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RECREA TION. 



Where to 60 *r Good Shooting ^ Tisbing 



The Best Game Country 



in the Mississippi Valley to- 

 day is along the line of the 



IRON MOUNTAIN 

 ROUTE 



In Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana 



Small Game is very abundant, and has been shot at very little. Deer and 

 Turkeys are plentiful, and the fishing, for black bass and other game fishes, 

 of the very best. This Line also reaches, direct from St. Louis or Memphis, 



by double daily through car service, the famous hunting and fishing grounds 

 on the Gulf. 



SPECIAL FEATURES OFFERED 



: 



Reduced Rates to Sportsmen 

 Hunting Cars Fully Equipped 



Side Tracking Cars On or Near the Grounds 

 Carrying Free of Dogs, Guns, and Camp Equipment 



WRITE for copy of Ideal Hunting and Fishing Pamphlet (descriptive and 

 illustrated) of best locations, and other information, to Company's Agents, or to 



C. G. WARNER 



Vice-President 



W. B. DODDRIDGE 



General Manager 



ST. LOUIS 



H. C. TOWNSEND 

 General Passenger and Ticket Agent 



Some Rare 

 Opportunities 



..♦YOU CAN GET... 



A $75 Bicycle for 75 yearly subscrip- 

 tions to Recreation. 



A $35 Hammerless Breech - Loading 

 Shot Gun for 35 yearly subscriptions. 



A $25 Camera for 25 subscriptions. 



A $20 Gold "Watch for 20 subscriptions. 



A $J4 Repeating Rifle for 20 sub- 

 scriptions. 



A Good Single Barrel Shot Gun for 

 15 subscriptions. 



A Single Shot Rifle, or 

 A Bristol Steel Fishing Rod, or 

 An Automatic Reel, or 

 A Kenwood Sleeping Bag 

 For 10 subscriptions. 



WHY DON'T YOU GET THEM? 



Write for premium list and sample 

 copies of RECREATION 



IRempire STATE 



<*iW EXPRESS, 



About which alf know, more or less; 

 It runs from New York to Buffalo, 

 Every day in the week,butSunday,you know; 

 At a speed so qreat. 



Through the Empire State, 

 As to earn for its line 

 The title sublime — of 



k 



'AMERICAS GREATEST RAILROAD:' 

 "The New york- Central leads the world" 



Leilie'i Weekl/. 



0OI>YRiaHT, 1B98, BY OEOROE H. 0»N1EL8, OEWER»l PASSENOER AOEWT. 



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