

FUBLISHER’S 
THE MUSIC OF THE WHEELS. 
E, E. COYLE. 
When you're riding on the railroad 
At a mile-a-minute crack, 
Do you ever note the rhythm 
Of the wheels along the track? 
Is there any great composer 
With sharps, and flats, and bars, 
Can equal in his cadences 
The music of the cars? 
Whether dashing through the meadows, 
Or the tunnel’s choking grime, 
You will never hear them falter 
From the measured beat of time. 
Charging wildly o’er the mountains, 
Or by the river’s bank, 
You will always find them playing— 
Click-clickity-click-clank. 
Every air which has been written 
Since the days of wicked Cain, 
Finds a fit and perfect setting 
In the rhythm of the train: 
From opera to comic song, 
From Patti down to Cline, 
You can hum all sorts of ditties. 
While rushing down the line. 

NO VOU; DONE. 
B. FRANK DUNFEE. 
It’s too bad to spoil the story, 
Told in cadence, half by guess, 
But it’s not so on the Lehigh, 
And Black Diamond Express. 
In its wheels there is no music, 
At a mile-a-minute gait; 
And of course there is no rhythm, 
On a track that’s up-to-date. 
If you are about to travel, 
Bear in mind these points; 
The Lehigh track is perfect, 
And you can not count the joints. 

IMPROVEMENT IN POWDER MEASURES. 
The Ideal. Mfg. Co., of New Haven, 
Conn., has brought out another improve- 
ment in powder measures. The measures 
are now ready for the market and will be 
known as model 1899 Universal Powder 
Measures Nos. I, 2, 3, and 4; also the Ideal 
shot shell loading machine, all of which 
will have the new improved measures. 
These are said to be the only measures in 
the world that will handle all kinds of 
powders for rifles, pistols or shotguns, 
black, nitro or smokeless, fine or coarse, 
whether the granulations be angular, 
round, cylindrical or leaflet, measuring all 
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from the smallest to the largest charges 
required, from one grain up. 
No shooter’s outfit will be complete 
without one of these measures. Every 
gunsmith should have one; every gun, 
rifle and pistol club should have one; all 
armories will require them; powder man- 
ufacturers and loaders of ammunition 
should have them for they can instantly be 
set for any and all charges of any and all 
kinds of powders which may be used in 
regular or experimental work. 
Further information relating to these 
and all other implements made by the 
Ideal Mfg. Co. will be found in their hand- 
book, which will be sent to any part of the 
world on request. Mention RECREATION 
when you write. 

A NEW IDEAL SHELL. 
This is the age of Ideals. What was good 
enough lastyear,fallsfarbelow the require- 
ments of to-day, and constant advance 
is demanded all along the line. The latest 
forward movement in shot gun ammuni- 
tion is the Peters’ Ideal shot shell. It is 
all its name implies, and is designed for 
the perfect shooting of modern nitro pow- 
ders. It is the result of many months of 
experimenting, and now that perfection 
has been reached, it is offered to shooters 
with the greatest confidence that it has not 
been misnamed. 
The Ideal is a rich, cherry red, which, 
with the high brass outside reinforcement 
makes an unusually attractive shell. The 
heavy battery cup holds the Peters No. 
5 primer, which is specially designed to 
give instant ignition to any of the stand- 
ard nitro powders, but without danger of 
detonating. The shell is on the market 
both empty and loaded. The Peters’ Car- 
tridge Company is loading it with King’s 
smokeless powder, Peters’ elastic felt wad 
and their own make of shot. All are 
placed in such a manner as to develop its 
manufacturers claim—higher velocity than 
can be obtained with any other safe load 
on the market. At the same time the 
pressure and recoil are light, and the pat- 
tern full and even. They shoot clean and 
are smokeless. In fact they are the Ideal 
loads for trap shooters. 

A RELOADING TOOL. 
After the surrender of Cuba and Porto 
Rico many thousands of Mauser rifles were 
brought into the United States, and are 
now scattered all over the country. The 
long range and accuracy of this rifle was 
well attested during the late unpleasant- 
ness with Spain, and the rifles are now 

