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RECREA TION. 



PUBLISHER'S DEPT. 



Spratt's Factory. — The thousands of peo- 

 ple who are using Spratt's dog foods and medi- 

 cines would be surprised if they could walk 

 through the great factory where these goods are 

 made. The works occupy the entire four-story 

 building at Nos. 239, 241, 243 and 245 East 

 56th street, New York, with a three-story build- 

 ing nearly as large in the rear ; comprising in all 

 30,000 square feet of floor space, and employ 25 

 to 30 men. There is a driveway through the 

 centre of the building, and heavy trucks are 

 moving in and out, at all hours of the day, 

 bringing in materials and taking out the goods 

 for shipment. Nothing can give the thoughtful 

 visitor a better idea as to the large number of good 

 dogs owned in this country, or as to the millions 

 of capital invested in them, than to visit this 

 great plant and see the food and medicines being 

 daily turned out for them. 



The new Remington hammerless shot gun is 

 ready for market, and, as soon as a sufficient 

 quantity can be finished, samples will be sent to 

 the dealers everywhere. The new gun is plain, 

 but neat and substantial. It is built for service, 

 and will be durable. The automatic ejector 

 mechanism works perfectly, and guns fitted with 

 this device, will come out at the same time as 

 the regular hammerless. Write for descriptive 

 circular. Mention Recreation. 



A copy of " The Luxury of Modern Railway 

 Travel," finest book of its character ever pub- 

 lished, will be sent postpaid, to any address 

 in the world, on receipt of two 2-cent stamps, 

 by George H. Daniels, General Passenger Agent, 

 Grand Central Station, New York. 



Mention Recreation. 



Keep your eye on the first page of Recrea- 

 tion's cover. It will have a new picture each 

 month. The one shown this month will appeal 

 strongly to all who love children or dogs, and 

 the man who does not is not to be trusted. At 

 least so says the poet. 



Attention is directed to the advertisement of 

 the Great Northern Railway on another page, 

 relating to its attractive publications. Write 

 for them. 



Mention Recreation. 



BROOK TROUT FRY. 



Nine Months old, well grown and hardy. 

 FOR SALE AX REDUCED PRICES. 



Now is the time to transplant. 



Address : 



Berkshire Trout Hatchery Club, 



GREAT BARRINGTON, MASS. 



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POSSIBLE SMILES. 

 in the drug store. 



Hobbs — I travelled for more than a 

 Peru and never heard a peruvian bark. 



Jobbs — That's nothing. I spent two years in 

 Alaska, where cinnamon bears are abundant, 

 and yet I never heard a cinnamon bark. 



year 



Cobblewink — How did Tripod happen to get 

 all those good photographs of " Injuns " when he 

 was out of West ? 



Skiddlewink — Why, you know he has lots of 

 Injunuity about him. 



Mose— What did Vedder go to Buffalo for ? 

 Rose — To get him a buffalo overcoat. 



These autumn days, o'er mount and mere, 

 Men hunt the quail, the duck, the deer. 



Hark, guns resound apace ! 

 But'oh, the finest sport of all 

 Is New York's tiger hunt this fall — 



Come join the merry chase! — N. Y. Herald. 



First Angler — Hello, Walton ! What luck ? 

 Is it a good day for bass ? 



Second Angler — It guess it must be. Been 

 here three hours and haven't been able to catch 

 one. — Truth. 



There's a wine-like flush in the air 

 Where falling leaves are rocked ; 



And the limbs of the trees are so bare 

 That the modest corn is shocked. 



AT. Y. Herald. 



SO HE SPARES THE CALVES. 



Old Wheeler — But why do you walk up this 

 steep hill and push your bike ? 



Mr. Newman — Because the merciful man is 

 merciful to his beast. — N. Y. Herald. 



MEDICAL ITEM. 



Hobbs — I think I shall get a bottle of Rhine 

 wine and take a glass with each meal. The 

 doctor says it is a good tonic". 



Jobbs — Yes, it is. In fact, it's rather teutonic. 



He went a-hunting for a wife 



As bravely as you please, 

 And in the course of time he bagged — 



His trousers at the knees. — Truth. 



" Uncle Ephraim," said the police justices 

 " the complainant charges you with having 

 knocked him down with a whitewash brush and 

 emptied a bucket of the wash all over him." 



"Yes, sah," answered Uncle Ephraim, "I 

 done it, jedge He done arsked me ef possum 

 wuz fit to eat." — Chicago Tribune. 



The Baron — I believe that in this country you 

 have to get along without pedigrees ? 



The American Girl— Not at all. We use pedi- 

 grees for our dogs and horses. — Freeport {III.) 

 Bulletin. 



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