FOREST AND STREAM. 



355 



$$ert$mm'& §oafes. 



Chesapeake & Ohio EE 



The Route of the Sportcman and Angler 

 to the Pest Hunting and Fishing 

 Cfounds of Virginia and 

 West Virginia, 

 comprlsin; ft Piedmont Virginia 



MoantalhSjVallCj ofYlrgtala, Alleehauj 

 Sreeultrler and Sew Klpers, ami Kan- 

 awha Valley, and including in theirvariettesof game 

 and Hell, deer, hear, wilt! tomeys, wild duck, grouse, 

 qnaii, mine, woodcock, nouutain tront, bass, pike, 

 pickerel, o i ' . . 



Guns. Aching tackle, and one dog for each sports- 

 man carried free. 



The Route of the Tourist 



throngh tne most beautiful Bind picturesque scenery 

 of the Virginia Monatalna to their moat famous 

 watering places and summer lesorts, 



The Only Route via White 

 Sulphur Springs. 



Railroad connections at Cincinnati, with the West, 

 Northwest and Southeast ; at. Gordonsville, with the 

 North nnd Northwest; and at Richmond and Char- 

 lottesville with the South. All modern Improvements 

 is equipment, 



CONWAY H. HOWiBD, 

 Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent, 

 ap Richmond, Va. 



Old Dominion Line. 



The steamers of this L'ne reach some of the finest 

 waterfowl and upland sbootlng-seottous in the coun- 

 try. Connections direct for Chlneoteague, Cobb's 

 Island, and points on the Peninsula. City Point, 

 James 1 Rive.-, CnrritOBfc, Florida, and the mountain- 

 ous conutry of Vlrclnl*. 'i '••:•:> 'ssee, etc. Norfolk 

 Bteamera sail Mondiy. Tnesfiaj-, Thursday and Sat- 

 nrday. Lewes, Del., Tnesdar and Friday at 2 r. it. 

 Fall Information given at oillce, 197 Greenwich St., 

 sepM ly 



New York. 



St. Louis, Minneapolis 



AND 



ST. PAUL SHORT LINE. 



Tkrongb Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars 



between St. Lotus, Minneapolis 



and St, Paul. 



Burlington, C. Rapids & N'rth'rn 



QUICKEST, CHEAPEST AND BEST! 



