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FOREST AND STREAM, 
mid charts far^portthnm. 
A SELECT HUNTING PARTY FOB THE 
SOUTHWEST. 
A GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS IS 
about, returning with a smalt party for a f«w 
mouths hunting of buffalo,.antelope, etc., and an op¬ 
portunity is offered for a few crack rifle shots to join 
the party. None need apply unless fully able to bear 
the expense, and are willing to tough It. Plenty of 
fine sport, and a f«ir remuneration is guaranteed. 
References exchanged. For full .particulars address 
CAMP BRADY, 2i Bartlett street, Charlestown Dis¬ 
trict, Boston, Mass_jn29-lt 
PROSPECT PARK HOTEL,, 
CATSKILL, N. Y. 
High elevation, mountain air, with scenery unsur¬ 
passed in the world; 20 acres of grounds. First-class 
accommodation for 390 to 400 guests. Accessible by 
day boats and cars Hudson River Railroad. Persons 
visiting this delightful resort with a View to secure 
rooms, will be impressed with its unusual attractions. 
Address JOHN BREASTED, Catskill. ju29 3mo 
GREAT SOUTH BAY. 
B oard for gentlemen or fam- 
Hies at Sajrville, Long Island, with excellent 
fishiugaml hay bird shooting; terms very moderate. 
Address EDWARD DANE, Sayville, L. I. Refers to 
Forbst and Stkham. jti20-if 
RICE LAKE, 
IDLE WILD, HARWOOD, CANADA. 
A delightful summer resort for gentlemen and their 
wives on Stony Point, Bass. Pickerel, Maacalonge, 
Indians, Canoes, etc. 
A. V. DENIO, Proprietor. 
%*Cars from Toronto to Port Hope or Cobnnrg, or 
boat from Rochester to Port Hope. je22 3m 
B 
LOOMiNG GROVE PARK. 
July Meeting. There will be Rifle Shooting, off¬ 
hand, for prizes, on the 6th of July. 
Prizes: 
A Remington Array Revolver, full plated. 
A Remington Pocket Revolver, full plated, 
A Gold Budge—Park Association. 
Black Bass and Trout Fishing, Shooting, fee. 
Excursion Tickets to Lackawaxen, $6; at Erie Rail¬ 
way office, 401 Broadway. GEO. W. McGILL, 
je22 2t Sec. B. G. Park Association. 
Jordan house.—“head of the 
U BOG.’'—Opposite the month of Jordan River, 
Colton, St. Lawrence county. N. Y., 31. II. OBER, 
Proprietor. Particular attention given to carting 
Boats aud Baggage to Moosehead. Boarding Sporting 
' Parties a specialty. Experienced and reliable guides 
obtained on short notice. P. O. Address, South Col¬ 
ton, St. Lawrence county, N. Y. Reference in New 
York. John P. Waters, 12 John street.je22 4t 
PAVILION HOTEL, 
NEW BRIGHTON, STATEN ISLAND, 
R. T. COLE, Proprietor. 
Weekly Hops, Boating* Fishing, Driving, Billiards, 
Bowling, Croquet. A promeuade piazza 3' 0 feet 
long. __jed Jim 
B oaud at high bridge for t w o 
persons; private family; high and spacious 
ground* and stable; convenient to Harlem River; 
boating and fishing; thirty minutes from Forty-second 
street Station, Hudson River Railroad. Address E, 
M. B., this office. jeStf 
PARKS HOUSE, 
MAGOG, PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, 
A. W. HTJBB 4.RD, Prop’r. 
Tula 1 b one of the finest fishing localtiesin the East¬ 
ern Townships of Canada, and is situated at the ont- 
.et of Lake Memphrnmagog. Reached by stage eleven 
miles Troni Ayre- Flat, on Paeumpsic Railroad, or by 
boat from Newport_jel 3m 
BROOK’S HOTEL, 
WATERLOO, PROVINCE QUEBEC, CANADA. 
House new, large, and well kept, good bar, fee. 
Free bns to depot. Daily line of stages to Magog, 
Sherbrooke, and Melbourne, on Grand Trank Railway. 
