PUBLISHERS DEPARTMENT. 



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taxpayers will furnish the money as fast as 

 needed. The revenue resulting from the 

 2-cent tax on checks, alone, would build 

 this navy in a few years, and no one will 

 ever object to paying such a tax, for so 

 noble a cause. Merchants and manu- 

 facturers will not object to the tax on their 

 goods, as now prescribed by the stamp law, 

 so long as the money is to be devoted to so 

 good a cause. 



These taxes were created, of course, for 

 war purposes, and it was supposed that as 

 soon as the war ceased they would be dis- 

 continued ; but if the revenue resulting is to 

 be applied to the building of a navy, and to 

 the establishment and maintenance of a 

 regular army that will forever guarantee us 

 against war, then, as I have said, the public 

 will be glad to pay these taxes indefinitely. 



" In time of peace prepare for war." 



Please let up on the game hogs. We have 

 had enough of that. 



J. K. L., Rochester, N. Y. 



Let up on the game hogs? Not much, 

 my dear boy. I shall never let up on them 

 while I continue to publish Recreation, 

 and while they continue their nefarious 

 work. As I have before said, this is a fight 

 to the death, and the hogs need expect no 

 quarter. I have my rapid fire guns trained 

 on them in every direction, and tons of am- 

 munition stored in the hold. When they 

 quit slaughtering game, and violating game 

 laws, then I shall let up on them, and not 

 before. — Editor. 



I wish the readers of Recreation would 

 correspond, freely, with my advertisers. 

 The object in placing an advertisement in 

 any periodical is to get acquainted with the 

 readers thereof, and advertisers are con- 

 vinced of the value of any medium in pro- 

 portion as they hear from its readers. You 

 can therefore do Recreation a valuable 



service by answering the advertisements and 

 stating where you saw them. 



I am especially anxious to have all ladies 

 who read Recreation write the houses who 

 advertise goods that are used partially or 

 wholly by women. Many advertisers still 

 insist that women do not read this magazine 

 and that it is not, therefore, a valuable 

 medium for them. I have induced some 

 such houses to make a trial of it and they 

 have almost invariably found it pays. Most 

 of these advertisements have remained in. 

 Still, these same people like to know their 

 advertisements are scanned each month by 

 my readers. 



Many . advertisers send out valuable 

 books, circulars or other matter that will 

 well repay the trouble of writing a letter or 

 postal card. Furthermore, by correspond- 

 ing with these advertisers you will fre- 

 quently learn where to buy certain goods 

 you want and which you might not have 

 found except in this way. 



Always mention Recreation when writ- 

 ing advertisers. 



Among the leading features of November 

 Recreation are, " Asleep with a Corpse," 

 by Capt. W. R. Hamilton, U. S. A.; "At 

 Close Quarters with an Alligator," Frank 

 Hackelman; "A Pineland Specter," Allan 

 Hendricks; "Uncle Dick's Turkey Hunt," 

 Virginius; " Hunting with a Camera," W. 

 E. Carlin; "Gold Hunting in the Klon- 

 dyke," George A. Peabody, and the con- 

 cluding chapters of " Holidays on a House- 

 boat," by H. E. Beattie. 



There will be the usual wealth of short 

 articles and news items from the game fields, 

 the woods and the waters, on guns and am- 

 munition, with many interesting sketches of 

 birds and animals in the Natural History 

 Department. 



Don't forget that $2 will buy a copy of 

 that beautiful book, " Bird Neighbors " 

 and a yearly subscription to Recreation. 



PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 



Folmer & Schwing, 271 Canal street, 

 New York City, have lately put on the mar- 

 ket a new camera called the Twin Lens 

 Graphic, which must appeal strongly to all 

 sportsmen. It is practically a double 

 camera, in which the upper lens is used to 

 reflect the exact size and position of the ob- 

 ject on the ground glass screen, which is 

 shielded by the hood on top of camera by 

 side curtains. The lower lens, to which the 

 shutter is attached, makes the picture on the 

 plate or film. 



The special features in this camera, as 

 against the English make of similar 

 camera, are compactness, ease of manipula- 

 tion, and durability. The 2 compartments 

 in the back are large enough to carry 6 

 double plate holders, or a daylight film roll 

 holder and 3 plate holders. The ground glass 

 on top is full 4x5 in size. The lenses are ac- 

 curately matched so that the object will ap- 

 pear exactly the same on the plate or film 

 as seen on the ground glass. This is a tele- 

 scopic form of camera, similar to Folmer & 



