PUBLISHER'S NOTES. 



MOUNT YOUR OWN HEADS. 



Nearly every sportsman kills many ani- 

 mals and birds the skins or heads of which 

 he would like to preserve; yet there are 

 many men who do not know how to take 

 off and preserve the skins. Many such men 

 live a long way from the nearest taxider- 

 mist, and the expense of sending the skins 

 to a shop and getting the specimens proper- 

 ly mounted, deters the hunter from under- 

 taking the work. There are many other 

 men who feel that they can not afford the 

 expense of having specimens mounted, 

 and many such have wished they knew how 

 to mount skins or heads themselves. 



This want is being supplied in full meas- 

 ure by the Northwestern School of Taxi- 

 dermy, at Omaha, Neb. Prof. J. W. El- 

 wood, in charge of this institution, is a 

 thorough, practical, sportsman, a naturalist, 

 taxidermist, and a straight forward, re- 

 liable business man. 



He has prepared a series of lessons in 

 taxidermy, including the taking off and 

 preserving of skins, which he teaches by 

 mail. Then by his system of correspond- 

 ence he conducts these lessons, criticises 

 the work submitted to him, and in a thor- 

 oughly practical way teaches his pupils how 

 to do such work. 



This school has been in existence for 

 some time, and now has on its rolls several 

 hundred students. 



These people commend Prof. Elwood's 

 methods in strong terms, and it would cer- 

 tainly be of great interest to all nature 

 lovers, who desire to preserve specimens 

 of birds and animals, to communicate with 

 Mr. Elwood and to take a course of les- 

 sons under him. 



I do not mean by this to encourage in any 

 way the reckless slaughter of birds and ani- 

 mals simply for the purpose of making up 

 collections of skins. Every good man and 

 boy deprecates any such a course ; but to 

 whatever extent birds and mammals maybe 

 killed in a legitimate and sportsmanlike 

 way, their skins and heads should be saved ; 

 not only for the benefit of those who killed 

 them, but for the public at large, and for 

 posterity. The time will come when nearly 

 all species of wild birds and animals will 

 be extinct on this continent except in pre- 

 serves. Let us postpone this evil day as far 

 as possible, and in the ages to come when 

 men shall read of these wild creatures 

 that once inhabited this fair land, they 

 will at least have an opportunity to see 

 specimens of them. 



about ready to issue from the press. They 

 are entitled the "Complete Fishermen's and 

 Anglers' Manual, or, How to Catch Fish," 

 and the "Complete Hunters' and Sports- 

 men's Manual, or, Trappers' Guide." Each 

 volume contains 136 pages and over 200 

 illustrations, exhaustively covering the sub- 

 ject named. 



Buzzacott, it will be remembered, is the 

 author also of the "Complete Campers' 

 Manual, or, How to Camp Out; What to 

 Do," which has received the unstinted 

 praise of many thousands of readers, both 

 in Europe and America. The sale of this 

 book has reached 50,000 copies in 4 months. 



A copy of either of the books mentioned 

 will be mailed to any address in the world 

 on receipt of 10 cents, coin or stamps ; or 

 the 3 books, bound in one volume, 408 

 pages, 600 illustrations, for $1. Sportsmen 

 who fail to order copies of these most valu- 

 able and instructive books miss the oppor- 

 tunity of a lifetime, as the information they 

 contain is worth 10 times the price. Ad- 

 dress the author, Buzzacott, Chicago, 111. 



A RUST PREVENTIVE. 



There are many brands of so called gun 

 grease, or gun oil, on the market, but none 

 of these have proven entirely satisfactory. 

 A new one has just made its appearance, 

 which seems to be exactly right in every 

 particular. This is Cedaroleum, made by 

 the Cedaroleum Co., Perkinsville, Vt. This 

 lubricant is in the form of a thin paste, 

 having some of the qualities of vaseline, 

 and yet it is thin and entirely different in 

 character from that substance. Cedaroleum 

 has a good body and good staying qualities ; 

 yet it is sufficiently volatile to be easily 

 spread over a large surface. It leaves a 

 heavy coat, which certainly must prove im- 

 pervious to atmosphere, to salt air, or to 

 changes of temperature. 



Cedaroleum is put up in collapsible tubes 

 and one of the most attractive features of 

 the scheme is that each tube is fitted with a 

 long, slim nozzle, having a screw cap. On 

 removing this cap you have an injector, 

 which can be passed into your gun lock, or 

 into the muzzle of even a 22 caliber rifle. 

 Then by squeezing the tube you can put the 

 oil where it will do the most good. Cedaro- 

 leum sells at 15 cents a tube and is sent by 

 mail postpaid. If you write for sample 

 please mention Recreation. 



TWO MORE NEW BOOKS'. 

 Buzzacott, the camp and sportsmen's out- 

 fitter, has written 2 more books, which are 



PROCTOR IN MONTREAL. 

 The success achieved by F. F. Proctor 

 since his entry into Montreal as a theatri- 

 cal manager is a source of surprise to most 

 Americans, who for many years have had a 

 strong suspicion that Yankees were not par- 



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