Waterloo is a pleasant, thriving village near Water¬ 
loo Lake, and in the midst of an excellent shooting 
and flBhlng district—Lunge, Lake Trout, Speckled 
Trout, Baas, and Pickeiel Board $1.25 per day. 
jel 3m_L- H. BROOKS, Proprietor. 
OTTAWA HOTEL, 
C. S. BROWN & J. Q,. PERLEY, Fkopkiktohs, 
Montreal, Canada. 
LOCATED ON 8T. JAMES AND NOTRE DAME 
STS. THE TWO PRINCI. AL BUSINESS 
STREETS IN THE CITY. FIRST 
CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT. 
jel 3m 
Board During Centennial 
IN PHILADELPHIA. 
A FEW SEIECT TRANSIENT AND PERMA- 
neut parties can ite accommodated by a private 
family, strictly first-class, with reasonable charges. 
Rooms can be engaged for tho whole or any portion of 
Exhibition term. The house is situated within 12 
minutes of the Centennial Grounds, and 20 minutes 
from the business centre of Philadelphia. 
Buy ticket ($2.651, via PbtWlfc)?lvaiii!i Railroad, for 
Germantown Junction Station, which is distant only 
200 yards from the house. Address 
L. CARVER, 2903 N. JOih St., Philadelphia. 
BELMONT HOTEL, 
623 and 625 Washington Street, Boston, Maas., 
(Opposite Globe Theatre.) 
Located in the centre of the city, trad easily reached 
by street cars and stages. Elevators, steam, arid all 
modern improvements. Rooms (European plan), $1 
per duy upward. A first-class Restaurant, and Privai e 
Dining-Rooms, if preferred, at moderate rales. The 
moat convenient location, a quiet and comfortable 
home, and first-class accommodations at prices adapt¬ 
ed to the stringency - of the times* are the special ad¬ 
vantage* afforded at the ••BELMONT.” 
mcl»30 6ru HARDY <fo CO., Proprietors. 
Bromfield House , 
Messenger Bros., 
55 BROMFIELD STREET, 
fiofftou Mass. 
The House for Sportsmen. 
§lioristnen '& ^ionisn. 
HE “FISHING LINE.” 
T 
Brook Trout and 
Grayling Fisheries 
OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN, VIA 
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. 
{Mackinaw, Grand Rapids & Cincinnati Short Line.) 
The waters of the Grand Traverse Region and 
the Michigan North Woods are unsurpassed, if 
equalled, iu the great abundance and variety of fish 
contained. 
Brook Trout abound in the streams, and the fa¬ 
mous American Grayling is found only in these 
Brook Trout Reason opens May 1st. 
Grayling Reason opens June 1st. 
Black Buhm, Pike, Pickerel, and Muscalonge are 
also found iu large numbers in the many lakes and 
lakelets of this territory. The sportsman can readily 
Bend trophies of hi skill to his friends or “Club’ r at 
home, as ice for packing fish can be had at many 
points. 
Take your family with yon. The scenery of the 
North Woods and lakes is very beautiful. The air is 
pure, dry, and bracing. The climate peculiarly henefi- 
eial to those suffering with hay fever and asthma. 
The Hotel Accommodations, while plain, are, as 
a rule, good, far surpassing the average iu countries 
new enough to afford thefiuesi. of fishing. 
On and after June 1st Round Trip Excursion 
Tickets sold to Points in Grand Traverse Region, 
and attractive train facilities uuired to tourists and 
spo tsmen; also on and after July 1st Mackinaw 
and Lake Superior Excursion Tickets. 
Dogs, Guns, and Fishing Tackle Carried Free 
at owner's risk. 
Camp Cars for Fishing Parties and Families at 
low rates. 
11 iB our aim to make sportsmen feel “at home” on 
this route. For Tourist’s Guide, containing full In¬ 
formation ns to Hotels, Boats, Guides, fee., and accu¬ 
rate maps of the Fishing Grounds, Send to Forest and 
Stream office, or address 
J. H. PAGE, G. P. & T. A., 
may4 4m Grand Rapids, Mich. 
Chicago & Northwestern Railway. 
This great corporation now owns and operates over 
two thousand miles of road, radiating from Chicago. 
