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- The Cowboy and the Wheel. oh es Danes is Nagios
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A Bald-Faced Grizzly in Camp. . Die ase eV NV te iamer
A Deer Drive with Spokane ldlianss 0 Lieut. W. R. Abercrombie
Pheasant. Suooting.s.... 7. Do Geen. oe RhomasaG. farrell
Sitting Bull’s Last Medicine 6 Margaret G. Brooks —.
A Mountain Lion Hunt. es er Dr Robert Meade Smita
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Goose Shooting in Colorado. . soo Ne Ws 1koiae
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I Strung Them on the Barrel of My Gun and Started for the Boat..........-.+2-s.sssse08. FRONTISPIECE
A Goose Hunt on the Rio Grande. Illustrated......... SU oe Un A AC S.B.GILLETT 473
MOMENI EL NU/OOU Say OCI c stmt ae ateeh le cis Nere cis vie clove cisinie's vie nevis (aeis sala slateie eretraretsio sg arcts artic W.M. Bryan, M.D. 414
Duck Shooting on the St. Lawrence.......----- -.. sees eee eres ie ite Mactan sates ASHLEY D.CONGER 415
Leaves from a Trapper’s Note Book. Illustrated................ceee ee cee ee eee eee es A.T. BICKFORD 417
MHAVATOHILECEULOCOL & BOAVOL DAs ce cccc coerce = Sinks nesesis cane. oosteneke soucsesecas FRANK R, GROVER 419
RGOE Ma Git b ee Oe stenile se onic See ais clasts ssale reinsert dd nivale trabing ete eseee sainatelnie ou ere siee THOMAS JACKSCN 420
Eccentricities of the Beaver..-.....-.e-ccsececccecseneccsctcesens cect t eens s eteecnene A. WHITEHEAD 421
Fox Hunting in New England..........-..--.-.::eceee eee cece eee eens ceeeeeneeeeces ERNEST KUSSELL 424
ranlenuime Diels - Ll lustrate ds. cusqache tales ateler «nc acicjclec ciniat yl sisal iayeieipinalselilslalela'a se) ALLAN Brooks 428
SCO PUT REVS GO QUALIS. «ce « cleatemate eee sic cinals celica cist victinncvineeicelsmeaiicieviareaeis serie. T. H. FRAZER 429
SGCO MN CHTIStMIAS LUPO. «5. cc es cisiteaje sas coeirn sess evrejnieciee'scicin ssingelce eb ciscieticeles W.F.SHoRT, JR. 430
Kitchi Gi-os-se Waw-be An-ne We-0g......-----+-- +2... eeccee sree cents eens Saisie ooo tale SIMON POKAGON 431
PAMAWV AMI OMS NUE MENTED GS. Giscteiesint erences asics switincise seals crmicedissnccctearscaces tesmererteececan A.C. Topp 432
Winter. Poem........... een areas store Wisi! Ratan sobicleceeiee AAS at aE APR icici e bee IRA SWEET 435
Antoine on Ice......... sesee SOCIO N EE Heres mar OUI Ca ates ORG nny NW oeeye otelaiel we is oisiel orci ese Seisiainle cysteine E.W.PARKER 436
PONE lPMlle dy MB OAT ect: caiiewiees 2 ou.kobeessaesere feb owsecslescscssdeeacedare) weir D.J.M’GILLIVRAY 437
Tha) (HAG) EE WG TENS ospcccdloanocbbcid epee apBGO saeopeguecoCcnbsdetecc ree: - fic tise eiorainiei daca essen eee H.S. Butt 439
HeGCOllertiOnsr ORB ULI As sem tices cic seis sinies crew iecicciglce cnievielsleisip elte s/¢,0 si6je ee eis nies sjnn’e niaselems H.T.DAviEs 441
PAGO ME VANCE ogeeretcreietale cle olleielale'- clc.ie sje cciaiecsicinc ©! cio s/ a vicis ene hind scatlelsiticieeissinecleie™ - ALBERT W. DAVIES 443
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Bish and Fishing -......-ce..csesee esse ceeeceees 451 Pure and Impure Foods.................. Biicenec 473
Guns and AMMUNIFION: ..0..- 06-5. cesscoceen eens 455. Pablasher's INOtES=sccsncocsccecnoneeceee css eee. 476
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The League of American Sportsmen ........-.. 464 ' Amateur Photography..........-.-----.-+.+.-+- 484
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DECEMBER, 1903
G. 0. SHIELDS, (COQUINA) Editor and Manager
Numter 6.
Hunting geese is one thing, killing
them is another. I have kied geese
since | was a boy; in the marshes, on
the lakes and on the rivers; but to kill
them on the Rio Grande, in New
Mexico, is work. Here, you office
iworker, if you would become a new
man, rejuvenated, and would start that
torpid liver to active work, come with
me on a goose hunt, and if you do
eum part your liver will be . all
right.
I had been cooped up in my office
@er 3 years, Sundays and every
other day. Being told that geese were
numerous on the Rio Grande, | made
arrangements for a hunt. Not having
hunted on the Rio Grande, the Nile of
America, the river that is a mile wide
and an inch deep. I procured a guide.
He, like myself, had hunted always.
He knew the Rio Grande; I didn’t.
He told me the way to kill geese on
the Rio Grande was to procure an en-
gine headlight, fasten it on the end of
amboat, aud float down the river at
might. Accordingly I had him get the
headlight, a boat and a wagon, togeth-
er with such other equipments as he
thought necessary. We left Albu-
querque for up the river one clear,
cold afternoon in the winter of 1897.
After traveling about 10 miles we
teached the river above the Corrales
bridge. We took with us a boy, who
returned with the wagon after seeing
us safe into the water.
Immediately across from us, on a
sand bar—and bars are awful—sat a
flock of geese. They knew they were
safe, so cur dropping into the river,
unloading our traps and shipping them
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“mud: | had on rubber boots.
MMCcOOsctome Nh ON THe RI© GRANDE.
>. B. GILLETT.
was of no concern to them; they sim-
ply greeting us with their familiar ho-
onk. being ready to drop down the
river, we sent our wagon back to town,
but I have wished from that time
until now that we hadn’t. We floated
down and across the river. The geese
never stirred. Immediately to the
West of them faded the setting sun.
A thicket had grown to perfection on
the same sides Phe dog, the ‘cuide;
lamp, lunches and several guns were
left with the boat while I made a
crawl on the geese. I used an 8-gauge
muzzle loader on them and killed, or
rather wounded, 3 geese. They made
aeline ton the river and all were iat
apart. When I made the “goose run,”
and the geese made me run, to catch
them. The sand bar was covered with
By the
time I had caught one of the geese the
other 2 were 100 yards apart and 300
away from me. I caught the second
goose, but the third one was so far
away that I only grabbed him as he
reached the water. Maybe you think
I didn’t need my dog.”
Speaking of dogs, I have the best
Om Ceicdn, WoObk Cain MOL weacma weEse
cn the Rio Grande with a following
dog. You do well to get to them
alone, and you have to sneak to get
for tiem aisrallgewle makesuime tired
to hear one say “‘as crazy as a goose.”
They are wary birds. You can’t catch
them asleep, diey are not crazy:
I tied my geese around the neck
with a string, threw my gun across
my shoulder, strung them on the bar-
Tel Oi waRy Glin, aweGl Swartecl sore wale
boat. Between me and the boat lay a
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slough with about one foot of water
and 2 feet of mud. Midway of
the slough one of the geese advised
me that he was not dead. He stuck
his) feet: in the back of my eoat and
began pounding me over the head
with his wings in a manner that re-
minded) ime Tore te, time, sviitcase
went to a country school. He simply
knocked) fire Out Ol may eyesu ptt
kept on across the slough. I was
weak when I reached the bank. |
thiew my) seese and coun on, the
ground, and sat down to wipe, as I
supposed, the perspiration from my
neck; but it wasn’t perspiration at all,
it was blood. That goose had cut my
head in 3 places and I was bleeding
profusely. Nothing daunted, I made
for the boat.
By the time we Cot Teady. 101 Our
float down the river it was dark.
Then our troubles began. The shoals,
or sand bars, stood ever ready to re-
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ceive us. We could not make any
progress. We went about a mile in 3
hours. At last we went ashore. |
had 3 guns, the 8-gauge weighing 18
pounds; 3 geese, shells galore, lunch
buckets, rubber boots, overcoats and
what-not, and was 9 miles from home,
on the darkest night I ever saw; with
a guide whose ankles had both been
broken in the Adirondack mountains
years before. We started to walk
home, but the old man couldn’t make
the trip. He stopped at a Mexican’s
ranch. I walked home. We carried
all that load on feot 3 miles: aitices
tired yet. It was 12 o’clock that cold
winter night when I reached home.
The old man brought the boat down
the river the next day. Whe eeesa
weighed 15, 16 and 16% pounds. It
was enough; the work was hard, but
the compensation was sufficient. In
fact, I should like to repeat the trip
now.
THE NORTH WOODS
W. M. BRYAN, M.D.
Back in the deep, dark, silent Northern
woods,
Far from the hurrying, sickly haunts of
men ;
Where Nature reigns, untouched by care-
less hand,
And time scars not the splendid scenery—
There river, lake, and giant trees combine
To demonstrate God’s perfect handiwork.
O clouds that fioat above the mountain tops,
Where lie the banks of white, eternal snow ;
O winds that wander through the pine tree
boughs,
You visit ne’er a nobler land than this!
Fair realm of peace and dreams and rest,
Where Nature holds dominion blest,
The calm repose that thou dost keep
Seems like a thousand years of sleep
Of some vast sun which God’s great might
Will wake again to life and light.
The peaceful beauty of each lake,
On whose fair breast the shadows shake,
Must cheer the wanderer through the days
Of winter snows or summer haze.
Arcadia, Columbialand,
Thy somber beauty is so grand
My soul of thee a home would make,
My last, long spirit-rest to take.
First Lawyer: Does your assistant know
anvthing about law?
Not a thing.
Second Lawyer:
We only
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ASHLEY D. CONGER.
One of the most interesting, as well as
exciting modes of duck shooting, is from
behind a blind. This art is acquired only
by persistent practice, as may be learned
from any of the experienced duck hunters
on the St. Lawrence. The fall shooting
lasts about 3 weeks, consisting mainly of
broadbills, as they are called here, but blue-
bills farther South. These birds, having
been driven South by the freezing of little
streams and lakes farther North, assemble
in large numbers on the waters of the St.
Lawrence before their final flight South,
where they feed on wild rice, etc., and re-
turn again in the spring to the St. Lawrence
acetate as) butter.
After the broadbills leave, the whistlers
make their appearance, and about the Ist of
December they come in large numbers,
making flocks of thousands of birds. This
class remains here all winter, living in the
swift waters, which do not freeze entirely
over, and feeding generally on shell fish
and wild rice, a rare luxury to them. This
species is never seen on land and seldom on
ice, but in their hatching season they build
their nests in the hollow of a tree.
“As usual on Friday night, Frank and I
went down to the shack to spend Saturday
shooting ducks. The next morning before
dawn we cautiously slid our boat out over
the ice, and with a store of decoys as well
as grub, started for the place we had se-
lected as best for our morning’s hunt. A
large ice jam had come down in the night
and lodged in front of the place where we
expected to set our decoys, leaving a little
channel. the only water space on that side
of the river.