TWO PASSENGER TRAINS EACH WAT DAILT, 

 Between Btrlington, Albert Lea and Minneapolis, 

 crossing and connecting with all Bast and West 

 lines In Iowa, running through some of the finest 

 huntluggrou, Ki tbwost for Geese, Ducks, 



Pinnated and Ruffed Grouse and Quail. Sportsmen 

 and their dogs ken good i are of. Reduced rates 

 on parties of ten ormore upon application to General 

 Ticket Office, Cedar Rapids. C. J. IVES, 



E. P. Winslow, Gen. Passenger Agent. 



General Manager. tf 



LONG ISLAND RAILROAD, MAY, 27, 1S7S.— 

 Ferryboats leave New York from James Slip 

 (daily excel) ' ' - from Tkirty- 



foorth. street, Bast River (dally) 15 minutes previous 

 to departure of trains, ami fr.:-tu South Wall street, 

 Fulton and Catharine ferries (flail.) 30 minutes pre- 

 vious to departure of trains !> o:ri Depot, corner Flat- 

 bush and Atlantic avenues, Erooklva. Trains leave 

 Brooklyn and Long I a sr'a Point) as 



follows : For Greenpoi t, Sag Harbor, etc., 8:30 a. m„ 

 4 p. si., and on Saturdays at 8:30 p. m. For Patch- 

 ogne, etc., 9:30 a. a., 4:3u and it p. m. For Babylon, 

 etc., at 9:30 A. M , 4, 4:38,5 and 6 P. it. For Port 

 Jefferson, etc, at, 10 a. a. and 4:30 p. it. For North- 

 port, etc , at 10 a. M , 8130, 4 30 and 6:30 p. m. For 

 Locust Valley, ai ii:SU timl UVUia. M., 3:80, 4:30, 0:30 

 andli:30p. a. For Far Ro-ka-vay, etc., at 9:30 a. m., 

 4, 4:80, 5, U and 7 >-. u. F,n- Garden City and Hemp- 

 Btead, S:*i end Id .\. jr.. 3:3ii. 4:30, 5:33, 0s30 p. St., and 

 13:15 night, and from Long T-'.ond City only 9:30 a. M., 

 1:80 and 6:80 P,M. SUKDAYS— For Pert Jefferson, 

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

 Northport and Locust Valley, a. m. and 6:30 r. m., 

 Garden Citv and Hempstead , 9 A. it., '2:W and 0:30 

 ■p. M., and from Long Isi t nd CI y only 9:30 A. M . and 

 5!30 p, M. Trains for Eockaway Beach, Flushing, 

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

 Ticket offices in New Y,rk at 261 Broadway, corner 

 Warren street, at James Slip ind Thirty-fourth 

 street ferries, at the offices of " The Long Island 

 Express," 3 Park place, 7S5 and 912 Broadway and 

 Grand Central Depot ; in Brooklyn, No. 333 Wash- 

 ington street aud 73 Fourth street. By purchasing 

 tickets at. any of the above offices, baggage can be 

 checked from residence to destination . 



S. SPENCER, Gen'l Sup't. 

 J. Chitthnpbn, Gen'l Pass. Agent. Je6 tf 



FOR 



New Haven, Hartford, Spring 

 field and the North. 



The new and elegant steamer C. H. NOETHAM 

 leaves Pier No. 25, East River, daily (Sundavs ex- 

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



* NIGHT LINE.— The Continental leaves New York 

 at 11 p. u., arr.vlng in New Haven in time for ihe 

 early morning trains. 



Merchandise forwarded by dally Express Freight 

 train from New llavcn 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. 



BESW YORK, HALIFAX, W. S, AND ST. 

 JOHNS, N. P. 



THE FIRST-CLASS STEAMSHIPS 

 COSTES, Capt. Bennett, and 



ALHAMBRA, Capt. Mellhinney, 

 Xorm a regular line between »l 

 Pier iq, North ftlver, New York, three times a 

 month. Persons visiting I 



or the Lower St. Lawrence will And this the cheapest 

 and most direct, route, avoiding changes and deten- 

 tion. Time between New 1 urk and Halifax about 

 Sixty homa, Oiie half of irlp through Long Lsland and 

 Vineyard Sonne*, in saiooth water. 



Cabin passage, including stateroim and meals, 

 New York and Halifax, $15 gold; New York and 8', 

 Johns, $30, gold. Excursion tickets at reduced 

 rates. For schedule of BaWtngs and further particu- 

 lars arjply to 



CLARK & SEAMAN, 



S3 Wesi street, N. Y. 

 AGENTS-WOOD .t CO., Halite. H« ». HARVEY 

 & CO,, St, John's, H. ff. jezoem 



^gortfitmn's pasties. 



TO SP0ETSMES: 



THE P ENNB YLVAMA. B.B. CO. 



Respect! ally Invite attention to the 



afforded bj their lines for reaching moat of Urn 

 TRori'IMG PAKE.* and RACE COURSES In the 

 ., 'i lies,;, lines being CONTINUOUS 

 FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the diffi- 

 culties and daneeraof reehipment, while the excel- 

 lent care which )vei =mooth steel tracks en- 

 able STOCK TO BE Tit AN SNORTED without failure 

 or Injury. 

 The lines of • 



Pennsylvani Railroad Company 



also reach the beBt localities for 

 GUNNING AND FISHING 

 m Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION 

 TICKETS a. B of the Company in 



all the principle cities to KANE, RENOVA, BED- 

 FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, M1NNEQUA, and 

 other well-known centers for 



Trout Fishing, Win* Shooting, and Still 

 Hunting. 

 Also, to 

 TTJOKERTON, BEACH HAVEN. CAPE MAY, 

 SQUAN.and points on the NEW JERSEY COAST 

 renowned for SALT WATER SPORT AETER FIH 

 AND FEATHER. 



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

 Fbane Thomson. Gen'l Manager. feblT-tS 



CHICAGO &ALT0K RAILROAD, 



THE ONLY DIRECT RAILROAD from 

 Chicago to 8t. Louis, satvi Chicago 



to Kansas City. 



WITHOUT CHANGE OP CARS. 



FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS IN 



EVERT THING. 



