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RECREATION. 



After seeing the sights in the Park we 

 arrived at Mammoth Hot Springs with 

 about 15 pounds more flesh on our bones 

 than when we started and plenty of whis- 

 kers. Old Jack grasped my hand and 

 there were tears in his eyes as he re- 

 marked, 



"Well, Tender, barring the fact that you 

 have all to learn on every subject, you are 

 not so much of a d— — * fool as you were 

 when you started, and my ranch is yours 

 if you ever care to come again. I'll — I'll 

 even go toadstool hunting with you." 



PUBLISHER'S NOTES. 



A NATIONAL TRADE. 

 West End Furniture Company, 



Gentlemen : — I received your sportsmen's 

 cabinet and am much pleased with it. No 

 sportsman should be without one, and I 

 don't see how you can get up such a pretty 

 piece of furniture for the price you ask. 

 It keeps everything in its place and every- 

 thing is kept clean. It insures perfect 

 safety to fishing tackle and guns, and 

 at the same time they are where they can 

 be looked for and cleaned as often as they 

 require it. 



Appleton Webb, Waterville, Me. 



West End Furniture Company, 



Dear sirs : — The gun cabinet and Savage 

 rifle duly arrived and both were awarded 

 their share of admiration and attention. 

 I am pleased with the cabinet and now that 

 my traps are snugly arranged therein I 

 can not see how I ever did without it. I 

 feel assured that several friends of mine 

 will order cabinets from you in the near 

 future. 



J. R. Stewart, M. D., Houston, Tex. 



West End Furniture Company, 



Gentlemen: — The cabinet is everything 

 claimed for it, is perfectly satisfactory, and 

 has been much admired by friends to 

 whom I have exhibited it. 



J. W. Tompkins, Oakland, Cal. 



We have hundreds of testimonials from 

 States between the above and from for- 

 eign countries. We feel confident you 

 would be equally pleased with one of our 

 cabinets. 



Our cabinet is the most convenient and 

 ornamental piece of furniture a sportsman 

 can invest in. 



They make a convenient place for every- 

 thing from the fishhook to the rifle. Quar- 

 tered oak front, polished finish, claw feet, 

 rifle twist moulding, double thick glass 

 doors, writing and loading table, regularly 

 fitted for 6 or 8 guns. 



Well crated for shipment to all parts of 

 the country. 

 West End Furniture Company, 



Sole Manufacturers and Patentees, 

 Williamsport, Pa. 



A COMPARISON— 1844-1901. 

 Before me lies a copy of an old New 

 Y©rk ©entral time table, printed in 1844. 



Contemplating it, I am led to make 

 some comparisons that give a striking ob- 

 ject lesson of the progress of the United 

 States in 57 years. 



In 1844 it took 30^2 hours to travel by 

 mail train, Albany to Buffalo. 



In 1901 by the Empire State Express, it 

 takes 5 hours and 37 minutes. 



In 1844 the fare, Albany to Buffalo, was 

 $11.50. 



In 190 1 the fare is $6.15. 



In 1844 the route, Albany to Niagara 

 Falls, was by rail to Syracuse, thence via 

 Oswego Canal and Lake Erie; distance 

 333 miles, fare $10, time 32 hours. 



In 1901 the distance by New York Cen- 

 tral is 305 miles; fare $6.15, time 6 hours, 

 14 minutes. 



In 1844 the cars were lighted with 

 candles; there were no sleeping cars; 

 meals were obtained at primitive taverns, 

 and the physical conditions of the road- 

 way made long and tiresome delays neces- 

 sary, and a journey an irksome under- 

 taking. 



In 1901 the cars are lighted by both gas 

 and electricity; they consist of luxurious 

 sleeping cars at night, and magnificently 

 equipped parlor cars and coaches for day 

 trains, with dining cars that furnish a 

 meal equal to that . of the best hotels; 

 luxuriously furnished Smoking and li- 

 brary cars, and magnificent observation 

 cars, where a person may sit and study the 

 ever changing scenery, and the constant 

 succession of cities and towns that make 

 the New York Central famous wherever 

 printed books or papers are found. 



I call this an object lesson of what the 

 United States has done, because what the 

 great transportation companies have ac- 

 complished is only an example of what 

 has been done in many other lines of 

 business, although we must admit that 

 transportation companies have led the way 

 to the marvelous development of the 

 country. 



The decision of a New York State Judge 

 that the anti-scalping act, passed at the 

 last session of the New York Legislature, 

 is unconstitutional is directly opposite to 

 the view taken by the Supreme Court of 

 Pennsylvania on a similar act of the Penn- 

 sylvania Legislature. The Court of Ap- 