“They'll come down through here if they
will anywhere,” said Frank, knowing that
whistlers always avoid flying over the ice
when possible. The decoy house being built
out of ice cut from the edge, I slipped on
my white duck suit and stepped into the
blind, while Frank sorrowfully rowed far
enough away not to arouse the suspicion
of any game which might come within range
of my trusty gun. It was light enough to
discern the faint outline of the shore and
before I knew it an early riser slipped into
the wooden counterfeits, whistling a merry
tune, soon to be silenced by a charge of
No. 5’s from my right barrel.
This shot roused the birds from their
roosting places and up the river it looked
as if a black thunder cloud were approach-
ing. The whistling was united in one mas-
sive chorus, the sweetest music to a hunt-
ers ear. What a sight! Péople say they
fail to see the sport in duck shooting, in
Which One must sit Olt on athe, ice) and
freeze. Could any genuine sportsman
freeze at such a sight? I actually per-
spired as I nervously slipped 2 No. 5’s into
my gun, and with my eyes on a level with
the top of the decoy house, and head as still
as possible, brought my gun into easy po-
sition to raise, for a whistler does not take
more than 3 or 4 seconds to discover that
he is fooled, and loses no time in making
his exit. Two more birds swung within
easy range and one reckless fellow dropped
in; but I prefer wing shots, as a larger target
is given. One of these dropped to my right
barrel. The left only wounded the other and
made the feathers fly from his broad tail.
The one in the water immediately dived
and was not seen again until he came up
out of range. After that, I missed and
wounded a number, much to the disgust of
Frank, who sat in the boat chiding me as
being a bad shot. This aroused me and
I bagged 2 green headed drakes in one
shot as they swooped over the decoys; and
I kept on until I had 6 sure ones; for in the
swift water one is never sure of a duck
until he is safely deposited in the boat.
lt was then Franks turn to shoot, and
what a bombardment he gave them! He
burned all his shells and secured only 4
birds. When no birds fell at his last shot,
he swore it was the gun, and that he would
never shoot the cursed thing again.
At noon, the worst part of the day for
a flight, I took it easy on a straw bag be-
hind the blind, reading until I was aroused
4 times by the splash of single ducks, as
they alighted among the decoys. All these
were secured by cautiously turning around
and shooting them as they flew out.
With 16 handsome birds we made our
way back to the shack, where we enjoyed
a good feast and a sound sleep. This is
only one of the numerous experiences
which we have had, but by far the most
exciting and best of our duck shooting ca- —
reer as boys.
“T paid $200 for this terrier.”
“Skye high, eh?”—Judge.
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STMAS DAY IN A CANADIAN- FOREST
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JEJE IOS) IROOM J INRIA INOUE, OOK.
A, T. BICKFORD.
During the winter of 1902-3, my partner
and I were camped in the mountains
of British Columbia on the upper reaches
Omthe Kettle river, a tributary of the Col-
umbia. Just below our camp on the river
bank, a colony of beavers had their home,
so we had excellent opportunities to ob-
serve their mode of living, and to take
note of their ways. In view of the in-
terest which was taken by the readers of
RECREATION 1n some photos of mine, illus-
and those living in lodges, or houses. When
beavers are found living in holes in the
bank of a river, or in washes, as they are
termed by trappers, it may be taken as an
indication that the original colony has been
disturbed and broken up. Our beavers
were living on the small poplars, or cotton-
woods, growing on the slope of the bench,
40 or 50 feet above the water. The beavers
had a deep path worn in the snow, where
they had dragged down the saplings, seiz-
AMATEUR PHOTO BY A. T BICKFORD.
CUTTING TIMBER FOR A DAM.
trative of “Beaver Work,” which appeared
in the issue of June, 1900, I again venture
to place before you a more recent photo,
and my experiences among these interest-
ing animals.
“This particular colony probably con-
Sistedmohe 4) Of 5) pairs Of what are
fenileds= Danke sbeaverss that) is, 9 they
lived in burrows, or holes, in the bank,
running back 15 to 25 feet from the water’s
edge, the entrance being below the sur-
face sHiate asmlecan discover there 1s m0
physical difference between bank beavers
ing them between their powerful teeth, as
is shown in the illustration.
In the river bed could be seen their store
of food, laid up for times when the river
might be frozen over, thereby holding them
prisoners; the poplars being stowed under-
neath some sunken logs. About 5 miles
from our camp was a lake comprising 100
acres of clear water, 6 to 10 feet in depth.
This lake had been formed by the beavers
damming a small stream, so one can im-
agine how the topography of a country may
be altered by these little animals whose in-
MORE DAM TIMBER.
dustry has become proverbial. This dam
was a double breastwork of logs, sticks and
mud, the upper dam probably built after the
lower one, in order to further increase the
depth of water, thereby giving the beavers
easier access to, and water transport for
their food, which grew on the banks
above.
At the head of this lake I discovered the
largest specimen of a beaver lodge, or
nome, Il ikie rer Seem, It rose 1 2
height of 8 feet or more above water level,
and was at least 20 feet across at the sur-
face of the lake, extending wider below.
As an instance of the perseverance of the
beaver I relate this anecdote:
On the banks of the Kettle river, below
the lake, were living a party of placer
miners, who were washing the auriferous
gravel of the river bank, and were using
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the water of the beaver lake for the pur-
pose. The miners had a ditch, about 4% a
mile in length, tapping the lake at the op-
posite end, the natural outlet, which the
beavers had dammed. The cunning animals
soon discovered the leak and persistently
dammed the sluice each night, so the miners
had a walk each morning of % a mile over
logs and through swamp before they could
start to wash for gold. This greatly an-
noyed them. After it had’ gone on for a
week or 2, the miners appealed to me in
their desperation to free them from their
dilemma. I showed them how to set their
trap, and one morning a fine large beaver
was found, hoisted high and dry on a toss-
ing pole. After that there was no more
trouble with the water supply.
There is a considerable difference of
opinion concerning the weight of a full
grown beaver. Some trappers I have met
claim they have caught beavers weighing
60 or 70 pounds, which I think is over the
mark. The largest beaver I have caught,
with a 50 pound flour sack, would, I should
judge, weigh about 40 pounds, comparing
them. A beaver that I put the tape on
measured 3 feet 11 inches, from tip of nose,
to end of tail, before being skinned. The
tail was one foot long and 6 inches wide.
Both male and female beavers are
equipped by nature with oil glands and
bark bags (castoreum) situated at the root
of the tail. The castoreum is used by
pharmacists in compounding a medicine
and by trappers as a lure for beaver and
lynx, the oil glands furnishing the beaver
with waterproofing for his furry coat.
About the middle of May the female
gives birth to 2 to 4 young, which she
suckles at her breast. Some trappers claim
that all but 2 of the young of each litter
are killed, but of this I have no proof.
Professor Wilson, of Edinburgh, wrote
on the blackboard in his laboratory:
“Professor Wailson informs his students
that he has this day been appointed hon-
orary physician to the queen;” and a stu-
dent added “God save the queen.’’—Chicago
Herald.
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THE ARCHITECTURE OF A BEAVER DAM:
FRANK R.
For several years the old beaver dams on
some of the trout streams in the wildest
woods of Northern Michigan, around the
straits of Mackinac and Les Cheneaux
islands, where I have passed many sum-
mer vacations, have been an _ interesting
study. Last summer it was my good for-
tune to see a new beaver dam just receiving
the finishing touches by a colony of these
interesting and industrious creatures. I
was not looking for beaver dams, but for
brook ‘trout. . A young native, a chance
acquaintance of the year before, described
the “great big trout you kin ketch up by
the old river dam, jest a mile or 2,’ and he
was engaged to show me the place. A
tramp of the Michigan “mile or 2” took us
to a new place on Taylor’s creek, a stream
I had known in part for many years, and
which is head waters of the Munuskong
river. The usual wading of the stream
and crawling through the thick brush and
over fallen logs, in following the creek
toward its source, then ensued. We soon
reached our supposed destination, when my
guide exclaimed,
“Why! the dam is gone
Sure enough there was the wreck of an
old beaver dam that had lately been washed
away. The next instant I heard the boy
say,
“See, they have built a new one, and the
little rascals have built it in 2 weeks. The
last time I was up it wasn’t here at all.”
About 30 rods up the stream was the new
dam, in plain sight, and it was of such in-
terest that I soon let the trout go and
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spent several hours examining the beaver
work. The main part of the dam was in a
narrow part of the stream, where the banks
were comparatively high and rocky. From
the down stream side it looked much as if
a pile of brush coming down stream had
caught on the banks, with this exception:
The brush was mostly green and freshly
cut. This part of the dam was about 20
top2sn ect mlonemand about Steet nights.
close examination, however, disclosed that
under and among this mass of brush
were ingeniously placed, in all sorts of ef-
fective positions, short poplar and_ birch
logs, imesiiky Che 2 1 © tenes am
diameter and 2 to 3 feet long. Not a
drop of water seemed to come through the
dam. At the top it had a sharp and well
defined ridge like that of the roof of a
house, the slopes running both up and
down stream. On the upper side the brush
and logs had been neatly plastered with
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mud dug from the bottom of the creek,
[Ot ties stream at tile mbecinning=loLtme
slope, “toward “the: apex of “the™ dam;
was Over IO wes Ges The depth
Or Water Slog Was Mess wan 2
feet. The loss of the old dam seemed to
have taught the necessity of guarding
against the washing away of the new one,
for near it, up stream, was a heavy pine
log, partly submerged, extending across the
stream in such position as to catch float-
ing ice and driftwood.
The architects and builders had been at
work the night before. On either side of
the stream, and following its banks for 100
yards, was a low dam, or sort of dike, one
to 2 feet high, leading to the dam proper
and converging from the dam up stream
hke a funnel. This dike was constructed
in the same manner, except that the logs
were smaller and shorter, and the dike ex-
tended above the level of the stream to meet
the requirements of the colony in high
water. The mud and clay plastering was
fresh; and that the beavers’ tails had been
used as trowels, which is sometimes ques-
tioned, was plainly shown by tthe filelike
troweling, which was so regular and work-
manlike that even a full fledged union
mason might well have been proud of the
job. While some of this work had evi-
dently been done with the paws, the fresh
troweling by the tail was unmistakable.
This dam, thus constructed, made a pond of
some 10 acres, in which were standing wil-
lows and birch and poplar trees; both food
and building material.
Along and near the banks the many
stumps of birches and poplars showed
where the logs and brush for the dam had
come from; also that further operations
were contemplated and in progress. Here
and there was a log freshly cut into many
pieces, and even in length, as if some
farmer had been on the ground to re-
plenish his wood pile. The chips, too,
were interesting; cut in the same man-
ner, as if by a woodman’s axe, their length
varying from 2 to 4 inches, according to
Wie Size Cx wae los, lh Wie siren
bark of some of the pieces adjacent to
the actual cutting, the crescent shaped
tooth marks of some old patriarch of the
colony were clearly defined, fully 34 of an
inch in length. -I did not succeed in see-
ing the foreman, the architect, or even
one of the common laborers, but oily water
around some of these fresh cuttings in-
dicated that the builders had left a few
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minutes before. Probably this was the
day shift or the night workers putting in
over time.
