SR Ba man ee nce ee ee ee ee ee ie as ~ BRP oes tas ees AM ae Aaa ok fick ght Wiig ML PGT SPR OPS. er. > ead ee petri eines SERB ene a SO Sor pe Ft Oe 7 An Syl, root 1 st an fe. ee of ae co — re es a! Ln a vd. FORK sine Stree > er tp ne Se eh ae Eig 8 od 8S a Bere Fre, pe 5Ns. Sus ree Lo abe. Teles ee RCE EONS ete Sot aoe » oes LEIS ae ne ioe ©, Ate! oat Fe % nA) 18 SAAS ~~ "5 3 pre SA eh ate Sant Ts Sat! 9 sos y ae oN Rn ene ¢ appre are Geeta Tea ‘? SDA “s Pie My ae = Le: Rent See eT fea, So PEt eee ve oe Ses Arent a , is H AN ALSO aN ¥ at - RATES SOSA UY HARVARD UNIVERSITY. LIBRARY OF THE | MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY | $5) 3 ¢ BEQUEST OF WILLIAM BREWSTER WILLIAM BREWSTER ic fe CU MNCIIO GOI 6 mene ‘DEC 381 1904 | ieee | JANUARY, 1905 *t0c. A COPY 8) ., So Qo a | x = | 3 4 =” | 22 | Bo (aie : iS a4 GEO My wi dra y ARIZONA RANGER ng b B ae were oa AMATEUR PHOTO BY H.°H. RUSSELL * A BACK SOMERSAULT Highly Commended in. REcrEaATION’s Ninth -Annual Photo Competition. D BY G. O. SHIELDS (COQUINA), 23 WEST 24th STREET, NEW wede: By FRANK MOSSMAN; with full 9 page drawing by W, BLANCHARD oe Co {} 1 ti DALLG yg i ) t 1905 UNCEMENT IN " {!? i IN (Myi iN} We believe that the Autocar in allits types represents the highest excellence in automobile design, workmanship and material. Every ia Autocar is built on honor. We feel, therefore, that our new type will ah meet with a cordial reception. Fs This car, Type XI, larger and more powerful than the other types, has a four-cylinder vertical engine of '16-20 horse-power. The body is built on the newest and most approved French lines. The front seat is divided and both front and rear. seats are large and comfortable. | : While this car is built upon the tried Autocar principles which have been so splendidly proven, it shows a number of very important improvements making for in- creased simplicity, ease of operation, safety and comfort. In fact, though Autocars have always been noted for absence of bewildering intric- acy of mechanism, yet no one can but be impressed with the extreme simplicity of this new car. It isa triumph in scientific construction and arrangement. This car has more than met our highest expectations in the road test. In fact, its performance has been a surprise to experienced automobile men. The power of the car carries it, fully equipped and loaded with five passengers, up tested 12 per cent. grades for instance, at 20 to 25 miles per hour on the direct drive, while on the level the car at- tains a speed of 40 to 45 miles. The car is a superior climber on any hill. Altogether our eight years’ experience has enabled us to produce in this type, a four cylinder car we are assured cannot be surpassed by any similar car at any price. The Price of Type XI is $2,000. Ready for delivery January 16, Type VIII, Four-passenger Car at $1,400 and Type X, Runabout at $900 have made Autocar Reputation. Each stands at the head of its class for value and efficiency. Autocars, Types VIII, X and XI will be on exhibition at the New York Automobile Show, Madison Square Garden. Catalogue descriptive of the 1904-1905 types will be sent free upon request. This Catalogue contains also addresses of our dealers throughout the country who will be glad to give demonstrations to prospective automobile pur- chasers and explain in detail the merits of our cars. THE AUTOCAR COMPANY, Ardmore, Pa. Menther Assoctation of Licensed Automodsile Manufacturers. RECREATION Copyright, December, 1904, by G. O. Shields A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Everything the Name Implies $1.00 A YEAR. a G. O. SHIELDS (COQUINA), 23 WEST 24TH STREET, 10 CENTS A Copy. Editor and Manager. New Yorze CONTENTS OF THiS NUMBER a ee He Saw a Big Bear With a Pig in Its Arm.....-..2.-2--+ see seer eee sete eee see e ee ee eee cee ee en FRONTISPIECE A Black Bear and a White Swede........----cssssceecees veces Hata ane orc eee aie era >--FRANK MOSSMAN 3 How a Mexican Was Turned Back. Illustrated ...............00cenecceseeecec cee sece ARIZONA RANGER 5 IHIGILOVEd THe WOOGIE OCIS yee G are aa eed Sei uails selenite set sle eee cescise ocee eOTACY E, BAKER 7 On Top of Mount Shasta, Illustrated................. ASE Sania ieee ue Nene SOK A.L.A. HIMMELWRIGHT 9 ATG er MO OSS aime On tary Ore cies ei eae ay Sea ee oe ara ete bicle erciclorurmiolelovs eieteleic <(ers siete srarcleicie ges Seig avers D.R. TUCKER 13 WeAnsrdeal Game Presenve.c lilustrateds csc. cscccitecsacickiec ste seicleielswisis cnc cs cece sicaes ose G.O.SHIELDS 15 OTN ET aS oe eC Ceca orrae rte re onooni eee Code Srensole aitnlepol siviers wis Gieve\ere'b sisjoicie eine cles ole tte C.O. WOODMANSEE 18 A Reminiscence of the Old Dominion. .....-....c...cccccecccccrec cere cscvecccsocsccsvccecs R.G. KINNIER 19 AUP SING Lale OL GWE WOO OS iircia a cra ce wie tae reisiats Sis eiolais SUA eai aia aie isie oe oie Seino cloldale secwiee F, A. VERPLANCK 22 A New Year’s Call.......-.. Wepatctale See eases e ee TSO TSO Gols fics va ais'e'e OAs oda aces ootws E. H. BLoop 25 MHEPBCATS: -PICDICH SLOCMasacc asc cse ccc cotta sl cathe cidisien se bice sic ceeleciers ove ce Gro. A. WILLIAMS. M. D. 25 INGE SO Hard: Aselticooks® Dlustrateds 2225 sos. ii eac sts. semen ceca suc comes cone R.D. Von NIEDA 26 Roast ROVE ROCI aa eter ta eee as cease or ee ctdae Sct ila ee i velcbc chee sd ecles cub E.L. TAYLoR 27 Some Other Dogs.-...----...- 2.0.00: s cece sce rece sees eer ce crc rntne ce teccrssnsess vetevesscs DELLA BELLAMY 28 MREHECHONG) BRCEMN cs se ee eo iy acee eo case ncn ae Ws wah utente Sages Solace a Daw W. GALLAGHER 30 Antoine’s Hen Speculation....................sseeseeces Bawefeisienera(oenC seni aise wieie welacreieiee as E.W. PARKER 35 June Lucrgrae Jey Oe, 10% boodcnus S506 ooncoSu uns oodg coun cohen banddocduboOcouNGbeEdan CHARLEY APOPKA 33 Old Man Stice’s Experience with the Bear.............. 2.00 .s.eccecceeccec cc ceeseessens W.F.SHORT, JR. 35 INE COLOT AMO PAvadiSOlestccciss selec coer scicis sce ccbolsereinis sins acieretine Seisisicle gd Onin Seen ces eee'ce 6c c L. D. GILMORE 7o From the Game Fields...........+-...00sesse0ee SOM MOLOSUTY cour se ciaes cs soc sc sec e nace tits wah cio 57 Fish and Fishing Ree Pen oy te steak pa Sreare Lorne cee ea Poswcia's 42 Pure and Impure Foods................. buduoococc 59 Guns and Ammunition. .....2-..ecccesccecsccsccs 45 Book NOtiCeS icc cscsscsts hace scence ee coon ees Snes 61 Natunal Hustotyeccect 2 ele cse ate ceiiece seis > 50 Publisher’s Notes ..................... Wace: see 63. The League of American Sportsmen......... .- 53 KEditor’s Corner .................ccsseee ee seen 65 Automobile: Notes: cost. : cs ccc ccclee ccs eweweeec 55 Amateur Photography ..-..-.--.....--.00 eye 72. Entered as Second-Class Matter at New York Post Office, Oct. 17, 1894. : Borated Talcum ITOILET POWDER | ror AETER SHAVING| Sore Throat A Harmless Antiseptic, Endorsed by the medical profes- sion. Send ten cents to pay postage on free trial bottle. Sold by Leading Druggists. Not genuine unless label bears my signature: Insist that your barber uses Mennen’s Toilet Powder § O 4 after he shaves you. Itis antiseptic, and will PREVENT any of the many skin diseases often contracted. A posi- tive relief for CHAPPED HANDS, CHAFING, § and ALL SKIN AFFLICTIONS Removes all odor a of perspiration. Get JWennen’s—the original Sold FE 39 Prince St., N. Y everywhere, or mailed for 25 cents. Sample Free. mm GERHARD MENNEN CoO., NEWARK, N. J, LE LT PE BLL PEO Oe ELIS OLE EH Something Something New = Mennen’s Violet Talcum ‘rxcutsite Write for free booklet on Rational Treatment of Disease, : RECREATION. RACINE BOAT MANUFACTURING COMPANY MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN Our Turbine Motor Hunting Boat, as shown above, is 16 feet long, draws loaded only 10 inches-of water, is fitted with our 3 H. P. motor and underwater exhaust. No springs, no valves; no clicks—as noiseless as a Row Boat. Speed 6 miles per hour. Operation and satisfaction guaranteed for $275. Cheaper ones if you want them. Our Canvas Cedar Paddling Canoe, as shown above, is 14 feet long, will carry four in a pinch and is built for service. A comfortable and easy paddler. Price, F.O.B., $30— no extras. Our Still Hunter, as shown, 11% feet long, 36 inches wide, built of White Cedar, will carry 600 lbs., weight only 80 lbs. Ample room under deck for decoys. Light weight, light draught, very stiff, very still and very cheap. Price, complete with paddle $20, F. O. B. Our 15-foot Fishing Motor Boat is the ‘Limit.”’ Has 4 foot beam, draws 12 inches, speed 6 miles per hour, seats four to five, will carry 1,000 Ibs. 1 H. P. motor, operation guaranteed. Built of Cedar, natural finish, brass trimmed, a good troller, a good guide to the fishing grounds and a sure returner. We have them in stock at our various warehouses—price $165. Money refunded if not satisfied. Send 10c for our 64-page catalog describing the others, and we will tell you the ad- dress of our nearest showrooms. If y@u haven’t the stamps handy drop a postal. Mention RECREATION Address:) RACINE BOAT MFG. CO., (Riverside) MUSKEGON, MICH. RECREATION. iii CONTROLLING AN AUTOMOBILE BY AIR-PRESSURE Ne LOND TA. aa as Driver lost Control of his Car!’’ That’s part of the Newspaper report on nearly every automobile accident. Doesn’t it set one thinking? - The most important thing about an Automo- bile is its method of Speed-control. Mere Horse-power is secondary to this! Many cheap Motors develop high power, while they last,—but they wear out in a hurry, and are unreliably controlled. ManyAutomobiles are controlled by expanding Speed-Governors. These have many wearing parts. They have revolving fly-out Arms, Springs, Gears, Belts, or Shafts, with special Levers to operate them. They work well enough, while new. But,— Wear, Rough Roads, Overheating, or poor Lubri- cation, may put them out of adjustment, at critical pertods. Then there’s another item for the Press. The Speed-controlling system of a Car can’t be too simple. It can’t have too few parts to get out of order. It can’t be too direct, too flexible, too graduated, too Automatic, nor too Reliable. Even a Dare-Devil Driver can do more daring things, with a Car, when he knows he can ab- solutely depend on its Speed-control working at the precise moment, and to the precise degree, he expects it to work. This is where the ‘‘Winton of 1905’’ scores over all other Motor Cars. * * * The speed of the Winton Motor Car is con- trolled by Air-pressure. No Gears to wear out, no Springs to weaken, no Levers to stick, at critical moments. This is why Winton ‘Air Control” gives such absolute security. When the Winton Motor starts running, it at once compresses enough Air to cut off its own supply of Gas, in a half-minute. And a Motor must stop running when the Gas is shut off from its Cylinders. The Winton Cylinders can only receive Gas when you purposely spill some of the Air-pressure that throttles it. This Air-pressure is released (or spilled) by merely pressing your right Foot on aspring Pedal beside th2 Steering Shaft. The inore you press that Pedal the faster the ‘Car travels. The less you press it the slower the Winton ‘Car runs. Take your foot off the Pedal and the Car stops altogether. Isn’t that simple, safe, and easy to remember in emergencies? No Valves to turn, no Gauges to watch, no Levers to move. \ With this one Pedal alone, and using the igh-speed clutch, you can run Four miles an hour, THOMAS or Forty miles an hour, or any speed between these two. No arbitrary half-speed, quarter- speed, nor full-speed Levers to consider, in ordi- nary running of the 1905 Winton. Your foot on the Pedal sets the Pace as per- fectly as if you were walking or running. Think of the sure control this gives you,— the freedom from risk or anxiety, and the time saved in learning the Car. A Youth could run a Winton the first time he rode in it, after an hour’s coaching. But,—no Car except the Winton can use this Air-pressure Control. Because, it is a basic Winton-Patented feature. * * * Then, there’s the Winton Steering Gear of 1905. Observe that it is not a ‘‘Worm Gear,” like the others. The thread of a Worm wears down in the center long before the sides wear. Then you have ‘‘lost motion” in the Steering Gear. That ‘‘lost motion” makes steering mighty uncertain sometimes. It upsets the Driver's calculations, and so may lead to serious accident in running through crowded streets or close quarters. If you tighten up the wear on a Worm steer- ing gear it is then liable to ‘‘wedge” in the nut, when you turn sharply on short curves. That may land you in a ditch, No ‘‘lost motion” nor ‘‘wedging”’ with the Winton Steering Gear of 1905. Because, it has a whole-round thread on the steering shaft. This works in a whole-round nut. The thread must therefore wear evenly all around when wheel is turned to left or right. Your life may some day depend on the accu- rate control this patented Winton feature gives. is possible *k ok * The 1905 Winton has been made the most accessible car in existence. Nearly all Wintons have in the past had Horizontal Two-Cylinder Motors. These were necessarily placed unde: the forward seat. But,—this year it’s different. The Winton Vertical Four-Cylinder Motor is placed forward of the dash-board, under a hood, where it is instantly accessible. When you lift off its Aluminum Cover every working part (except the Transmission Gear) may be seen at a glance. Pistons, Crank Shaft and Connecting Rods may be quickly removed, without disturbing Cylinders or other Motor parts. The four upright Cylinders are fed Gas (Gaso- line and Air, Mixture) by one single Carburetor. No changing of Mixture is necessary with the 1905 Winton. Its Carburetor is permanently set iv RECREATION. so as to produce one standard grade of (Gasoline and Air) Mixture, at all times, No experimenting with Mixture needed, lots of trouble avoided,—lots of adjusting saved. The Winton speed control supplies more, or less, of this standard grade Gas, to the Cylinders, at will, but never tampers with its quality. All Four Cylinders are “‘fired’”’ by one single Magneto. This is positive Gear-driven, instead of being chain or friction-driven. It thus gives absolutely regular, and con- tinuous ignition, no matter how rough the roads, nor how great the vibration from any cause. No Dry Batteries, Vibrators, Storage Batteries nor “Accumulators,”’ needed with a 1905 Winton. Think of the worry, detail, “‘ tinkering,’ and expense this cuts out,—the Simplicity it affords. Under the floor-board (between front seat and dash- board) is the Winton Transmission Gear. Lift up that board and you see the Aluminum Gear case. Turn a handle, and part of that case comes off. : Then you have, right under your eye, the three non- breakable clutches,—two forward and one reverse. These can be removed bodily, in a few minutes time, without getting under sides, or body, of car. The Dust-pan beneath the 1905 Winton is permanently fixed there. Because, there is no longer any need to look below the floor of thecar, or below the base of Motor, as all parts are reached readily from above. No other Vertical Motor Car is half so Accessible. Now, note the new Twin-Springs of the 1905 Winton. The upper Spring, for light loads, and good roads. This gives a motion easy as that of a Pullman Parlor Car. The lower Spring reinforces the upper, for heavy loads. Prevents pounding of Carriage body, and Motor, when Tunning over rough roads, crossing railway tracks, or **thank-ye-mums.”’ The twin-springs are shackled together at each end. They thus work together, but do not touch, except when carrying a heavy load, or bouncing hard at high speed. These twin-springs double the comfort of riding in an Automobile. They add 30% to the life of a Motor, in pro- tecting it from jar, pounding, and vibration. They take nearly half the work off the Tires. TheWINTON of 190 Vertical, Four-Cylinder Motor. They make the whole carriage lively, smooth-running, elastic in action, and permit of much greater speed over rough roads. These twin-springs can be had on no other Motor-Car but the 1905 Winton because they are protected. Another 1905 Winton feature is the Automatic Oiler. ~- This feeds Oil, to every friction spot, in exact propor- tion to the speed Motor is running at. Impossible to siphon, or flood the motor. No springs nor valves. The Cylinders of the 1905 Winton are cooled by rapid circulation of anon-freezing Fluid(PolarCompound). This is pumped around them, Carburetor and Exhaust-valve chambers, then back into Fin Radiator, for cooling. Behind the Radiator is a gear-driven fan, and in the fly-wheel is cast another. These two Fans pull the air between the pipes and fins of the Radiator so fast that the fluid is thus cooled rapidly. The Fans act and the Fluid circulates, even when the . Car is standing still, if the Motor be running at all. The 1905 Winton therefore has the advantage of both *“Water-cooled”’ and “‘Air-cooled’’systems combined. Winton Style is proverbial. But, the 1905 Winton is the most graceful design yet produced. People call it ‘“the Winton Greyhound.” Because, it has such long, graceful, racy looking lines. See the picture below. That shows the $1800.00 Winton for the year 1905. It has practically the same Power as last year’s $2500 Winton. But, it weighs nearly a thousand pounds less, and so has more speed, per Horse-power. Because, the Motor has less weight to propel. The $2500.00 “Winton of 1905”’ has 24-Horse power. Length is 150 inches, Wheel-base 102 inches. The $3500.00 “‘Winton of 1905’’ has 40-Horse-power. Length 154 inches ; Wheel-base 106 inches. The $4500.00 “‘ Winton of 1905”’ is 40 H. P. Limousine. Duplicate parts, for repair, are carried constantly in stock, and shipped instantly on receipt of telegram. That’s a mighty important consideration. Write today for new Winton Catalogue. Address The Winton Motor Carriage Co., Dept. 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Sisson, McCloud, Mount Shasta Camp, Upper Soda Springs, and Dunsmuir, are villages in the vicinity of Mount Shasta that also accommodate sum- mer tourists. Sisson, the largest of these, is the place from which parties usually start to climb the mountain. The best season for the ascent is August and Sep- tember. I arrived at Sisson August 24th. After canvassing the situation thorough- Iyavas) ton codes decided von ihe) m- mons. He accompanied me to my hotel, inspected my clothing, etc., and personally superintended the correct placing of the lumbermen’s spikes in my shoes. We GLACIER, CREVASSES AND PEAKS NORTHWARD FROM THUMB ROCK. adopted the usual schedule in climbing the Southern face of the mountain: to the timber line by trail, on horseback, the after- noon of the first day; on foot. to the sum- mit of the mountain, and returning to camp the second day; camping the second night, and returning to Sisson the morning of the third day. Weleit Sisson ats3)200p. ms ecatiy imexoun blankets, food and duffle with us on the saddle-horses. The journey of 8 miles to Horse Camp (elevation 8,000 feet), near the timber line; was over jam easy = trail through timber and occasional patches of thickeetindenbriusha es Viter 6 Casino tor sane horses, we prepared supper, and at 8 o'clock we were rolled up in our blankets trying LOM ZOmtouslcep Enmamnions carriedwan alarm watch which he set for 3 o'clock. The in- stant it went off we were up and bustling around to get an’ early start. The horses were watered and tethered at a fresh place, breakfast was disposed of, and, just at dawn, we were ready for the long pull up the mountain. Before starting, Em- mons took from a bag, which had wonder- ful resources, a large bottle of vaselene and began applying it generously over his face, neck, ears and hands. “What are you doing that for?” I asked. “To prevent sunburning,” he said. “If you do as I do, Ill guarantee you'll not get sunburnt.” I followed his example, with little en- thusiasm, but the vaselene was only the priming coat. From the all-sufficient bag next came a small, white sack filled with corks. These Emmons emptied into the glowing coals of the camp fire, stirring them around until they were well burned on the outside. Scratching them out of the fire, he took a handful, as soon as they had 10 cooled sufficiently, rubbed the black off the corks on his hands, and then applied it to his=tace, ears, meck, ete, over tie vaselene: It was heroic treatment, but I soon was as black as the proverbial ace of spades. For LO, OG 15) minutes: 1 felt as i ie had: been dipped with a bowl of molasses, but after that the “mussy” feeling wore away, some- what ,and I felt less uncomfortable. This treatment for sunburning, on in- vestigation, was found to be scientifically correct. Sunburning results when the skin - is exposed to brighter light than that to which it is. accustomed. The application of vaselene fills the pores of the skin and, by preventing the charcoal, from getting into them, facilitates the removal and cleansing process, later. The blacking, by excluding the light, protects the skin per- heetliye My costume consisted of a close knit blue woolen shirt, tweed trousers, wool un-- derclothing, 2 pairs heavy wool socks, heavy, broad soled shoes with spikes, light, pliable leather leggings, a soft felt hat, with 2%4 inch brim, woolen mittens, and smoked glass goggles. I carried an alpen- Stocks alls x7 © Preimo) icamerayanpancrora barometer, and sandwiches. Emmons pro- tested against the camera, and was positive I would never reach the top if I insisted on carrying it; but I wanted the photo- graphs, and decided to take it with me. We started up the gulch in which Horse Camp is located, walking on loose rock for over half a mile. The sides of the gulch are 2 lines of ragged cliffs, the West side having precipitous faces. At 9,000 fect we found snow in the bottom of the gulch. This was hard, from frequent freezing and thawing, and made much more comfortable footing than the loose rock. As we con- ON TORO me VMOU NG SS LAS i Ae Il tinued upward, the slope became rapidly steeper until at 11,000 feet it was slow and tedious work, and we were climbing rather than walking. At some places one could stand erect, turn a shoulder toward the mountain and touch the sloping snow with outstretched hand. The value of the spikes in our shoes, under such conditions, can be appreciated. Two hours of this work took us to the foot of the Mitten, an island of loose black rock, surrounded by snow, and having a shape which gave it its name. It is about one-half mile long, and is at the head of the gulch we as- cended. The Mitten and Thumb Rock, at its upper end, are well known landmarks, and are visible from Sisson and many miles farther to the Southward. It was just noon when we arrived at the foot of the Mitten, 11,800 feet. The heat of the sun was thawing the snow and loosening boulders, which occasionally went smashing down the canyon, raising clouds of snow and dust as they touched the sur- face. Emmons explained that was why it was necessary to start early and reach as high an altitude as possible before the sun got warm. The reflection of the sun on the snow produced a glare so intense that with- out goggles our eyes could have been kept open but a small fraction of the time, and would then probably have been seriously injured. After exposing a few photographic plates and taking a short rest we continued our ascent. The altitude began to be noticeable and my breathing became labored. Emmons chose the narrow strip of snow to the right of the Mitten, but it was so steep and the climbing so difficult that I thought I would try the rocky slope farther to the right. This proved to be small, loose rock just at the angle of repose. My weight caused my feet to sink into this material above my ankles, and I slid down hill with the rock about as fast as I could move upward. Sometimes several square yards of the sur- face would start and carry me down 5 to 10 feet before it would stop. The harness I used to carry the camera impeded the ac- tion of my lungs, and the camera seemed to weigh 100 pounds. I was obliged to fest itequcntly; —dihes stims sfaysi-on. the rocks were much hotter than on the snow. My -progress was extremely slow, and final- ly, convinced that I had made a mistake in leaving the snow strip, I returned to it. Emmons had by that time climbed to a point several hundred feet above me, and when I reached him he generously offered to help carry the camera, but I would not consent. It was 2 o’clock when we reached Thumb Rock, on the crest of the mountain and at an elevation of 13,000 feet. The summit, 114 miles West, was plainly visible from that point, and the scenery in all di- RED ROCK NORTHWEST OF THE MITTEN, 12 RECREATION. rections was exceptionally interesting and beautiful. To the East and North stretch immense snow fields, or glaciers, cut by crev- asses and punctured here and there by sharp, rocky peaks. A mile to the East is a small lake of blue water surrounded by snow. To the South for several miles stretch the ragged, undulating crests of the 2 spurs that bound the gulch we ascended; and far beyond is Sisson, just visible through the smoke of forest fires. We did not see anything animate above the line of perpetual snow, about 10,000 feet, except comnion flies and butterflies. All day we observed hundreds of butterflies, principally the common small yellow variety, fluttering aimlessly and helplessly upward, only to be- come the victims of frost and snow as soon as the sun went down. We spent an hour photographing, ate our lunch and then resumed our journey toward the summit. On account of unusual thaw- ing of the snow we were obliged to change the route ordinarily taken and scale some steep, rocky slopes near Thumb Rock, but after surmounting them the route lay over an easy slope of snow and around to the South side of a spur jutting out from the summit. We continued our ascent on the crest of this spur. The footing was in snow and loose rock successively and was extremely fatiguing. After every 30 or 40 steps our hearts beat like sledge hammers, but after a rest of a few seconds we could proceed again. Whenever we stopped we could hear boulders rolling and crashing down the mountain. Finally we reached the little plateau on top of the mountain, and there remained to climb only the tower- like pile of rocks, about 80 feet in diameter and 60 feet high, which constitutes the summit. Emmons seated himself on a convenient rock at that point and directed my ascent verbally. In a few minutes I had gained the top and stood by the side of the cylin- drical steel monument placed there by the U. S. Government to mark the summit. After 11 hours of hard work since leaving camp that morning my feeling of satisfac- tion, of victory, at that moment can readily be imagined. The surroundings were most inspiring. e Nowhere within the range of vision was there another eminence to rival Shasta or detract from its grandeur and glory. Tothe Westward my eyes in one tremendous sweep spanned the valley between Shasta and the Coast range; and through gaps in the latter, here and there, I could discern patches of the blue waters of the Pacific ocean. The valleys of the Klamatte, Pitt and Sacramento rivers are in plain sight. Vast forests carpet the surface far and near, enveloping even the foothills of Shasta; but nearer at hand there is naught but rock and snow—the black and white that are found only above the timber line. There was little opportunity to enjoy and appreciate Natures wonderful panorama from that point of vantage. Much time had been consumed in photographing, and it was necessary to hurry back toward camp as fast as possible before darkness should overtake us. I hastily pocketed a handful of small stones for souvenirs; registered my name in the book that is kept for the purpose in a small, sheet-iron box near the monument, and taking a last look in all directions, began the descent. It was just IO minutes past 6. On reaching Emmons he took me a short distance Westward to a hot spring which emitted strong sulphurous fumes. We then began a rapid descent over the snow by a different route. The slopes were sufficiently steep so that in a sitting position we could slide, feet first, distances of over 4% of a mile. 1 used my alpenstock under my right arm to steer, and by forcing it into the snow in the steepest places it served effectively as a brake. Emmons is an expert at this method of rapid transit, and frequently made light- ning express speed with a cloud of snow in his wake. I was more timid and made slower time, but enjoyed the experience thoroughly and had no mishap. By 7 o'clock we had descended 4,000 feet, and at 9 o'clock we were at camp. Much to our chagrin one of the horses had broken loose and gone home. We watered the re- maining horse, prepared and ate a big sup- per and slept as only tired men can sleep. The next morning after breakfast we packed all our duffle on the remaining horse and walked back to Sisson. “Tsn’t that Russian naval officer over- whelmed with grief after damaging one of his own ships ?” “No He is proud because the Japanese didn’t do it.’—Washington Star. a TERE @OOSE IN, ONG vRI@: D. R. TUCKER. Some years ago, with a friend and his wife, I.left New York in September for a trip .to. Northern Ontario and Quebec. At Bai des Peres, a Hudson bay post, we out- fitted with grub, canoes and 2 guides, both Indians, for a fishing trip on the many ad- joining lakes and streams. Black bass were abundant at each camp- ing place. We had the Indians. build fish ponds, in which. we put our daily catch, killing only enough for our immediate use. On leaving camp we liberated our captives. I caught fish on a bass rod until I was tired of the sport, then commenced on them with a 4 I-2 ounce fly rod, prolonging the struggle and thus keeping down our daily average. The lady of our party caught our only lake trout, an 18 pounder, of which she was exceedingly proud. After wandering up and down rapid streams, portaging to beautiful lakes seem- ingly numberless, having many little ad- ventures and incidentally a glorious time, we found.our way back to Lake Tamis- caming, where my friends took the boat for home. I went on to the head of the lake and outfitted at a store there for a trip up the Blanche river after moose, Toussaint, a noted - Italian trapper and hunter, going with me. Three days’ hard paddling and portaging took us to our hunting grounds. About 75 years ago the whole country along this stream was burnt over. No new timber has grown up, but a thick brush now covers the ground, making an excellent moose country. On the way up, while paddling around a sharp turn in the stream, we almost ran into 2 yearling cows, but, of course, did not shoot. After look- ing at us a few seconds, they trotted off in the shallow water, then bounded over the bank and away. Arrived at our destination, 2 long, nar- row lakes, connected by a short, reedy stream, we pitched camp. Thence we went on foot to a large barren, where Toussaint expected to see moose. Luck was not with us, and we returned to camp. Next morn- ing we saw a.cow and a calf, paddled up within 50 yards and watched them trot away. After lunch we went to the upper lake. While watching for moose, I put out my troll, soon hooking a large pike. The fish “gave my trout rod~about all it could stand. In the middle of the fun a bull caribou crossed the narrow outlet, about 200 yards away, but was out of sight be- fore I could get the rifle. The pike weighed 17 pounds. Next“day we saw only a cow moose. At night Toussaint suggested that we should go to a wonderful spring lake, where he 53 was sure we would see a bull. Early in the morning we crossed the lake, leaving our canoe, but taking grub, blankets and rifle, walked 2 miles to a little lake, where the Indian found a small canoe. We loaded ipeand gor wns tontind that omg anralle chant was only about 2 inches out of the water. Paddling carefully out of the lake down One stream and up another, we came to a small stream of clear water, which the Indian said came from Spring lake. Proceeding -up. it with great care, for it was narrow and shallow, . about half a mile, we made camp. After eating lunch we took the canoe and rifle and paddled on to the springs about I-3 mile. On the way up Toussaint stopped. pad- dling, softly whispering, “Bear,” and point- edtoaspot inthe brush not 20 yards away. I made out something black, which proved to be Bruin’s head. I pressed the trigger. and the bear was ours. He had been feed- ing on.a yearling moose, which, the Indian. said, he had killed. After skinning the bear and taking some meat, we went on to the lake, ‘a Short distance away. lt was a small sheet of water, not more than 5 or 6 acres in extent, situated in a lovely dell, surrounded by low hills. No stream runs MMO mon DUNT 1S ted bie i large: springs, boiling up from craterlike depressions in the white sand, which covers the whole bottom of the lake. The water was so pure and clear that it could hardly be seen and; although the lake is 30 or 4o feet deep, a pin could have been distinguished on the bottom. The canoe seemed floating in air and several times | dipped my hands in the water to assure myself that we were not suspended by some enchantment. As the light began to fade we reluctantly headed for camp. Just before reaching it a big bull moose loomed up in the dusk. One quick shot finished him. We left him where he fell until morning, when we skinned him and took his head. By work- ing hard all day and making 2 trips, we got back to our permanent camp, leaving skins and head over night at the lake where we got the small canoe. ; During the next 2 days we saw several cows and on the 3d day killed ‘another bull with a large head, after an exciting chase. Then we said goodbye to our hunt- itg~ grounds and headed ~ for the Ottawa. Two days of easy paddling, but some hard portaging, down the rapid stream, took us safely back. On our way down we saw where many moose had crossed since we went up. A few days of rest at the head of the lake and I paddled down to Bai des Peres, where the steamboat was caught for civilization again, DO NOT HIT THIS BUSH TOO HARD. AN JIDNESUG, (GuaUiUS, IER Ie SII 18, G. O. SHIELDS. For the busy New York man who likes to get a day’s shooting occasionally, with- out taking too much time from business, there is no place like the Chamberlin pre- serve at Old Point Comfort, Va. Real- ine mEne wm wamusy som vais) lange, Class, ) te manager of the Hotel Chamberlin has leased the shooting rights on a number of farms and on several large tracts of un- cultivated lands im Jiames City “county, for the exclusive use of his guests. The abundant here ever since the country was discovered. With a view to keeping up the supply and improving the stock 100 pairs of quails were imported from North Caro- lina last fall and liberated on the preserve. It is the intention of the manager to re- peat this operation every year and thus to keep an abundance of the little brownies on hand for years to come. There are several flocks of wild turkeys on the preserve. They keep back in the 1S E PLIGG AISLE eas gee Vie LED THE HUNTING LODGE ON THE BANKS OF THE CHICKAHOMINY. tract thus controlled is about 7 miles long AMG one wo 2 tiles) wide... It is) careiully patrolled by gamekeepers, and no one is allowed to shoot on the premises without a written permit from the manager of the hotel. the preserve is teached by a ride of 47 MiMlesmony tic Or Tallady toy loano: ithe preserve borders ‘om the station grounds and the visitor may begin shooting as soon as he leaves the village. This is a natural game country, and quail, turkeys, deer, ducks and rajls have been a3. j (i ES SR nae ma heavy timber and are difficult to find, but the patient, skillful hunter may reasonably count on getting a few of these kingly birds ne Ine Cam Coane 2 OF B Cay S mn yylatell Iwo hunt them. Woodcock are fairly plentiful about the numerous marshes, and ducks, snipe and plover are abundant there in season. One of the most attractive birds to be found in that country, however, is the sora. The preserve includes about 500 acres of tide marsh bordering on the Chickahominy river, which is a natural resort of the A GLIMPSE OF THE MARSH NEAR THE: LODGE. savory little birds. When the first frosts fall in Maine and Canada the sora go South and drop into the Virginia and Carolina marshes in great numbers. The manager detail: “and “ehave: asked Min. sadamse to make a rule limiting the number of sora which any man may hereaiter kill in a day to 25, or 50 at the outside. I am cer- OLD DOMINION RAPID TRANSIT. of the Chamberlin preserve has an ample supply of boats at his hunting lodge, and good men to push them and retrieve the game. Numerous killings have been made there which I should not care to report in 16 tain he will do this in the interests of clean sport and for the good of his guests. The number of quails to each gun should be limited to 15 a day. The sora usually come in about Septem- AUN JUDJB-ZUL(G 208, TIKI a Ja Jnl Ales. 17, THE MANAGER AND NELLIE. ber first, and when Jack Frost begins busi- ness in Virginia, usually about October 15th to 30th, the birds move on down the coast; so the patrons of the Chamberlin preserve may safely count on good rail shooting at any time between September first and Oc- tober 15th. : Mr. Adams has built an ideal log cabin WAITING FOR THE BUCKS TO COME IN, on a high bluff overlooking the marsh and a long stretch of the Chickahominy river. This lodge is furnished with good beds, plenty of easy chairs and a complete cook- ing outfit. The pantry is kept stocked with good, wholesome food. The sportsman who plans a day on the preserve may leave the big hotel at 9.40 in the morning, lunch at the hunting lodge and spend the afternoon in search of quails, sora, wild turkeys, woodcock, snipe or ducks, according to the season or his taste. lal Cana wai IoRirdl’ a rain Ae WORmo zi 5 o'clock and be at the Chamberlin in time for dinner. Or, if he choose, he may stay at the hunting lodge during the entire term of his vacation, and be all the better for it, for the woods there are full of ozone. Mr. Adams has provided a large ken- nel for the use of his guests, which usually contains about 20 dogs. I shot over one of these, an English setter named Nell, and she is one of the best trained dogs and one of the most beautiful workers I have ON THE WAY TO THE LODGE. ever seen in the ‘field. There are many others in the kennel equally good. Mr. A. Croonenberghs, the manager of the preserve, is a Belgian and had a wide experience as a game breeder on his father’s estate in the old country. Later he followed mining and ranching in Colo- rado and has traveled extensively in other parts of the world. He is an exceedingly interesting man to talk with and is always on the alert to entertain his visitors and to promote their comfort in every way possible. The sport on the Chamberlin preserve may be varied by spending a part of the night in hunting coons or ’possums. Both animals are plentiful there and a bunch of beagles, fox hounds and fox terriers make mighty interesting music when they go on al wre, Mallards, teal, blackheads, redheads and occasionally canvasbacks frequent the marsh in goodly numbers, and if a man does not get such shooting as he wants there he can 18 REG CAI O Ne take a flat bottom boat, cover it with grass, float down the Chickahominy and get good shooting on these and other varieties of ducks. Guides wages are only $1.50 a day; guide and dog, $2; boatman and boat, $1.50; team and driver, $2 a day. Sportsmen who prefer to use their own dogs can have them boarded permanently at Mr. Adams’ kennel at $5 a month. My own experience on the Chamberlin preserve was extremely interesting. In 4 hours’ hunting we put up 3 full coveys of 15 to 20 birds each, and by following them persistently could easily have killed 15 or 20, but we felt we had enough when we got 5 quails and one woodcock, so we quit. The next day we had an old fashioned Tain int thie: sattennoon the mateimpera— ture neared the freezing point and snow came down in large wet chunks. Sheltered by rubber boots and a Pantasote coat and hat I walked from the lodge to the station, 3% miles. Persimmons were just ripe and the trees were loaded. To pick the luscious fruit from the snow-covered ground and eat all I wanted of it, as I trudged along through a grand old storm, was a treat not often afforded a Northern man. A dinner at the Hotel Chamberlin, made memorable by a broiled woodcock on toast, was a fit- ting close to an ideal day in the Old Do- Old Point Comfort is in winter, and what a luxurious house the Hotel Chamberlin is. Those who have not had the pleasure of visiting this famous resort have some- thing interesting to look forward to. There are few resorts in this country where a man can get so much for his money as at Old Point. Fortress Mionroe, one of the best of our seacoast defenses, is located there, and within its historic walls the United States Artillery School is conducted. This keeps a large number of officers, young and old, on duty there, and the corridors, parlors, dining rooms and ballroom of the Cham- berlin are aglow with blue and gold day and night. Immediately in front of the Hotel Cham- berlin, and only 3 miles away, the great battle between the Merrimac and the Moni- tor was fought; Cornwallis surrendered to Washington at Yorktown, only a few miles from Old Romtewand the wats Oteloi2 sletd its imprint on this hallowed ground. The greatest ship-building plant in America and the largest dry dock in the world are at Newport News, 12 miles away. It is well worth while for every Amer- icane tO) imakeratwleast onerump ton ©ld weet and look over these historic landmarks. If you go in the open season for any of the kinds of game I have mentioned, you can take your gun along and put in a day or 2 minion. where conditions are right for good Most peeple know what a delightful place — sport. CONDRASIES: Cc. O. WOODMANSEE. The meadow where last summer The daisies used to blow, Is covered now with glist’ning ice And the sifting, drifting snow. The forests where last summer The robins used to sing, Now bow their bald, submissive heads To the mighty Winter King. The brook that down the valley, Last summer used to race, Is silent now and still In Winter’s cold embrace. The pond where ail last summer The froglets used to play, Is covered now with cold, thick ice Where the skeeters have gone away. The breezes that last summer So soft were wont to blow, Have turned around, are coming back, Their whiskers full of snow. Oh, Winter, we are tired of you, We wish you soon would go; We're tired of your blooming blizzards, We're tired of your ulster of snow. But don’t feel badly, Winter, When the dog days come again; We'll sigh for your cooling breezes In this same poetic strain, oe MNS Crt NCE Or hia OLD DOMEN TON: R. G. KINNIER, In the early 70's and later there were plenty of deer on the Rich Patch moun- tains, in Virginia; to-day there are none. Whats boy “ini is early 9 teens) thas) snot thrilled with feverish excitement in antici- pation of a deer hunt? Who of us in later years is so engrossed with the cares of the great workaday world that we do not turn aside occasionally from more serious pur- suits to contemplate dreamily all the cir- cumstances of that hunt in minutest de- (ball A deer hunt in those days was usually arranged Sunday, at the old Locust Bottom church. The country was sparsely settled and means of communication were meager, so it was the custom for the farmers of the neighborhood, while waiting for the parson, to line up on a rail fence hard by the church, like so many crows, exchange news, discuss the crop prospects, and when a deer hiut was on the fapis to locate the standers and appoint the driver. The James, receiving the confluent waters of the Jackson and Cowpasture rivers, which form its source, flows 6 miles through the farm lands, then swerves around toward the base of the mountain, which it hugs for 2 milcs cr more, forming in its wide Sweep an immense horseshoe. ‘The inter- vening land between the 2 sides of the shoe was covered by dense forest, except where at the toe of the shoe and contiguous to the river the wooded district had been re- claimed: and civen over to agriculture. Along this stretch the stands were located, each with its name taken from some pecu- liar feature or point in the surroundings, ASvethentoOotot the island. “the big noc. the-old log, the Engart house’ and so on. The forest land was called “the Bent,’ taking its name from the bend in the river, and was a favorite rendezvous for the deer; indeed it might more properly be called their sanctuary; for should a deer luckilv escape with his life while passing through the stands, the dogs were invariably called off at the river and the pursuit ended. He repaired thence to the Bent for rest, and returned to his haunts on the mountain at his leisure. There was little still hunting in those days. It was accounted too slow and de- void of the excitement which made the chase the favorite mode of hunting, though occasionally a deer was killed at one of the several “licks in the mountain which they were in the habit of frequenting. These were usually artificial, a large lump of rock salt imbedded securely in a log, 19 or better still, the natural springs of sul- phur water of which the deer were espe- cially fond. ‘The gunner repaired to the lick about dusk, hid near, and awaited the coming of his quarry. The darkness and stillness of the forest, broken only by the wavering cry of the screech owl, the to- hoo-hoo-hoo of his larger kinsman, the barking of a fox, or the soughing of the winds through the tree tops, are not con- ducive to cheer the ordinary mortal, but for one who loves the woods and nature their manifold voices possess an enduring charm. Sometimes the deer came; oftener he did not come; but whether he came or not the experience was unique and interesting. Hunting with dogs, now wisely prohib- ited in most of the States, was then the method in vogue. Ha! was usually called on to drive, because of his remarkable woodcraft and his knowledge of the coun- try. If Hal Wood could not get up a deer nobody could. His famous hound, Ring- wood, was possessed of an instinct as re- markable as his master’s woodcraft. Ring- wood could take up a cold trail, which few dogs could touch, and stick to the trail until the deer was jumped. Rock and Ro- ver, his running mates, were good hounds, more fleet of foot than their old compan- ion; and with his wonderful keenness of scent they made a trio hard to beat. Ring- wood’s yelp while on the trail or in the chase was a study in acoustics. His open was a deep bass followed by a high, vibrant note, which reverberated through the moun- tain and floated trumpetlike over the val- ley below. It had for me more fascination than the choicest symphony. One night it was arranged that Hal should have the dogs on the mountain by daylight. He was to start in at the White Rock gap and whip around toward the Mine branch. Covering that portion of the mountain with the 3 faithful hounds resulted usually im a deer vLeing jumped early in the forenoon. The gunners on the stands below could hear the chase from start to finish and were on the gui vive from the first note of old Ring- wood as the trail was struck, mingled with an occasional sharp yelp from Rock or Ro- ver, until they broke out in concert and we knew the chase was on. How inspiring! How thrilling! I envy not the man his apathy who under such circumstances could remain unmoved. Certainly it was not to be expected of a lad of 14 on his first deer hunt. Chills chased up and down my spine and my heart climbed into my throat. I am afraid, in spite of Hal’s admonition, I 20 TRUE CIR EAI RIKOUN, was getting buck ague badly. He had given me a tip to this effect: ’Ole Stiffleg’s goin’ to make a beeline for the ole log this mornin’. I know where he’s foragin’; and if I start him ’twixt the head of Mine branch hollow and the plant- bed he'll take the top of the ridge and 1s cocksure to take to water e’en about the ole log. If I jump him higher up he may come in at the foot of the island, or the big rock. Possibly he may whip around and go to the ole Engart house, but it’s dollars to doughnuts if you cover the ole log you'll Seb vacrack at lim; maine |OOkeshereyan ON, lemme tell you sumpin. I don’t want you to get no buck ague! Keep a stiff upper lip an’ a tight toe-nail. Blaze away at his head first, just whendae takes to water. You may hit him swimmuin’; and 1f you miss save your other barrel an’ give him a sock- dolager when he reaches shallow water on tother side. When you see him hoist his flag, look out; he’s mighty good on the jump, and will be off in the brush fo’ you Grat Senn, “lace IRGomiansorn ll?” I had been at the stand nearly 3 hours. There seemed to be nothing doing and time was hanging heavy. Presently from a high knob in the rear came a vociferous outburst from the dogs, and I*knew the deer was heading my way. At the same time I could hear his long, plunging leaps through the brush as he came down the mountain side. A moment’s lush, then a loud splashing sound in the water, and there was the deer, somewhat jaded by the long chase, making for the opposite bank. And there stood a boy, half crazed with fright, with a gun wobbling every way and his heart beating fiercely under his, waistcoat. It was handy toutell which was the more frightened, the deer or the boy. It seemed an age, but finally the gun spoke, and, Heaven only knows how it happened, but when the smoke cleared away the fatally wounded deer was seen churn- ing the water, crimson with his blood, in a last death struggle. L skinned out let moulds to cast a round ball, using a thin linen patch, and killed many kinds of game. With that ball the game was anything from a wild pigeon to a buffalo. While on the plains from 1859 to 1866 I never refused a match at 35 yards. J. H. Kauffman, M.D., Minersville, Pa. THE AUTOMATIC PISTOL IS DIFFERENT. Answering W. M. Pugh’s inquiry in your September issue, I have a Colt automatic pistol, .38 caliber, and in my judgment it is far superior to the revolver in accuracy, range and penetration, these being the es- sential points to be considered. The ord- nance experts of the U. S. Army have also reported that the pistol is as durable as the service revolver and not more liable to get out of order. In the automatic there is no leakage of powder gases between the cylinder and the barrel, as there is in the revolver. The cartridge is chambered the same as for a rifle, and this gives the bullet greater ve- locity, about 1,250 feet a second. In the service revolver the velocity of the bullet is but a little over 700 feet. With the .38 automatic I have shot through 9 pine boards, 7% inch thick. placed inches apart, the first one about 10 feet from the muzzle. The Colt people put the killing range at 500 yards. This pistol has little recoil and for this reason better shoot- ing can be done with it than with the re- Ie CRI AIBIVOLN volver of heavy caliber. IJ am not much of a shot, but have made some fair scores with the Colt. I owned a revolver of one of the best ~ makes, using the 44 _W. C. F. cartridge; but owing to the heavy recoil it was diffi- cult for me to hit what I aimed at. In such a revolver the recoil causes the barrel to be thrown upward and in order to overcome this in shooting, the front sight is made high to make the barrel point below the ob- - ject/aimed: at; “Phen, as\ the barrel 1s ne- coiling up past the mark, the bullet leaves the muzzle. This makes the revolver re- quire exact uniformity in holding, because if the gun is held tightly it will shoot low, while if held loosely it will shoot high. In the automatic, owing to the absence of re- coil, the tightness of the grasp makes but little difference in the shooting. In my opinion the Colt automatic is far superior to the Luger and the Mauser for hunting purposes, as its larger caliber and heavier bullet give it far more shocking power. In the hands of a good shot the automatic pistol possesses great possibili- ties, and it was reported in a recent issue of RECREATION that a man was doing good work with it killing mountain sheep, in Alaska, at comparatively long ranges. The Colt automatic pistol is not compli- cated. It is composed of few parts, and for that reason is not liable to get out of order. I have fired a good many ‘shots with mine, and it has never missed fire nor failed to extract the empty shell. This pistol yvill never fail to work if given reasonable care. The slide should be kept slightly oiled with a not too heavy oil, which should be used sparingly in cold weather. On account of the absence of re- coil the arm is pleasant to shoot, and clean- ing it is a pleasure as compared with clean- ing the revolver. A few strokes of the cleaner through the barrel and there you are. To clean a revolver properly it is nec- essary to remove the cylinder, as the leak- age of powder gases fouls the frame badly. Then the barrel, cylinder and frame must be thoroughly cleaned, which I have found quite a task. The automatic can be thor- oughly cleaned and oiled in less than a minute. The Colt automatic is safer than the re- volver, as it is fitted with a safety device so that it requires the full blow of the ham- mer to explode the cartridge. Should the arm be dropped with a cartridge in the chamber, in such a manner as to strike on the hammer, it would not explode the cart- ridge. The Colt is also lighter than any of the large caliber revolvers, surpasses them all in range and power, and is far more accurate. To those who are used to the revolver GUNS AND AMMUNITION. Ay the automatic looks and feels a little awk- ward in the hands at first; but after shoot- ing it a few times this idea is entirely dis- pelled. The Ideal Manufacturing Company is now making a reloading tool for this arm, and as black powder and lead bullets can be used, it will cheapen the ammunition for target practice, Not having used the .32 caliber auto- nmence, Il know nothing about it, but it 1s undoubtedly a fine little pocket gun, though of course too light to take into the woods for big game. I am constantly surprised that the makers of this splendid arm do not advertise in RECREATION, Al. Kennedy, Post Falls, Idaho. RELOADING SHOT SHELLS, Two years ago 2 friends and I began ex- perimenting with reloaded shot gun shells. We have since then been using reloaded shells almost exclusively for shooting rails, ducks, plover and snipe and find them prac- tically as good as new shells. We have also used them at the trap. August 4th, last, on the grounds of the Middletown Shooting club, I broke 117 tar- gets with 130 shots. Of the shells used 50 were factory loaded. With them I scored 45 targets, 90 per cent. loaded with the same load, 38 grains smokeless and 14% ounces No. 7% shot, broke 72 targets, also 90 per cent. In other events I did fully as weil with reloaded shells as with factory loads. As a rule, go per cent. is above my gait. Between 80’ and 8&5 per cent. is my usual record. The point I wish to make is that I have not jumped at the conclusion that reloaded shells are equal to new, but have proved it by repeated trials. Furthermore, I sent too shells to a firm thoroughly equipped for making these tests. Thirty were factory loads; 400 were new -hand loaded shells; the remainder were re- loaded. There was practically no difference in results. The factory loads had slightly higher velocity; the hand loaded, both new and reloaded, made the better pattern, both for number of pellets and uniformity. The Winchester people have queered themselves .here by putting shells on the market that can not be reloaded. I should like to hear from RECREATION readers on the subject of reloaded shells There are many little points to be ob- served in reloading old or loading new shells in order to attain satisfactory re- sults; and, while we do not claim perfec- tion, we certainly get good results and save one cent on each shell, a big item where several thousand shells are annually used by an individual. W. E. Barnard, Middletown, Del. automatic gun, Eight shells re- ° RECREATION Wyndygoul, DID. IT. oss Cops (Gt; 23 West 24th Street, New York City. Dear Sir :— I have just returned from Manitoba, and where there I saw many of the sportsmen and others interested in the preservation of game. I was glad to meet Dr. George Bell, who was the leader in the fight against the which, as you know, has been declared illegal in the province of Manitoba. He surprised and pleased me by saying that not the local sportsmen had done it so much as RECREATION. | “Tt was RECREATION that warned us the gun was coming; it was RECREATION that pointed out the danger; it was RECREATION that supplied us with arguments to fight it. We went around in Winnipeg and got prac- tically every sportsman to sign a protest against the automatic gun. Armed with this we went before the Legislature. Our only opponent was a local representative of the Winchester Arms Company, and his heart, evidently, was not in his work. He came there simply because his company wished it; but once our case was presented, and a number of extracts from RECREATION read to the committee, the Winchester man subsided. He did not even present his case at length. The thing was easily carried in the louse! ““T want you,” he said, “to tell the editor of RECREATION that we owe it to him, and we. appreciate what he has done.” Yours sincerely, Ernest Thompson Seton. September 24, 1904. * Editor RECREATION, EE ELA CA CROS sib Olay Mr. Greener, in one of his books, says that no cross bolt for shot guns was a success because they all lacked the necessary self tightening power. What the great gun- maker meant was that in order to be effec- tive in holding the barrels tightly to the frame, the bolt had to be fitted too tightly in the frame and extension rib to permit the free and easy movement of: the top lever. What he said then was true at that time, and is true still, with the new Ithaca cross bolt excepted. The Ithaca bolt is a bar of the best spring steel and jis always held in true position in a slot cut in the solid frame by its own spring power or re- siliency. It has a firm bearing in 3 direct irons on the slot cut in extension rib, but, not being bound by friction, allows the top lever to work freely. This makes the Ithaca cross bolt a success, and with the other de- sirable features, including simplicity, dura- bility, neatness of design and phenomenal shooting qualities, makes the Ithaca the most perfect hammerless gun in the mar- ket. Let any sportsman test this weapon, 48 RECREATION. and he will find that what Greener longed for but could not find, American ingenuity has supplied, and this, too, in a gun which sells at a moderate price. No other gun costing even more money can cope with it. Glenmore, Warren, Pa. SMALL SHOT. Is there such a thing made as bullet-proof cloth or anything that can be used for that purpose? If there is, will you kindly let me know where I can get it? I enjoy REcREATION more than any other book I read. A. W. Gordon, Boston, Mass. ANSWER. There is no bullet-proof cloth on the market. Several fabrics have been invented ~ and made up that were claimed to be bullet- proof and have been tested by army experts in various countries. None of these has, however, been adopted by any army, so nothing more has been done along that line, as far as I know. It would be a good scheme for every man going into the woods of Maine or the Adi- rondacks for the purpose of hunting to have a suit of bullet-proof armor, but in order to make him entirely safe from other hunters it would be necessary to have it cover his head, neck, face and even his eyes. Then he could not see to hunt or to shoot; so, after all, he might just as well stay at home.—FEDi1Tor. I have noticed with considerable interest ~ the articles in defence of the pump gun. Will the defenders please give the real rea- som why they prefer a repeating or an auto- matic weapon? ' They evidently appreciate its rapid firing qualities. The statements which have been made that the pump gun can outshoot a double barrel are absurd. In fact, | have never known a pump gun that would kill so far or so surely as the best double guns. I own a double gun which was acknowledged to be the best gun of 16 that were shot during the same day. Eight of them were Winchester pump guns, choke bored. Mine is a modified choke, and I was far from being the best shot of the party. There can be but one reason why we should prefer a breech loader to a muz- zle loader» a hammerless to a hammer gun, a pump to a double barrel or an automatic to a pump gun. Perhaps you can guess this reason. Observer, Boston, Mass. If Single Barrel will write me I will tell him my experience with Remington guns, as well as many others; experience of 57 years, which ought to be of value to a young man starting out. Mr. Magee, of Templeton, Ore., has a re- markable 16 gauge gun, to be “pretty sure on canvasbacks at 75 yards.” I have used at least 30 guns, from 8 gauge to 20, but I must take off my hat to his 16 gauge Ithaca. I have used 2 Ithacas, 10 and 12 gauge, but they never could shoot with the 16 of which Mr. Magee tells us. He is entitled to a diploma as a cheerful liar. UuclewD: > ies Onients Rome ye I want to say to Single Barrel, of Mon- treal, Can., that my experience has been similar to his. I owned a Winchester pump gun, 16 gauge, but sold it and got a Rem- ington, $45, 12 gauge, 7 pound hammerless, and have never had a gun to suit me as well. 3 I desire to learn through RECREATION, which is the best all around gun for ducks, quail and rabbits, with particulars as to weight, length of barrels, choke, gauge and make. I heartily endorse your fight against the automatic shot gun’ and hope you may suc- ceed in creating such a sentiment against this weapon that any one who calls himself a sportsman will be ashamed to use it. It is a pity that the Winchester people, who have received the trade ‘of sportsmen all over the United States, should put such a gun on the market, for it shows that they care nothing for the welfare of the game. They seem to think only of how they may profit by its destruction. J] intend buying a gun this fall, and am going to get a double barrel shot gun. Aa leetan Slatenramilo: A while ago I saw in RECREATION a ques- tion regarding the relative penetration of Luger and Mauser pistols. Two years ago I made a test block for the Spaulding peo- ple which proved that, using factory am- munition, the pistols named were nearly equal in penetration. Each pierced Io pine boards and lodged the bullet in the 11th. The bullets were full jacketed, and, as I recall it, the Luger shells were of foreign * make and the Mausers were domestic. The block was made of new pine boards, care- fully planed to one inch in thiékness, laid tightly together and held by strips tacked on the edges. The distance from muzzles was-5 feet. E. W. Gould, Schenectady, N. Y. Will some one who has used a 32-44 target revolver tell me what are the cleanest? and best brands of black and smokeless powders for use in that arm, for both target and gallery loads? I have become disgusted with the black powder carried in stock by dealers in the smaller towns on account of the excessive fouling, and the much lauded King’s semi-smoke- less is not altogether satisfactory to one | ine GUNS AND AMMUNITION. 49 who does not clean a gun for the pleasure he gets out of it. How should bullets be Lemipered tou ciety mene” Dest results im) the cartridge named? How does the Stevens- Pope lubricator compare in effectiveness with the Ideal lubricator? Wie Eien Pontiac. lik I greatly enjoy the gun department of RECREATION, and always turn to it first. One can learn from the experience of others, but experience at first hand is bet- ter. Guns from 32-40 up are large enough in held straicht) 1 dont like’ the jar of a smokeless rifle. Those who claim there is no kick to high pressure powder will change their minds when they get a dig EGON ne COMMER VOm, aububt: platen im snap shooting. Should like to hear from some one who has tried the new Remington No. 3 high pressure gun. I prefer a single shot rifle. Among repeaters I like the box mag- azine best; it does not scrape and smash the points of the bullets. ‘ P. H. M., Kendrick, Idaho. I am sorry the Winchester people have injudiciously withdrawn their ad from - RecreaTIon, thus losing the patronage of thousands of your readers. I hope they may see their mistake and return before it is too late. I should like to hear from some one who has practically tested the 22-7-45 smokeless — in all essential points. -Edw. McGaffick, Salena, O. Winchester’s loss is Savage’s gain. Sav- age makes a better rifle than the Winches- ter, and RECREATION readers will have the best, especially when it is advertised in RECREATION.—EDITOR. I have been shooting and hunting ever since I was able to hold a gun. I am sorry the Winchester Company intends to put an AMLOMATe Sum vom the marke “Such a slaughtering machine should not be put within the reach of the bristlebacks. No true sportsman would be caught dead with an automatic gun. If such a weapon is put on the market, I shall never own one, and shall do all I can to prevent my friends buying one. if any friend of mine. should be so foolish as to think of buying one. Keep on hitting the game hog till our coun- try is rid of such animals. Wm. L. Wallace, Richmond, Ky. The automatic shot gun that the Win- chester people are preparing to turn out will put the finishing touch on what little game the pump gun has spared. If it is all that is claimed, it will be just the thing for market hunters and game hogs. [| . should like to see it tested on the man who invented it. No decent man would carry such a gun a-field; and I do not see that it would have any special value at the trap, except to the kind of fellow who hankers to break 1,000 clays in 1,000 sec- onds. A sportsman can do all the shoot- ing necessary with a double barrel or, for that matter, with a single. SC Harish utobolkensy Nin) All friends of the game, and this means all who oppose the pump and automatic guns, should-do their share of missionary work. If you have a friend who contem- plates the purchase of a rifle or a shot gun, advise him to buy of some of the makers who have too much principle to put a mur- dering machine on the market, or of a re- tail dealer who refuses to sell such guns. This is easy. Work together, sportsmen, and we can soon make our efforts effective, F..L. Wilson, Whitney, Ore. In this State the buyers of Browning automatic guns are mighty careful and re- luctant in confessing their ownership. They keep their guns in cases on all public oc- casions, which is evidence that your attacks go home. I hope to see an anti-automatic gun law in Massachusetts before our last glorious old ruffed grouse shall have drum- med in vain for a mate. Ernest Russell, Worcester, Mass. Can the 38-72, model ’95, Winchester, be used with smokeless powder with good re- sults? Can the same model, 35 caliber, be used with black powder? How docs the 32 Winchester special compare’ with the .303 Savage? a Savage, Monticello, N. Y. I should like the opinion of your readers about the wearing and shooting qualities of a Stevens pocket rifle. Which is the more accurate cartridge, the 22 long rifle or the 25 Elmer Dukelorn, Hutchinson, Kas. “Pardon me, did you see a dachshund near here?” SYIES. “Where was he?” “Partly on Euclid avenue and partly on Erie street.’—Cleveland Plain Dealer. A foolish young woman named Clara, The xsest of her name was) ©) Hara, Just worried and worried, And kept herself flurried, Because she was tall—and so narra. —Cleveland Leader, NATURAE ERIS a@Okave When a bird or a wild animal is killed, that is the end of it. If photographed, it may still live and its educational and scientific value is multiplied indefinitely. , THE BOLE WEEVIL A NATIONAL CALAMITY. The cotton industry is the most impor- tant one in the United States, and is of interest to every one. It contributes more to the prosperity of all the people than any other 2 commodities. Being in round numbers about one-third of our total ex- ports, it pays a greater tribute to the trans- portation companies than any other com- modity, and it is the only one of which no part is consumed where it is produced. The boll weevil is the most serious pest that has ever affected any agricultural pro- duct. “Winder separate) cover mls sendayonu Farmers’ Bulletin No. 189, issued by the ULeS) Department of yAerieultune. tora page 7 I quote the opening paragraph: “The work of the Division of Ento- mology for several years has demonstrated that there is not even a remote probability that the boll weevil will ever be extermi- nated. Although the large yields of cot- ton of former times may no longer be pos- sible, it is nevertheless entirely feasible to produce cotton at a margin of profit that will compare favorably with that made in the production of other staple crops of the United States by following what have become known generally as the cultural methods.” Had Mr. Hunter added after “the cul- tural methods” “the protection and _ pre- servation of birds; he would have offered the only known remedy. On page II is a map showing the boll weevil area in Texas. During 1904 this pest has gone 100 miles into Louisiana. From page 22, I quote as follows: “The steady extension of the territory affected by the weevil from year to year, until the Northern boundary is far North of the center of cotton production in the United States, has convinced all observers that it will eventually be distributed all over the cotton belt.” Statistics show us that in the South the average yield of cotton per acre is decreas- ing each year. For the entire United States the yield has decreased from 40-100 of a bale per acre in I899 to 34-100 of a bale in 1903; and with the exception of North Carolina, every State shows as great a decrease in yield, and some a greater. During this period of 5 years, 5% million acres have been added to the cotton fields of the South, while the production has only increased 650,000 bales. In Texas, the yield in 1899 was 40-100. of a bale per acre, and in 1903 was 30-100 of a bale per acre, a reduction of 25 per cent. While all of this is not chargeable to the boll weevil, the larger part is. Say that 20 per cent. is due to the boll weevil; you can appreciate what a calamity it will be to the South and to the United States when the boll weevil infests the cotton fields to the Atlantic ocean. The cotton farmers should do 2 things, adopt cultural methods that will increase the yield, and protect their birds. The boll weevil is much like obnoxious weeds and grasses and must be treated in the same way. Any one familiar with cot- ton growing knows that unless the farmer fights the weeds and grasses from the be- ginning, they will take his crop, and in some instances they do take the crop. Sta- tistics show us that about 3 per cent. of the cotton acreage is abandoned every year. The larger part of this is because the weeds and grasses have taken the crop. Oswald Wilson, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Ft. Worth, Texas. OUR NEWEST GAME PRESERVE. FRANK M. MILLER. Last August I made a cruise among the ‘islands of the Gulf of Mexico lying to the 59 Eastward of the delta of the Mississippi tive. li sated trom) iPass" Christrammlvnicce in a 6 ton schooner owned and run by a bird hunter of 15 years’ experience. Each year he has killed and shipped to the whole- sale milliners of New York and Baltimore some 30,000 skins of the royal tern, laugh: _ ing gull, least tern and other wild sea birds. About a year ago he ran afoul of the Lacey law, enacted by Congress as a result of the persistent efforts of the L: A. S., and the Audubon societies, and he quit the business. He told me he had had enough! After we got out among the islands I found bird destruction going on every- where, and to cap the climax of cussed- ness the glue makers had boats out gather- ing gull eggs for their business. This trade amounts to between 50,000 and 75,000 eggs of the royal tern and the laughing gull every breeding season. I also learned that the market men who had been driven out of Louisiana by our new game law in- tended to move out to the islands belong- ing to the National government in order to supply the market with game birds, and as that trade amounts to between 300,000 and 500,000 wild sea ducks each season I concluded the time had come to do some- thing to stop the slaughter. NATURAL HISTORY. st T found that there were 28 islands belong- ing to the State of Louisiana on. which birds were breeding; once in great num- bers, now only in small colonies. [I also found that there were 7 islands belong- ing to the Federal government that ought to be set aside for a game oe IT went to Washington, consu ted Dirk. S. Palmer, 3d vice- -president Outen en AUlS:, and gave him an outline of my proposition. | He took up the matter with Secretary Wilson, with the result that on the 5th day of October President Roosevelt signed the order. creating and _ dedicating “Breton Island Reservation” as a game preserve for- ever. Breton island lies 100 miles South of the mainland of the State of Mississippi. The island is 12 miles long, 34 of a mile wide and contains several ponds of fresh water. It will in time make an ideal place for the wild sea ducks to winter, and as at least 300,000 of them will be saved from market hunters every year, one can readily see what the increase will amount to as the years go by. The Old Harbor islands are 3 in number and contain about 1,000 acres. Here the royal tern, the laughing gull, the black skimmer and the least tern live and breed. When I was there a majestic flock of 500 frigate birds vere sailing high over the waters of the gulf, in fancied security. Free Masons’ islands are 3 in number. They cover probably 10,000 acres. and sea birds breed extensively on them. The Department of * Agriculture will doubtless put a warden on the new Reser- vation and will cultivate various plants suitable for food of these resident and mi- gratory birds, and in time this will become the greatest sea bird preserve on our Southern coast. I should like to tell you about the fish and the fishing out among these islands, especially that of the lordly tarpon, 7 to 9 feet in length; but that is another story. Besides I have your promise that next summer you will go out with-me to try your skill in these same waters. DO WILD: DUCKS COMMIT SUICIDE? A sportsman writes of watching a wild duck which he had wounded. He said it dived and never came up, and he asked, “Do they ever fasten themselves to grass in the bottom and thus commit suicide?” I do not think they do. They have too many tricks at command to think of any- thing of that kind. One circumstance comes to my mind which shows the cunning of these wild birds. I was shooting on a small creek last fall and winged a black duck, which rose some distance from me. He dropped i in the creek, which was not more than 20 feet across. As I went through the brush to where he fell, he saw me before I had time to shoot and he dived. The water was still, and the creek shallow. I could see \by the ripple his exact course. He swam about 50 feet and then rose for breath, with just his bill out of water; and then did not stay up mone) than va. second. \Lwas mot) accus- tomed to such tactics. When I found that was all I was likely to see of him I commenced to shoot at the little black bill as often as it showed above water. It was quick work. I had to move as fast as he swam and I did not have a sidewalk to travel on. [ fired 4 or 5 shots at his bull and then I heard a little rustle in the crip- ple brush which closely fringed the creek. I thought, he was going out and that I should lose him, after all. I went along to _where I heard the noise, waded out as far as I could, and looked up and down the creek, but nothing was to be seen of the duck. I was departing with downcast eyes, when lo! there he was dead, not 6 feet from me. I can easily imagine how it was with the gentleman who rowed out to where the duck disappeared and failed to see him come to the surface, especially if there was a ripple on the water. Even if there was not, he would not be likely to see the little bill come up with so much water around him. Again, he might have been ony over the duck. I heard a man tell of such an imedeat a few days ago. He was chasing a duck which he had wounded. He was out of ammunition and once nearly had a chance to hit the bird with an oar, but the duck dived. “Where do you sunnose that darned duck was?” he said. “Under my boat for a long time, with only his bill out of water!” Myron P. Edy, Clarenceville, P. Q. DE DOGS COULD: Mea Do female prairie chickens, quails, give scent while raising broods? W. S) G.) edd, Boulder, Creek. Cal: ANSWER, 7 referred this question to 2 well known authcrities, who reply as follows: wEos It seems impossible for any human being to say positively that game birds do not give off scent while raising broods of young. We have ‘not the keen Scent of pening dogs by which to determine the act. ' Unquestionably the dogs find it much more difficult to locate game at such times, but this is possibly due, in large part, to 3 facts: First, The birds are poor and in bad feather after sitting and do not give out so strong a scent as a fat healthy bird does. Second, The vegetation at the time is green, 52 | RECREATION. rank and odoriferous and swallows up the bird scent. Third, The atmospheric condi- tions do not favor scenting as they do after frost. These seem sufficient to account for the difficulties a dog encounters in search of game in hot weather, in luxuriant grasses, herbs and undergrowth ; but Nature is cun- ning and resourceful in her provisions for protecting wild animals in their reproduc- tion and it may be that she cuts off the odors in breeding season for this purpose. Jno. S. Wise, New York City. I know of no way to determine whether game birds can withhold their scent during the breeding season, unless, as you say, we can find a dog that can talk. Personally, I do not believe a bird can withhold its scent, but it is probable that the scent is lost much sooner in dry, hot summer time than it is in cooler weather. A. K. Fisher, Acting Chief Biological Sur- vey, U. S. Department of Agriculture. NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. Last summer I saw a bird which I took to be a black tern but was not sure. This is its description: Length, 6 to 8 inches; tip to tip of wings, 14 to 18 inches; color, bill, head, neck and body, jet black; wings, tail, and under tail coverts, silvery grey or light drab. Baill, pointed and about 1% inches long. The bird was flying up and down the creek when I saw it about-8 to Io feet above , the water. Its flight was swift. It would suddenly stop in its flight and dip into the water and then come up. I do not know what it was after, but that was all it did. It did not alight while I watched it, but kept on the wing. It was tame and would come within a few feet of me. When fly- ing its bill pointed down at an angle of 45 degrees. Keep up the good work of roasting the game and fish hogs. Fern. L. Young, Greenville, Ohio. ANSWER. The bird described is the black tern, Hydrochelidon migra surinamensts. Its oc- currence in Ohio is unusual.—EDpITor. I have been reading Luther Michaels’ and Geo. R. Manley’s opinions of Mr. Gor- don Wrighter’s article about the snake and the pickerel. They may all 3 be right, for after something I saw I would not doubt anything. A friend and I were standing on the corner of Seneca and Michigan streets, looking in the window of the Canan- daigua hotel, the window being fitted up as an aquarium. Suddenly there was a com- motion and we were surprised to see a large frog with a small garter snake’s head in its mouth. The snake had the best of it as long as they were on the edge of the tank, but as soon as they got into the water the frog turned the tables. It would have gone hard with the snake if .one of the waiters in the hotel had not come to the rescue. J] have often heard of snakes swal- lowing frogs, but that was the first time 1 ever heard of, om saw “a irog tackle a snake. Ii any reader of RECREATION has heard of another case I should like to know of it. I find many articles in RECREATION that I should like to answer if I had time. I am a lover of a good argument and that is one reason I like RECREATION so well. Hugh D. Thompson, Brantford, Ont. I see by your September number that a reader of your magazine wishes to know about song and game birds being turned out in British Columbia. Last winter sky- larks, goldfinches and robins were turned out on Vancouver island, B. C. -1 do not know how they have thrived, but it was the first attempt of the kind: Chinese pheasants and California quails are numer- ous all over the island and are perfectly able to look after themselves. Last winter near the city of Vancouver, on the mainland, skylarks, thrushes and robins were turned out in the country. Pairs of English par- tridges have also been turned out in the country. Capercailzie, Jetras uragallus, have been turned out in the Algonquin National Park in Ontario; black game also in New-’ foundland. If any of your readers wish further infor- mation I shall be glad to give it. ‘A Canadian, Seattle, Wash. October 16th I saw a small snake on the Jersey Palisades, near Fort Lee. It was sunning itself on a grassy slope and when disturbed it crawled away quickly. It meas- ured about 20 to 25 inches in length, and 34 to one inch in diameter at the thickest part, which was comparatively near the head. It was light and dark brown mottled and its head was biunt. Jt showed the perfection of protective coloring among the dead grass and fallen leaves. Wiéill you please tell me what kind of a snake it was? O. F., New York City. ANSWER, It was a hog nosed snake, or blowing viper. Look on page 347 of the American Natural History, by W. T. Hornaday, and see if the snake in the picture is not it. The blowing viper is harmless, but it hisses frightfully and is a great bluffer.—EbpIrTor. “Jones’ cure was ‘very quick, wasn’t it?” “Yes; his doctor received private infor- mation that his affairs were in bad shape,” —New Orleans Times-Democrat. THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN SPORTSMEN. GENERAL OFFICERS. President, G. O. Shields, 23 W. 24th St., New York. Ist Vice-President, E. T. Seton, 80 West 4oth St., New York. 2d Vice-President, W.T. Hornaday, 2969 Decatuie wey. Sedtord sParke Np Ns oa) Vice-President, Dr) Vi. S. Palmer, Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 4th Vice-President, A. A. Anderson, 80 West goth St., New York. 5th Vice-President, Hon. W. A. Rich- ards, General Land Office, Washington, IDG. Secretary, A. F. Rice, 155 Pennington Asi. Jeassanc, IN je Treasurer, Austin Corbin, of the Corbin Banking Co., 192 Broadway, New York. LIFE MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE. Beards DiiCs. e204) Amity ot. blushing ies ie Anderson, A. A., 80 W. goth St., New York City. Blackstone, Lorenzo, Norwich, Conn. Buzzacott, Francis F., Chicago, Ill. Brown, J. Stanford, 489 Fifth Ave., New York City. Butler, C. E., Jerome, Ariz. Carey, Hon. H. W., Eastlake, Mich. ‘Carnegie, Andrew, 2d, Fernandina, Fla. Carnegie, George, Fernandina, Fla. Carnegie, Morris, Fernandina, Fla. Corbin, Austin, 192 Broadway, New York City. De Pauw, N.'T., New Albany, Ind. Dickinson, E. H., Moosehead Lake, Me. Edgell, G. S., 192 Broadway, New York City. PLCC WV 36 NE 72d otneNew Vonks City. Fearing, D. B., Newport, R. I. ’ Ferry, C. H., 1720 Old Colony Bldg., Chicago, Ill. Ferry, Mansfield, 183 Lincoln Park Boulevard, Chicago, Ill. Fraser, A. V., 478 Greenwich St., New York City. Gilbert, Clinton, 2 Wall St., New York City. Hornaday, W. T., 2969 Decatur Ave., Bedford RalnkcaiNie ne ndsoni mh. he 33...) 45th ots. Bayonne Ni J. McClure, A J., 158 State St., Albany, N. Y. McDermott; Col., J. H., Morgantown, W. Va. Mershon, W. B., Saginaw, Mich. Miller, F. G., 108 Clinton St., Defiance, O. hoger Hon., Levi P., 681 Fifth Ave., New York ity. Nesbitt, A. G., Maple St., Kingston, Pa. Se Colin C240 sade Sta News otl ity. Oliver, Rev. EF: E., Winfield, Kans. Been, Cena jee ee ZONE ws uSte News Monk ity. Prescott, A. L., 90 W. Broadway, New York City. Rice, A. F., 155 Pennington Ave., Passaic, N. J. ec, Dr. KE. M., 142 E. 27th St, New York ‘ity. ; Seton, E T., 80 W. goth St., New York City. Seymour, J. H.. 35 Wall St., New York City. Smith, E. B., Bourse Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. Smith, W. H., Bryn Mawr, Pa. aE anset, J. Walter, Times Bldg., New York ity. Towne, E. S., Care of National Blank Book Co., Holyoke, Mass. Underwood, W. L., 52 Fulton St., Boston, Mass. Valentine, Dr. W. A., 5 W. 35th St., New York City. H. Williams, Box 156 Butte, Mont. 53 DISCOUNTS TO LEAGUE MEMBERS. The following firms have agreed to give members of the L. A. S.a discount of 2 per cent. to 10 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. Photo- graphic goods. Blair Camera Co., Rochester, N. Y. Photographic goods. James Acheson, Talbot St., St. Thomas, Ontario, Sporting goods, Redifor Rod and Reel Co., Warren, Ohio. PROSECUTIONS IN WEST VIRGINIA. You inquire as to the fate of the dyna- miters arrested by Mr. Jacobs, Mr. Stew- art and me. jl ‘enclose herewith a type- written list of prosecutions for violations of our game and fish laws during the past It months. This list represents only what has been done by the L. A. S. in the way of enforcing the laws for the protection of game and fish, and I feel justified in say- ing that it does not represent more than half of the work accomplished by the local chapter of the L. A. S. There has been a decided change in public sentiment in favor of game and fish preservation, and many hoggish hunters have changed their methods. Of the members of the local chapter here who have been doing yeoman service for game preservation Elmer F. Jacobs and Terrence D. Stewart have probably becn foremost, while John Coburn, Evans Price, Dr. Sivey, Newt. Dawson, and others de- serve much credit. The local newspapers have also aided greatlv in changing public sentiment in regard to the taking of game and fish and other harmless wild life. Bennett S. White, Chief Warden, Morgantown, W. Va. The list of prosecutions to which Mr. White refers is as follows, Oct. 23, H. E. Vensel, hunting without li- cense, fine and costs, $48. Oct. 23, H. E. Vensel, taking grouse out of State, fine and costs, $20. Oct. 25, *W. E. Johnson, killing quail unlaw- fully, fine and costs, $26.50. Dec. 7, J. E. Whiteman, exporting quail, fine and costs, $31.60. Dec. 8, J. S. Cunningham, exporting quail, $20 fine, costs not taxed. Dec. 16, Andy Frost, hunting squirrels unlaw- fully, dismissed. Dec. 19, M. J. Groves, exporting quail and grouse, fine and costs, $54.60. Dec. 22, P. F. Linger, exporting quail and grouse, fine and costs, $65. Jan. 1-04, R. Cox, exporting quail and grouse, fine and costs, $289. Jan. 11, M. J. Groves, exporting quail and grouse, guilty, appeal pending, ‘54 RECREAT.ON. May 5, Harry Harker, catching bas8’ unlaw- fully, fine and costs, $16.60. May 9, Chas. Laneaster, catching pike unlaw- fully, fine and costs, $25. June 2, *Gussippi Nacearoto, catching bass un- lawfully, fine and costs, $30. June 10, C. C. Cameron, hunting without li- cense, fine and costs, $26.60. June 11, Jas. Daugherty, catching bass unlaw- fully, fine and costs, $16.60. June 14, A. K. Smith, killing rabbits unlaw fully, dismissed, insufficient evidence; no costs. June 25, *Steve Maxwell, dynamiting fish,, 15 days in jail, fine and costs, $65.40. June 25, *Rube Maxwell, dynamiting fish, 15 days in jail, fine and costs, $62.70. June 25, “Jasper Maxwell, dynamiting fish, 30 days in jail, fine and costs, 62.70. June 25, *Bert Powell, dynamiting fish, 30 days in jail, fine and costs, $62.70. July 31,.*Frank Downey, hunting without li- cense, 15 days in jail, fine and costs, $26.60. July 31, *Frank Downey, killing squirrels un- lawfully, 15 days in jail, fine and costs, $90. Sept. 13, George Hall, killing squirrel unlaw- fully, 15 days in jail, fine and costs, $25. Sept. 20, *Italian, killing duck unlawfully, 15 days in pail, fine and costs, $26.60. Total, $1,079.60. The 9 cases marked by a star were se- cured solely and entirely through the local chapter, of the Ly Ae Si REPORT OF THE IDAHO DIVISION. In Governor Morrison’s last, message to the Legislature of Idaho he recommended that the office of State Game warden be abolished but through the influence of the members of the L. A. S. of this State the Legislature not only disregarded his recom- mendation but enacted an entirely new code of game laws, fixing the salary of the State game warden at $1,200 a year, and $600 for expenses. The new law also gives the State warden power to appoint one or more deputy State wardens for each county, at a salary of $3 a dav. not to exceed 90 days., The new law also provides for a resident hunting license of $1, and a non- resident license of $5 to fish or hunt small game, and a non-resident hunting license of $25 for all kinds of game. On or about April 15th, 1903, I received a letter from Mr. Ranshaw, a member of our League, at Clarkia, informing me that the Coeur d’Alene Log & Lumber Company had built a dam across the St. Mary’s river, had not provided any fishway or ladder, and that the fish were unable to pass the dam; also another dam across Emerald creek, which was not provided with either. I re- ferred the matter to State Game Warden W. B. Iorns, and he ordered the Lumber Company to build fish ladders on both dams immediately. On learning 2 weeks later that nothing had been done, I drove from Kendrick to Collins and from there traveled by trail to the upper St. Mary’s, thence down the St. Mary’s to the lower dam, a distance of nearly 100 miles. At the dam I met the company’s foreman who im- mediately proceeded to get out lumber and the following day we placed 2 fish lad- ders in the dam. From there I went to Emerald creek dam where I put in one fish ladder. Later I was notified by one of our mem- bers that fish were being trapped on the upper Potlatch. This I investigated. I found 2 fish traps, which I tore out, but was unable to find evidence enough to prosecute ! One fish ladder was removed from the mill race at Juliaetta, Idaho. Several other lawbreakers have been prosecuted and our laws are now generally: obeyed. The League is doing good work in this State, and I heartily endorse the official organ, RECREATION. L. A. Kerr, Chief Warden. REPORT OF THE NEW JERSEY DIVISION. New Jersey was one of the first States in the Union to protect her fish and game. The law on this subject was passed Decem- ber 3, 1807, and is still in force. I allude to the act prohibiting fishing with nets in the Hackensack river, Bergen county. Our work for protection is done by 5 Commissioners, one Fish and Game Protec- tor and 25 wardens, The Commissioners have authority to call on the sheriff of any county to assist them and their wardens in the performance of their duty. The com- missioners also have power to appoint dep- uty wardens. We spend annually about $50,000 for protection and in restocking the streams with fish and the fields with game. As far as prosecutions are concerned. the month of November was the most success- ful in the history of the Commission. The principal work was guarding the ferries for non-resident gunners and preventing the removal of game from the State. That the wardens were active is clearly demon- strated by the fact that 136 arrests were made and that the fines imposed amounted to $4,233.12. The amount turned over by the wardens was $1,411.04. Of the 136 arrests made, 128 were con- victed, 5 acquitted and 3 cases discontinued by order of the Commission. At least 80 per cent. of the men convicted are Italians. They are the worst game law violators we have to contend with. The $10 Reward signs furnished by the League have done more for the game than all the wardens in my county. [I have filled the country with these posters and the lawbreakers are on the lookout. At least 75 per cent. of the arrests made in my county were made on evidence furnished by League members. Frank C. Wright, Delegate from New Jersey Division. = AUTOMOBILE NOTES. Edited by J. toos AUTOMOBILES. The 5th Annual Automobile Show will be held this month in Madison Square Gar- den, New York. This is an exhibit of na- tional prominence and interest. Other au- tomobile shows are held in the large cities during the year, but the New York show comes first, is the largest, and the most largely attended. It is the biggest event of the year for automobile manufacturers, for during automobile week they exhibit their models and sell them rapidly, both to agents and to private owners. The Automobile Show had a modest beginning 5 or 6 years ago and was then combined with the bicycle show, only a few crude and imperfect au- tomobiles being made at that time. Every year the Automobile Show has grown larger and more interesting; the machines have been greatly improved; the number of automobilists has increased mar- velously, and the general public has become much more interested and intelligent re- garding motor vehicles. This year the ap- lication for space at the show in Madison Square Garden was greater than ever be- fore. Many new vehicles, showing steam, elec- tricity and gasolene powers, will be ex- Diinteds au ihhe ered pOpulatity sot )tile gasolene car is noticeable, and most of these vehicles for 1905 will be of the tour- ing type, seating 4 to 7 and 8 passengers. The runabout seems eclipsed for the pres- ent, and this is probably due to the fact that most people like to have a car which, although suitable for 2 persons and of good appearance under such condition, can at the same time be used for more when desired. The popular tonneau body for 1905 will have entrance at both sides instead of at the rear. The.4 cylinder motor will be popular, although single cylinder motors and double opposed motors will be numer- ous. Of course, the great popular question is price. The public wants to know how soon an automobile is to be made which will be within the reach of most people. There will certainly be nothing of that kind on the market for 1905. The bicycle business is responsible for a mistaken idea ‘on the part of the public that the price of, auto- mobiles will be cut in 2. When the bicycle first appeared it was heavy, clumsy, and the cost of manufacture was large. With a lighter structure and improved methods the price of the bicycle naturally dimin- ished, but it has not dropped much in the last 5 or 6 years. A. The automobile business . 55 IKINGMAN. at the start had the benefit of all the ex- perience gained in the bicycle business. The public ought to compare automobiles with horses and carriages, not with bicy- cles. Moreover, it must be considered that no good machinery can be made cheaply. Choice materials, good workmanship and careful construction cost the manufacturers much money. Automobiles must be built well, and even the cheapest.types require an amount of attention and _ inspection which would surprise the average person. Automobiles must be substantially built to endure a great deal of hard work, for the roads in our country are bad. It is likely that the biggest factor in reducing the price of automobiles will be the betterment of the roads. Runabouts in 1905 will cost about $650, and touring cars will cost $1,000 to $7,000, $8,000, or even more for some of the high power cars imported into this country. The life of an automobile depends large- ly on the care with which the wearing parts are cleaned and oiled. Plenty of the right kind of oil is necessary. Some people seem ton thinkw that itis) Only, Mimportant) to. Use enough oil. Not at-all. Every bearing is sure to wear a little, and when it does small particles of metal become dislodged, tending to wear the bearing all the more. Wash the bearings and chains of your au- tomobile frequently with kerosene and then replace with fresh oil. A new automobile club has recently been formed in New York City.to meet a special need. The new organization is called the New York Motor Club, and is made up of persons who wish a place to meet, exchange views on automobiling, and work together to further its best interests. Many auto- mobilists believe in the future of such a club, which will have a large, unrestricted membership, with low dues. GLOSSARY OF AUTOMOBILE TERMS. Bonnet: The thing that covers the en- gines. Some makers by lengthening it have found an economical substitute for horse power, besides providing a place where the motorist can get in out of the wet. It is usually so adjusted that when the motorist props it up to look inside, it falls and hits him on the head. This is an ingenious method of teaching him not to meddle with his engines. Ball Bearings: These are useful indica- tors, so fitted that when the car gets a shock they break. This enables the mo- 56 RECREATION. torist to know for certain whether his car has had a shock. Brasses: [hese are stuck about inside the works and should not be confounded . with the brass plating. Things work on them; and when you take them out it is well to put them back again in the same place. Chauffeur: A corruption of the term “shover,’ and applied to the driver because he is the only person who does not get out and shove when the car fails on a hill. Engine: This is a somewhat important part. It consists of a lot of little parts. If any of these drop off trouble may result. It is important to paint it, especially just be- fore selling your car. Garage: A place to tow broken down cars to, tip mechanics and pay bills at. There is reason to believe that had Ananias kept a garage he would have escaped the fate that befell him, since most garage pro- prietors live to a good age. Barabbas would certainly have established a garage had that simple means of livelihood existed in his day. Ignition: There are 2 sorts, by trembler coil, plug and accumulator; by magneto. “The former is to be preferred, because if you hold on to the metal part of the plug and turn the handle you can feel the ex- act force of the current. To avoid a plug sooting, screw it in so that it is easily re- moved. Nothing will ever go wrong with it then. Owner: An inconvenient person, apt to want to ride in the car just when the chauf- feur is going out on a little trip of his own. Skid: This is a polite form of explain- ing how you came to run over anyone or into anything. If the car suddenly turns around without touching anything, it may also be a skid, but the police will call it a drunk in charge. Silencer: A thing hung under the car to hit dogs with. When efficiently designed it takes up all the row made by those parts of the car which make the least noise. It is a convenient receptacle for broken valve stems, etc. Starting Handle: The thing you wind up to make the car go. In single cylinder cars it often affords valuable physical exercise, but much can be done with it on big cars by advancing the ignition before turning.— Breda wane, im Whe Car ROADSIDE TROUBLES. The engine stops unexpectedly. The oc- cupants alight, raise the bonnet, and gaze hopelessly inside. One was recently over- heard to say, “There’s the engine gone wrong again.” After a silence the remark, “Let’s have a look at the ——,’ naming some part which happens to attract their attention, and immediately they seize span- ners and disintegrate the unfortunate ma- chine in places where there was, perhaps, little likelihood of trouble arising. If a doctor were called to attend a patient, it would be most serious if he should make a promiscuous inspection of the human anat- omy “just to see if it is all right,’ with- out studying the symptoms of the case. It is the same with a motor. It is useless to take off the carburetor, alter the mixture, or grind in valves, if one of the bearings has seized up or the petrol tank has run dry. If the case were diagnosed systemati- cally the tronble in most instances would be easily found—The Autocar. Some people spend more time in investi- gating automobiles to determine which make is best, than they do in learning how to run the machine after it has been bought. Know your car and its ways. = ex lad |CO)- We saw the colonel on parade, A most imposing sight he made. His swelling chest, his bearing proud, His voice peremptory and loud, With awe inspired the gazing crowd. You really should have heard him when He shouted orders to his men. Yes, when he roared those orders out You should have seen them march about, In prompt compliance with his shout. Oh, very dignified was he— As martial as a man can be. So haughtily he held his head, His gills became so very red, So turky-cocky was his tread. We later saw him when he seemed Far meeker than we could have dreamed. His step was soft, his voice subdued, His ruddy cheek was chalky-hued, With terror he seemed quite imbued. In such a man as he ’twas queer, But he was overcome with fear. He born to threaten and command! A rank poltroon with trembling hand, And knees that hardly let him stand. We marked his look of wild despair— We heard his wife’s voice on_the stair. —Chicago News. MOR SA Ry. Tt fakes 30 years to grow a tree and 30 minutes to cut it down and destroy it. WHITE PINE PLANTING. Destructive methods of lumbering, forest fires and the inability of white pine to re- produce itself under the intense shade of broad leaf trees have well nigh obliterated the species from the forest map of the great timber East. Immense areas of land for- merly clothed with the richest forest are now barren wastes, or are covered with less valuable woods. The increasing value of lumber and the worthlessness of this forest land for other purposes make the restora- tion of these pine forests an important eco- nomic consideration. Of particular interest is this pine plant- ing question to the farmer and the small owner. It may be many years before plant- ing on a large scale will be carried on by the lumberman, but there is no reason why the small owner should not gradually turn all of his unused land into a _ potentially valuable piece of property by planting it. On almost every farm there are at least a few acres which are valueless for other purposes than wood growth. The farmer need be at small expense in planting these tracts, for usually he can collect his own seed or young pine from neighboring pine woods. The value of such a plantation on the farm is not restricted to the actual quan- tity of posts, fuel and timber which it may produce. Frequently the cause of failure in orchards and various other perennial crops is the lack of protection from snow and wind in the winter. A combined woodlot and snowbreak, extending about the or- chard or field, will spread the snow evenly over the enclosure, where otherwise the wind would sweep the land, piling the snow in heaps about the fences, roads and trees. However, it is for timber production that we are most concerned in starting a plan- tation. In establishing a small plantation of only a few acres it would undoubtedly be best to buy the young pines from some reliable nursery man. ‘Two year old seedlings are the best suited for such a purpose. They can be bought for $2 to $5 a thousand, de- pending on the demand and supply of the particular year. If it is intended to plant IO acres or more, it will be found more sat- isfactory and cheaper to raise one’s own seedlings in a nursery bed, provided good wild seedlings can not be secured from neighboring woods. White pine seeds cost about $1.50 a pound when the seed is plentiful, that is, during a good seed year. There are about 28,800 seeds to the pound, of which the percentage of germination is 70 to 90. If the seed is a7 sown carefully in the nursery on suitable soil and cared for with as much pains as one would give to an ordinary vegetable garden, 50 per cent. of the seed may be ex- pected to produce seedlings which will live to the transplanting age. The best way to grow the seedlings is in a bed prepared as one would prepare a flower bed, with boards around the sides to hold up the earth. The soil should be a deep, porous, sandy loam with an admix- ture of fresh humus, or vegetable mould. No fertilizer is necessary. Four feet is a handy width for the beds, which may be as long as desired. Two beds 4 feet wide and 24 feet long will produce sufficient healthy seedlings for a 10 acre plantation. About 2 pounds of good seed will be re- quired. They should be planted in drills 6 inches apart and about half an inch deep. After covering the seeds, the beds should be rolled with a heavy roller and covered with a mulch of leaves until the young pines come up. The mulch should be kept fairly moist by sprinkling every day, but precaution must be used lest too much moisture rot the seeds. After the seeds are up, artificial shade should be given them by placing a frame covered with boughs or laths about 18 inches above the bed. The beds should be kept clear of weeds. During the first winter, the bed should be again covered with a mulch of leaves to prevent frost heaving the young plants. At the end of 2 years, the young seedlings are 5 to 8 inches high and are ready for planting. They should be care- fully removed from the bed so as not to injure their roots and put in a puddle of rich earth and water until they are set into their future home. Opinions differ as to the best number. to plant to the acre. Some plant them 6 and some 4 feet apart. Pour feet apart) in- sures better timber in the end. About 2,700 seedlings to,the’ acre are required, 4 feet apart. They should be planted with a spade or a mattock. If a spade is used, imake 2 incisions in) the form of a) 22) in making the cross to the T bear down on the handle of the spade, which will lift the sod and leave a slit for the seedling. Be sure that the roots have plenty of room. With a little practice, an ordinary work- man can set out I00 to 150 seedlings an hour on ordinary unploughed pasture land. The seedlings should be set out in the spring, just before they begin to put out their spring growth. The plantation requires no further atten- tion for Io or 15 years. If care is taken 58 RECREATION: 90 per cent. of the seedlings should live in the plantation. It is a good idea to go over the plantation in 3 years arfd set out new trees where any have not survived. When the trees average about 15 to 20 feet in height, as they generally do when 10 years old, it is a good plan to go through the plantation and cut off close to the bole all the limbs that can be reached with a hand ax. In pruning great care should be taken not to injure the bark. When the plantation is 15 to 20 years old, about one-half of the trees may be cut. hey willmake: fence fails, posts) o1, fuel and will be 4 to 5 inches in diameter, breast high. The second thinning should be made 4o or 50 years after planting and should take out about one-half the remain- ing trees. The average diameter on poor pasture land at 4o years will be 8 to 12 inches, breast high, which will find a ready market as box boards at $3 to $5 a cord on the stump. On the second cutting 25 to 40 cords should be assured, which would leave approximately 600 good trees to ma- ture into first class timber. These trees may remain as long as the owner wishes, gaining in value constantly by the im- provement of the wood’ in both quantity and quality. For the next 30 or 40 years the plantation will yield a sure income of 5 per cent. per annum at compound inter- est in growth in volume alone. Besides this, the quality of the timber is constantly increasing as it increases in Size. the remaining stand is 75 to 80 years old, the owner should be able to cut at least 30,000 board feet an acre of good timber pine, which at present prices should bring $6 to $10 a 1,000 feet on the stump. It is not unfair to assume that the price of white pine 75 years hence will be at least twice what it is to-day, but figuring on present prices, the owner of our 10 acre planta- tion would have a trial balance something like the following :— Expenses. \ Valiesotmand ytO-achesurent: wien tn $40 COSEMOLrmSCe CGS 145 iar ca Denali 54 COStOLy plantings. seinen eee mie 50 Mazes 5 KOI W7O ) Years. .ucue o ceue 60 $204 Returns. Wialite motile dyes ihre x lai emeeerstuers ee $40 BOOnCOnds BDO limber ata DStm ee oes 1,500 300,000 board feet timber at $8.... 2,400 ' $3,940 Computing the original expense and the taxes at 4 per cent. compound interest, our original investment stands roughly at $1,800, which sum deducted from $3,940 leaves $2,140, or a net annual return of about $3 an acre above the 4 per cent, com- pound interest, When, FORESTRY IN IOWA STALE, COLLEGE, The turning out of skilled foresters is no inconsiderable part of the valuable work .of the Bureau of Forestry. No profession is so little crowded, and none offers a more inviting field to the conscientious and zeal- ous student. That forestry, as a science es- sential to the well beire of the nation is steadily growing in popular favor is evi- denced by the increasing number of schools and professorships of forestry that are being established. The latest professorship is that at the agricultural college at Ames, Iowa, called the Iowa State College. To fill this position it has chosen Mr. Hugh P. Baker, of the Bureau of Forestry. Mr. Baker is a graduate of the Michigan Agricultural Col- lege and the Yale Forest School, and has had a wide experience in handling problems in forestry in the West. He will lecture at the college half of each year on general forestry in its application to Iowa condi- tions. The other half of the year he will devote to Bureau work, for the most part investigating forest problems as. they con- cern the State of Iowa. Cis SW INO IWS, In the fall the dark Italian Sells his wares; And the man who buyeth ‘chestnuts Roundly swears— Giving vent to many a strong and Angry term— Nearly every doggone chestnut Has a worm. Loud he says he'll never purchase Nut again, And repeats with variations This refrain ; But ere long he buyeth others Fine and “aie, And on opening up the first one Finds a worm. Thus we pass, attentive reader, On our way ; Taken in, we’re done with trusting Loud we say. But forgetting, ah! how often Do we squirm When we ope and in life’s chestnut Find a worm! —Louisville Courier-Journal. It was on the old campground. “Pass de hat,’ suggested Bruddah Wheatly. But the parson said, “No, sah; dere’ll be no hats about it. Pass a tin box wid a chain to it. De las’ time a hat was passed around heah it never came back, an’ I had to go home bar ‘*headed.”—Chicago News, PURE ANDO IME URE HOODS: Edited by C. F. LANGwortruy, Pu.D, Author of “On Citraconic, Itaconic and Mesaconic Acids,’ ‘‘Fish as Food,’ etc. “What a Man Eats He Is.’ TEA PRODUCTION IN BRITISH POSSES- SIONS. In a paper on British grown tea, read be- fore the Society of Arts in London, Mr. A. G. Stanton stated that the total quantity of tea exported in 1902 from all tea producing countries was, in round numbers, 615,000,000 pounds, of which India and Ceylon together contributed more than one-half. ‘he area devoted to tea in India rose from 125,000 acres in 1875 to 284,000 acres in 1885, and to 525,000 acres in 1902. In 1880 the tea plantations of Ceylon occupied only 9,000 acres. Ten years later they covered 220,000 acres, and in 1903 their extent was 386,000 acres. Speaking.of the efforts to obtain a market for Ceylon tea in the United States, Mr. Stanton said it soon became apparent that if the American market was to be captured, “determined efforts must be made for the possession of the market for green and un- colored tea. Hence Ceylon planters, out of a tax raised by government, decided to give a bounty for making suitable green or un- colored tea. This resulted in small quanti- ties being manufactured; and a trade gradu- ally grew up, until last year the bounty was paid on 11,119,766 pounds, and a large mar- ket has at last been found in North America for this class (on tea India, too, it is claimed, is beginning to increase her production of green tea as the result of a bounty, first offered in 1901; and this bounty was paid last year on 1,891,914 pounds of such tea. India has also offered a bounty for the production of Oolong tea, in the hope of further increasing her sup- ply of teas suitable “for consumption in North America.” The consumption of tea is larger, it would appear, in Great Britain than in most other countries; though the Australasian colonists appear to be larger tea consumers than the people of the mother country. The figures given on comparative consumption per capita were the following: Australasia 7 pounds, Great Britain 6 pounds, Canada nearly 4 pounds, the Netherlands 1% pounds, Russia about 144 pounds, and the United States about one pound. The production of tea in Java amounted in 1890 to about 7,000,000 pounds, but has increased until it now amounts to nearly 20,000,000 pounds a year. The British colony of Natal has at pres- ent 3,542 acres devoted to tea, and, with a duty of 12 cents a pound on imported tea, and a customs union securing free access to oo the markets of Cape Colony, Orange River Colony, and the Transvaal, it finds ready sale in South Africa for the limited produce of its plantations. Tea growing has been tried in Jamaica, Fiji, Borneo, Mauritius, and the Straits Settlements, but has not gone beyond the experimental stage except in the last named, where about 35,000 pounds were produced in 1902. Jamaica has, however, about 75 acres in tea plantations. MACARONI MAKING. Real macaroni is made of hard wheat of a semi-translucent sort, which grows in Southern Europe and Algeria, and which is richer in gluten and other nitrogenous matter than soft wheat. Macaroni is noth- ing but flour and water, but it must be carefully made. ‘The best flour for making it is, coarsely ground and called “semo- lina.’ “Yhe flour is mixed with boiling water in a cylinder which converts it into stiff paste. Phen it is rolled under a huge granite wheel which flattens it into a smooth mass. The man at the wheel cuts 1 into squares and claps it under the wheel again and again until it is ._thoroughly kneaded. According to the writer quoted, the dough then goes into an upright metal cylinder closed at the lower end with a thick disk of copper. This is pierced with openings, through which a plunge piston squeezes the dough into threads. The thiredds are cut om at regular lengths and handed to a man who hangs them on wooden drying rods. In making spa- ghetti the holes are small and the dough comes out in solid strings. In the manu- facture of macaroni the holes are larger and centered by mandrels which make the tubes hollow. Macaroni is also made into pastes of various shapes, alphabets and thin strips, cut by machinery. When the macaroni is-shaped, it is sent up into a drying room, the small pieces in trays, the long strips of vermicelli, the thin, solid strips of spaghetti, and the large hollow tubes of macaroni on long poles the size of a broomstick. Here a current of air dries the paste. Genuine macaroni al- ways shows the bent ends where the long hairpin shaped lengths have been hung over the poles. Cheap imitations are made from common flour, which is not glutinous ‘enough to bear its own weight, and, there- fore, is dried flat, 60 | ive Olu A ie OuNe MANUFACTURE OF SAGE CHEESE. Sage cheese, with its yellow surface mot- tled and flecked with small dark grayish spots, is an old time favorite. Sage is an old seasoning herb and sage cheese is proba- bly of early English origin. The manufac- ture of sage cheese is now carried on in a limited way only and is restricted to certain localities, yet many people are exceedingly fond of it, and will pay more for it than for ordinary cheese. The Michigan Experiment Station has studied the subject of cheese making, and states that this cheese is made in exactly the same way as chedder, that is, common American factory cheese, differing from it only in possessing a sage flavor, which is imparted to it by addin sage extract or sage tea to the milk before the curd is pre- cipitated; by adding the extract to the curd before salting; or by adding sage leaves to the curd before salting. The addition of sage tea or extract to the milk is objectionable, requiring Io to 12 ounces for 1,000 pounds of milk. The addition of extract to the curd gave entirely satisfactory results in tests at the station when the extract was not too dilute and when it was added ,cautiously to prevent waste. The quantity of sage required was 6 or 7 ounces for 1,000 pounds of milk. The most satisfactory method was found to be the old fashioned way of adding the sage leaves to the curd. This required the least sage, 3 ounces being sufficient for the curd from 1,000 pounds of milk. In follow- ing this method the sage should be weighed, the stems picked out and the leaves pow- dered and added to the curd before salting. ARTIFICIAL CANNED SALMON. Mr. Homer Sheridan, of Mt. Clemens, Mich., writes me enclosing a clipping from his paper, the Mt. Clemens Daily Leader, which states that 2 companies have been formed there for the purpose of seining carp and shipping them East, where they are stained, canned and sold to the gullible public as salmon. these carp fishermen have agreed to return to the water all bass taken in their nets. but it safe to assume that this agreement will be violated every day. Besides, it is said that the lead lines of the seines, in be- ing dragged over the spawning beds of the bass, destroy vast quantities of spawn. An effort will be made to secure the enactment of a law by the Michigan Legislature to prohibit seining during June, July and Au- gust, the spawning season of the bass. This is another proof of the crying need for enactment and enforcement of pure food laws in all the States. I have recently reported that many tons of sturgeon and catfish are being taken in various parts of the country, stained, canned and labeled Mr. Sheridan states that salmon. Now comes the mud-eating carp. _ If the American people would only read what is being printed for their benefit on the subject of foods they would not buy canned goods unless there was some guar- anty that they were pure and true to name. Marketing other canned fish as salmon fur nishes another reason for insisting on the enactment and enforcement of pure food and game laws. The taking of salmon for canning should be so regulated that this ~ valuable fish may not be exterminated. THE VEGETARIAN’S GLOAT. I am a vegetarian, No heifer fed barbarian! I live on things agrarian, But never fool with meat. I’m one of those that like, you see, The grass that lines the pike, you see; And so this packers’ strike, you see, To me is quite a treat. I laugh to think of those who eat That horrid, germ-fraught stuff called meat. All now ashake from head to feet, For fear of rising prices. No odds to us if beef should be Two sixty-five a pound, for we | Don’t eat the dirty stuff, you see, But live on grains and rices. I thought this morning, as I lay And hungered for my breakfast hay, How, ere the closing of the day, The price of pork might rise; I pitied alk who didn’t know How nicely ragweed pork chops go When one is tired a bit; and oh The taste of pecan pies! We oft eat roasts of who knows what Served up to us all pipmng hot And “steaks” consisting of a lot Of weeds we can not name; A consomme of maple limbs, A puree made of Watts’ hymns— These soups delight our fats and slims And eke our halt and lame. While they who long for flesh are gaunt Because of meat there is a want, Our sirloin cabbages we flaunt, And liver made of radish; We stuff on sausage made of oats Instead of fragments saved from shoats; On string bean hash each veggy dotes— Some people say we're faddish. Head cheese we make from barley polls, From cowslips we construct veal rolls, That you could not, to save your souls, From real meat discern. In brief, to make a long tale short, We don’t eat naught we hadn’t ort; And if no meat should reach our port We wouldn’t yearn a yearn, BOOK NOTICES. AMERICAN SMALL ARMS. The sportsmen and military men of this country have long needed a complete and exhaustive history of the development of American firearms and nothing of the kind has ever been published until recently. A’ few years ago Major Edward S. Farrow, of the U. S. Army, began the collection of material bearing on this subject, and the result is now placed before the public in a book of 400 pages entitled “American Small Arms.” The descriptions in this volume are, as the title indicates, limited to arms made or patented in this country, and to a few for- eign weapons which have become Ameri- canized, such as the Ferguson and the Mau- ser rifles. Major Farrow has covered in his re- search every type of firearm used in hunt- ing, in military service or in target shooting, from the ancient flintlock musket of the Colonial days down to the modern high power breech loading sporting and military tifles; from the big, clumsy horse pistol down to the modern automatic Colt; from the long single barrel muzzle loading shot . gun down to the modern breech loading double gun of to-day. He has described and illustrated many types in so practical and simple a way as to leave little to be desired on the part of the student of the art of gun making. Major Farrow has also given a complete history of the developments in ammunition, from the days of the old powder horn and bullet mould down to the modern high power metallic cartridges, and gives an ex- haustive treatise on the subject of reloading modern shells. The subject of revolver shooting is also fully and minutely discussed and illustrated. In fact, Major Farrow’s present work may be termed a complete encyclopedia of small arms and ammunition, and every sportsman, every soldier and every naval officer who desires to know all there is to know about his chosen sport or profession should study this work carefully. The price of the book is $5, and it is published by The Bradford Company, 143 Liberty street, New York City. THE WLlLCHERY OF SLEEP. Ostermoor & Company, 116 Elizabeth, street, New York city; makers of the fa- mous Ostermoor mattresses, have gone into a new line. They have recently published a book entitled “The Witchery of Sleep,” which is a genuine work of art and is com- posed of a collection of poems and prose 61 articles by the world’s greatest authors on this always interesting subject. Among the writers whose works are published in this book are Shakespeare, Keats, Wordsworth, Shelley, Ben Johnson, Longfellow, Byron, Browning, Tom Hood, Edgar Fawcett, Scott, Edward Everett Hale, Dr. Cyrus Ed- son and others of equal prominence. The book is exquisitely illustrated, printed on heavy paper and, in fact, is a gem of workmanship. Ostermoor & Company tell me they are printing 50,000 copies of this book and that a copy will hereafter be given to each per- son who buys an Ostermoor mattress. While this arrangement will not induce any One HO; Dilvalay. mattress. it wlhustrates) the liberal methods of this house and indicates that these people expect to sell 150,000 mat- tresses within the next year or 2; and they will do it. They know how to advertise, and people who make good goods and ad- vertise them right always sell them in great quantities. You can get an illustrated circular of the book by writing Ostermoor & Company and mentioning RECREATION. The regular price of “The Witchery of Sleep” is $2 a copy, but it will be sold at $1.50 to persons who mention RECREATION when ordering a copy. THE OLD MADE NEW. Jessie Emerson Moffat undoubtedly vield- ed to a popular weakness when she deter- mined to write an historical novel, but her intellectual kinship with the hosts of simi- lar writers went no farther. “A Friend at Court,” is that seeming impossibility, an historical romance with a new, fresh plot. The “friend at court” is Mme. de Main- tenon, trusted counselor and comrade of Louis XIV, of France. The hero and hero- ine of the clever story, Francois de Mow- bray and Marguerite de la Verge, have Leen betrothed since childhood, but they only meet, under disguised identity, when one is an ardent advocate of the royalist, the other of the Huguenot cause. The plot is too good to spoil by further recapitulation, but love, romance, abundant action, sword play and even tragedy combine to maintain varied but unbroken interest to the last chapter. Incidentally both Louis XIV. and Mme. de Maintenon grow unwontedly real in the telling, with other clever character sketches of varied excellence. He who loves a lover and he who enjoys exciting reading will alike rejoice in and over “A intend iat. Coun The style of the book is fair, the situa- 62 | RECREATION. tions are surprising, cleverly handled, worked out to fitting and logical conclusion. A bit of stirring pleasure may be rendered inevitable by the perusal of this pleasant tale. “A Friend at Court,” by Jessie Emerson Moffat. William Ritchie, New York, $1.50. OF PINTERESE \ Oe PHYSICIANS: Dr. Bayard Holmes has written a trea- tise on “Appendicitis and Other Diseases About the Appendix,” which has recently been published by D. Appleton & Co., of New York and Chicago. Dr. Holmes is one of the prominent sur- geons of Chicago and has for several years past occupied the positions of Professor of Surgery in the University of Illinois, of Clinical Surgery in the American Mission- ary College, Chicago, and Attending Sur- geon in the Chicago Baptist Hospital. His present work may, therefore, be,accepted as that of a master in his profession. The book contains 368 pages, and pre- sents in full the more important and the more imminent conditions calling for surgi- cal ‘relief. Each topic is illustrated by abundant clinical reports, which are intro- duced in order to make the presentation as vivid and lasting as possible. The work is largely based on the author’s experience, especially in diagnosis and indications for treatment. It presents the unclouded picture of the disease with all its threatening pos- sibilities, and shows in an orderly and logi- cal manner the attitude of the physician toward the first and each subsequent mani- festation of the disease. It puts before him the dangers which threaten the patient, and calls attention to the errors into which the attending physician is likely to be led. This book should certainly be in the library of every surgeon in the country. “The Sea-Wolf,’ Jack London’s new novel, is the story of a terrible captain of ay sealing | Schooner, whom exercises 10 the full his power over the lives and for- tunes of those who come within his reach. ‘Wild and even gruesome incidents abound, but the author is justified in almost pass- ing the limits of the artistic by his desire to show the full worthlessness of those modern fetiches, strenuosity and human will power. This is especially interesting because Jack London is commonly regarded as the apos- tle of human daring, and his imagination touches the bounds of. physical enduiance and achievement. That he is really en- listed on the side of the spirit should make him a man of the future as well as of the present. “The Sea-Wolf” is published by The Macmillan Company, New York and Lon- don; price, $1.50, Wycil & Co., 83 Nassau St., New York, have issued a vest-pocket book entitled “The A. B. C. of Swimming,” which is the best thing in its class I have ever read. The instructions are simple, explicit, yet - complete, and any person who has ordi- narily good sense can, by studying this hand book a few hours and then following its teachings a few days or nights in a swimming pool or a lake or a stream, be- come a good swimmer. Every man, woman and child should be able to swim and those who do not know how should read this book. Viola Roseboro, a retired actress, has written a book entitled “Players and Vaga- bonds,” which is printed by the Macmil- lam Co., New York. The book is a collec- tion of personal reminiscences of people, plays and incidents met with by the author in the course of several years on the stage and on the road. The stories are well told and are worth reading. They will appeal alike to people in front of and behind the curtain, to theatre goers and those who entertain them. The book sells at $1.50. _ Nice Old Lady—Will you kindly tell me if the lady who writes ‘The Mothers’ Page” every week in your paper is in? I want to tell her how much I have enjoyed reading her articles on “The Evening Hour in the Nursery.” Office Boy—That’s him over there with the pink shirt smoking a pipe—The Yazoo Bazooy Wildrake—I bucked up against a faro game last night. Ascum (sarcastically)—And broke the bank, eh? - Wildrake—Yes, I did this morning. I suppose Willie will cry, but I simply-had to have car fare—Philadelphia Ledger. Sharpe—Here I see I am referred to in the paper again. Blunt—W -w-what? Sharpe (reading aloud)—“It is estimated that there are 80 millions of people in the United States.” And I’m one of the lot— Exchange: A leopardess said to her mate, “We may be a little bit late For the animal show, But, really, you know, I must see if my spots are on straight.” —Cleveland Leader. A little bird sat on a telegraph wire, And said to its mates, gathered there, “When wireless telegraphy comes into use We'll all have to sit on the air.” —The Gateway. las ah _ pressage. | RATIONAL TREATMENT OF DISEASE. The rational treatment of disease is based on the use of powerful but harmless anti- septics; that is, remedies which destroy germs without injuring the patient. Trial and test through‘15 years have proven that Hydrozone and Glycozone are the only remedies to which this theory 1s entirely applicable. Hydrozone is recognized by leading phys- iclans as the most powerful bactericide known. Experiments made by bacteriologists have proven beyond doubt that Hydrozone does not injure nor destroy healthy tissues; that it immediately destroys microbes; that when taken internally its effect on the gen- eral health is entirely harmless; and that it stimulates the building of new, healthy tissues. In order to prove the correctness of these statements, Prof. Charles Marchand, at 57- K Prince street, New York, will send you, free, trial bottles of Hydrozone and Glyco- . zone, on receipt of 35 cents to prepay ex- On request he will send you a pamphlet containing convincing evidence of the results obtained by others, and full in- structions in the use of these valuable rem- edies that no one should be without. THE FARTHEST POINT SOUTH. The completion of the St. Louis, Browns- ville and Mexico railway has opened a new hunting country in Southern Texas along the Gulf coast between Corpus Christi and Brownsville. Deer, peccaries, bear, wild ducks, geese, quails, turkeys and plover are said to be abundant in that region, while the winter weather there is like September or October in the North. Appreciating the attractiveness of their territory in this respect, the officers of the St. L., B. & M. Ry. have obtained recog- nition for Brownsville as a winter tourist point, which gives sportsmen the advantage of much lower rates than they could other- wise get. Heretofore Corpus Christi has claimed to be the farthest point South in the United States to which these rates ap- plied. The recognition of Brownsville, the Southernmost point in Uncle Sam’s domain and 150 miles South of Corpus Christi an- nihilates this preference and at the same time opens the portals of a new found sportsmen’s paradise. The winter tourist rates apply from in- terstate points during the fall and winter months. The man who devised the Kodak Push Pin, for the use of photographers in holding 63 CUBIC IESIEMEIN Ss INOW ISS, films, etc., did not realize that he was at the same time catering to the wants of shooters; but he was, all the same. These Push Pins are the neatest and handiest con- trivance [ have ever seen for attaching paper) targets, 10) a tanger tame a thee, ad fence or wherever else you may wish to put one) Lhe Rush Pins) aremade ot eilass: with a fine sharp steel point moulded in. There is a good, comfortable handle to each pin, by which you can easily drive the pin into even hard wood, and you can readily pull it out again when you wish to take the target down. These Push Pins are made by the East- mansiwodaky@oy Rochester NY Yo) ‘andre- talljaty 20ncents say dozen. ) it you will get a dozen of them you will find them exceed- inely useful, not cnly in target shooting but in the dark room, in case you are a photog- rapher, and in many other ways. In order- ing please mention RECREATION. Augusta, Ga. Robin Hood Powder Co., Swanton, Vt., Dear Sirs, I have been reading some articles in RECREATION as to the work done by your shells, and wish to call your at- tention to a case coming under my own observation while in Evans, Ga., a little town a few miles away, and, by the way, a place where smokeless shells had never been sold. Having a few samples with me, I gave one to a merchant of the place and asked aintiintl= £00 makema sitest sot ite. @ur, target, placed about 25 or 30 yards across the main road, was the head of a mackerel barrel, made of oak. The gun used was a 10 bore and the shell 12 gauge, chilled shot. To our astonishment, after picking the shot from the target, they were, in every instance, in perfect condition. This result caused the merchant to’ place a sample order for 1,000 shells. Your Robin Hood shells evidently are winners, and our concern will do our best~in placing them before the public. Dy Pe ©; Connor: The Northwestern School of Taxidermy, Omaha, Nebraska, is worthy the support of all sportsmen. By taking the mail course from this school anyone will become pro- ficient. in taxidermy, thus being able to mount and prgserve birds, animals, and other trophies that may be legitimately’ se- cured in hunting. Hundreds of sportsmen are now doing their own taxidermy, and it seems a most desirable accomplishment to lovers of outdoor sports. The school an- nounces in its ad that it will send its illus- trated circular free to readers of RECREA- ~ 64 RECREATION. TIon, Write for a circular, as it will inter- est you. oN The Prudential Insurance Company of America received the Grand Prize and a Gold Medal at the St. Louis Exposition for its exhibit illustrating the Company’s busi- ness methods and vast and successful re- sults. : This award makes the Prudential the most highly honored insurance institution in the world. No other life insurance com- pany has ever received a_ corresponding award,« although numerous exhibits have been made by insurance companies in the United States and Europe. The award was granted by a jury of qualified experts. The Ithaca Gun Company has recently put on the market a featherweight gun in all grades of hammerless, and is now pre- pated tovbuild vary cance: 26) mech “or 28 inch gun weighing 6 pounds, 6 ounces to 6 pounds, 10 ounces. ‘The barrels on these guns are as thick and strong as those of the ordinary 7% pound gun, the weight being saved -in other parts of the gun where it) 1s) not meeded. (iit ass no longer 1e- cessary for the American shooter to pay 30 per cent. duty on a gun made in another country, when he needs a light weight field 2un. Leeds & Lippincott, owners of the Had- don- Hall Hotel at Atlantic City, N. J., are the first in the field with a 1905 calendar. It is got up in the same dainty, artistic manner as their previous issues, and thou- sands of RECREATION readers know by ex- perience what that means. The Haddon Hall calendar is about the size of a postal card, hence is convenient for desk use. A postal card mentioning RECREATION and sent to Leeds & Lippincott will get you a copy. At the Western Texas League shoot, July 14-16, inclusive, M. E. Atchison, shoot- ing the Parker gun, broke 648 out of a possible 700. In the Schmelzer cup event Mr. Atchison broke 50 straight. For the Hunter Arms Company cup Mr. Atchison broke 24 out of 25. For 3 different prizes Mr. Atchison broke 99 out of a possible 100. There were a number of Parker guns at this shoot, and they did good work. Such scores as the foregoing keep increasing and add evidence to the reliability and effectiveness of the Old Reliable Parker. Charlottesville, Va. West End Furniture Co., Williamsport, Pa., Gentlemen: The sportsman’s cabinet reached me safe. It is a beautiful spect- men of the cabinet maker’s art and is wel up to your printed description.’ It affords room for my guns, fishing tackle, hunting and fishing clothes, shoes, and odds and ends generally; and, what especially ap- peals to a married man, puts these out of the way and reach of the Missus and the kids. Yours truly, Wis Miemietle: The Ideal Manufacturing Co., of New Haven, Conn., has put out still another new revolver bullet, which is fully described and illustrated in a circular that the company © will soon issue. Revolver shooters are thoroughly progressive, up-to-date men, and are interested in every new device intended to facilitate in any way their chosen sport. Therefore, all revolver shooters should get copies of this circular. In writing for it please mention RECREATION, The G. W. Cole Co., 141 Broadway, New York, has issued a book telling all about “3 In One” oil, giving instructions as to the best methods of using it, and a list of a great.number ‘of machines and other things on which it may be advantageously used. The pamphlet really gives a great fund of valuable information, and a copy of it, together with a sample of the oil, will be sent to any person asking for them and mentioning RECREATION. Charles Payne, of Wichita, Kansas, sends out a circular stating that he is again in a position to fill orders for a limited number of live quail for propagating purposes. Per- sons who desire stock for this purpose are therefore advised to communicate with him at once. The International Jury of the St. Louis World’s Fair, has awarded the Grand Prize to the exhibit of the C. P. Goerz Optical Works for their various photo- graphic lenses. Stranger: Do express trains stop here? Bie) Hank (station sagent)en Onley ier railway officials an’ train-robbers. — Ex- change. He: I love you enough to wait for you a thousand years. She: And I love you enough to marry you to-day.—Life. “Tommy Taddells,’ said the teacher of the grammar class, “what is the feminine Oluveacsdines: ‘AV assalimer y tiasamly: promptly.—Judge. replied Tommy Nodd—How is your boy getting along in politics? Todd—First rate. The papers have taken him up, and are beginning to de- nounce him.—Exchange, IDI OS A DISGRACE TO MASSACHUSETTS. Charlton, October 27. The Charlton Fish and Game Protective Association is prepar- ing for a big game hunt, the like of which has never before been known in Charlton, and possibly not in Southern Worcester county.—Special to the Worcester Tele- graph. Occasionally a good family finds it- self possessed of one black sheep member, who does all sorts of dis- graceful things, and seems to bear no real relationship to his parents, or to’ his brothers and sisters. Sometimes the case of atavism is so strong that we behold in the 2oth century a re- flection of the brutality of 300 years ago. The side hunt at Charlton takes us back to the days of witch burning at Salem, and proves that the ancient spirit of ignorance and brutality is not even yet wholly dead in Massachu- setts. Had a side hunt occurred in the Indian Territory, among the squawmen and Yahoos of Hartshorne, who recently assauted Colonel C. O. Shepherd in such a brutal and cow- ardly manner, I should not have been surprised ; but it is both surprising and painful to know that a large com- pany of native Americans, enlightened Massachusetts, could de- scend so low as to engage in a prac- tice that is now condemned by all de- Celt, mien, norant Italians from the mountains of Sicily: cam believe it right to shoot every wild creature that can be found; but for men bearing such names as Pike, Holmes, Putnam, Knight, Clark, Osgood, Gould, Hitchcock and East- man, to a total of 80 or thereabout, to engage in such a proceeding as the side hunt described, is enough to bring the blush of shame to the cheek of any American citizen. To think of such an act of vandalism being committed by the Charlton Fish and Game Protec- tive Association! Well may the wild creatures of Charlton exclaim, “They living in. I can understand how ig- - 65 CORNER. offer us protection! Yes, such protec- tion as vultures give to lambs, cover- ing and devouring them!” The despatch says, regarding this side hunt, that it is an undertaking “the like of which has never before been known in Charlton.” I should hope not! But it is too much to hope that it may never be repeated. At this late day there is absolutely no excuse for such a thing as a side hunt in Mas- sachusetts, or in any other civilized community. Apparently, it is neces- sary that every State in the Union should enact laws prohibiting side hunts; for otherwise, like smallpox and hog cholera, side hunts will con- tinue to break out where least ex- pected, even as in Charlton, Massa- chusetts. My game hog register 1s growing at an alarming rate, but it is built on the expansive plan and room can be made for all the names that may come. This Charlton herd goes down in the fol- lowing order: NiopeEi INHChOlSa i. a ee ae 1,064 verctt bikes: 2 75.00. ke ee 1,065 O©USy Graton fo, Se eee eas 1,006 iranike Kemiolit enc... ae eee ee ane 1,067 Waccen 97 larringtonie sees 1,008 NV bes Pian as 5 ee on ene 1,069 tnlaiinieyae SUCV.CS bo. ean ee 1,070 Manson Binlingame: een. oer 1,071 nce w. Birlim2amet a eee ele 1,072 iramicc: Miyiers. 0 cri ee ae Rae ee: 1,073 Ei lalecs, OS tine ea cits cae peg enn eee nV 1,074 Joseph: Cherny 1.0. kee. 1,075 Clarence "Knight (Us oe ee 1,076 Advan nies Glagkrs (6 ete eae eh OT.O77. Jomas Bennts) 2e07 2h: amie ey eet hee 1,078 Stephen: Haminond 309% se ea) 1,079 JiohinaieAene eee ee aot te ea eink sie 1,080 Arthiun Whitcomb: “6. 6 . 1,081 BeWe Bloods ir sen sue ea, 1,082 Wai Wircilere terre eee anata 1,083 Rede OSeoodia tents eet te eee 1,084 Woililita tania NVGpe were ene ek los GR! & 1,085 WalliameWeb radermin se wene® ueite Cie 1,086 John Hammond . 1,087 rank bro wiles ben ae 1,088 Merson "Hittsr ite Rinks Lae. cai 1,089 George Wenkinow Bats ee eee 1,090 ire Guy OUnion Set Gent itera el seect ah rdaraNaton 1,091 Etarry, Th OOtC Haye cists luleietavelelatars euevcre's save L002 66 , RECREATION. George+H. Watson sisi ae ee TIEOGS Edwards Whites. ccs scare eee 1,004 Herman *Cudworthe.22. 3 seme ee 1,095 Henry Harwoodeaiis ns on eee 1,006 Robert -D. Kelley oes ee eee 1,097 iB: El Cerriams eo ee 1,008 HE. Slayton Gs Gots ee ae I ogg Miu W:. Garpemtene noc sea ee ae 1,100 John a Vigeare en, ae ee 1,101 George (G Claric. er Bal oe eee 1,102 Oa ail ent en puerta naan ea lee SE 1,103 Gi De Comins, aera eae eee 1,104 Wis (Gould eon Was ce crane eee 1,105 A ilee dl Opi BY aon; gremmnn wine wenn Rare hoe cl 1,106 Ee CoP wbmani es ce, Gein eee ee 1,107 Elerbert Osgood ree ee T,108 EK Danids Oils ca piesa coe 1,109 HR. lammond ase oe ee 1,110 Eewis Baker 3 oe es T,ITI Frank WW: ‘Bullard 27... SP i onions TL, 1P2 LOE TANK SStONe fee tie eons on eco I.1F3 EA: amb mcs Setanta ee },114 Walter (Nez Cobk. 7. sca ee Te1k5 Georce, Bo Haminond <0 ee piglage GaeCr Prine: ey a Mis ne hee TE TY7 IcacieneKinieitta eee ee se ae 1,118 EL oS. ciitcheOGk ae Gee a ae ee 1,119 Georges Hammonds. os5. ns ee ae 1,120 Bo Blood ee ines ee tact ie eae 1,121 EB AB LGO dee ee ae ake oe et ae 122 Gr, (RACK ening ode ccl ci eee a ret 1t23 BS els. Olney soa ae aces nae ec ee 1,124 debe Caderetieiy Gace eee 1126 George UN: “Wucke rr he ee an 1,126 WiC Brown scien eee Ge eas 1,127, Pe Wee Sheridan cae eae acho 1,128 OO. FS Morrisey Sa ae pale 1,129 AW Ton Bakers... terres tiles ve os ots ee 1,130 Zeb Betis. cca: we euie ese) ue cee eae 1,131 Charles (Ryans. ecco ce cae 1,132 7 W.. celuntley,.. i anecss te een ware 1,133 PAT Mcintyre“... 3s vencn sat se aietad Sherman “A. Hastinaiesecctcoues ee aS Seth ‘Keeler: isc) eee Sas wea 1,136 james: Ashworth: =... 9¢ oe: ee ee 1,137 ARiomas: Aldrich... eer Ara. ae 1,138 CONGRESS TO SAVE THE WILD FOWL. The Honorable George Shiras, Member of Congress from Pennsylvania, ‘has evolved a new and valuable idea in the matter of game protection, which he has embodied in a bill introduced in Congress and known as House Bill No. 15,601. It declares that all migratory game birds, Such as wild geese, swans, brant, ducks, woodcock, plover, snipe, shore birds, etc., shall hereafter be considered as in the cus- tody of the Government of the United States. The measure further provides that the Secretary of Agriculture shall formulate tules and regulations presctibing close sea- sotis on all such birds, methods to be used in hunting and killing them, and regulating the sale and shipment thereof, Such rules and regulations are to be sub- mitted to and approved by the President of the United States and shall thereafter be, in effect, the law of the United States for the protection and preservation of such mi- gratory birds. It is a well known fact that Congress and the Supreme Court have always regarded the game existing in any State as belonging to the people of that State, in their corpo- rate capacity, and Congress has heretofore declined to interfere with State rights jn the game, within the individual States. Mr. Shiras holds, however. that migratory birds do not come within this definition and that Congress may safely and justly assume to protect such birds and to enact laws to that end. Mr. Shiras is one of the most prominent lawyers in Pennsylvania and for 20 years has been a careful and diligent student of constitutional law. He believes his position in this matter is thoroughly within the meaning and effect of the Constitution and his view of the matter is certainly sound and logical. It is hoped his bill may receive the active and earnest suppcrt cf all friends of game preservation in the United States and that it may be promptly enacted into law. All readers of RECREATION who agree with this view are, therefore, earnestly advised and urged to write their Senators and Congress- men at once, urging prompt and favorable action on House Bill No. 15,601. FAIRS MUST ADVERTISE. The St. Louis Fair is a thing of history and will not cut half so large a figure in the annals of the 2oth Century as it would have if it had been properly advertised. Tt was the biggest show on earth thus far, but the attendance was meager, as compared with what it would have been if the show had been properly exploited. A lot of St. Louis business men, among whom was a liberal sprinkling of real estate boomers, got together and voted themselves fat sal- aries for 2 or 3 years’ work and then started in to whoop up the Fair. They sent out bulletins to the newspapers and magazines and said please give us columns and pages of free. advertising week after week and month after month. We are doing a great work for the benefit of posterity ney aie hope you will help us. But the ites winked the other eye and said to their office boys, “These men are doing a great work for themselves. They are asking the world to come to St. Louis and dump barrels of shekels into the coffers of these real estate boomers. Chuck this stuff into the waste basket.” Then the business managers of these vari. put newspapers and magazines wrote the EDITOR'S CORNER. 67 managers of the Fair, suggesting that it would be well for them to buy some adver- tising space. But the aforesaid managers could not see it. And so the great masses of the American people did not go to St. Louis. So it was with the Chicago Fair. So it was with the Omaha Fair. So it was with the Buffalo Fair. And-+so it will be with other Fairs in future, unless the manu- agers of future Fairs, who set to work to fill their own pockets, see fit to buy space in the newspapers and magazines, the legiti- mate channels for making the people ac- quainted with public matters. A NATIONAL REFUGE FOR BIRDS. President Roosevelt has performed an- other signal service for the cause of game preservation by creating a preserve and breeding ground for wild fowl. Here is a copy of the order which will always stand as a landmark in the history of the great movement for the preservation of wild: fowl. as EXECUTIVE ORDER. It is hereby ordered that Breton Island, as shown by the General Land Office map of the State of Louisiana of date 1896, in Township 18 South, Range 20 East, St. Helena Meridian, when same shall be sur- veyed; and Old Harbor and Freemason islands, in Townships 14 and 15. South, Ranges 21 and 22. East, same meridian, when surveyed, be, and they are hereby re- served and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture, as a preserve and breeding ground for native birds. This reservation to be known as “Breton Island Reservation.” Theodore Roosevelt. White House, October 4, 1904. The credit of having suggested the cre- -ation of this new park is due entirely to Mr. Frank M. Miller, of New Orleans, La., who is a member of the L. A. S. and President of the Louisiana Audubon So- ciety. Mr. Miller’s letter is printed in the Natural History Department of this issue of RECREATION, and his valuable service in this matter will be fully appreciated by every true sportsman and every nature lover in the United States and Canada. CLUB MEMBERS MUST PAY, One Henry J. Cummings, of St. Louis, Mo., joined the Grand Pass shooting club, which has a game preserve of 1,200 acres in Greene county, Illinois. In October, 1903, Mr. Cummings engaged in shooting ducks on the club’s grounds without having first taken out a non-resident license. He claimed that as a member of the club the Illinois law requiring non-resident hunters to take out licenses did not apply to him A game warden arrested Mr, Cummings and a local justice fined him $25. Cummings carried the case to the Supreme Court of Illinois, where it was finally adjudicated in October last. iene ccounts nclid that the tact of Cum- mings holding a membership in the Grand Pass shooting club did not exempt him from the general law as to non-resident licenses, and sustained the action of the justice in assessing a fine against Cum- mings. The Opinion is a lengthy one, evidently prepared with great care, and numerous de- cisions bearing on the status of the present case ate cited: This is a splendid victory for the Illinois State Game Commission, and its effect will be far reaching, Where are other cases pending in various States of the Union, where appeals have been made on exactly similar grounds, and this decision of the Illinois Supreme Court will prove of great value to the friends of game protection in enforcing their non-resident license laws. GROVIIR ise NO. GUILTY: A dispatch from Princeton, N. J., to the Associated Press states that ex-President Cleveland recently went out for a day’s shooting, accompanied by 2 friends, and that they killed 16 quails and 7 rabbits. The Associated Press reporter at that place must have experienced a change of heart, or else he must be a new man in the busi- ness; for this is the first report I have ever seen of Mr. Cleveland’s shooting that did not credit him with having killed at least 100 birds in a day. I have written him several times asking for confirmation or denial of newspaper stories of his killing, and he has in each case replied to the effect that they were gross exaggerations. In one of these let- ters Mr. Cleveland added that he knew when to quit and that he heartily approved RECREATION’S course in condemning men who do not keep within reasonable limits. THE LONG NAME NUISANCE. I received a manuscript the other day from a woman who has 4 names and who spells them all out in full. In re- turning her story I volunteered this bit of advice, which many other writers would do well to consider: I beg to suggest, in your own interest, that it would be well to cut out some of your names before sending this material to other editors. Nearly all such men are tired of long drawn out names, and are discouraging their use. I have heard of several good MSS. being returned because the editors objected to printing the names in full, and yet they did not care to dis- cuss the question with the writes, That 68 RECREATION. is not my reason for returning this MS., but I am sure you would sell it more readily if at least 2 of the names were omitted. The attention of readers in Western Pennsylvania is called to a communica- tion from Hon. W. E. Meehan, printed in the Fishing Department of this issue of RECREATION, in which he asks for the names end addresses of men in that part of Penn- sylvania who are willing to act as special fish protectors. I trust every one of my readers in that region will take up this mat- ter, will look for good men and give their names and addresses to Mr. Meehan. There are few public officers in the coun- try who are as zealous in their work as Commissioner Meehan, and the anglers of the State should support and codperate with him in every way possible. A friend has called my attention to the fact that in the August issue of RECREATION I made the mistake of recording 2 game hogs as number 1,041. These were Chas. E. Hewitt, Tumwater, Wash., and Wil- lard H. Ames, Malone, N. Y.. Hewitt ad- mits having killed 147 ducks in one day with an automatic shot gun, while Ames says he saw a buck swimming in the lake, which was already well nigh exhausted, and that having no gun he rowed out, caught the deer by the horns and held its head under the water until it drowned. Ames, therefore, is the bigger hog of the 2, and I have changed his record in the book to number 1,041. ——— An Associated Press dispatch from Mil- waukee states that 4o hunters were killed and wounded in Wisconsin and upper Mich- igan during the months of September. Octo- ber, November and December. This record indicates that there should be a_ shorter open season on hunters. If the laws of these 2 States are not amended in this re- spect the supply of hunters will soon be diminished to such an extent as to interfere materially with the trade of the gun and ammunition makers. In editing Allan Brooks’ article printed on page 217 of October RECREATION I mis- construed his meaning and inserted the words “Canadian goose” in lines number 13 and 28 from bottom of right hand column, where I should have inserted the words “the brant.” In both of these places Mr. Brooks used the pronoun “it” and in my effort to convey his meaning explicitly I guessed wrong. ‘The statements in these 2 paragraphs refer to the brant. A firm in Connecticut recently asked me for a rate on an advertisement of a ferret muzzle. I replied as follows: Dear Sirs: I do not approve of the use of ferrets in hunting. No one but a game hog of the most despicable type would ever use one. of these brutes for that pur- pose, and I would not carry an ad that would help a man out in the use of a fer- ret, at any price you could name.