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The Betz herd of bristle backs made 

 their usual cruise to Carolina last fall, re- 

 turning to Philadelphia in December, with 

 840 ducks and geese hanging about the 

 rigging of their yacht. As usual these men 

 had themselves and their yacht photo- 

 graphed, and certain of the Philadelphia 

 papers published the pictures, with the 

 ancient Philadelphia style of laudation. 



The sportsmen of this country could do 

 the cause of game protection an immense 

 service by invariably writing the editors of 

 papers that eulogize game hogs and con- 

 demning the aforesaid editors in vigorous 

 and emphatic English. The daily papers 

 print such articles and pictures for revenue 

 only, and if they could be made to 

 understand that they displease more peo- 

 ple than they please by displaying such 

 disgusting pictures and comments, they 

 would quit it. Gentlemen, it is up to you 

 to stop this custom of patting game hogs 

 on the back. 



It is estimated that 5,000 deer were killed 

 in the Adirondacks last fall, and that 23 of 

 the men who were hunting them were 

 either killed or wounded. This record 

 should prove a decided advantage to the 

 deer in that country. It w r ould seem that 

 sensible men would not care to go in there 

 to hunt next year. Any man of courage 

 is willing to go into battle and take all 

 kinds of chances of being shot when there 

 is an enemy in front of him ; but I can not 

 understand how any man would be willing 

 to be shot full of holes for the mere sake 

 of killing a timid, inoffensive deer. One 

 thing is certain; some one must devise a 

 bullet-proof armor for hunters, or else 

 men must quit hunting in the Adiron- 

 dacks and in Maine. 



The 2 beautiful snow pictures pub- 

 lished on page 8, of January Recreation, 

 were made by Mr. A. D. Richmond, Grand 

 Rapids, Mich., and should have been credi- 

 ted to him instead of to Mr. D. H. Darling. 

 The prints were sent in by Mr. Richmond 

 some 2 years ago but unfortunately his 

 name and address were not written on 

 them. At a subsequent date Dr. Darling 

 sent me a series of similar pictures, and a 

 letter with them, which was printed on 

 page 2> 2 > of January Recreation, and I sup- 

 posed when I sent Mr. Richmond's pictures 

 to the engraver, that I was sending those 

 made by Mr. Darling. Both series of views 

 were equally good, and I deeply regret 

 that the lines should have become snarled 

 in this way. 



The following additions have been made 



to the Recreation group in the New York 



Zoological park since last report : 



C. D. Brown, Rutherford, N. J., 

 1 Mink. 



4 Black-crowned night her«ns. 



4 Yellow-crowned night herons. 

 Melville Chapman, Rutherford, N. J., 



1 Screech owl. 

 Miss Doane, Waterlily. North Carolina, 



1 Black duck. 

 Roy A. Latham, Orient Point, L. I., X. Y., 



1 Loon. 



1 Pied-billed grebe. 

 Francis J. Rauh, No. 522 E. 141st St., N. Y. C, 



1 Opossum. 



HOW IT AFFECTS US. 



The editor's raving and tearing his hair, 

 The business manager's sunk in despair, 

 The poet is crazy, the artist has struck, 

 The boss of the press-room is runnirg 



amuck, 

 The bookkeeper's sick, the stenographer's 



sad, 

 The office boy's blue and the porter is mad ; 

 His reckless profanity isn't reproved 

 For we feel the same way now the office is 



moved. 



The unanswered letters securely repose 

 In some hidden place that the Lord only 



knows ; 

 We write with a pencil, for no one can 



think 

 What has become of the bottles of ink. 

 The ads for the paper have all disappeared 

 And if we can't find 'em the issue is 



queered. 

 The types and the cuts are all battered 



and grooved, 

 They're not fit to print, now the office has 



moved. 



The painters are working right over our 



heads, 

 Our desks are bespattered with purples and 



reds ; 

 The chink of the gas-fitter's hammer we 



hear, 

 The carpenter hammers away by our ear. 

 It will be very nice by and by, we'll allow, 

 But what worries us is the here and the 



now. 

 We know when it's settled 'twill be much 



improved, 

 But Lord ! what a mess now the office is 



moved. 



— Exchange. 



Printer : How many copies of that book 

 do you w r ant me to print? 



Publisher : We are advertising advance 

 orders for 100,000, aren't we? 



"Yes." 



"Well, print 600. Let's see how it goes." 

 — Exchange. 



A fond mother, hearing that an earth- 

 quake was coming, sent her boys to the 

 house of a friend in the country. She im- 

 mediately received the following telegram : 

 "Take your boys away, and send along 

 the earthquake." 



