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RECREATION. 



Mr. J. H. Barlow, manager of the Ideal 

 Manufacturing Company, New Haven, 

 Conn. ; keeps his friends guessing all the 

 time. He is everlastingly devising or in- 

 venting some new scheme to help sports- 

 men get what they want. He has not yet 

 succeeded in devising a cartridge that will 

 enable a man to kill a duck on the wing 

 at a distance of a mile, and I trust he 

 never may; but if he does not, it will not 

 be because he sleeps too much. His latest 

 device is for reloading paper shot shells. 

 He has made implements for this pur- 

 pose and has issued a circular illustrating 

 and describing them in full. If interested, 

 write for a copy and mention Recreation. 



President Loubet, of France, not satis- 

 fied with the award of 2 gold and 2 silver 

 medals to the Berlitz School of Lan- 

 guages, has bestowed on its founder. Prof. 

 M. D. Berlitz, the cross of the Legion of 

 Honor. There are now over 175 Berlitz 

 Schools of Languages all over the world, 

 recently San Francisco, Buenos Ayres, 

 Valparaiso and Mexico having been 

 added. 



The Berlitz method of teaching is too 

 well known to require description. The 

 teacher does not speak one word of Eng- 

 lish, pupils thus being compelled to speak 

 the new language from the first lesson. 



Dr. R. B. Cantrell's tubular flies are ad- 

 vertised in this issue of Recreation, and 

 every man who is fond of fly fishing should 

 write for a circular' describing and illus- 

 trating these fanciful lures. They are in- 

 geniously devised and strong and carefully 

 made. With a dozen of them you can 

 make a hundred combinations that will 

 prove as effective as if you had 100 dif- 

 ferent flies. In writing for circular please 

 mention Recreation. 



A new department, entitled Practical 

 Mining Studies, has been added to Mines 

 and Minerals, Scranton, Pa. It is intended 

 to furnish a series of lessons in all depart- 

 ments of practical mining work. The staff 

 of engineers connected with the mining 

 courses of the International Correspon- 

 dence Schools and many special contribu- 

 tors will unite with the editors in making 

 this new department a valuable aid to all 

 readers. 



W. H. Mullins, of Salem, Ohio, has put 

 out a new catalogue of sheet metal boats, 

 which should prove immensely interesting 

 to every sportsman who lives near a river 



or a lake. The book contains a krge num- 

 ber of half tone cuts showing various lines 

 of these boats, some in use, and some on 

 exhibition. If you are interested in boats, 

 write Mr. Mullms for a copy of this book, 

 and say you saw it mentioned in Recrea- 

 tion. 



The Union Metallic Cartridge Co., of 

 Bridegeport, Conn., has issued a new price 

 list of goods which it manufactures, and 

 which all shooters will find interesting. 

 The book contains illustrations, descrip- 

 tions and prices of several new features, 

 and new prices on some of the old goods, 

 so it is valuable for reference. Every 

 sportsman should have a copy of it. When 

 writing please mention Recreation. 



A shooter who made careful investiga- 

 tion reports that of shot gun shells used in 

 the Grand American Handicap, the follow- 

 ing makes were represented in proportions 

 as stated: U. M. C. Co., 114; Winchester 

 R. A. Co., 64; U. M. C. & Winchester R. A. 

 Co., 13; Peters Cartridge Co., 5; U. S. 

 Cartridge Co., 2; Robin Hood, 2. 



"I like the Page Woven Wire Fence. 

 It is very durable, and stays tight all the 

 time if corner posts are made secure. It 

 will turn any kind of stock and is not dan- 

 gerous, as is common barbed wire fenc- 

 ing." — C. M. N., Osborne Co., Kas., in 

 Farmers' Review. 



Have you seen those beautiful gun racks, 

 made by E. W. Stiles, of polished buffalo 

 horns ? They are useful, unique and attrac- 

 tive additions to a sportman's den. For 5 

 subscriptions I will send you one of these 

 racks. 



If yofl want a hunting boat, a canoe or 

 a family rowboat, send me a club and I 

 will send you a boat made by the Racine 

 Boat Mfg. Co. Read the new offers on 

 these goods in my premium list this month. 



A Laughlin Fountain Pen, listed at $3, 

 for 3 yearly subscriptions to Recreation. 

 Everyone knows the advantage of having 

 a good fountain pen in his pocket, and this 

 is one of that kind. 



I have added Carbut plates to my pre- 

 mium list. If you use plates, read my 

 premium offer and supply yourself by- 

 sending me a club. 



