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RECREATION. 



Paroid Roofing 



"IT LASTS » 



The ideal covering for the roof and sides of camps and boathouses. Costs 



much less than shingles, and anyone can apply it. A complete 



roofing kit — tins, nails and cement inside each roll 



F. W. BIRD & SON, Makers 



Established 1817 



EAST WALPOLE, MASS. 

 NEW YORK CHICAGO WASHINGTON 



A practical device that ought to be ap- 

 preciated by every shooter, angler and oars- 

 man is the Garrett Ball Bearing Oarlock, 

 made by T. H. Garrett, Jr., Auburn, N. Y. 

 Many a good shot and many a large fish 

 has every sportsman lost by using the ordi- 

 nary oarlocks, with their constant rattle 

 and clank, their irritating squeak and their 

 everlasting chuck. The Garrett Oarlocks 

 are free from all these annoyances. The 

 application of the ball bearing principle 

 makes these oarlocks noiseless and friction- 

 less, while at the same time they are simple, 

 neat, and strong. The easy action of the 

 Garrett oarlocks enables a man to accom- 

 plish-twice as much as he could with the 

 old style and the same force. With the 

 Garrett oarlocks every ounce of energy ap- 

 plied to the handle of an oar is transmitted 

 to the blade without loss. Fancy what 

 hard work it would be to propel a bicycle 

 up hill if the parts were not ball bearing! 

 Same difference between the old style of 

 oarlock and Mr. Garrett's Ball Bearing Oar- 

 lock. 



Mr. Garrett is a practical sportsman and 

 invented this oarlock to meet his own 

 needs. When his friends saw the device 

 they clamored for a pair, and he was thus 

 almost forced into the manufacture of these 

 goods. Write him for a descriptive circu- 

 lar and please say you saw the ad in Rec- 

 reation. 



He : I shall never see you again ! 

 She : Well, don't call to-morrow night, 

 for I'll be out. — Life. 



WE DEARLY LOVE A TRAIN. 

 Where is the person with soul so dead, 

 who never to himself, herself or it hath 

 said, "I dearly love to see the train go 

 by?" We love action, life, movement, 

 speed, and find them all in a limited or 

 unlimited express. Apropos, one of the 

 exhibits at the St. Louis fair is a fac- 

 simile of the Empire State Express of 

 the New York Central, a creation of 

 George H. Daniels. Nothing in the en- 

 tire show attracts more attention, for this 

 train has been advertised throughout the 

 universe. It has been on our postage 

 stamps, and that's the only way it ever 

 got licked, says Mr. Daniels. June 17th, by 

 actual count, 7,022 persons walked through 

 the splendid coaches and hovered about the 

 locomotive. Alongside is the ancient relic, 

 the De Witt Clinton, with its 3 quaint cars, 

 the first train ever placed on the Central 

 road. The contrast is powerfully appealing 

 and instructive. 



Council Bluffs, Iowa. 

 The West Weedless Hook Co., 



Dear Sirs : — I have used your hooks 

 the past season; both your tandem hooks 

 with and without wire to hold irog securely 

 in place. I find them both excellent and 

 particularly the frog tie which enables a 

 person to make many casts and secure many 

 bass by the use of one frog, which is im- 

 portant when frogs are scarce. 



G. H. Scott, Judge of Superior Court. 



TALBOT REEL 



is known to Tournament winners 

 and Experts to be the best. Try our 

 Lines, Hooks and Rods. Ask for 

 Catalogue "E" giving discriptions. 



W. H. TALBOT CO., Nevada, Mo., U. S. A. 