Like the fingers in a man’s hand, its lines reach in all 
directions, ani cover about all the country north, 
northwest, and west of Chicago. With one branch it 
reaches Racine, Kenosha, Milwaukee, and the coun¬ 
try north thereof; with another line it pusheB through 
Janesville, Watertown, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, Green 
Bay, Escanaba, to Nagaunee and Marquette; with an¬ 
other line it pusses through Madison, Elroy, and for 
St. Paul aud Minneapolis; branching westward from 
Elroy, it runs to and through Winona, Owatonna, St. 
Pci cr, Mankato, NewTJhn, and stopBnot until Lake 
Kameska. Dakota, is reached; another line starts from 
Chicago and runs through Elgin and Rockford to Free¬ 
port, and, vui the Illiuois Central, reaches Warren. 
Galina and Dubuque, and the country beyondi Still 
another line runs almost due westward, and passes 
through Dixon, Sterling, Fulton, Clinton (Iowa), Cedar 
Rapids, Marshalltown, Grund Junction, to Council 
Bluffs and Omaha.. This last named is the “GREAT 
TRANSCONTINENTAL ROUTE,” and the pioneer 
overland line for Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, 
Montana, Nevada. California, and the Pacific Coast. 
It runs through the Garden of Illinois and Iowa, and 
is ihe safest, shortest, nnd best route to Omaha, Lin¬ 
coln, aud other points iu Nebraska, and for Gbeyenne, 
Denver, Salt Lriko City, Virginia City, Carson, Sac¬ 
ramento. san Francisco, ana all other points west of 
the Missouri River. 
TO BPORTSMEN: 
THIS LINE PRESENTS PECULIAR AD VAN 
TAGES-FOR PRAIRIE CHICKEN, DUCK, 
GEE V E, AND BRANT SHOOTING, TIIE 
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, 
hike, Pickerel, frnd Bass Fishing a hundred poims on 
the Northern and Northwestern lines of this company 
will be found unsurpassed by any in the West. 
MARVIN HUGHITT, W. H. 8TENNETT, 
Gen. Supt., Chicago. Gen. Pass. Agt., Chicago. 
apl6 
TO SPORTSMEN: 
THE PENNSYLVANIA R. R. COIVIP'Y 
Respectfully invite attention to the 
SuperiorFacilities 
afforded by their lints for reach in® most of the TROT- 
ING PARKS and RACE COURSES iu the Middle 
States. These linos bciDE CONTINUOUS FROM ALL 
IMPORTANT points; avoid the difficnltlesand dan¬ 
gers of reshipment, while ibe excellent cars rnn over 
the smooth steel tracks enable STOCK TO BE TRANS¬ 
PORTED without failure or injury. 
The lineB of 
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company 
also reach the best localities for 
GUNNING AND FISHING 
in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION 
TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Company in 
all the principal cities to KANE, RENOVA. BED¬ 
FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, MlNNEt^UA, and 
other well-known centers for 
Trout Pishing, Wing Shooting, and Still Hunting. 
Also, to 
TUCKERTON, BEECH HAVEN, CAPE MAY, 
KOUAN, and points on the NEW JERSEY COAST 
renowned for SALT WATER SPORT AFTER FIN 
AND FEATHER. 
D, M. BOYD, Jn, Gen’l Pass. Agent. 
Frank Thompson, Gen’l Manager. febS7 tf 
TPOR NEW HAVEN, HARTFORD, 
Jj Springfield, White Mountains, Montreal and 
mierraediate points. The new and elegant steamer 
0. H. Northaiu leaves Pier No. 25, East River, daily 
(SuudayB excepted) at 3, and Twenty-third street, 
Mat River, at 3:15 P. M. A passenger train will be 
iu waiting on (he wharf at New Haven and leave for 
Springfield and way stations on arrival of the boat. 
NIGHT LINE.—The Continental leaves New York 
at 11 P. M +> connecting with Passenger train in wait¬ 
ing on wharf at New Haven, leaving at 6:15 A. M. 