—EovrrTor. If any reader of RECREATION knows Mr. F. W. Marshall, of Canandaigua, N. Y., or Mr. Wi. E. (O'Neal, West Seneca No va will he please tell me how and where they can be reached by mail? There is impor- tant mail in this office awaiting both of these men. A subscription to RECREATION means solid comfort a whole year. If you send onetoa friend it will remind him 12 times during the year of your kindness and generosity. There are many men and women who for 5 years past have annually sent in long lists of names of friends, accompanied with a check, in order that those friends might be made happy a whole year. Would it not be well for you to adopt this plan? Try it and see how grateful the recipient will be. The admiral pinned the glittering order on the grizzled veteran’s breast. “The Emperor honors a chosen son,” he said, huskily. “T did nothing, excellency; nothing,” sobbed the old sailor, overcome by emo- tion, as he sank to one knee. “You saved the honor of your country,” said the admiral, sternly. “In discovering the British fishing fleet”—he turned away to hide his tears—“you gave us the only vic- tory of the war.’—Judge. I am with you on the advancement in the price of REecrEATION. I get more than $2 worth of satisfaction out of the magazine each year. It is worth that amount to me to read your roasts of game and fish hogs each month. By all means advance the price to a paying basis. I, like many others, do not expect something for nothing. M. A. Woodman, Tama, Ia. The inventor of a new feeding bottle for infants sent out the following among his directions for using: “When the baby is done drinking it must be unscrewed and laid in a cool place under the hydrant. If the baby does not thrive en fresh milk it should be boiled.”—Col- jer’s; RECREATION. 69 wy. $ HE © ase, i, A Company Which is Actually Paying Out _ [7] More Than its Obligations. The Best Guarantee : /1 of Liberal Treatment. | || ‘|| | | 70 - *“RECREATION. ieee ee Se i COLORADO. BARD iSies L. D. GILMORE. In October last, I first visited Sweet Water lake, Garfield county, in the Western part of Colorado. near one of the finest game and fish preserves in the State. Sweet Water lake lies about 15 miles due North of Dotsero, and is easily reached by a good wagon road. When half the distance to the lake has been covered, the altitude is nearly 2,000 feet above that of the village, and perhaps 8,000 feet above sea level. Directly ahead are the Hlat Tops, whose summits, 9,000 to 10,000 feet above the sea, ate crowned with a dense growth of spruce timber, in which the snow lingers till midsummer. At their base lics ; the lake. At our backs mountains are piled on mountains, stretching away for miles, until the glistening, snow-capped peaks seem to pierce the sky, and vision is shut off. Far below, on the. right, the Grand river winds, and in the distance are the tugged outlines of the Holy Cross.. To the left, Deep creek, a typical mountain stream, abounding in trout, rushes along, bathing the feet of the Needles, 2. lofty spires on op- posite sides of the stream. Above the bed of the creek rises the turret of an imagin-: ary castle which guards the entrance to the canyon, a wonderful example of nature’s handiwork, 3,000 feet in depth. ; At the tipper end of Sweet is the home of Mr. John. Root. ‘From all: appearances the lake is-of volcanic origin. It is a crescent,’ with the, :concave “side: toward the North and the upper end to the West, is about a mile in extreme length and a quarter to a half mile in width. Near. the upper end the waters are confined be-. tween perpendicular walls of solid lime- stone, those on the North side being 5 to 20 feet in height, while those .on the op- posite side rise to the dignity of cliffs 500 feet above the surtace of ‘the: lake.> “Fhe waters ate clear as crystal, enabling one to see the bottom distinctly at a depth of 12 to 15 feet, thotigh viewed as a whole the lake is of-.a beatitiful -greenisli : blue color. By moonlight, the scene is one to thrill the most prosaic. The lake teems with salmon trout, and Sweet Water creek, either above or below the lake, offcrs the more exciting sport of stream fishing. Among points of interest about the lake the Sweet Water canyon, Lake creek and its beautiful cascades, and the cave with its Indian paintings, are worthy of men- tion. Grouse are plentiful about the lake, and good shooting may be had in the neigh- ‘boring hills. Added to Garfield, the neigh- boring counties of Rio Blanco and Routt. give a region in which exists every species of game to be found in the State. Two milcs West of Dotsero begins the remark- able cattyon of the Grand river, rivalling in beauty the famous Royal Gorge, and extending nearly to Glenwood Springs, 17 miles distant. Within a radius of 20 miles from Sweet Water tale: | Water lake as a center, and easy of access from. it are nttmerous other lakes varying in size and beauty. Among these are, Derby lake, about 10 miles from Sweet Water and at an elevation of nearly 9,c00 feet: Deep lake, 11 miles distant and between g,eco and 10,c00 fcet above sea level. In the vicinity of this lake are bear, elk, deer, and grouse. Upper and lower Marvine lakes are 18 miles distant and perhaps 8,000 feet in altitude. Trapp-r’s lake, which is much larger than Sweet Water, and one of the finest lakes in this part of the State, is also 18 miles distant; elevation about gcoo feet. The fish in Trapper’s are large as a rule, but are thin and not delicately flavored. The smaller ones are preferable for the:table. Hunting in this vicinity is good. Near Trapper’s is a small body of water called Big Fish lake, on account of the size of the fish taken from it. About 25 miles from Sweet Water, in Lost park, an excellent hunting ground, is Lost lake, at an elevation of 9,000 or 10,c00 feet. HOW THE COLONEL KILLED THE FEA eres as GEO. E. BLACKFORD. ‘Twas Colonel Arthur Smithby-Jones, »For quails once hunting went, His Syracuse upon his arm, By RecrEATION sent. “His pockets full of Robin Hood, . His dog, keen on the scent. And as he ranged the meadows o’er, He saw a monstrous bird, Above in graceful circles soar; “An eagle! on my word.” No shot had he but No. 8, Which was of no avail; So with his bold and fearless eye, He made the eagle quail. And then, as that was what he had come out for, Colonel Arthur Smithby-Jones pro- ceeded to shoot the quail. Two Irishmen had been captured by vigil- antes in the West and were about to be hanged for horse stealing. The lynchers took them to a bridge over a river; the rope was tied around the first man’s neck and he was dropped overboard. When-he struck the water the noose loos- ened and he swam away. As the second man was led forward and asked if he had any last request to make, he said: “For the love av heaven, tie that rope tight. I can’t swim, and I don’t want to be drownded.” ’ “There are some songs that will never die,” said the musical enthusiast. “T guess that’s right,’ answered Mr. Cum- rox. “My daughter sits down at the piano and tries to kill a few of ’em every morn- ing. But it’s no use.”—Washington Star. | RECREATION. 71 “THE Peps DON'T | ¥)\ 270! 351 | Be another year | | ““ =“. PASS: “AWAY - without | | r esving. to your family. the | protection | enter life. assurance alone. can. give. | ~ By means of an_ Endowment | | Policy. in the Equitable — you can “not, i | only. give them this protection but” at] a, = the same time - provide. for _your i I ee own ‘maturer ‘years. oo. | Send. coupon below, for. particulars. splenaia “opportunities for men -:of character. to act as. representatives: a ; Write to GAGE EB. TARBELL © and Vice President ae The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United stl, | 120 peda, New York, Dept, No, 16, Please send me information regarding an Endowment Policy for $ 72 RECREATION. AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. “For sport the lens is better than the gun.” [ wish to make this department of the utmost use to amateurs. JI shail; therefore, be glad to answer any questions and to print any ttems seni me by practical amateurs relating to their experi ence in photography. TANK DEVELOPMENT, At last the amateur photographer 1s falling into line and following the lead of his professional brothers by the use Of, a tank and a weak developer to produce the best results on under exposed plates. This method of developing is a great. saving of time and patience, and instead of using a number of sloppy trays, one can develop a dozen plates in the tank, which makes a pleasure of developing. Formula for a tank developer: \iciitehen wey Loewen asa wea a al Gina cerkava'c 32 ourices Carbonate of soda (dry) ........ 2 ounces Sulphite of soda (dry).....1 to 1% ounces Bromide of ammonium ......... 30 grains Gittic acid he bee eee ee 30 grains Ely droquimone<.. <<. 35 Bye ee 1 dram UV Cin cc ees Sere 2 drams INEGtO Lae oo ae: ceca eteseeaper sic 2 drams IP dGe pA en ens on as cont) o0 4 drams Dissolve the chemicals in the given rota- tion. ; To preserve the stock solution nut it into small bottles of the exact size to hold enough for making the dilute solution for the tank. The bottles should be tightly corked. For use, take WV faction eae Me te TOOROULCES SLOCkASOlUtION- 22 nce ee 6 ounces The developer should be used fresh, and its temperature kept between 60 and 65 de- grees Fahrenheit until development is com- pleted. The average time taken for the compleie development of exposures of 1-3c0th to 1-7ooth part of a second, was 114 to 2 hours. There are some extreme cases where workers of the tank method still fur- ther dilute their developer, and extend the time of development to 12 howrs ofr more without in any way endangering the film. There is a delicate pink tinge to the shadows of the negatives after a prolonged development, but this is a help rather than a detriment to the printing qualities-of a rapidly exposed negative. For beauty of grain there is nothing to surpass a tank developed negative, and by using rubber finger cots on thumb and first finger, dis- agreeable stains and dangerous metol poisoning will be unknown. The late Mr. Ernest Marx the father of fast horse pho- tography in this country, used this formula for tank development: Water: (boiling) ister ance ce ae 8 ounces Glycerine os cian eer en eee I ounce Meta bi-sulphite of potash.. I oz. 7 drams Gaustic: potash: =e: sae me I oz. 3 drams For use: Developer: si. :.. ca. eeereees come I ounce Weiter “i: aero, geen en ee 4o ounces Average time of development 15 minutes. -—Exchange. FIXING. PLATES AN’ LIGHT. To develop an exposed dry plate in fhe dark room and fix it in light is not new, but is not generally practiced, because at first glance’ it shows no particular advantage to those equipped with modern appliances. To develop a plate in the dark room, or such room or closet as one may be able to use for developing under difficulties, rinse in 2 or 3 changes of water, dry and fix at leis- ure is of more recent origin and can be best appreciated by those afield, away from mod- ern conveniences, with a desire to know how their work is turning out. It is generally possible to secure suffi- cient water to.develop a plate or 2, and to rinse it afterward, but few hotels or out of the way places frequented by the enthu- siastic amateur photographer afford run- ning water sufficient and convenient for eliminating the sodium hyposulphite used in fixing the negative, which unless entirely removed will» cause the negative to de- preciate very soon. There are no hard formulae to remem- ber nor chemicals necessary which are diff- cult to secure. Simply use your favorite developer and when development is com- pleted, rinse in 3 changes of water, not over a minute each, after which you may expose to all the light you please, dry the plates and fix them at leisure in the or- dinary manner. There is no more reason why a developed plate, washed free of the developer, should not be exposed to light, than there is why a finished negative should be exposed to ruby light only. The sodium hyposulphite will dissolve the silver salts not reduced by the developer as readily in the light as in the dark, regardless of the degree of light to which the plate may have been exposed after development, having been properly washed before exposure. It is sometimes desirable in the case of under exposure, to develop to a degree of harshness, wash and expose to light, then with a weak developer again develop the plate until a thin veil is formed over the entire surface, after which the plate should be treated the same as any plate after a single development. This does not build up the image, but gives a better printing value to the shadows and prevents the print ie ei ed AV Amn ie leh OW OG ICA is rie, | 79 lookines like’ a charcoal ~ sketch. ~ Fhis method of treating under exposure must be used with good judgment. There may be some failures, but after a little experi- ence this method will be found preferable in many cases to the usual methods of in- tensification. U. C. Wanner, West Philadelphia, Pa. TONING AND FIXING. Will you kindly give me some informa- tion about toning and fixing? I have no trouble with the toning solutions that I buy already prepared, but I wish to make my own. I enclose the formula I am trying to use; also a print that I have toned out with it. I have followed this formula exactly and again with variations, but always with the same results. I want to get the dark color the same as gallery pictures or the ones in Recreation. Solio paper is the handiest to use, for we can get it at photo supply stores. If you will kindly tell me why 1 fail im thisstormula or give mea better one that will make the dark finish I shall be under many obligations to you. J. B. Abbott, Columbia Falls, Mont. ANSWER, The Solio print you enclosed is well made. I doubt if you can improve on it by toning with gold alone. If you wish to get black and white prints instead of the brown it will be necessary to tone first with gold and then with platinum, or else use the platinum single toning solution. The latter is less trouble. Print deeper than for brown prints, wash the prints thoroughly through five or 6 changes of water, then tone in the following solution: Potassium chloro-platinite eee 15 grains Cupme acid. sea ee ee ae 30 grains Cithicgacidn ee eit 6 drachms WANG Micheal ak cere Miler Ginga as os 12 drachms For use take one drachm of this stock solution to 20 ounces of water. After toning wash through several changes of water to remove the acid, and then fix in hypo solution as given in the directions which accompany the Solio paper. lf you prefer to double tone, after {one ing in the gold bath wash prints through 2 or 3 changes of water and then tone in the following: Potassium chloro-platinite . 15 grains Phosphoric acid (50 per cent.). 2drachms Water MPR eh petty ai te 05. 6 2 ounces For use take one drachm of stock solu- tion to 20 ounces of water. After toning wash and fix as before. Either of these methods should give you rich black and white prints——EDITor. WORK AT “HOME. I have been a reader of RECREATION 2 years, and am much interested in the pho- tographic department, having used a cam- eta 4 years, “with i varyine results.; 1 am always “interested im any ‘article’ on Velox paper. My printing and developing arrangements are different from any I have seen. I have a wooden box 18 x 30 inches and 1o inches deep, standing on end, with a hole about 4x6 inches in the bottom, or what would be the bottom if it was right side up, with red paper pasted over it. My developing tray stands in front of red cov- ered hole, with water tray at leit, and hypo tray in front of water tray; while my lamp is inside the box, allowing 2 or 3 printing frames to be used on the light side, while the red paper gives a good light to work by in any room where paper or woodwork is not too light. By placing printing frame 18 inches from light a thin negative may be printed from without danger of fogging, as is often the case when placed closer. I print longer than is usually recommended, and use a greater quantity of bromide— over IO times as much as formula calls for. The bromide shows up. development and brings out details which would be lost by the wstal treatment. I have used. as_high as 20 grains of bromide crystals in 6 ounces of developer and have obtained satisfactory results. I never yet got a good clear print by using the 5 and Io drops of IO per cent. solution as per Velox formula. I think the reason so many dirty, muddy prints are obtained by tyros is that they use too little bromide. If beginners who are making Stich primis. will try, this “excess plan they will see a great improvement in results, and will think Velox is the best paper, after all. If results should not improve | am willing to take all sorts of abuse, by mail, and keep good natured. Do your own developing and see what solid enjoyment you will gain. You may spoil a plate’ now and then, or twice as often, but you soon will become expert and independent. F. M. Mahan, Rochester, N. Y. AN ACID-PROOE TABLE TOP: A black finish for table tops may be made as follows: Tee bconestlphater: seit. locum care 4 parts Copper, Suliplaatelsja ni. 356 ees dei 4 parts Potassium: permanganate ():....4. 8 parts NWN aioe GanSie ae ek . 100 parts Y p. Nan aie eas. este Esa. tow ye shape 12 parts lal GheCrel MIC “BlCnGl Beas ho Sacud 18 parts VIALE THC PSN liele Ee capi 2 Nis a taies te 100 parts or Aniline sayadTnocmloraterss.c1 ster 15 parts NATE TOG Sct weer ene trata ee Re Raat 100 perts Apply with a brush 2 coats of solution rie ae RECREATION. No. 1, while hot, the second coat as soon as the first is dry; then 2 coats of solution No. 2, and allow the wood to dry thor- oughly. Later apply a coat of raw linseed oil, using a cloth instead of a brush, in ~ order to get a thinner coat of oil. Wood that has been varnished should be scraped before the solution is applied. The black color does not appear at once, but usually requires a few hours before becoming ebony black. The linseed oil may be diluted with turpentine without disad- vantage, and after a few applications the suriace will take on a dull and not dis- pleasing polish. The table tops are easily cleaned by washing with water or suds and the application of another coat of oil puts them in excellent order. Strong acids or _alkalies when spilled, if soon wiped off, have scarcely a perceptible effect. A slate or tile top is expensive not only in its original cost, but also-as a destroyer of glassware. Wood tops when painted, oiled or paraffined have objectionable fea- tures, the latter especially in warm weather. Old table tops after the paint or oil is scraped off down to the wood take the above finish nearly as well as new wood.— Journal of Applied Microscopy. SNAP SHOTS. Will the single platinum toning solutions now on the market, such as Martin’s Platyn, really do what is claimed for them, to pro- duce fine platinum tones on all gelatine papers, and will prints toned in these solu- tions be permanent? Various methods for mounting glossy photos have been given in RECREATION in answer to Arthur Roth’s inquiry. I have tried several methods, but have found this by far the most satisfactory : When the prints are squeegeed on the ferrotype plate and all the moisture has been taken out with a dry blotter, apply a thin coating of good paste to back of prints and allow it to dry. To mount, wet the card with a soft, wet brush, place the dry print in position on card, cover with blotter and roll thoroughly. If the card is not wet too much the photos will be just as glossy as ‘before mounting. H. O. Bjornaas, Underwood, Minn. I have a Premo folding film camera, size 4x5, and wish to develop the pictures I take with it Will you kindly tell me how to use the following in developing and printing: A box of hyposulphite of soda, a bottle of Two in One, a developer and a hypo fixing and toning bath? Margaret Harris, New York City. ANSWER, It is much more difficult to tell anyone how to develop a print than it is to show him. If there are no directions with your preparations you would better go to the man of whom you bought them and have him explain their use to vou. A much more satisfactory way to learn is to get some friend who does photographic work to teach you. There are a number of books pub- lished which will give you the theory, but seeing someone develop and print is the quickest way to learn.—EbpITor. Please give me in Recreation a formula for a single platinum toner for all gelatine printing out papers. Phil Montz, Cameron, Mo. Nearly all the formule for platinum sin- gle toning solutions will work well on gela- tine P..O. P. A good one is as follows: Potassium chloro-platinite ...... 15 grains Cupricchlonide:. =e eee 30 grains Citric acid Os.) eee wee 6 drachms Water enn ey era 12 drachms Dissolve the chloro-platinite and cupric chloride, then add the citric acid, and when the latter has dissolved, filter. For use take 1 drachm of this solution to 20 ounces of water.—EDpiTor. The best developer I have yet found for under exposed plates is as follows: Water, 10 ounces; sulphite of soda crys- tals, 180 grains ; carbonate of soda crys- tals, 150 grains; metcl, 30 grains; hydro- chinon, 4 grains. To use, take an equal quantity of this solution and water. I have taken snap shots late in the even- ing and got good moonlight effects with this developer. If any one has a better developer for under exposed plates I should be pleased to learn it. Can any one please tell-me of a mucilagé that will take. the place of the mucilage used on stamps? C. E. Brobst, Canfield, Ohio. Do not ‘fail to read the announcement of ° RecrEation’s' Drawing Contest on page XXVIl. Are you making up a list of maga- zines . for-.1003°- “Do ‘net fail fo ine clude RecrEATION. Nothing else will give you so much pleasure for $1. If you care for hunting, fishing, photography or nature, you can get more joy out of RECREATION than from any other source except an actual day afield. Send in your subscription and those of your friends. “T’d be willing to work 15 hours a day ior you, darling,” he ardently pleaded. “Scab! she hissed, as she swept from the room; for her papa was a walking delegate— | Town and Country. RECREATION, : XV1i Here 1s Camera Convenience — the Folding Film Premo Loads by daylight in three seconds with the 12-exposure Film Pack. A single motion presents each film for exposure. < fade in three sizes. A handsome Holiday present Premo Folding BU x4 3uU% x51 aX 5 Film Camera No. 1 $10.00 G2 GO $12.50 Premo Film Pack, 12 exposures .70 .80 .gO Premo Plate Cameras become film cameras by use of the Premo Film Pack Adapter. Price, 34% x44, $1.00; 4x 5, $1.50; 5x 7, $2.50. Rochester Optical Co., Rochester, New York Catalogue at Dealer’s or by Nail. XVill RECREATION. A Gun Cabinet would make a splendid Holiday Present For a Sportsman It is just the thing in which to keep his Guns, Ammunition, Fishing Tackle and other Jewelry in perfect order and properly protected from dust and moisture SEND ME 35 Yearly Subscriptions t RECREATION and I- will - send~ you- a. 4g1me- aml fishing tackle cabinet made by the West End Furniture Co., Williamsport, Pa... listed at $33: Sample Copies for use tn canvassing furnished on request == RECREATION 23 West 24th St., New York City RECREATION . AX RAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS. WINFRED CHANDLER. Rain, rain, rain, Till the trees droop, wet with tears. Rain caldeneain: Till my heart is filled with fears. Think of the trout in the stream, And think of the deer in the wood. Think of the fun I would have to-day If only the weather were good. Think of the scurrying pheasant, And think sof the mountain ram, Think of my rod and gun, Then think of the rain—Oh Dam! The rector was taking in the St. Louis Exposition. In one of the buildings he met a voluble Irishman who had charge of an exhibit of Irish relics. The dominie’s at- tention was especially called to the stump of a tree in which were imbedded the points of a set of deer antlers. “How do you sup- pose the deer got his horns so firmly fas- tened?” he asked. “Surely I don’t know, your riverence,” was the reply, “but I think he must have been buttin’ in.” Smith: I’ve just consulted an oculist about my eyes, and he has ordered me to stay in a dark room 2 weeks. Kodak Fiend: ‘The very thing, old man. I’ve got 150 films I’d like you to develop for me.—The Tattler. Most of the opportunities for making mistakes are removed by the KODAK SYSTEM KODAKS, $5.00 to $97.00. HELPS FOR THE KODAKER. ‘* Home Portraiture,’’ by F.M.Steadman,$.25 ‘* Amateur Portrait- ure by Flashlight,’’ by W.S. Ritch, - .10 Book of the £1,000 Kodak Exhibition containing 70 prize pictures, by mail or at the dealers, 25 cents. Kodak Catalogues, Free. All Dealers. EASTMAN KODAK CoO. Rochester, N. Y. are the only Cameras having a Revolving Back —one of our many exclusive features, Not necessary to detach the back to change from a horizontal to a vertical picture. Press a catch and revolve the back to the right or left. Adds nothing to size or weight. Ask your dealer, or write us for new Catalogue de- scribing complete line of ‘‘ Centurys,”’ from the dainty “* Petite’ to the king of all Cameras, the Century Grand —varying in price from $10.50 to $100.00. Century Camera Co., Rochester, N. Y. XX RECREATION. DO YOU WANT — A Good, Reliable, Substantial, Well-Made REVOLV If so, send me 5 Yearly Sub: criptions I will send you such a Revolver as a premium It is made by the HARRINGTON AND RICHARDSON ARMS COs and this means good-material and good workmanship. Any other article made by that firm can be had cn a basis of one yearly sub sciiption to each dollar of the list price. SAMPLE COPIES FOR USE IN CANVASSING FURNISHED ON APPLICA TION Address RECREATION 23 West 24th Street, New York City RECREATION. XX1 With the New Year come the new improve- ments — embodied in the Folding Hawk-Eye No. 3, Model 3. it has an aluminum frame of unusual lightness and pneumatic release shutter with iris diaphragm stops. For film pictures 3% x 4% inches; or it may be fitted with plate attachment. THE PRICE. No. 3 Folding Hawk-Eye, Model 3, with rapid rectilinear lens and pneumatic release shutter, ° $15.00 No. 3 Folding Hawk-Eye, Model 3, single lens and pneumatic release shutter, ° _ 13.50 BLAIR CAMERA CO. Rochester, N. Y. : @ @ ge eee ITS ALL] TURNER-REICH ANASTIGMATS are 25% 1: ; ee faster than formerly and all their good qualities have IN THE been preserved. Order one of these superb lenses LENS on trial and you will never part with it. Sold direct from the factory at a liberal discount. GUNDLACH-MANHATTAN OPTICAL CO. 730 Clinton Avenue Sos, ROCHESTER, N. Y. Mention RECREATION XXil RECREATION. STILL ANOTHER GREAT OFFER Send me 30 yearly subscriptions to RECREATION and I will send you a No. 1 Double Barrel — Breech Loading Hammeriess Gun Made by the Ithaca Gun Co. and Listed at $40 I have contracted for 20 of these guns at a price which enables me to offer them as above, and they will doubtless all be taken within the next 3 months. | Ii You. Want One Get Busy at Once Sample copies of RECREATION for use 1n Canvassing furnished on application RECREATION, 22 West 24th S+., New York PSRs Hes RECREATION. XX1 Holiday Presents Oil Portraits on Approval If you will send me a photo of yourself or a friend and state color of hair, eyes and com- plexion, I will paint and send you on approval an oil or pastel portrait, miniature or life size. Canvas, 6x8 or 8x10 inches, $10 Canvas, 10x12 or 12x14 inches, $15 Full life size, - - $35 Z EMMONS 58 W. 104th St e@ 9 a ! Reference: Mr. G. O. Shields. New York Will you not kindly recommend RECREATION to all such of your friends as are sportsmen? Send me their names and addresses and I will mail them sample copies. I need the hearty co-operation and support of all true sportsmen and nature lovers in extending the circulation of this mag- azine. It is doing a great work in preserving the game, the game fishes, the song birds and the forests of this country, and the more people it reaches the greater good it can do. Please do not forget to send me the list of names. G. O. SHIELDs, Edr. and Mer.,. 22 West 24th St, N.Y. “At this height,” said the guide as they paused on the mountain side to look at the valley far below, “people with weak hearts often die.” ; “How often,’ asked a deeply interested listener, “do they have to die before they stay dead Cee Tribune. I have received the Ree pocket axe from the company in Michigan and have given it a good trial. It is the real thing. Many thanks for so valuable a premium. IT will get more subscribers as soon as possible. John Phillips, Hamilton, Ont. I am in receipt of the No. 4 Bristol steel rod sent me as premium for subscriptions to RECREATION. ‘The rod is a peach. Please accept my profound thanks for it. C. A. Waldron, E. Bloomfield, N. Y. I received the King boat you sent me as a premium and am much pleased with it. E shall send moe subscriptions soon, . PF. Craig, Uniontown, Pa, 99% of a camera’s value is in the lens. THE GRAND Pee yA at the world’s fair 4, has been award- ed to the GOERZ EENS in competition with the world. Goerz lenses are essential in the making of perfect pictures. The manufacturers have always claimed to make the best lenses in the world —competition has proved it. Catalogue Free. MAIN OFFICE: Berlin-Friedenaw, Germany. BRANCH OFFICES: | 4. and 5 Holborn Circus, London, Eng. 22 Rue De l’Entrepot, Paris. CeePGOERRZ. Room 27, 952 E. Union Square, New York. XX1V RECREATION. KU ROE ATIGUNGS tay. The salary of General Kuropatkin, amounts to about $100,000 a year. When General Kuropatkin draws his week- ly envelope, A matter of 2. thousand, as I figure out the dope, He must indeed feel sheepish; he’s sincere, He probably looks everywhere except at the cashier. ‘You know the way it is yourself when things are going wrong, You hate to take your wages, though the figure be a song. Sometimes, I know, salary to miss When I have filled my columns with things about like this. me IS Gantl, it tacty if I feel inclined my When General Kuropatkin draws his week- ly envelope, Just after being driven from another easy slope, And sces the yellow bank notes that glisten in the sun, And fondles them endearingly, and counts them on the run, I'll wager that he blushes, can blush, And make another effort to stop the Japs’ mad rush. I'll wager that he mutters, “It would not seem so strangesky To find in next week’s envelope some ko- pecks and small changesky.” if Muscovites Ah, well! This world we live in is a very curious blend, And there are many, many things we can not comprehend. Think of the countless thousands never driven to the woods Who make about 12 bones a Weal deliver- ing the goods! Think of the men with pompous fronts and nothing else at all Who make the coin so fast they couldn't store it in a hall! No wonder that from day to day the Czar is losing hope, When General Kuropatkin draws his week- ly envelope. —Milwaukee Sentinel. Miss Plane: He thinks me pretty, doesn’t 1e! Miss Chellus: I’m sure I don’t know. Miss Plane: Why, May told me she heard him telling you I was “just as pretty as I could be.” Miss Chellus: Well ? — Philadelphia Press. Wabash—Is her position in society se- cure? Lakeside—I should say so. Why, that woma: !ires a divorce lawyer by the year. = Bachange. MY GUIDE'S: FABEE: I swung to the ripplin’ shallers an’ brung the canoe a-land, An’ there wuz a fine red squirrel a-ctssin’ to beat the band; A-snappin’ his teeth an’ barkin’, his bushy tail— The things what he said wuz shockin’, up there on the Injun trail. Sez he, “Look a-here, young feller woods is a den o’ thieves! Vd gethered a pile o’ hazels an’ hid ’em among the leaves; When up comes that highway robber—that scallywag, bluecoat, jay— a-jerkin’ ; these The son o’ the thief that hatched ’im, an’ filches the lot away! I won't éat a spéck o’ dinner! I swear it upon my soul! - Until I kin make that sinner surrender them nuts he stole!” “The forest is thick with hazels!” “an’ the medder corn Is meller with juicy kernels ez white ez them teeth o’ yo’rn. The shell. 0 the shagbark’s ches’nut hez bu’st the burr; The cones in a thousan’ tassels is ripe on the glossy fir. A pert little chap, ez yo’ be, with on’y the meanest luck, Culd\ find) in” a swhisk. an. scamper ven times what the jaybird tuk. Besides, in the chipmunk’s pantry they say there’s an empty shelf. An’, beggin yo i pardin, aint yo a bit of a ‘thief yo 'rself ?” sez I, open; the He jaws me a piece like fury; then squeaks like the Squire in hall A-scoldin’ a stupid jury: ~ the pint at all! I'd guv ’em, an’ guv my Dlessin’! but,” givin his tail-a fling, “Aw, shucks fer the nuts! I’m pressin’ the principle o’ the thing!” I -hollersy 41 “Yo’ don’t git “Ef you'd been a King,” reck’n that you’d a spent A couple of million dollars collectin’ a cop- Pei Celis : Arthur Guiterman, in N. Y. Times. “Who is that chap talking so much over theres; “Oh, he’s a big gun; full, too.” “Why, he doesn’t walk as if he had been drinking.” “No, but like other big guns he is more dangerous when you don’t know he is loaded.”—Baltimore Herald. A Mormon boy out in Utah, One day chanced to meet his own pa; Cried the glad little one: “Shake, pa; I’m your son!” “Indeed?” said the man; “who’s your ma?” ~-Chicago Record-Herald , ee tical LON, “XV Don’t Want to Hear What Medical Science Says About Coffee Many intelligent people don’t care to listen to the truth about coffee causing their aches ails and disturbances, 4 They keep on using the drug coffee and suffer from heart derangement, liver or kidney -disorders or some kind of stomach and nervous troubles. ‘They ‘‘don’t believe coffee is to blame,’’ and don t want to listen to medical science. They should keep on with the coffee until Nature forces her facts home in the form of sick- ness or organic disease if they want absolute proof. Suppose on the other hand one should quit coffee in time and get welP. It is easy if you shift to properly made Postum. Ina few days you will feel a great change for the better. Coffee sets up disease. POSTUM dissipates it and sets up health again. Medical science has found this out by experience, the Great Teacher. A prominent physician of Des Moines, Iowa, tells how he learned it: ‘I am a physician of 18 years’ practice. I felt the need of a stimulant, and for the first five or six years of my practice drank strong coffee. Eight or ten years ago I began to notice symptoms of heart disease. ‘This seemed to be a regular organic type, and year by year became aggravated by dizziness, faintness and later, inability to walk at times. Finally I became such a confirmed invalid that I had to give up practice. “Several years elapsed with the symptoms growing worse. I was considered marked for an early grave. I honestly believed that coffee was the trouble, and it finally became impressed upon me to give itup. ‘This I found easier to do when POSTUM FOOD COFFEE was used in its place. I made the change more to satisfy my friends than with any hope of benefit from such a simple change, especially in such an incurable case as mine. I was debilitated and very weak, and about 30 pounds short of my old weight. ‘‘From the first week I noticed a marked change and within three months I was almost fully restored to my old strength and health, with the heart trouble and dizziness all gone. ‘“These facts are known to hundreds of my friends and acquaintances throughout this city.”’ Name and address given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There’s a reason, XXV1 RECREATION. WINTER IS HERE GET A PAIR OF SKATES For yourself, your best girl or your brother, or for some other - girl’s brother, or for anyone you love, and who is fond of skating For : 5 5 Van Sheet to RECREATION I WILL SEND YOU A Pair of Lock Lever Skates A Pair of Ladies’ Lock Lever Skates _ Grade 3, made by Barney & Berry, Springfield, Mass. LOCK LEVER wie EES > Tr ili As every skater knows, these are the best skates in the world. The Holiday season is here, and you could scarcely select a more appropriate present. FOR A MAN, OR A WOMAN, A BOY OR A GIRL BARR RK NEN, lil than a pair of these high-grade skates. Only a limited stock on hand, and when these are gone this offer will be withdrawn. Sample copies of RECREATION for use in canvassing furnished on application. Address 23 West 24th St., New York RECREADION. PRIZES FOR GOOD DRAWINGS. With a view to stimulating among boys and girls the study of wild animals and birds and the deveiop- ment of artistic taste, RECREATION now offers a series of prizes as follows: For the best sketch of a live wild animal in action, $10. For the best sketch of a live wild bird in flight or other action, $8. For the best sketch of a live domes- tic animal in action, $6. For the best sketch of a live domes- tic fowl in flight, or other action, $5. Studies may be made in black and white wash, pen and ink, or pencil, my preference being in the order stat- ed. They must be from life and not from other pictures. The sketches may be made on any kind of paper or drawing board and of any size desired, though I prefer to have them on paper at least twice as large as a RECREATION page. All sketches which may be pub- lished, and for which prizes may not have been awarded, will be paid for at the rate of $1 each. Contestants must write on back of picture full name, address, and age. This competition is limited to per- sons under 20 years of age, and a let- ter from one of the parents or from the legal guardian of each contestant must accompany each drawing, certt- fying that the age of the contestant is as stated thereon. Drawings should be packed flat and with a sufficient quantity of straw board to keep them from being dam- aged in the mails; and on account of the required writing on the backs of the drawings it will be necessary to prepay them at letter postage rates. Competition will close February 28, TQOS. | Address drawings and correspond- ence: relating thereto, Art Editor, RECREATION, 23 West 24th Street, New York City. (IONS, lee “Remember, always,’ exhorted the preacher , “that whatever you sow, that also you shall reap.” “Not always,’ replied Subbubs; “not if your neighbor keeps chickens.”—Philadel- phia Ledger. | esses | (ineemeen7-4 XXVII YOU DON'T NEED AGUN IF YOU KNOW | JSIU- STSV Tf you would know how to defend yourself, unarm- ed, against every form of vicious. attack and render helpless your assailant with an ease and rapidity which is astonishing — if you a possess that physi- = cal strength and power of a endurance which character- SS 2) izes the Japanese soldier— you must learn Jiu-Jitsu. cal training and self-defense the world has ever known. Its practice develops every muscle, every tissue and strengthens every organ of the human, @ body. It “makes ‘men “strong as. steel,” and women the physical equal of men of their own age and weight. As a means of self-defense, it is as potent at short range as the most deadly weapon. The Science of Jiu-Jitsu. includes a _ thorough knowledge of anatomy, and teaches how to pro- } duce temporary paralysis by a slight pressure ex- erted at one of the many vulnerable points. When once a person skilled in the art effects one of the Jiu-Jitsu ‘‘holds,” it is utterly useless for an oppo- nent to offer resistance. It makes no difference how unequally matched in point of size or strength the contestants may be, a knowledge of Jiu-Jitsu less the strongest man. JIU-JITSU SUCCESSFULLY TAUGHT BY MAIL For over 2,000 years the principles of Jiu-Jitsu have been religiously guarded. By an Imperial edict the teaching of the system was forbidden outside of Japan. The friendly feeling, however, existing between Japan and the United States has been instrumental in releasing Jiu-Jitsu from its oath-bound secrecy, and all the secrets of the Jap- anese National System of Physical Training and Self-Defense are now being revealed to the Amer- ican people for the first time by the YABE SCHOOL, OF JIU-JIVSU,; at. Rochester, N:. Y. Mr. Y. K. Yabe, formerly of the Ten-Shin Ryu School of Japan, has formulated a correspondence course, which contains full instructions in Jiu- Jitsu. It is identical with the course taught in the leading school of Japan. FIRST LESSON SENT FREE An intensely interesting book which explains the principles of Jiu-Jitsu has just been written by Mr Yabe. As long as the edition lasts, this book, to- gether with the first lesson in the art, will be sent free to interested persons. The lesson is fully illus. trated with full-page half-tone engravings, and shows one of the most effective methods known to Jiu-Jitsu for disposing of a dangerous antagon- ist. If you desire to know more about the closely guarded secrets of this marvelous science, you should write to-day for this free book and _ speci- men lesson. They will be sent you by return mail, postpaid. Address, THE YABE SCHOOL OF JIU-JITSU 104 R, Reaity Bldg.. Rochester, N. Y. | SSS OS OS SSS SS SS Se Jiu-Jitsu is the most wonderful system of physi- ry will enable a woman to overcome and render power- & XXVIII RECREATION, The Acme of Sport im Rifle Shooting can only be attained by the use of a telescope With a high power instrument of this kind attached to your rifle you can do much better work at any distance than with ordinary sights. 7 Furthermore, you can see your bullet hole in the target, after cach shot up to 200 yards and thus know just what you are doing. 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Lefever Sons & Co., and listed at $110. TWO HUNDRED new subscriptions at $1 each, a strictly first class Upright Piano, listed at $750. 1 h St. Address, Recreation 33.7 $24" © RIBAS AE OING XxX XIX YOU CAN MAKE A DIAMOND YOUR SAVINGS BANK Gold Medal Awarded “The Loftis System” The Superior Jury at the Saint Louis Exposition, after a full consideration of the claims of all foreign and domestic exhibitors, have awarded the GOLD MEDAL to us. ; This puts the official stamp of approval of the greatest exposition ever held, eS upon the LOFTIS SYSTEM! —its goods, prices, terms and methods. e Why not use it as a savings proposition You Can Use The Loftis System. inion’ von ‘simpiy select the Diamond that you want from our Catalogue and we send it to you on approval. It costs you nothing to sceit, for we pay all express charges whether you buy ornot. If you like the Diamond sent, you pay one-fifth of the price and keep it, sending the balance to us direct in eight equal monthly payments. The monthly payments will be just the same as putting a monthly deposit in a savings bank and will pay much better. to have a Diamond Savings Account with us. We You Are Not Too Far Awe2y open these accounts with honosé peopie all over America. The ten dollar a week employe is just as welcome on our books as is his well-to-do employer. Our easy savings terms make any honest person’s credit good. We also have a cash plan, and itis just as far beyond com- Pay Cash if You Prefer. petition as our easy payment terms. Read this: Select any Diamond and pay cash for it,and we will give you a written agreement that you may return the Diamond any time within one year, and get all you paid for it—less ten per cent. You might, for instance, wear a fifty dollar Diamond ring, or stud for a year, then bring or send it back to us and get forty-five dollars, making the cost of wearing the Diamond for a whole year, less than ten cents per week. o With every Diamond or Watch, we will, when requested to do so, furnish A Savings Help. you with one o: the LOFTIS STEEL SAFES for Hi®ME SAVINGS, Drop your pennies, nickels and dimes into the little safe as you can spare them, and your Diamond will soon be paid for, and you will never miss the money. We make no charge for the safe, and when desired furnish a key with it. Our Guarantee Certificate is the broadest and strongest Guarantee and Exchange. ever given by aresponsible house. We give one numbered and signed with every Diamond. Weaccept any Diamond ever sold by us as so much cash in exchange for other goods or a larger Diamond. No matter how long you have had a Diamond, itis always good for original value with us, oO QO Write for our Catalegue, select your Diamond and Begin The New Year Right. begin saving your money. Diamonds will be worth twenty per cent more than at present in one year from now. In the meantime, while saving you can have the pleasure and prestige of wearing a beautiful Diamond. is the finest ever published, and shows the finest line of Diamonds Our 1905 Catalogue Watches and Jewelry ever put on paper. We show many in- expensive articles, but nothing cheap or trashy. Every piece of goods that is given a place in our Catalogue must stand the test of Loftis quality, the highest standard in the trade. DIAMONDS PAY 20% ANNUALLY Souvenir You will receive in addition to our 1905 Catalogue a copy of our e Souvenir History of Diamonds, more than a million copies of which were distributed at our Diamond Cutting Exhibit in the Varied Industries Building at the Saint Louis Exposition. Write at once to insure receiving a copy. LOFTIS BROS. é CO. (i) gg Diamond Cutters and Manufacturing Jewelers Dept. A 82, 92 to 98 State Street, Chicago, IIL. Diamonds “Win em Hearts Copyright 1904, Franklin Agency, Chicago. x! RECREATION. . Do you lke to Shoot? ‘If so, why not join the L. A. s. and help ce ae the © game? I have spent more than plo,oOO of my own money | in this work, and all for the public good. Then why > should not YOU spend $1 a_ year of your money to help — the cause? } : If you have any good reason for staying out will you © please tell me what it is? Address G. O. SHIELDS, Pres't, 23 W. 24th Street New York City. | RECREATION. xli For Your Bedroom ““A cleverly designed chair with a dozen different uses.” ‘The Revell Valet Chair’ The newest thing for the home. It has more practical uses ae any other piece of furniture ever made. Think of an artis- tically designed high-back, substantial chair of beau- tifully finished quarter-sawed golden or weathered oak or mahogany finished birch that will hold and properly shape every article of a lady’s or gentleman’s clothing! A's chair that has a trouser and_ skirt stretcher concealed in the back—that will save tailor bills by keeping the wrinkles | out, and pay for itself ina short time. Ladies will find many unique uses for it and at the same time it will be an orna- ment to the dressing room. Men lke it because it holds an entire suit of § clothes as well as underwear, shirt, col- atc lar, tie, and hose. There is a spacious compartment in applied for. the seat for shoes, slippers, brushes, etc. > The tet Chair willimake aman glad andikeep Send draft or money order and we will send you 5 es 5O ih A Ane ift, W the chair prepaid this side of the Missouri River. awoman happy. An appreciated gi rite Tf not entirely satisfactory you may return chair to-day for fuily illustrated booklet—tells all about it. and we will refund the full amount paid. (194 WA St : | Alexander H. Revell & Co. ™ “gest” TO; HE. POINT. IT WAS UP TO HIM. “TI was walking along the Strand, Lon- don,’ said a Boston business man, “when I was stopped by a dude of a feller who had the head of his cane in his mouth, but removed it long enough to say: ““Aw, now, but I beg pawdon, doncher knaw.’ “°Do you, really?’ I asked. ““Pon honor, I do.. Yes, beg pawdon.’ “‘T can hardly realize it.’ ““But I do, doncher knaw.’ ““You actually and truly, and without any coercion on my part, beg my pardon, do you?’ I asked. ““Bah Jove, but I do, doncher knaw? “And would you as soon state your rea- sons ?” “Well, you are carrying your cane in your right hand, doncher see? I beg paw- don—really I do. ““Yes, I see, doncher knaw, and what the devil would happen if I should carry it in my left?’ “Bah Jove, but I don’t knaw,’ he replied, as a startled look came to his face, but I beg your pawdon, doncher knaw, and T’ll ask young Lud Sudley next time we meet.’ ” —Chicago News. Shooting Jacket UARANTEED all wool, seamless, elastic, close fitting, but not bind- ing, comfortable and convenient. Designed especially for duck shooters, trap shooters, etc., but suitable for all out-door purposes. Must be seen to be appreciated. Made only in two colors —dead grass and Oxford gray. Send us your address for one of eur Gun Catalogs The H. H. KIFFE G0., 523 Broadway,N.Y, The young lawyer is a necessity, but fre- quently, like necessity, he knows no law.— Philadelphia Record, xl RECKEAL ION, 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 army A whole fleet of ships A whole city Or any other wast stretch of scenery or moving objects? “THE SWING LENS DOES IT Al Vista Is the thing. It lists at $30 @ One of the greatest inventions of the age. Given as a premium for 12 subscriptions. For particulars address RECREATION 23 West 24th Street NEW YORK CITY rei a1 LON, xiii Sportsmen’ S Clothing Sheds Water like a Duck’s Back Absolutely waterproof in rain; light and cool in pleasant weather. Coat, trousers and hat made of fine soft duck, treated by a patent process that resists a dreary drizzle or driving storm. Lined with same matcrial and double stitched throughout. Always easy and pliable in rain or shine. Norubber—norustle. Perfect ventila- tion at alltimes. Coat has reinforced gun cap at shoulder; patent ventilated gusset under arm. ‘Trousers reinforced from hip to knee. Double seat. In ordering, give snug breast measure, height, and length of arm from center of back. Give waist and leg for trousers. Light tan or dead grass color. Fit, finish and waterproof quali- ties guaranteed. Price, coat, $5.00; trousers, $3.00; hat, $1.00. Express prepaid. Sample of material and booklet free. BIRD, JONES & KENYON, i Blandina St., Utica, N. Ye | “Well,” said the humorous young man, ; FF OR who was watching the fireworks, “I don’t see how the old Romans ever got to bed i by the aid of those Roman candles without calling out the fire department.” Here Prof. Sternmind, the eminent his- torian, turned on him. “From what we can ascertain by means of the records left by the elder Pliny and SUMMER or WINTER others,’ he observed, “we are forced to the conclusion that the ancient Noumea never went to bed.’—Judge. The Get a pair of THE BOSTON GIRL’S APPETITE Thompson- GOOD. Best se Harry: Molly, you look good enough to f Quimby eat. i 1S Molly: All you have to do is ask me to H dine; I'll do the eating, all right—Boston the Hunting Transcript. Cheapest Boots The Luther gloves and the Laughlin fountain pen to hand and like the 2 other premiums I received from you, they are much beyond my expectation. My sup- ie port in the future you may be sure of. With iI M a k € t h € B es t many thanks for prompt shipment. yt: All work guaranteed, I refer by per- ese Be ea on Cnchestet,; Mass, mission to the Editor of RECREATION. Measurement blanks and prices on ap- plication. Mention RECREATION. Goodwin: I hear you gave $25 to help repair the church? Graspitt: You have been misinformed. T. H. GUTHRIE I merely subscribed that amount.—Chicago = : News. 240 Halsey St, NEWARK, N. J. xliv ii-foct Special | used by the U. S. Navy. They are simple, wonderful. Beware of imitations. i patented article. RECKELATION. Folding Canvas Boats were not satisfactory until the KiNG was produced. It’s a revelation in boat construction, nothing like it ever made. Nonsinkable | Can't tip over. Puncture Proof, wear longer than a wooden boat. No repairs. Nocost for storage, J always ready, folds into a small neat package, carry by hands, A thoroughly Made only by ourselves. A cat- | alog of 100 engravings and 400 testimonials sent ox recezpt of 6 cents. : Bottom Boards rest on the frame, not on the canvas, ribbed longitu- | dinally and diagonally. They are stzffer and safer than.a Wooder Boat because the lines are fuller, and are much easier to row or paddle. KING FOLDING CANVAS BOAT CO. Mention RECREATION, PHOTOGRAPHERS. If you want a bromide enlargement of any of your photos which you prize highly I will make one, enlarged from your nega- tive, to 10x12 inches, and mount same on a 14x17 card for 2 new yearly subscriptions to RecrEATION. Or I. will make 2 of the same size, from the same or different nega- tives, for 3 new subscriptions. Why not have your prize choice pictures enlarged to a size suitable for framing, when you can have it done free? Send draft to me made payable to G. O. Shields, and your negatives carefully packed, and I will send the enlargements promptly. E. W. Edington, Le Mars, Iowa. The beggar approached the bald man, who was enjoying his after dinner cigar on the veranda. “Please, sir,’ said the mendicant, “have you a copper you could spare?” “Sure,” replied the man behind the weed. “You'll find him on the back porch making love to the cook.”—Chicago News. ) The Wonderful AUtO-Marine Motor’ $37.50 Engin Weight 37 1-2 Ibs. CONVERT YOUR ROW BOAT INTO A LAUNCH Rated. at 1 h.p. ‘springs or cams. Jump spark. Reversible. Speed control. Only three moving parts. as much. Order now—they are selling so fast you may be dis- appointedin the spring. Auto-Marine Motors from I to 20 h. p. Detroit Auto-Marine Co., 77 E. Congress St., Detroit, Mich. KALAMAZOO, MICH., U. S. A The Harrington & Richardson revolver you sent me as a premium is a handsome little weapon and I thank you very much for it. I like it so well that I am going to get up another club of subscribers for you. Geo. O. Maggs, Sussex, N. B. A certain young man of great gumption *Mongst cannibals had the presumption To go—but alack, He never came back; They say twas a case of consumption. —Yale Record. I am in receipt of the Bristol steel rod received through the premium list of REc- REATION. It is a prize worth working for and I am more than satisfied. J. N. Canoyer, Melrose, Minn. The buffalo horn gun rack which you sent me as a premium was duly received, and I am highly pleased with it. Success to you and your noble magazine. R. D. Bottum, Potsdam, N. Y. Height 11 1-4 in, Has shown nearly 2 h.p. No valves, gears, Could not be made better if it cost five times Formerly Detroit Lackawana Co. RECREATION. xlv Take good care of your Gs DW PW & A Prothero Gun Cabinet Made by Makes it Easy. Send me 15 new yearly Subscrip- | tions to Recreation and I will send you a Cabinet listed at $15. Sample Copies for use in canvassing furnished on request Address Recreation 23 W. 24th St. New York City Thanks for the Syracuse gun you sent to me as a premium. I shot at a ruffed grouse, at about 25 yards rise, and scored.a clean kill, with the first shot. The gun suits me, and so has RECREATION suited me since 1894. Roland Travis, Bloomfield, N. Y. First Aeronaut: Couldn’t you get the in- surance company to give you an accident policy ? ; Second Aeronaut: No. They found out I was going to give up my business and settle in New York.—Life. The Czar sat still on his bombproof chair And merrily sang “Tee-hee! I will not go to the blooming front For the front is coming to me— He-hee— The front is coming to me.” —Puck. I have been trying Robin Hood smoke- less powder and Comet shells and for pene- tration, target and general results they can not be heaten. One more feather for Robin Hood’s cap. L. W. Dewitt, Blackville, S. C. Chickens Free: Will give a pair of early hatched thoroughbred buff Plymouth Rocks for 4 new yearly subscriptions to RECREATION, or a trio for 6. Ira D: Good- hue, Norfolk, Ohio. Most automobile troubles arise in the transmission case. ‘The transmission of the Cadillac has solved one of the most difficult problems of the automobile. It in- sures perfect running, reduces cost of maintenance and repairs and gives | greater power. It is simple, strong ‘and noiseless. Every part of the is built with care, thoroughness, and precision. [he result is extreme durability and absence of annoyance to the operator. ‘Lhe speed range of the Cadillac is from four to thirty miles an hour, the maximum speed being easily maintained with four passengers. Let us send you Booklet K, and give you the name of the nearest Cadillac agency where you can satisfy yourself that nothing at double the money equals the Cadillac. Prices, $750 to $900. CADILLAC AUTOMOBILE COMPANY Detroit, Mich. ; Member Association Licensed Automobile Manufacturers quality and equipment. Engines in operation at our factory, from % to 60 H. P. Motor Boats 16 to 75 ft., equipped with any power. Catalog 10c xlvi ive Chie A BOW: Canvas Covered Paddling Canoes New Canoe catalogue for 1905 ready about January 15th. High Speed Launches 12 to 30 miles per hour THE FRASER HOLLOW SPAR & BOAT COMPANY GREENPORT, Suffolk Co., Long Island, N.Y. J. G. FRASER, General Manager The Fraser Hollow Spruce Spars New Spar booklet and price list ready January rsth. Famous St. Lawrence River Skiifs Mention RECREATION. S* K. Hooper, Free:—To any person sending me $1 for I new yearly subscription to REcrEATIon, I will send a deck of the celebrated golf playing cards. For 2 subscriptions, a ‘fine artificial min- now listed at $1, or a spool of 50 yards of Kingfisher No. 5 silk casting line listed at 75 cents. Arthur W. Bruce, 508 Woodward Ave- nue, Kalamazoo, Mich. OR A SHOT GUN WICK PLUG 20 gauge up to 1o gauge For 3 Yearly Subscriptions to RECREATION A Pair of Shot Gun Wick Plugs 20 to Io gauge. Sample copies for use in canvassing furnished on application. Address RECREATION, 23W. 24th St., N.Y. City The Ball-Bearing Oarlock A device that will do for the rowboat what the ball-bearing did for the bicycle. Every ounce of energy utilized. No clanking or squeaking, in fact ABSOLUTELY NOISELESS AND FRICTIONLESS. The Ideal Oarlock for Hunting and Fishing. Furnished either for tight or loose oars. If your dealer does not handle, write for descriptive circular and prices. Mention RecrEa- TION. : T. H, GARRETT, Jr., Clark St., AUBURN N. Y. Hi Tragedy—How did you like Iowa? Low Comedy—Well, there is one town in the state I’ll never forget. We were simply carried away with it. “Morrdomresayn “Yes, a cyclone arrived about. an hour after we did.”—Philadelphia Press. Please accept my sincere thanks for the Weno Hawkeye camera which you sent me for 5 subscriptions to RECREATION. I am well pleased with it. Shall send you more’ subscriptions soon. Chas. H. Kunz, Davenport, Ia. “It’s hard to be worried by a lot of debts VOU! Cait “pay. “Nonsense! That's nothing to being worried by a lot of debts you have to pay.” —Philadelphia Ledger. The Marble axe came all right and is a beatity. “Thanks. J. S. Landon: : Brant Lake, N. -¥: TS ES SSS SS BS ER Send for catalogue of our full line of Folding Canvas Boats and Canoes, which have been adopted by Governments of United States, Can- ada 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. Mention RECREATION. Acme Folding Boat Company, Miamisburg, O. AEB FoLvep — OaTaLoauB SSEEAZZA Z MIAMISBUKG, 0 RECREATION. xlix ‘The Colorado Onyx Co. 236-237 Equitable Bldg. Denver, Colo. QUARRIES Steamboat Springs, Routt Co., Colo. Capital - - 300,000 shares ‘Treasury Stock - 50,000 shares Par value One Dollar each, fully paid and Non-Assessable. No Stockholders Liability. Write for particulars as to price of stock to The Equitable Finance and Development Co., Fiscal Ast. Equitable Bldg., DENVER, COLO. James D. Hustep, President. Joun H. Morse, MRaymonop S. Hustep, Vice-President. Secy & Treas. For Sale—A 20 gauge hammoerless Parker gun; weight, 6 pounds I ounce; in perfect condition; 26 inch barrels; left, full choke; right, cylinder. Stock, 14%, drop about 252, $80 grade. Will sell for $4o Cash. = VW: W.-Gruet, Bor 040, Hartiord, Conn. ‘For Sale:—One canvas canoe, substan- tial and steady, 12 feet long, 30 inches wide; also one Remington rifle, No. 4, 22 caliber, as good as new; $20 for both—Veon Mon- crieff, Box 218, Kutztown, Pa. For Sale: 30 Golden Pheasants. FEx- ceptionally fine and high bred birds. Ad- dress, |. IM. Studebaker, South Bend, In- diana. Miss Pert—Which half is it that doesn’t know how the other half lives? Miss Caustique—The better half.—Phila- delphia Record. I acknowledge receipt of the Marble axe vou Ordered for meras premium, It 1s a little beauty and I thank you. . J. M. Wallace, Toledo, O. PAID FOR RARE 1853 QUARTERS; $4 paid $5.75 for 1804 dimes; $15 paid for 1858 dollars; big prices paid for hundreds of other dates; keep all money coined before 1879 and send ten cents at once fora set ot twocoinand stamp value books. It may meana fortune to you. Address C. F. Clarke, Agent, Le Roy, N.Y., Dept. 3. How a Thousand Dollars Made a Million An Illustrated Booklet Sent Absolutely Free to Anybody addressing W. G. Vanderbilt No. 100 William St. New York City For a limited time I will give for $1 one year’s subscription to REcREATION and a choice of any one of the following articles as 2 premiitim : A rifle cleaning rod, 22 or 32 inch with scratch and bristle brush; or a hard rub- ber water-proof match-safe; or a nickel — folding drinking cup and dog whistle; or a duck, snipe or turkey. call; or a French brier pipe, of fountam pen; or sont kid money purse. All the above premiums listed at soc. each. Or. for © new yearly. subscription I will give a RECREATION water- proof match safe. For $1.15 I will give one year’s sub- scription and a fine hunting knife 11 inches in length when open,with stag Nandle, and retails at $1.25; or tor $2 will give a year’s subscription and a hunting knife, 7 inch blade, and sole leather sheath. Retails at $4.50. These 2 knife offers are bargains. Es W.. Jacobs: Coshocton, Ohio. BICMONEY Can now be made incertain stocks by anyone with a capital of $5 to $10 a Month. Weare in position to give you the only reliable inside in- formation. Write to-day. UNION SECURITY CO. 604 Gaff Bida. Chicago, Ile l RECKREALLON. “JUST RESTING” Was the way a dear old grandmother described her trip to California on the Golden State Limited “For once in my life | knew what it was to sit in the Lap of Luxury. I just lay back and let that strange western world glide by me—no effort—no worry—no strain upon either mind or body. I enjoyed every blessed minute, and was actually less _| tired when we reached Los Angeles, than when I left Chicago.” BEGINNING December 25th, Golden State Limited leaves Chicago daily 8.00 p. m., St. Louis 9.30 p. m., Kansas City 10.40 a.m. Arrives Los Angeles | 2.45 p. m., third day after. It runs via E] Paso and Southern Pacific line through New Mexico—most Southerly route. Every mile is a mile away from winter. Send six cents in stamps for illustrated book describing train and service and reserve berths NOW, JOHN SEBASTIAN, Passenger Traffic Manager, Rock Island System, Chicago. RECREATION. li distasteful and as R mattress h aken from _the -fashioned HAIL sso d = be ole Fasesibilities. The hair_ts ' pads of dead heasts- ‘THE “ OSTERMOOR”’—Built, Not Stuffed Each Ostermoor mattress is built—not stuffed. Hand- laid sheets of snowy whiteness. each the fuil size, are carefully compressed into the tick. The Ostermoor Patent Elastic Felt is purity itself, germ-free and vermin-proof. Ostermoor mattresses cannot get lumpy; never need renewine; an occasional sun-bath is all they require. The tick can be taken off and washed whenever soiled. ~~ possik factoric Send for Book Mailed FREE ‘Our 138-page book, ‘‘The Test of Time,’? ‘treats exhaustively the mattress question, and gives letters of praise from prominent persons. It also illustrates OSTERMOOR Cushions and Pillows for Window Seats, Gok Corners and Easy Chairs; Boat Cushions, Church Cushions. May we send it? Your name ona postal will do. Beware of imitations. The genuine ‘has the name ‘‘ Ostermoor’”’ and our trade-mark label sewn on the end. OSTERMOOR & CO. ‘414 Elizabeth St. New York Canadian Agency; The Alaska Feather and Down Co., Ltd., Montreal li RECREATION: ult ==) Mounted in any style or in papers. 4 Butterfiy Pictures—(no pins) suitable 4 for everybody. 4 Butterfly Paper Weights for the ; writing desk. Butter fly Photo Frames for everybody Butterfly Collections for Collectors. Butterfly Cabinets ‘or entomologists. Entomologists’ Supplies—Nets, Pins, Setting Boards, etc. Particulars free. Mention RECREATION MARIPOSA NOVELTY 00., satis, Chicago, Il. Glass Eyes for Stuifed Birds, Animals Materials Send Be. in stamps for catalogue FRED. KAEMPFER, STATE, §T- Taxidermy work done in all its branches Mention RECREATION B. Bernard Buyer of Raw Furs and Ginseng Root. 150 Bleecker St, New York, Quotations sent on request. Taxidermists’ Oologists’and Entomologists’ Supplies NAVAJO BLANKETS Indian Beadwork, Baskets, Pottery. Moccasins, Alaskan Curios, Mexi- can Goods, Beads, Basket Material. If it’s Indian we have it Send 6c. Stamps for Catalogue. BENHAM INDIAN TRADING CO, 138 West 42d Street, New York City RECREATION. Mention INE MOUNTED GAME HEADS, BIRDS, ETC.., for sale at unheard-of prices. Send ro cents for photos. & JOHN CLAYTON, Taxidermist, Lincoln, Maine Do You Ever shoot Ducks? If so, you should have a copy of the group of Duck Shooting Pictures shown on pages 870, 871 and 372 of the December issue of RECREATION. I had 300 Ar= tist’s Proofs made from these plates before running them in the magazine. These are printed on one sheet of heavy enameled paper, placed end to end, so that they may be framed as one picture, and together they make a beautiful panel decoration, and a delightful reminder of happy days on the marsh or in the blinds. The set sells at $1. each. Address RECT@ALION 23 W. 24th St., N Y. How to Collect Animal Tracks. A simple, inexpensive method of pre- serving accurately the footprints of birds, mammals, etc. Clean, instructive pastime for boys, girls, sportsmen and naturalists. Send 2 cent stamp for particulars, or $1. for complete instructions. J. Alden Lor- ing, Owego, N. Y. Seashells Free! I have a good collec- tion of saltwater shells that I would give in exchange for 4 yearly subscriptions for RECREATION, or would sell for $5. Harry Flipping, 30 W. Ohio Ave. Atlantic City, N. J. G. 0. SHIELDS, Date, _ 190 Editor and Manager of RECREATION, 23 West 24th St. New York. Herewith find $1.00 for which please send me RECREATION one year beginning with___ number, Remit by P. O. or Express Money Order, or New York Draft. DETACH TH:S, FILL OUT, AND SEND IN RECREATION. beset Catalogue of Firearms FOR SALE BY Van Allen Lyman, 256 Hudson Ave., Albany, N.Y. The following are all in absolutely perfect condition in every way, unless otherwise stated. Smith & Wesson 32-44 target revolver, 6% inch barrel, blue finish, weight 2 lbs., 12 0z. Finish worn off in places, inside of barrel nearly like new. Holster and belt and Ideal reloading tools, cartridges, empty shells, primers—to go with the revolver. Price for the lot $10. Stevens .38 rim fire, Hunter’s pet rifle, 18 inch octagon bar- rel, skeleton stock, weight 5 lbs. Absolutely perfect in every way. About 75 cartridges to go with it. Price $4.00. .&R. single barrel, 12 gauge, automatic ejector shot gun. Absolutely perfect, with canvas shell belt. Price $3.75. Colt .31 caliber powder and ball revolver, in serviceable shooting condition. Sear has been removed and cylinder has to be turned by hand. Price $1.75. f Hopkins & Allen .38 caliber revolver, 5-shot, double action, nickle finish, perfect inside, good condition outside, 2% inch barrel. Price $1.25. q i Hopkins & Allen .22 caliber revolver, double action, nickel finish, 7-shot, perfect in every way, 4% in. barrel. Price $1.25. Winchester bullet mould, .38 long caliber, new and perfect. Cost $1 50—will sell for 75c. i Terms are cash inadvance. Money returned immediately if goods prove unsatisfactory. Goods will be sent on approval C.O.D. if desired, on recept of money to cover express charges both ways. Detailed informatiun about any of the foregoing for stamp. Free:—Black Squirrels and Parti-Col- ored Squirrels—Will send a pair of either kind of these rare and beautiful pets to any one who will send me 12 new yearly sub- scriptions to RecrEATION. Will send.a pair of handsome Fox Squirrels for 6 new yearly subscriptions. For 5 new yearly sub- scriptions I will give a tame young Raccoon or a pair of Opossums;a young, tame Jack Rabbit for 4 subscriptions, and a pair of cute little Flying Squirrels for only 2 new subscriptions. Safe delivery of animals guaranteed to all Paniswot UarS. on Canada, BF Rope, Colmesneil, Tex. SOME GOOD SCORES. Fred Coleman, shooting the Parker gun, at 19 different shoots from July 27 to Oc- tober 6 inclusive, has broken 1,960 targets out of 2,065 shot at. This is remarkable shooting. In one event Mr. Coleman scored 99 out of a possible too, and made other exceptionally good scores. Mr. A. L. O'Connell, of Chattanooga, Tenn., shooting the Parker gun, October 15th, made a score of 107 out of 1083; one straight run of 82, finishing the day’s pro- -gram of 123 out of 125.- This speaks well for Mr. O’Connell and the Parker gun. Mr. O’Connell is a strict amateur. Mr. M. E. Atchison, of Giddings, Tex., September 29 and 30 broke 312 out of a possiblé 350 at 18 yards rise. October. 19 and 20 Mr. Atchison, shooting at 205 tar- gets, broke 264, winning first high aver- age at 19 yards rise. In the-handicap for the gold medal Mr. Atchison broke 25 out of a possible 25, at 19 yards. These are good scores made by the Parker gun. Viera wVanehn, Ios: Angeles, Cal, using the Parker gun, at 20 yards: rise, October 7 and 8 broke 320 out of a possible 360 shot at, winning high average for the 2 days. Mr. Vaughn is a strict amateur. IN ANSWERING ADS PLEASE MEN- TION RECREATION. We can Mounting a * teach you Wild-Cat. how. Sportsmen Why not mount your own Trephies? During the Shooting Season you will secure many fine birds and animals. Mount them for your home and den. Save taxidermist’s bills. En- joy your spare time and increase your income, IT PAYS. Hundreds of leading sportsmen have taken our course, and are paying all gun and sporting expenses by selling-their mounted specimens and doing work for others. You can doas well. If you want the most profitable of all “side lines,” learn ‘axidermyy. We can teach you by mmail, Our rates are reasonable and we positively guar- antee success, Endorsed by all sporting magazines in America. If you area hunter, angler, or nature-lover, you will be interested in ournew catalogue. It’s yours for the asking. Write for one to-day. Mention RECREATION The Northwestern Schoo! of Taxidermy Suite A, Com. National Bank = Omaha, Neb. The only School of Taxidermy in the World. Diamondville, Wyoming. West End Furniture Co., Wilhiamsport, Pa. Dear Sirs:—Your gun cabinet was re- ceived in good condition and is exceedingly convenient for keeping in order and stor- ing guns, ammunition, loading tools, fish- ing rods and other tackle. After once us- ing one of your cabinets I should greatly dislike being without one. Yours: truly; R. C. Peterman. Silas: By hen, I never saw such a de- termined fisherman as Hiram. About 6 hours ago he pulled up an old boot. Cyrus: What is he doing now? Silas: Waiting to pull up a mate to it.— Chicago News. Buxley—Aeronauts tell us that a wom- ans voice can be distinctly heard at an altitude of 3,520 yards. Trimble—Great Czsar! It been my wife!—Town Topics. must have INDIAN : CURIOS; WHOLESALE & RETAIL . CURIO DEALERS’ SUPPLY DEPOT. Bead Work, Baskets, Elk Teeth, Mexican Ker Goods, Beads, Fossils, Mi’ erals, Arrow-§ ESN Heads. Pottery, Aliska Ivories, Shells, Avates, Photos, Great Stock, Bi: Cata. 5c., % stamps. Mention RECREATION. If a dealer % See ilehe L. W. STILWELL, DEADWOOD . . : , So, DAKOTA DOES YOUR RIFLE SHOOT OK? ~ Surprising Results are Wi SD iin Aline i MMO : a at 1 LUN (tine iP RECREATION. Toy n ft { an ALL me il | ht “ll i i! ly Dp a “ll ed POWDER! POWDER! All kinds of powder for Rifles, Pistols and Shot Guns, : | NEE measured accurately from 1 to145 grains. 4 different measures in 1. ‘The latest and best tool. Ask \a-your dealer for it. 2s ss Every shooter should have 1. Send 3 -$% 3% stamps for /deal Hand Book, 146 pages a 3 = 8 of information to shooters. | =2 22 IDEAL MFG. 60.,!2USt., New Haven, Gonn., U.S.A. The PHIL B. BEKEART CO., of San Francisco, Cal., Agents for Pacific Coast When you write kindly mention RECREATION Slowboy (at summer resort)—I am gor ing to the postoffice, Miss Peachly. Shall I ask for you? Miss Peachly—Of course you may, Mr. Slowboy; but it isn’t necessary to go to Angry Patron—Hello, central! What did you cut me off for? Boston Telephone Girl—Because you used a plural noun as the subject of a singular verb. You are not allowed to do that on the post-office. You will find papa down in this line, sir—Chicago Tribune. the billiard room.—Columbus Dispatch. . Bacon—I see you’ve been investing in an electric fan. Egbert—Oh, yes; I thought I’d blow myself.—Yonkers Statesman. “What's that book you’re reading, papa?” “The ‘Last’ Days of Pompeii, my pet.” “What did he die of, papa?” “An eruption, dear.” —Exchange. A Press Button Hunting Knife Is one of the best articles a hunter ever carried ee 72% a Pe ae ER aro hy: Ne ~_ eee Ls = md It has a 4 Inch Blade made of the Best Silver Steel The knife cannot come open in your pocket. It cannot close on your hand when in use. It opens and closes only when YOU PRESS THE BUTTON If you once use one of these knives you will never use any other. You can get one as a premium for 3 YEARLY SUBSCRIPTIONS TO RECREATION Sample Copies furnished on request. RECREATION, 23 West 24th Street, New York ne Okn A LION: lv Have You a Dog ? We will send, if you mention its breed, Polk Miller’s Great Book on \\ Dogs ; How to Take Care of Them ; Y Sen. Vest’s Eloquent Tribute to a } Dog, and A Yellow Dog’s Love for a Nigger (the famous poem) all for 10 cents, just to advertise Sergeant’s Famous Dog Remedies. Address POLK MILLER DRUG CO. 845 Main Street, Richmond, Va. Squabs are raised in x month, bring dg i prices. Eager market. Astonishing Se profits. Kasy for women and invalids Use your spare time profitably. Small space and capital. Here zs something ig worth looking into. Facts given in our is m FREE BOOK, ‘‘ Howto make money aE with Squabs.” PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB CO., 289 Atlantic Ave,, Boston, Mass. Living Wild Animals & Game Birds collected and furnished for Scientific and Propagating Purposes. Write for what you want. No catalogue Sais issued. Na mi Chas, Payne Naturalist Box 913, Wichita,Kan. J. BLAKE Buyer and Exporter of RAW FURS 1 WEST THIRD ST. NEW YORK Write for price list. 105 MiEEBS AN HOUR: Uncle Sam’s mail was brought into New York in record time October 13, 1904, over the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, when the mail train, con- sisting of 6 cars, made the distance between Albany and the Grand Central Station, 143 miles, in 142 minutes. The train makes no stops between Albany and New York, but it slows down at vari- ous points to take on mail. It left Albany one hour and 10 minutes late. When it rolled into the Grand Central Station 2 hours and 22 minutes later it had made up’ all of this time except 7 minutes. In this Revi eae thie -Geconds ) Of the “oad are beaten. . The run between Croton and Ossining was made at the tremendous rate of 105 miles an hour. The Empire State Express, which makes regularly the best run on the road, carries usually 4 cars, sometimes 5. Car for car those on the Empire State are heavier than the mail cars, but the mail train was com- posed of 6 cars, all heavily laden, and, tak- ing these facts into consideration, a new record was made. IN ANSWERING ADS. PLEASE MEN- TION RECREATION. TAXIDERMISTS and FURRIERS Fur and Curio Dealers Wholesale and Retail Every Description of Work in our Line done to Order. We carry a full line of Ladies’ Furs, and will be pleased to send you anything you may wish in this line C.O. D., with privilege of examination. Give us a trial on making up your Furs. We guarantee that you will be more than pleased with anything we may do for you. A mounted Deer, Antelope, Mountain Sheep head, Bear, Lion, Wolf or Fox head, or a Fur lap-robe, the warmest and best robe one can get, ora handsome Lion, Bear, Wolf, Wild Cat, or Fox Rug, or a nice Fur Muff, Boa, or Scarf, makes a beautiful and always welcome Christmas present, or a pair of Indian moccasins, the most comfor- table and durable house slipper possible. We have them. All work guaranteed moth proof. We have our own tannery All kinds of tanning done to order. Highest prices paid for raw furs. Taxidermists’ supplies Please mention RECREATION McEADDEN & SON F 1632 Champa St. Denver, Colo. Near the front a man groans in deep dis- tress. “Repent!” shouts the evangelist, energet- ically. ‘Repent, and be at ease!” The man rises to his feet, irresolutely. “I am, sorry,” he falters, “that I ate the mince pie for dinner. ’—Puck. Homer—What’s the difference in time between Chicago and Paris? Rounder—That depends on the kind of a time you are looking for.—Chicago Daily News. She—Do you really enjoy whist, Mr. Finesse? He—Not at all, madam. I play a strictly scientific game.—Boston Transcript. “ Collan-Oil ”: pteserves leather and renders shoes and harness positively WATERPROOF Used by the U. S the Army and Navy ‘ and National Guard. RUST 2) Send 25c. for trial can. _PREVENTER AGENTS WANTED Write for terms and circulars J. R. BUCKELEW J{1 Chambers St., N.Y, wx "ANDS ¢- Dept. A. lvi — RECREATION. A Great Head Here is a reproduction of a photograph of one of the largest and best Rocky moun- tain sheep heads in existence. ‘The horns measure 16% inches in circumference at the base, and 16 inches out from the skull they still measure 16 inches, having tapered only % inch in that distance. The length of each horn is 39 inches and the spread at the tips is 17 inches. The horns make nearly a complete turn, and if they had not been broken in fighting, would undoubt- edly have passed the starting point. Most naturalists and collectors place an ad- ditional value on horns that are broken more or less, as such damage indicates the natural courage and pugnacity of the ani- mal. This ram had evidently spent much of his life looking for trouble, at least 6 inches having been: broken from the point of each horn. The horns and skull weighed, before mounting, 39 pounds. The head was mounted by. John Murgatroyd, 16 North William street, New York city, who, as the picture shows, has done an admirable piece of work. Mr. W. T. Hornaday, Director of the New York Zoological Society, pro- nounces this one of the best pieces of taxi- dermy he has ever seen done on a sheep head.. Many taxidermists fail to get the natural shape and expression about the nose, but Mr. Murgatroyd has reproduced this feature accurately, as well as all the others. This sheep was killed by an Indian in the Rocky -mountains, North of Laggon, | ial The head is for sale, address G. O. Shields, 23°). West. o2ath- street,-” N. = Y. Price, $300. —s-- : 3 HIE Ounelidval JE CUN|- lvii Newhouse Steel Traps Do you know the Newhouse Trap Sprimg? It has a world- wide reputation and is absolutely guaranteed. Trap is made in all the regular numbers and several special sizes. The S. NEWHOUSE ONEIDA COMMUNITY Newhouse Every genuine Newhouse Trap is stamped N. Ye ‘= we ss \as KAR” vous No. 3% Otter Trap. Write for illustrated catalogue. Oneida Community (Ltd.) a For those who wish a large single spring trap. Mention RECREATION. Oneida, N. Y. Send 25 cents for ‘‘Trapper’s Guide,”’ which describes habits of animals and best ways to catch them. “Hist! whispered the politician’s wife in the dead of night; “there are robbers in the house!” “Yes,” replied the politician, sleepily, “and in the Senate, too. But why should that worry you?’—Philadelphia Press. “Tt is true I have known you but a short time, Miss Roxley, said Mr. Skemmer, “put lo assire you my love for you. is’as deep and boundless as the ocean and x “But infinitely more fresh,” interrupted the wise heiress.—Philadelphia Press. I received the Bristol steel rod, and I would not trade it for my father’s $18 split bamboo rod. Thank you very much for the premium. Harry C. Browne, Detroit, Mich. Practical Common Sense CA Ni gS Ea in 6 Sizes. STOVE Either with or with- out oven. The light- est, strongest, most compact, practical stove made. Cast combination sheet steel top, smooth out- side, heavy lining in fire box and around oven, holds its shape, telescopic pipe carried inside the stove. Burns large wood and keeps fire longer than any Other. Used by over 9,000 campers and only one stove returned. For catalogue giving full particulars, mention RECREA- TION and address D, W. CREE, Manufacturer, Grigesville, Il Seated in an “L” train were Jones and Brown. Brown: Who is-that homely woman at the end of the car? Jones: That's my wife. Brown: But you are not looking. Jones: 1 don’t have to.—Exchange. First Busy American—Commuting now, are you? How do you like the place you're living in? second Busy American—Well, you see, I haven’t spent a Sunday there yet, and it’s hard to judge a place in the dark.—Life. The Hawkeye camera arrived in due time and I am much pleased with it. Accept my thanks. Edward Hamilton, Bridgeport, Conn. Can You Shave? Rub a little “‘“3in One’’ on your razor strop till leather becomes soft and re) pliable; draw razor blade A ue a 2 between thumb and finger v, moistened with *‘3in One’’s then strop. The razor cuts ~ 5 times as easy and clean; holds the edge longer. *‘A Every Shaver” which gives the 4 mm scientific reasons, and a @ mae, senerous trial bottle sent @ < may Razor Saver for wm. Sree. Write to-day. my G W. COLE Co, 122 Washington Life Bldg. New York. FECTIVE TON, This cut shows Forend Ejecto , Simplest on earth, only three arts, Always works. "4 if Above cuts show the double thick nitro breech with cross bolt and under fastening, the narrow skelzton rib, 6 ounces lighter than any other, tapering gracefully from-breech to muzzle. ‘The simplest, most durable and fastest lock in the world. Ii you don’t know what gun to buy order an Ithaca and a gun of any other make, compare them, and if the Ithaca is not the best by all odds, return itt. NW. &.—TDhe ithaca Sticks. Send for Art Catalog and Special prices on 16 Grade Guns, $17.75 to $300. Mention RECREATION. my) ey me RECREATION. lix Marble’s Revolver Rod. This is a handy and handsome little tool for men who take pride in their arms. ‘The rod proper is made of solid brass with our patented steel swivel. ‘The hollow nickeled handle will hold a Marble cleaner. For 7% inch, or 5% inch barrel and under, choice of ends, price postpaid, $1.00. Men- tion caliber. Joints are 4 inches long. Ex- tra joints, 15c; ends, 15c. Marble’s Brass Rifle Rod with strong steel joints, postpaid, $1.00. Marble’s Rifle Cleaner (Garrison’s Patent) Brass gauze washers on a spiral spring steel wire. We knew after the first time we tried this cleaner that it was a wonderful implement and that we would have a large sale for it. But we did not guess big enough, for it is selling faster than any new specialty we ever put out. Why? Because it takes out every particle of burned smoke- less powder and lead. Because it does the work faster and easier than any other cleaner. Because it is cheaper, for one will last aman a lifetime. We have one we have used over 200 times in clean- ing rifles. It is still in just as good condition for service as ever. It is kept this way by oc- casional scraping and turning of the washers. We guarantee that it will not harm your rifle. Price postpaid, 50e¢. Mention Caliber. Send for catalogue of extra quality specialties. Mention RECREATION. Marble Satety Axe Co., Dept. A, Gladstone, Mich. “Flere you 2,” yelled the stevedore, “han- Yeast—‘“Whenever some new territory is opened up there is always a rush for the place, is there not?” Crimsonbeak—“Well, not if a volcano opens up the territory.”—Yonkers States- man. The Davenport single gun which you sent me several weeks ago for a club of subscribers is well made and shoots ex- ceedingly well. Penetration and pattern are excellent. by Ck. Palo Wich: I received the Mullins “Get There” duck boat and am much pleased with it. Wm. Collins, Decatur, Ill. dle that gunpowder careful!” “What’s the matter wid it?’ demanded Casey and Reilly in one breath. “Don’t you know some of that powder exploded 2 years ago and blowed up to men?” “Sure that couldn’t happen now,” replied Casey. “There’s only 2 of us here.”—Cath- olic Standard and Times. Farmer—“Hi, there! Can’t you see that sign, ‘No fishin’ on these grounds ?” Colored Fisherman—“Co’se I kin see de sign. I’se cullid, Boss, but I ain’t sa igno- rant as ter fish on no grounds. I’m fishin’ in de crick.” Exchange. Ohe DAVENPORT 1905 MODELS W. H. Davenport Fire Arms Co., Norwich, Conn. Embody all the latest im- provements in modern gun construction. ‘hey are the stan- daid of ex- cellency. Ix RECREATION. Or 5 years rode Powder has been the leading and at one time the only DENSE SMOKELESS POWDER It always runs regular. Insist upon getting shells loaded with it. If you can’t get them, write to Schoverling, Daly & Gales 302-304 Broadway Something Special — Playing Cards Free: —To each person sending me $1 for one year’s subscription to RECREATION, or sending it direct to be placed to my credit, I will forward all charges prepaid, a pack of elegant gold edge playing cards. ‘These are no cheap second quality cards but first quality of extra selected stock, highly enameled and polished, fancy set pattern backs, each pack wrapped in handsome glazed wrapper and packed in strong tele- scope case. be Dooley. 141 Burr Oak St., Kalamazoo, Mich. IN ANSWERING ADS. PLEASE MEN- TION RECREATION. New York City THE CAMPFIRE. Cold night weighs down the forest bough, Strange shapes go flitting through the gloom. : The wilderness is home! —Edwin L. Sabin, in The Criterion. Miss Kremey, (in bookstore): Have you Moore’s poems? Clerk: Yes, miss; I'll get ’em for you. By the way, here’s a splendid story called “Just One Kiss.” Miss Kremey (coldly): I want Moore. —Philadelphia Public Ledger. THE MALCOLM RIFLE TELESCOPIC SIGHT IS ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE THE BEST PLACED ON THE MARKET ((/ieammneramecnt purposes given when requested. We are Originators not Imitators. All of our Outfits are first cla Any advice regarding the best power and length Tube for Hunting or Target SEND FOR OUR LATEST CATALOGUE. Ss Mention RECREATION. THE MALCOLM RIFLE TELESCOPE MFG. CO. F. T. CORNISH, Mgr. Established 1857 SYRACUSE, N. Y., U. S. A. RECREATION. Ixi One of the 9 Built for Business 66 A? GRADE $80 LIST =. offering this gun to the public, we have combined ALL Oi' THE DISTINCTIVE IMPROVEMENTS which have gained for the “Syracuse” its present prominent position among American Arms. “A” GRADE Condensed Description. BARRELS —Fine quality of Damascus Steel, or if desired, we will furnish Krupp Fluid Pressed Steel Barrels, made at the Krupp Works, Essen, Germany, and imported to our order. STOCK—Imported Italian Walnut, finely figured and dark rich color. Full pistol or Straight Grip as desired. AUTOMATIC EJECTOR—With our Patent Non-Ejector device which allows the gun to be instantly changed from an Auto- matic to a Non-Automatic Ejector. This model gun is handsomely engraved and cleanly finished, and will compare favorably with any gun on the market listing at $100.00. All “Syracuse” guns for 1905 will be built with our New Compensat- ing Double Cross Bolt; and Frames Inletted into Stock, thus preventing the spreading or splitting of same. ? Catalogue yours for the asking. Mention ‘Recreation,’ SYRACUSE ARMS CO, SZBACUSE N.Y: Ixii RECREATION. Here Is Another! If you will send me 15 vearly subscriptions to Listed at $15 A field glass is indispensable to every hunter, and this is one of the latest and best on the market for the price. I have but a few of these instruments on hand and the offer will be withdrawn as soon as the supply is exhausted. Therefore, if you want one start immediately. Sample copies of Recreation for use in canvassing turnished on application. Address RECREATION, 23 W. 24th St., N. ¥. Cit, es CAT LOIN: Ix it is °** Savage Quality ” Wile the Savage “Junior ali Through iss Olt action fille. it Ts radically different than any other rifle of this type on the market. ingenious and workmanship the best. long and long rifle cartridges. If your dealer can not supply you, send us $4. anteed. Like all other Savage rifles it is distinctly Shoots short Perfect accuracy guar- and we will deliver to any address in U. S. Savage Arms Co. Catalogue No. G, Free Utica, N. Y., U. S. A. “Been in a fight?” asked the inquisitive person. “Not exactly,’ replied the absent mind- ed man. “While shaving myself this morning I tried to lather myself with the razor.” —Chicago Daily News. Gabber—You ought to meet Dyer. Awful- ly clever imitator. He can take off any- body. Miss Duncan (wearily)—I wish he was here now.—Tit-Bits. é “Dear Teacher—Kindly exctise Minnie for having been absent yesterday, as she fell in the mud on her way to school. By doing fhe same vou will oblige her mother.”—Tit- Bits. ; Robin Hood Powder-Co., Swanton, Vt., Dear Sirs, 1 received the Comet shells you sent me. by express: .Please accept my thanks. I have been using your powder this tall andy am: muuch pleased with it: Have recommended it to all my friends. Frank . Busiel Eaconta, Ni. ond.) apa’. Johnny, the stork “has brought a new baby to our house; would you like to see it? Little Johnny: No; but I would like to see the stork.—Chicago Journal. “Johnny, do you like to go to school?” “Yes, ma’am, and I like coming home, too, but I don’t like staying there between times.’ —Philadelphia sublic Ledger. ; BAKER GUNS Hammer and Hammerless Grade but not High P Send for FREE QUARTERLY and 1905 Booklet Fully Describing all Grades with Prices, Built for Hard ws Service and to ig Nast a lifetime Mention RECREATION. No. 42 Baker Gun & Forging Co., wtc.'s. Batavia, N.Y. Ixiv RECREATION. FOR THE HOLIDAYS An Appropriate Present would be a set of beautiful Hunting and Fishing Pictures 15 Plates —— Size for framing, 18x24 inches SUBJECTS: Elk Hunting—Salmon Fishinge—Moose Hiuhting "aout Fishing ee Sandham. Mallard Shooting—Black Bass Fishing C. E. Denton Tarpon Fishing—Blue Fishing Fred S. Cozzens Antelope Hunting-—Goose Shooting Fred Remington Grouse Shooting id Turkey Hunting R. F. Zogbaum Muskalonge Fishing FF. He Lavydor Deer Hunting A.B. Fiest Rocky Mountain Sheep Hagia E. Knobel These 15 plates are lithographed in true colors of nature, and altogether make one of the finest series of pictures of out-door sports ever published. ORIGINALLY ISSUED AT $50 A SET I have bought the last of them and can furnish a complete set for 15 Yearly Subscriptions to Recreation Or will sell at $10 a Set Address RECREATION, 23 W. 24th St. NEW YORK CITY RECKEA TON: Ixv Special Bargains in Hammerless Guns © §31,00 grade Gun, fine twist $18.50 $41.00 with Automatic Ejector $25.60 $40.00 Damascus Barrels - $22.50 these SPECIAL PRICES a small lot of a Standard American make Breech Load- ‘ing Double Guns Entirely new. Made on Interchangeable System. Top Lever Action. Greener style Cross Bolt-Pistol stock. 26, 28 and 30 inch. 12 and 16 bores, at the following Exceptional Prices: Send $5 with order, and if the Gun is not satisfactory upon receipt it may be returned and money refunded less cost of expressage. Or if the whole amount of money is sent with order a Victoria Canvas Case is included. Always in stock a full line of high-grade GUNS W.& C. SCOTT, JOS. LANG & SON, London and others, in addition to Parker, Remington and all the American makes. JUST NOW ON HAND Also large lot **Hammer Double Guns,” ten and twelve bores, many of them second- hand, taken in trade. Prices $8 to S15 Also lot of Lee Straight-Pull Magazine Rifles, small bore, made by the Winchester Arms Company and cost over $25 each, long range and very accurate, in nice refinished brown, condition same as new. Suitable for target or hunting. Price, each $7.50 Send Six Cents in stamps for Catalogue of New, also of Second-hand Guns WM. READ & SONS, 10¢@ Washington Sireet, Boston, Mass. “You have a tough looking lot of cus- tomers to dispose of this morning, haven't you?’ remarked the friend of the magis- trate who had dropped in at the police 7 COULE. “Huh!” rejoined the dispenser of justice, “you are looking at the wrong bunch. Those are the lawyers.’—Chicago Daily News. Statistics snow that the average height of the American woman is 2 inches more than it was 25 years ago. Yes, they come 1 BOSLONIANS REMARK. He—Will you marry me? She—No, thank you. He—I thought perhaps you wouldn't. How do you like that continued story that is running now in The Atlantic?—Somer- ville (Mass.) Journal. INCIDENTAL “You know Jones, who was reputed so rich? Well, he died the other day and the only thing he left was an old Dutch clock.” “Tt won't be muck trouble to wind up his estate.’—-New Orleans Times-Democrat. higher, but we must have them—New York Sun. @ Aim, . J @ Ambition, MOtIVES are Zia au Ko) To please our patrons in every de- tail, and to give them the BEST possible. production of the GUN MAKERS ART. We do not try to see how cheap a gun we can make, but rather HOW GOOD. Remember the BEST is always CHEAPEST, and none too good for you. Send for catalogue Mention ReEcrEATION, ] Parker Bros. 33 Cherry St. Meriden, Conn. Ixvi REGIE ALION: H. & R. “Dicycle Revolver | Description 32 Caliber, 5shot. 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 a small frame and automatic ejector, Sold direct where dealers will not supply. Mention RECREATION when writing. | HARRINGTON & RICHARDSON ARMS CO. J Makers of HW. & R. SINGLE GUNS Catalog for Postal WORCESTER, MASS. s) Dept. R. s Mr. Klose: I’m glad to see some women Tommy—Ma, I wish you’d give me some have begun a crusade against the killing of cake. : iis birds for that trimeaunes, Wtecermanaly 15 .a Mother—Tommy! Didn’t I tell you not- Gruel to ask for any cake? = 5 : Tt) SL ales : . . Mas. Kiloses. lt ts;crucl dear and: leuse Tommy—l ain't askin’; Pm jest wishin’— hate to wear my last winter’s hat, because Philadelphia Ledger. it has a bird in it. I saw a lovely hat down town to-day for $40 that hasn’t even a fea- The Bristol rod you sent me as a pre- ther in it. Let me buy it to-morrow.~—Phil- | mium is beautiful and_seems like a gift, adelphia Press. as it was only a few minutes’ pleasure, not ea ele work, to secure these subscriptions. Thank you for your promptness and courtesy. I was asked by a charming young Mrs.: Chas. D. Johnson, Jamestown, N. Y. “Pray, what's the best way to give krs.?” pei ane bas Then; in spite ‘of her: fears, He who fights and runs away I "seized both her ears, > > From awful battle scenes, And showed: her, and said: “My dear, May live to write them up some day thrs. : —Exchange. For all the magazines. —Puck. THE NEW FEFEVER High Crade Trap and Feather- The only American makers putting on single trigger guaranteed to work perfect under all conditions. PRICE $60 TO ~ $400. Send for 1904. Catalogue D. M. Lefever, Sons & Co. Mention Not connected with " f \ Lefever Arms Company, Defiance, Ohio. : eh | : MEOREATION. Ixvii Se BEL AUBIN SS FTE ELLEN ETL =, For trap Shooting | as well as Field Shooting There is no ammunition on the market equal to Robin Hood Loaded Shells. Ask any man who has tried Robin Hood and all other brands on the market. Robin Hood Loaded Shells are handled by live dealers in nearly all important towns and cities. If . your dealer does not keep them, let us know. Our ammunition was good from the first, but is being steadily improved in quality. For those who prefer a cheaper grade, we make : and load a Black powder shell, that is cheaper : than smokeless and which still embodies some of the good qualities of Robin Hood Smokeless. 2 Se eae Full particulars by mail. Send for free illus- trated booklet entitled ‘Powder Facts.’’ . Address The Robin Hood Powder Co. _ SWANTON, VI. Mention RECREATION. Ixviii : RECREATION. TO 4 AMATEUR | PHOTOGRAPHERS Here is a Chance to Geta FINE CAMERA EASILY A. Petite Century, No. 2, 4xc, listed at $1 ¢, for 15 new yearly subscriptions to RECREATION. A Century Camera, model 42, 4x5, listed at $24, for 24 new yearly subscriptions to RECREATION. These are both neat, compact, well-made and handsomely finished cameras, capable of doing high-class work. Sample copres for use tn canvassing furnished on request. Address RECREATION | 23 West 24th St. New York, RECRF ATION. Ixix That Strangers May Know | Offer aDollar’s Worth Free I know of a remedy for certain forms of illness that brings the utmost relief that medicine can. I am so sure of it that to any ailing one who has not tried it, I will willingly give a full dollar’s worth free to test. My offer is born of confidence unlim- ited. I ask no deposit—no promise. There is nothing to pay either now or later. ‘Ihe dollar bottle is free. Mine is no ordinary remedy. It repre- sents thirty years of experiment—thirty years at bedsides—in laboratories—at hospitals. Thirty years of the richest experience a physician can have. I tell below wherein my remedy differs, radi- callv, from other medicines. My offer isas broad as humanity itself. For sickness knows no distinction in its ravages. And the restless patient on a downy couch is no more welcome than the wasting sufferer who frets through the lagging hours in a dismal hovel. I want no reference—no security. The poor have the same opportunity as the rich. To one and to all I say ‘Merely write and ask.” I willsend youan order on your druggist. He will give you free, the full dollar package. 6 6 Inside Nerves ! Many Ailments, One Cure Simply Write Me Only one out of every 98 has perfect _I have called these the inside nerves for The first free bottle may be enough to health. Of the 97 sick ones, some are simplicity’s sake. Theirusual name is the | effect a cure—but I do not promise that. bed-ridden, some are half sick, and some | ‘‘Sympathetic’’ nerves. Physicians call | NordoI fear a loss of possible profit if are only dull and listless. But most of | them by this name because each is in close | it does. For such atest will surely con- the sickness comes from a common | sympathy with the others. The result is | vince the cured one beyond doubt, or dis- cause, The nerves are weak. Not the | that when one branch is allowed to become | belief, that every word I say is true. nerves you ordinarily think about—not the | impaired, the others weaken. That is why : : This offer i 2 nerves that govern your movements and | one kind of sickness leads to another. CE ASG ORC tO everyone): Every. where. But you must write ME forthe your thoughts. : : That is why cases become ‘‘complicated.”’ : But the nerves that, unguided and un- | For this delicate nerve is the most sensitive SeGce curneteee Sr enc oan: known, night and day, keep your heart | part of the human system. you to one that aleea! iia aa Bese in motion—control your digestive appar- Does this not explain to you some of the | down to you from his stock as freely ne elas: veeuiate your liver—operate your | uncertainties of medicine—is not a good though your dollar lay before him. Write idneys. reason to your mind why other kinds of es : These are the nerves that wear out and | treatment es have failed. fon cig onde! Co-day.e bie: eter maynot remain open. I will send you the book Don’t you see that THIS is NEW in| you ask for beside. It is free. It will medicine? That this is NOT the mere | help you to understand your case. What patchwork of a stimulant—the mere sooth- | more can I do to convince you of my in- ing of a narcotic? Don’t you see that it | terest—of my sincerity? goes right to the root of the trouble and break down. It does no good to treat the ailing or- gan—the irregular heart—the disordered liver—the rebellious stomach—the de- ranged kidneys. They are not to blame. But go back to the nerves that control them. Th ou will find the seat of the | °'@dicates the cause? For a free or- ; eeohible. Sep ae ae i But I do not ask you to take a single | der for a full Book 1 on Dyspepsia. There is nothing new about this—noth- | Statement of mine—I do not ask you to be- | dollar bottle | Book 2 onthe Heart. Book 3 on the Kidneys. ing any physician would dispute. But lieve a word I say until you have tried my | address Dr. it remained for Dr. Shoop to apply this | Medicine in your own home at my expense | Shoop, Box knowledge—to put it to practical use. absolutely. Could I offer you a full dollar’s | 4214, Racine, Book 4 for Women. Dr. Shoop’s Restorative is the result of woe free ie iets Were se Seabee ee Nise State Book 5 for Men. a quartercentury of endeavor along this torr ONE et you go to your druggis which book you : wait line. It ages not dose the ohooh or | —whom you know—and pick out any bottle | want. Book Cou be maaan deaden the pain—but it does goat once to he has on his shelves of my medicine were ; the nerve—thc inside nerve—the power | it_not UNIFORMLY helpful? Could I Mild cases, are often cured with one or nerve—and builds it up and strengthens AFFORD to do this if I were not reason- | two bottles. For sale at forty thousand it and makes it well. ably SURE that my medicine will help you? | drug stores. Dr. Shoop's Restorative Ixx RECKEATION. e © Liquozone -On every bottle of Liquozone we of- fer $1,000 for a disease germ that it cannot kill. We do this to assure you that Liquozone does kill germs. And it is the only way known to kill germs in the body without killing the tissues, too. Any drug that kills germs is a poison, and it cannot be taken inter- nally. Medicine is almost helpless in any germ disease. It is this fact which gives Liquozone its worth to humanity; a worth so great that, after testing the pro- duct for two years, through physicians and hospitals, we paid $100,000 for the American rights. And we have spent over one million dollars, in one year, to buy the first bottle and give it free to each sick one who would try it. Acts Like Oxygen Liquozone is not made by compound- ing drugs, nor is there any alcohol in it. Its virtues are derived solely from gas— largely oxygen gas—by a process re- quiring immense apparatus and 14 days’ time. ‘This process has, for more than 20 years, been the constant sub- ject of scientific and chemical research. The result is a liquid that does what oxygen does. It is a nerve food and blood food—the most helpful thing in the world to you. Its effects are exhil- arating, vitalizing, purifying. Yet it is an absolutely certain germicide. The reason is that germs are vegetables ; and Liquozone — like an excess of oxygen—is deadly to vegetal matter. Liquozone goes into the stomach, into the bowels and into the blood, to go wherever the blood goes. No germcan escape it and none can resist it. “Che results are inevitable, for a germ disease must end when the germsare killed; then Liquozone acting as a wonderful tonic, quickly restores a condition of perfect health. Diseases which have resisted medicine for years yield at once to Liquo- zone, and it cures diseases which medi- cine never cures. Half the people you meet—wherever you are—can tell you of cures that were made by it. For a Disease Germ that Can’t Kill. Germ Diseases ‘These are the known germ diseases. All that medicine can do for these troubles is to help Nature overcome the germs, and such results are indirect and uncertain. Liquozone germs, wherever they are. attacks the And when the germs which cause a disease are destroyed, forever. Asthma Abscess—Anemia Bronchitis Blood Poison Bright’s Disease Bowel Troubles Coughs—Colds Consumption Colic — Croup Constipation Catarrh—Cancer Dysentery—Diarrhea Dandruff—Dropsy Dyspepsia Eczema—Erysipelas Fevers—Gall Stones Goitre —Gout Gonorrhea — Gleet the disease must end, and That is inevitable. 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TWO EXCELLENT COLF COURSES which are acknowledged to be the best in the South, offer ample opportunity to the golf novice and expert alike. The annual North and South Championship fixture. A 35,000 ACRE SHOOTING PRESERVE has been set aside for the exclusive use of guests, and guides, dogs, and conveyances are always ready for a day’s sport with the birds. GOLF, SHOOTING and TENNIS TOURNA- MENTS are held weekly for appropriate trophies. A fine Preparatory School under direction of A. G. children to Pinehurst without interruption of their course - of study. Pinehurst is the only Resort in America from which Consumptives are absolutely excluded. - Through Pullman Service via Seaboard Air Line or Southern Railway. Only one night out from New York, Boston and Cincinnati. An exquisite book with facsimiles of water-color sketches similar to the accompanying, illustrating the out- of-door features of Pinehurst, will be sent on application. Address PINEHURST (GENERAL OFFICES MNP nUR ST, NORTH CAROLINA Or LEONARD TUFTS, Owner, Boston, Mass. INEHURST is a private estate, covering a } an unusual percentage of bright, sunny days, } Tournament is held on the Pinehurst links as a regular | Warren, headmaster, enables parents to bring their § vi IRB C Ike AIP IOUN. RACINE BOAT MANUFACTURING COMPANY MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN Our Turbine Motor Hunting Boat, as shown above, is 16 feet long, draws loaded only 10 inches of water, is fitted with our 3 H. P. motor and underwater exhaust. No springs, no valves; no clicks—as noiseless as a Row Boat. Speed 6 miles per hour. Operation and satisfaction guaranteed for $275. Cheaper ones if you want them. / Our Canvas Cedar Paddling Canoe, as shown above, is 14 feet long, will carry four in a pinch and is built for service. A comfortable and easy paddler. Price, F.O.B., $30— no extras. Our Still Hunter, as shown, 11% feet long, 36 inches wide, built of White Cedar, will carry 600 lbs., weight only 80 lbs. Ample room under deck for decoys. Light weight, light draught, very stiff, very still and very cheap. Price, complete with paddle $20, F. O. B. Our 15-foot Fishing Motor Boat is the Limit.’ > Hasta. foot\*beam sdrawse iz inches, speed 6 miles per hour, seats four to five, will carry 1,000 lbs. 1 H. P. motor, Operation guaranteed. Built of Cedar, natural finish, brass trimmed, a good troller, a good guide to the fishing grounds and a sure returner. We have them in stock at our various warehouses—price $165. Money refunded if not satisfied. Send 10c for our 64-page catalog describing the others, and we will tell you the ad- dress of our nearest showrooms. If you haven't the stamps handy drop 2 postal. Mention RECREATION Address; RACINE BOAT MFG. CO., (Riverside) MUSKEGON, MICH. Iga (CJkele ab OUN, Vii The Fashionable Winter Resort of America REACHED ONLY BY NEW JERSEY CENTRAL Best Hotels * Golf * Polo * Outdoor Sports Booklet on Application to C. M. Burt, General Passenger Agent, 143 Liberty St., New York City. Do You Want a Canoe ONE THAT IS RIGHT EVERY WAY? IF YOU DO APRANG IN RUSHTON! He can furnish you one built of all white cedar except stems and gunwales; one with white cedar planking and a variety of other nice woods for other parts; or, a White Cedar Shell, canvas covered. These canvas covered canoes are very popular, also very cheap —the 15 foot B Grade selling as low as $32.00, all packed for shipment. Then there are others, some as large as 21 feet, that will carry the whole family and part of the neighbors. And there are oars, rowlocks, pockets full of nice metal fittings, folding centreboards, masts, spars, sails, etc., etc. My 80 page catalogue will tell you all about it, and it can be had for the asking. Address J. H. RUSHTON, 817 Water Street, Canton, N. Y. Vill RECREATION. LLECESESELSESSLS «, Far-famed Miami Valley Government statistics prove that the Miami Valley in Ohio produces ©® better grain and has purer water than any other section of this country. It € is Nature’s garden. Right in the heart of this favored spot is our distill- ery. We have at our very door the two essentials for producing the finest *t whiskeyin the world--the best grain and the purest water. Add to these © one of the most completely equipped distilleries ever operated and an ex- perience of 37 years in distilling whiskey and you have a combination that is unequaled anywhere. That’s why HAYNER WRISKEY is the best for medi- @ cinal and other uses. That’s why we have nearly half a million satisfied customers. That’s why YOU should try it. Don’t forget that it goes €) direct from our own distillery to you, with all its original strength, rich- ness and flavor, carries a UNITED STATES REGISTERED DISTILL- ER’S GUARANTEE of PURITY and AGE and saves the dealers’ enor- mous profits. Your money back if you’re not satisfied. HAYNER 4 FULL QUARTS $ EXPRESS CHARGES PAID BY US. = = Y) a 3 Wy =e \ 20 i We will send you FOUR FULL QUART BOTTLES of HAY- OUR OFFER. NER’S SEVEN-YEAR-OLD RYE for $3.20, and we will pay the express charges. Try it and if you don’t find it all right and as eoad as you ever used or can buy from anybody else at any price, then send it back at our expense and your $3.20 will be returned to youby next mail. Just think that offer over. How could it be fairer? If you are not perfectly satisfied you are not out a cent. Better let us send you a trial order. If you don’t want four quarts yourself, get a friend to join you. Weshipina. plain sealed case,nomarks to show what’sinside. Write our nearest office NOW. ©) Orders for Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho .Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington or Wyoming must be on the basis of 4 Quarts for $4.00 by EXPRESS PREPAID or 20 Quartsfor $16.00 by FREIGHT PREPAID. ESTABLISHED THE HAYNER DISTILLING COMPANY, troy eta DAYTON, OHIO. ST. LOUIS, MO. ST. PAUL, MINN. ATLANTA, GA. CSESSEESSESSSSSS FE ae eee i Wes big ie Abs, Stee Fite rad Paphos al gion oats SS SSS . HIM FORE IT. SAW K BE MI} = I vi CLU AO AN al GOT M OIG DO) RECREA TION. Volum e XXII. FEBRUARY, 1905 Number 2 G. 0. SHIELDS (COQUINA’, Editor and Manager A-~ GOLFING S. L. Tom, my brother-in-law, came home about 5 o clock and said: “How about golf to-night?” I got ready at once, and after a light htinchs we boarded a car for South Park, arriving at the golf grounds shortly before 6. It was a beautiful evening, rather breezy, and threaten- ing rain, but we did not suppose it was coming soon. It was to be my third attempt at golf, and I have still to acquire the stroke and the lingo. iFeou the first holein 17, and Lom got it in 6. We were nearing the second hole, when Tom said, mGeclnwe ake Come fo ech wer. I looked, and there was a big black cloud, coming right at us. Tom said, “We couldn’t get half way back, so we would better get under a tree.” I was afraid of lightning, but he said there was no lightning, and it “wouldn't strike a tree like that any- way, so as the drops commenced to come, we got under the tree, scarcely half a minute after the first sight of the cloud. It was amusing to watch the golfers scurrying for shelter. A picnic party who thought they were secure under a big tree, suddenly started to pile tables on end, to make a shelter for the ladies, who evidently found it too damp under the tree. The ‘rain, which commenced with big scat- tered drops, soon went through the tree we were under, as if it was a sieve, and we were getting nicely drenched, when suddenly Tom said, “What’s that? Why, it’s a mink!” Looking across the green, I saw a funny, long black animal running toward us. Tom dropped the golf 77 INCIDENT. E. sticks, all but the mid-iron, and dart- ed out in the rain, and then I saw the funniest chase it has ever been my fortune to witness. Tom got quite close to the mink before it saw him. Then it stopped, turned, and began a marvelous exhibition of dodging and twisting. Tom seemed possessed, and wasmore like an Indian or a wild animal than a civilized human being, Elle could beat the mink run- ning, and was always on its heels, but it turned and dodged so quickly, that he couldn't strike it. Across the green, and under the trees, and over the muddy road they went, and all the time I was shouting at Tom, that he would be fined if he killed it, but I don’t think he would have heard a cannon, had it been fired then. It all ended by Tom’s aiming a tremendous stroke at the poor mink, just as if it had been a golf ball, and he was mak- ime a 200, yard drive, but he didnt have time to stop to get position, so when he missed the mink, he lost his feet and brought up sitting in the wet grass. His cap flew one way and the golf club another, and by the time he had got on his feet, the mink was go- ing over the bank, into the river. All this happened, while the rain was coming down in sheets. Tom came back, under the tree, panting and laughing, with his clothes as wet as if he had tumbled into the river. He said, plsaimlvedadmiardidnctehiteit. did I want with it anyway!” We laughed until the rain stopped, which it did in a few minutes. Then we played back along the course, and were dry long before we got through. What AMATEUR PHCTO BY C, L. BAER, SCUDDING HOR SDH Ee SHORE: Made with a Premo Camera, Bausch & Lomb Lens. ~~ oo -her con‘ition [NERS MNO Ole, eG EN RE SE VV AT Re G. H. WINANS. I wish everyone who buys a yacht “sight unseen” could be as perfectly satisfied as I am with my venture in the purchase of the Vayu. Having never owned a real down East boat, as destructive in its architecture Aseabarician sown, | was caught by a natty advertisement; and after negotiations the Vayu was delivered to me at Buffalo the first of July, 1903. I depended entirely on the representations of her owners as to etc., and every statement grown and looked it; regular Reubens, like nearly all the lake-sailing yachts, strong, but homely, honest but freckle-faced. Vayu, the dear little ship, is without a check or a spot or a misfit joint; built to wear a lifetime and as good today as when she first slid into the sea at her Boston home. Every line and everything about her, inside and outside, was what I wanted; a eyachtabutlt foi Sea wOkme not Lon fair weather sailing; so I was happy. RACE ON made was more than substantiated in her appearance and condition. She came through the canal. I knew she was in Buf- falo, but although I made diligent inquiry at the canal tugboat office, no one had seen ew wate in the day, I found a tugboat captain who had seen a strange yacht be- hind a big Jumber dock right up in town where I had passed numerous times look- ing for her. He kindly took me over and I shall never forget my first impression of my Boston beauty. She is not young, in fact, she is a kind of bachelor maid; but like many of the latter, she does not show her years and looks like the sweet Miss she really is. My former yachts, of which I have had several in the last 20 years, were home AMATEUR PHOTO BY GEO L. RAMSAY EE Sie CUATRO RIN HIx: Her genial sailing master, whom the for- mer owner sent with her from Philadel- phia, had instructions to see that I was per- fectly satisfied, and he did see it. I was only sorry he could not go with me to Lake Michigan, but he had to be back in Phila- delphia. I parted regretfully with so com- petent and gentlemanly a sailor and looked around for a hand at Buffalo. I soon found 2, Jack arid Pete, of fair ability as yachts- men and great ability at whiskey and gin. Pete became a regular tank. Still, with good charts I was at home aboard such a ship, the safest in the middle of the lake. After putting provisions aboard and stretching lines and canvas a little, 2 a. m. July 4th found us working out of the Buf- falo Yacht Club basin for the West. When 80 IRE CINE ALI O)IN well outside the harbor and with the pale streaks of early dawn we got a light North- erly wind, which gradually freshened to a topsail breeze. We kept near the Canada shore during the day, and at night, the wind being light, put into a little harbor 110 miles from Buffalo. There we stayed until 4 a. m.; then put out again for an all day drift and 25 miles more were counted off. A good night’s rest, an early start and the next night we were in Detroit river, mak- ing the little town of Amherst, in Canada. Such anchorage! The current there runs a fair light wind made us 3 miles in one day. Sunday we lay at anchor, and late that afternoon a captain offered to take my line for the price of a keg. He took the line and that night we were in Port Huron. We went over to Sanilac, Canada side, and anchored. From there to Lake Huron is about 3 miles, and the rapids run 7 miles an hour, so that sailing is out of the ques- tion unless a genial gale from the right way comes along. I could not find a tow and the tugs were all busy over on the Port Huron side, but late in the day a big tug, with a wide, long ONE OF THE MILLIONAIRES’ fully 5 miles and we kept grinding around on our anchor chain all night. An ¢arly start and fair wind took us to Belle Isle for supper. I had charts of the river, as the 7-foot draught of Vayu made me think I required them, but when I saw the traffic through the river all I had to do was to look at some one of Rockefeller’s 400-foot yachts ahead or behind to know just where to go. Sailing through the river is need- less, as a tow can easily be found. How- ever, I did not care to have the bitts yanked out of my yacht by catching on to one of those 15-mile fellows, and the slow ones were all going the wrong way; so I sailed along until well up in the St. Clair river, about 10 miles from Port Huron. There, in a narrow reach, with a 5-mile current, VENCEURS: boom, came along for Georgian bay. She just moved when she struck the rapids and the boom swung our way; so awaiting our opportunity, with anchor short,-we caught the last log. Then we ran our line through the chain so we could let go when we wished, and were off. The tug did not seem to like it and kept whistling to us to let go, but he was a mile away, busy, and so were we. About 10 p. m. the wind came up strong and fair. We slipped our line and were headed for Mackinaw. While we had been in Lake Erie and the river the air had been 95 to 100 in the shade, but out in the lake the cool South wind was delicious. A good glass of 12 year old, a big charge of choice Havana in a briar bowl, a steamer rug Se AMATEUR PHQTO BY WH. GRAFFAM, WELL HEELED, thrown around me, the wind whistling soft- ly through the rigging, the little ship mak- ing 7 or 8 knots fair, what matters? Harbors in that portion of Lake Huron are as scarce as the proverbial hen’s teeth, and Sand Beach, 65 miles from Port Hu- ron, is the first good one. It is a made harbor, large breakwaters enclosing a good anchorage, and is accessible in all weathers. We held a little to one side. of the regular steamer course, keeping about 10 miles off shore, as so many boats pass there it is a good plan to do so. The wind held steady ang Yair hate Doo wes Bl seals, \nylalsal OL WO the North the banking clouds told us to look for a change. The heavy bank came up rapidly against the wind, but Vayu had her mainsail double reefed and her storm jib set before the storm came in, with a whistle anideas panes) trom dead ahead and hard to: It did not take much of a sailor to know we were in for a 25-mile thrash to wind- ward, in a gale, but I knew the Vayu by that time, and if Mackinaw, 300 miles away, had been the port she would have made it. As the gale increased and the wind-blown spray from the Vayu’s bow wet my face, I could but think what a different feeling I should have had if under me had been one of those modern cigar-box constructions of which too many disgrace the name yacht. I was aboard a yacht old enough to vote, but sound and solid; one of Lawley & Son’s best construction, perfect as the day she stretched her white wings for the first time aac Gill 2, y@ciaes 2, Sai) pacoal wore 2) inet) around the globe if I should desire. Not so fast as a nice shore sailor’s up-to-date mandolin toy, in a summer breeze, but one that can show her cards and spades in a sailor’s wind. I watched with increasing 81 delight as the long crests from the 300 miles of water ahead rolled under and past us and the dear little ship went merrily on, making good time, close and by, in and over the long rollers. As the gale increased the sea got easier, the short chop grew into long, easy waves, and the 40-foot Vayu could slide on a singl> one. Taking 15-mile stretches, we got into Sand Beach for supper, and no sooner were we at anchor than (Several wisitors caine aboard. They said the captain of the Life- Saving Station wondered what kind of a craft we had, for he had never seen a yacht of her size come up against such a wind and such a sea. There were 4 barges and 3 sailing vessels in; also a large steam yacht from Detroit, to escape the blow. For various reasons we had not had much din- ner, and the big layout for supper was well Cleaned tips bete, was) a) goodumand i the galley, as well as aloft, and if his inordi- nate love of whiskey could only be spoiled he would make a good yacht sailor. The next day we lay at anchor and lis- tened to the howl of the gale. A bright red sky at night betokened good weather and at daylight we were off. Two days and 3 nights followed at sea, before we reached Mackinaw Isle, and the next day we made 75 miles in to hours, to our destination. Vayu seemed to like the fresh water lakes, and I only hope her health may be as good here as in the salt water, where she has lived. Dear. little ship, frozen in the ice away from her home and beautiful companions, how lonely she must be! But next summer I shall take her visiting over to Chicago and Milwaukee, where she can find others like herself and perhaps some old schoolmate from Boston, ALIVE WEED? STEVE Rai: WILD ELK ON A MOUNTAIN. PLATEAU. AMATEUR PHOTOS BY N. W. FROST. A STAMPEDE. Winners of the Special Prize in Recreation’s 9th Annual Photo Competition, 82 WONCIEDIE TRANCIUIN'G: JUN oR EDWARD M’ SWEENEY. Yachtsmen, excluding those counterfeit sailors whose mental and nautical equipment for the sport does not exceed a few salty phrases, a blue coat and a pair of white flannel trousers, hail with satisfaction the fact that the coming summer will bring forth no contest for the America’s Cup. These costly and intermittent affairs, while a source of great interest to yachtsmen, and an extraordinary attraction to the conserving their international quality, will afford a splendid test of daring, broad and thorough seamanship. This event is the transatlantic race for a gold cup offered by the German Emperor, and the details of the contest have just been completed. The Emperor intended originally to offer the cup through the New York Yacht Club, and Sir Thomas Lipton, who already had Offered a cup | tom a transatlantic race AMATEUR PHOTO BY W, H, GRAFFAM ROUNDING THE BUOY. Winner of the 17th Prize in REcREATION’s 9th Annual Photo Competition. non-seafaring public, invariably strangle, for the season, the small boat racing of all the various clubs along the coast and the Sound. Small boat competition, in which the yacht owner handles his own craft and steers his own course, is the true yachts-. man’s delight. Of this fundamental class of the sport, of which the America’s Cup races are ornate but artificial developments, there promises to be a plenty in the coming sea- son of 1905. For the public interest, however, one race has already been arranged which, besides eliminating the undesirable features of the go-footer affairs off Sandy Hook, while 83 through the Atlantic Yacht Club, in recog- nition of that club’s promotion of ocean racing, withdrew in favor of the Emperor on the condition that the race should be managed jointly by the New York and At- lantic clubs. The exclusive and somewhat arrogant policy of the New York Yacht Club would not agree to that, and now as a solution of the dispute the race will be man- aged by the Kiel ~ Yacht) Club, of Germany. There are no restrictions as to the rig of the competing vessels and there will be no time allowances; but to eliminate foolhardy mariners the conditions stipulate that each craft must be of at least 200 tons burden. PHOTO BY N. L., STEBBINS» EE - CLUNNGRT Ck Re The start will be made May 15th, from Sandy Hook, and the finish will be off the Lizard, on the English coast. To guard against taking unnecessary risks and to ensure a proper regard for the safety of the men there is a condition that any boat losing a ay AUXILIARY, YAWL,.77 FEET, CACIQOUE. man overboard will be disqualified as a win- ner. It will be remembered that in the fa- mous transatlantic race of 1866, between Fleetwing, Henrietta and Vesta, 6 men were washed overboard from the Fleetwing and lost. OWNED BY F. W. PAVAMORE. 32 h. p. Speedway Motor, 8 Miles an Hour. 84 YACHT RACING IN 1005. 8x The big new 3 masted schooner Atlantic, owned by Wilson Marshall, which won the Cape May and Brenton’s Reef cups last season; George Lauder, Jr.'s handsome black Endymion, which now holds the trans- atlantic yacht record; Lloyd Phenix’s 3 master Intrepid; H. W. Putnam’s schooner Ariadne; Robert E. Tod’s Thistle; Albert C. Bostwick’s Vergemere; and FE. C. Cole- man’s big schooner Hildegarde, are all prob- able starters. The largest and probably the only square rigger among the contestants will be the bark Apache, of which Edmund Randolph is the owner. Mr. Randolph had been plan- ning an extensive winter and spring cruise, and had fitted out his vessel for the purpose, but as soon as he heard that the dispute about the race had been settled and the date of the start arranged, he gave up his cruising From Gardner & Cox, who designed the 40 footer Irondequoit, the Rochester Yacht Clube wall order a “new “boat, the de= sign for which is now practically complete. Herreshoff will design a potential defender for Frank T. Christy, and 2 other boats are contemplated. William Fife, Jr., who de- signed the first and third Shamrocks, will evolve a possible challenger for the Cana- dian yachtmen. Great interest is centered on another boat which the Canadians have ordered from Albert Mylne, who, in the opinion of many, is the coming British de- signer. He is a young man and served his appenticeship under the late George L. Watson. Thus far his creations, which in- clude the 50 footer Moyana, have been re- markably fast and successful. It is doubtful if there is a better de- signer in Canada than H. C. McLeod, who plans in order to enter his vessel in the race. This race will be the season’s chief offering in that growing form of yachting which tends so much to develop seaworthiness in boats and seamanship in navigators. In ad- dition, however, there will be the Atlantic Yacht Club’s usual quota of ocean races, which ex-Commodore Tod has done so much to encourage; the Brooklyn Yacht Club’s race to Hampton Roads; the East- ern Yacht Club’s race from New York to Marblehead; and the Chicago Yacht Club’s race from Chicago to Mackinaw, a 331 mile fresh water event. The Canada’s Cup race on Lake Ontario and the races for the Seawanhaka Cup on Lake St. Louis are 2 international events that will be fought out this summer. For the Canada’s Cup, so sensationally won in 1903 by the Irondequoit, under the skillful handling of Addison G. Hanan, there are plans and rumors of plans that at least 6 boats will contend for the honor of chal- lenging and defending that trophy. LINES OF YACHT’S AUTO-BOAT. is. the general manager of the Bank of Nova Scotia. The Payne defender, Beaver, defeated his Minloa in 1899, but the mar- -gin was a close one, and Mr.. McLecd prob- ably will be asked to devote some of his leisure to the evolution of another boat. In the small classes along the Sound and the New England coast there promises to be unusual activity. Even the New York Yacht Club, which has done little to encourage racing among the mosquito fleet, is getting a one design class, of which the Sound clubs, in addition to their pres- ent supply, will have some new ones. The most active of the small boat clubs are those along the Massachusetts coast, where practically all the racing is furnished by boats of 30 feet and below. The record for last season is held by the Corinthian Yacht Club, of Marblehead, in whose to Open events there were 431 starters. As a rule, the boats are larger and the number of starters correspondingly fewer the farther East one goes along the Sound. KANAWHA, WINNER OF BENNEDD CUR, 1904 Nevertheless, the Larchmont Yacht Club, probably the most popular and progressive yachting organization on the Sound, came next to the Marblehead club with 11 open events and) 200 starters, (hen came) the Boston Yacht Club with 14 ‘races. and 386 starters; the Beverly Yacht Club with 15 faces. and) 272. stanters.. and) the New Yor: Yacht. Club wath 2o Sracess andig232 starters. The amount of yacht racing done each Veal isu auistialllyamumdenestamate dancer aby) those who keep up a connection with yacht- ing events. According to the records of 83 yacht clubs between Cape Ann and Cape May, 2091 races were held last summer and 3.353 boats started. These figures include the 43) -races and: 7A4 “stanters: fromis the clubs on Great South bay, -the Hudson river and the Jersey coast; a portion of the yachting fraternity whose doings are usu- ally overshadowed by the accomplishments of the larger and richer organizations. It is doubtful if steam yacht racing ever 4 can obtain a hold on the yachting public, on account of expense and time allowance difficulties. Two handsome cups offered last year were not competed for at all, and El. H: Rogers’ switt) Kanawha, aiter (hes defeat of Haouli, seems, with James Gor- don Bennett’s Lysistrata cup in her pos- session, to remain mistress of the field. Motor boat racing is sure to become more widespread than ever, and some astonishing speed records may be looked for from boats now building. At present Commodore Harrison B. Moore’s Onontio, which established last autumn a record of 28:36 statute miles an hour, is at the top of the heap. The races already mentioned, the Lipton cup races at Chicago and San Diego, and the races of the Gulf Coast Association, to- gether with the long sought uniform meas- urement rules for the Eastern clubs, prom- ise much racing activity the coming season and much development along the most healthful lines. 7 “How long have you had your new girl?” “Which one? week.” “Mercy ! days ago.” Vve had 4 in the last I mean the new one you had 10 Sliver hade7asincentnenms. “T think her name was Mary.” “T’ve had 5 Marys.” “Goodness ! a tuii-tp nose. - This one had freckles and “Three of them had the same.” “T give it up.” “T’ve given Plain Dealer. them 86 all up.” —Cleveland HOW THE WATER HABIT. GROWS. The love of outdoor life is growing more rapidly in this country than it ever before grew anywhere. ‘Thousands of people who have heretofore imagined they could not live without the luxuries to be found within brick or stone walls, and on paved streets are leaving their city houses every year and going into the woods or on the waters. A larger part of this outdoor movement is taking the aquatic form. There never was a time when so many boats were being built and sold as to-day. The size and character of these craft are regulated only ment in houses or offices, and to a lack of proper exercise and. good air. Men and women. who live a large portion of their time outdoors develop strong, vigorous con- stitutions, good lungs, good appetites and a confirmed habit of sleeping 8 hours at a Stretch. - Phe indications are that 1f -this outdoor sentiment continues to grow the medical colleges will have to shut up shop and many of the doctors already on the town will have to seek other occupations. A strong proof of what I have said about the water habit is shown in the fact AUTO BOAT SPEEDWAY, 22 MILES AN HOUR, 40 FEET. Owned by Charles L. Seabury. by the means of the purchasers. Million- aires are buying elaborate and luxurious steam or sail yachts, as heretofore. The man of moderate means is content with a 40 or 50-foot gasoline launch, or a small sloop or catboat; while the mian of less means, the man who works for a salary, does his cruising in a rowboat, fitted with a one-horse-power engine, or even in a ca- noe propelled by muscular power. All this development of the love of out- of-doors is encouraging to the student of sociologoy, and in fact to every one inter- ested in the health and prosperity of the people. Many of the ailments that have kept the doctors busy heretofore are due to confine- 8% that there are about 5 times as many boat- building plants in this country to-day as there were IO years ago. Furthermore, most of them are behind their orders all the year around. All of them are constant- ly increasing their capacity and adding to their working forces. Where will this thing stop? Tt will prebably, met stop at allie Tt willl) keep on growing as the» people become more highly educated in the advantages of this iOrm On weereaiiom, — Dime thane i Ihikelhy to come when Long Island sound and the North river will be as densely crowded with pleasure craft as Fifth avenue is now with carriages and automobiles; but one-third of TEE NIAGARA. take ages for the boat builders to put enough of their product afloat to overcrowd all the waterways. It is only natural that the same eager- ness for speed should have developed among amphibian people as has already taken pos- session of those who navigate the public highways. ‘The auto boat ‘and the motor boat of to-day are marvels of speed; yet the water lovers are not satisfied. They are all looking for something still faster. Marine engineers and master boat builders are lying awake nights trying to devise mo- tor power that will drive a boat through the water at a rate of 40 or even 50 miles an hour. This striving after great velocity seems to me unreasonable. If a man goes on the water simply for pleasure there is no use of his being in such a desperate hurry to get anywhere. If he is going to Chicago, or to Boston on business, it is only reason- able that he should wish to get there as soon as possible, get through with what he has to do and get back. But if he starts to Newport, New London, Albanv, or Florida on a pleasure cruise, why should he try to go faster than anyone else can go? This unseemly striving after high speed should be discouraged, for the owner or the driver of the high speed boat not only en- dangers the safety of his own party, but gets on the nerves of other people who may happen to come within his course. AMATEUR PHOTO BY GEO. HARTMAN, ; UNDER THE WILLOWS Highly commended in Recreation’s 9th Annual Photo Competition, ie Bae te 2 Om Si GE ANT. 39 The increase in the number of boats of all kinds onmeawaters sean etmne voTnedeecilics will have a tendency to cause those who like peace and quiet to seek the inland waters of the Middle or Southern States, or of Canada, just as the automobilist and the owner of good horses who does not care to Tunithe gauntlet of Miith avenue or Riverside drive seeks the less frequent- ed roads of Westchester, Long Island, or Jersey. The people of the interior will profit by the coming of these yachtsmen and launchmen. They are good livers and lb- eral spenders, and are always welcome among the people who live along the rivers or about the interior lakes. The object of making this special boat number of RECREATION is to bring to the attention of the thousands of people who do not yet appreciate the magnitude of this outdoor movement, a better knowledge of what the boat builders are doing for the country. There are great numbers of peo- ple who live near rivers or small lakes, or near the seacoast, who do not realize what pleasure there is in navigating the water in a light boat propelled by the wind, or by gasoline, or by steam. Many people do not know how simple a matter it is to operate a, small “boat, “Dhey do net know how cheaply they can buy and maintain a vessel capable of carrying a dozen people comfort- ably. The object of this issue of REcREA- TION is to place before such people a good- ly fund of information that will be new to many of them. RECREATION stands for the great out-of- doors. It counsels its readers at all times to live as much as possible in the open air. One way of doing this comfortably and ata moderate expense is to own and use a boat. Dyslivingwanimontiaom 2 every. Summer) Om the water, by doing the hard work that may easily be combined with such sport, you may secure a new lease on life. You can harden your muscles, build up vour ap- petite and secure a coat of tan that will be an honor to you and that may save you a doctor's bill. Webs, BACiaUE LOU S Cis vaIN 1, f. E. B. HENRY. Oh, vex me not with a song of love, "Tis a mad, delusive dream; But sing the joys of the yacht at sea, Where the moon-kissed ripples gleam; Of hunting field, or the rod and stream, Of the tent and light canoe, The stag hound’s bay when the quarry springs, And the hunter’s loud halloo. While echoes wake on the distant hill, And the blood leaps in the veins, As flies the turf from the spurning hoof Where the flying charger strains. Sing not to me of thy twilight bowers, Nor the glance of dreamy eyes, The face divine, nor the sylphlike form, Nor the love that never dies. Then sing a song of the mountain bold, Where the eagle screams on high; Where crag to crag in the thunder speaks, When the lightnings rend the sky. Where she wolf prowls, and the wildcat screams By the cave where lurks the bear : Where night owl hoots to the drowsy moon, And the panther seeks his lair; Where groans the mountain with riven breast, When the Storm King laughs aloud And veils the brow of the snow-clad peak With the lowring thunder cloud. Ah, these are themes that are worth a song, Not a lovesick:. soft refrain’: A droning tale by idiot told, Of a pleasure all but pain. For love, at best, is a phantom sprite, Ever fickle, fierce, and vain; While unrequited, it gnaws the heart With an anguish worse than pain. oot om, Lie oes ay AMATEUR PHOTO BY U. C. WANNER. RETURN OF THE FISHERMEN: One of the 2d Prize Winners in Recrration’s 9th Annual Photo Competition. Made with a Century Camera. AMATEUR PHOTO BY U. C, WANNER: WHOSE FLUSH? One of the 2d Prize Winners in Recreation’s 9th Annual Photo Competition, Made with a Pony Premo Camera. 90 GH eee la LNG: W. S. QUIGLEY. To the average mind yachting suggests abundance of leisure, an excess of wealth, great cargoes of wines and other beverages, a retinue of servants and much knowledge Of Chinesenauticals NS a matter Of fact. tite only essential, besides a boat of moderate cost, is the luxury of leisure. With these twin necessities it is possible for anyone to provide himself with a floating summer home to be moved about at will, at a com- paratively small cost; and the explorer does not have to dig into the mysteries of yacmeme Gesicns, Elune: It iehy > be 4 democratic gasoline launch, a stately old windjammer, whose lee rail is never wet from one season to another, or even the promising auxiliary, without too much bush no ruffling of temper, no disputes as to where to locate, forever free from dust, smells, noise, stray dogs, tramps, bad sew- age and from intrusion of all objectionable kinds, is the height of happiness. In cheap yachting alone is such a blessing possible, for in expensive yachting there is the end- less social function and the omnipresent gratuity. The cheap yacht, unlike the leop- ard, can change its spots by moving about when the joyous explorers so decide. I once stood on the wharf of the Pequot House, at New London, watching the fleet of the New York Yacht Club preparing to move off to Newport on its annual cruise to the Eastward. The kingly Nourmahal, the queenly Corsair, the princely Varuna ONTA COUNTRY WADLER: WAY. for crowding on canvas and just enough gasoline power to move around to a desired destination when the winds are asleep. An endless variety of location is afforded in the wanderings of a boat whose designer is noted for not straining after the produc- tion of the lightest shell. From a well timbered and stoutly planked craft, with promises of many years of useful service, more healthful recreation and genuine fun -may be had in one week than from a whole season of that odd product of misdirected ingenuity, the fragile racing shell, whose life is one, or, at most, 2 brief racing years. The cost of a cruise in a comfortable boat need be no greater than that of board at the ordinary watering places. Then there is the advantage of going where one pleases, returning when one chooses and changing around as mood or necessity dic- tates. To start with a fair wind when you please, not knowing how far you will go, making harbor only when weather or ca- prices decide, no dressing for meals at a fashionable hotel, no conflict of authority, 91 and all the other royal steam yachts of the country were there, getting their anchors to! move. onward. in: the “majestic fleet: Visions of Moorish chandeliers, Turkish rugs, hard wood, highly polished, silken plush furniture, old gold passementeries, bevel edged mirrors, grand pianos, velour portieres, priceless tapestries, silver lamps, a regiment of valets, champagne as plenti- ful as water and edibles to satisfy the de- sires of the most exacting king, rose before me; but I was not envious. Near the pier and apart from the aristocratic fleet was a broad beamed cabin catboat, her only sail as yellow and time stained as aged khaki. Clustered in the cockpit of the catboat was a merry party of college boys with their banjoes and their glee songs. They, too, were preparing to get under way, but their preparations were in marked contrast to the formality that attended the departure of the fleet of the multimillionaires. Blessed if I know, that, either.” The catboat swung away with nothing but a gentle ripple of water to disturb the ineffable beatitude of her amateur mariners; and I was envious. They had no ground to buy, no rent to pay, no speculation as to where they would sleep that night, no mosquitoes; nothing but healthful exer- cise, wholesome fare, hardy adventure, ex- citement for the mind and labor for the muscles. I looked longingly after the cat- boat and then at the rich men:sitleet and 1 could not help comparing the latter with a boatwl had heardsoi im ison: “°Twas the good fast yacht, the Mermaid, that went sailing down the bay With a party predetermined to be jolly, one would | say, ‘By the demijohns and boxes, by the lemons and the beer, And the ice that jwent aboard her just before she left the pier.’ $370. Provisions for month, $40. Let us glance at the yacht builders’ and agencies circulars and catalogues to see what we can get in the way of a cheap pleasure craft. Perhaps we do not desire the uncertainties of moving around in fickle breezes along tranquil stretches of water in the canvassed floating cottage that so many like to owm every summer; so we will turn our attention to a motor boat that is sure, barring accident, to get us to some desired haven alongshore about the time the truant waves of sunlight are being pursued by the shadows of the Ghar cen, Iler ws see, INO, mame iS Oo costly. This one is too small. No sleep- ing-accommodation on this one. Ah, ‘here is one. “New double planked mahogany speed launch, 52 feet long, 6.6 feet beam; hull designed by Henry J. Gielow. Engine, 30 horse power; built by Gas Engine and Power Co.; accommodation for 6; cost $4,500. Will sell for $1,850. Howard Howard, Yonkers.” Weare to havess in Oulmepatiaya melita will mean if we buy this boat that each will have to pay $370. This boat is ready for service except that we would have to supply the berth linen, the rugs and cush- ions, the provisions, ice, fuel for the oil stove or alcohol for the chafing dish and a few other inexpensive furnishings. Each member of the party may furnish blankets or rugs from his own home. We do not, therefore, figure that item in the general average. We would want one hired man, LO Ghee boat. and suchmamonenniayvasbe had for about $40 a month. We could live well on $10 each a week. Counting the hired man’s fare at $5 a week would figure Out for cachs mam) Onieialecosteousboats Wages of crew, $8. Board of crew, $4. Bedding for crew, $2. Incidentals, $15. The cost to each man during the first A 15 MILE CEIP: (CIGUE ZU W ACIEUIMONG. 