advocating the impractical long narrow kind, we were making SNAPSHOT telescopes ¥ th shorter tube, low power, largest field and practically universal focus, and sellin~ them, too. The “Evolution” of this telescope is the cause of the ** Revolution? we LOW hear of. Send for our List and Sheet on mounting up the telescope, adjustments of the same, etc. JOHN W. SIDLE, 628 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention REcREATION. ; oY} St UOHeTWT ,, «, 419}} 2] JSoro90UTs THE _ An Ideal 20TH CENTURY ARM, con- = structed to meet the requirements AV E N i oO RT : Res a of the 20th CENTURY SPORTS- ———————— ae MEN. SIMPLE in Action. HAMMER LESS : ~~ STRONG, RELIABLE, SYMMETRICAL, ACCURATE, Write us if interested and mention RECREATION. )xii RECREATION. = ss = ————— = ——— ——— ! — ——— ss — ss =s = = = = SSS = ———— SS $100 LIST ITHACA ky Showing the DOUBLE THICK BREECH with NEW CROSS BOLT GUARANTEED to be worth $25.00 more than any other make of Gun at Same Cost ITHAGA GUN CO., Ithaca, N.Y. UU, MLC. SMOKELESS .22 CARTRIDGES 22 SHORT) Ei in _ Will be used throughout the country during vacation Mmedays. hey are the greatest luxury which has ever ‘come to marksmen—no smoke—little noise—no fouling m= excceding accuracy. | whe =22 Short Smokeless has gained a_ reputation | for itself and the C. B. Cap Smokeless, now for the first time put out, is well lubricated and has no glass to cut the bore of the gun. New Catalogues The Union Melallic Cartridge Co. 13 Broadway ' Bridgeport 86 First Street » New York, N. Y. Conn. San Francisco, Cal. It needs “Only a Trial” to convince you that The New Model Remington No. 6 Take-down Single Shot Rifle is by far the best rifle you can buy for the money List price, $5.00, Apply to your dealer for catalog and discount Mention RECREATION. REMINGTON ARMS CO. 2 ze ILION, N. Y. 3 425 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. 313-317 Broadway, New York City a ; 4 _ CHARLES FRANCIS PRESS NEW YORK. CENTER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. a [ Stat 1 5 gn aN oo @ ntr Yor rand Centra = REPEATING RIFLES FOR HUNTING No matter what your ideas or preferences are about a rifle, some one of the eight different Winchester models will surely suit y |:. Winchester Rifles are made in all calibers, styles and weigh ; ; and whichever model you select, you can count on its being v =!) made and finished, reliable in action and a strong, accurate shooter. 7 FREE—Send your name and address on a postal card for our 164 page illustrated catalogue. ; WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. = NEW HAVEN, CONN. New $1ze 2 5c. ‘‘Good for Bad Teeth Not Bad for Good Teeth.” Into every bottle of — SOZODONT has ~ been poured the ex- perience and reputa- tion of fifty years =\ in the making of \\ high-grade toilet | articles. Wepledge — [||| ourselves ofits per- Ni fect purity, and sup- ' Bonds. Can you break away from cof- fee? It proba- bly is the cause of your dyspepsia, |/ weak heart, kidney 2) trouble, sour stom- ' ach, an inactive brain and nervous prostra- tion. You can easily break the bands that hold | port the claim with you to coffee by using | analyses by chemists Postum Food Coffee, for it ofthe highest repute. Sold everywhere or by mail for the poe 25c. — | SOZODONT Tooth Pow- der, 25c. Large, Liquid and Powder together, 75c. Refuse substitutes. HALL & RUCKEL New York requires noeffort to slip off coffee drinking for well-made Postum, and the change in health is miraculous in many 7 cases. Postum is a food drink, / rich in flavor, with none of the in- jurious effects of coffee. All grocers. Reduced from full size ROBO CECEBACA ie D have been established over 50 YEARS. By P| ANOS tem of payments every family in moderate stances can own a VOSE piano. We take old ments in exchange and deliver the new piano in your home free of ea Write for catalogue D and explanations, VOSE & SONS PIANO CO., 160 Boylston St., Boston, | : ie \ a nie aa ke ale and ME XVII. AUGUST, 1902 $1.00 A YEAR» 10c. A COPY I¢ SMI le OR ) - AN S a Ww IER v4 oS eee eas ‘3 pee AMATEUR PHOTO BY J, BAUER. YOUNG BITTERNS. a baited yt re PUBLISHED BY G. 0. SHIELDS (COQUINA) | 241TH ST., NEW YORK Ae a Ae A ta F T BE q | i ) OFFICIAL OR Result of a single shot from a .303 SAVAGE Expanding Bullet. Keep Up with the Times. Do not buy a rifle until you have examined into the merits of the Savage Only hammerless, repeating rifle in the world. Absolutely Safe, Strongest Shooter, Flattest Trajectory, also 1 and most effective rifle manufactured. Highest Development of Sporting Rifles. Constructed to shoot Sir Different Cartridges, or may be used single shot without the slightest change in the mechanism. Adapted for Large and Small Game. .303 and 30-30 calibers. Every rifle thoroughly noes Awarded Grand Gold Medal at Paris, in competition with all other styles of repeating rifles, Ps oa Write for new illustrated catalogue (‘‘G”’), ry a Ng Ni * » " Manufacturers of SAVAGE Magazine and Magnetic Hammers. Send for Circular. Savage Arms Company — Utica, N. Y., U.S.A. Pacific Coast Agents: BAKER & HAMILTON, San Francisco ane ‘Sacramento, Califone. RECREATION Copyright, December, 1901, by G. O. Shields” A Monthly Magazine Devoted ‘to Everything the Name Implies i iS) *LDS (COQUINA), 23 WEST 24TH STREET, ia ues Chik A Copy. oe 13 Baneccnd Manesee. : : NEw YORK CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER en He Shot Clear Out on the Sloping Seerny TAREE te ceases a iais, deatsis ste tnitiale Heras @ ah o\aWinsle'e/ece's:se's Celene sieis ONT UCe An Unexpected Catch. Illustrated. ....... 0 :+-20-seseeseeee se eee teen ees eeeteeeerecer ees Don CAMERON 85 NNT STA ESE TINSEL EET Ho fo'y sia tatee AR alee ore she cte a elated Sia ote ain ehalplescietpivie dis « ales oles adc ieineiec Sasesiepacces Jacgurs H. TRACY 87 Dog Days. Poem...... ...------.seeceee teen cee eect eee eee e eee e eee nae eee asee ee eenteeeaes A. N. KILGORE 87 MPTP ES UTES TEE PION ONS oe citismiete sae nie he sie Csloiaieta als) siecle 2iprayn’ de ale spele Rist th is (o's Ra ate SPT eb citidiec ae duarts GEO. H. Roor 8g Chapman’s Pond. Poem. ........-.--cseeceeseceerecereeeeee cee eeeeeeeanceesetenteeeeeee Zio Ere DUNCAN go The Story of Tiny Tim. Illustrated...........--6-.- sees cecee cesses ee ree wees ne eeeeeees BOYER GONZALES 91 Mvnittier’s Girl on a Trout Stream. Poem. :..-.....-- 0-22... ens ccee sence sactoerecensencs PRANK WHITE 92 In the Coast Range Ree Semen emer ean save LANA TIP at felareie diejeie/eie a\ers Gdistdlé elebciels's o’ana 06s A, side BITTING 93 mmPAdirondack Liaker.....-..0.606 2 sees dees eee TOR eat ns ot exe cle aigels 6! atet aso As H.R.BARNARD 97 iS ANd Feet Of, BITGS: . ...- 60. n cece eee cece ececnececes (See OS SBEPIC Speer _---.GEO.C.EMBODY 98 Longing for the Country. Poem.............-..2. see. - ees NOOO NO oe CAC EEE Sac ice .C.M. DENISON 100_ ERED erIBE BPBUGE UNG BitOe ence nea ae ei cienem oar 00h os enn eepsees ssceecnesccds - R. R. NICHOLSON Jor UPUREA NTRS RET PRES hops ea ceo Soa ww’ sic or w2/0's = aiaiels cin wide p+ s'eneeysiviencersccasce C20; ZERRALIN 103 EMIOATUEILCY B= ~ vocuns nap esse ene sre ene =n neens on eseces, ae Boece cece ce L.S. KEYSER 105 My First Lesson in Trapping... ..-......- ---22-eee eee e eect eee eee e ences eee eeeeees KATE E. NORCROSS 107 BETTI AME OL, Oo POCM <<) cee oan scciiel~ «pan selwicitint siead o oy vie seltnseeciateceeureceess FRANK H. SWEET 107 Plateau Wildeat. Illustrated........... Nea A tee ele eee ee Ee okie 2a) wo Va oasis dee plete ALLAN BROOKS 108 Pete Made His Mark........ eGo dds tuo cide TARAS a as Se A ar, 2 ee E.M.LEE£TE 109 Saranac Lake to Canada by Water........-........ Setainiet=t lal fatale ep srng dovEsioscocne CHARLES D. FERNALD III Farmer Brown’s Experience. Poem............ FORCE aOR ye OE AO PIE ES ge W. A. FULLER 112 he moose Head at the Pan-Awiertoan.. <- * uries of mod- ern travel. Leaving New York daily for the greatest health resorts of America, The service of the Southern Railway, particularly that of its palatial train, the “‘SOUTHERN’S P \LM LIMITED" and ‘*WASHINGTON aud SOUTHWESTERN LIMITED,” is the highest d-velopment or luxurious railway travel. The southern’s road bed is the best and its schedule is the lastest in the eorire South, while its Pullmans are the latest an | finest, and its scenic attractions are numperless and unriy led. New York Offices: 271 and 1185 BROADWAY W. A. TURK, Pass. Traffic Manager. S. H. Hardwick, Gen. Pass. Agent, ALEX. S. THWEATT, East. Pass. Agent, Washington, D. C. 1185 Broadway, corner 28th St., N. T- RECREATION. The way to get the best accommodations is via the GREAT Rock ISLAND ROUTE WHY ? It is the only direct line to Colorado Springs and Manitou. It is the popular route to Denver. It has the best Dining Car Service. It has the finest equipment and most satisfactory schedule and in the ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIMITED offers the best train; only one night, Chicago to Colorado. It leaves Chicago daily at 5.45 p. m. and arrives at Denver at 8.45 p. m., Colorado Springs (Manitou) 8.30 p. m. Another inducement to use the Meck Island will be the low round trip rates of $25 from Chicago to Colorado and $45 from Missouri River Points to Colorado, effective this summer by that line. Ask for details and free books. ‘‘Under the Turquoise Sky” gives the breeziest and most fascinating description of Colorado. ‘*‘Camping in Colorado’’ has full details for campers. Anglers will want ‘*Fishing in Colorado.’’ JOHN SEBASTIAN, General Passenger Agent, CHICAGO. Xil EOE AON: A BOOK Fins and Feathers| are plentiful along the line of the FRISCO - SYSTEM FOR | Sportsmen and Vacationists, | ISSUED BY THE Bangor 2=4 Aroostook R. R. AND ENTITLED “TH PINE TREE JUNGLES” Is a Guide to the Fishing, Hunting and Camping Regions of NORTHERN MAINE. St. Louis and San Francisco R.R. Co, | Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham R. R, SHORT LINE TO j MISSOURI, KANSAS, ARKANSAS, | INDIAN AND OKLAHOMA TERRITORIES Texas and Mexico VIA. ST. LOUIS, KANSAS CITY, MO., OR MEMPHIS 175 pages. Illustrated by over 100 half- tone cuts of scenery, fish and game. Handsomely designed. SENT FOR 10c. IN STAMPS. Write for illustrated literature of interest to real H Sportsmen, Vestibuled Pullman Buffet Sleeper, through with- out change between New York and Memphis, Tenn., } via Washington, D. C., Atlanta, Ga., and Birming- ham, Ala., in connection with Pennsylvania R. R. and Southern Ry. Address: GEO. [M. HOUGHTON, Traffic Figr. BANGOR, ME. F. D. RUSSELL A. HILTON Mention RECREATION. General Eastern Agent General Passenger Agent 385 B’ way, New York St> Louis, Mo. THE THOUSAND ISLANDS Cexas and Gulf of Mexico TAKB___ et, : There may be somewhere on the earth a more delightful region than that of the Thousand Islands, but if there is, it has not been discovered. It is the Venice of America, but also has good hotels that can be kept warm if tnere shall happen to be a cold rainy evening. It is as fine as the Bay of Naples, with 2,000 picturesque Islands scattered along the twenty- 000 ‘the’? Pleasure Resorts Ofae five miles of one of the most beautiful rivers in the world. You can find out a great deal regarding it in No. to of the ‘‘ Four-Track Series,’’ ‘‘ The Thousand Islands.” Copy will be mailed free on receipt of a 2-cent stamp by George H. Daniels, General Passenger Agent, New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, Grand Central Station, New York. ‘Via CHICAGO, KANSAS CITY, or ST. LOUIS WAGNER BUFFET SLEEPERS | FREE “KATY ” CHAIR CARS For further information, address W. S. ST. GEORGE, Gen. East. Agt. 308 Broadway, New York RECREATION. sand THE MOST CHARMING oe SUMMER RIVERS OF NEW ENGLAND. MOUNTAINS OF NEW ENGLAND. SEASHORE OF NEW ENGLAND. f PICTURESQUE . NEW ENGLAND. Historic — MISCELLANEOUS Will be sent upon receipt of 6 CENTS 2 4 andMountain sas - sili NEWE en Avr EASTERN & and the I Nari Phe Boston x» Maine RAILROAD \ { ‘ \ \ > 2 an “MUSKOKA. AKES DISTRICT LAKE OF BAYS REGION. | MAGNETAWAN RIVER , GEORGIAN BAY 2 0 SKAWARTHALAKES 2 LAK ES. SIMCOE & COUCHICHING Be, EASY OF ACCESS IMMUNITY FROM HAY FEVER oN EW TIODERN: IIOTELS | lstated descriptive pamphlet (containing sonnet maps) have | FE ek Ls LE U STRATED been issued under the following titles. and will be mailed PU B Li CAT! ONS upon receipt of 2 CENTS in stamps for each book. CAN BE HAD FROM GRAND. TRUNK RAN WAY SYSTEM ALL ALONGSHORE, LAKE SUNAPEE, = MBDRESS NEAREST. OFFICE. Ai AMONG THE MOUNTAINS, SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE, ae LAKES AND STREAMS, SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE, re Vy. 1 2 2 1 J.D. McDonald, 285 Main St ees Bldg) FISHING AND HUNTING, CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS, Ci chenNes ae ee enw one te 12k Woodard Avenne | | Tae MOHADNOCK REGION cies oath pean piece nae Kincston, ONT. 5 ‘ aa? J. P. Hanley, n . Corner Ontario and Johnston streets, VALLEY °£ THE CONNECTICUT 482 NORTHERN VERMONT, Bye Acives Chiesa dee Pe ncta inne Satie THE HOOSAC COUNTRY AX2 AND DEERFIELD VALLEY. New York, N.Y.,. . - . i See Dun Building, 290 Broadway. a ———___—_ SAN Francisco, Cat, . 1 W.O. Johnson, 219 Front Street. COLORED BIRDS EYE VIEW FROM MT.WASHINGTON St. Paut, Minn., David Brown, Jr. - - - . 111 Endicott Arcade. Toronto, Ont, . . . «M,C. Dickson; - Union Station. SENT ON RECEIPT OF G CTS. IN STAMPS. Aso Si wmmer Tourist Book giving Ist of tours and rates, hote/ and boarding house Mist,and other valuable mformation, free. . FOR-ALL PUBLICATIONS APPLY To PASSENGER DEPARTMENT, B.&M.R.R. Boston, MAss. D. SJ. FIANCELS, cen. pass’R K TICKET AGENT. GA A NENTION THIS MAGAZINE X1V RECREATION. ‘*FOR 34 YEARS A STANDARD PIANO.?’’ THe Wina PIANO YOU NEED THIS BOO IF YOU INTEND TO BUY A PIANO. A book —not a catalogue—that gives you all the informa- tion possessed by experts. It makes the selection of a pianoeasy. If read carefully, it will make you a judge of tone, action, workmanship, and finish; will tell you how to know good from bad. It de- scribes the materials used ; gives pictures of all the different parts, and tells how they should be made and put together. It isthe only book of its kind ever published. It contains 116 large pages, and is named ‘‘The Book of Complete Information About Pianos.’’ We send it free to anyone wishing to buy a piano. Write for it. SAVE FROM $100 TO $20 We make the WING PIANO and sell it our- selves. It goes direct from our factory to your home. We donot employ any agents or salesmen. When you buy the WING PIANO you pay the actual cost of construction and our small wholesale profit. This profit is small because we sell thousands of pianos yearly. Most retail stores sell no more than twelve to twenty pianos yearly, and must charge from $100 to $200 profit on each. They can’t help it. eee succauaca LLILLISLLIOLLL LLL LLL LLL LL Ni \- i, * iilye eae OLE SSS Cpa pge, WL = NGO Sh xy SS \ S ~ “eZ AREAL ALTNY WN A Wing style—as other styles to select from. SEN’ E ON - i "RIAL WE PAY FREIGHT. NO MONEY IN ADVANCE. We will send any WING PIANO to any part of the United States on trial. We pay freight in advance and do not ask for any advance payment or deposit. If the piano is not satisfactory after twenty days’ trialin your home, we take it back entirely at our expense. You pay us nothing unless you keep the piano. There is absolutely no risk or expense to you. Old instruments taken in exchange. EASY MONTHLY PAYTSIENTS. INSTRUMENTAL ATTACHMENT $305%)Sa385.c5 Dotecas the tones of the mandolin, guitar, harp, zither and banjo. IN 34 YEARS 33,000 PIANOS were errr Re Uaited States, “WING PIANOS are guaranteed for twelve years against any defect in tone, action, workmanship, or material. j f d Wing Pi . They h WING ORGANS 157 cui, isringieote, cag Bel ionyereage acetate notuning. Wing Organs are sold direct from the factory, sent on trial; are sold on easy monthly payments. For catalogue and prices write to WING & SON, ™* “Kew vox J 868—34th Year—1902. RECREATION. XV TWO DOLLARS FOR A NAME We want your dealers’ name (Stationer, Jeweler or Druggist ) and as aninduce- ment for you to send it to us, we will send postpaid, your choice of these popular styles | LAUGHLIN FOUNTAIN PEN Superior to the $3.00 grades '@ of other makes, forthename, | ® and only 20 aH By regisce. ed mail 8c extra. If you do not find the pen ig as represented, and superior Jin every respect to any pen |i fy you ever used, return it and | rd cet your $1 back, as the penis | SENT ON APPROVAL To Responsible People. 