39° 



RECREA TION. 



miles above the snow line, on exposed ridges 

 of broken rock. The air is thin, the wind 

 usually blows very cold at these camps; and 

 it has heretofore been considered so nearly 

 impossible to keep warm while sleeping in 

 them, that they have been called by such 

 names as " Camp Misery," " Camp Shivers," 

 etc. On my ascent last month with the 

 Mazamas, I carried a Kenwood bag and 

 slept in it at one of these high camps in per- 

 fect comfort. The second night I loaned 

 one of the inside bags to a destitute friend, 

 and still slept warm. Others in our party 

 who had Kenwood bags found them equally 

 satisfactory, and I am sure their reputation 

 is now established and will rapidly spread in 

 the Northwest, especially among mountain 

 climbers. 



I regard this test as the severest a sleeping 

 bag would be likely to be put to, short of 

 the Arctic Regions. 



Yours truly, 

 Earl M. Wilbur, Secretary Mazamas. 



EXPERT TESTIMONY. 



C. Carleton Smith, M.D. 



875 North 20th Street, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



August 5, 1898. 

 Pleasant Valley Wine Company. 



Gentlemen: I have had marked curative 

 results in the use of " Great Western Cham- 

 pagne " made by your company, following 

 the most severe attacks of " Cholera Mor- 

 bus." Toning up the stomach, bringing 

 back its vigor and promoting appetite. One 

 of the worst cases of this disease I have ever 

 seen was under my care a few weeks ago. 

 Though all the symptoms had been subdued 

 by proper treatment, yet the patient who had 

 not partaken of food for 2 days, was fully 

 restored as to appetite and strength in a 

 most surprising manner by sipping small 

 glasses of the " Great Western " made very 

 cold by placing on ice. 



Observing this, I wish to inquire if you 

 have any literature on the subject of the 

 manner in which your brand of champagne 

 is made, and the particular grape used. If 

 so, please communicate with me, as I am 

 interested in the matter not only in this par- 

 ticular case, but in several others of a like 

 character where it has been put to the test. 

 -Very truly yours, 



C. Carleton Smith. 



NOTES. 

 W. W. Hart & Co., 47 East 12th Street, 

 New York City, have devised a novel meth- 

 od of mounting and equipping antlered 

 heads. This novelty consists in running 

 electric light wires throughout the horns and 

 attaching a small incandescent bulb to each 

 point. These lights may all be operated 

 from one switchboard and when a head thus 

 equipped and hung in the hall is lighted, it 

 presents a most beautiful and novel effect. 



Messrs. Hart & Co. are enterprising peo- 

 ple and it would be well for all sportsmen 

 who secure good heads to write them for 

 their catalogue, including cut of this new 

 method of mounting heads. 



C. P. Goerz, who has a large factory in 

 Berlin, who makes the celebrated Goerz 

 lenses, opera glasses, and field glasses and 

 who has an office at 52 Union Square, this 

 city, recently gave his 1,000 workmen a hol- 

 iday from September 4th to nth, inclusive 

 — 8 days in all — with full pay. 



It has been supposed that Americans were 

 the most liberal people in the world in the 

 treatment of their workmen, but here is a 

 German manufacturer who teaches us a 

 valuable lesson. It would be well for large 

 manufacturers and contractors in this coun- 

 try to study this example carefully and to 

 follow it. 



A great deal has been said in newspapers 

 about the discontinuance of " The Lake 

 Shore Limited," the New York Central's 

 24 hour train between New York and Chi- 

 cago. 



There is no. truth in this rumor, " The 

 Lake Shore Limited " will continue to run 

 every day in the year over the New York 

 Central & Hudson River, and Lake Shore 

 & Michigan Southern Railroads — the same 

 tracks that carried the Exposition Flyer, be- 

 tween New York and Chicago, in 20 hours, 

 for 175 days during the World's Fair. 



The Ideal Manufacturing Company, New 

 Haven, Conn., manufacturer of cartridges 

 and reloading implements for rifles, pistols, 

 and shotguns, announces an improved shot 

 shell loading machine. 



Full information regarding this and all the 

 other good things put out by this company 

 will be found in the Ideal Hand-Book, 128 

 pages, which will be sent free to any one 

 asking for it and mentioning Recreation. 



Prompted by an advertisement in Recre- 

 ation I secured some of the New York Con- 

 densed Milk Co.'s " Pioneer Brand " Con- 

 densed Coffee for use on a recent hunting 

 trip. It is not only all that is claimed for it, 

 but more. It is compact, economical, and 

 the quality is excellent. In fact, it is an 

 ideal article, either for the camp, home, or 

 while travelling. 



F. S. Barnum, New York' City. 



Wm. W. .Hart & Co. report that fresh deer 

 heads are coming in thick and fast — as many 

 as 5 and 6 a day. The horns are running 

 unusually large. Several have been received 

 in the velvet which they seem to have re- 

 tained longer this year than usual. The re- 

 ceipts so far have exceeded those of any 

 previous season. Good work always tells. 



