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 Do\ible Guns 



twist 

 $41.00 with Automatic Ejector 

 $40.00 Damascus Barrels 



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 following 

 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 ^-7 ha 

 for target or hunting. Price, each vp/»i!>U 



Send Six Cents irustamps for Catalogue of New, also of Second-hand Guns 



WM. READ & SONS, 107 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. 



A man stood on a lonely isle, 



A shipwrecked sailor he, 

 While all about him roared and crashed 



The angry, restless sea. 

 The waves dashed high, as rose the tide 



With deafening, maddening glee — 

 "Alas !" exclaimed the shipwrecked man, 



"I guess it's up to me." — Collier's. 



Knicker: Yes, Johnny, there is only one 

 way to learn, and that is to begin at the 

 bottom. 



Johnny: How about swimming? — New 

 York Sun. 



"In country bar-rooms," said a sociologi- 

 cal expert, "there are rarely chairs, as 

 there are in our urban cafes, but everyone 

 must stand up to drink. One day, in a 

 New England tavern, I was inquisitive 

 enough to ask the barkeeper why he had no 

 chairs for his guests. 'No man drinks here,' 

 said the barkeeper, severely, 'longer than he 

 can stand.' " — San Francisco Argonaut. 



Don't forget that a year's sub» 

 scription to Recreation is the best 

 thing you can give a man or a 

 boy for a Christmas present. 



The BEST is also CHEAPEST 

 in GUNS. Why? 



We are glad to give informa- 

 tion 

 asking 



There is no Gun on the market 

 to-day made under such high stan- 

 dards of workmanship and mate- 

 rial as the PARKER, and no Gun 

 can be obtained in which there is 

 so much value to the purchaser. 

 We can prove our statements to 

 you. Write to us if you have in 

 mind a Gun. 



Parker Bros. 



33 Cherry St. 



Meriden, Conn. 