93 month of the cruise, for =the latnch mentioned, would be $439, but the running expenses for each month thereafter would be only $67 for each member. The value of a launch oOfethis size is! that it 1s pos- sible to run up to a friendly pier without the necessity of buying a small boat to take the people ashore who might wish to go. This launch has a draught of about 2 feet, so it is possible for her to navigate in safety almost every sheltered stretch of water, bay or estuary, whether in the waters of Wisconsin or the more turbulent streams about the coast of Maine. It is not intended that this estimate cover claret cup, birds’ nest soup and woodcock pates for meals and between meals, but $10 a man is a liberal allowance for a week of wholesome fare. It is surprising what appetites the bracing sea air engenders and whatvas tinct, and ston tie latter the, ici- dental $15 a month per man is made. No matter what body of water is se- lected for the cheap yachting trip it will be necessary to get some extra clothing that would not be demanded in camp or during a vacation on land. An oilskin, a sou’wester, a heavy peajacket and rubber boots will be needed. There are days dur- ing every cruise when tarpaulins on even the hatches are necessary, but ¢he limit that each man will go to provide for com- fort will depend on his personal ideas and desires to spend money. Allowing $15 for extra clothing and $1 a man for cooking and eating utensils, the cost for the first month of such a cruise would be $455 for each member. The second month’s cost would, however, remain at $67 for each man. It is not necessary to get so expensive or so fast a launch. A cabin cruising launch of, say, 35 feet, brand new, and finished in oak, cypress, cherry or birch mahogany, with 6 horse power, sufficient to get around in any kind of weather or sea, may be bought direct from the builders for $800. A boat of this type is completely eauipped with all necessary fittings and furnishings, including cork filled cushions, covered with corduroy, pantasote or car plush, 3 brass sailing lights, a brass combination light, cork filled fenders, a brass tipped boat hook, a galvanized folding anchor, a per- manent roof with side curtains, a complete canvas cover, flagpoles and sockets, a steer- ing wheel, canvas awning and stanchions, nickel or brass rail and other necessaries for safety and comfort. An $800 launch of this type has seating capacity for about 25 people, so that 5 persons would have no trouble in finding sleeping accommodations on board. This craft is covered from 3 feet from the bow to about 2% feet from the stern by a cabin with ample head room, and has 15 glass windows on either side. If the party be smaller than 5 and the purpose to get around from port to port, with no objection to spending nights at a farmer’s house or in a hotel, it is possible to get an open launch almost for a song. One of the builders advertises a $200 out- fit for such a cruise. The decks of this craft are finished in oak, pine, cypress or birch, her length is 16 feet, her draught 16 inches, and she is well finished with nickel Of brass ponsheds: trintmmimgsesy Sle: aS equipped with a 2 horse power motor. She ‘s not a craft for those who are afraid of the powers of the sun and the ravages of the wind, however. No matter what launch is bought for a cruise of any length consider, as in the se- lection® ofa ssailine: "crak Safety first, com= fort second and speed third. Stick to that order of things and you can not go wrong. Another desirable feature in a marine gaso- line engine is simplicity. There are times AMATE R PHOTO BY uy. DUNBAR. BEATING TO WINDWARD. Made with a Goerz Lens. when the professional member of the crew, iieone: be carried, walllmeed=a jest; Of) ne may be ill or injured midway between ports. Under these conditions the owners of the launch will thank themselves most fervently if they have chosen a simple, understandable engine and not one that has spasms and balky idiosyncrasies. Not to speak of the annoyance, it is dangerous to own an engine which beomes overheated after being run a short time. Get a good water jacketed cylinder head by all means, to save your fingers from frequent burns, and get a water iacketed exhaust pipe to save yourself in the summing up in the hereaiter and from ‘the perils of the sea.” Above all, get an engine that will not leave a disagreeable odor in your wake to cause fiers LOM POM aie VOU Will Scorn, Of to make you feel as if you had taken a draught of gasoline with your last meal. A recent advertisement of a launch 31 feet in length gave the selling price as G4 Ida (GIB AIL ON $1,500. The forward saloon of this boat is 13 feet long, providing 4 extension berths. On the starboard side-ait of the main saloon is a brass lined stove locker, containing 2 stoves. Aft is an enclosed toilet with folding nickeled lavatory, closet, plate glass mirror, and mahogany brush, comb and soap racks. On the bulkhead of the lavatory enclosure, in the engine room, is a table locker, containing 4 mahogany folding tables nested into a small space. On the starboard side aft is an extension berth for the engineer. The sliding door between the engine room and the saloon has beveled plate glass windows, and on both sides of the door in the bulkhead ar windows of French plate glass. The sa- loon is laid with Wilton velvet carpet and the engine floor is covered with linoleum. Mahogany shelf racks extend the full length of the saloon on both sides, and de- tachable brass mesh mosquito screens are on all the windows. When it comes to the selection of a sail- ing cruiser much more care must be exer- cised than in choosing a launch. It is nec- essary above all things to avoid excessive lightness. Any yacht built below a scale of weights and sizes which would make it useful for cruising purposes is to be ta- booed. Of course, every pound saved in weight of hull means more ease in propul- sion, and consequently more speed from the same driving power. Speed is, how- ever, optional, and to reach an extravagant limit is merely a matter of expenditure. An over canvassed boat may result in foam halfway up to the mast and may furnish exhilarating sport while it lasts; but a boat of that type does not guarantee the full pleasures, comforts and economies of the strongly built craft, even when the latter is deadened by a cargo of cabin hamper. The possibilities in choosing a sail-driven CiMiser sane as, many as, the vantety, in purses. Some may prefer the much over- rated yawl-rigged boat, others the cabin sloop, many the cabin catboat, and a few the schooner. The latter is preferable for all around work, but is more expensive to buy, charter or maintain than the ones of smaller spars. One advantage in securing a sviling boat is that it is not always nec- essary to buy; a time charter, including all furnishings, being the usual condition Of a transfer TLatinch owners, as a rule, prefer to sell outright. Any yacht agent of pretension is able to furnish a listior available ‘critisine sail boats, in season or out. It is not advisable to charter when the price of a boat is mod- erate. A fairly well built cabin catboat with accommodations for 4 persons and ample head room may be bought for $250 to $500. All depends on the finish, the condition of the sails, spars and rigging wood in the cabin. and the reputation of the vessel for speed. A small keel schooner, 31 feet on the water line, is advertised for sale for $500. She is built of oak frames and oak and pine planking. She is galvanized iron fastened aad has 4iberthsminethiescabima me inemhicad room of the latter is 5 feet 4 inches. An- other advertisement shows a keel sloop 25 feet over all, with nearly to feet beam and a draught of only 4 feet. This one has oak frames, cedar planking and _ spruce spars. She has no staterooms, but there are 4 berths in the cabin. Her owner says that the transoms are wide, and that while intended for 4 persons they have accom- modated 6 with comfort. The cabin of this boat is large, and is paneled in mahogany and birds’ eye maple. There are 2 large clothes lockers of hard- She has a large ice box, Wher cockpit wis sinisiied simmash sand walnut, with a cherry rail. It is claimed for herethat she is. 10 acer) but an salle boat-and comfortable in any weather. She has a water tank and pump, a refrigerator on the starboard side of the companionway and ai dish) locker on the port side, sydiiie list may be carried on to an able cutter for $700, a sharpie for $900, another for $400, and scores of centerboard sloops for about $350 each. If one wants to pay $1.000 for a sloop he may get 2 staterooms, a fore- Castle; -amdiy Derths) fom eS) Stlestsy ens) Bron - open catboats, they are to be had for $100 each, and in some cases for the cost of the mast and mainsail. Who could not afford cheap yachting with prices like these? A man of family, or several friends, may organize into a floating community, reduc- ing the exnenses to a minimum and ob- tain on their excursions in a cheap yacht a grand combination of personalities: and ideas. Expensive railroad- and steamboat fares are eliminated, journeys along the broad waters of the ever changing and at- tractive Sound may be made, or up the picturesque and placid Hudson, or even along. the mighty stretches of the New England coast. A cruise of this kind will be found more advantageous than camping on shore because the floating home can be so readily moved. about. No country in the world has such an elaborate system of canals, incomparable lakes and numerous navigable streams for cruising into the in- terior as this of outs. The value of cheap yachting is that the bases of. supplies are always handy, and one is not obliged to submit to the extor- tions and inconveniences of the average summer hotel. One may even take his ser- vant along to work and enjoy the recrea- tion. One need not have business con- stantly shoved at him as on shore, and with or without a skipper one’s command is supreme. In the morning one may swim A SUCCESSFUL MOTOR CANOE. 98 alongside his own home without chill or languor, he may catch his own fish for breakfast, and in the evening, after gliding on through sunshine or moonlight, the owner of a small boat at anchor in a safe haven may take his pipe, spread out his rugs and cushions and survey with a pro- prietary mien the surrounding waters. Cheap yachting! It is the Elysium of the tired business man and the invention of the, angels’. But at “has--its -Donts;. too: Ignore a boat of superb fittings. She costs too mech. “Get an@able: boat sand pay as much attention to her equipment and out- fit as to her. design. The comfort and pleasure of an owner are dependent on such secondary features as lighting, ventilation, plumbing and communication. Itjis best to finisly each day's run early. There is always danger after dark. It is unwise to take too many trappings along. Use the same rule that soldiers do when starting on a march. Pick what is needed and take no more unless it be a hammock for an uncomfortably warm night or an extra blanket for a cold one. Always lay in a good supply of provi- sions, ice and coal. Calms come like the proverbial thief in the night. Don’t, above all things, select a boat in bad order or even a very old craft. Ex- amine everything in sight and have a builder examine everything out of sight. If you pick a sound boat, select con- genial companions and choose an interest- ing cruising area: you will own your float- ing cottage and live as cheaply as on shore, if not cheaper. Under such conditions the highest degree of pleasure and instruction may be attained, and every night all hands will rest with the tranquillity of a forgiven sinner. EP SUCCE SSMU MOOR CANOE: A. D. W. SMITH. Photos by the Author. Great interest has been aroused in the development of small motor craft, and while there are many classes of motor boats the motor canoe here described is, as far as I know, the only successful one in SHOWING. SKEG, PROPELLER. ETC. operaticn. It is an ordinary stock paddling canoe; 18 feet long, 35 inches beam, 14 inches deep, built by The Canadian Canoe Co., Peterboro. As shown in cut No. I, a skeg is built on from about the center of the keel to the stern. Through this skeg the shaft runs to a point sufficiently low to keep the propeller submerged under all Conditions) awinich asm iain as leacane mad “out, was the main difficulty experienced by others This skeg not only answers the purpose mentioned, but also provides a long bear- ing for the shaft, and stiffens the canoe considerably. It is fastened through by bolts sufficiently long to be riveted under- neath to the one-inch half oval iron which serves as a protection to the keel, and is carried from the bow to the stern, at which point it projects as a shoe protecting the propeller blades from injury either while running or landing. The rudder is attached to this shoe, and steering can be controlled from any part of the canoe, as an endless cord runs through screw eyes and pulleys attached to the gunwales. Motive power is supplied by a 2-cycle, single cylinder one horse power gasoline engine, set up exactly in the center of the canoe:’ It is fastened to a bed made from 2-foot pieces of ash, laid longitudinally, with 2 cross pieces formed to fit the bottom of the canoe. These pieces also act as braces, and are fastened from the outside by brass screws. The propeller shaft from the engine to RUNNING IO MILES AN HOUR. the skeg is encased in brass tubing, and is supported by 2 bearings about 2 feet apart. This stationary casing also acts as a bear- ing where it enters the skeg, and the shaft 06 RECREATION. can always be kept lubricated; amd not- withstanding the 9-foot length of the shaft there has been no side play. The gasoline tank, capacity 3 gallons, is in the bow under the decking, and a lead pipe conveys the gasoline to the carburetor. This works all right in smooth water, but where rough water is the rule I advise cyl- indrical tanks placed amidships. Battery box, spark coil, and switch, together with the connecting wires, are waterproof, and are within easy reach of the person run- ning the engine. The discharge pipe from the water jacket is run through the muf- fler. A tool box is used as a seat by the person running the engine, and while one person can easily operate the canoe, I found that while carrying 2 or 3 people, better MAKING A LANDING. speed could be obtained. Four adults can sit comfortably in the canoe, and average speed of a little over 10 miles an hour during the past season was obtained with the equipment described. The cost of the canoe, equipped, is about $180, and when fully loaded the draught is less than 12 inches. It is impossible in a short description like this to give details, but I am confident that this type is not only the ideal one for canoeists, but that it will also appeal to prospectors, explorers and surveyors, who need something portable, safe, speedy, and strong enough to stand hard usage. As an illustration, in August, with fairly choppy water, on Lake Ontario, we carried in the canoe 4 adults and 2 children and towed for RUNNING 8- MILES AN HOUR. several hours.an 18-foot rowboat containing as many more people. I found the canoe steady in the roughest weather, easily steered and dry. Anyone interested and wishing to build can get further details by writing me, and I can also arrange for working plans and specifications. A. E. Dunn, St. Enoch’s square, Toronto, did the necessary woodwork. The engine was designed by E. J. Philip, now of Bran- don, Man., and the Dominion Motor & Ma- chine Co., Toronto, installed the engine. Wm. Wilkinson, one of their employees, successfully solved some intricate problems in connection with the gasoline supply, which on account of the limited head af- forded by a craft so shallow, proved diff- 7 cult. CANOE STATIONARY. “Tt’s always dangerous to jump at con- clusions,’ said the careful man; “you're liable to make yourself ridiculous, at least.” “Yes,” replied the Jersey commuter, “I jumped at the conclusion of a ferry boat once, and missed it.’”—Philadelphia Ledger. Wes CNOUSIE OW WIELe Ia Swe Ssy WARREN E. Lake Erie has an evil reputation. It is noted for violent squalls, and being the shallowest of the great lakes it takes only a short time to kick up a nasty sea, which tests the seagoing qualities of even the lagcest lake. (steamers; pile this) eattune really adds to the excitement and adven- ture that all amateur mariners are eager to encounter and overcome. We left Buffalo in August, in the gaso- line launch Restless, 30-foot hunting cabin boat of the whaleboat type, bound for Put- in bay, a snug little harbor on South Bass island, 250 miles from Buffalo, made fa- mous by Perry’s victory. It was here that the sturdy Commodore captured the entire British fleet, and announced his victory in KELLEY. from the West, it is a bad lee shore, with no shelter. The only harbor of refuge be- tween Buffalo and Erie, 85 miles, is Dun- kirk, which is about half way. De, North shore is sandy, with many sheltering points, and several good har- bors. The progress of a sailing yacht being uncertain, makes it liable to be caught in a bad situation on the South shore; but with a launch making 8 or 9g miles an hour, the run between these ports can be made safely by) Keeping ay careiul, lookout. The weather was fine when we left Dun- Kitk~rcatlye the! Mexty monniles so) we did not stop at Erie as- mtended, but pushed through to Ashtabula. We needed no alarm clock to) callus for an ‘early ‘start AMATEUR PIIOTO BY D. W. MATTESON. AVE RESH) WATERS REGAD IVA: the famous dispatch, “We have met the en- emy and they are ours.” It had rained torrents until noon, and while there was not much wind, it was one of those uncertain August days when it is hard to tell what will happen next, but we shaped our course for Dunkirk, 4o miles up the South shore, where we arrived be- fore dark without incident. Before the advent of the small power boats, it was customary in cruising on Lake Erie to follow the North shore to Long Point, 63 miles, and from there to cross the lake to Erie, and continue up the South shore. Any wind-jammer will still give this advice, not realizing that conditions are entirely different with a launch. The South shore of Lake Erie is bold and rocky, for the most part, and as the storms swing from Southeast to Northwest by way of North, the strongest wind usually being 97 the next morning, as night was made hid- eous by the loading of steamers at the coal docks where we tied up. They run cars up a high trestle, then turn the car bottom- side up and let the whole load drop into the vessel with a bang that makes sleep 1m- possible. We should have stopped at Erie, where they say the spirit of sleep pervades the whole atmosphere. We had forgotten an important part of our outfit, a small folding table, and while at Dunkirk we telephoned back to Buffalo to one of our party, who was to meet us at Cleveland, to bring it along. We also told him to have a barrel of gasoline at the dock in Cleveland by the time we were due there. When we reached Cleveland we expected to find Ed astride of a barrel of gasoline, with the table under his arm, waiting for us on the dock; but he got mixed on our instructions, and it took us the best part 98 RECREATION. of the day to find him, away on the out- skirts of the town. He had _ evidently passed through the main part of the town without realizing that he had arrived at the Chay Ow Wale Garfield Monument that we hear so much about when they take a cen- sus. They count all the people in the West- ern part of Ohio, and then stand on the via- duct and count them again as they pass back and forth. On previous cruises we had taken on easoline at many points, and the obliging and prompt service of the Standard Oil concern has always been a marvel, but at the headquarters we had a great deal of trouble. They refused to aillorn the man to pump into the boat, and after much argu- ment they sent a little toy tin pump with a spout about a foot long. We were lying ia 2 Godk aAlnonle © week “high, and had all kinds of trouble before we got the tank filled. We expected to complete our outward voyage the next day. The wind was blow- ing fresh, but we decided to make a start. As we made the first plunge after clearing the breakwater, there emanated from the depths of the cabin a rapid fire of announce- ments from one of our party who styles himself a canal sailor. “The gasoline tank is slopping over, the water is coming in on all sides, the port lights leak, our grips are getting soaked! Aw, what’s the use!” Added to this was the din of kettles and pans slamming around, and as soon as this excitement subsided and we saw an oppor- tunity for turning, we reluctantly put back. We were, however, impatient to get under way, and decided to try it again and run aS ir AS IROGmr immer, aootle & mules. a pretty harbor used as an anchorage for the | Cleveland yacht clubs. We got a better slant by going out of the West gap, of the breakwater, and by the time we reached Rocky river we were riding the seas so gaily, and so enjoying the sensation of leaping from crest to crest, that all hands voted to continue to Lorain. We rounded Avon Point close to the shore, as there is good water all along. The shores of that Point are beautiful, with many splendid summer homes nestling among the trees on the high bluff overlooking the lake. The wind subsided and we passed Lorain and continued to Vermilion. There we found one of those charming old ports that are left entirely to the pleasure cruisers, dilapidated piers, a picturesque lighthouse, and summer girls, idly paddling up and down the Vermilion river, which empties into Lake Erie. There is no commerce at that port. Sand bars have filled the en- trance, and it is accessible only to small craft. Daylight the next morning found us stir- ring, as we were scheduled to reach Put-in bay by noon, but the fates had decreed otherwise. Our start was promising, but our finish was not far off. Sandusky bay sets in some distance, and we laid our course for Marblehead, a prominent rocky headland, and a picturesque spot, with lighthouse, life-saving station, and storm- signal station. It has been the scene of many wrecks. There we left the open wa- ters of Lake Erie and entered the South passage, leading to the intricate channels through the numerous islands, rocks and reefs at the Western end of Lake Erie. We passed Marblehead in high spirits, with asinresh head wind) anda ssea that tossed our little craft about regardless, but she dug into it as if she enjoyed it as much as we did. We were bowling along at a swift rate when suddenly the engine slowed down and then stopped. The launch fell into the trough of the sea and rolled fright- fully, and we feared it would swamp; but we shipped scarcely any water, so we began to look for the trouble. Gasoline was test- ed for water, vaporizers taken apart to look for dirt, wiring overhauled, batteries tested, spark plugs taken out, cylinder heads take1 off and new gaskets put in; every possible symptom was diagnosed over and over with no results. We were completely stumped for the first time. We were about 3 miles off shore and right abreast of the life-saving station, and wesaw that they had launched the life boat and were coming to our rescue. As we had absolutely no means of helping our- selves, we considered it fortunate that our accident occurred in sight of Uncle Sam’s watchful guards, who are always on the alert to assist the shipwrecked mariter. We were in no immediate danger, so we ‘had the long-looked-for opportunity to try our drogue, which had been carried on many a trip and had never been wet. As a means of keeping the boat head-to, it was a dismal failure. We put it out to wind- ward, and it drifted back up against the side of the boat. When the life-saving crew reached us, they passed us a line and towed us to Kel- ley’s island, about a mile distant, where we tied up to a ‘dock, and proceeded to take the engine apart several times more, in a vain attempt to get it started. Just as we had given up hope of finding the trouble, one of the party hung over the stern, looked at the propeller wheel: and found one of the blades perfectly flat. The lock-nut had worked loose, and that was the cause of all our trouble; but to fix it was not easy. There are large limestone quarries on Kel- ley’s island, and they were loading a vessel at the dock. The captain rigged up a tackle from the mast and hauled up the stern of our boat with his engine, which he carried (ELE CUES Ol TEND IOSHLOSS 99 on deck for unloading stone. We then took turns dangling from the end of a rope, up to our necks in water, trying to repair the damage, and finally dropped the wrench in the drink, just before dark, without accom- plishing anything. ‘The vessel was going to pull out, so we dropped the boat in the water again, and began to do some deep thinking. There were several summer ho- tels and boarding houses near, and we de- cided to sleep ashore that night. We start- ed to find a bed, as we were tired and wet. We knew the hotels would refuse us ac- commodations if they saw the disreputable looking gang, so we delegated the one man with a necktie left to make arrangements. Even he got the marble face at one rather swell house, until he told a thrilling tale of shipwreck which softened their hearts. We had to drive across the island to get Our stay was cut short by the time we had lost, and we had much less time than we wanted. There was plenty to do, vis- iting the yachts and launches of all kinds from everywhere. Steamers center there from every direction, bringing crowds of excursionists every day. The land-locked bay is beautiful, and an ideal headquarters, from which short runs can be made to the many islands close at hand. Good hotels, wine cellars, natural caves, and amusements of all sorts made our stay of 2 days alto- gether too short. We wired Cleveland to have gasoline at dock on our arrival, and weighed anchor early in the morning for our return trip over the same course. It was blowing a moderate gale, and we stuck our nose’ out past a sheltering point of the island. We decided to put her through to Marblehead, A RACE MEET IN 1904, a machinist to make a new spanner, and engaged several men to haul the boat out at a dock with an overhead trestle. After much pulling and hauling, we got fixed by noon, and started on the last stretch of our outward voyage. The Marblehead life savers had taken our names, value of boat, etc., to make report to Washington, and one of our members thinking reports would be published in the newspapers, telegraphed his wife that he was safe. Whether the anxiety was for her, or for fear she would get the news and he would return from his voyage like Enoch Arden to find her married to a handsomer man, we will never know. _Put-in bay, on South Bass island, was in sight, 7 miles distant. There was a heavy beam sea running, and at times we could look through the port lights straight toward the bottom. We headed for the narrow passage between South Bass and Ballast is- land, or where we thought it ought to be according to the chart, and soon reached our destination, 5 days out from Buffalo. 15 miles, and run in there to get the weath- er reports.. There were vigorous protests from some of the members of our party about the foolhardiness of trifling with Davy Jones. Our little craft plunged along bravely, half buried in the smother, as the water at that end of Lake Erie averages only 25 to 30 feet, and the seas are choppy. We learned afterward that our friend the watchman at Marblehead had his eye on us all the way over. We landed at the life- saving station at Marblehead, and received courteous treatment from all hands at the station, but we regretted landing there, for the minute we struck the dock our gallant cook “ratted the ship,’ mutinied outright, and declared the railroad track was good enough for him; that the skipper was a long eared son of a sea cook, and took a fiendish delight in trying to sink the ship. Weather reports predicted change of wind, which would be off shore. This oc- curred while we were there, and we imme- diately put to sea again in the open lake with more water under the keel. A big I0O swell was still rolling in from the East, and within half an hour the weather bureau had ordered up Southeast storm signals, un- known to us, of course. The wind switched back in the same old quarter, and gradually increased in force. About that time the captain of the life-saving station was re- marking to our deserter that we were catching it, and we were. We were then abreast of Sandusky, and could have made shelter there, but we kept right along and stayed out all day. Late in the afternoon, just before we reached Lorain, we took a header into an extra large comber, which tore off our bow light, fastened with screws and electric light wires to the cabin roof; also washed overboard our large anchor, and 175 feet of heavy cable. We put into Lorain and called it a day. When inside the river, the captain of a gasoline launch twice the size of ours wanted to know if we came down the lake. He had started IRE CIE AION, out in the morning and put back, and laid there all day; but when we told him we had been outside all day he immediately started for Cleveland. The next 2 days we were dodging squalls and thunderstorms, and hustling from port to port whenever we could get a chance. Storm signals were up at every station, and we were on the anxious seat every minute. We caught one good day for rounding the peninsula at Erie, and ran 15 hours that day without stopping the engine a minute. This took us back to Dunkirk, only 4o miles from home. That 40 miles was made’ with- out any chance of shelter, on a threatening day, a heavy sea following, and a strong gale broke shortly after we slid in behind the breakwater at Buffalo, with the satis- faction and pleasure of having successfully navigated our launch on the longest open water cruise made up to that time by any of the Buffalo fleet. AMATEUR PHOTO BY U. C. WANNER, IN BAD COMPANY. One of the 2d Prize Winners in RecreaTion’s 9th Annual Photo Competition. Made with a Pony Premo Camera. Mrs. Smith—I’d like to sell you a ticket, sir. We're getting up a raffle for a poor sailor. Mr. Krusty—Not to me. if eHouldere know what to do with a sailor if I should win him.—Exchange. ENT SIN IN A- 20-FOOTER. STANLEY G. BONE. The Luella was a sloop, 20 feet over all, with only 4 feet of head room in a tiny cabin. The crew consisted of Mr. Layton, the owner and cook; Mr. Wells, who served as skipper; and me, owning to the title of deck hand. By appointment we met at Weymouth, Mass., where the boat had been all winter, and went on board. We spent an hour get- ting our gear stowed and at 7 a. m. we got under way. We had first to sail up to Boston, to lay in provisions, get charts, a stove and various other necessities. The wind was fresh and we had to beat about 15 miles dead to windward against a strong tide. It took us until 11.30, thrashing our way through a nasty chop, to reach the wharf at Boston. We spent the rest of the day getting our stores, etc., and looking around the city, to which Wells and I were strangers. The following morning we bowled mer- rily out to the Boston light with the wind right aft and with 3 reefs in. We passed Hull about noon, the wind still with us. At 3 o’clock, when we were off Muinot’s light, the wind suddenly dropped, so we shook out all the reefs, after which we sailed easily along, following the coast, and at 5 p. m. we ran in behind Plymouth light- house, where we anchored for the night. Then Layton showed at his best. While we were getting the boat snug for the night and stowing the sails we were cheered by the smell of coffee and things. After sup- per Wells and I caught enough flatfish for breakfast. Then we took the skiff and went ashore to fill our water bottles. We alsa interviewed the lighthouse keeper and got some information from him as to our pros- pective trip. The mosquitoes were bad, but “as soon as we pulled off to the Luella they left us. At 5 a. m. we were under way, and breakfasted on fried flounder. The wind was light and when we were Io miles from land it dropped altogether, leaving us in the doldrums. We stayed motionless an hour and then a few catspaws were seen on the water. Presently we were again bowling along with a good sailing breeze, and at noon we were off Cape Cod. Meanwhile the weather began to look threatening and the wind to get gusty, but as it was off shore the sea was calm. Cape Cod is not prepossessing, being sandy and apparently strewn with wrecks. On rounding the Cape we had the wind right ahead, so we put back into Province- town for the night. Meanwhile it began to rain and blow, right in our teeth, and it took us 5 hours to beat back against wind anda tide: ‘ach or us took a turn at, the wheel, but Wells had the worst of it. We would make a leg out to sea for about 2 miles and then in to shore again, probably making only 34 of a mile headway, al- though sailing several miles. We were not sorry to find ourselves in the harbor of Provincetown at 6 p. m., and we anchored ii 2 Keeton water By that tine the weather had cleared. We did our best to dry ourselves at the oil stove and after sup- per we all went ashore, returning at 10 o'clock. About midnight I was awakened by feel- ing a weight on my chest. It was not the supper Layton had provided, but Layton AMATEUR PHOTO BY STANLEY G BONE. THE LUELLA. himself, with Wells on top of him. I cursed Layton fluently for crowding me, he passed it on to Wells, and Wells cursed us beth for waking him, he being the top man. We had not reckoned on the rise anditallot the tide at Provincetown. 115 feet. Crawling out on deck, I found we were nearly high and dry; but the tide soon rose enough to put us on an even keel. At daylight there was a thick fog, so it was impossible to make an early start. INDOMbE Ae ae earabheeZer sprane tpn amd cleared off the fog. We had to beat our way back to the Cape, but were favored by tide. At 10 o'clock we passed a large schooner, which had stranded off the Cape. The day grew warmer and we were able to dry some of our wet clothes. With a fair wind and the tide we kept along the coast, usually about 300 yards off, passed the 101 102 Highland light, and the wireless station at 3 p. m. We stood in close to Nausett, as we had thoughts of putting in there for the night. However, the entrance to the har- bor, if such it can be called, looked too risky, so we stood out to sea again. We had been warned at Provincetown that Nausett was a poor place to make unless acquainted with the coast. While off Nau- sett we were hailed through a megaphone from the life-saving station and told to look out for the bar that ran out about 2 miles from Chatham. It was then almost dark, and we signalled back as well as we could with a lantern that we understood. We were then about 4 miles off Chatham. It was a glorious night, with a full moon. There was a light breeze ahead, but we still had the assistance of the tide. As we were going to carry on all night, we decided to go on watches. I stayed at the wheel until 12 o'clock and then “Wells came on. We had the regular Government charts, so were easily able to find our way, picking up the various lights as they came. Still it kept us busy all night locating whistle buoys and lights as we passed them and setting a course for the next. We went through sev- eral tide rips, which are alarming in ap- pearance, as they look like breakers, and we could hear them roaring a long way off. I turned in at I a. m., and when I awoke the following morning we were just enter- ing the harbor of Hyannis, having made the trip from Provincetown in 24 hours. The distance being about 80 miles, this was not remarkable time, but considering the weather it was not bad. In the harbor we passed the Mayflower, a large schooner yacht. We anchored close into a little pier that ran out about ‘100 yards and after breakfast I went ashore to fill our water bottles and buy grub. We decided to stay a day in Hyannis, so we went outside the breakwater and fished, but it was far from exciting. Toward even- ing the weather grew stormy and wet. We put back to our former anchorage, ) but found that we were on a lea shore, with a nasty sea running. We put out both an- chors and prepared to make the best of it, but as it was impossible to cook, we had to content ourselves with a cold supper. Just before dark Wells went out on the bow- sprit to see how things were and came back with the news that our hawser was nearly chafed through with rubbing against the bobstay, so he tied it up with a lot of can- vas and small rope; not a pleasant job, as every now and then a large wave gave him a complete ducking. We took turns at keeping watch, but sleep was almost out of the question, as the boat pitched furiously. L. kept watch until midnight and I until 4 a. m., when the weather cleared and we all got a little sleep. Ia CIRIBATCNOIN At 6 a. m. we were getting breakfast. The weather was still squally, but evideritly on the mend. An old fisherman came out to know how we-had weathered, and he seemed surprised when we told him we had come from Boston and were bound for New York. We left at 7.30 a. m. and had a good reach to the Vineyard sound. Meanwhile the sun came out and again we had a chance to dry our clothes and blankets. At 11 o’clock we entered the Vineyard sound and, the tide still with us, we went past Woods Holl and Tarpaulin Cove. We had figured on making one of those places for the night, but we decided to try for Cuttynunk. We had the choice of 3 passages to Buzzard’s bay, and chose the middle one, which is the widest. We went through it like a shot out of a gun, with a fa‘r wind and tide, but as soon as we were in Buzzard’s bay we had a 4-mile beat dead to windward to make Cuttyhunk. That we did at 6 p. m. After supper we went ashore in search of fresh provisions and water. Cuttyhunk is a quaint little island at the end of the Vineyard sound. It is almost joined to the next is- land by a strip of beach with just a narrow channel through, and along this beach are innumerable wrecks. Cuttyhunk is hilly and rocky, and apparently is not much culti- vated. dl I was awakened the next morning by. Layton, asking what we would have for breakfast. We had to humor Layton. We said politely, “Ham and eggs for a change,” and tried to look as if we had had anything else on the trip. After breakfast we stood out to sea, intending to make Newport. We had a strong head wind and a nasty sea. After beating out as far as the Hen. and Chickens lightship we decided we could not make Newport that day, so returned to Cuttyhunk harbor, where we spent the rest of the day, roaming over the island and picking strawberries, which abounded. Several other boats put into the harbor for shelter during the afternoon, and when we returned to the Luella for supper we found quite a fleet around us. We made an early start the next morn- ing, and although the wind was still in our teeth we made fair headway. When 6 miles from Westport we suddenly felt a jar, as if we had struck something, and on going forward found that we had carried away our bobstay and the bowsprit had sprung up 6 inches from the deck. This meant that we had to reduce our sail and make for the nearest harbor, which was Westport, 6 miles to windward. There was a high sea running and the channel is narrow, with sunken reefs on .both sides, over which the sea was. break- ing heavily. Our accident, which compelled us to take in the headsail and reef the BU SBA) JUN AL BOOTS In mainsail, made it slow work beating up against wind and tide. were struck by a squall and had to let go the sheet for a minute. At noon we got into Westport, which is a tiny harbor, but thoroughly protected. We went alongside a wharf, to repair damages, piled some large rocks on the stern of the boat, so the bow was well out of the water, and found that the wire bobstay had bro- ken, leaving the 2 ends intact, with the turnbuckle. We got some stout wire and made it as strong as ever. We were well treated by some of the residents of that place, who helped us all they could, one man riding 3 miles on his wheel to get us some wire. As it was blowing hard and there was a nasty sea on, we decided to stay one night at Westport. I did some fishing, with indifferent luck, and after an early supper we walked along the beach to West- port, 3 miles away, a quaint, old fashioned village. The mosquitoes were bad and we were glad to get on board again, as they never troubled us much on the Luella, the atmosphere probably being a bit too smoky for them, what with an oil stove and 3 strong pipes. At 5 o'clock the next morning we made our way out of the harbor, standing out to sea clear of the reefs. The wind was light, and although ahead was sufficiently on the bow to allow us to make leg for the light- house, which we were just able to weather without coming about. We passed a large steam fishing boat and were interested to see the crew fishing. A man up in the At one time we 103 mast sights a shoal of fish, then the boats cast a net around them and the crew haul in. We saw about 20 of these steam fish- ing boats around Newport, which was then coming into full view. We stood over toward Point Judith. The wind was fresh- ening and a nasty sea getting up. We passed Narragansett Pier and at 2 p. m. were off Point Judith, where we caught the full force of both the sea and the wind. We kept at it 2 hours, but could make little head- way, catching the wind when on the top of a wave and when in the trough of the sea getting none at all; so we went about and headed for Newport. We then had wind and tide with us and went at a great pace. When off Narragansett Pier we noticed a schooner moored behind a breakwater and concluded that where she could go we could; so we stood in and went through a narrow entrance into a little harbor about 200 feet square. Soon after we went in, the schooner was towed out. There were 2, fishing boats Of sabout Our Owe size in there. We spent the rest of the day do- ing Narragansett Pier. The next morning the weather was worse and the breakers were dashing right across the mouth of the harbor, making it impossible for us to get out. As my time was up I was unable to con- tinue my water trip to New York, and had to return overland; but I had thoroughly enjoyed my vacation and felt braced up to contend with the rest of the summer in a place that shall be nameless, but is only one degree removed from Hades. MUCH INE iihasiets: DR. C. B, ALBRIGHT. Never has nty barque been cast On mighty rivers rushing fast; Nor have I stood on mountain height Where lonely eagles rest their flight. I have not been upon the shore And heard the mighty ocean roar; Nor have I ever lived to see The desert’s wide monotony. But well I know the inland lake, Where bass and trout the waters break; The woodland filled with song and flowers, Where breezes whisper ’mongst the bowers. The hills, the brooks, the meadows free— I’m born for them—they’re born for me. MADE IN- ALASKA. Enclosed find photos that were made at 2,30 a. m. July 6, 1904, just as_ the sun was ALASKA DUCKS. rising. Game is plentiful here; geese by the thousands, with their young, and many other kinds of birds. They are seldom molested. I bought my Eastman Kodak from a ALASKA TROUT. dealer here and find it perfect in every way. RECREATION reaches us at is always a welcome visitor. Frank R. Louden. Nome, Alaska. intervals and A FISH DUCK’S. BREAKFAST. ~Herewith I enclose a MOK) Ov ey wea duck* and fish which ieshot last tally ine: Mlistice: Ole hem iplace, Wike, IWilarawnay, eyavel IL went out to shoot some loons on_ the river and, supposing we saw a loon out about 125 yards Mr. Martin naturally took alibogh. ue ie yields) — labls) 30-30. He missed, shot again and missed, so he told me to try my lick, "At “nny. first shot the bird turned over. The next thing was to get him. I climbed down over * Probably a merganser.—Eprror. TO4 a icliffi ot irocks, got va~ boat, and enwvent after him. To my regret I found he was a fish duck. Inside of the wound, which can be seen at the root of the duck’s neck, the gills of a large fish were visible. I took the duck to shore, we pulled the fish out of the wound. and found it to bea bass 12% inches long. The duck had had this black bass in- side of him completely out of sight and was swimming around as if he had not had anything to eat for 2 or 3 days. RECREATION is the best magazine pub- lished. G i Manor Post) Falls; idaho: There is nothing more enjoyable than an animated discussion of something we don’t know anything about with somebody who knows less than we do.—Puck. CANOCIBUNG JON WIsUB, ILAUNID (Ol Isla, WiVJslMbs) JNiS, A. S. HAWKS. In this era of wonderful achievements, good railroading, by annihilating distances has opened to us in Northern Michigan a region comparatively unexplored. It was originally one of the greatest lumber dis tricts in the country, but when the lumber- men, having exhausted its wooded resources forsook it and pushed farther North, they little dreamed they left behind a land so rich in the abundance of,natural resources as to astonish the uninformed. ‘There is no better farming land in the world than this section, newly denuded as it is of its once magnificent pine forests, and the oppor- tunities there awaiting farmer, laborer, business man and manufacturer are unex- celled anywhere. Moreover, the many beautiful streams that cross and recross Northern Michigan make it a veritable para- dise for the sportsman and the rest seeker. In planning a canoe trip the first thing to consider is accessibility, and there is no place more easily reached than this. You also want the route to lie away from the haunts of men as far as possible, yet so near to civilization that your canoe may be carried by rail to your starting point; and this com- bination is not to be found everywhere. Although Michigan’s day of lumbering on a big scale is past and the land looker’s job is gone, there is still-some of her arbor- eal glory left in the form of considerable hard wood. It lies North of Alpena and from there to Mackinaw. Consequently all of the streams suitable for canoeing are used at certain times of the year for run- ning logs and it would be well for canoeists to understand that the drive is supposed to be over by the middle of June. Still, they should be sure that the streams are in con- dition before they start down, for a meet- ing with a mile or 2 of jams might not be pleasant, especially if one be limited for time. The station agents at the towns on the railways which intersect the upper coun- ties of the State will be found willing to give canoeists information on this subject. These rivers are picturesque in the ex- treme and although there are portions with low-lying, even marshy banks, the greater part are banked by sandy slopes that aver- age at least 30 feet in height. They are all remarkably free from falls and rapids and in but a few places is it necessary to make a carry, or portage, and that only around a dam. Where man has destroyed the original forest, Nature has donc her noblest to cover the defect with a second growth of low timbers; the result is beautiful and picturesque, inviting to both artist and pho- tographer. 105 The many winding Au Sable river, the one time haunt of the gamy grayling, offers one of the most accessible canoeing trips of the State. One who has but limited time at his disposal may there find complete re- laxation from business life and its cares. He can reach the starting point easily, and at the end be within reach of the railway. He can lazily paddle along by day, resting, dreaming, breathing life giving air, and by night sleeping with “the stars ashining over- head.” He can catch each morning enough trout to supply his need for the day, mak- ing the pleasure of the catch all the keener by stopping short of satiety. Camping places are to be found anywhere that fancy may incline one to stop when night falls. The outfit for an ordinary camping trip is all that is necessary, excepting the canoe. This should be of cedar or any light wood and for a party of 2 with their outfit should weigh about 60 pounds. If decked over 2 feet or so at bow and stern it will be found more convenient for stowing away articles. It can be taken by rail to Grayling in Craw- ford county, and there the stock of provis- ions can be secured. This river rambles along 300 miles to its outlet in Lake Huron at Oscoda. There train can be taken for home with strength in one’s limbs, health in the body and so, of course, hope in the heart. A short drive from Rose City, Ogemaw county, would reach the headwaters of the Au Gres and Rifle rivers which offer fine opportunities for canoe trips and incidentally some good trout fishing, coming out in one case at Omer and in the other at Au Gres on Saginaw bay. This section and that of the Au Sable were originally the home of the grayling, but brook trout and rainbow trout have taken their place. Pigeon river and Black river, in the extreme North of Michigan, have still some grayling, but the fish is practically extinct. This is greatly to be deplored, for there was no finer sport than casting a fly for this samy fish. As Michigan has lost her timber the climate has changed and as the grayling never thrives in rivers subject to great changes in temperature the species is disappearing. A canoe can be taken from Ossineke, Al- pena county, about 12 miles over good roads to the outlet of Hubbard lake, thence down the South branch of Thunder Bay river to its junction with the main stream, and then down to Alpena. This forms a short but interesting trip, with a fairly straight course through a fine farming country and besides the trout fishing is excellent. Penetrating still farther North, the canoe- 106 ist reaches what is left of the lumbering district of Michigan, the lonely and wild section lying around Black and Pigeon riv- ers. These 2 streams offer really splendid opportunities for the canoeist who desires to get as far as possible from his ordinary life and dwell for a time close to Nature in her wildest form. One hears alluring stories of the big rainbows caught up these rivers and as they have not been fished so hard as the streams farther South one can well be- lieve that sportsmen would probably find in these waters plenty of exercise for their skill in casting a fly. The canoe can be put into Black river at the termination of a spur of the Detroit and Mackinac railway, which runs about 15 miles South from the town of Tower. Thence the way leads into Black lake, then down the Cheboygan es Cee AONE river to Cheboygan. This trip can be made in 3 days if one be pressed for time and will amply repay for the trouble taken in getting there; but a longer time should be allowed in order to enjoy it to the full extents the Pigeon river sand) StuLgeons piven trips can be begun by driving about 4 miles West from Vanderbilt, Otsego county. Down either of these rivers to Mullett lake and through this and then on to Cheboygan will take about 5 days and affords the ca- noeist and the fisherman the finest sort of recreation. On all such trips at least one member of the party should carry a camera, for the scenery is grand and many small objects will be found along the way, of which the canoeist will wish to preserve images. MAIOUGSMESSS WVOMIBIN, AND M155 ttR. AND MRS. ROBT. SINGER, MRS. CONKLIN, MISSES MAY, GRACE AND LILIAN BLACKMORE. Here is another example of the shameful use to which the camera is sometimes put. A Columbus, Ohio, paper reproduced this picture, accompanied by the following statement: A party has just returned from a tour of the lakes, and their fishing exploits equal those of professionals. The party consisted of the follow- ing Columbus ladies: Mrs. Robert Singer, Mrs. Conklin and daughter, Libbie; and Misses May, Grace and Lillian Blackmore. They went under the guardianship of Robert Singer. During their trip they spent a day at Islandton, Mich., and there the ladies caught 300 fish with hook and line. They proudly show a photograph of themselves and the fish they caught as a proof. These women were not aware when they posed before the camera, with this shocking evidence of their slaughter, that they were exposing themselves to the reasonable con- demnation of all good people who may see the picture, but I trust they may never fish in one afternoon. Customer—You know that coat I bought of you? Well, when I buttoned it the first time it split down the back. Clothing Dealer—Indeed? It must be that the buttons were sewed on too strong- ly.—Chicago News. “Ves, he was killed by a blow from a policeman’s club.” “Sort of hard-wood finish, eh?”—Puck. ak VE Re RAPPERS, CHARLEY APOPKA. Ill. Early the next morning the trappers arose, lunched, and then, putting a lot of otter and coon traps in the little boat, they followed suit with gun and rifle. At the first turn of the stream up rose a pair of mallards with a great clattering of wings. ebange banews said the sum im the hands OneOncle Siap,) Ouack) quack: said) the ducks, and U. S. murmured about some- thing connected with the production of water power. About 100 yards farther, 2 more big brown ducks arose from the lily- pads, and again U. S. paid them his com- pliments, without results, excepting that an old blue heron flapped up from where he had been fishing and flew off, squawking, in an insulting manner. “Ding yore pelt!” said U. S., eying Mose suspiciously. “I believe you’ve been play- ing another of your confounded jokes, and monkeyed with this ammunition, and us with no fresh meat in camp, too.” Mose crossed himself over the heart. “Hope to die in a minute if I have,’ he said. “You just simply couldn’t hit a flock of bed quilts, much less ducks on the wing.” nOh well: Smart Blick? said Uncle Snap, “take the gun, and let’s see what you get.” Mose relinquished the paddle to U. S., and, assuming an easy, graceful posture in the bow of the boat, with the gun in read- iness, scanned the horizon of sawgrass for ducks. In a moment, up went 2 fine ones, and Mose, taking a swift yet careful aim, let. go with the right hand barrel, then with the left, but the ducks flew madly on. U. S. laughed an irritating laugh. “Talk about hitting a flock of bed quilts,” said he, “why you couldn’t shoot down a stove pipe and hit the stove.” “Oh, rats,” said Mose, “this is nothing to laugh at. There is a ‘hoodoo’ on us. We have done some wicked deed, and it is.a judgment on us to see these big fat ducks fly up in our faces, without being able to get any. The only way to remove the hoodoo is to do some good deed, as quickly as possible.” “For goodness sake, let’s get busy about the good deed,” said U. S., “before any more ducks get away.” - At that moment, the agonized yelp of a frog, seized by a snake, sounded close at hand. The opportunity was theirs. The eyes of the A. T.’s met, and_seizing the paddles, they drove the boat’s nose into the grass and bushes whence had come the cry for help. A black snake had slipped up on a big lazy frog, and seized him by what would have been his coat tails, if he had been properly dressed. The frog was kick- ing desperately, in a hopeless effort to save his life, and ever and anon, principally anon, as “Samantha” says, his throat would expand, and he would give his despairing yell for assistance.. It was only one of the 1,000 daily tragedies of the marsh, but this one was nipped in the bud. A smart blow of the paddle caused the snake to release his victim and wriggle off in the grass, and the frog went kerchug into the water. “Hurrah!” yelled Mose, “the hoodoo is broken!” At the sound of his voice a big mallard flew up near, and went whist- ling overhead; but U. S. grabbed the gun, which had been laid aside, in the excite- ment of the rescue, and squinting along the barrels till they were in line with the flee- ing duck, pulled both triggers, at the same moment giving a vicious push with his shoulder, “to make the shot strike harder,” he afterward explained, and down came the duck in the mud. “Tm. not a bit superstitious,” said Mose, as they retrieved their duck, “even if I do like to see the new moon over my right shoulder, and a few little things like that, but I’ll be switched if I don’t believe help- ing that frog made us lucky.” “Gee, aint he fat and heavy,” said U. S., as he picked the duck out of the edge of the water. “Holy smoke, ae otter sign.” The duck had fallen within a few feet of a trail made by otters in crossing from the river to a slough, separated from it by a low bank a few yards wide. The mud was beaten down by their webbed feet, and they had wallowed on the grass near. A trap was set at the river end of the trail, with the chain ring on a sliding pole, and the spot where the trail entered the slough was guarded by another trap, made fast to a drag. Carefully obliterating their tracks, and completing the set by sprinkling with a bunch of dog fennel dipped in the river, the trappers continued on their way, in the course of the morning setting a dozen more, where the signs were good, as well af a few coon traps, which they baited with scraps of fish hung on sticks and convenient bushes. U. S. killed another duck, and they ar- rived in camp at 3 o’clock, well satisfied with their day’s work. They had company, in the person of an old redheaded buzzard, said’ Mose, “look at the 107 108 which was walking about, hunting scraps around the remains of the fire, and drag- ging his tail in the ashes. Realizing that “2's company, 3 is a crowd,” he leaped into the air, and flapped away, assisted in his departure by a billet of wood from the hand of U. S., who hates a buzzard. Mose picked and cleaned the ducks, while U. S. cut wood, started the fire, etc., and when the sun went down behind a distant RECREATION. the noses of the amateur trappers. That night, as they lay around the fire, full of peace and contentment, and duck, they heard a snarling, as of animals fighting, up toward the head of the dead water on which they were camped. “Listen to the coons fighting,’ said Mose. “We'll go over there to-morrow and hunt for signs.” cypress Swamp an odor was emanating from Uncle Snap responded not. He was the bake oven that caused wrinkles around asleep. 3 j OLD-FASHIONED iC Akas: f EMMA G. CURTIS. We took supper at Aunt Belle’s last night, on Brush Creek, Jane and me; That we struck luck in vittles there, I think you'll all agree. . Aunt never learned new-fangled ways to pickle, bile and bake, And, actin’ on a little hint, she made old- fashioned cake. She made the good, substantial kind they measure by the pound, With a hole right through the middle and scallops all around. She turned it bottom upward on a plate, and there it stood As brown as home-cured bacon is; you it looked good! Then while the cake was coolin’ and ’taters gettin’ done, She fixed up ham and eggs and tea that smelled just number one. I saw her at the big, blue crock she keeps peach butter in, And time that meal was hungrier than sin. ready I was I tell I took 2 helps of damson plums for old acquaintance sake; But nothin’ else appealed to me and warmed me like the cake. As.soon as I bit into it, it touched a memory spot And ealled up scenes of boyhood days that I had quite forgot. It took me back into the woods I played in "years ago, When haws were ripe and hazel nuts were drying sure but slow; I even saw the sugar camp, and heard he sap’s faint drip, And felt the wax, all warm and soft, against my slobbery lip. A. settin’ at the table I could look out on the snow And see a drama actin’ there, made up of long ago; See Pa and Ma and Uncle Eb and jolly Grandpa Grey, ° And Jane, a little dumplin’ gal, not half a jump away. I’ve sat at banquets lots of times; but, high- falutin’ fare, With Aunt Belle’s old fashioned meals in my mind don’t compare; Wishy-washy salads, junket and lady finger cake May do for some, but I like good old roast and bile and bake. FROM THE GAME FIELDS. The man who quits when he gets enough, with plenty of game still in sight, is a real sportsman. Jes ISIUD) Waa, (CDRS WAND) 7a 153) DANE In 1884 I was employed as a horse wrangler on a cattle ranch in the Shoshone Indian reservation, Wyoming. ie was) 2 mere kid, and a tenderfoot at that, though born on the frontier. It was, I think, in November; anyway, it was late in the season for bear to be out of winter quarters. One day I was hunting deer in the bad lands between Crow creek and the North fork of Big Wind river. I shot at and missed several deer, and, be- coming discouraged, set out for home in the middle of the afternoon. On the way I ran across the most forlorn and _ abjectly wretched specimen of an Indian dog it has ever been my misfortune to meet. The Icneliness of the place and the whining ap- peals of the dog, evidently nearly starved, induced me to make friends with the poor creature. When I had cemented friendship by an equitable division of what remained of my lunch, the dog followed me to the ranch. The boys were all away, ek I began pre- paring supper. While thus engaged I was startled by unearthly yowls from the Indian cur, which had been nosing about the out- buildings. It bolted into the house and under my bunk, whining and slavering with mortal terror. I stepped out of the house and looked around the open country and along the timber bordering the river. Seeing nothing alarming I concluded my canine friend was mad, and determined to get him out of the house and put a bullet through him before a worse thing hap- pened. When I returned to the house the cur was curled up in an empty trunk, trembling violently and emitting those frenzied yelps, snarls and whines on which only an Indian dog is capable. Slipping a cover over the trunk J dragged it out of doors, and, think- ing the dog secure, went back for my gun. As I again emerged from the house the dog escaped from the trunk, ran between my legs, nearly upsetting me, and took refuge Beneatt the bed. That 1 was a. little alarmed I admit, but getting a long stick I proceeded to poke the cur out from under the bunk. I finally got a purchase on him, levered him to the door and shoved him out. He ran toward the river and I fol- lowed, waving the stick. When near the timber the dog stopped short; then with a howl he bolted for the open, his tail be- tween his legs. Looking in the opposite direction I saw an object in the underbrush which I took to be a large black hog. It is true I had never seen a dozen hogs in my life and that the hog was, and still is, a mighty rare animal on the cattle ranges. Nevertheless, I did not doubt it was a hog, and started toward it, stick in hand. When within 4o steps of the beast I dis- covered it was a big black bear pulling down bull brush to get at the frozen berries. It did not take me long to decide that I needed a gun. I ran to the house, got it, and, from behind the wood pile, fired at the bear as it was making off. I heardia: fear: and, believing I had hit the animal, I ran in closer, firing as I ad- vanced. I finally got within 15 feet of the beast and saw that both forelegs had been badly smashed by my bullets. At that point the bear raised on his hind legs. I don’t think he came toward me, but I know he roared and that I snapped the gun at him. It did not go off, but I did, and if ever a frightened kid made far apart tracks it was I I grasped another rifle from the pegs and, mustering up courage, went out again. The bear had gone, but I followed his trail into a dry creek bed and through the bull brush. There I lost the sign and gave up the chase. When I got back to the house one of the boys had returned. I told him my troubles and he volunteered to go with me and see what we could find. He took a shot gun and I my rifle. By blood stains on the rocks we followed my bear some distance. Suddenly the old fellow came out of the brush, advancing on his hind legs. I saw _my friend pull up the shot gun, and I yelled, 109 “Don’t shoot, Andy, you'll spoil the hide!” A moment later I bagged my game; but never afterward did I see the Indian dog to which I was indebted for my first bear. W. L. Simpson. TWO DAYS IN THE OLYMPICS. One cool, bright summer morning a friend and I shouldered our packs and started for Lake Crescent, in the Olympic mountains. It is 18 miles from Port Angeles, over a rough road. Crossing the beautiful Elwah as it roars down its deep canyon, we passed through dense forests of fir, cedar and hemlock, seeing occasionally the cabin of a homesteader or a prospector. When we reached the summit we had a splendid view of Lake Sutherland and the snow-capped Olympics. There we had lunch and re- sumed our way to Lake Crescent, only 4 miles distant, all down hill. The lake is 9 miles long and 40 rods to 3 miles wide. It is surrounded by high mountains, and the IIo water is so clear that the bottom can be plainly seen where the water is 20 feet deep. After making camp, we rowed out on the lake just as the sun set behind the mountains, and an hour’s trolling resulted in a dozen trout. These made us a delicious supper. Then we rolled ourselves in our blankets and the rippling waves on the seach lulled us to sleep. The next morning, after breakfast, I climbed one of the highest peaks near, and after a rough scramble comsidered myself well rewarded by the view. Northward I looked out over the blue water of the straits and the forest-clad mountains of Vancou- ver island, with the snow-capped head of Mt. Baker towering far above everything in the distance. Southward the crests of the Olympics were reflected in Lake Crescent at, their feet, the mountains ex- tending Southward, range after range, un- til the farthest peaks were hazy in the dis- tance. After another scramble over fallen timber and through dense underbrush, during which I saw many fresh elk tracks, I reached camp again, and found that my pard had secured another dozen trout for our dinner. Fishing with fair success, we repeated the program of the night before by turning in early. The next morning we rolled out early and soon caught 18 trout, all we wanted to carry home. moss, which kept them fresh until we reached home, a little before sundown, tired : but happy. Game as well as fish is still plentiful in the Olympics, as the mountains are so rough that few tenderfeet can penetrate far into their fastnesses and the game. hog is too lazy to do so. Any true sportsman who wishes to add a good elk head to his col- lection and is not afraid to do plenty of tramping, can do no better than try the Olympics, to which Port Angeles is the best gateway. M. S. Brown, Port Angeles, Wash.. THREE DEER IN 2 DAYS. Three of us left Pointe Au Chene sta- tion on the C. P. railroad, in September, for our hunting grounds. After riding about 12 miles on a rough mountain road, we arrived at Lake Com- mondow. ‘The rest of the day was spent in making camp. In the evening I crossed the lake to the mouth of a creek and killed a black duck, which made a good supper for all of us. The second day after our arrival I killed a small deer. The next day I was left alone, as Evan and Dan had to go out and look after their ‘These we packed ial) © RECREATION. farm work. I then set some traps for coons and succeeded in catching 2. The next morning, after breakfast, I started to visit my traps and was only 50 yards from camp, when I heard hounds on the other side of the lake, and soon saw a deer come down the mountain and plunge into the lake. J ran to my canoe and after a lively chase overtook and killed the deer, which proved to be a fat doe. I had just started to dress her when I heard the dogs again, and to my surprise another ‘deer, a buck this time, came down the same run- way and into the lake. I met him and soon had him hanging up beside the doe. That afternoon Evan and Dan came in and I decided to pull camp next day, for I had my lawful number of deer. In the afternoon I went to a clearing about a mile from camp, to lay for a fox which we had seen several times. I had watched per- haps half an hour, when I saw Reynard come in at the other end of the clearing. After a while he came within range, the old 44 found his shoulder, and his skin was mine. Next day we returned to the Pointe, where I put in a few days shooting ducks and grouse. » that. parton Ganadamis eam ideal place for sportsmen. The people are the most accommodating J] have ever met, and I hope to go back there again. George H. Bent, East Providence, R. I. Don’t you know it is unsportsmanlike and unmanly to kill a deer in the water? ‘This cold blooded murder is prohibited by law in several States and should be everywhere.— EDITOR. A WYOMING ANTELOPE HUNT. In September, 1890, when I was 16 years old, my father and I were.camped on Sheep creek in Albany county, Wyoming. September 12th being my birthday, J de- termined to celebrate it by having an an- telope hunt. Accordingly I arose early and set out. “I had but 8 cartridges for “ay 40-60 repeater. Following the creek 2 miles North, I discovered a small bunch of an- telope grazing in a valley. They looked so big and so close together that I thought a bullet could not get by without hitting one, but when I fired, the whole bunch ran. I fred 2 more shots in quick succession and then watched the animals until they stopped ~ on.a hill a mile away. By following a ravine I got within 500 yards of them and then gained another 200 yards by crawling on my hands and knees. Then I wriggled like a snake through the scant grass and not so scant cactus until I got within 150 yards of the animals, which by that time were lying down.. Not being able to see a buck and not daring to change BRO Rae CAE RIE LD Ss: my position, I picked out a doe and fired, killing her on the spot. After bleeding and cleaning her I started for camp. Presently I saw 2 big bucks run into a hollow that led back toward the hills. I ran to where they had disappeared and, looking up, saw one standing on top of a steep hill. I took quick aim and fired. Off he went. When I reached the top of the hill I saw my buck about 250 yards away. I fired twice without bringing him down. I had but one cartridge left and the buck had left, too. Still I followed as carefully as possible, but not very hopefully. I finally saw him standing with his head down, evi- dently wounded, about 200 yards away. With a careful aim I sent my last bullet after him, holding just over his back. He seemed to break in 2 when the bullet struck him and went down in a heap. When I got to him, however, he was far from dead, and I dispatched him with my knife. I cleaned him and, returning to camp for the horses, got both antelope in by dinner time. Ernest A. Johnson, Morris, Ill. SCALPED BY A SILVERTIP. I left Old Faithful inn at 7 a. m. to-day, and arrived at the Yellowstone Lake hotel at 3.15 p. m. There was great excitement here. Two of the men connected with the hotel were walking in the woods about half a mile back of the hotel. Being tired, they were about to sit down, when they came on 2 silvertips. One of the bears ran away, but the other attacked the men, knocking one man down. His friend hit the bear with a club and was in turn promptly knocked down with a swipe which laid his scalp open 6 inches, over his left ear. ne bear also bit through the man’s left arm and walked on him. Evidently thinking the man dead, the bear left him for the man first attacked, who was by that time up a tree. This gave the more severely in- jured man a chance to climb a tree and save his life. A doctor from Brooklyn, assisted by the barber, sewed up the wound with a cambric needle and a fishing leader. I assisted by getting solutions, stimulants, etc. The man who has only severe scratches and bruises is nearly scared to death, while the other, who is in really a serious condition, is as brave as they make them. At 5 p. m. I saw 5 black and brown bears, and at 7 p. m. 5 silvertips, on the garbage heap where they are fed; but ex- cuse me from wandering far in the woods alone. I have never been afraid of any- thing, alive or dead, but I should not like to meet the old goo pound silvertip 1 saw this evening. Dr. J. S. Emans, Yellowstone Park. A PERSEVERING WARDEN. November 21, 1904, I arrested Howard Miller and George Shraner, 2 hunters from Baltimore, Md., for hunting in our State without a license. I went to their camp from Reedsville, driving nearly all one night in order to get there before day- light. There were 17 men in the camp. I told them who I was and my business, and asked them to point out to me the 2 men I was seeking. I had their names, but did not know them by sight. The hunt- ers refused to identify the 2, so I put the whole 17 under arrest. When they saw — that I meant business, they pointed out to me the 2 men I wanted. I held them each for 2 days this. year and one day for last year and fined them each $75 and costs, making in all $173.14. : These 2 men hold good positions in Baltimore, on the railroad, still they were not gentlemen enough to take out the re- quired license which in our State is only $10, considerably less than the $173.14 they eventually paid. After they got out of our State last year, they bragged of having got away from me, but this year the laugh is on them. Joseph Berrier, Game Protector, Marrisbure, Penn, You're a good boy, Joe, and I hope the neighbors of Miller and Shraner will see that they are properly ostracized by the decent people of Baltimore.—Ebr1rTor. GAME NOTES. The Scugog is filling with wild rice, but I believe it is the government’s intention to dredge part of it. There were an un- usual number of black ducks last summer. We ought to have in every Province and Territory in Canada and every State and Territory in the Union a law to prohibit the sale of game and birds. If such a law were strictly enforced, it would do more to stop the decrease of our game and game birds than stopping the sale of the auto- matic gun. We want both stopped, how- ever, for they are the 2 greatest causes of decrease. The automatic is at present only begun, but now is the time to stop its manufacture. The winter of 1903-4 proved hard on the deer up North. Guides tell me a great num- ber were either frozen, starved or killed by wolves. * S. E. Sangster, Port Perry, Ont. Some Keene, N. H., game butchers re- cently held a side hunt. One end of the crowd was headed by “Doctor” W. C. “Mathews and the other by C. H. Slade. I wonder what Mathews is “Doctor” of? It would seem from the love of slaughter he EZ has manifested by going into this kind of a match that he would never try to save the life of anything, man or beast. If he is a doctor of medicine, it would be well for sick people to leave him out. These hunters are said to have killed a large number of hedgehogs. Brave hunt- ers! You can kill a hedgehog with a club; and that creatures calling themselves men should go out and murder these innocent, useful, stupid, little beasts with guns, in a side hunt, is almost beyond comprehension. The only pleasant feature /of the report is that these 2-legged skunks killed a num- ber of the 4-legged kind. I have read my story in December RE- CREATION, and frankly admit I did wrong in being such a hog, and killing so many - squirrels; but at that time I did not. realize what I was doing. I will never kill more than I really want. I thoroughly appre- ciate the way you roast the game hogs, and trust you may continue to do so for the sake of those who are not so greedy. . jis Johnstone. Deputy Game Warden R: M. Wark, of Harrison, Idaho, arrested I. N. Coplen and Wm. Pratt in their camp on the St. Joe river for killing deer out of season. He took them before Justice Frost, of Harri- son, who promptly gave them a case of . cold feet. He fined Coplen and Pratt $100 each and costs, and it will probably be a cold day when they go before Justice Frost again. Hunting licenses were issued early in the season to. W. H. Brewin, J; /) Haines, (G H. Standard, D, Eldridge, a Ro McCoy, 7). De Barnes, H. Re Bisher A] yb unhans. al O: Gilmore, M. Vielehi, Floyd Straley, M. L. Pollitt, Frank Lockwood, Samuel Haines, © Ague, F. Sollenberger, Charles Luker, George Gladwell. NER Kes Canton, lll: October Ist guns resounded all day from the woods about West Brookfield. Sports- men who had been longing for the day made an early start for favorite hunting grounds. Dr. Clement E. Bill and party drove to game grounds in adjoining towns. William D. Foster returned with a well filled bag. G. W., Worcester, Mass. Altoona sportsmen had great luck with turkeys last October. Harry Bartley, R. H. Metz and J. A. Lafferty each killed a large bird; George Coon, Fred Hill and Harry L. Stewart got 2 apiece. Giese E sy Altoona ea) William Hetrick, of 1520 Third avenue, ie Clee Te ON: enjoyed a successful hunting trip last fall, returning with a large - “number of coons, squirrels and grouse. R. M., Altoona, Pa: Sheriff Costigan, James Cunningham and George Fowler hunted the Cheyenne bot- toms near MHoisington, securing a large number of ducks. AL We-S,, Ottawa, 7kan C. L. Bent does not have to go hunting for birds. He bagged 4 black ducks from his office window one day last October. B. GBs Gardner Mass, I should like to hear from any of your readers who-have taken a course in the Northwestern ee of Taxidermy. A. J. Perrine, Indianola, Ia: Charles D. Case spent part of October hunting at Chateaugay lake. He brought home a doe weighing 186 pounds. AWE. Cy Mortelidwyandae Neve James McFeely is one of our lucky sportsmen. He made a number of excep- tionally good bags last season. Br Ras ltoona, aaa Charles A. Mason and John Nesbit spent 2 weeks deer hunting in the vicinity os Elmsville, N. B., last October. is S., Cambridge, Mass. Walter C. Coons and Albert Peters are the champion opossum hunters of Haverhill. they bagged 7 in one night. W.-H Roo lronton. Ohne: The best coyote hunting is in Nevada, along the C. P. R. R,, about Kelton, and West of Salt Lake. F. D.. Shepherd, Salt Lake, Utah, Councilman Wm. E. Donmoyer killed a number of wild ducks at Stover’s Dam, North Lebanon. Cs). eebanonssea: Fred Crowell had a few days’ ful hunting on season. success- the Cape early in the Ee -Broe-ton, se Wviasse R. F. Warren, of Friendsville, Pa., got 4 wild turkeys in 2 days’ hunting last season. B. M. B., Chambersburg, Pa. Carl S. Taylor and H. M. Smith were among our luckiest hunters last season. KG. (Ga Altoonencear Mr. G. Leland spent to days last fall hunting in the Schroon lake region. G. B. H., Glens Falls, N. Y. PS AN oer Sia LN G. SOME CATCHES AT AVALON. Fishing all along the.coast of Southern California and at Avalon, Catalina Island, is at its best in July. Mackerel, silver sea trout, surf fish and halibut ran well last season at Santa Monica, Redondo, Playa, Del Rey and all the beach resorts South of Los Angeles. By trolling off shore large numbers of barracuds and yellowtails were taken. .At Avalon many large black sea bass, or jewfish, were brought to gaff. July 2nd Mr. Claude W. Heineman, of New York, took a black sea bass weighing 350 pounds after a hard fight, lasting over howrnse July srd Mr Ben ls Brundage, of Bakersfield, Cal., broke the season’s record by bringing in a black sea _ bass which weighed 357 pounds. Mr. Brundage brought his huge fish to gaff in 34 minutes. Yellowtail and white sea bass also ran well. Many of the -white sea bass weigh 30 to 60 pounds and afford excellent sport. Albicore and rock bass were brought in by the hundreds every day. July 3rd Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Brown, of England, who were stopping at Avalon, brought in 110 rock bass, 3 albicore and 2 yellowtails, the en- tire catch weighing 620 pounds. Another man, name unknown, brought in a catch weighing 700 pounds. : Some regulation should be adopted at Avalon to stop this slaughter of fish by people who never know when they have enough. Mr. H. E. Smith, of New York, recently took a black sea bass weighing 210 pounds, wnich he brought to gaff in g minutes. It is estimated that there were 8,000 people at Avalon July 4th, and probably 5,000 to 6,000 there during the remainder of the sea- son, so the fish suffered. The tuna gave Catalina the go-by again last season. Only small ones were taken early in the season, on hand lines. May is generally the best month for the tuna. The jewfish record was broken July oth by Mr. H. E. Smith, of New York. His fish was taken near Avalon and weighed 402 pounds. It measured 6 feet to inches from tip to tip, and 5 feet 9 inches around the body. July 8th a large school of tuna were sighted about 3 miles from Avalon. Sev- eral launches with enthusiastic fishermen aboard started after them. Two large fish were hooked, but both broke away, taking the hook and wire leader with them. B. C. Hineman, Los Angeles, Cal. THREE WISCONSIN SWINE. Among the local Nimrods who made big catches Sunday were Jake Segerstrom and G. Christoffer- son. The gentlemen took over 80 pounds of pike from one of the county lakes. It is safe to add 113 that their friends were liberally treated.—Rhine- lander, Wis., New North. The following letter explains itself: In answer to your inquiry regarding the truthfulness of the pike catch, Mr. Christof- ferson, my son Henry and I caught 45 pike, and it is safe to say they weighed 1 to 3 pounds apiece. We also had a string of good sized black bass, not to say anything about the large size of pickerel we had. We did not fish early or late. J. Segerstrom, Rhinelander, Wis. You say you had 45 pike, weighing I to 3 pounds cach Wiis) | tain. “to assume, therefore, that they would average 2 pounds each, making 9o pounds in all. Then you say you had a string of black bass, but do not say how many nor how much they ~ weighed. Probably 20 pounds. You mention some large pickerel. Suppose we consider this conservatively and say 20 pounds of pickerel. This would make your total catch weigh 120 pounds, or more than 40 pounds. to each -man, at least twice the quantity of fish any decent party ‘of 3 men should catch in a day. So your names go in the fish hog book in this wise: J. Segerstrom, No. 1,139; G. Christofferson, No. 1,140; Henry Segerstrom, No. 1,141.— EDITOR. WARDENS FAIL TO KEEP PROMISES. Have been reading RECREATION several years, and enjoy it much. I like the way you roast the fish and game hogs, but would it not be a good plan to roast some of the game and fish wardens and other State- officers ? I am a lover of outdoor sports, es- pecially fishing. We have the Wishna Botna fiver about 3A mile from town. lt. is a beautiful, deep river, and should be a good fishing place, but between here and the mouth of this river are 3 dams and no fishways. Below these dams the fishing is good, many catfish weighing 3 to 17 pounds being caught there. The local sportsmen have been after the game warden and oth- ers and have the promise that fishways will be put in at once at each of the dams. This promise was given early last spring, but as yet nothing has been done, and probably all it ever will amount to is a promise. We can go fishing here, but the usual luck is about what I had Saturday, 8 catfish aver- aging 5 inches in length, which, of course, I threw back. If you care to publish this letter it may have some effect, by getting opinions from others, and possibly next year we can go out with at least the hope of making a fair catch. N. G. Partridge, Atlantic, Iowa. II4 MORE NOVA SCOTIA ROOTERS. As a rule, Canadian hunters and anglers are decent men, but unfortunately there are some swine among them. Here is the latest herd that has been reported to me: Ambherst.—J. H. Douglas, J. W. Taylor, Neil Morrison, and H. N. Stevens have returned from a successful fishing trip to Summerside. They secured 42 dozen splendid trout in one day’s fish- ing. They were accompanied by A. W. Cummings, of Folly Village, and F. L. Rayworth, of Bay- field.— Sackville, N. B., Post. I inquired as to the truth, of this report and received the following reply: Six of us caught over 500 trout in about 6 hours: actual fishing. Whe largest trout weighed 2% pounds. PBeNes Stevens: N=: _ Their numbers in the fish hog register are aS 1Olllowise Jy lak IDowslass, amides J. WW, ‘taylor. Eras Nelo Morgrison, anid ne) Stevens, 1,145; A. W. Cummings, 1,146; F. L. Rayworth, 1,147.—Eptror. NIBBLES. I am informed by reliable persons that Oscar Barrows, of Royalston, Mass., caught 114 trout one day last week. Skin him. R. S., Worcester, Mass. Confirming this report, I received the fol- lowing: Amherst, The story is true, but it happened 2 years ' ago. I caught 67 trout and could see others that would not bite, so 2 days later I fished the brook again and caught 114.. That is the largest string of trout I:ever caught or heard of in these parts. O. H. Barrows, Royalston, Mass. You should be heartily ashamed of it, in- stead of boasting of it. Even though the fishing was done 2 years ago, you, do not seem to have learned anything in the mean- time as to the ethics of real sport. In that case, you made a hog of yourself, and you now brazenly boast of it. Your number in the fish hog book is 1,148.—EbiTor. Last season I spent 6 weeks on the Ka- wartha lakes and was completely restored to health. A great deal of water from Lake Scugog was wasted at the mills in Lindsay, caus- ing low water in the fall. The unusually severe weather had formed thick ice, the re- sult being the death of all the muskalonge and bass in the lake. sands piled on the shores last spring, and hundreds of gulls feeding on them. The Indians tell me that more fish:sank to the bottom than there were on the shores. There are no fish left save perch, etc. A party of us took a 2 days’ trip through Scugog, Sturgeon, Cameron and Balsam lakes to Coboconk. ‘The latter lake is one There were thou-- RECREATION. of the prettiest on the continent and con- tains plenty of small mouth bass and muska- longe. I obtained several good photos. S:. BE. Sangster, Port Perry, Ont Dr. F. G. Legg and his son took many large bass last summer, on the lakes in Branch county. One day, at Morrison’s lake, they cought an even dozen black bass that for size were winners. One’ weighed over 5 pounds, another over 4, one 3, and the remainder 2 to 3 pounds each. W. D. E., Coldwater, Mich. James Doran spent 2 months camping and fishing on the White river in Rio Blanco county. Mr. Doran met John L. Muehl- hausen, Dr. Deemer and O. B. Wright, of this place. They were enjoying good health and having a delightful time. T. S., Cripple Creek, Colo. A party of Middleboro anglers, including Robert Donato, Joseph Benway and Percy Harlow, report a successful fishing trip along the lakes. M. B. F., Brockton, Mass. EM PeckhampeancdesSs del tayer on Hardwick, report some excellent pickerel fishing at Muddy pond. - JOE) C2 Worcester viass: UN OWMBUEIR UNIS, -[Denver, Nov. 20.—Alexander Cities ‘land, said to have been the last survivor of the famous Balaklava six hundred, is dead at his home in this city.] Fully six thousand they That have been laid away Since that wild charge that day Of the six hundred! Of those who backward rolled When death’s last bell was tolled Six thousand have grown cold Since some one blunderéd! Olt! the wild charge they made! When will their glory fade? When will the last be laid Of the six hundred? Each month that onward flies The last survivor dies (Unless somebody lies), Deathless six hundred! Six hundred fought that day!! Six thousand laid away Bring back that awful fray Till we have wondered, At evry one’s decease, At the brigade’s increase, When will their dying cease? Deathless six hundred! —Houston Post. GUNS AND AMMUNITION. Anybody can shoot all day but a gentleman always quits when he gets enough. AQTBUS) “(OUEID) II DIN NOLEN eae a; In response to a request by a corres- pondent of ReEcrEATION for a description of the Kentucky rifle of a generation ago, T will describe the style of arm which was in common use in the South. Up to the time of the Civil Wer the muzzle loading rifle was a favorite weapon for small game. In Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia it was generally used for all sorts of game except for wing shooting. LMennleomage som n2: yearns leihad ay hard: some Kentucky rifle and it was my con- stant companion. Since then I have owned several others until about 1870, when I procured a Maynard and acquired the breech loading habit. The Kentucky rifle was heavy, with a thick, octagon barrel, 26 to 48 inches long, up the barrel, and were finished with a brass tip with a hole to receive the ramrod. The free end of the barrel had a small, grooved bar on the under side, with thimbles for the ramrod. In the stock,-near the butt plate, was a roomy grease box and the butt plate had a deep curve in it, which engaged the arm of the shooter just inside the elbow. The stock was always slender and light; not at all like that of the modern shot gun. The great weight of the weapon absorbed the recoil of the small powder charge, so it was hardly noticed. The lock was always fitted with hair triggers which would act at the slightest touch. Altogether the rifle was top-heavy, as compared with the modern breech loader. The barrel was thick and heavy. The LENGTH OF BARREL, 44 INCHES, WENGE OR SLOCIKG 15 INCHES: CALIBRE, ABOUT 45. and carried a round ball, patched with cot- ton cloth or buckskin. The favorite cali- bers were 30 to 36. We described them by the number of round balls required to make a pound. From 90 to 120 was a favorite size and 60 was considered large. Local gunsmiths usually bought the barrels, ready grooved, with the locks and other parts separate. They would make the stocks and assemble the guns in their own shops, often ornamenting these weapons with fancy Ger- man silver plates in profusion. Many rifles in common use were origin- ally of the flintlock pattern but altered to the percussion system by a plug and a nipple, screwed into the barrel where the touchhole was. Some were called “Patent Breech,’ having a claw which engaged a slot in the iron permanently fixed on the stock. Such barrels could be easily re- moved from the stock and the nipple was Screwed into the breech, in the ordinary way. Most of the old rifles had a tang on the breech pin, which extended down the grip of the stock and was secured thereto by screws, ‘The stock often extended all the way to the muzzle and was secured to the barrel by small pins which’ passed through lugs on the under side of the barrel. Others had stocks which extended about half way great weight-and length of the rifle made it easy to hold in taking aim. Being of small size the ramrod had to be of the best hickory and nearly as large as the bore. It projected several inches beyond the muzzle, thereby giving a hand- hold to withdraw it when used in swab- bing out the bore. . Careful sportsmen would load and keep their rifles with jealous care. Some of them would clean out the bore after every shot and were extremely careful and pre- cise in the exact charge of powder used and the quality of the patching. I owned a gun and killed game at the age of 8 years, having for my instructor my grandfather, who used a long rifle and was a past master in the art. He was a type of the expert still hunter of his day. After pouring down a charge of fine grained powder a perfect bullet would be selected and placed on the muzzle, with the greased patch intervening. Then the bullet would be forced into the barrel, carrying the patch with it, until flush with the muz- zle, using for this purpose the handle or smooth back of a jackknife. The surplus of patching cloth would then be cut off, at one swipe of the blade, and the bullet forced home, on the powder, with the ram- rod. When properly adapted, the bullet would glide into place, smooth and true, 115 ; va 116 but it required considerable force on the slender rod to put it there. The patch should be of just the proper thickness, soft and tough, so as to fill the grooves just right. An old buckskin glove would often be the best thing, though a thick cotton drilling was generally used. With the bullet in place, a percussion cap on the nipple put the rifle in condition for immediate use. The sights were usually of the common pattern. The front sight, .a thin slip of Polished Visilver set simton ae Slip jor sree! which fitted a dovetailed notch across the barrel, near the muzzle. The rear sight was a semi-circular notch, with a minute nick in the bottom, and this sight was often covered with a shade of blackened tin, to protect it from the light. When the front sight was polished, a fine bead would show at the nick like a tiny spark of fire, thus allowing exact aim. Every hunter would adjust the sights to suit himself and no time nor labor was considered too great to accomplish that end. At a moderate range, say under 75 yards, the small bore rifle was wonderfully pre- cise. The trajectory of the round bullet, at that range, was flat, but would not hold up much beyond that distance. The still hunter, with his muzzle loader, was a Careful man im many ways. - ble could not pump half a dozen bullets into the sgame, /in ase mamy, seconds, jour: jhe usually brought home the meat with his first shot. It was a case of the man behind the gun, then as well as now. Although my first and best shooting was done with such rifles, I soon discarded them as too slow and now am content with the modern breech loader which is not so great a burden to tote and has a longer range of action. Thomas Clarke Harris, Baltimore: Md. In reply to the suggestion of U. N. Dyer, who wished to hear something good said of the old Kentucky rifle, I have a great interest in old time guns, of which I have several. Among them is a fine old style muzzle loading rifle, made in Nashville, Tenn., by Kirkman & Ellis. ‘The barrel is of the finest steel, octagon, 48 inches long; Stock 91s wot dark! curly maplenwandsaex- tends the entire length of the barrel. The gun is brass mounted. The caliber is about 36, taking 90 pound balls to the pound oflead. There are 7 deep grooves or rifles in the barrel. The front sight is of the knife- blade style, German silver, the rear sight a plain buckhorn with a fine notch, no elevation being allowed. The gun is per- cussion lock with a set hair trigger. This rifle is capable of throwing a ball with the greatest accuracy within the limit of its range, about 150 yards. There are few Igoe CHRIS ATE KOUNE rifles of to-day that can outshoot these old guns. I load my rifle by placing a ball in the palm of my left hand and pouring out just enough powder to cover it; then ram the ball home, with its greased patch. These rifles are a great curiosity now, and are almost out of use, although I saw sev- eral in the Northern part of Minnesota last fall. Let us hold the old Kentuckey in reverence, because it is so closely asso- ciated with the pioneers who went before us. I stick by RECREATION. George W. Huffnagle, Vineland, N. J. In July Recreation Mr. U. N. Dyer asks concerning the old Kentucky rifle. I have one in my collection which is in condition to use. It is 7 feet 2 inches long. The stock and fore end are all one piece and are of snakewood; the fore end extending to the muzzle. The flint lock is extra large and the flash pan is prominent. The rifle is about 14 gauge and at the muzzle is as thin as a modern shot gun; but the explosion chamber must be 1-2 inch thick. The rifle weighs about 18 pounds. Dr Plympton, Brooklyn, IN] Ye OLD TIME HUNTERS AND THEIR GUNS. The greater part of the hunting in my early days was done with a muzzle loading rifle of the type generally known as the old Kentucky rifle. As a man had only one shot in those days it was necessary that he should _take great care in aiming. A misplaced bul- _ let might cost him his life. Imagine your- self face to face with a grizzly, a mountain Jion or a bunch of red men, with their war paint on, with a little load of black powder and one little bullet, away down in the back end of the barrel, a percussion cap on the tube. You pulled the trigger and were not quite sure whether the gun would go or not, for a little dampness or dirt in the tube and it was no go. With those old. long guns you had to have a steady nerve and be a good shot. As a rule all old timers were such. In fact, it was necessary with them, as a good portion of their living was secured with the rifle. It. was not safe ta get nervous. If you shoved a ball down before putting the powder in the gun, or broke your ramrod, either of which was easy, then you would better take to tall timber. In those days it was considered a dis- grace to shoot a squirrel or grouse in the body. I have known some of those old men who would seldom miss a grouse’s head, or, in fact, anything they shot at. For accu- racy, up to 100 yards, the gun will prob- aly never be built that will beat the old time muzzle loader. They were loaded with a light charge of F F or F F G black powder, and a patched bullet; and one shot a minute was considered fast work. GUNS AND AMMUNITION. 117 A man who has never shot one would do well to load it at all. One cause of those guns having gained such fame is they were all finely sighted and the length of the barrel gave much greater distance between sights than we have in our modern rifles. The double set hair triggers enabled the shooter to hold dead on while pulling, in-- stead of pulling off, as we so often do with our hard trigger guns. L. Maus, The Dalles, Ore. THE UNITED STATES REVOLVER ASSOCI- ATION. This Association is the national organi- zation of the revolver and pistol shots of the United States. It was organized in 1900 and incorporated in 1903. Its objects are: “To foster and develop revolver and pistol shooting, establish and preserve rec- ords, classify arms, encourage and con- duct friendly matches between members and clubs in our own country as well as with our brother shooters abroad.” Any citizen of the-United States interest- ed in revolver or pistol shooting is eli- gible for membership.. There is no initia- tion fee. The dues are $1 a year. During the 5 years of its existence the Association has conducted 2 international revolver matches with France, both of which were won by the United States. It has provided suitable trophies ‘and has es- tablished annual championship matches open to everybody. These matches are held in 6 or more places throughout the United States each year, and are in charge of a regularly appointed officer of the Associ- ation in each locality. The rules and regulations governing these championship contests have been adopted by nearly all the active clubs in the coun- try, thus securing uniformity in the classi- fication of arms as well as in the minor de- tails. and conditions. Matches between teams in remote parts of the country are now not only feasible, but are of frequent occurrence and extremely interesting. The Association has also instituted a medal competition to gauge the skill of in- dividual shots, wherever they may live. Certified targets are issued, and when the shooting is done under prescribed condi- tions, medals are awarded, and the scores recorded in the Record Book of the Asso- ciation. Sixty members have already se- cured ratings in the records by this method. The membership, which in 1900 num- bered 4o, has increased to over 420, and now includes practically all the prominent shots in the country. The affairs of the Association have been managed conservatively from the begin- ning. Financially it is in excellent condi- tion, and is now accumulating a surplus which will be expended in furthering the objects of the Association. It is proposed to provide a trophy to be competed for by teams of 5 men and to establish State championships, the latter to be determined by the scores made in each State in the annual championship matches. A booklet containing the constitution, rules and regulations governing the cham- pionship matches, a list of members, etc., will be mailed on application to J. B. Crab- tree, Secretary-Treasurer, 525 Main street, Springfield, Mass. SMALL SHOT. Public. sentiment will have to be molded against the use of automatic and pump guns before their use will be restricted by law. I am opposed to both of them. They are not sportsmanlike and are sold for the quicker extermination of game and the making of larger bags. They are weapons of the mar- ket hunter; of the man who would not hesi- tate to pot a covey of quail running ahead of him in the furrow; of the man who creeps up to a flock of ducks sitting on the Water and: pots) asi many “as te cam: the weapon of the man who sells his game and thinks more of the money he gets than he does of the day’s recreation, the difficult shot he has made and the easy one he has missed. W. B. Mershon, Saginaw, Mich. While hunting deer’ in the Adirondacks lasts fall ohy started) a buck. Although: 1 caught but a glimpse ot his flag I sent a bullet after him, partly in hope that it might find him and partly to warn Bill that I had started game. Bill heard the shot, and as the buck came his way, fired at it. Not knowing where the shot came from the animal stopped on a knoll 100 yards from where my comrade was standing. Bill tried to throw another cartridge into the gun and it stuck halfway between the magazine and the barrel. Shocked at Bill’s remarks, the buck hastened out of hearing. The rifle was a Marlin. Bill has a Savage now. i. Wo Funnsidée, Schenectady, Ne Ye Will some of RECREATION’S readers please tell me what they think of the 38-55 Win- chester for big game? Is there any game in Arizona? what kind? Long life to RECREATION. It is the best sportsmen’s magazine I ever saw. Jas. Gaylord, Nasper, Tenn. Lis “SOs Do you think 34 inch barrels desirable? What are maximum loads of both black and smokeless powders for 10 and 12 gauge, with B B shot? Revalli, Missoula, Mont. Will readers of RECREATION please an- swer ?—EDITOR, 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 educational and scientific value is multiplied indefinitely. THE CROW MUST GO. I have written repeatedly of the dastardly work of the crow, but he has not yet had all that is coming to him. The L. A. S. has done much good, and I hope will still do good, but the first thing that demands its attention is the crow. We are putting a stop to the man with the gun and now many of us believe that is all there is to be done; that nature will care for it- self if we only see that the laws are en- _ forced. It does look that way to the man who lies abed till the sun is an hour or 2 high; but let the same man be up and away with the first light of day, and if he is at all observing he will soon see and know that we have a greater enemy than the man with the gun. The crow will follow civil- ization to the ends of the earth if there are a few trees in the neighborhood where he can build a nest. If he can not find carrion to eat, he will rob the domesticated hens’ nests, and when the barnyard fails to sup- ply him with food.he will take what he can find from the State in the shape of eggs and young of the song, game birds. I am glad to see that other students of nature have observed the same thing I have. Articles have been published. from time to time in RECREATION, from people all over the United States, telling of the depre- dations of the crow. In an article’ in RECREATION, from Devil’s Lake, N. D., the nesting place of many of our water fowl, the writer endorses my statement, of sev- eral years ago: “A substantial bounty per head on all crows killed: during the nest- ing season will assist in the preservatioon of our fast disappearing water fowl.” Many of our States prohibit spring shoot- ing, yet the crow thrives and will get fat as a consequence. No one ever claims that erows are getting fewer. They do not fly in bunches ready to alight with any stray bunch of decoys. Neither do they fly m coveys, like prairie chickens and quails. Do you know of any bird or mammal that hunts for the nesting place of the crows and destroys their eggs or the young? Crows’ eggs always hatch and the young always grow to maturity. W. Le Blinn, Rocktord, al For a long time I believed that the good the crow does in eating bugs and worms counterbalanced the evil he does; but I have changed my mind completely on this subject and am now advising sportsmen everywhere to declare war on him. A long insectiveorous and time ago I printed an editorial approving of the action of a party of sportsmen some- where who organized and conducted a big side hunt in which the shooting was con- fined to crows and English sparrows, and I would be glad if sportsmen would conduct such side hunts wherever these 2 species of vermin exist. I should indeed be glad to see laws en- acted providing for a bounty of 10 cents a head on crows; but this would be well nigh impossible. The farmers wield too big an influence in most Legislatures to allow such a bill to go through. It would mean an expenditure of thousands of dollars, and the farmers would claim that such a law would be entirely in the interest of city sportsmen. We would not agree with this, but the other fellows would probably talk us down. We are urging the passage of such laws» and -l)am \sure sthat © ,oUbmoOE every 10 League members will agree with me in this. I think I shall draft a bill providing for a bounty on the heads of crows and send it to all our chief wardens in the States in- habitated by these birds, with the recom- -mendation that they introduce it in their re- ‘spective Legislatures and push it.—EDpITor. DO- PHEASANTS EAST WHILE SitpinGe When I first intrusted some of my golden and Amherst pheasants with the incubation of their own eggs, I was surprised at not seeing them off their nests for food or drink at any time during the 22 to 24 days required for hatching. I never supplied our birds with food over night, so we-con- cluded these sitters came off their nests at daylight, took a drink, scratched up what gleanings they could find from the grain thrown to the other pheasants the previous evening, and returned to their respective nests. We have since proven conclusively, however, that they went us even one better. They never leave their nests from the time they commence incubation until the young are hatched, and they were given no food nor water, either by us or the male pheas- ants, during that time. This seems hard to believe; it was for us, but we proved it in several ways, and have also received con- firmation from other people. At the expi- ration of the fast the hens come off with their little amber and brown striped chicks, in fine condition, and are extremely watch- ful, gentle and proud of their little ones. L. R., Detroit, Mich. I referred the foregoing letter to a friend Pooh INA TCISISI 0 IED ES IRONS NA: who has had experience in raising pheas- ants, and he replied as follows: The story about golden pheasants going without food and drink for 22 to 24 days may be true, but I doubt it. I stowed the letter to our gamekeeper, and while he is not strong on golden or Amherst pheas- ants, he doubts if they can go so long with- out food. We raise English birds, and ir- respective of the hand raised ones hatched out and attended to by domestic hens, the old cluckers are fed at regular intervals daily and the young pheasants every 2 hours. -The wild pheasants, raising their own young or sitting on their own eggs, go off the nest to feed early in the morning and again in the evening. I have a few goldens, and I noticed that one little hen in a pen sat extremely close and tight. She had a runway, and while I placed food in her coop she never left it. However, the rats may have eaten the food. I take the liberty of forwarding the De- troit letter to Mr. D. B. Provoost, of Eliza- beth, N. J. He showed me a nice lot of young goldens he had recently raised in his back yard. and may-be able to throw some light on the subject. Sa, Bs Jameson vAllamuchy. Ni” J: Mr. Provoost writes: It is a matter I have never had brought to my attention before, but one of my golden hens, while sitting on her own eggs, came off her nest at least twice last -year, and I counted her eggs on 2 occasions. This year the same hen nested in her coop where I could not see her without going in the coop. She had food and water in the coop. I do ~ not recall seeing her out of her coop while nesting this year. Therefore my observa- tions this year are of no value to you. D. B. Provoost, Elizabeth, N. J. Following my former articles in RECREA- TION’ about purple martins, I received sev- eral letters as to how to make the bird huuses, etc., and am glad so many of your readers were interested. The martins were unusually numerous this year. I had 18 pairs that raised broods of young birds. An average of 4 to each pair would make 72 young martins in my colony. Three pairs in my dwelling had 13 young, there being 5 in one nest and 4 each in the others. Ten years ago no one in this vicinity had any purple martins, although they were in other portions of the city. A friend of mine living on the West Side, who had some of the birds, said I lived too near the lake, which is 9 blocks away. About 8 years ago I was fortunate in having a pair settle in my bird house, and with IIg new ones coming from other localities, and from the young, the number has increased wonderfully. Within a mile of my place, people who never knew the bird have be- gun to like them and put up houses, so that at least 150 pairs have nested this year. A few weeks ago the telegraph wires for 3 to 4 blocks were covered with purple mar- tins, the most of the birds being this year’s crop of young. There must have been 1,000 to 2,000. I had this season one pair of bluebirds, one pair of tree swallows, and one pair of house wrens. The bluebirds raised 2 broods. I regret to say that some fiend killed the male tree swallow, as I missed him after the birds were breeding. The female made a valiant effort to hatch the eggs and raise the young, but one time during her absence for food a sparrow got in and threw the eggs out. A male purple martin I also missed just about the time the female started laying. She managed to hatch the eggs, and suc- cessfully rear 2 or 3 young, all by herself. As I kept close watch of the bird during the time, there is no doubt of this being correct. The first purple martin of the season ar- rived April 6. Last evening I was sitting on the porch in front of my house, when a neighbor called my attention to a flock of birds about a block or a block and a half high, and wanted to know what they were. I at first took them for nighthawks, but soon rec- ognized them as small gulls, about the size of a pigeon. They seemed to be catching flies, some of which I noticed in the air near. I watched the birds at least 15 min- utes, and there is no doubt in my mind that they were feeding, as they darted about, exactly as the purple martins do when in the air feeding. I never saw gulls do this before, although they are numerous on the lake, and I am much interested to know if what I state has been observed before by anyone else. Frederick Wahl, Milwaukee, Wis. “You look awfully tired; young. man,” said the benevolent woman to the young man with the books under his arm. “Yes, ma’am,” replied the student, “I’m studying for a doctor.” “Tt’s a shame! Why don’t you let the doctor study for himself?” — Yonkers Statesman. Mamma—Don’t lounge that way, Tom- my. Sit up like a man. Tommy—Why, mamma, men sit down; it’s only dogs and rabbits that sit up.— Philadelphia Press, Sab (HE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN SPORTSMEN. GENERAL OFFICERS. President, G. O. Shields, 23 W. 24th St., New York. tst Vice-President, E. T. Seton, 80 West 4oth St., New York. 2d Vice-President, W.T. Hornaday, 2969 Decatur Ave., Bedford Park, N. Y. 3d Vice-President, Dr. 7, S. Palmer, Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 4th Vice-President, A. A. Anderson, 80 West 4oth St., New York. 5th Vice-President, Hon. W. A. Rich- ards, General Land Office, Washington, Dic: Secretary, A. F. Rice, 155 Pennington oAvies seassaice Ni): Treasurer, Austin Corbin, of the Corbin Banking Co., 192 Broadway, New York. LIFE MEMBERS OF THE- LEAGUE. Beard, D. C., 204 Amity St., Flushing, Ulli Anderson, A. A., 80 W. goth St., New York City. Blackstone, Lorenzo, Norwich, Conn. Buzzacott, Francis F., Chicago, Ill. Brown, J. Stanford, 489 Fifth Ave., New York City. ; Butler, C. E., Jerome, Ariz. : Carey, Hon. H. 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Gundlach Optical Co., Rochester, N. Y¥. Photo- graphic goods. Blair Camera Co., Rochester, N. Y. Photographic goods. James Acheson, Talbot St., St. Thomas, Ontario, Sporting goods. Redifor Rod and Reel Co., Warren, Ohio. REPORT FROM MONTANA. Speech of Hon. W. F. Scott, State Game Warden, at the 6th annual meeting of the eA Sie Mr. President and Gentlemen: Montana, as you all know, is one of the largest States in the Union, having an area of about 143,- 000 square miles. J have the honor of be- ing the Warden of that State. Previous to 1901 we had a complete game law, as near- ly every State has had, but with absolutely enforcement except through peace officers, and, of course, you know what interest constables, policemen and such officers take in the enforcement of game laws. In 19o1 a bill was introduced in our Legislature providing for a depart- ment of fish and game. It passed, with an assessment of 1-10th of a mill on all the taxable property of the State, for a game protective fund. That gives us a revenue of about $20,000 a year, and with that are placed the license fees collected from non- residents. This license is $25 for hunting large game, and $15 for hunting small game. There are also placed in this fund all fines collected by this department; so we have a large amount of money in our fund, but we can not gain access to it. The number of deputies provided for by this bill is 8. This does not include the State Game Warden, but the State Game Warden has 8 deputies and they are paid $100 a month and allowed their expenses while traveling out of their own districts. The State is divided into 8 districts, and these average about 15,000 to 18,000 square miles to the man. The deputy must pay his own expenses’ while traveling in his own district. The law is lame. The fund keeps multiplying as the years go on, and the Legislature will no doubt wipe out the 1-1oth mill tax. I have been worrying a good deal as to how to get at this surplus (laughter), and 120 EBAGUE OF AMERICAN SPORTSMEN. being a new hand in politics I have not yet devised a way. We passed, at the last Legislature, a law which restricts the shipment of game. Here- tofore we have had no restriction on ship- ment of game outside the State, and people had a right to ship all the game they chose. Now we have a law which leaves the ques- tion of shipment entirely with the State Game Warden as to whether a hunter may ship game out of the State. Non-residents buy their licenses, which entitle them to kill a limited quantity of game and take it out, provided it is properly ticketed. This new law holds express companies and their employees liable for any violations. We have a new feature which was taken from the Wyoming game law, namely, the licensing of guides and making the guides ex officio game wardens and holding them responsible for the acts of the hunters whom they may take out. Every man who guides in Montana for pay must make an affidavit and have it signed by 3 responsible taxpayers of the county in which he lives, that he is of good moral character and re- sponsible, and he must take the oath of deputy game warden and pay $10 for a li- cense. As soon as he returns from a trip he is required to make a report, stating the number of days he has been employed, the names of the persons whom he took out, and if non-residents, the number of their licenses. He must also give an itemized account of the number of heads of game killed by each member of the party. That is a good law and it is working well. Another good feature of our law i8 that it licenses taxidermists. Taxidermists are a hard class of people to handle. Heretofore we could go through a taxidermist’s shop, but we had no way of finding out whom the hides belonged to that were there in pickle; so we passed a law providing for the licens- ing of taxidermists. They pay $25 a year and render an itemized statement each ‘month of the number of heads and hides received, and to whom they belong; also of the number of heads of game they have on hand the Ist of. each month and the amount of game shipped out. Thus we have an absolute check on them. We know exactly what goes out, what comes in and to whom it belongs. When we call on them _we take our reports along and check them. If there is any discrepancy the taxidermists must explain. Of course, they complain about the law and say it is unconstitutional, but they have not tested it yet, and I think it will stand. The National Park borders on my State and it is an interesting place for any one to visit. It is a great breeding ground for game, because game is protected there. The Park is now in charge of Major Pitcher, one of the most enthusiastic game protec- _tions I2I tors and one of the pleasantest gentle- men to be found anywhere. The Govern- ment employees in the Park, as well as the soldiers and civilian scouts, whose duty it is to patrol the Park, do their work well at all times. They take their saddle and pack- horses and go out and stay for weeks, pa- trolling the borders of the Park, and I have deputized each one of the scouts as a game warden for Montana, so they have juris- diction to come over the Park line into Montana and make arrests. They have given us more assistance than any other class of people, and they have broken up along the borders of the Park several gangs of poachers which have been operating there for years. Public sentiment in’ that community is rapidly growing in favor of game protec-~ tion, and we have but few reports of viola- ine that secnomy. i went mp to the Park the other day to see Major Pitcher, and driving over to the Mammoth Hot Springs, we drove into a band of 33 moun- tain sheep. I have often seen mountain sheep when hunting, but I never got so close to them as I did there. We got within 25 or 30 feet of them. They got up on the sides of the cut and stood there, looking down at us as we drove by. I was in a Government ambulance, and I had the driver stop while I made several pictures of them. When I got up to headquarters the Major said, ca will feed some of my pets to-night,” and asked if I would like to see them. I said I certainly should, and he ordered the soldiers to bring out the feed on to the srounds in front of. the barracks and in front of the hotel stables. Right in the center of the parade grounds we soon counted 68 mule deer that came down to feed, and they walked about the officers’ quarters like domestic sheep. We took pic- tures of them, sometimes getting within 8 or 10 feet of them. There were some of the largest bucks I have ever seen. They were originally wild game. They come out Gver the borders or the Park each year and are hunted. It would seem that a man _ might go out and shoot one easily on the borden on theeank but it seems that as soon as they go over the boundary line they know it, and then one can not get any closer to them than to the other wild game. Up on the branch, possibly a mile from the Springs, we saw enormous numbers of elk. There must have been 2,000 or 3,000; and down on the flat, coming home, we saw between 400 and 500 antelope feeding. They are ,a ttle) wilder than deer: One can not get closer than 30 or 4o yards from them; but the deer are like domestic animals. - In the winter, when the snow is deep, it I22 is worth while to see these animals. Even - persons who have been raised in the far West and used to all kinds of game can see more wild game in the Park in a day than they ever saw in their whole lives. It is a great breeding ground, and the surplus will wander over the borders of the Park into adjoining States and keep them thoroughly stocked. I believe Montana has. a more varied Rocky mountain game than any other State in the Union to-day. We pos- sibly have not so many birds,as some other States, but what we are shy on the bird crop we have in the big game crop. Another good feature of our law which has been in force ever since 1897 is the ab- solute prohibition of the sale of game. We are a young State, but we are among the first to inaugurate that feature of game pro- tection, — In. Montana »your “may athavyel months and never find a piece of game on- sale anywhere. You may go to any restau- rant or hotel or eating house in the State and you would not find a piece of game on sale. That is the foundation for all game laws. As soon as you stop the sale of game, you destroy the incentive of the mar- ket hunter. A hunter will not go out and live on sow: belly and kill game if he has no way of disposing of it that will bring him revenue. He will turn his hands to pursuits which are more honorable and profitable. Another question I have worried about a great deal is the Indian preposition. I don’t know whether you Eastern gentlemen ap- preciate the situation, but my Western brothers, no doubt, will agree with me when say at is) a difficult problem to handle. In Eastern Montana the Missouri river winds down in a zigzag, crooked way. The lands in the bends, when large, 1s known as_ bottoms, and when» small, as points. The Indians surround one of these bottoms, or points, and send’. the women and children in with tin pans, bells or anything they can make~-a noise with, to drive the deer out, and they are slaughtered in countless numbers. It is an evil that needs careful consideration and demands the attention of the National Gov- ernment. We passed a bill which made it unlawful for any Indian to leave his reservation armed in any way, and we tried to enforce it. -We confiscated guns and have several lawsuits pending. I don’t know just where we are going to get off (laughter), but we shall keep at it till we land somewhere. Now that we have a license law we have prosecuted some Kootenais for hunting without licenses; but when you are abso- lutely certain that you.are convicting a non- resident Indian, you are liable to be mak- ing a mistake. They all look alike, and you RECREATION, can't tell whether they are Flatheads or Crees or Kootenais. We are up against it, and I should like to see the Legislature enact some law that would reach these cases. Idaho, Wyoming and several of the West- ern States are in the same box. As to the League of American Sportsmen, no other organization has helped us as the League has. As-Mr. Fullerton said, it seems to be fearless; more so than the local organiza- tion. A man who belongs to a local club will come to you and say: “T want to tell you about something I ran across up the valley the other day.” He wall cexplaim/all) aboutus apiteamhic says, “don’t bring my name into this case.” “Why not? Can you give me an idea where I can get the facts?” No, no, iicant do thaty- pub younGdon-er know how much violation is going on up there.” “Well, won't you give me some idea; let me send a man.” “No, no! If you send a man up there they will know it was I who told you; but something ought to be done there soon.” They come around with such propositions and then go out and scatter the report broadcast that you are not doing your duty. People of that kind areno good in any com- munity, especially along the lines of game protection. I have found the League mem- bers to be made of different stuff. -They try to assist us in every way possible, and ‘they have done great work out there. In regard to the official organ of the League, you may go anywhere, even in the thinly settied sections of our State, and you will find ‘on top of the sewing machine an almanac and a copy of Recreation. (Applause.) Sothe League is doing great work and is making public sentiment for us, and that is all that is necessary. Public sentiment is the main thing. (Applause.) AN Par PAL Oss POR SivGe Ne - Many sportsmen when on hunting trips are in the habit of shooting, simply for practice, birds that can in no sense be considered game. Large numbers of red birds, martins, larks, woodpeckers, sapsuckers, flickers, catbirds, bullbats, and birds of like character are destroyed every year. With- out 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 as worm, bug and insect destroyers. A drove of bullbats is of more value to a malarial district than a grove of quinine trees, as the diet of these birds in spring and summer consists principally of mos- quitoes. No true sportsman will kill these valu- able servants for practice shooting. This appeal is made to the sportsmen to con- sider the great value of the non-game birds, and it is believed that they will not only abstain from killing such birds but will preach the gospel of protection at all times. J. E. Redding, R. W. League American Sportsmen. —Yazoo, Miss., Herald. Yazoo Chapter, AUTOMOBILE NOTES. Edited by J. A. KineGman. AUTOMOBILE BODIES. Numerous styles of bodies are used on automobiles, but the tonneau is by far the most popular. The name is French for tub, and the tonneau body in its original form came to us from France. For years the ton- neau body consisted of a front seat and a rear seat, the former sometimes in the form of a plain seat, straight across, accommo- dating 2 or 3 passengers at a- pinch, but more often, and of late almost entirely, in the form of 2 separate, or bucket-shaped, seats. This arrangement has the advantage of holding each passenger firmly in place and prevents the occupant of the front left seat from sliding into and interfering with the driver when going at high speed over lumpy roads. Of course, the driver almost invariably sits at the right of the car. It it rare for the wheel or tiller to lie at the lente. The rear seats of the tonneau have been made more comfortable of late years. At first the tonneau was a tiny and uncomfor- table affair, seating 2 grown persons with difficulty. The sides of a tonneau are built high, so that articles carried therein, such as suit cases, wraps and the like, . will not spill out; and in some large cars the tonneau' is roomy enough to contain 5 per- sons. Ordinarily, however, the’ tonneau seats 3. This coming season the universally pop- ular tonneau will have double side-door en- trances instead of the single rear entrance employed so many years. The advantages of the side entrances are fairly obvious; there are 2 entrances and exits instead of one; the car may be driven to either curb so that the passengers may enter or leave it without dismounting into the road; and it gives a more comfortable rear seat, with better facilities for carrying tools, supplies and the like. One objection is that the framework must be longer in order to ac- commodate the longer body, and this makes a longer car; in most cases longer than is necessary or convenient. What the design- ers are busy over now, is the working out of a design which shall combine the side en- trance tonneau with a moderately short wheel base. A car with a long wheel base takes up.a good deal of room, is not any too easy to manage when entering or leaving a garage or automobile storage station, and has other drawbacks. Tops and closed bodies grow more pop- ular every year. In the early days people were more or less indifferent about bodies and the comforts thereof as long as 122 the machine would run. Now that great reliability has come, people are more closely considering their own comfort. The Cape cart hood will be popular during the com- ing summer. It is made of waterproof cloth, in appearance is something like an extension buggy top, and can be used for a dust shield or sun shade, as well as a means of protection against rain. The heavy canopy, supported on metal uprights and having a folding glass front, I look to see almost entirely displaced this season by the Cape cart hood.- The latter is much lighter and cheaper and just as effective. The glass front is not much advantage in rainy weather, for it fogs, and then the operator can not see through it. Moreover, it makes great wind resistance when low- ered in place. EUOW ROR Sai A ive Es (GR: There is a right as well as a wrong way Of Starting a gasoline car. Who has not watched or experienced the wrong way and wondered why a driver with any pretensions to skill should follow it? The engine is started and the occupants of the car brace themselves for the shock that they know is commer ihe clutches) tarowim im and- tie car plunges forward abruptly; it almost seems as if the sudden and tremendous ap- plication of power had lifted it off the ground. The passengers are forced back into their seats and then brought forward as the car picks up its speed. The process is a good imitation of that of a trolley car in a congested street when the motorman plays with the power, alternately applying and shutting it off, tilting the passengers back and forth as if they were manikins. A driver who knows his business never starts in this way, any more than a locomo- tive engineer does. He introduces his clutch gradually, permitting only part of the power to be transmitted at first, thus starting the car without the suspicion of a jerk. It gathers way, slowly at first, but before many yards have been traversed the clutch is forced home and the full power of the engine is being transmitted to the gear- ing. The saving in wear and tear of engine, gears, frame, springs, wheels and tires by this method of starting is enormous.—Mo- tor World. LIBELOUS, SENSATION, REPORTS: Any one outside the ranks of automo- bilists reading the daily papers might easily get the impression that users of automobiles 124 are witheut exception a lawless lot. Inci- dents of the most trivial character, which, if occurring in the case of horse-drawn ve- hicles, would get a scant paragraph, are worked up into sensations. Distortion and exaggeration fill in all details necessary to make a story out of some commonplace in- cident of city or country traffic. In the eager campaign of scandal mongering and head line sensation there is neither time nor inclination to search for truth, and, indeed, this is more laborious work than those who do not write for a living realize—The Au- tomobile. Ke bets that in driving: a. wagon ior an automobile around a right- hand corner at a high rate of speed it will tip over to the right. 1 bets it will tip to the left—S. P. H., New Haven, Conn. ANSWER. H wins the bet. The reason the wagon or automobile would tip over to the left in, tupnine. a right hand cormmeroat high speed is because the centrifugal force is not compensated for. In a railroad track the ’ outer rail on a curve is elevated so that the train will not have to reduce speed in turn- ing the corner. A bicycle race track is banked for the same reason.—EDITOor. An auction sale of second hand automo- biles held in New York city demonstrated . the value of advertising. Farmers and per- sons of inexperience were in the majority among the buyers, and the well posted visi- tors were repeatedly amazed to see an ex- cellent car knocked down at a ridiculously low price, while others sold at figures well up toward the list price for new models. In every case the big bargains were in cars that are not well known to the general public. because not extensively advertised, while the high prices were brought by ma- chines that have been widely advertised.— Automobile Topics. If acetylene lamps are to be expected to give satisfactory service, the gas genera- tors should be thoroughly cleaned every time they are filled. A good way to do this is to use a hose and water under pres- sure, compressing the end of the hose so as to make the water stream out forcibly. See that all the residue is thoroughly re- moved from the generator before refilling with carbide—Motor World. The reason French automobiles have been so popular is that French manufacturers started sooner, got on the right track quick- er and have kept ahead till now. In 1902 France reported 24 million francs’, worth Tae Given © Ne of automobiles; in 1903, 46 million, and in 1904, 560 million. Henry Souther, of Hartford, after mak- ing some exhaustive tests of anti-freezing - solutions for use in gasoline cars in winter, declares that the problem is now substan- tially solved. A mixture of wood alcohol and glycerine is the proper thing to use. Showing the interest taken in automobile construction, a competition has been organ- ized, to be held in Paris, whereby actual owners of cars enter them in classes ar- ranged according to the price of the chassis, or machinery. “T think I'll try filling the tires of my automobile with illuminating gas,” said the amateur chauffeur. “Good joke,” gurgled his fool friend. “Expect to make it light. Ha, ha!” “Nothing of the kind,” replied the ama- teur chauffeur. “I thought it might i= crease the speed of the machine. Just think how the’ stuff makes the wheels of a gas meter spin around.’—Chicago News. “Do you think the automobile will ever take the place of the horse?” asked the man who was standing around watching the tourist trying to repair a breakdown. “My friend,’ was the response, “that is an unimportant question. The problem now is to get a horse to take the place of the automobile.’—Washington Star. Miss Frightleigh—How did you manage to retain your composure when the auto ‘blew up? Mrs. Flareup—Mr. Flareup has such a furious temper, you know, that I am used to explosions.—Detroit Free Press. Sunday School Teacher: Tommy Mc- Grath, can you tell me who threw the stone that struck Goliath? Tommy: Ye kin search me. Our street’s all tore up, an’ dey ain’t no autermobiles goes dat way.—Brooklyn Life. An Ohio exchange says: “A Michigan editor has had a streak of bad luck. He was just about to step into his new.$10,000 automobile the other night when 3 bed slats gave way and he awoke.” ‘My kingdom for a horse!” cried Rich- rhe el BAD And a moment later he was seen slowly emerging from under his balky automobile. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. = MORE SER Y. It takes 30 years to grow a tree and 30 minutes to cut it down and destroy it. CHESTNUT FOR WOOD) LOTS: Throughout the Northeastern States, from Massachusetts to Maryland, and as far West as Indiana, chestnut holds an im- portant place as a timber tree. Commer- cially, it is chiefly in demand for ties, tele- graph and telephone poles, and posis, for all of which purposes, as well as for some constructional uses, it is especially adapted by its peculiar power to resist decay in con- tact with the soil. It is also largely used for uel and ‘general farny-purposes. In Maryland alone, according to the 12th cen- sus, its annual market yield of lumber, rail- road ties and telegraph and telephone poles amounts to over $100,000, besides large sup- plies of material for local consumption. It happens that chestnut is especially fit- ted for management in farmers’ wood lots. Before scientific forestry began to be heard of in the United States, and when forest preservation was not uncommonly talked about as a sentimental fad, the thrifty own- ers of the small tracts of woodland which cover so much of Southern New England, New York, Pennsylvania and neighboring - States had long been cutting successive crops of the hardwoods which sprout rap- idly from the stump, thus practicing more or less rudely what the forester calls the “pure coppice’ method of The superior market for chestnut, com- bined with its rapid growth. gave it the leading place in the esteem of these woad- lot owners, who by winter cutting were able to turn to good account time for which farm occupations gave no other employment. The results of a study recently conducted and soon to be published by the Bureau of Forestry show strikingly the advantages of chestnut for this kind of management, and at the same time suggest some practical conclusions concerning how the methods now in vogue may be improved. Like other trees which reproduce by sprouting, chest- nut loses its vigor when the root system be- comes too old. Trees grown from seed increase, both in height and bulk, more slowly for many years than those grown as sprouts from the stump. But by the time the trees are 80 to 100 years old the seed- ling trees will catch up, and eventuully reach a larger size than the others. For ordinary uses, however, chestnut is cut long before this age is reached, and coppicing is therefore the best way to raise it; but unless new seedling growth starts in the forest along with the sprout growth, the declining vigor of the old root systems will result in smaller and smaller production management, until only a sickly stand of inferior timber is left to draw on. Chestnut tends to produce seed abundant- ly, and if the nuts were left to sow them- selves the forest would take care of itself; Hut crows, squirrels and other animals levy a heavy toll. Far more formidable, however, in well settled regions, are the gatherers of nuts for the market. With chestnuts selling at an average of $2.50 a bushel, there is a premium on the seed crop which makes propagation of the tree through this means a matter of dubious chance. When in addition hogs are per- mitted to range the woods for mast, and cattle to browse the tender shoots as they rise from the ground, the prospect of seed- ling growth is small indeed. Chestnut is not exacting in its soil re- quirements. Its roots spread comparatively deep, so that it is not so sensitive to fire or humus destruction from any cause as most species. Its sprouts grow so fast that -a height of 7 or 8 feet at the end of the first season is not uncommon, and its stumps are so vigorous that one will often produce 4o to 50 sprouts. Not more than one in 8 or 10 of these will mature, but by selecting the most promising the full vigor of the parent stump may be concentrated on them to the great improvement of their rate of growth. The observations made by the Bureau have proved that low stumps pro- duce more vigorous sprouts than high ones, and that winter or spring cutting is fol- lowed by better results than that done in the summer or fall. Telephone poles are grown, in Maryland, from healthy stumps in 35 to 38 years, and ties may profitably be cut in about 29 years. Too early cuiting of ties should be discouraged as wasteful in the long run. The practice of permitting contractors to cut unrestrictedly for a given sum is one which works much injury to the permanent productiveness of the woods. The Bureau is thus doing excellent prac- tical work for the owners of small tracts of timberland, for whom the employment of a forester is out of the question, but for whom the application of the knowledge furnished by scientific forestry is essential, if they are to reap the full value of their holdings. The largest tree in the world, so far as reported, is supposed to be a chestnut which was recently cut in the vicinity of Mount 7etna. It is said to be 212 feet in circum- ference 60 feet from the ground. More re- markable than its huge girth is the point on the trunk at which this measurement is said to have been made. 125 126 RECKEATION. THE AMERICAN FOREST CONGRESS ~ The most notable meeting that has ever been held in this country to consider the subject of forestry and its allied interests was held in Washington during the first week in January. It brought together a larger body of active men engaged in prac- tical business than ever before assembled to consider an economic question. The Governors of 22 States appointed and were represented by delegates; 25 of the leading railroads were represented, including the presidents of 12 roads. Ambong the espe- cially prominent railroad men present were: President Hill, of the Great Northern. President Eliot, of the Northern Pacific. President Winchell, of the Rock Island. President Stevens, of the Chesapeake and Ohio. President Spencer, of the Southern ‘Pacnic, - President klarding,, of they mere Marquette. President Johnson, of the Nor- folk and Western. President Hoyt, of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas; and President Hughitt, of the Chicago and Northwestern. All the large telephone companies and both the Western Union and the Postal Tele- graph companies were ably represented. The lumber interests were naturally better represented than any others; and the graz- -ing interests were represented by a num- ber of influential men from the Western States. Prominent representatives of the mining interests were present, and editors of nearly all the lumber trade journals. Nearly every member of the Society of American Foresters was present; also nearly the entire force of the United States Bureau of Forestry. The students of the Yale Forest School were required to report for the beginning of the winter term at the Congress instead of at New Haven. Other forest schools were represented by many of their students and faculty. The delegates to the Congress were re- ceived in a body by the President at the New Year’s reception at the White House, President Roosevelt being the honorary president of the Congress. Tuesday after- noon the delegates met in the National Rifles Armory for the first regular meeting. The subject was the Importance of the Public Forest Lands to Irrigation, and was discussed by the Government Engineers in charge of the arid land reclamation work and by representatives of the vast agricul- tural interests so absolutely dependent on irrigation for their existence. “The Lumber Industry and the Forests,” “The Importance of the Public Forest Lands to Grazing,’ “Forestry in Relation to Railroad Supplies,” “The Importance of Public Forest Lands to Mining,’ and ‘“Na- tional and State Forest Policy” were the most important subjects considered, HOW FORESTRY DIFFERS FROM LU MBER- ING The connection between lumbering and forestry is vague in the minds of many people, and the line of difference between the work of the forester and of the lumber- man is ever more confusing. This arises from the fact that the result to be obtained is similar in both cases. The lumberman’s business 1s to harvest his lumber crop at the best profit; and after all is said and done the forester’s work is exactly that. In general, however, the lumberman’s aim is to make the greatest immediate profit, while the forester aims to make the forest yield the greatest continued income throughout its life. The forest never dies with the forester. A working plan as made by a forester, is first of all a plan for lumbering. It specifies the diameter limit to which trees shall be taken and includes estimates of yield. It fixes the areas to be logged over, forecasts the profits to be realized, and sums up the whole situation from a business point of view. This far, it treats of what is to be done in-the forest entirely from the stand- point of the lumberman, and it is based on the same study of local conditions that any good lumberman makes before he fells a tree. The lumberman’s working plan, how- ever, usually considers only the most profit- able way of harvesting the merchantable timber. The forester’s plan is made with a view also to the removal of the mature - timber in such a way as to hasten the pro- duction of a second crop. In spite of much that has been said to the contrary, there is no other radical difference in purpose be- tween the 2. Both wish to make the forest pay as high a rate of interest as possible on the capital it represents. The lumberman, however, is usually content to receive re- turns only once from the -same area, while the forester lumbers with a view to lum- bering again. Exactly the same study of the quality and amount of merchantable timber, of the conditions of transportation, and the market open to it for sale, is neces- sary under lumbering and under forestry. Lumbermen do not need foresters and foresters do not need lumbermen. But lumbermen need to be foresters and for- esters need to be lumbermen. Stranger (at the door)—I am trying to find a lady whose married name I have forgotten, but I know she lives in this neighborhood. She is a woman easily de- scribed, and perhaps you know her; a singu- larly beautiful creature, with pink and white complexion, seashell ears, lovely eyes, and hair such as a goddess might envy. Servant—Really, sir, I don’t know— Voice (from head of stairs)—Jane, tell the gentleman I'll be down in a minute, —London Tit-Bits. ee POR NDP EiPURE fh @OODS! Edited by C. F. Lancwortny, Pu.D., Author of “On Citraconic, Itaconic and Mesaconic Acids,” ‘‘Fish as Food,’ ete. “What a Man Eats He Is.” NUTMEG AND, MACE. The nutmeg is the kernel of the seed Myristica fragrans, a dicecious evergreen tree found wild in the Banda islands and some of the neighboring islands extending as far as New Guinea. The following state- ments occur in a recent summary of data regarding this spice: ‘Nutmegs and mace are almost exclusively obtained from the Banda islands, although the cultivation has been attempted with varying success in Singapore, Penang, Bengal, Reunion, Brazil, French Guiana and the West Indies. The trees yield fruit in 8 years after the seed is sown, reach their prime in 25 years, and bear 60 years longer. Almost the whole surface of the Banda islands is planted with nutmeg trees. The light, volcanic soil, shade and excessive moisture of these islands, where it rains more or less during the whole year, seem exactly to suit the requirements of the nutmeg tree. “In Bencoolen the tree bears all the year round, but the chief harvest takes place in the later months, and the smaller one in April, May and June. In the Banda islands the fruits are gathered in small, neatly made oval baskets at the end of a bamboo. This prevents bruising, the baskets being opened half their length on one side and furnished with 2 small prongs projecting from the top, by which the fruit stalk is broken, the fruit falling into the basket. The ripe fruit is about 2 inches in diameter, of a rounded pear shape, and when mature splits into halves, exposing a crimson arillus surround- ing a single seed. When the fruit is col- lected the pericarp is first removed, then the arillus is carefully stripped off and dried, in which state it forms the mace of commerce. The seed consists of a thin, hard testa or shell enclosing a kernel, which, when dried, is the nutmeg. To prepare the nutmeg for .use the seed enclosing the kernel is dried at a gentle heat in a drying house over a small fire for about 2 months, the seeds being turned over every second or third day. When thoroughly dry, the shells are broken with a wooden mallet or a flat board and the nutmegs picked out and sorted, the small, inferior ones being removed for the expres- sion of the fixed oil which they contain, and which forms the so called oil of mace. The dried nutmegs are then rubbed over with dry sifted lime. The process of liming, which originated at the time when the Dutch held a monopoly of the trade, was com- menced with a view of preventing the germ- ination of the seeds, which were formerly immersed 3 months in milk of lime for this purpose; and a preference is still manifested 127 in some countries for nutmegs so prepared. “There is a remarkable difference between the Banda trees and those of the Straits. This has to do with their respective heights. The tree of the Straits is a mere shrub compared with that of the Banda islands, where 50 to 60 feet 1s no uncommon size. The male tree is much shorter lived than the fruit-bearing one. The Banda fruit hangs on longer and more slender stalks than that of the Straits, the skin is more free from all blemish, more thin relatively to the fruit and of more uniform proportion. The Ban- da manner of breaking the fruit when dried is also superior to that followed in the Straits. This is done by spreading them on a sort of drumhead and striking them with flat pieces of board. Several are cracked at each stroke and resupplied as fast by a man standing alongside. One man in this way will break more nuts without injury than half a dozen men after the Straits fashion. “Tt 1s computed that each female tree at full maturity, under careful culture, will yield 10 pounds of nutmegs and about one pound of mace annually. Nutmegs are di- vided into 2 varieties, royal and green. The former are of a larger size and have their mace longer than the ntit, which, in the lat- ter, is not entirely enveloped by the leafy network. Good nutmegs are distinguished by being large, round and heavy, finely marbled and of a light gray color.” VEGETABLES IN ANCIENT ROME. The ancient Romans had in their gardens in early times beans, peas, lentils, chick- peas, and onions. As pointed out by a recent writer, “The potato was, of course, wanting to the Roman garden, but Cato considered the cabbage the king of vegetables, and it is likely that many varieties of the plant were cultivated in his day.” He thought it surpassed all other vegetables, and liked it “both cooked and raw, dressed with vine- gar.” The best artichokes came from Car- thage, whence had been imported the Malum punicum, or pomegranate; also, apparently, the finest figs. One recollects the clever use made by the same Cato of a bunch of fresh Carthaginian figs, which, being sud- denly produced from beneath his toga, were intended to convince his hearers that great Carthage was become too near a commercial riva' in the Mediterranean for the security of Rome. “Fennel and lettuce, both, among the Phee- nicians, sacred to Adonis, were regarded, as they still are here, particularly good for the ‘Minister of the Interior’; also as sleep pro- ducers. Venus is said to have salved the 128 wounds of Adonis with lettuce. Pliny men- tions a family who were not ashamed of their name in fact, a branch of the gens Valeria lactucini. Pumpkin (cucurbita) and cucumber (cucumis) may both have been cultivated in quite early times. The Emperor Tiberius, probably a temperate man, at one time is said to have eaten cucumber daily. Endive and wild asparagus were greatly es- teemed, though the latter was thought in- ferior to a kind grown at Ravenna, and to that brought from Germany. “Let us turn from these vegetables, how- ever, to the fruit trees, which in early days must perforce have been rare, perhaps in- cluding only apples, pears, certain nuts, to- gether with the almond and the fig, and even those came to Rome chiefly from other districts in Italy, such as Picenum, Nola and ‘taranto: ) “ihe pomegranate... wich) iras always thriven in Roman soil, was no doubt an eatly introduction from Carthage, per- hapsiby sway Ob Sicily and, ot cole. une olive was regarded almost as native, though brought up from Campania by one of the Licinian gens. Republic did the Romans apply themselves to fructiculture that some ancient writers even go so far as to describe Italy,as some have called England, one great orchard.” FOOD ADULTERATION IN EUROPE: Consul-General Guenther, of Frankfort, is authority for the following: “An article on the adulteration of food products which is going the rounds of the German press states that van, ordinary liverypatty vis made ito fine ‘Strassburger’ paté de foie gras, or goose liver patty, by means of borax or salicylic acid and of finely chopped and cleverly dis- tributed pieces of black silk, representing truffles. “Cosmos, a German paper, guarantees the fact that under the label of canned lobsters the soft parts of cuttlefish and crabs are sold. “In Paris, snails are of late popular, and the adulterators mix them with lungs of cattle and horses. Even entirely artificial Snails are manutactuned. )) he) shells.) re- coated with fat and slime, are filled with lungs and then sold as Bergundy snails. “Lovers of fresh rooster combs are im- posed on by a substitute cut out of hogs’ intestines. “Chopped artificial truffles are made of black rubber, silk or softenea leather, and even whole truffles are made out of roasted potatoes, which are given a peculiar flavor by adding ether. They are said to sell well: “Fish spoiled in spite of ice and borax is treated with salts of zinc, aluminum and other metals. Rubbing the fish with vase- line to give it a fresh look and coloring the gills with fresh blood or eosin—a coal tar color—are resorted to. The latter is also So much durines tne laren. ‘many RECREATION, used to intensify the red color of inferior crabs. “Imparting a greenish sere to oysters is another adulteration. An oyster requires about one month in the beds to acquire the greenish color. As this is too long a time, the dealers help them along with an artificial color. “The chemists in the Paris municipal la- boratories have shown that tomato jelly is adulterated with turnips, and powdered pep- per contains a large admixture of hard tack.” VEGETARIANISM. AND ITS EFFECTS ON EDR Ae ie Vegetarianism, in the opinion of a writer on the subject, can be called neither scien- tific nor practical. Man’s digestive organs demand both vegetable and animal food. though existence, without regard to perfect development, physical or mental, can be maintained for long periods on food that is unsuitable. All food compounds that are found in the animal kingdom are also found in the vegetable kingdom; but the human organs can not assimilate the vegetable compounds with so much ease or thor- oughly as they can the animal compounds; and if these be restricted to vegetable com- pounds, malnutrition follows. While the general health of some vegetarians may ap- pear good, bodily powers can not be sus- tained for any length of time on a purely vegetable diet. To change from a mixed - to a one sided diet necessitates years of gradual adaptation of digestive ferments and organs to the new diet. This gradual adaptation of system to diet could be se- cured, in time, more completely by some than by others; but, at best, it would take generations to bring about such a change in the human system. Without doubt many of us eat too much animal food, but vegetarianism is not the remedy. IRIEL, I know a maid, she is a peach, With her I made a date; She is the apple of mine eye, But here I sadly state She does not care a fig for me; Alas, my cruel fate. The dainty maid has cherry lips And lemon-colored hair ; She wears a bright burnt-orange gown, But, ah, to my despair She will not answer yes to me, So we may be a “pear.’ —Chicago Chronicle: Mary had a little lamb, But that is nothing new. She’s gone and bought another lamb And now she’s got lamb stew. —New York Times. PUBLISHER’S NOTES. A TOP LINE LAUNCH. I have a small launch, built by the Fay & Bowen Engine Co., Geneva, N. Y., and fitted with one of their 3 horse power en- gines, which I have used 3 years, and some of your readers might like to hear about its behavior during its third season. Last spring I made a movable waterproof can- vas canopy and curtains for the boat. In the summer I took a trip to Wheeling, W. Va., in company with a friend, and made the round trip, 180 miles, in 5 days. We had a 16 foot skiff in tow, containing an oil stove, provisions and bedding. We slept on the launch every night. Coming home we had to stem a stiff cur- rent, as the locks on the Ohio river are not yet completed. In some places we had stiff rapids, but the launch took us through without any trouble. : About 2 weeks later I went, in company with the same man, to Morgantown, W. Va., which is the head of navigation on the Monongahela river. The round trip was about 250 miles, from Sewickley, Pa., and we had the same skiff and load in tow. We made the round trip in 5 days and slept on the launch, as on the Wheeling trip. We used only 23 gallons of gasoline, and went through 13 government locks each way. I ran the launch over 1,000 miles last summer, in all stages of water, and had no trouble, but a lot of fun. The engine and boat are as good as new, except that the finish on the latter is slightly marred. The engine is a good one and full of business; and the heavier the load the better she works. In locking through on the Monongahela river the easy handling and reliability of the engine were well demonstrated. When approaching a lock I would blow the horn, put the engine on slow speed and run the boat in a circle until the gates were opened ; then shoot into the lock and shut down. As soon as I received the signal that all was ready I would start the engine again and run out of tre lock when the gate was opened. I never had the slightest trouble in starting the engine and never delayed the lock men a minute. They all compli- mented us highly on the handling of the boat, and said we gave them less trouble than anything they ever put through. They were somewhat amused at the small size of the boat, for the skiff load of freight which we were towing looked nearly as big as the boat. They showed us as much courtesy as they did the largest steamboat on the river. James C. McCormick, Jr., Pittsburg, Pa. 129 STEEL MOTOR BOATS. W. H. Mullins, the boat builder, of Sa- lem, Ohio, must certainly work nights. He is always doing something new. Few of his products get in view of RECREATION readers. They go out into the busy world through other channels and are in daily use by thousands of people. Mullins steel ducking boats are staples wherever the ducks drop in, and now, in order to keep up with the trend of modern progress, Mr. Mullins has put on the mar- ket a steel motor boat which is sure to be a winner. One of these is called the Beav- er Tail, and is, without doubt, the record boat of the world for a 21-footer. It has exceeded a speed of 15 miles an hour in shallow water and with a temporary ar- rangement of the engine. It is believed that under different circumstances and with a well-regulated and well-equipped engine this boat would run 16 to 17 miles an hour. Such speed is phenomenal for so small a boat. These steel motor boats are bound to prove popular. If there is anything the boatman grows weary of it isa boat that is con- stantly leaking. Steel boats are always watertight and secure. By a special ar- rangement the engine is so placed that the vibration of the engine is taken up by the frame work and is not communicated to the hull of the boat. Not only this but the new steel boat will weigh not over one-half as much as the ordinary wooden boat of the same size. Mr. Mullins is counting on a great trade in these boats, and is building a special factory in which to build them. NEW H. & R. PRINTING. : Harrington & Richardson, Worcester, Mass., have put out their 1905 calendar, and it 1S very attractive. The artist has given us a pretty girl, pretty enough to eat, dressed in hunting togs and equipped with one of Harrington & Richardson’s single barrel guns. She is sitting on a bench, evi- dently thinking over some good sport she has had, because she wears a smile that won’t come off. Her companion is an Eng- lish setter, no doubt of blue blood stock, and he looks as happy as any lucky dog would be in such company. This calendar is a genuine ornament to any office or house, and every sportsman should have a copy of it. Harrington & Richardson will send a copy. free of charge if you will ask for it and mention RecreEATION. H. & R. know how to get up attractive printed matter relating to guns and revolvers, too. Their latest is a new catalogue showing all the different models —_— 130 of goods they make, and the information and the pictures are put out in a very catch- ing way. These people are now making an excel- lent line of revolvers, and persons in- terested in the problem of getting a high grade revolver at a moderate price should consult this catalogue. In writing for it please mention RECREATION. LEGAL LIFE OF A RAILROAD TICKET. A decision as to the life ‘of a railroad ticket, which is attracting considerable at- tention, has been rendered in favor of the Southern Pacific Company by the Civil Court of Appeals at San Antonio, Texas. The court has decided that a railroad ticket which is not used within a reasonable time after issuance, is barred by the statute of limitation. ‘The case arose out of the sale of a ticket by the Southern Pacific on April 29, 1885. The ticket was for a trip from Houston to San Antonio. The man who bought it died without using it. Fifteen years later it was sold. Late in 1899 it was offered to a Southern Pacific conductor. The latter refused to accept it and the man refusing to pay his fare was ejected. There was nothing irregular in the ticket or in its purpose and transfer. In deciding against the man in his damage suit for ejectment, the court holds that “it was never contem-— plated that the ticket should be held for nearly half of an average lifetime before it was presented for the purpose for which it was purchased. The ticket held by the ap- pellant could not occupy any better posi- tion as to the statute of limitation than a promissory note payable on demand.” Jas SOMME KONE ION) (CMUa es In tHe 1905 Calendar of N. W. Ayer & Son, the Philadelphia Advertising Aegents, a color scheme in grays and white is worked out so harmoniously as to merit the above title. On the background of gun metal gray cover paper is developed in lighter tones their well-known medal trade mark and motto, “Keeping Everlastingly at it Brings Success”; the latter being the predominant feature of the design. The calendar is 14 by 28 inches, and de- signed for office or library. The figures are large and, being printed in white, stand out clearly across a large room. Whether the popularity of Ayer & Son’s calendars is due to the uniformly tasteful design, to their utility, or to the epigrams on advertising and business building which fll the blanks left on the flaps, it is hard to say, but they have enjoyed a steady sale for vears at 25 cents each; for this sum, which barely covers cost and postage, the 1905 edition may be had as long as it lasts. . tion in every direction. RECREATION. X In sending for it please mention REcREA- TION. United States Senator John F. Dryden, President of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, has issued in book form his recent address before the Boston Life Underwriters’ Association, on the “Regulation of Insurance by Congress.” Following the official recognition given this matter by President Roosevelt in his last message to Congress, the speech of President: Dryden is especially interesting, presenting, as it does, the views of the con- trolling head of a large life insurance com- pany. Senator Dryden’s views are in har- mony with those of the President. Among other things Mr. Dryden says: “I hope the time is not far distant when, as a permanent relief from the needless and increasing burdens of over supervision, over legislation and over taxation, and as an additional security for the protection of our policy holders, we shall have an act of Congress regulating insurance between the States: MAP OF NEW YORK CITY. The passenger department of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad has just issued an interesting and useful map of New York City, embracing the bay, Hudson, East and Harlem rivers. It shows an area of 4 miles from Grand Central Sta- The names and lo- cation of 77 hotels are given; also, the names and location of 78 clubs and 49 theatres. The piers of the various lines of steamships are distinctly marked, as well as _ the numerous large and small parks located in various parts of Greater New York. The map is most valuable to strangers visiting _ the “Wonder City,” and can be obtained by sending a 2-cent stamp to George H. Dan- iels, General Passenger Agent, Grand Cen- tral Station, New York City, and mention- ing RECREATION. ---—— West End Furniture Co., Williamsport, Pa. Dear Sirs:—The gun cabinet arrived and is a beautiful piece of furniture, much finer than I expected. Now that I have it, I fully realize the value of a gun cabinet to every sportsman. Yours truly E. M. Storm. At Nashville Cumberland Park Traps, Capt. Andrew Meaders, shooting the Park- er gun, broke 99 out of 100; a remarkable performance. Mr. Meaders_ continued shooting after the event was finished, to warm up his Old Reliable, breaking 25 inore straight, making a total of 124 out of 125. HAVE YOU? CLEMENT VORE. To Eastern anglers who have never felt the exhilaration that results from the hook- ing of a wily muskalonge, I desire to tell my story in a series of questions. If you think you have such fishing in your lakes and streams, come to Wisconsin, show your ignorance and enjoy real sport. Have you worked all year steadily until your nerve was gone and you spoke only monosyllables to your wife? Have you fondled your fishing tackle and looked re- proachfully out on the snow through your murky window panes? Have you felt a longing for you know not what? Have you watched the snow disappear and the grass grow green and the policemen put on the new, light uniforms that betoken spring? Have you made love anew to your wife until she promised to let you fish for mus- kies in June? Have you anticipated all these things so long that every time you passed beneath a stuffed musky hanging on a wall you felt goose pimples coming out on your flesh? Have you at last nestled down in a rail- road coach and felt the rails bumping along behind you? Have you gone into the woods of Wisconsin where occasionally you saw a vast stretch of stump land speaking of the devastation of the axe? Have you seen the spots of green on the hillside and the old pines tinged with the yellow green of the virgin needle? Have your thoughts run rampant until the milk of human kindness made your whole soul glad? Have you met your guide and gone to his house, made of logs and smeared with mud, to meet his wife and children? Have you smelled the breath of pine and listened to the choir of spring frogs singing among the new rushes? Have, you shown your new tackle to your guide and made his heart glad with a gift along the same lines? Have you inspected the boat and tucked away the genial bottle in the stern and set the bow of the boat out to the bar? Have you felt the spoon twist as the line ran out and you were at last trolling? Have you trolled for an hour and caught one little pickerel, and, just begun to have all the idealism vanish from your soul, when you felt a vicious lunge on your line and saw the look on your guide’s face? Have you settled yourself just right and begun to reel in? Have you fought 12 min- utes, finally to see behind the boat, say 25 feet, the huge head of a musky bob un, while a glimmer came from your spoon? Have you seen the fish roll his eyes, lash his body and spread his gills until he looked like a bull dog? Have you felt the uncertainty of the struggle as you got him close alongside and felt the boat settle as the guide moved over by your side to sink the gaff into the hidden belly ? Have you seen the awful contortions and struggles as the musky writhed to free him- self of the hook just before the gaff entered him ? Have you seen him pulled into the boat and viewed him lash around until the hunt- ing knife severed his vertebre? Have you talked incessantly to your guide for an hour after and forever after never knew what you or he said? Have you noticed how bright the day then grew and how intensely beautiful was the shore line? Have you rowed home almost too early and dispatched the following wire to your wife: “Have just landed 35- epeung musky. Tell Jones about it.” Have you ever slept so well as that night? Have you returned to work thoroughly rested after having spent 2 weeks in the woods and caught 8 fish? Have you scorned the bass and looked down on the pickerel and wall eyed pike? If you have done all this you have done more than I. I am, body and soul, brain and brawn, the lover of a good, old, wilv, fighting bass; the best fish that swims, pound for pound. I never caught a musky in my life. A camera fiend of Vincennes Attempted to photo some hennes, He was nearly distrait When he looked at the plate— He forgot to uncover the lennes. 131 ANOTHER WARNING TO FLORIDA. I have read with great interest the graphic and accurate paper of: Dr. Curtis in your December number, entitled “A Warning to Florida,’ and can testify to its truthfulness from personal observatiom I wish through your magazine to sound another warning in behalf of the fish and game of Florida. When I first began to go to that State, in the winter of 1875, the fish- ing was excellent, thoughy as I was told, not nearly so good as it had once been. Since that time I have visited Florida every winter, staying 3 weeks to 3 months, and have seen the game and fish gradually diminish in numbers, till now the fishing, from a sportsman’s standpoint, is poor, except for tarpon late in the season, say in June or July. Even so late in the season as July, in 1904, I was unable in Sarosota bay to catch more than 2 or 3 fish in: several hours, though I tried it repeatedly. The cause for this is apparent to the most superficial observer. It is due to the fact that the fish have practically no protection from rapacious fishermen, who catch great and small fishes in nets, often a mile or so long. JI have seen seines run entirely around a small island and then drawn up to shore, killing everything within their com- pass, great and small. It is a common practice to run a seine, there called a stop net, across the mouth of a bayou at high tide and then catch practi- cally all the fish in the bayou when they emerge as the tide ebbs. It is astonishing that the people of Flo- rida do not.see how inimical these practices ‘ists alike. are to their real interests. So soon as it is once understood that the legitimate sport of fishing can not be advantageously pur- sued in Florida, many tourists and all the fishermen who fish for sport and not for profit will go elsewhere where the fish are protected. This-policy, I fear, will awaken the people of Florida to their ' danger too late to remedy the loss, and after the State is no longer visited by seekers for legitimate sport. Interested parties may deny the facts above stated, but so far as it relates to the places I have visited, notably Sarocota bay, they can not be suc- cessfully controverted. The same remarks will apply to game and birds of plumage. There is much bet- ter sport farther North, and birds of plum- age are notable by their absence. Even the pelicans and alligators are becoming, rela- tively, few in numbers, and I am sorry to say that Northern tourists are not free from blame for this condition. The brutal lust for blood is so universal that these birds and reptiles are killed merely for sport, though they are worthless as food and rarely bought for their plumage or skins. The people of Florida should at once enact a strict law for the protection of their fish, game and birds and enforce it by severe penalties against residents and tour- If this is done soon, conditions will improve in the course of a few years; if it is not done, not only will the State lose some of its principal attractions, but an important source of revenue will be for- ever lost. M. D. Ewell, M.D., Chicago. WITH A SHOCK. COMPANY: mltewaswe proud and happy day When Russell Crane Salvini Gray Joined a flock Of actor folk, a real stock troupe; Yes, he was taken in the group With the stock. They started West without delay, And Russell Crane Salvini Gray Wore a frock— A lovely coat—with conscious air, Rejoicing greatly to be there With the stock. They busted out near Santa Fe And Russell Crane Salvini Gray, Who couldn’t hock His clothes at anything like par, Came home inside a cattle car With the stock. —Louisville Courier-Journal. 132 BOIMTOR Ss, COKNER: SHALL THE PRICE OF RECREATION BE ADVANCED? Herewith I enclose check for $2 for which continue my subscription to RECREATION as long as the amount will pay for. Should you raise the price of Recreation I shall certainly continue to take it. Ten years ago I saw your advertisement in a cat- alogue of Henry C. Squires & Sons and Il sent for a sample copy of RECREATION, At the same time I sent for 3 other sports- men’s periodicals. It was the December, 1894, number of REcrREATION | received and I was so well pleased with it that I sent you my subscription; also for copies of October and November previous, and from then I have received and read every copy of RECREATION with-great pleasure. I heartily endorse the work you are doing and am sorry to hear of your losing the -ads. of some companies that I think should be helping in the work of protecting game, for without game there would be little use for such goods. I have never been a hog, even before I read RECREATION. While a mere boy it was a pleasure to me to go to the woods just to watch the squirrels gather nuts, but there is no game here now. “All my hunts are taken in RECREAT'ON and in dreams. No true sportsman would object to the price of RECREATION being doubled or trebled. Just think, for $10, how much pleasure I have had the last 10 years. In time to come you will long be remem- bered as the beginner of game protection, and true lovers” of the field, forest. and stream would be glad to erect a monument to your memory, thcugh I hope your days will be long in the land that you may see the resuits of your good work and see those who are against you now become your fol- lowers before the end. JEe@} Byans: Paris, Ky: On the field of battle, would you desert your brother, or your captain? Has not G. O. Shields been the leader of all true sportsmen for years past? He has stood for moderation in killing game; for good laws; for the preservation of game and game ‘fishes : for non sale of game; for a bag limit and against the deadly auto- matic and pump guns; against sneak boats; against night shooting; and all this to the detriment of the business interests of REc- REATION.. Selfish people, who really hate to leave a bird in the field or a fish in the stream, have damned Shields right and left. By his crusade he has lost the friendship of the game hogs and the advertising of many of the gun and ammunition makers. 133 G. O. Shields has done more for game and fish protection than all the other sports- men and all the game protective associations combined. Now, all friends of this great cause should rally to the front and extend a help- ing hand to our leader. By all means ad- vance RECREATION to $2, and let us double its circulation within the next year. Jean Allison, State Game Warden, Jerome, Ariz. I have read in REcREATION that you are undecided whether to raise the subscription price or not. Count me a subscriber until your price exceeds my income, as no other publication gives me the pleasure that I derive from RECREATION. Your ads are more interesting than the literature in other periodicals, and your attacks on game hogs are above par. Thanks to REcREATION, I bought a .303 Savage last fall, which has proven the su- perior of any other rifle I have ever tried. When writing the Savage’Arms Co. I gave you credit for my selection. I am interested in, ‘Can a bullet be seen in flight?’ Several years ago I owned a .22 rifle, and on a cool, clear day, shot at a hawk, perched on a top branch of a high tree lavine, as a, backeoround a, Snow white cloud, I distinctly saw the bullet as it passed through the air to the right of the hawk. John F. Goode, Cadillac, Mich. December copy of REcREATION received. It is the finest specimen of sportsmen’s periodical it has been my good lot to see. The Gun and Ammunition Department is Al; just what it should be, every time. I also read with delight the numerous re- marks concerning the shot gun, repeating and automatic. Twenty cents is a small price indeed for such a treat as this last issue, or any other, for that matter. After a hard day’s work in a close, grimy city office it is a glorious refreshment to read a copy of RECREATION. Russell G. Pond. Winchester, Mass. I have just received the December issue of your splendid magazine and have read it with deep interest. I noticed the edito- rial, “Shall the Price of RECREATION be ad- vanced?” wherein you ask the views of your subscribers on the subject. JI, for one, will support RECREATION regardless of any ad- vance in price. RECREATION is the _ best magazine published, and I have $5 for a yearly subscription any day, if need be. L. W. Weismann, Shawnee, Okla. I see in December RECREATION that for 134 reasons good and sufficient you are going to raise the price of RECREATION to $2 a year. I have read RECREATION for the past 5 years and I admire the way you have handled the fish and game hogs. Keep up the good work, and every true sportsman in the coun- try will stay with you, even if you have to charge $5 a copy for RECREATION. G. C. Goddard, Harmony, Utah. I noticed in December RECREATION your note as to raising the price of the maga- zine from $1 to $2 a year. This is a good field; plenty of sportsmen of all kinds, and I feel sure every one of them will be will- ing to pay $2 a year for RecREATION. I expect to get up a club of not less than 50. I can do it easily. H. C. Metcalf, Dennison, Ohio. I admire the stand you have taken in the interest of our game. You have done more for its protection than any other man in the United States. The December number of RECREATION is worth 2 of any other sportsmen’s periodicals I have seen, and you would be entirely justified in doubling the price. Cri Lemon wUinevae\ aaa I see in the December number that you speak of advancing the price of RECREA- TION. I have often wondered how § you could sell the magazine for 10 cents, and I can readily understand how you are. at last compelled to advance the price. continue to read RECREATION just the same. A. Moore, Anderson, Ind. I am in favor of the advance to $2 on. RECREATION and with you in your war on the pump and automatic guns and on the game hog. Don’t cease to give it to the ldafer who prefers market hunting to an honest livelt- hood. George S)) Hale, (Chardon wOhio: I am in hearty sympathy with your fight against game hogs and pump and automatic guns, and I admire your spirit in sticking to the fight to the end. I shall take REcREA- TION regularly at $2 a year. Please find en- closed draft for $2 for a year’s subscription. Walter Blount, Evansville, Ind: In regard to your notice in December RECREATION of the possibility of the price being raised, I for one am willing to pay for a good thing, and expect to be a con- tinuous subscriber to RECREATION for an in- definite period, even at an advanced price. Geo. F. Mims, Edgefield, S. C. In regard to raising the price of RECREA- TION, I am in favor of $2 a year. RECREA- TION is worth it. The article in the De- cember number in regard to reloading full Ib Saevllh vc RECREATION. charge smokeless powder shells is alone worth the price of the magazine. J. W. Hurlbut, Milford, Cal. I approve of your purpose to increase the price of REcREATION from $1 to $2 a year. It certainly is worth more than $1, and I fail to see how you can afford to furnish it at that price. I shall most cheerfully pay $2 if that is to be the price. George W. Geiser, Easton, Pa. I see you are thinking of raising the price of Recreation. Let it be raised, for RECREA- TION 1s worth twice what it now costs us, and there will be just as many takers as ever. iS) Hollister Sparta avis: I note that you intend to raise the sub- scription of your magazine. I do not think $2 a year too much for it, and I believe your other friends will say the same. M. L. Michael, North Watergap, Pa. You ought to raise the price of REcCREA- TION. It is worth more than $1, and I would not miss it if it cost $3 a year. R. G. Messinger, Easton, Pa. A CALIFORNIA HOT AIR MACHINE. _In April last I received a letter from Wil- lits, Cal., signed “A Friend,” which gave a Munchausenlike story of the slaughter of _deer by one Harry Flinn. Although the let- ter bore the earmarks of falsehood from start to finish, I thought it worth while to investigate, so I wrote the alleged Flinn, asking him whether the report of his deer killing exploits was true. He _ replied promptly that it was, but his letter also bore ample evidence of being a pack of lies. It was easy to read between the lines of both communications that they were written by one and the same man, and that there was scarcely a word of truth in either of them. However, I wanted positive proof as to the identity of the man who wrote the let- ters, and I referred them to a friend in California, with the request that he inves- tigate. He did so, and now writes me that he is satisfied both letters were written by J. U. Gillespey, of Willits. This man Gillespey, therefore, stands con- victed before the public as being one of the most shameless liars I have ever known, and if he ‘does not like this sort of record he is at liberty to seek redress in any way he may choose. There are 2 game hogs in Mt. Clemens, Mich., namely, W. E. Sutherland and his wife, who, it is asserted, went to West Branch last fall, killed 790 ruffed grouse and shipped them to Mt. Clemens, where they were sold. A League member in Mt. EDITORS Clemens tells me this pair goes to some Northern county every fall, that they shoot grouse throughout the entire season and ship them to market. Unfortunately, there is no law in Michigan that will reach these pecple. The only way to punish them would be by mob law. I do not believe in that, as a rule, but I do believe it would be right for the sportsmen of whatever community Sutherland lands in next fall to treat him to a coat of tar and feathers and then dump him in the nearest mud hole. Possibly he and his wife might then take the hint and let up. Deputy Game Warden P. M. Wark, of Harrison, Idaho, is making an enviable reputation for himself as a game protector. Some months ago he arrested C. L. Brick- ells, owner of Brickells’ island, in Spirit lake, for hunting deer with dogs in violation of law. Brickell put up a gauzy plea to the effect that he was hunting cougar in- stead of deer, but it did not go with Judge Wilson and he fined Brickell $150 and costs. It seems that during the time when Game Warden Wark was seeking evidence against Brickell, 2 of the latter’s dogs were shot and killed in the woods while trailing deer, and it is safe to guess that Warden Wark knows who killed them. His example is - one that every game warden should follow. Another side hunt and fishing contest was held in November in Meadville, Pa., and lasted 2 weeks. One branch of the herd was captained by W. G. Harper and the Otiem by by G. Prenatt. Among the fishes and animals sought by these butchers were green bass, which counted 2 points to the pound; black bass, 3 points; wall eyed pike, 4 points; grouse, 10 points; grey squirrels, 5 points; ducks, 5 points, and mud hens, I point. A banquet was provided at the expense of the losing side, and if the crowd had had its just deserts the food would have consisted of swill, served in a trough where every participant would have been required to in- sert his snout and feed like any other hog. Recent revelations as to the uses to which wood alcohol is put are astounding. Within the last 60 days 70 samples of witch hazel have been bought from as many wholesale and retail drug stores in 7 different cities, all of which have been carefully analyzed, with the result that 52 showed the presence of wood alcohol or formaldehyde, or both. In other words, 52 samples were shown to contain deadly poison, and only 18 were free from poisonous ingredients. CORNER: 135 Buyers of extracts, essences, toilet waters, etc., should purchase well known brands that have a standard of quality. A friend on Long Island wrote me some- time ago advocating the repeal of the Brown anti-spring duck shooting bill, and signed his letter “Old Subscriber.” If he had given me his real name I should have been glad to print the article, but under the rules it went inty the waste basket... It is not necessary that a contributor’s name should be made public, but it is necessary that it be known in this office. It takes a large waste basket to hold all the anonymous communications that come to this office every day. “Bridge Developments” is the name of a little book written by Edmund Robertson and A. H. Wollaston and published by Brentano’s, of New York. At first sight the title might suggest the construction of steel bridges, across rivers and things; but such is not the theme of the authors. It is. a treatise on the game of bridge, and is an excellent work in every respect. If, therefore, you are fond of the game or if you wish to learn it and to master it, you should study this book carefully. It sells at $1.25, postage paid. A number of Canadian friends have re- cently sent me newspaper clippings report- ing the extensive slaughter and shipment of deer, from various points in Ontario and Quebec, to Montreal and other markets. I trust this exhibition of greed on the part of market hunters and game dealers may have so disgusted the sportsmen of these Provinces that they will soon secure the enactment of laws. to prohibit the sale of game. This is the only way to stop the slaughter. There is a movement on foot in Michi- gan to secure the passage of a law prohibit- ing “the killing of qual for 2 years, “In fact, some of the sportsmen claim that the close season should be made longer than this, and it seems to be the consensus of opinion that a rest should be given the little birds in order to prevent their complete extermination. The sentiment is an excel- lent one, and I earnestly hope every sports- man in Michigan will support this measure heartily. I have been informed that certain people are engaged in canning catfish and stur- geon; that these fish are stained, labeled “salmon” and sold as such. Does any read- er of RECREATION know of the existence of any such fishery? If so, will he kindly give me full particulars? 136 RECREATION. HOW BUSINESS MEN LOCATE SPORTSMEN. “Ves, I know,” said a gun manufacturer recently, “the general idea of a business such as mine is that it conducts itself; but as a matter of fact we do proportionately about one hundred times more hustling for an order than a small dealer would. We do it systematically, though, whereas he does it in a haphazard way. “Of course we can sell guns only to peo- ple who wish to use them. Sportsmen want guns, so we go after sportsmen. Merchants as a class do not want guns, so we do not go after them especially. “We need the name and address of every sportsman in America. More than this, we want new people who use guns, and we must reach them ahead of our competitors. How to do this was a puzzler. We worked over the thought for months. Finally, a man came along and said, ‘Why don’t you ask Burrelle?’ “That was a new one on us. We didn't know who Burrelle was or what to ask him. However, we soon located him all right. He’s the Dean of press clippers. "He occupies the whole of that historic old Fremont building down in 19th street. “We asked Burrelle what he could do for us, and he settled the whole business. We had been planning to have agents in every county in the country, and had fig- ured on spending about $20,000 to get new names. Burrelle put us on a way to get them, and we are getting them now, at a cost so low that I’m afraid to mention it. “Here’s the basis of the idea. Sports- men abound in country districts. One can scarcely pick up a country paper without seeing a paragraph ‘John Smith has gone on a shooting trip down the lake, ‘or ‘Tom Brown is getting up a party to organize a gun club” There you are. Get all the country papers, clip out those items, and you have your names. Te “Tt’s a great idea; but suppose we tried to buy all the country papers! We would be up against a $50,000 idea right away. That is where Burrelle comes in. He has a force that reads day by day every news- paper published in America. We gave him an order to clip out and send us every mention of a sportsman. Then each day as we get the items we let those sportsmen know where they can buy good guns. “It costs a few cents a day. Burrelle has the experience, the system. He is deliver- ing us the goods, and we are making money | out of them. “What Burrelle has done for us he can do for any business, or any individual. He can tell people in any line where to sell goods. Take the man who has photo- graphic outfits to sell. Burrelle can keep him posted as to everyone who intends to take a trip anywhere. If you wish to do new business in a new way, try Burrelle.” THE MOVEMENT FOR CLEAN Wee MONEY. The growing demand for a more whole- some and decent paper currency is a health- ful tendency. This is an antiseptic age; an age of cleanliness. In the realms of path- ology it is the era of germ discovery and annihilation; in domestic affairs it.is an era of soap and water, plentifully provided and industriously applied. To checkmate the microbe has been the diligent endeavor of modern medicine and surgery; to promote that virtue which is justly extolled as next in rank to godliness is a tribute to ad- vancing civilization. - Yet our government perniits the people throughout 7 of the entire republic to handle paper currency that is disreputable in its dirt and is a menace to the public health as well as a disgrace to the nation whose seal of verification and guaranty it bears. There might be some excuse for this if there were no remedy; but there is a rem- edy. The proposed post-check currency would provide adequate means for the re- turn and re-issue of these small bills sev- eral times every year, not only without ex- pense to the government but yielding a pro- fit, and extending to the remotest points of the nation its beneficial effects. This post- check money system, it will be remembered, provides that every $1, $2 and $5 bill shall have on its face blank spaces to be written -in when the holder desires to send a bill by mail in lieu of stamps, coins, and small money orders now employed for that pur- pose. A part of the scheme is that a bill once used as a check is immediately retired from circulation, destroyed as mutilated currency, and re-issued. This would keep a constant flow of crisp, new bills from the press to the hands of the people. _ Thus the post-check would furnish an’ ideal medium for small remittances, and would provide clean money throughout the country. Health and decency combine to denounce the filth our currency carries. The inventor of this many sided scheme of public utility has not only assigned his patents to the government without asking any recompense, but he has expended with- _ out hope of reward many thousands of dol- lars in legitimate agitation for the adoption of the invention. Smiggs—There goes a man who has done much to arouse the people. Smaggs—Great labor agitator, eh? Smiggs—No; manufacturer of alarm clocks.—Chicago Ledger. “I was out with my automobile 8 hours yesterday.” “You were in the machine that long?” “No. I was in it an hour and under it | 7 hours fixing the breaks.”—Chicago News. RECREATION. 137 Greatest Gains IN Progress—Strength—Usefulness 1904 A RECORD YEAR FOR The Pr The Vast Increases in the ce Company’s Business Place , it in a Stronger Position, Financially and Otherwise, Than Ever Before in its History, and Demonstrate the Public Approval of THE PRUDENTIAL’S Broad Sys- rem Of Wife Insurance for the Whole Family. A Statement of the Mag- nificent Gains of Last Year Will Be Published in the March Magazines. —aos Write for Information of Profit-Sharing Policies for any Member of your Family. Dept. 92 THE PRUDENTIAL. INSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA INCORPORATED AS A STOCK COMPANY BY THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY JOHN F. DRYDEN, President. Home Office, NEWARK, N. J. RECREATION. FIRS® VENISON AW, GCAlEe. G One morning in November, I met a friend on the street and the conversation that en- sued landed me, together with 4 others, 1n- cluding a guide, on the shore of Moose- head lake 3 days later; quick time consid- ering the distance, nearly 1,000 miles. Of course it took some hustling, but with such an incentive as a hunt in the big woods of the pine tree State, 1 gives much pleasure to throw a pair of blankets, a hunting suit, a rifle and other camp essentials into a chest. This we did, telegraphing our guide to meet our train on its arrival. The trip itself is a pleasure not to be forgotten, be- sides the varied scenery. Our tickets read via Cleveland, Buffalo, Albany, Boston, Portland, Bangor and Greenville, Maine, where we arrived at 8.30 Ds san We spent one night at a hotel in Green- ville, on the shore i the lake. With day- light came the work of provisioning the camp. That accomplished, we boarded the little boat and steamed, 25 miles up the smooth waters of Moosehead lake to our camp. We landed by canoe, our cabin be- ing but a dozen rods up the shore, and soon had a fire crackling in the old stove of which the cabin boasted. The cabin, 14 x 15, contained a table, a bench, and 3 wooden bunks, which we filled with fresh pine boughs. Add 5 men, 3 chests and pro- visions, and room was scarce; but we crowded a carload of fun into .it besides. We were not on shore half an hour until each man, armed with his favorite large or small bore rifle and instructions from the guide about the inadvisability: of shooting one another, was slipping quietly up the old tote road, 2 going one way and 2 the other. My friend and I had reached the end of a small road leading off the main tote, and having arrived without making any noise were discussing the advisability of turning back, when I suggested that we walk into the forest a short distance either way. I selected the left, picked my way carefully to a log and mounted it when, to my sur- prise, 2 deer jumped up from the other side, sprang into the undergrowth and disap- peared in an instant. JI had not even time to discharge my gun into the air. I yelled for my companion and after I had made several attempts to describe the enormous size of the deer he diagnosed my case as buck fever. That night, with no venison in camp, we mapped out our trip, with the assistance of the guide, for the morrow; but the morrow came and went and we ate a bacon and flapjack breakfast the third day. I lost all hope of ever seeing another deer, much less of killing one, and about 4 o’clock. in the afternoon I trained my gun on a ruffed grouse, awakening the forest with the re- port. I then started for camp a mile dis- tant, securing another grouse on the way in. We had potpie that night, but it was a dejected crowd that climbed into those bunks. Five men 3 days in the Maine woods and nothing but ruffed grouse for the inner man! The wonderful stories of the wonderful numbers of deer to be found in the wonderful forests of Maine began to seem wonderful indeed. The morning of the fourth day we break- fasted before daylight and each man went his way alone. My route was the old tote road. I walked slowly, making no noise, for 2 hours, keeping at my work with grim determination, when suddenly I heard a queer, crackling noise in the forest off to my left. Instantly I paused, breathless and excited; my eyes followed the direction of the disturbance, and I scarcely dared to breathe for fear of frightening the game. Presently I saw something moving through the undergrowth, and was about to shoot, when it occurred to.me that it might be one of my companions. I withheld my fire, and the next instant a big buck stepped out into full view not 60 yards distant. Ais 1 drew my gun to my shoulder he scented me and threw his head up in a graceful pose. I fired, aiming at his right shoulder. He dropped; unable to rise, and kept his head swaying from side to side. I ran forward, whipped out my hunting knife, approached and struck the deer back of his shoulder. He rose to his fore feet and swung toward me. Strangely enough, I did not lose my head, but managed to get out of the way, and then I struck him again, that time in the heart. As his beautiful eyes turned skyward, remorse came over me, and I felt like a murderer. The agonized look in the innocent eyes of that animal will live in my memory always. The venison was welcome in camp, for it was the first, and though we stayed 2 weeks we got but one deer each. I shall go again, but not for deer. The next time I shall hunt for bear, moose or wildcats. I can never again take the life of such a beautiful and harmless creature as a deer. C. C. Eckfeld, Marion, O. A CEVANGE IO esa Os: (Dean Lefroy, in denouncing the devo- tees of bridge, says “their faces grow hard and expressionless.” ) Her eyes that seemed twin stars to pierce The golden cloud that was her hair Now turn upon me with a fierce Glare. The ripe red lips so finely cut, To look upon them was delight, Are pallid now and always shut Tight. Where rose and lily once did dwell Her cheeks are now quite worn and thin; She looks, too, older since they fell Tin: Her brow is seamed with many a ridge, Her mien is sordid, grasping, base; In fact, she’s suffering from bridge Face. ——batier emis AT TON: 139 7- He ~ JWALEXANDER: yc ° PRESIDENT . NCTE ICE 1 /PRESIDENT = xe ‘| f ve all THE POWER! (oee| Why not utilize that | part of your income now - =| going towaste? | By taking an Endowment @2| policy.in the Equitable _ =| you will protect your | family and. provide for Nh tf WY Y 4 VW G i 4 nf Hh as nal WA ay if a, , eerates S vey tte. aaa oe oy * i ws Weg heii ¢ é Tar at puter che For full information fill out this coupon or write THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES 120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK Dept. No. 16 -. years of age 140 ps RECREATION: ) feat mae bsp Or Menenn and A Young Song Spar- AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. _ tow in Nest, H. G Highee “For sport the lens is better than the gun.” zou ts ew Did It Happen? M. A. Yauch. I wish to make this department of the utmost Sea “ Nee oe ae eee ee WE use to amateurs. I shall, therefore, be glad io Bridge Pewee, W. Stark, 2 % answer any questions and to print any ttems sent zoth “ Redpoll Teaeensien aya NGS NAA ene me by practical amateurs relating to their expert Selater. ‘ : ence in photography. , The following were highly commended: be ke . Drifting and Undecided, Mrs. J. W. Bussey, Sen ; Spring, A Robin’s Nest and Swans, J. H. Black: a I We : wood. : THE PRIZE WINNERS. — - 2 We Gi nd Ge ne ECREATION’S Oth Annual Photo. Com-- Taitam. ” ~ Four Abfeast and Young Hawks, F. W. Dole. petition closed: November 3pth, and the fol- — Ajj ih a Nutshell and The Early Bird, F. L, Libby. lowing list shows who drew the lucky num-. . Waiting for Him to Jump and A High Dive, W. bers. H, Rowland. ' Garter Snake and Herring Gulls, H. G. Higbee. The judges were A. L. A. Himmelright,. ~ Saucy Maggie, Phoebe Bird on Nest, Blue Bird who is well known to RECREATION readers - .at Home*and Young Bullock’s Oriole, H. as a hunter, traveller and way up amateur ©. ‘©. Markman. r . . 5 ; = > <4 1 ? if - photographer; T. E. Niles, managing editor i See ee Ee es Gators, Well Re of the New York Evening Mail; and Frank =A Coming Brood of Quail, F. Chadwick. Presbrey, an all around art connoisseur. Kine oe Wouse pebieds and Up in x a: Balloon eebe There were over 500 entries in this com- Nest of: Redwinged Blackbirds, H. G. Phister. petition, and-many of the pictures are of a Working Their ‘Passage, P. Zschule. high orde 2 Fighting It Out Down the Stretch, J. M. Schreck. der. The judges had a difficult task ° ioe ihe Bail We Ned Roe Hanson. to ecicel 29 of these for the prizes, and ‘still. : sive; Tips, Mrs. J. R. Wright. | a more strenuous. one to decide which of Leaving Home,’ H. .Criswell. these 2 Butterfly, W. Yardley. 29° should. have the better prizes. _A Brace of Wilson’s Snipe, H. H. Fraser. These gentlemen, however, did their work Off for a Pay in the Weods, S. A. White. carefully and conscientiously, and their one Combining Business with Ileasure, C. Bloom. regret was and is, that they could not give 120 geen Goines a = ilowerd | substantial recognition to a much. larger: = \ywade Awake E.G: .Stosick. number of the competitors. Close Quarters, F. T. Brehin. oo aN ueows Nest Cae oe. r ; ay “A Woodland Tragedy, G. W. Damon. ERT VEN NERS ; Comrades, J. W. Rupert. Ist prize. Dead Bird, J. W..-Tollmann.. -Butting In, E. F. Cowgill. 2d “ Whose Flush? Return of the Fisher: The Assembly on the Farm, S. W. Matteson. man, In. Bad Company and Returning Opossum, F. H. Shaw. f at Eventide, U. C. Wanner. “A. Willis Creek Catfish; W. A. Whitecraft. 3d. /AZ Vacitor to: the Cabin, A. W. Ras: A Woodchuck Family, F. S. Andrus. .. mussen. A. Wrecked Wagon Bridge, L. F. Weston. 4th Feeding in a Snowstorm and Shan With. A Trio from the Hills, G. S. Hutchinson. : a Camera, T. M. Twitchell.- -. Wolf- Hollow, W.. A. Cady. sth Young Kingfishers and Young Foxes, - A Skin Game, E. W. Edington. ». Jehn Me Schreck): ; -In Berd Company, 'U. _C. Wanner. 6th S Jumping Dog, H. P. Wahlen: ree ~ No Title; J. P, Hambly. 7th Hine Wild Ptarmigan, Thomas Tugwell, one Title, Wee Sec. Jr. i No Fitle, €. M. Whitney. 8th Morning Exercise, Warming Up, Nest- = No Title.” W.- ies ing Time ‘and The Chief Pleasure ot No Title, Mrs. H. Gatch. a Bathing, Jas. H. Miller. No Title, ‘Chas. ee ae oth : American Magpie, A. W. Stevens. : No Title, Chas. Vanderwelde. roth Live - Wild: Ptarmigan ‘and _ Young : The ‘next competition. opens May tst, and will a Loon, A. H:. Dunham. ~ ” ihe conducted on~ somewhat different lines from the 11th The New Home, Bass Fishing; What’s oters: : Doing? and A Striking Pose; W: H.° =, 2th i ees a i | Geese at Home: HH. Dean. It ness afiords me great pleasure to nath sf Ba oa, 1, aoe al +. look ‘over the. excellent reproductions of rth % oung Egrets in Nest; G: M.-DeRose. reth @* “Roundtie thesBaoy WH Gomer ‘most interesting photographs published in i7th ‘ Golden Winged’ Wood Deckers -and~. KECREATION, especially those entered in your, Meedelincs afd Top 85 Company - photo. competitions, along with valuable reeS a Crow er 1 : s - rath. Grasshopnersea oMHiGHes Ru EL cs photographic information, making REcREA roth ‘© A Messenger from Mars, H.-W. TION most desirable for those who believe Spooner. and practice that pier sport the lens is bet- 2oth ‘‘ Hooked, W. Gibson. ter than the gun.’ 21st ‘ Picnicking at the Old Homestead and is 8 39 eis The Final Regatta, S. W. Matteson. In Bad Company” was made with a 22daaas oe a Home, Capt. R. R. Raymond, Pony Premo No. 6 camera, 61%4x8% Plastig- gad) Save Wiis Doe va: Golde Batalemetie mat lens on a Seed portrait orthopedic How It Happened, I Wish He Was Plate, and printed on platinum paper; ex- Baked and A Skin Game, E. W. Ed- posure, 1-100 second. ington. 24th ‘ Prairie Chicken on Nest, Jos. Clemens. The picture shows the shooting of a 2sth “ Young Redwinged Blackbird, We Want wild duck returning with the tame flock. AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. The duck é¢an fot be seen in the picture, being covered by the splash made in the water by the shot. The camera has recorded this splash along with some of the feathers shot from the fowl. The method of secur- ing the effect of the shot was counting from one to 3, having it understood that when 3 was called the shot was to be fired and the exposure made at the same time. There is no flash from the gun, due to the use of smokeless powder. “Whose Flush?” was made with a Pony Premo camera No. 6, 614%4x8™% Plastigmat lens on a Seed portrait orthopedic plate and printed on platinum paper; exposure, 1-25 second. ; Both dogs have found the same bird, having approached from opposite direc- tions.° The dog on the right of the pic- ture is too near the bird to take proper position, due to the wind being from him to the bird, but both were held in position several minutes until a tripod camera could be placed to show both dogs to best advan- tage. By drawing a line from the nose of each dog the position of the bird may be located in the clump of dried grass between them. “Return of the Fishermen” was made with a Century Grand Sr. Special camera, 5x7, fitted with a 614%4x8% Plastigmat lens, exposure, I-120 second. This picture was made at Holly Beach, N. J., and shows the Scandinavian fishermen, who live there in considerable numbers, and the style of boats, etc., used by them in securing a live- lihood by sea fishing. They frequently go: out 10 to 15 miles in these little launches. To watch them going or returning is ex- tremely interesting, there being as many as 40 or 50 boats with 2 men to each boat, and usually all leaving or returning within an hour. quently grouped on the beach, awaiting their arrival to see the result of the day’s work and welcome their return, the fam- ilies adding interest to the scene. U. C. Wanner, West Phila., Pa. I made the photo of the bear in the woods on the head of the East fork of the Yeilowstone river in the Park. I was going into Gardiner by way of the old Cook City trail, with pack outfit. I do not believe this. bear was any tamer than any bear outside of the Park. as he was 40 miles from the nearest hotel, and was a genuine silvertip. I have never seen a large silvertip near a hotel. The photo was made about 5 o’clock in the afternoon, in July last. I had noticed some eagles soaring about the mouth of a small canyon as I was making camp, so I took my camera and went up to see what they were eating. They had the carcass of a calf elk nearly eaten, They seemed tame, Their wives and children are fre- . 141 and I hid near the bait, thinking to get a snap shot at them if they came back soon. In about 10 minutes I saw this bear coming down the side of the canyon, straight for the bait, which lay in the lower end of.a Small park. Lf shipped around near the uppemvend on (they park and hid “inmsome thick young pines at the edge of the opening. When he came to the park he stopped and looked around awhile, then started to the bait, but the instant he got wind of me he stopped and threw up his head@tomsmell assshowmn im the photo 1 had no more than pressed the bulb than he turned and shot into the timber on the other side of ‘the park. | Ele had not, seen nor heard me; the wind was all he wanted. ihe distancewot-uthes bear. tron the camera was 18 or 20 paces; stop 16; time, _I-50 of a second, if | remember rightly. N. W. Frost, Cody, Wyo. INDENT Ye ROCUS: It is frequently useful to know the dis- tance at and beyond which all objects will be in focus when using a lens of known focal length and a given stop. To obtain the requisite information most photograph- ers have recourse to the published tables, if they are at hand, but a simpler method con- sists in marking each leris with its constant, which, divided by the f number of the stop, gives the so-called infinity focus or distance beyond which all objects- will be in focus. The constant of any lens is obtained thus: Let fa = focal aperture or stop, F=equivalent focus of lens, in inches. K = required constant; K F2x 100 ee he 5 Dien = gaa ps = infinity focusin feet AiG le == x 8.38. _ The following is a list of constants cal- culated for a confusion disc of 1-100 inches: Equivalent focus K. Equivalent focus K. of of lens in inches, lens in inches. 3- 75 5 352 3.5 102 7 408 4.0 133 7-5 469 4.5 168 8.0 533 5.0 208 8.5 602 5:5 252 9.0 675 6.0 300 10.0 833 Example: Required, constant and infinity focus of 6 inch lens at f6. K = F?2 x8°33=(6x6x8°33) 299’8 (say 300). K 300 Infinity focus — = —- = s0 ft. | fa 6 The infinity foci for other stops will be: SHOE) adoo sean euac LOM OumiLT ae tmoOMte2cOmts2) aia Infinity given in feet 50 37'5 2°65 : 18'7 133 93 6". —The British Journal of Photography. 142 LENGTHS OF EXPOSURE. Tl own: a 4 <5 Century, Grandecameras which is fitted with a convertible lens, the different foci being 614 inches, 10% inches, and 14% inches. he longest focus re- quires a considerably longer exposure than the shorter ones. Can you tell me what the comparative lengths of exposure should be with the different foci, under the same con- ditions, to produce the same result? Also what causes this difference? Then, is it not true that the wider the angle the lens has the quicker it will werk? E. W. Edgington, Le Mars, Iowa. ANSWER, It is only natural that the single elements of a convertible lens should require longer exposure than when the lens is used as a compound. Supposing that the working aperture re- mains constant with the use of the different focus lenses, and assuming that the 614-inch focus lens should require, on a certain sub- ject. an exposure Of ome second: then the 10%4-inch focus lens weuld require 3 3-10 seconds and the 14%-inch focus 46-10 sec- onds. As the approximate speed of any photo- graphic lens is secured by dividing the equivalent focus, by the openine, ofthe aperture, it will be seen that with a lens which has an opening of one second and an equivalent focus of 8 inches, the speed value would be F8. If the focal length is increased to 16 inches, opening of the diaphragm, which would be 1 inch, the speed of the lens would then be F16; so that, in this instance, should the 8- inch focus lens require one second exposure the 16-inch focus lens would require 4 sec- oud exposure.—EDITor. A FISH [ ASSISTANT. - Last. summer I punched some holes in a wooden box, hinged a cover on it and tied it to the dock in front of my cottage. I put about 20 velox and Dekko prints in it “at 11 oclock ‘one might, “and “expected the motion of the waves to wash them by morning. In the morning I tested them with a2M N 208 and found plenty of hypo left. It took a half hour of constant wash- ing to get them test proof. The next night I had the same number of prints to wash and as.I had a 2 pound bass in the live box I put him in with the prints. In the morning by the most careful test there was no trace of hypo. The bass washed all my prints after that and made that part, usually the most tedious, the easiest of all. He received a few big fat minnows every day, and was given his liberty the day I left the lake. This is no fish story, but is true, and will be of great benefit to all photo folk if they will try it. I have no patent on it and it is free to all. retaining the same ~ ‘make? RECREATION, The explanation lies in the fact that the fish waved his tail and fins enough to sepa- rate the prints, which the ordinary motion of the box would not do. The box was about twice as large as a starch box, or a little larger than half a soap box. We Adariunctonm Chicago, Ill. I never miss a copy of Recreation. I am an amateur photographer and thank RECREATION for many valuable suggestions. I should hke to know if the reproductions Of ExpOsutes 1m 4COlOTS Misia, SeChem Ole Gait you give the process of sensitizing plates, films or paper to give the proper color in a photograph true to nature? “Or, can you tell me the address of some reliable firm who make or handle such? Would prefer to know the process. No J evs, “Spokame = \WViasiae : ANSWER. A method for obtaining true colors in photographs by sensitizing the plate or paper has not yet been devised. Colored prints are made, however, by the 3 color process. This is done by making 3 nega- tives of the subject, using different colored screens and then printing from each nega- tive on the same print in different colors.— EDITOR. Will you kindly let me know whether or not enlarging can be done with artificial light? Must I have a room arranged spe- cially for that purpose; or can it be done in any room. What size would a 5x7 print Will some experienced reader en- lighten me as to making of enlargements? What is the best formula for the making of good Velox prints? ROE. Godtrey,, Jackmanes. © Gane ANSWER. Enlargements are made by both dagltette and) antiticial, light. JA room thateicanmpe made perfectly dark is necessary. Five by 7 prints can be enlarged to any size you wish. The formula published by the manufac- turers is generally the best one for their products. Every package of Velox con- tains such formulae.—EDpIror. Mother—Harold, darling, where is my string of pearls? Harold—You mean the million-dollar. ones, mamma? I lent them to the poor little girl next door to skip nope with.— Collier’s. Up-to-date Pastor—The collection will now be taken, and those who contribute 10 cents or more will receive trading stamps from the ushers.—Woman’s Home Compan- ion. r’ RECREATION. : xvii aa eer ti es Here 1s Camera Convenience — =< Folding Film Premo Loads by daylight in three seconds with the 12-exposure Film Pack. A single motion presents each film for exposure. JMade in three sizes. A handsome Holiday present Premo Folding 3uU%ix4y 3uU%x5% 4X 5 Film Camera No. 1 $10.00 SUA GISC) $12.50 Premo Film Pack, 12 exposures .70 80 .gO Premo Pilate Cameras become film cameras by use of the Premo Film Pack Adapter. Price, 3% x 4%, $1.00; 4x 5, $1.50; 5x 7, $2.50. | Rochester Optical Co., Rochester, New York Catalogue at Dealer’s or by Nail. XVill : Tee Cics Adon: EVERY SPORTSMAN NEEDS ~A Gun Cabinet It is just the thing in which to keep his Guns, Ammunition, Fishing Tackle and other Jewelry in perfect order and properly protected from dust and moisture SEND ME 35 Yearly Subscriptions -- 10 RR ECREATION and I will send you a eun amd fishing tackle cabinet made by the West End Furniture Co., Williamsport, Pa., listed at $33. Sample Copies for use tn canvassing furnished on request wees RECREATION 23 West 24th St., New York City RECREA TION. A GOERZ TRIEDER_ BINOCULA is an almost indispensable part. of the outfit of every yachtsman, motor boatman, launchman, or canoeist. Next in importance to this is an ANSCHULTZ CAMERA with focal plain shutter. Goerz Lenses are essential in the making of perfect photographs. All An- schultz cameras are equipped with Goerz lenses. C. P. GOERZ Room 27 52 East Union Square, New York. Main Of fice: Branch Offices: Berlin-Friedenaw, 4 and 5 Holborn Circus, Germany. London, England 22 Rue De Il’ Entrepot, Paris. XX RECREATION. DO YOU WANT A Goed Reliable, Substantial, Well-Made REVOLVER: If so, send me 5 Yearly Subscriptions I will send you such a Revolver as a premium It is made by the HARRINGTON AND RICHARDSON ARMS CO,, and this means good-material and good workmanship. Any other article made by that firm can be had on a basis of one yearly sub scription to each dollar of the list price. SAMPLE COPIES FOR USE IN CANVASSING FURNISHED ON APPLICATION Address RECREATION 23 West 24th Street, | New York City RECREATION. xxi With the New Year come the new improve- » ments Lo embodied in the Folding Hawk-Evye’ No. 3, Model 3. It has an aluminum frame of unusual lightness and pneumatic release shutter with iris diaphragm stops. For film pictures 34% x 4% inches; or it may be fitted with plate attachment. THE PRICE. No. 3 Roding Hawk-Eye, Model 3, with rapid rectilinear lens and pneumatic release shutter, - $15.00 No. 3 Folding Hawk-Eye, Model 3, single lens and pneumatic release shutter, ° 13.50 BLAIR CAMERA CO. Rochester, N. Y. % You want a Camera . We make cameras. Perhaps you have never seen a Korona camera and may be considering one witha more familiar name. If so, send for a Korona catalogue, make a selection, and place an order on approbation. Make a decision by personal inspection, compare quality and prices, then you will surely buy a KORONA. ae Pipi DISCOUNT 1S OFFERED PMO MPIELS! PRICES TO MAIL ORDER CUS: TOMER S, When you buy from us, we want you to feel after delivery of the goods that you have received better value than our catalogue promised. GUNDLACH-MANHATTAN OPTICAL CO. 730 Clinton Avenue So., ROCHESTER, N. Y. Mention RECREATION . RATE RECREATION. . Here is a reproduction of a photograph of one of the largest and best Rocky moun- tain sheep heads in existence. The horns measure 1644 inches in circumference at the base, and 16 inches out from the skull they still measure 16 inches, having tapered only % inch in that distance. of each horn is 39 inches and the spread at the tips is: 17 inches. The horns make nearly a complete turn, and if they had not been broken in fighting, would undoubt- edly have passed the starting point. Most naturalists and collectors place an ad- ditional value on horns that are broken more or less, as such damage indicates the natural courage and pugnacity of the ani- mal. This ram had evidently spent much of his life looking for trouble, at least 6 inches having been broken from the point of each horn. The length: The horns and skull weighed, before mounting, 390 pounds. The head was mounted by John Murgatroyd, 16 North William street, New York city, who, as the picture shows, has done an admirable piece of work. Mr. W. T. Hornaday, Director of the New York Zoological Society, pro- nounces this one of the best pieces of taxt- dermy he has ever seen done on a sheep head. Many taxidermists fail to get the natural shape and expression about the nose, but Mr. Murgatroyd has reproduced this feature accurately, as well as all the others. This sheep was killed by an Indian in the Rocky mountains, North of Laggon, Bc The head is for sale, address G. O. Shields, 23 West 24th street, N. Y. Price, $300. RECREATION. XX RC et iO mES WO Tre R:, In a district school, in a little town in Maine, the teacher asked recently for a composition from her 6-year-old children on the theme of “Mother.” This was the effort of one little boy: MOTHER. My mother can wash. My mother is good. J help her wipe the dishes. My mother can iern. My mother can wash her hands. My mother can wash my hands. My mother can go to bangor. My mother can go to oltown. My mother can go to boastn. My mother isant crazy. My mother can eat supper. My mother can eat bread. My mother can woke. My mother cant run. My mother cant slide down hill. My mother cant do tricks. My mother cant build a house. My mother cant sit in the rode. My mother cant wock in the cartrack. My mother cant sit in a mudpuddel. My mother cant wock a rulear. My mother cant make wood. My mother cant stand on her head.—Bos- ton Transcript. Man probably sprang from a monkey and woman from a mouse.—Scissors. ~ Kodak Film A film that lies flat in develop- ment and remains flat after- ward—as easy to handle as SO many pieces of thin card- board. Unequaled in speed, in latitude, in the true rendering of color values and in non-halation quality. All Kodak and Brownie sizes, at your Kodak Dealers. EASTMAN KODAK Co. Write for booktet, ** Film Development Up-to-Date.”’ Rochester, N. Y. are the only Cameras having a Revolving Back —one of our many exclusive features. Not necessary to detach the back to change from a horizontal to a vertical picture. Press a catch and revolve the back to the right or left. Adds nothing to size or weight. Ask your dealer, or write us for new Catalogue de- scribing complete line of ‘‘ Centurys,’’ from the dainty “* Petite’ to the king of all Cameras, the Century Grand —varying in price from $10.50 to $100.00. Century Camera Co., Rochester, N. Y. XX1V RECREATION. a ey ONE WEEK. IN -BUCKEAIE (CANE Sunday morning broke bright and clear, with the grass blades tipped with ice. The bay mare had been hitched to the light buckboard, the pack basket tightly strapped on behind, loaded with good things to eat, and we were away for a week’s hunt. We drove 12 miles and left the horse at Young’s logging camp, then walked on over a good trail.. About a mile in, we overtock Bill, smoking and whistling softly to himself. In less than an hour we came in sight of Bucktail, a warm log camp, that nad taken ~us 4 weeks to build. It stands on a dry knoll in the edge of heavy green timber, close to a cold spring; has 2 good bunks, a stove, a table and 2 benches. Bill had the camp in good shape, and we immediately unpacked the basket, had a dinner and a smoke, a few stories and then to bed. During the night the wind shifted into the South and with it came a fine rain. Long before daylight Bill was up. We dressed warmly, had a hearty breakfast and Started out. Phe rain had softemed= the leaves, so we made little noise in walk- ings On the, cdee, sol Shanty» beaver meadow, a well known feeding ground for deer, we sat watching until nearly 8 o'clock, then started toward Moose river. We had hunted but a short distance when we jumped 2 deer. I circled to cut them off, and had gone but a few rods when I heard Bill’s title. crack, Ele called to me that he fired at both the buck and the doe and had put the buck to its knees. We saw where the old fellow had been down, but no sign of biood. All day we followed those 2 deer, and at night we left them on the edge of Twin Sister lake. It froze hard during the night and the burnt grounds were white with frost. The next day, when we found where a deer had crossed, we followed that old,buck until our legs ached, but did not get a shot. That night something awoke me, and I hearé the crack of brush in front of the door. I awoke Bill, and held a blanket over the window while he lighted a bull’s- eye lantern. We then got down the old smooth bore rifle and J loaded it. with buck- shot. We opened the door, a ray of light was thrown on the brush, and I saw a pair of bright eyes looking at the light. I took the best aim possible and pulled the trig- gen Miherer was 4. flash, wa oat, sand: ot picked myself up off the floor. We lighted the lamp and lantern, put on our sweaters, | boots and trousers and started out to see the effect of my shot. We followed the tracks and Bill found a bunch of hair, clotted with blood, so we knew the buck- shot had hit something. In the morning, after long search, I saw a leg sticking out of a clump of bushes, and I knew that the old smooth bore had done its work well. He was a spike horn buck weighing about Ito pounds. We jumped a doe one morning and had a running shot without success. Bill then said I should go out to the lake and he would drive through to me. Later I heard the old .44 speak, and Bill called that he was coming. The noise came nearer and in a moment I saw a good sized cub tearing through the underbrush. I at once fired my 30-30, and the second shot stopped him with a ball under the right eye. Bill had run on to him, climbing a burnt stub, and suc- ceeded in getting a good shot. The first ball had gone through the cub, knocking him off the stub, another had struck him on the left shoulder, and Bill’s third shot caught him just above the tail. We had hunted an hour Saturday, when we heard firing across the river. We turned that way, thinking perhaps the hunt- ers would drive the deer toward us, and they did. Bill saw a splendid buck mak- ing his way across a swale. I tried a shot, which fell short, so I raised my sight 3 notches and tried again. I was still short and immediately put it up to the last notch. The buck was running directly to our right, and we had a livelv time for a minute, but our buck kept straight on until out of range. That afternoon I returned home. EE. We Secoys Utica Neaye The customer was looking at the stock of canary birds. “This one is your best singer, is it?” she said. “Yes’m,” replied the proprietor of the birds. “Has it an amiable disposition? ever get the sulks?” “No oftener, ma’am,” he said, “than you would naturally expect in the prima donna of the establishment.”—Chicago Tribune. Does it The sick man had called his lawyer. “I wish to explain again to you,” said he, weakly, “about willing my property—” The attorney held up his hand _reassur- ingly. “There, there!” said- he, ~ “leave that allt to; mes : The sick man sighed resignedly. “Il suppose I might.as well,’ said he, = turning on his pillow. “You'll get it, any- way. —Judge. : Dot’s mother said to her, “My dear, you should not say, ‘I guess,’ But say ‘presume.’” That very day Dot — wore a nice, new dress; “T’'d like a pattern,” said a friend, and then the child to whom She spoke replied: ‘We haven’t one; we cut it by presume.” —Philadelphia Post. Speaker—I defy any one in this: audience to mention an action I can perform with my right hand that I cannot do equally well with my left. Voice from the Gallery—Put your left hand in yer right hand trousers pocket !— Chicago News. IF YOU WOULD, LIVE NES NATURE READ RECREATION RECREATION. XXV CURES yo eee —_ (Go SWS | > . = vi aE BN SI ip PRETTY GHEENS A Food that Makes Girls Sweet to Look Upon. THE right food for young ladies is of the greatest importance to their looks, to say nothing of the health. You may be absolutely certain thin, sallow girls don't get the right food. A Brooklyn girl says: ‘“For a long time in spite of all I could dol was thin, skinny and nervous. My cheeks were so sunken my friends used to remark on how bad I looked. I couldn't seem to get strength from my food—meat, potatoes, bread, etc. So I tried various medicines without help. ‘*T often read about Grape-Nuts, but never tried the food until one day something impressed me that perhaps if I would eat Grape-Nuts for my nerves and brain I could digest and get the good of my food. Sol started in. The food with cream was fascinating to my taste and I went in for it regu- larly twice a day. ‘‘Well, I began to improve, and now while on my third package I have changed so my friends congratulate me warmly, ask me what in the world I have taken, etc., etc. My cheeks are plump and rosy and I feel so strong and well. I sleep sound and it seems as though I couldn’t get emough to eat. Thank you sincerely for making Grape-Nuts.’ Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There’s a reason. ‘XXvi RECREATION. STILL ANOTHER GREAT OFFER Send me 30 yearly subscriptions to RECREATION and I will send you a No. 1 Double Barrel Breech Loading Hammerlicss Gun Clade by the Ithaca Gun Co. and Listed at $40 I have contracted | for 20 of these guns at a price which enables me to offer them as above, and they will doubtless all be taken within the next 3 months. Tf You Want One Get Busy at Once Sample copies of RECREATION for use in canvassing furnished on application 3 RECREATION, 23 West 24th St., New York RECREATION. CRYSTAL Domi Convenient in form, perfect in quality, brilliant in appearance, no sugar made can equal it inexcellence. Every piece sparkles like a cluster of diamonds, the result of its perfect crystallization. You will be pleased the moment you opena box. ) YOU WILL BE BETTER PLEASED WHEN YOU HAVE TRIED IT IN YOUR TEA, COFFEE, ETC. SOLD BY GROCERS’ EVERYWHERE. ~ Remember that each package bears the design of a ‘« DOMINO’’ MASK, ‘‘DOMINO ’’ STONES and the names of '., the manufacturers (HAVEMEYERS &.ELDER, New York). INSIST UPON HAVING THE GENUINE. RE : — 7 k - = ts - Oy wa = ys . . ile WH ce eee ee ©. a Laitanaen ssa ~. I have read in RECREATION much about the new automatic gun and am pleased at the stand you have taken regarding it. You have voiced my sentiments to a dot in re- gard to this game hogs’ weapon. The first chance I had to inspect one of these guns was when a focal dealer told me he had one of the new automatic guns, and would like to have me call to see it. I did so, and when I got through with him and the gun he knew what I thought of the engine of death and of a man who would use or sell such a thing. One of my best friends came to see me a day or 2 ago, a man with whom I have hunted ever since I began to shoot. He told me about the automatic gun and that he was going to have one. I listened until he had his say. Then it was up to me, and when I finished he was on my side of the question. GG) Poughkeepsie, (N.Y: “What d’ye want?” asked the coachman at the kitchen door. “De boss o’ de house sent me ’round here,” replied the tramp, “an’ said you was to gimme anything I needed.” “All roight. Come out to the stable an’ Oi’ll turn the hose on ye.’—Philadelphia Public Ledger. IN ANSWERING ADS. PLEASE MEN- -- TION RECREATION, -Oh! 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Our Catalogue for 1905—Greatest Book of Flower and Vegetable Seeds, Bulbs, Plants and New Fruits. 148 pages, 500illustrations, many plates —willbe mailed Free. Scores of Great Novelties. JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, Floral Park, N.Y. RECREATION, The Truth Great Western Champagne} —the Standard of American Wines Ij There is nothing to conceal in its production. It is -Pure | Grape Juice, fermented and aged to exact perfection for mil healthfulness, possessing the wi} bouquet and flavor that con- § | noisseurs desire. “Of the six American Champagnes exhibit- J ed at the Paris expo- J Sition of 1900, the GREAT WESTERN was the only one] -that received a GOLD j MEDAL.” Pleasant Valley Wine Co. Sole Makers, Rheims, N. Y. 7 Sold by respectable wine dealers everywhere. j Hotel Nottingham COPLEY NS BOSTON vase uf SQUARE MASS. | oem Y= Elegant High Class family and Transient Hotel. Luxurious rooms, single or en suite. European Plan Exclusively. Excellent cuisine and tine orchestra. 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D., have sent me within the last few months 200 subscriptions, and I have shipped them a beautiful Wing piano as a premium. It reached them in good condition and they express themselves as well pleased with if. These young men have-shown remarkable energy and thrift in stirring up their neigh- bors in this lively way, and they now have a means of spending many a pleasant hour together. There are more pianos where that one came from. She—I wonder why the baby doesn’t be- gin to talk, John? He—I guess because you don’t give him a chance-—Yonkers Statesman. HOTEL ‘TOURAINE Delaware Ave. & Johnson Pk. BUFFALO, N. Y. A modern, high-class and conven- ient stopping place, offering every accommodation for the comfort and pleasure of transient guests. Moderate prices. Harry C. Griswold, Proprietor. ins “ce ce RECREATION, XX1X “oon SU -SITSU. If you would know how to defend yourself, unarmed, against every form of vicious attack and render helpless your assailant with an ease and rapidity which is astonishing—if you would possess that physical strength and power of eudurance which characterizes the Japanese soldier—you must learn Jiu-Jitsu. Jiu-Jitsu is the most wonderful system of physical training and self-defense the world has ever known. Its practice develops every muscle, every tissue and strengthens every organ of the human body. It makes men “strong as steel,’’? and women the physical equal of men of their own age and weight. Asameans of self-defense, it is as potent at short range as the most deadly weapon. The science of Jiu-Jitsu includes a thorough knowledge of anatomy, and teaches how to produce temporary paralysis by aslight pressure exerted at one of the many vulnerable points. When once a person skilled in the art effects one of the Jiu-Jitsu “‘holds,”’ it is utterly useless for an opponent to offer resistance. It makes no difference how unequally matched in point of size or strength the contestants may be, a knowledge of Jiu-Jitsu will enable a woman to overcome and render powerless the strongest man. JIU-JITSU SUCCESSFULLY TAUGHT BY MAIL For over 2,000 years the principles of Jiu-Jitsu have been religiously guarded. By an Imperial edict the teaching of the system was forbidden outside of Japan. The friendly feeling, however, ex- isting between Japan and the United States has been instrumental in releasing Jiu-Jitsu from its oath-bound secrecy, and all the secrets of the Japanese National System of Physical Training and Self-Defense are now being revealed to the American people for the first time by the Yabe School of Jiu-Jitsu, at Rochester, N.Y. Mr. Y. K. Yabe, formerly of the (en-Shin Ryu School of Japan, has formulated a correspondence course which contains full instructions in Jiu-Jitsu. It is identical with the course taught in the leading school of Japan. FIRST LESSON SENT FREE An intensely interesting book which explains the principles of Jiu-Jitsu has just been written by Mr. Yabe. As long as the edition lasts, this book, together with the first lesson in the art, will-be sent free to interested persons. The lesson is fully illus- trated with full-page *half-tone engravings, and shows one of the most effective methods known to Jiu-Jitsu for disposing of a dangerous antagonist. If you desire to know more about the closely guarded secrets of this marvelous science, you should write to- day for this free book and specimen lesson. They will be sent you by return mail, postpaid, Address THE YABE SCHOOL ae JIU-JITSU 104 S. Realty Building Rochester, N. Y. eve { | Poe | Cea a rs Le Se y|| Aa | I read your magazine with pleasure, and am surprised at the wonderful influence it is exerting with many who formerly killed large bags of game and creels of fish. The pump and the automatic shot guns are used by the greedy fellows, many of Col. E.S. Cobb enjoyed a moonlight fox hunt one night last September. His pack of dogs raced an hour and three- quarters for a fox and finally killed him. That was the first hunt of the season, and whom would not willingly leave one bird for seed. G. H. Birdsall, Scranton, Pa. Dyer—So Higbee has become bankrupt! ‘Wyld—Yes. He tried to run a 40 horse power auto on a 5 horse power salary.— Exchange. Col. Cobb said it was one of the best he had ever had in St. Tammany. The weather was all that could have been desired, and the dogs did not run out, but showed ability to follow the trail. oli Cobb in: tends to add several hounds to his already large pack. By Dae New. Ormleans.) a: No. 58 TTT] Co Og, LAN ) jou C inv = Ma SS | Zim Hall mmm = in ihe) ft ia Uf lin Me MN Here is a Knife Men Love $0 Much they hate to Throw an old Handle away THIS IS TEDDY’S CAMP KNIFE. ; No. 58. Cut is exact size; ebony HI Un handle, 3 blades, German silver : ends. The long blade is for rough , or fine work; the medium blade =\ is as thin as a razor. Price, =} postpaid, $1.00. We call our finest penknife “Chauncey Depew’s Pet,” has 3 blades. Handle is choicest se- CORT STEEC” eer lin UT mm EE f ut i ut von i TH lected pearl; German silver back and ends, Price in chamois case, $1.50, postpaid. Razor Steel jack-knife, 2 blades, see lower cut, price 75e., but 48c for a utile 5 for $2.00. ‘This mr: rife and 60c. Shears for A ea Illustrated 80-page list free, \ and “How to use a Razor.’’ Maher & Grosh Co. 74 A Street Toledo, ° Ohie XXX ie Olu Ate Ove INTER IS HERE GET A PAIR OF SKATES For yourself, your best girl or your brother, or for some other girl's brother, or for anyone you love, and who is fond of skating LADIES’ LOCK LEVER GRADE 3 For 5 Vek Saber to RECREATION I WILL SEND YOU A Pair of Lock Lever Skates A Pair of Ladies’ Lock Lever Skates Grade 3, made by Barney & Berry, Springfield, Mass. LOCK LEVER GRADE 3 A As every skater knows, these are thé best skates in the world. The Holiday season is here, and you could scarcely select a more appropriate present. FOR A MAN, OR A WOMAN, A BOY OR A GIRL than a pair of these high-grade skates. Only a limited stock on hand, and when these are gone this offer will be withdrawn. Sample copies of RECREATION) for use in canvassing furnished on application. Address 23 West Ath St., New York RECKEATION. Bad soaps bite and sting. Use only Williams’ Shaving Soap. Williams’ Shaving Sticks and Tablets sold every- where. Free trial sample for 2-cent stamp to pay postage. Write for booklet, «‘How to Shave.’’ The J. B. Williams Co., Glastonbury, Conn. A yellow stain over the negative often appears when pyro is used as a developer. A pyro developer can be so mixed that the negatives will be gray, even to a positive black and white. Some operators like nega- tives of a warm yellowish tone, believing that brighter and pluckier prints result from them. The Seed formule are compounded with this idea, and if such a developer is used over and over, the negatives come out more yellow than was intended. Also in case of under exposure, where the develop- _ ment has to be kept up a long time to bring out the details, this staining occurs. A formula for a clearing solution that has been tried and found excellent is: JPNIBI OGL. nds ee5 Share as Nake oe a4 LeOunCe iiydnochloric acid’ ......... 0 lurid ounce BOGaCiC ACIG= asc cae. e erent YZ ounce Witter vn .. Sees cutiaciwes ts LO OUTICES The hydrochloric acid may be the com- mercial muriatic acid. It may take con- siderable shaking to dissolve the boracic or boric acid, which is a crystalline powder, and if a little remains undissolved it will do no harm. The solution can be used over and over for a year. It wil! do its full work in half a minute, and in that time will do all that any clearing solution will do. Lay the nega- -tive in tray containing enough of the solu- tion to cover the plate or film and the tray. In warm weather when the gelatine After | | Exposure to freezing weather, rub chapped hands and face, chilblains and frost-bitten fing- ers and toes with a 86Pond’s Extract. ¢ Takes out the smart ~# and brings speedy re- "a m = lief. Just oneexample “4 =o of a hundred virtues of } ft Ny ee i “The Old Family Doctor’’ When fatigued, refreshes like sleep. Sold oniy in sealed bottles under buff wrapper. Accept No Substitute. a ee ae oc fea is soft and tender, the treatment should not be longer tham a iminute, but. im cold weather or with gelatine that will stand this or any other acid solution, the nega- tive can be left in half an hour, if de- sired, without danger of producing reduc- tion or thinning the image, as other clear- ing solutions do. A thorough washing should follow.—The Camera. I have just received the Laughlin foun- tain pen, and am well pleased with it. I thank you much, and will get you some more subscriptions in a few days. Roy S. Williams, Del Rio, Tex. NERVOUSNESS EXHAUSTED OR DEBILITATED NERVE FORCE from ANY CAUSE cured WINCHESTER’'S SPECIFIC PILL. . . It contains no Mercury, Iron, Cantharides, or any injurious ingredient whatever. This Pillis purely vegetable, has been tested and prescribed by physicians, and has proved to be the best, safest, and most effective treatment known to medical science for restoring Vitality, no matter how originally impaired, as it reaches the root of theailment. Our remedies are the best of their kind, and contain only the best and purest ingredients that money can buy and science produce; therefore we cannot offer free samples, Pe ee i No Humbug, C. O. D. or Treatment Scheme PERSONAL OPINIONS s Dear Sirs: IT have used a bottle of your Hypophosphites of Manganese for liver and kidney complaint in my a own person and received much benefit; s0 I will enclose five dollars and will ask you to send me as much a8 you can by express prepaid for that amount, until we can get it through the regular channels. J am confident it is just what I have been in 6earch of for many years. Iam prescribing your Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda, and am pleased with the preparation. Yours sincerely, Dr. T. J, WEST. I know of no remedy in the whole Materia Medica equal to your Specific Pill for Nervous Debility.—ADOLPH BEHRE, M. D,, Professor of Organic Chemistry and Physiology, New York. Send for free Treatise, securely sealed. WINCHESTER & CO., Chemists, 717 Beekman Building, New York FOB WEAK LUNGS USE WINCHESTER’S HYPOPHOSPHITES. EST. 1858. XXXii | RECREATION. The Acme of Sport Rifle Shooting can only be aftained by the use of a telescope With a high power instrument of this kind attached to your rifle you can do much better work at any distance than with ordinary sights. Furthermore, you can see your bullet hole in the target, after each shot up to 200 yards and thus know just what you are doing. Send me 160 vearly subscriptions to RECREATION and I will send you a Rough Rider Telescope to fit your rifle. Or you can ship your rifle to the factory and have the tube attached. Any other telescope made by the Malcolm Rifle Telescope Co., Syracuse, N. Y., will be furnished on the basis of one yearly subscription to each dollar of the list price. Sample copies for use in canvassing furnished on request. ores RECREATION 23 West 24th St. New York RECREATION. XXXi11 “At the foot of Pikes Peak.”’ COLORADO SPRING Like a child at play, Colorado Springs sits basking in the sunshine at the foot of Pikes Peak, amid the most enjoyable surroundings. No location could be more delightful. ‘This region is best reached from the East by the NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES THE LAND OF HEART’S DESIRE Nowhere in all the world is there a country which offers you the inducements of this new territory of Uncle Sam’s. To home-maker or to traveler Nature extends her wel- come of a perfect climate for work or play. Soft, balmy, semi-tropical days and cool nights, marvelously beauti- fulscenery, a progressive people, warm-hearted and hos- pitable—that is Hawaii to-day. No other country has such present interest or such future promise. Only five days from San Francisco over the tran- guil Pacific on luxurious, modern steamships. Fullinformation from all rattroads. Send for souventr booklet of photograpns. HAWAII PROMOTION COMMITTEE Honolulu, T. H. New York, 874 Broadway. Los Angeles, 207 W. Third St. and their connections, with but one change of cars from New York or Boston. For particulars inquire of any New York Central ticket agent. ’ A copy of ‘‘America’s Winter Resorts,’’ will be sent free, on receipt of a two cent stamp by George H. Daniels, General Passenger Agent, New York Central & Hudson River R. R., Grand Central Station, New York. cae Sean Whether I am hunting ruffed grouse and foxes in old Vermont or shooting quails, jack rabbits or deer in California, the first of every month I must have ReEcREATION, ro er OO which I think superior to any other maga- zine. I like the way you treat the true sportsman; also the way you roast your = | Ba ines H. L. Moore, Redlands, Cal. First Poker Player—I say we quit the| Are Madein America game, now we're even. Second Poker Player—Even! How do By Americans you make that out? First Poker Player—Why, you had all off And for Americans my money a while ago, and now I’ve got all of yours !—Detroit Free Press. They are pure, wholesome Parson—Isn’t the Lord good, boys: to wines, and all good phys- and els snow so you can have sport snow-| icians prescribe them read- alling : Boy—Yes, parson; and what is better, He as sent you this way in a silk hat.—Puck.] Many experts pronounce Brotherhood 6 De Wines equal For goodness’ sake, Dorothy,” exclaimed me c oe aguuaca, in mamma impatiently, “why do you talk so the best French vineyards, much ?” “T guess,” replied the little girl, “it’s be- guise I’ve got so much to say.”—Philadel-| The Brotherhood Wine Co; phia Ledger. EDWARD R. EMERSON, PRESIDENT ily for their patients, Made By er Eastern Vineyards and Vaul IN ANSWERING ADS. PLEASE MEN- WASHINGTONVILLE, N. ¥. ax TION RECREATION. N.Y.Office: Cor. SPRING & WASHINGTON STS. XXX1V RECREATION. Sent on Approval ) Laughlin RECREATION 4, aS an advertising medium f@ we offer your choice of ei! These : | Y Two $ (] () | Popular @ rs presentation purposes, 404 $1.00 extra. TO RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE FOUNTAIN PEN Guaranteed Finest Grade 14k. SOLID GOLD PEN. 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Co. 424 Griswold St., DETROIT » MICH ‘Bristol, “BRISTOL” CALENDAR for 1905 This beautiful calen- dar 13 lithographed in ten colors and will be much admired wher- ever Seem, 26 10 1S cull of interest for all who enjoy out-door spcrts. B We will send this calendar to any address on receipt of ten cents (in silver) to cover cost of mailing. The Horton Mfg. Co. 86 Horton St. Conn. : DO RECREATION. For HUNTERS, PROSPECTORS, ANGLERS:; RANCHMEN and all others who go into the Woods or Hills Knife The Press Button is the thing One-half actual sizc Our 5-inch Press Button Hunting Knife can not be excelled. Can be opened with one hand, and will not open or close accidentally Send for Catalogue for descrip- tion and prices of other styles Mention RECREATION. Handsome Stag ; Handle, Price 90c. “iationa) Cutlery Company WALDEN, NEW. YORK Wat A DOGLOR SAYS OF RECKE- IX EIKOING I acknowledge receipt of the Royal anas- tigmat lens, made by the Rochester Lens Co., that you offered as a premium for new subscribers. The Rochester Lens Co. was kind enough to fit the lens to my shutter free of charge. The léns is all its makers claim. is accustomed to the old fashioned photo- graphic lenses, and it is satisfactory in every respect. i I secured practically all the subscriptions in One evening. Canvassing for RECREATION is a cinch. The magazine sells on sight. One of the men whose names I sent you had been a subscriber several years ago, and when I inquired why he let his subscription lapse he said: “The trouble was that every time RECREATION came to the house I read it and at once felt a longing for the woods, fields and streams, so strong as to unfit me for business. Hence, I stopped RECREATION in self-defence. Since then I have learned to control my feelings better, and am will- ing to read RECREATION again. The man I quote is a prominent doctor. ee Greninc Sscramton, Pa, One day as a schoolmaster, with aspect fierce and cane upraised, was about to pun- ish one of his pupils, the little fellow said, doubtless with some recollection of a visit to the dentist, “Please, sir, may—may | have gas?’—Pittsburg Bulletin. REKV Willi Your Razor Do This ? A well-sharpened razor should cut a hair held between finger and thumb and do it at a touch. Will yours? If not you needa Torrey Strop. No other strop has the wonderful sharp- ening qualities of the Torrey. They are made of the finest materials and by a process known only to the Torrey makers. | Torrey Strops are made inall styles. Popular prices—50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50. Sent postpaid if your dealer cannot supply. Satisfaction guaranteed. Torrey’s Oil€dge Dressing will keep any strop soft and pliable. Price 15c at dealers, or mailed on receipt of price. Catalogue of Torrey Strops, containing valuable informa- tion for those who shave, sent free. J. R. TORREY & CO., P. 0. Box 44, Worcester, Mass. “T think,” declared the little daughter of Its work is a revelation to one who. the widow to the milltonaire who was call- ing, “that you are a charming and delight- tile mmaras 2 “How nice. What makes you say so?” “Mamma told. me _ to.’—Detroit Free Press. Just received my Bristol rod in good shape. Many thanks to you for this veai- tiful premium. J. B. Stephenson, Wyandotte, W. Va. Clara—Did he propose to you before or after he kissed you? Maud—1 can’t tell. During the excite- ment I forgot all the details.—Life. Can You Shave? Rub a little “3 in One’’ on your razor strop till leather becomes soft and i pliable; draw razor blade ay 2~ between thumb aad finger a moistened with **3in One”; then strop. The razor cuts ~ 5 times as easy and clean; ~ holds the edge longer. ‘‘A Ja Razor Saver for Every : Shaver” which gives the wm scientific reasons, and a es yp" generous trial bottle sent ie mea. free. Write to-day. “. YG W. COLE Co, 122 Washington Life Bldg. New York. XXXVI hen Fitting out your Yacht RECREATION. please remember that I make a line of steamer trunks especially adapted to the use of yachtsmen. When going to the seashore or to the mountains, or abroad, provide yourself and your family with el HE Frank A. Stallman, spring Soetet } f Saar aE eT TT | ATT i 4 ; ©) a | EH | Lee eS tS SSS eee s Us Pee il i 4 D AH . , ANAS ER al| F eee enee ; PTT TTT) een) | By Mi G s 3 co) oF L ! Goube : 5 5 5 | J Larne aS 3 : Sa 3] fr aig P) alg 2 wets | as fallmal Uresser Trunks The most practical, useful and luxurious traveling trunk ever invented. Illustrated catalogue on request. a esa Mention RECREATION. 87 West Columbus, O. I received the Blauvelt hunting coat as a premium for subscriptions to RECREA-- TION and am more than pleased. with it. It was far be- yond my expectations. I will try for an- Please accept my thanks. other premium soon. Warren Miles, Ansilina, Pa. Tommy was at the museum. backing away from a lion, when grandma said to him: Ie is stuffed.’ Little Tommy answered: not be stuffed so full but what he could nake room for a little boy like me!”— London Chronicle. y > LS fy Yy PATENT 4 WY ov 1 oD iy oEeee a 4 ovesao YW A y fo) i Wy ea225 re Togs DO A Sesg oN As a Uy \” Vi, Bare j THE UPTHEGROVE SPORTING GOODS GO, Makers of High Grade Clothing VALPARAISO. IND “Don’t be afraid of the lion. _ Mrs. Henpeck—This paper says that mar- ried women live longer than single ones. _ Mr. Henpeck—Heavens, woman! Can’t you think of something pleasant to talk about ?—Borrowed. I received the Bristol rod as a premium for 5 subscriptions I sent you some time He sae eo: It is a beauty and I thank you sin- cerely. ‘ Geo. S. Kileckner, East Bangor, Pa. “Well, he may Mistress—Bridget, these are ewers. I hope youll not call them jugs any more. Bridget—Thank you, mum. Sure, an’ is these cups mine, too?—Scissors. — -UDTHEGROVE Waterproof Hunting Cloths English Corduroy—Moleskin—Rainproof Mackinaw and Waterproof Duck. Strictly Hand tailored to measure. 10 oz Waterproof Hunting Coat. $5. Extra Quality Rain- proof Hunting Coat, (finest coat made) 3; } per cent. discount if cash accompanies order. All our Coats have silk button holes and hand made silk pocket stays. In ordering give—breast, waist, length of sleeve and coat measurements, also height and weight. Write for free catalogue—If you want the best made—Try us. The Upthegrove Sporting Goods Company Dept. C, Post Office Place, Valparaiso, Ind. Mention RECREATION. rea Cick Ad TON: XXXVII Revell Mission Furniture The illustration shows an artistic and serviceable library table with shelf for magazines or books and an invisible drawer, designed and made in our own workshop. Simplicity and charac- ter are the distinguishing features of “this table. Extraordinary care is used in its construction to give it the highest possible value. It is made of solid oak in handsome weathered finish. Send draft or money order for amount and we will send table at once. Money refunded if not oa entirely satisfactory. Write us your wants and we will send illustrations and information free. Library Table, size 28x42 $ 9.75 f eS ‘© 30x48 11.25 oe ‘© 32x60 = 12.75 Alexander H. Revell & Company, 194 Wabash Avenue, Chicago. hg RMSeeS Sho Td Vee wR gh Me eM oath ugha earl ase ants nate “I don’t care if the meat strike never ends,” said Mrs. Shooter. ‘We are sure to have all the meat we want.” “How so?” asked Mrs. Nibbsby. “My husband has gone deer hunting, and he’s sure to kill a few cows.’—Cleveland I am in hearty sympathy with you in your war on the game hog and the market hunter. They should be suppressed at once and for alJ time. The penalty should be so great that no one would dare break the law. In case of convictions half the fine should Leader. 4 EDadwy said “ittle, Reginald: what «isa bucket shop?” “A bucket shop, my son,” said the father feelingly, “a bucket shop is a modern coop- erage establishment to which a man takes a barrel and brings back the bung hole.’— Town Topics. go to the man who secures the conviction. The bag should be limited, and a sportsman should not be allowed to sell or give away game that he has killed. He should be al- lowed to kill only for his own use. We all have different opinions. I shall always do all I can to protect our game and prosecute such criminals as game hogs and market hunters. Wine Ac Lalaucin. Dallas a ex: The Reason the LUTHER HAND-MADE GLOVE will not rip GR Gy Cay Un aa Machine sewang cuts itself. Odor. No. 320 GAUNTLET, 25 A Practical Hunting and Made for practical, comfortable, durability. No Animal Glue. Unaffected by moisture of any kind. with soap and hot water, without injury. is adjustable, fits any wrist and cannot get out of order. trated booklet, samples and self-measurement rule on application Se wy Iland sewing cannot, Driving Glove No oil. No Practically seamless. Cannot Rip. If soiled, may be washed The Luther Fastener Illus- No. 308 DRIVING GLOVE, postpaid anywhere $1.50, Made to measure, $2. ‘ 4c 2. “é ae 3’. ‘ , If you prefer to buy through your dealer send us his name. GoM. J. P. LUTHER GLOVE CO., 536 Pearl St., BERLIN, WIS, XXXVI ; e RECREATION. : =a A Duxbak Hunting Coat is the proper thing for x Shooter, An Angler, AA. Prospecter, A Farmer or even a plain ordinary man. I will give. you one of these coats For 10 Yearly Subscriptions t0 RECREATION These coats are made by Bird, Jones & Kenyon, Utica, N. Y., amd ane listed “an #5. Thoroughly waterprcof, and yet soft, pliable, practically noiseless and pleasant to the touch.. Sample copies of Recreation for use in canvassing furnished on application. Address RR eCreation 23 W. 24th St. — New 7 ae RECREATION. CHOCOLATE AND OTHER COCOA PRODUCTS: A recent publication of the Connecticut State Experiment Station has an interesting summary of data regarding the cocoa bean - and the products made from it. Chocolate and cocoa are made from the beans or seeds of several small trees, natives of tropical America, of which Theobroma cacao is by far the most important. Cocoa beans were highly esteemed by the aborigines, especially the Aztecs of Mexico and Peru, who pre- pared from them beverages and foods. They were brought to the notice of Europeans by Cortez and other explorers, but were not extensively imported into Europe until the 17th century, about the time tea and coffee were introduced from the East. At present the world’s supply comes chiefly from Vene- ziela. Guiana, Ecuador, Brazil) Trinidad, Cuba, Mexico and other regions bordering on the Gulf of Mexico, being gathered in those regions from trees both wild and culti- vated ; and to some extent from Java, Ceylon, Africa and other parts of the Old World, where the tree has been successfully culti- vated. The yellow or brown cocoa fruit is 4 to 6 inches long, 2 to 3 inches wide and has 10 ridges passing from the base to the apex, giving the surface a melonlike appearance. It comtains 35 to 75 seeds in 5 rows, em- bedded in a mucilaginous substance. The seeds, after being removed from the fruit and freed from the adhering pulp, are dried at once in some localities, but the better grades are first subjected to a fermentation process, which destroys certain bitter and acrid constituents. Cocoa beans as they come into the mar- ket are reddish brown in color, and some- what resemble Lima beans in shape and size, but are not so strongly flattened, nor are they kidney shaped. Like Lima beans, they consist of 2 thickened cotyledons, or seed leaves, connected with’a small rootlet and enclosed within a hull, or shell. The dark brown cotyledons are irregularly folded and readily break into angular pieces. The first stages in the manufacture of both chocolate and cocoa are the same. After removing stones, chips and other im- purities, the beans are roasted, thus devel- oping a desirable flavor and facilitating the processes of separation from the shell and grinding. The roasted beans are crushed by machinery and separated from the shells. In some factories the rootlets are also re- moved. The broken cotyledons, free of shells, known as “cocoa nibs,” are next ground in the chocolate mill. The heat of grinding melts the fat, which makes up about half the weight of the nibs, and the ground product runs out of the mill as a thin paste. This paste, after cooling in moulds, is chocolate, also known as plain or bitter chocolate to distinguish it from the Sweetened product. In the factory it is often known as_ chocolate liquor, Sweet chocolate is prepared by mixing pulvcrized sugar, vanilla or other flavor, and usually cocoa butter with the warm chocolate paste before moulding, XXXI1X Cocoa is prepared by removing a portion of the fat from the warm mass by pressure and reducing the residue to a powder, with or without the addition of vanilla flavor. “Ditch process” cocoa is treated with an alkali, usually soda or ammonia, to hinder the fat from collecting on the surface of the beverage prepared from Me This is some- mimes, called Solmblescocoa, Cocoa, burter, is the express fat obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of cocoa. Cocoa shells are used to some extent for the preparation of a beverage, but are usually regardcd as a waste product and are often ground with cocoa products, spices, ete.,as an adulterant. The State experiment station at New Ha- ven has made analyses to learn the extent of the adulteration of cocoa products sold in Connecticut. > Of: 40 samples examined in neo3 ‘less’ than halt” that’ is, 18, were not found to be adulterated ; If were adulter- ated; 7 were labeled “compound” goods ; and 4 were chocolate and cocoa containing milk or casein. JOEENINY “ON: He SPO TOS PACE: Of all the men In all the world Who serve us to a dot; None else can claim One-half the fame Of “Johnny on the spot.” Of all the teachers He’s the man To tell us: what is what; And guide our ways In searching days To get what we have not. He’s run the mines And felled the trees And learned the forest ways; He’s caught the moose, Why, what’s the use Denying what he says? At every point Where work is done He holds the key of knowledge; And breaks the rule Of every fool From district school to college. He owns the rank Of every class Who honor their profession; Who never shirk To make their work Instructive and a blessing. Nor don’t decry ‘The use of books What they contain or not; But knowledge gained Must be sustained By Johnny on the spot. Willie—Say, why did the bronze bust ? itt leetemucio: Willie—’Cause the statuette, — London Sketch, xl RECKEATTOIN: A Fountain Pen has become a necessity with every busi- ness man. You can get a Laughlin Fountain Pen Made by the Laughlin Manufacturing Oo. | Detroit, Michigan For 2 Yearly Subscriptions to RECREATION And you can get these 2 subscriptions i in 20 minutes, any day. The Laughlin is one of the best pens in the market, and LAO UEOUGS of them are in daily use. There is no reason why you should be > without one. Sample Copies of Recreation for use in Canvassing Furnished on Application RECREATION. xli Sheds Water like a Duck’s Back Absolutely waterproof in rain; light and cool in pleasant weather. Coat, trousers and hat made of fine soft duck, treated by a patent process that resists a dreary drizzle or driving storm. Lined with same material and double stitched throughout. Always easy and pliable in rain orshine. Norubber—norustle. Perfect ventila- tion at alltimes. Coat has reinforced gun cap at shoulder; patent ventilated gusset under arnt. ‘Trousers reinforced from hip to knee. Double seat. In ordering, give snug breast measure, height, and length of arm from center of back. Give waist and leg for trousers. Light tan ordead grass color. Fit, finish and waterproof quali- ties guaranteed. Price coat, $5.co; trousers, $3.00; hat, $1.00. Express prepaid. Sampl. of material and booklet free. BIRD, JONES & KENYON, i Blandina St., Utica, N. Ye PARENTHETICAL REMARKS, | F OR A well known Indiana man a ¥ One dark night last week, Went to the cellar with a match In search of a gas leak. (He found it.) John Welch by curiosity SUMMER or WINTER (Dispatches state) was goaded; He squinted in his old shot gun To see if it was loaded. (It was.) The Get a pair of A man in Macon stopped to watch Best Thompson- A patent cigar clipper; Quimby i SOE ae finger was is ot quicker than the nipper. : “(ewan | the Hunting A Maine man read that human eyes Gh Of hypnotism were full; eapest He went to see if it would work Upon an angry bull. I Idn’t. nse ats Bulletin. il M a k Sy t h eC B es 15 All work guaranteed, I refer by per- mission to the Editor of RECREATION. Boots I am a reformed game hog. Give it to : ’em. I have quit using ammunition made Measurement blanks and prices on ap- by the Winchester people on account of the plication. Mention RECREATION. Sn etic, and by Peters because it is no T. H. GUTHRIE good. Wm. Glaze, Watewate, Colo. 240 Halsey St. NEWARK, N. J. xiii RECREATION. ‘The Colorado Onyx Co. 236-237 Equitable Bidg. Denver, Colo. QUARRIES Steamboat Springs, Routt Co., Colo. Capital - oo ‘reasury Stock = = 300,000 shares 50,000 shares Par value One ‘Dollar each, fully paid and Non-Assessable. No Stockholders Liability. Write for particulars as to price of stock to The Equitable Finance and Development Co., Fiscal Agt. Equitable Bldg., DENVER, COLO. James D. Husrep, President. Joun H. Morse, Raymono S. Hustep, Vice-President. Secy & Treas. I am in receipt of the gloves from J. P. Luther which you ordered sent me as pre- for them. I do not see how you can give mium. They are beauties and I thank you. such excellent premiums for so few sub- scriptions. I wish RecRrEATION the success it deserves. We Acs Hanvey.- Siermattmeles: ‘Husband (reading)—I see that old Dr. Saintly, who went off as a missionary, has been devoured by the cannibals. — Wite—Too bad! He deserved a ‘better “Yes; and the cannibals a better meal.”— Exchange. The International Press Clipping Bureau which isthe largest Press Clipping Bureau inthe world will send you daily, everything printed in every newspaper, magazine or trade journal in the country, on any particular subject. This Bureau reads and clips 55,000 papers and other period- icals each month, and can furnish anyone everything printed in the country on business, financial, political, social, theatri- cal, scientific, sporting, agricultural, mining, or, in fact, any subject whatever that is mentioned in the columns of any newspaper or publication. Write and state the subject you want clippings on and we will quote youa SPECIAL BARCAIN RATE for a trial month, that you may understand the great ad- vantages to be derived from press clippings. Address, International Press Clipping Bureau, 112-114 Dearborn Street, Chicago, U. 8S. Ac Mention RECREATION. of him. = The Butalo Is Well Nigh Extinct And every nature lover wants a relief Here is a chance to get it. I have in stock a limited number of ‘buffalo horns, highly polished and fitted with nickel plated flanges at the, base, (sO 7that “tley can be screwed on the wall, thus forming A Novel and Effective Gun Rack So long as the supply lasts I will give a pair of these horns for 3 Yearly Subscriptions to RECREATION Sample copies for use in canvassing furnshed on request. Addreésss Recreation, 7° eae The L. and L. Hunting and Fishing Club, of Newport, has been organized, with the following officers: Morrison Weber, presi- dent; Thomas Jones, secretary; - William Lampe, treasurer; Peter Kilmer, sergeant- at-arms. The following are members: Thomas Evans, Fred Koustomer, Jacob Schilling, George King, Ed. Leahy, Law- rence Wonayan, Joe \Wallace: WE hs Done- lan, James Thornton, Charlie Donelan, Fritz Zuber ane sblanny. Paricc We .) Cincinnati Ohio: Grocer—Do you want apples to cook or to eat? Small Boy—Both. That’s what we cook ‘em for.—Baltimore American. PATENTS promptly obtained OR NO FEE. 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It is most peculiar, and has caused much comment, that a modern product, the Ostermoor Mattress *15. has also set its mark upon this rock and stamped it with the Ostermoor Face. With study you can find it; there is rest and repose on the features. If you cannot find the face on the rock, go out on the street— you will find it there. In the office, in the pulpit; mix with men of toil, or mount the steps of the Execu- tive Mansion, the OSTERMOOR face is everywhere. If YOU wish a Face Refreshed with Sound Slumber, send for Our FREE 136-Page Book This book, ‘‘The Test of Time,” has cost us $15,000 to issue. It is not a dry, uninteresting catalogue—it was prepared for us by Mr. Willard Moyer (well-known as author of ‘“The Witchery of Sleep’’) and treats on ‘‘Insomnia—lis Cause,’”’ famous historical beds and their story, and on mattressemaking materials of all kinds. It contains over two hundred pictures by well-known artists, is printed in two colors on heavy plate paper. It describes our 30 Nights’ Free Trial—money returned on demand. It treats exhaustively the mattress question, and gives letters of praise from prominent persons. It also illustrates OSTERMOOR Cushions and Pillows for Window Seats, Cozy Corners and Easy Chairs; Boat Cushions, Church Cushions. May we send it? Your name on a postal will do. STANDARD S1ZES AND PRICES: Look Out! Dealers are trying to sell the 2 feet 6 inches wide, 25 lbs., $§ 8.35 *‘Just-as-good”? kind. Ask to see the name 3 feet wide, 30 lbs., 10.00 ‘‘OsTERMOOR” and our trade-mark label sewn 3 feet 6 inches wide, 35 lbs., 11.70 : , Aiicet Wide, 40 ibe: 13.35 on the end. Show them you can’t and won’t . be fooled. ‘‘/¢ must be Ostermoor.” Mat- tresses expressed, prepaid by us, same day check is received. Estimates on cushions and samples of coverings by return mail. OSTERMOOR & COMPANY, 114 Elizabeth Street, New York eaneiee ae : oh Alaska Bese and be Gers ues nasa : es panini ta ans dL ‘ sb " 4 feet 6 inches wide, 45 lbs., 15.00 All 6 feet 3 inches long. In two parts, soc. extra, Special sizes, special prices. Express charges prepaid to any place, pl xliv fowa ra: SOME RARE OPPGRIUNITIES These goods are all new, and will be shipped direct from factory. Prices named are those at which manufacturers and dealers usually sell. Here is a good chance to get A Book, a Gun, a Camera A Sleeping Bag, a Fishing Rod COST A Reel, a Tent, Subscriptions need notall be sent at once. They may besentin installments as taken and credit w.1l be given on account. When the required number s obtained the premium earned/will be shipped. These offers are subject to change without notice, TO ANY PERSON SENDING ME TWO new yearly subscriptions to REcRE- ATION at $1 each, I will send a copy of Hunting in the Great West, cloth; or a Recreation Match Box, made by W. IL. and listed at Waterproof Marble 50c; or a Shakespeare Revolution Bait listed at 5c; or a Laughlin Kk ountain Pen; or a dozen Trout Flies, assorted, listed at $1; or a pair of Attachable Hye- glass Temples, gold-plated, made by Gall & Lembke; or one Rifle Wick Plug, made by Hemm & Woodward, Sidney, Ohio, 30 caliber to 50 caliber, or Shotgun Wick Plug, 20 gauge up to 10 gauge; or an In- gersoll Watch or Cyclometer listed at $1: or a pair of Chrome Tanned Horsehide Hunting and Driving Gloves, listed at $1,- made by J. P. Luther Glove Co. THREE new subscriptions at $1 each, 4 safety pocket ax, made by W. lL. Marble and listed at $2.50; or a dozen Bass I'lies, assorted, listed at $2; or a pair of Shot- gun Wick Plugs made by Hemm & Wood- ward, Sidney, Ohio, 20 gauge to-10 gauge; or a Polished Buffalo Horn Gun Rack, made by HK. W. Stiles; or a Press Button Jack Knife, made by The National Cut- jJery Co., and listed at $1; or a pair of Gauntlets for Hunting and Driving, ladies’ size, listed at $2.50, made by J. P. Luther Glove Co. FOUR new subscriptions at $1 each, an Ideal Hunting Knife, made by W. L. Marble and listed at $2.50; or a Gold Medal Folding Camp Bed, made by the Gold Medal Cam» Furniture Co. FIVE new subscriptions at $1 each, a copy of Cruisings in the Cascades, cloth; or an Ideal Hunting Knife made by W. I. Marble, and listed at $3; or a pair of lock lever skates, made by Barney & Berry, listed at $4.50; or a set of convert- ible Ampliscopes (5 lenses), listed at $5; or an Acme single shot gun, made by the Davenport Arms Co., and listed at €8; or a 32 caliber, automatic double action re- volver, made by Harrington & Richardson Arms Co. SIX new subscriptions at $1 each, a Hawk- eye Refrigerating Basket made by the Bur- lington Basket Co., or one dozen Hureka golf balls listed at $4. SEVEN new subscriptions at $1 each, a copy of The Big Game of North America, or of The American Book of the Dog, | FREE OF RECKEATTON: cloth, or one set Lakewood golf clubs, 5 in number, listing at $5. TEN new subscriptions at $1 each, a Cut- Glass Salad Bowl, made by Higgins & Seiter, and listed at $4.50; or a Water- proof Wall Tent 7x7, made by Aber- crombie & Fitch, and listed at $8; or a Rough Rider rifle telescope, made by The Malcolm Rifle Sight Mfg. Co., and listed at $12; or a pair of Opera Glasses made by Gall & Lembke and listed at $10; or a Folding Hawk-Eye Film Camera, No. 3, BA OX “AY, , made by the Blair Camera Co., listed at $15; or a Reel, made by the Yawman & Erbe Mfe. Co., listed at $6 to $9; or a Duxbak Hunting Ccat, made by Bird, Jones & IXenyon, and listed at $5; or a Bristol Steel Fishing Rod, listed at $6. TWELVE new subscriptions at $1 each, a Davenport Wjector Gun, listed at $10. FIFTEEN new subscriptions, $1 each, a Shakespeare Reel, Silver Plated, listed at $15; or a set of rabbit plates made by Higgins & NSeiter, and listed at $8; or a Field Glass made by Gall & Lembke; or a Kenwood Sleeping Bag, complete, with canvas. cover, listed at $16; or a Bulls-EHye rifle telescope, made by The Malcolm Rifle Sight Mfg. Co., and listed at $16; or a pair of horsehide hunting boots, listed at $10; or a Queen Hammock, made by the King Folding Canvas Boat Co., and listed at $15; or a Folding Hawk-Eye Film Camera, No. 4, 4 x 5, made by the Blair Camera Co., listed at $22.50. TWENTY new subscriptions at $1 each, a 14-karat Gold Hunting-case Watch, with Waltham Movement, listed at $20; or an Jilita single shot gun, made by the Davenport Arms Co., and listed at $18; or a Queen Hammock, made by the King Folding Canvas Boat Co. and Hsted at $20. TWENTY-FIVE new subscriptions at $1 each, an 11-foot King Folding Canvas Boat. THIRTY new subscriptions at $1 each, a Waterproof Tent, 14144x17, made by Abercrombie & Fitch, and listed at $25. THIRTY-FIVE new subscriptions at $1 each, a 14-foot King Folding Canvas Boat, or a No. 20 Gun Cabinet, made by the West End Furnituze Co., and listed at $33. FORTY new subscriptions at $1 each, a Savage 303 Repeating Rifle. FIFTY new subscriptions at $1 each, a No. £0 Gun Cabinet. made by the West End Furniture Co., and listed at $48. SIXTY new subscriptions at $1 each, a 9 F. grade Gun, made by M. Lefever sues & Co., and listed at. $90. SEVENTY-FIVE new cubseniptigns at $1 each, an 8 E grade Gun, made by D. M. Lefever Sons & Co., and listed at $110. TWO HUNDRED new subscriptions at $1 each, a strictly first class Upright Piano, listed at $750. Address, Recreation 73.0 Sf 24th St RECREATION. ea xiv YOU CAN MAKE A FONE DIAMONDS DIAMOND PAY 20% YOUR SAVINGS BANK ANNUALLY ’ Gold Medal Awarded “The Loftis System” The Superior Jury at the Saint Louis Exposition, after a full consideration of the claims of all foreign and domestic exhibitors, have awarded the GOLD MEDAL to us. This puts the official stamp of approval of the greatest exposition ever held, upon the LOFTIS SYSTEM — its goods, prices, terms and methods. ° Why not use it as a savings proposition You Can Use The Loftis System. in Yos°*You Simply select the Diamond that you want from our Catalogue and we send it to you on approval. It costs you nothing to seeit, for we pay all express charges whether you buy ornot. If you like the Diamond sent, you pay one-fifth of the price and keep it, sending the balance to us direct in eight equal monthly payments. The monthly payments will be just the same as putting a monthly deposit in a savings bank and will pay much better. to have a Diamond Savings Account with us. We You Are Not Too Far Away open these accounts with honest people all over America. The ten dollara week employe is just as welcome on our books as is his well-to-do employer. Our easy savings terms make any honest person’s credit good. We also have a cash plan, and itis just as far beyond com- Pay Cash If You Prefer. petition as our easy payment gan Read this: Select any Diamond and pay cash for it, and we will give you a written agreement that you may return the Diamond any time within one year, and get all you paid forit—less ten percent. You might, for instance, wear a fifty dollar Diamond ring, or stud for a year, then bring or send it back to us and get forty-five dollars, making the cost of wearing the Diamond for a whole year, less than ten cents per week. : . With every Diamond or Watch, we will, when requested to do so, furnish AX Savings Help. you with one of the LOFTIS STEEL SAFES for HOME SAVINGS. Drop your pennies, nickels and dimes into the little safe as you can spare them, and your Diamond will soon be paid for, and you will never miss the money. We make no charge for the safe, and when desired furnish a key with it. Our Guarantee Certificate is the broadest and strongest Guarantee and Exchan ge. ever given by aresponsible house. We give one numbered and signed with every Diamond. Weaccept any Diamond ever sold by.us as so much cash in exchange for other goods or a larger Diamond. No matter how long you have had a Diamond, itis always good for original value with us. C oS Write for our Catalogue, select your Diamond and Begin The New Year Right. begin saving your moneys Diamonds will be worth twenty per cent more than at present in one year from now. In the meantime, while saving you can have the pleasure and prestige of wearing a beautiful Diamond. is the finest ever published, and shows the finest line of Diamonds Our 1905 Catalogue Watches and Jewelry ever put on paper. We show many in- expensive articles, but nothing cheap or trashy. Every piece of goods that is given a place in our Catalogue must stand the test of Loftis quality, the highest standard in the trade. Souvenir You will receive in addition to our 1905 Catalogue a copy of our ° Souvenir History of Diamonds, more than a million copies of which were distributed at our Diamond Cutting Exhibit in the Varied Industries Building at the Saint Louis Exposition. Write at once to insure receiving a copy. LOFTIS BROS. &>» CO. (35) Diamond Cutters and Manufacturing Jewelers Dept. A 82, 92 to 98 State Street, Chicago, Ill. Copyright 1904, Franklin Agency, Chicago. xivi RECREATION. CREATION Esare: are now offered Os NEW SERIES OF VILD ANIMAL and HUNTING PICTURES : ; -- with which to DECORATE THEIR DENS ; DANGER IN SIGHT, by Carl Rungius Rice Tet rics Go Here are three sample illustrations 7 THE LIST INCLUDES: Colored 3 , DANGER IN SIGHT, Carl Rungius, size 1rx1q 0 $ .60 & | ANTICIPATION, W. H. Drake, size 11x14 i.50 fo) SPORT IN THE MARSHES, E. V. Brewer, size 26x32 2. O }] A DASH FOR COVER, Geo. A. King, size 22x28 2, % \ THE LAST STAND, Ernest T. Seton, size 16x20 2.50 SS HIS ANTLERED MAJESTY, Carl Rungius, size 16x20 2.50.9 - & ( THE FIRST SNOW, R. M. Shurtleff, size 20x24 _ 5. < \ THE FRONTIER MAIL, De Cost Smith, size 26x32 ; 7.50 Sent to any point in the United States, Canada or Mexico, post-paid. No more attractive series of pictureshas ever been offered to sportsmen, and the prices are such that any man of moderate means may well afford to ornament his walls with scenes that will bring home to himself and friends delightful recollections of days afield. Remit by P.O. or express money order, or New York draft. Address 23 WEST 24th STREET G. 0. SHIELD NEW YORK CITY _. These pictures are made by the Alfred S. Campbell Art Co., and are all exquisitely hand-colored Lomo, Bee ae ee GPORT IN THE MARSHES, by E. V, Brewer A DASH FOR COVER, by Geo, A, KING Bige 26232, Price $2, Size 22x28. Price $2, | RECREATION. Time to Think of Your Spring Fishing Trip Better go to Northern Maine xivil The Eighth Annual Edition. “Tn the Maine Woods” Ready for distribution in March. Acknowledged to be the most complete and comprehensive publication of the kind issued. 192 pages of information of inestimable value to every sportsman and vacationist. Magnificently illustrated in half-tones and colors. Copy mailed anywhere upon receipt of 10 cents in stamps to pay postage. Over 1,000 Lakes and Streams are reached by the Rev. Mr. Spouter—Let me warn you, young man, against leading this frivolous life. What have you put away for a rainy day? Happy Jack—A mackintosh.—Exchange. Bride—Here is a telegram from papa! Bridegroom (eagerly)—What does he say? Bride (reading)—Do not come home, and all will be forgiven.—Collier’s, “ Tired Mother (to restless child): Now, you set still! I’ve druv you 1o miles to en- joy this entertainment, and you shall enjoy it, if I have to pull every hair out of your head !—Life. Customer—There was a chicken in one of the eggs you sold me yesterday. Storekeeper—Well, you haven't got any kick coming. Eggs are only 2 cents aniece, and chicken is 18 cents a pound.—Philadel- phia Telegraph. Hoax—They say the sultan of Turkey Scares his wives nearly to death. Joax—Yes; I’ve always heard that he was a harem-scarem sort of fellow.—Philadel- phia Record. : “Hostetter and his wife spent all their Oneymoon riding horseback.” | “That's what they call a bridle tour, I Suppose.”-—Boston Globe. Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Season Opens about May 10th Address, C. C. BROWN, Gen’l Pass’ r Agent, Don’t Forget Dept. B., Bangor, Me. Shooting $3. UARANTEED all wool, seamless, elastic, close fitting, but not bind- ing, comfortable and convenient. Designed especially for duck shooters, trap shooters, etc., but suitable for all out-door purposes. Must be seen to be appreciated. Made only in two colors —dead grass and Oxford gray. Send us your address for one of our Gun Catalogs The H. H.KIFFE C0., 523 Broadway,N.Y. xl viii RECREATION. Are You an Amateur Photographere If so would you like a Camera that will photograph A whole range of mountains A whole sweep of river A whole army A whole fleet of ships A whole city Or any other wast stretch of scenery ot moving objects? THE SWING LENS DOES IT “A Vista Is the thing. It lists at $30 One of the greatest inventions of the age. Given as a premium for 12 subscriptions. For particulars address RECREATION 23 West 24th Street : NEW YORK CITY ee eee RECREATION. hx 9 D. M. Tuttle Co. ee SELF- | : STARTING MOTORS The Tuttle Motor is the only reliable self-start- ing and reversing two- cylinder motor on the market. They may be left for hours, after which they may be started in either direc- tion by simply moving lever at- tached to com- mutator at top of front cylinder in the direction de- sired. This re- sult can not be accomplished by any two-cylinder motor with break spark ignition, ‘as compression would be lost through leakage around the electrode arms. Our single-cylinder motors can also be started in either direction without the use of a crank by simply rocking the balance wheel by hand in the direction required. In all motors with multiple cylinders, each cylinder is independent of the others, having a separate spark coil, vaporizer and switch, so that one or more of them can be thrown out of action by its switch without disturbing - the others, or the motor can be slowed down to its minimum speed by the lever on commutator. ‘Launches We also build a complete line of high-grade launches in _all styles of model, ranging from 16 feet to 60 feet. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. Mention RECREATION D. M. TUTTLE CO. cisistora’ sy, 1i1-foot Special used by the U. S. Navy. They are simple, wonderful. Beware of imitations. patented article. RECREATION. Folding Canvas Boats | were not satisfactory until the a ET RW G was produced. It’s a revelation in boat construction, nothing like it ever made. Nonsinkable Can't tip over. Puncture Proof, wear longer than a wooden boat. Norepairs. No cost for storage, always ready, folds into a small neat package, carry by hand, A thoroughly Made only by ourselves. A cat- | alog of 100 engravings and 400 testimonials sent on receipt of O cents. | Bottom Boards rest on the frame, not on the canvas, ribbed longitu- | dinally and diagonally. They are stffer and safer than a Wooden Boat because the lines are fuller, and are much easier to row or paddle. KING FOLDING CANVAS BOAT CC. Mention RECREATION, Interested Father: Did you tell her how sorry you were to leave her? Sout Noy but 1 brotedat considerable pressure to bear on the subject—I think she understood.—Detroit Free Press. “Hope ye’ve got some variety about yer “He is considered a clever financier, is he not?” “Where did you get that idea?, He never beat anybody out of anything in his life!” “Miss Passay hasn’t any beau, has she?” “No, her past discourages suitors.” “Why, there’s nothing the matter with her past, is there?” “Nothing, except that it’s. too long.”— Philadelphia Ledger. “Your trouble, madam,” said the physi- cian, “seems to be due to an excess of adi- pose tissue.” “My goodness!” exclaimed Mrs. Plump- ton, “I wonder if that isn’t what makes’ me so awfully fat?’—Chicago News. KALAMAZOO, MIiCH., U.S. A “How's yer husband the day,’ asked Mrs. Rafferty of Mrs. Muldoon. “Sure, an’ he’s no better,’ replied Mrs. Muldoon. “The doctor’s afraid morality will set in.’—Detroit Free Press. “How many bottles o’ this ‘will I have to take?” asked Farmer Corntossel. “Before you're cured?” said the medicine man. “No. Before I get my picture in the pa- per.”—Washington Star. “Why,” asked the fat policeman, “do you say the prisoner is a married man?” “Because,” replied the great detective, “he is wearing safety pins instead of suspender buttons.”—Chicago News. “The Neuriches don’t they ?” “Indeed they do. I was at their last do- ings, and the people I saw there were a job lot.’—Cleveland Leader. entertaim., aye lot Wontar! AUto-Marine Motor” $37.50 Exeive Weight 37 1-2 lbs. Height 11 1-4 a CONVERT YOUR ROW BOAT INTO A LAUNCH Rated at i hp. springs or cams. three moving parts. as much. appointed in the spring. Has shown nearly 2 h.p. No valves, gears, Jump spark. Reversible. Speed control. Only Could not be made better if it cost five times Order now—they are selling so fast you may be dis- Auto-Marine Motors from 1 to 20 h. p. Detroit Auto-Marine Co., 77 EK. Congress St., Detroit, Mich, Formerly Detroit Lackawana Co. RECKEATION. — li Take good care of your Gs UW NN & A Prothero Gun Cabinet Made by JOHN N. PROTHERO, D«BOIS, PAs Makes it Easy. | Send me 15 new yearly Subscrip- tions to Recreation and I will send you a Cabinet listed at $15, Sample Copies for use in canvassing urnished on request Address [Recreation 23 W. 24th St. New York City “Say, pa,’ queried little Johnny Bumper- nickle, “what's a double chin?” “A conversation between your mother and grandmother, my son,” replied the old man.—Cincinnati Enquirer. “Why is Judkin’s wife so jealous of his stenographer?” “Well, you see, Mrs. Judkins was his stenographer before he married her, and she doesn’t believe any woman can resist Judkins.’—Chicago Record-Herald. Mabel—I wish I knew some way to make George forget me, for 1 can never marry him. Henry—Have you tried isuthe him money '—New Orleans Times-Democrat. She had a stall at ihe. aeaac And mused, “What will the pastor buy: » With eyes that seemed to gaze afar The cashless pastor passed her by. —Judge. What com- Sunday School Oiedenes : mandment did Adam break when he ate’ the apple? Please sir, there weren’t any command- ments at that time—Argonaut. Chickens Free: Will give a pair of eatly hatched thoroughbred buff Plymouth Rocks for 4 new yearly subscriptions to RECREATION, ot a trio for 6. Ira D, Good- hue, Norfolk, Ohio. ; The Best Transmission Most automobile troubles arise in the transmission case. ‘The transmission of the Cadillac has solved one of the most difficult problems of the automobile. It in- sures perfect running, reduces cost of maintenance and repairs and gives greater power. It is simple, strong and noiseless. Every part of the __ is built with care, thoroughness, and precision. The result is extreme durability and absence of annoyance to the operator. “Fhe speed range of the Cadillac is from four to thirty miles an hour, the maximum speed being easily maintained with four passengers. Let us send you Booklet K, and give you the name of the nearest Cadillac agency where you can satisfy vourself that nothing at double the money equals the Cadillac. Prices, $750 to $900. CADILLAC AUTOMOBILE COMPANY Detroit, Mich. Member Association Licensed Automobile Manufacturers lii RE ChE Ad TONG. Canvas Covered Paddling Canoes New Canoe catalogue for 1905 ready about January rsth. High Speed Launches 12 to 30 miles per hour THE FRASER HOLLOW SPAR & BOAT COMPANY GREENPORT, suffolk Co., Long Island, N.Y. J. G. FRASER, General Manager The Fraser Hollow Spruce Spars New Spar booklet and price list ready January 15th. Famous St. Lawrence River Skiffs Mention RECREATION. I enclose photograph of a freak set of deer horns that are as pretty as any I ever saw. Each horn has its separate burr, and in pairs they are remarkably symmetrical. The deer was killed in this country by George Lucas, an old homesteader, and the mounted head is owned by Colonel Dickin- son, our county clerk. Wade B. Smith, Petoskey, Mich. Some one asks what is tact. It is that feeling which prompts a woman to dig up the photograph of a friend who is coming to visit, from the bottom bureau drawer, and put it on the parlor mantel.—Atchison Globe. 75, Not the lowest in price, but as low as consiste quality and equipment. 15 different makes Engines in operation al our factory, from % to Motor Boats 16 to 75 ft., equipped with any p The Matthews Boat Co.. — Meobrrs Nailvaal Ars’n Kay, sad oak Mirai —” é Cutalog 10c BASCOM, OHIO, U.S. A. : I received the Blair eamera sent me for ‘ subscriptions to RECREATION and am well pleased with it. Shall try to get more sub- scriptions to RECREATION. ©: B; Moore, Jr, Macon, Ga: Eminent Surgeon—I operated on Mr. Bullion for appendicitis to-day. His Wife—Dear me! I wonder who will have it next! Eminent Surgeon (absentmindedly)—I don’t know. I haven’t decided yet.—Life. Indian Baskets: I have a few rare and beautiful baskets made by Alabama In- dians living near me, which I will ex- change for yearly subscriptions to Rec- reation at the rate of one basket for 4 subscriptions. Many dealers in Indian curios sell these baskets for several dol- lars each. Here is a chance to get one free. Nothing finer for a Christmas present. Full description and photo for 5 cents. These Indians also make from the inner fiber of Spanish moss, the best saddle blankets in the world. These blankets are cool to a horse’s back, do not become hard and stiff and will last for years, as they are well made and positively will not rot, the inner fiber of Spanish moss being absolutely impervi- ous to moisture. Will give one blanket for -3 subscriptions to Recreation. The above articles are guaranteed to give sat- isfaction.. 2, fF, Pope, s@olmesmeilmaien. RECREATION. li BY THE BROOKS SYSTEM You can build your own Launch—Sailboat— Rowboat or Canoe in your leisure time—evenings —and the work will be a source of profit and pleasure. It’s easy when we show you how. $12 covers the cost of a $50 Boat. Cheaper boats cost less in proportion. Write us—we’ll tell you how. The Brooks System consists of exact size Printed Patterns of every piece, with Detailed Instructions, a complete set of Working Illuse- trations, showing eaeh step of the work, an itemized bill of Material required and how to secure it. Over six thousand amateurs successfully built boats by the Brooks System last year. Fifty per cent. of them have built their second boat. ? Many have established themselves in the Boat manufacturing business. Patterns of all kinds and sizes from 12 to 55 feet. Prices from $2.50 up—Catalog and particulars FREE. For 25c. 100 page catalog containing valuable infor- mation from the amateur yachtsman, showing several working illustrations of each boat, anda full set for one boat. Full line of knock-down and completed boats. When so ordered—Patterns are expressed, charges prepaid, C. O. D. to allow examination. BROOKS BOAT MANUFACTURING CO. Originators of the Pattern System / Boat Building $502 Ship St., Bay City, Mich., U.S. A.“ —> A a ee Effective sepia prints can be made with Willis & Clements’ black platinum paper by adding one ounce of Di Nougio’s sepia solution to 24 ounces of developer, the same as is used for black prints. The solution is used cold or lukewarm. Fix in 2 or 3 baths of acetic acid % ounce to 32 ounces of water. Then wash thoroughly. Printing should not be carried quite so far as with black and white prints. The easiest way to straighten platinum prints so they will be flat is by ironing them on the back with an ordinary flatiron. It should not be hot enough to scratch the paper. R. L. Wadhams, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. MULLINS’ / ll WJeddhéesc UL °‘°GET THERE’? Duck Boat. STEEL BOATS 14 feet Iong, 36 inch beam. The Fay & Bowen Motor is the machine described in § ‘“The Life-Boat’ (of Eng-§ land) for Aug., 1904, as having § successfully stood the severest tests. It is the machine that made the best record of any American motor in the English Reli- § | ability Trials last summer. : No crank nor handle used for starting. | Made in single or multi-cylinder patterns. A reliable and controllable motor. A Send to us for copy of Life-Boat test and § illustrated catalogue of motors and elegant} motor-boats. Fay & Bowen Engine Co. |] 74 Lake St., Geneva, N. Y.,U.S.A.§ Is there any way of removing paste from the face. of a mounted photograph and mount? Eke Bulle Hoosick Malls Ne Ye ANSWER, Yes, it can be removed with a damp cloth. Collodion papers will stand considerable water. On gelatine papers use only enough water to dampen the paste. Platinum prints are exceedingly tender and must not be rubbed. Powdered pumice stone rubbed on with the finger will remove paste or dirt from mounts.—EDITor. Fishing in Rattlesnake and other creeks round here was excellent last summer. E. Heberlein, Apex, Mont. FOR SPORTSMEN Very Durable Low in Price Price, $20. - Crated on Cars Salem. Complete illustrated Catalogue. 228 Depot Street, W. H. MULLINS, Free on application. SALEM, OHIO Mention REcREATION. liv ae oT For Liquor and ~ Drug Using A- scientific remedy which has been skillfully and successfully administered by medical specialists for the past 25 years AT THE FOLLOWING KEELEY INSTITUTES: f ngha eto ORR Los inelca. Masa, White Plains, N. Y. Pittsburg, Pa., 1 6 Hot Springer aes “211 '. © ‘apitol St. Grand Rapids, Mich. Columbug, @., 4246 Pith Ave. , Los Angeles, Cal. Dwight, Il. St. Louis, Mo Dennison Ave. Prov idence San Francisco, Cal., Marion, Ind. 2808 L ocust Rt. Portland, Ore. Richmond ae 1179 Market St. Des Moines, Ta. Boulder, Mont. Philadelphia, Pa., Seattle, Wash. West Haven, Conn. Crab Orchard, Ky. North Conway, N. H. 812 N. Broad St. W auk esha, Wis. Atlanta, Ga. Portland, Me. Ruffalo, N. Y. Harrisburg, Pa. Toronto, Ont. Make Your Own } The L.A.S. furnishes cloth Smokeless Powder! res t-ccorcharce offering We will send you practical formula for a reward . of. S$ 10 for each Ube peg URES ROIS AS Bret conviction for a violation of Perfectly safe to make. No apparatus required. Pound costs 3Oc. or less. a game law. These posters Makes 200 charges. Free sample of have done great good w her= powder by express or one pound for $1, : Ask for testimonials and information. ever placed in deterring Mention RECREATION — ne would= be law breakers from Blatchley & Campbell | committing offences against » = Chomicias Wollehorve. ba. ANE same, it phate to put up some of these B. L. McKay, is the Izaak Walton of the} posters? Ifso, how many? South Side and there is no one in Hannibal who goes fishing oftener than he. N. A., Hannibal, Mo. POWER STRENGTH and beauty. of finish ‘ The lowa A writer finds to write is might, In short, he sees, ere long, "Tis right to write to write what’s right, Yet right to right the wrong. —London Globe. Hip SIMPLICITY The Ball-Bearing Oarlock A device that will do for the rowboat what the ball-bearing did for the bicycle. : Y j BEN WW \ Kvery ounce of energy ‘utilized. No ; y as \ Leads the world 3 clanking or~ squeaking, in fact |. | W rite for catalog. rosea ABSOLUTELY NOISELESS — AND | Mention RECREATION ! r oa oH FRICTIONLESS. The Ideal Oarlock for y } Hunting and Fishing. Furnished either ; ess = y | M 6 t | for tight or loose oars. If your dealer HS \\ = S355 Y owa arine ds does not handle, write for. descriptive \ y E 9 W k | j circular and prices, Mention SUES SS Z fl ine or 5 TION. SS Z Bellevue, Lowa. THe GARRETT, Jr., Clark St., AUBURN N. Y. Pa __ EXTENDED ENN. FOLDED | Send for-catalogue of our full line of Folding eee .__ Canvas Boats and Canoes, which have been SS Sic ¢ adopted by Governments of United States, Can- case anon ME a puaet TH Sk ; ada 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. Mention RECREATION. Acme Folding Boat Company, Miamisburg, O. SEND FOR OaTasoaus a KIT COR IEC ILI OUNG lv How a Thousand Dollars Made a One: Third of a Century A delicious beauti- | fier, preserver and { cleanser of the teeth; makes the breath sweet and the gums less tender. The Metal Box is a handy package for the toilet table and i @a traveling; no powder to litter, no liquid to spill © b) orstain. 95 Cents, at ali Druggists. C. H. Strong & Co., Props., Chicago, U.S.A. y Million An Illustrated Booklet ————— ~~ The Watertown, N. Y., Standard, of No- vember 4, in reporting a squirrel hunt in which 16 men participated, led by Harold Barnes and Mr. McPhee, says the affair was a great success and that it should be repeated every year. One can scarcely expect anything else than that ignorant men will make swine of themselves when the local press commends them for so doing at every opportunity. There are many men who would kill their mother’s canary in order to get their names in the local newspapers. If a crowd can go out and kill gray squirrels, red squir- rels, blue jays, robins and such like, and then get a free supper for killing more than the other fellows do, and a big puff in the local newspaper besides, they would stay up all night to get in the butchering match. When a customer, a friend of mine, asked a Toronto firm about the automatic, they told him they wouldn’t handle it, because there was a bill going through to prohibit its use. Somebody’s doing something here ime atiada, Arthur L. Phelps, Lindsay, Ontario. PAID FOR RARE 1853 QUARTERS; $4 paid $5.75 prices paid for hundreds of other dates; keep all money coined before 1879 and send ten cents at once fora set o1 two coin and stamp value books. It may meana fortune to you. Address C.F. Clarke, Agent, Le Roy, N.Y., Dept. 3. for 1804 dimes; $15 paid for 1858 dollars; big. Sent Absolutely Free to Anybody addressing W. G. Vanderbilt No. 100 William St. New York City I received the Bristol steel rod last week. I can not see how you can give such valu- able premiums as you do. Thank you much. much, A. G. Johnson, Albany, N. Y. Shakespeare reel and rod received yester- day. They are the finest goods on the mar- ket and you certainly make good with your premiums. Accept my sincere thanks and I wish you continued success. S. B. Kauttman, Lima, Ohio. YACHT BROKE Large list of yachts of all types for sale or charter. Marine Insurance. State requirements and list of boats will be sent tomeet them. High class sailing- masters, engineers, stewards, cooks and all assist- ants furnished. Mention RECREATION. 280 Broadway, Telephone 301 Franklin N.Y. City BIGMONEY Can now be made incertain stocks by anyone with a capital of $5 to $10 a Month. Weare in position to give you the only reliable inside in- formation. Write'to-day. UNION SECURITY CO. 604 Gaff Bidg. Chicago, Ill RECREATION. “TUST RESTING” Was the way a dear old grandmother described her trip to Califomia on the Golden State Limited “For once in my life I knew what it was to sit in the Lap of Luxury. I just lay back and let that strange western world glide by me—no effort—no worry—no strain upon either mind or body. | enjoyed every blessed minute, and was actually less tired when we reached Los Angeles, than when | left Chicago.” BEGINNING December 25th, Golden State Limited leaves Chicago daily 8.00 p. m., St. Louis 9.30 p. m., Kansas City 10.40 a.m. Arrives Los ‘Angeles 2.45 p. m., third day after. It runs via E] Paso and Southern Pacific line through New Mexico—most Southerly route. Every mile is a mile away from winter. Send six cents in stamps for illustrated book describing train and service and reserve berths NOW, ; JOHN SEBASTIAN, Passenger Traffic Manager, Rock Island System, Chicago. Tr ees 7 “a Lyf Wii Yi tH Y Yj yy Ue ES RECREATION. St. Johns River Service between Jacksonville and Sanford, Fla., and Intermediate Landings The “ Clyde Line” is the favorite route between NEw York, BosTon, PHILA- DELPHIA and EASTERN POINTs, and CHARLESTON, S. C., and JACKSON- VILLE, FLA., making direct connection for all points South and Southwest. FAST MODERN ; STEAMSHIPS AND SUPERIOR SERVICE \viii fale Cedi Lovers of the Beautiful would not be without our | Tropical Butterfly Pictres made up of Genuine Butterfliés in rich Picture Frames, (no pins used). BUTTERELIES of every color. Butter- flies from all countries. Prices low. Par- Ziculars free. Butterfly Nets, Setting boards, etc. Finest quality, lowest prices. Mariposa Novelty CO0., 4336 Langley Av., Chicago Taxidermists’ Oologists’and Entomolosgists’ Supplies Glass Eyes for Stiles Birds, and Animals Materials Send 5c. in stamps for jcatalogue : FRED. KAEMPFER, *%,STATE,ST- Taxidermy work done in all its branches Mention RECREATION B. Bernard Buyer of Raw Furs and Ginseng Root. 150 Bleecker St., New York, Quotations sent on request. NAVAJO BLANKETS Indian Beadwork, Baskets, Pottery. Moccasins, Alaskan Curios, Mexi-e can Goods, Beads, Basket Material. If it’s Indian we have it Send 6c. Stamps for Catalogue. BENHAM INDIAN TRADING CO, 38 West 42d Street, New York City Mention RECREATION. “INE. MOUNTED GAME. HEADS, BIRDS, ETC., for sale at unheard-of prices. Send to cents for photos. JOHN CLAYTON, Taxidermist, Lincoln, Maine * _It is easy enough to be pleasant When your automobile’s in trim, But the man worth while Is the man who can smile When he has to go home on a rim. — Exchange. Ho You Ever shoot Ducks? If so, you should have a copy. of the group of Duck footing Pictures shown on pages 370, 5/1 and 372 of the December issue of REcREATION. I had 300 Ar= tist’s Proofs made from these plates before running them in the magazine. These are printed on one sheet of heavy enameled paper, placed end to end, so that they may be framed as one picture, and together they make a beautiful panel decoration, and a delightful reminder of happy days on the marsh or in the blinds. The set sells at $1. each. Address REGTBALION 23 W. 24th St., N.Y. For Sale—Colts New Navy Revolver blued, 38 caliber, jointless frame, simul- taneous, ejector, 414 inch barrels, 6 shots, also Ideal reloading tools, belt and hols- ter; all in perfect condition, $11. Martin Epler, Otter Wail Otter Mal Conia Wanted—Position on sheep or cattle ranch by a young man who has served a long term in the army in the Philippines anid: Glia Gale, Shumaker, U. S. Arse- eile [eiheesoieheer. ley G. 0. SHIELDS, Date,. 190 Editor and Manager of RECREATION, 23 West 24th St. New York. Herewith find $1.00 for which vlease send me RECREATION one year beginning with___ Name, ____number, Remit by P. O. or Express Money Order, or New York Draft. DETACH THIS, FILL OUT, AND SEND IN cs, RECKE ATION: lex a Catalogue of Firearms FOR SALE BY Van Allen Lyman, 256 Hudson Ave., Albany,N.Y. The following are all in absolutely peices. cordition in J every way, unless otherwise stated. aT Smith & Wesson 32-44 target revolver, 6%4 fnen bernell blue : We can finish, weight 2 lbs., 12 oz. Finish worn offin places, inside Mounting a “ teach you of barrel nearly like new. - Wild-Cat. Holster and belt and Ideal reloading tools, cartridges, empty shells, primers—to go with therevolver. Price for the lot ¢1o. Stevens’ ‘‘Favorite”’ rifle .22 caliber, almost like new, Win- chester sights. Price $4.35. H. & R. single barrel, 12 gauge, automatic ejector shot gun. Absolutely perfect, with canvas shell belt. Price $3.75. Colt .31 caliber powder and ball revolver, in serviceable shooting condition. Sear has been removed and cylinder has to be turned by hand. Price $1.75. Hopkins & Allen .38 caliber revolver, 5-shot, double action, nickle finish, perfect inside, good condition outside, 24 inch | barrel. Price $1.25. Hopkins & Allen .22 caliber revolver, double action, nickel finish, 7-shot, perfect ii every way, 4% in. barrel. Price $1.25. Winchester bullet mould, .38 long caliber, new and perfect. Cost $1 50—will sell for 75c. Want S. & W. .38 military revolver. Werimas are cash inadvance. Money rettrened immediately if goods prove unsatisfactory. Goods will be sent on approval C.O.D.if desired, on recept of money to cover express charges both ways. Detailed information about any of the foregoing for stamp. I am more than pleased with REcREATION. It is the best sportsmen’s periodical I ever saw. | like the way you score the game hogs.) itey are mot decent men: give it to them. A. L. Belch; Mannington, W. Va. I enjoy the way you roast.the game hogs. We have a few here, but they are getting ashamed of themselves. I have been a reader of RECREATION over 2 years and wait anxiously for it every month. W. H. Adams, pharvenlG 1221, You are doing a splendid work, and one all decent sportsmen appreciate highly. Keep it up. Good luck to you. Gale, Walson. Pinladelphia, Pa. I enjoy reading REcREATION ‘more than any other magazine I take, especially the gun and natural history departments. May you live long to continue your good work. Henry Radcliffe, Saypo, Mont. Your magazine is the leading sett: mens peMmodical~ did am highly = favor of your position in relation to the game hog. The camera is a great agent, in. promoting. a healthy spirit ‘toward - "games| Der Heywood, Rangeley, Me. > protection. f My Bemnee and I take Recess ow, and it is the magazine for real sportsmen: T ad- mire your stand against game hogs and re- peating shot guns. -every detail. ae Wark, Bakkets, Elk Teeth, * Goods, re ei alli, ‘ita how. Sportsmen Why not mount your own Trophies? During the Shooting Season you will secure many fine birds and animals. Mount them for your home and den. Save taxidermist’s bills. En- joy your spare time and increase your income, IT PAYS. Hundreds of leading sportsmen have taken our course, and are paying all gun and sporting expenses by selling their mounted specimens and doing work for others. You can do as well. If you want the most profitable of all “side lines,’ lenrm (nxidermy. We can teach you by mail, Our rates are reasonable and we positively guar= antee success. Endorsed by all sporting magazines in America. If you area hunter, angler, or nature-lover, you will be interested in ournew catalogue. It’s yours for the asking. Write for one to-day. Mention RECREATION The Northwestern School of Taxidermy Suite A, Com. National Bank = Omaha, Neb. The only School of Taxidermy in the World. Mongolian pheasant shooting has not been ayusuiccess)) this: *year. « Birds -are “scarce. Sportsmen blame the farmers for hunting out of season, but 1 think it is a case of Gof one and hala dozen of the, other. Most of our sportsmen go out and kill 75 to 100 ducks each, from Saturday till Sun- day night, and then sell them in the market; so I have little sympathy for these men if ey" don't: -get good pheasant shooting. FA. Stubr, Portland, Ore. Blauvelt Knitting Co., Newark, N. J., Dear Sirs, A number of members of our gun club saw me use my coat at several shoots last spring and were much pleased with it. They said it was the best coat they ~had ever seen, combining. warmth, comfort and neatness. They want me to get a price on 22 coats same color and the same in Vours, tiquly: Chas. Smith, Newark, N. 1 Din CURIOS f WHOLESALE & RETAIL i CURIO DEALERS’ SUPPLY DEPOT. Mexican Beads, Fossils, Mirerals, Arrow fi Heads. Pottery, Alaska Ivories, Shells. Avates; Photos, Great Stock, Bie Cata. 5c.\8 stamps. Mention RECREATION. If a dealer ee Bity: 50. L. MG STILWELL, DEADWOOD. ; ee SO) DAKOTA . cit Wy diiinii Arne rai C. M. Brown, cuneate Mexico. DOES YOUR RIFLE SHOOT 0 K ? I have been a reader of RECREATION some Surprising Results are time. Am much interested in the guns and secured by using this ammunition department; also in the roast- Gicee tea ana ing of game hogs and the stand you take against the automatic gun. I sincerely hope you will be successful in the death of both. Guy Bingham, Janvesville, Wis. y Qjof your rifle. Astamp brings guarantee, cir- culars, terms, etc A trial will convince you! Ix RECREATION. three stamps for latest catalogue. Straight Line Movement. Used as a bench or hand tool. Lever \ Xe ““A” folds over so tool may be carried in pocket. Weighs but eight ounces. Is strong and powerful. Seats the primers easily and positively to the bottom of pocket, which prevents misfires. || Hjects old primer and seats new one without removing the shell, | \. 3 which is handled but once to perform the two operations; enabling the operator to do nearly S fwice the work in a given time. Now ready 25-35, 25-36, 30-30, 30-40 Krag, 30-45 Springfield (headless), 32-40, 38-55. Ask your dealers. If they will not serve you send cash to THE IDEAL MFC. CO., 12 U. St., New Haven, Conn., U. S. A. The PHIL B. BEKEART CO., of San Francisco, Cal., Agents for Pacific Coast - When you write kindly mention RECREATION First Physician: So the operation was just in the nick of time?. Second Physician: Yes, in another 24 hours the patient would have recovered without it—Harper’s Bazar. “Well,” said the commander of the Japa- nese force, “I can see your finish.” “Wrong!” gleefully cried the simple minded Russian commander, “not one of us Ways of big men oft remind us We might be as dumb as they; -And, departing, leave behind us Wise things that we didn’t say. —Life. She—Suppose when you’re out with a bunch of joke writers you put down all the funny things they say, and try to sell them afterward. is Finnish. We’re all Siberian Cossacks.”— The Philadelphia Press. A Press Button Hunting Knife Is one of the best articles a hunter ever carried He—No, indeed. They have all been sold - before.—Boston Globe. MT] SE It has a 4 Inch Blade made of the Best Silver Steel The knife cannot come open in your pocket. only when It cannot close on your hand when in use. It opens and closes YOU PRESS THE BUTTON If you once use one of these knives you will never use any other. You can get one as a premium for 3 YEARLY SUBSCRIPTIONS TO RECREATION Sample Copies furnished on request. RECREATION, 23 West 24th Street, New York , ee Cros Adel ON, Ixi Have You a Dog ? We will send, if you mention its breed, Polk Miller’s Great Book on Dogs ; How to Take Care of Them ; Sen. Vesi’s Eloquent Tribute to a Dog, and A Yellow Dog’s Love for a Nigger (the famous poem) all for ‘ i YW Yj. 10 cents, just to advertise Sergeant’s s We } ’ Wamous Dog Remedies. Address Nie” LULU POLK MILLER DRUG co. OOS, WY fe YD. 845 Main Street, Richmond, Va. | Squabs are raised in 1 r month, bring d7g a prices. Kager market. Astonishing rofits. Kasy for women and invalids ee your spare time profitably. Small space and capital, Here zs something worth looking into. Facts given in our FREE BOOK, ‘Howto make money @ with Squabs > PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB CO., 289 Atlantic Ave,, Boston, Mass. ul she bel & Game Birds PANY us Vi collected and furnished for Scientific and Propagating Purposes. Write for what you want. No catalogue issued. Chas, Payne Naturalist EAN iS J. BLAKE Buyer and Exporter of RAW FURS t WEST THIRD ST. NEW YORK Write for price list. Han Ve Rogers, | Weptty, state, Mish (and Game Warden and Local Warden of this league, who-.-lives:. at’ . Cadiz, , . Ohio offers a reward of $10 for evidence that will convict any person of a violation of the game or fish laws of that State. Mr. Rogers is a zealous worker in the cause of game and fish protection, and every sportsman in his county should co-operate with him with- out pecuniary reward. It is, however, very geenrous of Mr. Rogers to make this offer, and it is hoped it may inspire many people to give such information as will aid in bringing the guilty persons to justice. Dr. Cutts—I made an awful mistake when I diagnosed that man’s case as appen- dicitis. ‘ Dr. Slash—What did the operation dis- close? Cutts—That he didn’t have a cent.— Cleveland Ledger. “Now,” said the professor, idea of ‘a nervous force’ ?” “The police when they are being investi- gated,” replied the bright student.—Phila- delphia Press. IN ANSWERING TION RECREATION. what is your Box 913, Wichita,Kan. ! MDS Piva AShei BING: TAXIDERMISTS ana FURRIERS Fur and Curio Dealers Wholesale and Retail Every Description of Work in our Line done to Order. , We carry a full line of Ladies’ Furs, and will be pleased to send you anything you may wish in this line C. O. D. . with pravilces of examination, Give us a trial on making up your urs. We guarantee that you will be more than pleased with anything we may do for you. A mounted Deer, Antelope, Mountain Sheep head, Bear, Lion, Wolf or Fox head, or a Fur lap-robe, the warmest and best robe one can get, ora handsome Lion, Bear, Wolf, Wild Cat, or Fox Rug, or a nice Fur Muff, Boa, or Scart, makes a beautiful and always welcome Christmas present, or a pair of Indian moccasins, the most comfor- table and durable house slipper possible. We have them. All work BULLE moth proof. We have our own tannery All kinds of tanning done to order. Highest prices paid for raw furs. Taxidermists’ supplies Please mention RECREATION McFADDEN & SON F 1632 Champa St. - Denver, Colo. “T can’t imagine anything harder than to tell a girl you love her. It takes cour- age.” “Yes, but think of the courage it takes to tell a girl you don’t love her after you’ve once told her you did.”