64 RIUCREA TION. 
They will be made in the $100, $150 and 
$200 list, 12, 16 and 20 gauge, weights, etc., 
as per catalogue, and will. be kept fully 
up to the high standard that has charac- 
terized our guns of these. grades. 

FIVE THOUSAND SUBURBAN HOMES. 
The territory North and within 150 miles 
of the Harlem River, the Northern boun- 
dary of Manhattan Island, contains more 
beautiful places and a greater variety of 
scenery and climate than can be found in 
any other section of equal extent within the 
reach of the citizens of the American me- 
tropolis. 
The New York Central has just issued a 
new 48-page folder which describes the 
towns and villages located in Westchester, 
Putnam, Dutchess and Columbia Counties, 
along the lines of the Hudson River, Har- 
lem and Putnam Divisions of the New York 
Central. 
With these 3 great lines all working in en- 
tire harmony under one management, the 
development of this region should be rapid, 
and a few years will undoubtedly see estab- 
lished here the grandest system of suburban 
villas, lovely parks, and quiet summer re- 
- sorts in the world. 
This folder contains a handsome map of 
the territory bounded by Saratoga and 
North Adams on the North, the Litchfield 
and Berkshire Hills on the East and North- 
east, and the Hudson River and Catskill 
Mountains on the West. 
A copy will be sent free, post-paid to any 
address, on receipt of a one-cent stamp, by 
George H. Daniels, G. P. A., Grand Cen- 
tral Station, New York. 
TRADE NOTES. 
A BEAUTIFUL BOOK FOR SIX CENTS. 
Mr. Chas. S. Fee, G. P.. A. of the North- 
ern Pacific Railway, has issued his ’99 
Wonderland book which excels all pre- 
vious, though the apex seemed to have 
been reached last year. 
The cover is an artist’s dream while the 
many illustrations are simply beyond criti- 
cism. 
In these rays of emigration and home- 
seeking, the text should be of special in- 
terest to those inclined to seek new homes 
and fortunes. The Northwest is a large 
and varied country and invites the multi- 
tudes to test its resources and possibilities. 
The tourist and traveler will find in these 
pages many facts and a vast fund of knowl- 
edge relative to scenic beauty and health 
in this grand region, heretofore unknown 
to him. 
The publication is of value in the home 
and to school teachers and scholars, and 
will be mailed to any address on receipt 
of 6 cents in stamps. 
Address Chas. S. Fee, G. P. O., St. Paul, 
Minn. 

THREE THOUSAND MILES BY LAUNCH. 
Dr. and Mrs. EF. H. Dudley recently re- 
turned home from a novel trip South. They 
left Chicago in a private electro-vapor 
launch about the middle of October last, 
and after passing through the Illinois canal 
and river they reached the Mississippi. 
Down the father of waters they glided, stop- 
ping at all points of interest enroute. At 
most of the large towms and cities they 
dropped anchor and saw all the sights 
worth visiting. 
In Memphis they spent some time, and 
irom there made for Néw Orleans. 
The launch in which they made the voy- 
age was an ideal little craft, built by the Ra- 
cine Boat Manufacturing Co., Racine, 
Wis., and will soon be shipped here from 
Chicago and placed on the Dock. It was 
so arranged that they slept in it nights 
whenever they found it inconvenient to get 
to a hotel. . There was plenty of room to 
store their baggage, and special apartments 
for keeping eatables. . 
The trip covered nearly 3,000 miles.— 
Janesville Weekly Gazette. 

For 3 years I have read RECREATION, 
and I feel I am indeed a derelict in noi 
having made personal acknowledgement of 
the satisfaction you have given me in 
your noble fight for the preservation of 
American fauna. It is a matter on which 
I feel deeply. I have for 30 years hunted 
game of all sorts, in season, and never 
but once have killed a bird or animal be- 
yond the needs of my own table, or those 
of my immediate friends. I once commit- 
ted a deadly sin, however, and I wish to 
confess and take my medicine. In crossing 
the plains in ’75 I shot a buffalo in cold 
blood, just for the sake of being able to say 
T had killed one. There was better meat 
all around me, and plenty at camp, and 
there was absolutely no excuse for the 
deed. . When I stood over the noble brute, 
I did not feel any elation; I was too mtich 
ashamed of the act ever to boast of it, and 
so keenly has my conscience pricked me 
since that I am glad, at last, to unburden 
in a confession which you may make public 
if you think the lesson may be salutary. 
Franklin Welles Calkins, Wyoming, Wis. 

Last fall I bought one of D. W. Cree’s 
camp stoves and went into camp in the 
Yellowstone valley, Mont., where our party 
of 5 lived under canvas about 3 weeks. We 
had plenty of snow and severe weather most 
of the time, the temperature often below 
zero, yet we found the stove ample for both 
heating and cooking, and in every way per- 
fectly satisfactory. 
The oven baked to as near perfection as 
anyone could wish and we could see no 
room for improvement. It is the most com- 
pact stove, everything considered, I have 
ever seen, and is very durable. We look 


