FOREST AND STREAM. 



335 



£$art$mms Qattfes. 



Chesapeake & Ohio BR 



The Route of the Sportsman and Angler 

 to the Best Hunting and Fishing 

 Crounds of Virginia and 

 West Virginia! 

 Comprising those ot Central and Piedmont Virginia 

 Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley of Virginia, Alleghany 

 Mountains, Greenbrier and New Rivera, and Kan- 

 awha Valley, and including in their varieties of game 

 and neh, deer, bear, wild turkeys, wild duck, grouse, 

 quail, snipe, woodcock, mountain trout, baas, pike, 

 pickerel, etc, etc. 



Gubb. fishing tackle, and one dog tor each sports- 

 man carried free. 



The Route of the Tourist 



through the most beanilful and picturesque scenery 

 of the Virginia Mountains to their most famous 

 watering places and summer resorts, 



The Only Route via White 

 Sulphur Springs. 



Railroad connections at Cincinnati, with the West, 

 Northwest and Southeast ; at Gordonsvllle, with the 

 North and Northwest; aDd at Richmond and Char- 

 lottesville with the South. All modern Improvements 

 In equipment. 



CONWAY It. HOWAHB, 

 Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent, 

 ap Richmond, Va. 



Old Dominion Line. 



The steamers of this Line reach some of the finest 



waterfowl and upland shooting sections in the coun- 

 try. Connections direct for Chincoteagne, Cobb'B 

 Island, and points on the Peninsula. City Point, 

 James' River, Currituck, Florida, and the mountain- 

 ous country of Virginia, Tennessee, etc. Norfolk 

 Bteamers Bail Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- 

 urday. Lewes, Del., Tuesday and Friday at 2 p. m. 

 Full information given at ottlee, 197 Greenwich St., 

 New York. eepSS ly 



St. Louis, Minneapolis 



AND 



ST. PAUL SHORT LINE. 



Through Pullman Palace Sleeping: Cars 



between St. Louis, Minneapolis 



and St. Paul. 



Burlington, C. Rapids & N'rth'rn 



QUICKEST, CHEAPEST AND BEST! 



TWO PASSENGER TRAINS EACH WAY DAILY, 

 betweeH Burlington, Albert Lea and Minneapolis, 

 crossing and connecting with all East and West 

 Lines In Iowa, running through some of the finest 

 hunting grounds In the NorU.iv e»t for (ieese, Ducks, 

 Pinnated and Ruffed Grouse and Quail. Sportsmen 

 and their dogs taken good care of. Reduced rates 

 on parties of ten or more upon application to General 

 Ticket O race, Cedar Raplda. C. J. IVES. 



E. F. Winslow, Gen, Passenger Agent. 



General Manager. tf 



LONG ISLAND RAILROAD, MAY, 27, 1878.— 

 Ferryboats leave New York from James Slip 

 (daily except Sundays) 30 minutes, and from Thirty- 

 fourth street, East River (daily) 15 minutes previous 

 to departure of trains, and from South Wall street. 



bush and Atlantic avenues, Brooklyn. Trains lu. . - 

 Brooklyn and Long Island City (Hunter's Point) as 

 follows ; For Greenport, Sag ilarbor, etc., 8:30 a. St., 

 4 p. it., and on Saturdays at 3:30 p. 11. For Patch- 

 ogue, etc., 9:30 a. m., 4:3o and 6 p. m. For Babylon, 

 etc., at 9:30 A. M., i, 4:30, 6 and 6 P. M. For Port 

 Jefferson, etc., at 10 a. m. and 4:30 r. m. For North- 

 port, etc., at 10 A. H., 3:30, 4.30 and (1:30 P.M. For 

 Locust Valley, at 8:30 andlolOOA. M„ 3:80, 4:30, 5:30 

 and 6:30 p. m. For Far Rockaway, etc., at 9:30 A. v., 

 4, 4:80, 6, e and 7 p. k. For Garden City and Hemp- 

 stead, 8:30 and 10 a. m., 3:80, 4:30, 5:30, 8:30 p. m„ and 

 12:1S Bight, and from Long Island Cuy only 9:30 a. m., 

 1:80 and 0:30 p. it. SUNDAYS— For Pert Jefferson, 

 Patchogne, etc., 9 a. m. Babylon, etc., 6 and 7 p. m. 