SPORTSMEN will flrd splendid shooting on tie 

 line of this road; prairie chicken, geese, ducks, brant, 

 quail, etc. C ■ t Kansas City with the 



Kansas Pacific Railroad for the. great Buffalo and An- 

 telope range of Kansas and Colorado. 



Liberal arrangement* for transport of Dogs for 

 Sportsmen. 

 JAMES CHARLTON, 



General Passenger Agent, 

 Chicago, Qi, 



Tj>OR THROUGH TICKETS TO EERNANDINA 

 r JACKSONVILLE, 8T. AUGUS1TNE, SAN 

 FORD, ENTERPRISE, and intermediate landings 

 on ST. JOHN'S RIVER and interior points in 

 FLORIDA, by Bteamshlp to SAVANNAH, ana thence 

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

 Qeneral Agent, 



Philadelphia and Southern Nail S. S. Co., 

 Pier M South Delaware Aven ce, Phtla, 



THE SPORTSMAN'S ROUTE. 



Chicago & Northwestern ER. 



Embraces under one management the Great Trunk 

 RailwarLine? of the West and N„n.lnvest, and, with 

 US numerous branches and connections, form- the 

 i. route between Chicago and nil 



pointd In Illinois, Wl :n Michigan, 



Minnesota. Iowa, Nebraska, California, and the 

 Wesl.-m Territories. Its OMAHA AND OALI- 

 FOR.M1A LINE Is the shortest ana best route for all 

 poinis In Northern Illinois, Iowa, I) ikota, Nebraska, 

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

 gon, China, Japan an, ;; CHICAGO, 

 ST. PAUL AND M1K 3 B is the short 

 line for Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota, and for 



in t,ne Gre,3t Northwest, lis WIMONA AND ST. 

 PETER LINE is the only route for Winona, Roches- 

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

 all points In Southern anil Central Minnesota. Its 

 OREEN B AY AND M i IB 18 the only 



line for Janesvllle, Watertown, Fond du Lac, Os- 

 kosh, Appleton, Green Bay, Eacauaba, Negaunee, 

 Marquette, Houghton, Hancock and the Lake Supe- 

 rior country. Its FREKFOKT AND liUBUQUE 

 LINE 1b the only route for Elgin, Eockford, Free- 

 port ami ail points via Ereeport. lis CHICAGO 

 AND MILWAUKEE LINE Is the old Lake Shore 

 route, and is the only one passing through Evanslon, 

 Lake Forest, Highland Park, Waukegan Racine, 

 Kenosha to Milwaukee. PULLMAN HOTEL CARS 

 are now running regularly between Chicago and 

 Council Bio 1.; uln Express Train of 



the CHICAGO & NORTHWBBTHRH" UMLWAY. 

 West brand, they leave Chicago daily, except Sun- 

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

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

 BlnSs next morning. 



East-bound t ey leave Council Bluffs at 6:30 P. K„ 

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

 and reach Chicago nex-r ai'itruoon. 



tar No other roads west of Chicago runs Pullman 

 or any oilier form ol Hotel care. 



TO SF-OliTSMHN. 



This line presents peculiar advantages. For 

 Pralrlo Chickens, Ducks, Geese and Brum, shooting, 

 our Iowa line to-ti av off era more lav.. 

 than any other road in the country, while for Deer 

 and Bear hunting, and for Brook Trout, Lake 

 Salmon, Pike, Pickeiei and Bass ashing, a hundred 

 'n' Northern and Northwestern lines of 

 till; company will be found unsurpassed by anything 

 in ihe We.-t. 



New York office, No. «5 Broadway ; Boston oaica, 



gja/^fe aitd^ioijhfcr goarkmetu 



No. 5 at 



For rat 



home tic 



inable from your 



Sherman House, 



(CLARK AND RANDOLPH), 

 CHICAGO. 



Pfc ' 



Rates reduced to $3 per day for all rooms above 

 the parlor floor, without baths. 

 Rooms with baths, 58.50, $4, and $1.50 per day. 



ALVIN HDLBERT, PropT. 



We challenge any Hotel In the World to show as 



largo and as elegantly furnished rooms as those of 

 the SHERMAN. ]e'20 tt 



Rossmore House, Speonk, L. I. 