One or 2 observations as to some of the
older dams on this stream may be of in-
terest. I have seen fully an acre of
ground, 200 to 300 yards away from the
stream, where all the poplar and birch
trees had been cut and carried away, leav-
ing a clean, open space in the thick woods.
How did the fallen trees get to the stream?
A careful examination of the ground gave
the answer Whe trees stood” on high
ground. A slide had been constructed on
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SUNNING HIMSELF.
Winner of 19th Prize in Recreation’s 7th Annual
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the hillside, where the logs, after the
limbs had been neatly trimmed off, were
carried or slid down to the level ground
of the creek bottom. Here was a little
canal a foot or 2 deep, leading directly to
the stream, where the logs had been float-
ing down in the same manner as the mod-
ern lumberman moves his saw _ logs.
“Working like a beaver’ has great signi-
ficance. It is to be hoped the Michigan
laws prohobiting the killing of beaver may
be kept in force permanently, and the ex-
termination of these wonderful animals
prevented.
SHOOT’N’ TIME.
THOMAS JACKSON.
When yer head gets full er worry,
"N’ yer appetite is slim,
When yer business troubles kinder
Sap yer-confidence ’n’ vim;
Then it’s time to leave yer labors, :
*"N’ toward the woodland fly,
Where the blithesome quails are callin’
"N’ the geese are honkin’ high.
There you'll feel yer pulses throbbin’
At each old familiar sound, é
"N’ you'll see the rabbits bobbin’ i
O’er yer happy huntin’ ground.
All the day you roam the thickets,
With yer friends on either side;
"N’ you hear faint voices callin’,
For no worry can betide.
Then at evenin’, round the camp fire,
While you talk yer pleasures o’er,
You can hear the waves a splashin’,
As they break on slumber’s shore.
’N’ you hear faint voices callin’,
Callin’ you to come away;
Then in dreamland’s fields you wander,
"N’ await the comin’ day.
So when you are feelin’ kinky,
’N’ you have to force yer food,
Haste away to Mother Nature,
She will always do you good.
ECCENTRICITIES OF THE, BEAVER.
A, WHITEHEAD.
In January RECREATION appeared a com-
munication from a correspondent in this
State, complaining of the scarcity of trout
in the South Platte river, and saying the
settlers attributed the destruction of the fish
to the beaver... You express. doubt as to
the truth of this statement. I have since
received numerous letters asking if this
report about our beaver is true, and asking
me to reply through RECREATION.
This I cheerfully do; partly because I
wish the facts to be known about our
beaver; and because nothing delights me
more than to give information on scientific
subjects.
For once you are wrong. The Colorado
beaver does eat fish. A friend of mine,
who is a naturalist, recently told me of an
adventure he had, that is so remarkable I
would almost fear to give it publicity were
there not ample evidence of its truthful-
ness. He was fishing for trout in a- small
stream that flows past his home, in this
State, when his hook was seized with such
force as almost to cause him to lose his
balance. Immediately the fish headed up
stream;and as the angler was unable to
check its rush with the light tackle he
used, he was obliged to follow. My friend
ran up the stream about 300 yards when he
finally succeeded in landing the quarry. It
proved to be a trout, as he had conjec-
tured, but attached to its tail, and holding
on with desperate energy, was a beaver of
about 30 pounds weight. My friend dis-
engaged the fish from the grasp of the
beaver, and, as he found it was below 6
inches in length, the legal limit in this
State, he returned it to the water. The
beaver, however, he retained as a memento
of his exciting adventure.
As an evidence of the truth of my
friend’s story he showed me a pair of
gloves which he said he had made from the
skin of the beaver.
In looking over my diary for notes rela- -
tive to the habits of beavers, I find the fc -
lowing, which I take the liberty of quoting
in full: af
“Shortly after the late Ute uprising f,
with another scientist, was camped on the
headwaters of the Sjambokus river, hunt-
ing the Giascutus giganteus. We had met
with poor success, when, as I was hunting
up the river oue afternoon, my attention
was attracted by a colony of beavers at
work building a dam. My presence had
not been discovered; so, taking advantage
of the cover afforded by a big boulder, I
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crept as near as possible to the dam site,
and taking out my field glass and note book
I proceeded to investigate.
The first thing that struck me was that
the beavers had provided no fishway around
their dam. ~ This was proof that they pur-
posed eating the fish. Having impounded
the. water, they would allow it to freeze
over so the fish could not escape to the
bank. It would then be an easy matter
for the beavers to move about under the
ice and gorge themselves with fish.
My attention was next attracted to the
method with which the beavers were con-
ducing their work. They were apparently
under the ,direction of a big old beaver
with a gray coat and side whiskers. There
were several waiters whose duty seemed to
be to carry refreshments to the workers.
These viands, as viewed through the glass,
appeared in size and shape not unlike golf
balls, and were carried to the builders by
the waiters on their tails. I was puzzled
and determined to investigate more closely.
Accordingly I made a dash at one of them,
and, although the beaver escaped, I cap-
tured his load, and, to my astonishment,
found it was a codfish ball!. Where the
beavers got their codfish balls I am unable
tONSavew in tact. ladol nou evenectnmises. it
is my purpose merely to record the facts.
Dr. Merriam, Dr. Hornaday, or Dr. Curtis,
who have delved more deeply into the
secrets of nature than I, could enlighten us
on this point.
I have a friend in this city who is away
up in science, having attained in a promin-
ent institution of learning several degrees,
and in order to get the benefit of his more
mature judgment I sought him out and
him to confirm my _ observations.
This he cheerfully did.
“MOb Are Cimce imide “Gaicl Ine, ° “Ine
beaver is one of the most intelligent of
mammalia. He does catch fish, an animal
abounding in phosphates and carbohydrides,
which in turn serve to maintain his intel-
ligence. Thus by one continuous round of
alimentary assimilation is his mental supe-
riority maintained.”
No, Mr. Editor, do not doubt for a mo-
ment that oun beaver eat fish, Not only
so, but they show a nice discrimination in
the selection of the varieties, for they are
fond of brook trout and codfish.
In some parts of our State the inhabi-
tants plant trees along the banks of the
streams, so that, when hard pressed by
beavers, the fish may scale the trees,
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The Georgia Legislature, at its last ses-
sion, passed an up-to-date game, fish and
bird law, and Governor Terrell at first de-
clined to approve it because it provided
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that the informant in cases ef violation of
the law should receive one-half the fines.
This moiety system is objectionable to many ©
good men, but on the other hand it has its
advantages. As a rule, no man likes to
complain of a neighbor. -1f he does so,
he takes the chances of incurring the 111 will
of his neighbor and perhaps of suffering in-
jury as a result. It is only fair and right
that he should be compensated to some ex-
tent.’ Furthermore, there are many good
friends of game protection who are poor,
hard working men, and who can not afford
to lose the time necessary to prosecuting an
offender, unless they can be compensated
for it. Hence the moiety system seems an
absolute necessity in such cases. As soon
as I learned of Governor Terrell’s attitude
in the matter, I wrote a personal letter to
each member of the League in Georgia,
urging him to take up the matter with the
Governor and importune him to approve
the bill. Our Georgia members ~acted
promptly on this suggestion, and as a re-
sult the Governor approved the bill. Thus
Georgia has a good game law. o~
There are men everywhere who say the
L. A. S. is a pet scheme of mine; that I am
doing this work for personal gain and all
such rot. I am willing, however, to endure
all sorts of abuse as long as we can occa-
sionally score a victory like this.
THE ALASKA SALMON FISHERIES.
President Jordan, of Stanford University,
and Dr. Barton W. Evermann, in charge
.of the division of Scientific Inquiry of the
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, have returned
from Alaska, where they spent 3 months
studying the salmon fisheries and the condi-
tions: under which they are carried on.
They were accompanied by a number of
assistants and had the steamer Albatross
at their disposal. They visited all the sal-
mon canneries and salteries except those in
Cook inlet and Prince William sound,
which had finished their pack and closed
down before the Albatross could reach
them.
It is understood that the present regula-
tions governing the salmon fisheries are
not satisfactory, and that Doctors Jordan
and Evermann will recommend a number
of important modifications.
The salmon are unquestionably decreas-
ing in abundance and the fisheries can be
saved from depletion only by artificial prop-
agation on a large scale. The commission
will therefore recommend the establishment
of a number of government salmon hatch-
eries. They will urge the necessity for
careful study of the many salmon streams
and the habits of the 5 species of salmon,
also the rigid inspection of the methods of
the fisheries, canneries, and salteries,
AND IT CAME TO PASS.
In the February, 1901, number of RECREA-
aioe Jt Seuale
The proposition to restock the Adiron-
dacks with moose is extremely visionary.
It would be easy enough to buy I0 or 20
or even 50, moose and turn tem cour
there, but they would no doubt speedily
share the fate of the one that is sup-
posed to have escaped a few months ago
from Dr. Webb’s preserve. There are a
lot of vandals in the Adirondack region
who pose as guides, and any one of whom
would kill a tame cow if he thought he
could get away with the meat without
being caught. These men would soon
clean up any number of moose the State
might favor them with.
The State did buy a number of moose
and liberate them in the Adirondacks.
‘Several of these animals have been found
dead, as well as some of the elk which
Mr. Whitney turned out there. And lest
you forget, I say it again: Why cast pearls
before swine?
A colony of gray squirrels has been living
in New York Zoological Park until last fall,
when most of them moved across the Bronx
river, outside the lines of the park. There
they were set upon by a lot of savage boys
and men, armed with shot guns and rifles.
The brutes pursued the little pets until al-
most the last one was killed. Some of the
men are known to have killed as many as
10 squirrels, and though the police pretend-
ed to be alert no arrests were made. A man
or a boy who would kill a gray squirrel
under such conditions would steal his
grandmother’s spectacles and sell them.
Columbus Buell, of Batavia, N. Y., went
fishing in April last and caught about 30
trout. Four of those he took home were
under theplesalsize. sGaniles Vrardenn kas
Taggart lit on Buell as he wended his way
homeward, inspected his basket, found the
fingerlings, took Buell to court and the
judge assessed him $55, a big price to pay
for 4 little trout.
iam “imionmed= thats ase boultnmand
George Cowfer, of Hautzdale, Pa., on Sun-
day, April 19, were caught fishing for trout
in Trout run, by members of the Osceola
Gun Club. When arrested and taken be-
fore Squire Sandford, of Philipsburg, they
pleaded guilty and were fined $30.60 each.
Served them right.
Dr. William C. Kendall, of the United
States Bureau. of Fisheries, spent last
summer and fall studying the rivers and
lakes of Maine. He has in preparation a
report on the fishes of Maine which the
Bureau hopes to publish soon.
RECREATION.
Purity —above everything — dis-
tinguishes Schlitz beer from the
common.
There’s a difference, of course,
in the barley, the hops, the yeast.
We use the costliest materials. But
the goodness of Schlitz is mainly
due to its healthtulness.
The artesian water used — the
absolute cleanliness—the filtering of
the beer, and of even the air that
touches it—the extreme aging—the
sterilizing of every bottle after it is
‘sealed; those are the facts that make
Schlitz what it 1s. |
Those are the reasons why the
demand for Schlitz exceeds a million
barrels annually. |
Yet no standard Boe beer
that is good for |
you—costs less.
