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RECREATION. 



MARSTERS HAS WORMS ! 



SAND WORMS, 12c. a doz. 



WHITE OR BLOOD WORMS, 25c. a doz. 



\ am with you again with lower prices for Fish- 

 ing Tackle. I find by experience that putting down 

 the prices and increasing the quality increases 

 my business every year. 



SPLIT BAMBOO FLY OR BASS RODS, 98c, 

 all nickel mounted, solid reel seats, silk whip- 

 ped, etc., complete in wood form and cloth bag. 



HARD RUBBER AND NICKEL MULTIPLY- 

 ING REELS, balance handle, etc., 40 yds., 68c; 

 60 yds., 78c; 80 yds., 88c. ; 100 yds., 98c. 



EXTRA FINE NICKEL-PLATED MULTIPLY- 

 ING REELS, balance handle, click and drag, 

 40 yds., 58c; 60 yds., 68c; 80 yds., 78c; 100yds., 

 88c; 150 yds., 98c 



SINGLE GUT LEADERS, mist color, 1 yd., 20c 

 doz.; 2 yds., 40c doz.; 3 yds., 60c doz. 



TROUT FLIES, 16c doz. 



BASS AND PICKEREL SPOONS, 5c. each. 



BRAIDED OIL SILK LINES, No. G, 25 yds., 



19c; 50 yds., 35c; 100 yds., 70c No. F, 25 yds., 



25c; 50 yds., 50c; 100 yds., 95c. 



Send 2c stamp for 74 page Illustrated Catalogue 

 and Special List No. 4. 



JAMES F. MARSTERS, 



51, 53 and 55 Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



A correspondent of the Boston Coui'ier 

 writes : " The journey up the famous Hud- 

 son is undoubtedly the most interesting and 

 picturesque inland voyage in the United 

 States. It has been described and re-de- 

 scribed, however, until the task of investing 

 an account of its varied and beautiful scenery 

 with any flavor of novelty has become utter- 

 ly hopeless. But its attractions, though stale 

 in narrative, are perennially charming to the 

 actual sense, and the point of view afforded 

 by the palatial steamers ' New York ' and 

 ' Albany,' of the day line, is an ideal one. 

 These magnificent boats are unique in one 

 feature, which will be appreciated by tourists; 

 being designed for day service and tourist 

 purposes only, they carry no freight whatever, 

 save personal baggage of passengers. Thus, 

 the lower forward decks and other desirable 

 points of view, usually monopolized by un- 

 appreciative packages of merchandise, are 

 open to passengers, and the fittings and 

 accommodations of the craft throughout are 

 of a more light and elegant order, 

 and upon a more uniformly sumptuous 

 plan than is usually possible. Veritable 

 pleasure boats, every suggestion of toil is 

 banished from their decks, and the holiday 

 atmosphere engendered by external circum- 

 stances and a happy purpose is thus subtly 

 maintained." 



Please find enclosed $5.00, for which send Recrea- 

 tion one year to the five gentlemen named below. I 

 am a constant reader of nearly all the sportmen's 

 publications, but think Recreation just lies over 

 them all a few pegs. It is THE sportsman's magazine. 

 John H. Steele, Haverhill, Mass, 



DRY MATCHES! 



IN the 



Perfection Water = Proof 

 flatchbox. 



Indispensable to sportsmen who hunt, fish, trap, 

 camp or sail. 



Size, 2y x inches long, % inches diameter, beautifully 

 nickel-plated. Price $1, postage prepaid. Order at once. 



You can fill this box with matches, lay it in water 

 over night, and the next morning they wiil light as if 

 they had been kept in a powdei magazine. 



J. R. PAINTER, 



Manufacturer and Importer of Musical 

 Boxes, Etc. 



1229 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Brooklyn, May 4th, 1895. 

 G. W. Cole & Co., New York. 



Gentlemen: — Please send me some more 

 "Three in One" Compound. I think it is 

 the best rust preventive I have ever used. 

 It does not soil my hands and clothing, and 

 covers all parts effectively. I shall continue 

 to use it and recommend it to my friends. 



Geo. w. Kellam. 



Kaufman, Texas, Oct. 10, 1894. 

 M. A. Smith, Phila., Pa., 



Dear Sir : I am here on a hunting trip, 

 wearing your boots every day, and the 

 longer I wear them, the more I like them. 

 Yours is the lightest, most nearly noiseless, 

 most comfortable and easy boot a sportsman 

 ever wore. C. L. Reierson. 



During the last few years the rail shooting 

 on the old Hackensack meadows seems to 

 be improving. The birds are not yet strong 

 on flight and not as fat as they will be when 

 the oats ripen, but we expect some good 

 bags on openday, Monda\, August 26th, and 

 for three or four weeks. On good water, a man 

 ought to get at least 40 or 50 shots a day. 

 Any one desjring information about tides, 

 pushers, etc , can get it by writing Capt. 

 John H. Wygants, Hackensack, N. J., or 

 Francis Ford, Little Ferry, N. J. 



Rallus. 



I did not receive the copies of Recreation until 

 yesterday. Have five subscribers for you now, and 

 expect to have as many more by this time to-morrow. 

 I believe I can take at least 100 subscriptions here, 

 and perhaps more. Every one to whom I have shown 

 Recreation thinks it is fine, and no one whom I 

 have asked has yet declined to take it. 



Mark R. Perkins, Sheridan, Wyo. 



