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they rise again; this motion being kept up 
rapidly until dark. ; 
W. Hf. > Dunham. 

My ad in REcREATION brought great 
returns. I have heard from 12 different 
men in regard to my dog and only wish 
I had one for each; but of course could 
trade with only one as I had but one dog. 
RECREATION is the magazine to adver- 
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wide field. I had letters from Michigan, 
Ohio, Maine, Iowa, Connecticut, New 
York, Maryland and other states. 
Fred. L. Tuft, So. Framingham, Mass. 

The Stevens Arms Company has made 
some important improvements in the Fa- 
vorite rifle which will be appreciated by all 
riflemen. They have fitted to it a shotgun 
rubber butt-plate, of neat design, which 
adds greatly to the appearance of the arm, 
and are improving the general finish of 
the rifle. 

The Racine bath cabinet advertised in 
this issue of RECREATION is a luxury which 
no family, no bachelor or bachelor maid 
should be without. Read carefully the 
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will readily tnderstand that this cabinet 
is a most valuable adjunct to every home. 
Send for illustrated catalogue and say 
you saw the ad in RECREATION. 

The Union Metallic Cartridge Co. has is- 
‘sued its ’99 edition of game laws of the 
United States and Canada, which will be 
mailed free to. any one asking for it and 
-mentioning REcREATION. Address Capt. J. 
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Anyone who may think of spending a 
winter in Florida, where good fishing and 
hunting can be had and where expenses 
are low, would do well to write C. R. 
Bridges, North New Salem, Franklin Co., 
Mass. He issues a booklet describing a 
certain region in Florida that gives full 
information on that subject. 

EDIMORS] CORNER? 
A ONE MAN CONVENTION. 
The meeting held in Chicago on July 
25th for the purpose of inaugurating a 
movement for a Minnesota National Park 
was a complete failure. 
A month or 2 ago one John S. Cooper, 
of Chicago, came to the front as champion 
of the movement and undertook to engi- 
neer it. Mr, Cristadoro, being a modest 
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man, gracefully handed the reins over to 
Mr. Cooper and took a back’ seat.° Mr. 
Cooper accordingly attempted to con- 
duct the meeting and soon demonstrated 
his entire incapacity for any séch work. 
He started in by saying to the gentle- 
men assembled at the Athletic Club, “I 
move that this meeting be now called to 
order.” There was, of course, no second 
to his motion, so Mr. Cooper named E. W. 
Blatchford as chairman of the meeting. 
Mr. Blatchford made a few graceful re- 
marks on taking the chair and then Mr. 
Cooper got up and made a long, rambling 
talk in which he started a dozen sentences 
he never finished. He told of a fishing 
trip to Cass lake, and said: “I will give 
you a little reminiscence of the trip.” 
Then he rambled off agaiti, on some other 
theme, and failed to give the reminiscence. 
In fact he failed to say anything of im- 
portance, or that gave any direct or tan- 
gible information about the plan and scope 
of the undertaking. 
He later proposed the appointment of a 
committee of 50 men, 30 of whom he said 
were to be named by the commercial clubs 
of St. Paul and Minneapolis, and the other 
20 he stipulated were to be named by a 
committee of 3, to be appointed at the 
present meeting. Mr. Blatchford appointed 
Mr. Cooper and 2 other gentlemen as this 
nominating committee. They retired and 
in a few minutes returned with a list of 
20 names, including their own. 
Mr. Cristadoro was entirely ignored 
throughout all these proceedings, so far 
as chief engineer of the meeting was con- 
cerned, but a man in the audience who 
knew of the good work Mr. C. had been 
doing, called on him for a speech. “‘Cris” 
in a clear, straightforward statement of the 
purpose of the movement, outlined in 
brief, terse language the plan, from its 
inception, and told in an eloquent way 
what the park was destined-to be and to do 
for the country in general if once estab- 
lished. 
Dr. Bracken, secretary of the Minne- 
sota health board, made a similar speech 
and between the 2 the audience was thor- 
oughly enlightened as to what it was there 
for. 
Another meeting was held in Chicago 
in August at which a permanent organiza- 
tion was effected. 
The scheme is a great one and will even- 
tually succeed, but the sooner competent 
men take charge of the movement, and re- 
lieve Mr. Cooper from his self-appointed 
position as leader, the better it will be for 
the country. 

THE POET SPORTSMAN IS GONE. 
Dear old Isaac McLellan, known and 
loved by all sportsmen, passed away on 

