go The American Angler 
ous, while those vessels which go to the 
Arctic waters, with much less assurance of 
emolument, are exposed to the hardship and 
danger of the ice during a period of two or 
three years. ‘The vessels (all schooners) which 
engage in this Hatteras whale fishing number 
only seven or eight. C. HALtock. 
Bethabara Wood. 
PLAINFIELD, N. J., May 17. 1894. 
Messrs. A. B. SHIPLEY & SON, Philadelphia, Pa. 
GENTLEMEN:—Will you kindly send me two pieces 
of Bethabara wood. I think it can’t be beat. Both 
my butt pieces are now Lance wood, and I am going 
to make the rods all *‘ Bethabara ’’ wood. 
Yours respectfully, E. J. VAN NAME. 
/ 
The Coming State.—When the present territory of 
Utah enters the union of states, it will do so with a 
population of about 200,000 souls and a climate unsur- 
passed in the wide world. It will be richer in agricul- 
tural resources than any other state. It has within its 
borders nearly all of the known minerals and metals: 
gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, etc., in abundant 
quantities. It has, best of all, a health giving climate, 
always temperate in summer and winter. It has 
hot sulphur springs and is, in fact, one large sanitar- 
ium. Utah is the ideal place to build a home in which 
to spend the balance of your days, surrounded by farm 
and orchard which guarantee all the necessities and 
most of the comforts of life. There are millions of 
homes now awaiting settlement. The mountains fairly 
teem withall kinds of game, while hundreds of streams 
and lakes afford the finest trout and bass fishing in the 
West. Send to J. H. Bennett, Salt Lake City, for a 
copy of ** Utah’s Resources.’”’ It will pay you to post 
yourself on the ‘*‘ Coming State ’’ which has been aptly 
termed ‘‘The Promised Land.’’ The Rio Grande West- 
ern Ry, “Scenic Line of the World,’ is the direct 
route to Utah. 
Florida of To-Day.—Florida is of peculiar interest 
as the modern Mecca of the tourist, the pleasure and 
the health seeker and sportsman. Notwithstanding 
the many articles which have been, and are still being 
daily written upon its charms, it can never be fully 
understood or appreciated until visited. And now 
that it has been rendered so easily accessible from all 
points North, East, South and West by the comple- 
tion of ‘* The New Short Line” via the Southern and 
the Florida Central and Peninsular Railways, it will 
soon become the one great winter resort of America. 
The approach now, no matter from what direction, is 
one not only of convenience, but of positive luxury. 
The Southern Railway, that superb and colossal 
company whose tracks gridiron the region south of 
Washington, has brought the southernmost coast of 
the peninsula within a short distance of New York 
and other Eastern cities. The traveler may leave the 
metropolis after the day is nearly done,and be trans- 
ported by the magnificent ‘‘ Florida Limited ”’ to Jack- 
sonville—the gateway by which the throngs that visit 
Florida every winter enter the State—in time for 
dinner the following evening. 