Situated on the Great South Bay, between Moriches 

 and (VeathaniDton, within a nii'e and a half ol the 

 ocean. Excellent aT.ommodailon for snmmer 

 boarders. Surf and still water bathing. Good Boat- 

 ing, Ushlfig, and gunning. House open throughout 

 the year for fishing and shooting parties. Boats, 

 hoatrccD, statu i ,- convenience 



■■■I .iei !' Hie . ... i ■■'. : : : .|| I .1-1,1 i I,' iiluunl 



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



aogn9 tf 



Wild Fowl Shooting. 



SPR1NGVILLE HOUSE OR. SPORTSMEN'S RE- 

 TREAT, SHINNECOCK BAY, L. I., 



By a practical gunner and an old Dayman. Has 

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

 with the largest rig of trained wild-geese decoys oh 

 the cousin The best ground in the vicinity of New 



York for bays all varieties. Special 



attention given bv himself to We guests, and satis- 

 faction guaranteed. AddreES WM.' N. LANE, Good 

 Ground, L. I. Nov9 tf 



GUNPOWDER. 



DUPONT'S 



Rifle, Sporting and Blasting 

 Powder. 



THE MOST POPULAR POWDER IN USE 



PuponCHfSunnowdcrlHlHs, established inisol, 

 have maintained their gr,?ai reputation for 78 years. 

 Manufacture ihe loiiowiug celebrated brands of 

 Powder : 



DUPONT'S DIAMOND GRAIN, 

 Nob. 1 (coarse) to 4 (Sue), uiieipmle I in strength, 

 quickness ami cleanliness ; adapted for Glass Ball 

 and Pigeon Shooting. 



DUPONT'S EAGLE DUCKING, 

 Nos. 1 (coarse) lo 3 (fine), burning slowly, strong and 

 clean; great penetration; adapted for Glass Ball, 

 Pigeon, Duck and other shooting. 



DUPONT'S EAGLE "RIFLE, 

 A qiticlc, strong and e'ean Powder of very fine grain 

 for Pistol shooting. 



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

 EFgandFFFg.— The Fg for long-range rifle shoot- 

 ing, the FFg ami FFl-'g fur general use, burning 

 stiongand moi t. 



SPORTINO. M1NINK. SHIPPING AND BLAST- 

 IN GPO WD Bus or nil sizes an-lilescriptii.ns. Special 

 grades for export. Musket. Camion, Mortar and 

 Mammoth Powder, U. s. Government standard. 

 Powder manufactured to order of any requited grain 

 or proof. Agencies ia all cities and principal towns 

 throughout tne U S. Represented by 



F. L KNEEL/AND, 70 Waix St. N. Y. 



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

 Powder for long-range rifle shooting. 



Laflin & Band Powder Co. 



No. 28 MURJ1AY ST., N. T., 



Bole Proprietors and Mannfactnrera of 



Orange Lightning Powder. 



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

 1 lb. cani-ters. Higher numbers specially are recom- 

 mended for breech-loading guns. 



Orange Ducking Powder, 



Eor water-fowl, strong and clean. No. l to B nn 

 metal kegs, B% lbs. each, and canisters of 1 and 6 

 lbs. each. 



Orange Rtfle Powder. 



The best for rifles and all ordinary porposes. 

 fJT/.es, FG, FFG and FFFG, thelaat being tne finest. 

 Packed in wood aud metal kegsof •» liw., VJji lbs. 

 :-. i n, and M lb. 



i . ., . i. - ■ 



-.' :' ... and "used by Capt. A.h'. BOUARDUS, 



I ELECTB -''ALBL.VST- 

 ' ARATUS. MI, ITARY POWDER 

 of »u Kinds 3D hand and made toorder. 

 Safety Ftre, Fnetional and 

 Platinum Fuses, 

 i-amptdets, showing sizes of the grain by wotxl 

 Cot, lent li-ee on application to the above Address. 



New York Mailing Agency. 



with latest improved Newspaper Folding and 

 Mailing Machines. 13 Spruce Bt., ith door from 

 Tribnne Buildings. JAMES BRADY, M»n«ger and 

 Proprietor, Open diy and night. 



<er. 



THE 



HAZAED POWDER CO 



MAHOFACTOBKB8 OF 



GUNPOWDER, 



Hazard'), " Electric Powder." 



