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RECREATION. 



A WORK OF ART. 



I frequently get a piece of printed mat- 

 ter that appears to have reached the top 

 notch of high art in that line. Then, by and 

 by, some other piece comes along that 

 raises the ante. The latest example of this 

 is a book recently issued by the Gas En- 

 gine & Power Company, Morris Heights, 

 New York City. The title page alone is a 

 dream of the impressionist. It represents 

 a bit of mid-ocean by moonlight, the time 

 when the crest of each wave turns into 

 melted gold. 



The original was done in oil, and the 

 printing is in tinted ink, on a slate colored 

 paper, that gives a most weird and in- 

 teresting effect to the picture. Every page 

 of the book shines with the art cf the print- 

 er and the engraver. The pictures repre- 

 sent every kind of water craft, from a 

 canoe that you can carry under your arm, 

 to a 150 foot steam pleasure yacht. Every 

 lover of art, whether interested in yachting 

 or not, should have a copy of this book. 

 When you write for it, please say you saw 

 it mentioned in Recreation. 



PERFECTION ATTAINED. 



While the Page Woven Wire Fence 

 Company has improved the material in 

 Page fences with every advance that has 

 been made in the science of converting iron 

 ore into the best qualities of steel wire, still 

 the identical principles of construction 

 which were incorporated in the first pieces 

 are yet being retained. The crude machin- 

 ery first used to coil the wire and to wrap 

 and knot the wires together has been im- 

 proved, strengthened and simplified, and 

 the capacity of every loom has been dou- 

 bled; yet the principle of construction in 

 the fence is the same as originally applied. 

 The Page Company has studied hard to 

 find if any improvements could be made, 

 but no one has ever yet devised any. 



In Page fences the cross wires never 

 allow the horizontal wires to slide up or 

 down. Their method of wrapping and 

 knotting the cross wires and the horizontal 

 wires together is the simplest and most 

 secure method in vogue. 



THE BOSS THE BEST. 

 Ordinary watch works may generally be 

 made effective timekeepers by careful and 

 strong casing. The finest grades of watch 

 works require strong casing to protect their 

 delicate mechanism. The best of all cases 

 for either class is the James Boss Stiffened 

 Gold Watch Case. This is a gold case 

 stiffened in the center with a plate of hard 

 metal to prevent its getting thin and weak 

 and bending down on the works, as a gold 

 case does after a few years' wear. The 

 Jas. Boss case is guaranteed 25 years, and 



none was ever known to wear out. Jewel- 

 ers everywhere keep a full stock oi these 

 elegant cases. Ask your dealer to see them ; 

 or for the book showing why a Jas. Boss 

 Stiffened Gold Case is better than a solid 

 gold case write the Keystone Watch 

 Case Company, Philadelphia. 



DON'T LOSE YOUR GLASSES. 

 Gall & Lempke, opticians, 21 Union 

 Square, have lately put on the market a 

 little attachment for eyeglasses that will 

 prove a great luxury to such sportsmen as 

 are compelled to wear glasses in the woods, 

 or in the fields. The invention consists of 

 delicate wire clips that can be attached to 

 the outer ends of ordinary eyeglasses in a 

 minute and hooked over the ear, thus con- 

 verting the glasses into spectacles and 

 holding them securely. Every unfortunate 

 who has to wear glasses has had uncom- 

 fortable experiences from their dropping 

 off just when he wanted them to stay on, 

 and this new device holds them on like a 

 pack on a cayuse. The clips sell at 50 

 cents a pair. If you order please say you 

 saw them mentioned in Recreation. 



THE GREAT GAME FIELDS. 



Sportsmen everywhere know the finest 

 shooting and fishing on the continent is to 

 be found in the Northwestern United 

 States, particularly along the line of the 

 Great Northern Railway. Mr. F. I, Whit- 

 ney, General Passenger Agent of the Great 

 Northern Railway, states that he is hav- 

 ing a heavy demand for the 1902 edition of 

 "Shooting and Fishing along the line of 

 the Great Northern Railway." This handy 

 pu lication, in pocket size, has been revis2d 

 and re-written to date, and is a complete 

 guide to the best Northwestern points for 

 game and fish. Copy will be sent to any 

 address on receipt by Mr. Whitney of 6 

 cents in stamps. 



STOCKING IDAHO WATERS 



D. E. Burley, G. P. A., Oregon Short 

 Line Railway, writes me : "During the last: 

 few years nearly, all our streams have 

 become almost depleted by use of dyna- 

 mite, traps, etc. This company has been 

 using every effort to replenish the streams, 

 which are tributary to our line, and within 

 the past 4 years we have transplanted, ap- 

 proximately. 5,000,000 trout and graylings 

 in the Big Hole, Snake and tributary 

 streams. We expect to continue this work, 

 so that, within a few years, we shall have 

 in Idaho probably the best fishing that can 

 be found in any State of the Union." 



FREE TO DYSPEPTICS. 

 If you suffer from distress, bloating, 

 heartburn, sour stomach or water brash, 