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DON CAMRON, THE day was perfect for trout; the sun just visible through the soft gray clouds, a South wind blowing gently and the waters of Big creek run- ning black over the stones. Perfect, because the trout knew that in such weather they could move out from their secluded hiding places into the swift, darkened waters of the stream without being observed, and from the mossy side of a rock or a sunken log they could watch with red-rimmed, protruding eyes for floating dainties. I was carefully working my way down the stream, using the finest of tackle and fishing with all the skill I possessed. The water was high and the ground well fished, and, as usual, the big fellows were more than shy. Six already lay in my basket, and the day was young. | Just below where I was fishing, the stream is joined by a small creek, the outlet to a dainty little lake snugly nestled in the hills about a mile away. This lake is stocked with big mouth black bass, and at certain times of the year affords excellent fishing. Occa- sionally some of these bass work down the brook into Big creek, and many a good one has been caught in the big, deep hole where the streams join. As I approached the place a certain unexplainable condition of the water, which can only be seen by anglers, told me there was a big fish in the pool, and I resolved to do my best to hook him. From behind a friendly willow scrub I made a cast. Twice I sent the flies hissing through the air across the water, to dry the feathers 85 and attract a possible fish’s atten- tion. The third time I let them sink, fluttering down close beside a large patch of muddv foam. The Reuben Wood tail fly scarcely touched the water when a huge bass lurched half Out and'—closed’ 2 “rows of teeth around it. I was frightened, and must confess I trembled like a_tender- foot, but instantly resolved to fight to the last ditch. Instinctively I gave that well known twitch of the wrist and fastened the barbed steel deep into his bony jaws. The next instant he sprang clear of the water and fell with a whack on the slackened line. Then came a lunge so quick and unexpected that he snapped off a foot and a half from the tip of my 1Io-ounce lance- wood, instantly changing it into a re- spectable bass rod. The piece of tip slid down the taut line close to the fish’s mouth, greatly hindering him in his actions. Again and again he jumped, the piece of steel rattling against his scaly sides and goading him on to greater fury.. Over he went, skipping and splashing over the water like a flat stone. It was only by luck that I slackened the line at the right moment. I have hooked many a big fish but I never saw one so gamy as he was. From the first I realized that I could never land him with such light tackle and a remnant of a rod. It was only a question of time when he would get a fair pull. Then something would part. Up and down he dashed, trying in every imaginable way to throw his weight on the line. I gave the reel just brake enough to keep a steady 86 RECREATION. pull at his head, and avoid a tug-of- war which would have resulted in a di- vision of the tackle. Forward and back he flashed, with changes that were almost too complicated for human in- genuity to understand, apparently get- ting fresher and madder every minute. Inch by inch the reserved line van- ished from my reel, and I was waist deep in the water. Suddenly he dashed straight down the stream and I[ can safely say I made the first hundred yards in less than 12 seconds. My crippled rod curled and twisted until I could hardly hold it, as I crowded on the brake, for the last few feet of line were rapidly slipping off the reel. 1 held his head high and kept him close to the shore so he could not have the help of the swift water. A little below me the creek turned sharply, and it was evident the bass was either unacquainted with the place or too excited to notice it, for instead of making the turn he shot clear out on the sloping gravel and flopped over into a pool of stagnant water, stranded high and wet. A madder fish I never saw. He was so mad and full of fight that I had to rap him on the head to keep him from flopping himself to pieces and destroy- ing his beauty. That evening I weighed him in the village grocery amid a crowd of admiring spectators. He tipped the beam at 714 pounds. AMATEUR PHOTO BY E. E. C. GIBBS. CURIOSITY. Made with an Eastman Kodak and a Bausch & Lomb Lens. Am YUCATAN SHARK. JACQUES H. TRACY. Perched on the ship’s rail, we parboiled under the hot Mexican sun, and intently watched the rapid motions of a shark co- quetting with the ripe pork at the end of our line. He could not decide to take it, as it was Friday, so our hopes were alternately raised and dashed as he one moment popped up and circled around the bait, then dived out of sight. A Northern constitution can not long stand a thrill a minute, under such a sun, so we gave him up at last, and re- treated to the smoking room. As _ the soothing aroma of good tobacco sifted through the air, the chief became reminis- cent. “The shark census has fallen off some- what here,” he said. “There used to be a dozen for one now; and such pampered tastes as these have! That fellow’s been turning up his nose at the cook’s good pork for the best part of the morning and it’s an even chance that he’ll not take it at all. We used to heat a shot red hot, rap it in a rag, and drop it overboard, and by the time it hit the water a shark had it. He made the water boil! The cook used to lower a bucket over the side for some of the water to boil eggs with! Once we were about a day’s run from Progreso, when we spotted a shark in our wake. There was nothing remarkable about that, but he seemed as long as a skiff and as slender as a plank. After we reached Progreso the passengers concluded to catch that shark and see what was the matter with him; so they borrowed my tackle and we all piled aft, to see the fun. He took the bait and bolted, but we soon tired him out, hoisted him aboard and I shot him. When he had stopped slapping around, a Mexican produced a. carver from some- where about his raiment, which consisted of shirt and drawers, and slit the shark open.” “Of course you found your great grand- father’s gold plated Waterbury, which had been dropped overboard at Hong Kong, still keeping standard time?” we queried wearily. “No,” declared the chief, “the coroner’s evidence showed that the shark had swal- lowed an empty water cask, open end out, and everything he had eaten in weeks had gone into that barrel. He starved to death.” DOG A. N. Sho, Feel too dog-gone lazy t’ live. ’D like t’ stop my works jes’ a minit An’ let ’em rest. Gee whiz! What wouldn’t I give T’ flop right down ‘longside some crick An’ do nothin’ ’cept watch th’ skate-bugs, An’ let th’ shadders play peek-a-boo Over my homely features. Don’t b’lieve I'd want t’ watch th’ bugs nuther— Too much trouble. Let ’em watch me. Nope, wouldn’t want t’ fish. T’ much like work. Wouldn’t want t’ do nothin’ But lay there an’ mope. *Twould make me tired t’ even hear th’ Crickets workin’ thereselves t’ death. *Twould by jing. ’D have t’ shet my eyes So ’s I couldn’t see th’ leaves WANS, KILGORE. A wigglin’ ’round on their rickety stems. Wind’s doin’ that. ae in thunder don’t it stop workin’ too? O, I b’lieve I’d let it blow. ’Cause if it stopped, I’d have t’ fan. I ain’t real stuck on that idee. "Nother thing. I wouldn’t want T’ hear no potterin’ stream Sloshin’ over no rocks. *Twould be too irritatin’ t? my nerves. Stream ’d have t’ shet up while I was there. An’ if any feller come monkeyin’ ’round, Abustin’ up th’ harmony o’ my surround- in’s, After I got settled, I'd settle him. Only ’twould take too much trouble. Oh, Hanner! But how I could loaf jes’ about now. An’ ae rs EO Rs SEAS : ; b AMATEUR snore = ANERED ENEGINE AN IRISH STEW. Highly commended in RECREATION’S Sixth Annual Photo Competition. JR. : AMATEUR PHOTO BY,\L. F NEWCOMB REACHING. Made with Premo Camera. 38 ay nee, MOOSE GEO. H. October 11, 1898, I started with T. A. Strait, an old time hunter, trapper and guide, on a 30 days’ hunt for big game. Thad is a dead shot, an expert with the rod, and an ideal hunting companion. I was intensely proud as I climbed on our wagon, behind 4 ponies, and rolled away to the North, where in the distance shone the snowy peaks of the Rockies. Before we had gone 5 miles Mr. Strait had bargained with me to take it day about rustling camp meat and it fell to my_lot to get game for supper. I got it. Just before we went into camp I caught sight of 2 lean, old sage cocks, and when they raised I dropped them both. Mr. Strait objected strongly to that kind of diet, and said many times before we started home, that he wished he had agreed to furnish all the camp meat himself. Nothing broke the monotony of our desert drive until we reached Cottonwood creek, where he saw thousands of ante- lope. By October 22d we were settled in our permanent camp. One morning we saw a band of elk coming down the mountain North of the camp. They were about 200 yards away, and in less time than it takes to tell it, each of us had one down. The re- mainder of the band had turned into the timber and were out of sight. We had shot them from our very door, and only 125 yards away. When we saw no more were com- ing we finished our breakfast. It took us till noon to take care of our game. We spent the remainder of the day in the moun- tains and saw many fresh elk signs. At night a bunch of Io or 12 came within half a mile of our camp. The next day, as I started to climb the long mountain slope, to get out of the can- yon, I could see, away to the Northwest, a snow storm coming, and, by the time I had reached the top it was upon me. From the top of the mountain I plunged directly into the dense forest, out of the storm, and suddenly found myself on a high preci- pice overlooking the North branch of Horse creek, thence down the steep mountain side, to the lead of the creek. I followed the creek about a mile and turned into the forest, where I came upon a trapper’s de- serted cabin, buried away in the thickest of the forest. The door, which was made of elk skin, stood ajar. I pushed it wide open with the end of my rifle, and a wild cammotion followed. I thought I had disturbed a meeting of wildcats, or a family of bears. It was too late to retreat honor- ably, so I ventured a peep within. It was 89 FOR DINNER. ROOT. only wood rats, hurrying and scurrying they knew not where, only to hide. Inside the hut, and strewn on the dirt floor, were skeletons of bear paws, so closely resemb- ling human bones, that the sight of them made me shudder. On the floor and nailed on the walls were skull bones of all the animals that belong to the mountain. I did not stay long in that gruesome place. October 30th | made my record. Mr. Strait had gone out early to look for elk, while I stayed in camp to do our week’s washing. I had my laundry spread on the sage brush, and had started dinner, when I stepped to the tent door and saw a moose standing not over 100 yards away. At first I hardly knew what it was. I do not know how long we stood looking at each other when I remembered I had a gun in the tent. In the few seconds it took me to step back and pick un my gun, the moose had started to climb the mountain. When I returned, gun in hand, ready for action, he had gone over 75 yards, at a swinging trot, and was just entering a belt of tim- ber. I fired, tumbling him in a heap. Of course, it was a scratch, but I did not care. I had the moose. Somehow I had no desire to rush up to my moose, but went about fixing my dinner for fully 20 minutes before I strated to climb up to him. During that period I had looked at him several times, but could not see him move, and it puzzled me to know why he did not struggle. When I started to climb up to see how he was getting along I took sounders on him. I was slip- ping along cautiously and was not more than 40 yards from him when I stepped on a dry brush. My blood chilled when he jumped to his feet and began to look for me! He was bristling all over and gave a snort that could have been heard a mile. Thanks to the protection of a small pine tree behind which I was standing, he could not see me. While he was searching in the direction of the sound he had heard, I let him have it square in the face and down he went again. That time I felt sure he was down for good, but not so. I kept above him, and behind the pine tree where I could see him and wait for him to die. It seemed he had no notion of dying, how- ever. After waiting a while I threw a small stick which struck him fairly on the side and up he came. That time his at- tention was riveted on the spot where I had stepped on the brush, and I was in the rear. Blood was streaming from his nostrils, his long shaggy mane, or hair, seemed all standing on end, and he looked, go Inge Cele al I ILQUN. indeed, a formidable foe. I was in no mood to view his grandeur, but put a ball at the butt of his ear, which finished him. My first shot, from the tent, had creased him. This method is frequently used in capturing horses. It stuns the animal for a short time only, and seldom proves fatal. When creased, an animal will lie apparent- ly dead 5 to 25 minutes. It will then sud- denly spring to its feet, and if it has not been tied securely away it goes. My second shot was a trifle too low to break into the brain, and would probably have killed him in time. My third and last shot that struck the butt of the ear, went direct to the brain and ended his struggles. CHAPMAN'S POND: W. T. DUNCAN. J] know a lake near a mountain side That rises and falls with the flowing tide; For between the lake and the river clear A raceway runs athwart the mere. And the river runs to the sound afar, Till it weds the sea at Saybrook bar; Going and coming from tide to tide With the grace of a coy, reluctant bride. On its edge the willowy wild oats grow, And mirror their wealth in the flood below ; There the wood duck floats on its placid __ breast, And the marsh wren buildeth her swaying nest. Here the rail birds rise in their short- winged flight, ’Neath its sheltering arms again to light, Screened by its growth from the piercing eye Of the fleet-winged hawk that soars on high. By its wooded edge you can hear the hum Of the ruffed grouse sounding his amorous drum, While over its waves the swallows dart With a grace surpassing the hand of art. Beneath the water that laves the edge The pickerel hides in his home of sedge, On eager watch for the prey that glide Along with the shimmering, limpid tide. Away on the mountain’s noble crest The eagle builds his eyrie nest, Where a forest giant stricken dead Defiant rears his ghostlike head. One cottage alone these shores doth grace, Built by a hermit that loved the place; A man who from boyhood had known the spell Of each leafy nook and woodland dell; Who sought, when the city’s strife was o’er, Repose and peace by its verdant shore, And breathed his last ‘neath the sheltering wood, With a name unknown for aught but good. Oft by his sunlit, shadowy shore I cleave the waves with the dripping oar; Secure ’mid this scene of calm repose From the world outside, with its wiles and woes, “There’s some talk of a lawyers’ trust.” “Indeed ?” “Yes; and it is said theyll make a specialty of drawing up anti-trust bills for the legislatures,’—Puck, THE SlOkY, OF TINY. TIM, BOYER GONZALES. With flash of lightning, mutter of thunder, torrents of rain, and the wailing of a fierce Norther, Tiny Tim came. He was a bird, scarcely larger than a hummer, known to ornithologists as the cerulean warbler, or little bluish grey flycatcher. » dashed into a showcase window of a gun store and fell insensible to the floor. He was picked up and tenderly cared for. In a few minutes he revived and soon became bright and lively again. He was so frail that the pressure of a finger and thumb BREAKFAST TIME. He had probably left his Northern home the previous fall, and, following his instinct, had become an aérial wanderer, drifting far into the tropics, like a bit of paper, on an air current. With returning spring there had come within his tiny breast the usual re- sistless impulse to visit his far away Northern home, and with admirable forti- tude he had started on his long journey of 2,000 or 3,000 miles, guided by no one knows what. About one-third of the dis- tance had been accomplished, when he had been overtaken by the terrific sub-tropical storm. Unable to battle against it, he was would have made him a shapeless mite, yet we knew that since his advent into the world he had yearly flown more than 1,000 miles from his Northern home into the tropics and back, flying with faith and in- stincts that none can explain. From the first he showed no fear of man, but would perch on our fingers, and preen himself and ruffle his feathers saucily. Small wonder that we grew attached to him. He had injured one of his wings, and although he made frantic efforts to catch flies he could not be quick enough. We took the cue, and thereafter everyone 92 RECREATION. became a flycatcher and the little fellow lived like a prince. He soon learned from what source his food came, and had a cun- ning fashion of hopping down on the end of a penholder, held in a pen rack, and wait- ing for someone to feed him. He had no favorites, but would sit contentedly on any- one’s hand. He greatly enjoyed sun baths. The mite would take his position in the center of a flood of sunshine and revel in it, pecking at unlucky flies, arranging his feathers, and stretching his wings. His enforced visit had been noted by the local papers, and many ladies and children called daily to see him and pay him homage. Perched on someone’s fingers he would be taken to va- rious windows, where flies were bumping their heads in vain efforts to get out. These flies were doomed. The little fellow never missed them. As dusk approached, Tim would hop along his home, a great standing desk, jump up on the pen rack, from there to the gas jet,and then onto the bracket that supports the globe. There, hidden, with the excep- tion of his tail, he would tuck his head un- der his wing, and bid the world goodnight. Morning found him bright and hungry, and his appetite surprised us. His hunger sat- isfied, he would then enjoy a bath, and dry himself in the sun, after which he assumed control of his desk. He was one of us. For 10 days, Tiny Tim lived a happy life, winuing great admiration and affection, and a bountiful supply of food, but he was destined to meet a tragic death. No cat or rat took part in the tragedy. Woe unto either that had been seen in the vicinity! One morning, while jumping at a fly, and not having the perfect use of one wing, Tim fell into a tin envelope holder and broke his neck. His death cast a gloom over the whole office. AMATEUR PHOTO BY C, C. SPEIGHT, ON THE WATCH-TOWER, (Sand Swallows.) ney _ WHITTIER’S GIRE- ONS AsiROUm STREAM. FRANK WHITE. Maud Muller on a summer’s day Whipped a trout stream far away. Deftly she cast with hook and fly, But some way or other the trout were shy. Now, Maud, she was a city lass, And, of course, her rig was A first class; Her tailor-made suit was up to date, And her split bambco of very light weight. Her form was lithe and her face was fair, But the slippery rocks made her fairly swear ; She whipped the stream for many a mile, And then sat down to rest awhile. A country bcy, with a pin for a hook, Came slowly wandering toward the brook. He cut him a pole and bent his pin, And then proceeded to wade right in. Late that night, on her way to camp, With both feet wet and hair all damp Maud mused like this, “Had I a pin, There is no telling what there might have been.” She (in the midst of the quarrel).