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RECREATION. 



YOU NEED A SHOT GUN CLEANER 



UPPATT^P you should clean y-ur barrels inside not only after shooting, but now and then when not in 

 DCl<HUJL n*.» They "pit ''from ju»t this neglect- 



nnf A TJSE tnose streaks of lead and rust must be removed if you don't want trouble and expense of send- 

 in^r barrels to the factory for costly repairs. (A close examination will often reveal lead streaks 

 or rust). 



You should get a 

 TOMLINSON 



BECAUSE * ne Tomlinson has a simple, common sense principle, using brass wire gauze (wrapped over 



_ —.wood), sides which are hard enough to cut all foreign substance from the barrels, yet too soft 



(brass) to injure them in any way. 



BECAUSE tne -Tomlinson will last forever, as sides can be replaced when worn (they will clean a 



gun a great many times) for ioc. a pair. Tomlinson encloses an extra pair of sides, also tool 



lor rag with each cleaner. Fits all rods. Gauges 8 to 20. Price $1.00. Any dealer or prepaid by mail. Send 

 postalfor booklet telling more about the Tomlinson; also what such experts as Fred Gilbert, Chas. Budd, Ed 

 Fulford and others have to say about the best, cheapest and most popular cleaner in the market, 

 USED EVERYWHERE IN THE CIVILIZED WORLD 



I. J. TOMLINSON, 



106 Cortland Ave., Syracuse, N. Y. 



Nothing I have read in Recreation 

 since I became a subscriber to that excel- 

 lent magazine has given me more pleasure 

 than an article in the Editor's Corner of 

 the September number, recounting some of 

 the incidents of the birth and growth of 

 this paragon of sportsmen's publications. 

 After giving some of the details of the 

 progress of his magazine, the editor says, 

 among other things, "By this time I am 

 about 7-8 bulldog." Good. I believe all 

 true sportsmen will be glad when the 

 metamorphosis is complete, for Coquina 

 has taken up a work that requires plenty 

 of sand and combativeness, and if it is a 

 good thing to be 7-8 bulldog, 8-8 will be 

 even better. Some of the greatest im- 

 provements history records have been 

 brought about by bulldog pluck and per- 

 tinacity. All the great innovations that 

 have ever been undertaken for human 

 progress have been sneered at and declared 

 impossible of consummation by those who 

 stood idly by and declined to offer a help- 

 ing hand. Yet these cavilers are invaria- 

 bly the first to seek benefit from and take 

 advantage of the changed and better con- 

 ditions when the new order has been estab- 

 lished. 



Bulldogs, as I know them, are pretty re- 

 spectable animals. They generally have 

 the courage of their convictions, and when 

 they tackle an opponent they are usually 

 in the right, or, at least, think so, which 

 amounts practically to the same thing. It 

 is the surly, ill-bred, cross-grained cur we 

 dislike; the cur that slips up behind us 

 and gives us a vicious nip without cause 

 or provocation, and when we turn around 

 to confront him, is either over the fence 

 or else looks so sneaking and cowardly 

 we are ashamed to kick him. Hurrah for 

 the bulldog! either the 2 or the 4 legged 

 kind. It pleases me so that I have to go 

 out of doors, where there is plenty of 

 room, and laugh long and loud whenever I 

 think of Coquina toiling at his desk, with 

 his thumb to his nose and wriggling his 

 fingers (metaphorically, as he says) at his 

 enemies, while they howl in impotent rage. 

 ^Recreation belongs to sportsmen, and 



sportsmen are the ones, practically speak- 

 ing, who must keep up its subscription list. 

 After we had read it a year or two, 

 and have been loud in its praise, suppose 

 we back this commendation up by con- 

 tinuing to take it. Let us not allow our 

 subscription to lapse, but always keep the 

 latest number lying around where we can 

 read and study it whenever we have a 

 spare moment. It is improving all the 

 time, and not only furnishes pleasant sto- 

 ries so dear to the hearts of sportsmen, but 

 its various departments, particularly those 

 on Natural History, Guns and Ammuni- 

 tion, and Amateur Photography, are of 

 great value to all who desire information 

 on these subjects. 



A. L. Vermilya, Columbiaville, Mich. 



I have just cut from December Recrea- 

 tion a recipe for tanning hides, author's 

 name not given. As a graduate of medi- 

 cine and proprietor of a drug store for 

 some years it seems to me there are same 

 material points lacking in the directions, 

 though I don't doubt the recipe will do all 

 it is claimed to do. 



Firstly, arsenic should not be handled by 

 anyone with a cut, sore or any break of 

 the skin on the hands, as such a minute 

 quantity is required to cause the death of 

 a human being that serious consequences 

 might result. 



Secondly, arsenic and sulphur are not 

 much more soluble than shot, and one 

 would expect a medium solution, at least, 

 from this. I have never tried to make 

 the solution, but what I remember of my 

 chemistry does not lead me to think 1-10 

 of the arsenic or sulphur woulH be dis- 

 solved by the solution of chloride of so- 

 dium and sulphate of aluminae in water. 

 I should suppose, therefore, the undis- 

 solved portion should be rubbed into the 

 skin, as is done by taxidermists with the 

 articles in the dry state in preserving bird 

 skins. 



The December number of Recreation 

 excels all your former excellence. 

 J. A. Sampsell, M. D., New Orleans, La. 



