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RECREATION. 



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Contains no tar — wears longer than shingles and is less 

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Established 1817 



EAST WALPOLE, MASS. 

 NEW YORK CHICAGO WASHINGTON 



The Winchester Arms Co., 



Dear Sirs : 



I hear you contemplate manufacturing 

 an automatic shot gun. No true sports- 

 man would use or own one. We have no 

 game birds in this country to spare, and 

 such a gun in the hands of a man who 

 would use one would greatly decrease their 

 number. I sincerely hope you and other 

 gun manufacturers will give up the idea 

 of making such a gun. 



Yours truly, 

 William H. Baker, New York City. 



WHY THEY DELAYED. 



The Russian commander stamped his 

 spurred heel impatiently. 



"Why the deuce," he ejaculated; "why 

 the deuce doesn't that battery go into ac- 

 tion?" 



"Why, general," said an aid, reproach- 

 fully, "can't you see that the men have not 

 yet arrived with the moving picture ma- 

 chine ?" — Judge. 



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I sat down to a hotel table at which an- 

 other man was breakfasting. While eating 

 he called the waiter and said to him : 



"I want you to put me up 6 ham sand- 

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I said to myself, "These delicate crea- 

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. Free : — To any person sending a new 

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