—Oh! I wish I were a man! He.—So do I! You’d have me to fight, right now !—Puck. IN THE COAST RANGE. BITTING. A. W. One day in the latter part of August, 1897, found me on board a Santa Fe train en route to join a friend in camp in the mountains of Southwestern Oregon, 40 miles from. the coast. After leaving New Mexico the trip through Arizona and Cali- fornia was new to me. Occasionally I caught sight of small game from the car windows and the ever changing aspect of the country was of great interest. All too soon I reached Grant’s Pass, Oregon, where I was cordially greeted by my friend A. Early next morning we set out, each mounted on a tough mountain pony, fol- lowed by 3 large burros carrying our camp outfit. We crossed beautiful Rogue river, a rushing mountain stream stocked with salmon and trout and said to hold in the crevices of the rocky bottom much glittering gold. Entering the foothills of the range, we followed the .stage road 20 of the 50 miles to camp. Our way wound in and out of beautiful groves of tall pines, spruce and other evergreens, madrone, pepper, hazel and many varieties of trees and shrubs unfamiliar to me. Salmon, sarvis, red, black and blue huckleberries and other wild fruit were met with all along the way, and there was abundance of wild oats and grass for the horses. Large grey squirrels pretended to be scared at our intrusion and hurriedly scampered up the trees, and the tamer and more plenti- ful pine squirrels scolded us from the limbs of trees overhanging the road above us. While squirrels have furnished sport for innumerable hunters and filled many a camp kettle in time past, they are free from danger as far as I am concerned. Other game animals and birds may be just as innocent and deserving of protection, but I have the strongest attachment for squirrels and have ceased to find pleasure in destroying them. By noon we came to a large branch of Rogue river, then at a low stage of water. While A. selected a resting place and cared for the animals, I adjusted my Bristol rod and took a stroll down the stream. Com- ing to a likely pool I dropped a brown hackle over its foaming surface and it had hardly touched the water when it was taken with a rush. I was out of practice and taken by surprise. JI came near losing my first Coast range trout; but with the sweet singing of the reel, my old time skill came back. After a few wild lunges and struggles for freedom a one pound fighter came to land. Several smaller ones followed, out of the same pool, and al- though the sport was most alluring, I had 93 enough for our dinner and rolled up my line. We soon had them in the pan, siz- zling over a fire of pine cones. To fry trout or any small fish properly, rub salt on the inside, roll in corn meal, or cracker dust, put in plenty of lard or equiva- lent and fry slowly over a slow fire. They wili not burn then. The idea advanced by young campers that when cooked in much fat the fish absorb it and become greasy is incorrect. The markings on these trout and on all I caught afterward in the streams of the Coast range consisted of dark, grayish, block like figures, instead of the bright red spots I had been so familiar with in New Mexico and Pennsylvania. The Coast range trout are gamy and in streams where not plentiful and that have been fished over they are very wild. After a delicious dinner of trout, huckle- berries and sugar, with condensed milk, thanks to the individual who first thought ot condensing milk, we resumed our trip. The road gradually lead higher into the range. Huge rocks, covered with luxuriant mosses, ferns, vines and flowers, lined the road. Small streams of crystal water rushed headlong down the mountain sides, forming sparkling cascades in their course; and the banks were lined with flowering shrubbery and ferns of many kinds and sizes. Water ousels disported themselves in the spray under overhanging boulders and fallen trees, while humming birds and wild bees sucked sweets from the innumer- able flowers. The scenery was so enchant- ing that it was with the greatest reluctance we could move along. Toward evening we reached the town site of Selma. I say site, because there was more site than town. The latter con- sisted of one house, comprising postoffice, store and general information bureau for the neighborhood. The trail to camp there diverged from the stage road and a mile farther brought us to Mr. T’s, where we put up for the night. The supper and breakfast set before us by Mrs. T. were most excellent. é Next morning we hit the trail early, following Deer creek to its junction with the Illinois river, and then down the valley of the latter stream. Not much valley along these mountain streams, as the moun- tains generally come down precipitously, close to the water’s edge, and in following the streams, long detours are often neces- sary. These are the roughest and most tumbled of mountain ranges I ever saw. Deer, cougar and wildcat tracks were fre- 94 RECREATION. quent and plainly impressed in the dust on the trail, and we kept our eyes open for possible sight of the owners, but nothing larger than chipmunks or squirrels came to view. There are some bears in these mountains, but I did not see:any. Occasion- ally the whir of a blue grouse or a pheas- ant broke the stillness of this quiet region. One of the former came to my gun and made part of our noonday meal. Early in the evening we reached the crossing point of the Illinois river, the main branch of Rogue river, deep and shallow at intervals. The bed and banks are solid rock, worn smooth as glass and honey- combed in places. Huge rocks, solitary and in groups, loom along the banks of the river at frequent intervals. On the tops of many of these I often found well-like holes, containing several barrels of water. On others pine, spruce, shrubbery and vines were growing, making scenery grand- ly picturesque. This part of the country is seldom reached by tourists. A few pros- pectors and miners are its only visitors. My friend gave a loud “hello,” which brought from his cottage “Old George,” who crossed the river in his boat. We loaded our traps into it and rowed to the other shore, holding one of the horses with a lariat, the other animals following the leader. I found George quite a char- ‘acter, and a “mine of information” regard- ing the vicinity. He had been miner, rancher, hunter and gardener, having lived in that location several decades. In that ‘time he had reclaimed several acres of ground from boulders and timber, making himself a fine garden and orchard. By diverting water from a stream near, he was always sure of raising vegetables and fruit, thus creating a little paradise of a garden in this otherwise wild region. He invited us to spend the night with him and he sat before us a most excellent sup- per of deer’s liver, biscuits, wild honey, fruit, etc. His log cabin was roomy and a model of neatness and good housekeeping. Several shelves were stocked with well thumbed editions of English and German standard authors, while late periodicals and papers covered the table. Fur rugs were on the floor and numerous antlers adorned the walls, serving as racks for guns, spears and other implements of the chase. George gave us a history of his eventful life in these mountains and I became a willing listener to his truthful tales of adventure with bears, cougars, and other animals of the vicinity. His most exciting and danger- ous scraps, however, had been with Mexi- can and other outlaws. The next morning we reached A’s camp. Carl V.,a bright young German, A’s mining partner, and “Sooner,” his hunting dog, were the sole occupants. The camp was on a bench on the side of one of the tall- est peaks, half a mile from Rancherer creek. Pine, spruce, and madrone trees were scattered singly and in groups and the ground was covered with short grass, thus giving the place a park-like appearance. A strong spring of ice-cold water gushed from among the rocks. The stream leading from the spring was lined with wild honey- suckle and numerous other fragrant flow- ering plants and the air was delicious with their perfume and the exhalations from evergreen. There was a large flat rock on the top of the peak high above us, and during my visit I spent many a pleasant hour there watching, with a strong field glass, the sails of vessels on the Pacific. To the East and Northeast the snow-capped peaks of the Cascades arose, while to the Southeast the Siskiyous and grand old Shasta loomed. In all directions were mountains, as far as the eye could see. My companions were quartered in a tent, and after I had set up mine I spent several days in making a bedstead, table, chairs, etc. When they were completed we had a model camp. I then made a visit to the mine and was so impressed with the finan- cia! outlook that I arranged for an interest in the property, a quartz prospect on top of a high butte, half a mile from camp. A. and V. worked the mine, while Sooner and I took charge of the camp, keeping house and furnishing the table with choice venison, grouse, pheasants, wild ringneck pigeons and quails. Our board was varied by fruit from George’s orchard, and wild fruit from the vicinity of camp, huckle- berries being especially plentiful and of fine flavor. They were most delicious with sugar and milk or made into pies and pud- dings. Salmon and trout were to be had for the taking. Being 50 miles from the nearest butcher shop we depended on deer for our fresh meat and I could always get a blacktail in a day’s hunt. I never shot at deer unless we were in need of meat and I therefore had frequent opportunities of studying their habits. One morning while sitting under a large pine tree, watching the opposite mountain side for deer, I tured my head and not more than 15 feet from me stood an old doe, in- tently looking me over. She stood but a moment longer and one jump into the brush hid her from view. I can still see those large innocent eyes staring at me and | feel glad that I had no opportunity to shoot her. In the spring and fall salmon, though plentiful, would not take the fly or bait. When we wanted one we would either get it with a rifle or with a long pole with a hook fastened to the end. This may not have been sportsmanlike, but it required some skill. When standing on a slippery INS CAE COAS I). KAN GE, 95 rock, feeling around in a pool for a fish and when found and hooked fast to him it was often a question whether I would get the fish out or vice versu. The salmon weighed 5 to 30 pounds. Salmon trout would take grasshoppers, and mountain trout both hoppers and the fly, preferring the former. During June and July lamprey eels ascended the river to spawn and thousands of them could be seen clinging to the rocks and slowly working their way over the falls in the river. A quarter of a century ago this region was a busy mining camp, many of the creeks having been rich in placer gold; but they have been worked out and the mining now is confined mostly to quartz and cop- per mining, with some placering along the Illinois river. There were a few features of this camp life that were not pleasant. Poison oak, rattlesnakes, yellow jackets and innumer- able bugs and insects had no charms. Rat- tlers were plentiful, and while not seem- ingly vicious, were often too close to be agreeable. In going along the trail I fre- quently found them coiled up, and on several occasions I had to make a swift hop, skip and jump to clear them. With the poison oak I was less fortunate. I -got-a.dose of that, causing me intense suf- fering for more than a month. Applica- tions of carbolic acid and glycerine, as strong as the patient can stand it, are prob- ably as effective as any remedy. One should never go into that country without a supply, as well as whiskey for possible snake bites. Yellow jackets were so plenti- ful that at times it was almost impos: sible to eat a meal without some of them passing in, and there were fre- quent occasions on which one’s early Sunday-school training came into requisi- tion. A piece of meat hung up would be eaten by yellow jackets in a short time. I killed a large rattlesnake and laid it on a log, intending to take a camera shot at it later; but a few hours afterward there re- mained only the skeleton. As the time of my friends was constant- ly required at the mine, Sooner and I made frequent jaunts into the surrounding moun- tains, often going long distances, and fre- quently passing the night in some deserted cabin or rolled up in a blanket under a pine or spruce. I always felt safe from prowling “varmints,’ as my faithful dog was ever on the alert. I spent the greater part of a year in this camp and after bidding my friends a reluc- tant adieu, I took the stage at Selma for Crescent City, California. The route was through pine and redwood forests, rhodo- dendron patches and mountain scenery of surpassing loveliness. I stopped several days at Smith’s river, a large stream full of gamy trout. There I cast my last fly. I found the fish, being nearer the coast, larger and gamier than any I had pre- viously taken. From Crescent City to Frisco I spent most of the time on the deck of the little steamer, watching the blowings of the numerous whales and the skimming hither and thither of the gulls, ducks, snipe, ete. I know of no part of the country where a summer or winter can be spent more agree- ably than in the coast mountains of Oregon. AMATEUR PHOTO BY N, POMEROY JR. HOME OF THE WHITE FACED HORNET. Circumference 3 feet 7 inches, one way; 4 feet 4 inches the other SAQUHCTL BAD Bll YIN Adah see *“gqavo '1 3 Ad OLOHd eNnalVAV (1 THE BIRD OF SOLITUDE. HAINES. EDWIN I. On the summit of Bald Top mountain, of the Catskill range, one evening in July, 1895, I became acquainted with the grey cheeked thrush. I had been collecting specimens all day on this peak, and as the sun was setting I began descending the mountain. Presently from far above me, somewhere in the heart of the balsam for- ests, I heard the rich organ-like notes of “a bird in the solitude singing.” I stopped and listened, for the song was unfamiliar, and for a wild bird’s song, one of the most beautiful I had ever heard. It was the song of some species of thrush, I knew, but the singer was not a wood, Wilson’s, olive backed or hermit. Those songs I was familiar with. What one, then, could it be? This question I settled next day, for by patient waiting I at last secured one of these beautiful songsters, and when I reached home in the fall it was identified as the grey cheeked thrush. Sieh The 2 succeeding summers I made care- ful search of other mountain peaks in Dela- ware county for evidence of this bird, but obtained none. It was not until I visited Slide mountain that I again met with it. While collecting there