RECREATION. 



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Matthews Torpedo Launches 



BUILT TO PLEASE THE SAILOR 



Sizes 16 ft. to 70 ft. — any power installed. 

 Price includes full equipment except engine. 

 Matthew.s Motto Safety, comfort, speed. 

 Cabin cruising launches a specialty. Finest 

 I catalogue issued to-day, 10c; send for it and 

 I frame the cover. 



Agencies in all cities— Chicago office, 1409 

 I Michigan Avenue. 



MATTHEWS BOAT CO., 



P. O. Box 303 BaLScom, Ohio 



EDUCATION 



"J'kio-w John Dorrington?" asked Judge 

 Bradshaw, as he sampled a martini. "You 

 ought to know him. He is a newspaper 

 proprietor hisself. He is owner and pub- 

 lisher and managing editor of the Arizona 

 Weekly Sidewinder. Whenever he writes 

 an editorial they take ; t to the cold stor- 

 age room to keep the office from catching 

 fire. His words is like a branding iron. He 

 is long loined, long gaited, and he has a 

 long, honest face, like a horse's. 



"I visited him about a month ago. 

 'Judge/ says he, 'has you seen my new dog? 

 Come along and take a look at him.' 



''He takes me out to the barn, which is 

 built on stilts, and commences to claw on 

 a long chain. Pretty soon evolves a yellow 

 cur, with his hind feet stuck back like a 

 fighting mule's. John holds him up by the 

 chain for about a minute and kicks him 

 frequent in the side. He was about the 

 mangiest Indian cur I ever see. Finally 

 John lets him go and the dog runs under 

 the barn to the length of his chain. 'Stay 

 there, you brute,' shouts John under the 

 barn. 



"What d'ye think of my dog?' he asks 

 me. 



" 'Finest dog I ever saw,' says I. 



" 'Now, you won't believe me, Judge/ 

 says he, 'when I first got that dog he didn't 

 know a d — n thing.' " — San Francisco Call. 



The Bali-Bearing Oarlock 



A device that will do for the rowboat 

 •what the ball-beariuf? did for the bicycle. 

 Every ounce of energy utilized. No 

 clanking or squeaking, in fact 

 ABSOLUTELY NOISELESS AND 

 PKICTIONLESS. The Ideal Oarlock for 

 Hunting and Eishing. Furnished either 

 for tight or loose oars. If your dealer 

 does not handle, write for descriptive 

 circular and prices. Mention Recrea- 

 tion. 



T. H. GARRETT, Jr., Clark St., AUBURN, N. Y. 



<C K 7 e PAID FOR RARE 1853 QUARTERS ; $4 paid 

 «pO*/0 for 1804 dimes; $15 paid for 1858 dollars; big 

 prices paid for hundreds of other dates ; K;ep all money coined 

 before 1879 and send ten cents at once for a set 01 iwo coin and 

 stamp value books. It may mean a fortune to you. Address 

 C. F. Clarke, Agent, Le Roy, N.Y., Dept. 3. 



Chickens Free: Will give a pair of 

 early hatched, thoroughbred buff Plym- 

 outh Rocks for 4 new yearly subscrip- 

 tions to Recreation, or a trio m for 6. 

 Ira D. Goodhue. Norwalk. Ohio. 



American society continues to amuse it- 

 self with a reckless abandon which, while 

 it electrifies the more sober Briton/ arouses 

 his envy. Mr. Reginald Vai^derbilt is giv- 

 ing a ball at which all the male guests are 

 obliged to wear straw hats. This intensely 

 humorous notion has kept New York 

 laughing for days. It is "so dashing."— 

 London Globe. 



ACME FOLDING BOAT CO., MIAMISBUKO. O. 



Send for catalogue of our full line of Folding 

 Canvas Boats and Canoes, which have been 

 adopted by Governments of United States, Can- 

 ada and England. Just filled an order for U. S. 

 Government, who prefer our boats. Received medal and award at Chicago World's 

 Fair. If you investigate we will get your order. Mention Recreation. 



Acme Folding Boa^t Company, Mi©cmisb\irg, O. 

 A Sportma n's w MULLINS " Get There " Steel Duck Boat 



Boat _^« ii iwmm HBiib _ Price $20— Crated on cars Salem 



[Endorsed by Thousands of Sports* 

 men. Air Chamber each end. Always ready. 

 -^^ pp— No repairs. Send for handsome free book. 



ft. long^^lKHtiMMBfiiSSfi hJJffW 1 *^ W. H. MULLINS 



36-inch beam, -^^^■■ibbbbhh^^^- 228 Depot Street* » • • Salem, Ohio 