Nob. 1 (fine) to o (coarse). Unsurpassed In point of 

 strength and cleanliness. Packed in square canis- 

 ters 01 1 lb, only. 



Hn2ard>a "American Sporting." 



Nos. 1 (One) to (coarse). In 1 lb. canisters an4 

 thi lb. kegs. A line grain, quick and clean, fol 

 upland prairie shooting. Well adapted to shot- 

 guns. 



Hazard's " Duck Shooting." 



Nos. 1 (fine) to G (eoarse). In l and S lb. canisters 

 and 6^ and Vl)i lb. kegs. Burns slowly and very 

 clean, shooting remarkably close and with great 

 penetration, For held, forest or water shooting, it 

 ranks ai and it Is equally serviceable 



for muzzle or breech-loaders. 



Hazard's " Kentucky Rifle." 



KEFO, FFG, and "Sea Shooting" FG, in kegs of 35, 

 i2;< and ftij lbs, and cans of olbs.elFFH is also 

 packed la i and M lb. canisters. Bonis nlrong and 

 moist. The FFFQ and FFG are ftvorite brands for 

 ordinary sporting, and the " Sea Shooting " FG 13 



, the standard Ritte powder of the country. 



Superior Mining and Blasting, Powfley, 



HOVERNMENT CANNON & MTJSKET POWUER: 

 ALSO, SPECIAL GRADES t'OR KXPOBT, O? 

 ANY REQUIRID 6RAIN OH, PROOF, MANU- 

 FACTURED TO ORDER. -* 

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

 pany's Agents In every pronj^isnt city, or wfcoiesai* 



«ft our office. 



83 WALL STREET, NEW YORK. 



<§pc>f[fciqM's: ^oods. 



Eaton's Bust Preventer, 



For Guns, Cutlery and Surgical Iostxnmen».. 

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

 any climate. Sportsmen everywhere In the United 

 States prononnce it tho best gun oil in the market. 

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

 the best preparation I have found in thirty-live 

 years of active and fretpient use of guns." 



The trade supplied by sole manufacturer, GEO. 

 B. EATON, MO Pavonla Avenue, Jersey City 

 Heights, N.J. * 



• Scld by principal New York dealers, and by Win. 

 Reau & Sons, Boston, Mass.; B. KitiredgeA Co., 

 Cincinnati, Ohio; E. B. Bate i, Chicago, HI.: Brown 

 A Hilder. St. Loots, Mo. Thos. W. Parr, Cleveland, 

 Ohio. Trimble & Kleibacker, Baltimore. Md. S.. 

 Cropley ft Sons, Georgetown, D. c. Jos. C. Grnbb 

 & Co., Philadelphia. 



CANNOT BE SENT BY MAIL. 



Ronan's Metal Shell Cleaner. 



Cleans fifty Bhells in ten minutes. No water used. 

 Knives elastic, ai-lf-adjustlug, prevent the slipping 

 of wads, is utifipialleii as a itreech wiper by cover- 

 ing with an otkd cloth. For sale by all «un dealers, 

 or sample sent free by mail on receipt or price, 

 Si. 50; Hland ia bore. J. J-'. ITOMAH, box aiHoxbary 

 Station, Boston, Mass. Liberal discount to the 

 trade. Sept2i( 3m 



TRY 



S 

 New American Chemically Prepared 



FELT 



grig a - IJST & P a. 



KQUAI. TO ELY'S, AT tESS PaiCE- 



For sale by all dealets. Manufactured by B. 

 GOODMAN, Ansonia, Conn., aud ; White street. 

 New Y'ork. octir 3m 



D. LURCH'S 



Long Range Rifle 



Ckekdmoor Targkt, Dibtanob 200 Feet, 



AND 



Affi GUN GALLERY, 



No. 104 Bo wery , (Between Grand and Hester StS.) 

 NEW YORK. 



O. Jfc B. ZETPI.EB., 



GUNSMITHS AND RIELB QALLEEY, 



107 Bowery. New YorK. 



Trap-Shooter's Ammunition 

 Case. 



A handy and eompaet Leather Bos for earrrlhi.' 

 shells., 100 rounds, $4,80; TO rennde, $4. Bent by 

 express 0U reoeint of price, or O. O. V. everywlteie 



THOMSON <& SONS, 



P. O. Box l.iilti, 3(» Broadwsy, New York, 



