RECREATION. 



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Special Bargains in Hammerless Guns 



We offer at these SPECIAL PRICES a small lot of a 



Standard American 

 make Breech Load- 

 ing Double Guns 



$31.00 grade Gun, fine twist 

 $41.00 with Automatic Ejector 

 $40.00 Damascus Barrels 



$18.50 

 $25.00 

 $22.50 



Entirely new. Made on Interchangeable 

 System. Top Lever Action. Greener 

 style Cross Bolt-Pistol stock. 26, 28 and 

 30 inch. 12 and 16 bores, at the followir 

 Exceptional Prices : 



Send $5 with order, and if the Gun. is not satisfactory upon receipt it may be returned and money refunded less 

 cost of expressage. Or if the whole amount of money is sent with order a Victoria Canvas Case is included. 



Always in stock a full line of high-grade GUNS 



W. & C SCOTT, JOS, LANG & SON, London 



and others, in addition to Parker, Remington and all the American makes. 



JUST NOW ON HAND 



Also large'lot "Hammer Double Guns," 



ten and twelve bores, many of them second- 

 hand, taken in trade. Prices 



$8 to $15 



Also lot of Lee Straight Pull Magazine 



Rifles, small bore, made by the Winchester 

 Arms Company and cost over $25 each, long 

 range and very accurate, in nice refinished brown, 

 condition same as new. Suitable ^*-j rr\ 

 for target or hunting. Price, each Cp/»J>U 



Servd Six Cents in stamps for Catalogue of New, also of Second-hand Guns 



WM. READ & SONS, 10T Washington Street, Boston, Mass. 



Patent No. 764804 has -been issued to 

 Frank H. Frissell, of Middletown, Conn., 

 on a cartridge belt. 



Patent No. 764803 has been issued to 

 W. C. Fisher, Middletown, Conn., on an- 

 other form of cartridge belt. This latter 

 is a novelty, in that the cartridges are 

 placed in groups of 10 each and enclosed 

 in pockets attached to the belt. 



Patent No. 765554 has been- issued to 

 William Carter, of Louisville, Ky., on a 

 fishing reel. 



.Copies of these patents can be had by 

 addressing the Patent Office, Washington, 

 D. C. 



Patent No. 753,384 has been issued to 

 Perry Frazier, of Dubois, Nebr., on a 

 breech loading rifle. 



Patent No. 753,425 has been issued to 

 to S. D. Noel, of Indianapolis, Ind., on a 

 metal boat. 



Patent No. 750,143 has been issued to 

 T. B. Wilson, Epes, Ala., on a new device 

 for a minnow pail. 



Patent No. 750,054 has been issued to 

 R. L. Hunter, Minneapolis, Minn., on a 

 fishing reel. 



IN ANSWERING ADS PLEASE MEN- 

 TION RECREATION. 



You Burn Too Much Money 



THE GUN IS A BURNING QUESTION 

 $1,000,000 or less burned 

 each year in buying 

 Cheap Guns. 



^ Tiie Burning Question is QUALITY 



The quality of the PARKER 

 GUN is beyond question. In your 

 choice it is the part of wisdom to 

 see that you are buying a safe gun. 

 Our opinions are worth dollars 

 to you. We are the oldest manu- 

 facturers in America and 

 offer you our services F^ee. 



If you expect to own 11 fjiiii in H)0.">, 

 riii* us lo-dnv. Mention Rkcukation 



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Parker Bros. 



33 Cherry St. 



Meriden, Conn. 



