EDITOR'S CORNER. 



SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS FOR 3 YEARS 

 AND 8 MONTHS. 



Read the deadly 

 1895. 

 January . . . $379 

 February . . 256 



March 300 



April 342 



May 292 



June 307 



July 345 



August 306 



September . 498 

 October ... 438 

 November . 556 

 December . 652 



parallel 



1896. 



$723 



693 



1,049 



645 

 902 

 770 



563 

 601 



951 



969 



1,054 



1,853 



columns: 

 1900. 

 $3,205 



2,151 

 1,919 



i,570 



i,377 

 971 



854 

 1,262 



1,464 

 1,842 

 2,060 

 4,742 



1901. 



$3,903 

 3,267 

 3.710 

 2,760 



2,303 

 2,016 



2,000 



2,245 



$4,671 io,773 23,741 



And thus you see August of this year 

 shows a gain of $978 over August, 1900. 

 More bitterness for Paddy Marlin. 



PADDY'S NEW BOOK. 



Paddy Marlin has published another book 

 about me. He was too cowardly to sign 

 his name to it, but it is being sent out 

 broadcast from his gun shop, and I nat- 

 urally assume he is the author of it. The 

 book tells about a lot of hunting I did in 

 Florida and in the far west 25 years ago, 

 and undertakes to prove that I am the 

 champion game hog. 



I have not had time to read the screed, 

 but from a casual glance it appears to be 

 made up mainly of some letters published 

 in the A. D. G. H. a year ago, embellished 

 with editorial comments, presumably 

 evolved from Paddy's fertile brain. He 

 carefully excludes what I said in the same 

 book from which he quotes, as to the ne- 

 cessity of protecting certain species of 

 birds and animals which were even at that 

 early day, threatened with extermination. 

 For instance, he neglects to include a rec- 

 ommendation I made that Congress should 

 pass a law to protect the buffalo, and that 

 the War Department should be charged 

 with the duty of enforcing such law. 



I want to help Paddy circulate his 

 new book, and therefore advise all readers 

 of Recreation to write the Marlin Arms 

 Co., New Haven, Conn., and ask for a 

 copy. It is not necessary to even enclose 

 a stamp. You can make your request on a 

 postal card and Paddy will pay the 

 freight. 



Not only will he send you this new 

 hook, but he will probably include a copy 

 of his "Court Document", which is a re- 

 print of the petition filed in his suit against 

 me. It will be remembered that this suit 



was dismissed — the judge remarking that 

 he had no authority to enjoin a man from 

 saying a thing he had not yet said, when 

 he did not know whether he (the defend- 

 ant) was going to say it or not, nor what 

 it would be if he did say it. Yes, Paddy 

 was fired out of court, but he still con- 

 tinues to print and send out his petition. 



I should be glad if all readers who may 

 secure a copy of either or both of these 

 pamphlets, would, after reading same, 

 write Marlin and tell him what you think 

 of a man, or a house, that will print and 

 circulate an anonymous document like this 

 game hog book. I would also be glad to 

 have you tell Marlin what you think of a 

 man, or a house, that will keep on circulat- 

 ing a copy of a petition filed in court, 

 after the suit has been dismissed on the 

 ground of "no cause of action." 



Of course, some of you may agree with 

 Marlin. I know all the game hogs will, 

 whom I have roasted. But all the same, I 

 should be glad to have every man express 

 his opinion. And Marlin will be glad too. 

 His object in printing and sending out 

 these books is to destroy Recreation. If 

 you approve of his methods tell him so. 

 If you disapprove, tell him so. In either 

 case please send me a copy of your letter. 



You may break, you may scatter the case 



if you will, 

 But Paddy's petition will float about still. 



A RARE VISITOR. 



On the morning of August 29th, last, 

 when I came in my office I was surprised 

 to find a whippoorwill sailing about the 

 room. I closed the doors and windows 

 and captured him. He proved to be a 

 young bird, but was full fledged and a 

 strong flyer. 



How he happened to come into the sanc- 

 tum of Recreation is a mystery. These 

 birds are rarely seen or heard in or about 

 this city, though plentiful in certain por- 

 tions of New York and New Jersey, with- 

 in 50 to 100 miles. I imagine the little 

 wayfarer had started South, inasmuch as 

 these birds migrate early ; that he had be- 

 come wearied in his flight and while pass- 

 ing over the city had lighted to rest. 

 Everything looking strange to him, he 

 doubtless became dazed and in seeking a 

 hiding place for the day, happened to find 

 my open window. 



My first impulse was to drop him out of 

 the window and let him continue his jour- 

 ney; but on second thought I realized that 

 being a nocturnal bird and having little 

 use of his eyes in daylight he would prob- 

 ably light on the ground. There he would 

 no doubt fall a prey to some thoughtless 



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