_ FAMOUS: |
Ask for the Brewery Bottling.
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RECREATION.
ON THE RACKET RIVER.
DR. E. P. STUART.
September 20, 1897, Mr. and Mrs. David
H. Decker, my wife and I, started for a
hunting trip on the Racket river, Cary Falls
being our objective point. We reached
there at 2 p. m. the second day, tired and
hungry. After a good meal and a night’s
rest we were much refreshed, and spent the
greater part of the next day arranging the
cottage where we were to stay. In the
afternoon I started out to fish, taking a new
spinner I had never tried, and a strip of fat
salt pork. Getting into the boat, I let out
my line and pulled across to the other
shore. I had only turned around and
straightened out my line when something
struck. I played him some time before I
got him alongside the boat, and lifted him
in, as 1 had no landing net. He proved to
be a 2% pound pickerel. Before reach-
ing the shore I took another, almost his
exact counterpart. They were much darker
than Lake Keuka pickerel, more solid and
sweeter. As they were enough for supper,
I caught no more that evening.
The Hollywood stillwaters at this point
are better known to lumbermen, hunters
and guides as the upper and lower bogs of
the Racquet river. These waters contain
bass, muskalonge, large pickerel, perch,
bullheads and pike; and in fishing from the
rocks over the falls some large trout have
been taken. In the many brooks flowing
into the river there are large numbers of
trout.
The falls are beautiful. Two large rock
islands, standing high out of the water,
divide the river into 2 streams. At low
water one can walk across on the rocks
from shore to shore, with the water boiling
and splashing between.
The scenery along the Racket is grand.
The upper Hollywood stillwater is 5 miles
in length, and 4% to % mile in width. It is
dotted with numerous islands and huge
rocks sticking out of the water, but not to
interfere with pleasant boating. The still-
water below the falls is 3 miles in length
and about the width of the other. Both
seem more like lakes than like a river.
The next morning after breakfast we
crossed the river and took to the woods.
They are magnificent; giant birch, beech,
cherry and maple trees on the higher
grounds, spruce, balsam, ash, and pine on
the lower, all unbroken forest except occa-
sionally a lumberman’s shanty. We went
about a mile and raised 2 deer but did not
get a shot. We found their beds still
warm, and heard the deer run.
The first week I did not hunt much, be-
ing unable to tramp far. I had some sport,
for all that. I went into a cedar swamp
not far away, and killed all the grouse we
could use. I might. have killed more, as
they were plentiful. I had fairly to kick
them up before they would fly.
I also caught enough perch, pickerel and
bullheads to supply both families with all
we could eat, In fact, we had no meat at
any time except what we killed, and 3
pounds of salt pork.
One night Dave came in and said he
had killed a large buck, and that after he
had shot him the buck had jumped into a
cranberry swamp. He said he could hear
the creature floundering in the brush a dis-
tance ahead and heard some hard breath-
ing; then all was still. It was so dark he
could not see, so he decided to wait until
morning to bring the buck in.
Accordingly, in the morning we took the
boat, paddled up the river about 2 miles,
landed, and, guided by Dave, soon reached
the place. There were the fresh tracks of
a large buck and the place where he jumped
into the brush, but we found no blood.
We followed the trail some distance, then
spread out and thoroughly canvassed that
cranberry swamp, but we could not find a
dead buck. We finally gave it up.
Dave redeemed himself by killing a large
buck a few days later.
I hunted faithfully nearly all the week,
but with poor success. I had 2 to 4 deer up
every day but they were too wary for me,
and I got only one shot. At last I suc-
ceeded in getting a large, fat, dry doe.
One secret of my failure was that I never
had been accustomed to still hunting. I
had always hunted with hounds, but I am
glad hounding is abolished.
We did little more hunting except for
grouse, and killed only enough of them to
eat, not being game hogs. The ladies en-
joyed the trip greatly, boating, fishing and
wandering in the woods.
The plunge of the muskrat was almost
incessant. Otters were quite numerous.
We saw several; also a great many minks.
The river was in almost constant commo-
tion as far as we could pull. Occasionally
we could hear the squall of a wildcat on
the shore, or the whistle of the deer com-
ing down to the water to feed. Deer are
numerous in the woods and along the river.
Although we saw no bear we saw plenty
of signs. One day we landed at a place
where a little stream entered into a larger
bog filled with water. There we saw the
track of an unusually large bear. White
rabbits are numerous in the woods and
swamps. Altogether Carey Falls is a de-
lightful place for hunters and those who
need rest.
The worst luck I can wish RECREATION
is that a year from now its circulation may
be 500,000 copies. You are giving the
sportsmen of the country the best mag-
azine that has ever been published, and you
deserve success
W. H. Mullins, Salem, O.
There’s a young woman who makes lit-
tle things count.
How does she do it?
Teaches arithmetic in a primary school.
—The Pathfinder.
RECREATION is the best magazine pub-
lished.
C. R. Wagner, Oak Park, IJ].
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AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY.
or pony style is more compact and portable.
With a camera of this sort, and a supple-
mentary Ideal wide angle, an Ideal portrait
lens and Ideal ray fiitcr, one can do almost
any kind of work tlie average amateur will
care to undertake.
I have found a good developer in ortol;
especially good for an amateur, because it
can be purchased in tubes all ready to be
dissolved, and with soda and ortol com-
pounds seperate. It 1s equally good for
plates or papers, giving negatives of fine
printing quality, and of any desired detail
or density, according to strength of solu-
tion and length of time it is used. It acts
slowly on gaslight papers, giving plenty of
time to stop development at any desired
point. Dissolve contents of ortol tube in
20 ounces of water and of soda tube in 20
ounces of water. For plates, one part soda
solution, one part ortol solution and one
part water is a good normal developer. To
tell when a plate is sufficiently developed,
count the number of seconds from time de-
veloper is poured on to time high lights be-
gin-to appear, and leave plate in developer
10 times as long as it takes image to begin
{o appear. That is, if high lights begin to
show in 30 seconds, leave in developer 5
minutes altogether. This will give good,
strong negatives; but if they are too dense
fo suit your taste, leave in 8 or 9 times
number of seconds it takes high lights to
appear, or whatever length of time may suit
your taste. For papers use one part ortol
solution, one part soda solution and 4
DAES WAKE PNG Cia AdLOp mom 2) Or MO, per
sent solution bromide potassium to each 4
ounces developer.
I have had none of the trouble with Cyko
paper blistering mentioned by some of
your correspondents, and think they can
not follow directions closely, or perhaps do
not use an acid fixing bath. It is possible
they have some of the solutions too warm.
If fixed sufficiently and thoroughly washed,
it is probably as nearly permanent as any
paper made.
How many amateurs test their dark room
ramp? It should be done by all means. Put
a rapid plate in your holder. Pull the
slide half way, and hold in front of your
lamp, at about the distance you hold your
plate to examine it while developing, 5 min-
utes. Then develop the plate in regular de-
veloper. I think the result will convince
you that you should keep your plate out of
the light as much as possible while develop-
ing. At least I had that result, and my
lamp is fitted with both orange and deep
ruby glasses and is none too bright to see
by. Why would it not be a good plan to
develop plates by time method alone, as is
done with the Eastman developing machine,
using a developer of a certain strength and
temperature and plates of one brand, and
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after trial finding what length of time it
takes to develop “to proper density? Thus
there would be no danger of fogging by ex-
posure to red light and negatives would
consequel tly be clearer and crisper. After
2 years’ experience and developing hun-
dreds of plates, I find it yet difficult to tell
by examining the negative just when to
take it out of the developer. The timing
method seems to give as good results as
the old method with films. Why not with
plates?
Jack Johnson, Hammond, Ind.
IMPROVEMENT OF NEGATIVES.
Although there are commonplace pro-
cesses well understood by most photog-
raphers, some amateurs who are _ taking
their first steps in photography will un-
doubtedly find a brief description of simple
methods valuable. Not being satisfied with
the results of the bichloride of mercury
method of intensification, and wishing a
more convenient method, I tried uranium
and found it satisfactory. I make 2 stock
solutions and keep them in dark bottles.
Tle solutions are as follows:
A.—-Water, 4 ounces.
Uranium nitrate, 3 ounces.
INiftic acids cs pyle dnatia:
B.—Water, 4 ounces.
Ferricyanide potash, 2 drams.
For use take one dram of A, one dram
of By and 4) ounces: of water. .Soak the
negative, if dry, half an hour or more in
water; if just developed and fixed, simply
ewash it thoroughly before intensifying it.
Put the negative in a tray, with the solution,
and keep in constant motion,*examining it
frequently to see whether it is dark enough.
When the desired density has been ob-
tained wash the negative half an hour
in clear water. If the intensification has
gone too far it can be reduced to any de-
gree by soaking the negative in water to
which has been added a few drops of am-
monia.
For the reduction of negatives I use 2
methods. First, the old hyposulphite of
soda and ferricyanide of potassium solu-
tion for over exposed or over developed
negatives; and, second, ammonium persul-
phate when it is essential to keep the de-
tail in the shadows.
For the first method, according to the
books, make 2 stock solutions:
A.—Water, I pint.
Hypo, I ounce.
B.—Water, 4 ounces.
Ferricyanide potassium, 2 ounces.
For use take of A 8 ounces and of B one
ounce. Put the well soaked negative in the
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solution and keep in motion. When reduc-
tion has gone far enough, remove the nega-
tive and wash it thoroughly. I find a much
easier way of using this method is to make
as needed a solution of ferricyanide of po-
tassium, using about half a. dram, bulk
measure, of the crystals to 8 ounces of wa-
ter. If the negative is to dry soak it in the
hypo fixing bath half an honr before put-
ting it into the ferricyanide solution. If it
has been just developed and fixed place
it in the ferricyanide solution directly
from the hypo bath. The film will carry
enough hypo to enable the _ ferricyan-
ide to accomplish reduction. Rock the
tray constantly, stopping frequently to ex-
amine the plate, and take it out of the bath
when the reduction is sufficient. Then
wash the negative about one hour.
To reduce with ammonium. persulphate,
place the (well soaked and thoroughly
washed negative in a solution made by dis-
solving one dram, bulk measure, of the per-
sulphate in 4 ounces of water. This solu-
tion does not keep well, so it must be
freshly made each time.
motion, and when reduction has taken place
transfer the negative to a solution of 2
drams of sodium sulphite and 4 ounces of
water, which in a few minutes will stop
the action of the persulphate. Follow this
by a thorough washing.
R. L. Wadhams, M. D., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
HOW TO VPRINT (ON, CROCKERY. ELC:
The easiest and cheapest method is to
print direct from the negative. Only film
negatives can be used for part of this work.
To print proceed as follows: Beat up suf-
ficient quantity of the white of eggs to
cover the portion of the surface desired
to print on, and then mix the following so-
lutions :
Nol
Watet ia. sees ea eae 4 ounces
Red (prussiate, of spotashae ae 6 drachms
No. 2.
Water ccc ee eee rr 5 ounces
Citrate of iron and ammonia... 714 drachms
Spread the white of egg evenly over the
surface, and, when it has dried thoroughly,
sensitize with solution made of equal parts
of No. 1 and No. 2. When this is dry the
porcelain is ready to be printed on Place
the film over the sensitized surface by using
wax at each corner to keep it in position.
It may then be printed in strong sunlight.