—Philadelphia Press. Briggs—I wonder why a dentist calls his office a dental parlor? Diggs—I don’t know. would be more News. Drawing room appropriate.—Chicago 750) Silas) was charged) with havin’ 7 wives! Was th’ judge severe on him?’ “Awful! He discharged him, with all 7 of his wives waitin’ fer him in th’ corridor.” —Judge. “ Collan-Oil ” ptesetves leather and renders shoes and harness positively WATERPROOF Used by the U. S the Army and Navy Bs and National Guard. R U STs Send 25c. for trial can. “PREVENTER AGENTS WANTED Write for terms and circulars Jj. R.. BUCKELEW JJ1 Chambers St., N. Y. ‘DRESSING: a Dept. A. bc RECREATION. fF © FOR 37 YEARS A STANDARD PIANO.” THe Wina PIANO YOU NEED THIS BOOK IP YOU) INTEND tO sBONCA PEANO A book—not a catalogue—that gives you all the information 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 describes the materials used; gives pictures of all the different parts, and tells how they should be made and put together. It is the only book of its kind ever pub- lished. 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 $200 We make the WING PIANO and sell it ourselves. It goes direct from our factory to your home. We do not 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 moré than twelve to twenty pianos yearly, and must charge from $100 to $200 profit on each. They can’t help it. 7 Z gi nee Po ih Fu ie A Wing style—45 other styles to select from. SENT ON TRIAL “2 2Y Peery Ae 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 de- posit. If the piano is not satisfactory after twenty days’ trial in your home, we take it back af entirely at our expense. You pay us nothing unless you keep the piano. There is absolutely fj no-risk or expense to you. Old instruments taken in exchange. EASY MONTMLY PAYMENTS a Vall eed fentla 2 INSTRUVENTAL ATTACHMENT Wis? Piano; it. imitates co perfectly the tones of the mandolin, guitar, harp, zither and banjo. ; , ; isfied BIN 37 YEARS 36,000. PIANOS e.c2%),"".09 39° ut a at States. WING PIANOS are guaranteed for twelve years against any defect in tone, action, workmanship, or material. WING ORGANS Are just as carefully made as Wing Pianos. They have a sweet, powerful, lasting tone, easy action, very handsome y/ appearance, need no tuning. 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, ™ *KéW ¥éxe" * 4, —1868—37th Year—J905. nN ~"A TU Ghee AT Ou, xin Newhouse Steel Do you know the Newhouse Trap Spring? It has a world- wide reputation and is absolutely guaranteed. Trap is made in all the regular numbers and several special sizes. The S. NEWHOUSE ONEIDA COMMUNITY Newhouse Every genuine Newhouse Trap is stamped N. Ye Aan AK its (oo in aw TEESE = eo : \2 So No. 3% Otter Trap. For those who wish a large single spring trap. Write for illustrated catalogue. Oncida Community (lid.) == Mention RECREATION. Oneida, N. Y. ' Send 25 cents for ‘‘Trapper’s Guide,’’ which describes habits of animals and best ways to catch them. About the only vacation I get is reading in RECREATION about some other fellow’s trip to the Canadian Rockies or elsewhere. That is almost as much pleasure as the actual trip and it only costs $1 a year for several trips each month. Please keep RECREATION coming 2 years more, for which payment is enclosed. | Howard E. Adt, New Haven, Conn. “Hockey as a Game for Women” is the ‘title of a book recently issued by Messrs. Longmans, Green & Co., 91 Fifth Ave., New York. It contains full and complete instructions which it would seem should enable any woman to know the game after a careful reading of this book and a few days of study and practice. The book will be sent by mail postpaid on receipt of 80 cents. mon Sense CAMP - STOVE Hither with or with- § out oven. The light- § est, strongest, most compact, practical stove made. Cast combination sheet stee] top, smooth out- f side, heavy lining in § fire box and around § oven, holds its shape, telescopic pipe carried inside the § stove. Burns large wood and keeps fire longer than any § other. Used by over 9,000 campers and only one stove } f returned. f For catalogue giving full particulars, mention RECREA- TION and address D. W. GREE, Manufacturer, Griggsville, Ill. } Practical Com Office Boy (under notice to leave)— Please, sir, may I have a day off next Mon- day? Id like to go to a funeral. Employer —H’h; and whose funeral would you like to go to? OB ours dy, Aunt Jane—Edith, didn’t I see Mr. Sweetser kissing you in the hall last night? Edith—Yes, but it was only in remem- brance of former days. A sort of souvenir spoon, I presume you mean.—Boston Transcript. I know of no surer way to please my friends than to present each with a sub- scription to RECREATION, the most valua- ble sporting magazine I have yet seen. C I. Parker; Los Angeles, Cal. Wowk tace has a right to health and comfort. Insist on Williams’ Shaving Soap. Williams’ Shaving Sticks and Tablets sold everywhere, The J. B, Williams Co., Glastonbury, Conn, iN RECREATION. Above cuts show the double thick nitro breech with cross bolt and under fastening, the narrow skeleton rib, 6 ounces lighter than any other, tapering gracefully from breech to muzzle. | ‘The simplest, most durable and fastest lock in the onde If you don’t know what gun to buy order an Ithaca and a gun of any other make, compare them, and if the Ithaca is not the best by all odds, return it. N. &.—The Ithaca Sticks. Send for Art Catalog and Special prices on 16 Grade Guns, $17.75 to $300. Mention RECREATION. KISCIMIAA OI, Ixv Marble’s Revolver Ro This is a handy and handsome little tool for men who take pride in their arms. ‘The rod proper is made of solid brass with our patented steel swivel. ‘Iie hollow nickeled handle will hold a Marble cleaner. For 7% inch, or 5% inch barrel and under, choice of ends, price postpaid, $1.00. Men- a \ tion caliber. Joints are 4 inches long. Ex- oon cnet GiNSLCATS BHESS ROB ee ends, ase sth arble’s Brass Rifle Rod with strong steel joints, postpaid, $1.00. Marble’s Rifle Cleaner (Garrison’s Patent) - Brass gauze washers on a spiral spring steel wire. We knew after the first time we tried this cleaner that it was a wonderful implement and that we would have. a large sale for it. But we did not guess big enough, for it is selling faster than any new specialty we ever put out. Why? Because it takes out every particle of burned smoke- less powder and lead. Because it does the work faster and easier than any other cleaner. Because it is cheaper, for one will last aman a lifetime. We have one we have used over 200 times in clean- ing rifles. It is still-in just as good condition for service as ever. It is kept this way by oc- casional scraping and turning of the washers. We guarantee that it will not harm your rifle. Price postpaid, 40e. Mention Caliber. Send for catalogue of extra quality specialties. Mention RECREATION. Marble Safety Axe Co., Dept. A, Gladstone, Mich. Mary had a little oil dio help the. ire to mount And everywhere that Mary went Would be quite hard to count. —New York Times. I received the Yawman &-Erbe automa- tic reel O.K. and am much pleased with it. It is worth 20 times the trouble or work it takes to get up a club. M. P. Keefe, Columbus, Ohio. Replying to the inquiry of R. Dewing, I received my Bristol rod which you sent me fora premium: (It \is satistactory in every way and I feel well repaid for my work in getting up the club. Edwin F. Fowler, Patten, Me. The J. C. hand trap received. Accept my thanks. Gave it a trial to-day and it works very satisfactorily. W. J. Baldwin, Onley, Va. San Francisco, in December REcREATION, beeato state that I use a) Hotchkiss! 6 shot carbine, bolt action. ile jochin. Brooklyn er Mr john Watkins” and» his: som, of (this place, spent 2 months of last summer camp- ing and fishing, and caught a reasonable number of fish. C2-Se Ne ilronn Ne aye DAVENPORT 1905 MODELS E’mbody all the latest im- provements in modern gun construction. They aren cliensStan= dard of ex- cellency. SUT i ic : | iN | if e s ; W.H Davenport Fire Arms Co., Norwich, Conn. Ixvi IRIBTOURIESZIBIMOUN. K GU It was unfortunate that we were not able to deliver all the SAUER guns last year to those sportsmen who ordered them. We wish to thank them for their orders and patience in waiting. In 1905 we shall carry a generous stock and hope to deliver guns of all weights and Sizes PROMPTLY NO BETTER GUNS IN THE WORLD : FOR THE MONEY Booklet on application Mention RECREATION sSchoverling, Daly & Gales 302-304 Broadway, New York Herewith I enclose check to renew my | I am well pleased with REcrEaTION, and subscription to RECREATION, the best maga- | consider it one of the best sportsmen’s “zine in the world. It contains more infor- | periodicals published. All parts of it are mation than all the other sportsmen’s jour- | good and the subjects are treated in an able nals published in America. manner. I especially approve the thorough Chasles- Hi @tis, Ann Arbor. Mich. discussion allowed in the gun and ammuni- sa : tion department. Much valuable informa- You are made of the 1ight stuff, and I | tion comes to sportsmen thereby. am glad there is at least one man whe is Frank J. Blackburn, Azusa, Cal. not afraid to roast the fish and game hogs as they. .deserv i | i eater ee _ WiteHf I should die what would you \/ 10! MR Randell, gene Husband—I'd be almost crazy. Wife—Would you marry again? : IN ANSWERING ADS’ PLEASE MEN- Husband—No, I shouldn’t be so crazy as TION RECREATION. that.—FEx. THE MALCOLM RIFLE TELESCOPIC SIGHT IS ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE THE BEST PLACED ON THE MARKET ee aap ae eee a : = X , We are Originators not Imitators. All of our Outfits are first slass b Any advice regarding the best power and length Tube for Hunting or Target purposes given when requested. SEND FOR OUR LATEST CATALOGUE. Mention RECREATION. THE MALCOLM RIFLE TELESCOPE MPG. CO. F. T. CORNISH, Mer. Established 1857 SYRACUSE, N. Y., ‘J. 5, &. 1 ee eI RECREATION. Ixvit One of the 9 Built for Business 64%? GRADE $Q() LIST 2. offering this gun to the public, we have combined ALL Oi* THE DISTINCTIVE IMPROVEMENTS which have gained for the “Syracuse” its present prominent position among American Arms. SAD, GRADE. Condensed Description. BARRELS —Fine quality of Damascus Steel, or if desired, we will furnish Krupp Fluid Pressed Steel Barrels, made at the Krupp Works, Essen, Germany, and imported to our order. STOCK—Imported Italian Walnut, finely figured and dark rich color. Full pistol or Straight Grip as desired. AUTOMATIC EJECTOR—With our Patent Non-Ejector device which allows the gun to be instantly changed from an Auto- matic to a Non-Automatic Ejector. This model gun is handsomely engraved and cleanly finished, and will compare favorably with any gun on the market listing at $100.00. All “Syracuse” guns for 1905 will be built with our New Compensat- ing Double Cross Bolt; and Frames Inletted into Stock, thus preventing the spreading or splitting of same. Catalogue yours for the asking. Mention ‘Recreation.’ SYRACUSE ARMS CO. SYRACUSE N.Y. Ixviii RECREATION. is Another If you will send me 15 yearly subscriptions to Listed at $15 A field glass is indispensable to every hunter, and this is one of the latest and: best on the market for the price. | have but a few of these instruments on hand and the offer will be withdrawn as soon as the supply is exhausted. Therefore, if yow want ames start immediately. Sample copies of RECREATION for use in canvassing furnished on application Address RECREATION, 22> WwW. 24in Sis ei Cs RECREATION. Ixix lt is °° Savage Quality” all Through While the Savage “Junior” is\a, Dole action file, it is radically different than any other rifle of this type on the market. ingenious and workmanship long and long rifle cartridges. If your dealer can not supply you, send us $4. anteed. Like all other Savage rifles it is distinctly best. Shoots short Perfect accuracy guar- the and we will deliver to any address in U. S. Savage Arms Co. Catalogue No. G, Free I wish to lend my name and influence to the protest against the manufacture or use of automatic guns. I am surprised to learn that patents have been granted for such a wicked device. All bird lovers realize how murderous are the guns at present in use. I would not have believed that wholesale murder could be patented. Mrs. S. W. -Powell, W. Becket, Mass. I will not trade with any dealer who sells automatic or repeating shot guns. I. will not associate with any person who _ uses either’ of those arms. If every reader of RECREATION would say the same, and live up to it, it would effectually kill the market for automatic and repeating shot guns. _ P. A. Henrickson, Racine, Wis. Utica, N. Y., U. 8S. A. The shades of night were falling fast As down the cafe aisle there passed A girl who bore what looked like rice, Yet called she it by this device— “Excelsior !” “?Tis not ‘Sawdusto,’” she explained, “Nor ‘Mat in Middlings,’ hulled and grained, Nor yet ‘Near-Fodder,’ nor ‘Chew-Chew’— This breakfast food is something new— “Excelsior !” —Boston Post. iithank youtor the jp ©. hand: trap. It arrived ©. K. and it is entirely satisfactory. E. H. Lee, Camden, N. J. BAKER GUNS Fammer and Hammerless High Grade but not High Priced Ss Send for FREE QUARTERLY and 1905 Booklet Fully Describing all G Baker Gun & Forging Co., its Built for Hard _ Service and to ij last a lifetime Mention RECREATION. Batavia, N. Y. vades with Prices. No. 42 ‘Ixx RECREATION. Where are you going NEXT SUMMER?» No matter where, you will need some things to complete your camping, fishing or hunting outfit. Fishing Tackle -< Guns, Ammunition Boats, Sleeping Bags or something of the kind. And this is the time to buy. The wise man takes time by the forelock. The other man never buys anything until he gets ready fo use it. When he 15 Wake to have to wait a week, or a month, before he Can Seu tr. Get Our Catalogue “R” NOW Make up your orders, send them in and we will do the rest. Then, when you get ready to go to the woods or to the moun- ~ tains you can go, while the other fellows stay at home, wait for their outfits and swear. — Abercrombic & Fitch Co. 314 BROADWAY | NEW YORK Mention RECREATION RECKEATION. Ixxi Special Bargains in Hammerless Guus We offer at these SPECIAL PRICES a small lot of a Standard American make Breech Load- Guns .CO grade Gun, fine twist .00 with Automatic Ejector .00 Damascus Barreis ing Double: Entirely new. Made on Interchangeable Greener style Cross Bolt-Pistol stock. 26, 28 and 30 inch. 12 and 16 bores, at the followir Exceptional Prices; System. Top Lever Action. Send $5 with order, and if the Gumis not satisfactory upon receipt it may be returned and money refunded less cost ofexpressage. Or if the whole amount of money is sent with order a Victoria Canvas Case is included. Always in Sere a full line of high-grads GUNS W.&C. SCOTT, JOS. LANG & SON, London and others, in addition to Parker, Remington and all the American makes. JUST NOW ON HAND Also large-lot ‘Hammer Double Guns,” ten and twelve bores, many of them second- hand, taken in trade. Prices $8 to $I5 Also lot of Lee Straight-Pull Magazine Rifles, small bore, made by the Winchester Arms Company and cost over $25 each, long range and very accurate,in nice refinished brown, condition same as new. Suitable for target or hunting. Price, each $7.50 Send Six Cents in stamps for Catalogue of New, also of Second-hand Guns WM. READ & SONS, 10¢ Washington Street, Boston, Mass. Patent No. 764804 has -been issued to Frank H. Frissell, of Middletown, Conn., on a cartridge belt. Patent No. 764803 has been issued to W. C. Fisher, Middletown, Conn., on an- other form of cartridge belt. This latter is a novelty, in that the Carttidges are placed in groups of 10 each and enclosed in pockets attached to the belt. Patent No. 765554 has beer issued to William Carter, of Louisville; Ky. on a fishing reel. ‘Copies of these patents can be had by addressing the Patent Office, Washington, Dee KGs Patent No. 753,384 has been issued to Perry Mrazier of ubois. Nebr, son a breech loading rifle. Patent No. 753,425 has been issued to to, oe wNioe non Indianapolis, Ind. ona metal boat. Patent No. 750,143 has been issued to T. B. Wilson, Epes, Ala., on a new device for a minnow pail. Patent No. 750;054 has been issued to Re Hunter, ‘Minneapolis; (Minn “on a fishing reel. IN ANSWERING ADS PLEASE MEN- MON RECGKREADTOIN: You Burn Too Much Money THE GUN IS A BURNING QUESTION $1,000,000 or less burned each year in huying Cheap Guns. Z 5 The Burning Question is QUALITY Tke quality of the PARKER GUN 1s beyond question. In your choice it is the part of wisdom to seethat you are buying a safe gun. Our opinions are worth dollars to you. We are the oldest manu- facturers in America and offer you our services F.ee. If you expect to own a gun in 1905, write us to-day, Mention RecrBaTion Parker Bros. 33 Cherry St. Meriden, Conn. Ixxi1 RECREATION. Revolver! H.&R.Double Action Model 1904 . 38 Caliber also 32 Caliber 6 Shot. at additional cost. Catalog for postal. Sl Te a ee NL es Gp es Peas Di fe eee nec g eee ee & A solid frame revolver following the pleasing lines of our famous H. & R. Automatic, and which we are supplying in place of the American Double Action, as made by us for more than twenty years. SPECIFICATIONS e 32 caliber; 6 shot; 2% inch barrel; weight 16 oz.; S. & W. Long and Colt New Police Cartridges. 38 caliber; 5 shot; 2% inch barrel; weight 15 0z.; C. F. S. & W. cartridge. FINISH—Nickel. We can furnish with 434 and 6 inch barrels and in blue finish Harrington @ Richardson Arms Co. Makers of H. & R. Single Guns Dept. R. mS Ca =o "Fz Zz Ze Lee Z2o> ZZ ag iS Soa A Fa EI ror o> ara = WEEMS ——————— pe a2 (ees C. F. S. & W. cartridge; also Ze Zi rar iJ Uh Se i SSS Worcester, Mass. # ses Ze8 Zse5 ZF ZS SS ZS os ass Zs SS ssa IE soos <= ss sss oss Ss sss Sass == — = —— SS John A. Hobbes and James F. Smith, of Utica, E. J. Smith, Edward Nevin, William . Smith and EJ. Smith) Jie.ot Lovyvalle, while hunting near Beaver river, October 16th, found a man unconscious in some brush beside the trail. When revived he said he was Charles Castlon, of Boston. He had been wandering in the woods 2 or 3 days trying to find the way back to his camp. Ay E. 9. Johnstown, NX Mortimer—I’ve saved a great deal this month by not smoking. Margaret—Where is it now? Mortimer—I don’t know; it’s just saved. —Chicago News. Not connected with Lefever Arms Company, D. M. Lefever, Sons & Co. Defiance, Ohio. I received the Blauvelt knit hunting coat sent aS premium and it more than meets my expectations. Recreation is A No. I. J. BE. Ferris, Ellenburg Depot, NY. The Mitchell hand trap reached me promptly and works perfectly. Dios: Nayar, -lenllyeleas ihe Bristol steel rod and) Yo" eb auto= matic reel you sent me for premiums were received in good condition. class in every respect. I am much pleased _with them. Accept many thanks. E. A. Vernal, Leadville, Colo. gh Crade Trap and Feather- weight Fieid Guns The only American makers putting on single trigger guaranteed to work perfect under all conditions. PRICE $60 TO $400 Send for | 1904 Catalogue Mention RECREATION — ‘They tarestistes EC he ATION: Ixxi11 For Sportsmen who still prefer the Black Powder Load. These are loaded with the best grade of Black Powder The Robin Hood Smokeless POWDER in the Robin Hood Short Brass and the Comet Long Brass still sets the pace for Pattern, Penetration & Light Recoil : “ Keep watch of our page ” The Robin Hood Powder Co. SWANTON, VT. Mention REcREATION. Ixxiv RECREATION. TO AMATEUR > PHOTOGRAPHERS Here is a Chance {0 Get a FINE CAMERA EASILY A Petite inti No. 2, 4x5, listed -at es for [5 new yearly subscriptions to RECREATION. A Century Camera, model 42, 4x5, listed at $24 fon 24 new yearly subscriptions to’ RECREATION. These are both neat, compact, well-made and handsomely finished cameras, capable of doing high-class work.. Sample copies for use tn canvassing Jurnished on request. RECREATION 23 West 24th St. New York. RECREATION. Ixxv Model Aj... Le... 24—30 Horse-power.. 24— 30 Horse-power.. . 40—S0 Horse-power.. 40—S0 Horse-power.. 16—20 Horse-power.. The Accessible WINTON of 1905. Be the new Vertical, Four-Cylin- der Motor,—with its hat off. Every working part may thus be promptly uncovered, Transmission Gear. » except the That’s just beneath the foot board, forward of front seat. You raise that board, turn a handle, and lift off top section of the Aluminum Gear Case. Thus you have it all under your eye, in five seconds. Now,—you may take out this whole i Tasmission Gear of the 1905 Winton from above, without removing the seat, or getting under the car. Convenient, isn’t it ? Note the new Twin-Springs. These adjust instantly to light, or heavy, loads. They make easy-riding, on very rough roads. They take the hard work off the Tires. They protect the Motor from vibra- tion, and jolts in going over Car Tracks, and “Thank-ye-mums.”’ Then, there’s the Winton absolute Speed- eoatrol, from the Motor. It works by Air-pressure, Your foot, on the pedal, releases the ait-pressure gradually, That pedal alone thus gives you a speed of from 4 miles an hour, up to 40 miles an hour, just accord- ing to how much you press it. The new Steering Gear on the 1905 Winton can’t wear in any ove place more than in another. It thus makes lost motion’” and ‘wedging’? on short turns impossible, as a result of uneven wear. In this the Winton Steering Gear differs from all others now in use. The Four Vertical Cylinders of the new Winton Motor are fed by one single Carburetor, and sparked by one single Magneto. No Multiple Vibrator,—no Dry Bat- tery, and no Storage Battery, (Accumu- lator) needed. No Springs, Valves, nor Air-pressure on the Oil feed, which is Gear driven, and cannot siphon, nor flood the Motor, The New Model ‘‘1905 Winton’’ Car is grace- ful as a Greynonnd, but as strong as steel can make it. Model C, hewn above, has as much power as the $2500 Winton of last year, but has 800 lbs. less weight to carry. Get the new Winton book on Choose an Automobile.’’ Address The Winton Motor Carriage Co., Dept. J, Cleveland, Ohio, "How to Ine fel (CIR EAT OUNG I ask no deposit pay, either now or later. I want no reference—no secutity. The poor have the same opportunity as the rich. The very sick, the slightly ill, invalids of years, and men and women whose only trouble is an oceasional “dull day’ >to one and all I say “Merely write and ask.” Tiessyysiltlunesexacl you an order on your druggist. He will give you, free, the full dollar package. My offer is as broad as humanity itself. For sickness knows no distinction in its favagzess) anid “the Tnesulessm: paulemia jomneaa downy couch is no more welcome than the wasting sufferer who frets through the lag- ging hours in a dismal hovel. I want EVERYone, EVERYwhere to test my remedy. : There is no mystery—no miracle. I can explain my treatment to you as easily as I can tell you why cold freezes water and why heat melts ice. Nor do I claim a dis- covery. “Por every detail ot mye treatment is based on truths so fundamental that none can deny them. And every ingredient of my medicine is as old as the hills it grows on. I simply applied the truths and com- bined the ingredients into a remedy that is practically certain. The paragraphs below will show you the reason why. In eighty thousand communities—in more just To Prove no promise. There is nothing to The dollar bottle is free. than a million homes—Dr. Shoop’s Restor- ative 1s known. ‘There are those all around you—your friends and neighbors, perhaps— whose suffering. it has relieved. There is not 1 physician anywhere who dares tell you I am wrong in the new medical principles which I apply. And for six solid years my remedy has stood the severest test a medi- cine was ever put to—I have said “If it fails it is free’—and it has never failed where there was a possible chance for it to succeed. But this mountain of evidence is of no avail te those who shut their eyes and doze away in doubt. For doubt is harder to overcome than disease. I cannot cure those who iack the faith to try. So now I have made this offer. I disre- gard the evidence. I lay aside the fact that mine is the largest medical practice in the world, and. come to you as a stranger. I ask you to believe not one word that I say till you have proven it for yourself. I offer to give you outright a full dollar’s worth of Dr. Shoop’s Restorative. No one else has ever tried so hard to remove every possible excuse for doubt. It is the utmost my un- bounded confidence can suggest. It is open and frank and fair. It is the supreme test of my limitless belief. Inside Nerves! _ one out of every 98 has perfect health. Of the 97 sick ones, some are bed-ridden, some are half sick, and some _are only dull and listless. But most of the sickness comes from a common cause. The nerves are weak. Not the nerves you ordinarily think about—not the nerves that govern your movements and your thoughts. But the nerves that, unguided and un- known, night and day, keep your heart in motion—control your digestive appar- atus—regulate your liver—operate your kidneys. These are the nerves that wear out and break down. It does no good to treat the ailing or- gan—the irregular heart—the disordered liver—the rebellious stomach—the de- ranged kidneys. ‘They are not to blame. But go back to the nerves that control them. There you will find the seat of the trouble. There is nothing new about this—noth- ing any physician would dispute. But it remained for I¥r. Shoop to apply this knowledge—to put it to practical use. Dr. Shoop’s Restorative is the result of a quarter century of endeavor along this very line. It does not dose the organ or deaden the pain—but it does goat once to the nerve—the inside nerve—the power nerve—and builds it up and strengthens it and makes it well. Many Ailments, One Cause I have called these the inside nerves for simplicity’s sake. Theirusual name is the “Sympathetic’’- nerves. Physicians call them by this name because each is in close sympathy with the others. The result is that when one branch is allowed to become impaired, the others weaken. That is why one kind of sickness leads to another. That is why cases become ‘‘complicated.’’ For this delicate nerve is the most sensitive part of the human system. Does this not explain to you some of the uncertainties of medicine—is it not a good reason to your mind why other kinds of treatment may have failed ? Don’t you see that THIS is NEW in medicine? That this is NOT the mere patchwork of a stimulant—the mere sooth- ing of a narcotic? Don’t you see that it goes right to the root of the trouble and eradicates the cause? But I do not ask you to take a single statement of mine—I do not ask you to be- lieve a word I say until you have tried my medicine in your own home at my expense absolutely. Could I offer you a full dollar’s worth free if there were any misrepresenta- tion? Could I let you goto your druggist —whom you know—and pick out any bottle he has on his shelves of my medicine were it not UNIFORMLY helpful? Could I AFFORD to do this if I were not reason- ably SURE that my medicine will help your Simply Write Me The first free bottle may be enought o effect a cure—but I do not promise that. Nor do I fear a loss of possible profit if it does. For such atest will surely con- vince the cured one beyond doubt, or dis- belief, that every word I say is true. . This offer is open to everyone, every where. But you must write ME forthe free dollar bottle order. All druggist do not grant the test. I will then direc you to one that does. He will passi down to you from his stock as freely as though your dollar lay before him. Write for the order to-day. The offer may not remain open. I will send you the book you ask for beside. It is free. It will help you to understand your case. What more can I do to convince you of my in- terest—of my sincerity? ra free or- ; Fo 300k 1 on Dyspepsia. der for a full dollar bottle | Book 2 on the Heart. address Dr. | ook 3 on the Kidneys. Shoop, 30x ee en Forgas Raicines | 700 4a Oh iOnr Wis. State | Book 5 for,Men. which book you want. Book 6 on Rheumatism. | Mild cases are often cured with one or two bottles. For sale at forty thousand drug stores, Dr. Shoop’s Restoralive WHAT GAME PROTECTION HAS COST ONE MAN. An Appeal to Sportsmen. By G. O. Shields. WHAT GAME PROTECTION GAS COST Olin Ve: 4 Judge Holt, of the United States Dis- trict. Cougt has -appoimped= Valter. «CG: Low of 346 Broadway, receiver in bank- fuptey, for the assets or The Comedians of the Woods Drawing by Ernest Thompson-Seton An Uncomfortable Situation Drawing by Roy Martell Mason Letters frorii Our Readers The Amateur Trappers. Editorial Wanderings Charley Apopka Dan Beard The contents of this magazine are copyrighted and must not be reprinted without permission. Published by WM. E. ANNIS, 23 West Twenty-fourth Street, New York Entered at the New York Post-office as Second Class Matte: 145 147 149 158 159 164 166 167 169 174 175 176 177 184 187 195 196 219 219 200 144) 222 223 230 234 R E COR EA T 1 O7N 0S (ADU eee ee STRENGTH — FOR THE OLD FOR THE Youn oy, Vinol—the cod liver preparation without oil— is superseding old-fashioned cod liver oil and emulsions Because, without a drop of oil or disagreeable feature, Vinol contains all the medicinal elements of cod liver oil, actually taken from fresh cods’ livers. By our process the oil, having no value either as a medicine or food, is separated from the medicinal elements and thrown away. Unlike old-fashioned cod liver oil and emulsions, Vinol is deliciously palatable, agreeable to the weakest stomach, and therefore unequalled as a body builder and strength creator for old people, puny children, weak, run-down men and women, after sickness, and for all pulmonary diseases. Sold at the leading drug store in every city and town and in the big cities, viz: NEW YORK: Riker’s Drug Stores, Sixth Ave. and 23:1 St.; cor. Broadway and oth. Hegeman & Co. 200 and 205 Broadway ; 200 W. 125th; 1917 Amsterdam Ave.; 2835 Third Ave. Kinsman’s Drug Stores. 601 Eighth Ave.; 125th St. and Eighth Ave, J. Jungmann. 1020 Third Ave.; 428 Columbus Ave.; 1 East 42d St. Bolton Drug Co. (Brooklyn.) All Stores. BOSTON : Jaynes & Co. 50 Washington St. cor. Hanover ; 877 Washington St. cor. Common ; 143 and 129 Summer St. PHILADELPHIA . Geo. B. Evans. 1106 Chestnut; 17th and Chestnut; 1012 Market; 8th and Arch; 2330 North Front, CHICAGO: The Public Drug Co. 150 State St. Sent, express paid, on receipt of $1.00 by any Vinol agent, or by CHESTER KENT @ CO., CHEMISTS, BOSTON, MASS Exclusive agencies for VINOL are given to one druggist in a place. When corresponding with advertisers please mention “ Recreation” Our New Editor, Life member League of American Sportsmen, DanwBeard Canadian Camp, Camp Fire Club, author of the : “American Boy's Handy Book” and other books; five years a member of the Board of Education. A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Everything the Name Implies Published by Wm. E. Annis Vol. XXII MARCH 1905 No. 3 PUBLISHER’S ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. G. O. Shields is no longer connected with RECREATION. In the future the magazine will be issued under the editorship of Dan Beard. We shall continue to wage an uncompromising fight for the protection and conservation of all game. We shall advocate such legal action as will place the bag or catch limit upon a sane basis all over the country. We shall assist in the formation and passage of laws prohibiting the, OUR shipment or transportation of game, except in limited quantities, and then FUTURE only when accompamed by the party or parties who killed tt. POLICY We shall advocate the prohibition of the sale of game. We shall further assist in every possible way, clubs and associations, in per- fecting the existing game laws, in effecting their wise and just administration. We shall also ask for the extension of appropriations for the proper and economic restocking of wood and stream with game and fish, and to this end will use our influence with state and government officials for more forest pre- serves, with better plans for the propagating of game and a wider field of use- fulness for our National and State commissions. We hope to leave the game hog to wallow in his own mire with good officials EXIT THE to watch him so that his snout may be kept from appearing in this mag- “GAME azine. We think that the valuable space heretofore occupied by him, HOG’’ can be put to better purpose. We shall not attempt to say that our way is the only way to protect and preserve the interest of the true sportsman, but we shall co-operate with all who have the cause of true fish and game protection at heart. We cannot hope to reach this practical, common-sense view of the situation by reason alone. 145 146 RECREATION At night the camp-fires twinkle in ever increasing numbers on the plains, in the forest, among the mountains, and each littie fire is a star of hope to the wise men of the East, for the Magi know that the campers are unconsciously learning their first lesson of love and reverence for Nature in the Kindergarten of the Wilderness. Wi BELIEVE THAT RECREADION 2 ELAS ANS ESPBGLAL iWinSe SAGE FOR YOUNG, AMERICA, and it is to Young America that America must look for her future greatness. _ True it is “the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world,’ but in connection with this queenly control we believe that RECREATION has a continued interest. TO Take away from American life the freedom of the great out doors, the play without which all life’s lessons are lost, and the era of true commercialism, the YOUNG dream of the ‘business kings will be realized. AMERICA In its efforts to present the never failing beauties of the forests, the fields and the waters, RECRKBPATION Wiki CALL UPON iii w@uNG AMERICA FOR ASSISTANCE. The high lights of literature, when they shine true, will find a place in our pages, but literature for literature’s sake, has little charm for us. We want the truth, told in simple English words, understandable to all alike. Our new Editor, Dan Beard, is a man of simple habits and studious nature. OUR His associations in life have not led him to the fountains of commercialism. Ever an enthusiastic admirer of the leaders of the “strenuous life,” his own fancy NEW has led him rather toward to the untrodden paths and unbeaten trails of the EDITOR wilderness. He ts a man in the prime of life, but with a heart as young and a mind as free as a youth turned loose for the first time in that great world where chimney pots and fine linen are things apart. He knows the East, the West, the North, the South. With his broad vision we hope to see and solve the many problems con- fronting the seeker after light, and to solve them aright. Our Editor believes that the modern inventions, the automobile and motor boat, are’ a part and parcel of the great movement toward the open air, so we will give the owners -of these wonderful craft of the roads and waters many a useful hint, and suggest ta. them many a splendid outing. Our old and tried friends, the hunters and fishermen of America, will TO OUR continue to hold the choicest seats at our camp-fire and the warmest place OLD FRIENDS ~ in our hearts. In the search for truth and light the old teachers will be given due accord, but it is rather to the young and unknown writer, artist and photographer that we shall look for the life of the magazine. We like to see the axe marks on the stories and pictures that are sent to us by members of our family, and we believe that our readers do too. In future years, when pipes are lit, and the camp-fire spreads its glow, we hope to look back upon this preliminary announcement and say to ourselves and to all of the members of our great family, “the trail was long, and the pack heavy, but at the end of the journey there were crystal springs bubbling with life for the tired and yearworn traveler.” You, gentle reader, can help us in this campaign of ours in many ways, and we hope that you are already one of the family. If not, accept this cordial in- vitation to joinmus, VOU \V Mee N@ iis Cidade sae Ene. | Wm. E. Annis, Publisher. ROPING On a bright sunny morning in December Jack, Tom and I saddled Our MOres Be 2 wenn 45, inovles iron Cong Css, Wess eink armed with shot guns, started for a- water tank in the pasture where geese collected by thousands. Five miles out we came to a small motte, Ole Clustenmol mmees, Me tine Skeat pas- ture. As we entered the motte from the North we saw 6 wild hogs leav- Mt HOM theoOuul Side. aulalge boar, 4 sows and a Shoat. They WES (LANTOS INOS WOO, [ole TOU inne kind you are so fond of roasting. Someone suggested roping these wild swine, and, of course, the idea took; so, leaning our guns against a tree, we struck off im pursuit of the drove. ont bene anwrexperlenceds hog hunter, we obeyed his instructions, which were to run them down, and then rope and tie them. By the way, wild hogs captured and fed a short time make the best bacon, affording the proverbial ) Streak tof lean and Siecle Onemtclised We put spurs to our cayuses and kept the hogs bunched, riding hard on‘their heels. Presently the shoat began to lag. Tom threw his rope over its head and without stopping began to haul away, intending to lay it across his pommel, tie its legs se- curely, and then drop it to be picked HD) low ne \Wetor idee saree lenyo ine being the custom at the ranch to send out a wagon every year and bring in about 20 hogs caught in this way. When the hoisting had gone on till the pig came within reach of the horse the pig grabbed a mouthiul of neck and held on like a bulldog. The bronc was none of the gentlest and began a cancan, waltzing, kick- ing, tearing, and «pitching, ‘Tom swore to beat the British army in WILD HOGS BY A. McCAMPBELL. IN TEXAS. Flanders, and pounded the hog with fist and quirt to make it let go. The horse’s desperate leaps shook the hanging hog from one side of his neck to the other, and at last Ine dropped to the ground, taking with him a mouthful of horse beef. Tom had taken the rope from the shoat’s neck and the prisoner of a moment ago was then free to roam the plains again. Tom made no ef- fort to recover it, consoling himself Vythitde aneindaink wthlatetit! was) too small to eat, anyway.” I, having had no experience, was told to rope a hog, then put my horse to the gallop till the hog was nearly choked to death, when I could easily and safely dismount and catch him ly Hee lees; Winey Gana Wie ioorse would keep the rope taut till I could fie my pisonen. I caught a good sized sow, dragged her, dismounted, caught her by the hind legs, and held her on her back, welll Siuretelmecl, Sine Caine wo it 2 short time and tried to regain her hese, louie I coullel inners Ince Casihy enough until I undertook to tie her. iene Mhiads al wwinoley cireus) on), ty hands. Ihe only rope I had was around her neck at one end and fast to the saddle at the other. To loosen that would be to free the sow. In my quandary I looked around to see what the other fellows were do- ing. Tom had caught a sow, dragged her a mile or so, and was in the act of taking her by the hind legs. She, also, came to, and kicked. She got up and went at him with a “woof-woof.” Tom managed to get beyond the length of her rope and was safe, but the poor horse fared worse. Turning suddenly the sow struck his forelegs and stampeded him so that he started for the ranch, 8 miles away, on a run. His course lay across a bald prairie, 147 TALON dotted with hog wallows. At the first jump the sow was jerked clear of the ground, and; 1 think, over 3 wallows, before she touched the eatth again. | Hromsthat poimtwshe seemed to hit the top of one and bounce over 2. Tom was disgust- ed at being left afoot 8 miles from home. He ran up to, Jack, who had caught the boar and’ was holding it, 150 yards from me. They were both destitute of string with which to tie the pig and did not dare let go for a minute. Tom asked Jack to lend him his horse with which to catch his own; but Jack preferred to go after the horse himself. So he turned the boar over to Tom to hold, loosed the rope from his saddle, threw it on the ground, and lit out. Meantime I stood watching Jack with one eye and my sow with the other. Then I was startled by a yell and saw Tom coming toward me at top speed with the boar at his heels, reaching for him with tusks 4 inches long tried to tell Moni to tum) im some other direction, but he was deaf to all admonition and came on like a-stam- peded steer. Finally he reached a big mesquite bush round which he and his friend the enemy played hide and seek fon -al time: Presently Tom ran to me and said the boar had gone off with his rope. He wanted to borrow my horse with which to recover it, but I said if he would take a kindly interest in caring RECKEATION. for my sow I would get his rope. He agreed, and, throwing my rope on the ground, I mounted my bronc and went after the boar, which had almost reached a cluster of black chapparal. He was following a cow trail in which the rope was dragging. I made several attempts to pick up the trailing rope without dismount- ing, but the path in which it dragged was too deep and [ failed. At last, spurring my horse up alongside, I caught the rope and was just straightening up when the boar, turn- ing sideways, hit my horse a lick which knocked his forefeet irom under him. I was thrown through the air in a beautiful parabola, landing on my back in the chapparal, whose thorns were so thick that I lay there a foot above ground and helpless. Had my friend the boar seen fit to hunt me then, he would have had a picnic; but much to my telief he didn’t. When I got out, my horse was still standing where he had been over- Enon, Conclkichine I imac Ina enough pork, I mounted and went to where I had left Tom holding the sow, | found him? not as 1 vexpect- ed, with his prisoner tied, but stand- ing on one side the same old mes- quite tree, with the sow on the other, glaring at each other. Both looked tired. I caught the rope and together Wer Heduand: lett Met tOmetiem wacom She was our only cap- The to pick up. ture out of the whole bunch. biggest one got away. YES \Y' IZA A SERIES OF EIGHT PHOTOGRAPHS MADE BY “RECREATION” READERS WHILE THE SPIRIT MOVED ZZ Ny YY a: ON THE COLUMBIA SCRAPPY STILL - - - - - A. 5S. Goss STEADY THERE! - - - - Harry L. Dillaway SIXGIBEN) OUNCES) (20 20a te a Reepler \ HOOKED - - - - - Wm. Gibson ; TIE LONG ORIREME, oa 4 ee W. J. Street \ AS THE BOATS COME IN - = Wn. 5S. Rice © ONE MORE KICK .- ° - - - T.R. Raife on, On the Columbia. By D. D. Wilder. Scrappy Still. By A. S. Goss. Steady There! By Harry L. Dillaway. Sixteen Ounces? By Kepler. Hooked. By Wm. Gibson. The Long Riffle. By W. J. Street. As the Boats Come In. By Wm. S. Rice. ick fe. One More K: . Rai R By F. 160 | Mel OJAI MOUN quehanna trailed out after him. The writer made the next exit. Thus three men went on the trail of their tackle. They met at the ticket office. “Two tickets to Perryville. Can we catch that jerk water train down to Octoraro Junction on good connections ?” “Sure,” mumbled the agent, pound- ing the date machine mechanically. “Just about time enough to get break- fast at Perryville and get the first milk train on the Wilmington line.” The pair wandered out in the great arched depot shed while the uninvited guest behind them transacted some more Perryville transportation busi- ness at the ticket window. It was a trinity of anglers that snored in the Pullman that night and a trinity that - got off at Perryville at six’ o'clock on the following morning. We lit into the breakfast table-in a body. An angler may disguise his intentions only for a short time. The freemasonry of the art discloses one’s innermost thoughts and by the time the hot coffee of the obliging farmer’s wife came unto us it became evident that the uninvited guest was welcome to Dutt im and reap all the benents that might accrue. From Perryville to Octoraro: Junc- tion is a short trip, half an hour per- haps. We arrived before seven and swung off like old timers returning once again to the scenes of our youth. A short, gray, rather pleasant look- ing old fellow was leaning against the little red depot in a field of milk cans. The greeting he offered the best bil- liard player in our party was cordial indeed. /dihies waivers clear all nici alll right,’ he shouted, reaching for the proffered hand, and then drawing his former patron in a closer caucus, sort of whispered: “They’re takin’ the bait to beat the band.” Through the shrubbery of wild blackberry vines and oaks I saw gleams of the river, swirling here and there against a wooded background stretching away toward the Chesapeake bay. Visions-of a battle royal leapt into every vista within the range of my eyesight. “Shake hands with Mr. Irwin.” A friendly slap on the back awakened me. I turned to feel the outstretched palm of the farmer. The florid man broke into hilarious laughter at the suggestion that we walk over to Ir- wins house. . “Walk? 7 Whats the matter with riding? Great guns, men, - I didn’t come down here to walk.” We left him fuming among the milk cans and broke through the wild hedge on the heels of Irwin. Presently the underbrush cleared and we saw across the dew spangled field that lay like a blanket of green flannel before us, a snug cottage tucked away in the trees along the river bank. The billiard player, no longer able to restrain himself, made a rush for it and went loping across the field like a maverick hunting a salt lick. I fol- lowed a close second for the money and place. Irwin, with some of the in- stincts of the Maryland Boniface, lin- gered until the florid one hove in view. A billow of profanity came spilling across the landscape and splashed up on the porch where the former visitor and the writer were busy with rods and tackle. “slap on a spinner,” chirped the cheerful one, “any old spinner will do. A kidney spoon, a double or single bass twirler; even a squid on a swivel. I use a pickerel bait as a rule. Throw the three line hook out. Isn’t worth a whoop. Rig a braided or four strand loop ieadered hook about six inches trom! the spoon) see, like claim «etsle made a deft movement and held up the killing center of his effort. “Now get out a six foot double leader and link it firmly to the upper loop of the spoon rig. So. No sinkers; the weight-of the spoon and swivel will take her down. Besides. some of the eddies snake the layout under water like a steel head hitting a brown hackle. There you have it. Death and disaster SPRI2 ED BASS) EN RE SO SOUR MANNA to the striped boys. That line of yours won't do, Bill. Here’s.a reel with the right stuff all loaded. Two hundred yards of it.” From his kit he dragged forth a sturdy multiplier that was keyed up to G-flat and sang like De Reszke. It was literally forced upon me. I couldn’t refuse. “That'll hold ’em for a while anyhow,” he continued while he pieced out a ten ounce split bamboo with top and bottom line guides. “Sure te get a big one to-day, Sport; and there'll be a fight sure. Do you know—” he dropped the tip of his pole on the porch and with a look of mysterious intelligence in his eye concluded, “not over a dozen men on earth have fished for the striped bass in this river since they were discovered here. Why even the lobsters on the other side ot the stream don’t know what we're doing when we get out in the pools. Sure. It’s virgin water and the best of the kind within a hundred miles of New York.” polhien its toube kept a secret,; 1 ventured, fixing my borrowed reel in the socket. | Novin sa million years. Cant be kept a secret. Be all over the country before the season’s over. And it ought to be. I don’t take much stock in the lone fisherman. Spread it, old man. Spread it.” | At that moment the florid person, having exhausted his wrath on Irwin and being altogether sore at the pros- pect of walking back over the same route, came up and sank, puffed out and tired on the grass near by . “Every fisherman on earth is a d—d fool. I want to get down on the rec- _ ord right now as dead against any and all kinds of angling that involve walk- ing. JI can stand trains and buck- boards and even flat bed farm wagons, but this galloping over plowed fields is poor sport.” Irwin snorted with glee and “the man who knew” made some observa- tions about “chumps from town.” Heavy footfalls sounded from with- 161 in the Irwin house and presently three strapping youths came lumbering out of as many doors. Heirs to the old iManstestave. Guides; on the «myer, Boatmen who knew where the striped bass lurk in the shadow of the river boulders. These were the men to con- duct us to the conquest. po VWiellk boys. put im the sire, ex- tracting a cud of long cut from a tin foil package and tucking it into the off side of his face, “git out them boats and git in motion. These gentlemen want some sport and this is the place to, et it: slow bout that bait? Guess it’s fresh all right. I got in six hun- dred yesterday from New York. Git iE (BNO After all is said and done so far as angling is concerned, bait is a matter of no little importance. I hadn’t given the subiect much thought in the pres- ent instance. Somehow or other I had figured out in a vague sort of way that the bait would turn up at the proper time. Had I been alone on the banks of the Susquehanna far away I might have tried every kind of lure but the right one and remained fishless to this day. And this brings me, gentle angler, to the pith and heart of the Susquehanna secret. It’s the greatest in the world. Without it there is no hope of a strike, no, not the remotest chance that the great black and gold eyed prizes will ever so much as sniff the hook. Come nearer, angler folk, and the Sphinx will speak: Use blood worms. The secret is out. Get them from the salt, salt sea. Keep them alive in the fresh kelp that comes and goes with the tide. Never go to the Susquehanna with less than 200) VOuip from \sise to tem on) your hook; leaving a few squirming tails waving off the main line. Bunch ’em up and with a prayer for good luck cast your tackle overboard and put yourself in the hands of the boatman. A thin mist of sun-rise vapor is rising across the overflow through which one must row to reach the pools. 162, How clear the river is! The boatman splashes a rhythm through the eel grass. We are coming to the rocks around which the black water rushes, foams, and curls into deep eddies, melt- ing and remelting into its own boiling embraces. “Throw it out.”” The boatman bends to his oars and the flat bottom craft shoots into the rapturous flood. . The reel whirs as the fingers of the tide snatch the bait and carry it afar. What’s that? It has come and gone, sending a tremor along the silk. “itis the eddy. Wien they strike you'll know it. Give ’em a hundred yards. Whe water is deep mere: lan On to the bie) rock in’ mid siteam: We'll have a-strike in a minute.’ The boatman is both wise and confident. Swiftly the water glides away from our port as the line vibrates under the influence of the spoon. It runs like an electric fam: yen the feel or the Ime is soothing. ‘There is comfort in the very thought of what is to come. Two hundred yards up the river, lord of a separate pool, my friend, whose reel I nursed, was feeling the same emo- tions. In the midst of my reveries I got a message from the deep. The boatman saw the sign that came to the tip of my rod. : “Give it toc himy’ 1 struck him in the thick of the mouth, and felt the cer- tain tug that means so much to he wha holds the rod. Zing. The reel purred a long note and I gave him line. The battle was on in earnest and the game tugged like a bully pup... Omnee “he turned to back rush, but I took in all the line he gave me and fought back. The lesson angered him and with a plunge he fled across tide into shoal and quieter water. Once, twice, three times | brought him to gunwale and then passed him into the net. Three and a half pounds. Game enough, but not large enough. .I took my cue from the boatman, who sneered in dis- gust. “Small fish.” I commented. “Throw him back,” remarked the RECREATION. native. Surely there was something worth while to come, if this fish was frowned upon. Again we returned to the pool, crossing and recrossing in all twelve times. On each trip we found our quarry, taking some and losing some. Wiese fatter! rushed ers tie rocks and three of them took souvenirs in the shape of spoons and _ leaders. There is some wild water in the Sus- quehanna, and some nasty rocks jut from its turbulent bosom. The sixth fish pulled my scales out to the six- pound notch, while the others fell un- der four. My boatman was getting irritated. Agee “Rotten fishing to-day. We get ’em here between fifteen and twenty. Old Flynn, of New York, took one last week that went nearly twenty-four and there’s more here like him. Haul in; we'll shoot the cataract and try the lower pool.” I would have gone any- where with that guide. He seemed to want fish as bad as did his passenger. I reeled -in the squirming bait and trimmed ship. The next instant, with three or four powerful strokes we swung into mid stream and went leap- ing down the channel between jagged ‘rocks, bobbing on the crest of froth mottled riffles and gliding between oily currents that came swelling up under our very keel. The bank of the river hurried past us like a panorama. Be- hind us, up stream, I caught a glimpse of the billiard player standing up and fighting a battle that from its very ac- tivities must have been worth repeat- ing in after years. “Throw it out again.” The boat- man rested on his oars an instant and wiped his perspiring brow. “If we don’t take a whale out of here it’s be- cause we're in the wrong river. It’s deep > ins this; *holes andeaunene cus sandy bottom. Use plenty of line.” Mechanically, I was obeying his in- structions. I must have nearly emp- tied the reel, when he swung the boat around and began pulling slowly up - stream. “Jig her a bit,” said he, making an Siivie oD Dp aAss iN wee SUSOURAAN NA involuntary movement with his hand. It’s so deep here and so hard to pull that the spoon don’t do stunts about half the time.” I “jigged her a bit” and then some- thing struck the full length of my pole. The line twanged like a banjo string. (ite tip of the rod flipped into the stream and out again with a hiss. Se Voune on this time. Give im miore line,’ The boatman in his zeal began to swear in a most immoderate manner; introducing a brand of pro- fanity that would have put my florid friend to shame. But I forgave him evenyanine. | Keep it tight. It) back down stream, and you can nurse him. Holy herring, but it’s a walrus. You'll skin the bunch to-day.” I glanced at my reel and observed to my horror that there wasn’t twenty feet of lime left on the reel. Follow him down,” I exclaimed, in the hope that I could get some fighting tackle on the spool. If he decided to rush me I was gone. Fortune was with me, however, and I coaxed him in slowly Recovering a hundred: feet of line: Then he took it with a plunge and went straight for the bottom, where he did a five minute sulk. I was get- ting discouraged. : “Keep the string on him,” advised the boatman. “He'll be kicking hard ina minute.” As if in response to the prophesy the lord of the depths shook his nose and started in to break rec- ords again. I felt the line rising as the direction of the pull swept upward and to the left. Soon it was straight away from the tip of my steel: rod. Then, about 100 feet away a gleam of striped silver rose from the pool and a shim- mering spray of crystal clouded the center of a commotion that will ever live in mine eye. In another second he arched his thick black spine and plunged into the stream like a mad- dened porpoise, shaking his head in a frenzy born of despair. “He’s hooked hard. Fight him to a finish”” How well that boatman 163 knew. Another rush to the surface, but this time the water only boiled. I took him in a bit that trip and once again caught a glimpse of his wide spread dorsal fin. Another five min- utes went by and the borrowed reel continued to gather its victim. Finally I got him along side and we slid the net under him silently. But he side- stepped it and rushed again. Not so far that trip and it was easier to get him back. Another play with the net and the boatman lifted him clear of the tide into the bottom of the craft. I relaxed a weary arm and planted bot feet on his body while he thrashed himself into exhaustion. lkeok at the index finger oni “the scales. Eighteen and one-half pounds. The Susquehanna had treated me with Southern hospitality. Theysun had reached high in the heavens and the hunger that is born in all men began to declare itself. Re- member we missed breakfast. “Lunch?” I looked at my companion. inquisitively. : “Sire. was its laconic response, and we pulled back to Irwin’s; pulled back with a heart full of pride and a mouth full of boastings. Half an hour later the billiard play- er returned with his fish. Two went into the eight pound column and one hung limp at seven and a half. But what’s the use of describing small fry. The big victory was mine. Yes, we fished some more after lunch. And the florid man went along. He got the fever, too, bringing five good ones back about sunset. After dinner and dark we took the jerk water train back to Perryville, caught a night train and returned to New York. We three gather once in a while at the Nassau street billiard room and get reports from the. Susquehanna de- votees. On these occasions the florid man usually has something to say; something that would lead a stranger to believe that Isaac Walton was his common ancestor. a THE TRAGEDY OF TIGER BY WILLIAM J. LAMPTON. The sparrows residing in City Hall Park, With no sort of rent to pay, Cavorted and tore, And chattered and swore, And scrapped in a desperate way. They grafted the Park in a manner complete, From Beersheba clean to Dan; They laughed at the cops As they loaded their crops, And they feared neither God nor man. They were monarchs of all they surveyed, except Old Tiger, the City Hall cat. Whose greatest delight Was his big appetite For sparrows from feathers to fat. Old Tiger was out for the birds every day And never was quite satisfied Till he went fast asleep, — Curled up in a heap, With a fat little sparrow inside. For years and for years the sparrows essayed Do do up their feline 10E; But the Tiger kept on In the way he had gone And the sparrows had no. sort of show. Till at last by a stroke of straight sparrow luck There entered upon the scene, One Rags, a bull pup, With his visage turned up, And he went for the cat on the green.. 164 The birds were delighted and so was the pup, But Tiger could find no delight In fighting to get The birds that he eat To solace his appetite. He wasn’t a fighter except in defence, But the pup was a gusher galore, And Tiger soon found That his bird hunting ground Was scarcely the same as before. The pup and the cat had many a round, And the sparrows all stood for the pup, Till not long ago The pup had the show And the jig of old Tiger went up. One morning the sparrows descried him dead, And they raised such a din of delight That the cop on the beat Ran, off of his feet To bring the Reserves to the fight. Every sparrow swooped down on Tiger’s remains And they pecked and they clawed at the same So savagely glad That the bull pup grew sad And rebuked them, remarking, “For shame.” But little they recked o’er the ruin he’d wrought, While ripping the dead Tiger up. And sad to relate They propose to create A saint of their friend the bull pup. Solid Comfort in Old Washington. By Stanley H. Hopper. AN ANTELOPE’S BATTLE FOR HER FAWN Reminiscences of an old Plainsman BY HOWARD EATON. The Bad Lands of North Dakota were famous hunting and trapping grounds for many years. When Sitting Bull laid down his ‘arms he asked that he be given a sep- arate reservation for his warriors, pups and pappooses, and that the Bad Lands should be the center of his stamping ground. -Up to the time of the ghost dance excitement, the old chief and a number of bucks, with their families and other live stock, hunted along the Little Missouri river every fall. Nothing escaped when they surrounded a wood or thicket. Anything inch high, or minute old, went in those hunts. Game was plentiful. Buffalo, elk, mule and Virginia deer, mountain sheep, antelope, silvertip and cinna- mon grizzlies, wolves, coyotes, badg- ers, lymxes and cats, otters, prairie dogs, rattlesnakes, sage and pintail erouse, golden and bald eagles, ducks, geese, sandhill cranes, jack rabbits and cottontails, with a few cougars, made up the game list. Now it is composed mostly of stud, draw poker and sevenup. : Indians, coyotes, wolves, rattlers and prairie dogs are always in sea- son; but most of the other game is gone forever. In ’84 a wolverine was killed on the river, but it is the only one I have ever heard of here. The buffalo were wiped out in ’83, al- though one cow was killed in ’84. The elk lasted until ’90. Some mule deer are still in the hills, and more Virginia deer in the bottoms. A few sheep and antelope and still fewer bear are left. In 1899 the Legislature protected sheep and antelope for 5 years, and in 1901 put sheep on the retired list and protected antelope until 1911. If “ifeias 167 that law had been enforced, we should have some game to show in a few years; but between permits to visit the Crows, Cheyennes or Gros Ven- tres, and hunting permits, the Sioux make a clean-up yearly. In ’98 In- dians, mostly Standing Rock Sioux, killed 21 wagon loads of antelope in 3 weeks’ hunting. In ’99 they made a big killing, while in 1900 one party of bucks had 65 antelope in their camp. The region is nearly 200 miles long and 60 wide, so one game war- den can not cover the ground, and as the Indians hunt in bands, it is tough on a lone Christian who tries to stop the deal. After the buffalo were wiped out, antelope in herds of 1,000 to 5,000 covered the range. At Stoneville the price for an antelope saddle with skin attached was 9o cents. In the winter of ’84 and ’85 a Rus- sian count visited the Marquis de Mores. The marquis furnished a hunting outfit complete, and the Rus- sian hired Vic Smith to hunt with him. Vic got the meat to sell and the count got the heads. In a few weeks they killed over 400 antelope. Along in June, ’94, I was out with the men gathering a bunch of horses near Rainy Buttes. Antelope were still plenty, and we saw many does and fawns daily... One evening, shortly before sun- set, | saw a sight never to be forgot- Just from habit I had counted the antelope we had seen that day, and up to about 6 p. m had tallied 28. I was riding with one cowboy, and as we swung over the shoulder of a flat butte we rode into a saucer shaped hollow about 80 yards in di- ameter. I saw antelope number 29 108.) : REGIE ATTON: across the valley, and a little higher up on the butte stood number 30. Just then the latter spread its wings and sailed off—a big old golden eagle. Number 29 was a sure enougl ante- _lope. She stood gazing at us until the eagle sailed near her. Then, to my surprise, she ran at him, jumped high and struck viciously with her foreleg. I had never_seen such.a sight before, so rode toward the spot and watched her chase the eagle as he circled, strik- ing at him whenever he came low. When she struck, the bird sailed high- er and circled, never going far away. It flashed on ime that the eagle wanted fawn for supper. I ran my horse toward the fight, and when 200 yards away a fawn raised His head above the grass. When he saw me he tried to jump up, but floundered so I knew his back was hurt. I was within 50 yards when the eagle made ae last swoop at the fawn, but the brave doe got there first, jumped at him and chased him away. ., The poor little fawn tried hard to get up and run, but his back was hurt too badly. When I picked him up he cried like a baby, the most piteous bleat, and the doe ran to within 20 yards of us. Phe “eagle: heard ‘the fawn cry and sailed within easy shot gun range, but the brave little mother _ chased him again. An antelope fawn has eyes so soft and pitiful that they and that appeal- ing bleat will make a man go hungry a long time before killing one of those prairie babies. I found the claws of the eagle had lacerated the little fellow’s back so wickedly, and especially just over the kidneys, that it would be well nigh impossible to save his life. It was during the hot weather, and the kid being so young and having so little vitality, inflammation would be sure to set in. I therefore adopted the only human remedy and put him out of his misery as quickly as possible. As we rode away the poor old doe followed us nearly to the ranch. Then she stood on a hill until we en- tered the corral © would seladly have restored her young to her, safe and sound if possible, and would have saved her from any such contest with possible enemies in the future if she could have trusted me; but her fear of her ancient enemy, man, was too Siedat to permit =her, to. co ome with us. If some of the 2 legged brutes who are so fond of slaughtering wild ani- mals could have seen that timid, gen- tle mother battle with the eagle in de- fense of her young as we saw it, their hearts would certainly have been soft- ened even though inured to acts of butchery, and thus they might be more temperate in their use of lead when next they started a bunch of antelope. TO PAMLICO SOUND FOR DUCK A Hard Luck Story BY ALEXANDER HUNTER The five great Sounds of North Carolina were apparently at one time a part of the ocean, and it needs but a - small tidal wave to overflow and over- whelm the sand bank that for a hun- dred miles, separates the sea beach from the shore of the Sounds, to make old ocean regain her lost territory. The Currituck, Albemarle, Chowan, and Pamlico Sounds are themselves barred by two swamps from each other, and continuous navigation is only by canals that give access into each, and make uninterrupted, inland navigation for nearly 200 miles. There are many fresh water rivers pouring into these sounds, and scores of small villages and hamlets crown their banks, which, were it not for the outlet to Norfolk, Newberne, and Wil- mington, would perish from simple in- anition; for there is no back-country to support, with its garnered grain, any organized community. All merchan- dise is either the product of ocean or river and such as can be transported by water. Roads, turnpikes or rail- ways are impracticable, for the whole section is but a vast swamp, alternated by soggy bottoms and miry woodland. The chief exports are pine and cypress timber, rafts of which are hauled by steam tugs through the narrow canal and broad sounds to market. Fish is the great staple of trade, as well as oysters and wild fowl; and every na- tive is a fisherman and gunner com- bined. They work in the spring and summer with the net, and in the fall and winter with the gun. They are all splendid shots by inheritance as well as practice, and although the North Carolinians living along the eastern coast are wretchedly poor, their wants are simple and they have no trouble in keeping the household pot boiling all the year round. The - women are very industrious, but the men are constitutionally lazy, and like the Indians, look down upon labor, and permit the squaws to do all the drudg- ery. igher up on the rivers, where the larger farms are, the condition of the people is different; there can be found men of means, who live liberally, and whose hospitality has become widespread. The water of these Sounds is slight- ly brackish; for in the Chowan and Ramilico Poounds @ tere is, aim inlet through which the saline water of the ocean mingles, making a mixture that is neither one thing nor the other ; and where the wild fowl which haunt either the brine or the fresh water, can find suitable food, though the quantity and quality of wild fowl is markedly dif- ferent from that of the sounds, for farther South, the water deepens, and the wild celery grows less. Then, again, where the ocean flavor is strong, this esculent, that the Canvas-back and Redhead are so fond of, is killed | by the saline properties. Several years ago I learned that the Pamlico lighthouse, situated on a large marsh just where the Pamlico river empties into the Sound, was about to be abandoned by the Government, on ACCOUME, On the Gapidly mereasine shoals in its vicinity. Inquiry at the Treasury Department confirmed the truth of the rumor, and I immediately wrote down to the natives of that vi- cinity, asking if the place afforded any sport in the way of wild fowl. In an- swer, supported by the statement of the lighthouse keeper, they assured me the gunning was excellent. So I appeared before the lighthouse board, and made application to have the property turned over to me for a shooting resort; and 169 170 backed by strong naval friends of rank this was done. Making a visit in the summer, I[ found the buildings were built of brick, solid and substantial, the tower large and commodious. I was much pleased with the spot especially as it was al- most inaccessible, for gunners could not get within miles of it. I returned to the city and formed a club of enthusiastic sportsmen, who anticipated royal sport in the coming winter. Never was a party so completely fooled. Four of us opened the cam- paign as soon as the cold weather set in, by starting off with enough ammu- nition and supplies to run a garrison. We had to leave Norfolk in the Newberne steamer and travel 150 miles through the canals and sounds. It was a most tiresome journey. The novelty soon wore off. The boat proceeded at a snail’s pace, often getting aground in the canals, and frequently waited hours for the long rafts of cypress and pine logs, pulled by the sputtering tug, to get by without fouling the wheels. - It took all day and night, and then the steamer hove to within several miles of the spot, and we were rowed ashore. We came near being swamped - a dozen times. The next day was spent in getting our traps ready and stringing our de- coys, and before day the next morn- ing, we were off. About 9 o'clock that reached the lighthouse, tired, mad, broken down, and as utterly disgusted a set of men as ’twere possible to find. A dozen ducks constituted our spoils, and each told the ‘same’ story: No canvas-back, redhead, mallard, spoon- bill, nor anything except a few brant and a straggling black duck. We had a plain talk with the keeper and learned the reason. Right across the Sound some fifteen or twenty miles was a great inlet, called Orinoke, where twice every twenty- four hours the ocean billows swept in night we. ‘delicacy as a Piute Indian. RECREATION. and salted the water brought into the Sound by the Pamlico river, so that it was alternately brackish and _ saline. Not a mild mixture, but decidedly strong. As there were no flats nor banks, of course the brant did not congregate there, and there was noth-. ing for other varieties of wild fowl to feed upon. Another day in the blinds brought forth no better results, and two of our party determined to start for home, and not wait for the steamer Manteo, which passed, outgoing, once a week. The only way to strike civilization again was to get the keeper to take them in a sail boat to Newberne, some sixty miles distant, from whence they could take the cars for the North. It was a long and uncertain trip, and if the wind should change, or a nor’- easter set in, there was no telling when they would arrive; but go, they would, and for a $20 bill the keeper said he would try it. | My comrade, Geo. Randall, after consultation, determined to. remain with me; a conclusion we both bitterly regretted when too late. The following morning dawned clear and fair, with a most favorable breeze, and they started, leaving at the lighthouse, Randall, myself, the keep- er’s wife, a boy about twelve, and Nancy, a buxom damsel from the mainland, who had come over to cook and wait upon us, and run the house. The nearest settlement to the light- house was Goose Creek Island, some ten miles away ; a swampy, piney place that boasted of several hundred na- tives, who lived almost as isolated from the world as the inhabitants of the lone isles scattered about the Pacific ocean. They are a sociable set, as we found to our cost, and with about as much We had come well prepared for the trip. One large box held the ammunition, which we had fondly hoped to use knocking over the wild fowl that imagination pictured in immense flocks. Another hamper contained provisions: meats, LO PPAVLICOR SOUND FOR DUCK 17t canned goods, and groceries, while a ten-gallon keg contained as fine a grade of Malaga wine as was ever fer- mented in the tropics, besides a demi- john of the ardent. Our intention was to stay a month, and we all thought our supplies would be amply sufficient. Had we known the character of the Goose Creek Is- landers, we would have chartered a steamer, armed her with carronades, hoisted the American flag, and treated them as pirates. About two hours after our friends ~ left, we descried a small flotilla of sailing boats making for the island, and Nancy informed us that the na- tives were paying us a sociable visit. We welcomed them at the landing, and Shades of Laveter! what a set. Fully a dozen, each having the same charac- teristics: tall, slab-sided, and bony. There was not enough fat among the whole crowd to make a single rotund man. Their faces were sallow from countless attacks of ague fever, their eyes dull tiem moses lone; their mouths wide with a gutter on either side, worn by the dripping tobacco juice. Their hands were horny and knuckled, and their feet enormous. They were men of few words, and after a grunt and a nod, sank into an impassive silence. An invitation to drink started the whole crowd as if touched by an electric battery. No bar-room hanger-on could advance with such alacrity on an invitation to “walk up and take something.” They literally charged on the house, and each man filled his glass to the brim. Then they coolly hauled in their boats, took down the sails, made themselves at home, and actually remained at the lighthouse two days, eating and drink- ing, in a way I never believed possible for mortal man to do. Camels, it is said, have three stomachs, but these Goose Creek Islanders can stow away more in one stomach; and when it came to filling twelve, our provisions soon melted away. I doubt whether any of them ever had such a long con- tinued feast before. They gulped down oysters by the can, potted meats, sweetmeats, sauces, condensed extracts of beef and mutton, washing it down with copious libations, and in forty- eight hours they had cleaned us out of everything, and only a pile of empty cans and drained kegs were left, which they looked at sullenly, wiped their mouths on the back of their hands, slouched out and silently hoisted sail and departed for their homes, where we devoutly hoped every mother’s son of them might have an attack of cramp colic: George Randall had been a gallant soldier in his teens, in the Black Horse cavalry, and later, a miner in the far West for thirty years; after he had made a fortune he returned to his na- tive State, Virginia, to spend it. He had that wild Western hospitality, which shares his ranch and bottle with his guest. But even he was outraged. - George was not a temperance man, and when he examined the keg and the demijohn and thought of the fu- ture, his composure was greatly ruffled, and he denounced the gang.in terms both loud and eloquent. For several days thereafter, the weather being fine, the boy Gus hoist- ed the sail of his boat and we headed for some prominent point where we would place our decoys and sit in weary vigil over them until night, oc- casionally bringing down a stray black duck or a brant. Only once did I have any kind of sport. Gus and I went off, leaving George at the lighthouse, where, he said, he preferred to brood alone; but in reality, attracted by Nancy’s black eyes and queer vernacu- lar, albeit her ideas were few, and but illy expressed. But, oh, horrors! Nancy played the accordion and sang! The instrument: was an old, battered family heirloom, half of the stops re- fused to sound, and the balance wheez- ed, shrieked and groaned, whistling in such a way as to give a timid man a congestive chill, or a nervous woman convulsions. 172 Nancy had naturally a sweet voice, but her repertoire was limited to a few camp meeting hymns. The worst of it was, the voice was only heard at inter- vals, for the erratic instrument went off by fits and starts, and howled like a demon undergoing torture. As the keeper expressed it, “like it was a goin’ to bust its wind.” George hinted to Nancy that it gave him the nightmare, but Nancy knew nothing of hints, and had often been complimented on her playing, by her rustic beaux, so every evening, after her day’s work was done, and we drew | near the fire, out would come that in- fernal accordion, drowning even the noise of the beating billows outside. As I was saying: Gus and I rowed out in the Sound about ten miles to Porpoise Island, and took position on the extreme end, and surely Nature intended this very spot for a blind, for the island tapered off to an acute point which ran far into the Sound. On the end was a clump of grass that served perfectly to conceal the gunner. Our decoys, some 200 in number, made a gallant show. Out in the Sound were scattered duck, but no flocks. Taking position, I directed Gus to conceal the large boat higher up, and to take the light skiff that we had brought in tow, and make a wide detour and slowly drive them toward the point. begged me to loan him one of my guns, as he said, “to get shut of the crip- ples.” I promptly declined, knowing that if Gus had anything that cculd shoot, he would chase every duck away, within twenty miles of the Sound. : His face fell, but he departed on his errand, and soon a light breeze sprung up, and I sat and watched the decoys. They were beauties, made at Havre de Grace, Md., and most of them were new. I had placed them to ride free- ly without coming in contact with each other, and each duck breasted the ripples like a veritable thing of life. Half an hour passed and I was get- ting tired of doing nothing, when two Gus -- Tes C hes nia pintails came paddling up to the de- coys. I knocked them both over, but as the water was five feet deep I could do nothing but wait for Gus with the skitf. I could see him about a mile distant, lying flat in the boat, and using the creeping paddles as I had instruct- ed him. There were many scattered ducks heading for the point; they came up fearlessly, and I scored two more. I could see that they had never been shot at, for they had advanced straight as an arrow, when disturbed in their feeding. Again and again, little groups of two to a half dozen swam fearlessly up to the decoys, and in all my experi- ence, I never saw the like, or had such poor sport in wild fowl shooting. After a dozen shots the sporting fever leit me entirely, tor im mo 11, stance did the ducks fly; they simply swam up and were shot down. There was about as much exhilaration in it as in sitting on the granary steps and knocking over farm yard fowls as they scratched for food in the ground. I soon wearied of it; and amused myself with trying the distance at which I could kill them with double BB. ~ I made some long distance shots, and only wished that I had brought my Winchester along, for it would have been splendid practice. It was now well past noon, and the shooting was over for the day, and probably for some time; for these Pamlico Sound ducks seemed to have ~ an invincible dislike to flying, and most likely few remained in one locality. I signaled Gus to return, and getting into the skiff, we picked up the game. The birds were nearly all in the same spot where they were when shot, for there are no tides in the Sound, and no perceptible current. Gus was made happy by my placing him in the front séat and giving him . my light No. 10 to shoot the cripples, of which there were several, and he was so excited that he fired standing several times, and came within an ace of overturning the boat. It reminded LO BAMEICO, SOUND FOR DUCK. me of a tale Charles Hallock used to tell, of old man Beasley, who lived on the Rappahannock near Port Royal, Va. He was over seventy, but still handled his gun well. Whenever the ducks arrived, he would take to his boat and get an old darkey to push him. He had a singular trick of throwing his body forward just as he pulled the trigger, so as to neutralize the shock of the gun, for he was exceed- ingly thin and spare. One day he saw a big flock Bf mal- lards feeding. He put an extra heavy ~ load in his muzzle ioader, and taking his seat in the bow of the boat was silently propelled toward them. When within about sixty yards, the old man rose to his feet, cocked both barrels. took aim at the ducks and just as he pulled the trigger, remembering the heavy load, he gave his body an extra heavy lurch forward to meet the re- bound of the gun. Now the old man was in such haste that he forgot to put caps on his gun; as he pulled the trig- ger both hammers clicked, and there Eeing no recoil to counterbalance the impetus, he went head over heels into the freezine water and was nearly drowned before he could be hauled out. The fine weather which had greeted cur approach now changed, and old Boreas awakening in his cave, let loose all the winds that blow. A veritable ' tempest raged, and the booming of the billows as they struck the ocean shore, though several miles distant, were dis- tinctly audible when the careening winds sank in momentary silence. At times, such was the fury of the blast that came sweeping unchecked over thousands of miles of open water, that we dared not open the door for fear cf being blown bodily away. Great billows from the Atlantic, overlapping each other, came on in serried lines like a great cavalry charge, and the waves soon covered our low-lying island. The salt rollers swept and swirled around our dwelling, and every now and then the froth and spume would be driven 173 through the cracks of the door and casements. We did not feel alarmed, for the dwelling was of brick with unusually thick walls, which we felt sure could withstand any force from the wind and waves. Had the dwelling been of wood, it would have been a different matter; but as the house would shake from the buffets of the wind surges, it was no sedative to the nerves to know that we were cooped up in a building surrounded by raging waters. It is true there were two or three boats riding at anchor, but to have attempt- ed to get off in them in such a howling storm, would have been suicide. So. we sat glum and silent. Nancy grew miontened) | tien == lystertcal, | and brought forth her accordion, and after a prelude, she commenced to sing a hymn; and sang it in such a way, and sent forth such blood-curdling sounds from her musical utensil, as to chill us to the marrow of our bones. As Nancy became more impassioned and unearthly, the wife of our host who was in the next room began to wail. - Gus, as brave a boy as ever lived, sniv- elled in sympathy, and his dog (Gus called him dawg) came out from a dark corner, gave a yelp or two, show- ing that he was rising to the occasion, then returned and relieved his feelings by growling to himself. The fiercer the storm roared without, the higher the din waxed within; Nancy seemed inspired, and was a Sunday school, choir and camp meeting all in one; with her eyes set in an ecstatic stare, as if she already beheld the portals of the blest, she sang those hymns in a way little dreamed of by the author, and the accordion, never since it was glued together, had it been put to such a strain; it seemed to have caught the contagion and become possessed. It was a fair fight: the chrieking winds and the thundering billows on the one side, with Nancy and the accordion on the other—the blare, the clatter, the uproar, was something appalling. George, who had learned profanity in 174 _ the mining camps of the fat West, put his mouth close to my ear and yelled: “General Sherman said war was hell, what would he have said if he was here?” Amidst all the tumult of the elements, it is but fair to say that the accordion took the sweepstakes. From the inner bowels of that wonderful! in- strument there came such discordant tones as rarely ever split the circum- ambient air. The thing by turns bel- lowed, screamed, howled and groaned, and when Nancy put on extra power, it combined all the sounds at once; and then there was an infernal discord in- deed. But even this was preferable to the tremolo that ran from a cavernous grumble to a paralyzing shriek which would end in a wail so startling that even Gus lost his nerve and dived un- der the bed, while the dog scratched frantically at the door in his efforts to get outside. George looked as if he longed for death. Nancy’s arms were working like a wood sawyer’s, and the wrapt look in her eyes showed that she was under the divine spirit and saw visions. If this thing had kept up much long- er we would all have been either raving maniacs or gibbering idiots, when all at once with an awful roar, it bursted its insides, and the only answer to Nancy’s convulsive workings was a swish of wind. Nancy stopped sud- RECICE ATION, denly in the midst of her hymns. The woman inside ceased her moaning, the dawg wagged his tail once more, Gus crawled from under the bed, the wind outside slackened, the waters subsided, and George and I shook hands solemn- ly. There was a doubt in both our minds as to which emotion was strong- er: joy, because the long drawn-out agony of that infernal accordion was hushed forever, or relief, from having been delivered from sudden death. There was no doubt as to the state of Nancy’s feelings; she might have felt grateful because she was not drowned, but grief, genuine unadulterated grief, over the wrecking of the family heir- loom was all absorbing; she gave way to a fresh burst of tears every time her eyes fell on the nurtured, bursted instrument. “What will the folks at home say,’ she moaned. “We can’t sing hymns without the ’cordion.” Gus cheered her a little by remark- ing that he knew a blacksmith who could patch up her innards. ahe next day. a nevemle cutter steamed up to the island and we were courteously invited by the captain to take pasage to Norfolk—we jumped at the chance, and as we steamed away the last sight we beheld was Nancy on ' the top of the tower, like Black-eyed Susan, waving her handkerchief to the - vanishing craft. WHERE JOY RETURNS BY IRENE POMEROY SHIELDS. Just under the white birch trees, Close to a sentinel pine; On the bank of a lake my tent is set And the joy of life is mine. Morning dew and evening breeze, Starlight, shade and shine; Song of bird and hum of bees, Tangle of shrub and vine; Wandering wind and washing wave, - Whisper of birch and pine; Rustling leaf and flashing wing, And Nature’s hand in mine. A KINDLY REMINISCENCE BY DUDLEY RUSHTON. _ iL kin recollect the time When the brook wuz chuckling low, The casts I made, the fish I caught, With a gal of long ago. RAINDROPS By Agnes Lockhart Hughes Knocking against my window pane— Fell the drip-drip of the silver rain— Like tears by an angel wept. When a teasing wind came rollicking by— And the raindrops fled with a farewell sigh— But one in a rosebud crept. It lay like a gem on her heart of gold, And hearkened the tales that her lover bold— Breathed to this blushing flowey, _ Then a sunbeam sped from his home on high—- And carried the raindrop up to the sky— Where he wooed her for one short hour. Silent—queen night, came creeping down, In search of a pearl for her jeweled crown, And she leaned o'er the sunset s bar. There in a sea of amethyst, She found the tear that the sunbeam xissed And fashioned it into a star, A glittering silver star. ~ 176 A MIDSUMMER MISADVENTURE BY MRS. JOS. 5S. GIBBS. We went for our summer outing, my husband and I. We wanted to “rough it. We roughed it.’ We wanted a Menmexpemence. VVe OL it Some one whispered “Canada, Muskoka’ Lakes district.”’ We wouldn't let them finish the whisper. That sounded so easy, sO rough, so experimental. Besides we were too superior to listen _to advice, or need it. On our knowledge we decided not to carry any camping outfit, for in the wilds of Canada we could surely find all the necessities, nay, even the luxuries of life. As the hunting season does not hap- pen to begin the latter part of July, and we were taking our outing at that time, we foolishly, but as it afterwards turned out, fortunately, selected five guns from my husband’s rack, and secured enough ammunition to blow up the entire Russian fleet. We really did have sense enough to take fishing tackle, particularly fancy bait, although we afterwards found that Canadian hichiate mot epicures,, but, like. the woodsman, prefer the daintier diet of salt pork. I mustn’t forget the soap. We took enough to start a laundry for the woodchopper and Indian guide to appear in fine linen all the year round. lo add to oun excess bagezave, imy husband insisted on taking a flatiron, weight nine pounds. What for? To help with the laundry, I imagine. All this, and no camping outfit? Such is the conceit of superior minds. So the three of us—please remem- ber that Mac, our English setter, is one of the family and always goes with us—started for our destination ; just where that was we didn’t know. Nothing of importance happened until we found ourselves at the end of the Grand Trunk Railroad, and on the Muskoka wharf. It was then we de- cided to board the boat and go to the 177 most northern point of the most north- ern lake, to the end of the route, in fact. I cannot describe that trip on the lakes. You'll have to go there your- self to see, to dream, to drink it all in. Islands, water, richest foliage, blue sky and beauty everywhere. Poetry seemed all around us; the peace and quiet was only broken by the songs of the water and the music of the trees. But I was destined to take one fall from the sublime to the ridiculous, which so often happens in our little lives, for a sailor disturbed my con- fene within ielease, Nitin. and) yout dorg have set in the red paint.” Sure enough, poor Mac, in the desolation of the “hold” had transformed him- self from English to Irish setter, from the waist down, if a dog can be said to possess such a proportion. Gradually twilight stole upon -us and the sun dropped to sleep as the ereat summer moon arose about us. Little by little as the merry, noisy va- cation-seekers left the boat at the dif- ferent landings, the glory and peace of the night increased and intensified. But the journey had to come to an end, and at half after nine we landed. There is only one hotel at Port Cock- burn, and we were indeed fortunate to iad a yacant room, tle last) in the house. And how we slept! The next morning we began ener- getically to look for a guide and a camping: outfit. Neither were forth- coming. We begged, implored, grov- elled. We were answered by a ques- tion, “Why hadn’t we brought an out- fit?’ Answer, “Because, having a com- plete one, we had, with the wisdom of thoughtfulness, carefully packed it away in storage.” Still another em- barrassing question, “Why hadn’t we written and engaged a guide?’ We refused to answer questions. 178 But the proprietor of the hotel had a tender heart and, finally, pitying us in our childishmess “as fem tlic States,” kindly offered to lend a tent. It eventually proved to be spacious and leaky. We had progressed so far and sat down to patiently await the coming of a guide. It was not hard to wait. Wiauth boat- ing, walking, and fishing, the time can’t hang very heavily on one. About the third morning there, four of us started to walk to Clear Lake, a distance of about a mile through the dense woods; great ferns growing as. high as your waist and above; rasp- berries, juicy and luscious, just beg- ging to be picked and eaten. “We followed what we took to be merely a trail—it turned out to be a government road. Mile after mile with no break in the woods. No Clear Lake. At last we realized that we had lost our way. Midday was a thing of the past. Mac looked hollow. We felt as he looked. Still we walked on. Good nature and a sense of experience kept us go- ing. At last, about three in the after- noon, we saw a clearing ahead of us. Columbus never felt more thankful. Our spirits revived and we hurried on to sink down, thirsty, worn out and hungry, in the soft grass before the door of a simple, humble cabin. But the beauty and the pathos in that little home! A quaint old woman greeted us. She was bent with years and work, but the spirit of the old-time courtesy remained, and there was a kind word for each of us and a hearty welcome. As she afterwards told us, they seldom saw “folks” more than four or five times a year. She and her aged hus- band had lived there for thirty-five years and had seldom been out of the clearing. One room downstairs and a half room above, it reminded one of a doll’s house; no plaster, no laths; just the plain board walls covered with newspapers and hung with a few col- ored prints, cut from ancient maga- On we walked. RECREATION zines that had found their way to the little old couple after months of vari- ous travel. Everything was immacu- lately clean and we were graciously welcomed in that one little room where we ate, as_ for one, have never eaten before or since, good old-fashioned bread and milk. When we had finished we wandered out of doors again and laid on the erass, surrounded by cultivated wild flowers and currant bushes. Every- thing was ours while we'd stay. Our host sat before us and told us of his lite, Tle ididnt fish and he haduta gun. Oh! no! he couldn’t bear to see the poor happy wild things die. The fish owned his lake at the foot of the garden and the deer were his friends and companions, and the only living things they saw during the winter, when many times they were snowed in for months.at a time. Besides, had we forgotten? They were God’s crea- tures. As if in answer to his plea, out of the woods at that moment there darted a fawn, with absolute confidence as to its reception. It stopped short at sight of the strangers, however, and viewed us with great, pleading eyes, and then as quickly turned and, quivering with fright, hurried back to the kindly shel- ter of the trees. We were silent for some time: it seemed as if Nature was asserting her- self in this simple old man and his wild friends. But we couldn’t stay there always, we must be going; but how could we ever leave? We felt we could never walk back over all those miles. My husband stretched himself and leit us with tne assuramee taats we would hunt up a four-in-hand at least. He must have walked some three ad- ditional miles in so doing, but his ef- forts were at last rewarded and, late in the afternoon, we, who were pa- tiently waiting, heard a rumbling, a fearful racket, and then his shout. Another moment and we beheld our chariot. A MIDSUMMER Deseniption tails) mes ) The four wheels were fairly well matched, though all the spokes were more or less distant cousins. On top of the four wheels there swayed what had once been a wagon box; its own moth- er wouldn’t have recognized it now. A two-year-old colt and an old brown. mare: were tied to the front. I cant say harnessed, as the original leather work was lost in a maze of buckles, ropes and strings. One thing our coach sadly lacked—springs. ‘There was a ‘bit of hay in the fore of the rigging, and we of the female persuasion were packed carefully in. Mac, ever a la- dies’ man, crowded in between us. The masculine portion sat as best they might on the beams behind, the re- mains of the one-time floor of the box, amd let tet feet danole none too gracefully through the openings. We said good-bye to our old friends, taking as a parting gift, a small bou- quet of flowers tied with a bit of red worsted. We started. Have you ever driven over a “corduroy road?’ Have you felt each log independently as you struck it—felt it intimately and per- sonally? Have you been driven by a genuine native—one of the kind with whiskers before and behind, so you couldn’t tell whether he was coming or going? But I want to say right here that the native could drive. Over ditches and down rocks, around cor- ners and through ruts. I doubt if an expert driver of civilization would at- tempt, or even dare attempt, that road back to the hotel. Within a couple of days a guide turned up and then began an expert- ence I would not have missed, so full was it of amusement, happiness and danger. My one regret is that we had broken our camera on the way up and so lost many, to us at least, valuable pictures. We drove to a place called “Part- ridge Point.” An ideal spot. It was a bit of peninsula, with one wagon road, a narrow river before us MISADVENTURE 7L79 and a beautiful lake on either side. We were eight miles by road from our nearest neighbor, and three miles across the lakes with a mile to walk on landing. Beautiful trees grew all around us, young saplings, ferns and berries on all sides. There were no snakes and I could wander about in comfort. Here we pitched camp and while my husband and George, our guide, were busy building our domi- cile, and trimming the grass around us, Sandy, our coachman, Mac and I drove sixteen more miles for provi- sions. We came at last to a general store. After ordering a wagon-load of eat- ables, the storekeeper refused to sell, the day being Sunday; but he’d fill our order and I could send the money Over any time it was convenient. Oh! no! ’twas not that he trusted us, but he knew we had no way to escape without paying. It was dusk when we returned and I found two very hungry men. Our big tent was up and George’s smaller one in progress of erection. On one side was our stove and stone fireplace, a clothesline and table, our dining- room and kitchen combined, under the great pines. Inside the tent stood four posts, forked like sling-shots, through the forks of which were laid poles, and across the poles were green boards, split on the spot by our guide. They constituted our springs. Great arm- fuls of hay made a mattress, heavy blankets were the bedding, and boat cushions the pillows. It was now my turn to add my part and while the sup- per was cooking, I spread a pink mos- quito netting over the four posts, hung a mirror on a tent pole, covered the pillows with unbleached muslin, turned a box sideways, the top to serve as a dresser and the inside as a medicine chest. On our steamer trunk I placed books, magazines, a case of ammuni- tion and—a box of candy. In the cor- ner I stacked our guns and hung coats. hats and raincoats on scattered nails. Then we sat down in our wooded din- 180 ing-room and ate salt pork, brown bread and weak coffee with a gusto. Then to bed. And how we slept that night, regardless of a rainstorm and a leaky tent! “My poor bones did ache in the morning, though, for I’m not accustomed to board springs. What a merry two weeks! Deli- cious fish from the lakeside river, fresh berries every meal, a dip in the cool water at twilight, on a sanded bottom that didn’t hurt one’s feet. It was in this retreat that I learned to shoot—at target or pieces of wood which our guide spent hours tossing into the air for me, my imagination turning them into real game. Then I grew bolder and aimed at a few spar- rows, a chipmunk or a squirrel. Mac is so partial to a broiled squirrel. Such covies of birds as we saw! Would that it had been the season! We were always coming upon them during our strolls through the woods. But we also had our adventures. It was a cloudy night and I was restless at the sultriness of the weath- er I just couldnad sleep. So) miliout disturbing my better half, I crept out of the tent and wandered about in the sweet-smelling fern. I had no fear. We were so far from civilization. As I looked towards George’s tent, where our supplies were kept, I saw | what appeared to be two small lights. lsat on the: rock mean the tent and! fell to wondering why George was sleep- ing outside, and if he was, why had he lit his lantern and left it there among the ferns, for so it looked. The lights fascinated me and I found my vision held fast. Presently the lights began to move. Why didn’t George speak if he was awake, for he could surely see me? It was all too uncanny. Then silently and slowly the lights moved forward! I could stand it no longer and hurriedly slipped in beside my husband. Directly I heard footsteps about the tent. I felt‘I° must scream. Instead I did the next best thing; I called out, “George!’ No answer. Again; still silence. My husband RECREATION awoke. He listened and he heard. Seizing the rifle that lay at hand at the head of the bed, he called to Mac, but Mac is a bird dog, and only whined and slunk nearer to the bed. So my husband stepped out alone. A mo- ment of suspense and terror! Then bang! bang! bang! from the rifle! George was with him in an instant. I heard the breaking of the tall under- brush and the word “bear, 2 was alive at once and frantically called to them not to go needlessly into the thicket, where they would be at a dis- advantage; a few more shots and then they listened to me and returned. We listened but silence had fallen once more. In the morning they beat the underbrush and followed the foot- prints. Some hundred rods away from camp they found my lantern and a huge, gaunt black bear. There hangs his skin now. Need I say that I took no more nocturnal strolls ? Our vacation was at an end, On Monday we were to break camp. Sun- day night one of George’s heirs brought word that his ‘“Missis” was very ill. Wiallingly we supplied them with whiskey, quinine and Jamaica ginger, and sent father and son home, a distance of six or eight miles. George gave us his word to be in camp by five the next morning to pack us up and off, as our chariot would arrive at nine. _ We were satisfied, and so he left us. We anticipated a night alone in camp, just my husband, Mac and my- self. | It was a perfect night. The moon- light reflected every fern on the walls of our tent with exquisite tracery. We retired at about ten, happy in our quaint loneliness. I’ve always vowed that although -I am the only. daughter of an only daughter, there must have been a mis- take and that I was intended really to be the seventh son of a seventh son. My protector was asleep almost as soon as his head struck the pillow, but A MIDSUMMER MISADVENTURE I laid awake with that awful feeling of impending danger, growing more and more intense every moment. Final- ly the suspense overcame me. My voice was gone and in a strangled whisper I awoke my husband. “Some- thing is moving outside, maybe an- other bear.”’ to relieve my fears he crawled out, took up the gun and stepped to the door. I saw his figure straighten up on the instant and his voice rang out in the night: “Go away and don’t come back or you may get hurt.” The gun was cocked and ready for use, for there in the moonlight, not twenty yards away, stood two Indians. Sto- lidly, without a word, they turned and left us, as we too well knew, only tem- porarily. There was no more sleep for us that night. We were dressed in short or- der and waiting. For what? Why had they come? Not to scalp us, that was sure, for the days of the toma- hawk and Indian warfare are over. Then the truth flashed through our minds. They had learned in some way that our guide had left us; likewise they knew that we had guns and am- munition; they had come to steal. That was their object. It would be easy to Overpower one man and frighten one poor woman. No one would ever know who had done it, and by morn- ing their canoes would have taken them far away. A thousand other thoughts flashed tines “my mind, Ie watched the walls of our tent and thanked my Cre- ator that it was moonlight and all ob- jects were as shadow pictures on the canvas. For in my mind I had visions of those two Indians crawling, one on either side of the tent, and as one would surprise my husband, who would turn to the attack, the other would seize him from behind. Silently we sat in the doorway and watched. My husband with his shot- eun loaded, and I directly behind him with the rifle ready for him on the in- stant, the box of ammunition beside He was very sleepy but | ISI me for reloading, and the three other guns all ready for active duty. An hour or so passed. The dread- ful quiet continued. And then di- GeculyDerOre Us peerine trom. the thicket, I saw. that hideous face and those two eyes. I bit my tongue to keep from hysterically screaming and touched my husband’s arm and point- e@d. He raised the gun and fired, above that evil face. The head disappeared. He took the rifle and fired three times ino, tie air I relcaded. And again we waited. Again, silence. I began to hate the moonlight and its tedious monotony. In the distance a loon cried out and a lonely hoot ow! wailed in reply near by. Every moment seemed an hour. Finally I stood upon a chair and peeted out into the fern around us. Thank God I did. For there in the deep brush—oh! blessed moonlight !— crawled two human fiends. Between the teeth of the foremost one I saw the elitter of a knite: Oni they came; silently, stealthily, sneaking in the grass. I was frozen, paralyzed with fright. But with a. mighty effort I pointed. My husband jumped to the chair beside me. He, too, saw. Like a bugle his voice rang out: “I don’t want to kill you, but ’'m going to hurt you.” He had the shotgun. Report after report rang out from the Win- chester. I saw the leader drop his knife and quickly turn and drop on his stomach. It seemed as if I was in the midst of battle. There we stood alone, my husband firing into space. Our enemy had disappeared. Then of a sudden we heard the soft paddle of an oar as a boat left the shore. Softer grew the sound, and we looked at each other for the first time. Had they left? The question went unan- SWeted. VWVea Were altaid tO. Stop watching. I lit a match and looked at my watch. Three o’clock only. Would the night never end? Then through the silent air came a sound that to my dying day I’ll never T&2 forget. To-night I can hear it as it echoed across those lakes. Instinc- tively I reached up and kissed my hus- band. The days of Indian warfare are over indeed, but the savage still re- members his battle-cry; so shrill, pierc- ing, uncanny. I can never get it out of my mind. We felt that they had gone only to return with their friends. We knew now we were powerless. They had been angered. They could kill us in that lonely spot and no one be the wiser as to the murderers. An- other awful yell! Then the silence of the grave. And I knew no more. When I came to, after what seemed to my poor husband an endless uncon- sciousness, the moon was setting and the sun was rising; and earlier much than we expected him, George *was coming towards us. The night was over and we were alive. When it was sufficiently light and I was sufficiently strong, we began our hunt. Here at hand is a common hunt- ing knife which the Indian had dropped. lit, lesen our desk. | \We tracked them to the landing. There we found blood. Some of our ammu- RECREATION nition had done the work, and we had indeed hurt one at least. We hastily broke camp and as soon as our chariot arrived, loaded and hur- ried to the Port. There we learned that two Indians and their squaws were camping on a small island in one of the lakes, but that so far only chickens and vege- tables had been missed. A party start- ed for the island at once. They found the remains of a hastily broken camp, an Indian fire, and every token of a hurried departure. That was why they had not returned. One had evidently been wounded and they preferred not to take chances by returning, but to escape and put considerable water be- tween themselves, the law, and us be- fore morning. That was the last we heard of them, for we left by the afternoon boat, to the land of electric lights, crowded thoroughfares and policemen. It was a most adventuresome vaca- tion. Of pleasures manifold, of expe- riences—thank you, enough. Yet, now that it is over and we are alive to tell the tale, I wouldn’t have missed it for all the Newports or Bar Harbors of the world, even if they are replete with safety and comforts. A LESSON BY IRENE POMEROY SHIELDS. I have drank of Marah’s draft Plucked the Dead Sea fruit for food, Now the wine of life is at my lips, I find it exceeding good. Sleepless nights and toilsome days, Strifes that sear and burr, Ceaseless cares and endless fret, Worries at every turn. Gone like mist or morning dew, While I from Nature learn, Lessons deep and grandly true, The simplest may discern. ee One of the “Inky Boys.” By Emma L. Williams. , SHORT VACATIONS AFOOT BY CHARLES FRANCIS SAUNDERS. In spite of the inventions of the age, walking still remains, on the whole, the best means of transporta- tion to Nature's heart. - There is no forest glen so remote, no mountain top so rugged, but the human foot may persist in the quest of it long after steam or electricity, the bicycle or the horse, has had to succumb. Further- more, to the foot traveler, many a cot- tage door opens that is shut to those who go more pretentiously, and so he has an advantage in the opportunity to learn at humble firesides and at rus- tic doorsteps, many a bit of local plant lore that the writers of books have never recorded. Indeed, so whole- some a recreation is walking and so close does it bring one to the soil and its tillers, that we of America might advantageously imitate the wander- jahr of the old time German youth, who, his schooling done, was sent out from the home roof to travel afoot for a twelve-month for the educational profit to be so reaped. Better still, it we were to devote a week or two every year to such a return to Nature, walking each day along ways before untrodden by us, and lying each night under a different roof, learning direct- ly from Nature’s lips lessons which books can never teach us. To be sute; the deeree of insiitic. tiveness. and enjoyment of such an outing depends much upon one’s per- sonal temperament. To gain the most from walking, one needs to be a lover of the quiet life, for like fshinee it is, after all, a recreation for the con- templative. It calls emphatically for that simplicity of mind which includes the ability to enjoy the day of small things. Its devotee finds a keen zest in the quaint talk of the roadside chance acquaintance, im “every lbtle happening by the way, in all natural sights and sounds and smells. He loves the fragrance of the new-mown 184 hay, and the shuttle-like music of the mowing machine at work; the melody of the rippling runs, and the feel of the wind blowing upon his cheek. He delights in the sight of the sunlight as it sifts downward through the lay- ered branches of the hemlocks, and in the shadows as they rest for a mo- ment in the lap of the hulls or drift across some upland meadow where the red lilies dot the tall ‘eracs such things have the power to lift him for the time out of a world where the al- mighty dollar reigns, into God’s world where the coin of the spirit is current. Such knowledge as the present writer has of plant life, has largely been obtained from devoting for a series of years his annual summer va- cation of two weeks to rural pedes- trian tips. proceedine py Talli to ea suitable starting point and returning by rail from the walk’s end. No one who has not tried it, can imagine the rare delight of day after day devoted without hurry to the study of the wild flowers as they grow —of exploring ravine or wood, bog or meadow, as fancy dictates, renewing old acquaint- ances year after year and ever making new ones. - The observation of plants with re- spect to their environment is an espe- cially charming branch of nature study, and these vacations afoot offer peculiar opportunities for its pursuit. From even the commonest plants there is much to be learned; for instance, the sort of insect company they keep and the way in which they receive their guests; their behavior under varying atmospheric conditions. as sunlight and shadow, or at the differ- ent times of the day, as in the early . morning and at nightfall; their meth- ods of bearing seed and how these are distributed. Many a bit of knowl- edge under these and kindred heads is revealed to the watchful observer as SHORT VACATIONS AFOOT 185, he passes among the flowers in their native haunts, or’ sits among them while he rests or eats his luncheon. Indeed, it is a frequent fault with novices in plant study to ignore the commoner plants and continually hunt after rarities, but the veteran comes increasingly to respect even the weeds of his yard, for he realizes as did the poet of the familiar “flower in the *crannied: walljy that) they, may hola secrets never yet guessed by science. Then, too, the knowledge of the popu- lar names applied to plants in our country is still very meagre. The col- lection of these names with their rea- sons for being is a fascinating branch of folk-lore, and can be most conve- niently done by the man afoot, as he chats across the fence with some rus- tic herbalist, or is given a lift by some old-fashioned country doctor on his leisurely round in his gig. The best season for these trips in the Eastern States is, perhaps, early summer. Then the weather is apt to be settled, the verdure is still unaf- fected by the heat and drought that come with midsummer, and the days are the longest of the year. As for the region to walk in, one can scarcely do better than the mountains. There the air has a certain bracing quality that enables one to walk much further without fatigue than in the lowlands; and the flora, including as it generally does denizens of woodlands, bogs and glades, is varied and likely to be rich not only in everyday plants, but in un- usual forms also. In selecting your mountains, however, you will do well to avoid as much as possible mining regions and those which the lumber- men have stripped. Such places are usually bare of interesting vegetation and their desolation cannot but affect your spirits, though a glimpse of them may be of value in the lessons which are so conveyed. Having decided upon the scene of your outing, you will find it an advan- tage to buy a pocket map covering the region chosen, and from it plan the route for each day of your vacation. This will provide your walk with sys- tem, which will save you perhaps much aimless wandering. It is advis- able to plan the route in such a way that each night finds you at a village or town where you can lodge at a public house ) Putte up at farm houses wherever night may overtake you, sounds well in theory, but is open to the disadvantage that not every farmer wants to care for travelers and some that entertain you are disin- clined to take payment for the accom- modation. Either of these cases is un- comfortable. Of course, one.may not be able to reach a hotel every night in sparsely settled regions, as in the Southern Alleghanies, where one may travel a hundred miles and never see a tavern. In such districts, however, there are always people who make a practice of entertaining travelers for a small charge. A prime factor in your enjoyment will be a minimum of baggage. There- fore, it is well to carry with you noth- ing heavier than a light gripsack. In this may be packed necessary toilet articles, slippers, a pair of socks (in case of wet feet) and a gossamer wa- terproot for ram. Your manual of botany may be put in there, too, if it does not fit your coat pocket. A lar- ger satchel containing such other arti- cles as you may desire, can be sent a day or two ahead of you by express, and re-expressed from point to point, unless your walk is entirely remote from railroads, in which case the coun- try stage will perform the service. As these hints are not for the professional collector of plants, your plant press may be left at home: but a small tin box that may be carried in the pocket will be useful for the temporary stor- ing of specimens that have _ baffled your first efforts to identify, and which you wish to work out later. The expense of foot travel in the mountains is never high, unless you follow fashionable routes in the sum- mer hotel districts of such regions as the White Mountains or the Catskills. Even there, however, modest stopping | 186 | RECREATION. places at reasonable rates are to be found. The cheapest country I ever visited, was at the same time the rich- est in floral interest, namely, Western North Carolina. There, from thirty to fifty cents will pay for a supper, lodging and breakfast, and as much buttermilk as one can drink at noon may be had for the asking at almost any cabin. That low rate, however, is exceptional. A dollar a day is the rule in unpreten- tious mountain districts, but as your lodging will sometimes be in the small towns where there are better houses, it is well to count on a daily average of at least a dollar and a half. It will save you some annoyance if you will carry plenty of small change, as it is A Little More Time? possible to embarrass a whole town- ship by tendering a five dollar note to be broken. Conspicuous styles of dress, such as golf suits and pedestrian outfits evolved from the fertile brain of some city tailor, are best avoided in back- woods rambles, if you want the peo- ple to teceive you om equals terms: That they shall so receive you is to contribute no small part to the value of these outings; for so do we gain in sympathy and respect for our fellow countrymen the lines of whose lives are cast in out of the way corners of the land and whose loyalty and pa- tience and thrift are sinews in the na- tion’s greatness. sam SaN She an le, wl aaepinay pO Pe Dem. fae CRUISE OF fHE «HOBO | The story of two Americans who made a seven hundred mile cruise in a sixteen foot canoe on the St. Lawrence. Two months of sight-seeing and pleasure at a cost of $50 apiece. First of a series of educational articles for RECREATION readers BY. C. HAMIETON,. With photographs by the writer All through the spring and early sum- mer, Brooks and I had been planning this trip, and now, every obstacle surmounted, we were actually at our starting point, Bur- lington, Vermont. On our arrival, August 2d, from New York, we found the canoe, dunnage, and box of provisions awaiting us in the freight house. After transferring our supplies to the club house of the “Lake Champlain Club,” where the manager made us wel- come and extended to us the freedom of the club, we repaired to the hotel for our last night of civilization for many weeks to come. In preparing for a previous trip, I had been greatly helped in making up my outfit by reading various accounts of experienced campers. While not agreeing wholly with any one of them, in almost every case I got new ideas. For the benefit of the un- initiated, I give a list of our general out- fit and personal belongings : A sixteen-foot canvas-covered canoe. Two maple paddles, 5-3 and 5-6. Lateen sail; area 23 feet. A tent 74x7%, with heavy rope ridge. This tent could be stretched between two trees, making poles unnecessary. Two folding camp Soe Wee a 12 lbs. Two blankets each. Two dunnage bags. One nest cooking utensils, as follows: Two kettles. One frying-pan. One coffee-pot. Two plates. Two soup bowls. Two knives. Two forks. Two dessert spoons. Two teaspoons. Two cups. — These all fitted into the larger kettle and this into a neat canvas bag. One dozen small food bags, flour, pork, etc. One large bag to contain the smaller ones. One axe. Gun. Fishing tackle. One large rubber blanket. for meal, 187 CLOTHING. Two sets of medium-weight woolen un- derwear. Three pairs woolen socks. One pair sneakers. One pair karki trousers. One paddling shirt. One heavy woolen sweater. One slouch hat. Two bath towels One waterproof coat, the knees. Two silk handkerchiefs for neck. Two cotton handkerchiefs for pocket. One roll toilet articles. One small medicine chest. Tobacco, etc., according to taste. The cots may be considered a luxury, but anyone who has ever camped on Lake Champlain knows that much time and labor are saved by carrying a light cot. This also proved true om®* the St. Iawrence. In this region, balsam boughs do not grow on every bush, and the choice frequently lies between sleeping on the rocky shore or gathering boughs from a distance. The canoe was guaranteed to carry 750 pounds; we carried something over 350 pounds. The next day dawned bright and clear, and after making a few additional pur- chases we proceeded to pack the entire outfit between the thwarts, covering the whole with the rubber blanket. We then dipped our paddles for the first stroke of our 700- mile cruise. Port Kent, ten miles away across the lake, was reached in two and-° one-half hours, against a slight wind. Here we left our canoe in charge of the dock master and visited Ausable Chasm, which well re- paid us for the time spent. The chasm is only three miles from the lake, but the short railroad which connects it with the Delaware and Hudson saves the walk. Upon getting back to the lake at two o'clock, we paddled three miles north and made camp on Ausable Point, where the river enters the lake, forming a large marsh. We started early the next morning with a moderate wind which steadily increased, until by the time we reached the southern end of Valcour Island it was blowing half extending below 188 a gale and had kicked up an ugly sea. We should have stopped here, as this is one of the historic points on the lake. Off the southern end of this island the first naval engagement of the Revolution occurred on October 11, 1776, and: on clear days: the wreck of the “Royal Savage,” one of the English fleet, may still be seen resting on the bottom. But the traveling spirit was on us and we hoisted sail. The breaking waves frequently came in over both gun- wales as we tore along, there being only about five inches of freeboard. On reach- ele Ole AM ON) ancing the canoe as much as possible with our own weight, we now gave little atten- tion to the sea, but put all our strength into efforts to reach the beach. The over- loaded boat made but slow progress, how- ever, and we were still a hundred yards off when another large wave broke completely over us and I felt my seat sink from under me. Over we both went, but after taking a few strokes were agreeably surprised to find that we could just touch bottom. We rushed the canoe, which was full of water, in through the breakers, and when she Dipped Our Paddles for the Other Shore ing Crab Island, just outside of Platts- burg, we ran in under its lee and debated as to whether we had better try to cross to Cumberland Head, a mile and one-half away. This meant paddling directly across the wind, but as we did not relish the idea of spending a day in camp, we decided to make the attempt. This run proved to be the most exciting open-water canoeing I have ever experi- enced. The waves were running four and five feet high and continually breaking be- fore the strong wind. By careful paddling we avoided the combers until we were about half-way across, when we ran into waves which had an unbroken sweep from Split Rock Point, thirty-five miles to the south. Even here we shipped little water until we saw bearing down upon us an im- mense wave, which from my position in the stern I saw would: break just as it reached Ws lL tiiedaatranticallva ton tian obetimon, but too late. The wave caught us on the quarter, and picking us up, rushed us for- ward on its crest, ther broke, filling the canoe half-full, the water pouring in over beth gunwales. The probability of ship- ping another wave was greatly increased by the water that weighed us down and robbed the canoe of its buoyancy, and we were still a half-mile from shore. Bal- grounded set to work to unload as quickly as possible. After getting the outfit all out and spread over the rocks, we found to our satisfaction that the canvas bags had made good and that nothing had been lost through our mishap. The canoe covering had been cut in several places from pound- ing on the rocks. After repairing these we spent the rest of the day in drying out that part of our dunnage which had not been protected from the water. Lake. Champlain can, I find, kick up as ugly a sea in as short a space of time as any body of water I have ever been on. Mr. Benjamin, ex-Minister to Persia, at whose camp we stopped on our return, told me that though he had traveled long dis- tances on sailing vessels in different parts of the world, he had never seen as wicked- looking waves as he saw cUming over the breakwater at Burlington one day in the late fall An early start the next morning enabled us to cover some thirty miles, reaching Rouse’s Point, where we made camp north of the town with one foot in the States and one in Canada. Here we heard the first French, for though the town is three miles this side. of the line, fully half of the in- habitants speak that language. Early the next morning we paddled up . fos CRUIS= OF RHE “HOBO” under the walls of Fort Montgomery, and after landing and going over the old ram- parts, continued on up the Richelieu River to St. Johns. The river proved to be beau- tiful ina way, but the shores were too marshy to make good camping ground. St. Johns being twenty-four miles from Rouse’s Point, this made a good day’s work, espe- cially as the wind had been against us all day. We pitched our tent in a little strip of woods about a mile below the town. Here at St. Johns we found a fine canoe club. Much interest is taken in the sport, ‘two race meets being held every year. In fact, this was the only town we stopped at where much is made of canoeing, and our canvas-covered canoe was, much to my surprise, quite a novelty. As we sat by our cheery campfire after supper, pleasure par- ties were constantly passing up and down the river, some in launches and many in canoes. All seemed to be having a fine time, and we heard their merry voices long after turning in. As we did not know what might be be- fore us the next day, we got an early start, and after procuring a “clearance” started through the canal. This clearance cost us 189 loaded canoe down, except in the early spring, so we were forced, much to our re- gret, to go through the canal. After a paddle of half a mile, we reached the first lock. There were seven boats ahead of us, and as we did not care to run the risk of entering the lock with one of the unwieldy canal boats, we carried around it, and as the wind was blowing steadily from the south, hoisted sail and reached the first lock at Chambly in a little over two hours. As we wished to see Montreal and the Lachine Rapids, we made inquiries as to the distance and the possibility of getting a wagon to carry us and our canoe overland. The Richelieu and the St. Lawrence here run almost parallel, so that it is only fifteen miles across country at Montreal, while the water route by way of the Richelieu to Sorel and then up the St. Lawrence is about ninety. The lock-keeper agreed to carry us the fifteen miles for $3, so we struck a bargain and sat down to eat our lunch of bread, butter and apple sauce, while he went to harness his horse. When he finally appeared I doubted whether we should see Montreal Lake Champlain Can Kick Up an Ugly Sea 25 cents, and was a very elaborate affair, giving our tonnage as one ton, name of ship, name of master, destination : and cargo; but with it went the right to be locked through, while without it we should have been compelled to carry around the locks, of which there were seven—one at St. Johns‘and six at Chambly, at the other end. There are twelve miles of rapids here, but they are too shallow to take a that day. The wagon-box was exactly six feet six inches long by measurement, and into this we had to load our sixteen-foot canoe, camp dunnage and three men. We got there, but it is a fine advertisement for the Maine builders that there was anything left of the canoe. The roads were awful, but between my wrestlings with the canoe, to keep it in the wagon, I had opportuni- ties to note the country and people. 190 | RECKEATION : It is a marvel to me how England was able to take Canada, and after taking it to keep possession. The people, in this dis- trict at least, speak French entirely, and seem wholly French in their sympathies and customs. There were many French flags flying, the launches and boats carry- ing them and many of the boat-houses- along the Richelieu. We arrived at Longueuil, opposite Mon- treal, at three o'clock and launched our canoe on the famous St. Lawrence. As rain was threatening, we cast about for a camping spot, but the outlook was dismal indeed. Nothing in sight but houses and farms on our side and the city on the other. Finally, after paddling down about a mile below the town, we applied to and obtained permission from a farmer to camp in his orchard. After supper, the tent was invaded by about a dozen young Canadians, who kept up a continual jabber in French, while we did our best to entertain them; though I was not in the best of humor at the sight of five of them reposing on my light cot. However, as there was no way of warning them off with my limited stock of French, I had to trust the cot and guar- antee which gave 500 pounds as its capac- ity. After a somewhat warm and animated debate as to whether our tent would leak in a heavy rain, they finally departed. Then Brooks, who had been giving an occasional groan ever since we reached the river, con- fided to me that on the way over the driver had persuaded him to fill his pipe with some Canadian tobacco, and he was now taking the consequences. However, he was all right the next morn- ing, and leaving our camp in charge of the farmer, we walked to Longueuil and took the ferry across to Montreal. After spend- ing about two hours wandering about the city, we took “The Seeing-Montreal Car,” _ fare 50 cents, and spent two hours in visit- ing the noted landmarks. This trip in- cludes the ride around the famous moun- tain for which the city is named. From its summit a fine view of the surrounding country is obtained. When one has but one day in the city this trip affords the best means of seeing the principal places of interest. After dinner, a half-hour’s ride by trol- ley brought us to Lachine, where we took steamer for the nine-miles’ run through the rapids. The “Sovereign” was making the trip, and on account of her size the rapids were not so impressive. On Sun- day, when the smaller steamers run, the effect is much finer. After supper in the city we returned to Longueuil in the even- ing. Started away on our 180-mile run to Quebec the next morning with a heartv send-off from ihe farmer and his family. The son, a graduate of the Montreal Vet- erinary College, insisted upon our taking a glass of wine with him before leaving. Courtesy 1s a marked characteristic of the people, and in this they remind me of the mountaineers of North Carolina, among whom I have spent some time and whose hospitality is entirely unselfish. Our camping-ground that night was five miles from Sorel. We had covered forty miles, due mainly to the strong current which whirled us along at such a speed that there was little resistance to the dip- ping paddles. Neither of us had ever been on the river before, and enthusiastic friends had prepared us for some fine scenery; but that first day’s travel proved very disap- pointing. The shores were low and flat and lined with the houses of the poorer class, not even having the redeeming feature of being picturesque ; while the islands with which this portion of the river is dotted and which we had looked forward to as promising camping sites, proved to be mere mud flats. It was with difficulty that we at last found a camping-place which did not form a part of somebody’s front yard. We awoke to hear the sound of wind- driven rain on the tent the next morning, but as there were no inducements to linger in our present dreary camp, we took a hasty breakfast, packed our dunnage and started for Sorel. Here we stopped long enough to get our mail and allow the cus- tem’s official to charge Brooks $1.50 on a suit of under-clothes worth about $2, and then started on. After paddling about three miles, we reached the western end of Lake St. Peter. Here the river broadens out into a shallow lake, ten miles wide by twenty-one long. Camping time found us about four miles down the lake on the southern side, with _ the rain coming down in sheets and noth- ing in sight but marsh. It was certainly a dismal outlook, but after making a cold supper we decided the only thing to do was to push our boat through the rushes in search of a firm bit of ground with two trees for the tent. Paddling in as far as possible, we got out into water and mud up to our knees and pulled the canoe about two hundred yards farther to a small hil- lock of firm ground. Leaving the canoe here, after covering up the provisions, we shouldered the cots, blankets and tent and floundered on a quarter of a mile through tall marsh grass to a strip of woods. ‘Tt had been pouring all day and everything was saturated, while the ground under us was little more than a bog; so a fire was out of the question. How we longed for the dry birch bark of the north woods! But, making the best of a bad. job, we pitched the tent and after setting up the cots, crawled into our blankets. And it HE CRUISE OF THE "HOBO ” 19i was a case of keep well covered up or die of the mosquitoes. I have yet to camp in the Barren Grounds, where they tell won- derful and awe-inspiring tales of the insect pests, but if they are any worse than the hordes we encountered in that swamp I shall take sheet armor when I do go. How- ever, the man who can not make the best of such a situation had better not go camp- ing, for if ill-nature be added to his other - troubles at such a time there is little hope for him. Here our cots were not so much a luxury as a necessity. The next morning ,dawned beautifully, and we pulled out in the wee small hours and waded out to the canoe, which we found half-full of water. Unable to have the consolation of even a cup of hot coffee, we filled up on the remainder of our cold beans and started, determined to get out of the lake as soon as possible. ery proved to be very uninteresting in every way. The southern shore, which we followed, was low and fringed with rushes for a quarter of a mile out into the lake, while the water, except in the steamship channel, which follows the north shore, is very shallow. We saw many ducks, but being good sportsmen, refrained from shooting. Made the outlet about twelve, after a paddle of sixteen miles. Here we took a bath from an old dock and then proceeded to cook a good hot meal of cornbread, flap-jacks and coffee, and even went the length of opening our one pre- cious can of soup which we had saved for an emergency. The current runs with great swiftness as it leaves the lake, so we had no trouble in passing the city of Three Rivers about four. Camped a mile below the city ina fine grove and spent a comfortable night in strong contrast to the discomforts of the night before. A large passenger steamer came to anchor just off our camp, and we could distinctly hear the music from her cabin. Three, Rivers is half-way between Montreal and Quebec. The ninety miles we had covered in just three days, very good work considering our load; but the current had carried us along, so that pad- dling was easy. The following day had a very pleasant surprise in store for us: We started at eight and after paddling three hotirs came suddenly on the most beautiful view we had seen since leaving Lake Champlain. In place of the low shores the banks were high and wooded, with several small vil- lages in sight on high points, while off to the northeast appeared a low range of hills. Even the water seemed to take on a deeper “blue. Here we stopped for lunch. On feturning from our bath we found the canoe high and dry and knew that we had ‘reached tidewater at last. During the afternoon the canoe was carried along by The scen- - "or tavner the Canadian jargon, for the current and outgoing tide combined, and as we kept to the channel where the water ran the swiftest, made fine time. Some of the large iron buoys which mark the curves of the channel were carried al- most under as the water rushed against them. Upon camping at five we found that we were sixty miles from Quebec. The next day the shores continued beau- tiful, and were dotted every milé or so with pretty httle towns. No matter how small the town in this country, there is sure to be a large church with a tall spire, and i became used to the remark from Brooks in the bow, “Another cathedral in sight.” At noon I climbed the bank to a farmhouse and asked to buy a loaf of bread. The family could not speak a word of English, and I visited four houses before I finally found a woman who seemed to understand me. She disappeared, returning shortly with a large slice of buttered bread. This was too much. I knew the two weeks of roughing it had not tended to improve my appearance, but I did not expect to be taken for a tramp, Finally I secured what I wanted, but the loaf proved to be about two by four feet, and as it was out of the question to slice it, we had to cut it off in chunks. I found I must learn the French “How much?”’, and that quickly, or go broke. I offered a handful of change from which to select, but the woman attempted to take it all, and upon being repulsed satisfied herself with the largest. coin in sight. Though both Brooks and I had.a smatter- -ing-of French, we could never make the © _ people understand it any better than our English, and we learned later in Quebec that a Frenchman stood little more chance of being understood. _ After paddling an hour against a strong head. wind, with the tide also against us, we decided to land and wait for the ebb. Upon discovering a drove of cows, we so far forgot ourselves as to attempt to ap- propriate some milk without going through the very discouraging formality of a visit to the farmhouse. *Taking a little salt and a pail, we tried to make friends with the bossies, but, the menagerie would not stand and the champion of the herd showing un- mistakable signs of fight; we retired in haste. We started on the turn of the tide at two and made excellent time until five, when we camped. During the afternoon we stopped at a small village to lay in provi- sions, but could obtain nothing but a loaf of bread, the principal store being stocked mainly with candy and crockery. The town consisted of about twenty houses, each one having the appearance of just being taken from a bandbox. Then there was the ever- present cathedral, of a size to rival St. Pat- rick’s, in New York. No one, with the ex- 192 RECREATION ception of the storekeeper, could speak a word of English and would only stare when asked a question. Instinctively, I found myself looking around for the good Pére and tailor of Chandere, the whole village seemed so like the one described in Gilbert Parker’s ‘The Right of Way.” During the afternoon we paddled along under rock walls seventy or eighty feet sheer from the water’s edge. The river here resembles the Hudson, the bright and rugged shores corresponding to the Pali- sades. Our camp that night was just above the town of St. Augustine, thirty miles from Quebec. The tide had receded until the only water in sight was in the channel on the opposite side of the river. While I was cooking supper Brooks called my attention to several objects out on the mud flats; they resembled gigantic cranes as they ran along in a crouching position, stopping frequently and bending over. We were about to organize an expedition for the capture of one of these strange birds, when one of them straightened up and turned out to be a man. They were na- tives from the near-by village tending their eel-pots, of which they had about 500 set in long rows, and a native who visited our camp in the evening gave us to understand that they drove quite a successful trade. It began to rain just as we finished our meal, and we were forced to turn in. As In the Old Primitive Way I lay on my cot writing, I could hear the rain coming down in torrents; but the tent was well pitched and with a good supper inside of me, and the cheerful light of sev- eral candles dispersing the shadows, we were content. What sensation can compare with that which steals over the camper as he sits by his campfire with the knowledge of a good day’s work completed? He is taking care of himself in the old primitive way, paying no rent, being his own master, moving when be wishes and living a life perfectly care- ree. We had to wait for the tide next morn- ing and did not get off until after eleven, but when we finally started the wind was in our favor and blowing strong. After five hours’ sailing, with nothing to do but steer and enjoy the view, we rounded a curve and came in sight of the famous City of Quebec. It had taken us six days to cover the one hundred and eighty miles from Montreal. As we paddled down the river we ob- tained the finest possible view of the town and citadel. Our canoe certainly looked out of place as we drifted under the sides of two British battleships anchored off the city. Below the town, we could find no suitable camping-place, as the outgoing tide had left a strip of mud several hundred feet wide along the shore. We were in a quandary, but finally hit upon the idea of applying to a canal-boat owner. This we did, and were fortunate in finding an oblig- ing fellow who hailed from New Jersey. He had come up with a boatload of iron girders for the new bridge, and was to re- turn in a few days with pulp wood for one of the mills on Lake Chaniplain. We hoisted our canoe and dunnage on board, and after borrowing a looking-glass re- moved with much labor the accumulated hair from our faces, then started out to find a restaurant. After wandering all around the town, we were forced to choose between a grog shop and a hotel. We chose the latter with many doubts as to our reception, as our camping clothes were not all that might be desired; but our fears were ill-founded and we obtained a very good meal, We then took to the board- THE CROISE OF THE ¢ HOBO” walk in front of the Hotel Frontenac, and were the observed of all observers, as we were in our camping rig of blue shirt, karki trousers tucked into high moccasins, and slouch hat, while many of the gentlemen were in full dress. Finding a_ secluded spot, we spent the evening in watching the crowds, returning to the canal-boat at ten, where we set up our cots in the hold and enjoyed a good night’s sleep. a Au of the Comforts of Civilization For surprises and unforeseen events, give me a canoe cruise: It should surely teach one self-reliance, as you are continually encountering new and strange situations. The next day we spent in visiting the points of interest, going first to the citadel, where, from the battlements, you obtain a fine view of the surrounding country. We next walked out to the “Plains_of Abraham,” and after seeing the monument which marks the spot where General Wolfe fell, came back through the Old Town, sit- uated on the river front, directly under the citadel. It was the quaintest and the dirt- jest place I have ever seen. In the afternoon we visited Montmorency Falls, and walked up the river about a mile to the Natural Steps. Holt & Ren- few, the furriers, keep quite a collection of animals here, which are well worth a visit, as are the falls about which I had heard very conflicting reports, some people going so far as to say they were as fine as Ni- agara. Though they can not for a moment 193 compare with that cataract, they are very fine, and the visitor to Quebec who fails to see them misses a great deal. We decided to take the steamer back to Sorel, as paddling over the same ground against the current would have been hard and uninteresting work. | Sorel is a quaint old town, and as we happened to arrive on Saturday, early in the morning, we had the pleasure of see- ing the country people come in to market with their produce. Everything I saw here —the people and their customs—reminded strongly of Europe, and I could easily fancy myself in some small market town of France. Brooks here purchased some tobacco, which the farmers cure themselves, with the intention of trying it on some of his unsuspecting college mates. Judging from my own experience with the stuff, I pity them; but Brooks will be a sophomore next year and with this mild and fragrant weed in his possession should soon bring the freshmen to a realization of their total insignificance. The trip of seventy-five miles down the Richelieu, we made in four days. The only place on the river that is worthy of note is St. Hiliare, where there is a mountain ris- ing out of the flat country to a height of eight hundred feet. There are several beautiful country places along the banks, with some of the most beautiful elms I have ever seen, 194 On reaching Chambly, at three o’clock on the third day, we obtained our clearance and determined to do the twelve miles of canal to St. Johns before night, if possible. There were no canal-boats ahead of us, so we got through the six locks located here in about fifty minutes. For an exciting ex- perience one ought to be locked in a canoe. In this case, Brooks stayed out to assist the lockman with the gates, while I re- mained in the boat. Instead of opening the gates half-way, the lock-keeper let in the full head of water, and I thought our trip was at an end. The water came in with a rush and, sweeping down one side of the lock, dashed against the gate and swirled up the other side. I was caught in this rush, and using all’ my “strength, barely saved the canoe from being dashed against the mason-work as the water whirled it round and round, Slowly—very slowly —it seemed to dawn upon the lock-keeper that he was not dealing with a canal-boat, and he closed the flood-gates half-way, after which I had no further trouble in keeping the canoe in position. After pass- ing through the remaining locks, we cov- ered the eleven miles to St. Johns in two and one-half hours, towing most of the way. This we did by the aid of our pack- RECREATION rope, taking turns on the tow-path and in steering. We reached Rouse’s Point on the 26th of August, and after a short stop made for Isle Le Motte, where we camped. We had been rushing matters pretty well, and now decided to take the remaining month more leisurely, devoting more time to hunting, fishing and picture-taking. On leaving Isle Le Motte, we worked down through the “Great Back Bay” across the “Sand-Bar Bridge,” and after spending several very enjoyable days on “The Four Brother Islands,” started for “Fort Ticon- deroga,’ which we reached on the 20th of September. From here we crossed to “Lake George” and spent our last week on that beautiful and historic lake, enjoying immensely the beauties of the autumn fo- liage. As we sat by our last campfire, we fell to discussing the trip, agreeing that it had been both interesting and instructive. But we had not gotten away from civ- ilization and had missed the trout, the fragrant boughs and the seclusion of the wilderness camp. After disposing of our canoe and tent for a good price, we found the total ex- : penses for two months to be fifty dollars apiece. Pleasure s “We did; but we may be more fortu- nate next time,’ said I. “Then,” said the Major, “you will be held responsible for the value of the bull, which must be almost equal to that of your ranch. Inthe meanwhile ] have the pleasure of wishing you good- morning.” I saw the red flush under Jack’s tan, and don’t know how he got out without an explosion. I went backwards my- self, and almost fell down the veranda stairway, which I did not see, when Miranda overtook us at the head of it. She seemed amused at something, would pre- 286 “T am afraid my father was not very considerate, but you might have put your case more pleasantly,’ she said. “Wait a little and then approach him differently when you come back again.” She Jeft us shiehtly, mollifted,. but when we reached the bush Jack turned to me. dts the condemned bull Tina hoping to approach, he said. =| Mou ate a imice kind of a Stuffed image to help any man out of a difficulty.” “You were not very brilliant your- self, and you had not fallen into a bush of club-thorn,” said I. It. was, I think, a week later when Jack and I found Sarsfield Heldar sit- ting upon a fallen fir with a rifle upon his knees. He was very muddy and it was tolerably evident he had fallen among thorns. I knew him for an Eng- lishman from Esquimault at a glance, and his appearance pleased me. ‘There Was no unnecessary starchiness about inleldar: / been fonummater scald ly Heldar laughed. “Not especially, though I suppose a stranger occasion- ally ‘ets marmied= ior dite, he said, glancing at his tatters. “I have, how- ever, shot a pig, though I did not rec- ognize the quadruped, and am willing to compensate his owner. Could you arrange it for me? JI am staying with Major Appleby.” Jack glanced at me. Ours was a pretty grim struggle and the man was likely enough fairly rich; while it oc- curred to me that if Major Appleby could keep a bull of distinguished an- cestry, there was no reason why his neighbor should not keep a pig of pedi- gree. A good deal depended upon Hel- dar’s next observation. “T think we could,” said Jack. “Then,” said Heldar, “you'll see him yonder in the fern, and afterwards we could talk it over pleasantly.” He flung a cigar-case down upon the fir, and when we caime: back Jack glanced at me deprecatingly. “Five dollars will cover it,” said he. Heldar smiled. “Here they are,” said he. “I have made similar mis- a RECKEAITON WAGAAiN ts takes before in other parts of this coun- try where, however, they cost me con- — siderably more.” We both laughed, knowing that the ranchers who subsist largely upon veni- son sometimes made mistakes of that nature, too, and that was the beginning of a pleasant comradeship, though Tom- son was not enthusiastic when we gave him the five dollars for his pig. “T always did think you didn’t know very much,” said he. “That’s all right,’ said Jack, smiling broadly. “You wait a bit and see. The man who shot your pig has capabilities.” We had presently reasons for sup- posing that Heldar had not come up there for the mere pleasure of shooting, or the company of Major Appleby. Miranda met us one morning and smiled at Jack very prettily. “If you could show Captain Heldar where to shoot a deer I should think it very nice of you,’ she said. It also happened that, as we floun- dered along the lake shore one moonlit | evening, we saw Heldar and Miranda drift by in a canoe. Great pines tow- ered black and solemn above the silver- shining of the lake, and beyond them rose a fretted line of ethereal snow. There were, however, reasons for con- cluding that neither Heldar, who was not paddling, nor Miranda Appleby saw much of the scenery. Affairs progressed in this fashion for a while because in that country the bush cattle wander at will and only the crops are fenced; the bull continued his depredations and not only shoved over or uprooted our split fences with Satanic ingenuity, but led his whole harem to the feast through the gap, until one night Heldar ar- ranged to come over to be instructed in pit-light shooting—a form of sport _ made necessary at that time because of the lack of time during the day and the meed. OF meats ) lem the» wWoodedcer were unusually shy that season, and the great wapiti, which sometimes swam the river, considerably shyer still, which rendered the disreputable method ESO lutely necessary. IEUB Ia Ole JIE S There was a thin crescent moon in the heavens when we made our prepara- tions at the ranch, and these were simple. Little flat miners’ lamps filled with seal-oil were hooked in our hats, and shields cut out of a kerosene can fastened beneath so as to project the light clear of the man and leave him in- visible in the shadow. Then we sat smoking until darkness should come. Appleby’s bull had been at work again, and though Jack afterwards told me he. had nothing but kindly thoughts tow- ards every body in his mind just then, I was a little dubious about believing him. The windows were open, and the drowsy fragrance of the firs came in. The moon swung low above their fretted spires, and sitting by the win- dow I found the harmonies of silver, ebony and blue more inspiriting than the interior of the log-walled room, where old boots, torn clothes, harness and axes lay strewn in picturesque con- fusion. Jack and I worked fourteen hours a day, and had not much time for amenities. At last the moon dipped, and, rising, Jack threw away one of _ Heldar’s good cigars. “T think,” he said, “it is time to begin.” “I’m indebted to you both,” said Hel- dar. ‘“Between ourselves, however, I hope Major Appleby will not hear of this expedition. He seems to have some reason for disliking you.” “It would be the other way if I were not of a singularly forgiving disposi- tion,” said Jack, serenely. We went out into the scented night breeze which came down from high above the timber line, chilled by eter- nal snow, and incidentally came near drowning Heldar in the open well. Then we floundered through orchard and garden, where an owl swooped above us on muffled wing ; swung across the clearing, amidst the tall fir stumps where the poor oats had been, and over the split fence into the solemn bush. Here the great conifers stretched their spires of blackness far towards the blue, and Heldar fell into a mud-hole several fimes;: lhem we leit the forest and wo, Genel lalelGane, Gietlby, 287 moved circumspectly out across a swamp which Jack had striven stub- bornly to reclaim. It was, however, first necessary to crawl over a breast- work of fallen trees, or wriggle under them.on hands and knees, and then wal- low through a slough, while Heldar ap- peared to heave a sigh of relief when we finally halted waist-deep in harsh grass -and poor timothy. “This,” he said, “is evidently a some- what difficult sporting country, but I would stand a good deal more discom- fort to get a wapiti.” Now the big wapiti (sometimes and wrongly called elk) did now and then come down from the forests beneath the snow line, but I scarcely expected one of them that night and would have been content with a little wood deer, because venison, tough as bent leather, is better than the bad pork. We lit the pit lamps and Jack gave us our instructions. “There are several six-foot drains across this swamp, and they’re full of mitide) Wieyour tall imto any or them get hold of the bank at once,” he said. ‘‘Go along quietly, and if you see eyes shin- ing, jerk your head like a whirligig, then when the deer come up to see what it is, you can either fire straight between them or a little beneath.” “Exesuimably,. said) “Heldar. mean their eyes.” | We moved forward, and I heard him blessing the country when once or twice he caught his knee in a rotting branch, while when he plunged forward on hands and knees it took me several min- utes to clean him and his rifle. “T don’t know if you’ve seen what sometimes happens to a gun when you fitewewitiettsemlazie tallvon mud, said. ; Plt seems) to.me that youn kind o1 sport takes a good deal of getting used “you We started again, and presently stopped, at the faintest of whistles from Jack. It was very still and the roar of the snow-fed river vibrating through the forest intensified the hush. Nothing moved in all the blackness, and I started 288 at the crackle of a twig beneath my foot ; but Jack, who has good ears, had certainly whistled. Heldar, being prob- ably afraid of the six-foot drains, had closed in on me. “Can you hear anything >” said he. I raised my hand to silence him, and caught a low rustling. There was no moon, but a soft clear- ness in the western heavens forced up the ragged edge of. the bush, and the stars were shining overhead. Thus one could see a little, and by and by I made out a pale lambent shining amidst the timothy. It appeared in several places and when Heldar jerked his head some of the specks of brightness drew apart in pairs and increased in brilliancy. I glanced in Jack’s direction, and saw only a little flame flickering in the air. It would probably have excited human curiosity, and deer of most kinds are inquisitive, while the faint snow-chilled air was moving in the right direction. Then I hoped that Heldar had seen the two pale-green blurrs that approached him and chanced the whisper that might spoil everything: 7 HWihten youre ceady,. li card The muzzle of his rifle twinkled in the light, and I tightened my grip on my Marlin, for there was one shining spot not far away. There came a sharp concussion, and I brought the butt back, trusting vaguely, as one must do in that game, to sense of direction. The smoke curled about me, and as usual I felt the heel plate, but heard no explosion, only the thud of a fall, and a swift rustle that changed to sharp crackle. It was evident that somebody had dropped his deer, -and) the “rest, qwere-s sweepine through the forest. Then Heldar, un- hooking the lamp from his hat, walked forward, and when I joined him was stooping over something that moved feebly amidst the grass. “Mine, I think,” he said, and neither Jack nor I could gainsay him. For a novice he had done astonishingly well. Deer are opened up straightway in that country, and for several unpleasant minutes we were busy, though Heldar RECREATION MAGAZINE did not assist us. The task is not a nice one in daylight, and worse at night, but it was pleasant in comparison with one that followed, and presently, after argu- ing as to who should pack the carcass upon his shoulders, we set off for a de- serted shanty. The load was light, but one must get the beast’s forelegs round his neck, and there are one or two un- pleasant accompaniments. We sat and smoked amidst the mosquitoes in’ the shanty for several hours, during which Heldar rubbed himself continually and hoped that the deer might return to the swamp; for Heldar would have waited months for a wapiti. At last, when an increasing chill swept through us, we made another move. The swamp was very dark now, and this time I fell into a drain, where my rifle stayed until next day. We had not, however, blundered about it long, when, somewhat to my astonishment, our efforts were rewarded, for just as Jack and Heldar crawled through a belt of grass two eyes became distinctly vis- ible. They were bigger and higher than those of the wood deer, but their fixed stare did not suggest those of a wapiti. Neither were they those of a panther, for I had once or twice seen the eyes of a panther watching me, and considered it advisable to vacate the vi- cinity. Having no rifle, I lay still and caught a half-audible colloquy: “Great favor—first chance.” This was from Heldar, and the glis- tening eyes did not vanish, which was suspicious, for Jack’s answer was au- dible—‘“Go ahead.” I saw the fore-end of Heldar’s rifle, and heard his voice: “Miutstibe a wapiti.. lis very unig “You'll be too late in a second,” said Jack. It appeared big enough for an ele- phant to me, but just then the chalked foresight tilted upward, and there was a stream of red sparks. The woods flung back the concussion, and through it came a curious roar and rush. I could see a vague black object coming straight for us. IGE TRAN Gla evnes “He’s charging,’ shouted Heldar, snapping down his lever; and I sprang to my feet with the intention of heading for the bush. PSiop ium stop him! roared Jack: Up went the rifle, flashed, came down again, flashed again, and I| gasped when a great shadowy form collapsed a few yards from the grass. Heldar appeared quietly contented, ‘while I felt divided between consternation and a great de- sire to laugh. jithad no idea that any of vour deer would charge man, and the thing ‘seemed very big,’ he said. eins said jack, 11s nota deer.’ PNotva deer: said’ Heldar, “and I could not repress a chuckle. “No,” said Jack, in a curiously muf- ied “vorce. At. least ‘lim’ horribly anal tt sn ¢.’: Heldar sprang forward and when we followed him I heard him gasp. There was neither bay nor tine upon this quarry, and the officer stood staring aghast at the huge, quivering form of Appleby’s bull. Good Lord!” he Ul pal uever foreive: mex: No asad: Jacke slquietly:. + Ii he hears of it, | don’ t think he will. He is an especially obstinate and unforgiving old—as he is a friend of yours we will put it—gentleman.” Heldar laughed mirthlessly, and I feleesomy for him) as remembering what we had seen upon the lake, I no- ticed the grimness of his face. He was not a man to show a weakness, ‘but it was an honest face, and Miss Appleby had been gracious to us. Pim ainaidelvcant deny it Me sard: “Now, this affair may be especially un- fortunate for me, and I feel that I can trust you. It will be a very great favor if you can get me out of it.” Jace touched his shoulder. » “It's all our faults, and I was forgetting some- thing,’ he said. “I think there had bet- teme a iiinmeral.’” I turned upon my heel: ‘Then there’s not much time to lose, and he’ll fakewa lot of burying,’ I said, “I’m “The Major _ floundered in. 289 ott for the shovel and the grub hoe.’ Jack's voice followed me, though I did not understand him then: “Bring an axe and the biggest cross-cut, too.” Bringing them was somewhat diff- cult, especially across the swamp, but it was accomplished and we worked fe- verishly, flinging out the sod and mud while the water drained into the pit we Then there arose a dif- Moun, | a mohy Mave Drought the oxen, too,” I said; “we can’t move him.” It was then Jack’s far-sightedness became apparent. “We might —in pieces; said “he: “+ Get: hold: of the cross-cut.” Heldar took one handle of the saw, and I was glad to let him. “Nasty, bur it must be idone!: she said. Mite term he used was a mild’ one, and I was not pleased when Jack left me to hew the vertebra through while he cut levers in the bush. Heldar was spattered all over, and once or twice ap- peared somewhat sick, but he did not fineh, and i remembered* his quiet, splashed face when I heard afterwards of certain more distinguished exploits of hiss “At, last at was) finished, and gasping and panting we rolled the quar- tered carcass into the hole, and would have rested if Heldar, who seized a shovel, had not objected. (ets; cenit done, hersaid iin. id committed a murder I couldn't feel more anxious to hide the condemned Cages We were a trifle anxious ourselves, and worked hastily, fot Appleby’s bull required a good deal of covering, but the task was accomplished and Jack strewed the mound with grass. “It is fortunately seldom that any- body comes fooling round this swamp,” said he. The sun had cleared the tall firs and the scented shade was pierced by ar- rows of golden light, when we met Charlie Tomson striding axe in hand along the trail. He stopped and stared at us in bewildered astonishment, and there was some excuse for him. 290 RE CRE AghOwN: “Hello!” he said. “You look as if you’d been murdering somebody.” “t feel quite equaltto domecit,. sard Jack. “That is, if a man | know talks too much.” Tomson stared at him and deliber- ately put down his axe. He was a big man with a tolerable temper. Then his face relaxed into a grin. - thats all rent. it domitaknow can te tell, hey caida oul ienad clothes like yours I’d bury them.” It was not very lucid, but still I saw that Charlie had pledged himself to s1- lence, and we went down to the river, and into it with our clothes on, before we had > breakiast.< — Wihen we sent Heldar home his garments, which were badly creased, appeared too small for him. “What I’m going to tell Appleby, I don’t know,” he said. “You see, it would scarcely be advisable to tell him I was shooting with you.” “No, said jiack: We heard about a week later that Heldar had left for the East, and about the same time a notice was hung up at the settlement, “One hundred dollars will be paid to anyone giving informa- tion respecting Major Appleby’s bull.” We were tramping home that day, when Miss Appleby, who was mounted, overtook us. She reined the big horse in, and glanced down on us with a twinkle in her eyes, while she patted the beast’s glossy neck. “Yow haves seen themmnotice 1 ausie said. @Otcounse, asad jack. blave wot any reason for asking that?’ Miss Appleby looked at him thought- fully, and she was a very pretty girl. “T have a fancy that you could earn a hundred dollars if you. wished,’ she A SEG Jack met her gaze steadily. “I won- der if it would please you to hear that supposing I could—a thousand dollars would be no inducement,” he said. The girl’s eyes twinkled again, but she made a very gracious gesture of ac- knowledgment. “It would, and I think you are wise,’ she said. “I heard a lit- tle about Captain Heldar’s adventures and guessed a good deal more.” Jack shook his head reproachfully. “T would have hoped Miss Appleby had a higher opinion of me,” he said. The girl laughed prettily as she shook her bridle. “Then you know how to earn it—and I can keep a secret, too,” said she. Jack glanced after her admiringly. ) that, » Where aimt no sway, said the guide. ‘If we sidestepped for a little ways we'd have to come back in the path again to get out.’ “Oh, there really is a path, then?’ I queried sarcas- tically and in no good temper. “But we could wait till they passed us,’ said Ned rather anxiously. “No, that wouldn’t help us a bit, Lecause, if they went by, you can bet. they'd leave someone at the foot of the path,’ Bob replied. “After this we sat down to. think. The crows kept drawing nearer, so for safety’s sake we got in the bushes at the: side of the path. These were so thick that there was no danger of our being seen but the idea of hiding for two or three days-was not one we cared to think of. Besides, we knew the trout would spoil in that time. There was one alternative that none of us would suggest:’ We felt above such a petty resort.:: That was to throw away our afternoon's catch. “In about five minutes of waiting and worrying we did some tall thinking. We stopped our whispered conversation when we heard the footsteps of the war- dens draw nearer. “‘Oucht’ to meet) ‘em spretey quick now, Jim,’ we heard one remark in a low tone. ‘Yes,’ growled another, “and a long walk we'll have to get to sup- per after we catch ’em.’ It was evi- dent to us that this one was as hungry as we ourselves were and, as misery likes company, we were cheered up by the information so unknowingly 1m- _ parted. “We had still to dread attracting the RECKEATH OM attention of the crows, who would be sure to hover about us if they saw us, but even their sharp eyes proved un- able to pierce the thick cover of the spruce growth. “By some curious fatality the three wardens—we could tell their number by their voices — stopped within ear- shot of our hiding place. ‘Let’s wait here till they come along,’ said the one who had expressed a desire for supper. We resolved that we would give them a long wait as we heard the others sig- nify assent and saw the crows settle down on the tree tops to await devel- opments. “Before many minutes had passed we were startled by the sound of foot- steps borne to our ears along with the warning low ‘Hist! of the wardens. “Then we heard the words, ‘“Gentle- men, you are under arrest for violation of the fish and game laws of New Hampshire! This was followed by exclamations of dismay, attempted ex- planations which proved futile, and finally came the curt command of the wardens that their prisoners accom- pany them. “As the last sound or a human died away down the steep path we turned to Bob Jenkins. That youngster was on his back in a fit of uncontrollable laughter. We did not need his expla- nation, however, to tell us that there had been two fishing parties at the lake that afternoon, nor did we esteem it marvelous that one had not seen the other. The size of the lake, its shape, and the wooded condition of its shore made this possible. “Our guide's hysterics had= beem caused by the fact that the guide of the captured party was his then only rival in the business. The arrest of the men whom he was conducting would not add to his reputation for wood- craft, nor would the two hundred dol- lar fine which would be settled on each of the party next day tend to increase their satisfaction. “As for us, we spent that evening in thanking our lucky stars and in com- THE MAN suming one of the best fries of trout of which I have ever partaken. “IT may add that we invited the party who had unwittingly saved us to aid us in finishing off the remainder of our catch on the following evening.” The train slowed up and the porter thrust his head in the doorway and IN GRAY 293 Said his is your. ‘station, sir.” “Thank you,” replied the man in gray rising, and laying his hand on the shoulder of the poacher, he quietly re- marked, “I am sorry to inconvenience you, sir, but you are under arrest and we get off here. I am the game war- den and this station is in Cheshire County. THE BANNER OF JAPAN BY WM. M. BYRAM, M.D. ’Mid western isles where Summer smiles There dwells a little man, Who makes his bow to nations now— The soldier of Japan. He has been fair, he did forbear, INS Only Mekoes Cat: Yet those who seek to rob the weak Must walk wide of Japan. “The seas are wide, you are not tied; Come beat us if you can. You face a flag of fight, not brag— The banner of Japan. Read well the stars—know nothing mars Heaven’s way that you can scan; For they have groans and sun-bleached bones, Who come to fight Japan.” The Russians came, they bear the blame, Along with sore defeat ; One war-time word is all they've heard— The order for retreat! Those who escape (with mangled ‘shape’-— All cripples to a man )— Must view with fear for many a year The sun-flag of Japan. GROUP of shining brown buds, on a leafless tree, Sway, little brown buds, sway. Do not heed the north wind, nor the teasing breeze— They will pass with dying day. | ‘ Po LBL SMH AN Peep, little white heads, peep. v > A gentle rain is falling—open wide \ your hearts, And forth from your cradles creep. HE willow trees a’glisten, with danc- ing pussies gay— Yes, little pussies—glisten. The world begins to sparkle with the glow of early Spring— To the music of her voice, dears,— listen. MILLION little pussies in coats of silver fur, Up in the branches swinging. The naughty sun is peepng— ah—now he’s stole a kiss-—— And the pussy willows all are singing. 294 JUANITFA’S ELOPEMENT JEON EID ISIN ame Uy Os had no memory y| of a mother’s loving care. She was unaware that she site. mever SO muuch. as dreamed of a father. Her father never saw her, never knew of her exist- ence and her mother died suddenly when she was but a few weeks old. The only friend she knew was Juan, who took her out of a hollow log, carried her to his cabin and brought her up on a bottle. She did not know that the soft, furry bed, upon which she slept and which smelled so comforting when Juan rolled her about upon it, was her mother’s pelt. Juanita’s disposition was amiable and Juan found her a docile pupil when he undertook her limited education. The first serious lesson she had to learn was that Juan was master, notwith- standing the superior strength of muscle which developed in her as she grew up. In learning that she also learned not to use her teeth and claws roughly in fone, and that a tap om the end. ox her nose was painful. Juan’s polite accomplishments were few, but such as they were he imparted them to Juanita, and when she was a year old she could dance alone to Juan’s whistling, perform with him a passa- ble polka of irregular measure while he hummed “La Paloma,” push in the stop- per and drink sweet soda out of a bot- ‘He catty a stick at “support arms,’ guard her nose cleverly in a sparring bout, shake hands when introduced to strangers, turn an awkward somersault, and whine a falsetto accompaniment to Juan’s heavy baritone singing. Juanita learned a few other things as she went along, among them that it was well to keep away from Juan’s flock of athletic goats, which scrambled 295 ever lad? a mother, and. IRIE IL among the rocks on the hill all: day and were driven into a brush corral at sunset. The long-horned and whiskered patriarch of the flock taught her that when she was a few months old, and she never forgot it. She was in the habit of following Jian about dure the day and one evening he forgot to shut her up in the cabin when he went after the goats. She shuffled along at his heels unnoticed imatil tiey, tounds the herd, which promptly got scent of Juanita and stam- peded erratically and pervasively. Juan and Juanita became separated in the disorder, and the old Billy, dis- covering the cause of the panic to be a bear smaller than himself, gallantly charged Juanita, struck her amidships and bowled her over the verge of the hill. Juanita lay among the rocks and bawled piteously, while old Billy stood proudly on the crest and brandished his yard-long horns in menace and challenge. Whereby Juanita learned that goats were to be avoided, and never afterward could she be induced to go near them. Juanita was well grown, when one day Juan closed the cabin, whistled to her to follow, and trudged down out of the hills with staff and bundle over his shoulder. ~ Uhey traveled many miles along the dusty road leading out of the cafion, and late in the day they came tO Puneet stheet (Ob ar tow 1A crowd gathered and followed them, and the town curs yapped frantically but at a safe distance and without ruf- fling Juanita’s equanimity. In front of thes Bon Ton’ saloon Juan halted and put Juanita through a performance that was applauded and properly rewarded, and Juan concluded that a pasear with Juanita was pleasanter and more profit- able than herding goats. Pistol Johnny, the hackman, left his rig in front of the posteffice and joined 290 the crowd. He was the first to accept Juan’s invitation to shake hands and make acquaintance with Juanita, which gave him much conceit of himself as a man of audacious courage, for Johnny, in spite of his war-like, self-chosen pseudonym, was notoriously the most harmless person in the ancient pueblo. lt was: Bill Barhart, the tall texan deputy sheriff, who instigated all the mischief. “She’s sure sociable,’ said Bill. “Let’s introduce her to Stonewall Jackson. I ’low he’d be mighty proud to make er acquaintance 1 he aint too woozy to know where he’s at. Say, hombre! (to a Mexican) you busque around and find that disgraceful old sot. Rustle up Stonewall, sabe!” / (Sta bueno, 2 replied the Mexican with a comprehending grin as he moved away. “William,” said Tom Gable reprov- ingly, “as postmaster and chairman of the county committee, I feel it my duty to rebuke your frivolous allusions in the presence of strangers, and one of "em a lady, to our most prominent and popular citizen. Stonewall keeps this town from getting mildewed with ongwee. His weakness isn’t unique, and you know he is his own worst enemy, as the editor of the Weekly Rodeo says when one of us cashes in withthe Ds divas: @anit see Wb thabewayea_tale sdlome Stonewall’s habits is sure bad, but his worst enemy, I reckon, is Johnny Shryock, or the Bon) Won) whorin- veigles him into mixing beer and cock- tails. That's what makes Stonewall hostyle to the human race when he’s het Te . Commotion in the doorway of the Bon Ton ensued, and the crowd hast- ily divided, disclosing a man in a white apron striving to push out of the saloon a belligerent and dilapidated Angora buck, whose fleece hung in matted masses from his sides nearly to the ground, and whose formidable horns were held by the struggling Mexican. The buck was Stonewall Jackson, drunk and disorderly and truculently ready to ies Cicis AseT ON, tackle anything from a big fagot-laden burro to a ’dobe wall. A vigorous shove of. the saloon- keeper’s foot from behind completed the eviction, the Mexican tumbled back- ward into the street, and, with a bel- ligerent blaat, Stonewall shook his horns free and charged over the Mexi- can straight at Juanita. There was no restraining chain or rope ome |iiamita. and she fell upon all fours and fled down the street, pursued by Stonewall Jackson and Bill Earhart’s shrill rebel yell. Juan whistled and called in vain, the crowd shouted and there was more tumult than the ancient and somnolent pueblo had known since the Indians drove out the padres more than two hundred years ago. Pistol Johnny's team was proof against any ordinary excitement, but the sight and smell of bear were out of the ordinary, and the dependable old hack horses ran away when the chase passed them. They ran up the street through the crowd and knocked down Juan, who was so intent upon Juanita’s plight that he failed to get out of the way. Juan’s leg was broken, and it was agreed that he should be taken to the hospital and repaired at public cost, Earhart taking the doctor’s bill upon himself as instigator of the trouble. Juan’s chief anxiety was for the care of Juanita, who was roped and led back after a fortuitous cowboy had headed off Stonewall Jackson. “Will some- one take my bear and feed her until I set well? i pleaded = Juans) ‘Sire is one beast much gentle and without evil. I have no money but these few pieces of silver, which the caballeros bestowed upon me and Juanita, yet I will promise to pay when I can. She is a good bear.” Trimble, the butcher, big and power- ful, though gaunt as men of the arid land grow, allowed that he “ sabed”’ bears a whole lot and would undertake to provide board and lodging for Juan- ita, and he led her away to his corral. Trimble did “sabe” bears generally, but he did not know Juanita, nor did he repose perfect confidence in her amia- Seaaee Drawn by Frank Tenney Johnson © Whereby Juanita learned that goats be avoided * * * 297 were to EALAEURALY SAY RA 298 bility. It had been his experience that tame bears could not be trusted to run about loose, and that the most harmless of the breed was pretty sure to show evil temper and relapse into native savagery at times, AS a saiesuara against sudden outbreak of ill-temper, the butcher decided that Juanita should have a ring in her nose, and he bored a hole through the cartilage and inserted a ting at the end of a heht chain. The operation was painful and de- stroyed Juanita’s confidence in Trimble as a friend. The butcher kept ler chained to a post in a dark, vacant shed adjoining his shop, and that was a new experience. Nothing was as it had been, and she did not understand what the change meant. She obeyed Trim- ble because obedience was a habit, when he told her to do things Juan had taught her to: do, and she tried clumsily to obey when he gave orders which she did not understand, because he jerked her nose chain roughly and beat her with a club when she was slow. : Trimble’s bear was a better advertise- ment of the butcher shop than the two- inch double column display ad. which he carried in the Weekly Rodeo at four dollars a month in trade, and she cost --nothing, for her food consisted of meat trimmings and half spoiled vegetables. Strangers in town were taken to Trim- ble’s “and introduced to Iimanita, and when one of the townspeople plucked up courage to show off a bit by shak- ing the bears’ paw familiarly, he be- caine almost a hero in the eyes of the stranger and acquired a noticeable strut. Pistol Johnny claimed the honor of being Juanita’s oldest and most partic- ular friend, and was most diligent in guiding strangers to Trimble’s and act- ing as master of ceremonies. It almost persuaded him to believe in his bravery to shake Juanita’s paw, rub her nose and tousle her\ ears in the presence of an admiring group, but he could not quite screw his courage up to letting her put her shaggy arms about him in a dance, as he had seen Juan do in front of the Bon Ton. ee Chee ART ON, A few extra rounds of drinks with a convivial hack-load of tourists stimu- lated Pistol Johnny’s ambition one evening, and he recklessly invited his fares to go up to Trimble’s and see him waltz with a ferocious bear that only he dared to approach. Juanita was asleep, but Johnny waked her up with a jerk of the nose-chain and made her stand up. In the dim light of a candle held by one of the tourists, the bear loomed up a formidable figure, and the strangers backed away to a respectful distance and begged Johnny to be careful. The more nervous his audience grew, the more elated was Johnny, and the more recklessly rough in his handling of the bear. “Now for the fandango,”’ said John- ny, seizing Juanita in his arms, and stamping time with his heels. Juanita could wrestle better than she danced, and she was not in the dancing humor. Instantly Johnny was thrown to the ground, face downward, and his yell of terror sent the frightened tourists out of the shed with loud cries for help. “Quick, the bear’s killing the hack- man,” shouted one of them to Trimble, as he rushed into the shop. Trimble seized -a candle im ones andsaama: a cleaver im the other and: ran’ mite. the shed, followed by the excited visitors, some of whom had armed themselves with hatchets and knives from the blocks. Johnny’s agonized cries had a singu- lar quality. They were explosive and jetky,/ and’ seemed to eve (cite oleae turned on spasmodically. The deputy sheriff and a few other citizens, at- tracted by the clamor, rushed to the butcher shop and arrived in time to press into the shed at Trimble’s heels, Earhart with gun in hand and the light of battle in his eye. The Texan was the first to size up the situation, and his loud squeal, “whee-ee!’”? which was his characteris- tic expression of supreme glee, halted the intended assault upon Juanita. Johnny was prone on the ground, and Juanita was sitting upon the small of his OANA SS Ore VEEN Te 299 back and “jouncing” him with her 300 pound weight every time he yelled: Juanita was evidently not in the least angry, but seemed to regard the situa- tion as part of a wrestling frolic and to be enjoying it humorously. Johnny was unhurt but horribly frightened, and when Trimble pulled Juanita away he scrambled to his feet and fled in blind panic from the place, the Texan shout- ing after him that the “baille’” had only just begun and to come back.and take his partner for the fandango. Johnny was bereft of his bravo pseu- donym from that night, and for a time was) |tanmitas: dancing “master,” but that was too long, and soon was con- densed into “the Professor,” from which was evolved the legend that a former eedcewer of Greek’ at Hiarvard was a hack-driver in a New Mexican town. in due time Jian was discharged from the hospital cured and went to the butcher to reclaim Juanita. Trimble presented a bill for her board and re- fused to give her up until it should be paid. Juan protested that he had no money, and proposed to take Juanita on the road and earn some. Without em me. explamed. ie could: not set money enough in a year to pay the bill. Trimble was obdurate. “Go and dig up the dinero,” he said, “and come back for the bear. No dinero, no oso; sabe?” Ser iuan bade “juanita, a teariul “adios” and went away. 3 When winter came, Juanita made a bed of old sacks and sawdust in a dark corner of the shed, and spent most of the time dozing upon it. The weather was not cold enough to impel her to hi- bernate. There was just enough chill in the air to make her feel sluggish and to stir faintly the bear instinct to seek seclusion. Trimble did not know that Juanita came of a breed that lived in the region of the deep snows, and he attributed her lethargy to lack of ex- ercise. So he took her out to the plaza one sunny afternoon, ran her around for the benefit of her health, and put her through a performance for the amuse-_ ment of a crowd. ‘the soda. Juanita repeated her tricks listlessly, and a bottle of soda was given to her as reward. She stood erect, holding the bottle against her chest with one paw, and pushed in the stopper. Standing at full height, she could see over the heads of the crowd, and when she threw back her head to drink, she saw some- thing across the plaza that absorbed her attention and caused her to forget Site let the bottle fall to the ground, stretched to her full seven nee and 1 eazed imtenthy, — rtimble twitched the chain to recall her atten- tion, but she paid no heed to the signal. Trimble could not see the figure that interested Juanita, and with an impa- tient jerk of the chaim he pulled her head around sharply. “Never mind those burros,” Trimble. “Show the folks how kind VOU ate. “Wiss me, Jianital-’ and lie turned his cheek and leaned toward her, smiling at the crowd Juanita “was thinking neither of burros nor of Trim- ble, but of the figure that had just van- ished around the corner, and the sharp jerk at her chain made her sensitive nose tingle. She put her muzzle out to meet the man’s face, and snapped sud- denly. One sharp tooth sunk into the angle of his jaw, and the upper canine fang made a hole just under the cheek- bone: She did not retain her hold nor tear away the flesh, but let go instantly and fell to all fours. The dark blood welled from the wounds and poured down @rimible’s ace’ but Ine never so much as put up his hand to feel his in- juices VV ihiout =a word): he, strode across the street to his shop, dragging Juanita by her chain, his jaws set erimly and his one eye glowing bale- fully. . Juanita shuffled along behind, her head lowered like a scolded dog’s and her ears laid back. Her demeanor said plainly: “Now I’m in for it good and plentve 7d. irimible tmeant) that she should be. He chained her securely toa post and started to beat her with an ax- handle, but he forgot her skill at box- ing, and at the first blow the stick was said 300 RECREATION knocked from his grasp and a heavy paw fell upon his shoulder. His arm dropped useless, and it was a week be- fore he was able to raise it again. The next issue of the Rodeo an- nounced that on the Sunday following there would be a thrilling combat be- tween a bear and a wild range bull in Trimble’s stock corral on the outskirts of the town. The probable result of the fight became the chief topic of discus- sion, and betting was active. American gamblers made their bets according to the odds, but it was noted that the older Mexicans, after a visit to the corral, quietly backed the bull regardless of odds. Juanita, all unaware of the arrange- ment made by Trimble for her punish- ment, sulked and dozed in her corner. Sunday morning came, and the crowd gathered at the corral, which Trimble had converted roughly into an arena or bull-ring at some expense for timber and labor. Seats sold at four bits and standing room at two bits, and most of the Americans and all the Mexicans in town bought tickets. In the corral was the bull, an active, muscular young animal with sharp horns. He stood alert and watchful and evidently spoiling for a fight. Oc- casionally someone threw down a gunny sack, Lhe bull chareed7 imstantly, tossed the sack and! then “trampled it into the dirt. He was an athlete and a fighter. The betting went to two to one against Juanita. Shortly before the hour fixed for the combat, Trimble left the gate and went toward his shop to get Juanita. Pre- sently he was seen coming back with the sheriff, but without the bear, and look- ing very uncomfortable. The two men climbed: tip. te, the benches.) (irimble, flushed, angry and nervous,, remained silent while the sheriff explained that, owing to the fuss kicked up by the com- bined clergy of the town, and the immi- MehEe OF A sCOUMpy. sc leCCHOMastemebclt obliged reluctantly to enforce the law and forbid the fight. ; (Ld likemto, see the {Scrap miayceline said the sheriff; “I’ve got two hundred on the bull and stand to win a hundred from the new judge that’s just been sawed off on us by the Washington politicians; but the sky pilots butts into the game and says ‘turn down the box,’ and I guess that goes, because it’s the law. I regret to say, gentlemen, that I’m obliged to do my duty, but I don’t see no objection to Trimble going into the ring and playing with the bull him- self if he wants to.” Rather than refund the gate money, Trimble agreed to play Toreador, and the crowd cheerfully accepted him as a substitute for Juanita, “T ain’t so downcast over this play of the parsons’ as I ought to be,” said Bill Earhart to Beauregard Lee. “I’m free to allow that I entertains a higher re- gard for Juanita than for Joe Trimble, and I’d sure regret seeing the old girl stacked up against that chunk of dyna- mite in the pens. joes populantiyets getting a little fly-blown since he played the hog with the paisano on the bear deal. Wl; go you two te one thar il Toro don’t miss Trimble.” iidave tov take it omeaccoum olathe odds, said lee, sbutal) wom t ijepime mone) ial lose..« Trimble shed all his outer clothing and dropped into the ring with a barley sack in each hand. The bull was in full career when the man’s feet touched the ground, and Trimble had barely time to leap aside and throw a sack in the bull’s face. El Toro had learned all about barley sacks earlier in the day. He tossed the cloth aside, wheeled and charged again. The second sack blind- ed him for an instant only, and then he was after the man hot-foot. There was nothing for Trimble now but running and dodging. He knew the game and was an active man, but he had a lean, wiry and eager antagonist. Once he dodged, turned and seized the bull’s tail, but failed to throw him and lost his hold, and then he sprinted for the barrier, a flimsy screen of scantling and boards masking an exit from the ring. JUANTTAS ELOREMENT Trimble swung behind the. barrier and the bull struck it fairly. There was a crash and a splintering of boards, and Trimble was pinned by the wreck against the side of the corral. The bull lunged into the débris furiously and the man shouted for help as he went down before the living battery ram. | The sheriff leaned over from the front seat above the bull, and his -45 cracked five times rapidly. The bull sank to his knees, swayed and rolled over, for the sheriff's aim was good, and two bullets had struck the spinal cord at the base of the skull. The butcher, bruised and with ribs broken, was disentangled from _ the wreck of the barrier and taken to the hospital, moaning fitfully. Deputy Earhart rode back into town with the sheriff. “let's do the polite thing,” said the Texan, “‘and congratu- late Juanita on the intervention of Prov- idence by deputy between her and that long-horned cyclone.” “Providence be durned,”’ said the sheriff. “Did you think I took a bluff from the parsons? Of course they put up a roar about cruelty to animals and disgracing the Sabbath, but that wasn’t 301 straight goods I handed out. Some- body’s stole the bear.” istole Welle, “Sure. Now what kind of a play do you think it’d a been for Trimble to spring that on the crowd? Theyd a taken him apart, and me and you'd a had the time of our lives heading the stampede: I’d a got elected again after dumping a bunch of paisanos in the bull time, (woulduia- Ly Sure . thing, someone burgled the butcher shop last night, busted a hole in the shed and eloped with Juanita. There isn’t a clue to the gay Lothario—if that’s French for abductor—but if you was to insin-* uate that I saw Juan in town last night, I wouldn't call you a liar.” Bud McNew, cow puncher, riding home from a “baille’ through the foot- hills twenty miles from the old town that mght, heard a baritone voice hum- mings La) Paloma. ile turned out, of the trail and rode in among the juni- pers and pinons toward the sound, and in an open place he saw a man and a bear, with their arms around each other’s shoulders, dancing solemnly in the moonlight. AN EXCITING TIME WITH JAVILINOS BY FRANK ALEY A javilino is a wild pig that ranges through Arizona and Sonora. He was so named because his long sharp snout suggested a javelin. He is the most fearless and withal the most con- scienceless little rascal on the range and will fight anything, from a cotton tail rabbit to a grizzly bear, with equal confidence, and his most delectable pastime is to snap a choice tid bit out of the calf of one’s leg and go on, only to rally and repeat the assault. On the occasion we have in mind, a party of four, including a prominent physician of Douglas, Ariz., and his delightful better half, along with your contributor, was camped on the Yaqui in- out River about 200 miles below the ternational boundary. We were for the big hunt and that was all. As soon as we had crossed the line, our Kady ot Nacozari, vas, we called her, who was more distinguished for com- mon sense than frivolous properties, crawled out of her cumbersome har- ness, donned a suit of blue denim of masculine cut, shouldered a No. Io shot gufi, and got ready to enjoy the hunt. Thereafter she was known as “Our Tommy.” I had been looking after the camp rather exclusively for several days and the other boys had brought in the venison and turkey and Blue 302 RECREATION Channel cat. It was my agreeable duty to fold the turkey’s feet, roll the fish in meal, prepare the venison, and curl them all up side by side in a capa- cious Dutch oven, and the aroma when the oven lid was lifted was calculated to arrest an angel in her flight. Well, one Sunday afternoon, Tom- my ‘remarked to me: isranke ally the other fellows have had a hunt, what do you say if we try our luck?’ Tom- my was certainly a good fellow, for, after all, the word “fellow” only means ‘companion,’ and I adopted the sug- gestion without the slightest hesita- tion. Tommy shouldered her time- honored “Wells-Fargo” and I appro- priated “Lett ¢o™ Johnsons Savage. and we were soon trudging up: the wash. Tommy’s laced boots and over- alls invited no more familiarities from the clinging, affectionate cat claws and “chollas” than did my corduroy, and very soon we found ourselves a mile from camp, straining our eyes for deer and our ears for the welcome, tumult- uous call of the juvenile turkey pullet. We had just left the wash and were making a near cut over a low bar when “Wuh! wuh! wuh! wuh!” came a challenging clatter from the chaparral, followed by a dozen ominous “Buh! buh’s!” and I knew there was pork around there close. “Prank, ‘remarked Tommy in the coolest possible frame of mind, ‘“‘what’s that?’ “Those are javilinos, Tommy,” I replied. “Frank,” came back Tom- my, had we better shoot: om my,” said I, “do you see that big rock down there in the svashi:, => You! bet t do,’ replied Tommy. ‘Well, then,” said I (you get up that reck just as quick—I hadn’t time to add the ‘ly’— just as quick as you can and I'll be right after you. Now don’t get ex- cited and shoot some of us.” Tommy was never known to be ex- cited. I was the excited party, partly because I knew the danger and partly because I am built that way, and I was worried at the deliberation with which she scaled that rock. The fact is, I was there first, as there was room for two to climb, and we had no more than perched, on top of 1¢ till out came the javilinos ! They are about two and one-half feet long, about eighteen inches high, about two inches thick* and if hung up in the middle the head end would dip like a window weight. Their long bris- tles are as coarse as porcupine quills and they throw them forward when making a charge in a way that would “rattle” almost any hunter. Since we were so securely fortified their sudden formidable appearance did not disturb me and I sought to disguise my flurry by a slight pleasantry. “Pick your piece or pork, Wonmy, satdel “That sugar-coated fellow there in the middle looks good to me,” said Tommy, and down went the pig under the fusillade of the Wells-Fargo. The squeal that went up along with the smell of blood made them absolutely ferocious. Lhere were only mimnewor them and they circled around that rock and .the marks of their tusks can be seen upon it to-day unless obliterated by storm and flood. One by one we struck them down until only two were left, when they evidently concluded that it was a lost battle and retired. Going home, Tommy remarked: “Frank that was a pretty lucky boulder, after all, wasn't it?” It is unnecessary to state that the boys came to our rescue, imagining that we were surrounded by Yaquis, and Tommy and I went hunting no more, as we thought it best to subside while our reputations were up. Some of the younger ones made very fine eating along with “camotis” sweet potatoes, with which the Yaqui valley abounds.} * More accurately speaking, 3 feet long 16 inches high, short, slender legs, and tail not worth mentioning. + Guess it was the young ones which Frank and Tommy ate, all right! These “hogs” havea skin opening on their dorsal line, just above the navel, which contains a flavoring almost as fetching as that of \ skunk —Hanxk HEN- NINGS. Invoicing Photographic Study by H. B, Conyers 393 MID-WINTER TREES. BY R. B. NATTRASS. My fancy weaves, From old mid-winter orchard trees, And snow, and ice, and last year’s leaves Stlech tots as these. En KEN TG Een. Sir Launcelot rides at break of day, Up the hill in his silvery mail, Oh his lance is bright! And his plume is white! And white is the shrine where virgins pray, “God make him victor in every fray That he may wage for the Holy Grail.” How his helmet gleams In the morn’s red beams, As his song comes blithely down the vale. THE PEASANT. Twisted and bent, Like some peasant, Wearily trudging up the hill, With haggard feet Through wind and sleet, Bearing a grain-sack to the mill. Bent, like some martyr might have trod, The cruel pathway to his God! THE PRIEST. A priest doth in his hands uphold The day’s chalice of burnished gold, So full of wine there often drips Red, blood-red drops on Night’s cold lips, His ermine robes of spotless snow, Are with the sun-set lights aglow, And from my window here afar, Seem fastened with the Evening star. Such are the forms my fancy sees In old mid-winter orchard trees. PRIZES AWARDED JUVENILE ARTISTS Results of Recreation’s Contest Inaugurated Several Months Ago Indicate Great Interest in Natural History. RECREATION’S Prize Contest, inaugu- First Prize, $8.00. Live Wild Bird rated séveral months ago with a view im iieht maul | bain, age 15, to stimulating among boys and girls ialoe Alto, «Cal: the study of wild animals and birds, First Prize, $6.00. Live Domestic closed on February 28th. | Woinal in Action. Henry J. Hall; ace 15, Chanute, Kan. No prize was awarded in the live domestic fowl class. Drawings by the following artists met the approval of the judges and un- der the conditions of the contest, each First Prize, $10.00. Live Wild Ani- have been awarded $1.00. imal im Action, Elsie Horlacher, James Flaherty, age 18 years, Cleve- age 12) Millerton, N.Y, iand, Ohio, A large number of our juvenile read- ers responded to the invitation to sub- mit drawings and the judges had some difficulty in deciding upon the prizes which were finally awarded as follows: FIRST PRIZE—DOMESTIC ANIMAL IN ACTION. By Henry J. Hall, age 15. 305 306 J. W. Randall Jr, age 1S years ie kousha, Mich. Ernest E~ Binsttum, aged m2 sears, Paxton ik Henry J. Elalll age 15, Chanute, Kan. In awarding the prizes an effort has been made to select those pictures bear- ing unmistakable marks of having been drawn from life. Of course due FIRST PRIZE—WILD ANIMAL IN ACTION, attention has been paid to composition and technique, but the principal factor governing the judges was the thought and care displayed by the young artists in portraying the animals in action. Some of the youngsters did not read the conditions, but sent in their draw- ings rolled up and hence were counted RECREATION: out; others came in after the time limit and were returned. Ta Paul |. Mains “live bird in tioht: there is careful drawing, excellent ac- tion and good proportions. It won the first prize without a dissenting voice. The first prize in the Wild Animal class, by Elsie Horlacher, is a remark- able picture for a child of thirteen. The By Elsie Horlacher, age 13 action and pose are very good, the char- acter is well maintained, the propor- tions all that could be required of even a more experienced artist, but the hand- ling is somewhat crude. This, how- ever, is a minor fault and soon over- come by practice, but it takes long years of practice before the student nor i i B) AGH ct Megpi FIRST PRIZE—LIVE BIRD IN FLIGHT. can catch the spirit of the animals as has this little girl of thirteen. _ Henry J. Hall, who wins the first prize in domestic animals, is five years older than Elsie, but his rabbits are not five years better than Elsie’s squirrel. How- ever, Henry Hall’s rabbits are well drawn and have a touch of natt.re 397 By Paul J. Fair, age 18. about them which gave him the prize without question. Hall’s jay birds would make good natural history draw- ings, but while very carefully done and possessing many good qualities, lack ar- tistic conception, handling and compo- sition. Master Ernest P. Linstrum, aged 308 BLUE JAYS. thirteen, does not win a prize, but according to the published agree- ment he gets a dollar for his picture and we want to call attention to his powers of ob- servation. Any coun- try boy who notes the rabbit tracks in the snow will say that Ernest has really seen such tracks and re- membered them, too. See how the little fel- | low has made the shadows of the dogs, trees, log and stumps all fall in the same di- rection, and any artist will tell you that his IOI BALI OUN THE CHASE. older pupils are often guilty of making the light shine in two or three directions in the same composition. By the length of the hound one might suppose it to be some new breed of dog, but even this fault 1s an effort on the little artist's part to cover the im- pression of a dog with its legs extended just before it gathers them under its body for a fresh leap. The drawing is unconscious- ly humorous and indeed comic, but do not laugh at it unless you can do better yourself. What we like about that dog is the evidence of honest effort which marks its every line, also its evident originality of conception and design. The pen drawing by J. W. Randall, Jr., shows better handling perhaps than any of the others and also less origin- ality. We do not mean by this that it is a conscious copy of any other picture, but that it looks as if the person drawing it was an old hand at pen work, and being an old hand By Ernest P. Linstrwm, age 13. "How WouLD/LIKE 70 POSE FoR Ly) HOWE RECREATION”? SIN ee I) yp \ i / whet \ x “Y Nya bil Gd < 4 ‘SAY Qui T amid |Z s YouR KIDDING ; i) TDN ia { ‘ 7 >) Yip ; MM Ng © Me he 7 4 y q . \ rp lia te Wy. UW fro Lv HO Ml il in LO ‘a Ue WELL ILL BE Goop WANN, IN 5 if mull! TUL if 5, Ut” “SAY SEND ME ( ACOPY OF RECREATION ITHINK/T WouLO INTEREST ME % should do better. Nevertheless, that is a good sunset and a sunset sky is a dif- ficult thing for any person to portray with a pen. In composition it is always best to avoid having the line of the horizon divide the picture in halves, Mr. Randall, and in future put it up higher or down lower and it will mate- rially improve the composition. Taken as a whole this contest is pleas- ing in result and if we have stimulated any young artist to do better work we will be satisfied with our part of the contest. After all, it is not the prize we work for, but the pleasure derived from the work itself; the prize won simply means that our work is so far suc- cessful as to be worthy of the commendation of others. No real sportsman goes afield ‘for a big bag of harmless quail, but for the delight of tramping the stubble fields and watching the wonderful instinct of his bird dogs and of testing his own skill on difficult shots. \ te GW a. tan cea 5G Rae Levon Wid &, Na. NY ANTE Tn i eteacront lin iy es Wits sagt \\ WY 1f ANA | Ni WY Gi, iy THE FIRST SNOW, 399 , NO POSE FoR va You” @ = Cre re wa Peon ) \ ) f A / i > \ ) ( « Ny is) / HOPE You Win yy AN S ! A P. R IZ E J Drawn by James Flaherty, age 18 It is just so in athletics. It is not the paltry mug or glittering medal one seeks, but the physical joy derived from calling all one’s strength into play. I remember of sitting in an eight- oared shell boat grasping the handle of the long spoon-bladed sweep and feel- ing as if I could by one pull rip the whole side out of the frail craft. Why, that feeling itself was worth a wagon- load of silver mugs and a cartload of gold medals! AU WMYYYYy; NAN Wl Wi “Vy Yj, Ww ‘\ oa i Mik yf Uf Vj Yj ; (ne ee es } a % NNR gg Ne oe lhe et ll MiG 5 SRS IAESS By J. W. Randall, Jr., age 18 Ever to thee hast birch-wood) incense risen from my shrine Tok ning vague desire:— And ever hast my dreaming Been guarded well, Anon art thou incarnate.) ae DAN BEARD AND THE BOYS. Anything which brings nature nearer to us, and gives recreation, innocent and refined, is an influence for good.—Si1r Epwin ARNOLD. When I was a lad I used to dream dreams of the Wild West, where there really lived people like those described by Captain Mayne Reid, a country where the towering moun- tains wore. white caps of snow in midsummer to keep their heads cool, where the prairies were covered with flowers and dotted with buf- inlom put lL did not expect to see all this existing to- day, therefore, it was with grateful surprise that I noted all these things while on a camping trip in the Flat- head Indian Country. Even the buffalo were there. But it was not of this part of the thip that > meant. to speak; what I intended to say is that an Indian boy is just like any other sort of a boy—he is all boy. The one in the illustration looks embarrassed, and he is em- Dativias sied 2 -camera 1S pointed at him and he has been told by the older In- dians* thar the picture the camera takes is the spirit, the soul, of the object pho- tographed. Who would not feel and look embarrassed if they thought some stranger was about to pull their soul out of their body by the heels and press it flat like a flower or botanical specimen on a piece of paper? White boys have many just as silly beliefs; for in- stance, they spit on their taw or shooter when playing marbles to give it iuck. You see the Indian lad and the white lad both have pe- culiar beliefs of their own, but both are fond of play and fun. I once saw two little Indians trying to ride a little donkey, and the latter would buck exactly like a real big cowboy’s pony until it bounced the boys off its back, to the great delight of the Indian men who lay stretched full length on their blankets watch- ing the fun. One handsome young warrior, gorgeous in beads, feathers and stained porcupine quills, 311 HE IS EMBARRASSED. By Cantwell. looked on the boy’s efforts with a solemn, dig- nified countenance until by a skillful twisting side jump the little donkey sent both the boys up in the air to fall on their backs in the sun- baked grass, then the young warrior quite shocked me by exclaiming in English, pcley.! hey, ianubberm meek: what" Ihe s1dea or that stately warrior using such an expression! Nor was he content with this, but he must throw dignity to the winds and roll over and over in a violent attack of merriment. It was then that I learned that not only was an Indian boy all boy, but, that Indian men were very much like the rest of us. You will no- tice that the little white boy, in the next picture, does not seem to care how often he is photographed, because he does not believe that he is having his soul torn from Is: body: If he dids you would not catch him posing so unconcernedly. Even the dog pays no attention to the young photographer, but that may be because the dog has been taught that it has no soul. Speaking of souls reminds me of the time long ago when I went to Sunday School in Painesville, Ohio, and the teacher was so anx- ious about my soul and so earnest in her desire that I should save it that I became quite indignant and told her She might have it if she wanted it so very much, and that she might put it with the other souls she had saved. You see, I was only a little toddler at that time and should not have been bothered with such serious affairs. I thought my soul was some sort of an invisible thing hitched on to me without my consent and that it needed constant care to keep it from being damaged by contact with furniture, trees and things. If the expression of the face is any indica- tion of a thing’s soul a snapping turtle must 312 : RECREATION A SNAPPER. have as mean a soul as a strike-breaker. I say strike-breaker because there is the por- trait of one in the paper before me and he has just the expression of this turtle. TI have never met the man and know noth- ing of him, but I do know turtles, and they are terrible monsters. A turtle eats every living thing smaller than itself, frogs, young ducks, wood mice, squirrels; in fact, if boys were small enough they would be eagerly de- voured by this armored knight of the muck pond. When the turtle is a funny little baby it is itself in some danger of being devoured One of my young friends found a large dead bull frog, and in its mouth was a dead baby turtle. The frog was ambitious, like the one TWO DEARS. By E. F. Cawsgill. By Geo. W. Tusk. we all know in the fable, but his ambition had a different bend; in place of striving to be as big as an ox this frog tried to be big enough to eat turtles whole, and only discovered his mistake when the turtle became hopelessly jammed and immov- able in its distended jaws. The boys say that “if a turtle gets hold of your toe it won’t let go until it thunders,’ by which they mean that one must go around with the turtle hang- ing on one’s toe until a thun- der storm comes along and frightens the creature away. We all believed this, but it is unnecessary to say that there is no more truth in the thunder part of the legend than in the spirit stealing power of the camera. POSING UNCONCERNEDLY. 8y F. H. Holmes. When I was last in the Rocky Mountains a big mountain lion drove a beautiful little fawn down to the railway station at Belton, on the Great Northern Railroad, and the kind-hearted station master fed the little spotted fawn from a bottle just as the small boy is doing in this illustration. Deer make beautiful pets, but the bucks are very dangerous at certain times of the year. However, this depends upon the size of the buck. One full grown deer that I once owned had legs smaller than the pen with which I - am writing, and its body was not as large as a big jack rabbit. Of course, this toy deer was not dangerous any time of year. But the pigmy musk deer of Java are far from nu- merous and seldom seen in this country. The one I owned was killed by gas from the fur- nace of our house. In the next number of RECREATION we hope to have an article on how to keep fresh and salt water aquariums, written by one of the experts at the New York Aquarium: ~The aquarium is a most interesting affair to keep in one’s room, but not half so inter- esting as is the pursuit and capture of all the DAN BS BARD VAN Ee BOY S queer little creatures destined for the crystal prison. At low tide is the time to hunt under the stones and sea weeds for the little sea people left by the tide, and many a happy day can be spent in this way. The fresh-water aquarium is much more simple, but none the less interesting, and here we have a couple of lads landing a fish much too big for any pri- vate tank. From the expression on the boys’ faces it looks as if there will be little doubt that the landing-net will soon slip under the flopping fish and become the prize of the two boys—a prize of which they may well be proud, for it is such a goodly fish that it makes me want to drop my pen, take my rod and let the magazine run itself. Just here I want to impress upon you boys what lucky chaps you are to be boys. Think of it, there is probably not a man in this whole country who would not LUCKY CHAPS. gladly change places with any healthy boy, even if he should have a very red head and a face so freckled that he looks like a cow had coughed bran in his face. Men go swimming and have a good time after their fashion, but bless you, they don’t have the real rollicking fun that the boys enjoy. The pebbles on the bottom hurt the men’s tender feet, or they are afraid of the mud getting on to their clothes. Yes, and their clothes are so much more trouble than the boys’ are to them. When a lad wears only a hat, shirt and a pair of trousers it is AT LOW TIDE. 313 By J. G. McCurdy. not much trouble to go a-Swimming early and often. But if I remember aright, boys have trou- bles of their own, and it is often hard to ex- plain satisfactorily how one’s shirt happens to be put on wrong side out, or how one’s back became so blistered by the sun that the only way to sleep is face downward. Did you ever own a crow? If not you have missed more than a cart load of innocent fun. I have owned all sorts of pets in my life, from pet beetles to coons, dogs and deer, but none gave the all around satisfaction of the crow. AFTER LILIES. Illies. By Herman 314 A GOODLY FISH It is hardy, full of the jolliest of tricks, is as affectionate and loyal as a dog, as comical As 2) Glows andl alnos: as mmclinewem: as a boy. A pet crow knows its friends and en- emies and will allow no liberties from a stranger. Of course, a crow’s honesty is no better than that of a pack rat, but my. crow never stole from me, and somehow or other one finds it easy to forgive a thief who only steals from others. When we dug up our flower-bed in the early spring there were no less than seven silver thimbles unearthed, and not one of the lot came from our house. One day “Billy” brought me a nice two-dollar greenback. In those days a two-dollar bill was a very, very large amount to me, and stood for an un- heard of amount of butter scotch and ginger bread. Of course the money did not belong to me, but neither did it belong to the crow, and “Billy” would not tell where he got his wealth, so after a consultation with my parents and my teach- er, ana diter wating to See) if anyone claimed the bill, it was at length decided to be my property, and it was the first two dollars I ever had all in a heap. But it was not always money the crow found; once he filled all the crevices in my mother’s bed with liver; this could not be seen and attracted no atten- tion until the summer heat be- gan to act upon it, then every- body in the house knew that something had happened. The old folks said a rat must have died in the partition, but the t : By H. B. Silver JACK AND BILL. RECREATION crow and I were chums and understood each other. I sus- pected the real cause of the dis- agreeable odor, and as soon as the coast was clear, discovered and removed the liver, and never until this day did I give the crow away. Speaking of balls, do you know that the game of ball is one of the oldest we have? Its origin is lost in the distance of time, but it is thought that all games of bat and ball) come from the North somewhere, though the ball without the bat seems to have been used in sport all over the world. Dir Howard =: Kee ckhateher claims to be the inventor of the “bird cage’ now worn by all who catch behind the bat. Not long since the doctor was inter- viewed by a reporter of one of our great dailies, and here is his story: “T-entered Harvard University in 1874, and in that year I played in the ball team, always catching. Henry Hooper, now a successful merchant in Boston, used. to pitch for me, and he always delivered the ball overhand. Ele was) very swith, Duta salwwaysmshoodmas near the bat as the catchers do now, although I had no protection for the face. I could dodge pretty well, and, as curves were un- known, I could judge the ball to a nicety. “Tn the winter of 1875, Ernst, a student at the university, thought he would try a new wrinkle, and started in practicing the under- hand throw, and discovered that the ball would curves) lt had=to- catch tom lim, soo: and I set about thinking how I could protect my face. I used to wear a rubber band. over my mouth, and I decided this was not protec- By Dr. J. B. Pardoe DANS bh Ale ea ie BOYS, tion enough for me. When we played our first game in the spring of 1876 I put on a mask, which I had made from thick wire. The edges were wound with leather, and I had a strap on the chin and another on the forehead. My chum, Fred Thayer, helped me to make it, and I confess it was a queer- looking thing. “T was ridiculed the first time I wore the mask, partly because it was a new thing and partly because the people considered that a catcher did not need protection for his face. I threw the mask away. Thayer took it up and had it patented, but received no royalty. “Dealers in baseball goods knew a good thing when they saw it, and they commenced to manufacture the masks and put them on the mar- ket. Thayer promptly brought suit against them and won every case taken into court.” “Were the games as close as now?” was asked. “Oh, yes,” was the answer. “I remember one game we played at Lowell where the score was 3 to o in Harvard’s favor. Only one hit was made, and a Harvard man Bot tO mrst on it. Mirom) there :iive was advanced around by wild pitches, and two of the men who had got their bases on balls were pushed around the bases.” “How about errors; were there many?” “Well, no; not very many. I have played lots of games where neither side made a misplay.” “How far back did the pitcher stand?” “About forty-five feet,’ replied Mr. Thatcher. The appearance of this inter- view brought on quite a news- paper controversy, and many per- sons claimed to be the inventors of the wire mask, but as there was . . * se no umpire to decide the question , pyyp-tEccED FROG. By D. C. Witter. we will leave it as it stands. The bull frog is a favorite of all country boys. I once had a big one so tame that he made no attempt to escape, but would eagerly wait for me to let the mice out of their trap that he might eat them alive. This froe. ate Wlive: mice, “bats, crawtsh, fiddler crabs and all sorts of things, but he could not be persuaded to eat snakes or English sparrows. It often happens that frogs and snakes are born “queer,” that is, they are fit subjects for museum freaks. I once owned a toad with five legs, and I charged a pin for each leg, that is five pins, to see it, and did a big busi- ness; but here is a frog with three hind legs 315 that would have made my fortune. A frog is much more graceful than a toad and more difficult to capture, and all this gives him ad- ditional value as a drawing for a show. A toad looks like a warty Tom troller with arms and legs. Speaking of marbles, even their names have changed since RECREATION’sS staff were boys, and that is not so very long ago, but one really old man in Boston says: “My marble playing goes back to the early 4o’s, and to Philadelphia. In those days— 1840 to 1845—our ammunition was rated and termec as follows: “First—‘Potashes,’ the lightest and cheapest of all. They were made of potash, glazed and sold ten or twelve for a penny. Next came the ‘commons,’ or ‘nickers,’ as we called them, made of clay. Next higher in value was the ‘white alley,’ made of silica and often beautifully streaked with red and pink veins—two of these cost- ing one cent. [hey were favor- ites, as) mien, 101%) Shooters... thie ‘nickers’ being only object mar- bles to be shot at. Then came the ‘chinee,’ a larger marble, made of china or porcelain, and crossed by geometrical lines of varying widths and colors and preferred by boys as their ‘shooters’ above the ‘white alley. After the ‘chi- mee; the agate came and the cor nelian, both beautiful stones and lnictilyasprizeds «Next “was =the ‘glass agate, or elaborately col- ored glass marbles, still, I believe, in vogue. Last in order was the ‘Tom troller, or bamboozler, the boss of the bag for size and made of all the materials named. The “Tom troller’ was always the heavy ordnance in the marble armory. Its office was implied in its name —it was used for rolling or troll- ing rather than for shooting, as it was too large to be projected from the thumb and forefinger. “The ‘bull ring’ was the king game of marbles. A chalk circle was drawn, or more often scratched in the ground with a sharp stick or the toe of a player’s shoe. The greater the skill of the player the bigger the circle. I have often played in a ring twelve or fifteen feet in diameter. In the center of this circle was a smaller one in which each player deposited his stake of one, two or three ‘nickers’ or more valuable marbles, as agreed upon. The outer circle was. the initial shooting line or taw of each player. If his shot struck a ‘nicker’ -and knocked it outside the big ring it was a ‘hit,’ 316 and he proceeded from the resting-point of his ‘man’ to aim at any marble in the ring, the object being always to knock a ‘nicker’ clear outside, when it was bagged as game. Fail- ure to do this was a ‘miss, and the next player took his turn. “The postures in playing were the ‘histing’ (long i) shot, delivered standing; the ‘stoop- ing’ or sitting shot, and the ‘knuckle down’ or ‘skin bone’ shot, in which the player was obliged to keep his knuckles to the ground. A player could command the -posture of his opponent by quickly calling out ‘knuckle down!’ and he could defend himself by cry- ing ‘fen knuckles!’ It was ‘fen hists, “fen knuckles,’ ‘fen’ this or that, ‘fen’ any posture or mode of playing likely to give or save an advantage. If not called out in time this challenge was worthless. The word ‘fen’ is a corruption of ‘fend,’ to ward off or prevent, and this is an abbreviation of defend. “T have written only of the ring game. ‘Pots’ was another favorite, but not so easily or quickly put up, as it requires a series of six or eight holes to be dug by the players twisting their heels in the ground until a hole RECREATION was thus bored. The game was to troll the big “Tom’ into the holes. The player who failed to land his ‘Tom troller’ in the holes in their right order left that marble outside, defenceless, the objective prey of his opponent who, striking, captured him, and the owner had to pay several pawns or ‘nickers’ as a tansom. But we of RECREATION have not lived so long and did not know the potashes in our day; we only had the clay ones, which we called commies or combos, which meant com- mon marbles. The “alley’ we had was of two kinds, blue alley and blood alley. Our blood alley was the same as the Philadelphia boy called a “white alley,’ and the blue one differed only in the color of its wavey streaks. We always called the shooter our “taw,” and the marbles we shot at were called “ducks.” Then we had “plasters” of unglazed china, and “chinas” of glazed china, “crystals” of glass, agates of the stone by that name, and “potteries”’ of mottled glazed earthenware. Now the wise old Century Dictionary calls all marbles “alleys,’ and the boys call them alll “megs.” By C. R. Clarke. AN ACHING SHAKE. BY Gs DO KRATZ; There was a young girl on the lake, Who shook till she shook off a shake. She shook and she shook, *Till she busted a hook, But she found she had shook on an ake. Subscribers who desire to obtain either general or detailed information about automobiles, are invited to correspond with will be answered promptly, the reply going direct to the writer, and correspondence will be published later in these columns for the interest of other readers whenever the character of the material warrants it and the cor- respondent offers no objection. Communications must be received by the first of the month to be available for use in the next issue. RECREATION. Letters PIV RHOWUSAND: Wir ar SAs: An automobile has been run. 5,000 miles un- der official supervision and without any me- chanical trouble. This is the latest record in long distance automobile trials, and the performance from all accounts seems to have been a very excellent and creditable one. The car used in this test was a two-cylinder 12 hp Touring, Model of Enelish manutac- times wcoiddeley sbya name) and a Lull complement of passengers was carried every day of the run as well as a couple of hundred pounds of tools, Sipia GCap apis tS. tires, and the like. Although most of the 5,000 miles was over good Eng- lish roads, the weather was as bad ase only, English weath- er can be. There were but three Glas~S Or sGlinwy roads, so that the conditions were not alto- gether favor- Boyles 2) 1Dablocim afer the entire trial,, the run was un- der the officiat supervision of representa- tives of the Au- tomobile Club of Great Brit- ain. A SURVEY OF THE RANGE. 317 the editor of this department of It cost $194.50 approximately to run the car 5,000 miles—an average of nearly four cents a mile. Of this total $94.82 was for gasolene, oil, re-charging of ignition bat- teries, small replacements; the balance, $99.- 72, was expended for tire renewals. Thus it will be noted that the tire expense was great- er than everything else combined. aii SOLD ste: After all, the real interest in these authentic automobile trials is the matter of expense. There is nothing very remarkable about the fact that a car can actually run 5,000 miles without me- © Jo 2) san @ a Il troubles. The GQ MEST LOM IS, ill Owe 11 i.e li does it cost, even if anything doesn't break?” The greatest single expense is for tires, and although pneu- matic tires are almost univer- sally used, many people can not understand why solid tires are not to be pre- ferred. The solid tire certainly does Slee ja' very. practical article, for there is no 318 danger from punctures or rupture, no pres- sure to pump up, no wear, no bother; and further than this, there doesn’t seem to be any good reason why automobiles with good springs and a long wheel base should not ride as comfortably when driven at a moder- ate speed over fairly good roads when equipped with solid tires, as with pneumatics. But in actual practice the pneumatic tire has the better of it. It yields, gives, is not pounded as is the harder tire. There is much truth in the clever advertisement of one of the tire companies: “We swallow the ob- struction.” In other words, the air cushion is always capable of being compressed, no matter how hard the tire is pumped up, and thus the surface of the tire yields in going over an obstacle and is not injured, whereas with the solid tire there is no appreciable yielding, and if the obstacle is a sharp one, it is very apt to damage the tire. AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT. Not many automobilists have tried both solid and pneumatic tires for any length of time on the same car, and therefore the fol- lowing experience should be interesting. The car used was of nine horsepower, weighing, with all tanks filled and ready for the road, A MOUNTAIN ROAD IN CALIFORNIA, RECREATION 1,975 pounds, and resting on 2%4 x 34 inch solid tires. Tinus equipped the car was oper- ated for 4,727 miles with the following re- sults: Total running expense.......$171.40 iiiremsexpense: alome 4. = 15-2 01160 Mileage on gallon of gasolene 20.50 ‘otal “expense per mile. 22... .0328 When the car had been run 4,727 miles, solid tires were discontinued, and 3% x 34 inch pneumatic tires substituted. After making this change, the car weighed, all ready for the road, 1,850 pounds. The operator then ran the car for 7,266 miles with the following results: Total running expense...... .$308.32 Mire OxpenSe avotit see 6.2 8145.00 Mileage on gallon of gasolene 28.00 The expense per mile figures out about the same for the solid tires as for the pneumatic, but the owner claims he would never go back to solid tires on account of the greater vibration. In this particular case some of the objections to the solid tires did not seem to hold good; in other words, after 4,000 miles of running, little or no expense was needed to repair any damage done by the jolting and vibration caused by the solid 1beE A WAYSIDE MEETING. “COMING OUT” SEASON. Look over your automobile carefully be- fore putting it into commission for the season. No matter whether the car has been stored for the winter in your barn or auto- mobile house, or placed in “dead storage” In some city garage, it will pay you to in- 319 spect it personally. Examine the tires firsc. If the car was put away for the winter, the wheels had been jacked up so as to remove the weight of the car from the tires. In any event, pump up all four tires good and hard, let the car down on the ground so as to rest on the tires, and leave it for some time TROUBLE AFTER THE STORM. to se2 if the tires hold up and that there are no small punctures or any leaks in the valves. If the tires hold air pertectly, and no re- pairing or renewal of any of the parts seems necessary, look at the tires on the rear driv- ing wheels; the two rear tires have to hold up the greater proportion of the combined live weight and dead weight of the car as well as transmitting all of the power, and consequently they have to do by far the greater share of the work. Nowadays practically all touring cars use double tube tires of the same size on all four wheels so that in starting out for a trip of any length, it is necessary to take along only One extra tire and one or more inner tubes. This extra tire will fit any of the four wheels. If in examining the rear tires, you find they are in pretty bad shape and show effects of hard usage, it will be well to transfer them to the front wheels and wice versa. You will find this change is well worth the trouble, and it is to be recommended for single-tube tires as well as double-tube tires. BEWARE THE REPAIR MAN. If, however, your case falls in a different category, and you find the car will not only run well but there is work galore for the repair man, an entirely different procedure is to be recommended. Commence the inspection of the car with a blank-book in your hand, and note down carefully everything that is not right. If you ‘find there is considerable lost motion to be taken up in the engine, make a note of that. If the ignition system wants a thorough overhauling; if there is a pound in the engine or a knock in the transmission gear; if your coil has gone bad or the carburetor is out of adjustment, and the whole car resembles a Pandora’s Box of difficulties and troubles, of course you have got to consult the repair man and be prepared to spend some money to put the car in good order. But don’t do anything until you have gone over the -car yourself very carefully, noted the condition of everything as well as you can, and, in short, made as careful an examination as you know how. Get bids on everything in so far as you can; do not deliver the car to the repair man with a hurried: “Put it in shape as soon as you can,” but advise him just what is the mat- ter, and furthermore what doesn’t, in your opinion, require any attention. The average repair man cannot tell you what the cost will be beyond a rough approximation unless you give him some facts on which to make 320 an intelligent bid. The automobile repair AO OMM ON IAD IN OIOSSS 321 shop has come to have a pretty bad name, and its chances of going down in history in the same group with the Spanish Inquisi- -tion.and other worthy institutions seems ex- -cellent.. One automobilist described a gar- age rather cleverly when he called it “an es- tablishment operated by relatives of Ananias and Beelzebub.” SELECT A GOOD GARAGE. here 1s) no doubt that) there are. many, unscrupulous and incompetent repair men _who cheerfully offer to complete all kinds of atitomobile repair work in record time, but, on the other hand, there are a great many re- liable and trustworthy garages where high- class work is done at reasonable prices, and there is no doubt that much of the complaint which automobile owners make is entirely their own fault. They don’t give the garage people any time to make repairs, and it never seems to occur to them to ask for bids on the work so that when they get their bill they set up a howl of “Robber,” and another black mark is put down against the much- abused automobile repair man. A PACEMAKER’S HIGHWAY. In every city of size there are good es- ‘tablishments, and the big manufacturers make it a point to see that they are properly rep- resented wherever possible, and that not only the sale of their cars but the repairs on the same are in the hands of intelligent and honest representatives. NO; GRAND2 PRIrX, It has finally been decided that there will be no Grand Prix in France this year. The Gordon Bennett race will be run alone in all its glory. Undoubtedly the important cause of the abandonment of the new race was the cost and inconvenience of running it on a different day from the Gordon Bennett, and although a mighty interesting race is thus lost, the Gordon Bennett will continue to take pre- cedence over all other automobile events, in- ternational or otherwise. At one time it looked as if the Grand Prix would diminish the importance of the Gordon Bennett, but an almost universal protest from the various automobile clubs caused the French club to relinquish their original proposition to hold both races on the same day and at the same time. To my mind the attitude of the French club has been excellent throughout. The same cannot be said of the automobile clubs of England and Germany, who set up a veritable howl when the project was first made known, or at least some time after it was made known. No one seemed to pay much attention to the proposition when it was first made, but when the agitation was finally put under way, there was no end of trouble and complaining. Three cars will represent America in the Gordon Bennett race. Two Pope-Toledos and a Locomobile. The elimination trials will be held at Ormond Beach next month. LO@ MUCH DUST The general concensus of opinion seems to be that the great body of automobilists drive their machines conservatively and sanely; do not break the laws wantonly; and are good members of society, even though they do happen to own automobiles. Further than this, that the actions of a very few reckless automobolists are responsible for the feeling adverse to the sport which manifests itself in fool automobile bills. This doesn’t seem to me to be the case at all. Last summer was a big touring car year. At least there was more touring done than ever before, and the cars were larger, . more powerful, and greater in number. For the Sportsman-Photographer and the Photographer-Sportsman. Little Bits of advice and suggestion gathered from many sources by an old Sportsman. RECREATION COMPETITION. In the future, we shall hold a competition every two months, instead of once a year, as heretofore. For the present we shall give cash prizes only, one first prize of $10.00, one second prize of $5.00, and five consolation prizes of $1.00 each. hese prizes are open to all our readers. An additional prize of $2.00 will be given for the best picture sub- mitted by the amateur who has not pre- viously won a prize in any of our competi- tions. So that there may be no misunderstanding, we have made the following conditions, which will hold good on these bi- monthly competitions until further notice. 1. There will be one first prize of $10.00 in gold, one second prize of $5.00 in gold, and five consolation prizes of $1.00 each. Also one additional prize of $2.00 for the best picture submitted by an amateur, not previously a winner in our competitions. 2. The awards will be made by the Editor of RECREATION and his decision shall be final. 3. All photographs submitted will become the property of RECREATION, but no photo- graph will be reproduced, ‘other don the prize winners, without the payment of $1.00 to its owner for its use. 4. Photographs should be on glossy or matt smooth-surface papers. Sepia and col- ored platinums and carbons do not reproduce well. Solio or smooth velox prints are the best. Photographs should be sent flat, not rolled. A description of the picture will make it more valuable. 5. Any subject representing outdoor life or sport may be depicted. We do not want pictures of birds or animals in captivity. Birds and animals in their natural haunts, 8 IN THE PARK. 5 By A. D. Ostrander. 322 : COLD, HUNGRY AND SHY. fishing, hunting, automobiling, athletic games of every kind are desired, and they should be as topical as possible. 6. Packages containing photographs should be marked “Competition.” and must be fully prepaid or they will not be accepted. 7, All competitors must be prepaid sub- scribers. First competition will close June I, 1905. The object of these competitions is two- fold. We want to interest our readers in the use of the camera as their weapon of sport. The hunting of animals or birds in their native woods -vith a camera in the hand, is just as exciting ond sometimes more dan- gerous than when armed with a shotgun or file. his, then, is ome of or purposes. The other is to obtain suitable photographs of out-door life for our own pages. ‘These, of course, we want to be itmely and expres- sive of the season of the ye>r. We do not want skating or football pictures in the sum- mer months, for instance. If we find the interest in these competitions is keen, we shall increase the number and value of the prizes. It all depends on our readers themselves. Some photographers are always in doubt as to when to stop development of their negatives. They may be able to expose 323 By S. G. Jameson. correctly, but when in the dark-room they are unable to judge of the density of the image, and either do not develop far enough or else so far that the delicate half-tones get all blotted out. For such, and, in fact, for all, we recommend the use of the Wat- kins time or factorial method of development. This method, once learnt, is very simple and most effective. It is the coming method of development with all photographers. It is based on Mr. Watkins’ discovery that there is a certain fixed ratio between the total time it takes a developer to fully develop a plate and the time that elapses after pouring on the developer, before the image begins to appear. For instance: Suppose we take a plate that is exposed for one second on a subject and use ortol as our developer. The image begins to appear im say 30 seconds after pouring on the developer and the re- quired density is obtained in 300 seconds, or 10 times 30. The ratio for this developer is, theny 10; ehis: 1S called tie tacton.» aNoOw. take another plate exposed on the same sub- ject for say 6 seconds. The image begins to appear in 25 seconds. Multiplying 25 by the factor 10, we get 250 seconds. ‘Taking the plate out of the developer at the end of 250 seconds, then, we shall find that it is almost identically the same as the first plate. 324 “We may add water to the developer, or use ‘it stronger, or add more alkali, thus changing the time of appearance, but this will not alter the factor for that particular developer. If the time of appearance is shorter, the total duration of development is shorter, and so on. This method also obviates the handling of the plate during development by exami- mation, and keeps the fingers from staining, as, for instance, with pyro. We can cover the plate and tray Over. as soon as we have noted the time of appearance and when the total time has elapsed, take the plate out, rinse it and fix it without even looking at it, knowing that. if our exposure has been correct within certain limits, we.have ob- tained a zood negative. ' Every developer has its factor, some large and some small. Here are the factors for the generally used developers: Fiy.drochinoni. 7.2.40: Mier Satna Glycine nee ee, amen Bikonogen = <:...: : Bbsavete ie? LO) Pyrocateching ese eee 10 Griokwae so eee Biederman LO Pyro (average): a. wae. ieee 10 Amidglie... 2. Tee rae ee PEO Kdinol: sa: Gee tcectrsin beta 20 _» Edinol- Hydrochinon Ra ees ee NE LG) eis ire < Sees 30 -Metol-Hydrochinon .. .. 15-18 Modinal Cae ue oe The above are the numbers with which the time of appearance, as explained above, must be: multiplied to give a_ fully developed image. Simple, isn’t it? MEDITATION. IIBCIREAITITOUN April is the best month of the year in which to take cloud negatives. It is difficult to get good clouds in landscape negatives unless the landscape is considerably under- exposed, and a white sky in a_ landscape picture is both untrue and unpleasing to look at. This can always be remedied by having one or two good cloud negatives at hand from which to print in the sky part (we'll tell you next month how to do that). In taking cloud negatives, get on as high ground as possible so as to get no fore- ground and a view wnobstructed by trees or houses. Then focus on extreme distance, including only a very small part of the land- scape in your picture. Use a rapid shutter and stop f.22 or thereabout, and a slow plate. Development should not be too prolonged ; it should be stopped as soon as all detail iS out, and sufficiently dense not to “fix out” the hypo bath. HOW TO AVOID BLISTERS IN BRO- MIDE PRINTS. The blistering of bromide and _ gaslight papers is one of the annoying defects of these otherwise excellent papers. This generally happens when the washing water is too warm, but can be avoided by wiping the back of the print before development, with a pad of cot- ton soaked in alcohol. This is an almost sure preventative. Too strong a hypo bath is also apt to cause blisters. After the fixing bath is made up, let it stand awhile so as to get to room temperature. When hypo is dissolved in water it reduces the temperature of the water considerably. By M. A. Yauch. i smile of welcome for the college man. pears first in the probabilities. her. A FORECAST OF SUMMER SPORT Potpourri of the Diamond, Cinderpath and Field of the Big Colleges BY EDWARD M. WEST. April with its showery face wears a glad t means the opening of the spring season of outdoor. contests and relief from the dull grind of gymnasium practice. If the oppon- ents of athletics in college life knew and ap- preciated the sacrifices these earlier months of training involved, they would regard more leniently the sportive side of education and place athletics on a higher plane as a moral exercise and character developer. Baseball takes precedence chronologically. All the college teams have completed their preliminary work and are about to take the field for actual play. Of course the cham- _pionship games come later, but already the devotee knows the calibre of his team, and can forecast with wonderful certainty the issue of the big games. LAST YEARS CHAMPION STRONG. Princeton, the champion of last year, ap- While losing several of her players by graduation, she still retains a nucleus that should be welded into the strongest team if no accident befalls Harvard is scarcely less fortunate in retaining seasoned material, and should give The Tiger a hard run for first honors. In pitching strength, the Crimson has slightly the lead, with Coburn over Byram and Cook ‘of Exeter, _velops team play better than Harvard and but Princeton invariably de- bats and fields to better advantage with equal material, and the veteran will prefer Nassau’s chances. Yale is weak in pitchers, though fairly good in other respects, while Pennsylvania, Cornell and Columbia are all handicapped by heavy losses. four make from The Hub and Jersey. . It is doubtful if any of the it interesting for their rivals However, the opening games of each in the South, par- ticularly with Georgetown, will be followed with keen interest. THE RELAY CARNIVAL. Next to baseball, track athletics commands closest attention. In their nature track sports afford better opportunities for specu- lative interest since the contests are indi- vidual and the merit of the competitors bet- ter understood. At present eyes center on _ the relay carnival of the University of Penn- 325 sylvania on April 29. It is to be regretted that these games are held so early in the col- lege year. They have grown in importance to overshadow even the Intercollegiate championships in individual events, and it is too bad that the competitors cannot reach the acme of their skill at an April date. This year there will be upward of 1,200 contestants, representing over 150 different institutions. In the championship events all the collegiate leaders are represented. The West sends Chicago, Wisconsin and Michi- gan the wast ale, darvard | Princeton: Cornell, Columbia, Syracuse, Georgetown and Pennsylvania. Even this list may be augmented in the last minute from the na- ture of the conditions. PENNSY’S CHANCE. In each of the three leading events, exist- ing records should be bettered. Pennsyl- vania has a splendid opportunity to improve the one-mile standard. Taylor, Hyman, Greene and Shaw are phenomenal runners. Taylor is good for 49, Hyman 50, and the other two close to 51. So it is not unlikely that at least a second will be clipped off the 3.21 3-5 mark that now stands. Yale can probably give the Quakers a hard run, and Harvard is not: far behind the Elis, while Chicago promises to send a team that will force record figures from the winners. Princeton, Columbia and George- town are the other bidders for honors in the race. The two-mile event presents Yale as most formidable. Mike Murphy has gathered to- gether a squad of half-milers from whom he expects to find a pair worthy to contest with Parsons and Hill. If he does, 8.04 1-5 will be far from the mark they'll make. Cornell and Princeton, too, promise fast teams, particularly the former, while Syra- cuse, Wisconsin and Columbia expect to cen- ter their efforts in developing fast middle distance men. Pennsylvania, Harvard and Chicago are the other promised competitors, and the three may be regarded as dark horses. CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING. In the four-mile race, Cornell anticipates a record breaker. Her success in cross country running has been phenomenal, and it 326 is hard to see how she can fail to make new figures. Munson-this year should better 4.20 for the first time in college athletics. He is easily the. fastest American miler in years, and a worthy successor of Willie Day, Tommy Conneff and George. Magoffin is good for better than 4.30, and so is Smith. If a fourth man can be found to do 4.40, nearly a half minute can be clipped off the record. Chicago and Michi- gan claim very fast teams, while Yale, Penn- sylvania and Columbia expect to cut some figure. : The individual contests should be almost as notable. Most important, if it can be con- summated, will be a match between Ralph Rose and W. W. Coe. Both are remarkable shot putters. Rose holds the record of 48 feet 714 inches, which Coe broke at Medford recently by over 6 inches. The latter’s mark was not accepted because of the nature of the missile. A meeting of the two would do more to prove the calibre of the record than all else, and new marks should certain- ly result. THE SPRINTS. There would be no other contest so strik- ing. In the sprints) Schick | of Glanyanrd, should prove an easy winner. Dear, of Penn- sylvania, and Rulon Miller, of Princeton, are his nearest Eastern competitors. Eckersall and Blair, of Chicago, are the Western lead- ers. None can touch the Cambridge boy at his best. Georgetown hopes much from Seitz, who broke Duffey’s 4o-yard record, but it is doubtful if he can last 100 yards at speed. It took Duffey years to develop strength to last 100 yards at his shorter dis- tance’ speed. ' Torrey, of Yale, and Hogen- son, of Chicago, are the others entered. Of hurdlers there are none in college to- day. Graduation left only four who figured in last year’s championship. Vonnegut and Ashburner, of Cornell, Castleman, of Col- Colgate, and Amsler, of Pennsylvania, none approached first-class. The hurdle will be an open event. Neither are there any first-class men in the field events, if we except McLanahan and Shevlin, of Yale. Shevlin has only Van Doyn, of Syracuse, to defeat in the hammer throw, while McLanahan is only approached in the pole vault by Behr and Adriance, his mates, and Moore, of Cornell. THE BROAD JUMP. The broad jump lies between Hubbard, of Amherst, Sheffield, of Yale, and Greene, of Pennsylvania, unless Stangland, of Co- lumbia, shows no ill effects from last fall’s football injury. Nevertheless, all these events will be in- teresting as indicating something of the rela- tive prospects of the teams for the champion-. ships, This year the Cup contests are more ale Gel TOUT open than ever before. Every team that fig- ured last year is depleted. Yale is the heaviest loser, though Harvard, Pennsylvania and Princeton all suffer. Cornell, alone, re- mains intact, serving to equalize the five teams. Pennsylvania with any development would have the better chance. Dear, Hyman and Taylor should win nearly 15 points in the sprints, with Amsler, Greene and Boyd to add 10. The addition of a half dozen points would win in a broken field. Yale has Parsons, McLanahan, Shevlin, Sheffield, Alcott, Teal, Behr, who should yield 25 points, and Harvard, with Shick, Schaenfus, Dives, needs to develop a num- ber of second strings to win, while Princeton and Cornell are in about the same position. Altogether the outlook could scarcely be more open. ON THE WATER. The crew men occupy third place in inter- est at present. There is still a month of hard work before they even enter the preliminary contests. Annapolis in May meets Yale, Co- lumbia, Georgetown and Pennsylvania in weekly succession. These are the earliest races. Then follows the Decoration Day race for Harvard and Cornell, and the pro- posed second crew race in the American Henley. If the plans of the stewards of the latter event are consummated successfully this race should supersede in interest almost any other in college aquatics. It is now planned to have Yale, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Cor- nell, Columbia, Syracuse, Georgetown and Wisconsin enter crews composed of oarsmen who have never competed in any event at Poughkeepsie or New London. Such a race would produce an almost ideal contest and would arouse great interest. Should Cornell and Harvard enter the Henley event it is probable that their Dec- oration Day race would be made a ’Varsity event. As such it would become a champion- ship contest in effect, since it would bring to- gether a New London and Poughkeepsie contestant and afford a basis for compari- son between these events. HARVARD BEING WATCHED. Harvard’s crew this year will be watched with keen interest in view of the abandon- ment of her long contest against professional coaching. The years of defeat have at last driven her to give up graduate supervision and put all boasting interests in the hands of James Wray, the old-time professional. Yale, too, no longer makes a pretense of eraduate coaching, acknowledging Kennedy the position he has always occupied in fact. Whatever success Harvard has will certainly be due to the innovation. Columbia will also experiment with a - AatiOmeCAS Ol coaching change, but abandons a professional coach for a graduate. Her reason, however, is not the disapproval of professional coach- ing but the non-success of Hanlan and the availability of Goodwin over any professional of reputation. She has always floundered about without system since rowing was re- sumed and unless signs fail will again bring up the rear with Georgetown at Poughkeep- sie. WISCONSIN IMPROVED. Wisconsin will be the dark horse on the Hudson. Her crew will be of unknown quality. Unlike last year O’Dea has always had a sturdy lot and the chances favor a good eight. Cornell professes to have fears of failure, but the Ithacans have always plenty of ma- terial and her continued successes prove the efficiency of her coaching. She is pretty like- ly to be there good and strong. Pennsylvania has a bright prospect with all her eight back save one man and plenty of good new material, while Syracuse, the cham- pion, has all her men back. A rattling race should be afforded by Penn, Syracuse and Cornell, with the possibility of Wisconsin cutting in. There is some doubt as to what George- town will do without Dempsey, since the lat- ter will return to his old love, the Vespers, to prepare them for their Henley trip, and will undoubtedly go abroad with them. The Vesper entry at Henley, by the way, is quite likely to arouse much unpleasantness when the personnel of the crew is made known to the English stewards. If there was a question raised as to the status of col- lege crews abroad the make-up of the Ves- per eight is not likely to pass muster un- challenged under the queer English eligibility requirements. These endless quibbles make one almost wish that Americans would be content with honors to be won at home and leave England to the enjoyment of her ex- SUMMER SPORT 327 clusiveness. It is not an elevating position to be continually knocking at a door at which we have always been more or less politely told we are not wanted. It savors, too, rather of pot-hunting. DUFFY THE MUG HUNTER. Speaking of pot-hunting, the spectacle pre- sented by Arthur Duffey, the Aitstralian, must make the collegian blush. Duffey is so good as to be in a class by himself. It would be pleasant to place him on a pedes- tal for continued worship, but he lowers himself more by his systematic pot-hunting under amateur guise than if he deliberately embraced professionalism. There should be some way to break up the practice. The restriction of Stannard and Ritter by Princeton, Cartmell by Pennsylvania, and Rose by Michigan for scholastic deficiencies is a step in the right direction, since all four men are stars in their line and therefore the temptation to overlook their failings is quite strong. The sentiment may now be said to be firmly established favoring the elimin- ation of ineligibles from competition at any cost. If some means can be devised to prevent importation and bidding for promising ath- letes by the offer of scholarships and other advantages we may hope for absolutely pure college athletics. Such spectacles as af- forded by McCormick at Princeton last year are sickening, but just how they can be pre- vented is hard to see. The time must come when a sentiment will be developed that will make it impossible. An indication of it is given by the distaste with which the en- trance of college star pitchers into profes- sional baseball has been received. Clarkson of Harvard at New York, Allen of Yale in New England, Crumley of Georgetown at Detroit, and Caldwell of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia are not applauded by college men, though it is true the advent of colle- gians in the professional game has raised its tone. OLD MOTHER NATURE. Grand old Mother Nature has long been misunderstood by her pet human children, and ever since men with prehensile toes lived arboreal lives capering among the branches in the primeval forests, they have looked upon good old Mother Nature as an enemy to be subdued at all hazards and any cost. In our mad effort to accomplish this we have denuded the land of valuable forest, wasting and burning enough timber to sup- ply fuel and shelter to many generations of men. We have punctured the surface of the earth in search for oil and allowed enough to run to waste to supply light for many lifetimes. We have waged a war of exter- mination on animals whose existence is of the greatest value to men, and done this for the pretty price their hides brought us, or for the savage love of blood letting. We have all but annihilated many beautiful and useful birds for their skins to be used as gruesome ornaments for our women’s dear heads and much dearer hats, and now with expanded chests we exclaim: See how we have conquered nature! ~ But do not think that I am pessimistic for I am an optimist. What I am trying to show is that we are the prodigal sons, and although we may yet have to do our turn as swineherds (like our biblical proto- type), we have a growing consciousness of our sins, and will repent in time to save some of our great and incomprehensible inheritance. We men of the campfires of America know that good old Dame Nature is even now patiently looking forward to our re- pentance and reformation, and sits waiting for the prodigal’s return with a large and fatted calf for our delectation. Among the outdoor people, there are many rough pioneers who exercise a power- ful influence for good; but the change of heart on the part of the great masses in- habiting the cities, towns and villages in more thickly populs ‘ted districts is largely due to the noble work of the compfire clubs, Audubon Society, ornithological and 328 union, and the men behind the magazines, like Mr. Johnson, of the Century, who has done so much for our forests. Such promi- nent nature writers as John Burroughs, Ernest Mhompsen Seton sand. Dir /Wwoner also exercise a most powerful influence for good, and it is to such men, and the ever increasing influence of RecREATION, that we are led to hope that we may yet live to see the day when sentiment will walk arm in arm with common sense, and we may at last gather-at the barbecue and partake of the fatted calf furnished. by our much abused parent, Mother Nature. FARMERS WERE ANGRY. The farmers in the neighborhood of Hag- erstown, Mid. angry over the conduct of careless hunters last fall, came to an under- standing, and during the recent hard winter refused to furnish food and shelter for the quail in their section, many of which were frozen to death. The farmers say that hunt- ers tear down fences, shoot domestic fowl, lambs and calves, and that they never think of providing food and shelter for game dur- ing the winter. Fortunately the true sports- men of this section awoke to their interest and took an active part in feeding and shel- tering the game. It is becoming more and more necessary for the sportsmen of the country and of the town to take an active part in the preserva- tion of game birds, not leaving this import- ant matter for the farmers to attend to dur- ing the time when the birds are not being hunted. A GOOD EDITOR. The editor of the Burlington (Iowa) Hawkeye deserves the support of every sportsman in Iowa. He has been comment- ing vigorously upon the manner in which the game laws of the State are being broken by would-be sportsmen. His actions in the matter should be followed closely, and should it be necessary to furnish him with am- munition the sportsmen interested sttould be ready. (SIDI OUIUANES WV AUN TOIB IRON GS PERVERSION OF GAME LEGISLA- TION. On March 8 a bill was introduced in the New York Legislature to give to certain persons in Nassau County, Long Island, the special privilege of turning loose tame deer and hunting them with hounds. The bill, obviously, is in the interest of those rich sports who attempted to vary their anise- seed hunting with a tame deer chase last fall and were prevented by the Society for RiGee heVention Ob Cruclty, to. Animals 9 It “is opposed by the State Game Warden, who declares that the privilege asked for should be denied, and doubtless it will be opposed by the Society and all who sympathize with the Society's purposes. ‘On other grounds than those taken by the anti-cruelty people, the bill is open to criti- cism. It seeks to confer upon favored in- dividuals or a small number of rich men a privilege denied by law to the people as a whole. For good and sufficient reasons, the law forbids the hounding of wild deer, and the owners of enclosed game preserves are amenable to that and to all other provisions of the law designed for the protection of game. Neither the owner of a twenty-thou- sand-acre park in the Adirondacks nor the farmer of a small tract may kill out of sea- son the wild birds or animals living on his land. The game laws of this country have not yet been perverted to the exclusive benefit of the landlord, as in Europe, but it is necessary to keep close watch lest the pernicious idea that “sport” is a peculiar privilege of the leisure class find lodgment in our game legislation. Opportunities for hunting are being faleen away from the people rapidly enough by the extinction of game and destruction of its wilderness haunts, and the time is coming when the sports of forest, field and stream can be enjoyed only by those who can afford the time and expense of long journeys. One of the purposes of game laws is to defer that time and preserve to the people, so far as is possible, the opportunity for rational enjoyment of the sport of hunting in re- gions not difficult of access. So far as the conditions are affected by legislation, equai- ity of opportunity must be maintained and the American principle of equal rights to all, and special privileges to none, must be in- forced. The bill under consideration is an attempt to engraft a particularly offensive piece of special legislation upon the general game law. It is even worse in spirit than the. perennial proposition to restrict the right of the citizen to possess and bear arms by im- posing a gun tax under the pretence of pro- tecting game. Plain American citizens, who resent the intrusion of snobbery and class privilege into our system of government, should join in the protest. $45) READ, YOUNG MAN. The sporting editor of the Detroit Free Press has been placed upon the free list of RECREATION indefinitely. Apparently, he is as much in need of education in the direc- tion of the proper limit to be placed upon the sportsman’s catch as any man in the United States. In the recent issue of this famous paper, there appears a four-column reproduction of a photograph of an immense string of fish taken through the ice at Ore Lake by a number of so-called Brighton sportsmen. It is a matter of grief and surprise that so famous a paper as the Free Press will pub- lish, without condemnation, such an exhibit of wanton and selfish destruction of fish and Cali it Sreat- sport.« Stich, barbarous ideas of sport do not belong in this age and should find no place in a sheet like the Free Press. OLD OFFENDER CAUGHT. Game Warden James Halliday, of Union County, South Dakota, raided the house of Herman Becker, an old offender against the game laws, and found 419 quail and 369 prairie chickens in boxes. Becker was con- victed under the State law governing the shipment of game out of season, and fined $100. AOD ire Sl EU A ELON: ode late a imine supertmtendent at Ur- sina, Pa., was arrested early in March on a charge of dynamiting fish. Huff alleges that he used the dynamite in an effort to clear several streams to prevent two county bridges from: being. carried away by the ice. ‘his seems to be somewhat of a difficult situation for the Justice before whom the case is to be tried, especially in view of the fact that informers against violations of the fish and game laws are entitled to one-half of the fine in Pennsylvania. A GOOD WORK. Ernest Harold Baynes in his lectures throughout the country on “Our Last Chance to Save the Buffalo,’ is accomplishing a great work, his appeal for the preservation of our finest native animal accompanied by stereopticon slides showing the buffalo in all phases of its life, being extremely inter- esting. The National Historical Society of Boston recently passed resolutions endorsing the work, after hearing Baynes’ lecture. ALL HAIL HIS NAME. In a letter from Mr. Charles H. Ward, of Rochester, we were delighted to discover the real bona fide ultra scientific name for the pot hunter. It is Pithecanthropus erectus. Don’t forget that name, you may want to use it and I doubt if an old-time mate on a Mississippi River boat could invent a worse one. 330 WORK FOR MISSISSIPPI. E. O. Toomes, a subscriber at Jackson, Miss., calls our attention to a disgraceful slaughter of robins in his locality. Negro pot hunters have been coming into town with great strings of dead robins. In his letter, Toomes says: “The negro pot hunter is re- sponsible for the ruthless murder of these beautiful songsters, and there should be some method to put his class of hunters entirely out of business. The laws are good enough in Mississippi if they were enforced as they should be.” We have taken action in an effort to bring the matter to the attention of Mississippi au- thorities and trust that all Mississippi sports- men will co-operate with us in an effort to secure the proper administration of the laws in that (State: —EEEEE SHAME, ALABAMA! Alabama is not far behind her sister State if we are to believe the following newspaper story. The whites there.are just as bad as the negroes in Missisisippi. A jolly party of hunters, composed of County Treasurer H. C. Miller, Chief Deputy Criminal Clerk John P. Abbott, James Hamilton, W. H. Preigel, and Kirby Ward, returned recently from the vicinity of South Park, where they state - that they killed 605 robins. Mr. Abbott claims to have made fifty-six succumb to his ability as a shooter without moving out of his tracks. Truly, they. are having a slaughter of the innocents in the South. All of the members of this “jolly party” have heard from us in no uncertain terms. mM REPROGRADES Sir. An active fight is being made in Arkansas to repeal the law prohibiting the ‘Sale of game in a number of the counties of that State. This retrograde step is being discour- aged vigorously by the sportsmen in Arkan- Sas; one of whom ‘Says,in a letter to us; “never since I was a boy have I seen duck as plentiful or in such variety as during this past fall and winter season, and why? Simply because for two winters we have been rid of pot-hunters, and the sale of ducks and geese has been prohibited. Before we had a non-sale law this city (Helena) was known as one of the best supply points, and thou- sands upon thousands of ducks and geese were shipped to foreign points. We have had varieties of ducks this year that had al- most quit coming this way before the non- sale law was passed.” What better argument can the sportsmen of the country desire for the passage of the anti-sale laws? There seems to be slight danger that this act will be repealed. RECREATION PHEASANTS THRIVING. Reports from Madison, Wis., indicate the fact that the pheasants released in Wiscon- sin some years ago are thriving, many of them having been seen in the vicinity of this city. PREE PU BENCADION: W. F. Scott, Fish and Game Warden of Montana, has printed the game laws of that State in a neat little pamphlet of convenient size for carrying in one’s pocket. Copies can be had, free of charge, by writing Mr. Scott, at Helena. WITHOUD PROCESS: OF SEAN: A statute authorizing game wardens to seize and forfeit to the State summarily, without affording the owner thereof oppor- tunity for a hearing, all guns, ammunition, decoys, fishing tackle, etc., in actual use by persons hunting in violation of the game law, is held, in McConnell vs. McPhillip (Neb. 65 L. R.A. 610) to be void as depriving the es of his property without due process of law. — A GREAT GAME SUPPER. Bozeman, Mont.—At our meeting two weeks ago it was decided that we select two captains and they choose sides from the roster of membership, each side to go hunting wild game, the side that scored the least points to attend to pre- paring the supper to be had in two weeks, the game to be turned over to them. The hunt was to be between four days. Capt. Geo. Whitney and Capt Wm. Rider were chosen to make the needed arrangements. The Royal Neigh- bors were to be invited, of course (but not to do any of the work). We never can have any doin’s without having them in it. We also invited the Wood- men families and Woodmen _ sweet- hearts. We have about 225 members, so had_a good list to choose from. The captains agreed on the points to count, and the clerk was to record the points. Tuesday night at 6 o’clock the contest closed. Soon after a Neighbor drove up and called the clerk to register two deer heads, the balance of the deer and the hunting party being in the moun- tains, blocked by snow from getting in. Game came in fast, and seven deer, forty-nine jack-rabbits, fourteen cotton- tails, one coyote wolf, and a box of fish were registered—Modern Wood- man, Lincoln, Neb. These “modern woodmen’ had _ better get a new name. “Modern” does not apply to people guilty of engaging in the brutal side hunt of our half savage ancestors, EDITORIAL WANDERINGS FINE HIM FREQUENTLY. Editor RECREATION: © The only way to stop the slaughter of game in this State is to prohibit the sale of it. See this clipping. M. A. M. Spokane, Wash. “BILLY” NORMAN PAYS A FINE. W. S. Norman, manager of the Hotel Spokane, pleaded guilty in police court yesterday to having venison in his pos- session out of season and was fined $10 and costs. Mr. Norman claimed that the game had been killed in Idaho. If Mr. Norman is fined frequently and often, it is safe to say that he will soon find it profitable to become law-abiding. But what of the thoughtless men who tempt hotelkeepers by offers of absurdly high prices for unlawful food? The producer and the consumer should both be punished, as is the case with the receiver of stolen goods. BOOKS AND AUTHORS. “ OSCILLATIONS AND CAMP KETTLES.” It will interest all sportmen to know that one of the very best woodsmen in this coun- try is Mr. Frederick K. Vreeland, America’s foremost expert in wireless telegraphy and translator and joint author of Maxwell’s “Theory of Wireless Telegraphy.” The first part of this book is a translation from H. Pomcaré of Maxwell’s “Theory and Hertzian Oscillations” ; the second part is Mr. Vreeland’s “Principles of Wireless Teleg- raphy,” and both parts are fully illustrated by the neatly drawn diagrams of Mr. Vree- land. I have seen Mr. Vreeland in the Rocky Mountains, fished with him in McDonald River, botanized with him in the valleys of the West, hunted with him in the forests of Maine, climbed to the top of old White Cap with him, canoed with him on Moose- head Lake, and a better all around young sportsman I have never met, a good shot, a keen observer, a practical naturalist, a botanist well known to fame and a thorough- bred sportman. I do not as yet clearly see the connection between Hertzian’s oscilla- tions and camp kettles, but it must be there. | | | At any rate, I advise all readers of RECREA- TION interested in electrical theories and in- ventions to read Vreeland’s book.—McGraw Publishing Co., New York. “MARY'S GARDEN.” It is probably the beast man in me that made me rebel at the title of Miss Frances Duncan’s book, “Mary’s Garden and How It Grew.” Somehow it suggested to me one of those prim little books once known among the children as Sunday School books. They were all small books, with pasteboard | covers and drivel inside, that even the most docile Sunday school scholar never willingly 331 read. But when I opened Miss Duncan’s book I immediately admitted to myself, and now do so to the public, that my first im- pressions were erroneous and prompted by a masculine mind, which rebelled because this delightfully instructive book was named after Mary in place of Tom, Bill or John. The story is interestingly told and is filled with garden craft from cover to cover. It is written for children, but we all come under that head when the exact age limit is not specified and almost any one of us older children will find information of the most practical kind in “Mary’s Garden” which cannot fail to be of service to us in our own gardens. The author, Miss Frances Ditncany alrthionelt. still a) young) cir has spent some time as manager of one of the best known nurseries in the United States, and she now occupies an editorial position on Country Calendar,’ but the reason she occupies space in RECREATION is because she is a. clever writer, a good camper, a good shot and as plucky a girl as ever carried a gun. MR. BROWN’S STORY. There is a “been there” look to Mr. Bel- more Brown’s illustrations in this number of RECREATION and the breath of the glaciers fans our face as we read the simply told tale of adventure. However, it is not Mr. Brown the artist, nor yet Mr. Brown the writer to which we wish to call the attention of the readers of RECREATION. His pictures, drawn from sketches really made in the land of the black sheep and his story, written directly from his notes taken on the trip, speak for themselves. But to the novice in the strenuous life of adventure in new and raw countries this narrative is of price- less value, inasmuch as the carefully given details of the story supply the reader with hints of great importance to one outfitting for a similar journey, and, to the naturalist the observations of Mr. Brown on the habits of the black sheep are deeply interesting and instructive. There is perhaps but one man in all the world better informed on this subject than Belmore Brown, and that is Mr. Andrew J. Stone, the Audubon of Arc- tic America, the discoverer of the black sheep and for whom it is named. Editor RECREATION : Please tell me the proper name for the Texas jack rabbit. Wm. Andrews. The scientific name of the Texas jack rabbit or jack hare is Lepus Tex-i-an’us. Editor RECREATION : Can you give me the address of some parties who buy live wild animals, or any one who is in the market for a pair of live foxes? Fred W. Wieland, Duluth, Minn. GUNS AND AMMUNITION AN OPEN DOOR. An open, free discussion of all guns and ammunition calls forth no objection from the broad-minded manufacturers of these goods. None of them fear the consequences of such a discussion, for it is safe to say that all of them are susceptible to improvement. In truth, when a gun reaches perfection, the end has come not only to guns, but to the world itself, for the law of the universe is constant progression. It is as useless to try to stop the improve- ment in arms now as it was in the time when the bowmen in Lincoln Green attempted to cry down the use of firearms altogether, or as it is for the man who dearly loves his high-stepping horses to stop the advance of automobiles. It hurts the feelings of any right-minded man to see some selfish, greedy, low-minded man shooting promiscuously into a flock of birds; but the fault is not with the gun, but with the law, which does not limit the num- ber of birds a hunter may kill. In the “good old times” of our Colonial forefathers, the waterfowl were so plentiful that when they took wing they made a noise like the deep-rolling thunder and our ances- tors thought that the supply was inexhaust- ible, so they shot them in such numbers that it was customary to send their “niggers” with ox-carts to bring home the dead birds; yet this was in the days of muzzle-loaders and flintlocks ! Every free-born American claims his con- stitutional right, not only to carry a gun, but to carry one of his own selection, and he will do it; so it really makes no difference whether some of us approve or disapprove of the improvements in firearms, for, like the auto-boat and motor-wagons, they are here to stay; but it rests with the reader and the community to see that the game is protected by limiting the bag which can be taken in a day or season; not by attempting to prohibit the use of any particular type of gun. Every sportsman and every patriotic Amer- ican loves and reverences the long-barreled rifle of a few generations back. But few of us know the history of its ori- gin and evolution. Somewhere in the early part of the eighteenth century a big, awk- ward, clumsy rifle of Tyrolean model made its appearance in this country, probably im- ported from Germany. It must have had some advantages or it would not have been used, but when one knows that the bullets were hammered into the mouth of the gun with a mallet and then forced down with an iron ramrod, one can 332 not help wondering what the game, or the other fellow, was doing during this laborious operation by the gunner. That there was a call for this clumsy arm is known from the fact that somewhere about 1730 Peter Dekard made them in Philadel- phia, and a man named Leman, in Lancaster, Pa. It must have been the accuracy of these rifles that created a demand for them, but whatever their merits or demerits, the guns made by these two pioneer American gun- smiths were the Adam and Eve of the Amer- ican rifle family. Gradually the barrel was lengthened, the stock made lighter and of more graceful lines until the “Kaintuck” model was evolved. The patch was then in- troduced and was found to be a great im- provement over the mallet and iron ramrod. About 1740 a manufactory for hunting rifles was started at Charlottesville, S. C., by work- men from Leman’s factory at Lancaster. John Paul Jones, founder of the American Navy, says, in a letter to a Mr. Hewes, that his faithful overseer took “the fine Lancaster rifle’ and joined General Morgan. “It is the best rifle in Virginia,” and “could not be sighted by a steadier eye,’ adds Paul Jones. All the buckskin men soon adopted this — long-barreled rifle, and the double-trigger was introduced some time during the Revolu- tionary War. One of General Morgan’s rifle- men, who was also a gunsmith of the Char- lottesville works, went to Harrodsburg, Ky., and made the first real Kentucky rifles. Daniel Boone’s rifle barrel was made of imported horseshoe nails. The Revolutionary backwoodsman had no quartermaster, no commissary, no surgeon, no chaplain; but with a Dekard on his shoulder, a cow’s-horn powder-flask, a skin bullet-pouch, tomahawk and hunting knife, he made a formidable foe. : _ While we are talking improvements it is interesting to know that in 1777 there came to America the Junior Second Ma- jor of the Seventy-first Regiment of High- landers, Patrick Ferguson, Brevet Lieu- tenant Colonel, Local Brigadier-General of Militia) under General Cornwallis. This poor Britisher was killed early in the battle of Kings Mountain, but it is not his titles or his death which is of interest in this department of RECREATION, but the fact that Ferguson invented the breech loading rifles which were issued to the picked body of men. September 11th, in 1777, our sharp shooters met these British, and the rapidity ef the fire of the red coats was even more astonishing to the Americans than the accuracy of their aim. This is probably the first instance of brecch GUNS AND AMMUNITION loaders being used by regular troops in active battle. The old red coats must have been well trained, for it seems that no one since made a success of breech loaders until the advent of metal cartridges. Ole NSE EG ia Editor RECREATION : In the October number of REcREATION, just to hand, I notice a query regarding the visibility of a rifle bullet while in flight. I disagree with your negative answer. My at- tention was called to this matter by an old army man who had had considerable experi- ence with long range shooting in the Far West, who at the time, I thought to be 1m- posing upon my credulity. Bearing his words in mind, however, during several shooting seasons on the New York State range at Creedmoor, | repeatedly, on very clear days, saw bullets from my 47-50 for an imstant, almost as distinctly visible as a golf ball driven from a tee, though the tra- jectory lost them to the eye within a few yards from the muzzle. I have called several other shooters’ attention to this fact while on the range, and after carefully watching each shot they fired, they admitted that I was right and bullets could sometimes be seen. PROPER LHe LOAD: Editor RECREATION : In answer to inquiry of Revalli, Missoula, Mont., wish to say that 34-inch barrels are not desirable as they are too long to be con- veniently handled. The maximum load of black powder is 4 drams for 12 ga., and 5% for 10 ga.; smokeless powder, 334 drams for sa ‘atid 434 for to ga., if you have a good gun. W. Clemens, Fargo, N. D. PUTA IBID) Ral DTI Editor RECREATION : In the January number of REcrEATION, “W. H.,” of Pontiac, Ill., asked what brands of powder gave the best results in the 32-44 target revolver to avoid excessive fouling. Since I use a 32-44 S. & W. target revolver myself I have anxiously watched for a reply, but have seen none. It has occurred to me that a revolver as heavy as this one, béing made, as it is, from the 44 model, should possess enough metal, if it is good, to withstand at least medium charges of the high power smokeless powder, but I have not had the courage to try it. If it could stand it, the only objection to the arm would be overcome. I would like the opinion of Mr. Barlow, of the Ideal Com- pany, on this point. _ “W. H.” will greatly facilitate the clean- ing process by pouring boiling water from the spout of a tea kettle, through the bar- rel, followed, of course, with wiping and oil- ing. 333 Do not, however, try to clean the cylinder in this manner, as water will not dry out of the extractor, and will rust and ruin the action. As a lubricator, I have been using vaseline slightly hardened with paraffine, and dropped in the shell hot, around the edge of the ball. eh Aen Couderspons ba: IAROWID) Cue JENS” WOON CIRO SAM eee Editor RECREATION : I note in a recent issue the question, “What do you think of the 38-55 Winchester rifle for big game?” I am the owner of a large tract of land in Georgetown County, South Carolina, a combination of game preserve and cattle range. The cattle feed the year round, are practically wild, and are shot and dressed in the woods when wanted. For the last few years I have used the 38-55 C. F. W. rifle for the purpose of killing these beeves, and they are as wild and as tenacious of life as possible, and my rifle has never failed to drop the largest beef on the spot unless my bullet was. badly placed’ O£ course, all beeves are shot in the head, but the 38-35 Winchester will do the work properly any distance under 400 or 500 yards. I have not tried one over that distance, and most of my shooting is done at much shorter range, usually about 150 to 200 yards. At that range I can kill the largest beef in his tracks. I also not the question by “Revalli:’ ‘Are 34-inch barrels desirable?” I suppose he means on a double barrel shot gun. In my fourteen years of duck and bird shooting on my preserve I have tried various lengths of gun barrels. There is no question that the long barrels will shoot farther, but there is the additional weight, and each inch on the end of a gun barrel may be compared with the old saying in shoeing a horse, “An ounce at the toe means a pound at the withers.” Ipreter, the 32-inch to anys) Where, is\ a vast difference between the 30 and 32-inch barrel, but not so much between the 32 and 34-inch. The 32-inch, in my opinion, is the happy medium. Wm. Lownder, Cat Island, South Carolina. HARD WADDING. Editor RECREATION: Will some of your readers answer these questions? What is hard wadding? Does it injure a choke bore gun? I have been using in my gun one ¥% inch Eley wad, one 3 inch handy teltmand: one; card swad,)on top ot powder. Would this be called hard wadding? Wadding in the above way I use 3% drams black powder and 1 ounce of shot. The load gives splendid results, but will it injure my gun? I don’t want to shoot it if it does that. Can some one tell me what causes a hard sealing-waxlike substance to form on inside of barrel about an inch from the end, and at the end of the chamber when using black powder? Arthur L, Phelps, Lindsay, Ontario, . ON THE WRONG DRACK Editor RECREATION : I believe the Game Protective Association is on the wrong track—the conditions are about this: While the West and East are protected, the Central and Southern States are slaughtering the ducks and geese by the car loads. Over 300,000 birds were marked in Louisiana and Texas in less than two months, and nearly as many in several other States. A number of professional hunters from this point have moved to the South, and report a great business. These hunters often killed a wagon load of ducks in a day. Seven geese at two shots, and fourteen ducks are actual records. Stop the sale of game in the South and get rid of the crows, skunks and minks and complete the work. I believe the crows and other vermin of our Northern States destroy more eggs and young game than the hunters. A friend of mine protected a small tract of cut-over land from all hunting, and ex- pected a great increase in game, especially quail, pheasant and rabbits. After three years we examined and found it was cleaned out, not even its rabbits were increasing. In looking for a cause I found tracks of vermin, and when we had a burrow dug out, one pit contained twelve female skunks and one male. There were many more such burrows. CJ Gibbs! AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE. Editor RECREATION : In your November number I see an ar- ticle on “Must the Quail Go Too?” by Max Pattison. Here is something that may in- terest many readers. In the fall of 1903, the Wisconsin over- flowed its banks to such an extent that much damage was done to the property of people living near. Before the water fell the ducks were coming down and a fellow had about as much chance of getting one as he had of finding a needle in a hay stack. About this time I took the boat, and get- ting on a good point, waited the evening flight, not expecting to get any, but to see what was really in the air. I sat there possibly an hour when a large 334 game flock of quail flew across the slough and lit in some thick timber a few rods behind me. They spread considerable and soon were busy calling to each other. I noticed that some were answering from the other bank, but didn’t think much of it. Within a short time I heard something go “plump” and a flutter, but soon all was still. I turned round quickly expecting some kind of a duck to make its appearance, but J heard nothing more for some time, when “plumy” I heard the same thing in another direction. J heard this a few times and thought it about time to investigate, but it was growing dark. I couldn’t see very well and the boat wouldn't go in among the thick growth of trees, so I started home. I passed under the trees, where I had heard the quail, and hadn’t taken ten paces when something fell within a few feet of me. I walked over, and examining the leaves, found a quail which had fallen from the branches. It seemed numb, but the weather wasn’t cold, so I placed it into the limb above me and started on, when I heard another fall from a neighboring tree. I lit a match to see if if was disabled, and as soon as the light struck it, away she flew. I found four within 15 minutes. Now could someone tell what was the matter with those birds? the water on the other side was nothing other than quail falling from the trees. All the old hunters around here know of no similar circumstance. I’d be thankful to hear from someone that can answer this. Louis Neuhersil, Spring Green, Wis. A most interesting experience. Can any of our readers offer an explanation ?—EDITor. TANNING HIDES. Editor RECREATION: I go out hunting quite often and like to keep the skins and hides as trophies of the day, and if you will, please print in RECREA- TION a good process of tanning the hides at home. L. P. Séhultze, Pomona, Cal. I asked Mr. Nicol, of Lake Chelan, Wash., how he prepared skins, and he replied as - follows: “Put the dry skin in water to seak, leave I know that the fluttering in ~ Ei E igs Mino OUle wee ADE TS it until the hair pulls out easily. Take it out of the water and lay it over a smooth peeled log. Take a grainery knife (if you have not a grainery knife a horse rib will do, in fact, it is better), use it as a draw knife, only push from you instead of pulling. In taking off the hair you take the grain off the hide at the same time. If you do not do so the finished hide will look as if it had been varnished. Turn your hide (deer hide, I mean), and work the flesh side smooth. Take bacon grease, bear or marmot oil will do as well, and saturate the hide thoroughly. Roll it up and lay it away until dry. When dry, you are ready to do the real work. Take the dry hide and wash out all the grease in luke warm water, using soap. If you have no soap make it from leach ashes and oil with deer tallow or any kind of fat. Having washed the skins so that no grease remains, wring the hide dry. Begin to work the hide by pulling first one way and then the other direction, continuing the operation un- til perfectly dry. Should there be hard spots in the hide after drying, it will be necessary to wet these places and pull them until soft and dry. When properly done, the skin is almost white and has a velvety feeling. To prevent it getting hard when exposed to moisture, it 1s necessary to smoke it, which may be done by an open fire.” Mr. Nicol is an old-time trapper and knows his business. The way to keep the pelt is to take one part alum, two parts saltpetre and mash them together, as fine as possible, lay the skin fur side down on the ground while it is still undried and apply your alum and salt- petre mixture, using care to do it evenly and to skip no part. Use enough of the mixture to thoroughly wet the surface of the hide as the stuff dissolves. that the flesh side touches only the flesh side, and then roll it up closely and put in a place where it will remain cool, but where the frost will not touch it. Leave it for several days until it becomes almost dry, then unroll the skin and with a dull table knife remove all particles of fat or flesh which may be sticking to the skin. Now rub the hide until it becomes soft and pliable. POOR WILLIAM. Editor RECREATION : I enclose you a little clipping which I thought perhaps would interest you. I would like to see William get a good roast. Frank S. Dunham, Warren, Pa. _ MONUMENT TO A PHEASANT. Special Cable to The Philadelphia Press and New York World. (Copyright, 1905, Press Publishing Co.) Berlin, Jan. 28—The spot where Em- peror William has killed his fifty-thou- sandth pheasant has been marked by a beautiful monument in the shape of a Double the skin up so 335 pyramid of red granite. It has been erected on the property of Count Tsch- irschsky-Renard, whose guest the Em- peror was at the time. Since then the German Emperor has increased his bag - by several thousands. and it is expected that another monument will soon mark the place where his one hundred-thou- sandth pheasant will meet its death. Emperor William can not be judged by the common standard of a man. It is only charitable to remember that he has had the great misfortune to have been brought up under disadvantageous conditions with en- vironment of a most unnatural and _ per- nicious nature. He has since. babyhood been taught that to slaughter is kingly, and that to be kingly is to be divine. It is well not to be too hard on the strenu- ous Emperor, for he has many good quali- ties in spite of his unfortunate education. The writer of the above letter must remem- ber that the pheasants killed are practically domestic fowls and that William belongs to medieval times. Our own distant ancestors took the same savage pride in _ ruthless slaughter. But a free born man of this country who should be tempted to emulate the example of this dime novel ruler deserves a lasting abode behind iron bars. ANOTHER PAPER JOINS OUR RANKS We offer our hand of fellowship to The Sportsman, of St. Louis, in its fight against the ruthless slaughter of game, and only wish that all similar papers would join our ranks. A photograph of two men and a dog posing in front of a string of over a hundred water fowl, reproduced by The Sportsman, shows that even in this enlightened country there are men to be found who take the same pride in reckless slaughter as the poor benighted Emperor of Germany. Our earnest correspondent, Dr. Stephen Ee Rogan truly, says> . 1h this is to be con- tinued game will soon become extinct.” We join with the doctor in extending our sym- pathy to the dog, and are grateful to our correspondent for his enthusiastic cry of “Long Live RECREATION!” A CAPTAIN BOLD. Editor RECREATION: What do you think of this for a kind- hearted reception? ie VE Bailey: WILD DUCK BARNYARD FOWL. So thick is the ice in Long Island Sound that wild ducks are starving by hundreds. The feeding grounds for wild fowl have been frozen for months and the ducks have been forced to stay in the small open places in the center of the Sound, where the water is so deep that they can not feed. 336 The highly-prized mallard and black duck, shelldrake and whistler come up to the shore and even into the barn- yards in quest of food. Capt. George Overton found a large flock of wild ducks feeding near his home, and knocked ten over with a club before they,” lett. ‘Gapte™ Prank); assem, on Smith’s Island, says wild ducks eat all the feed of his chickens at night.——New Vork World. If the newspaper item is true, the captain acted like a small boy, and a very bad small boy at that. He should hear Honvrer Daven- port tell the pathetic history about the little widow wooduck. But it may be that the captain is devoid of sentiment, in which case some one should show him what a great advantage in a money way the presence of the ducks would be to him. It would also be well if the game warden attended to his official duties and made the ducks cost the Captain sutlicient »to. teach) jhim that it 1s much cheaper to live as a law abiding citizen. IPMS Jens INSU IBIS, IVEURUR IOS» Editor RECREATION : I have had a large experience with guns of all the best known makes from 8 to 16 gauge. JI now have a pair of hammerless Daly three-barrel guns, 16 ga. shot and 32-40 rifle barrel, and a Sauer & Son hammerless’ double-barrel, 12 ga., weighing 5 pounds 15 ounces. The three-barrel guns weigh, with 26 and 271%4-inch barrels, 6 pounds Io ounces, and 7 pounds 2 ounces. For bird shooting in the bush the light weight 12 ga. is simply perfection, but 1f I could have but one gun or was living out West, where the chance for a good rifle shot does not come often, I would not use the best double gun ever made if it was given to me. I still use the light I2 ga. because, out in the brush with a dog I never get a chance for a rifle shot, and, be- cause it is so light and handy. One thing surprises me—that I shoot better with the 16 ga. than with the larger gauges. Whether after grouse or ducks I seldom, if ever, make a cripple with the 16 ga., and am killing the birds just as far as I ever did when using 12, 10 and 8 ga. guns. While nobody can possibly deny that the larger bore guns have a little more power, they cannot, in my esti- mation, be aimed as well as a small bore with a much narrower breach, and especially three barrels, with a high flat rib, and is aimed as good as a single barrel gun. I would never advise anybody to get a bigger gun than a 12 gauge, and, if for all-around use, never longer than 28-inch barrels, because so little, if anything at all, is gained by having the barrels longer. If a man wants a medium or low-priced gun I advise an American make, either 12 or 16 ga., with 28-inch bar- RECKEATION rels; the 12 to weigh 614-7, and the 16; 6-6% pounds. They will serve the all around pur- pose the best. Never buy a very low-priced Belgian gun; father not hunty at all than use such a gun. In my opinion,. the best all around gun is unquestionably the three-bar- rel, as it is not heavier than a double gun and you have’ got everything with you.. I would not trade one for the best dozen double guns if I could not buy another one. There are two makes for sale here, the Daly, made by Sauer & Son, the German makers, and the Hollenbeck, made in this country. The guns made by Sauer & Son are unsurpassed, and are probably the best made foreign guns for sale in America. The Hollenbeck. three-barrel I have never used, as it was not made at the time I bought mine, but it is a very nicely | finished and well-balanced gun, and ought to have a good sale here. There is not much difference between the standard American makes. They are all first-class shooters. There is no secret in gun barrel boring, and it is really amusing to read about the won- derful shooting that is done. Such long kills are purely accidental, and those that report them do not tell how many times they have made cripples at those long distances. Forty yards is about the limit of range at which a duck can be killed absolutely sure with a good shooting gun, while shooting at them sixty and even seventy yards off is not sportsmanlike at all, no matter what the gauge of the gun may be. Nine birds out of ten will fly away apparently unhurt and dying afterwards in misery. The proper way is not to shoot “at-a ereater” distance that forty yards. It is then either a kill or a miss. J. M. Spenkoch, Windsor Locks, Conn. “OUGHT LO: Bevel Die Governor Goode, Charles Town, shot a gray eagle which measured 7 feet 5 inches from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other, and weighed 20 pounds. —The Daily Mal, Hagerstown, Md. We take off our editorial hat to the Daily Mail, of Hagerstown. It has the manly old- time American courage of its convictions. THE MARKSMAN. BY W. M. DERBY, JR. He was death upon mallards and pintail, He could kill them both left and right, He could wind up a corkscrewing wood duck, Or smash a teal clear out of sight. 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POULTRY ISHEL’S White Plymouth Rocks are the most beauti- ful and profitable of all fowls, and are conceded the “Best in the World.’’? Send three two-cent stamps for 48-page catalogue. The finest poultry catalogue ever issued. Poultry, Ponies, Pigeons and Dogs. U. R. FisHEL, Box 89, Hope, Ind. T HE World’s Best in Buff Orpingtons, Game Fighting Fowls and Dancing Ducks. : Pror. A. F. GRAHAM, Cameron, N. C. WHITE LEGHORN EGGS FOR SETTING. Fourteen acres of poultry. Utility and standard qualities our Write for terms. : Tue Maprtewoop Pouttry Farm, P,-O! Box, 122) Volburnse Newge aim. ()RIGINATORS OF ALL ORPINGTON FOWLS. WILLIAM Cook & Sons, Scotch Plains, N. J., Box 30. Also of England and South Africa. CANOES AND BOATS Sixteen-foot Canoe, complete. WALTER SCHLAEFKE, Davenport, Ia. F OR SALE FOR SALE—Folding Canvas Boat; ticulars address, cheap. For par- E. Berapie, Fenton, Mich. —= =— MANISTEE FLYABOUT—A __16-foot. auto boat. Swiftest hull ever designed for one-horse engine. Knockdown, $21. Patterns, $4.50. Complete, $34. S : Manistee SxkirFr Co., Manistee, Mich. When corresponding with advertisers please mention 66 Recreation” cee ce Rk F AT FO S ADs V7 fait Lon Sc kore GUNS JAPANESE GUN PRESERVER—To anyone sending me 25c. I’ will send formula for Japanese Gun Pre- server, which will remove and absolutely prevent guns and rifles from rusting. H. A. Fretpinec, Pejepscot, Me. FOR SALE—Syracuse Hammerless. Cuas. J. CAMPBELL, Englevale, N. D. ONE BRAND NEW 16 Ga. Winchester Repeating Shot- gun for a Camera of equal value. ArTHUR B. Moore 237 Talbot Ave., Jackson, Tenn. NW EXCHANGE Shotgun and Shells for Winchester Rifle. a Ambler, Penn. RUBBER STAMPS AND STENCILS D°? YOU USE RUBBER STAMPS? If so, let us send you samples of our work. We make the best rubber stamps and stencils in New York. Protectograph, the best safety check protector on the market. Rubber Type Alphabets, 5A fonts, $1.10 postpaid. Send postal card for circular. ABRAM AARONS, 22 E. 8th Street, New York, N. Y. CURIOS eae ai HORNS, matched pairs, polished and mount- also made _ into oe Indian relics, blankets; elk tusks; lustrated lists, 2 cents. showy hall racks; _ flint-lock ancient and modern; Navaje old brass, pewter and crockery. l1- N. Carter, Elkhorn, Wis. [NDIAN Relics, Gem Stones, Gun Flints for sale. GeEorGE Titus, Albion, N. Y. BOOKS RIGINAL edition, Fish illustrated. $5.00 R. R. Rosinson, Station A, Richmond, Va. ‘‘Forrester’s and Fishing,” SQUABS, PHEASANTS, QUAIL SQUAB RAISING PAYS—Can be tested in city or country; small space required, as birds are kept wired in; inexpensive, easily adjusted, portable pigeon houses sold. Visit our plant; we have the best stock and the most perfectly equipped squab-breeding and im- porting plant in the world. One hour from Grand Cen- tral Station, New York. Write for information and prices. RoyaLt Souas Aviary, Box 25, Norwalk, Conn. UAIL, Pheasants, Peacocks, Swans, and Squabs— we are the largest importers. and breeders in America of Pure Belgian Homers; our birds are Mated and Tested, and will produce larger Squabs than any other breed known. $1.50 per pair; 50 pair, $1.35 per pair; 100 pair or over, $1.25 per pair. White Homers, $2.25 per pair. Circular free. Quail in any number. llustrated circular. CarE Cop Squas Co., Box C, Wellfleet, Mass. SKIFFS MANISTEE SKIFFS—light, speedy, tight, $15.80. Complete, $9.75. Patterns, $2.50. Catalogue. MANISTEE SKIFF Co., Manistee, Mich. = ane main foe of travel from Been to all points in the Maritime Provinces is via Yar- * mouth, N. S. Daily service from Long Wharf (foot State St.) Mean- il 23 (except Saturday) in effect about July 1. Fagtime, sailings Tuesday and Friday at 2 P.M.. the magnificent steamers ‘‘Prince George”’ and “Boston” incommission. For all information, rates, folders, tours, etc,, write to J. F. MASTERS, New England Supt., Long Wharf, Boston, Mass. F. H. ARMSTRONG, G.P.A. When corresponding with advertisers please mention “ Recreation” of the year 1903, illustrating a virile MSS of his “A Bear Fight in the Yellowstone Park,” the redoubtable, lovable, approach- able Dan C. Beard, is the editor of RECREA- TION! Here’s How! to him. A. J. Woodcock, Byron, IIL. Editor RECREATION : I am greatly pleased with the March num- ber of RECREATION and welcome the change of style and manners. I am and always have been in thorough sympathy with the protection of game, but became sick and tired . . . I shall resume reading the mag- azine and continue as long as it is conducted on present lines. Much success to you. BPA Haytord. iD. Ehicago. alll: Editor, RECREATION : Your March number is a jim-dandy and deserves the praise of every sportsman in the country. I have greatly enjoyed its con- tents, and particularly the “Publisher’s An- nouncement,’ which promises such treats in store for future reading. gratulate you on the first issue under the direction of the new editor. Keep up the good work and there is no reason why the future will not bring you rich returns and- many new subscriptions. S. ©. Betts, Syracuse, N. Y.. Editor, RECREATION : The March number of REcREATION just re- ceived, and it is certainly fine and to me much better than under the old management. I am more than glad to see the game hog dropped. The legal way is the best way to take care of him. Howard M. Putnam, Fredonia, N. Y. Editor of RECREATION: By some chance I just bought a copy of RECREATION for March. To my unspeakable delight I find it has changed hands! Some years. ago I used to take it; but have bought it only once in several months lately. Though a clergyman I greatly delight in the woods and waters; and have for some fifteen years spent my annual vacation in the backwoods of Maine. As you may suppose, I hail with delight the change of management. I note with pleasure your declaration of principles and purposes. It is, of course, not within my province to give you any advice. But I may promise you that if you will hold on to the one feature of the old RECREATION that was valuable,—the discussion in a de- cent way of the value of different kinds of arms and ammunition and fishing tackle,— and not load its columns with “yarns” and preposterous fish stories, I shall at no very distant day become a subscriber. In the I heartily con-' meantime I shall take pains to purchase each month’s issue of RECREATION at the news stands, and Sully read. Gxewy,)) Jat, Ja. 10, eur iclaicnoe, Nie. The discussion in a decent way of the value of different kinds of arms, ammuni- tion, etc., will not only be kept up, but made even more interesting in the future —Eb. eee Mr. Dan Beard. Dear Mr. Beard :—Your letter of the 16th, saying that you are not on our mailing list, is received. You are on now. In old times we had no especial ambition to receive REc- REATION, but recent events have changed our views. We shall look forward with interest to the forthcoming number. Forest and Stream Publishing Co. New York. Dan Beard, Editor RECREATION. Allow us to congratulate you upon your acquisition to the throne of RECREATION... . With the enterprise which you will un- doubtedly display, we predict for you un- bounded success. Outdoor Life, Denver, Colo. March 17, 1905. Editor RECREATION : 5 While I am a firm believer in having the game laws observed, I must confess that your otherwise most excellent publication, was in- jured very much in my estimation, by the radical stand it formerly took on this sub- ject. Your intention, henceforth to allow the “game hog” to wallow in his own mire, is very much in accordance with my notions, I assure you and I can’t but help feel that ~ all real sportsmen will be glad to know that this feature of the magazine has been elimi- nated. Your announcement relating to your future policy is very refreshing to read and can’t but help appeal to your many friends throughout the country. L. R. Hensley, Hamilton, Ohio. March 14, 1905. Editor RECREATION : Just a line to congratulate you on your change of management. ] have been reading RecrREATION a long time, but feel free to say I was getting tired of so much “game hog” and am confident it would have been a slow death for the magazine; but am glad to note you are going to abolish that from now on. I never saw such a “marked” change for the better, as you have shown in the first issue of RECREATION under your new man- agement. Sam W. Patterson, New York City. ~ Vol. XXII . Number 5 IRECREATION A Monthly Devoted to Everything the Name Implies Dan Beard, Editor ONE DOLLAR A YEAR TEN CENTS A COPY CONTENTS FOR MAY, 1905 Cover Design . i : ! . Lynn Bogue Hunt Sailed Forth in Search af Give : Frontispiece 338 Nests, Nesting and Nestlings : ; : : : C. William Beebee 339 Illustrated Severe Straits . g : 3 Norman Jeffries 350 Why the Gibson Boys Hid Out . _ _ Allen Kelly 351 Illustrated by Roy Martel Mason A Fight to the Finish —. ; . E. G. Chupney 356 Illustrated by Conde The Fairies 3 : i : B : : Floyd Parker Wagaman 358 When the Lines Ran ae heen a : : : 359 To Him Who Waits ; : : : : : : Burley D’Pere Trouble and a Fish 5 : 5 C 6 5 6 Charles K. Young A Canandaigua Whopper : 3 2 ; . Louis F. Drake A Mountain Tragedy : . G. D. Warren 365 Drawings by Bellmore Brown Near to Nature’s Heart . ; : : : 369 Photographic Study by erence Gc: Randall A Message ° : c : : : 6 Irene Pomeroy Shields 370 The Trail of the Cooler : ; : 3 : Lee Woodward Zeigler 371 Drawings by the Writer and Alden Pierion How to Start a Balanced Aquarium . . . _L. B. Spencer 382 Illustrated from photographs by the Writer and Dincic by G. Rede. || Canoeing on the Delaware. . Ralph K. Wing 389 | Illustrated The Marsh . : : 4 Walter K. Stone 397 Illustrated by the Writer and Chale: Livingston Bull Comrade of Old ; A . s : ; 5 : Stacy E. Baker 401 Automobile Notes . : A Willard Nixon 402 Delights of Archery . ; : | 405 ‘| Sun Gunshots : : : ; | 406 | Editorial Wanderings .. ; Dan Beard 408 j Guns and Ammunition L : : : 412 eee Tennis : : . : 423 4 Letters from Our Readers. c : c 416 Hints About Salmon Biehine Chas. A. Bramble 428 | College Athletics . . . . . 