on the 1oth of June, 1898, I shot a thrush which I supposed was an olive backed, but on close cxamination I found it was a grey cheeked. Wishing to make a careful study of this little known species, I visited the Slide again cn the 12th and camped on its summit until the 18th. During that time [ had ample op- portunity to study the bird’s habits and listen to its song. Slide mountain stands at the head of Big Indian valley in the heart of the Catskills of Ulster county, and rises 4,220 feet above sea level. It is a lonely, desolate peak, surrounded by broad, open valleys. Its cocky summit is covered by a sparse growth of stunted pines and balsams, but its bird and animal life, being strictly Northern, are specially interesting. Grey cheeked thrushes are common on this mountain, but are so shy it is difficult to get near them. You can never get to them, but if you are pa- tient they will sometimes come to yon. Often I have crept on hands and knees toward the tree whence the song came, but when I reached it, the song would come from somewhere else. All my toil had been in vain. During my entire stay on the mountain I obtained but 4 specimens. To get these I sat hours in one spot, cramped, half broiled by the sun, and nearly eaten alive by black gnats and other pests that swarmed there. This bird, hitherto the only member of the thrush family sup- posed to summer beyond the limits of the United States, has only been found in sum- mer on the 2 peaks mentioned, Bald Top mountain, 3,800 feet high, Delaware county, N. Y., and Slide mountain, 4,220 feet high, Ulster county, N. Y. These 2 mountains are similarly situated but lie over 50 miles apart. These 2 places must afford condi- tions more favorable as summer homes for this thrush than other places. Every kind of bird seems to voice some phase of nature. The bobolink sings for the sunny meadow, the oriole for the shady treetop, the bluebird for the blue sky, the towhee for the blackberry brambles, the winter wren for the roaring brooks. The grey cheeked thrush sings for the lonely mountain peaks, and chants his Te Deums for sunrise and sunset. Our camp on the mountain summit was often serenaded by this beautiful songster, sometimes at the break of day, but oftenest at dusk. The last evening on the mountain, while my assistant was cooking supper, and packing up for the morrow’s departure, I strolled toward Lookout rock, to see the sunset and listen to the grey-cheek’s vespers. As I went along, watching the red light slant- ing across the neighboring mountains, and the dark shadows creeping up from the valleys, I was thrilled. with his song, but not till I had reached the rock overlooking the valley, and the dark line of wooded mountains beyond, not till the summer sun dropped behind the dark peaks, and the rosy afterglow of the sunset was turning to pale serene light, did the song of the grey-cheek most deeply stir me with its tichness and beauty. Then from the dense balsam thickets it came to me, filling the cool evening air with its tremulous, pathetic yearning, gathering up into short waves of song the silent music of the sunset—God’s message of peace. “Papa, what is a marriage in high life?” “Two vacant hearts entirely surrounded by cash.”—Life, 97 BILLS AND FEET OF BIRDS. GEO. C. EMBODY. Why is the bill of a hawk hooked? Why is the foot of a duck webbed? Is it be- cause the foot of a duck is webbed that it swims about in search of food; or is it because the bird swims about that its foot is webbed? The latter is the likely case, for the former is antagonistic to the theory presented by Darwin. Again, the Galli- nules of certain islands in Southern seas can not fly. In those islands, where food is abundant and no enemy is known, the ducks have no further use for their wings; and in the course of many centuries, through disuse the wings have become so small that the power of flight is lost. The external features of the hawk (figs. 1-2), present admirable examples of adaptation. Heis everon the alert for some un-. Suspecting field mouse, ©) squirrel, frog, chicken or even snake. This prey must first be sighted from a distance, so we find hawks possessing eyes far superior to those of other creatures. The feet have large, not too long, toes, 4 in number, which support long, sharp, powerful claws for holding the struggling victim after the well aimed dash has been made. One blow from the huge hooked bill makes the suffer- er forever insensible to pain. The hooked bill was made for an- other purpose also. Since the hawk’s food consists largely of smali rodents which can not be swallowed whole, it is necessary that he possess an instrument for tearing and pulling away the fur and flesh. To be sure, the bird is generally too hungry to separate the fur from the meat and thus swallows both with apparently the same relish, the fur being afterward cast out. Whatinstruments could be more economical than the powerful clawed foot for strik- ing and grasping and the hooked Bill of e Owl 1. Bill of the Hawk. 2. Foot of the Hawk. bill for tearing? The sharp, chisel-shaped bill is 3. an instrument made purposely for the use of the woodpecker in cutting his home out of a partially decayed tree and digging out the vermin which infest the trees (fig. 4). The bird goes at his task in a business-like way. ham- mering first on one side and then on 98 the other, causing the chips to fly in every direction. When the insect is reached the sharply pointed, barbed tongue, backed by a pair of well developed muscles, which encircle the skull, darts out, impaling the un- O fortunate insect. The tocsa(tien 5) 2in front and 2 behind, are well placed for clinging + Bill of the Woodpecker. to the bark, be it smooth or rough; and the stiff, pointed feathers of the tail serve as a brace for the heavy blows which are dealt, and prevent the bird from falling backward. when resting. The nighthawk and the hummingbird se- cure their food in a different way, the former catching insects with wide open mouth while continually on _ the wing, the latter sus- pended on wings before a flower, picking out the minute flies and ants which are at- tracted by the nectar and occasionally helping himself to the sweet liquid. In the nighthawk we find a short bill at the extremity of a mouth (fig.7) so wide that no in- sect could hope to escape, while many might be taken at one time. Very dif- ferent is the bill of the hummingbird (fig. 8). Long and slender, it will reach an insect at the extreme end of the largest and longest blossom. This long, ‘slender O 5- Foot of Woodpecker. 6. Bill of the Flycatcher. @ ie Z Z, . ee, Y, “i %, 7. Bill of the Nighthawk. bill has still another use, that of feeding the young. Most young birds could be fed with short bills as well as with long ones, but not so with young — hummingbirds. The food wo must be regurgitated, dur- 8. Bill of the ing which operation the bill Hummingbird. of the parent must be thrust far down the little one’s throat, where it remains 4 or 5 seconds without causing the least unpleasantness to the young bird, These 2 species have no spe- Bilis AWN DD cial use for large, strong, well-developed feet, with sharp nails, so we find them possessing mere apologies for feet, which are barely able to support the weight of the body while the individual is resting (fig. 9). Instead of sitting up straight with legs extended, both species sit with their bodies close to, if not actually resting on the limb, the nighthawk al- ways lengthwise. BPR Act ese ee Everyone is acquainted Nighthawk. with a few species of the family Fringillide, sparrows, finches, gros. beaks, etc. The same general type of bill exists in every species of this, the largest family of birds, namely, the short, stubby bill, operated by well-developed muscles and capable of comparatively great crushing power forcracking seeds and other hard sub- stances (figs. 10, 11, 12). In autumn spar- rows and finches feed almost ‘Oy exclusively on the seeds of obnoxious weeds along fences and in the fields. As a rule the nutritious material 1s cov- ered by a shell varying in hardness. A few species of other families, as the horned larks, black- birds and meadow larks, eat the seeds without cracking them. They have longer bills, which are better adapted for other purposes; but the sparrow must crack his seed and eat only the choicest morsel with- in. Thus he possesses the short, stout bill most usefulto his manner of eating. As we look from sparrows to finches to. Billof the Chipping Sparrow. and from finches to gros- beaks we find this type much >, exaggerated, reaching its cul- \ minating point in the grosbeaks, 2 where it is nearly as thick at 11. Bill of its base as is the skull. Gros- ‘he Gros beaks are often seen crushing frozen buds in winter, to get at some worm or larva form within. At other times they may be seen among _ the conifers extracting the hard seeds from the cones. Our resident grosbeaks dur- ing spring and summer seem to prefer certain hard-shelled beetles for a diet. In all of these cases the short, stout, z hard bill renders valuable service. In one species of Of this family, the crossbill, 7 we find a special form of bill. This irregular wan- derer, disobeying all rules of migration, whose reap- pearance can not be fore- told by the most learned philosophic orni- thologists, possesses a bill admirably adapt- ed for extracting s2eds{rom the cones ot the pine. (fig. 13.) In late winter when the food supply of the birds has been consid- erably diminished, it is not a rare sight 12. Bill of the Purple Finch. FEET OF, UBERD SS. 99 in certain localities to behold the Ameri- can and white winged crossbills shearing off the ice-coated buds of the maple and elm trees, perhaps in search of small worms, since the most tender parts of the M, buds are strewn about on the ig snow beneath. = As a rule the bills of birds ~- which search damp meadows, lawns and sometimes swamps for worms, are longer than those of the seed eaters, for a certain amount of probing must be done before the food is secured. They must also do much scratching to un- cover certain choice bits. For this rea- son nature has provided for them strong legs and feet with rather long, sharp claws. istic also of the perching birds Passeres), which spend the greater PaLiNOm thetmexiSu- ence among shrubs and trees. A highly special- ized form of bill (Ete 2.5) 51S WuDOS= sessed by the Am- erican woodcock (Philohela minor) and W tilisio mn (S*ss 1p eC (Gallinago delicata), the former inhabiting swamps and alder thickets, the latter, damp meadows. The bill of the woodcock is slender and nearly 3 inches long. That of Wilson’s snipe is about % inch shorter. The structure of the bill is peculiar in that it is flexible and that the tip of its upper 13 Bill of t he Cross- bill. (Fig. 14.) This type is character- (order 14. Characteristic foot of the Passeres. 15. Bill of the Woodcock. mandible can be moved independently of the lower one, enabling it to act as a finger and thus assist the bird in drawing its food from the ground. Another highly specialized form of bill is that of the skimmer. On the Atlantic coast this fam- ily is represent- ed by but one species, inhabiting the warmer regions. The skimmers fre unique in their manner of feeding as well as in the form of their bills, In shape the bill is similar to a long 16. Bill of the Skimmer. 100 blade, the lower mandible being much longer than the upper (fig. 16). Of their manner of feeding one writer says, “Open- ing the mouth,the bladelike lower mandible Ci AION: is dropped just beneath the surface of the water; then, flying rapidly, they may be said literally to ‘ plow the main’ in search of small aquatic animals.” LONGING FOK 7 iE Ve OWN iikeye C. M. DENISON. As the city streets grow hotter, and the sun comes beating down, And the rich and idle fellows have about all left the town, It just seems to me I’d lke to hie myself to some cool spot, : Where the business cares and worries of this life could be forgot; There to rest this poor old body, just to loaf among the trees, A-listening to the brook’s soft tune, and the humming of the bees; Just to live in some old farm-house, where they build the porches wide, And the fragrant, dewy roses are a-bloom- ing just outside; Where there’s miles of pleasant landscape built to please the weary eye And a daisy of a trout brook ripples through the meadow nigh; Where there’s nothing special doing, and you nap beneath the trees, Just a-listening to the music made by every passing breeze; Where you go to bed at evening, and you sleep the whole night long, And you wake up in the morning, feeling mighty good and strong; And you eat till nearly busted, bread and butter, pies, and cake, ‘Cause the victuals taste so nearly like those mother used to make. AMATEUR PHOTO By A. C. DICKINSON, TRYING TO LOOK PLEASANT, Ett DiGghyuke! URE On THE BIRDS: R. R. Much has been written about the ar- rival of the birds in spring, but little of their departure in fall. This is but natural, for their joyous return from the South is far more interesting and significant than their departure in the autumn. In Southwestern Ontario the nesting sea- son of most birds is over by the time the hot weather begins. Many then go farther North, while others resort to the neighbor- hood of the lakes and rivers, where food is abundant. There they remain till moult- ing is over, and they have gained new, strong feathers for their long Southward flight. Nearly all birds wear their most attract- ive plumage in spring, for the wooing and winning of their mates. They are con- spicuous at that season because the trees do not yet have leaves to conceal the birds as they flit among the _ branches. By autumn the males have shed their brilliant nuptial feathers, have assumed modest trav- eling dresses of sober colors,and often male and female, old and young, are scarcely dis- tinguishable. A few birds, however, such as the mallard and the bittern, always wear their richest and brightest colors in the fall. The male mallard moults while his mate is engaged in incubation, and by Oc- tober he is clothed in all his splendor. Moulting is a trying ordeal, which most of our birds undergo during the summer or autumn. A complete moult, which in- cludes the shedding of the large quill feathers, takes place only once a year, but some species, like the ptarmigan, undergo a partial moult twice, and even thrice in 12 months. In spring the ptarmigan sports a variegated plumage of black, brown and white, but when nesting is over it changes its wedding apparel for a quiet suit of grey. When winter approaches, it comes forth arrayed in pure white, with feather snow- shoes. Some birds change color and appear to have moulted, without shedding a feather. This is due in some species to the trans- formation of the pigment of the feathers. The plumage of the redpolls does not ac- tually change color, but in the spring the wide grey margins of the crown and breast feathers break off and reveal the glowing crimson, concealed before. The moulting season varies in length, depending on the species. Ducks and geese are said to require but 4 weeks. while our song birds are slower. Birds of prey take the whole year to shed their quil feathers. As a rule, the large wing feathers are shed in pairs, one at a time from each wing, and 1or NICHOLSON. thus the flight of the bird is not impaired. Water fowl drop all the quill feathers at one time and the birds, as far as flight is concerned, become entirely helpless. When moulting begins, however, they are always careful not to wander far from the neighborhood of water, in order that when danger approaches they may flee by swim- ming. In the fall, birds are generally silent save for their call notes. Sometimes, however, in autumn a lonely bachelor croons a half- forgotten love song, or perhaps some young males indulge in tentative warbles. Only the other morning I was delighted to hear, in the heart of the city, a little house wren singing in a low, far-away voice, as it threaded its way through the woodpile; while in a neighboring garden some migrant white-throats were whistling in sweet, though defective numbers. Often rare vis- itors from distant Northlands abide in the garden a few days to rest, before resuming their Southern pilgrimage, but few are aware of their presence. Herr Gatke, who for over 50 years studied the flight of birds on the island of Heligoland, has cast much light on the sub- ject of their migrations. It was long be- lieved that the old and experienced birds guided the young on their journey to the South at the approach of winter, but Herr Gatke was the first to call attention to the fact that the young birds are the first to leave in the autumn, the old birds following some weeks later. The youn; birds, how- ever, are generally preceded by mateless males. These old bachelors, distinguished by their nuptial plumage, which, though faded and worn, they still retained, Herr Gatke found were the first to hasten South. In spring the order of