There will be no need-to remove the film
to see how dark the image is growing, be-
cause with the above formula it will not
print beyond a certain depth. Print for
about half an hour. Then wash the porce-
lain for about 15 minutes in clear water.
Better results may be obtained by using
Keep the tray in ~
gelatine instead of the white of eggs. For.
mulas 1 and 2 will give a bluish picture,
but if desired the following sensitizer may
be substituted:
ARNIS eh teiirie rs Me Reeieis ts Gig oe I ounce
Silver: nitrates 32- 0 50 grains
Print deep and tone in a gold bath. Im-
ages obtained from using the first formula
will remain permanent. In printing on
clock dials, etc., more care will have to be
exercised. Do not. use either egg or gela-
tine. Better use a piece of transparent film,
the exact size of the negative to be printed
from. This may be obtained by soaking a
worthless glass negative in a solution made
as follows:
at
Water cate oe ee aes 20 drachms
Red prussiate of potash....... 1 drachm
B
Water ae Ree eee aes eee 20 drachms
Ely pO ea ae Re Sr 1 drachm
As soon as the film.is cleared of the im-
age, sensitize it with the silver nitrate bath
mentioned above, and place it in a rack
to dry. By cutting out the shape desired
with a sharp knife, the sensitized film may
be removed from the glass and transferred
to any solid support, and then printed. Of
course, when the article to be printed on
has a flat surface, glass plate negatives may
be used instead of a film.
In stripping a film from a plate to trans-
fer to some other surface, soak the plate in
water about an hour. As the film is trans-
parent, it will make no difference whether
it stretches or not. If, however, it is de-
‘sired to remove the film whole, the plate
must be immersed 5 minutes in—
1 — Ethers ease ois 50 cubic centimeters
AICOnOl 72s ee SO ie 2
When this coating is dry, place in
2.—Sulphuric acid.... 4 cubic centimeters
Wraten cia ae ce wel OOo or :
As soon as the film begins to. loosen, lay a
piece of clean white paper over i tonsa
support and carefully separate both from
the plate. It can then be transferred to the
permanent support. Materials for the first
formula can be obtained for a few coppers
at any chemist’s.—Exchange.
THE SELECTION OF A CAMERA.
I note in the April issue of RECREATION
Mr. Earl Dunn, of Iowa Falls, Iowa, asks
readers which 4 x 5 camera they consider
the best for an amateur.
This is a difficult question to answer in
its present form, as the inquirer does not
state what scope he desires the camera to
cover, whether he expects to use films or
plates, or the amount of money he is ‘pre-
pared to invest in an instrument.
Assuming his inquiry to be general, I rec-
ae
AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY.
ommend as a plate camera the Cyclone,
manufactured by the Rochester Camera and
Supply Company, Rochester,-N. Y. This
camera is cheap and easy of manipulation,
and it embodies features which produce sat-
isfactory results in the hands of the early
amateur. If the inquirer is not already fa-
miliar with this camera, I refer him to the
catalogue of the Rochester Camera and
Supply Company, where a detailed descrip-
tion will be found. I have tried the camera
under various conditions and find it most
satisfactory for both snap shot and time
exposures. The lens is arranged with 3 di-
aphragms and the shutter speeded to what
I estimate 1-30 second, which is rapid
enough for ordinary snapshot work. ‘This
is one of the always ready kind, admitting
of 12 exposures without reloading.
I would impress on any purchaser, how-
ever, the importance of securing the best
instrument his means will allow. If he
can, even at a sacrifice along other lines,
possess one of the folding cameras of
standard make and modern design, the
results, after a little experience, will be
most gratifying. A first class lens, convert-
ible as a telephoto, used in connection with
-a box admitting perhaps 15 inches draw,
and a reliable shutter allowing an exposure
of at least 1-100 or I-150 part of a second,
is all that can be desired in the way of an
up-to-date outfit for the amateur.
_I once read of a pupil in whose hands an
expensive violin was placed. He entered a
class of 8 and at the expiration of a given
period was second in the class of his asso-
ciates who had equal advantages but poorer
instruments. Talent in that case may have
played an important part; but I think it
demonstrates what may be attained by the
use of first class equipment at the start.
The best is none too good, even for a be-
ginner.
Grover G. Hollister, Kingston, Pa.
PRINTING CLOUDS:
How are clouds primted in a picture
where there is a blank sky?
Why is it better to do your photograph-
ing in the morning.
Is there any remedy to prevent Monarch
Matte from curling up so tight?
I was tcld that my negatives were not
bright enough. What was meant by that?
Is there any way to remove green tones?
W. N. Lockrow, Schenectady, N. Y.
: ANSWER.
Clouds are printed into a blank sky by
using a second negative taken for the
clouds only and ignoring everything else.
First print the landscape, masking every-
thing above the sky line; then mask the
’ be had from Anthony & Scovill,
487
landscape and print in the sky from the
cloud negative.
It all depends on the effect wanted, as to
when is the best time of day to take pic-
tures. In the morning and evening the
light is much softer and gives a better at-
mosphere to the photograph. The shadows
are more gradual and there are fewer sharp
contrasts. During the middle of the day,
especially if it is clear, objects will have a
harder look, contrasts will be decided and
the atmosphere and distance will not be so
COLLECE:
Before toning lay the paper flat on the
bottom of a tray, and wet with just enough
water to cover the paper. While keeping
the paper flat, drain off the water and stand
tray on edge 10 or 15 minutes. If this does
not stop the curling, put the paper in water
20 parts and alcohol 30 parts, for a few
minutes.
The negatives were probably either
fogged or over exposed and_ therefore
lacking in contrast; compare the appearance
of negatives made on a bright summer
morning after a shower with those made on
a foggy fall morning; that will give some
idea of the difference.
Green tones in P. O. paper are due to too
little toning in the gold bath. In gaslight
paper too much potassium bromide in the
developer will give live green tones.—
EDITor.
CARBON PRINTING.
Please explain the enclosed paragraph
which I cut out of a photographic journal:
“A carbon print is a paper coated with a
gelatine solution containing a pigment of
the desired color, which, after drying, is
sensitized in a bath of bichromate of potas-
sium. Carbon printing is one of the easiest
processes for producing prints from nega-
tives without silver.”
D. G. Terwilliger, Long Branch, N. J.
ANSWER.
The carbon process is too long to de-
scribe here in detail. A handbook may
122 Fifth
avenue, New York. The paper or tissue
is boucht in the color desmed. It is sen-
sitized in a solution of bichromate of pot-
ash, usually 5 per cent., for a few minutes
and then dried. When dry it is exposed
under the negative in the shade. When
printed 10, is) placed in cold water and
squegeed to a temporary support paper on
prepared rubber, etc. Then the tissue and
support are placed together in hot water,
about 110 degrees, and the backing of the
tissue is stripped Onl aiihe image appears
from laving and washing the tissue. The
action of light on bichromitized gelatine is
to harden it “and render the parts most acted
on more or less insoluble in warm water.
When the image is sufficiently clear, the
488
tissue is placed in an alum bath and after
2 rinsings of cold water, is squegeed to the
final support and left to dry; when the
teinporary support is stripped off:==Epitor,
EDINGL AND ACETONE SULPHITE:
Among other things with which I have
beer latély experimenting are ediriol and
aéetone sulphite, and for my own wotk I
have fotind their tse limited. Acetone sul-
phite as a substitute fot sodium sulphite
vives little if any advantage. It is more
soluble but no more stable. Being an acid
sulphite, it requircs mote alkali fo neutral-
ize it, and it is much more expensive than
the sodium salt. As a preservative it is no
better than oxalic acid. As a restraining
agent for over exposed plates it prolongs
development, but with the disadvantage of
giving negatives a flat, gray appearalice,
even when development is carried far; and
ihe resulting negatives make ‘poor prints.
I find it useful, however, in developing pa-
pers of the Cyko élass.
_ Edinol I find as good for plates as any of
the newer developing agents, ard better than
some, but like all of them, it is far inferior
to pyro, as regards the printing quality of
the negative. For developing X-ray nega-
tives it 1s good, zs it does not stain even in
the prolonged. development that is some-
times necessary; but by increasing the so-
dium sulphite I can do as well with fresh
pyro developer.
R. L. Wadhams, M. D., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
SNAG SOAS:
Is it possible to make a stock solution of
hypo and alum that will not deteriorate?
How long will a developer composed of
8o grains amidol and 200 grains sulphite of
soda keep in solution? How much water
should be used to dilute it?
How long will unfixed prints keep if
stored in a hight. tight box?
_-S, Bind, Amherst, N? S:
ANSWER.
Unfixed prints will keep a reasonable
length of time; not, however, so long as the
paper will before exposure. If kept too long,
say, more than a few weeks, they will have
the appearance of under exposure when
finished.
Solutions of hypo and alum will keep
several weeks if made with clean water and
corked tight.
A good formula for amidol developer is
as follows:
Nid lees seus a ser Ome tains
Sodium suiphite (dry). SR ere 235 grains
Carbonatersoday (city) henmemeec 10O grains
Bromidem potassitimimnnss scene 3 grains
Water Hid Gos 8 Ounces
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RECREATION,
For use on paper take 14 to 8 ounces of
water.— EDiTor.
I saw in Septeitiber isstie a plan fot pre
sérving negatives. My plan is as follows:
My éaméta is a 64 x BY. I usé an enyel-
ope for each negative, 634 x 8%, open at
one end. I put up 16 prints from negatives
wish to preserve and photograph them.
This gives me a Copy of each, about 1% x1
inéh. I paste one of these sitiall copies on
the upper left corner of the envelope in
which I place the corresponding negative
end stand about 60 of these envelopes on
end in a box that is one inch lower than
the negatives, to allow plenty of light. The
box is about 2-3 full. This allows the nega-
tives to tip from one end of the box to
the other. When I want a certain nega-
tive | tip them all toward me, then let them
drop back from me one at a time till the
picture I am looking for, pasted on the
upper left corner of envelope, shows. up,
and I have the negative wanted. I num-
ber each negative and put each class in a
Separate box.
Will some reader of Recreation tell me
the best way to enlarge negatives; for in-
stance, to enlarge 6144x8% to 16x 18.
S. N. Leek, Jackson, Wyo.
I saw in RECREATION a recipe for a pre-
paration to dress the outside of a leather-
covered camera. I have lost my copy and
would be grateful if you would reprint the
receipt.
Mrs. Sophia Sykes, Gloversville, N. Y.
ANSWER.
A good dressing for cameras and carry-
ing cases is Glycerale liquid shoe blacking.
Apply freely, allow it to dry and polish
with a woolen rag.—EDITor.
In place of the cleansing fluid recom-
mended on page xxxiv of September ReEc-
REATION, I suggest gasoline. It will posi-
tively work.
The formula for removing varnish from
negatives, page xxxvi, is good but results
will be disagreeable to hands and nose.
Substitute what is known as banana oil,
which is the best known solvent for varnish,
It may be found in any paint supply house.
Juen Doux, Utica, N. Y.
William Burton, of 1016 Arsenal street,
St, Louis, Mo., is organizing an associ-
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all amateurs living in the State of Missouri
are eligible. His scheme is comprehensive
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an ordinary limited-view camera, how many times you want to get in your
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an object that will make the view more artistic, or perhaps is something that
is really necessary to make the picture complete, but, you wantzt! Ifyou
place your camera farther back, you then reduce the size of the objects in your
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If you use a wide-angle lens you will get more in your picture, but the whole
picture is changed by the violent perspective of the wide-angle of the lens.
