FOREST AND STREAM. 



395 



Chesapeake & Ohio RR 



The Route of the Sportsman and Angler 

 to the Best Hunting and Fishing 

 Grounds of Virginia and 

 West Virginia, 

 Comprising those of Central and Piedmont Virginia 

 Bine Ridge Mountains, Valley of Virginia, Alleghany 

 Mountains. Greenbrier ami New Rivers, an 1 Kan- 

 awha Valley, and including in their varieties of game 

 and fish, deer, hear, wild tiirkej s. wiid duct, grouse, 

 quail, snipe-, woodcock, mountain trout, base, pike, 

 pickerel, etc., etc. 



Guns, fishing tackle, and one dog for each sports- 

 man carried free. 



The Route of the Tourist 



through the most beautiful and picturesque scenery 

 ot the Virginia Mountains to their moat famous 

 watering places and 



r resorts, 



The Only Route via White 

 Sulphur Springs. 



Railroad connections at Cincinnati, with the Weat, 

 Northwest and Southeast ; at Gordonaville, with the 

 North and Northwest; and at Richmond and Char- 

 lottesville with the South. All modern improvements 

 Is equipment. 



CONWAY R. HOWARD, 

 Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent, 

 ap Richmond, Va. 



Old Dominion Line. 



The steamers or this Line reach some of the finest 

 waterfowl and upland shooting sections iu the coun 

 try. Connections direct for Cbincoteague 

 Island, and points ou the Peninsula. City Point, 

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

 ous country of Virginia, Tennessee, etc. Norfolk 

 uteamers sail Mond iv, Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- 

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

 Full information given at office, J.W Greenwich St.. 

 New Vork. sepas ly 



St. Louis, Minneapolis 



ST. PAUL SHORT LINE. 



Through Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars 



between St, Lonis, Minneapolis 



and St. Paul. 



Burlington, C. Rapids & N'rth'rn 



QUICKEST, CHEAPEST AND BE8T! 



TWO PASSENGER TRAINS EACH WAT DAILY, 

 between Bnrlingtem, Albert Lea and Minneapolis, 

 crossing and connecting with all East and West 

 Lines in Iowa, running through BOtne of the finest 

 hunting grounds in the Northwest for Geese, Ducks. 

 Pinnated and Ruffed Grouse and Quail. Sportsmen 

 and their dogs taken good care of. Reduced rates 

 on parties of tec or more upon application to General 

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



K. P. WmaLOvf, Gen. Passenger Agent. 



General Manager. tf 



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

 Ferryboats leave New York from James Slip 

 (daily except Sundays) 80 minntes, and from Thirty- 

 fourth street, East R| i ntea previous 

 to departure of trains, and from South Wall street, 

 Fnlton and Catharine ferries (dall •) SO minutes pre- 

 vious to departure of trains from Depot, corner Flat- 

 bush and Atlantic avenues, Brooklyn. Trains leave 

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

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

 4 P. M., and on Saturdays at 3:30 p. m. For Patch- 

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

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

 Jefferson, e'e, at 10 a. m. and 4:30 p. m. For North- 

 port, etc., at 10 a. M., 3:30, 4.30 and 6:30 p. m. For 

 Locust Valley, at 8:30 and 10:00 a. m„ 3:80, 4:30, 5:30 

 and ti:30 ?. ii. For Far Roukaway, etc., at 9:30 A. M., 

 4, 4:30, 6, 6 and J p. m. For Garden City and Hemp- 

 stead, 8:ao and 10 i. m.. :w-;o, l:Su, 5:80, r.:30 p. m., and 

 12:15 night, and from Le and Git] only 9:30 a. m., 

 1:80 and 6:30 p. m. SUNDAYS— For" Pirt Jefferson 

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

 Northport and LocuBt Valley, • a. sr. and 6:30 p. m , 

 Garden City and Hempstead, 9 a. M., 2:30and6-30 

 r. B., and from Long IilindCi y only 9:30 A. M. and 

 5130 p. M. Trains for Rockaway Beach, Flushing, 

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

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

 Warren street, at JameH Klip and Thirty-fourth 

 street ferries, at the offices of "- The Long Island 

 Express," 3 Park place, 786 and 942 Broadway and 

 Grand Central Depot ; in Brooklyn, No. S33 Wash- 

 ington street and 79 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. Chittenden, Gen'l Pass. Agent, Je6 tf 



FOR 



New Haven, Hartford, Spring- 

 field and the North. 



The new and elegant steamer C. H. NOBTHAM 

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

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



NIGHT LINE.— The Continental leaves New York 

 at 11 p. M., arr.viug in New Haven in time lor the 

 early morning trains. 