the return of the birds is the reverse of the order of their departure in the fall. First come the old males in their finest plumage, then old fe- males, followed by more females and young of both sexes, then young alone, cripples last. The distances traveled by migrating birds vary from a few hundred miles to about 7,000. Most of our Canadian birds spend the winter in Mexico and the Gulf States, though a great many, such as sparrows, rob- ins and meadow larks, remain in the conn- try from Ohio to Louisiana. The cedar swamps of the Alleghany mountains, espe- cially, are favorite resorts for the robins. The turnstone is a great traveler, nesting in Greenland and wintering in South Amer- ica. The golden plover, likewise, nests in the Barren Lands above the Arctic Circle 102 and passes the winter in the West Indies. European birds migrate to Africa, the English swallows going to Natal. Though most birds migrate from North to South, in certain countries they go from East to West. Richard’s pipit nests on the steppes of Eastern Asia, but winters in France and Spain. The Royston crows, which breed in Siberia, travel in winter as far West as England, while the little bunt- ing nests in the far East of Russia and spends the winter in France. The first birds to depart in the fall are those whose means of sustenance are first cut off. Swallows live on insects, which they catch on the wing, consequently when harvest is over, evenings are cool and in- sects fewer, the swallows begin to think of their winter homes and toward the end of August take their flight. One would expect the family of flycatch- ers to leave about the same time as the swallows, but they do not go till a few weeks later, for, when their supply of in- sects is exhausted, they turn to berries and other small fruits which they eat with relish. There are 5 common species in On- tario, the kingbird, wood pewee, phoebe, least and great-crested flycatchers. All are orchard birds. They leave for the South about the middle of September, the great-crested flycatchers going as far as Mexico. The red-eyed vireo, having faithfully ful- filled its long ministry of song, departs for the Gulf States early in September, just when the Baltimore oriole visits the orchard on its way to the South. The bobo- link leaves also in September. He is one of our most charming birds, coming from the balmy South early in May and flooding the RECREATION. meadows with his jingling notes. There is an ineffable charm in his festive man- ner, his fantastic dress, and his joyous song. He is the favorite of the poets. In autumn the males change their handsome summer clothes for modest traveling suits of yellowish brown, and on a calm evening they set out for the Southern rice fields, where they revel in gluttony during the winter. There they are known as reed' birds or rice birds. They become very fat and, sad to say, are shot in large numbers as game. About the middle of September that winged gem, the ruby-throated humming bird, starts for Central America, and is soon followed by all the warblers. How wonderful is the endurance that enables these little birds to sustain such long jour- neys in spring and fall. Late in September thrushes, catbirds, wrens, red-headed wood- peckers, flickers and mourning doves leave their summer haunts and migrate to their winter quarters. AsOctober approaches, the vesper and song sparrows bid adieu. It is pathetic to hear a lone song sparrow striving then to sing. Its voice cracks when it reaches the trill of its song. As the month advances great flocks of bronze grackles, red-winged and rusty blackbirds and cow- birds darken the sky on their Southward flight. Flocks of wild geese and ducks then fly South and often the “honk, honk” of the wise old gander can be heard at night as he leads his wedge-shaped flocks through the sky. The last birds to leave are the robins, purple finches, bluebirds, meadow larks and goldfinches, though of- ‘ten many of the larks and finches remain during the winter, A little Cambridge girl was discovered whispering in asked : school, ana the teacher “What were you saying to the girl next to you when I caught you whispering?” The little culprit hung her head, and then replied: “I was only telling her how nice you looked in your new dress.” “Well, that—yes—I know—but we must —the class in spelling will please stand up,” —Christian Register, dS Bg eh Ria re tes GN ao ZERRALIN. (Gp (OF One morning near the end of August my friend R. and I started for the beach. A gentle Southwest wind was blowing and we felt assured that sport would not be lacking. After a brisk walk of about a mile and a half over the cool sand in the glorious early morning air, we reached our box. The decoys were soon set out, and then we sat watching the red sun rise over the dashing surf. Suddenly we were brought to life again by a plaintive “phee-in-wee.” “Beetle heads,” whispered R. and we an- swered in seductive tones. Down the beach they came, 4 blackbreasts, straight for our decoys. “Crack, crack, crack, bang!” and 3 plovers lay on the sand. It was not long until a pretty bunch of redbreasts visited us, and departed minus 5 of their number. The flight had really commenced, and large bunches of peep were circling up and down the beach. Now and then we heard shots down the flats, but we had the first crack at the birds, thanks to the wind and our lucky draw of box number one. We had scarcely retrieved the redbreasts, when a pair of winter yellowlegs came in. Much to my disgust I missed with my first barrel, but scored with my left. R. nailed his bird, and our bag was beginning to look formidable. Then came a lull, but not for long. We heard the inimitable whistle of a big willet. He came in most unsuspiciously and a minute later he lay under a covering of cool seaweed, with his unfortunate cousins. A pair of gaudy “chickens,” or turn- stones, then gave me a chance to get the laugh on R. He missed his bird with PHOEBw BIRDS. both barrels and I nearly gave him heart failure, and myself also, by making a neat double. He, however, made up by killing 4 stilt out of 6, while I was cursing over a swelled shell in the breech of my gun. The stilt, by the way, used to be rare in Massachusetts, but during the last year they have been shot in large numbers. The afternoon before, 3 of us knocked 18 out of one flock. Suddenly R. pointed up the beach, and we saw a large flock of summer yellowlegs heading for our decoys. We poured 4 charges into the well bunched birds, and gathered up 9 of the fat little waders. The tide was then high, so we had to pull up the decoys and wait for the ebb. it was growing hot and we stripped to our rowing shirts, and took a nap. We were awaked by the mellow “phew-phew-phew” of a winter yellowleg, and to our dis- eust. tound ‘that the. tide was al- ready well on the ebb. Decoys were out in a jiffy, and we commenced to whistle for the lonely winter. At last he suc- cumbed to our entreaties and gave me an exquisite chance to miss him with both barrels. I redeemed myself by doubling a pair of beetleheads a moment later. As it was growing dusk and the flight had nearly ceased, and as a certain gnawing feeling in our stomachs was increasing, we gathered up our bag, and started home. “T’ll bet this is the best bag to-day,” said R., when he handed the birds over to me, having carried them half the way. He was right for with the pair of grass birds we got on the way home our 30 big birds were as many as all the other shooters to- gether had taken. AMATEUR PHOTO BY C. C, SPEIGHT. BIRD. 103 AMATEUR PHOTO BY Le D. LINDSLEY> PROBABLY YOUNG MEXICAN WOOD RAT. NEOTOMA MEXICANA. Made with Premo Camera AMATEUR PHDTO BY W. R. SMITH. SCOLDING. Made with Korona Camera. 104 Bio wal BATE Y’S: LS. Bailey’s is one of the many summer re- sorts in the South Platte canyon, Colorado, and may be reached by a railway journey of 55 miles from Denver. Nestled in an open valley, the village is one of the pleasantest places in the Rocky mountains. I was pleased to find this valley the summer home of many birds, as well as an attrac- tive resort for human pleasure seekers. In the Rockies you must not expect to find many of the birds common in the East. While following a ravine that led from the village up into the mountains, my ear was greeted by a song that sounded familiar, but that I felt sure must come from the throat of a bird that was new to me. So it proved, for my field glass soon brought into view a gorgeously clad bird, whose back, wings and tail were black; head, scar- let or crimson, the same color running down over the chest in diluted tints; rest of plumage, bright yellow, gleaming almost like amber in the sunshine. Observers in the East are familiar with a little bird whose suit of scarlet, trimmed with black wings and tail, make him a conspicuous object in the woods; also with another beautiful bird which wears a suit of rosy red or vermilion throughout. These are the scarlet and summer tanagers. You will not find them in Colorado, but in their stead you will make acquaintance with the brilliant bird just described. He is called the Louisiana tanager, and for beauty of plumage has few, if any, rivals in the Rocky mountains. However, his song, as far as I am able to judge, is just like those of his Eastern kinsmen, a kind of drawling tune that is pleasing enough, but can not be called bril- liant. Although I had been rambling sev- eral weeks up and down the mountains from the foothills to the crests of some of the highest peaks, I saw my first Louisiana tanagers at Bailey’s. At daybreak my half-waking dreams were pleasantly broken by the matins of this bird, proving him an early riser. He is as fond of a pine forest on the mountain side as his Eastern rela- tives are of a woodland of oak in their own longitude. His mate, who is not so brilliantly clad as her lord, saddles her nest on the horizontal branch of a pine tree, usually some distance out toward the end. Lovers of the mountains, these birds rear their broods between 7,000 and 10,000 feet above sea level, avoiding the plains during the breeding season, although seen there frequently in the periods of migra- tion. . Another interesting bird seen in the hol- KEYSER. 105 low above Bailey’s was the pygmy nut- hatch, which you will not find in the East- ern or Middle States, where you know only the white breasted nuthatch as a resident and the red breasted nuthatch as a mi- grant. Three or 4 of these pygmies were flitting about among the pines, clambering up and down the branches and boles in true nuthatch fashion, now head upward and now the reverse. They seem shy and nerv- ous little creatures, always moving about among the twigs or glancing from tree to tree, so that they were difficult to watch with the field glass. All their movements were accompanied by a half musical little chirping, which was sometimes prolonged almost into a song when the birds became especially excited over my presence, as they did when I followed them about and ogled them with my glass. As their name sig- nifies, the pygmies are tiny birds, scarcely more than half as large as the white breasted nuthatches, and spend the breed- ing season exclusively among the moun- tains, ranging 5,000 to 10,000 feet above sea level. Among the Rockies you look in vain for the common blue jay, but in its stead you find the long crested jay, so called because of the long, black crest that adorns his shapely head. He is rather a handsome fellow, with his coat of navy blue. He was met with almost everywhere among the mountains from the foothills to timber line, and is especially fond of the steep and bushy acclivities, the pine forests, and the bushy valleys, where he hides his nest in such a manner that, though large, it is extremely difficult to find. In the ravine, of which mention has been made, there was a family of these birds, the parents feeding their young, which a week before had grown too large to remain in the nest. A great variety of sounds came from the throats of the adult birds. They uttered a harsh,. grating call which seemed meant as a warning to the young- sters to be on their guard. When I pur- sued them, one of the birds, perhaps the male, played a little tune on his trombone, which might be represented as follows: “Ka-ka-ka, k-wuit, k-wuit, k-wuit,” the syllable “ka” repeated rapidly, while the “k-wuit” was pronounced more deliberate- ly, with a kind of guttural and gurgling intonation. This song, if song it may be called, bears some resemblance to the com- mon blue jay’s liquid outburst. It was succeeded by a grating call that sounded like a file drawn over the edge of sheet- iron. Then the birds chattered in a low, 106 affectionate way that seemed to indicate they were having’ a little conference just among themselves. As I still pursued them, one of the old birds cried “Quick! quick! quick!” as fast as he could fling the syllable from his tongue, the meaning of the outburst being “Hurry away! hurry, hurry!” But that was not all; one of the birds uttered an- other call, which I translated, “Go ware! go ware!” delivered in so raucous a tone that it might have frightened one who was not used to uncanny sounds in lonely places. Presently the whole company dis- appeared, not caring for human society any longer, but I could still hear them filing their saws far up in the mountain side. While there were many birds at the low- er end of the ravine where it opened into the valley, their numbers grew less the farther I climbed into the mountains. In all my rambling I found this the case. Comparatively few birds care for the soli- tudes; at least, their favorite haunts are in the neighborhood of babbling streams, where they can drink and bathe without making too long a journey. Far up the hollows from Bailey’s a few Western rob- ins, gray headed juncos and mountain chickadees were seen, and their voices seemed sad in those solitudes, whereas down in the valley their songs sounded rol- licksome as they mingled with the roar of the mountain stream. Other birds seen in this neighborhood were pine siskins, which are the same as the siskins of the East, only they do not go so far North to breed, finding the cli- mate they want in the mountains; Audu- bon’s warblers, almost like the myrtle SPOTTED SANDPIPER, ACTITIS MACULARIA. RECREATION. warblers in Eastern States; mountain blue- birds, whose breasts are blue instead of reddish brown; Say’s pheebes, distinctly a Western species; spotted sandpipers, with which Easterners are familiar; Western nighthawks, which zigzag overhead and “boom” now and then, just as their Eastern cousins do; and red shafted flickers, tak- ing the place of the well known golden winged flicker of the East. The sweetest and best bird of all has been reserved to be mentioned last. It was at Bailey’s that my long and wearisome search for the nest of the white crowned sparrow was rewarded. In many a moun- tain valley, from an altitude of 7,000 feet to the foot of the loftiest peaks far above timber line, I had found the white-crowns, singing their dulcet tunes, and had sought in vain for their nests, probably because it was a little too early in the season. One evening at Bailey’s, as I was walk- ing along the bank of the noisy creek, a male white-crown was singing blithely in the bushes, and I stopped to listen to his vesper hymn. Presently a female scuttled to my side of the stream, chirped uneasily a moment, and then flitted to a bush- clump, into which she slipped. The little lady fluttered away as I peeped into the bush, and there was the pretty nest, con- taining 4 white eggs dappled with brown, looking like pearls in a tiny casket. All the while the male trilled his liveliest airs to beguile my attention. His mate chirped anxiously, and so I hurried away to set her mind at rest, glad I had found a white- crown’s nest, and just as glad to leave it undisturbed. wis Sey AMATEUR PHOTO BY Je BAUERS: Can Any Reader of RECREATION Identify it? 400 yards turned to the house. about the trap. the knoll. Vy PikSD SeESSON INV TRAPPING, KATE E. I could not have been over 9 years old when I received my first lesson in trap- ping. Dave, our hired man, promised to make me a box trap in which I could catch quails and other birds. I was greatly delighted and could think and talk of noth- ing else until it was completed. One Saturday afternoon the trap was fin- ished and Dave carried it to a plum thicket from the house. There he scraped away the snow and built a pen of fence rails, in which he put the trap. He showed me how to set it and pointed out the little slide door on top through which I was to take the captured birds, one by one. After baiting the trap with corn and scat- tering more in and about the pen, we re- The remainder of the day I was too restless to sit down or do anything else but talk to my brother Lish Several times we stole cautiously to a knoll that overlooked our treasure, but fortune did not favor us that day. No sooner were we dressed the next morning than Lish and I hurried