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sportsmen 

 Special made guns for trap A \T1\ D¥CT EC in 22 and 32 calibre 

 shooting, heavy weight guns All II l\ i LC5 * or ^^t sporting 

 for wild fowl shooting and target purposes 



SEND FOR CATALOGUE 



The W. H. DAVENPORT FIRE ARMS CO., Norwich, Conn. 



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The Savage Arms Company's 1900 cata- 

 logue is a beauty. It has as fine a series 

 of half tone cuts of rifles as I have ever 

 seen. Even the engravings on the lock 

 plates of the fine guns show portraits of 

 elk, bear, etc., in such vivid form as to make 

 a fellow's trigger finger itch to get into the 

 mountains. Then there are many detailed 

 drawings of Savage rifles, and of the parts 

 thereof, which offer interesting study for 

 any rifleman. On pages 27 and 28 there 

 are some exceedingly valuable hints on how 

 to use and care for a rifle. On pages 34 

 and 35 the mechanism of the Savage is care- 

 fully and explicitedly described. On page 

 3J there is an article on smokeless powder, 

 that is full of interest. 



In fact, the book is filled with good 

 things, and every man who uses a rifle 

 should have a copy of it. Write the Sav- 

 age Arms Company, Utica, New York, and 

 mention Recreation. 



Kindly allow me space for the correction 

 of an error which, unfortunately, crept into 

 the article on the gypsy moth in a recent 

 issue of Recreation. The date of the pho- 

 tograph of the Dexter elm, as given on 

 page 179, should be stricken out. This pho- 

 tograph was taken some time during the 

 fall 1894, after the leaves had fallen ; hence, 

 its nakedness is not due to any damage 

 from the gypsy moth. 



A. H. Kirkland, 

 Asst. Entomologist, Maiden, Mass. 



HER WAY. 



"Behold the lilies of the field! 



They toil not, neither do they spin." 

 Now, though my darling does no work, 

 I know that class she is not in. 



For when upon a tandem wheel 



With frantic strength I work my shins, 



The fact is borne in on my soul — 

 The sly girl toils not, but she spins. 

 McLandburgh Wilson, in Puck. 



The Toothpick Rod and Gun Club, of 

 Eureka, Kan., recently elected E. R. 

 Brown president, A. W. Broad vice presi- 

 dent, and T. W. Hines treasurer. A re- 

 dent, and T. W. Hines treasurer. The 

 club offers a reward of $25 for the arrest 

 and conviction of anyone violating any of 

 the fish and game laws of the State in 

 Cedar township. 



They had been discussing methods of as- 

 certaining character. "I can tell you how 

 to find a man nut." volunteered one who 

 had not spoken. "How?" "Go to his 

 home when he is away." — Pittsburg 

 Chronicle Telegraph. 



Yorkrode — I see they have a new cure 

 for rheumatism. They roast the patient. 



Towson — My wife must think I have it. 

 — Baltimore American. 