Merchandise forwarded bv dally Express Freight 

 train from New Haven through to Massachusetts 

 Termont, Western New Hampshire, Northern New 

 York and Canada. Apply at Office on Pier or to 

 3BICHARD PECK, Genera! Agents. 



^ort§men's pontes. 



Cromwell Steamship Line. 



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

 JOHNS, N, F. 



THE FIRST-CLASS STEAMSHIPS 

 OORTES, Capt. Bennett, and 



ALHAMBRA, Capt. McHhlnney, 

 form a regular line between above ports, leaving 

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

 month. Persons visiting Nova Scotia, Newfoundland 

 orthe Lower St. Lawrence will Bnd 

 and moat direct route, avo'ding changes and deten- 

 tion. Time between New York and Halifax about 

 sixty hours, one half of trip through Long Island and 

 Vineyard Sounds, in Bmooth water. 



Cabin passage, including stateroom and meals, 

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

 Johns, S30, gold. Excursion ticket* at reduced 

 rates. For schedule of sailings and further particu- 

 lars apply to 



CLARK & SEAMAN, 



66 \\ est sti Be*. N, Y. 

 AGENTS— WOOD k CO,, Halifax, :-:. K HA U V v.\ 



& 00,i St. Join'* 



TO SPOILSMEN: 



THE PENNSYLVANIA K.K.. CO. 



Respectfully Invite attention to toe 



afforded by their lines for reaching molt 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 reshipment, while the excel- 

 lentcars which run over the smooth steel tracks en- 

 able STOCK TO UK TK AN SNORTED without failnrs 

 01 injury. 

 Tue lines of 



Pennsylranl Railroad Company 



also reach the best lecalitlea for 



GUNNING 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, CKESSON, RALSTON, M1NNEGJJA, and 

 other well-known centers for 



Trout Fiaklnc, Wins Shooting, and Still 

 Hunting. 

 Also, to 

 TUCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN. CAPE MAY, 

 SOU AN, and cointe on tne NEW JERSEY COAST 

 renowned for SALT WATER SPORT AFTER FIM 

 AND FEATHER. 



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

 Frank Thomson, Gen'l Manager. feblT-tf 



CHICAGO &ALT0M RAILROAD. 



THE ONLY DIRECT RAILROAD from 

 Chicago to St. Louis, anil Chicago 



to Kansas City. 

 WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS. 



FIRST-GLASS ACCOMMODATIONS IN 

 EVERYTHING. 



mc or tnis roau ; praine ccucKcn, ge 



juall, etc. Connects direct atKar. . 



Kansas Pacific Railroad for the great Buffalo and An- 

 telope range of Kansas and Colorado. 



Liberal arrangements for transport of Bogs for 

 Sportsmen. — 



JAMES CHARLTON, 



General Pahsenger Agent, 

 Chicago, H a. 



FOR FLORIDA 



Tf»OR THROUGH TICKETS TO FERNANDINA 

 P JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE, S AN 

 FORD, ENTERPRISE, and Intermediate landings 

 on 6T. JOHN'S RIVER aad interior points in 

 FLORIDA, by steamship to SAVANNAH, and thence 

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

 General Agent. 



Philadelphia and Southern Mall S. 8. Co., 

 Pier 23 South Delaware Aven ne, Phlla. 



THE SPORTSMAN'S ROUTE. 



Chicago & Northwestern ER. 



Embraces under one management the Great Trunk 

 Ballwav Lines of the West and Northwest, and.with 

 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 

 poinis in Northern Illinois, Iowa, Dikola, Nebraska, 

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

 gon, China, Japan and Australia. Its CHICAGO, 

 ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS LINK lathe short 

 line for Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota, and for 

 Madison, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Dnluth and all points 

 lu tne Great Northwest, Its WINONA AND ST. 

 PETER LINE is the only route for Winona, Roches- 

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

 all points iu Souttiern and central Minnesota. Its 

 GREEN B WAND MAhQUETTE LINE is the only 

 line for Janesville, Watertowu, Fond du Lac, Os- 

 kosh, Appleton. Green Bay, Eseanaba, Ncgaunee, 

 Marquette, Hong , ffancock and the Lake Supe- 

 rior country. Its FRERFORT AND DUBUQUE 

 LINE is the only route for Elgin, Rockford, Free- 

 port and all points via Freeport. Its CHICAGO 

 AND MILWAUKEE LINE is the old Lake Shore 

 route, and Is the only one passing through Evanstou, 

 Lake Forest, Highland Park, Waukegan. Racine, 

 Kenosha to Milwaukee. PULLMAN HOTEL CARS 

 are now running regularly between Chicago and 

 Council Blutfs, on the Ca'ifornia Express Train of 

 the CHICAGO & NO] I RAILWAY. 



