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"Ah, if you were only a De Lome!" 

 she said. 



"A De Lome?" he cried. "What do 

 you mean? " 



" When the time came," she replied 

 " fool though he was, he knew enough to 

 go home." — Chicago News: 



Gargoyle (back in town after a year's 

 absence) — When I went away, Jones and 

 Brown were rival suitors for Miss Twitter's 

 hand. Which proved the lucky man? 



Glanders — Can't tell that yet. She mar- 

 ried Brown only a month ago. Ask me 

 again in about a year. — Life. 



The New York Zoological Society has 

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 appearance of birds, of all kinds, which 

 every sportsman and naturalist should read. 

 Copies of it may be had, gratis, by address- 

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 and mentioning Recreation. 



Game and Fish in abundance at Pistol 

 Lake Camps. Moose, deer, bear, all kinds 

 small game, salmon and trout, good camps. 

 All green woods. Competent guides. 

 Terms moderate. Correspondence solic- 

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CRIMP, CRIMP, CRIMP 



is the song of the Handy Closer, and every Crimp 

 is uniform, and every Crimp is even. 



The Movable Plunger and Reversible Pins on the 

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 and increase materially the wearing quality of the 

 CLOSER in 10, 12 and 16 gauges at $2.00 each, list. 



Write for descriptive catalogue. 



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They are built on honor. Each link-block and pin fits per- 

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