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RECREA TION. 



solid particles that are hydroscopic. This is 

 true, not only of the Du Pont shot gun powder, 

 but of the Du Pont rifle powder as well. Fifth, 

 the compound is stable, resisting atmospheric 

 changes to a marked degree ; sixth, it has an 

 extremely hard, yet porous grain, due to process 

 of manufacture and not to after treatment ; 

 seventh, the extreme care and watchfulness given 

 to its manufacture makes it well nigh impossible 

 for batches to vary in gas pressure or velocity ; 

 eighth, maximum velocity with minimum gas 

 pressure or strain upon the gun barrel ; ninth, 

 relatively small bulk of charge and its complete 

 transformation into gas, resulting in' a definite 

 equality between amount of powder and amount 

 of propelling power ; tenth, it is an American 

 product, formulated by American chemists, whc 

 were trained in American laboratories, and as 

 such, surely merits the confidence and attention 

 of American trap and field shooters. 



There is at the Du Pont factory a handsome 

 little 23 single shot Winchester rifle, with long 

 cartridge, loaded with a Du Pont rifle nitro and 

 a nickle plated bullet, that ground a deep hole 

 in a heavy wrought iron plate at 100 feet range, 

 and which, at 200 yards, would have punched a 

 neat round hole in the same plate ; there is a 30 

 calibre army rifle and its cartridge, also loaded 

 with Du Pont rifle nitro, and other things too 

 numerous to mention. Carney's Point, with its 

 wonderful plant, bids fair to become as famous, 

 in its day, as its predecessor on the other side of 

 Wilmington and the present nitros, and others in 

 a more embryonic condition, that will in due 

 time make their debut, will prove as efficacious 

 and perfect in their way as has the Du Pont 

 black powder. 



Samuel J. Fort, M. D. 



POSSIBLE SMILES. 



HUDSON RIVER BY DAYLIGHT. 



The "Albany" and the "New York," the 

 steamers of the Day Line, are two of the most 

 elpgant steamers in the world. They are large 

 and commodious ; there is an abundance of com- 

 fortable seats, and a good restaurant is located on 

 the main deck, where you can enjoy a good din- 

 ner, and at the same time look out upon the 

 beautiful scenery of the river. When the boat 

 leaves the dock you leave the bustle and hum be- 

 hind you, and enter, as it were, upon a new ex- 

 istence. Now you can stop hurrying for a time, 

 at least, and at your leisure can take in the 

 marvellous beauties of the river as they unfold 

 before your eyes. To float upon the bosom of 

 the majestic Hudson, to gaze upon the mighty 

 hills that fringe its banks, to view those quaint 

 but familiar collections of river craft being towed 

 along, scarcely seeming to move ; all these, and 

 a myriad of other experiences, are familiar to 

 those who have had the good sense or the good 

 fortune to make the trip between New York and 

 Albany by the day boat. From the time the 

 boat pushes majestically out into the river till it 

 touches the dock at the end of the route, a suc- 

 cession of magnificent panoramas is spread be- 

 fore the tourist. Too much cannot be said re- 

 garding the arrangements which have been made 

 for the comfort and pleasure of those who adopt 

 this method of travel 



Editor Recreation 



Buffalo, N. Y. 



A good' story comes from the arid plains of 

 New Mexico. A certain lady, who had lately 

 gone there with her family, had been given a 

 rifle, and was anxious to kill something. She was 

 invited to join a party for a drive, one day, and 

 took the new rifle along. As the team sped over 

 the prairie, a long-eared jack-rabbit started from 

 beneath a sage brush, leaped away a short dis- 

 tance, and stopped to gaze at the intruders. Mrs. 

 M. grasped her rifle eagerly, and shouted: 



" Oh, look at the young antelope ! Wait, let 

 me shoot it!" 



The team was stopped, and the game waited 

 to be killed, but the peals of laughter from the 

 more knowing members of the party, so startled 

 the little woman that she forgot to shoot. 



"Well, what is it then?" she demanded, in- 

 dignantly. ■ 



"Oh, it's only a New Mexico sailor — other- 

 wise a jack-rabbit," said the driver. 



The lady was so chagrined that she declined 

 to shoot at any more "game" that day, and her 

 friends have not yet ceased to remind her of her 

 " first antelope." C. C. B. 



First New Yorker — " I wish I knew where 

 that pretty girl who lives next door to me is going 

 this summer." 



Second New Yorker—" Why ?" 



First New Yorker — " I would like to go there 

 and get acquainted with her." — N. Y. Herald. 



"Why are they called pyramids, pa?" asked 

 Georgie, who was looking at a picture of those 

 wonders of Egypt. 



" They are called pyramids, my son, because 

 they appear amid the general desolation of the 

 desert."— N. Y. Herald. 



What kind of writing is that ?" said he 

 To the maid at the typewriter, awkwardly, 

 She thumped the keys in her saucy way, 

 And said, with a smile, to the rustic jay, 

 Who wondered much at the queer machine : — 

 It's a patent write, if that's what you mean." 

 — Detroit Free Press. 



Roxlie — 'Well, neither of us caught many fish, 

 but between us we have a good string ? " 



Hoxlie — " Yes, your six and my five will 

 leaven the whole catch." 



Sharpleigh — " This free coinage question bids 

 fair to involve the country in another big fight?" 



Up-to-Date — " Yes, a war of the rebullion, so 

 to speak." 



The rain descends upon the plant, 



And makes it grow the taller ; 

 But when it strikes the summer pant 



It's apt to make that smaller. 



— Detroit Tribune. 



