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SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS FOR 2 

 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. 



Read the deadly parallel columns: 



1895. 1896. 1897. 



January $379 $723 $2,146 



February 256 693 2,127 



March 300 1,049 2,215 



April 342 645 1 ,92 I 



May 292 902 1,596 



June 307 770 1 ,402 



July 345 563 \,\0\ 



August 306 601 1 ,906 



September 498 951 2,223 



October 438 9 6 9 2,586 



November 586 1,054 2,440 



December 652 1,853 



$4,671 $10,773 



The pace is well maintained. November, 

 '97 is 100 per cent, better than November, 

 '96. Look out for December report. 



TWO FRAUDS. 



I have just learned that N. C. Foster, who 

 formerly conducted a taxidermist shop at 

 Ann Arbor, Mich., and who advertised in 

 Recreation, is a swindler. He sneaked 

 out of that town with a lot of heads, skins 

 and other specimens that had been in- 

 trusted to him, by different people, for 

 mounting. He also spirited away some 

 hundreds of dollars' worth of goods which 

 he had bought on credit. These goods 

 were shipped from Ann Arbor to Detroit, 

 but where they may have gone from there, 

 I have been unable to learn. 



Of course, if I had known this man was 

 dishonest, I would never have carried his 

 ad. I inquired as to his standing, when his 

 ad was submitted, and was informed, on 

 what I considered good authority, that he 

 was all right. I never carry an ad for any 

 man unless I have good reason to believe 

 him honest. 



Foster is of medium height, rather heav- 

 ily built, dark complexion and eyes, sandy 

 mustache and black hair. He kept himself. 

 clean shaved while in Ann Arbor. His 

 eyes are shifty, and he is not fond of look- 

 ing one in the face. He dressed rather 

 poorly. My informant thinks he had a 

 mole on right cheek, but is not positive as 

 to this. 



I learn this man bought goods of various 

 kinds, wherever he cculd get credit, and 

 that he slipped them all out of Ann Arbor 

 clandestinely. He bought, from a firm in 

 Deadwood, South Dakota, a large stock 



of Indian work, including buck skin cloth- 

 ing, cowboy saddles, bridles, hats and vari- 

 ous other goods. He will no doubt attempt 

 to sell these goods; or may already have 

 done so, somewhere in the U. S., and 

 readers of Recreation are requested to 

 look out for him. If he can be identified 

 anywhere, report him to me at once, and 

 to the post-office inspectors, Gen. Post-of- 

 fice, New York City, who have the case in 

 hand and are watching for him. In fact, if 

 the case should be reported to your local 

 postmaster, or to the police, they would 

 doubtless arrest and hold him until proof 

 could be furnished. " Foster " is undoubt- 

 edly a fictitious name, and wherever this 

 man has gone, he has probably assumed 

 some other name. 



Geo. Rcessler, who for some weeks past 

 has been travelling through New York and 

 Pennsylvania, taking subscriptions to Rec- 

 reation and representing himself as an 

 authorized agent of this magazine, is an- 

 other impostor. Judging from reports 

 received from various points, he must 

 have taken at least 100 subscriptions; but 

 has never sent a dollar to this office. I wish 

 all readers of Recreation would keep a 

 lookout for him, and, if found, have him 

 arrested, at once, and telegraph me. 



He is described as being either a German 

 or a Jew; rather thick set,, with short neck, 

 full face, florid complexion, a light brown 

 ragged mustache and abundant dark 

 brown hair, somewhat curly. He is said 

 to dress well; to make a respectable ap- 

 pearance and to be gentlemanly and busi- 

 ness like in his methods. He speaks with 

 a decided German accent. He is about 5 

 feet 8 inches high and weighs about 175 

 pounds. One of his victims describes him 

 as being dressed in a light suit of clothes, 

 light overcoat and dark derby hat. He sails 

 under several aliases. 



He tells the people that Recreation has 

 been changed into a semi-monthly; that 2 

 handsome pictures, of hunting scenes, will 

 be sent each subscriber, and gives each a 

 receipt, on a blank made with a rubber 

 stamp, which he has supplied. 



I should delight in an opportunity of in- 

 terviewing this young man. 



February Recreation will contain a 

 thrilling story by Lt. C. B. Hardin, de- 

 scriptive of his personal experiences in the 

 fight with the Modoc Indians, in the 

 lava beds. In the same issue will appear a 

 beautifully illustrated story by C. C. Mar- 

 ing; also the 6th installment of Mr. Ernest 

 Seton Thompson's story of Elkland; an 

 account of a deer hunt at Round Lake, by 

 Seaver A. Miller; " Canadian Fishing." by 

 John Boyd; "A Fox Hunt on Mt. Kear- 

 sarge," by E. C. Derby, etc. 



The usual fund of information as to 



