PUBLISHERS DEPARTMENT. 



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PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 



THE RIGHT KIND OF A FOLDER. 



The New York Central Railway Co. has 

 recently issued a booklet which is furnished 

 to all passengers traveling on the Empire 

 State Express, between New York and Chi- 

 cago. 



This booklet is from the press of the 

 American Bank Note Company, and, in ad- 

 dition to new illustrations and a brief de- 

 scription of the cars and their appointments, 

 a map of the route, and time-tables, it con- 

 tains a feature not heretofore made use of in 

 railroad advertising, which is a descriptive 

 time-table, detailing in concise language the 

 principal objects of interest that may be seen 

 from the Observation Car from time to time 

 as the train progresses on its daily flight. 

 For instance, each river is named, and you 

 are told where it rises and where it empties. 

 You are told what railroad you cross, the 

 name of the town you are passing, whether 

 you stop or not, the principal industries in 

 the town, its population, etc., etc., so that 

 at the end of your trip you may have a great 

 deal of practical knowledge of the country 

 through which you have passed. 



The Central has here set an example 

 which it would be well for all trunk lines to 

 follow. Every person who travels has fre- 

 quently been annoyed by trying to find out, 

 from brakeman or conductor, the names of 

 lakes or streams along the route. It fre- 

 quently happens that employees of the rail- 

 way companies are unable to give such 

 information, and thus a man is compelled to 

 travel with his eyes shut, so to speak. 



Every man of an inquiring turn of mind 

 likes to know something about the country 

 he is traveling over, and the railway com- 

 panies would confer a great favor on their 

 patrons by furnishing such information. 



A NEW CRIMPING HEAD. 



The Ideal Mfg. Co. of New Haven, Conn., 

 announces a new improved crimping head 

 for turning over the muzzle of paper shells 

 firmly on the wadding, to secure the charge 

 within. The head as constructed (see cut) 

 permits the use of interchangeable pins, 2 



sets of which accom- 



" IDEAL" 



Improved Crimping Head. 



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pany each crimper, 

 one set each to form 

 the square and 

 round crimp. The 

 square crimp is pre- 

 ferred by users of 

 single and double 

 barreled shot guns, 

 as that form is said 

 to meet the ex- 

 pelling force of the powder with greater re- 

 sistance, not straightening out as easily as 

 the round crimp. The users of repeating 

 shot guns find the square crimp will some- 

 times catch, on entering the chamber, when 

 being inserted by the mechanism, therefore 



the round crimp is required to obviate that 

 trouble. These improvements make the 

 Ideal Star Crimper work positively on a 

 straight line, permitting of interchangeable 

 heads, followers and pins, and turning both 

 the square and round crimp. 



Further information will be found in the 

 Ideal Hand-Book, 120 pages, which is sent 

 free. Mention Recreation. 



INCREASING ITS FACILITIES. 



The Ithaca Gun Company, Ithaca, N. Y., 

 has purchased the entire plant of the Wilkes- 

 barre Arms Company, makers of the Wilkes- 

 barre and Parry guns. All the machinery 

 and the entire equipment are to be moved 

 to Ithaca and added to the already large 

 plant of the Ithaca Company. On account 

 of its durability and unexcelled shooting 

 qualities the Ithaca gun has become famous. 

 With the late improvements and new lines 

 upon which the later guns have been made, 

 trade has increased so that, although the 

 company has kept a full working force em- 

 ployed from early morning until 10 o'clock 

 at night, it has been impossible to keep the 

 output up with the rapidly increasing orders. 

 With the addition of new buildings and this 

 new machinery the output can, of course, 

 be largely increased. These 2 plants com- 

 bined in one will make one of the largest 

 gun factories of its kind in the world. — 

 Ithaca (N. Y.) Journal. 



TRADE NOTES. 



The passenger department of the Great 

 Northern Railway has issued a handsome 

 little booklet, entitled " Fishing and Shoot- 

 ing Along the Line of the Great Northern 

 Railway." 



The book contains a great deal of valu- 

 able information as to the best fishing and 

 hunting grounds in Minnesota, North 

 Dakota, Montana, Idaho and Washington. 

 Also a carefully arranged table showing the 

 varieties of fish and game to be found at and 

 near various points along the line. This 

 table also gives the names of the principal 

 lakes and rivers near each station, naming 

 the distance of each of these waters from the 

 station, the names of hotels, guides, rates 

 charged by same, charges for livery teams ; 

 also a brief description of the character of 

 the country. 



There are some dainty bits of scenery 

 given in this book that make the blood of 

 the sportsman tingle. There are also some 

 striking examples of the work of game and 

 fish hogs that should never have been ad- 

 mitted in so beautiful a publication. 



Write for the book. Mention Recrea- 

 tion. 



The Syracuse Arms Co. commenced on 

 October 10th to run its works night and 

 day, employing 2 shifts of men. This com- 

 pany is several months behind its orders on 

 certain classes of guns and has been com- 