West bound, they leave Ginkgo dally, except Sun- 

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

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

 Bluffs next morning. 



East-bound t ey leave Council Bluffs at 6:30 p. it., 

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

 and reach Chicago next afternoon. 



H?- No other roads west of Chicago run9 Pullman 

 or any other form of Hotel cars. 



TO SPORTSMEN. 



This lino presents peculiar advantages. For 

 Prairie Chickens, Ducks, Geese and Brunt shooting, 

 our Iowa line to-day offers more favorable points 

 than any other road In the country, while for Deer 

 and Bear hunting, and for Brook Trout, Lake 

 Salmon, Pike, Flokc.el and Bass fishing, a hundred 

 points on the Northern and Northwestern lines of 

 this company will be found uneurpasspd bv anvthlnt? 

 In the Wert. J J K 



NewYork office, No. 415 Broadway; Boston office, 



No. 5 State street. 

 For rates or infoi 

 homeuekoi 



j§of<>ls and gtcsotte for §pottsmetu 



Sherman House, 



(CLARK AND RANDOLPH), 

 CHICAGO. 



Rates reduced to $3 por day for allroomB above 

 the parlor floor, without baths. 

 Rooms with baths, $8.50, $4, and $4.60 per day. 



ALVTN HULBERT, Prop'r. 

 We challenge any Hotel in the World to show aB 

 large and as elegantly furnished rooms as those of 

 theSHtfRMAN. je20 tf 



Wild Fowl Shooting. 



SPRTNGVILLE HOUSE OR SPORTSMEN'S RE- 

 TREAT, SHINNECOCK BAY, L. I., 

 By a practical gunner and an old bayman. Has 

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

 with the largest rig ot trained wild-geese decoys on 

 the coast. The best ground in the vicinity of New 

 York for bay snipe shooting of all varieties. Special 

 attention given by himself to his guests, and sails- 

 faction guaranteed. Address WM. N. LANE, Good 

 Ground, L. I. NovS tt 



GUNPOWDER. 



DUPONT'S 



Rifle, Sporting and Blasting 



Powder. 



THE MOST POPULAR POWDER IN USE 



n upon 's G nnpowder .Mills, esfabltshed 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 (fine), uneqnale i in strength, 

 quickness and cleanliness; adapted for Glass Ball 

 and Pigeon Shooting. 



DUPONT'S EAGLE DUCKING, 

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

 clean ; great penetration ; adapted for Glass Ball, 

 Pigeon, Duck and other shooting. 



DUPONT'S EAGLE RIFLE, 

 A quick, strong and clean Powder of very line grain 

 for Pistol shooting. 



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

 FFg and FFFg.-The Eg for long-range rifle ehoot- 

 mg, the FFg and FFFg for general use, burning 

 strong and moist. 



SPORTING, MINING. SHIPPING AND BLAST- 

 ING POWDERS ofall sizes and dej-.-i intir.ne. Special 

 grades f.r export. Musket. Cannon, Mortar and 

 Mammoth Powder, U. S. Government standard. 

 Powder manufactured to order of any required grain 

 or proof. Agencies in all elites and principal towns 

 throughout the U. 3. Represented by 



F. L KNEELAND, 7# Wall St. N. Y. 

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

 Powder for long-range rifle shooting. 



Laflin & Rand Powder Co. 



No. 26 MURRAY ST., N. Y., 

 Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers of 



Orange Lightning Powder. 



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

 1 lb. can! -ters. Higher numbers specially are recom- 

 mended for breech-loading guns. 



Orange Ducking Powder, 



For water-fowl, strong and :lean. Nn. 1 to 6 In 

 metal kegs, 6.V lbs. each, and canihters of 1 and 5 

 lbs. each. 



Orange Rifle Powder. - 



The beBt for rifles 'and all ordinary purposes 

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

 Packed in wood and metal kegs of 85 lbs., Vl% lb" 

 and 6.!* lbs., and lu canisters of 1 lb. and 14 lb. 



All of the above give high velocities and less 

 residuum than any other brands made, and are re- 

 commended and used by Capt. A. II. BOGARDUS 



Jl Chs World." 

 BLASTING POWDER and ELECTRICAL BLAST- 

 ING APPARATUS. MI 1TARY POWDER 

 W all Ktu.ja an hand and made toorder. 

 Safety Fuse, Frletlunal and 

 Platinum Fuses, 

 x-amphleta, showing sizes of the grain by wood 

 Oat, »ent I'ree on application to the above address. 



(gunpowder, 



THE 

 HAZAED POWDER CO 



MASCFACTtrBKB8 OF 



GUNPOWDER, 



Hazard's " Electric Powder." 



Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). Unsurpassed In point of 

 strength and cleanliness. Packed in square canis- 

 ters Of lib. only. 



Hazard's "Amerioan Sporting." 



No?. 1 (Hue) to 6 (coarse). In 1 lb. canisters and 

 6Jf lb. kegs. A tine grain, quick and clean, fta 

 upland prairie shooting. Well adapted to shot- 

 guns. 



Hazard's " Duck Shooting." 



Nos. 1 (fine) to 5 (coarse). In 1 and 5 ib. canisters 

 and 6% and Viyt lb. kegs. Burns slowly and very 

 clean, rfeably close and with great 



penetration. For Held, forest or water shooting, IE 

 rank? any other brand, and it is equally serviceable 

 lor muzzle or breech-loaders. 



Hazard's •' Kentucky Rifle." 



packed la i and y. Ib. cinlsters. Burns strong and 

 irwut. The FFFG and FFG aro ftvorite brands for 

 ordinary sporting, and the "Sea Shooting" FQ is 

 the standard Rifle powder of the country. 

 Superior Mining and Blasting Pondei. 

 GOVERNMENT CANNON & MUSKET POWDER: 

 ALSO, SPECIAL GRADES FOR EXPORT, 0$ 

 ANY REQPIBBD ■>?. MANU- 



FACTURED TO ORDER. "_ 

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

 pany's Agents in every proni'psnt city, or wholesaU 



J- oiiice. 



S3 WALL-STrTEET, NEW YO RK. 



§0ot[tsnim'8 0oad8. 



Sportsmen's Emporium. 



SHOOTING, FISHING, CAMPING AND 

 AHCHERY OUTFITS. 



BOUDREN'S & FERGUSON'S JACK LAMPS, 



CAMP STOVES, TENTS, FOX CJLTNS, 

 SPLIT BAMBOO RODS, BLANKETS RCBBER 



GOODS, AMMUNITION, 

 And EVERYTHING required by Sportsmen. 

 SPLIT BAMBOO BOWS, EACH f IF. 



W. HOLBERTON & CO. 



dec5 in FULTON ST., N. Y. 1 



Eaton's Rust Preventer. 



For Guns, Cotlery and Surgical Instrument*. 

 8afe to handle, WILL JiOT 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., write?: ."It 1» 

 the best preparation I have found In thirty-live 

 years of active and frequent use of guns." 



The trade supplied by sole manufacturer, GEO. 

 B. EATON, 5J0 Pavonla Avenue, Jersey City 

 Heights, N. J. * ' 



Si Id by principal New York dealers, and by Wm. 

 Reaa & Sons, Boston, Mass. ; B. Kittredge A Co., 

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

 & Hllder. St. Louis, Mo. Thos. W. Parr, Cleveland, 

 Ohio. Trimble & Kleibacktr, Baltimore, Md. s. 

 Cropley & Son?, Georgetown, D. C. Jos. C. Grnbb 

 & Co., Philadelphia. 



CANNOT BE SENT BY MAIL. 



TRY 



j§, ^apthimns 



Mew American Chemically Pren 



FELT 



STXIS- WADS. 



EQ.UAI, TO ELY><«, AT IJ2SS PHICE. 



For sale by all dealers. Manufaptnred hir n 

 GOODMAN, Ansonia, Conn., an,? 7 Whde stfeel - 

 wew lork. ocn - i 3m -» 



NEW YORK 



SHOOTING COAT. 



The moBt popular coat in the market. Made of 

 velveteen, corduroy, fnstian and canvas 'Canvas, 

 suits a: »5, S3 and $13. For sale bv all dealers la 

 guns and sporfcman's supplies. 



A LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADK. 



F. L. SHELDON, Rahwat, N. J. 



New York Mailing Agency. 



with latest improved Newspaper Folding and 

 M»iiing Midlines. 13Spraoo St., -4th door from 

 TribunsBulldinRS. J i.ME8 BRADY, Manager and 

 IProprietor. Open day uid night 



table from your 



THOMAS W. PEYTON, 



ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, 



NOTARY FUBLIC, 

 No. 145 Broadway, Room 30, Nbw York City, 

 All business promp«i attemtafl to, Novas 



Pocket Cartridge Loader 



caps, loads, creases and tutus over cartridge ci»es 

 beautifully, and weighs but four ounces send for 

 h d recttons lor using and recommenda- 

 :10ns from prominent sportsmen to Ul PLUY & CO 

 Poaghkeepsle, N. Y. novasit 



C. dc B. ZETTLKIt, 



GUNSMITHS AND RIFLE GALLERY, 



507 Bowory, New YorK, 



$5 to $20;; 





