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RECREA TION. 



PROSPERITY IN TEXAS. 



There is a town called " Katy," on the 

 M. K. & T. railway, near Houston, Texas. 

 It is located in a wide stretch of rich, high 

 prairie land, where cotton, corn, sugar and 

 rice are grown in luxuriance. Fruits are 

 also grown in large quantities, as the land is 

 particularly adapted to their culture. 

 Peaches, pears, plums, oranges and figs, 

 all grow abundantly. They can be marketed 

 2 or 3 weeks in advance of the California 

 crops, thus obtaining the highest prices. 



Farmers raise 2 and 3 crops of vegetables 

 each year and find a ready market for their 

 products at Houston and Galveston. No 

 section of the state offers greater induce- 

 ments to the thrifty energetic farmer, nor 

 affords better opportunities for the accumu- 

 lation of wealth from small investments. 



This country is famed for the mildness 

 and equability of its climate, the productive- 

 ness of its soil, its adaptability to the cul- 

 tivation of fruits and vegetables and its 

 many advantages for the homeseeker and 

 the settler. 



HE GOT THE PASS. 

 The General Manager's office of the M., 

 K. & T. Railway was recently favored with 

 a visit by a stranger who insisted on seeing 

 the General Manager. When 'asked what 

 could be done to make him happy, he said 

 he wanted an annual pass. Asked on what 

 grounds he made his request, he replied that 

 he was President of a certain railway. Air. 

 Allen had never heard of such a road, but 

 consulting the guide, found that the road 

 really existed, but told the gentleman his 

 road was only 3 miles long, while the M. 

 K. & T. was 3 thousand. The man said 

 " Yes that's so, but my road is just as wide 

 as yours." He got the pass. 



Laflin and Rand Powder Co., 

 99 Cedar Street, New York. 



Gentlemen: I did not have time to try 

 for high scores at the Sportsmen's Show 

 as I was entered in 3 other matches, and 

 as I was in the lead with the military re- 

 volver I devoted my time to the others. 



I secured some cartridges loaded with 

 your Sporting Rifle Smokeless during the 

 show, and it was with that ammunition I 

 won the championship. There was not a 

 bad cartridge in the lot and I am positive 

 I could improve my score by many points. 

 I consider the U. M. C. .38 Service Car- 

 tridge, loaded with your powder, the most 

 accurate ammunition I have ever used. I 

 expect to use it in my outdoor work this 

 season on the 50 and 100 yard ranges. 



You are welcome to use my name in con- 

 junction with a cartridge that has so many 

 points of superiority over those loaded with 

 black powder. 



Yours truly, 



Ashley A. Webber, M.D., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



The Canadian Pacific Railway has lately 

 issued a map of all its territory, extending 

 from the Atlantic to the Pacific, on which 

 is printed in red ink a series of notes as to 

 the kinds of game to be found in each dis- 

 trict along the line. This map is in the 

 main correct as to distribution of species. 

 Of course, it could not be absolutely so, 

 but it contains a large amount of informa- 

 tion of great value to any one who may 

 wish to hunt or fish in any part of Canada. 



This company has also issued a neatly 

 illustrated folder, of 40 pages, entitled, 

 " Fishing and Shooting in Quebec." This 

 also contains a map showing the Canadian 

 Pacific lines, and adjacent territory, from 

 the Atlantic Coast to Minnesota. 



Persons who may be planning a visit to 

 any portion of Canada would do well to 

 send for these documents. Please mention 

 Recreation. 



Parker Bros., Meriden, Ct, makers of 

 the celebrated Parker Gun. have issued 

 their new calendar for March, 1899, to 

 March 1900. Among the faces of 30 well 

 known trap shooters and Parker enthusi- 

 asts shown thereon is that of Master Guy 

 Grigsby, the 13 year old boy, who showed 

 the Louisville shooters how to kill pigeons 

 by stopping 49 out of 50 birds and winning 

 the Louisville Handicap, with his 12 gauge 

 titanic Steel Parker Gun. 



A copy of this calendar will be mailed to 

 any gun club, post paid, who will send their 

 address to Parker Brothers, and to any in- 

 dividual on receipt of 10 cents to pay post- 

 age. 



The Passenger Department of the Grand 

 Trunk Railway has issued 3 of the most 

 beautiful folders that ever came out of a 

 printing office. They are descriptive of the 

 Muskoka lakes, the Lake of Bays and the 

 Georgian bay regions in Ontario. They 

 are beautifully illustrated with half tone cuts 

 of scenery in those districts, and these cuts 

 are printed in tinted inks, affording a pleas- 

 ing contrast with the black ink in which the 

 text is printed. 



These folders give a fund of valuable in- 

 formation as to where good hunting and 

 fishing may be had, and every man inter- 

 ested in such sport should write W. E. 

 Davis, G. P. -A.. Grand Trunk Railway, 

 Montreal, Can., and ask for copies of these 

 folders, mentioning Recreation. 



Do you ever camp out? If so, why sleep 

 on the cold, hard ground? Why not take 

 with you a pneumatic rubber mattress? 

 You can get one for 25 subscriptions to 

 Recreation. 



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 MENTION RECREATION. 



