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office room for handling their rapidly in- 

 creasing business. 



The company has been reorganized with 

 additional capital, an increased number of 

 skilled mechanics have been employed and, 

 in fact, Uncle Dan has one of the finest 

 gun factories in the country. 



As every shooter knows, Uncle Dan has 

 been in the business over 40 years, and 

 thousands of the best and finest guns in 

 use in this country are specimens of his 

 handiwork. He will still give personal 

 supervision to the selecting of material and 

 the making, finishing and inspection of 

 every gun turned out of the new factory ;' 

 and whenever you see a gun with the 

 name D. M. Lefever stamped on it you 

 may know it is as good a gun as can be 

 made for the nrice. 



When you write the company please 

 mention Recreation. 



Thousands of amateur photographers 

 who have had occasion to visit professional 

 studios have been surprised at the anti- 

 quated, rough looking cameras and other 

 equipments found in such places. These 

 goods are usually on the order of carpen- 

 ters' work benches, or of the fede boxes to 

 be found in any well regulated barn. There 

 is no reason why a professional photog- 

 rapher should not have well finished, taste- 

 ful cameras, plate holders, work benches, 

 tables, etc. The Century Camera Co., of 

 Rochester, N. Y., has realized the need of 

 improvement in such goods, and is now 

 making and putting on the market for the 

 use of professionals a line of cameras that 

 are more like, in finish and working qual- 

 ities, the fine goods which these people have 

 been turning out exclusively for amateur 

 photographers. The enterprising profes- 

 sional will hail this new departure with de- 

 light and the Century people will certainly 

 receive large numbers of orders for their 

 Rew outfits. . 



Spratt's Patent, Newark, N. J., has is- 

 sued a pocket map of the World's Fair at 

 St. Louis which will be of special value to 

 all sn^itsmen visiting the Fair. It indi- 

 cates by a conspicuous red star the location 

 of the Forest, Fish and Game Building, in 

 which Spratt's exhibit is placed, and 

 with this map at hand any person may 

 make a beeline for that building as soon as 

 he gets through the gates. 



The map shows as well the locations of 

 all the other buildings, and there is an in- 

 dex in the margin by means of which any 

 building or any section of the grounds may 

 be easily found. 



Everv intending visitor to the Fair should 

 write Spratt's Patent for a copy of this 

 map. 



In accordance with a rule instituted some 

 years ago, the C P. Goerz Optical Works 



in Berlin have again this year given a 

 week's holiday to all the workmen of their 

 factories in Berlin and Winterstein, Ger- 

 many, as well as the employees in the New 

 York branch factory. The workshops in 

 Germany were closed from September 5th 

 to 12th, and in New York from August 

 20th to 27th. Taking into consideration 

 that the firm is working overtime, with day 

 and night shifts, the value of this conces- 

 sion to their workmen who receive full pay 

 for the week of vacation, will be all the 

 better appreciated. 



J. N. Prothero, of DuBois, Pa., is in the 

 market with a new gun cabinet, and I sug- 

 gest that all readers of Recreation who 

 may be looking for anything of that kind 

 write him for his catalogue. This cabinet 

 is not so large as some of the others and 

 consequently not so expensive. It is made 

 of well seasoned oak, by skilled workmen, 

 and while it holds 5 guns, it requires but 

 2 square feet of floor space. The cabinet 

 sells at $15 and should certainly prove a 

 good investment to any man who has one 

 or more guns to take care of. 



In writing for catalogue please mention 

 Recreation. 



J. M. Lyon & Co., 65 Nassau street, New 

 York city, whose advertisement appears in 

 this issue of Recreation, is one of the old- 

 est and most reliable diamond and jewelry 

 houses in this city. They have been in 

 business since 1843 and are rated in the 

 trade as thoroughly reliable and trust- 

 worthy. Persons desiring to make holiday 

 presents to their friends may, therefore, 

 safely entrust mail orders to Lyon & Co. 

 and feel confident of fair and honest treat- 

 ment. 



In writing them please mention Recrea- 

 tion. 



T. H. Garrett, Jr., of Albany, N. Y., is 

 making an oarlock with ball bearings that 

 is a great improvement on any form of lock 

 I have ever used. I have tested a pair of 

 these locks and find them exceedingly pleas- 

 ant and practical. Friends of mine who 

 have tried them also like them enthusias- 

 tically. Every man who owns a row boat 

 should have a pair of these oarlocks. In 

 writing for a circular please mention Rec- 

 reation. 



Columbus, O. 

 Mr. Thos. H. Guthrie, Newark, N. J. 

 Dear Sir: 



The boots reached me safe and in good 

 condition. They are perfect, and fit like 

 a pair of gloves. Thev are worth more 

 than you ask for them and I will gladly 

 show them to my friends. I hope you may 

 receive many orders from here. 

 Sincerely vours, 



J. H. Woods, M.D. 



