PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 



G. W. Cole & Co., 



in Broadway, City. 



I have been using for years, on my shot- 

 guns, rifles and pistols, about every kind of 

 lubricant and so-called rust removers and 

 preventives, on the market, and your " 3 in 

 1 " is far superior to anything that has been 

 brought to my attention. 



As a lubricant alone, it seems to be an 

 ideal compound, but its chief value lies in 

 its completeness as a rust preventive. I have 

 heretofore been compelled to go over my 

 guns once every two weeks to keep them 

 free from rust, but since using "3 in 1," I 

 have not been under the necessity of doing 

 anything more than seeing that they were 

 carefully cleaned and oiled, when 1 could 

 lay them away and know that whether it was 

 one month or six, I should find them in the 

 condition they were in when cleaned. 



Last winter, I cleaned with your "3 in 1," 

 a valuable Greener gun, put it in its case, 

 and left it for several weeks in a damp bed- 

 room, in a country house, and on examina- 

 tion, made a short time since, found it in 

 perfect condition. Until I find something 

 superior to yours, I shall unhesitatingly com- 

 mend it as the best thing for the purpose 

 ever known. W. R. Bronk, 



2 Wall street, New York. 



The Marlin Arms Co., New Haven, 

 Conn., has issued a new catalogue that con- 

 tains much of interest to riflemen. This 

 little book is gotten up in much more artistic 

 shape than is usual in the case of gun cata- 

 logues. It has a gold embossed cover and 

 the engravings are much finer arid more 

 pleasant to the eye than you are accustomed 

 to see in such publications. Further- 

 more, the book is small, compact and can 

 be easily carried in the pocket. Another 

 new departure is noted in the fact that the 

 cartridges, especially the new smokeless 

 types, are shown on the same pages with 

 the rifles to which they are-adapted. 



Heretofore the Marlin people have made 

 only small bore rifles, but, with the open- 

 ing of this season, they place on the market 

 a line of 40 and 45 calibers, adapted to the 

 modern smokeless as well as the black pow- 

 der cartridges. They are also adapted to 

 moose, bear, elk, etc. Lovers of big game 

 hunting will find in the new 45-90 — but the 

 best way to find out all about these new rifles 

 is to send for the new catalogue. 



Your attention is called to the investment 

 advertisement of the Petit Manan Land and 

 Industrial Company, of Maine. 



The company owns 2,565 acres of land, 

 known on the Maine coast as Petit Manan, a 

 peninsula extending into the Atlantic ocean 

 some seven miles. There are 22 miles of 

 coast line bordering on Dyers and Pidgeon 

 Hill Bays and the ocean. 



This immense property lies io miles due 

 east from Bar Harbor, is easily accessible 

 by land or water, and possesses more real 

 genuine attractions than any other tract of 

 land on the New England coast. Sixteen 

 miles of beautiful roads have been built, 

 300 lots have been sold, wharves 

 have been built, a bathing pool of 12 acres 

 in extent is completed, several cottages are 

 in course of construction, and between 50 

 and 60 more will be built this winter and the 

 coming spring. 



Full information furnished on application 

 to either office, by parties interested in the 

 stocks or the lots. This is an opportunity 

 you cannot afford to overlook. It will only 

 cost you 2 cents to inquire further. 

 Petit Manan Land & Industrial Co., 

 Belfast, Me., or Boston, Mass. 



The passenger department of the Plant 

 System has issued a beautiful little book en- 

 titled " The Gun and Rod in Florida." It 

 contains many handsome pictures of shoot- 

 ing and fishing scenes and a lot of valuable 

 information for sportsmen. 



Write B. W. Wrenn, G. P. A., Savannah, 

 Ga., and ask for a copy. Inclose a 2-cent 

 stamp and mention Recreation. 



WHEN YOU GO TO FLORIDA 



Travel by the safest, fastest and best route — 

 the " Clyde Line." Only two-and-a-half days 

 from New York to Jacksonville, Fla., with- 

 out change. No transfers; excellent steam- 

 ships, discipline and service; finest cuisine; 

 lowest rates. Write "Clyde Line," New 

 York, for descriptive matter, mailed free. 



When making your next trip to Boston, 

 do not fail to take the Boston and Albany 

 4 p. m. limited train. This train is entirely 

 equipped with new and elegant vestibuled 

 Pullman cars. 



A new monthly newspaper, called the 

 Savannah Line News, is issued by the pas- 

 senger department of the Ocean Steamship 

 Company, Pier 35, N. R., New York. It is 

 for free distribution. Send for it. Mention 

 Recreation. 



The 4 p. m. trains from New York to Bos- 

 ton, via Boston and Albany Railroad, have 

 new and elegantly equipped cars, just re- 

 ceived from the Pullman shops. 



Send in your dollar and the name and 

 address of your friend. The receipt which 

 I will send him will bear the legend, " Merry 

 Christmas. Compliments of " : — you, for in- 

 stance. 



Take the 4 P. m. limited train, via Boston 

 and Albany Railroad, to Boston. New and 

 elegantly equipped. 



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