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Ask Adventure 49, Re U.S. Part 4 Dr. G.-E, Hatuorne, 70 Main Street, Bangor, Me. Maine. Fishing, hunting, canoeing, guides, outfits, supplies. WEAPONS, PAST and PRESENT Rifles, aay fom pistols, revolvers, ammunition and edged pepo Any questions on the arms adapted to a par- ticular oie should not be sent to this department but to the “Ask Adventure”’ editor covering the district.) A.—All Shetguns, including foreign and American makes; wing shooting. J. B. THompson, 906 Pontiac Bldg., ‘Chicago, Ill. B.—All Rifles, Pistols and Revolvers, including foreign and American makes. DONEGAN WIGGINs, R. F D. 3, Lock Box 75, Salem, Ore. C.— Edged Weapons, and Firearms Prior to 1800. Swords, pikes, kn’ es, battle-axes, etc., and all firearms of the flintlock, matchlock, wheel-lock and snaphaurfce vari- eties. Lewis APPLETON BARKER, 40 University Road, Brookline, Mass. OLD SONGS THAT MEN HAVE SUNG RosBert FrotHiIncHaM, 745 Riverside Drive, New York City. A department for collecting hitherto unpublished specimens and for answering questions concerning all songs ef the out-of-doors that have had sufficient virility to out- last their immediate day; chanteys, ‘‘forebitters,’’ ballads —songs of outdoor men—sailors, lumberjacks, soldiers, cowboys, pioneers, rivermen, canal-men, men of the Great Lakes, voyageurs, railroad men, miners, hoboes, plantation hands, etc. FISHING IN NORTH AMERICA Salt and Fresh Water Fishing J. B. THompson, 906 Pontiac Bldg., Chicago, Ill. Cover- ing fishing-tackle and equipment; fly and bait casting and bait; camping-outfits; fishing-trips. What Mr. Spears Thinks of “Ask Adventure’’ WE HAD quite an argument in the office here as to whether to print the subjoined or not. Some of the fellows thought it self-advertising, and I guess it is at that; but others said it was telling the truth, and I guess they’re right too. We asked Mr. Spears how about it, and he wrote: Use your own judgment about printing my letter re““A. A.” It was just a frank expression of my feel- ings about the work. You know how a man is apt to feel about patting himself on the back and saying out loud what an awful lot of good he’s doing in the world. I have a warm glow of that feeling now! But it might help some inquirer to understand how we all feel about doing what we can, individually and collectively, to help them to some of the rich things we have had in our own lives. Go to it— So if you think we’re capping our own game, or that Mr. Spears is capping his, please forgive us all this once. We don’t do it as often as we might. Neither does Raymond. Anyhow, here’s his apprecia- tion of “A. A.” Little Falls, N. Y. Let me say that no work [ do is more interesting, and I like to think none more useful—really help- ful—than answering questions. You are running one of the most remarkable Universities of Learn- ing ever any one did undertake, covering Practical Life in All Lands, and you'll never know what you’ve done for thousands, especially for the Youngsters. 185 MOUNTAINS and MOUNTAINEERING Especially of New England. ArrHur Bent, Appalachian Mountain Club, 1050 Tremont Bldg., Boston, Mass. STANDING INFORMATION For information on trade in any Boa of the world, address J. L. Brnpa, National Foreign Trade Council, 1 Hanover Sq., New York, For general information on U.S. and its possessions, write Supt. of Public Documents, Wash., D. C., for catalog of all Government publications. For the Philippines, Porto Rico, and customs receiverships in Santo Domingo and Haiti, the Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Dept., Wash., D. C. For Alaska, the Alaska Bureau, Chamber of Commerce, Central Bldg., Seattle, Wash. For Hawaii, Hawaii Promotion Committee, Chamber of Commerce, Honolulu, T. H. Also, Dept. of the Interior, Wash, D. C. For Cuba, Bureau of Information, Dept. of Agri., and Labor, Havana, Cuba. The Pan-American Union may be called upon for general Com. information relating to Latin-American matters. or for specific data. Address L. S. Rowe, Dir. Gen., Wasn:, DO. ©. For R. C. M. P., Commissioner Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ottawa, Can. Only unmarried British subjects, age 18 to 40, above 5 ft. 8 in. and under 175 lbs. eg Canal Zone, the Panama Canal Com., Wash. For U. S., its possessions and most foreign countries, the Dept. of Com., Wash., : Every once in a while a letter comes in, long after an inquiry, which gives evidence of service of a needful sort having been had through “‘A. A.” I recall particularly a Canadian veteran who went down the Mississippi, and spent the Winter in the strange region between Memphis and Helena. Long afterward he “came again”’ and mentioned the good time he had on his trip down the river. I know with what interest Harriman, Liebe and Solomons consider the problems presented through their districts. Isn’t it a fine thing to have such a clearing-house to which youth, with their longings for manly lives, can appeal for the information through whic they ean realize on their hopes? Unquestionably “A. A.”’ helps wouidiebiilie in the training of the spirit of youth to desire noble things, and to point the way for deserving the su- perior joys of clean life amid great surroundings. To appreciate the great moments of life—that is Adventure; and I ask nothing better in life to do than the privilege of helping any or all to come wisely, with wide eyes, all prepared, to the splendid hours which make life worth living. AdvVenture is a matter of appreciating crises at their full worth. Often, long after an event, we learn of its wonderful significance—if we had only known then! The full statement of ‘Ask Adventure,’’ ‘ as given in this issue, is printed only in alternate issues. The Wealth of Mexico COUNTRY containing all the elements of riches, save enterprise. This an- swer, by the way, is lagnappe pure and simple on Mr. Mahaffey’s part, for he COMMICLOOOKS (C@