 Nortbport and Locust Valley, 9 a. k. and 6:30 p, m., 

 Garden Cltv and Hempstead, 9 a. m., 8:30 and 6:30 

 p. u., and from Long Island City only 9:30 A. m , and 

 5:30 p. m. Trains for Rockaway Beach, Flushing, 

 College Point, Jamaica, etc., as per time tables. 

 Ticket offices in New York at 261 Broadway, corner 

 Warren street, at James Slip and Thirty-fourth 

 street ferries, at the offices of " The Long Island 

 Express," 3 Park place, 785 and 942 Broadway and 

 Grand Central Depot ; in Brooklyn, No. 833 Wash- 

 ington street and 79 Fourth street. By purchasing 

 tickets at any of the above offices, baggage can be 

 checked from residence to-destlnatlon. 



S. SPENCER, Gen'l Sup't. 

 J. CHrrrzNDKN, Gen'l Pass. Agent. fee tf 



FOR 



New Haven, Hartford, Spring 

 field and the North. 



The new and elegant steamer O. H. NOHTHAM 

 leaves Pier No. 25, East River, dally (Sundays ex- 

 cepted), at 3 p. tf. Passengers go North and East at 



NIGHT LINE.— The Continental leaves New York 

 at 11 p. jr., arriving In New Haven in time for the 

 early morning trains. 



Merchandise forwarded by dally Express Freight 

 train from New Haven through to Massachusetts, 

 Vermont, Western New Hampshire, Northern New 

 York and Canada. Apply at Office on Pier or to 

 RICHARD PECK, General Agents. 



Cromwell Steamship Line. 



NEW YORK, HAMFAX, N. S. AND ST. 

 JOHNS, N. F. 



THE FIRST-CLASS STEAMSHIPS 

 CORTES, Cs.pt. Bennett, and 



ALHAMBRA, Capt. Mcllhlnnej, 

 form a regular line between above ports, leaving 

 Pier 10, North River, New York, three times a 

 month. Persons visiting Nova Scotia, Newfoundland 

 or the Lower St. Lawrence will And this the cheapest 

 »nd moat direct route, avoiding changes and deten- 

 tou. Time between New Tiork and Halifax about 

 ■Ixty hours, one half of trip throngh Long Island and 

 Vineyard Sounds, in smooth water, 

 i Cabin passage, including stateroom and meals, 

 New York and Halifax, $15 gold ; New York and St. 

 Jjhns, $30, gold. Excursion tickets at reduced 

 I ites. For schedule of sailiugsaud further partieu- 

 Ura apply to 



CLARK & 8EAMAN, 



S6 West etree% N. Y. 

 AGENTS— WOOD A CO.. Halifax, N. S ; HARVEY 

 & CO., St. John's, N. F. Ieg06m 



§tgort§mtn's Routes. 



TO SPORTSMEN: 



THE PENNSYLVANIA E.E. CO. 



Respectfully Invito attention to tn» 



afforded by their lines for reaching most of the 

 TROTTING PARKS and RACE COURSES in the 

 Middle States. These lines being CONTINUOUS 

 FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the diffi- 

 culties and dangers of rei-lupment, while the excel- 

 lent carB which run over the smooth steel tracks en- 

 able STOCK '1X1 BE TRANSPORT ED without failure 

 or injury. 

 The lines of 



Pennsylrani Railroad Company 



also reach the best lecalitles for 

 SUNNING AND FISHING} 

 In Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION 

 TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Company In 

 all the principle cities to KANE, RENOVA, BED- 

 FORD, CRE8SON, RALSTON, MLNNEQUA, and 

 other well-known centers for 



Trout Fishing, Winer Shooting, and Still 

 Hun tine 

 Also, to 

 TUCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN- CAPE MAY, 

 SOUAN, and potato on the NEW JERSEY COAST 

 renowned for SALT WATER SPORT AFTER FLN 

 AND FEATHER. 



L. P. FARMER, Gen'l Pass. Agent. 

 Frank Thomson, Gen! Manager. feblT-U 



CHICAGO & ALTON RAILROAD, 



THE ONLY DIRECT RAILROAD from 

 Chicago to St. Louis, and Chicago 



to Kansas Oity, 



WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS. 



FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS IN 



EVERYTHING. 



itc. Connects direct at KaosaB City with 



Pacific Railroad for the great Buffalo and *~.- 



telope range of Kansas and Colorado. 



Liberal, arrangements for transport of Dogs for 

 Sportsmen. 