420 DanBeard and the Boys . : : ; 432 7 | The contents of this magazine are copyrighted and must not be reprinted without permission. { | Published by WM. E. ANNIS, 23 West Twenty-fourth Street, New York | 1 -| Copyrighted, 1905, by Wm. E. Annis Entered at the New York Post-office as Second Class Matter A A Dp POR 2 ae See POCONO MOUNTAINS waeee| A region of woodland and water, 2,000 feet above sea-level Lackawanna in Northeastern Pennsylvania: an ideal spot for summer outings, dry, cool and invigorating; reached in 3% hours from New York over Lackawanna Railroad. ; A handsomely illustrated book of 128 pages, containing complete information about § i hotels and boarding houses, together with a delightful love story entitled ‘A Paper Proposal,” ‘will be mailed on receipt of 10 cents in stamps, addressed to T. W. LEE, General Pas- { -‘Alailroad a imac exeness Romeo : Soa = Sailed forth in search of game.—See page 3066. Be CREATION VOL. XXII. MAY, 1905 No. 5 NESTS, NESTING AND NESTLINGS By C. WILLIAM BEEBE CURATOR OF ORNITHOLOGY, NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK eee | HEN one has lived k= in the city for a year or two and has be- come absorbed in business and 1m- pressed with the greatness of human AmezncS j)© wl wl earth, let him go to the woods, find the simplest kind of bird’s nest, take it apart and put together the same mate- rials again, placing it in the bush or imees ihen put several small marbles in it and revisit it after the first wind or rain storm. The nest will have van- ished, the marbles disappeared. _ He may indeed take a handful of green, pliant twigs and weave them into a cup-like form which will last Pome tide: Dub one of the chief miracles of nest-building is the tem- porary and fragile character of the structures. By the exquisite judg- ment of the feathered builders, the Mitiveerai, cup or ball, of etass or sticks of clay, is often exactly adapt- ed to the term of usefulness de- manded. We are all familiar with the queer Mtcmdabenick, — .erebe or “hell- | diver,” as he is variously known,— | d 339 the little duck-like creature which fre- quents our mill-ponds, and many of us have fired at him, only to see him mysteriously vanish, before the shot pellets have reached the spot where, a fraction of a second ago, he was serenely “toate, ©z Jalil’ birds this one sees most born of the very water, and indeed we find that this is hardly a mere figure of speech. When mother grebe is ready to lay her eggs, she searches out some re- tired. spot among the reeds and tushes of a lonely lake, and there scrapes and pushes together a low heap of mud and decayed reeds. Here on this water-logged islet,—this mer- est Semplancer Or a mest, shev broods her eggs. A moose splashing among the nearby lily pads may send floods of water over the sitting bird, or the winds may disentangle the little raft of reeds, sending it scudding to the farther end of the lake, but the bright eyes of the mother bird never falter. She carefully covers her eggs with decayed leaves whenever hunger forces her to leave them. Although she does not weave the reeds, yet in some way they hold together until the last little grebe crawls to the edge and 340 | RECREATION plunges off head-first. Or he may @ygp Truly the ways of birds are as leap upon his mother’s back and W varied as our own. Our nearest hu- thus ride proudly forth into the world, § man neighbor, living in a house fash- exchanging the soaked, decayed || ioned like ours, may decorate it with leaves of his cradle for her feathers. opposite taste; the little grebes are Leaving the shallows of the lake & happy and content on a mat of and passing to firmer ground in the @® slime; the ducklings twenty feet nearby marshes, we find where the @ away are born upon a bed of softest wild ducks have made their home, {| down. after their world’s end wanderings. || | While there is left a grove of trees, Here the brown garbed duck rounds |} or a marsh, and until vacations be- out a grassy hollow, lining it with the |} come an obsolete custom, we need softest down in the world, plucked || never fear the lack of new facts to from her own breast. But she too || be sought for and discovered; for must leave her treasures to snatch |} birds are ever doing new and unex- hasty mouthfuls of succulent roots; || pected things. For a year or two and lest any evil eye may find them, || after the wild mallard ducks had be- she, and her mate too, add beakfuls || gun to breed in the New York Zoolo- of their breast feathers. When the |} gical Park, nothing unusual was no- bird slips from her eggs, she unrolls || ticed in their habits, but lately the the gray and white coverlet of down: || birds have united each year in what and draws: it carefully over them, i)we may call an munsenys tilist = rune A hungry crow or gull passing over, |} or six ducks raise large broods early looks searchingly down, but the patch || in the year and when the ducklings of dull feathers is not worth a second || are about a week old, they are all glance. Thus by the care of the || tuned over to the care of one-om tue gentle mother, the little ducklings || mother ducks, while the others begin within the shell know naught of chill || forthwith to lay more eggs and to or danger. 1 hatch out second broods. Imagine if E ¢ NEST OF HELL DIVER By W. Stark ae Wes INE SIOS,, INTE SASONG 22DNID) UNIS IEIION TGS, 2A OME cam One, Soll Ayam a VEZ bird will crouch t duck faith- ee 2 close to her eggs ary ai WA WY as ’ fully striving to Y ———pne ee | almost until your attend to the wants om irom Sixty to seventy ducklings, all excitedly wad- dimgevatver her! When on the pond her plump body is ine rocus over Malt aaa ced tiny, wakes, streaming behind her like the tall OF a comets and av micht She is: al- most lifted from the ground and cover od by the thosts of sleeping balls of down. The actual transfer and adop- Hone Or ducklings has never been ob- served, but the re- Sults, are mone tie less remarkable. yen “on the frst day of the change the -youngsters are as younc commonwealth parent fore to their several respective mothers. A great many birds are contented J to be dwellers on the ground floor; in other words to make their homes Close) to tne earth, but dangers are many insuch places and in all we find 4 The whit- || or duck, scurries or totters off through some special protection. ish eggs of grebe or duck would stand but little chance if the parent bird did not cover them carefully before leav- ieetier nest, OUty what about the ruffed grouse, or the wild turkey, whose light-colored eggs are placed in open nests upon the ground? Na- ture has steeped the feathers of these birds in an essence of moss and leaves and lichens, until the grays and the browns and buffs of their plumage puzziemtine’ keenest eyes. And to the grouse has been given such confi- dence in this resemblance, that the LITTLE BROWN devoted to their new CRANE (ALASKA) — By Alfred A. Dunham SCS as they were the day be- Ss ine cy) ) adi hand is upon her. It would seem as if she never left them, even for food. Not so the sand- erling and the up- lam Gj lOWe eS w iniehh carelessly leave their quartet of speckled beauties im tne Meart Ot some elds Or anacss bat the carelessness is studied and the ne- elect of nest-build- Ine; “retlects mo lack On patent loves. Lt you are a skilful art- ist and can paint the lights and shadows of deep grass, you will find your imita- tion less realistic than the spots and splash- es of «color on the eggs of the sander- ling—only bits of drift- ing withered leaves. Bo gil Ol cinese birds have this. ad- vantage: the yoting when hatched are Covered with down and im a very tew hours ate able to sum about. Strange to say, they almost instantly leave the nest. Hardly is their down dry when the young grouse or ‘piper tie werass andemever, tetunicy, ihe brood keeps together and when night comes the mother hovers them wher- ewer iney Inajpypem tO Ise, lBule a. tebe hander tasks 1s) Detote =the eromad Resume Sparrow Oh tirtish. = line blind, featherless nestlings require days of careful brooding and feeding, and not only must the parents con- ceal their frequent trips to and from 2 the nest, but at the approach of dan- 4 ger, they must signal to the nestlings, so that, from wriggling, eager crea- tures, with gaping yellow mouths, 342 RECREATION the deepest and most softly lined. Place the little bird in such a bed, and even though you feed him with the choicest bits of fish, he will grow weak, his feet and legs becoming para- lyzed, death soon relieving him of his miserable exist- ence. See what Nature pro- vides for this tender young- Sisres AV Wain Claitionm Oo HOME OF A WILSON THRUSH By Herbert K. Job they may sink back into shapeless nothings. Thanks tO; Unerhing - “instimet su tne young need never a second warning; however hungry, they drops into! the mest at @nce: But it is in trees that we. find the most interesting nests, burrowed deep into thes heant= of the Ytrumlas, swung from the outermost twigs, or woven into some crotch of the branches. Give a sprawling, awkward young heron or egret to a man and ask him to select a suitable mest. ton. suc a uh bird, and he would choose @ Laan | & DP) | \ hard, rough sticks loosely shelved in some tall tree. lbhis emg ane Uae dares oO: his brothers and _ sisters would have rolled off the twigs at a touch and he can even look down to the eround through the filmsy SURMCHIey SD UbEm ene =n Orme; herons take tight hold of the sticks, and when a sud- den wind sends the whole nest flying, they grasp the nearest branch, huddling close tometer Upon aa Wo W HERE THE SPARROW LIVES By W. C. Webster Pto and fro from the very NESSES NE SRING AND NES PEINGS 343 a" have seen three small herons trying to balance themselves upon two slen- der twigs,—all that re- mained of their nést. For such birds, the stick nest is a necessity; for if they cannot havé firm objects upon which to exercise their feet,—clasping and Piclaspimess tele = toes, —— their muscles -will never develop,” Yo put a young = PRECARIOUS REST OF THE DUCK By Alfred A. Dunham only swing in larger circles. If the tree should give way they would be dashed to the ground, but otherwise they are sare imom) all harm, Such ae mest. cam) olen (stand (the storms of winter and I have sometimes seen three orioles’ nests in one tree, showing by their varying degrees of di- lapidation that they had been constructed during the past three seasons, probably by the same pair of birds. In the tropics, where Nature carries all her work to extremes, the g orioles build nests three and im Coe four feet long, suspending Q Y THE LAY OF THE SANDPIPERS By W. E. Carlin of a duck is far more cruel than to kill the bird at once. Far out beyond where he would dare climb, the young heron sees a curious bag-like affair dangling Mp Old twee.) ile wand howls through the branches and the heron’s home dis- solves and falls to the ground, but the young orioles in their deep, snug chamber of woven grass, AN EVEN DOZEN OF RUFFED By W. J. Smith / GROUSE —— TWO SOULS WITH BUT A SINGLE THOUGHT (SPARROWS ) By H. Criswell them: Over tne water, and many is the sousing a thieving monkey gets, when trying to aclimb) Out to the mest on thie swaying, pliant twigs. One vor elie most energetic of nest-builders is the marsh wren, if. facta hey dias the habit to such a degree that he cannot stop with - one nest, but goes on building four Of five im rapid succession. And there is nothing slovenly about his work either. Look among the cat- tails in the nearest marsh, even with- in the limits of a great city, and you will find his little woven balls of reed stems with a tiny round hole in one side. There is a certain meth- od even in his madness, for the nest in which his wife is brooding her seven or eight eggs is less likely to be found when there are so many emipiy, Ones around) dlnen too mde uses the others as roosting places for himself. We must never forget, when we (EGRETS ) BREAKFAST FOR TWO, ‘PLEASE IB do Ml, OG IOS RECKE ALlON are examining a nest, that it is built with only two tools—two straight pieces of horn—the beak, which is to a bird what» hands, fingers and machinery are to us. It is interesting to try to imagine what the first nest was like. We know that many millions of years ago birds had long, lizard-like tails with a row of feathers down each side. They had teeth in their beaks and two or three thin, slender fingers in front of each wing, which they used, perhaps, as a bat uses the claw on its thumb. Lizards of to-day hide their eggs under pieces of bark, and it is probable that the leathery, thick- shelled eggs of these birds of old were placed in some convenient knot-hole in the oheat | COMirenrs which grew in those days. We see that many of their descendants have learned to make elaborate and sbeantti tel nests, but others have clung to the old customs and im) | tel meanest orchard we may find our friend the bluebird, car- AWAY FROM HOME AND le MOTHER (SANDERLING) By W. E. Carlin nests which I have found were the INDIES IES, INGES JOIUNIG, - ZUNID) INGE SV ITIEIONIGES, 345) rying grubs and grasshoppers to her brood of young in the decayed hol- low of an apple-tree. Bird-nesting with a camera is one of the most fascinating of outdoor pleasures, and nowadays our mu- seums are so large and so accessible, the Nature student devotes his time to watching the brooding mother and the young birds, not taking the nest Lin pater tney nave lett dt, Tarallll my experiences, the two extremes of Omes which save me the sreatest pleasure. One was the tiniest home imaginable and so well concealed that only an accident revealed it. A hum- mingbird darted into an apple tree where there were no blossoms. The most careful scrutiny failed to dis- tip ab ARG GO cover any sign of a nest, but when f ONE By W. C. Webster climbed to the top and looked down. I saw two white pearl eggs resting in a little thimble- shaped hollow. An instant later and the female was covering them, and then I would never have seen them. IG eons ie ais fou briciht Ol color and forever Datniniess im cleat, Goo! waters, 4 we “MANY ARE CALLED BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN (NEWLY HATCHED BABY LOON) By Alfred A. Dunham hatched: in a dark, filthy. under- ground tunnel, upon a bed of ill- smelling fish- bones : but the hum- mingbird nestlings are quartered in a cradle which does honor even to the delicacy and fairy-like character Ol) Wnese iceilnereal maces, Wine busy bills of the parents snatch from the stems of flowers and the protect- ing sheaths of buds the softest of plant down, and for nails and rivets they rob the spider of his web, weaving the gummy strands around and through Hee little air-castle, | THE REST OF THE INNOCENTS (HAWKS) 346 Then to make complete the resem- blance to a tiny knot-hole on the branch, they cover the outside with F green lichens, tying them fast with niore cobwebs: This is the least ot aerial nests, and when the little birds had done with it, I broke off the twig and cated it nome: The greatest of all tree nests I have also collected, but in how different a manner! Close to the great breakers which. roll in from the open Atlantic upon our coast, the osprey, or fish- hawk, makes its home, filling the top- most crotch of some weather-beaten tree with a great pile of sticks, pieces of oars and wrecked boats, net, sea- weed, and, in fact, almost everything it can pick up im its reat talons. “he love of home which brings a pair-of hummingbirds back to the same apple- tree season after season, draws the ospreys, year after year, to the same nest. | Ewery spring tiey add mone mlatenial to 1 unl abalasn =walh a groaning crash, the overladen tree falls. But the spot is still sacred, and the birds use the great pile on fallen rubbish at a foundation and go on THE WILD TURKEY'S NEST - “ile RECREATION using it for years. I selected the nest which I wanted, the smallest and most compact I could find, and when loaded and crated it weighed, exclusive of the crate, just 410 pounds! Many of the larger nests must weigh a ton or more. As varied in kind and character as ane tne) nests .or. vanlous binds. tire nestlings are even more so, individuals from the same brood often exhibiting very opposite traits.’ Ii you would make friends with nestlings, do so be- fore the parents have had a chance to watn them of the danger on man- kind. If you can come secretly upon a néstiul of young birds and carry one quickly away, you can teach it in an hour or two to take food from your hand; but if it has first crouched in terror at its parents’ alarm notes, then it may starve itself to death in spite of all your efforts. Young grouse are especially hard to tame, as they become independent almost as soon as they leave the shell. ! have known young quail which were hatched under a bantam, to fly high up above their coop when only two or three days old. They looked like By E. F. Pope ey) A ay = z == y A PAT HAND (SPARROW HAWKS ) Ff} = By Wm. H. Fisher FOUR OF A KIND (CEDAR BIRDS) By E. T. Wood SSS EG ZZ ; BOBTAIL (WARBLERS) By R. H. Beebe AN OLD FRIEND By G. Cs Speveht ee —{\ as, y) WZ Siw By MRS. BROWN THRASHER A By W. D. Gay eae Oy 2») 3 Y. ZAG®) A “WN KG) of Oy By C. A. Reed 348 onto 7) LICHEN COVERED NEST OF LITTLE MRS. = HUM MINGBIRD By Herbert K. Job rather large bumble bees, whirring through the air. Some On theslancern Minds ihiballcm from the nest when young, make en- tertaining pets. I have a young crane which is as fond of a frolic as any dog, dancing and fluttering about, thrust- ing his head into one’s hand, pretend- ing to be angry and seizing one’s finger in his beak, only to give it a gentle pinch, then dancing off eager to have a stick thrown to him. He will toss the stick into the air, catch it and bring. it =back= for another ‘ame: Strange to say, cranes and vultures are among the most playful of birds, comparable, perhaps, in disposition to the bears among the fur-covered ani- mals. Young birds should never be taken from the nest unless one knows much about their feeding habits in captivity, and once taken and reared it is noth- Ine Shom of crilelty. to Sel ten inhee again. For while in captivity many kinds of birds can be made perfectly happy. yer tneye will meven. slave learned to find their own food, and if given their freedom the following fail or spring they will perish miserably. Cedarbirds, vireos and warblers are very difficult to raise, and should never be taken from the est, bun aysong sparrow, robin, thrush or sparrow hawk, if well cared for, will become ; eur Cee THERE ARE SOME JOYS IN BEING ALMOST INVISIBLE tame, and if given the run of an entire room, will furnish unending amuse- ment. The sparrow hawks are cute little fellows, fierce at first, but soon learn- ing to know their master, and one may easily teach them, when thrown high Girthe: ait to Tebinm ab a winistle or call. One may practice the long for- gotten art of falconry, without its cruel accompaniments, by teaching the binds to!) dart alter amd seize a piece of meat thrown into the air. These little hawks should never be killed, as they are gradually becom- ing more and more used to our cities, where they may ultimately prove to be of inestimable value in exterminating that marauding foreigner—the Eng- lish sparrow. : In studying birds or animals, it is well to keep in mind that when we seek only to kill, and that not for food, we ate lower in instinct than the rapacious hawks and owls; but if we pit our eyes and our cameras against the bird, we may never fear of mak- ing too big a bag. The bird may have HOW Ianeaway at the click Of tie shutter, but we have captured some- thing which will be a joy forever, while the song of the bird still rings on and its mate and young are not left desolate to worry their little lives out in the endless struggle for existence. ———— FRANKLYN GROUSE By W. E. Carlin THREE DAYS MORE By F. E. Farnsworth eee VA rm > AY Salih Ps YOUNG RICHARDSON NEN GROUSE By W. E. colin FS “9 eee 349 SEVERE Ss GRADS NORMAN JEFFRIES “T have seen black bass caught without bait, and even with the humble ‘wum, but the angler who is reduced to such severe straits is more to be pitied than envied.”— Dr. James A. Henshall-in “The Book of the Black Bass.” "Neath the sunken rock by the waterside The old black bass and his children hide. Just as the day fades into night. An angler throws a_-tinsel fly. Phe cast is truce, the drop is lmeht, A young bass lifts a hungry eye. But the hook-scarred veteran bars the way With a wave of his tail: “Back quick, I say: Vou see i you took There’s quite a sharp hook,— Swim free of the fly that is hatched in a book.” , Wis/a knowing hand at the rod up there; Lie low and mock at his gaudy snare.” A Seth Green, next the angler tried; A “Henshall” with a peacock tail; Ete aiten= line: ne dertly ried And cast and cast without avail. These bubbles that break betoken no rise; A bass laughs below with tears in his eyes: “My friend out of sight, You throw them all right, But we’re not dining out, we thank you, to-night.” "Neath the sunken rock, bass little and big, On their tails are joyously dancing a jig. “And now welll eat,” this old bass cries. “See what draws near with tempting squirms. This is, indeed; a glad surprise.” He bolts a bunch of juicy worms. While orphaned bass are mourning for their sire An angler takes a drink and builds a fire. “Though Henshall may claim Its ot in the amie, } heres no ties onthe taste of this bass, just tae same: Wy THE CIBSON BOYS Hib OUT IBC ANIL IRIN] IRI SILI NZ Author of ‘‘Bears I Have Met—-and Others.”’ Illustrated by Roy Martell Mason - 3; |IBSON’S ranch was a tongue of the Mo- jave desert, a bay of that ocean of sand indenting the foot- hilixcoast tine.) ihe reason for its exist- ence was a. trickle Cieiaich im an arroyo at the head of the bay. By throwing a slight earth dam across the bottom of the arroyo, the trickle was converted into a water- hole, and possession of the water-hole gave Gibson command of several square miles of half-barren range on the hills constituting the desert frontier of the Los Alamos Cattle Company’s wide domain. Gibson permitted none but his own cattle to drink at the water- Mole=-on, ore accutately, perhaps, he claimed as his all cattle that watered tlneres, It was the tradition of the district, told not wholly in jest, that when Gib- son located a quarter section of desert adjoining the Los Alamos range he started in the cattle business with one Old steer and a rope, and ‘let Nature fame Her course. A bunch of two or three hundred cattle wearing Gibson's “pig-pen” brand— a running iron vari- ation of the Alamos brand—spoke elo- quently of the kindness of Nature to the trustful Gibson. The Gibson ranch was a singularly desolate-looking place. Backed against a low hill of barren gravel, an unpainted house, two stories and a half high, with a steep pitched roof, stared out upon the desert through sashless windows, like the sightless eyes of a blind man. Mrs. Gibson’s ambition, nurtured in an Arkansas shack, was to live in a white house with green blinds, and Gibson was “aiming,” as he said, to gratify her a ers er ae is oe aa hare me long-cherished desire when she “up and 351 died.” Building operations stopped, the sashless' upper-story windows’ were boarded inside, and Gibson and _ his three boys camped rudely in the rooms on the lower floor. The house was set upon posts some feunrion five feet above the eround, for no apparent reason other than to fur- MisM disexcitce 1oOy 2 tiont pore and flight of steps. TF ortuitously, the space beneath the house offered a shady re- treat ‘fom epies. chickens, hounds and Otmer ‘small, live “stock, ~Mxcept, that given by a fringe of dwarfed willows around the water-hole, there was no other shade on the Gibson ranch, or within sight of the place in any direc- tion. Where were no buildings other than the house, unless a rough corral of stockaded yucca logs might be consid- ered a building. My first call at the Gibson place was on a blazing day im September. “I had beens scarchine tine dee ot the: desert for a small band of antelope, said to have been seen there, a remnant of the once numerous Mojave herd, and my horse needed water. As rode tp to) ee tiouse,. 1 ‘sav Gibson, a tall, gaunt, sandy man, sit- ting on the floor of the porch, his back propped against a post and his knees nearly up to his chin, calmly smoking a corncob pipe. One of the boys sat on the steps, where he could command a Wien Or Woe WASHOE On We Inowlse through the open doorway, and was so absorbed in something going on with- in that he paid no attention to my arri- val. The old man removed his pipe and moved it. toward me in a gesture of greeting, while three or four hounds at the horse’s i } sniffed lazily legs and (352 “Nary Fetch,’ chuckicd Bud eyed me with that profound solemnity that is seen only in the countenances of hounds and Supreme Court Justices. “Light, stranger!” said old man Gib- son, and as he spoke a shot was fired inside the house. “Three,” said Gihb- son; “fetch him that time, Bud ?” “Nary fetch,” chuckled Bud on the step, peering eagerly through the door. “Jim ducked it again.” “Dick never was no good at wing shootin’,’ mumbled Gibson between teeth setiupon: the spipersten- somap shootin’ with a pistol is a trick some HOMES Cain imener lear, — aunt a, stranger? Four!” Another shot echoed through the iniS Jaewnel, 2 TRIE (CIRIB, AION ei SS rr Dye DLS po mero 7:3 see — me —- LOD GE? GO, rae . ~e PUES STE NEL = zs ype i BY : Bae Nestea : ( D Of boats IR ee. 3 w house, and Bud reported, laconically: “Missed.” By this time I had dismounted and was trying to see what was going on inside. Half way up the stairs leading directly from the front door to the sec- ond story crouched a young man, who held the spoke of a wagon wheel in Jtist (asi a catictite sieltereon him, he stamped on the stairs to imitate the sound of one running up, raised his head cautiously to the level of the upper floor and ducked quickly just as Ay janie Silos reine Obl, IAN Jock Or inal hair tell trom the top ot his head, and he put up a hand tentatively to his crown. Instantly he repeated his re- ii ie Gleason OVS nD OUT markable manoeuvre and was greeted with another shot, which missed en- tirely. “Six! shouted the man on the stairs, as he bounded up to the second floor, and immediately there was tumult in aiewmouse: Uhnere was the sound of blows mingled with growls and curses, . and Gibson grinned and shouted cheer- ty |ims sot ye now, Wick!” while Bud sneered: “Dick’s a bum shot, as I allers “lowed he was.”’ Presently the disturbance subsided, and Dick and Jim came down stairs, the former wiping blood off his face and looking considerably mussed up. ~ “You all found out which on ye owns that hound pup?” growled Gibson. “It’s Jim’s dawg all right,’ mumbled the subdued Dick. “Then don’t ye have no more argify- in’ over it. If ye are goin’ down to the drink to wash up, Dick, ye’d better take the stranger’s horse and water him.” The incident was treated as closed by all hands, and the only explanation Gibson deemed necessary was the aside remark: “Boys will git peevish, ye know.” Some six weeks after my first ac- quaintance with the interesting Gibson family, the three boys turned up at my camp in the mountains, hungry and dishevelled, and made themselves at home for the night in the matter-of- course fashion of woods rovers every- where. And of course they were wel- come to whatever they needed. After supper, Bud, with a very poor assumption of indifference, asked if I had seen or heard anything of the old man in that region, and all three were evidently relieved when I assured them that Mr. Gibson was not in that part of the mountains. There was a long si- lence, which I refrained from breaking with the questions that naturally came to my mind. I guessed that the boys would explain in time and would talk when they were ready. Presently Dick announced, without any preliminary: “We're hiding out,” and relapsed again into silence. Hos In view of the prevalent belief that the Gibsons couldn't tell the difference between a branded yearling and a buck deer, when they were hunting for the market, it might have been indelicate to ask why they were hiding out or who was looking for them. If the Sheriff was aiter them, I preferred to know as little of their affairs as they might volunteer to tell, or even less, and I did nothing to encourage confi- dences. But soon Bud began to chuckle, and something like a grin appeared on the treckled taee on Jim. ito was Sure funny, anyhow,’ said Bud, and then the story came out over pipes. All three joined in the telling, and it was a loose-jointed, jerky tale, impossible to reproduce as it was told. A week before they turned up at my camp, the Gibsons came into the moun- tains on their customary fall hunt for deer and bears, bringing their hounds along. They killed a small bear the first day and found the tracks of a large one, and that night in camp they planned the next day’s hunt for the big bear. Two of the hounds were inexpe- rienced puppies, old enough to help in a bear fight but uneducated in the game, and Gibson was concerned for their safety in a mix-up with a full-grown grizzly. Some dogs have a natural aptitude for taking care of themselves and keeping out of reach of a bear’s paws, but green hounds, if they have courage, are likely to fly at a bear’s throat or ears, which is the very worst strategy or tactics conceivable. Old man Gibson therefore announced his intention to give the pups a rudi- mentary lesson in bear-fighting before setting them on the trail of the grizzly, and gave minute directions to the boys, who were to assist him. “Tl sneak off into the brush,” he Said, jand) put our tiis/iresh bear spelt, and when I come growling around camp you boys turn loose the pups and sic ‘em on to me. Tie up the old dogs tight and keep ‘em out of the game. “| | 354 The pups will go for my head, and I'll bat ‘em in the jaw to teach “em not to fool with a bear’s front end. You boys encourage ‘em to worry the hind end of that bear pelt good and plenty.” Such, in substance, were Gibson’s instructions to his unlicked cubs of boys, and they of course promised to do as they were told. RECT E Ago Fell upon the enemy’s rear Gibson disappeared in the darkness with the bear hide, and presently there was a cracking of brush and a growl that set all the dogs straining at their ropes and whining with eagerness to tackle the disturber. The boys prompt- ly turned loose all the dogs, and with a full-tongued chorus the pack launched itself into the brush and fell upon Gib- son in the bear skin. The pups went for his head as they were expected to do, but the war-wise old hounds executed a turning move- ment, and fell upon the enemy’s rear. All talking, or rather shouting, at once, the Gibson boys gave what seemed to be a pretty fair imitation of the ensuing disturbance. Vie Mine Ela SON BOWS ED OUT “Wow! What in thunder ye doin’? Down, Tige! Goldurn ye, leggo my leg! Bud, pull these dogs off’n me! Ouch! Help! Git out, ye consarned fool momar 8c em, jack! Bat “emi in the jaw, Dad! How’s them pups gittin’ lone op: Oh, Wil skin ye alive, ye devil’s brats!” | Those were a few of the vocal ac- companiments of Gibson’s system of educating bear dogs. The rest were in “the tongue unknown to script,’ and, if | remember aright, there were some brutal semi-snarls and an “‘inter-hiss”’ mixed up in turmoil. Some of the sounds from the thicket were so unintelligible to the Gibson ap Aap tale cee Ohad ie, we RH eS 359 boys and so fraught with menace, that when the old man chucked the bear hide to the tangle of dogs and made a break for his rifle; the boys fled into the forest and kept on running while their wind lasted. The last they heard from camp was the old man’s voice pitched high in profane urgings to the hounds to take their trail, and blood-curdling threats of what would happen to them when caught. That was why the Gibson boys hid out for two or three weeks, and, having seen a little of the crude ways of the family, I wondered not at all at their reluctance to meet the old gentleman before his legs were healed. Into the forest A FIGHT TO THE EENISH Wee Ea e(ClolOON Ae There are two kinds of campers: men who, camping in a well-selected camping ground with a well-appointed outfit with all the comforts of home, try to bring on a few mild hardships for the fun of the thing; and practical workers who camp in the woods when- ever duty calls them, and camp because there is no other way to live. Ours was a working camp. There is a big difference between them. have even heard a city camper go so far as to say that camping was no fun if you had a cook. He would not have found anyone in our outfit to agree with him. We all wanted a good cook and we had him. He ruled the camp with an iron hand, but no one ever grumbled; he was boss of the situation and we all knew it. Cook for a camp- ing outfit is not a very high-sounding title, but the qualifications for the po- sition are many and various. Mike had them all—all but one, he could not sing. Ten years a sailor and fisherman, he could spin yarns till bed-time every night; five years a cook in the Maine lumber woods, he could tell the biggest hunting stories on record and make a plum pudding out of corn meal and kerosene. His ready wit and good nature kept every one in good humor. We had been eating baking powder biscuits for about a month—and the proverb that “familiarity breeds con- tempt” was never more true than when applied to a baking powder biscuit— when something happened that was to be the source of many an evening’s amusement in the old camp. We made a strike for light bread! A demand for light bread in the heart of the back- woods with a camp outfit which would have thrown most cooks into a tower- ing rage and probably have gotten us a good cussing, but Mike was tickled to death with the suggestion. He would make some yeast! I 5 No one ever knew exactly how he started that yeast, but that he had started it was soon evident to every- one. A suspicious-looking brown jug, located in a dark corner of the cook tent, gagged with a heavy wooden plug, and throttled with a piece of tar rope, would utter vicious, suppressed shrieks at the most unexpected moments. A man would stop his fork in mid-air as he gazed anxiously with open mouth into the dark corner. At every omnious warning Mike would go into a mild form of convulsions and gurgle almost as much as the jug. Rubbing his hands together gleefully, he would say, “Boys and boys, but that powerful stuft!” This reign of terror had lasted a couple of days when Mike announced that he was going to open the jug at vonce. Whe mews that the sanrous jug was to be opened spread over the camp like wildfire and the clans as- sembled to see the fun. Since no one wanted to be too near the jug or too far away to see the whole show, the attempt to find the exact distance for the best result caused a nervous shift- ing of the little semi-circular crowd in front of the cook tent. Mike was the most important man in the State as he strutted about the tent getting things ready for the conflict and laughing con- temptuously at our fears. We had always known that Mike was a great man according to his own accounts, but now he was proving it. When he finally picked up that jug there was a certain deference and re- spect in his manner that we had never before seen him accord to anything— alive or dead. He handled it gently at arm’s length, while the audience saw to it that there was alwavs a clear space in the line of the plug. Never before did an unholy, inanimate object—if that jug could be called inanimate— _ receive such respectful treatment. 356 A Ga ©) Grasping the stopper cautiously with both hands, Mike called for a volunteer to cut the rope. An innocent youth from the Middle West, in somewhat cynical indifference, stepped forward. The rest of us stepped back. The critical moment had come. Mike braced himself for the shock and nodd- ed to the youth to cut. Not a soul breathed as the old case knife slowly chewed its way through the rope. It was cut. There was a moment’s silence while Mike slowly released his hold on the plug. Mike's face fell, and a tipple of laughter ran through the crowd. We could not hear what Mike said dis- tinctly, but what we heard was enough. He proceeded to investigate. There came a report like a full-grown cannon, IGE LINES EL 2677) a yell of agony as the youth reeled backward to the ground, the shriek of escaping gases and a geyser-like ex- plosion obliterating the interior of the tent in pungent white mist. When the air had cleared sufficiently to see anything, there was Mike, the jug on a bench in front of him, both hands clapped over the opening, and every muscle strained to repress its struggles. The youth sat in a far cor- ner nursing his face, Both the men, as well as everything else in the tent, were completely plastered, but Mike was radiant. “Boys and boys,’ he shouted, “but that’s powerful stuft! Hand me that dish-pan, somebody!” The crowd was wild with delight. “Swing to her, Mike! Hold her! Give 358 "em fair play! Watch her, Mike, she'll 1 you yet!” »e would help him to an unfair ' auvaiitage. Every effort he made to move one hand cautiously toward the coveted pan was met by a scream of warning from the jug and a howl of delight from the crowd. A half dozen such attempts had failed. The jug seemed to have him where it wanted him, but Mike would not go back on the work of his hands; he continued to mutter between the intermittent gey- sers, “Boys and boys, but that’s power- ful stuft!’ Tee hak AON, 5 The situation was becoming desper- ate. He had proved his ability to make “powerful stuft” all right, but could be break it in for use, that was the juestion. Realizing the crisis, Mike prepared for a supreme effort. One more dying shriek and the jug was upside down in the dishpan. Mike beamed trium- phantly on the cheering crowd. We all pushed forward to see the wonder- ful result—a scant half-pint of furious yeast raging frantically around the bot- tom of a large dishpan—defeated but not disheartened. THE FAIRIES BY FLOYD PARKER WAGAMAN. The fairy, Spring, awaking from her sleep, Lifts high her gorgeous head above the fleece, And kisses with a touch so soft and sweet The crimson lips of twilight’s western sky. The frog discourses softly in the dell; The robin whistles as he flies to rest; The heart is light, for cares are buried deep In mausoleums of forgetfulness. The evening zephyr wafts a perfume sweet; "Tis nature’s breath, the virgin breath of Spring, And man, inhaling this, forgets his foes, And loves with kindly love his fellow men. ‘Tis now, that smiling with a nameless bliss, With step elastic, eye so keen and bright, The gentle maiden looks with loving gaze Upon her King—God’s noblest handiwork. WHEN THE LINES RUN FREE Being short stories of lake and stream, of a fish that got away and one that didn’t and of a big Dolly Varden that had to be sat upon POV WHO WAITS @ BY BURLEY D PERE. "JEB and I had been in the “| Siwash country for sev- eral weeks fishing. We had> had practically (no luck at all, for not a trout was hooked, — although we had traversed every branch of the Snohomish River. All the nimrods of the village came in day after day with strings of beauties that made our hearts ache and sent us to bed at night with a great desire and longing to show them that we could do a turn or two in that line. We fished in the same holes, used the same kind of bait, hooks, lines and rods as the more fortunate fisherman did, but always with the same result. We fished when the tide ebbed, flowed and was on a stand, yet not a trout came our way. Evening always found us in a disgusted . frame of mind, for all we caught was a dozen or so bullheads and a few suckers. Naturally we were “joshed” a great dca Michi to the enjoyment of the daily loungers, every evening as we entered the hotel, the same question was put to us,—“What luck to-day, boys, bullheads, suckers or trout?” But our only retort was,—‘‘It comes to him who waits.” So we determined to open their eyes by catching a mess that would show up any brought into the village during the season, or admit that fishing was not one of our strong points. Thus matters stood when one morn- 359 ing, bright and early, we shouldered our tackle, took a can of salmon eggs for bait, some lunch and hit the trail leading: to, @uil Cedar Creek, a tidal branch of the Snohomish, running through an Indian Reservation adijoin- ing the village. This creek was considered one of the most frequented haunts of salmon trout, and although we had visited it several times, we had never been fortunate enough to land a member of the tribe fit for food. Of course we were feeling very jubilant, as all fishermen do when their thoughts are filled with dreams of a big catch. Yet deep down in our hearts lurked the fear of- the “water haul,” for we had made it so often that it al- most seemed to be the natural result of our day’s outing. Arriving at the creek we followed a narrow trail and soon found a spot, which any fisherman could tell at a glance, would be the haunt of trout, both large and small. A massive cedar, torn from its roots years before by a storm, lay half way across the creek and madeasplendid perch from which to cast. The banks of the stream were lined with underbrush and shrubs which reached to the very water’s edge. The over- hanging branches of the firs and cedars cast their shadows almost across to the opposite bank. It was as beautiful a spot as one could find for fishing. The deep silence was undisturbed except for the occasional chirp of a chip-munk or the war-cry of a hawk. We were not many minutes baiting, and ere long were casting among the shadows for any unwary trout which might be lurking in the shadows. The tide was flooding, a time when trout 360 should be following the salmon on their way up stream to spawn. For an hour or more we cast and cast, neither of us getting as much as a nibble from any- thing but bull-heads or suckers. Naturally our ardor was cooling, for it looked as though we were in for our usual bad luck. Suddenly I felt a shght tug at my line, not a rough jerk, but just a dainty little nibble, and I knew at once that it was no bull-head, for one of these gluttons gives one tug and down goes hook, bait and all; nor was it a sucker, for suckers are almost as bad as bull-heads. So I slowly set my line in motion and before I knew it my reel was spinning around at a stunning pace. Then for a few minutes I played the game all fishermen love, reeled and unreeled, waited and watched, till finally I landed him. Though not so very large, he was a beauty and to me served as an elixir. I felt that our luck had changed, and it really had. Reb landed one, then I an- other, a third, a fourth, and so on till we had a string of beauties that would almost satisfy the heart and appetite of the hungriest Siwash. I proposed going home but Reb replied, “Just wait a min- ute, I believe there is a whale playing around my hook and I want to give him a try. I proceeded to vet our catch and tackle together, and was so en- gaged when the sharp buzzing of Rebs reel attracted my attention. Looking up I witnessed a fight between man and fish that beggars description. At once I knew he had hooked a monster of some kind, for no small fish could make a reel sing like that. Then the fun began,—down stream he went like a runaway racehorse, taking out fifty feet or more of line ere he could be checked. Then away he went in the opposite direction like a shot, at least forty feet up stream. Now he darted straight away, then in a circle. Some- times he sulked for a tew minutes. Reb all the while was keeping as much strain on the line as possible, for he knew his only chance of bagging that fish was to tire him completely out. Thus he -RECREATION fought for nearly thirty minutes, but to save his life he couldn’t get that trout near enough to use the net. It was im- possible to work either up or down stream, on account of the brush. It was simply a case of using tact in reeling. Finally his patience was rewarded, for although game till the last, Mr. Trout was compelled to give in from sheer ex- haustion. His last attempt to throw the hook was magnificent, even if it did end in his downfall. He had sulked for about five minutes, holding the line taut all the while, when suddenly the tension was slacked and he darted clear out of the water; that was where Reb had him, for before he struck again, he was reeled into the six-foot mark and was landed on the bank. He was a beauty “Dolly Varden,” covered with pink spots from head to tail. He tipped the scales at five pounds four, and was the largest ever caught in the Quil. Contented and happy as two robins in the spring time, we gathered up our catch and plodded homeward. That evening we did not seek the back alleys and side streets; the main thorough- fares was none too good for us. Nor did we stop until that catch had been displayed before the eyes of our mess- mates, and we had had the pleasure of hearing them admire Reb’s whale and admit that we could “fish a little.” Thus we proved the proposition, that “Tt comes to him who waits.” ARON EILIS, JUNIE) gay LIS ici BY CHARLES K. YOUNG My first stop of any considerable duration was made in Klickitat Coun- ty, in the State of Washington; and I had not been there long when I made the acquaintance of an old man by the name of Johnson, an old time frontiers- man, who had started for himself in the wilds of northern Wisconsin and had drifted Westward with the tide of emigration until he found that Tet Noi Ee ETNIES eI Ete he had spent the best part of his life looking for something “a little better,” and at an advanced age had finally come to realize that the opportunities of his life had been passed by unheeded, till now. The old man is compelled to gain a livelihood by any odd jobs that chance to come his way. I manifested a great deal of interest in the old man, and made numerous in- quiries in regard to his methods of angling. One day, to my pleasure and delight, he accorded me a favor which he had never been known to grant to another person. Perhaps it was because I had shown such an interest in his past, present and future, that he invited me to go on a fishing trip with him to the Big Klic- imitate &. beine a. tenderfoot , from Kansas, expressed a doubt as to wheth- er I could even cast a trout fly; but he wouldn’t take no for an answer, saying he * would teach me,’ and “that my western experience wouldn't be com- plete without a day’s sport with the speckled beauties.” So, after canvas- sing my circle of acquaintances, I col- lected’ an outfit consisting of a hollow steel jointed rod, with reel and line; also a good sized fish basket. As I boarded the train that morning in July in company with my old friend, I could not help but think of the time, long ago, when, with a warped and knotty hazel pole and accessories, consisting of a twine string for a line and a few rusty fish-hooks, which had done service to the gentle art for a number of seasons, for it was with this crude outfit that I in- variably succeeded in capturing a goodly number of sun fish, “craw tads,” and mud cats, with an occasional terri- fying “snapper” turtle from the muddy depths of the old swimming hole back in Kansas. In due time, I found myself on the famous fishing grounds of Klickitat County undergoing the first lesson of the day in exercising my batting pro- clivities upon some seemingly demure, but singularly elusive, grasshoppers. J was informed the reason for laying 361 in a supply of those innocent insects was to enable us to offer a tempting array of dainties to try the appetites of the gourmands of the deep blue waters. After knocking into insensibil- ity a few dozen of the idiotic look- ing imps of the grass, we prepared for the real pleasures of the day. My instructor and guide kindly helped me master the imbricacies ola jointed rod and reel, and then pro- ceeded to Midsitice me im the ant of casting. Taking his own rod and se- lecting a promising point, he began the conquest with a few deft manipula- tions of arm and wrist, and soon con- vinced me that it was “as easy as fall- incon alec. But i had not thevre- motest idea that it was as easy as fall- ing off a rock; or how infernally cold it was down in those transparent depths of limpid water. After gaining what I thought to be a point of vantage on top of a huge rock which jutted out into the stream, I proceeded to verify my conviction that it was easy, and as suddenly came to the unhappy conclu- sion that I was mistaken. When [| at- tempted to cast that gaudy fly out to where I imagined I could see a monster trout rising to receive it, I threw my body forward at a dangerous angle, and with the hook in the back of my neck and a screech of pain, I toppled over and sank to rise immediately and strike for the nearest point of terra firma, which I reached none too soon, for I felt that I was rapidly congealing. Of course my rod sank, but it was firmly anchored to the back of my neck and the anchor came to land with me, and Johnson was enabled to save my rod and reel for future experiment. Well, thought I, I’ve learned some- thing, and “got damp, quick, too!” But after Johnson had extracted that harpoon from the nape of my neck, and bound a handkerchief around the wound, I watched him land a few small trout, and was induced to try it again myself. J was careful, however, not to get too Close tOnine edverottne Tock amd | tried to be more-careful in launching 302 my hook. But in some mysterious and unexplained manner I contrived to add to my discomfiture and growing feeling of imbecility by imbedding the hook in the rim of my straw hat, which article promptly swore allegiance to its new- found friend and sailed away to offer itself as a bait to any whale of the Jonah species that might have fond- ness for hay. It was no doubt owing to the fact that angling on the Klickitat is still in the unprofessional stage that none of those monster leviathans have yet been seen in its waters. So my way- ward headgear, under the persuasion of rod and reel, came back to its first and only love in a manner that reminded me of the times when I have towed a hideous mud turtle to the bank. It was not with a feeling of relief that I finally restored my erring hat to its throne. After numberless futile attempts I learned to make some fairly respectable casts; but for some unknown reason the fish absolutely refused to give me the pleasure of venting my anger on them, while Johnson was all the time pulling them out in a manner that filled me with astonishment and a reverent admiration. Having noted my fruitless efforts, he finally ventured to tell me to put on a different fly, but I had no better luck than betore: 9). ny a hopper. said Johnson. It was with a conviction that a hoodoo was working against me that I produced a large gray grasshopper from a pocket of my wet garments and impaled him on my hook in a high- ly artistic manner. Going up the stream to a spot where, about twenty feet from the bank there was a big boulder with the water boil- ing over and around it, Johnson said that “this ought to be a good place for a big fellow.” I made several unsuc- cessful attempts to cast my bait directly over that rock, and was becoming dis- couraged when by a lucky cast I put it just where the water broke over the boulder, and the instant my hook Tele Ota Au TON touched water there rose to the surface the biggest trout I had yet seen. As quick as a flash it seized the grasshop- per with the ferocity of a Kansas tor- nado, and before I could yield the reel to him, he had snapped my rod close up tothe handles VAs jlongtas live I shall never forget the experience of the next few immutes: ) ihe time. was a good one and held. It was but the work of a moment to get hold of the broken tip, and, holding the two pieces in my left hand, I worked the reel with my right. With incredible swiftness the frightened fish ran out my eighty yards of line, and when brought to a stop by the elasticity of the rod, leaped bodily out of the water, giving the line a series ‘of electric jerks that) semt iy; heart with a bound into my throat. In an agony of fear, lest the coveted prize break loose and gain his liberty, I played him back and forth, the slen- der silken line cutting the water like a knife; meanwhile my reel was giving vent to spasmodic shrieks as he made one dash after another. However, I could see that his efforts were growing less energetic with each successive ef- fort, and I was wild with joy when at-last the reel forced my prize close enough to get hold of him and lift him out on the bank, where, without fur- ther ceremony, I sat down on him and rested, until my heart worked back from where it had got jammed in my throat to its normal position. I then gave vent to an ear-splitting war whoop of happiness. What mattered it if my neck was swollen and bleeding? What mattered it if my clothes were as wet and chilly as cold tripe to the touch? If all the woeful luck of fisher- men for decades back had been mine, I was happy now; I had had the fight of my life and had come out victorious. With wet garments and a lacerated neck encircled by a bloody handker- chief and a care free disposition, if the passengers on the home-bound ‘trip did think poor old Johnson was some offi- cer of the law who, after an exciting WHEN THE LINES RUN FREE 363 chase, had captured a vicious maniac, what did I care? My most dangerous trait was that of jumping in the river and giving a disconnected harangue about a big fish. I have caught many trout since that, my first experience, and some that out- classed that fish in point of size, but the feeling I experienced when I made my first catch has never been dupli- cated in point of genuine pleasure and nerve thrilling excitement. ye NAN DATE UA W HOR PTR BY LOUIS F. DRAKE. While camping at Push Point, on beautiful Canandaigua Lake, last sum- mer, there occurred one of the most singular fishing incidents that I ever saw. It was in July and the wind was in the South. When the wind blows from that direction—thank goodness, it doesn’t very often—the mosquitoes are wafted from the big swamp at the in- let and make life interesting for the campers for miles along the lake. It was during one of these hot summer days that I pulled down from the “Eastnor” cottage, where some of our party were staying. On arriving at the camp I found all hands trying to get a little sleep, some in hammocks and others in the shade on the beach, but the winged pest with the hand-organ on his back wouldn’t have it that way. As I approached the shore I could see arms flying and hear Sunday-school words coming from all sides. “Say, boys,” said Charlie, “there’s no use trying; I can’t sleep with all this buzzing going on around me. Let’s go fishing; they won't bite so hard out Bhete “Sure,” growled the “Kid.” “That's a good idea, and we can go down to Vine Valley and get some mosquito netting and some grub, too.” “iways wanting to eat, eh, Kid: said Dick. “Guess you would,” returned the Kid, “if you didn’t sleep more than I did last night!” { Off they went. Kid and Charlie were the fishermen of the party, the rest be- ing willing to sail, swim or do nothing, but always ready to eat. After the fishermen had been gone some time, and Reahly. OUP Ob) Sight) rigeed) ip ithe Sails Om the wlapwe wand) theught, I would see what luck they were having. Reader, do you know of anything that beats sailing? 1 dont; that’s why 1 don’t catch more fish. On this particular day the air, sun, wind and water were especially fine, and as I settled back and heard the water gurgle along the sides of the lit- tle craft and watched the sails pulling like, | Sogers, ( | thousht, Oh, ye ush- ers! If you but knew the beauties of sailing as compared with fishing!” I presume they thought as they saw me coming, (Olav yve sailor! If you but knew the delights of fishing!” But the fact of it is, they never saw me coming at all, so intent were they on pounding the bottom of the lake with a pound of lead. As I neared them I saw two other fishing boats acting in a singular manner. They were rowing around in ay lapee Circle, wit thei bes out | I heard the Kid call out to them, ““What’s the matter, Scott?” “Lost a big one,” came back the re- ply, “and he took six leaders and the sinker, and we are trying to hook Wasa, For the benefit of those not familiar Witiitehe aoc Green. tout mos Fewill Say tat tae sinker 1s fastened to: tlre extreme end of the line, while about 12-0 U5 tech above tsa) leader about 15 feet long, and the same distance above that is another. and so on until four, five or six leaders are attached, as suits the fancy of the angler. The “Kid,” who was rowing, called out, “We will row between you and see if we can get hold of him.” And, sure enough, as their boat was about iia tae, (Cmenehie ‘eaucl, “lal@lel typ, Iicl: I’ve caught the bottom.” He certainly was fast to something, but that “something” was quite an ani- mated article, as Charlie soon found 364 out. The fish began taking line so - rapidly that it was almost impossible to give it to him fast enough, even with the Kid rowing, and relief did not come until the fish took it into his head to change his course, thus allowing much line to be recovered. It was a fight of which to be proud, and shouts of advice and encouragement were given by the cupants of the other boats, while Charlie and the Kid were having the time of their lives with the fish. I never heard whether the fish was hav- ing a good time or not, but we will play he was. He would take out nearly all of the line and allow them to re- cover, as it suited his fancy. After about I5 or 20 minutes he at last seemed to be tiring and allowed himself to be drawn nearly to the surface of the water, although some distance away. pLeok! Mook! cried] Kids ltsia whale! It’s a whopper! Now be care- ful, Charlie, and we will soon have him. Isn’t he a dandy!” But alas for human hopes! As they were drawing him carefully in, and the Kid getting ready with the gaff, his lordship suddenly took it into his head to go to the depths again, and such was the force of his rush that the line parted and he was free. On pulling in their line they found that the fish had RECREATION taken away but one leader and that they had saved the other five, together with the sinker that had first been lost with him. On examining the recov- ered tackle, they found that one of their hooks had caught in one of the hooks of the other leader and that all of the ~ fight had been made with the tackle _hook to hook. Scott said the fish must have weighed 20 or 25 pounds, for he had caught a 15-pounder the year be- fore, and that didn’t put up anything like the fight that this one did. It was the event of the season at our end of the lake and an ever-occurring topic of conversation for days there- after when any of the participants met. I trimmed my sails and leisurely beat back to camp, to be followed later by the lucky—or unlucky—fishermen, with their mosquito netting and other sup- plies. That evening, around the camp- fire, the incident was discussed and dis- cussed, and the battle waged over and over again, while sitting in the smoke of the fire so as to be out of reach of the “pesky critters.” “Never mind, Charlie, if we did lose him, we had a bushel of fun, anyway. Now let’s turn in and see if we can't get some sleep and be ready to try ‘em again to-morrow.’ And all hands turned in to dreamland. e A MOUNTAIN TRAGEDY BY G. D. WARREN. With two drawings by Bellmore Brown se]N a dreary Novem- ber “daya Ty sat: in my rude cabin near ‘lackson’s, Elole;” Wyo., polishing my 30-30 Winchester, grumbling the while with impatience at the very bad pros- pect Of a try at big game. The sun was algecady “past thie meridian, and as this was my last day in the woods, the thought of being stormed in during the very best part of the day did not tally with former calculations. But my lucky star was not yet set, and about 3 o'clock the rain stopped and there were visible breaks in the clouds, and it seemed as though I would be able to carry out my plans of watching a deer trail which crossed a favorable part of the canon within half a mile of my pine bough habitation. Noting the change in the weather, I at once made a “flap-jack,” prepared some canned ham and a cup of coffee, and hastily swallowing this lunch, was soon astride of my horse, a splendid mount and my only com- panion; then with my trusty 30-30, I sallied forth in search of game. On my arrival at the trail I found a convenient arroyo surrounded by underbrush, where I could picket Na- poleon, my horse, out of sight and out of harm’s way. ‘This done, I cautiously made my way back to a cleft in. a towering rock. ‘The trail—which was the only crossing for several miles down the cafion—ran within twenty yards of the place, and from my posi- tion I could command a view of it for some forty rods in either direction. Here I concealed myself and lay in wait. I sat in this position from about half past four until nearly six o’clock, with- out seeing or hearing anything to _ smack of game, and concluded to ease 365 my nerves and pass the time by taking a draw at my pipe, as my position was favored by the wind coming from the trail toward me, which would carry the smoke in the opposite direction and pre- vent my presence being thus discov- ered by any possible denizen of the Rockies. It was not long before I had my briar going, and while I was right in supposing that I was immune from the acute oliactony mernves of animals crossing the cafion by the trail, yet I had not taken into account that while I was snugly cached, the smoke which I was emitting was rolling up the sides of the rock and making itself very much in evidence before being wafted away and disseminated into invisibility back of mc: I had been smoking probably some fifteen minutes when 1 detected the light, well-known tip, tip, tip of a deer which was circumventing my stand, by leaving the trail and climbing the side of the mountain, where he could get the wind from my direction. On hearing the light foot-fall of the deer, I became all attention, and «stowed. my. pipe and set the hammer of my rifle. How- ever, there was no occasion for this latter move, as the rocky walls rose some fifteen feet on each side, and by leaving the trail, the deer had now reached a _ position which made _ it necessary for me to go out in front of the rock where I had come in if I hoped to set sight) on the) same. But this would make my position known to the animal, which I had no doubt was then standing in some well sheltered spot with nose, eyes and ears alert to catch the least move on my part, in which case it would be gone before I could take good aim; so I sat still and listened aoe) 366 to the thump, thump of my heart. I had been tied down to my desk for . three years and had not seen) a bic game track during all that time, and now realized that the) real thine of which I had so many times dreamed was close at hand. I remained in a crouched position for at least ten minutes, intently listening for further sounds, when far across the cafion I saw something move upon the scene before me. Straining my eyes upon the spot for some further sign of animal life, I could at first make noth- ing out. “In the meantime, however, I heard the deer on the other side, on the boulder give a snort and a stamp and then bound from a position not more than 20 yards from my rock. How in the name of Nimrod did the thing get so near without my hearing more of it? When the commotion began at my back I again saw some movement down the trail in front of me, nearly a quar- ter of a mile away, and my excitement did not diminish when I saw something like an inverted dining chair move into a more conspicuous position, carried by a goo-pound elk. He had been at- tracted by the fleeing deer at my back, and there the splendid fellow stood, in full sight, his head erect with nostrils distended, giving me an oblique view of his body. Oh, Cesar, what a beau- ty! Did I have the buck ague? Well, yes, just a little, and while he stood in such a magnificent pose, I wished that the distance could be cut in two! He was still safe from me. But he seemed to scent danger with the acute instinct of his fellows, and whatever his elk- ship’s suspicions may have been, and whether he might have turned tail and scampered off to safer surroundings is x question, for while I was gazing at fim in open-mouthed wonder and de- light, he did the most unimaginable thing for his species. Suddenly he sprang forward in the trail, laid his massive head-gear on his back, and apparently made straight for me. I have seen deer run when a hunt- RECREATION er was pumping about three shots a second at it; I have seen antelopes, wolves and jack rabbits run in front of grey hounds, and they set a good pace; I have seen the Grand National, the Derby and other races of the best breeds of horse, but never have seen any living thing move as this bull elk did, coming to certain destruction. In “my excitement I had raised to a stand- ing position, which exposed my body from my belt up, and while thus stand- ing with my gun ready to throw to my shoulder, I noticed another object in the trail directly behind the elk that seemed to be coming equally as fast. As the pursuer and pursued sped toward me, the former seemed to be about fifty feet long, with the dust curling up be- hind like the smoke from an express train. From my eminence I could see that the space between the oncomers was closing up, and by the time the elk had reached the cafion ditch and cleared it at a bound, it looked as though the pursuer flew straight over, but the ground rose as they ascended the hill after crossing the cafion, and it seemed to rise as an eagle would skim the sur- face of the earth in pursuit of a hare. I could now see that the gap had been entirely closed and the two animals doubled or came abreast in the narrow trail; then there was a slight inter- ruption in the beautiful rhythmic race. The elk slackened speed, and the pur- suer, which I now saw was a mountain lion, was in front, but turned so quick that for the space of the tenth of a second they were facing each other, and while the elk had only slightly checked his speed, he endeavored to clear his antagonist at a bound, but his reckon- ing was far short of success. He hurled his majestic body many feet from the ground; there was a swift move skyward on the part of the enemy, and when the elk came down he had eight. feet of lion suspended from his neck. There ensued a short struggle, which brought them to a stop, not over ten rods from my elevated position. The motions of the two animals were so quick and fierce that it was hard to distinguish elk from lion. First it looked like elk feet pawing the air, then a bundle of brown, then the elk on his feet with a writhing form under his antlers; then again the race 357 Z EE was resumed a short distance in my di- rection, but with less speed and fainter effort than had been exhibited at the beginning. The lion quickly moved to the side of the fleeing quarry, and, tak- ing him on the shoulder and breast with 268 his forepaws, embedded his terrible teeth in the throat ofthe elk. Mle ell gave a stifled cry of pain and rage as he attempted to trample the enemy down. They were now coming uncom- fortably close. The elk had swayed in his course and staggered from the path. With one mighty effort he tried to dis- lodge the lion by swinging his head up and down and striking with his fore feet, but his fate was sealed. As well might a rabbit expect to escape the eagle when once in its talons, as this monsier ell< to defeat his terrible foe. The great beast staggered laterally and fell, his shoulders bearing down the lion’s haunches and hind legs, causing it to relax his death grip to pull itself from under the elk, which made a rally- ing effort and regained his feet. Once more the lion succeeded in fastening his teeth in the flesh of the elk, this time on the top of the neck, and the elk made a last feeble lurch forward and fell within ten feet of me, a badly ex- cited and frightened individual. After the first encounter I had-let the breech of my rifle drop, while I held the muzzle with the other hand, point- ing my own direction and standing at full cock, but I gave this little thought at the time, for I had been getting an exhibition of grand tragedy. However, the combatants had come too close for me to thoroughly enjoy the battle; at the ena of the last struggle T brought wp) my title, and ram) my eye alone the barrel until the” lion was in range, but did not pull the trig- ger, for my excitement had subsided and I decided to withhold my fire and see the coup de grace, and the final scene will remain a vivid picture in my memory should I live to be as old as Methuselah ! The elk seemed to fall forward more from pain than from weight of the foe; whereupon the lion doubled itself up, resting both fore and hind feet on the elk’s neck on either side of the lion’s mouth, then the hind feet were pressed against the neck, embedding the claws deep into the elk’s flesh, and, with a RECREATION mighty effort the great cat not only broke the neck, but literally cut i half in two. The large, white sinew of the neck was severed by the lion’s teeth and pulled loose from the head. The elk then rolled over on its side, and the lion began to lap the blood as it spurted from the great gap at the top of the throat. The great cat’s tail was now towards me, and the chances for a good shot were questionable. I held my gun dead on the gentleman, waiting for any kind of a show either at his head or a perspective of enough of his side to cut two or three ribs and get at his heart and lungs, but he seemed to be in no great hurry to give me the oppor- tunity. Finally he turned his head and looked up the trail. I shifted my rifle to catch a bead below and behind the ear, but my long wait with gun pre- sented and the excitement had made me so shaky that my Lyman bead was dancing all over the brute’s neck. I thought I would ease the gun down on the rock and so steady it, but while in the act of crouching, the lion turned his fore shoulders up the trail and be- gan to belly down to the ground and to switch his long tail back and forth. I had now got my gun on the rock and put one knee on the ground when Mr. Lion jumped up to his full height, humped his back something like a Tom cat, stretched wide open his mouth and hissed like an adder. I found his head with a steadied barrel and pressed the trigger. There was a flash and a keen but not very loud report. The lion squatted to his former crouching position. I threw in another cartridge and stood ready, but in a few minutes the old fellow made a spasmodic move, quivered under his foreleg and in his flank and then gave a convulsive for- ward motion which doubled his head back under his breast and then he rolled over on his side and was as dead as the elk he had so quickly killed, while I -gazed down before me at the two monarchs of the forest, so different in _form and character and yet so alike in native majesty, now limp and lifeless. Near to Nature’s Heart Photographic study by Laurence C. Randall f A MESSAGE Irene Pomeroy Shields North! To the North—all the robins are hieing, Wild geese and bluebirds proclaiming the spring, Down by the brook catkin banners are flying, Phoebe and blue jay attempting to sing. Stirs the sweet sap in the veins of the maple, Heart of the crocus 1s showing its gold, Soon blossoms will bourgeon on cherry and apple, Sweet secrets of nature in spring time unfold. North! To the North—all the south winds are blowing, Bearing Love’s message to bird and to bee, Loosing the fetters that binds the brook’s flowing, Waking the dormant and setting life free. Heart! Wilt thou heed what the wild things are saying ? Then haste to the lake bordered land of the pine, Soul shall meet soul and forever go straying, Through daisy strewn fields of eternal spring time. eb PRAY OF FH CAVALIERS BY LEE WOODWARD ZEIGLER. Drawings by the Writer and Alden Peirson. EXICO has been lik- Ched ton oy, the Islolly JLamal, to ola Spain. The daugh- ter of Castile, it is not unnatural that she should bear to the mother ‘country a strong family likeness. But old as that phase of her civilization is—it is nearly four hundred years since Cortez landed with his Cavaliers at the point where he founded the city of the Only True Cross—it is built upon the ruins of one more ancient still. ~ Norr.—In complying with the request of a number of readers, we have been much interested in the preparation of this article. Seemingly, our sub- Seribers who travel are turning their eyes to new fields or very old fields which have not been thor- oughly covered by the tourist armies. There are a lot of things yet to be learned about the North American continent, even by those familiar with the country, things which have been accepted as our Own with quasi-satisfaction. If this timely article opens the eyes of our readers, then we will feel that In answering the question asked us we have accomplished a double purpose.—Eprror. 371 Vath: tnenexcncise on a) little taney, the boats that surround our steamer as she drops anchor off the mole at Vera Csu7,* nlledy withe clamonna | natives, urging upon the tourist all manner of tropical fruits, become the canoes that put off for a closer look at the strange craft with high poops and wing-like sails, which seem to the simple Indians to be visitants from another world. dines City of Mexico, om asi it 1s) coi monly called throughout the Republic, ) ne Citysa is thesancient Menochitaain the home of the lordly Montezuma, and the scene of the last fierce struggle, led ly une Ineirone §=(Claier . Guenennowatn against the invading. Spaniards, of which so many memorials remain. Where stands the parish church of San Hipolite, existed, in the year 1520, the second line of defense on the causeway that connected the city with the main- land. At this point, during the retreat of the Spaniards upon the memorable Dismal Night (la Noche Triste), the THE MARKET PLACE slaughter was greatest. And here Juan Garido, one of the survivors of that night of horror, built a little commem- orative chapel of adobe, to be replaced later by the present church, begun in 1599. There is a tablet and inscription upon an exterior angle of the wall, and the Jocal mame on the Church (ot tine Martyrs,” the acceptance of which eu- phemistic title depends upon the di- rection of one’s sympathies. Onevor the Mirst spots tos clan thie visitor’s attention is Chapultepec, rising, as it does, a bold promontory of rock, from the level piain. It has witnessed the burial of Aztec kings, and its palace and citadel, in former times, the scene of vice-regal splendor and the seat of two short-lived empires, are now the official residence of Mexico’s patriot- president. The remains of the old via- duct which served to connect this stronghold with the Tenochithan of Montezuma’s day are still pointed out, as well as of the one the Spaniards built. Everywhere the air is heavy with tradition; of tales of bloody struggle between aborigine and invader; patri- Ot Tevolitionists andy the power mon old Spain; of acts of charity and faith on the part of good men and women; of condescension on the part of Heavenly personages; of apparitions of Saints and Angels and Madonnas! of holy wells and enchanted waters, each with its voluminously authenticated miracles, there is no end. And, alas, even ac- counts of public burnings and autos da fe, held when that scourge of medi- zval Mexico, the Inquisition, had Mex- ico in her bloody grip. It} is pleasant’ to tira from ste latter dark memories to an account like’ that eivem of San |tiany demizemes tencia, where, when an _ earthquake shook that part of the city and the -church began actually to tumble about 372 the ears of the worshippers, an image of the Child Jesus that stood upon the altar, raised its arms and stayed the x INGER WICAUUE QU IGM, (CANN CIUB Kas 1378 fall of a great arch of masonry, that upon December 12th, which date the otherwise would have crushed hun- church has consecrated to the celebra- dreds beneath its weight. tion of the Miracle of Nuestra Senora | A COURTYARD IN GUADALOUPE ) Within a half hour’s ride of the cap- de Guadaloupe. Here, upon the festi- | ital stands, chapel-crowned, Guada- val of their patron Madonna, the In- _ loupe Hill, the shrine of native worship dians gather by the thousands from all | and the Mecca of the annual pilgrimage parts of the country to celebrate the 374 holiday in their own way with little or no assistance from the priests, who give the church over to them wholly. Whether in their ceremony lingers any trace of the rites with which they were wont 40.) worship) —lomantzim. |. (Bide Mother of the Gods,” to whom the hill was sacred im Aztec times, the good fathers will not say. But the Virgin of Guadaloupe is by popular adoption, as well as by papal bull, the patroness and protectress of New Spain. Her image has been borne upon the banners of patriots and her name upon their lips—a battle cry. Leaving the little “chapel of the well,’ where the miraculous spring BlomS 2S awesehy wO- day as when it gushed forth from beneath the Vines 1 eer, you climb the steep street to the plateau a Chapultepec rising from the level plain RECREATION upon which is built the great collegiate church, where the sacred” picture— is Kept in ler tabemiacies or imams «cole ored marbles, guarded by a massive sil- ver railing; amid her treasures of gold and: preciots stones. that emale mer shrine the richest in Mexico. Beyond, up the stone steps that lead to the crest of the hill, is Capella del Cerrito (the Cmeynel Or ae Miele Jabil), acl marks the spot where Juan Diego cut the roses which sprang from the rock as a sign to the unbelieving bishop of that day. As you stand looking out over the city and the plain beyond, the mind filled with religious images, two peasants come toiling up the stairs upon their knees, evidently father and son. Their rapt faces permit no A monument to their piety doubt of their sincerity, and it is with . reverence that you watch them enter the chapel door, still upon their knees. They are cargadores ; you can see where they have lent them, bundles "at the toot ot the hill, after having come many a mile out of their way to pay their homage tothe sspor where they believed the Virgin had once actually stood. Half way up the hillside, within a few feet of the staircase, there rises a curious structure of stone and adobe, which, as we caught a glimpse of it over the parapet, seemed to resemble a galley under full sail. Within this is supposed to be actually the mast and yards of a ship, erected by a grateful crew to commemorate their rescue from peril at sea. The story is told that, be- 375 set by a norther upon the gulf, and in peril of foundering, they vowed to the Lady of Guadaloupe that if she would intervene to save them they would set up their mast and sails at her shrine in token of their gratitude. Accordingly, coming to land next day, they un- shipped their mast, and with the spars and sails as they were, dragged it la- boriously through the summer heat over the hundreds of miles of mountain and plain that lie between the sea coast and the City of Mexico and erected it upon the hillside. That it might be the better preserved from the ravages of the elements, they built about it a cov- Chins ob stone.) Phere it) stands, near the steps) ‘or the) taboriows ascent, a monument to-their piety. 376 Elsewhere, in every city or town of the Republic, the churches are not less impressive. On every side they raise their storied towers, throw out their massive buttresses. The clamor of their YY YI yy a Ly _ yy Ly yy RECREATION with drawnwork or artificial flowers: woman’s work, and speaking to your heart of woman’s love and faith. The effect is not always beautiful; indeed in some of the finest interiors there. is yy POPOCATEPETL bells is with you always. Richly carved doors, brought from Spain in earlier days, stand open. You enter, to be awed by the magnificence of some great altar like that of the Cathedral of Pueblo, the “City of Angels,” or that of the great Cathedral in Mexico City, or are startled by some realistic carved and painted effigy of souls in pur- gatory, or are charmed by the mellow tones of a set of pictures in gilded frames attributed to some early Span- ish master, that adorn the walls. Or, again, in some bare rural interior, one comes upon an altar quaintly decorated much that strikes your taste as bizarre; but you never lose sight ot the fact that it all means something, and has a place in the daily life of those you see coming and going about you. And somehow you are never amused, even when in the effort to bring the facts of their religion home to the under- standing of the people, the priests have approached near to the dividing line that a sense of humor is supposed to draw. For instance, in a remote dis- trict, at one time overrun with bandits, there is said to be in the parish church a life-sized figure of our Lord dressed THE CRALEC OR as a rurale or mounted policeman, som- brero, pistols, spurs and all. The most striking feature of the engrel, architecture is its richmess of ornament, and this it owes to the Span- ish ‘architect, Cherriguera, by whose name the prevailing style, a sort of Re- naissance, is known. He flourished dur- ing the latter half of the seventcenth century, and it is from this period that most of the Mexican church edifices date, though there are to be found many built a century earlier. Perhaps in this antiquity lies the greater part of miei. Charin, or it may le in the fact that they play so intimate a part in the life of the people. The peasant kneels upon the brim of his straw sombrero upon the tesselated pavement, the high- bred mantilla veiled senorita trips in rustling black, across their courts, her staid and sharp-eyed duenna laboring behind. And everywhere is the parish HE SCAVALIERS 377 out his journey upon one of the wiry littler Mexican horses. Or ‘the, dile- gencias, once the universal means of travel, few remain, but those few are unchanged from what they were a cen- try, ago, and: im fact ‘some or them, from their antique structure and di- ‘lapidated appearance, might well be over a hundred years in actual age. The body is swung upon leather springs, and wobbles in a way that brings one at times in rather violent collision with one’s neighbor, a condition not always to be «desired im Wlexico: [t,.makes fest ainvom the @diivers seat to be preferable to traveling inside, although the latter is technically considered first class. I shall not soon forget the difficulty in obtaining such a seat I had upon a trip: to’ Cuernavaca. Not. that: there was not “plenty of room on top,” but ny ticket called for first-class accom- The lumbering, old-fashioned diligence priest, a beneficent figure, genial and much beloved, a worthy man withal. _ With the rapid increase of railways throughout tle Republic, the old meth- ods of travel are disappearing. But to penetrate to some distant ruin of Aztec temple or Spanish monastery, one must now and then resort to the lum- bering old-fashioned diligence, or piece modations. These, I found, I was to share with two fat senoras, of mixed blood and more than doubtful ideals upon the subject of cleanliness, and a superannuated bullfighter, the latter easily known by the little cue he wore, tucked up under his flat brimmed hat. My soul was filled with dismay, but it was only when the happy thought oc- ) 2 378 curred to me of exclaiming that I was desirous of seeing the vistas, that | could overcome their protest against the unheard of solecism of a first-class passenger riding second. But the railroad will never entirely banish traveling on horseback. This is Near to owe’s idea of savage beauty the traditional means of getting about, and the broken and mountainous char- acter of the country often mikes other expedients out of the question. There is little about your thin, stunt- ed, yo-necked and cat-hammer steed _ RECREATION to remind you of the fact that he is descended from the great war horses of old Castile. But, perched upon that mountain of leather, the Mexican sad- dle, he bears his rider as easily as his an- cestor bore his weight of armor-plate and pride. And although his faithful- ness is apt to be, at the hands of the ordinary “greaser,” rewarded with ne- glect and even cruelty, he universally displays a sagacious carefulness of his master. He waits patiently outside of fonda*® or pulqueria’®, and when that worthy is too lazy to dismount, which is frequently the Case, he even! tiers through the low doorway and out again, as demurely as a Cat. Alas for romance, it is no uncommon sight to see him picking his way home through the dark with his rider so drunk as to be unable to more than keep his seat} or when the cargo of pulque taken aboard by that worthy is too heavy to allow even of that. The faith- ful horse watches over its master with _ dog-hke faithfulness as the inebriate lies in heavy slumber by the roadside. But his station is not always so mean. When his master is some wealthy haci- endado, who endeavors to realize in his person the chivalry of old Spain, the horse is at his best, and a gallant best it is. Enveloped in crimson : sorape, his hat, jacket and trousers a glory of gold or silver embroidery, he sweeps by us in the prismatic sunshine like some gor- geous tropic bind, the jimgle of silves mingling with the clatter of hoofs. Every part of his outfit, pistols, spurs, curb chain and bit, are silver or silver mounted, while his sombrero is adorned with his monogram or initials cut sol- idly out of precious metal. The haciendado is the feudal lord o/ the countryside. If you give him an op- portunity of displaying his hospitality he fills the part. He is an imposing figure, accompanied by a heavily-armed retain- er, as he dashes up to the doorway of the 1 Grocery store or restaurant. 2 Saloon. -and strides within. they smile, which iis Tia Ol Wie OAV ALI ERS Palazo Municipial, and, reining his horse upon his haunches, springs to the ground, throws his rein to his equerry Or when, standing within the patio of his stately home, he welcomes you in his lordly Castillian language, which has suffered no de- generation, and tells you all his house is yours. The peon of Mexico bears little re- semblance to our Northern Indian. He is extremely well-made, deep-chested, square-shouldered and muscular, in fea- ture strongly suggesting the Italian peasant. But in his erect figure there is no likeness to the misshapen body that generations of toil have bred in the lat- ter. His womankind are altogether charm- ing. The younger women especially, with their deep eyes, oval faces and un- spoiled figures, approach very near to one’s ideal of savage beauty. It is in the extreme South, upon the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, that the most beautiful types of native women are en- countered. They are straighter, taller, more lithe, and their bronze faces have a nobler cast. Whether this is due to the simple life more nearly resem- Dling what it was of old—or, if you like, more savage—is a matter of conjecture. To me it seemed not un- likely that the more intimate contact with the conquering race, and a conse- quent more poignant realization of their dependent condition, in the more settled mits of the country, might have brought a falling off from the original fineness of a race that has left so many evidences of enlightenment. That they do realize their peonage, no one upon whom their melancholy faces have once Deen impressed, can doubt. Even when they do _ readily enough, it is with a haunting wistful- 1 | her Alameda and a band. | ness difficult to forget. Every Mexican town can boast of In the after- noons of Sundays and feast days, and | usually Wednesday evenings, the belles jand beaux of the place gather and ‘promenade, They have no more curious 379 The Mexican 1s a dramatic figure custom than this, nor is it likely that it has a parallel anywhere: else in the world. The men form in a long line of two abreast, and circle around the outer edge of the park, and.the women in a similar ring, revolving, as it were, with- in the other, walk slowly around in an opposite direction. In this way every Romeo will see his Juliet several times in the course of the evening and ex- . change glances with her, may even find opportunity for a hurried whisper. 4 380 Patience It is a picturesque sight, for all classes are to be found in the procession. For the most part the men wear the national embroidered jacket and breeches of leather, great cloth sombrero and high- heeled boots or shoes, with ridiculously pointed toes. The explanation of this distressing custom must le in the equestrian traditions of the country. At 4 o clock the crowd begins to line-the sides: © the Muerte de San Francisco and other streets leading to the Passeo, and wait for the carriages which at this hour form in procession and proceed at a slow and dignified pace along a never varied route. They are filled with the glowing beauties of the mixed Spanish and Indian blood. To see them in their highest perfec- tion, they say one must journey to Jal- Milk RECKEATION apa. “La Cuidad de la Flores,” it takes its name as much from its beautiful women as from its profusion of or- chids, growing in the public streets. The belles of the city are wondrously beautiful in their dark and graceful fashion as they wave their fingers in salute to their waiting admirers on the curb. The. Mexican as +a dramatic: ine= ure. He may be a vaquero, a wealthy e Jingle of silver and clatter of hoofs haciendado, a bank clerk or a shop- keeper, but he wraps his zerape about him and draws his sombrero down over his eyes and regards you with an air like that; of the brigand, Wie the band is playing soft airs from Italian operas in the Alameda, and the orange trees spread their amorous per- fume, if you dare to look too curiously beneath the reboso of a passing fair one, you may learn how fierce a Mext- can man can appear. Mexico is a land of lovers; lovemaking is in the air, and everywhere dusky lovers walk arm in arm. You turn sudden corners, and surprise hurried embraces. But the women of the Isthmus! A stranger visiting for the first time the market place of Tehuantepec is aston- ished at the beauty of the scene. On all hands, keeping guard over their wares, sit or stand the human butter- flies, with great white wings. This ON iE RICA bh ah He RARE 85 A INITER TF yA ay Saag WOR A PF illusion is due to the head dress, which is in the form of a priest’s alb or upper garment of snowy white lace. Stiffly starched and standing out in all direc- tions, it waves gently as they pass to Mode iO, their baré feet making no Bound upon the hard earth, Ti they have a burden, it makes no difference, except that it displays to greater ad- vantage their shapely brown arms and waists; for they manage to carry huge water pitchers without disordering in the least their fairy-like headgear. There is almost no twilight in’ Mex- ico. You watch the sun, a blazing orb, descending with growing swiftness and wreathed in a veil of fire, towards the horizon. Around, the air is amber- tinted, glowing. Suddenly it begins to drop behind the distant mountains, and (QUEe s IialiB ~ gloom. CAV BEI BIS 381 Human butterflies with great white wings the shadows advance across the plain, swallowing up the landscape in mellow The shadow draws near and nearer—envelopes the town. Behind you the sky is still lit up with the rosy beams. A line of shadow creeps swiftly up the rugged sides of old Popocate- petl, obscuring completely the base of the mountain as it advances. Up, up the snow-capped crest, deepening in tint, until at last it hangs like a great opal against the darkening sky. A mo- ment it remains so, glowing and quiver- ing as if on fire—grows smaller, and 1 gone. Night has come! ; Through the dusky silence you seek your hotel, passing on the roadside si- lent figures, fagot-laden. “Adios, Senor.’ Their soft-voiced greeting falls upon your ear like a benediction. ache oe we 3 ce uly, raat i 0 z /. Drawings and decorations by G. Ryder Photographs by the Writer. Many owners of small aquariums, having a few goldfish as inhabitants, make it a practice to change a part or all of the water more or less often, so that the fishes may not die for lack of air. But suppose that the person that cares for them forgets to change the aater, or does not do so often enough? The fishes will die. Then, again, many people take the fishes out of the aqua- rium with the hands or a net, and wash the interior, putting m fresh water, then veturning the fishes. The poor litle things will soon be handled and washed to death. There are fresh-water aquaria at the New York Aquarium in which the water has not been changed for more than three years, and they are at the present time in splendid condition. The loss by evaporation must necessarily be supplied by adding fresh water once or imice a week. All this 1s expiained by Mr. Spencer.—Eviror. 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Aquaria, oblong in shape, with gravel looks neat and clean, the plants iron frames, glass sides and ends, necessary to maintain the balance thrive 382 HOW very well, and it is easily kept clean. About two inches of gravel will be necessary to hold plants down. There are sev- big spe cres of plants which are good aerators: one of the best is shown in the illustration and is a grass-like. plant known as Sa- Pittaria, It - roots firmly in the gravel, offshoots grow in different directions fOr a short New Jersey. I have not found it to be very satisfac- grower. There are several species of Potamogeton, a common pond weed, all useful. The foliage of one Species 1S vatied in color, light green, with vellowish shades of pink, different shades of red to brown. It is showy, and _ contrasts prettily with other plants. Another useful and com- mon plant is anacharis, or water thyme. It is a pro- fuse grower. A beautiful plant, of which there are FRESH WATER BALANCED AQUARIUM The fish isa gourami7, a na- tive of Europe. The grass- like plant is sagittaria, the other a Parrots’ Feather. TO START A BALANCED AQUARIUM ar Sigg Mas = WY; (DAM; 383 LWiO. SMe Cle sS, 1s commonly known as Momtinalis. It is a moss-like plant. One species 1s very fme and delicate. Ine © then with which I am famil- jar is coarser and grows much lar- ger they aie found on stones, patty decay cd logs and roots, in running streams. Cabonutha 7 is = a good plant for the aquarium, and can generally be pro- ered through the Ss, year Of floating: Wes St P ram ts tere are = Several Species, which are very pretty, and all mone or less iserul, either tO aid aeration. “or as a home for the propagation of myriads of minute animal life, which are food for some of the occupants of your aquarium. Nitila is--very prety. lit Crows Im mdsses, is very fine and hairlike, except that it has fOfy. A very pretty plant =e numerous joints at short inter- which grows well is the Bs i iy vals. Riccia is in quite general Milfoil. There are several (SSN ey ise, -and. docs very well, Ye i and furnish fine hiding places for the fish. fh. It is well to exercise (ANY. care when putting in “(2 the “water. that. the. «55 plants may not be disturbed. Let it stand for a day or two, at least, before adding the animal life, that the plants may have time to begin _ their function of supplying air to the water. There are many species of ani- mal life which can be collected from waters in the vicinity if the person so desires, or they can be purchased from dealers in stock for -aqMarias \Seme of, the most beautiful and best adapted for a balanced aquarium are small gold- | fish. There are several species of the sun-fish family. All are very : The fine plant-like fronds area species of RECREATION pretty and thrive well. The fresh-water stickleback is fairly hardy, and, if well cared for, will build a nest and produce young, but the stickleback is a great fighter and makes trouble with his neighbors. For amphibians, tadpoles are easily procured and are interesting. The oddly acting acrobatic little newts are the best, and will afford more pleasure by their comical antics than all the other members of +) z Metridium marginatum. hydroid. vour aquarium inhabi- ~ tants, and they can be ~ found in- almost any pond or small lake. they are something of scavengers. They will eat some of the small particles of food which the fishes leave. The best kind is Physae; they are common and will breed in the aquarium. Another species, the Planorbis, does fairly well. There are other members jon age snail family which may be used, but it is best to be cautious at first and not try to keep too great a va- riety of animals unless you have had considerable experience. Be sure never to overstock your aquarium with animal life. Al- ways have an abundance of thrifty Snails: are wsetuly acm ae growing” plants. LIVING CORAL Astrangia dandae. Then, if there should be several cloudy days in succession, the plants will be a virtual reservoir of oxygen during the time and the animal life will not suffer from lack of air to breathe. In feeding the animal life, great care should be taken not to overfeed. Take time and see that the food is being Eaten if not, stop feeding, for if you expect to keep the water in a healthy condition all dead matter must be re- moved a few hours after feeding, or decomposition will take place and kill the stock. Use for the purpose a glass tube with about three-eighths of an inch hole; place the thumb tightly over the upper end, insert the lower end of the tube in the water over the substance to be removed, raise the end of the thumb slightly ; the water and dead food will instantly rise in the tube; press the thumb down quickly, and remove the tube. If you do not wish the water to waste, use a small net made of scrim, Prony aah ETS ot GEE EERE Sabo Sanoee™ or cheese cloth, 1) mg hold it over the oy me aquarium with #2 Be aH # os a the lett anand: au i i letting the con- WY ee tents of the tube i a ito. tine men, which will of COUESe sretaim the solid mat- leq. | Tepeat tne operation till all is removed. It is well oc- casionally to aid aeration by dip- ping up some of the water, rais- ing the dipper Sie OL Mem oulit inches above the surface pouring le loa Ge Janie stream of water 385 ena SAGITTARIA 386 will carry back air. Avoid as much as possible the disturbing of the plants. A fresh-water aquarium does not re- quire sunlight. For cleaning the inside of the glass, use a pad made of wood about two inches long by one and a-half incties wide, and three-eighths of an inch thick. If the aquarium is rotind, shape the flat sides of the block to fit the curve of the glass; make a hole in one edge, cover the block with two or three thicknesses of soft woolen knit guods; insert in the hole a slender rod of wood. All dirt or confervae (vegetable growth) is easily removed by rubbing the glass. If you wash the pad often, the water will not get soiled. The growth of confervae on the side of an aquarium need not be removed, as it is a geod! acrater . ii after several months, perhaps a year or more, the plants have grown to ex- cess and the gravel has become some- what foul, you may remove the animal life carefully to some receptacle, then siphon the water into buckets, soft rubber tubing being best for the pur- pose. Take out the plants and wash the gravel. After cleaning the inside of the glass, return the gravel and plants. when returning the water to raise the dipper pouring it in, as_ previously stated for ‘“‘aiding aeration.” Now, you are ready for the animal life. Avoid re-setting a fresh water aquarium as long as possible, as it disturbs the rooted plants. If the wa- ter is clear and the animal life appears healthy, do not disturb it. A tew sug- gestions may not be amiss in regard to the size and number of fishes, newts, and tadpoles, which should be main- tained under favorable conditions. in a four or five gallon balanced aquarium. Fishes from one and one-half to two and one-half inches long, three or four ; newts, four or five; tadpoles, if they are not too large, three; snails, six or eight. As the newts breathe the air above the surface of the water, they will not be detrimental to their gill-breath- ing companions. It is well IRAE CIB AON MAINTAINING A Sar Water AQuA- RIUM. A salt water balanced aquarium is somewhat more difficult to stock and keep in a healthy condition than one of fresh water. But-it is the writer’s experience that there is in reality no comparison between them, as there are such a large number of species of animal life which can be procured and kept in a salt water aquarium, and nearly all of them are intensely interesting to ob- serve. A wonderful field it is for the study of the characteristics of many of the lower orders of marine life. In many respects the manipulation and care of a salt water balanced aquar- ium are the same, or similar to one of fresh water. Use beach gravel at: the bottom, about one inch in depth. Part Of it may be quite coarse, as sina anemones will attach to the pebbles and the bottom is much easier to keep clean. It is well to place some pieces of rock in the aquarium near the front. Whey will add to its beauty, and make a home for your unattached anemones, though | those are often found attached to pieces of rock or pebbles of a suitable size for a small aquarium. If this is the case, | put them in place before putting in the | water ; you will find this much easier. I do not know from personal expe- rience about the practical use of manu- factured salt water. There are several formulas for making it, but if I were living inland, several hundred miles from the sea coast, and wished to start a salt water aquarium, | would have the water shipped to me from the sea coast. I should not attempt to improve on nature. The practical plant for the aeration | of the water is the so-called “sea-let- | tuce’—Ulva latissima. This can Daag procured in tide pools and sheltering — coves near shore in shallow water. | Having the gravel and pieces of rock with the anemones placed in the aquar- | ium, carefully fill it with water, that you do not disturb the unattached ane- mones, if there are any. ~The Ulva grows in very thin sheets and is ex- The Sagartia Modesta, or white anc- mone, which burrows in the sand to the tentacles. tremely tender when young, therefore, it requires careful handling. Use small pieces of cork to float it, allowing a por- tion to hang down near the bottom on the rear of the aquarium. ‘This arrange- ment makes a beautiful background, and shows the anemones and other life to the best advantage. Cover about half the surface with the Wiva, leaving, the front) part co, helt. Solieria is a pretty plant for the bottom of the aquarium; its color is a beautiful red, and it makes a handsome contrast to the green Ulva. A species of coral can be procured on the New Jersey coast, at Long Branch and vicinity, in Long Island Sound, and I have had a specimen “from Woods Holl, Massachusetts, which livedin — : my aquarium four years. ‘The Polyps are very inter- esting to study, particularly for students. Several spe- cies of tropical coral can be kept alive for years in a balanced aquarium, a Oysters, clams and mussels can be kept with sea ee anemones and coral, but shrimps, small hermit, horse- Sg ee shoe and blue crabs would best be by themselves, for NY _ they will rob the sea anemones of their food. Of the ,. BS Annelids or worm family, I have had Serpula live and ( o of s sees te. a “y-- \ a : . ’ MED Ls SON ae ya Sia aee ee: << - b 7< thrive for years and Sabella for many months, also the ‘.) tube-worm, Cistenides. The Sea-Squirt lives well. 387 388 RECREATION Sea anemones must be fed with the soft portion of a clam or oyster. Take a little at a time on the end of a slender rod, tapered to a poimt, and place it carefully in contact with the tentacles, near the centre of the disk, where the mouth is situated. Corals will require it chopped very fine. Crabs and shrimp will take it from the bottom. It is well to accustom them to come to a particu- lar location each time. | Anemones are apt to move out of sight to the back of the aquarium ; but it is best to keep them in view and there- by avoid possible trouble. It is very difficult to give any practical rule as to the number of animals to stock a marine aquarium. Use plenty of Ulva and take care that it is in good condi- tion. The beginner is apt to use too much animal lite at first. Again, 1 caution the reader: “be careful.” Try a few specimens at first, watch the con- dition of the water and animals. Prac- tical experience is the best teacher. Do not be discouraged if some of the fishes and other animals should die. Many die in their natural habitat. You will surely be rewarded with success by persistent effort. The student of biology will find a varied and fertile field for study in the life which can be maintained in a salt water balanced aquarium. The un- expected oftens appears. By close ob- servation, perhaps months after stock- ing, some of the species of hydroids, annelids, acidians, and small crusta- ceans may be discovered, none of which had been at first seen. For those who desire it, here is Gosse’s formula for making artificial sea-water : Common Dable Salt...2 8% pants. PSO “Salis ee eae GERTaA Chloride of Magnesium .10 Chionde of Wotassiut, a2 66 66 SOLAN. vate Cau ce al LOO si ta One pound of this mixture, carefully | dissolved in water, and then filtered, will make about three gallons of sea wr SALT WATER BALANCED AQUARIUM With two kinds of anemones and living coral. water. The plant beneath is the common rockweed. that our friends had CANOEING ON THE DELAWARE Log of a Family Trip Down 200 Miles of Splendid Water Photographs by the Writer By RALPH K. WING and launched it at the confluence of the Beaverkill and East Branch, in Delaware County, New York. Twenty-five miles further down stream the waters unite with the West Branch and form the technical source of the Delaware River. There was a jolly lot of city people living at the bearding house when we launched our canoe, and they were all much interested in our preparations, and encouraged us by remarks such as “Waves as high as this room,” “Rocks 1E took a Morris canoe . that will break your boat to kindling,” “Murder and suicide combined to take your family down Pat ceiver. But we tan tlre gauntlet, and, get- ting away, received the official blessing of all the occupants of the house at the point of embarka- fiom, as we ‘glided out into the current. When passing under a railroad bridge, a few hundred yards beyond, we found faken a short cut and were there be- fore us to make us targets for showers of rice and old shoes. The canoe was 18 feet long, 37 inches wide and weighed 100 pounds. On the inside the cedar was ribbed and planked, BREAKING CAMP 389 making it smooth, water-tight and easily kept clean. Three miles down the stream from our starting point we made our first camp, so that we might take ample time to get our paraphernalia in working or- der. Elancock was reached the next day. Chehocton (Shehocing meaning the union of streams) was formerly the appropriate name of this place. Hancock was the name of the township, but now the old Indian name is lost and we call the place Hancock. Thickly wooded mountains press the river close on both sides. Numerous small streams, many of them stocked with trout, throw their contents into the: iver, Tuem the wild and walled-in character of the banks, falls or abrupt descents might be. expected. But, strange to say, while always swift and full of rapids, the heavy and dan- gerous runs on the Delaware are fifty miles or more from our starting point, thus giving the nov- ice, a chance to get initiated. At Equinunk, Pa., our next stop, 15314 inilesi a, Frome IN ew Nor City, ibyetie Ree aver wound ay hotel clos eu to the water. Here we were reminded of the day of the week ial? banks we) (eo) te Church Next. "to renewed health, the most immediate ef- fect of this moving 390 RECREATION on out-of-door life is the inability to classify time, places or events. All is so the antipodes of one’s ordinary home routine that the happenings of one minute are lost in the wide-awake re- ceptiveness for what the next may bring : Mountains here on the main Dela- ware seemed as before—jealous of the space occupied by the river. A niche had been hewed in them for the rail- road to follow, while casual roads and hundred, but death took him before he had killed the one more Indian neces- sary to complete his collection and make good his vow. : Just below Calicoon we came upon a bevy of dames and damsels ranged in a semi-circle at the waters brink Pad- dling straight at them, we said: | “Look pleasant now, please; we are going to take your picture.” What, then, was our dismay to find that a fair maiden already had a wire- IN EASY WATER houses appeared to be hanging on to the steep sides by suction. itself, full from recent rains, playfully, yet not angrily, jostled and shoved us along from one piece of rough water to another. We had passed through the country made famous by Cooper’s novel of the “‘Tast of the Mohicans,’ and were now in the hunting ground of Old Bill Quick, the Indian hater. It was in this neighborhood that he gathered his col- lection of Indian heads—ninety-nine of them! He had vowed to make it a Ie triver- ) Milanville, Pa., wound, high-velocity, smokeless-pow- der camera trained and primed upon us. The situation was saved, however, with am exchamec. (ol adenesses: (and 9a promise to exchange views when de- veloped. We were accommodated that night at by a wealthy farmer, M. L. Skinner, whose house is on the verge of Cochecton Falls. wild tumble with a bad name. The river seems to.have hewn a course through solid rock, and to have used a hammer in the operation. The work Plas: is ey Oe ge ge ea gle ee ee ee ee CANOEING ON THE DELAWARE of ordinary erosion is apparent, but in addition angular, jagged fragments are set in all positions with the bewildering confusion of a volcanic crater. On the western side is a high, rock girt, forest- Clad bank: on the other, ledges and broken masses of granite, suggesting forcibly that if the mighty current could do this to the resisting cliffs, it could much more readily pulverize a frail canoe. @scenecceton Halls is a depository. for undesirable debris. The name ican indians one and means i1n-= crease. Owing to the sudden narrow- ing of the river in this plunge, every- thing floating or shoved along in the lesser but always swift current above is rammed into this hole and has a chance to lodge among the opposing sharp and fractured rocks. Among such bric-a- brac were the parts of a steel bridge which had been carried out by the un- precedented freshet of the previous spring, to say nothing of quantities of barbed wire. The Cruiser’s family stood on the shore with camera ready. He remembers con- fusedly. paddling like mad to keep steer- age way, desperately trying to hold seat and course, of being lifted, dropped, jerked up again and shoved from all sides at once, and slapped in the face with a drenching dash of water, such a sensation as of a man tossed in a blanket and dropped into a pond. Bridge No. 9 (Erie Railroad) is the first bad place. The bridge was being replaced: and the river full of false work. First we were for hugging the Eastern shore, but the thought that in ~ the shallows of such a current the slightest contact would spell disaster, impelled us to head straight for the heavy waves and deepest water. Big rocks and sharp turns in a place like this necessitate the straining of every muscle to hit a pace far in excess of the swift flow to put your boat where your judgment dictates. Timidity, hesita- tion means loss of control and destruc- tion. Scream after scream of estatic delight from the little girl and her 391 mother, as the canoes rose far out of the water and then slapped down like the snapping of a big sail on a tacking boat. attested’ their appreciation, of a sport that in comparison would make polo or football seem games for in- valids. The next worth mention is Rocky Rist. llere is a tall and How amie as great as the other rapids, but a wider river, hence less water and more rocks. , The stern paddler, always the helms- man, stands up just as the water breaks into white caps. He can figure where to start in, and his channel as far below as he can discern the height and char- acter Of the waves. Beyond that, in a long rapid, as these were, he must re- vise and construct his course as he goes along. . Canoeists, don’t listen to croakings. Afterareasonableapprenticeship you are able to read a rapid as you wouldan open book. Possibly in swift water we pass hive imiulwon rocks, any one or witch might have put an end to our trip, if Mot to Wiss At ditierent stages ot the water various rocks are covered or un- covered, and the waves, channel and character of the rapids entirely altered. All these dangerous rocks were known to the old-time raftsmen of the Dela- ware, and all were named, but with the decline of the lumber business the names were forgotten. Instructions thgs are Of mo vale.) Many) of the farmers along the river have run rafts of lumber to tidewater, but this they did at freshet height, the waves being most- ly smoothed out. Hence their informa- tion has no relevancy to the canoeist. He must rely on his own initiative abso- lutely. Even when several boats go to- gether, the helmsman of each must not let his judgment be affected by the course taken by amy of the others, = It is this essential of self-reliance that makes river canoeing so fascinating. At Lackawaxen the river by that name joins the Delaware, and the united water flows over a dam, and is pro- vided with an apron over which rafts can go at high water, and the venture- A CAMP ON THE RIVER BANK some boatman at any but the lowest. The lady members of the family went on ahead, and the Cruiser set out for the roughest and most picturesque consecutive twenty-five miles on the Delaware. the imterval to shem Jervis. At the foot of the apron is an im- mense returning wave or “comber.” The waves of rapids are made by the impact of very swift water against that lest swift or at rest. lence they curve backwards, being vastly more difficult for a boat to ride than the uniform undulations of non-flowing water. It will be seen that as the river lowers, THE RIVER AT EQUINUNK, 2 3 such waves must increase in size as a result of greater declivity and corre- spondingly greater velocity of flow be- ing concentrated in localities. Some years ago, at quite low water, a leading member of the Brooklyn Canoe Club lost his life going through a five-foot wave here. We got it about three feet high and while it occasioned a thrill, the risk was not great and we escaped with- out a wetting. From Lackawaxen to near Port Jervis the Erie Railroad skirts one bank and an abandoned canal the other; where the latter is still intact, it is used as a road. As we ran the much talked-about 1evaNy, Q2 SHOOTING COHECTON FALLS Cedars and Shohola Rapids, a delighted audience behind a team of fast horses Gileered us to the echo. lere the nar- rator pushed on to overtake his family, who had gone by railroad to Sparrow- bush, an up-river suburb of Port Jervis. Shohola passed, a rap:d was en- countered that half way down seemed to have no channel whatever. On every side rocks presented in a broadened river. Waves as well as stones in rapids are stationary, but the canoeist, flying onward, feels himself at rest, and they apparently driving with wind-like speed straight at him. ‘These rocks whizzing up river like spent cannon balls from piilesicies, with the writer as a target, kept him so busy dodging with the Canoe that it is beyond his power to tell just what transpired. The culmination of the fun is Mon- gaup Rapids. Here the river in a fun- nel-like contraction one-fifth its average width shoots its whole volume in a | jump with a force sufficient to float a crow-bar, The dash is made against a 393 rock so deeply submerged as to be a negligible quantity, except in its external manifestations in the hugest comber on the Tver. (ihe ereat. tnimen hangs. ae towering, roaring menace, seemingly to the navigator, suspended midway between the water and the clouds, de- mon tiver sentimel that all) must en- counter that pass that way, since there is no channel save through its wat- eny Core, le is am Ordeal une only a well-built, lightly loaded and rightly managed craft can pass. Two miles more of rapids, tempestu- ous but full, deep and devoid stones that the alert cannot dodge, and Sparrow- bush is reached, where really danger- Ouse water Cedses 10m Over! init, males: Menemthe) DiveHruehdsm ito ramuntimnsm Dy, plunging against a tremendous cliff on the western shore, bold, towering rocks traversed by cascades and decorated with flowers and trees, making setting for the river at which the guests of Iddy Farm, low-lying on the bank just opposite, never tire of looking. 394 The“ patriarchial proprictor, jo: Pamuersom, IS 2 inyoncall isnyeramam. AVI his life mi the spring “freshets’ he has run rafts from head waters down to market, and is now well on the shady side of seventy. Below the saw-mill rift bridge of the Erie Railroad the rapid rushing stream washes the precipice, called Glass- house Rocks. These rocks are fan- tastic in form and consist of irregular columns standing a few feet from the real face of the cliff and many feet high. Port Jervis is quickly passed, and here we bid adieu to the railroad. It is here that the first great stretch of al- luvial lands is encountered, with their attendant longer reaches of still water, where ordinary boating can be in- dulged. This is the tourist, the summer . boarder part of the river. Some dis- tance from the river now are the moun- AN EASY SLANT IN QUICK WATER - RECREATION tains. Especially on the Pennsylvania side, abrupt, rocky declivities of great height present, and the characteristic of the section is the numerous ravines cut through them transversely by tribu- taries of the river. But the mountains and the large pleasure travel on the splendid macadam roads are lost in the distance to the voyager, hidden also by the now frequently trench-like banks cut out of the intervening rich bottom lands. What might pass for an escaped wind-mill, with its arms violently re- volving in a gale, was described head- ing up stream. Boats going down river, boats of fishermen at anchor and boats pulled up on shore had been passed. But one deliberately breasting the rif- fles from choice, even comparatively slight as they were here, was ‘a new ex- perience, This one was a canoe with ——— “ CAUN OUBION G (UN WEB IDIB IL yage, two college boys that had already come all the way from Easton, clothed in glad smiles and bathing suits, swinging in unison double-bladed paddles, working off stream and getting up muscle, pad- dling when they could, wading and carrying when they couldn't. Roo Boys, youre going wrong way, they replied, “Oh, we coming back some time when we enough.” Nearing the are get Miliond es at SHOSEr, + MVS 295 before, staid lingering with us, then re- luctantly lost-itself in our wake. Down between the mountains, as they came closer and closer together approaching the Water Gap, we seemed to be drawn AS dl 1ealiner ly a Giraud: OF aise, Avacl our medium was as clear. Through the water at any depth, as we progressed, the bottom stood plainly revealed, sud- denly rising and then again falling away so quickly as to make one dizzy. All the while in the constant flow ob- A STOP FOR DINNER earned that suitable accommodation in the town lay too far from the river. Hence we made for a model farmhouse close to the New Jersey shore. Over- joyed to find that they would keep us, we brought everything up to the house and sat down to supper. One long, glowing day of travel re- mained, mellow with August haze, per- meating and enriching surpassing scen- ery as cream a dish of peaches. Slowly the landscape in perspective unfolded jects upon it slipped behind, sub- aqueous scenery to correspond to the glorious change of moving pictures above. Thus through fleets of islands, by rich fields laden with harvest, past mountains rising loftily in their man- defying mantle of unbroken green, we triumphantly concluded our journey as the sunset lights worked changing colors o’er this bit of paradise plucked in heaven to ripen on earth—the valley of the Delaware, if CO? ge ug cotta n 5 § of their - the doo) they bar do hy W 39 IB NUNES IE 1 SONS Illustrated by the Writer and Charles Livingston Bull The marsh and swamps are associa- ted in most minds with malaria and stagnancy, not with melody and sweet- ness. This is an injustice to the marsh, for it leaves one side of its character— the bright side—out of consideration. ietnmk, however, that there are many. eldletly. DOyS Who ate with me in may love for the marsh. I might rather say a marsh, for each of us has some par- ticular marsh where in his earlier boy- hood days he has found, besides mos- quitoes and stagnation, melody, the mys- tery of unknown waters, and the sweet- ness of nature undisturbed by man. As a boy our marsh was as far as I could go from civilization. The depths of the wood held its secrets, to be sure, and the mysterious call of the Wilson’s thrush lent a wildness that has not ceased to pervade the old wood even to- day. There were spots overgrown with fern and carpeted with thick wet moss where the skunk cabbage and cowslip grew rank among the alders; where one Gould ‘say, surely man does not live near this place—but the tinkle of the cow-bell dispelled the illusion. Even to-day when we push the “punt” through the reeds from the clear fiver into the twisting channel of the marsh, we have left civilization. The great ranks of the cat-tails shut out the the same now as always. 397 view of the outside world; the distant sounds of civilization only accentuate tie tsolation. Mt ts the land en the in: dian. At any moment we fancy that we may see an Indian canoe round a bend im tne, chanmmely lis we do Vehance to meet a gunner he does not look out of place: The marsh has not changed in the slightest since the Seneca Indian speared fish) there, It is mot only as old as the hills but literally much older. We are living in a bygone time. A little green heron flies across the water. How wild he-is; nothing has tamed him. He is He does not nest in the orchard or meadow, or make other concessions to Man, but holds himself aloof. He does not come to our doors for food. His food is still abun- dant and all he asks is to be let alone. (incresicpandioniv abot hin winicls seems to say, li I let you alone why do you bother me? I do not trespass on your land, why do you come to my home? Nor does he intrude himself. Occasionally we meet him along our little meadow stream, but he makes no advances. As we meet him suddenly, how indignant he seems because we have disturbed his hunting. Like a Pontiac, he is jealous of his ancient domain and resents intrusions He retires, however, Where the frogs bask and pray to their sun gods throwing back a cry of disdain. Here is the last stand of primitive nature in the settled country.” Here is the last stronghold of the untamed. The bul- rushes rise in ranks like the spears of an army surrounding and guarding the colony. ofthe: marsh What cali beld Sima Sine 91S imalkinoge, Sine llers seve cross her reservation, but camp? never! There seems to be a kinship between the voices of marsh dwellers. Most On Weena SeSal, WO wary aie, WO iMenre 2 muddy aquative note, The frog’s boom 398 sounds, like some great stone dropped into the water. The little marsh wren’s song is the babble and tinkle of water running out of a silver flask, “Mle heron’s cry seem to have contracted a hoarseness from the damp. ‘The notes of all of the marsh birds have a muddy or liquid sound which is characteristic, and seems in accord with their sur- roundings. The blackbird seems to be the one connecting link between the highlands and lowlands. One sees other citizens THE MARSH 309 of the marsh in the upland. The flight of the great blue heron from one feed- ing ground to the other—what a fine sight it is! He does not tarry over the LOneicm Teritony, nor does ke. hurry. With neck and head furled close and his legs straight out behind, he pursues his course, neither swerving nor looking to right or left. A crow’s flight may or may not be straight, but the heron’s al- ways 1s. His is the calm course of one with a purpose, unmindful of other mat- ters. The blackbirds, however, are more neighborly. ~ Dhey forage in the foreign territory, returning at night to sleep. | In nesting time, the red wing is in- deed a citizen of the lowland. His voice is as distinctive of the marsh as the Creal Of the frogs. It is ome of the first sounds that greets the ear from the dis- tance. What a beautiful sound is his clear whistle with its liquid break! In- deed, one might say that he is the only singer of the marshlands. His is not a sustained song, but the exuberant ex- pression of a happy soul, in a few beau- tiful notes. The little marsh wren, according to many writers, has no song. No song, forsooth! As well say that the farmer boy’s whistling as he follows the plow, or the sailor’s chant as he hoists the sail is not music! All are the songs of the lowly, the melody of those glad to be alive and out in the free air. When man goes to the marsh, the marsh retires within itself as a turtle retreats into its shell. With the excep- tion of a few blackbirds and marsh wrens babbling the nest secret and an occasional frog croak, all the inhabi- tants have retired. The spotted turtle has slid from the decayed loge as the beat pushed throwel the reeds, - Tie heron has flown at your approach, and the little sora rail has scuttled into the reeds. Remain perfectly quiet and let the marsh regain its composure. You have been the sorely disturbing element. One by one the tenants of the lowlands will His is the calm cowrse of one with a purpose The fire-fly lamps glow along the rushes take “up the tread or them, busimess where it was interrupted. All about the lily-pads make a green carpet on which the frogs bask and pray to their sun gods. The little sora rail again runs along the lily-pads, look- ing, ton iis food im the tonm ow cial snails. The blackbirds and wrens go about their home business, the turtles again come up to their positions, and a muskrat swims across the channel. A squeal and splash—a shining fold above the lly-pads—and we _ have viewed ia marshland tragedy with the luckless frog and villain black snake as chief actors. One hopes that the little colony of marsh wren homes on stilts above the water, like the ancient lake dwellers of Venezuela, have no enemies —that Sir Black Snake is satiated with the hapless frog—but fear must lurk, or why do they bar the doors of their snug cottages? This curiosity and the habit of building dummy nests is proof that the wee binds ate pittme their wits against the cunning of some enemy and suspicion rests on the serpent. As evening approaches and the shad- 400 ows from the bordering woodland point long fingers across the marsh, the black- birds straggle back from their feeding grounds and settle, clattering, among the! reeds, Whe, clatterme voraduallly, dies down and night settles on the marsh. Night on the lowlands is in- deed beautiful. All sounds have ceased save the booming of the frogs, which only accentuate the loneliness of it all. Only the distant whistle of a locomo- tive dispels the idea that it is wilder- ness. The fire-fly lamps glow along the Margin othe. rises, ine: irogsaane in full chorus now. The great bulls beat their tomtoms and the small fry fill-in the chinks with shriller cries. How remote the scene and how savage the chorus! There is a quality in the frogs’ seren-~ ade that strikes in one’s mind the chord of sadness, in another the chord of contentment... Ron ine it 1s ther cham of the savage, just as the hoot of an owl on the bark of a) fox piiidecmmny mind back to the wilderness. - We have been occupied with thoughts of the world when out of the night J alie comes the soft croon of a little screech owl and we are brought back to nature at once. Our cities are new—this cry iseaimost as atcient as the hills. It belongs with the soil beneath our towns. It is the spirit of the past crying to us. Old books carry us back to our racial periods, but this cry takes us back of all books.. So the dirge of the frog i wne c.y of the spirit of river: and marsh land. That old bull’s croak, how old he must be, probably great- grandsire of the lesser fry. He must be ancient. At least he is the chief expon- ent of the ancient order of things. Our robins and blue birds are of the orchard and the home of man, but who can claim neighborship to the bittern or bull frog? ‘There is. nothing civil- ized or refined in the hoarse croak of the great blue heron. They are all barbarians and their songs are of the untamed wilderness. The moon comes up over the hills. The mosquitoes have become savage. The marsh has tolerated us as long as it cares to, We begin our retreat as MARSH AOT orderly as possible. The night hawks swoop down and boom as they pass overhead. One feels thankful that the mosquitoes are of some good in being food supply to so graceful a bird. The outlet passage into the river is hard to find, but at last we pole and paddle into it. As we are paddling along the chan- nel, the voice of the bittern booms over the marsh. It seems to come from above, below—on all sides, a wonder- ful reverberating sound. We are glad that we waited. No wonder the farm- ers call him “stake-driver” and “plum- pudding.” For once these are rather descriptive, though inadequate com- mon names. A water snake glides across the channel, leaving a silver wake in the moonlight. The frogs “plunk’ into the water as we push past. A night heron rises from the margin of the river and slowly flops away. The bittern booms again as we row down the peace- ful river and we leave the marsh land to its ancient and rightful owners. COMRADE OF OLD BY -STACY E. BAKER Comrade of old, come back to me, The careless youth you used to be; Come back, and banish for awhile Your frowns, and let those stern lips smile; We'll jaunt the aisles of memory. Come back, the meadow winds blow free, And, with the brook that threads the lea, They call you from your long exile, Comrade of old. Here, by the pond, the willow tree Becks, with its arms, alluringly ; Come back, a truce to court, and trial— ' Doff, for a week, the frock and tile, And come, the boy we long to see, Comrade of old. WILLAR Webs, INOVAUIDS, RECREATION stands firmly for good roads— good roads for the farmer, for the automobil- ist, for the horseman, for the bicyclist, for al] who travel on the highway. The roads in this country are pretty had. When they are not snowbound or mud-wallows, they are thick with dust. and deepened sands. Snow, mud, dust and sand are not friends of the automo- bile and will never help its development, and though bad roads may be unavoidable for years to come in many localities, it is a cry- ing shame that the average road in the United States is so much inferior to the average road ‘abroad: — Lhe automobile swas never meant to run over rough surfaces any more than the locomotive, trolley car or a billiard ball, and it is a great credit to automobile manufacturers that cars stand up the way they do, and run with such absolute relia- bility. The more touring is done, the more will people understand how really bad are our roads. Publicity is a fine weapon, and the more said about good roads, the better the chance that something may eventually be done. ELIMINATION TRIALS. This month the American Elimination Trials for the Gordon-Bennett Cup Race will be held in this country. Heretofore, these have proved a farce, and it is likely that this years performance will be of little interest compared with what will be exacted of the competing cars in England and France. In the latter country the Elimination Trials are almost as important as the Gordon-Bennett itself, and this year promises -to be imore interesting and exciting than ever before, The gossip from France is limited, but evidently the Moss and Renault firms will not com- pete. The same is true in England. At the present writing it looks as if the three Amert- can cars whith have been entered for the Gordon-Bennett Race will be all ready and well “tuned up” in time for the Elimination Trials. Herbert Little will drive one of the D NIXON. Pope-Toledo cars, but it is not known as yet who will drive the other. It seems cer- tain that Dr. Thomas, of Chicago, will not drive his Locomobile, but will delegate this task to some expert—Joseph Tracy, of New York, a well-known professional, has been named as a possibility. From present indica- tions the Gordon-Bennett Cup Race this year will be the most exciting ever held. Presi- dent Loubet, of France, has signified his in- tention of being present, and there will un- doubtedly be the usual representation of the royal families of England and Germany. Abroad an event like the Gordon-Bennett Automobile Race is a great event, and all work together to make it one. In this coun- try it was almost impossible to hold a similar long-distance race on Long Island, but as time goes on, we shall undoubtedly overcome the prejudices of our country people and have some really good long-distance road races. There is probably nothing in the world that 402 is quite so exciting or impressive. For years the writer has held that these long distance races among cars of unlimited horse-power were of little value either as an advertisement for the industry or as a means cf gathering experience for the manufactur- ers so as to enable them to build their cars better—that is, stronger and lighter, cheaper and more reliable. There is no doubt but that the weight limit of 1,000 kilograms, or 2,204.6 pounds has resulted in the production of very light cars equipped with enormous motors and that such combination is freakish and impractical, and that results obtained from noting the performances of such jug- gernauts have been of limited benefit to the builder of automobiles. However, the writer has had occasion lately to see a great deal of the building of one of the American challenging cars, and realizes better than ever before that there is much sound practical common-sense behind the 2,200-pound weight rule. No manufacturer wants to build a frail car for such a tremen- dous trial as -the Gordon-Bennett Race; strength is just as important as speed. The AO ROMO ® HE NO TES problem, of course, is to build a fast car, one that will maintain an average of sixty miles an hour easily, that will come under the 2,200 pounds limit yet be perfectly strong and re- liable. This combination cannot be secured hap-hazard. Slip-shod methods absolutely preclude the possibility of making a good car, and the greatest skill is required in the de- signing of parts so that they will be very strong and at the same time very light. My thoughts all along on this subject were to the effect that any good manufacturer could stick a big motor in a light chassis, and with proper luck and skilful driving make a first- rate showing, if not win the Gordon-Bennett. It also seemed more logical to limit the size of the cylinders when limiting the weight of the car, or by some other rule limit the production of useless freaks. I am willing to say, however, that the 2,000 pound-rule is a just and a very simple one, and that the pro- duction of these big racing cars is valuable experience for the manufacturer. A. A. A—AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION: The American Automobile Association, kit and caboodle, has been to the repair shop this spring, and with what seemed to be very gratifying results. Messrs. Lee, Morrell, and Batchelder might be likened to a new fly- wheel, a new engine, and a new transmission Sear, respectively, for the old A. A. A. ma- chine. Mr. Elliott C. Lee and Mr. Robert Lee Morrell are delightful gentlemen, enthusias- tic pioneer automobilists, and singularly well fitted for their positions. Mr. Lee is the new president, and Mr. Morrell is the new chair- Man of the Racing Board. Mr. George _ Batchelder, with his long newspaper train- | ing and experience in executive work in Na- tional bicycle organizations, should prove a valuable man for the post of secretary. With these active and capable officers in charge, the old A. A. A. machine ought to run better this year than ever before. Olvera OR: SHOWS. Since the big national show in New York last January, there has been a succession of similar exhibits in all of the large cities, and the great number of exhibits and the serious, curious crowds which have examined them reflect the tremendous interest in automo- _ biles in the country this year. _ The automobile show is an excellent thing. It gives the small manufacturer an oppor- _ tunity to do excellent advertising at very little expense, in many cases it is the one great opportunity of the year for him to dis- play his wares to advantage. It is equally | valuable for the large builder on account of _ the big business which is sure to be done and 403, the number of cars which he can sell if his product is all right. The show is of great value to the purchaser because all of the cars in which he is interested are brought together under the same roof, and he may study them carefully, comparing their good points, and he may then later try such cars on the road for a short run so as to compare their re- spective running qualities, hill climbing abili- ties, etc. And, of course, the show is of great value to the uninitiated. Many people cannot decide at the show, and it is small wonder. The cars look alike; the salesmen are all equally plausible, and the trial rides may not settle the matter. Of course those who do not purchase promptly need not expect prompt delivery, as a general rule, and that is why shows are so valuable from a business point of view and why so much business is done at them. Apropos of this matter of choosing an automobile, RECREATION cannot put itself ip the position of recommending any particular types of cars, but subscribers are invited to send into this department all the questions that they may wish relative to automobiles. SELECTION OF AN AUTOMOBILE. One of the most interesting things con- cerning automobiles which I have come across recently is the publication of a large number of letters from users, giving their reasons for selecting the particular type of car which they purchased. WUhese results were received in reply to a circular which was sent. out by The Autocar, asking for. the opinion of automobile users as to the value of reliability trials, endurance contests and such public competitions. The general opinion seemed to be that the performance of cars in public trials had very little weight with the prospective purchaser; the disinterested advice of personal friends who had had much experience with auto- mobiles was by far the best guide to the larg- est number; others had been greatly assisted by the advertising of some of the automobile firms and by the demonstrations of trial rides given by the manufacturers or agents. Eyery one of these letters was extremely interesting, and the collection brought out the fact that the average purchaser must be sorely puzzled in these days as to just what car is most suit- able for his purpose. INTEREST IN; St BAM. CARS: One of the best shows held this year was at Boston. The number of exhibits was larg- er and the floor-space greater even than at Madison Square Garden. The ample room, and quiet and uniform decorations provided an atmosphere of dignity and modified com- mercialism which was entirely lacking at any of the other shows inthe large cities. The 404 real interest, however, at the Boston show, not shared by the others, was the large num- ber of steam cars and the interest shown in them. For the past few years steam cars have not been as popular as gasolene cars, but some of the new models shown at Bos- ton, however, were exceptionally good and sold well, and although Boston has always been a big steam car center, the interest this year was obviously greater than ever before. This is important, as it shows that many thinking automobilists appreciate that steam power has certain peculiar advantages which are too great and too many to allow the power to be discarded. The disadvantages of a steam car are really few; a certain definite time is always needed to get up steam; there always must be a flame underneath the boiler; the water sup- ply to the boiler is something that has to be regulated carefully by the operator, and the vehicle has a limited radius on a tank of water unless the condensing system is used, in which case undesirable complications are introduced. On the other hand the advant- ages of the steam car are many: it climbs hills wonderfully; runs with absolute quietness; and there is little shock or vibration from the machinery. Steam power is well under- stood; there are no mysteries connected with it, and troubles can be easily located when they occur. As to reliability, steam undoubt- edly stands at the head of all powers. THE SIDE ENR ANGE. This year the side-entrance tonneau body is the most popular style, and in fact has swept everything else before it. The form of body is a good one; it provides two places for entering and leaving the car, whereas the rear entrance tonneau or the front entrance tonneau. has but the one; further than tus, the seats can be more advantageously ex- posed, and the entire space under the rear tonneau seat can be used as a storage place. It would appear that the craze for side en- trance bodies and long wheel bases is being carried somewhat too far, for there is no great advantage in the elongated wheel base beyond the fact that it insures easy riding, but for that matter it is likely that beyond a certain point the long wheel-base doesn’t add at all to the comfort of the passengers. The disadvantages of the long wheel-base are that the car is harder to manceuvre; it is more difficult to drive it in or out of a crowded garage; and I have heard that on some narrow country roads drivers of cars having exceptionally long wheel-bases have found it practically impossible to turn around. Abroad the automobile manufac- turers and the body-makers are endeavoring to reduce the length of the wheel-base and at the same time, use a side entrance body. There is no doubt that there will be a re- -a heavy canopy top with the glass lowered | » I wondered if many automobilists shared this | RECREATION action in favor of a moderate wheel-base, and for that matter a more or less increase in the use of the rear entrance tonneau, which is certainly very compact and can be made very light and still have great strength. The side entrance body is weakened in the middle where the greatest strain occurs. However, the side entrance body seems to have won the heart of the public, and will doubtless always be the more popular form. CARE CARA. iO @B)S: One noticeable feature about automobiles this year is the falling off in popularity of the canopy top with sliding glass front and mov-_ able side and rear curtains. This form of covering is being substituted very largely by what is known as the cape-cart hood,—a light strong folding top made of khaki or some form of water-proof cloth specially suited for the purpose. Doubtless the reason for this is that the cape top is very much lighter than the canopy top, and anyone who has driven an automobile very much realizes the great importance of keeping a car light and the disadvantages of overloading it. j _ The point is simply this: the automobile is more or less of-a sporting proposition; something like riding a horse, and anyone going out for a horse-back ride doesn’t take along an umbrella, a mackintosh, and a pair of rubber boots. Most automobiles carry storm covers of rubber cloth, and few tour- ists fail to provide themselves with poncho coats—a combination which keeps out the water better than any combination of glass, wood, and rubber curtains. Wind resistance — is something that must not be forgotten, and | and all of the curtains closed in affords much | resistance to the wind. Thus the power re- quired to drive the car is greater, and tiem) mileage on a charge of gasolene is propor- — tionately reduced. GOOD ROADS AND BAD ROADS. An automobilist who does a great deal of © touring told me, the other day, that he pre- | ferred dirt roads to the best macadam. “I | always feel a sense of pleasure and relief when I leave one of the main traveled mac- | adam highways and drive my car over a ditt | road,” said he. On questioning him, it did | not transpire that he preferred the home- made road because it was pretty or more se¢- cluded or because he could drive his car fast- | er over it or for any other similar reason. He simply liked to drive his car over the soft country dirt road rather than the macadam. | peculiar point of view. It doesn’t seem likely, and it is to be hoped not, most decidedly. . A large amount of money and energy has | been expended in this country not only to | improve the roads but to try and arouse some | ee | vantage over his city cousin. | who had the advantage of a rural boyhood had at some time our bows and arrows. Mist they were made for us by an. c.der brother, or friend. Then we began tc make AUTOMOBILE: NOTES enthusiasi1 regarding them and to precipi- tate a general movement for their betterment. If the average automobilist allied himself with the average farmer, the prospect for gocd roads in this country in the next decade would be pretty hopeless. If the farmer thinks the dirt road is just as good as mac- adam and the farmer prefers it because it doesn’t hurt the feet of his horses, what are we going to do? It isn’t likely that many automobilists prefer a soft road to a hard one, and in districts where macadam roads have been thoroughiy well tried out by the farmers they never want anything else. I would like to hear from some of the readers of this department who are interested in the good roads movement. A NEW COAT? How does the car look? Does it seem dingy or out of style? Do you feel like sell- ing it? If you have any such feeling. get bids on the cost of touching up the paint and revarnishing the body, wheels, and running gear, and though automobiles are said to deteriorate rapidly, you will find that the startling manner in which a coat of varnish will improve the appearance of the car is well worth the money it costs. The machinery of the car may be in every way as good as new, but the outside of the car may look as if it had been through the New York-Pittsburg endurance run. A coat of varnish will make it look like new although it won’t make the car run a bit better. In general, then, if your car is running as well as it did when you put it away for the winter, let the machinery alone and do not spend time and money in trying to make adjust- ments any better than they are. Instead, put the money in a coat of varnish and take the 405 car and go out in the world with it and have some fun. A TIMELY WARNING. There can be no doubt that the average automobilist, when he first gets a high-pow- ered touring car, is apt to make a fool of himself. He is not happy unless he is run- ning the car at full speed all the time. Just at present the purchaser of a car is sure to take into consideration, when he buys a car, whether or not it can climb hills well on the high gear. And what does this mean? Only that he wants to go fast all the time, change gears as little as possible, and if the car will climb hills on the high gear without slacking speed, so much the better. Last year this was the case with many drivers. They had their first big car, and the fasci- nation of letting it out caused them to commit all sorts of minor barbarities and discourtesies and break all the rules of the road. ‘There is altogether too much of this sort of thing, and it will decrease only when automobilists become used to driving power- . ful cars fast and get over the excitement of it. It is a noticeable fact that the men who have driven cars the most and who know the most about them and who like to get the best of them, are the men who drive at a moderate rate of speed all the time, and who don’t mind being passed on the road by a car which can not go as fast as theirs? I prophesy that in the coming summer there will be more infractions of road rules than ever before, simply because the season of 1905 is probably the biggest selling year that has ever been known in automobile circles. Consequently we may look for some decidedly unpleasant legislations a year from now unless owners and chauffeurs are more careful and considerate than they have been heretofore. DELIGHTS OF ARCHERY. The country boy has had one great ad- i These of us At our own, probably first from a piece cx barrel hoop, then of hemlock, ash or hickory. They were crude things, but gave us great pleas- ure, and with our home-made arrows, helped us pass many happy hours, shooting at marks and at small animals and birds. Then we | did not know that the weapons we were | using were pre-historic in their origin, and _had been used as powerful weapons of war. Boys will always have bows and arrows _ among their playthings, and boys and girls of larger growth, and men and women, will have their bows and arrows. Ever since the bow ceased being used in war and hunting, it has continued to be used as a means of recreation,» And) there 1s) m0 finer 4 lt. 1s adapted to the old and the young, and few sports hold devotees more firmly. The National Archery Association was or- ganized in 1879, and the first tournament held in Chicago that year. Since then there has each year been a national target meeting, held in Cincinnati, Buffalo, Brooklyn, Wash- ington, Niagara Falls and other cities. Last year it was held at St. Louis in connection with the Olympic games. This year, it will be held in Chicago in August. Anyone interested in the sport can obtain information as to the coming meeting by ad- dressing the President of the Association, For the Sportsman-Photographer and the Photographer-Sportsman. PAS COMPE TU iON =: We would again call attention to our Bi- monthly Competitions. The full list of con- ditions and prizes offered were given in our April. issue. Whe first competition closes June first. Anything received after that date will be entered in the next competition. We particularly want live pictures. Be care- ful to read the conditions, as they must be FLOW EO BiNG The purchase of a camera is probably the most important detail in the whole experience of.a photographer. Too many. go at it in a haphazard fashion, paying altogether too little attention to the purpose for which the camera is needed. After having helped many friends and strangers in the choice of a camera, I have come to the conclusion that it does not pay to buy an instrument except from a dealer. There are hundreds, nay, thousands, of second-hand boxes to be bought for a mere song, and that is what they are usually worth. A good instru- ment costs money and a good lens costs more, and unless you are a photographer or well acquainted with the various makes of cameras on the market you are very apt in buying a second-hand machine to purchase some old style for which you will find it very difficult to get supplies. _ For instance, there used to be a camera made that took a 5x8 picture, and you will often come across a second-hand camera of that make now. But do not be tempted into buying one, for you will. hardly ever be able to buy. plates or paper cut to that size. Many of the box cameras that were so much in vogue three or four years back called for special sizes, 4x4, and so on. Leave them severely alone, and when you buy, go to a dealer with a repu- tation and take his advice. OVERWORKED SOLUTIONS: Most photographers make a mistake in attempting to overwork their solutions. \ ECREATION’S Premium Catalog, containing a new and novel plan, is out, and is now being mailed. 