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RECREA TION. 





ridge is completed. The gun can be instantaneously- 

 loaded and cocked by moving the lever forward and 

 reversing the movement backward, when a cartridge 

 will be taken from the magazine and carried into the 

 chamber ; the gun is then loaded, breeched up and 

 cocked, ready for use. It can be used as a single loader, 

 the automatic cut off enabling the operator to use the 

 rifle either as a single loader, or as a magazine gun, at 

 will, without any conditions. This is accomplished by 

 opening the action and placing a loaded cartridge — 

 head to the rear — in the breech opening, under the 

 catch B which crowds the automatic cut off C back into 

 its recess, and at the same time carries the magazine 

 cartridges out of reach of the breech-bolt, as the action 

 is closed ; omitting to put a loaded cartridge in the 

 breech opening and close the action, a cartridge is 

 taken automatically from the magazine and carried into 

 the chamber. The locking of the rear of the breech- 

 bolt is accomplished by the end of the concentric lever 

 resting on a solid shoulder in the frame, which oper- 

 ates as a wedge, so that the greater the recoil the 

 greater the force which holds the breech-bolt against 

 the breeching-up shoulder. The gun can be uncocked 

 by moving the lever backward while the trigger rs 

 held back by the finger; the action is locked by the 

 movement of a positive bolt, which can be instantane- 

 ously operated. The magazine is charged by opening 

 the action, then placing the cartridge— heads to the 

 rear — in the breech opening, and crowding the cart- 

 ridge with the thumb or forefinger downward, and 

 carrying the same rearward until the rim of the cart- 

 ridge engages under the catch B, on the automatic 

 cut off C— repeating these operations until the maga- 

 zine is fully charged. Metal fillers, containing six cart- 

 ridges may be used, and the gun charged in one opera- 

 tion. The balance of the gun always remains the 

 same when drawing on the magazine. 



The Savage system involves no experiments ; 

 it is a combination of well understood mechanical 

 principles, which combine simplicity, strength and 

 accuracy. 



_The company will furnish, on request, catalogue giv- 

 ing detailed description and operation of the gun. 



Quail, open season, November and December. 

 Woodcock and grouse, open season from August 

 15 to December 31. Plover, snipe and English 

 snipe shall not be shot or possessed during May, 

 June, July or August. Snaring, netting or trap- 

 ping of game birds is prohibited. 



The new game and fislr law, passed by the 

 New York Legislature, and which has been 

 signed by Governor Morton, makes the trout sea- 

 son uniform throughout the state, the open sea- 

 son being from April 16 to August 31. 



The bill prohibits the polluting of streams, or 

 taking of fish by drawing off water, or by dyna- 

 mite, or taking them from a stream to stock a 

 private pond or stream. No fishing through the 

 ice, in waters inhabited by trout or salmon, is al- 

 lowed. Salmon trout and land- locked salmon 

 may be fished from May 1 to September 30. 

 Bass, from May 30 to December 31, 8-inch 

 limit. 



Pickerel, pike and wall-eyed pike, from May 1 

 to January 31, except as provided in section 141 

 of the Game law. 



Deer — Open season, August 15 to October 31; 

 limit, two deer to each person. 



Squirrels, hares and rabbits — Open season 

 from September 1 to November 30. Use of ferrets 

 prohibited. 



Birds and wild fowl — Web-footed wild fowl, 

 open season from September 1 to April 30. 



"DECLINED WITH THANKS." 



The following, as copied from the New York. 

 Times, is said to be an exact translation of the 

 letter sent by a Chinese editor to a would-be 

 contributor, whose manuscript he found it neces- 

 sary to return : 



"Illustrious brother of the sun and moon — 

 Behold thy servant prostrate before thy feet. I 

 kowtow to thee and beg that of thy graciousness 

 thou mayst grant that I may speak and live. Thy 

 honored manuscript has deigned to cast the light 

 of its august countenance upon us. With rapt- 

 ures we have perused it. By the bones of my 

 ancestors, never have I encountered such wit, 

 such pathos, such lofty thought. With fear and 

 trembling I return the writing. Were I to publish 

 the treasure you sent me, the emperor would order 

 that it should be made the standard, and that none 

 be published except such as equaled it. Knowing 

 literature as I do, and that it would be impossi- 

 ble in ten thousand years to equal what you have 

 done, I send you your writing back Ten thousand 

 times I crave your pardon. Behold, my head is 

 at your feet. Do what you will. Your servant's 

 servant. — The Editor." 



Lives of great men all remind us 

 We can make our own sublime, 



And, departing, leave behind us, 



Toe-nail prints where we made the climb.. 