You havewt got what you want!
If you get a larger camera, you merely get the same scene larger in size
but no larger in scope, besides, you have the expense of larger camera, larger —
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_ Photographs, wherein one object appears
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Houbles. They tnay bé made from 2 or
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from one negative made by exposure under
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same figure appear twice on one plate by
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been pried off, cut in half and replaced with
hinges, so as to form folding doors. Slip
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space of 2 inches between the lens and the
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XXIV
RECREATION.
A VACATION, AN Dow:
C. ¢. HASKINS.
A fisher afloat in his light Racine
Went forth to battle a bidden foe,
And this was his song on the rippling wave,
His taunt to the monster that lay below:
As knights of old their gauntlets flung.
I dare thee from thy castle dark.
I fight for fame, thy life I seek,
Come forth, and brave one tilt with me,
Or I will brand thee coward—knave!
I fling my shining lure afar;
My Bristol light thy strength shall try,
My silken line shall guide thee here,
My Shakespeare sing thy requiem.
His barque sped lightly o’er the foam;
With glistening guns the waves seemed
crowned.
The sun with clouds played hide and seek,
Now bright, now hid. The gentle breeze
Blew soft as from my lady’s .fan.
The rustling leaves swift races sped,
Or whirling, waltzed in woodland through,
While trustful deer looked tamely on,
“A - Nor. feared the wily huntsman’s guile.
_..Afar the loon laughed out in glee,
- The heron waded by the shore
And sought a meal from grass or foam;
While in the marsh, with echoing thud,
The bittern’s phantom stakes were driven.
Bright plumaged birds, swift winged their
-- ~ flight;
Across the lake or through the trees ;
The wolf’s coarse howl, the crow’s hoarse
caw,
The eagle’s piercing scream on high,
Discordant broke the harmony.
“Thou art a coward, craven, sneak!”
The knight broke forth in thund’ring
speech,
“°Twas said of thee thou wert not weak.
‘Tis false; or come within my reach.”
As if the words had pierced his ear
And roused the quiet of his mind,
A musky darted from his lair
_ To seize the lure in anger blind.
The strife is on! a fight for life,
For freedom, home and liberty,
This, in the crystal depths below,
For fame fought he above the wave. .
Now spring good Bristol like a bow!
Sing Shakespeare, trill thy sweetest song,
Yet check this wild, this mad career!
Flushed knight, he’s worthy of thy skill,
He'll try the virtue of thy nerve!
“Ah! woe is me, the line slacks down,”
The angler cried in savage tones,
He’s won the fight—the hero’s gone!
A broken line, all hope dispelled,
This, then, the record, blasted faith—
An angler’s luck—farewell, brave knight,
I own defeat, thou’st won the fight.
What! still art there? Is that the game?
And thou wert only sulking then!
Fly swifter reel, oh! cunning fox,
A racer now, a rush, he comes,
Then turns! now sings again the reel, ~
The line’s nigh gone; a few more turns,
He’ll win his life and liberty,
Check, check his Sees or all is lost...
He feels the curb, but ai exerts a aenattt
That thrills the angler’ S nerves ; his‘ ‘breath
comes quick. ei Ps
Despite his firm closed lips and steadfast
gaze,
A lurking fear is there—a wish ’twere: ‘done,
And in the boat the prize were safely lain.-
“Thank heaven!” he cried.
that run at last; ;
But three more turns of nee are on the reel:
He drags like any log; his strength is gone,
Ah, victory! the glorious prize’ is won, -.-
And I have conquered water’s doughty
knight ! es aunts
But once again his strength seems now. re-
new ed,
And once again he strains for added line,
While upward to the surface with a Spring
He leaps, like any well trained acrobat-~.
From out his native element and shakes.
With wide ope’d mouth -and at ‘that look.
aflame,
Te rid ina @ell of that which holds him. fast.
Thus, running now, then leaping high again,
And scattering watery rainbow gems afar,
The monarch of the wave at last subdued,
Like some wild captive savage, doomed to
die,
Is led by slow and solemn pace along,
Then trembling lies beneath the conqueror’s
gaze.
And the angler bows low
To the prize he has won,
And he thinks, as he kneels,
Of the spirit that’s gone.
No coward art thou; thou art brave as the
best.
Thy name shall be honored, a rainbow thy
crest.
Swift swimmer, deep diver, high leaper, thy
fame
Shall be higher hited extolled be thy
name.
We will champion thy cause like a true
brother knight,
With the pen or the sword will we challenge
the fight,
May the ill sounding names thou hast Ipovane
heretofore,
In the deep waves be lost to be heard never-
more.
“Mah chil’n,” said the Rev. Washington
Lincoln *¢Gardner, fervently, “de wise vih-
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(Supposed to Have Been Written by
Walt Whitman.)
A song of the automobile! A carol of the
festive Red Devil! A yodel of the gog-
gle eyed chauffeur, sitting aplomb in
the midst of devastation! A chant of
speeds, tires, tonneaus, spark plugs,
poppet valves, collet pins, high clutches,
this shall be my morning romanza!
See the locomokokomobile — scooting
through my poem! The waft and aura
of gasoline floating through my morn-
ing romanza!
The squawk and scatter of chickens, the
squeak of the old rooster who didn’t
jump quick enough.
See! The robust Manhattanese, attired in
the usual costume, agile, elusive, pro-
fane just at present, getting out of the
road for dear life! The impotence of
his cuss words! The uselessness of the
protests of the apoplectic old lady!
See! The over curious calf standing in the
middle of the road; the dog, impru-
dent, unforeseeing; the two instantly
transformed into veal or sausage.
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See! The festive chauffeur, rampant, chan-
tant, jubilant, moving the lever to let
the speed out another notch! Libertad!
See the wagon, the horses rearing and
plunging! He is upon them. Crash!
That was a good one! The friendly and
flowing rustic, where is he?
I am not only the poet of the chauffeur;
I do not decline to be the poet of the
cop also.
See the suburban cop standing, ready to
pinch those who break the speed laws!
The locomokoko furious arriving, the
chauffeur refusing to stop; the jigger,
entaged, shooting the tire of the car;
the tire punctured, the Red Devil
stopped.
See the cop dragging the chauffeur before
a police judge; the judge imposing a
fine; the chauffeur, reluctant, paying it.
Justitia, ma femme,-I salute you! I per-
ceive that once in a while you get there
with both feet!
—Horace B. Matthews, in Life.
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The musical critic of a rural newspaper
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RECREATION, XXVil
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Applications Entered in Order of Receipt.
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The Big Game of North America, or of The
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Game is scarce in this part of Colorado;
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In the fall of 1901, Harry Freeman and I
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came across the bodies of 7 horses, evidently
victims of amountain lion. A little further
on we came to a gulch, just at timber line,
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gether about 600 yards away. Harry wanted
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_motionless.
XXXIlj
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Al eae 50c and $ di 00
chester, but I persuaded him not to risk it,
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sition in case he missed. I got a perfect
sight against the largest buck with my 30-40
and fired. For a moment the deer stood
“You never touched him,”
Harry said. Just then the buck toppled
over, and away went his companions. The
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tiresome trips to get the meat to camp.
The 30-40 is the game gun for this
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No.58
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It Was Teddy’s Camp Knife!
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paid. Same knife, 2 blade,
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3 A hand ‘painted sporting picture, suitable
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SOME GOOD GUIDES.
Following are names and addresses of guides
who have becn recommended to me, by men
who have employed them; together with dat.
as to the specics of game and fish which these
guides undertake to find for sportsmen,
If anyone who may employ one of these
guides should find him incompetent or un-
satisfactory, I will be grateful if he will report
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ALASKA,
Edwin Edelmann, Kenai, Cook’s Inlet, moose,
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and trout.
FLORIDA,
Carson Bros., Frostproof, bear, deer, turkeys, quail,
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IDAHO.
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Chas. Jackson, Choteau, ditto.
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Carl Bersing, Newcastle, N. B., moose, caribou,
deer, bear and grouse.
NEWFOUNDLAND.
John C. LeMoine, Birchy Cove, Bay of Islands, caribou,
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IG GAME IN MEXICO. Bear, Mountain Lion, Jag-
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Colonia Pacheco, Chihuahua, Mexico
Sportsman’ s
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Williamsport, Pa.
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The Gelebrated
WA\ THOMPSON:
QUIMBY
Hunting
® Boots,
Shoes and
Wocca-
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Guarane
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| urements
f of all who \
bought
§ Bootsand
f Shoes of the \
W.Fred Quimby \
Co., of New York |
f for the past 20 %
years, and I make
the same grade of
f sportsmen’s f oot-
i wearas they made.
I was superin-
# tendent of the
# shoe department oS
# of that firm and bought the
7 right to make these boots and
| shoes. Geta pairnow. They
j will last years and are the cheap-"
j estintheend. I refer by permis-
sion to the Editor of RECREATION.
Measurement blanks and prices on ¥
application. Mention RECREATION.
T. H. CUTHRIE
83 William Street, NEWARK, N. Jd.
Cedaroleum!
The New Lubricant and Rust Preventive
A Christmas Present for Your Friend
It is colorless and you can use it anywhere on your
gun or rifle. Manufactured of the purest chemicals
it meets a demand and need.
It is better than any oil or vaseline,
It is a specific for cleaning rifles and guns after using
nitro powders, as well as black, Its peculiar substance
makes it the finest lubricant for the mechanism.
It is put up ina neat tube with injector and is handy
to carry in your pocket wherever you go,
Send for sample to-day. Price, 15 Cents.
Mention RECREATION.
CEDAROLEUM COMPANY
Trademark Registered. Perkinsville, Vt.
How is your Muscle ?
Would you like to build it up?
How are your Lungs?
Would you like to expand them?
How is your Circulation P
Would you like to improve that?
If so,sendme 6 yearly subscriptions
to RECREATION, accompanied by a money
order for $6, and I willsend you a new
PROFESSIONAL
PUNCHING BAG
made by H. D. CRIPPEN, No. 52 Broadway,
New York and listed at $6.95.
There is a frame with the bag that you can attach to
a door casing, a window casing or a wall, or a board
fence, or anywhere else you may see fit to put it, and
you will thus have a smail gymnasium of your own.
The Crippen bag is one of the liveliest ever devised,
and if you will put 20 minutes a day on it, for a month,
you will find a wonderful improvement in your muscle
and your health. , 2
Sample copies of REcREATION, for use in canvassing,
will be mailed free.
For Sale :—32-40 Stevens, Baliard action,
Salmetzen stock, set triggers, 13 lbs., good
condition, $20; Ideal 25-30-118 gr.
loading tool, 50c.; Ideal 25, 73 yr. P mould,
50c.; Winchester, 32; 185 gr. mould, 25¢.;
4-joint, 2% ft. $9 list telescope, $2; 38-55 26
in. Marlin bbl., complete for takedown rifle,
good as new, $5; 32-40 bbl. part only
for Marlin takedown, $1; Ideal loading
measure, $1.50; 3 lbs. C.G. semi-smokelecs,
75c.; 1lb. FF FG semi, 20c.; 1 lb. shotgun
smokeless, 20c.; 38S. & W. revolver; mould
and loading tool, 50c.; 28-120 Pope lubri-
cating die, 35c. F. S. Merrill, S. 7 Post St.