 JAMES CHARLTON, 



General Passenger Agent, 

 Chicago, a a 



FOR FLORIDA 



FOR THROUGH TICKETS TO FKRNANDINA 

 JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE, SAN 

 FORD, ENTERPRISE, and Intermediate landings 

 on ST. JOHN'S RIVER and interior points in 

 FLORIDA, by steamship to SAVANNAH, and thence 

 by railroad or steamboat, apply to WM. L. JAMES, 

 General Agent. 



Philadelphia and Southern Mail S. S. Co., 

 Pier 22 South Delaware Aven ne, Phlla. 



THE SPORTSMAN'S ROUTE. 



Chicago & Northwestern RR. 



Embraces nnder one management the Great Trunk 

 Railway Lines of the West and Northwest, aud.wlth 

 Its numerous branches and connections, form' the 

 shortest and quickest route between Chicago and all 

 points In Illinois, Wisconsin, Northern Michigan, 

 Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, California, and the 

 Western Territories. Its OMAHA AND CALI- 

 FORNIA LINE is the shortest and best route for all 

 points in Northern Illinois, Iowa, Dikota, Nebraska, 

 Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California, Ore- 

 gon, China, Japan and Australia. Its CHICAGO, 

 .ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS LINE Is the short 

 line for Northern Wisconsin and M innesota, and for 

 Madison, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth and all pointB 

 In the Great Northwest. Its WINONA AND ST. 

 PETER LINE is the only route lor Winona, Roches- 

 ter, Owatonna, Mankato, St. Peter, New Ulm and 

 all points in Southern and Central Mirnesota. Its 

 GREEN BAY AND MAHQUETTE LINE Is the Only 

 line for Janesvllle, watertown, Fond du Lac, Ob- 

 kosh, Appleton, Green Bay, Escanaba, Negaunee, 

 Marquette, Houghton, Hancock and the Lake Supe- 

 rior country. Its FREKPORT AND DUBUQUE 

 LINE Is the only route for Elgin, fiockford. Free- 

 port and all points via Freeport. Its CHICAGO 

 AND MILWAUKEE LINE Is the old Lake Shore 

 route, and is ttie only one passing through Evanston, 

 Lake ForeBt, Highland Park, wankegan. Racine, 

 Kenosha to Milwaukee. PULLMAN HOTEL CARS 

 are now running regularly between Chicago and 

 Council Bluffs, on the Ca'ifornia Express Train of 

 the CHICAGO & NO 7 RAILWAY. 



West bound, they leave Cblcago daily, except Sun- 

 day {and on every third Sunday), from the Wells 

 Street Depot, at 10:30 a.m., and arrive at Council 

 Bluffs next morning. 



isast-bound t iey leave Council BloffB at 8:30 p. it., 

 dally, except Saturday (and on every third Saturday), 

 aad reach Chicago next afternoon. 



Br- No other roads west of Chicago runB Pullman 

 or any other form of Hotel cars. 



TO SPOKTSMKN. 



This line presents peculiar advantages. For 

 Prairie Chickens, Ducks, Geese ami Brant shooting, 

 our Iowa Hue to-day offers more favorable pointa 

 than any other road In the country, while for Deer 

 and Bear hunting, and for Brook Trout, Lake 

 Salmon, Pike, Pickerel and Bass fishing, a hundred 

 points on the Northern and Northwestern lines of 

 this company will he found unsurpassed by anything 

 In the West. 



New York office, No. 416 Broadway ; Boston office, 

 No. 6 State street. 



For rates or information not attainable from your 

 home ticket agents, apply to 



MARVIN HCGHITT, 

 W, H. Stennett, Gen. Manager, Chicago. 



Gen. Pass. Agent, Chicago. jest tf 



^otete undgtcsott/sffar^fforfsmau 



Sherman House, 



(CLARK AND RANDOLPH), 



CHICAGO. 



Rates rednced to M per day for all rooms above 

 the parlor floor, without baths. 

 Rooms with bathe, 13.50, $4, and $4.50 per day. 



ALVIN HULBERT, Prop'r. 



W« challenge any Hotel In the World to show as 

 large and as elegantly furnished rooms as those of 

 the SHERMAN. J eSO tf 



Rossniore House, Speonk, L. I. 