again to The trap was down! My heart beat painfully as I rushed to it, and yet more painfully when I found it empty. The trigger string had been cut and I could do nothing but hurry to Dave with the woeful story. He said a hare had been caught and had cut the string in gnawing his way out. He promised to make a dead fall to catch the rascal, and cautioned me to close the quail trap at night. When he had repaired and rebaited the trap I began my second day’s watch. Nothing happened until 3 o’clock, when NORCROSS. we found the trap sprung. I flew to it, my brother at my heels, and the sight that met our eyes was soul delighting. The trap was filled with quails. I stepped into the pen, slipped my hand through the slide door and seized a plump, bright-eyed beauty. I had with one hand gathered my big apron into a bag and in that I put the bird. I reached in the pen, caught another quail and was putting it in my apron when the first slipped out and flew away. Lish smiled, but I didn’t. As I grabbed a third bird, No. 2 made his escape. The next was fairly in the bag before No. 3 took his departure. By that time Lish had progressed through smiles, giggles and uproarious laughter to a state of exhaustion that compelled him to cling to the pen for support. I scowled at him savagely while putting the next bird in my apron, only to hear another burst of laughter as No. 4 took flight. Improbable as it sounds, that thing continued until 11 birds had escaped from me and only one re- mained in the trap. I grabbed the last victim with both hands and started mourn- fully for the house. As I was climbing the garden fence the top rail broke, letting me fall to the ground and freeing my twelfth captive. I reached home the most crestfallen crea- ture in the world. Lish giggled while I told the story and my parents strove hard to suppress their emotions. Even beefy faced, shock headed Dave showed no sym- pathy. “Why, Kate,” he said, “why didn’t you pull their heads off as fast as you caught them?” “You didn’t tell me to,” I protested. “’Course not,’ he replied; “I thought anyone had sense enough for that.” THE SWAMP ANGEL FRANK H. Hark! the hermit thrush is singing, And his wild, ethereal strain, Like a silver horn is ringing Over forest, hill and plain. “O speral, speral, speral !” We seem to hear him say, “O holy, holy, holy! O clear, O clear away!” 107 SWEET. From gloomy swamps and lonely ways, And woodlands that are wild and dim, We hear in rising notes of praise The hermit’s tender evening hymn; “O holy, holy, holy!” We seem to hear him say, “O speral, speral, speral! O clear, O clear away!” © Weld IkJ830) Inia el), ALLAN BROOKS. The redhead has a wide distribution, be- ing found throughout the continent from Atlantic to Pacific. Unlike its congen- ers, if 1s) not round Mm. the tan eNottd, and is one of the few diving ducks that breed commonly as far South as the United States. In the old world it is replaced by a closely allied species, the pochard, which differs from the redhead in the coarser vermiculations of the back and flanks. In America the redhead is often confused with the far-famed canvasback; but this can al- EOL M Rpg. j "hips, THE RED HEAD, ways be distinguished in both sexes by the long narrow bill, which is entirely black, instead of leaden blue with a black tip, as in the redhead. A much closer ally of the redhead is the ringbill, or ringnecked duck. In form, habits, and coloration of eggs the ringbill and the redhead are identical, and the female of the ringbill is an almost ex- act miniature of the female redhead. Old male redheads also acquire the white sub- terminal band across the bill, though this is never so pronounced as in the ringbill. The redhead is a fine game duck, fre- quenting marshes in preference to salt wa- ter, and is generally a first class table bird, as its food is more exclusively vegetarian than that of most other diving ducks. It is a rapid flyer and an expert. divers ~A winged redhead will generally make good its escape if there is any cover within reach. The redhead seems to be a silent duck. During the pairing season it utters a low, erating cry, at the same time shaking and ——. ca AVTHYA AMERICANA. jerking its head about, exactly as if some- thing was stuck in its throat. The ruddy duck has the same action when courting. In most localities West of the Rockies the redhead is scarce, and I have never observed in British Columbia the enor- mous flocks of them that one sees in East- ern America. In the adult male the iris is deep yellow, in the female more brownish. The feet are dull lead color, with black webs; bill lead- en blue, with tip and extreme base black. A Georgia man, who has gone to Wash- ington in search of a government job, gives as his qualifications: “I can not only write poetry and novels, but there ain’t a govern- ment mule that can throw me.’—Atlanta Constitution. 108 : : ; ' ; 5 PE ever TTSs NEAR K. BE. M. LEETE. About the nicest.thing to: ride is a hobby, if you don't «ride .too. much.. The hobby that suits me. best, is\ fishing, from what little I know ‘of it.. Of course.| should not wish to fish all the time nor make a busi- ness of it. Sundays I would willingly give up the sport;.and:even.on. Saturday after- noon, if my family needed anything, l| should enjoy doing what I could for them. r It has always seemed strange to me that my wife looks at the matter in a different light. She is-a sensible woman about al- most everything else. I have argued with her by the hour and tried to show her how much the children enjoyed a fish dinner. I have pointed out that fish was a brain food and saved a whole lot on the meat bill; but talk as I would, and I have even worked nights at it, I could not convince that woman. She will insist on my being at the office nearly all the time. There are times, however, when one has a cold, ora corn, or may be a headache that only fresh air will cure. Now, air is never so fresh as when coming over water, and if you are going to take it that way why not fish at the same time? One day, as I had a cold or was afraid I should have: one, I spoke to my fishing mate, Luther, and suggested that the tide was coming about right for fish the next day, and if he knew where there was any bait we might go. I never like to go alone, and this friend, while not handsome, is Mseful ma boat. He is a fair angler, mostly catching the small ones that snoop my bait. The big fish I take care of. did know of his putting one large fish in the boat; that is, I hooked and played it, and Luther lifted it in for me. We had a common friend, Pete, who worked in a bank. He went down at 8 or 9 in the morning, and sat on a high Sool until 4 p.m i etten envied that man his job. If a man must work, it struck me that he couldn’t do much less. We feared Pete was getting run down, and was perhaps going into a decline, so we invited him to come with us. He said he hated to leave his business, but he sup- posed someone must go along to look after us and he would be that one. For once everything worked to a charm; and 10 o'clock the next day found us at Duck island,- with a basket of fish and some bait left. The tide was well up and the fish had nearly stopped biting when we decided to try another ground. There was a rock on the West side of the island, near the shore, called “Junk of Pork,” from its 109 shape. It was 8 feet square on top, with vertical sides standing 7 feet out of water. It was a hard rock to land a fish on, and not an easy one to land oneself on; but the fishing near it was good at high tide. On that rock I landed my 2 friends, with a basket, some bait and a spare snood or 2, while I went just around the other side of the island to Table rock. I anchored the boat, bow and stern, and went to fishing. I fished:-as bard as. I could, for to: tell’ the truth, my companions, while coming from good families, had their faults. Their train- ing had been sadly neglected in some par- ticulars, and if by any chance they should show the most fish when we met, they would be very likely to say unkind things. My boat lay perhaps 5 rods from the shore and between me and the land there were rocks of all sizes, covered with the sharpest of barnacles. The light wind of early morning had died out, and the hot sun shone on a sea of glass. Schooners bound East had dropped their jibs and anchored, unable to stem the flood tide. The smoke from a tug with a long tow of barges was black- ening the clear blue of the sky. Aside from a few gulls playing overhead the sea was asleep, and all was quiet. I was nearly asleep myself, when hap- pening to glance toward the island, I be- held a strange sight. On that little island, 4 miles off shore, with not a soul on it, as I supposed, I saw a man clothed as was our alleged forefather, Adam, save that I noted a lamentable absence of fig leaves. He did not even wear a smile; in fact, he wore nothing but his skin. I noticed, how- ever, that it was a good fit. As he came nearer I saw red marks on his body, run- ning up and down, with now and then one across. Further inspection showed it was Pete. He was walking carefully, and well he might, for the rocks were covered with barnacles, and barnacles are no better than broken glass to walk on. He limped along by the bushes, down to the water’s edge. Then I hailed him. He was not talkative, so I waited and watched. He jumped from one rock to another, now waist deep in the water, now on the surface, and again swim- ming a few strokes until he gained the boat. He had been so occupied with his gym- nastics that I could not attract his atten- tion; but when he was fairly seated in the boat I felt that I had a right to know what ali this was about. What he said first I will not repeat, but it had condemnatory reference to barnacles. IIo Later I gathered that he had hooked a fish, just after they had landed, and had lost his hooks, snood and all. ‘They both supposed there were plenty of spare hooks in the bas- ket, but were unable to find any; so, being carried away with piscatorial ardor, Pete stripped and in some way. best known to himself, got into the water from that high rock, gained the shore and came to me for more hooks. He appeared rather mussed up, as he sat with the water dripping from his body and his hair plastered down with RECKE AMONG the wet. His stomach looked like a weather map of New England after a bliz- zard. From what I could learn I inferred that the barnacles cut him. It certainly looked that way to an outsider. He asked me if I thought the gashes would heal. I said “Yes’’; but he seemed to think he was marked for life. We weighed anchor and went over for Luther and for Pete’s clothes, and when the basket was handed down we discovered the missing hooks un- No remarks were made. derneath it. AMATEUR PHOTO BY H T, WHITMORE. THREE OF A KIND. Made with Korona Camera. AMATEUR PHOTO BY H, T WHITMORE A STUDY IN BLACK AND WHITE. Made with Korona Camera. SARANAC LAKE TO CANADA BY WATER. CHARLES D. FERNALD. Not having felt well for several weeks, I decided to take a rest, and have a change from the grind of business to nature, for she is so gentle in the spring. With- m4. ours, Lj was. abroad the New York Central’s Adirondack train, with shot gun, fishing rod and other tackle. I had no idea where | shouid leave the train, but later decided to go to my old starting place, Saranac Lake. There I secured as: guide John Benham, who is the best member of his profession I have ever met. He was the owner of a small Adirondack skiff, 14 feet in length, 28 inches beam, and in that canoe I decided to take a trip. We started from Saranac Lake at noon Thursday, April 18, bound for Montreal by water. We had to go by the Saranac river to Plattsburgh, then by Lake Cham- plain and the St. Lawrence the remainder of the distance. Thursday afternoon we made good time for about 20 miles, and stopped at a log house near Union Falls for the night. Friday we had a hard, danger- ous day. We left Union Falls about 6.30 a. m., and started for Plattsburgh, which we expected to reach by night. Above Union Falls we had _ passed through some bad rapids, but what we found below Union Falls made the others look like still water. We had 7 miles of white water, or white caps. We ran most of the way, but toward the end we had to get out and carry, about 12 miles, in all. The river is so crooked in that country, that it is hard to estimate the distance between 2 places. We came mear running over High falls at Russia. We were running along in water that was going like a mill race, with plenty of rocks to make it interesting, when suddenly we saw the river drop. We could not stop ourselves, so we went into the rapids. They were fierce, the river dropping off foot after foot. We ran through them about a mile before we could get near enough to the shore to catch the bank as it went by. After landing, we went below and watched the river tearing and whirl- ing through the big cut in the mountain at Russia, where the drop of the falls is between 160 and 170 feet. Had we gone 1% of a mile farther we should have been done for. No boat can live in the falls 60 seconds. We continued down the river and reached Cadyville that night. There we put up at an apology for a hotel. In the middle of the night I was awakened by someone try- ing to get into my room. I took my re- volver and waited. Soon a man’s head and shoulders were thrust through the win- dow. I called out to know what he wanted. As soon as he answered I knew he was under the influence of liquor. He was try- ing to get to his room, which was next to mine, without anyone’s knowing it, and he had taken the wrong window. I was thankful I did not shoot first, and inquire afterward what he wanted. Saturday morning we started on. The rapids still made it interesting. We reached Plattsburgh that evening, put up at a hotel and took in the town. Sunday morning we started on to Rouse’s Point, on Lake Champlain. A stiff breeze was blowing off the lake on to Cumberland Head. It was foolhardy to start, but I did not realize that until we were out in the lake. The water was running high and was capped with white. The little boat behaved nobly, however, and took us safe to shore. The wind died out about 4 o’clock and then we made better time. We arrived at Rouse’s Point at 8 o’clock Sunday even- ing. There I realized I had enough. If we should go farther we would find our- selves running the Lachine rapids in our skiff; so I sent the guide back to Saranac Lake over the Chateaugay road and took a train on to Montreal, which was about 40 miles down the river. After staying in Montreal a day, I took the train back to Saranac and to my surprise learned that Jack had sold our skiff at Rouse’s Point after I left. Tuesday evening I returned to New York, with a color like an Indian’s and feeling like a new man. _ Little Willie—Say, pa, what was Wash- ington’s object in crossing the Delaware? Pa—He probably heard the peach crop was a failure and crossed over to investi- gate.—Exchange. T12 SUICIDE: The photo herewith shows an _ oriole’s nest which I discovered a few days ago in a fallen tree. The dead and dried body of the builder was suspended from the nest by a horse hair about its neck. The body of the bird is in good condition. E. B. Heiney, Huntington, Ind. “T suppose you keep in touch with your nephew while he’s away at college,” said Dr. Choker to Mr. Munn. “Well, he keeps touching me, if that’s what you mean,” replied the uncle.