Spokane, Wash.
TheR
Machine sewing cuts itself
Odor.
If you prefer
your dealer
» send us his
hame
A Practica] Hunting and
Made for practical, comfortable, durability, No Oil. No
No Animal Glue.
Rip. Unaffected by moisture of any kind. If soiled, may
be washed with soap and hot water, without injury. The
Luther Fastener is adjustable, fits any wrist and cannot get out of order
Illustrated booklet, samples and self measurement rule on application,
No. 308 Driving Glove postpaid anywhere $1.50, made to measure $2
to buy through No, 320 Gauntlet, 6 6 2.50, 66 66 3
J.P. LUTHER GLOVE CO., 636 Pearl St., Berlin, Wis.
Hand sewing cannot.
Driving Glove
Practically seamless. Cannot
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RECREATION GUN ‘Yj
CABINET :
This Cabinet is, without a doubt, the best value ever offered for the price, and the large number
of sportsmen wko have been wishing for a handsome, well-made Gun Cabinet, at a modern price,
will find it their ideal, Made of Oak, Antique finish.
Height, 5 ft. toin. Width, 28in. Depth, 12in. Padded rack for four guns, and room for
fishing rods. Six good, tight drawers for ammunition, etc. Unsightly duffle in the side spaces is
hidden from view when door is closed, leaving unobstructed views of Guns.
Crated for Shipment from Factory $ - $15
Prete Hd | 14 LP) eee be
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SHOOTING JACKET, $3
NET ee
Guaranteed all wool, seamless, elastic, close fitting, but not binding, comfortable and
convenient. Designed especially for duck shooters, trap shooters, etc., but suitable for all outdoor
purposes, Must be seen to be appreciated. Made only in two colors—dead grass and Oxford grey.
Send us your address for one of our Gun Catalogs. Mention RECREATION.
THE H. H. KIFFE CO. = = 523 Broadway, New York
fa RECREATION.
POPULAR
HOPKINS & ALLEN stvroxr RIFLES
Rebounding Hammer. Always on Safety when
not Cocked. Lever Action
Take Down Pattern
Barrel Readily Detached
from Frame
Shoots
22 SHORT OR LONG
RIM FIRE CARTRIDGE
22 in, Barrel. Weight, 4% Ibs. : Price, $5.50
No. 932—Same as above but 32 ee)
Shoots 32 Short or Long Cartridge.
Prepaid to any Express Office in U.S. Send for Catalogue No. 70 of Rifles, Shotguns and Revolvers
THE HOPKINS @ ALLEN ARMS CoO., = Norwich, Conn.
Modern Hunting and Target Scopes from 3-power
up. With our improved mountings the Scope lies close to the barrel.
‘¢Rough Rider” of 3-power is an ideal hunting glass. Our ‘Bulls Eye” at 5 to
8-power is perfection itself for both hunting and target purposes.
SEND FOR 1907 CATALOGUE
Mention RECREATION.
THE MALCOLM RIFLE TELESCOPE MFG.
F. T. CORNISH, Mer.
Our
CO.
Established 1857 SYRACUSE, N. Y., U. S. A.
CAMP
STOVE
Either with or
without oven. The
lightest, strongest,
Practical Common Bence
m= in 6 Sizes.
“Collan-Oil ”
pteserves leather and
renders shoes and
-~ harness positively most compact, prac. :
ge Cast b
Waterproof WA TE R PR O O F Beet Tpit ae
smooth outside,
heavy lining in fire
box and aeotna oven, holds its shape, telescopic pipe
carried inside the stove. Burns larger wood and keeps
| firelonger than any other. Used by over 9,000 campers
and only one stove returned .
For catalogue giving {ull particulars, mention aa
REATION and address,
D. W. GREE, Manufacturer, Griggsville, INI. Fe
Used by the U. S.
the Army and Navy,
and National Guard.
RUST. Send 2sc. for trial can.
PREVENTER AGENTS WANTED
Write for terms and circulars
J. R. BUCKELEW
111 Chambers St., N. Y-
LEATHER
DPE SING G
Dept. A.
INDIAN a
CURIOS
KOENIG’S SHELL EXTRACTOR.
axe mu Every shooter should *}
N\ have one—carryit ina §
yy vest pocket, Fits any |
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
CURIO DEALERS’
SUPPLY DEPOT.
Bead Work, Baskets, Elk Teeth, Mexican fig:
Goods, Fossils, Minerals, Arrow - Heads, § .
| ee gauge shell. eal
10 Cts. Postpaid. Gun Catalogue, Free. |
E.G.KOENIG, NEW JERSEY S LARGEST GUN HOUSE
SOUTH BROAD St., Newarnk, N. J.
Pottery, Alaska Ivories, Shells, Agates, §
Photos, Great stock, Big Cata. 5c., stamps. &
Mention RECREATION. Ifa dealer, Say SO , ae
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DEADWOOD :; - SO. DAKOTA &
BRADLEY'S ANTI-RUST ROPES?
For SHOT GUNS, RIFLES and REVOLVERS. They cannot
rust or pit if these ropes are used, No more worrying to keep your
fire arms in perfect condition. Sent postpaid, $1 per set for Shot
Guns; soc. for Rifles; 25c. for Revolvers. Give gauge and length of
barrel. Send for circular giving full particulars,
BRADLEY’S SHOT GUN SIGHT
Makes wing shooting easy and certain, Scores greatly increased
at trap and in field. Instantly attachable and detachable. Price,
post-paid, 50 cents. Send for circular.
Address C. L. BRADLEY, CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE.
Mention RECREATION.
RECREATION. lint
as
TAKE
DOWNRIFEE .
Our winter woods are full of sport for the happy owner of 2 HAMILTON
RIFLE and intending buyers of Christmas presents should head their lists with
Wi a “Hamilton.’”? Every member of the family (except the bab)') can enjoy using this
2 ideal weapon and will highly appreciate it as a Christmas gift. It is light and strong,
We shoots long and short 22-caliber cartridges and has automatic shell wa oe For eo Pe;
SS small game and target practice itisabsolutely unrivaled. Price.. aah ? ] tits
Our Mo. 15 Model, with afourinch shorter barrel, is practically the same weapon Peneea to boy’s size. fe
m Price $1.50. Ask your dealer to show you Hamilton Rifles. Ifhe cannot, we will deliver either style by prepaid express on re- Hm
ceipt of price. Illustrated folder—F REE. Ghe AMAL EON PIE LE CO Box ag SELIM MICH. &
T PONT SMOKELESS.
At Michigan State League
Shoot Max Heusler won the
State Expert Trophy, 24 out
THE STANDARD FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS | ‘°F 25, and then 25 straight.
Used by all professional hunters and trappers, W. Carson won State Ama-
who find that ; :
The Best Trap is the Cheapest teur championship.
crema commsify tip xermos.x.x-| DU PONT SMOKELESS
A KNIT JACKET
A handy and comfortable
Them All
for
Light Recoil
Great Penefration
Even Paltern
garment to wear when shoot-
ing
ee the eR oet 2 | URobili Hood
in the field, or
Powder
In the woods.
For 3 yearly subscriptions
to RECREATION I will send
you a Hand Kni' Jacket,
mace py, aGeow i. Webber,
. Detroit, Mich., and listed at
$A, = Vou camget the3 sub-
scriptions in 20 minutes.
ROBIN HOOD
LOADED SHELLS
MANUFACTURED By
The Robin Hood Powder Co.
Sample copies of RECREATION Swanton, Vt.
sent on request.
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that will photograph
whole range of mountains
whole sweep of river
whole army
whole fleet of ships
whole city
any other vast stretch of scenery or moving
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* Al Vista
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The Name
DAVENPORT
has been identified with the manufacture of
GUNS and RIFLES
for over
Half a Century
Our Specialty is
for all purposes. Light weight
e
Sin le-B qTel Gun S Guns for the use of ladies and
young sportsmen.
Special made Guns for trap and block 4 imey2 2) cadd ben
| target shooting. Heavy weight Guns all | CS for light sporting
for wild fowl shooting. and target purposes
Every sportsman should have oneof our new catalogues, ‘
it describes and illustrates our COPIPLETE LINE, states
prices and contains some interesting «Hints for the
Novice,’’ which will prove valuable to all gun lovers.
Send postai for one. Mention Recreation.
The W. H. Davenport Fire Arms Co.
NORWICH, CONN.
lvi RE CRE ADO NE
TAPER
GRACEFULLY
TO THE MUZZLE
HAVE
DOUBLE-TH ICK
NITRO BREECH
CROSS “Oat oe
BOLTED en mj $19.50 TO $300
Probably more GREENER Guns are presented as gifts at the Christmas season than any other make,
The reason for it is logical, When one selects an article for a gift that is to cost from ¢100 to $500, the best of
its kind is none too good. GREENER Guns have proven their goodness i in so many ways and for so many years that it
now is a universal opinion among shooters that
GREENER GUNS ARE GOOD GUNS
Whatever a man’s individual preference may be, you will always find that he places the GREENER either at or
very near the top. Take your own preferences for instance. You may not use Pear’s soap or a Kodak camera
but is there any doubt in your mind as to where they stand ?
Same way with a GreENER Gun—men buy other makes because they are cheaper, because they like some
particular maker’s traveling salesman or because some friend shoots one, but ’way down deep nearly every sportsman
would like to have at least one GREENER Gun, The Christmas season makes many such wishes into realities,
Can’t we sell you a GREENER for yourself or for your friend ?
HENRY C. SQUIRES ooo
20 Cortlandt Street, New York
RECREATION.
» ONE of tHe 9
“SYRACUSE
Built for Business. .
COPYRIGHTED 1903 SYRACUSE ARMS CO,
This picture shows the result of a
SINGLE SHOT from a SYRACUSE
16 GAUGE
THREES OF THIS KIND ARE HARD TO BEAT
ef SYRACUSE
eee. ARMS Co.
CAT.
SYRACUSE, N. Y.
Mention RECREATION.
Lyi RECREATION.
WoLF SMOKELESS
A New Semi-Bulk Powder
EASY TO LOAD
On Receipt of 75 cents
We will send a sample
can, containing 120
loads, sent by express
prepaid to any part
of the United States
East of the Rockies.
SCHOVERLING, DALY & GALES
302-304 Broadway NEW YORK
THE BAKER OTE LASTS A
LIFETIME
THE GUN
THAT’S SAFE
If you want to be right up in the front rank of style and efficiency shoot one of our
Special Paragons with Whitworth or Krupp fluid steel barrels. We have other patterns
also that would please you. Our ‘‘Quarterly’’ tells about them and other matters that
would interest you. We will send it to you free a year if you want it.
BAKER GUN & FORGING CO., 42 Liberty Street, Batavia, N. Y.