Situated on the Great South Bay, between Moriches 



and tVesr.hamnt.on, within a mile and a half of the 

 ocean. Excellent nccorjimodatlon for summer 

 boarders. Surf and still water bathing. Good boat- 

 ing. Ashing, and gunning. House open throughout 

 the year for fishing and Bhootfng parties. Boats, 

 boatnten, stabling, carriage, and every convenience 

 for sportsmen. Access land Railroad. 



Terms moderate. S. P. CONKLlN, Prop'r. 



angWtf 



Wild Fowl Shooting. 



8PRINGVILLE HOUSE OR SPORTSMEN'S RE- 

 TREAT, SH1NNECOCK BAY, L. I., 

 By a practical gunner and an old bayman. Has 

 always on hand the best of boats, batteries, etc., 

 with the largest rig of trained wild-geese decoys on 

 the coast, The best gronnd in the vicinity of New 

 York for bay snipe shooting of all varieties. Special 

 attention given by himself to his guests, and satis- 

 faction guaranteed. Address WM. N. LANE Good 

 Ground, L. I. Nov8 tf 



GUNPOWDER. 



DUPONT'S 



Rifle, Sporting and Blasting 

 Powder. 



THE MOST POPULAR POWDER IN USE 



Duponi's Gunpowder Mills, established in 1801, 

 have maintained their great reputation for 78 years. 

 Manufacture the following celebrated brands of 

 Powder : 



DUPONT'S DIAMOND GRAIN, 

 Nos. 1 (coarse) to 4 (flne), unequalel in strength, 

 quickness and cleanliness ; adapted for Glass Bali 

 and Pigeon Shooting. 



DUPONT'S EAGLE DUCKING, 

 Nos. 1 (coarse) to 3 (flne), burntag slowly, strong and 

 clean; great penetration; adapted for Glass Ball, 

 PlgeoD, Duck and other shooting. 



DUPONT'S EAGLE RIFLE, 

 A quick, Btrong and clean Powder of very fine grain 

 for Pistol shooting. 



DUPONT'S RIFLE, FG., " SEA SHOOTING," 

 FFg and FFFg.— The Fg for long-range rifle Bboot- 

 mg, the FFg and FFFg for general use, burning 

 stiongand moiit. 



SPOUTING. MINING, SHIPPING AND BLAST- 

 ING POWDERS of all sizes and descriptions. Special 

 grades for export. Musket, Cannon, Mortar and 

 Mammoth Powder, U. 8. Government standard. 

 Powder manufactured to order of anv required grain 

 or proof. Agencies in all cilies and principal towns 

 throughout the U. S. Represented by 



F. L KNEELAND, 70 Wall St. N. Y. 

 N. B.— Use monk but DUPONT'S Fg or FFg 

 Powder for long-range rifle shootlDg. 



Laflin & Rand Powder Co. 



No. 86 MURRAY ST., N. Y.j 

 Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers of 



Orange Lightning Powder. 



No. 1 to 7, strongest and Cleanest made, in sealed 

 1 lb. canisters. Higher numbers specially are recom- 

 mended for breech-loading guns. 



Orange Ducking Powder, 



For water-fowl, strong and clean. No. I to 6 tn 

 metal kegs, 6X lbs. each, and canisters of 1 and 6 

 lbs, each. 



Orange Rifle Powder. - 



The beat for rifles and all ordinary purposes. 



Sizes, FG, FFG and FFFG, the last being the finest. 

 Packed In wood and metal kegs of 25 lbs., 12>i lbs. 

 and 6jtf lbs., and in canisters of 1 lb. and y, lb. 



All of the above give high velocities and less 

 residuum than any otlier brands made, and are re- 

 commended and used by Oapt, A. H. BOGARDUS, 

 She "Champion Wing Shot of the World." 

 BLASTING POWDER and ELECTRICAL BLAST- 

 ING .APPARATUS. MILITARY POWDER 

 Of all Rinds on hand and made to order. 



Safety Fuse, Frictloual and - . ' 

 Platinum Fuses, 

 i-amphlets, showing slr.es of the grain by wood 

 cot, oent £ree on application, to the above address. 



§un$owder, 



THE 

 HAZARD POWDER CO 



BANCTAOTTOKBS OF 



GUNPOWDER, 



Hazard's "Electric Powder." 



Nob. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). Unsurpassed Id point of 

 strength and cleanliuess. Packed la Bquare canls- 

 tera of 1 lb. only. 



Hazard's "American Sp»rtlng." 



Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). In 1 lb. canisters and 

 S-tf lb. kegs. A line grain, quick and clean, foi 

 upland prairie shooting. Well adapted to shot- 

 guns. 



Hazard's " Dock Shooting." 



Nos. 1 (flne) to 6 (coarse). In 1 and 6 lb. canister* 

 and fix and 12*J lb. kegs. Burns slowly and very 

 elean, shooting remarkably close and with treat 

 penetration. For Held, forest or water Bhootlng, it 

 ranks anyother brand, and it is equally serviceable 

 for rnunale or breech-loaders. 



Hazard's " Kentucky RUTe." 



CTFG, FFG, and " Sea Shooting " FG, in kegs if 25, 

 12# and 6V lbs, and cans of 5 lbs, eT'FFG is also 

 packed in 1 and Y, lb. canisters. Bnrns strong and 

 moist. The FFFG and FFG are fevorite Brands for 

 ordinary sporting, and the "Sea Shooting" ]?G is 

 the standard Biite powder of the country. „ 



Superior mining and Blasting; Powder. 



GOVERNMENT CANNON & MUSKET POWDER; 

 ALSO... , EXPORT, G$ 



ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR^RROOF, MANU- 

 FACTURED TO ORDER, -j — «« ( 

 The above can bo bad of dealers, or of the Com- 

 pany's AP*" 1 * ta ever* pron^nent oity, or wholeaeto 

 S3 WALL STREET, NEW YORK. * 



English Sporting Gunpowder. 



CURTIS & HARVEY'S 



DIAMOND GRAIN. 



Nos. 2, 8 4, 6, 6, 1 and 8. Superior Ride, Enflald 

 HWe, and Col. Hawker's Ducking. W. STITT, 16 

 Cedar atreet, N. Y Agent for the United states 



^porjstifen's §oodz. 



Eaton's Rust Preventer. 



For Gnna, Cntlery and Surgical Instruments. 

 Safe to handle, WILL NOT GUM, and will keep In 

 any climate. Sportsmen everywhere In the United 

 States pronounce it the beat gun oil In the market. 

 Judge Holmes, of Bay City, Mich., writes: "It Is 

 the best preparation I have found In thlrty-flva 

 years of active and frequent use of guns." 



The trade supplied by sole manufacturer, GEO. 

 B. EATON, 570 Pavonla Avenue, Jersey Oltj 

 Heights, N.J. * 



Sold by principal New York dealers, and by Wm. 

 Reau A Sons, Boston, Mass.; B. Kitiredge A Co... 

 Cincinnati, Ohio; E. E. Eaton, Chicago, 111.; Brown 

 A Hllder. St. Louis, Mo. Thoa. W. Parr, Cleveland, 

 Ohio. Trimble &■ KlelbaCKeT, Baltimore, Md. S. 

 Cropley & Sons, Georgetown, D. C. Jos. C. Grubb 

 &. Co., Philadelphia. 



CANNOT BE 8ENT BY MAIL. 



Ronan's Metal Shell Cleaner. 



Cleans fifty shells In ten minutes. No water used. 

 Knives elastic, self-adjusting, prevent the slipping 

 of wads. Is unequalled a? a breech wiper by cover- 

 ing with an oiled cloth. For sale by all gun dealers, 

 or sample sent free by mail on receipt of price, 

 $1.60; 10andl2bore. J. F. RONAN, box3iRoxbury 

 Station, Boston, Mass. Liberal discount to the 

 trade. Septis 3m 



New American Chemically Prepared 



FELT 



OVBJ7ADS. 



EQUAL, TO ELY'S, AT LEfeS PRICE. 



For sale by all dealeis. Manufactured by B 

 GOODMAN, Ansonia, Conn., and T White =tr»et. 

 New York. octlT Sm 



C. <fc B. ZETTLER, 



GUNSMITHS AND RIFLE GALLERY, 



!07 Bowery, New York. 



New York Mailing Agency. 



With latest improved Newspaper Folding and 

 Mailing Machines. 13 Spruce St., <th door from 

 Tribune Buildings. JAMES BRADY, Man*ge7 and 

 Proprietor. Open day and night 



Trap-Shooter's Ammunition 

 Case. 



A handy and compact Leather Box for carrylutr 

 shells, ico rounds, f-i.50; 70 rounds, <4. Sent by 

 express on receipt of price, or C. 0. 1). everywhere. 

 THOMSON & SONS, 



P. O. Bos l 016. 801 Broadway, New i ork. 



