Recreation, Volume 8G.O. Shields (Coquina), 1898 - Recreation |
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Page 361 - Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 200 - Growing by the rushing river, Tall and stately in the valley ! I a light canoe will build me, Build a swift Cheemaun for sailing, That shall float upon the river, Like a yellow leaf in Autumn, Like a yellow water-lily ! " Lay aside your cloak, O Birch-Tree ! Lay aside your white-skin wrapper, For the Summer-time is coming, And the sun is warm in heaven, And you need no white-skin wrapper...
Page 154 - The constant drop of water Wears away the hardest stone ; The constant gnaw of Towser Masticates the toughest bone ; The constant cooing lover Carries off the blushing maid ; And the constant advertiser Is the one who gets the trade.
Page 488 - Tours in the Rocky Mountains.— The "Scenic Line of the World," the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, offers to tourists in Colorado, Utah and New Mexico the choicest resorts, and to the trans-continental traveler, the grandest scenery.
Page 361 - How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view!
Page 488 - ... all Pacific Coast tourist tickets stopovers are granted at Denver, Colorado Springs, Manitou, Leadville, Glenwood Springs, Salt Lake City, Ogden and other points of interest. Double daily train service and through Pullman and Tourist sleeping cars between Denver and San Francisco and Los Angeles. For illustrated pamphlets descriptive of the "Great Salt Lake Route...
Page 229 - ... the bird's nest-robbing proclivities and the results of stomach examinations. The accusations of eating eggs and young birds are certainly not sustained, and it is futile to attempt to reconcile the conflicting statements on this point, which must be left until more accurate observations have been made.
Page 44 - ... other than the common shoulder gun ; or by the aid or use of any punt boat, or sneak boat used for carrying such gun, to catch, kill, wound or destroy, or to pursue after with intent to catch, kill, wound or destroy, upon any of the waters, bays, rivers, marshes, mud flats, or any cover to which wild fowl resort within the state of Ohio, any will goose, wood-duck, teal, canvass-back, blue-bill, or other wild duck.
Page 102 - hay,' and they lay up large quantities of it for winter use, depositing it in little heaps in the spaces between the rocks. These storehouses average about the size of a bushel measure and contain, in addition to the leaves and flowers of Geum rossii, a few heads of purple Aster and a golden Senecio, The Pikas are very industrious.
Page 488 - Westward Through the Rockies. The traveler, tourist, or business man is wise when he selects the Rio Grande Western Railway " Great Salt Lake Route " for his route to the Pacific Coast. It is the only transcontinental line passing directly through Salt Lake City, and in addition to the glimpse it affords...