—Detroit Free Press. RECREATION is, as you claim, the ideal sportsmen’s magazine of the country. E. B. Dennett, Portland, Me. ie Civ Amor FARMER BROWN’S EXPERIENCE. W. A. FULLER. I'd read into the papers thet Come every week from town, How they was made a sort of spoon Fer lurin’ fish aroun’. I bought one, rigged ’er up, and went Straight off down to the crick, And dropped it in real quiet-like, Right where the fish was thick. I kinder chuckled as I thought How s’prised the folks would look When I brought home the fish I’d ketch On thet new-fangled hook; And as I sot and waited with My back agin a tree, - i thought how some folks never knowed What great inventions be. I waited quiet-like and still, The fish they waited, too; “What's this?” it seemed as if they said, “This here is something new!” So there I sot and fished and fished From early morn till night, And when the sun was goin’ down, l hadn’t had a bite. I pulled my line in, wound ’er up, Looked kinder shy around; And then I took that fancy hook, And stomped it on the ground. I’ve no more use fer fancy rigs, Or shiners made of tin, Fer angle worms ‘Il ketch more fish Than spoon baits ever kin. Have been a reader of your magazine nearly 3 years. Have every issue on file since October, ’99, and would not take many times the cost for them. It is the best sportsmen’s journal published. The Peters Cartridge Co. and the Marlin peo- ple were foolish to withdraw their ads becausc somebody did not like their goods. L. W. Putoz, Westfield, Mass. RECREATION is the best sportsmen’s magazine published. Am glad to see the subscription list growing so fast. F. B. Cortright, Mauch Chunk, Pa. Can’t do without RECREATION. S. D. Bristow, Cherokee, Iowa. THE MOOSE HEAD AT THE PAN-AMERICAN. I notice in the editorial department of January RECREATION an inquiry regarding a moose head measuring 67 inches, which it is supposed was exhibited by the On- tario government at the Pan-American Exposition. I do not know certainly that the head was exhibited by the Ontario government, but I had in my hands, for the purpose of mounting, a head, photo of which I here- with enclose you. The antlers had an ex- treme spread of 67 inches,number of prongs 16 and 17, width of palm 18 and 1g inches, inside beam 42 inches, circumference of burr close to head 14 inches. The horns are a beautiful rich brown color, and sym- metrical. The head was large, and in pro- portion with the horns. [he skin was a beautiful dark color, and the whisker, or bell, was intact, measuring 124 inches. This moose was shot on the Demoine . river, which is a tributary of the Ottawa river, about 50 miles from Pembroke, by an Indian named Batice Seymo. The head was secured by R. A. McCracken, agent for the E.B. Eddy Company at Big Lake, who brought it to me, for mounting. Mr. McCracken afterward presented it to Mr. W. H. Rowley, secretary-treasurer of he E. B. Eddy Company at Ottawa, Ont- tario. [understood the head was to goto the American exposition at Buffalo. I handle a large number of moose heads, and I find in this head a most remarkable thing, which you will notice in the photo; namely, that it attains its greatest meas- urement 19 inches from the burr forward on the front palm, both sides being well developed. This headis now in possession of Mr. 113 Rowley at Ottawa. If you, or any reader of RECREATION, may wish any further in- formation I shall be most happy to fur- nish it. G. H. Belaire, Pembroke, Ontario Regarding the moose head at the Pan- American Exposition the statement as to its measurements is correct. 1t was mount- ed for the Ontario Government, by Messrs. Oliver Spanner & Co., of this city, and it was on view in their shop window. It is a fine specimen, said to be the largest ever killed in Ontario. It was killed near Po- wassan, about 20 miles South of the Town of North Bay, on Lake Nippising. H. F. Overton, Toronto, Canada. The moose head about which you inquire was killed at Powassan, Ontario. The spread was exactly 66 inches. This head is in the possession of the Provincial Gov- ernment. Two heads obtained near Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, about a year ago, measured 56 and 53% inches respectively. These 3 heads were in our Forestry building at the Pan- American Exposition. Oliver Spanner & Co., Toronto, Canada. HOW TO MAKE A CAMP. Camp life, because of its simplicity, is rapidly coming into vogue. Here are a few simple directions : Secure a good forest and a fair sized lake in some uninhabited region where game abounds, and clear away a tract of 3 or 4 acres. This can be made into a fine lawn with a few hundred carloads of imported sod. In the centre erect your buildings. The main building need not be more than 3 stories high, and can be built of white marble on the outside and white mahogany on the inside. A good living house like this can be put up for about $20,000. The serv- ants’ quarters should be separate. So should the barn. A boat house can be built on the lake, and a wharf not more than a mile long is desirable. After this, all you need is a windmill for pumping water, an electric light plant, 3 or. 4 steam launches, an ice house, a bowling alley and a ping pong court. The whole affair need not cost more than $100,000.—Life. It isa great pleasure to get subscriptions for RECREATION, which is so alive and up- to-date. All I did was to give my friends a back number and they all say RECREA- tion is the best sportsmen’s journal pub- lished. Walter Harris, San Gabriel, Cal. 114 RECREATION. YOUNG BRIS@LEBACsS: The enclosed photo tells its own story, so just put these 2 porkers with the others and roast them to suit your taste. You see they have their faces turned away. They evidently had in mind what you might do to them. These 2 butchers shot 42 cotton- tails and boasted that only one got away. They regretted that work prevented further slaughter. We have but little game here and it is an outrage that such hoggishness should be tolerated. These 2 boys, whose names are Billy Schermerhorn and Frank Seecum, kill everything they see. Roast them brown and show them how they look in the eyes of true sportsmen. WD, Ao It Inacliaos, Ie), These boys were wise in turning their backs to the camera. No doubt they look much handsomer that way than they would if their faces could be seen. Any man or boy who will slaughter game to the ex- tent these boys did may well feel ashamed of it. I trust the time may soon come when no one will be willing to stand up and confess such a crime before the world in the way of a photograph.—EDITor. RECREATION has done more toward educating game hogs to abandon their shameful practices than anything ever before published. W.H. Hubbard, Glenwood Springs, Col. RECREATION is the greatest magazine out. I secured 30 subscriptions in 2 hours from people not at all interested in sport. W.M. Barrett, East Windsor, N. Y. ReEcREATION is the finest magazine published. S. A. Munson, Indianapolis, Ind. STAIN T it SSA NER: Guess my tackle is th’ best— Rod o’ steel an’ fancy flies; Lines that stand th’ toughest test— Reels enough for every size; Yet when I a-fishin’ go An’ recall th’ early fame Of a boy I used to know, *Tain’t th’ same. Useter own a hickory rod— Hook, cork, sinker—nothin’ more; Useter turn th’ garden sod After worms ’longside th’ door. Useter angle in th’ brook— Speckle trout aroun’ me came, Seemed to hanker for my hook— Mainieethe same: There I’d sit an’ fish an’ fish, Starin’ at th’ quiet pool; Sit an’ watch an’ wait, an’ wish— Quite forgettin’ home an’ school, Often caught a lickin’, my! Dad was quick to place th’ blame! Fishin’ cost this youngster high— “Paint th’ same. Fishin’, an’ inventin’ tales— Kind o’ skatin’ round the truth, Is a snort that never stales In th’ golden days o’ youth. Got th’ tackle that’s the best, Yet th’ sport seems gettin’ tame; What’s the tackle ’thout th’ zest? ‘Nainttth: ssame —Cleveland Plain Dealer. AMATEUR PHOTO BY MRS, F, W, TILDEN. WILL YOU WALK INTO MY PARLOR ? ALASKAN GAME TO BE SAVED. Another great victory has been achieved. The bill for the protection of game in Alaska has passed both Houses of Con- gress, has been signed by the President and is now a law. For this, all sportsmen are deeply indebted to that veteran fighter for the birds and the wild animals, the Hon. John F. Lacey, who introduced this bill and has pushed it through both Houses. The L. A. S. has rendered valuable as- sistance in this work. A large majority of our members responded promptly to the call sent out to them immediately after Mr. Lacey introduced the Alaskan bill, and thousands of letters from Congressmen and Senators, to League members, have been sent me. In these letters, a majority of the Representatives and Senators pledged their constituents unconditional support of the bill, and they have made good their promises. Following is the full text of the bill: From and after the passage of this Act the wan- ton destruction of wild game animals or wild birds, the destruction of nests and eggs of such birds, or the killing of any wild birds other than a game bird, or of a wild game animal, for the purposes of shipment from Alaska is hereby prohibited. The term “game animals” shall include deer, moose, caribou, sheep, mountain goats, bears, sea_ lions, and walrus. The term ‘‘game birds” shall include water fowl, commonly known as ducks, geese, brant and swans; shore birds, commonly known as plover, snipe and curlew, and the several species of grouse and ptarmigan. Nothing in this Act shall affect any law now in force in Alaska relating to the fur seal, sea otter, or any fur-bearing animal other than bears and sea lions, or prevent the kill- ing of any game animal or bird for food or cloth- ing by native Indians or Eskimo or by miners, ex- plorers, or travelers on a journey when in need of food; but the game animals or birds so killed shall not be shipped or sold. It shall be unlawful for any person in Alaska to kill any wild game animals or wild birds except during the seasons hereinafter provided: Large Srown bears, April 15 to June 30, both inclusive; moose, caribou, walrus, and sea lions, September 1 to October 31, both inclusive; deer, sheep, and mountain goats, September 1 to December 15, both inclusive; grouse, ptarmigan, shore birds, and water fowl, September 1 to December 15, both inclusive: Provided, that the Secretary of Agriculture is here- by authorized whenever he shall deem it neces- sary for the preservation of game animals or birds to make and publish rules and regulations which shall modify the close seasons hereinbefore estab- lished, or provide different close seasons for dif- ferent parts of Alaska, or place further restrictions and limitations on the killing of such animals or birds in any given locality, or to prohibit killing for a period not exceeding 5 years in such locality. It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to kill any females or yearlings of moose, caribou, deer, or sheep, or for any one person to kill in any one year more than the number specified of each of the following game animals: 2 moose, walrus, or sea lions; 4 caribou, sheep, goats, or large brown bears; 8 deer; or to kill or have in posses- sion in any one day more than 10 grouse or ptar- migan, or 25 shore birds or water fowl. It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to hunt with hounds, to use a shot gun larger than 115 10 gauge, or any gun other than that which can be fired from the shoulder, or to use steam launches or any boats other than those propelled by oars or paddles in the pursuit of game animals or birds. The Secretary of Agriculture ‘s au- thorized to make and publish such further restric- tions as he may deem necessary to prevent undue destruction of wild game animals or wild birds. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons at any time to sell or offer for sale any hides, skins, or heads of any game animals or game birds in Alaska, or to sell, or offer for sale therein, any game animals or game birds, or parts thereof, dur- ing the time when the killing of said animals or birds is prohibited: Provided, that it shall be law- ful for dealers having in possession any game ani- mals or game birds legally killed during the open season to dispose of the same within 15 days after the close of said season. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation or their officers or agents to deliver to any common carrier, or for the owner, agent, or master of any vessel or for any other person to re- ceive for shipment or have in possession with in- tent to ship out of Alaska any hides or carcasses of caribou, deer, moose, mountain sheep, or moun- tain goat, or parts thereof, or any wild birds or parts thereof: Provided, that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent the collection of speci- mens for scientific purposes, the capture or ship- ment of live animals and birds for exhibition or propagation, or the export from Alaska of speci- mens and trophies, under such restrictions and lim- itations as the Secretary of Agriculture may pre- scribe and publish. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Act or any of the regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall forfeit to the United States all game or birds in his possession, and all guns, traps, nets, or boats used in killing or capturing said game or birds, and shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not more than $200, or imprisonment not more than 3 months, or by both such fine and imprison- ment, in the discretion of the court: Provided, that upon conviction for the second or any subse- quent offense there may be imposed in addition a fine of $50 for any violation of sections 1 and 3, and a fine of $100 for a violation of section 2. It is hereby made the duty of all marshals and deputy marshals, collectors or deputy collectors of customs appointed for Alaska, and all officers of revenue cutters to assist in the enforcement of this Act. Any marshal or deputy marshal may arrest without warrant any person found violating any of the provisions of this Act or any of the regulations herein provided, and may seize any game, birds, or hides, and any traps, nets, guns, boats, or other paraphernalia used in the capture of such game or birds and found in the possession of said person; and any collector or deputy collector of customs, or any person authorized in writing by a marshal, shall have the power above provided to arrest persons found violating this Act or said regulations, to seize said property without warrant, and to keep and deliver the same to a marshal or a deputy mar- shal. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, on request of the Secretary of Agricul- ture, to aid in carrying out the provisions of this Act. Provided further, that nothing contained in the foregoing sections of this Act shall be construed or held to prohibit or limit the right of the Smith- sonian Institution to collect in or ship from the District of Alaska animals or birds for the use of the Zoological Park in Washington, District of Col- umbia: Provided further, that such heads and hides as may have been taken before the passage of this Act, may be shipped out of Alaska at any time prior to the first day of July, 1902, FROM THE GAME FIELDS. The man who quits when he gets enough, with plenty of game still in sight, is a real sportsman. CAMP COOKERY. MRS. A. ATWOOD. It was a novel experience to make light bread when we were out camping, and it took the greater part of 2 days to accomplish it. About noon I put a cake of dry yeast to soak. When it was thorough- ly softened, I poured it into a tin lard bucket, added one cup of water and one of flour, stirred it well, and set it in a warm place to rise. That sounds easy, doesn’t it? But it took all my ingenuity to find the warm place. I put the pail in a large iron kettle, and sat the kettle just near enough to the camp fire to keep it warm, turning it frequently. Both pail and kettle were covered with tin covers. Besides our camp wagon we had a top buggy, which had a waterproof lid over the rear of the box. At night I added to my bread batter 2 cups of water, enough flour to make it thick, anda small handful of salt. We did not keep our fire burning all night, and on account of the dogs, or possible wild “varmints.” I could not leave the dough as in the afternoon. I put it in the back of the buggy box, placed 2 or 3 heated stones beside it, and packed the space under the buggy seat with gunny sacks. In the morning everything was white with frost, and I feared for the success of my bread, but it looked light and bubbly. I worked into it all the flour I could and put it near the fire to keep warm. It was about 3 hours before it was sufficiently light. 