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Those desiring whole skins of animals in good condition for mounting, should correspond with me. - Moose, Elk, Caribou, White Sheep, Rocky Mountain Sheep, Beaver, Bear and other North American animals, can be furnished at short notice. Frank Forp, Information Bureau ReEcREATION, 23 West 24th Street, New York City. A hands the following grand collection of Moose Heads for sale: One oes Perfect = Eead (3 8s. ec sien $150 O@nemoor In blead< 27a fine OMe. s..5 56. 6 aici. as 125 One 48 in. Head, above the average........ 100 One soein. Hlead-very masSiVe..2:.......- 100 One 32% in Head, symmetrical........... 50 The foregoing are all well mounted, and will orna- ment any wall. FRANK Forp, Information Bureau, RECREATION, 23 W. 24th St., New York. SKIFFS MANISTEE SKIFFS—light, speedy, tight. Complete, © $15.80. alogue. Knockdown, $9.75. Patterns, $2.50. Cat- MANISTEE SKIFF Co., Manistee, Mich. 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H OWARTH’S Prize Medal Trout Flies, the best of American trout flies; Gold Medal, St. Louis; Sil- ver Medal, Paris. Sample, 10 cents. S. Howarth, Flor- issant, Colorado. MILo ADJUSTABLE BARBELL and Dumbbell with 25 pounds of weight. Price, $10.00. Macfadden Health Exerciser, B-grade, with Book, $3.75. Grorce Jounson, R. 3 Montevideo, Minn. Mec OUR EF OA TT OO UN’ Ss NOVA SCOTIA SPORTSMAN has placed in my Pe Ve de ed Sai I MISCELLANEOUS BUFFALO HORNS, matched pairs, polished and mount- ed; also made into showy hall racks; flint-lock pistols; Indian relics, ancient and modern; Navaje blankets; elk tusks; old brass, pewter and crockery. Ii- lustrated lists, 2 cents. N. Carter, Elkhorn, Wis. REAL ESTATE FERTILE FARM LANDS—A man who has selected 18,000,000 acres for big corporations without making a single mistake, asks me to say that he will pick some of the finest lands in the Northwest Territories of Canada for purchasers able to pay spot cash. More- over, he will be satisfied with a very reasonable com- mission. He can point to results that seem almost incredibly good. Are you interested? Frank Forp, Information Bureau. ReEcREATION, 23 W. 24th St., New York. RARE OPPORTUNITY—LAST ONE LEFT. Large unimproved Gulf island, on a good harbor with railroad connections. Seventeen square miles. One third virgin pine. Fine grazing, marshes, ponds, creeks, abundant Deer, Ducks, Geese, Snipe, Fish, Oysters, Alli- gators. Climate better than Jekyl. Title old, simple, perfect. Price, $3.75 per acre, cash. Address: PRINCIPAL, care Savannah Trust Co. Savannah, Georgia. BOATING. FISHING. SHOOTING. Just as the June issue of RECREATION go to press, I am authorized to offer a country resi- dence, by the famed Housatonic, at an attractive price. The house cost $6,000; there are barns, stables, and — is about to | the usual out buildings, orchards and small fruit beds, | covering in all about 20 acres. The Housatonic is navigable up to this point, and | - for five miles above for boats drawing seven feet, and no more ideal conditions for motorboating, fishing and bathing exist. The striped bass fishing at the mouth of. the river : is often wonderfully good. The owner will accept $12,000 for the property, or will sub-divide, SOD Sel FRANK Forp, Information Bureau. REcREATION, 23 W. 24th St., New eVonk: FoR SALE—A property of 156 acres, 35 under culti- i i vation, including a young orchard of 75 trees just in bearing, has been placed in my hands by a widow.’ price far below its value will be accepted if taken at once. There is a well-built residence on the property, 30 ft. ° i The house ;. There are ice houses, stables and | x 40 ft., 3 stories, with an L 27 ft. x 15 ft. consists of 26 rooms. carriage houses. But the greatest attraction is undoubtedly a gem of a a lake ten acres in extent, well stocked with trout, and let me remark that a trout lake in the Pocono mountains is not offered every day, especially near a railroad. This property was evidently designed by Nature as the home of a first-rate club. Frank Forp, Information Bureau REcREATION, 23 West 24th Street, New York City. : GUNS A MARLIN SNAP. One of the Canadian readears of ReEcREATION writes that he will sell a 44-cal. ’94 model, Marlin, with shot-gun butt, and Winchester Express Sights, for $15. The rifle is equal to new, and should be worth $20 in Canada, as there is a 30 per cent. duty to face. Frank Forp, Information Bureau. RECREATION, 23 W. 24th St., New York. DUCKS Ww ILD. DUCKS of all species for sale at very. low _ prices, also European White Swans, $40 per pair. Indian Crown Pigeons, $50 per pair. All kinds of pet animals for the lawn, pond or house. é WILLIAM BarTELs, Wild Animal Dealer, 160 Greenwich St., New York. y . PANT laRARTIAC TET ON ure eRe MTS ooo ee 5 ; When corresponding with advertisers please mention “Recreation” AROUND OUR CAMP. FIRE Here We Talk More About Ourselves Than We Should, Perhaps 1 NE ofthe most famous of living ; Americans recently said to Mr. Beard, “The finest thing ReEc- REATION 1s doing is the careful manner in which it is instilling into the minds of the young people of the country the love of Nature and the open air.” - : Our editor has appreciated this for some time, and the formation of “The Sons of Daniel Boone” is but the central- ization of his work in this direction. In this organization of youngsters he has been governed by two ideas. The youths of to- day are the powers of tomorrow. To them future generations must look for the preser- vation of game, fish and forest. To care- fully educate and guide the young minds aright in this direction is and will be his principal object. Learned’ medical men of the day have said that the gradual growth of population from the country to the town is develop- ing unnatural physical conditions, and these conditions have a tendency toward moral degeneracy. Mr. Beard hopes to make “The Sons of Daniel Boone” an agency by which these conditions may be lessened in their force. By directing the attention of the members of this organization to the lives of the sturdy pioneers of America, the men who made the first trails across our great country, taking them back to the days when a man’s or boy’s standing in the community depended wholly upon the manner in which he treated his fellows, and when life itself was dependent up- on individual human en- deavor, he hopes to strengthen the love all boys have for the out- of-doors; to promote a better understanding be- tween the boys of the country and of the city, to) strenethen! 9thiem morally and mentally, as well as_ physically, and by concert of ac- tion, compel the atten- tion of the country to be directed to the active lives of our ancestors. and forever. RECREATION’S PLATFORM the An uncompromising fight for the protection, preservation and propagation of all game, placing a sane limit on the bag that can be taken in a day or season, the prevention of the shipment or transportation of game, except in limited quantities, and then only when accompanied by the party who killed it, .the prohi~ bition of the sale of game. These are ‘ Recreation’s’’ How We Grow The only manner by which we can judge the popularity of the work we are doing in the magazine is through the increased subscription list and the growth in our news-stand sales. Since we took charge of the magazine, our circulation has made three progressive steps. of ten thousand each, that is, ten thousand additional copies of the magazine were printed in April, twenty thousand in May, and thirty thousand in June. RECREATION already had the largest cir- culation of any of the sportsman’s maga- zines, and this increase passed us safely beyond the fear of active competition. Very little circulation advertising has been done during the past three months, and little, if any effort has been made to secure new subscriptions; this apparent lack of effori being caused by our desire to perfect the Magazine itself before beginning an active circulation campaign. But, in spite of this splendid increase, we are not satisfied that we are doing all that we should toward pleasing our readers. Therefore, we again beg you to express your opinion openly. Let us know what you think of the present issue and what you would like in the issues that are to come. We know that most of our readers are busy men, and that it requires some effort to break away from conventional letter-writing and to devote time to- ward expressing your opinion of other peo- ple’s business even when product of ‘that business. is designed to -Interest and amuse you. Now; around the camp fire, it would not be proper for us to offer a money prize for the best letter containing suggestions, but we can, - with perfect propriety, offer a box of fine Ha- vana cigars each month to the person making the best suggestion, looking toward the bet- terment of the maga- zine. We feel that our readers need no induce- slogans now ‘ment Other than the knowledge that the sug- gestions they make really benefit the maga- zine, and the cause it represents,—but the box of cigars, in the way of goodfellowship, may prove a reminder and thus enable us to hear from more of our readers than we otherwise would. The cigar-winning letter will be published in the September number, and should reach us on or before July Ist. Some. Advertising Facts Careful figures, made when we first took charge of RECREATION, based on actual oper- ating expenses and the cost of the mag- azine indicated to us the fact that the ex- isting advertising rate was very low, al- most too low to be profitable. We seriously considered raising the rate, but decided not to do so. We thought that it would be best to increase the circulation materially before asking our advertising patrons more money for the space they used. Now this particular phase of our policy, while it may seem strange in an age of in- terest-figuring and interest-bearing invest- ments and properties, is really losing money for us. That is, the increase in our circu- lation, while bringing in a certain revenue, increases the expense to such an extent that instead of making. money on our present advertising, we are losing on it. But, in adopting this policy, we beliewe that we exercised good business judgment. That this is true, will be borne out from a glance through our advertising pages, from which you will see that nearly every promi- nent manufacturer of sporting goods in the United States is now represented in ad- vertising space, and the number is growing month by month, The manufacturers are realizing more than ever before the generous value given by RECREATION. RECREATION has always been a business-bringer, because it really reaches the people who buy things. It has been said truly that “Once a RECREA- TION advertiser, always a RECREATION ad- VeEUISer. 7 Nothing pleases us more than to know that RECREATION advertising pays the adver- tisers, whether the advertiser spends hun- dreds of dollars in the body of the magazine or a few cents in the “Want, For Sale and Exchange Department.” This last depart- ment 1S a winner... We started at three months ago, and now it is a regular es- tablished feature of the magazine, and the pages devoted to it are almost as interesting as the contents of the issue. For a few cents, our sportsmen readers are enabled to reach approximately 200,000 people with any offer they may have to make. A few more pages added to the adver- tising section and this department of the business will also be on a paying basis. Our friends and readers who have been induced to buy things through reading the adver- tisements in our pages can help us ma- terially by talking and writing to the ad- vertisers, and if you know any advertiser who has not learned of the great advantages of REcREATION advertising, enlighten him, for it will mean business for him and a bet- ter magazine for you, for the greater revenue from advertising, the better magazine we make for you. SCATTERED SENTIMENTS OF THE PRESS RECREATION for April has many good stories and poems, and ‘‘Dan Beard and the Boys’’ is a lively, pleasant department. It is an attractive, well-made magazine.—Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah. RECREATION is now under the editorial control of Dan Beard, so long famous for his illustrations and out-door books. This clean and wholesome magazine is cleaner and more wholesome than ever:—Dramatic . Mirror, New York City. The March number of RECREATION announces that this magazine has passed under the editorial man- agement of Dan Beard, the well-known illustrator and writer on out-door topics. The new editor is an enthusiastic advocate of the simpler life. He believes that the best medicine for those who suffer from unnatural confinement, bad air, hurry and nervous strain of city life is to get out of doors, to dwell out of doors, to return, for a season, to the lap of nature. He is not only himself a skilled woodsman, but he has a rare gift of imparting to others his knowledge of the shifts and expedients by which the wilderness life may be made comfortable as well as interesting. RECREATION promises to con- tinue its efforts for the protection of game and fish, and will set a high standard of gentlemanly re- gard for the rights of others in the field; but it will not indulge in the bitter personalities that do more harm than good to a worthy cause. It will work for the restocking of depleted woods and streams, the extension of national forest reserves, the enactment of better game laws, and the enforce- ment of such as we have.—Religious Telescope. Dan Beard has become the new editor of REcREA- TION. He promises that it will keep up its uncom- promising war for the protection and tion of all game, and says it will take an active hand, whenever necessary, in the passage of good game laws. Besides this, it will have a nice literary flavor. As for its illustrations, one can safely leave that matter to be passed upon by an artist of the fame and the originality of Mr. Beard.—Leader, Cleveland, Ohio. RECREATION is what its name implies, and gives one a change of fresh air and something of the out- door sports every month.—Reporter, Talledega, Ala. conserva- — Rol Oe RE ie Teal Omen aS ADVERT) — polictaannde RaCeO ennai ream eesaal Nr aNd ol ees ME a | 2 ty) } ee 5 23% a Fea mit exe Sh % XS Sh A See ie eB ag Ney Ny GE eS ANSON A ee SP = = ms A “A ef é al £7 26 Lee 4 ©) SURREY. TYPE ONENIN 16 to 18 horse power, $1350 (SN Seoen PG ee ro ce ee as much. @ Better to appreciate its superior: ity, ask yourself Low mar times you have seen or even heard of Ramblers hesng towed home; Ow wzany trmes you Aave seen or heard of them being fassedon country ~oads; and there are more of them sold than any other make Mas Office area Factory, Kenosha, Wisconsin. Branches, Boston ~ Chicago ~Philade phia. New York Agency, 134,West Thirty eighth Stxeet. Representatives in other™“leading cities, THOMAS B. JEFFERY & COMPANY When corresponding with advertisers please mention “Recreation” Vol. XXII Number 6 EKCREATION A Monthly Devoted to Everything the Name Implies ONE DOLLAR A YEAR Dan Beard: Editor TEN CENTS A COPY CONTENTS FOR JUNE, 1905 Cover Design . A Road Suggests Questions The Road Illustrated by the Whiter al Charles Lasietion Bull The Wood Violet. (Poem) . On the Rim of the Grand a 1— Rest on the Trail 2—Joy in the Camp Joe’s Double Catch Illustrated by G. Ryder Unfortunate. - (Poem) | Mr. Peterson, of Paris Illustrated by Arthur Ey is Water in Camp. With Diagrams Casting for Bass by Moonlig:.t The Tempest. (Poem) The Camera and the Automobile Photographs by the Writer My Fairy Ship . Illustrated The Playground of the East Photographs by the Writer John Davenport Colfax Drawings by the Writer Butterfly Farming for Profit Illustrations by the Writer Languor- [hralled. ee Motoring : Guns and Ammunition Editorial 4 The Referendum ~ American Tennis d f 3 ‘ 492 498 502 506 509 Fishing The Hunting Der ‘Photography Walter K. Stone Frontispiece — Walter K. Stone Louis J. Stellmann ° Don Cameron Stacey E. Baker Alvah D. James Calvin Coffey, C. E. C. L. Dewey Carolyn B. Lyman C. H. Claudy T. Tomlinson Day Allen Willey Homer Davenport Charles Quincy Turner Clarence H. Urner Dan Beard and the Boye Collegiate Athletics The contents cf this magazine are copyrighted and must not be reprinted without permission. WM. E. ANNIS, Publisher, 23 West Twenty-fourth Street, New York | Copyrighted, 1905, by W/m. E. Annis Enteréd at the New York Post-office as Second Class Matter 434 435 445 446 447 448 453 454 459 462 464 465 473 477 482 486 491 512 516 518 521 524 Ro ED CR ee a ON 2S AD ee ee 4 IPA Be you seen the house-boats at the (28 ‘- k of; Thousand Islands? If you haven't, go up there and rent one for two weeks, and at the end of that time you will ac- knowledge that you never had as much real fun in your life in the same length of time. The Thousand Island Steamboat Company or the hotel people can tell you where you can rent a house-boat, and the New York Central’s Information Bureaus will tell you how to get there. A copy of “The Thousand Islands,” which is No. 10 of the New York Central’s “ Pour Prack Series” of booklets, will be mailed free on receipt of a two cent stamp by George H. Daniels, General Passenger Agent, Grand Central Station, New York. = Sra ; When corresponding with advertisers please mention “ Recreation” “ll av on th A my . em) / 1 1 = on uae v2 ‘ La ¥ : ; ‘ , \ f i t i ; Ny A y b A , wre i ph \ meting j a, . Syl ; - ~ o i 1 U \ ' : : j Tn WS ate ae ee : f UY le Kane Nea Any ee i een hares) i i ta nacabs i Me Sr os eel AP ish "i An yh 4 : : ; 4 i i‘ Howie e 5 k : 5 pe 7 i ‘ ; ts , F f i) t ge 7 , . say bs ‘Z } . mn ORG r i ey aN ‘ ¥ _ , r . z ‘ i i Sys y 5 ! ‘ : ° i : Rie ’ E y » ¥ ‘ ¢ H fiir ¢ ioe Cree f { y s . a x Wate R , Ms Nes A - . im 4 ; i a 7 ¥ i } i ¢ 4 s iI : ¥ : . ‘ Y ‘ f \ 4 nai Ae yy 2 in \ u ' ; 1 i ) , < i rar) ") y sed f | i i " é es - \ t G fe fi : a: ; ‘ hy, : er 4 ‘ ot 1 2 . 1 . ‘ " t i 4 t we ies oS ‘ ] c\ ‘ fy a ’ Y, ‘ lana ( er % f he yaw i ee G . ere] Ne . ‘ < rf 5 By , " ; rt { X ; ; y \ ; u ‘ Mw i = bl q y = i ( f i ' . 7 : 3 * * , ” ‘ \ t 4 ‘ J oJ ‘ ; ~ = ¢ ' ( ‘ ? 5 ‘ i t i ’ Af ' i i me « . , * K ‘ i s as “J ‘ ‘ fi p f \ { ) 1 ie, = \ ey Oi a! 4 ' is Ar Py a of s - ve v SACO SEUSS EAN SEA is—The Road 101 A road suggests quest Be CREATION WOL: XXII. RACE IN AI IEPA TERY A ORI ag: JUNE, 1905 ‘WALTER K. STONE Illustrated by the Writer and Charles Livingston ow The road is like the story—a vehicle for instruction. The story leads the mind on, and holds the interest by a Mizeadl ©f Mattative, and at the same tine, if it be worth the reading, it pre- sents some truths in a way that fastens ‘them on the mind. The road leads the vagrant auto- | mobilist on, if it is a right sort of road, | by the same way of interesting. | seductive. | are corners and bends which occasion- }ally shut off the view, yet, | skilfully planned break in a serial story | with its “To be continued,” ‘lured on with added interest. | agination carries you around the bends jin advance of the eyesight. ie aS It is not all visible. There like the VOuneae The im- A road suggests questions and also | gives answers quite surprisingly beyond ett guesses. It is the curiosity of the 435 YEG ET a DS 5 i ERED A OLDE! AGLI LOD Va Oe ee ne A ee sven oumuspantes explorer winiceh calls: tm) jywihoe as (on pleasure bent, to the roads, and per- haps a strain of nomad blood in the wens, It ime joe we Sinoullal Inve 2) fellow-feeline for the modern tramp, except in that we love byways rather than highways. What is beyond? is a very primal question, tracing back through atavism to Eden. I like to be- lieve that it was inquisitiveness, rather than acquisitiveness, the wanting to know, rather than the wanting to gain, which tempted the early navigators into strange seas. Inquisitiveness has moved the world. The men who find things and do things must ask questions anid allow the imagination to go beyond the seeming end of the quest. A road is like a work of art—it in- Ciesmiune tinmaciitanon neetiisulacon= tend that it is an educator of no mean Seances ARV SSE NTN SR, WOoults Le romises & healthy inter- est in the brain, and scraps of wisdom may be found scattered along the way for those who will, to pick up. There are as many sorts of roads 436 u The wood road with its paths and travls as there are many kinds of books, each sort filling it place. The grand turn- pike, with its fine estates, speaking of wealth; the country byways hinting modest contentment and ease; the toll road with its gate and its way-side inn for travelers: the river road, following the stream, now giving glimpses of the broad sweep and now but sparkles of light through the foliage as the trees obstruet the view. There is the hilly | THE ROAD road where one loses the view of the highway ahead as it dips down into the valley, only to rise with a narrowed gauge on a further hill and the wood road with its confluent paths and trails. One of the strongest lures is the road built ‘at a time when it was easier to go around or over a hill than through it; better to find a safe ford than to plunge anywhere into the stream or build a bridge. The highway which goes straight from one point to another is a scientist and not a poet. It may be aiane servant, but.as a friend and com- panion give me the meandering road with its constant surprises, its up-hill vw How a chipmunk loves an old, tumble-down stone wall 437 and down-dale, its sunshine and sha- dow. One which may be seen a mile ahead may be a fine speedway, but it is not capable of arousing the imagina- tion. When I walk over strange ways I often pause at forks and choose the least frequented one—it will be likely to lead me into by-ways. Nature crowds close to these old unfrequented roads trying to lure them or force them back to their native wildness. The hardy flowers that can stand the wind and sum dove the Toadside, Whe golden milk weed makes these old highways splendid in July, the lupines border the Senet te PERG Lay pe a é g i : A g Sis to be Ny Z : ; ee eS a oe we ye ms ie oe poe Oo Bog eta Pieri daoeabatls d, unfrequented roads Nature crowds close to these ol 440 way with purple and cover the hillsides to the vexation of the farmer, but the delight of the travelen~) lhe Jctimach and brier cluster about the old stone walls and with the bittersweet and woodbine make them glorious in the fall) Whe sweet: brter) escapea! fiom the garden, mingles with the wild roses in the roadside tangle. In fact it is a poor road which will not yield a fine bouquet on its borders from the first violet until the golden-rod and aster Ike Ces ayAl I OUNY she leaps away into the underbrush. In the dust of the road one sees the foot- prints of a previous traveler—the skunk.” “ieleres he came into, the socal to study the strange broad tracks made by a touring automobile ; he followed the path, made by the rubber tire in the dust, for a hundred yards and here he has gone again into the woods. The fences and walls are the haunts of many wild creatures. How a chip- munk loves an old tumble-down stone The kingfisher rattled across the hot meadow make it a glory of purple and gold: How lovingly the trees stretch out their long arms trying to cover the scarred nakedness made by man. “The wood sends out from its entrenchment fur- ther and further its skirmish line, until its branches brush the passerby. The squirrels scamper across the road be- 1Ore Wne weanyeler, . Winey Caatier ait lnm from an oak as he passes. He is scolded as an intruder with no rights there. A rabbit starts with mild wonder before wall! He scampers along its top ahead of the traveler, until, too closely fol- lowed, he dives down beneath the stones. The red squirrels make a high- way of old fences, running along the rails for long distances, and weasels often dwell in stone walls, where, with chattering teeth, the white-footed mice watch them. Thus there be many be- sides men who dwell on the highway. And some birds also seem to like the society of man. The song sparrow | The country byways hinting modest content- ment and ease . . . turkeys on a hike for hoppers often rests on the bank by the roadside ) under a tangle of dewberry vines. In | the shrubbery, which grows up in fence | corners, one may find the home of the indigo bird. Orioles swing their breezy nests from the overhanging elms, and the robins build in the crotch of the branches. How many, will not be known Hil autumn frosts lay bare their air castles. In the shelter of the brambles by the roadside many of our migratory birds find place to tarry awhile for rest On their journeys. In the spring and fall these roadside tangles become alive and atune with white throats, che- winks, and all their cousins. There of a bright spring morning the blue bird haunts the fences, ; “Lifting his light load of song, From post to post along the cheerless fence.” Yes, and the barn-yard by the coun- try roadside contributes its attractions 441 A ates aH PBs 55 ci saat 43

By Underwood & Underwood, N. Y, ON THE RIM OF THE GRAND CANYON. 2—JOY IN THE CAMP. Pe a Se NE ABBE REASONING ARVO | ; | { | poe DO al bbiines Ge ‘ oF : | Kiba, isi : es ah : : | 2 EEE, § 4 “ae ‘ : res j Z i Pe 4 a “3 nd q 4 Ks a “lditM badd dt is . Spee dasconasee gE Roel eh ibeithiioe Kunelt beside the fish and pointed out his beauties. | _s JOE'S DOUBLE: CATCH By DON CAMERON Llustraticns ly G. Ryder WO a trout raised to the | '|N N} flies which, I flatter my- self, 1 sent with no little ‘skill, fluttering and skip- the clear sparkling waters played, or over the more quiet surfaces of the log- rimmed pools. Even the little nooks, half hid by eS water-washed bushes, re- Boiued unbroken after the coachman and brown hackle had dropped with a ittelike quiver lightly on the quiet water, and, with dainty little ripples, struggled shoreward. So interested was Pein making the leader obey my slightest wish, and dodge in and out among the roots, logs and bushes, and in keeping the dainty bunch of bright ‘feathers in lifelike motion, that I had not noticed the hot June sun high in the heavens; the bright light penetra- hime cyery nook and crevice of the stream bed, but when the brilliancy of the light caught my attention, I stopped fishing immediately, for years of care- ful study of trout habits had taught _ «me that the King of Fishes likes not the bright light of mid-day, which exposes Mim to every enemy. Deep in the shade of a huge elm I sat down and opened my basket to ex- amine and, I must confess, to admire the _morning’s catch. Twelve beauties lay side by side on the clean grass, while I prepared a damp bed in the basket to keep them cool and sweet until my fishing day was ended. There was nothing to do but wait until the sun dropped low in the West, and the long shadows stole over the water. Then, with his morning’s meal digested, Mr. Trout would think it safe _to venture from his hiding place. An hour I rested and eigked: watch- }ing the while a white farmhouse Just | 449 ping over the rifts where - visible through a small grove of trees scarcely half a mile away. ‘I watched it with a feelne akine to. tat of a person who knows he is about to re- €elve a gteat pleasure, and is im no hurty to begin, lest’ it be too soon over. For many times had I fished the stream, and always I stopped at this point to rest and smoke and watch the farmhouse. And always I picked up my basket and rod and walked across the pasture to the low, rambling struc- ture, built many years ago, where lived old Joe Multer, an honest, humorous, old farmer, a veteran of the great war and, above all, an expert trout fisher- man. The hours of my mid-day wait were always short when spent in his com- pany. His home was the abiding place of rustic comfort and content; his cel- lar was full of good things to eat, and aplenty of amber cider which he alone knew how to preserve and keep the flavor and tang during the summer months. In spite of my city clothes and mannerisms, he and his good wife took a great interest and delight in my comfort. Joe was ever a quiet man, who never told much of his past life, but something about me, perhaps it is a certain faculty developed with long newspaper work, won his confidence and in his quaint way, he told me many incidents of his long march with Sherman to the sea; of his boyhood, and of his fishing trips. Joe helloed at me from the barn as I came up the lane, and joined me in the springhouse, where | stopped for a long drink of the coldest and finest spring water in the world. Huis greet- ing was short and friendly as ever. He peeped into my creel with the curi- osity of a child. SGcevcot nem diner yeme Ol Cala feed Jack while I go up to the house a 450 minute.’ And with this, he shuffled in his peculiar gait up the path. Now, “Jack” is a beautiful brook trout living in Joe’s spring, and my feeding him was a joke, for no human hand or voice, except Joes, could coax this fish from the crevices in the rough stone wall of the big spring, where he had “lived fom years. Pf tried the daintiest and fattest grasshoppers and crickets, but all to no purpose. Joe returned in a few moments with a pitcher of cider and a plate of “‘fried- cakes.” He sat them down on the milk- bench and smiled as he watched my fruitless attempts to feed “Jack.” Whats =the the bie trout belongs to you,” f answered, ‘’cause you hooked him fair and square, and 1 will not. take him. It was nothin’ to land him after you had him so well hooked.’ : colt took a lone time for me to con- vince the girl that I didn’t want the ici «ism: tae eatin: OF a fish lt en- fey alone. dis the catchin: of ‘em. Fin- 453 allv she agreed to take him, providin’ I’d come down and help eat him next day for the Sunday dinner. It is need- less) tor say, Pawene but to: tis day i cannot tell how the fish tasted’ 1 can only remember how the girl looked as she played hostess. “T learned her mother was a widow lately moved on the farm, and that the stalwart brother, nearly my own age and size, was very creditably filling his father’s shoes in the management of the farm. “I met her often after that, both fish- in’ and at the farmhouse. There was somethin’ about her that charmed away my bashfulness, and I was always con- tent in her company.” Joe suddenly turned and struck a match to light his forgotten cigar, and I knew the story was ended. “But what became of the girl, Joe?” I asked. thats her callin; us to diner now. he answered. UNFORTUNATE By STACY E. BAKER. O’er lands, by law, forbidden, I hie me to the brook, And, by the alders, hidden, I toss a gaudy hook. I creep along the grasses, Upon my hands and knees, I note the snake that passes, And I am stung by bees. I whip the stream, and linger By laughing waters there, My hook stuck in my finger, And burdocks in my hair. I hurry through the dingle, To follow up the rill, And troubles, never single, All hasten after still. I hustle through the brambles, And saucily I speak, For there I end my rambles By falling in the creek, “MR. PETERSON, OF FX Ris. By ALVAH D. JAMES. |’ all happened on the | bosom of the Paci- fc. calleds it at the time a “d——n rough. sheet +’ of brine, | But ime has softened the pilctune on tie Tolle ing waves, until thein) very motion as I see them now, SCEIMSH POEtiny. A huge ship lay wallowing in the surge, nothing more nor less than a dull Pacine swell, The ships name was the Mexico. All Coast travelers know her, because she is the finest ship afloat south of ’Frisco. The Mexico was anchored three “miles irom the —sieat (port, oF Eten. (on ‘the Reriyvian coast, and from her truck flew the quarantine flag. She was imprisoned for ten days, and this. day was but the third) Wl was a passenger on the Mexico. My two companions and I were en route to the Amazon Valley in search or adventure. | De three on is were eating our hearts out as we walked the sun-scorched, glistening deck of the good ship Mexico, for the lure of the Amazon was on us. We played bridge with the English passengers until the bridge and the pas- sengers became impossible. We had fin 1Or a time trying, tO Insert a sew jokes into the heads of the English- men. We were particularly fond of operating on a fellow named Powell (pronounced Puell), some grandson of some nglish (earl or other, ) over thar.” We talked about things “‘oover that. dontyerknow- Untill athe a ven, Mention) Of “things cover thar set us to pacing the decks savagely. We were positively bored. We were indeed. We had constitutionals, and one dav I asked the steward if there was a room on board which we could fit up tempo- 454 rarily as a gymnasium. But the stew- ard “never heard of such a fool idea.” Ah, that poor steward, he had trouble for the ten days of quarantine. The night of the third day a young mining engineer from Colorado, Mr. Peterson, of Paris, the photographer of my party, and I broke into the fruit pantry, just for a lark, and stole a quan- tity of fruit. We proposed to steal it during the first half of the night, and put it back during the second half. But we got it out and could not get it back again. And we had made a wager of twenty-five dollars with our friend “Puell” that the thing would be done successfully, too. We not only lost the twenty-five dol- lars, but we gave the watchman who caught us ten dollars to keep the af- fair quiet. But it wasn’t kept quiet long. “Puell” thought the thing “so deuced funny, yer know, old chep,” that he told everybody on the ship. I called Mr. Peterson, of Paris, into my room one evening shortly after the fruit episode, and we took council upon the proper method of winning back our twenty-five dollars. We figured that the Englishman had enjoyed twenty- five dollars’ worth of fun. ) Migs Peterson, Icaide yonulaiom, we have a folding canvas boat in the baggage room.” “Yes,’ Mr. Peterson knew that. Well, said I,; are yeu game to som me in launching that thing over the side of this ship and to paddle around her? If you are, we can win back the wager, and perhaps even get back the ten dol- lars we gave the watchman.” Mr. Peterson, of Paris, wasnt used to.have people take much notice of him, and the prominence he had already been brought into pleased him immensely. He was forty years old, but véry child- ish. Yes vim = Peterson, 01 y maniss «was p WIN eI IID IK SOUN (ial Jeoaulxcisy game for anything. He wasn’t so par- ticular about the money, but he wanted the “prestige” on board the ship. ifiweas rather amusing, Nir.) Peter- son’s thought of “prestige.” Neverthe- less, his ambitions served the purpose admirably. Whe mext moring, aiter coffee, I went into the baggage room and ordered the folding boat to be car- ried on deck. With the assistance of Mr. Peterson and the bo’sun I put her together. By the time the operation, which consumed some fifteen minutes, was completed, half the ship’s company had assembled to see what was in prog- ress. In truth I had ordered the boat from the West, and she had ar- rived in New York the very day we sailed. I had, there- fore, never seen her before, except as a brown canvas packace? Im tact, [believe it was the first folding boat I ever saw. I do not remem- ber exactly what my mental conception of a folding boat was before that one was put together, but I do remember that I was distinctly disap- pointed when I saw her “‘set ip om the ships deck, The thing looked more like a foot tub than a boat. She was eleven feet long and a foot deep, aud I tmagined that she would be as stable in a Sea asia bicycle with’ the front wheel missing would be on an icy pavement. i glanced at Miry Peterson, but al- ready the crowd had~begun to notice him and “prestige” was in the air. He saw nothing extraordinary about the boat. I glanced over the ship’s rail at the swell, and I estimated that it was run- mine some twenty feet high. That Peruvian surf was monstrous and un- ceasing, being created by a southwest trade wind, which rages just beyond the Humboldt stream. The great, rest- less, glassy waves looked like the foot- 455 hills of the distant Andes from the ship's deck. And the roadstead was filled with sharks. However, I had had a great deal of ocean experience, having been the cap- tain of a crew that, during 1901 and’o2, rowed an open boat forty-five hun- dred miles through American water- G ) FOR THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND WINE FOR SIX ways, ending up with a _ winter-time run from Eastport, Maine, to Hatteras, on the open ocean. I reasoned, therefore, that J knew something about the ocean, and that Mr. Peterson (judging from his con- versation) knew more. ! Il getane snow “IP uiell” PSeemumeres Eel). 2icaid wl youlsee that wash tub. Well, that’s an Ameri- can built wash tub. Now, for thirty- five dollars, and wine for six, served any time we want it, Mr. Peterson, of Paris, and I will guarantee to launch 456 that wash tub over the Mexico's rail, board it, and paddle all the way around the ship. “Done,” said “Puell,’ without a mo- ment’s hesitation. “Tl go you six more of wine,” said the captain of the Mexico. “Done,’ said 1, “a half-dozen more of wine from the captain. Take account vf those bets, please, Mr. Peterson.” Mr. Peterson swelled a bit, and said, “All down.” That’s what I figured the sharks would be saying in about fifteen min- utes. It was early morning, and every- body (all the men, that is) on the ship, during the early morning, wore pajamas. Mr. Peterson wore pa- jamas, and the pair he had on that morning were flaming red, and in place of the conventional bed-room slippers he wore a pair of heavy mountain boots. I presume he was in a hurry to get on deck, and slipped his feet into the first thing at hand. He was a picture. There were two ladies on board, a Peruvian aristocrat and her daughter. I went to the husband of the family just before the performance was to come off and told him to keep the ladies in their staterooms if he could, until after the show, because we preferred to wear pajamas, in lieu of bathing suits. I was sure of a wetting, and my ward- robe was rather slim, there being no laundry on board the ship, and our destination many days away. Gracious! how that surge rolled. I swallowed my heart regularly every ten seconds as I stood and watched it, while ‘Mr. Peterson was exchanging his mountain boots for slippers. He reappeared, finally. The captain ordered the ship’s ladder lowered. By that time every living soul on the boat knew that the Americanos—including Mr. Peterson, of Paris, whom they knew not to be a Swede—were going to make fools of themselves. The ship’s rails were black with spectators. The hour was eight o'clock. The sun shone. All was in readiness, RE CREAT ON The bo’sun lowered the little tub by a cotton rope from the promenade deck. Mr. Peterson and I went below to the saloon deck and walked out upon the ladder, each carrying a paddle. A shout went up from the crowd as we ap- peared. The ladder rose and fell, as the waves swept by, like a restless giraffe, graz- ing. And every now and then an extra large wave would rush by, threatening to carry everything away. I caught the wash tub’s painter from the bo’sun, tied it to the end of a boat hook, and held the tub off from the ship’s side. She rode the seas like a decoy duck. The swarthy passengers flung queer epitaphs at her, and she looked devilish. We staggered down the ladder, keeping our footing with difficulty. great problem confronted us: How were we to get on board of the wash tub? I looked, and thought awhile. Obvi- ously, there was but one way to do it, and that was by means of a flying leap. | And I reasoned that Mir Peterson would not be good at a flying leap, he being rather clumsy. He had large feet, and they pidgeoned the wrong way. J don’t know how to express it exactly, but you know the kind of man I mean. The sort of fellow who walks with the bricks. Those kind of feet are very useful in their way, but they don’t serve when it comes to making flying leaps into a wash tub on the running surf of the Pacific ocean. A vision of the “prestige” that Mr. Peterson would probably acquire came up before me, and I smiled grimly. Nevertheless; | i was.) hy pocnite enough to encourage him. “Patience,” old boy, patience,” V icard: to, tnamae “They are all looking.” Just then—rip! bang! a twenty-five foot wave shot by at a thirty-mile clip and .both of us got wet to the knees. The crowd yelled. And the wash tub missed being caught under the ladder by a scant twelve inches. I saw then just what our course of hen ate Me action must be. I handed the boat hook up the ladder, and catching the painter in my hand I guided the tub, as she gleefully ascended a wave, right up to the rail of the ladder. As quickly as I could I threw my paddle in, tossed the painter after it, and, placing my hands on the rail of the ladder, I vaulted over and landed squarely in the middle of the canvas thing. Though I did the EP? y, LLL: THE RED PAJAMAS deed successfully, the quick shift from a comparatively firm footing to that ticklish thing scared me badly. We began to descend into the trough of a sea and we went down, and down, it seemed to me into the very jaws of hell. Then we began to rise, that canvas thing and J. Meantime I hadn’t gained my equilibrium. Looking up I saw the ladder. We were rising right under it, 457 CAUGHT HIM BY THE TAIL OF £58 RECREATION and we were going at break-neck speed. It was a bad situation, and the crowd yelled blue murder. Realizing its dan- ger, I thrust the paddle out quickly and it struck a ‘bit of rough paint on the ship’s side, and the paddle stuck. I shoved, and the light thing moved away. I gave one rapid stroke with the paddle and again the boat missed being shiv- ered against the ladder by about a foot. It was dramatic. The crowd was wild. As I scudded out to safety I doffed mv cap and bowed as easily as I could, but my heart was in my mouth. And there stood Mr. Peterson, of Paris, on the-ladder, his heart aching 1On prestige.” Cautiously I aproached his position. The waves were running like moun- tains, and the thing under me was more tricky than any bronche, Still there was no danger as long as I kept my head. But I was deadly afraid of that ying: leap of Wing) Retersome., | 1 en- tertained the notion of paddling around the ship myself; then passing the boat over to him to perform the same ma- nouvre. But that would have locked selfish. Down we went. When up, Then down again. We would first be close to the ladder, then far away. Finally a huge wave came; up I went toward its Crest. up and up to tse laddem i AG that stage of the game Mr. Peterson threw his paddle at the boat and I was compelled to dodge to prevent the thing from hitting me on the head. The pad- dle went overboard on the other side, and, 1 dared not reach tor ith Wi Pe- terson was excited, and that meant trouble. iveap! a welled) tistwast the sboat and I reached the great wave’s summit. The crowd gasped. Mr. Peterson, his eyes glaring like a strangling man’s, gripped the rail of the ladder, bent his knees slightly, then sprang with all his might. fle shot clear over the canvas )tub and never touched her. With his hands outstretched above his head, and his mouth wide open, he sank into the brine at least five feet beyond the outside gun. wale of the tub. The crowd on the decks went frantic. Somebody hit me in the neck with a life preserver, as I was backing away from the ladder, and I came within an ace of losing my paddle. Down the ladder came Mr. Mitchell, the first officer. Quickly I backed away from the scene. It would have been madness for me to have tried to save Mr. Peterson in that canvas wash tub. It would have resulted in the death of both of us. With remarkable alacrity a life boat shot down from the davits, manned by the bo’sun and his mate. ‘The first offi- cer stood knee deep in the brine as the waves swept by. The mouths of every- body in sight stood wide open. Mean- time, Mr, Peterson was delving into the Ractic Presently he came up. Out of the water popped his head within arm’s length of that? deadly ladder. inn Mitchell reached out his hand, caught him by the: tailor tne ted payanaase and hauled him upon the firmest terra firma that Mr. Peterson ever knew. The crowd gave vent to a yell that drowned the roar of the Pacific Ocean, at the ludicrous picture, and the “pres- tige’ of Mi, Retersoniot Panis hadibeen thoroughly accomplished. Wea 1 oR DN CAMP By CALVIN COFFEY, C. E. living in spring or well water under their own con- trol; but although the spring and well are simple | things some Care is neces- Sati i ender to get a good quality of water from them. Careless people when they find a per- manent wet spot on the surface ground follow it into the earth for a distance On four or five feet and dio a large hole, and wall it with loose stones; possibly it is provided with a make- shift cover; but the small openings be- tween the stones become the abode of salamanders and frogs. During dry weather the water comes from the vein or veins into the sides or bottom of the spring and it should keep the walled enclosure full up to the outlet, in which case the water will be absorbed by the ground; but when a storm comes the conditions are reversed. Phe earth gets over sat- urated with water, which passes be- tween the stones of the wall into the spring, carrying all impurities with it. When the vein extends downward into the ground or even into the loose rock, aie the spring five or six feet deep, which will give quite a body of water for fire purposes and admit of a pipe below the frost line. When the excavation is complete and a wall of brick or stone laid in Portland cement, the sides will be water-tight ; now put clean earth or clay behind the masonry and tamp it solidly to pre- vent the surface water from working down and under the wall. Although it is customary to build the spring wall circular, df you make yours square, it will be more convenient to cover. Carry the masonry a few inches 459 the country may have » above the surface and cap it with hard pine, oak or chestnut frame, fastened by 1ron bolts anchored in the masonry. This frame should be imbedded in cement and should be level on top so as) to admut of bene trehtly covered: Make the cover in three sections, as im: Higure 1 attach the center one to oie of the outside sections by three hinges. Fasten the two outside sections down with screws to the wooden capping. (is imakes it Comvenient to, move when it is necessary to make repairs or to clean the spring. Leave an opening in the cover near the top edge and fit it with fine mesh metal netting to keep out mosquitoes .and other creatures. The spring will then be provided with ventilation, which is very important. If the spring is situated on a side hili the cover should slope with the surface of the ground: fi the surface of the ground be flat, give the cover a slight pitch to cafry off the rain water. Some people are fortunate enough ta have a spring situated on an elevation so that the water can be piped into the house to supply the basins and tubs by FIG. I gravity. Under such conditions, ar- rangements for drawing the water off for cleaning the spring and disposing of the overflow are easily provided. in Hicine 24 G represents the sunface On dae einoninel, A Une) Spiehime) Jel ae waste pipe for drawing down the spring, S the pipe line running to the house, and D the overflow. Make the overflow pipe (d) at least twelve feet long to avoid making a wet place near- the spring. 460 When it is mecessary to clean the spring, a part of the cover should be removed or the door opened and the water thoroughly stirred with a broom, then the plug at Z should be removed and the water drawn off. A plumber would probably place a FIG. 2 valve in the spring instead of using a wooden plug, but the water is lable to corrode the valve—and if the valve was placed at the outer end of the pipe there would be quite a large metallic surface exposed to the water which should be avoided. It is quite convenient 1n some cases to run the overflow (D) out above the surface, so that a pail can be filled with- out dipping it into’the spring. When possible the water of the spring should be analyzed to ascertain the proper ma- terial to use before any pipes are laid. In some instances, the water holds in solution elements that corrode and des- troy certain kinds of pipe, and render the water unfit to drink or even poison- ous. Therefore, place the least possible amount of metal in the spring. When any danger is suspected, it is a wise plan to have all the drinking water put in glass bottles at the spring. Especially is this- true where a zinc- covered or galvanized pipe is used. To prevent the sun from shining di- rectly on ine Sprime, vistes may De planted and trained to run over an arbor built over the spring, and grass can be grown to the very brink, making it an attractive spot. A plumber who is accustomed to pip- ing and connecting city houses to the street mains, and who has had no pre- vious experience in this line, is likely to be perplexed when he undertakes to pipe water from a spring to a house. The city water system has been care- KRECKEATION. fully considered in its hygienic and en- ginering details, but there are many uncertainties in a spring, especially a new one. It the: water is to be piped into a house or camp for general use, it is best to have a careful analysis made of the water to determine if it contains ele- ments that will destroy heating boilers and piping. A log pipe line can be run from the spring to the camp, but when it comes to piping a house and placing boilers and heaters, it is a plumber’s job. When a spring is situated high enough to have the water come to the house by gravity, lay a pipe below the frost line, and let the water run into a tub in the back yard or summer kitchen. In a case where the pipe constantly falls from the water line until it bends fo g0 up to the tub, (A) im iioune 2p the water will flow freely ; but when the water grows low in the spring, and the piece of pipe (Figure 2) is run down from the line to the water, if the out- let is only slightly below the new water level, an air pocket will fom at ie. ana the water will be retarded or will not flow until the air is driven out of the pipes. A plumber might put on this piece of pipe running down from the line into the water and carefully remove all the air—forming a perfect siphon; but a leak in the pipe or low water will spoil this siphon and the plumber must be called again. In Pisane A, (A) is a case where the pipe laa (S) runs over a knoll and puts a high place in the line at X. Air will accumulate at this point, retard WATE Re EN 6 AM the flow, destroy the siphon and possi- bly stop it all together, even though the air has been forced out at the start. B, in the same figure, has a bend, but in the opposite direction. In this case air cannot pocket as it will seek one of the high points and pass out. In the FIG. 4 city supply the pressure is so high that ally alt that may eet im the pipes is forced out when the valve is opened. The high pressure allows the use of small pipe, but in the low pressure system, in connection with a spring, large pipes must be used or the water will run very slowly. Figure 5 illustrates an installation in use which operates well, although the top of the stove tank is but a few inches below the water level in the sone the pipe line from the spring to the house consists of one hundred ‘this valve is 401 and fifty feet of one and one half inch pipe. Bhe spring as atin) the pipe line “enters; the “housewar (\))) where there is a valve that has an opening or cross section almost equal to that of the pipe. When the water is let into the pipe, left wide open, which causes such a rush in the water that any, ait: thatsmay be left inthe pipe is dragged through and passes out. The pipe was carefully laid and tried with a spirit level to get the fall in the line constant, but air will stay in the pipe when water is admitted if the valve at (V) is not open. The building was located to suit the level of the spring and the bathroom placed on the ground floor. At (QO) on the pipe carrying the water from the stove tank to the basis and tub is an elbow and a piece of one and one-half inch pipe standing perpendicular and passing eighteen inches above the water level. PIEE Ss GOAL By NANNIE BURNS. A pure, sweet spring gushed forth from granite rocks, The bow of promise spanned its glistening drops, A silvery rill, from bondage free, To wander on to its goal, the sea. Thus some innocent, guileless thing, Growing in a world of death and sin, Blossoms into beauty of soul through love, Shed like the rainbow from the Light above; ‘And fulfilling the promises of the rill, Tho’ it may wander whither it will, At last it reaches the open sea, It reaches the sea of Eternity. CASTING FOR BASS BY MOONLIGHT By C. L. DEWEY | SUP ROSE the ayer “| age bait caster knows very little of casting by moonlight, but to my, mind this: 1s 7a “., | most pleasurable way “8x! of fishing. The very “weirdness and un- certainty constitute its chief charm, for the more uncertain a thing, the greater the satisfaction when it is -accom- plished. For this particular fishing, a lance- wood bait-casting rod between five and six feet in length, a good double mu’t1- plying reel, about fifty yards of No. 5 Kingfisher silk line and a surface cast- ing bait make an ideal combination. Confirmed fly-casters often ridicule the bait-caster with the stubby rod, but I have used both andvit talkces villa ias much skill and practice to manage the short rod as the long, whippy one and bait-casting offers a much larger field and larger variety of fishing than fly- casting. A surface bait should always be used, as a bass strikes at the com- motion made by the bait, not because he is hungry, but merely because he wants to fight. The bass is naturally a fighter and will strike at a cigarette box skit- tered over his hiding place as quickly and ferociously as he will at the bright- est colored bait on the market. I once caught on a surface bait a three pound bass, which, by some mysterious way, known only to himself, had captured a swallow, and the wings and tail were protruding from the mouth an inch, so this bass certainly did not strike be- cause he was hungry. Imagine yourself with three con- genial spirits, all good fellows and fair fishermen, and it promises to be an ideal night, for it is the month of July, warm and calm, and a full, round moon is just peeping over the treetops whose shad- 462 ows extend far out in the lake and form grotesque pictures on nature’s mirror. Of course we had everything ready with which to begin operations before we started. As one of our num- ber, Percy by name, had volunteered to handle the paddle, Bert took a posi- tion im the center and | finally, cot ang long legs in the bow of the canoe so if we capsized I would have no earthly show of getting my head above water until I was pulled up by a grappling- hook or a charge of dynamite. We glided smoothly over the water until we came to a good fishing ground and then a race ensued to see who would get the first strike. 1 say nace but don’t think that I mean hurry. You must be deliberate and careful and with a graceful cast and dainty splash, drop — your bait anywhere over fifty feet and under seventy feet from the canoe. Now there is a small bunch of lily-pads. Surely a five-pounder lurks there wait- ine for the lucky fisherman, Svwatuly, out toward the bunch sails the white bait and drops lightly just beyond, a good sixty feet from the canoe. Pause an instant and then give a little jerk, just enough to move the bait, then reel slowly in holding the rod at an angle of about 45 degrees. Well, now, that was a shame, not even a “bunt,” but maybe you will do better next time. Look again! Out ahead of the ca- noe goes a tiffle and you must cast about three or four feet ahead of him. Now, he has stopped; out of sight goes your, bait with a) sushi wand sosware Handle carefully, for he (1s male straight for that old log over there where he has fooled.us so often before. Hold him taut, but do not jerk him, for maybe he is not hooked very hard. He comes to the surface again. You are sure he will tip the scales at four and a half anyway, maybe more. He CASRING POR BASS BY MOONLIGHT is trying very hard to get to that log, but he is nearly done for and you gent- ly reel him toward the canoe. ‘Im the meantime, Bert has hooked a small one) and) im /thyine) to) get them both into the landing net at one time, Percy lets your six-pounder (for he certainly did weigh that, now that he is gone), get away and lands the other, which weighs scarcely a pound and must be returned to the water. So, as yet, we have no fish, but you are happy, Zoi aid vom mor get the frst’ strikes Down in the bottom of your heart you are glad he got away and is under his rvonte loc where le will mot come out for a day at least. Maybe some- time next month, when the moon is full, you can hook him again 1f you can per- suade Bert not to catch one at the same timer mercy may be able to get him ij tie wandine met if ne as only one to handle. Now, this place is not very good, as it is too open, so we paddle over to those lily pads. Just beyond that old stump is a big fellow looking for something to swallow. That cast starts out nicely when bang! goes your bait directly over him into the water and, of course, out into the deep he goes. Do you ex- pect to get anything when you slam around like thatr Don’t be so eager next time to get your bait out and don’t act as if you intended to throw it over into the field on the other side of the woods. You will never gain anything by trying to make long casts, for you never make a long one when you in- tend to. We make a dozen or so casts in this cove, but fail to raise anything, so we decide to go around the point and land Sor tiat ican cet im the stern and let Percy cast awhile. Why do we land? Well a sixteen foot canoe is not a very nice affair in which to crawl over, un- der or around each other, so we will be on the safe side and not better, than a large one and the records of trips made will be found a valuable addition to vour set of automobile stories. For instance. on a trip I took last summer, we encoun- tered such roads as were never made before or since, or ever smtended tor the automobile. We worried along for an hour or more, and then discom- fort gave way to laughter as the crowd - began to look on the funny side of it 468 and make invidious remarks regarding the road-makers, the shades of their an- cestors, the country which produces the state which owned the county in which was the village in which could be found the houses where they were born. Directly in front of us, on a shone stretch of comparatively decent road, we at last came to a sign, evidently blown down from a nearby tree, on which rested a twig. This twig so cov- ered one of the letters of the sign that to our astonished gaze it read, “Posi- tively No Running!” A shout of laugh- tet greeted) this) ©) Nol runninos am should say not! Nor walking! Nor crawling! Nor any other means of lo- comotion!”’ came in rapid succession from each mouth in the party. Inves- tigation showed the “R” to be a “G,” at which there was another laugh, and then one would-be wit insisted on mak- ine the “G” into an “R” with a lead pencil, and taking a picture.of it. The proposition was unanimously, assented to, the ~G carefully made intel IPIEUS, (CAUMUBIECAL AUN “R,” and the picture taken,—only to iad Une JAbRIn Om we “writs as ate lead. pencil altering refused to “take!” AI Wais. i Weiny wena Cit Coukese. but do you suppose that any mem- ber of that party ever looks at that PIcitine icnOule as smiley) om talks sit over with a fellow-tripsman without a laugh at the antics of party and ma- chine on what was a never-to-be-for- gotten trip? Not much! And it is such pictures as. these which the camera makes, which add so much to the after- joys of motoring. The pictorial need not be entirely ne- glected. If your camera is of the right Yi J Yj Wi Full proof of a mud LO Ley Z dy road kind,—and any good kind is the right kind in the right hands,—you can take snap-shots of the road in front, of the bridges over which you pass,—the dog, the horse, the chicken you frighten, the country clod with open mouth who stands gaping at your dusty swiftness. I have made pictures going forty miles an hour (sworn to!) over a fair Vir- exmie, woe, ll Glue! sate Geet 21 lols Ou detail but there is a peculiar softness to INSU, AUTOM Oi iLL Ie, 469 the effect, | suppose, due to the motion, which is rather pleasant. As a verification record of your stor- ies, the camera beats a sworn affidavit every time, and is mot subject to the distrust usually accorded photographic proofs of fish stories, inasmuch as when your friends know your car, and find a picture of you in that car in the place you have claimed to visit, they are not usually inclined to think the whole thing a fake—automobiles are not to be had Hote A Cuaguct ar cueMesn ais ahenicns | NOt very long ago I formed one.of a party which went from Washington City to Mt. Vernon, Va., the home and tomb of Washington. The accounts of the trip were received with incredulity, the roads generally being considered im- passable, but when I produced pictures of the party, taken in front of the man- sion, unbelief had to give way to con- viction. Most of us are fond of telling what bad roads we encounter and with what marvelous facility and agility the. machine, aided, of course, by our skill- 470 ful driving, goes through them. Near- ly always the other motorist in the con- versation has been over a worse road and made quicker tine! = laeyom mae a pictune Ol the toad, Mowever amnduue has none, the weight of evidence will rest with you, and you will have the fleeting satisfaction of being listened to with respect as one who is evidently telliine: them true If you have a bad accident™ and. cam escape destruction long enough to get a picture of it, you will have something to talk about. I am thankful to say I Czm TOU TWiStrave wis ieatore, meyer having been in an accident worth call- aver joe adnate anemone, = ING ao IL carry a camera on auto trips with the precon- ceived idea of using it in an accident; still, it is a comfort to know that if 1 must meet with misfortune and escape uninjured, and the camera isn’t broken, [| may get that accident picture: Accidents to the machine,—or inci- dents, as so many owners call them,— make interesting pictures, as witness IRB CIE ALI HOU the accompanying “What in thunder is the matter with it?’--a picture I se- cured while my two companions were trying to locate a most unaccountable noise. Further investigation revealed a piece of wite, caueht up tem ithe road in some mysterious way in the clutch, which was making quite un- earthly tappings and rappings. The picture hardly needs a title, does it? Altogether, the camera and the auto mix “Very well) prevideds tne finse is made subordinate to the second, and if all the auto pictures you secure are kept separate irom ster mest on ayour collection, and those belonging to any one run, dated and surrounded with a little memoranda of that particular day’s sport, you will be surprised at the interest the collection as a whole has, not only for you, but for your friends, whose auto trips, perhaps, are limited to invitations only. Try it once, and see if you do not enjoy more than you thought possible an auto trip through an auto scrap-book of you own. HOW TO REMOVE BARK FROM THE SPRUCE By HANK HENNINGS A spruce canoe is a very poor craft. In iach, ites Only ay malkeshine but one that is often used because large spruce are very much more abundant than large birch. A good woodsman can make a rough-and-ready spruce canoe in a few hours. He, usually, makes a rough frame of some round sapling, and fastens the spruce bark to it by binding it on with thread made from the long, tough roots of the spruce. The ends are stitched with the same ma- terial, and should nothing else be on hand to pitch the seams with, some gum collected) trom other Spruce: trees and mixed with a little bacon fat, may serve the purpose. The usual method of taking off the bark from either a birch or a spruce, is to chop down some smaller trees so that they fall at right angles to the direction the tree must take when it comes down. This is done in order to keep the trunk off the ground, thus enabling it to be peeled more easily, as well as to prevent the bark from being damaged by con- tact with rocks. But it frequently hap- pens that there are no small trees grow- ing in such position that they may be used for this purpose, and, perhaps, the neatest way of taking off a fine sheet of bark is to make a rough-and-ready lad- der, stripping the bark off by means of hard wooden wedges. One of the cuts must be the full length of the sheet from top to bottom; the others are made around the upper and lower edges of it, all around the tree. A careful Indian canoe-maker. never removes a first- class bark:-:éxceptine im this) manner, and when removed, the bark is slight- ly warmed, and rolled up in a tight roll. TS \ira “KN “poomsopun @ poonapuy dru¥l NaatSaM LNaoaed STH NO SNIVINNOW &q *So61 ‘pazysi4kdod ydovasoIsa1S aH WOH ONIAVAT ALYVd AGNV LTHARSOON LNACISaANd ‘ Drawn by = Roy Martell Mason STUNG >. a MY FAIRY SH1P By GEO. T. TOMLINSON I do not know why the pleasure-in- clined public have so long neglected the spherical balloon as a means of recre- ation. No doubt, other and apparently safer sports have divided the attention of our sportsmen and women, and to- gether with the accounts of the performances of the always dangerous hot-air balloon, with fis cven Phesem and imore dangerous parachute, the likely air navigator has “passed-up” gas balloon riding. And yet, our French cousins have taken to ballooning with the same spirit that marks their entry into other sports, and now the balloon in France bids fair to rival the automobile as a means of pleasure travel in the near future. And why not in our country? Surely we have as_ keen sportsmen as France, but per- haps we have seen too much of the parachute jumper to give balloon riding much serious thought. But what has the bag of hot-air, rising because Ol) tie expanded, therefore, lighter air, and soon falling because conditions are equal- ized with the cooling of the contamed ait,-fto do with the thought, since we can ride a ship, the vertical movement of which we can control? The gas balloon, although a large body, is very sensitive and easily put Mr. Tomlinson is an enthusiastic balloonist and for the last five years has been taking most en- joyable pleasure trips with a gas balloon. With his small ‘‘Fairy Ship’ he succeeded in making an American record at the World’s Fair, by remaining in the air twenty-three and one-half hours and was awarded a gold medal in recognition of this feat. Mr. Tomlinson hopes that he may be instrumental in popularizing his favorite aerial pastime and place “balloon riding’? for amateurs on the same founda- tion as wheeling, motor boating and automobiling.— Epiror. out of balance and made to rise or fall at the wish of its captain. Think of the untold pleasure of an afternoon ride across country with ten whole counties passing in review, dressed in their soft- ened grandeur. No hills to climb, no READY FOR THE TRIP BACK TO TOWN dusty roads or wind to break my dream as I survey hundreds of thousands of acres from a practically unknown point of view. From my throne I see a beau- tiful carpet below, with a variety of colorsmand patterns tien it. -Shades: of green from the wind-stirred willows to the dark and closely placed pines, with rivers and lakes as silver threads and spangles to outline the pattern and perhaps mark the boundary line of a county or state. 474 To my ear come the distant, yet dis- tinct earthly sounds which remind me that this dream is to pass as I must soon return to earth again and be a subject of some other king, who is now but an unimportant insect on the topo- graphical map below me. Now a cloud passes between my ship and the sun, causing a gentle downward movement as the ship, cooling just a little, be- RECREATION cap as a Salute and try to tell them from what port I sailed and ask the name of the small town I see. coming. I can easily hear their answer even though a mile high, and with it can verify my course, which I am keeping on the out- spread map, the key to the larger one below me. The toy house is passed and I cross a thickly-wooded country. By a glance ) BALLOON RACERS AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. comes less buoyant.’ view o1 the Witte toy louse sareund which small white objects are moving, and from whence I hear calling and With reluctance I break the death-like silence in my ship, wave my shouts. Setar closer at the barometer, I. see that the ship is getting low. A look at the cloud tells me it will not pass in time to restore my balance, so over goes a couple of handfuls of ballast and slowly the hand of the aneroid barometer ceases its ald START OF THE RECORD TRIP movement to the right and slowly mounts to the left, showing the rise in obedience to the loss of weight which, although so little, is still enough to dis- turb the sensitive balance. Thus,,in my exalted position, with nothing to fear, for there is nothing for the ship to collide with, I ride out the day and, as I intend to descend at dusk, decide upon a small open space in the coming picture, just over a tiny hill, and using my judgment as to the speed of the ship, pull open the valve for a few seconds, just enough to unbalance the buoyance, and then watch the barome- ter to make sure that exactly enough 475 of the lifting power has escaped to give the desired descent. Now, for my an- chor. Is it properly hooked at the bas- ket’s edge, so that when wanted, and the bottom of its rope loop touches the ground, it can be quickly thrown over- board? For I must not misjudge the distance. Objects have grown larger: things again look earthly and consequently have lost some of their beauty. Now, the ballast bags! Are they ready to be quickly used, to properly ease the fall when about to touch? How easily she makes port and how still—dreamily still. The ship takes AY) 476 me over the farm buildings and pas- tures, into the spot chosen as the “an- chor buoy.” from the earth the unexpected happens. The ship has passed from the current it has been riding, into the surface cur- rent or wind, moving to the North or East. It was moving East during the afternoon, but now the clear, green spot is swinging off to the right and I will land on the wooded hillside to the leit; a mice soit place for thesacronaur but an almost impossible place from which to remove the balloon, so over goes ballast, considerable this time, as results must come ‘quick, | Rie “siip slows in its downward movement, but is swept on toward the hillside. An- other turn at the ballast. Up she goes and misses the treetops on the crest of the hill by a hundred feet. Good! Now the ship, freed from so much ballast, is fast ascending and a corn field is right under, a fine landing place. One must work quickly and surely if one is to place the ship where he wishes it, in the corn where there is good anchorage, quickly “pull tac vaive open and this time hold it open as the earth is not far below. The ship balances for a second, then descends toward the sheltered cornfield. With my eyes on the low hanging loop of the anchor rope, I let ¢o the anchor just as the loop touches and its weight helps About two thousand feet IEC hee Adon to relieve and cushion the fall. car bumps into the corn and the ship, thus relieved of almost all its burden, bounds up some sixty or seventy feet and is pulled down again with its over load. This time the anchor, now drag- going out behind catches in the corn hills and holds all fast so that I can “kill? my ship by another good pull at the valve line. A “hello” or two brings the whole neighborhood to my assistance, for they “saw the thing comin’ down. Thought it landed in Harvey’s woods.” Willing hands carry me and my still buoyant ship out of the corn to a grassy spot nearby and along the wood-lot road, where I “dump” and fold the balloon and pack it into the basket to await the return of station. After answering a good many ques- tions and disposing of a good, whole- : some supper at the farm house, captain and crew of the fairy ship, now shorn of its mysterious life, are driven to the station to ride back to a home in an earthly, noisy and dirty train. But my balloon is there, sleeping in — its basket and with it I may at any time ® again visit fairy land, a fairy land -un- ~ dreamed of by the poor, wingless ants — who never soar in anything more am- ~ bitious than an elevator. The 4 the farmer with a wagon i and team to take me to the nearby Poe PUAYGROUND OF THE EASE - By DAY ALLEN WILLEY Photographs by the writer er) HERE was once a “4 bank in the little town of Clayton, up on the St. Lawrence river, where the cashier could stick a sh pole out of 3 the back window, and without neglecting his business, catem ins dimmer or supper, for the building stood directly on the shore of the river. ‘hey tell some tall stories about the fish which were caught out of ‘this back window, but there is another reason why the little bank was famous. If anybody wanted to make away with some of the money, he could jump into a boat and be in Canada in fifteen min- utes, so near was it to the border. You hear of Clayton as soon as you strike the Northern borderland, for the reason that it marks the beginning of the Thousand Islands. And speaking of the Thousand Islands, this is merely a poetic name, for somebody who is fonder of figures than verse, has actually counted the big and little bits of land which stick out of the water be- twen Clayton and Ogdensburg, and there are far more than a thousand— just 1692. But few care how many can be counted, for after a day or two of hunting, fishing, sailing or just loaf- ing on this great playground of the Northland, they are content with the knowledge, that it is one of the corners Of the word which can ever be spoiled by the alleged comforts of the COMFORTABLE CAMPING OUT’ 477 478 RECREATION THE GREAT RIVER HAS SPREAD OUT INTO A LAKE modern summer resort, there is too much of it. True, close to a hundred thousand people probably “do” the Thousand Islands every summer, but one can easily start off in his boat and find vaneitslet witch ior the tients alll his own—not a living soul upon it, and not a sign of human habitation, except possibly an empty can or the ashes of a last year’s camp fire. The great river here has spread out ito a lake, In) fact some call it tae “Lake of the Isles,” stretching away in some places fully seven miles from the American to the Canadian mainland, and extending 40 miles down stream. The islands are-ef all shapes and=alll sizes, from a point of rock just large enough for you to sit upon, to the one which is the site of a city numbering thousands. In places the hotel builder has invaded the: playground, but not enough to interfere with its natural charm. History has it that over 250 years ago the first white man was guided to this place in his batteau, by an Indian, but nature has changed little since the French explorers first saw the head- waters of the St. Lawrence. They are as deep, and as ciear and as blue to- day. Most of the islands still have their forest growth. The thousands of chan- nels winding here and there among them have not altered, and many of these are so narrow, that only the canoe ean_traverse.them. —Thus it is that the upper St. Lawrence remains one of the great American fishing grounds. . The sportsman who brings his flies and bass rod can get a basket of which he can boast. The troller who has the right as- sortment of silver spoon hooks has a bat- tle royal with the muscallunge. In the shallower water, perch which will tip the scales at nearly a pound apiece, get hungry, especially at dawn and dusk, while both small-mouthed and big-mouthed black bass inhabit~ the waters throughout the region. No im- agination is required to tell a fish story at the Thousand Islands, for iit say Gea has the right bait and knows when and ee HSU, IOLA GIRIO UND) (O38 Toi 218721 SI) where to go, he may get a muscallunge which will actually weigh twenty pounds. Ten-pound fish of this species are common, but a ten-pounder. will. put up as good fight as one which will weigh twice as much, for the smaller fish are usually. more active. this variety. grows to,;alarger- Size in the waters oe the» Se qe iene than elsewhere in America, with the possible exception of Little Rice Lake in the province of Ontario, one of the para- dises of the muscallunge angler. Dur- ing * July. and August especially they rise to the spoon, but are very fond of ~ a fat, lively chub. They have been known Gs take a worm- -baited hook, but only on rare occasions. As may be imagined i a gS a, i RY *Watek of the fiver, ever pure, Ways cold enough for drinking. There ‘is abundance of firewood, FOr rock to make a fireplace for boiling ‘Probably | 479 a canvas roof over your head. So many of the islets have pine groves, that the tene can be pitched where a oor of pine needles is furnished, warranted to cure: the worst case of insomnia. The is al- and plenty erbaking the catch just as it comes from the water. A good boat, enough tents to shelter the crowd, perhaps a camp chair or so, and the usual outfit of cooking utensils, with fishing tackle, will furnish an outfit to last a week Of- 2 month with the iwecessary, clothing. A short sail will bring you to Gana- CANOE RACE ON THE RIVER the best string not only of this species but of bass, are caught from boats, al- though many a party of tenters have set their stakes on an island from the shores of which they have secured breakfast, dinner and supper, day after day, from the schools of smaller fish lying in the shady pools. The man who wants to be right out amid mature, can, bave his choice of hundreds of places. The nights even in mid-summer are just cool enough to make a blanket or a pair of blankets comfortable, and it is well to have noque or some of the little towns on the Canadian or American side, where you can stock up with “things in cans” and groceries, if the supply ruins ont) Tt you want a guide to the favorite fishing grounds you can pick him out from the Canadian Indians and half breeds, who come to the Islands every season to pick up American dollars with the oar and gaff. Most of them know the region like a book, and besides are good Gare In the fall when the ducks begin LO they are almost indispensable as guides, for they have a knowledge which is A GREAT AMERICAN FISHING GROUND almost more than human, of the species which frequent the St. Lawrence. The Thousand Islands without the Thousand Island boat would be some- thing like the play of Tlamalet “warn Hamlet omitted. The boat builders of the St. Lawrence have a deserved rep- utation’ for putime together cart which can be easily rowed or paddled, are so staunch that they require a stiff gust to knock them over and are also speedy. The typical St. Lawrence boat tanges between 1S) and 22 "techn length. It is so modeled that it lies flat on the water amid-ships, although its length makes the lines excedinglyv gracetuly | Ishey, vane ecarenul tojsmutid them of thoroughly seasoned wood, with plenty of ribs to strengthen the hull. A boat 20 feet long will easily hold a half dozen, and with its arm- chairs, cushions and carpets, makes boating a luxury as well as a comfort. It is astonishing what a spread of can- vas one will carry. The mast is stepped 489 well forward, one of the seats being used as a brace. The sprit or leg-of- mutton sail is generally preferred, be- cause it is so easy to furl and unfurl. If you do not care to handle it with a rud- der, the model of the boat is such, that in an ordinary breeze it can easily be steered by merely bending the body for- ward or sidewise, and it ts remarkable how closely they will run to the wind, even without a leeboard. In summer one can see literally thousands of them among the islands. As the boat drifts along, you come to Thousand Island Park, the summer city where 30,000 church people go every season, to find rest and recrea- tion, and at the same time to praise their Maker for giving them such a sylvan retreat for their devotions. Not far away is Grindstone Island, and when the American Canoe Association meets here there can be seen row after row of tents, like the encampment of an army. On the island are the dots of a bs 3 THE PLAYGROUND OF THE EAST white; some in clusters of a dozen or a score, others pitched by themselves a mile away from their nearest neighbor. But whether one cares for tent life or the more luxurious accommodations of the hotels, the temptation to be on the water is so great that the island people are continually going to and fro. If they prefer the steamboat to the smaller craft, a dozen of these are plying be- tween the islands and the mainland, making regular trips. ‘One remarkable feature of this re- gion is, that all portions of it are so accessible to the tourist. The traveler from the metropolis need spend but ten hours on the steel highway which links it with Clayton, the gateway to this pleasure country. It is a country under two flags, and many a Union Jack is to be seen flying from the island on the Canadian side of the river. Here one realizes what a jolly, social set the Canadians are, and it can be said that the two nationalities fraternize as oneé 481 on this great meeting-ground of the borderland. There is a beautiful panorama, which nature has created here for the enjoy- ment of him who sees it at sunrise, or at the approach of dusk, but with night- fall another spectacle is placed upon the stage. Some time in the past the pretty custom originated of illuminating camp and cottage, mansion and hotel. Even the solitary tent has its beacon of pine- knots blazing high in air, while rows of incandescent lamps and Chinese lan- terns outline the other abodes. And so it is as we glide noislessly along the great river, another scene is pre- sented almost as beautiful as the day vista, and when the moon is at the full and the great globe rises in the eastern heavens, throwing a flood of light upon tree, rock and water, it is difficult for the spectator not to sink back upon his cushions and believe he is drifting on the summer seas of Ponce de Leon, the dream waters of America. A WHARF IN FRONT OF THE CAMP JOHN DAVENPORT Cour x By HOMER DAVENPORT With Drawings by the Writer @nce in) Silverton, (Oreson, under the big oak tree that stood in the cen- ter of Main Street, an old Indian was seen to be half crying as he talked to a white man. They had been dear friends for a great many years, amd they. had met to say good-bye, apparently for- ever. his face and hair were about the same color of the tears that went streaking down the deep wrinkles of his face till they met under his chin’ he white man was young in appearance, although with whitish hair and a white chin beard, with which he gave a peculiar toss every now and then. There was a long hand-shake with the Indian clinching, apparently to save time. Fi- nally the white man pulled himself away, turned and walked into the old brick store. The Indian wandered up the middle of the street till it changed into the Molally Road. There’s where his pony was tied. Here, drying his eyes with the corners of his buckskin coat, he scrambled onto his pony’s back,. The Indian was an old one, and as only an Indian would, and went at a slow dog trot down the road to- wards the heavy timber ranges of the Upper Molally. Not many noticed the incident, and there was little or no comment outside of a few joking men, the main joke being that an Indian could cry or nearly so. The Indian was old Shian, the last of the Molally tribe. The man with the pleasant smile and the queer chin beard was John Daven- port, a partner with A IT. Coolidecke pioneers in the old brick store. It was about the year 1875 that John Davenport was going to the Palouse a — a ve $$ \ & FB SY SNA SSe SSUES SSS SSS SO SS SS —— > == SSS == = — SS Oare HIS LAST GOOD-BYE o country to go into the general merchan- -dise- business -on a large scale, and-he - finally settled at Colfax, Washington. _ 482 JOE NG DAVE NOT! COLE ANG There were more Indians there than there were in Silverton, ands. perhaps, tor that’ reason alone, John Davenport was happy. He laughed and played practical jokes on them, and they seemed to like it, and they talked loud whenever he passed by. In naet, they. cackled “like geese whenever ‘his name was men- tioned. They hung about his store and examined minutely the fiber or texture of all the goods he had for sale, even examined the grains of brown sugar, dur- ing which time he learned their laneuace, and they im turn learned most of his. He soon came to be the most popular man in town with whites as well as Indians. Other tribes came and camped and sold their beaver skins and bought his flour and blankets, (and before many months had passed, John Daven- port was doing a big business. _ One evening a strange Chief came to his store. He spoke dif- ferent jargon, even looked differ- emt trom tie other Indians. Through an interpreter that he had, he said that he wanted to sell some deer and beaver skins and buy big lots of things. “All; tight;’. answered. the storekeeper. “We will buy your skins and sell you blankets after pine Clock.) At which prospect the Indian Chief seemed pleased. At the given hour the hides the Indian tribe had to sell were bought in, the transfer consuming about twenty minutes, but when the Indians of the new tribe, which wese more than a hundred, began to buy, it took more time. _ If an Indian was going to buy silver spoons by the dozen that were all of the same pattern, he would examine each spoon separately, spending from ten to fifteen minutes on every spoon. So with this method they had hardly 483 JOHN DAVENPORT commenced to buy when midnight came. Whe Old Chief realized that the merchant and his clerks were tired out, and said to the proprietor, “We have come a long way and haven’t brought many teepees, trusting to the clear weather, and it is now beginning to rain, we want to know if you will let us Indians, squaws and papooses sleep here on the floor of the store.” John Davenport had been used to joking Indians, but at this hour of the night it struck him as rather queer. He smiled at the Indian, but saw no smile from the Indian in return. The merchant 484 2 A STRANGE CHIEF told the interpreter to tell him that they locked up the store at night and went home. “Yes, I know,” said the Indian, “but let us sleep here on the floor. John Davenport walked around the Indian until he could see his eyes to bet- ter effect. Then he looked at them in- tently for a moment, smiled that smile that the Indians knew so well, and gave the white beard a peculiar toss, and said, “Tell your Indians to get their blankets and come ahead.” While they were preparing their beds the storekeeper tried to pacify the ex- cited clerks and at the same time counted out some change and left it scattered on the counter, here and there. Also took some small rolls of red rib- bon from the shelves and left them at intervals on the counter; put out the lights, left the store door open for ven- tilation and went home, wondering whether he would still be doing a gen- eral merchandise business the next day or not. He did not know the Indians; ie Chee Ag Ou never had seen one of them before. Did not know where they lived; all he knew was that the Chief came and had a small slip of greasy paper, on which was Whitten, john Davenport, = (Coltaxd The merchant did not sleep much, al- though it rained on the roof till day- — light, at which time he got up, and without waiting for breakfast, went down and peeped around the corner. He saw dust coming from the open door, and found that the Indians were trying to sweep out. All greeted him with a pleasant grunt and smile, and as he walked lazily around to look at his “traps,” as it were, the money and the red ribbons all were there. Not even a finger print in the sugar barrel was to be detected. bone By noon the Indians bought more than their furs came to, and had. es= tablished a credit system that eventu- ally meant much to the Indians of that country, each Indian being numbered and a small tag with a corresponding — number kept by the merchant, the number alone being charged on the books with the amount of his purchase. This news spread. like prairie fires which Un Over ic buen senacs of that district. Indians came from greater distances and bought on the credit system. Within two years there were over one hundred thousand dol- - lars of Indian debts on John Daven- port’s books, and he did not know a name. Indians came in great droves and sold him all sorts of skins and bought in return farming implements, which their cayuse ponies would some- times tear to pieces im the streets ow Colfax. The Indians and squaws would shed tears at such reckless loss of money, and come to the merchant to find out what to do. Whereupon he would laugh, with the peculiar toss of his head, and give them more reapers and loan them gentle horses till they broke their Indian ponies to work with safety. Indians came from miles to see the manwith the ‘white chinned beard,” as they called him. They seemed happy JOTIN DAVENPORT, ;COLFAX if he would only slap them on the back, at which they laughed and felt proud. They once heard that he was to go by Stage Yom a certain day to Almota, some thirty miles from Colfax and, on that day when the merchant and his taimlikyestanted: they found: at each stage station that the road was lined for a mile either way with Indians decked in paint and gala attire. The merchant’s wife and daughters were humiliated at seeing the squaws hold up their pa- him away. We Zin Vh NGM, meet 485 The Indian merchant, as everybody called him, grew to be very wealthy, but he was robbed by a white man. The In- dians heard of his loss and came by thousands to try and help him, only to find that the grief of his loss had driven Indians hunted for him in vain, and finally appealed to the settle- ment, asking if they could name a town after hin, which they did, and it is Davenport, Washington. Some years later in Silverton, Ore- fii) I Me W A Y Wh) +e SHA HHHANN|) = SSS — PLEASED THE MAN WITH THE WHITE BEARD pooses, all of whom had been named loti Davenport, ~ [his “pleased ” the man with the white beard, and he smiled and shook hands with as many of the little savages as he could reach. As he passed on the Indians all took up the line of march and fairly escorted him imaectear Parade as ii he were their god, Sohlie tiee. No Indian ever beat him out of a dollar, but a bad one stole his boy’s white pony. Then John Daven- port, the Indian’s friend, turned to be the Indian’s enemy, and sent that In- dian to the penitentiary for seven years. gon, near where the big old oak tree used to stand, I saw a strange sight,— Old Shian had come to town, where he had not been for years. Some were Sunprisediator see slime they, sthouleint he was dead. My father was sent for to see and talk with the old Indian, as they iad been irtends for /more; than thirty years. The old Indian was very feeble. He could scarcely see, and was trying to find the old oak tree; once at the tree he could find his way around Silverton, as that was his compass. But the tree was gone, Silverton had out- 486 - RECREATION grown the Indian and the tree. Father asked him if he knew him, and the Indian replied, “Wake’—No. “You don’t know me,’ asked the white man, Wake! Did yor ‘ever see ime pe- fore’? Wakes Phesindian, and ‘tre white man stood meditating, while the other old pioneers laughed. Finally the merchant’s brother spoke and said, “Tam john Davenport s) brother. wat this, the old Molally Chief trembled and shook. A nervous chill seemed to come over him. His knees almost gave way. The old Indian reached for the white man’s hand, and when he grasped it, he turned and looked off over the hills toward the darker timber in the direc- 9 tion of the Upper Molally. For some minutes. the rec man maintained si- lent, while tears coursed down his deep furrowed face. Then with broken voice he’ asked, Oh) Ka-jjohn 7 yimeanine “Where is) Jobat > = Sicahyseortlandss said the man. At which the old Chief had nothing to say. “Shian,”’ asked the white man, “what made Indians like John Davenport, and John Davenport like Indians?” The old Indian turned, wiping some of the tears out of his eyes, and talked to the white men some moments in his own language, a translation of which was, “Cause John Davenport never told an Indian a he.” BUTTERFLY FARMING FOR PROFIT By CHARLES QUINCY TURNER With illustrations by the writer BU tae Re ele tari | = alow, aedd the words look in cold print. Uhere is almost a smile of incredulity in them: as if one had given reins to the imagi- nation, whereas, it is not imagination at all which suggests them to me, but remembrance, and very joyous remem- brances too, redolent of some of the happiest of my youth in the country, “When I smelt the wild white rose, Smelt the woodbine and the May, Marked upon a sunny day, Sated, from their blossoms rise, Honey bees and butterflies.” which I chased heedlessly, to their un- doing and mine; for I had not got be- yond the use of the clumsy net. I was green and in my salad days I had not learned to “still hunt” them. The net is always risky and often fatal to the beauty and perfection of specimens *T wanted pocket-money of my own in the worst way possible when, as a boy, I first started my Butterfiy Farm. 22. Q.T for the cabinet. To obtain the highest possible results you must learn the art and mystery of butterfly farming. _ Any clown-boy can pursue the rarest specimens. “round the trem’lous mea- dow’s buttercups,” a man who does not know a swallow-tail from a flying grasshopper, can do that, and spoil it in the catching; but it takes a past- master naturalist to go a bird’s-nesting for butterfly’s eggs and chrysalids and know where to go to find them, and what to provide, so that their evolution may be fully accomplished, their little lives rounded out in glory. All boys start out enthusiastically to make a collection, and most of them start wrong. I did! I shall not soon forget the zest with which I entered up- on my midsummer carnival of butter- flies and moths, “round the wide com- pass of the Fyrie coast,” as dear, quaint old,Spenser puts it.. | knew the haunt of “the painted lady,’ and where the swallow-tails “basked in my path, his radiant wings unfolded,” and where the puddle swarmed. I knew the dells where the “little blues” danced in and en BUT Biri ai AieViNiG Oke PiROr iT out among the poppies in the wheat, and I knew the lures that brought the night-flying moth to the willows on the river bank; but, try as I would, I never could produce the results which young Farreni did. How he did it mightily puzzled me. His success hurt my pride, and it hurt my pocket too; for even boys soon find out that there is a value in the market to such an insignificant thing as a but- terfly, and that the price rises or falls in proportion as the specimen is per- meee Of otherwise. Uhe difference is quite as great, proportionally, in them as it is in rare editions of books. Those with the slightest defect sell far below the rarer perfect ones. Collectors of all kinds want the best, and are willing to pay tor them. Now, Farreni could knocked. CHEAP BOX BREEDING CAGE 487 ter of a paddock surrounded by poplar trees and a privet hedge, which effec- tially retier Ott tievssioht tom they pau There was nobody about the old- fashioned garden, which was nearly all hardy herbaceous, and we walked straight: ip) to “the fronts door Vand The elder Farreni came to the door of a long lean-to glass-house, built up to an old red brick wall at the back, and reaching nearly down to the ground in front, and called us to join him. I had been in the dwelling house several times, but never into this lean- too. In his exuberant welcome of the be- spectacled visitor, whom he had evi- dently expected, I was overlooked, and the two cronies became absorbed in a COMMONEpleasute: = S50, too, did al) for A—Pan of earth for the grub to hibernate B—Bottle containing water and the caterpiller’s food plant C—Gauze or mosquito-netting lid always get tip top prices; and the in- jury to my pocketbook was added to the hurt to. my pride. These things lay heavy on my young spirits, a mystery unfathomable. One day, when I was about fourteen years old, fortune aided me to solve it. A gray haired, bespectacled old gen- tleman, who evidently was not sure of iis way, asked me to direct.-him to Farreni’s father, and I took him along. The Farrenis lived in an old farmhouse, a little distance off the road, in the cen- here was the cat out of the bag—“The Butterfly Farm”! The revelation came to meé in a flash: for) all along. the sbenches (between which they walked, and stopped, and examined and I lagged, like Shakes- peare’s school boy), were tubs, and pots, and pans, and water jugs, full of nettles, parsley, privet and, tentiel, grasses, weeds, timothy, and clover, all covered in with thin netting stretched over hoops; and in the more formal cases were scores of other vegetable 488 tufts and branches embedded in the earth; every one of them partially eat- en by one or other of scores of cater- pillars in this queer stock farm. ‘They were there in every age, from those which had just emerged from the egg- shells to those casting their skins, spin- CHRYSALIS SUSPENDED ON A REED BY A THIN GIRDLE OF SILK OF ITS OWN WEAVING ning their cocoons; or burrowing into the soil. | Here, then, were the baby tigers, death’s heads, peacocks, and delicate dusty millers, the perfection of which in young Farreni’s cabinet had made my youthful mouth water with envy; and here for the first time I saw the whole process by which the fray of the net and the wasted labor was avoided, and success» achieved. 1 learned a lesson which stood me in good stead. After that, the toil and moil, and scramble and chase, with the net, de- stroying the beauty and lowering its value in cash was not for me, but, in lieu of it, an altogether wider, deeper and more interesting study: the closer observation of the trained scientist. I had entered into a new world, and widened my sphere of interest from the finished product, backward to its incep- tion, and through all the stages of its manufacture, 1 was imtencelonia a STRING OF EGGS ON THE UN- DER SURFACE OF A LEAF partner in the whole scheme of butter- fly nature, instead of a mere collector. The bunt for the caterpillar-or pre- ferably for the eggs, or chrysalis, is not so physically exhilarating as the chase after the burnished beauties of the bushes, but it calls’ ito (existence sa RECREATION minuteness of observation in the fields, and an acumen to discover “sign,” as the learned in woodcraft call it, which is in itself. a liberal education. ~ ife mimicry of nature to deceive observers and thereby protect even the eggs, is truly wonderful; and the knowledge of all the conditions necessary to insure the hatching, feeding, hibernation and final metamorphosis of the grub to the butterfly or moth, demands a high order of scientific habit. The first question every boy will na- turally require answering is, “How shall I stock my farm?” The reply to it is threefold, for there are three sources of supply, each leading to the acquisition of what you want at different stages of but- tenfly lite: The first and most ob- vious method is to acquire the eggs from which the em- bryo caterpillar will hatch. To find these it will not be so necessary to watch the errant butterfly, which lays the eggs (that would be very difficult), as it is to watch the caterpillars feeding; CLUSTER when you have located them eee you have the key to the egg = twig basket. “for wit 21S. one.on the most wonderful provisions of na- ture that the butterfly lays her eggs, always, on, or in the proximity of, the leaves upon which she, as a caterpillar fed, and which she knows her progeny, in their turn, will need for their suste- nance. Some eggs will be detected on the undersides of the leaves, or ranged in clusters on the twigs;:some in the crevices of the bark, and some buried in the stalks, none of them are conspic- uous, but the most of them are not difficult to find, after a little practical experience. The second source is to gather in the - chrysalides, into which the caterpillar transforms, im the crevices of simem bark or from the bare tree branches, or reeds, after the leaves are all off, and ‘they can be the more easily detected, 2 ene en een nee Ore | ISU ITO IRIS IES? JEAUR AMONG J2@ OUR IPIROITE 489 swinging in the winter winds, anchored by apparently the frailest thread, hiber- nating even in the most rigorous weath- er, the spark of life awaiting only the appointed time to burst into~splendor bright and new conditions. Whe third 1s to die up the grubs of the hibernating caterpillar, which, in some species, bury themselves at the roots of the trees or plants on which they have up to that time fed. Most caterpillars are easily to be seen on their food-trees On plants im the open. but some are almost invisible by reason of the fact that before they begin to eat they curl the leaves around them, devour- ing them secretly on the in- side, and there are some which hide away by day and only feed by night. However, they all leave their trail /be- hind them in withered leaves tor tell the Istony on © thei presence. When the chrysalis in its cocoon has been taken from its actual anchorage on tree or teed, or the erul has been unearthed, there is nothing to do, while in that stage, but to keep them in conditions as nearly as possible similar to those in which you captured them. In due time they will emerges ae) bUtteriies “or mots; = WWihen they do that they must have within reach, in their cage, a spray or branch of the plant, tree, weed, or grass on which in a state of nature each kind lays its eggs, and they must be fed with a mix- ture of honey and water placed upon the leaves. You will then have a crop of eggs laid in captivity. When the eggs have been secured, whether from the wild places, or pro- duced in quasi-captivity, nature will hatch them out in her due time, and she will do so’ exactly at the period when the tree leaves, or plants, or grasses, or I THE LEAFWING weeds, upon which the young feed, are succulent and fit for the babies. The breeding cages may be simply ordinary store boxes or tubs with the bottom knocked out and the top cov- ered with netting, or they may be more elaborate. Ordinarily any boy will be satisfied with a box with a glass door which opens oft the front and large 2 THE CALICO enough to hold a water jug in which are placed the fresh food-branches and four or five inches of soil on the bottom of the box. It must have a gauze top to admit air. The vital point of success is eternal vigilance in keeping the food fresh and removing the droppings. Nature pro- vides. for both these functions when the caterpillar is free; the successful breed- er has to take the place of nature, and neglect at any point means dwarfed or diseased specimens, 490 A PAIR OF WHITE ADMIRALS It is impossible to give special di- rections for each species; observation Of ‘natike.s smethods must Ibe severy, boy’s school. A few general observa- tions must suffice. The crucial time is infancy; the: little black-snip of life looks like a tiny fragment of cotton. He conies out of his shell) on the stema which the egg was laid on, and by that time its leaves have become hard for his infantile gums in confinement. Take him up gently on the point of a small, soft, artists’ paint brush, and set him down Oa 2 iresin, Gago, leat, Inke wll set about the business of his life, to eat, Ae OCS, ANS INS thinisines, ow ae leaves wilt, lift him on to another. When he gets bigger he won’t trouble; he will do ines own foraging. During this period of his erowth there will come days when He: won't eat: don’t be alarmed! He is only preparing to shed his skin. His jacket has grown too tight for him, that is all. When he has gone through all his sheddings, he will spin himself td) tn 2 COCHOM, OF SO WO GAM, Or te iD eCOnalhee @uolmotcmnnt: ‘and eo into winter quariers, IDeom t coddle chrvsalids, don’t be afraid that the cold will hurt RECREATION them ; remember what it is out on the marsh, or in the forest, and leave them alone. If you keep them unnaturally, in the winter, they will come out in the spring as butterflies or moths hettorae nature is Bendy for them: As eggs and cy ae are much less frequently seen than the caterpillar or moth, it may not be amiss to preserve a few specimens of the eggs of each captive, and one or two chrysalids of each. It saves many hours of future doubt to! be! able to tui to: them ren identification. ‘The eggs need no other treatment ina sub- merging on the dry stalk or leat in tubes of alcohols a alime with an injection ,of chloro- form or soaked in alcohol. The preservation of the caterpillar’s case, that is, the stuffing of the skin, for show purposes, is of little practical importance, except for museums. The setting up of the farm-bred, per- eC, butterfly or moth is much simpli- foal, because one can take one’s own time with it. One note of warning is needed, and that is against haste. Let the released wings have ample time to expand to their full beauty before stupe- fying their owner. When they are farm-bred they can be set at once, as no relaxing methods are necessary. In setting them in the ordinary blocks, let the bodies ride free in the grooves and their wings expand according to the necessity of showing the mark- ings of both the upper and inden wings. What you propose doing with your collection will govern many other de- tails. If you are making it for person- al delight, as a thing of beauty and a jOy forever.) or to) sell as” panna museum collection, you: will be gov- erned accordingly. On this point will hang the question of glass frames or elaborate cabinets, chrysalids may either be killed SOIT BIRIPILNY 1B ZURSMUING IBOUR J2IK Qua. but by the time the youngster in the country has reached this stage, he will be in a position to settle these questions WIHOUt advice, s.ouimee it for ime if 1 491 have pointed out the highway by which may be) Obtaimed a) imore “intimate knowledge of the charms which, for the young, surround country life. LANGUOR-THRALLED ‘By CLARENCE H. URNER _ Years gone, | wandered to a woodland scene, Down by-paths lined with ferns of queenly grace, By sheltered nooks and limpid streams that trace Their tortuous way ‘twixt banks of mossy green: Dream-lured, sought shadowy cove and leafy screen Where sinuous vine and weeping branch embrace, Then in an arch, thick-wrought, still interlace, Shut out alternate clouds and Heavens serene. When skies again are giad with softened beams And winds blow sweet above the winsome bowers >] Some phantom-presence, weird and tender, seems To rule the verduous earth with subtle powers ; Then, languor-thralled, I near melodious streams And tread rude ways amid wild forest flowers. VIPUL LCLUCEL TIO AAMAS UOC POPP LAL LLU R TALI PPE LTTE Piva bag oHgebe = —— oe — Se —_ INIAWNOL Sava TV NOILVNUYALNI AHL 30 aSO1ID AHL LV YAH OL AHLNASAYd Uvd AWOSGNVH @HL NI ‘GTIOM AHL NI WOVAY NVWOM AINO AHL ‘NOSdWVH “‘d SSIIN — DIS SAN Pa Ee nh US eit capo. pail | MOTORING “ Y, (Ze H Ws \ It iio Sax No 2} nie AK 2 it By WILLARD NIXON CONDENSED INFORMATION FOR THE PROS- PECTIVE PURCHASER. For some time I have been wanting to print in RecrEATION a list of American auto- mobiles classified as to price, and as. this month’s issue contains several automobile attieles and stories, it seems a particularly good time to do it. Inorder to make the list compact, only a ing a letter to the Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers, 7 East Forty- second street, New York, enclosing six cents postage for the 1905 hand-book of gasolene cars manufactured by firms who belong to this association, for although a very consid- erable number of American manufacturers are not represented and although much valu- able and easily obtainable information is not Forwarded by Gen. BONTOC HEAD-HUNTERS few words of description is printed with cach car and all illustrations are omitted. It is hoped that ihis list may be of use to prospec- tive purchasers as well as to give an idea of the size to which the automobile industry has attained. A strong effort has been made to eliminate errors and to make the list as com- plete as possible, and we would appreciate any letters calling our attention to omissions or mistakes so that they may be included in a later issue in this department. To those who find the list interesting and who may wish further information concern- ing American automobiles, we suggest writ- 493 C. Worcester, of the Philippine Commission IN THE PHILIPPINES comprised in the book, it will supplement the subjoined list nicely, and, in short, every prospective purchaser ought to have a copy. In each case the style of the body has been indicated, and perhaps it should be explained that the style “Stanhope” is used in the sense of meaning a body having a folding front seat which may be used to accommodate two extra passengers if desired,-and folded up so as to give the effect of a neat box front when only two persons are to be carried in the car. No difference is made between side entrance tonneau and rear entrance tonneau. No-commercial vehicles are listed or for- 494 eign cars or motor cycles, tnere being about thirty American makes of the last named. Steam cars and electric cars are specified; the rest of the cars are all of the gasolene type. “LEST WE LIST OF AMERICAN AUTOMOBILES CLASSI- FIED AS TO PRICE. ABBREVIATIONS. cyl.—cylinder. elec.—electric. hor.—horizontal. vert.—vertical opp.—opposed. $375 to $500 inclusive. “La Petite’’—2-cyl. Runabout ($375)—Detroit Auto | Go: “Orient” Buckboard—r-cyl. air-cooled, 4 styles— Waltham Mfg. Co. “Gale’’-—1-cyl. Runabout ($500)—Western Tool Works. Watrous—2-cyl. air-cooled Tonneau ($500)— Watrous Auto Co. **Pope-Tribune’’—1-cyl. vertical Runabou:—”ope Mfg. Co. “Monarch’’—1-cyl. air-cooled Runabout ($500)— Monarch Automobile Co. Pokorney—2-cyl. air-cooled Runabout—H. Pokor- ney. $650. RUROD Ot eIaEE son Auto Co. ’—1-cyl. hor. Runabout—Northern Mfg. Jackson—t-cyl. “Northern’ Co. “Oldsmobile’’—1-cyl. Runabout—Olds Motor Works. “Reo ’—r-cyl. Runabout—Reo Motor Car Co. “Leexmobile’’—Steam | Runabout—Locomobile Co. of America, “Overland’’—2-cyl. IIB OUGBAISUQIN Runabout ($600) — ~ Standard Wheel Co. Prescott—Steam Runabout—Pre scott Au KKunz—1-cyl. Runabout ($075) Js ae ‘Kung Ma- chinery Co. ; FORGET” “‘Royal’’—Elec. Runabout—Royal Auto Co. Covert—r-cyl. vert. Runabout—Covert Motor Vehicle Co. Motorcar—r-cyl. Co. air-cooled Runabout—Motorcar 50. 7 “Marsh’’—a2-cyl. vert. Runabout—American Motor Co. Maxwell-Brisco—2-cyl. Brisco Motor Co. “Overland’’—2-cyl. vert. Runabout—Standard Wheel opp. Runabout—Marwell- 0. Mitchell—az-cyl. vert. Runabout—Mitchell Motor Co. “‘Rambler’’—1-cyl. Runabout—Thos. B. Jeffery & Co. “Glide’’—1-cyl. Runabout—Bartholemew Co. “Queen’’—2-cyl. opp. Runabout ($775)—A. H. Blomstrom Motor Co. : Pierce-Racine—r1-cy]l. Runabout—Pierce Engine Co. ““Oldsmobile’’—1-cyl. Runabout—Olds Motor Works. Cadillac—t-cyl. Runabout—Cadillac Auto Co. Stanley—Steam Stanhope ($725)—Stanley Bros. $850. Soudidhelxar— ies, Runabout—Studebaker Auto Co. “Glide’—1-cy.. Tonneau-—Bartholemew Co. Cadillac—1-c 1. Runabout—Cadillac Auto Co. Motorcar—2-cyl. vert. Runabout—Motor Car Co. “Pope-Waverley’’ Runabout—Pope Mfg. Co. Taunton—t-cyl. vert. Stanhope—Taunton Motor Carriage Co. “Rambler”—1-cyl. Runabout—Thcs. B. Jeffery & Co. OVER THE HILLS “Queen’—a2-cyl. opp. Tonneau ($875)—Blomstrom Motcr Co. Stanley—Steam Stanhope—Stanley Bros. “Columbia’’—Elec. Runabout—Electric Vehicle Co. “Pope-Tribune’’—2-cyl. vert. Tonneau—Pope Mfg. Co. Union—.z-cyl. opp. Runabout ($925)—Union Auto Mfg. Co. “Crest’’—-1-cyl. air-cooled Tonneau—Crest Mfg. Co. Wilson—r-cyl. Stanhope—Wilson Auto Mfg. Co. “Autocar’—a2-cyl. opp. Runabout—Autocar Co. “Cadillac’’—1-cyl. Vonneau—Cadillac Auto Co. “Buckmobile’’—2-cyl. opp. Runabout—Black Diamond Auto Co. “Pope-Waverley’ —Elec. Runabout—Pope Motor Car Co. 3 $950. “National’”’—Elec. Runabout—WNationcl Motor Ve- hicle Co. Studebaker—Elec. Runabout—Studebaker Auto Co. “Queen’—2-cyl. opp. Tonneau—A. H. Blomstrom Motor Co. ‘“Mahoning”’—r1-cyl. Motor Car Co. Ford—z-cyl. Tonneau—Ford Motor Co. “Oldsmobile’—1-cyl. Tonneau—Olds Motor Works. “Cadillac’’—1-cyl. Tonneau—Cadillac Auto Co. $1,000. Runabout—Acme Motor Car air-cooled Tonneau—Mahoning SENSIS —ACWllo WC Co. OF RHODE ISLAND “National’’— Elec. Runabout—WNational Motor Vehicle 0. Woods COs Stanley—Steam Tonneau— Stanley Bros. “Pope-Hartford’”’—1-cyl. Tonneau—Pope Mfg. Co. “Queen’’—2-cyl. opp. Tonneau—A. H. Blomstrom Elec. Runabout—Woods Motor Vehicle Motor Co. “Union’’—a-cyl. opp. Tonneau—Union Auto Mfg. Co. Moline—z-cyl. opp. Tonneau—Moline Auto Co. ““Boss”’—Steam Dos-a-dos—Boss Kwnitting Machine Works. $1,050 Studebaker—Elec. Runabout—Studebaker Auto Co. Cameron—3-cyl. air-cooled Tonneau—James Brown Machinery Co. Baker—Elec. Runabout—Baker Motor Vehicle Co. “Buckmobile’’—2-cyl. opp. Tonneau—Black Diamond Auto Co. $1,100. : Michigan—z2-cyl. opp. Tonneau—Michigan Auto Co. “Vale? —-2-cyl. opp. Tonneau—Kirk Mfg. Co. ““Pope-Waverley”—Elec. Runabout—Pope Motor Car Co. Jackson—z2-cyl. opp. Tonneau ($1,125)—Jackson Auto Co. “Glide’’—2-cyl. opp. Tonneau ($1,125)—Bartholemcew Co. A FRIENDLY BRUSH 495 496 $1,200. Duryea—3-cyl. three-wheeled—Duryea Power Co. Ford—az-cyl. Tonneau—Fford Motor Co. “Wayne’’—2-cyl. opp: Tonneau—Wayne Auto Co. Buick—z-cyl. opp. Tonneau—Buick Motor Co. “Union’’2-cyl. opp. Toneau—Union Auto Mfg. Co. Buffum—-q-cyl. vert. Runabout—H. H. Buffum. Baker—Elec. Runabout—Baker Motor Vehicle Co. “National’’—Elec. Runabout—WNational Motor V ehicle Co. “FE. H. V. Compound’’—3-cyl. Runabout—E. H. V. Company. Pierce—1-cyl. hor. Stanhope—Geo. N. Pierce Co. $1,250. Jackson—2-cyl. opp. Tonneau—Jackson Auto Co. “Reliance’’—2-cyl. opp. Tonneau—Reliance Motor Vehicle Co. Knox—r-cyl. air-cooled Stanhope—Knox Auto Co. “Elmore ’—a2-cyl., 2-cycle Tonneau—Elmore Mfg. Co. ‘““Auburn’’—2-cyl. opp. Tonneau—Auburn Auto Co. *““Premier’’—4-cyl. air-cooled—Premier Motor Mfg. 0. “‘National’’—Elec. Dos-a-dos—National Motor Vehicle (COs Sommer—2-cyl. opp. Tonneau—-Sommer Motor Co. Pierce-Racine—z2-cyl. vert. Tonneau-——Pierce Engine 0. “Wayne’’—2-cyl. opp. Tonneau—Wayne Automobile 0. “Michigan’’—2-cyl. opp. Tonneau—Michigan Auto Co. “Reo’’—2-cyl. opp. Tonneau—Reo Motor Car Co. $1,300. Duryea—2-cyl. inclined Phaeton—Duryea Power Co. Stevens-Duryea—2-cyl. opp. Stanhope—J. Stevens Arm & Tool Co. $1,350. “Rambler’’—2-cyl. opp. Runabout—Thos. B. Jeffery c& Co. Han opp. Stanhope—Haynes-Apperson 0. ‘“Waterloo’’—3-cyl. inclined Phaeton.—lW/aterloo Motor Co. Studebaker—Elec. Runabout—Studebaker Auto Co. “Columbia”—Elec. Runabout—Electric Vehicle Co. $1,400. “St. Louis’’—1-cyl. Tonneau—St. Louis Motor Car- riage Co. Maxwell-Briscoe—2-cyl. Briscoe Motor Co. “Autocar’’—2-cyl. opp. Tonneau—Auntocar Co. K%. H. V. Compound—3-cyl. .Tonneau—E. HAH. V. Company. He oe Wa erloye opp. Tonneau—Maxrwell- Elec. Runabout—Pope Motor Car 0. “Oldsmobile’’—2-cyl. Tonneau—Olds Motor Works. $1,500. Mitchell—4-cyl. Tonneau—Mitchell Motor Co. Dolson—2-cyl. Tonneau—John L. Dolson & Sons. Knox—t-cyl. air-cooled Stanhope—Kunox Auto Co. Franklin——4-cyl. air-cooled Runabout—H. H. Frank- lin Mfg. Co. Duryea—3-cyl. Phaeton—Duryea Power Co. Marble-Swift—4-cyl. Tonneau—Marble-Swift Auto 0. Brew-Hatcher—z-cyl. opp. Tonneau-—Brew-Hatcher Go “Columbia’’—2-cyl. opp. Tonneau—Electric Vehicle 0. “Orient ’—4-cyl. air-cooled Runabout—Waltham Mfg. Co. Marion—4-cyl. air-cooled Tonneau—Marion Motor Car Co. Haynes—4-cyl. opp. Tonneau—Haynes-Apperson 0. “Pope-Waverley”’ Co, Elec. Runabout—Pope Motor Car Ike CiKie AIM ON, “Premier’’—a-cyl. air-cooled Motor Mfg. Co > NOsinema —2-eyl. opp. Runabout—Northern Mfg. Tonneau—Premier 0. “National” —Elec. Runabout—National Motor Vehicle Co. Walworth—z-cyl. opp. Tonneau—A. O. Walworth & Co. Grout—Steam Tonneacr—Groutt “Princess’’—2-cyl. Brothers. opp. Tonneau—Royal. Auto Co. $1,600. “St. Louis’”—2-cyl. opp. Tonneau—St. Louis Motor Carriage Co. Logan—z-cyl. opp. Co. Moline—4q-cyl. vert. Tonneau—WMoline Auto Co. “Pope-Hartford’”—2-cyl. opp. Tonneau—Pope Mfg. 0 Baker—Elec. Runabout—Baker Motor Vehicle Co. “W olverine’ —2-cyl. opp. Tonneau—Reid Mfg. Co. Teel ere opp. Tonneau—Model Gas Engine Vorks. Tonneau—Logan Construction $1,650. “Orient’’—4-cyl. air-cooled Tonneau Co. “Acme’’—2-cyl. vert. Tonneau—-Acme Motor Car Waltham Mfg. Co. Studebaker Elec. Runabout—Studebaker Auto Co. Franklin—4-cyl. air-cooled Tonneau—H. H. Frank- lin Mfg. Co. “Buffalo”’—Elec. Runabout—Buffalo Electric Car- riage Co. $1,700. “Northern’’—2-cyl. opp. Tonneau—Northern Mfg. 0. Pungs-Finch—4-cyl. vert. Tonneau—Pungs-Finch Auto & Gas Engine Co. $1,750. “Columbia’’—2-cyl. opp. Tonneau—Electric Vehicle | Co. “Buffalo” Elec. Stanhope—Buffalo Electric Car- riage Co. Se ear cae Fice Runabout—Studebaker Auto 0. *“Duquesne’’—4 cyl. Tonneau—Duquesne Construc- tion Co. Richmond—4-cyl. air-cooled Tonneau—W ayne Works. Knox—a2-cyl. air-cooled Tonneau—Knox Auto Co. “Berkshtre’’—q-cyl. Tonneau—Berkshire Auto Co. “Weaterloo’’—3-cyl. inclined YTonneau—W aterloo Motor Co. $1,800. Blood—a-cyl. -opp. Tonneau—Blood Bros. & Machine Co. Winton-——4-cyl. Tonneau—Winton Motor Carriage C Os Buffalo—Elec. Auto Runabout—Buffalo Electric Car- riage Co. “Royal’—Elec. Runabout—Royal Auto Co. se aie Elec. Runabout—Pope Motor Car 0. $1,850. Woods—FElec. Phaeton—Woods Motor Vehicle Co. Pungs-Finch—4-cyl. vert. Tonneau—Pungs-Finch Auto & Gas Engine Co. $1,900. Knox—=2-cyl. air-cooled Tonneau—Knox Auto Co. Woods—Elec. Victoria, also Phaeton ($1,950)— Woods Motor Vehicle Co. : $2,060. ee Oe. air-cooled Tonneau—Waltham Mfg. 0. “National’”—Elec. Runabout—WNational Motor Vehicle Os Wayne—a-cyl. Tonneau—Wayne Automobile Co. “Troquois’”’—4-cyl. MOTORING. vert. Tonneau—Bates Auto Co. opp. Tonneau—Thos. B. Jeffrey Bates—3-cyl. “Rambler’’—a2-cyl. Co. Ford—4-cyl. Yonneau—Ford Motor Co. “Queen’’—2-cyl. opp. Tonneau—A. H. Blomstrom. Autecar—g4-cyl. vert. Tonneau—Autocar Co. Corbin—a-cyl. air-cooled Tonneau—Corbin Vehicle Corp. “f@. H. V. Compound’’—3-cyl. Tonneau—E#. H. V. 0. Lane—Steam Runabout ($2,100)—Lane Motor Ve- hicle Co. Model—a2-cyl. opp. Tonneau—Model Gas Engine Works. Stoddard-Dayton—-4-cyl. vert. Tonneau—Dayton Motor Car Co. $2,250. Covert—4-cyl. Tonneau—Covert Motor Vehicle Co. Banker— 4-cyl. Tonneau—Banrer Bros. Buffalo—Elec. | Stanhope—Buffalo Electric Car- riage Co. “Pope-Waverley’—Elec. Depot Wagon—Pope Motor Car (Co. Lane—Steam Tonneau—Lane Motor Vehicle Co. $2,500. “National’’—4-cyl. vert. Tonneau—WNational Motor Vehicle Co. Marmon—4-cyl. Marmon Co. “Berkshire’’—4-cyl. Auto Co. White—Steam Tonneau—White Sewing air-cooled ‘Tonneau—Nordyke & Tonneau ($2,400)—Berkshire Machine 0. _ Phelps—3-cyl. vert. Tonneau—Phelps Motor Ve- hicle Co. Dolson—a-cyl. vert. Tonneau—John L. Dolson & Sons. Banker—a-cyl. Winton—4-cyl. Co. “Northern” Limousine—2-cyl. Northern Mfg. Co. Upton—aq-cyl. Tonneau—-Upton Motor Co. Hammer—q-cyl. vert. Tonneau—Hammer Tonneau—Banker Bros. Tonneau—Winton Motor Carriage opp. Tonneau— Motor Tonneau—Oscar L. Casaday Co. Frayer-Miller—3-cyl. air-cooled Lear Auto Co. Williams—q-cyl. horiz. Tonneau—l. Mfg. Co. Adams-Farwell—3-revolv. cyl.—The Adams Co. a1 Tonneau—Iroquots Motor Car 0. Meteor—4-cy!. Tonneau—Worthington Auto Co. Yale—a-cyl. Tonneau—Kirk Mfg. Co. Stevens-Duryea—a-cyl. vert. TVonneau—J. Stevens Arms & Tooi Co. “Ariel’—Ariel Motor Car Co. $2,600. Schacht—4-cyl. hor. Tonneau—Schacht Mfg. Co. Gaeth—3-cyl. hor. Tonneau—Gaeth Automobile W orks. ; White—Steam Tonneau—White Sewing Machine Co. ¢ Baker—Elec. Surrey ($2,650)—Baker Motor Ve- hicle Co. $2,700. 4 ; White—Steam Tonneau—White Sewing Machine Co; Ur Tonneau ($2,750)—Acme Motor Car 0. $2,800. “Locomobile,”’ Gasolene—q-cyl.—L ocomobile Cadillac—4-cyl.—Cadillac Auto Co. “Pope-Toledo’”’—4-cyl.—Pope Motor Car Co. Woods—Elec. Coupé—Woods Motor Vehicle Co. Cleveland—4-cyl.—Cleveland Motor Car Co. Co. $3,000. “Royal’’—4-cyl_ Royal Motor Car Co. Thomas-—4-cyl—E. R. Thomas Motor Co. Banker—q-cyl.—Banker Bros. Motor 497 Studebaker 4-cyl.- Studebaker Auto Co. Haynes—4-cyl. vert.—-Haynes-Apperson Co. Baker—Elec. Depot Wagon—Baker Motor Vehicle Co. Austin—4-cyl—Austin Auto Co. Berg— q-cyl. ($3,200)—Worthington Auto Co. ““Pope-Toledo’’—4-cyl. ($3,200)—Pope Motor Car 0. ““Peerless’’—4-cyl.—Peerless Motor Car Co. Thomas—a-cyl. ($3,150)—E&. Rk. Thomas Motor 0. “Rambler,’’ Limousine—2-cyl. opp.—Thos. B. Jeffrey COs $3,500. i Winton—4-cyl.—Winton Motor Carriage Co. Barnhart—4-cyl.—Warren Auto Co. Pierce-‘“‘Arrow’’—4-cyl.—Geo. N. Pierce Co. Packard—,4-cyl.—Packard Motor Car Co. “Pope-Toledo’”’—4-cyl.—Pope Motor Car Co. Franklin—4-cyl. air-cooled—H. H. Franklin Mfg. 0. Austin—q-cyl.—Austin Auto Co. “Columbia’”’—FElec. Brougham—électric Vehicle Co. Standard—4-ceyl.—Standard Motor Construction 0 Ardsley—q-cyl.—Ardsley Motor Car Co. ‘Thomas—4-cyl.—E. R. Thomas Motor Co. Woods—Elec. Victoria—Woods Motor Vehicle Co. Cantono—Elec. Brougham—Cantono Electric Trac- tor Co. $3,700. “Locomobile,’’ Gasolene—4-cy!.—Locomobile Co. cf America. Apperson—4-cyl. ($3,650)—Apperson Bros. Auto 0. : “Peerless’”—4-cyl. ($3,750) —Peerless Motor Car Co. $4,000. Buffum—a-cyl.—H. H. Buifum. Stearns—4-cyl.—F. B. Stearns Co. “Peerless ’—4-cyl.— Peerless Motor Car Co. “Columbia,’’ Gasolene—4-cyl.—Electric Vehicle Co. Corbin—4-cyl. air-cooled—Corbin Motor Vehicle Corporation. Pierce-“‘Arrow’’—4-cyl.—Geo. N. Pierce Co. Chad wick—4-cyl.—Fairmount Engineering Co. W elch—a-cyl.—Welch Motor Car Co. pee OT ($4,150) —Apperson Bros. Auto 0. cede OL ($4,250)—-Woods Motor Vehicle 0. 3 $4,500. Thomas—4-cyl.—E. R. Thomas Motor Co. $5,000. ““Locomobile,’’ Gasoleme—4-cyl.—Locomobile Co. of America. Matheson—4-cyl.—Matheson Motor Car Co. Thomas, Limousine—4-cyl.—E. R. Thomas Motor 0. Sturtevant—6-cyl. hor.—Sturtevant Mill Co. Clark—Steam ‘Tonneau—Edw. S. Clark. “Speedway’’—4-cyl.—Gas Engine & Power Co. Woods, Limousine—4-cyl.—V/oods Motor Vehicle Co. : $6,000. “Locomobile,’’ Gasolene—4-cyl.—Locomobile Co. of __ America. Matheson—4-cyl.—-Matheson Motor Car Co. “Pope-Toledo”’—4-cy!1.—Pope Motor Car Co. $7,000. “Simplex’’—4-cyl.—Smith & Mabley, Inc. Thomas, Limousine—4-cyl.—E. RK. Thomas Motor Co. i $7,500. Apperson, Limousine—4q-cyl.—Apperson Bros. Arto 0. “Locomobile,’’ Gasolene 4-cyl.—Locomolbile Co. of America. ; American ‘“‘Mercedes’”—¥4-cyl.—Daimler Mfg. Co. IMPROVED’ BALLISTICS. It is quite safe to predict that we are on the eve of important improvements in fire- arms. A high muzzle velocity is recognized as almost, if not, actually the most valuable attribute of a rifle. But, heretofore, an at- tempt at a high muzzle velocity has been fol- lowed by an increase of pressure within the bore that put a bar to further progress in that direction. For instance, in order to get a velocity of some 2,300 ft. sec., pressures of at least 22 tons to the inch had to be provided for. Al- though such pressures were acceptable in very small calibers, such as the .256 and the .275, when the caliber became .30 or over, it was found inadvisable to exceed them in any case, and with most breech actions 16 or 18 tons pressure was the limit permissible. Recent developments abroad have shown, however, that smokeless powder of the most powerful description may be so controlled as to give enormous velocity with very moder- ate pressure. The principle is simple. It consists in loading the cartridge so that its “loading density’ shall be low. © This term may be explained as follows: Suppos- ing the cartridge case to be filled with water whose weight is equal to 1, then by taking the weight of powder used to give a certain velocity, it will show a certain ratio to that of the water, and the smaller this ratio the more room the powder will have in the case. By such means it has been found possible to give a velocity of 2,700 ft. sec. to a .30 pro- jectile weighing 214 grains, fired out of a single shot rifle. Such velocity gives tremendous momen- tum, and makes a .30 caliber equal in power to a much heavier rifle having considerably lower velocity. This end has been achieved by using a much larger cartridge case,,so as to make more room for the powder. By confining the powder closely, especially the smokeless kind, you increase the pressure greatly, and the velocity slightly, while, on the other hand, by putting a larger quantity of the same pow- der into a more roomy cartridge case, you may increase the velocity greatly while actu- ally decreasing the pressure. The improvements to come in the next ten years furnish a fertile field for conjecture. 493 \\\ \ ! A PHENOMENAL SHOT. Editor RECREATION : Reading the letter in your May number, Phenomenal Shot, brings, to my maida shot of that kind I made when a boy of twelve. My uncle had given me a pistol of his own make, caliber about 22; barrel of brass and about 10 inches long. A muzzle loader. The bullets were round, and I had fired at many objects without success. One day I was out with an old man, who carried a heavy muzzle-loading rifle. He was famous at turkey shoots, and prided himself upon killing woodchucks at long distances. I called his attention to a bird in the top of a great chestnut tree at. a” distancemoruse yards upon a hillside. In a spirit of brag= gedness, I exclaimed, “I suppose you would like me to take that bird’s head off!” “Pooh,” said the old man, “I could hardly do it my- self at this distance.” I quickly fired at the bird, and a small object came tumbling down the hill toward us, followed by the bird’s body. We found the small object was the bird’s head, neatly severed through the neck. C. 2. Baldwin vies Derby, Comune WHY THE TIN? Editor RECREATION: Will some one please explain to me why it is necessary to add tin to rifle and pistol bul- lets intended to be used with black powder? With smokeless powder they would, of course, have to be hard to hold to the shallow rifling, but in guns using black powder the grooves are deeper, and why should we need tin to hold the bullets to the rifling? THe .42 Spanish has 77 gers. of powder and 3905 grs. of pure lead. The 45-70 U. S. Govt. has 70 grs. of powder and 405 grs. of lead, 1 to 16 parts tin. Both of the guns have rifling making one turn in 20 ins. The differ- ence of powder in the one shell would equal the difference of lead nearly in the other. These two shells were used for the same purpose, the army rifle, and if the bullet was going to strip the rifling, why does not it do it, in the .43 caliber with the pure lead bul- let and heavy charge of powder, and if it does not, what was the use of the tin in the .45-70 bullet? The .44-60 Sharp’s is a pure lead bullet, but the .44-77 is a bullet I to 15 parts tin. GON SS AN AVM NIT OWN Yet they are of the same caliber and have the same turn of rifling, and the bullet does not strip the rifling in the .44-60. Ifa person has a rifle of .40 caliber, and having one turn in 18 in. intended for the use of a bullet of 1 to 20 tin, and shot a pure lead bullet, what would be the effect in so doing; would it strip the rifling? And if it does not, what is the use of the tin in rifle or pistol bullets? “Rifle,’ Dayton, Ohio. A pure lead bullet, unless it is used with a light charge of powder, and a slow twist will generally lead a barrel badly. The effect, however, depends much upon the ‘form and depth of the rifling, and the length of the bullet, as compared with its diameter. In military rifles the addition of a little tin to the bullet, gives it an increased power of penetration, a quality that is eagerly sought for in military projectiles. You cannot figure out the whys and the wherefores of these different charges from catalogue data. Seventy grains of one pow- dere may be mtuich more powerful than seventy-seven grains of another powder, and, as has been said, the shape and depth of the imine; are important factors. ~ Your final question cannot be answered without you. give the length and weight of mer puller, A’ short, light bullet might not Sesttip, if fired with a small charge; even though made of pure lead, whereas a long, heavy bullet propelled by a big charge would undoubtedly do so.—Ebrror. DEEP PRIMER POCKETS. Editor RECREATION: iiemetter of b. TH. AY Coudersport, Pa, in the April number of RECREATION reminds me that other readers of your magazine are interested in getting a satisfactory powder fOmeuse i) the 32-44.S. & W.' Some time since I received through your office a letter from H. A. Church, of Holmesville, Ohio, who uses a .38-44 of the same make. I en- close his letter herewith and as I have used some of Laflin & Rand’s Bullseye powder I can heartily endorse all that Mr. Church says enits Lavon. The use of smokeless powder has caused me some trouble in the matter of shells. I find that the pockets of some shells are not strong enough to withstand the pressure put on them by the primers that it is necessary to use with smokeless powder. A few shots will suffice to sink the pockets so far into the Shell that the hammer cannot hit them hard enough to explode them. It is not a difficult matter to use a little extra force when de- capping, and push the pockets back to their place, but I see no reason why shells could not be made with pockets strong enough to keep their places under any reasonable strain. I have tried E. H. A.’s method of lubri- 499 cating round bullets, but get best results with conical bullets that have been well and even- ly smeared with Ideal Lubricant before seat- ing. Glad to see that Winchester, Stevens and the U. M. C. people have come back into the fold. To me the Guns and Ammunition Department, minus the abuse that appeared there sometimes, is the best part of RECREA- TION, and the restoration of the title in the April issue is gratifying. . Wei annette ontiac, slic: Here is Mr. Church’s letter.—Epzrror. We He Arnett Pontiac silits: I see in RECREATION that you wish to know the best powder to use in a 32-44. I have a Si ee Wo 38-44 and il shave: tried) several powders, but have found Laflin & Rand's Bullseye the best, and away ahead. I use three grains by weight, and just seat the bullet so that it will not interfere with re- volving the cylinder, leaving the powder loose in the shell. The correct amount to use in your revolver would be two grains by weight, or one-eighth drachms by measure. This powder costs $1.25 per pound, but a can will load as many shells as three or four pounds of black powder. You can sheot one or one dozen shots with it, and there will be no smoke, and no powder cake in the barrel. You should not use pure lead bullets, but put a small amount of tin to make them a little harder. The powder must not be com- pressed in the shell, as it is very dangerous that way. If your bullets are a little small, and so drop down on the powder when you are reloading, take them out and strike the base on a piece of iron, to enlarge them and make them fit tighter. I use Three in One oil, and it is the best I ever used. Try this, and if you don’t get better results than any other way, I will give it up. Let me hear how you get along. H. A. Church, Holmesville, O. NEEDS INFORMATION, Editor RECREATION: Let me introduce myself as an honorary member of the Miles Standish Rifle Club, and permit me to ask you what pistol you recommend for shooting at distances from twenty to fifty yards? (a) Smith & Wesson target revolver, Russian model, single action, 44 caliber, with 6% inch or 8 inch barrels. (b) New issue office model, Colt revolver, 6 inch barrel, 38 caliber, adjustable front and rear sights. (c) Smith & Wesson, new military model, 6% inch barrel, 38 caliber, target sights. (d) Smith & Wesson, single shot, target pistol. (e) Stevens pistol, Lord model, 32 caliber or 38 caliber, center fire. (f) Remington, new model, 10 inch barrel, 500 44 caliber. (g) Wurflein, 10 inch barrel, 44 caliber. Also please tell me what bullet you would choose from the Ideal Hand Book No. 16 for short and mid-range target shooting with the Smith & Wesson, 44 target revolver. Do you consider bullet No. 429,239, weighing 125 grains, preterable to, a nound ballon, accuracy, and who makes the best cartridges and the strongest for reloading with black or smokeless powder, and who are the makers of the best front and rear sights for target shooting? John Marcof, Lieutenant, St. Petersburg, Russia. All the standard pistols mentioned by you are believed to be capable of the greatest accuracy up to the range mentioned, and some of them at a much longer range. Per- sonally, we should choose the 44 caliber, or the 45 caliber, and a barrel of mot less, than 614 inches for this kind of shooting. There is no difference ’in accuracy between the re- volvers and the single shot pistols. For shooting at twenty yards range in the open air, we should prefer a short, conical bullet of about 130 grains, to a round ball, but we should choose the 205 grains Ander- ton bullet in preference to either. The 125 grain Herrick is a very good bullet, possibly preferable to a round ball for gallery shoot- ing. The cartridges made by the three leading American cartridge companies, the U. M. C,, Winchester, -and Peters companies, are as near perfection as human skill can make them. You cannot go wrong in using any of these cartridges. As to reloading: cart- ridges that have been used with full charges of high pressure, smokeless powder are apt to become unreliable, but shells that have been loaded with black powder, or low pres- sure smokeless, will stand reloading many times. All the makers named by you manufac- ture front and rear target sights that are suitable for the pistol to which they are affixed. It is a matter of choice which sights you use, and all our good shots have their own preferences. Eye sight and habit are the determining factors.—EDIToR. HIS 38-55, Editor RECREATION: I am pleased with the new RECREATION. thas improved tity per cent. Ihave al- ways been interested im it, especially the zun department, which I have been reading attentively for the last five years. But it has all been 30-30, and 30-40 and 303 Savage, which we must all admit are good guns, but there are others just as good—especially since the introduction of the 32-40 and the 38-55 high velocity cartridges. I have been experiment- RECREATION ing with both of them. an all-around gun, one that would kill a grizzly bear or a rabbit, and I have found it in the 38-55. It is unreasonable for a man to say that the smashing power of 30-30 is as great as that of 38-55. Now, for example, you take a small stone the size of a hickory nut, and another the size of your fist, and throw the small one with a high velocity, and the large one with a slower velocity, which will hurt the worst, or do the most damage if you throw them through a win- dow glass? As to weight, the one I have weighs 7% pounds. (Remember I am not running any make of gun down.) For large game I use the 38-55 H. P. load, having the velocity of 1,700 feet per second. It penetrates fourteen boards, 7%-inch thick, while the 30-30 pene- trates 11% boards. The trajectory of the 38-55 at 200 yards shows a‘ height at mid range of 7.86 inches and the 30-30 shows 5.14 inches, a difference of but 2.72 inches in shooting at 200 yards at game, which means 5 inches more drop than the 30-30. trajectory amounts to nothing. Now as to the short range load, which is the most interesting part, I have a load that costs me $3.75 per thousand. I shoot DuPont shotgun smokeless, and have placed ten consecutive shots in a 1% inch circle at 165 feet, and five consecutive shots in a 1% inch circle at 300 feet, and fifteen consecu- tive shots in a 1 inch circle at 120 feet, using open hunting sights. I speak of this merely to show the accuracy of the load and gun. I use six grains of powder and 175 grains of lead, but no wadding, and I do not crimp my shell. The ball is one of my own de- sign. The secret of it all is to have every- thing gas tight. V. E. Covert, Leslie, Mich. HUMANITARIAN ARGUMENT. Editor RECREATION: An article appeared in a recent issue of the. Army and Navy Journal, written by Dr. Leigh K. Baker, of Cleveland, and this same article has been referred to in complimentary terms by the Cleveland Leader, yet it is some time since I have read a more misleading letter. Dr. Baker contends that a rifle bullet inflicts less pain than shot pellets, and de- clares a shotgun to be the _ pot-hunter’s weapon. Moreover, will deny this, that pot hunters would not be able to deplete a stock of game to any- thing like the same extent if he were using a rifle instead of a shotgun, and he thinks that, although compulsion would be diffi- Guilt. eit would not be impossible to force our Nimrods to take the field armed with the rifle in every case. I was looking for ~ Game is mostly shot inside of 100 yards, consequently the difference of he states, and no onem@ GUNS AND VAVEVEOINT TION This would, indeed, make exciting shoot- ing; bullet-proof garments should be in de- mand, and on the bargain counter of every large store soon after the passage of such an enactment. Let us try and picture a party of hardy young sportsmen going out with their point- ers and setters and .30 caliber rifles to kill the festive quail. Shooting at the elevation that would be required, even if they hit their marks, the bullets would proceed on their journey, killing innocent victims in the next county. No one would be safe. I am rather glad that this article was published, because it is carrying out to a logi- cal conclusion the program proposed by those who would force sportsmen to use cer- tain types of weapons. There is no fear, of course, that the Ameri- can people would submit to such an oppres- sive restriction, but it indicates to what lengths certain enthusiasts would go. Robt Bind Hulton, IN. Y. RELOADING AMMUNITION. Editor RECREATION : I always look up and study that depart- ment in your magazine devoted to guns and ammunition, and it seems to fairly fascinate me. I aman ardent sportsman, and am only hampered by lack of opportunity to make a name for myself in the sporting world. I am the happy possessor of a Savage rifle, .303 caliber, ‘octagon barrel, 28 inches, pistol grip, and it is as fine a shooting arm as I ever held on my shoulder. Yet I find that on the average one does not own a high power rifle a great while before one begins to search for a less expensive charge to practice with, par- ticularly, if one wants to practice a good deal. The full, metal-cased, bullet of 190 grains, or the soft point of 195 grains, make a fine and accurate bullet when backed up by 2yeto 29 erains of WuPont smokeless, 30 caliber, and are all right for the biggest game in this country. But the bullets are expen- sive for extended practice, and I have, by long study and experiment, evolved a load for this gun that is inexpensive and gives good results up to 500 yards. I have taken from the Ideal handbook some of the results of the experiments made by Dr. W..G. Hudson, and applied them to my own .303 caliber. I was unable to use as heavy a bullet as the Krag rifle can, on account of keyholing. I used a bullet of 154 grains, composed of 7 per cent. antimony, 7 per cent..tin, and 86 per cent. lead, and it makes a fine mid-range charge. I backed it up with about 17 or 18 grains of DuPont’s No. 1 rifle smokeless. The Ideal powder measure, being set at 40 grains black powder graduation, 501 I use the Ideal lubricator and resizer; the resizer being bored to .310 and the bullet being perfectly lubricated, I always get splen- did results, extreme accuracy, fair penetra- tion—about eight inches of hard pine—and no leading of the barrel, and I have lots of practice at very slight expense. user No: 914 UL Me -@. primer) it? beime,: non-mercuric, so that the shells stand up better. The muzzles of the shells are resized every, time they are, fired, and are not crimped on the bullet, the rotary motion of the Savage magazine rendering it unneces- sary to crimp. I use, also, a 100 grain bullet backed up with 5 grains L. & R. Infallible shotgun smokeless, and up to 125 yards I find it to be a remarkably accurate charge. The miniature, metal-cased bullet, of 100 grains backed up with 1o grains of LL. & R,, Infallible shotgun smokeless, also makes an extra fine charge for ranges up to 150 yards, and, my friends, what can be done with one of the .30 caliber can be done with the others, the Marlin, Winchester, Remington, and others, not having a twist in the rifling of more than one turn in 10 inches. I believe it would be an impossibility to get satisfaction out of the arm having an 8 inch twist, but if this has been done satisfactorily, I should like to hear of it. There seems to be more penetration with the quick twist rifle than there is with one having a slow twist, using the same charge of powder and the same weight of bullet in each. The pressure seems to be utilized more thoroughly in the quick twist. Then the bullet being spun more rapidly tends to bore a deeper hole. I am getting very nearly the same results that the 32-40 gives with black powder, and have the advantage of a much heavier charge in an emergency. In melting the antimony I put in sufficient lead to make a small bath for it, put a cover over the melting pot, and let her sizzle till she melts. I use no charcoal over the lead to prevent oxidizing; what little takes place in the small bath of lead does not amount to much, she lump, antimony, only, 1s fiteto use; the pulverized is of no use, as you can not melt it; it simply floats and starts a swear time. ] want no one to fall into the mistake I made and use the pulverized. The mixture I used is antimony, % Ib.; tin, 1% \|b.; and lead, 6%4lbs. This makes quite a hard bullet. The bullet number in the Ideal catalogue is 308.241. The rifle is of 1899 model. The metal should not be skimmed for dross without first dropping in a small piece of tallow or bullet lubricant and stirring brisk- ly. It makes quite a smoke, but if very hot it takes fire and the smoke is not so trouble- some, A. F. Lindsey, Lobster Co., Me. Ny. A NATIONAL DISGRACE. THE EXTINCTION OF THE BUFFALO, The time ‘is rapidly approaching when American game will be reduced to German carp, Mongolian pheasants, Belgian hares, European starlings and Gypsy moths. ‘That this is not an exaggerated forecast may be proven by reference to the government re- ports made by cold-blooded unsentimental scientists. The threatened extinction of the bison has already been brought to the notice of the American people by the press, the maga- zines and personal pamphlets. All the people see the necessity of immediate action, but stand idle, like an unorganized mob, await- ing a leader. In the meantime the danger of utter extermination of our historic ani- mals is imminent. We learn that the Flat head reservation is to be opened soon for settlement and that the so-called Allard herd is to be sold. This would be a national calamity and as soon as this rumor reached the RECREATION office, a letter was written to President Roosevelt, calling his attention to the fact that the only large herd of buffalo now living on an old buffalo range is the Allard herd, of the Flathead Reservation and asking that steps be taken by the gov- ernment not only to purchase these animals, but to preserve sufficient land of their pres- ent range upon which they can live and mul- tiply as they have been doing under the care of their owners. By return mail word was received from Washington to the effect that the President has the matter under serious consideration. What we ask of our readers is to back us up in this movement by immediately writing personal letters to their senators, congress- men, local newspapers and members of ReEc- REATION committee, advocating the immediate purchase by government of all the live buf- falo in the market and the reservation of that part of the tract of land near the Saddle Butte, between the Mission Mountains on the East and Pend d’Oreille River on the West, the Northern Pacific Railroad on the South and the Flathead Lake on the North, now occupied by the Allard herd. The time for talking the thing over and for the expressions of regret is passed, WE MUST ACT. There is nothing impractical in this idea and the only possible opposition will be that 502 of a few land sharps, but although there are millions of right-minded patriots in America in favor of this idea, the millions are un- organized and may be beaten by a small but. well organized band of conscienceless sharp- ers. This will not happen if we act at once, before any opposition is organized. There is nothing we can not accomplish if we work for it, and as there is neither money nor poli- tics in this movement all sportsmen, nature lovers and true blooded Americans can lend a hand to send a shower of personal letters to their representatives demanding that they at once use all their influence to save the bison. There is lasting fame and the grati- tude of a nation for the man who pushes through a bill for this purpose. RECREATION has asked the following gentle- men to act upon a committee to bring this matter up and back our president in his work in behalf of the American bison: Caspar Whitney, Outing; Hamilton W.. Mabie, Outlook; Richard Watson Gilder, Century; Melville Stone, Pres. Associated Press; Grover Cleveland, Princeton, N. J.; George Bird Grinnell. Forest and Stream; Frank Doubleday, Editor World’s Work; Charles Lanier, Editor Country Calendar; Clarke Howell, Atlanta Constitution; How- ard Eaton, Guide and Ranchman; John Muir, California; W. E. Palmer, San Francisco; Henry Van Dyke, Princeton, N. J.; Homer Davenport, cartoonist, and wild animal far- mer; Hamlin Garland, novelist and lecturer. Ten million buffalo in 1865; one thousand in 1905. Twenty years ago the black, shaggy bison of the Great West would have sufficed for a procession, two abreast, reaching from Point Barrow to the Straits of Magellan; while, to-day, the surviving remnant would barely reach around two city blocks. But what is past is past; it will be infinite- ly more profitable if we take counsel, and decide what we shall do to protect the buf- falo that remain, rather than spend our davs in grieving for animals slain by a generation that has nearly passed away. The one hope- ful phase of the situation is the slight in- crease in number of buffalo during the last decade, for it encourages the belief that, with adequate protection and skilful handling, the species may even yet become numerous. _ The buffalo breeds freely in captivity, and, when well fed and allowed ample liberty, Bs ll \ WY = = LA Sa eS S- 8 SS ces Vip ae SR Dae wd Be RP 2 2 e 2 ee =e * ZB = SN ‘CG Kaci SF Oe Dp Le | = ly, Ze <= (ae tt 5 Uy, = i i Ai 2 = ; d 4 S Nw Ge, PE fj C Sy (“"@/ SFLATHEAD “ a 2) WS 5 1 : , — SN eS A = Mis = 3 = “sy \= SS Se . peig?* Ba tA ee = = = u = oe ol af = 2 fs Ce WAS BBS ENO at 2 ee as ey = € ore ZY = Wk : A = SS < aise = B eae © Zs ty pean = WZ : Bos 2, e eee % Si wale : ae ae ROY wi e pZisDonald Ps GS Pitta. Ye SY\ F WDunga . Sop EB Cul ALL Ty: Highest Quality Guns of all best Makers SCOTT, GREENER PURDY, LANG, and others 12, 16 and 20 Bores. Trap and very light weights. 26, 28 and 30 inch. 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