\
We make a specialty of Featherweights
and Trap Guns with our new
_ SINGLE TRIGGER
Guaranteed
Perfect
Send stamp
‘for 1903 Catalogue Our New
Mention RecREATION = Perfect
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D. M. LEFEVER SONS & CO.,
Manufacturers of the ‘‘NEW LEFEVER’’
Not connected with Lefever Arms Co. SYRACUS E, N.Y.
foe Ci ALTON. lix
Left From Our FIRE SALE. A few
High Grade Hammerless CUNS
ScoTT, GREENER
LANG and others
12, 16 and 20 Bores. Trap and some very light weights. 26, 28 and 30 mch
which we are closing out at Greatly Reduced Prices—BARGAINS.
(Descriptive List with full description mailed on receipt of 2 stamps.
5 Also a lot of AMERICAN HAMMERLESS DOUBLE
GUNS, pistol stock, through cross bolt, all improvements bac
twist barrels, 28 and 30 inch, 12 bore, closing out at :
These are entirely new, and bargains. (Send 2 stamps for full list. Mention RECREATION
| cc; Special Swedish Leather Jackets tic.
REDUCED PRICES IN A
1° Double Breech Loading Hammer Guns °8, 10 *12::
WM. READ S& SONS, 107 Washington Street, Boston
ESTABLISHED 1826 Send 2 Stamps for Lists
_ Smith: I wonder what Brown intends to Already many thousands of people are
do with all the money he got for those | wondering what they are going to get for
historical novels he wrote. Christmas presents. Other thousands are
Jones: He intends to travel. He feels | wondering what they are going to give
that he ought to visit some of the places | their friends. If you wish to make a pres-
he wrote about; just to see what they are | ent to a man or boy who is interested in
like.—Life. shooting, fishing, amateur photography, or
nature study, give him a year’s subscrip-
The ad I had in Recreation did yeoman’s | tion to REcREATION. Nothing you can pos-
service. Sold all the guns I had and I | sibly buy for $1 would give him so much
could have disposed of a lot more. pleasure as 12 issues of this magazine.
Dr. W. S. Carr, North Adams, Mass. Come early and avoid the rush.
THE PARKER
AUTOMATIC
EJECTOR
A, The Latest attachment to
‘The “OLD
RELIABLE”
‘New York Salesroom, Send for Catalogue. PARKER BROS.,
32 WARREN ST. Mention Recreation. Meriden, Conn,
1x FOE Cie Adel ONE
iH. & R. SINGLE SHOT GUN
Automatic and Non-Ejecting
The cheapest absolutely safe gun, with improve-
ments found heretofore only in the highest priced.
PERFECT IN MODEL
AND CONSTRUCTION
SIMPLEST *‘*TAKE
DOWN ’”’ GUN MADE
12, 16 and 20 gauge; barrels 28, 30 and 32
inch, plain steel and twist. Top snap; center ham-
mer; rebounding lock.
Your dealer can supply, or we will
sell to’ you direct. Write for Catalog.
HARRINGTON & RICHARDSON ARMS CO.
Dept. R, WORCESTER, MASS.
Makers of H. C ®, Revolvers
For Sale.—One Crouch microscope me-
chanical and revolving stage and sub-stage,
sub-stage condenser, and polarizer, all in
first-class condition; cost about $200, will
exchange for a high-class Ithaca gun or a
high grade Savage rifle i1 good condition.
M. D. Esleeck, Holyoke, Mass.
For Exchange.—Five by 7 Wizard
camera, tripod, case, 3 double plate holders.
Worth $40. For 12 or 16 gauge hammer-
less gun of similar value.
A. G. Bates, Versailles, Ill.
I have had experience with nearly all
models and calibers of Winchester rifles,
including the new 32 Special smokeless.
The 32 Special with regular factory cart-
ridges makes frightful wounds, as bad: as
the 30-40 Army. The shells reloaded with
40 grains black powder shoot the same as
the old 32-40. I find the 30-30 model ’94,
Winchester the best all around rifle. The
shells may be reloaded with safety by using
the regular factory soft point bullets, No.
5 primer, and 29 grains 30 caliber DuPont
smokeless. Never press the ball down on
the powder.
Wm. Patterson, Talihina, I. T.
‘ae eee | Lee ANE
1 “STRAIGHT LINE” RE & DE CAPPER
with a central fire hole, hee or ae Domestic or Foreign make, what-
ever the inside shape may be, high or low base.
4 It will seat any and all sizes and shapes of pri-
; AIDA LLEE\ = ’ mers, straight in the pocket of the shell, posi-
1 tively all the same depth, without concaving
the head, or disturbing the fulminate which causes miss-
fires. Send us six cents in stamps for HAND BOOK
y No. 15, giving full information of New Goods and
’ much new ree of interest to shooters. Address,
IDEAL MANUF’G CO.,12U St., New Haven, Conp., U.S. A.
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THE PHIL. B. BEKEART CO., of San Francisco, Cal,, Agents for Pacific Coast,
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My Book Is
My treatment too—if that fails.
But if it helps—if it succeeds,
if health is yours again,
I ask you to pay—$5.50.
The book tells all.
I sendt to you tree
If you but write.
And further, I will send the name of a druggist near
you who will let you take six bottles of my remedy,
Dr. Shoop’s
On a month's trial.
£5 50.
Don’t Wait Until You Are Worse.
Taken in time the suffering of this little one
would have been prevented. Her mother writes:
“Two years ago my little girl was sick continuously
for sixmonths, Wetried many doctors, but they failed;
yet it took only two bottle; of \our remedy to cure her,
and she has remained cured. You can tell others of this
cureit you sodesire, Mrs. C. H. Avery, Rockdale, N.Y.”
The wife of Omer Andrus of Bayou Chicat,
La., had been sick for 20 years. For eight years
could do practically no work. He writes
‘* When she first started taking the Restorative she
barely weighed 9» poun is; now she weighs 135, and is
easily able te do all her huusework.”
J. G. Billingsley of Thomasville, Ga., for
three years has been crippled with disease.
Now heis well. He writes:
“T spent $250.00 for other medicines, and the $3.00 I
have’spent with you have done me more good than all the
rest.”
And these are only three from over 65,000
similar cases. Such letters—many of thei—
come every day to me.
How much serious illness the Restorative has
prevented I have no means of knowing, for the
slightly ill and the indisposed simply get a bottle
or two of their drugyist, are cured, and I never
hear from them.
But of 600,000 sick ones—-seriously sick, mind
you—who asked for my guarantee, 39 out of 40
have paid.
If I can succeed in cases like these— fail but
one time in 40 in diseases deep-seated and
chronic, isn’t it certain I can cure the
slightly ill?
Restoralive
If it succeeds the cost to you is
If it fails, the druggist will bill the cost to me.
All You Need To Do.
Simply write me—that is all. Tell me the
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extravagant. But it isn’t. It would mean bank-
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covery. That discovery—the treatment of the
inside nerves—taught me a way to cure. Ido
not doctor the mere organs. I doctor the nerves
that operate them—that give them strength and
power.
And failures™are seldom—so seldom that I
make this offer gladly, freely—so that those who
might doubt may learn without risk.
Tell of it, please, to some sick friend. Or
send me his’ name. That's but a trifle—a
minute’s time—a postal. Heis yourfriend. You
can help him. My way may be his only way to
get well.
lf I, a stranger, will do this for him, you
should at least write.
Drop me a postal to-day.
Book 1 on Dyspepsia
Book 2 on the Heart
Book 3 on the Kidneys
Book 4 for Women
Book 5 for Men (sealed)
Book 6 on Rheumatism
Simply state which book
you want ani address Dr,
Shoop.
Box 3214, Racine, Wis.
Mild cases, not chronic, are often cured with
one or two bottles. At druggists.
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RECREATION.
refunded.at once.
Under The Loftis System a very little
cash is required fora great Christmas—for only
one-fifth of the price of any article need be paid
on delivery. Wesend Diamonds, Watches and
Jewelry direct to youon approval; if your selec-
tion pleases you in every way, pay one-fifth of the price and
keep it—sending the balance to us in eight equal payments. If
you decide not to buy, simply return the article to us at our ex-
pense. Whether you buy or not, we pay all express charges—
you assume no expense or obligation whatever in having a
selection sent on approval. Weare the largest house in the
Diamond business and one of the oldest—Est. 1858. Any bank
in America will refer to their Commercial Agency books and
tell you that our representations may be accepted without
question, and that our rating is very high.
Do not make your Christmas plans before getting a copy of our Oatalogue and considering
what you can do in gitt-making in conjunction with the Loftis System.
LOFTIS BROS. @ CO.—Diamonds—Watches—Jewelry
Dent. P-82 92 to 98 State Street, CHICAGO, ILL.
eo!
‘SX Your choice of ab feces f (20
2 << Your choice of above pieces for $502°
ane # Send $10 for either of the above beautiful pieces, or if you pre-
At $5 Monthly: fer, make a selection and it will be sent C. O. D. $10, with all
charges paid. The balance $40, youcan send us in eight equal monthly payments of $5 each.
f your selection fails in any way to meet your anticipations, send it back and your money will be
f t Our Catalogue shows hundreds of pieces at this price, and thousands at
prices ranging from $10 to $1000. We send it free, please write for a copy today.
Our Guarantee Certificate given with
every Diamond, is the strongest and broadest
ever issued by a responsible house. Our Ex-
change System is the most liberal ever devised,
for you can return any Diamond bought of us
and get the full amount paid in exchange for :
other goods ora larger Diamond. To the cash buyer of Dia-
monds we have a proposition to make that is thoroughly char-
acteristic of our house. It is nothing less than a written agree-
ment to return all that you pay for a Diamond—less ten per
cent, at any time within one year. Thus you might wear a
fifty-dollar Diamond for a year, then send it back to us and get
$45, making the cost of wearing the Diamond for a whole year,
less than ten cents per week. Smallerhouses cannot make this
offer, for they cannot do business ona ten per cent margin.
Write for it to-day.
SAVAGE RIFL
SAVAGE 22 CALIBER
PRICE - $14.00
THE SAVAGE 22 CALIBER Repeater is
Hammerless, therefore safe. |
THE “BOX MAGAZINE” has many
decided advantages over the tubular
pattern, both for convenience and
a rapidity of loading, also durability.
THE ACCURACY is the same as in all
Savage Rifles, alway 5 perfect. Every
Rifleis“‘Take Down” andhasPistolGrip | |
The following Cartridges may all be fired from the same rifle
The “Box Magazine” System handles three lengths of cartridges without “a hitch”
*eseerere* SAVAGE ARMS CO. Utica,N.Y., U.S.A.
BAKER & HAMILTON, Pacific Coast Agents, San Francisco and Sacramento, Cal. é
y
_ CHARLES FRANCIS PRESS, NEW YORK
New York Central
NY of these beautiful, genuine Diamonds _ and fine Pearls, in solid gold, hand-made mountings will be sent —
A direct from our factory on recéipt of price, or C. O. D., subject to inspection. Order by number. We send goods prepaid .
‘and guarantee safe delivery. Your money back without a question if you are not wholly pleased. Our Diamonds are of superior
ality and we sell only fine, high-grade goods and list everything at wholesale prices. Our beautifully
laetentedl Catalogue (240 pages) shows thousands of photographs of the newest and finest goods. IT’S FREE—send for it
to-day and gave one-half on your Christmas shopping. We are the largest concern in the business and one of the
oldest—Est. 1840. We refer to the Commercial National Bank of Chicago. Capital two million dollars.
S. T. ALTEMUS @ CoO., Biemend Merchants, eon Gre ieee A
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