1 kneaded it well, and molded out a pie pan full of small rolls. The Man insists on calling them biscuit. In another hour the rolls were light enough to bake. I baked them as slowly as possible in the Dutch oven. I had, however, too much dough. I could not bake it all before it would sour. I made one loaf, as flat as possible, put it in a pie pan, and had enough for 2 more loaves. I greased 2 small lard pails and put half the bread in each. They were about 1-3 full. I kept one as warm. as pos- sible without baking it, and the other as cool as I thought it would keep and con- tinue to rise, so they need not be cooked at the same time. To cook them I put them in the kettle and filled it half full of boiling water. I had to put a stone on top of the pail cover to keep it from tip- ping over in the water. After an hour’s boiling the loaf was done, and our hungry hunters pronounced it fine. One of our party had a birthday to cele- brate while we were out, so we fixed up a 116 big dinner in honor of the occasion. The especial surprise of the feast was apple dumplings. I made ordinary biscuit dough and flattened it out into 4 pieces, each about the size of a breakfast plate. On each piece I put 3 or 4 pieces of apple, pared and cored, and a tablespoonful of sugar. I pinched the edges of the dough together, put the dumplings in a greased pail and boiled them, like the bread, 3 hours. The hunters had a bottle of vinegar to use in cleaning their guns. On that day I took one tablespoonful of the vinegar, stirred it into one cup of sugar and 2 table- spoonfuls of flour, added one cup of boiling water, let it boil once, and it made a good sauce for our dumplings. Roast duck: Put 2 small ducks in the Dutch oven, with as many sweet potatoes as you will want. Sprinkle with salt, add one cup of water and a tablespoonful of butter or grease. Bake one hour, keeping the oven at a brisk heat, but avoid burning. Stuffed squirrel: Only young and ten- der game should be prepared in this way. Dress them in the usual manner, fill them with bits of moistened bread, well seasoned with pepper, salt and sage, or onions, if they are to be had. Sew them up carefully, place in the frying pan with a little water, steam till tender, then add a spoonful of grease, and brown them nicely. Remove the thread, take the squirrels out of the frying pan, and make a brown gravy. Squirrels are also good when roasted. Boiled meat with dumplings was one of our favorite dishes, for with coffee it made a complete meal. Use any scraps of veni- son, or other game, boil till tender in an abundance of water, season well, and throw in the dumplings, made as biscuit dough. Replace the cover, let it boil rapidly 15 minutes, and you have bread, gravy and meat all out of one kettle. Deviled meat: It sometimes happens that there is a variety of small game brought in at the same time that another hunter brings to camp the first venison or turkey. To utilize this, make some deviled meat. Boil squirrels, quails, ducks and some of the venison all together until thoroughly tender. Let them cool a few minutes, then with 2 forks remove the bones and shred the meat as fine as possible. Put over the fire again, season well, and boil till the mass is almost dry. Pack it in empty tin cans and place a weight on each. It will prove delicious some day when the cook joins the hunters, and everyone comes home FROM THE GAME FIELDS. to camp tired and hungry, or when on the move and there is little opportunity for cooking. We are not Southern folks, and did not take kindly to biscuit and hoecake, so for variety we sometimes made Boston brown bread, as follows: One pint of water, % cup of sorghum, I-3 cup of grease, one tea- spoonful of soda, one cup of flour and one pint of corn meal. Pour into a greased pail, put the pail in a kettle of boiling water and boil 2 hours. Open the pail and put it near the fire a few moments to dry. May you enjoy camping as much as I did! A MISLEADING CIRCULAR. Roselle, N. J. Editor RECREATION : In spite of the Lacey act, in spite of the L. A. S., the illegal depletion of our game covers continues, and we must still fight before we can hope to have good laws properly enforced. A few quotations from a circular will show how the market hunters are infring- ing on the rights of every sportsman. In the section given to Pennsylvania it says: “Ruffed grouse have been plentiful for several years in Venango county, but market hunting has depleted their number. During ’96 at least 2,000 were shot in this county, where one pot hunter captured about 700. The same may be said of Tioga county. It is reported that market hunters sent to New York during ’95 over $5,000 worth of grouse. Westmore- land county yielded about $1,000 worth of game in ’906, -consisting of wild turkey, grouse, quails, rabbits and squirrels. Five merchants in Wilkesbarre, from October, 795, to January, ’97, sold 3,500 grouse. One Luzerne county hunter is reported to have killed in ’96, within a radius of 30 miles of Wilkesbarre, 804 grouse; in ’95 this same individual marketed about 1,200 grouse. York county formerly contained a great deal of game. A few years ago fully $8,000 worth was annually shipped from this county, but market shooting has greatly reduced the supply. From 5 town- ships in York county there were sent to market in one year 1,800 quails, 2,800 rab- bits, and 3,000 wild ducks. In 1896 a firm in Susquehanna county bought 3,000 grouse, 1,500 quails, 30,000 squirrels, and 40,000 rabbits.” _ This work is still going on, for although it is unlawful to ship game out of Mearly all States, it is still permissible to sell game within State limits. A grouse killed in Pennsylvania looks exactly the same as one killed in New York, and after the game illegally shipped is unpacked, who can detect the crime? As long as the sale of game is permitted anywhere, just 1i7 so long will men shoot game for the mar- ket. Three Western States have abolished the game market, and have, under the guidance of the L. A. S., nobly commenced the final struggle for the preservation of our game. Let New York be “not the last to lay the old aside”; let all States unite in this grand cause, and the battle will be won. This should be every sportsman’s first endeavor. Spring shooting and every other kind of vandalism is not so destruct- ive as the game market. As a result of spring protection to game more birds are staying every year in Ver- mont to breed than formerly, and un- doubtedly when pickerel shooting is made unlawful many more will stay; as the con- stant banging of the pickerel shooter every spring must drive many ducks away. Even in New Jersey, where spring shoot- ing is still permitted, I know of 2 ducks’ nests within 2 miles of Rahway. One is a wood duck’s; the other, a black duck’s. If the open season ended January 1, thou- sands of ducks and marsh birds that ordi- narily go far into Canada would stay with us. The Canadian Indian, who smokes and salts down thousands of ducks for his food supply in winter, would wonder why the yearly flight across the line was growing less, and we should rejoice that our game birds were no longer driven to the far North. Cee: Ea The statement you quote from the circu- lar is no doubt grossly exaggerated. For instance, it is stated that in one year 3,000 ducks were shipped from 5 townships in York county, Pa. That is not a duck coun- try in any sense. A few ducks may be found each year along the Susquehanna river, but I doubt if even 200 were ever killed and shipped from that county in one year. The statement that a firm in Susque- hanna county bought and shipped 30,000 squirrels in one year is simply absurd. I doubt if that many squirrels have been killed in that county in the past Io years. A number of men have: been prosecuted for violations of game laws in Susque- hanna and York counties within the past 5 years, and but little illegal shooting or sell- ing of game is done in that county now.— EDITor. HOW MR. SHARP CONSTRUES THE LAW. Hon. John Sharp, Salt Lake, Utah: I have several times been informed by citizens of your State that you have made ruling to the effect that a so-called sports- man may take with him in his boat a guide or pusher on the duck grounds; that the sportsman may, if he choose, forbid the guide doing any shooting, and that he, the 1i8 sportsman, may kill 80 ducks in a day. That when the 2 men come in from the shooting grounds with guns and with 8o ducks in their boat, you do not deem it proper to ascertain or have your deputies ascertain, whether each of the men killed 40 of these birds or whether the employer killed all of them. I beg to inquire whether this report is correct. It is alleged by several earnest friends of game protection in your State that non-res- idents who go to Utah to shoot ducks make a practice of employing guides, of allowing them to carry their guns with them on the boat, and then of doing all the shooting, forbidding the guides to use their guns at all. One man in Colorado writes me di- rect that he took 4 men with him in a boat one day, and that as he did not allow them to do any shooting he killed 200 birds him- self. I do not credit this story, but should like to know how you construe the law which limits each man to 4o ducks. G. O. Shields. Salt Lake, Utah. Mr. G. O. Shields, New York: Reports similar to those you mention have reached me, and I have no doubt they are true to a considerable extent; but as last season was the first in which we have had a limit law, I did not construe it one way or the other, thinking that true sports- men would not try to evade the clear meaning of the law the first season. It seems, however, there are few true sports- men to be found in an out-of-the-way place like Duckville, Utah. I construe the law just as it reads, and shall hereafter en- force it to the best of my ability. It will he difficult to enforce, as there is nothing in the law to prevent a boatman, or push- er, from taking his gun with him, unless the gun club makes a rule to that effect, and if the would-be sportsman allows his guide, or pusher, take his gun along, it will be difficult to say whether both or one does the shooting. They might be put un- der oath when they come in at night, but I have observed that men who are perfectly honest and upright in everything else will unhesitatingly steal and lie about fish and game. In the future this limit law will be enforced as far as possible, and each man, whether he be resident or non-resident, will be confined to his 4o bird limit. If it can be proven that any man takes the lib- erty of shooting the score of his guide, or pusher, the employer will be prosecuted. I can hardly believe the story of your 4-ply Colorado hog, but it is possible, and the deed might have been done without my hearing ef it. With all the reported eva- sions and violations for the first season of the bag limit, I am pleased to say that the barbarous slaughter was reduced about 300 RECREATION. per cent over formér seasons, and [I trust we Shall be able to lessen it still more here- after. John Sharp, Commissioner. NOT SO BLACK AS PAINTED. The State of Durango has many American resi- dents. One of the most prominent is Dr. L. H. Barry. Dr. Barry, who is a most enthusiastic sportsman, has sent to friends here a number of photographs which show with what success his last expedition into the Sierra Madre country was crowned. The doctor and his family spent 8 days in camp, during which time the doctor alone shot 19 deer, in addition to a great number of turkeys, grouse, and other fowl. This camp was pitched in the heart of the mountains, 85 miles from Durango, and was reached with a pack train of 12 Mexican burros. Included in the journey were the passage of a barren plateau and a stiff mountain climb.—Exchange. Regarding the statements contained in above clipping, Dr. Barry writes as fol- lows: In reply to your letter would say that your information is far from correct. We did kill 19 deer, but only 3 turkeys. Grouse are unknown in Mexico. There were 14 in the party, and we were out 3 weeks. Twelve of the deer we ate, and sent the others to friends in town who _ kindly equipped us with horses, tents, etc. We could have killed 100 deer if we had cared to. It is common to see 30 or 40 deer a day in that country, which is 3 days’ travel from here. I should like to take issue with some of the old-timers as to the sense of smell in deer. I wear moose hide moccasins and have walked up within 30 feet of deer lying down. They paid no attention until they saw me. Have had deer pass within 20 feet of me. Of course that was when I was standing perfectly still; the slightest movement would send them flying. If their sense of smell is so keen, how do you ac- count for my getting so near them? I have found them feeding at all hours. I have found them lying down at all hours. After 6 years’ hunting here I know prac- tically nothing of their habits. My early ideas as to habits of deer have been ex- ploded. I believe they have the most acute ears of any animal extant. When lying down the ears are working back and forth ali the time. Deer can see a leaf move 40 rods away. I believe they depend almost entirely on hearing and sight for the detec- tion of an enemy. In getting away they will jump anything. I saw 2 go over a bank 4o feet high, and keep on going. C. H. Barry, M. D., Durango, Mex. GAME COMMISSION PROTECTS LAW BREAKERS. If W. B. W., of Schuylerville, N. Y,, will furnish the correspondence he refers to as having passed between him and the Game Commission I will take charge of an investigation that will unearth the “nig- ger in the woodpile,” and we can then rest assured there will be less politics than there now is in the Commission. I am working up a case against one of the wardens, and as I have had some experience in breaking up such rings I hope to succeed with this one. I have been through a section of the Adirondacks where still-hunting can not be carried on without snow, yet we read in every county paper of deer having been shot at this or that lake, or pond, and by women, too. We are expected to believe it was done legally. I have writ- ten the Commission one letter, and I am collecting evidence against a notorious lot of violators. who se to be protected by the warden, for it is well known that they hunt openly, and wherever they wish to hunt; that they buy, sell and trade, and that they exchange dogs with other parties who think immunity lies in not using the same dogs all the time. The breeding of fine deer dogs is as much of an industry as ever, and prices are as high as before protection was instituted. The protection given the deer is like the protection af- forded the public of New York city by the police, and a searching investigation would furnish some startling facts. The parties who hunt at Underwood, New pond, Clear pond, the Boreas’ waters, and Newcomb, are doing it illegally. The entire Southern section of the Adirondacks lacks efficiency in its force of wardens, and the practice of conducting a still-hunt when investigating a violation of the law is wrong in principle and effect. The pub- lic knows nothing of the results, and it is believed by many of the law-abiding resi- dents of the region that few convic- tions are ever obtained. If any are,.the fines are not divulged publicly, but you are led to believe that Mr. “A.” had to pay a big fine! It is such privacy that has led the people to believe the Commission is not doing its duty unless forced to do it, and then only reluctantly. Adirondack, North Granville, N. Y. A SHAMEFUL SLAUGHTER. BERKELEY.—The coating of oil on _ the waters of the bay which last week caused many ducks to fall into the hands of Alameda hunters in the vicinity of Bay Farm island, has drifted Northward to the West Berkeley shore. Numbers of ducks that have become entangled in the viscid fluid are being slaughtered by Berkeley boys. Carlisle Coey, Joseph Rose, William Con- nolly and P. Carcot killed 64 ducks with stones and clubs in one day near Sheep island.—San Francisco Chronicle. When the above clipping was sent me I wrote the persons mentioned, asking for their version of the affair. One of them answered as follows: I do not know the cause of it, but the FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 119 waters of San Francisco bay are often covered with tar oil. Ducks while feeding become covered with the oil, and go to the beach to rid themselves of it. On the occasion mentioned Wm. Conley, Jas. Rose and I were fishing near Sheep island. Landing there, we found a number of ducks on the shore, picking and cleaning themselves. They were so dirty we could not tell what they were until we killed 2 with clubs. When we found they were can- vasbacks we went around the island, kill- ing as many as we could with sticks and stones. None of the birds could fly, but many took to the water and escaped in that way. We got 64. Carlisle Coey, Berkeley, Cal. It is a great pity that some able bodied, fearless man did not happen along at that time to give you boys what you deserved. You should first have had a few good birch rods worn out on you. Then you should have been undressed, painted with a thick coat of tar oil with a heavy top-dressing of feathers from the ducks you slaughtered rubbed into it; after which you should have been marched home through the prin- cipal streets of your town with placards on your backs, printed in large type, “Game Hogs.” If you could have had such a visi- tation of justice as this and such an ex- posure to public gaze, you might possibly have realized the enormity of your offense. —EDITOR. A REVEREND GAME HOG. Enclosed is a clipping taken from our daily paper. This is what I call slaughter of the worst kind and each man should be fined $50 or a year in jail. B. Be ¥., Decatur, Il Six hundred and ninety-two rabbits and 270 quails were the result of one day’s hunting around Lovington. The game will be served at a big supper for the benefit of the Christian Church, of which Rev. F. C. Overbaugh is the pastor. It is not expected that all this game will be eaten, but the rabbits that are left over will be sold and the quails will be given away, it being against the law to sell them now. The final arrangements for the contest were completed Monday. A. Hoots was selected cap- tain of one side and William Heffler the other. These captains selected 20 men, and they started in opposite directions. When the hunters returned to town the people were astonished at the success of their under- taking. The record follows: Heffler Party— Teabpaitsiisd Pentese cae tens alco Satapelae laceic’ seit 363 Ohiails Mae eer. Bie ae tela os 0g Bieisieieieisteverels 132 Hoots Party— IRADDIES PEt ec Geechee cokes Sr ehevetararore’e 329 OLDEN IS CMM ORCE aA SERS iE a, bt Se a Same Pe 138 POL le hehete later hci hata ate ect mice