Tickets sold nnd baggage checked at 914 Broadway, 
New York, aud4 Court Btreet, Brooklyn. Excursion 
to New Haven and return. $1.50 Applv at General 
Office, on the pier, or to RICHARD PECK, General 
Agent. my25tf 
Rossin House, Toronto, Canada. 
SHEARS & SON, Proprietors. 
This houseis a favorite resort for gentlemen sporti. 
men from all parts of the United States and Canada. 
ORIENTAL POWDKR MILLS, 
MANUFACTURERS OF SUPERIOR TARGET AND SPORTING 
GUNPOWDER. 
BRANDS —Diamond Grain, Falcon Dnckinsr, Western Sporting and Ducking. 
Also, Mining and Blasting Powders. 
OFFICES—13Brood et., Boaton; 18 Exchange at., Buffalo; 0 State at., Chicago; :!!? N. Second at., St. I 
Agencies in all the principal Cities in the Country. Decs 
is 
GUNPONVDER. 
Dupont’s 
SPORTING, SHIPPING AND MINING 
POWDER 
DUPONT’S GUNPOWDER MILLS 
(Establishbd m 1801), 
Have maintained their great reputation for 75 years. 
Manufacture the Celebrated 
The moat Popular Powder In Uae. Aleo, 
Sporting, Mining, Shipping and Blast¬ 
ing Powder 
Of all kinds and descriptions. 
For sale in all parts or the country. Represented 
F. L. Kneelantl, 
Feb 10-ly 70 Wall Street, New Yorh. 
The Hazard Powder Co., 
MANUFACTURERS OF 
Gunpowder. 
Hazard’s “Electric” Powder. 
Nob. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). Unsurpassed In point of 
strength ana cleanliness. Packed in square canis¬ 
ters of l lb. only. 
Hazard’s “American Bportlng.” 
Nob. 1 (fine; to 8 (coarse). In 1 lb. canisters and 61 lb. 
kegs. A fine grain, quick and clean, for upland and 
prairie shooting. Well adapted to short guns. 
Hazard a “Duck Shooting.” 
Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). In 1 and 5 lb. canister e 
and and l2f lb. kegs. Burns slotoly and very 
clean, ehooting remarkably close, and with great 
penetration. For field, forest and water shooting 
it ranks any other britnd, and It ia equally services ■ 
ble for muzzle or breech loader. 
Hazard^ “Kentucky Rifle. 1 * 
FFFG, FFG, and “Sea Shooting” FG, in kegs of 25 
12*, and 61 lbs. and cans of 5 lbs, FFFG is also 
paclted in 1 and i lb. canisters. Burns Btrong ana 
moist. The FFFG and FFG are favorite brands 
for ordin&rv sporting, and the “Sea Shooting” FG 
is the standard Wfl* powder of the conntry. 
SUPERIOR MINING AND BLASTING POWDER. 
GOVERNMENT CANNON-AND MUSKET POW¬ 
DER; ALSO SPECIAL GRADES FOR EXPORT, 
OF ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF MAN¬ 
UFACTURED TO ORDER. 
88 Wall Street. NewTorb. 
FLORIDA. 
40 Acres—$50. 
Ont or 650.000 acres of United Statea anil State 
lands ceded to the ATLANTIC, GULF & WEST 
INDIA TRANSIT RAILROAD, 40 acres can now he 
Selected for $50. 
In the cen're of the orange region, adjacent to a 
road running daily train* from Fernandina, on the 
Atlantic Ocean to Cedar Keys, on the Gplf or Mexico- 
with the best HUNTING and FISHING in Amenta, 
and almost free transportation given to each purcha¬ 
ser, theBC lands will be epeedily bought up by actual 
eettlers from all parts of the Union. 
They compare favorably with THE BEST lands In 
the State, and are already surrounded by thrifty 
Northern and Western Settlera. 
For maps, further descriptions, 4c., address, Inclos¬ 
ing stamp, 
J. B. OLIVER, Gen. Agt., 
FLORIDA LAND AND IMMIGRATION COMP’Y., 
jel 8t 361 Fnlton St,, Brooklyn, N. Y, 
New York Mailing Agency. 
with latest improved Newspaper Folding and 
Mailing Machine*. I3'3pruee St. ,4tih floor from 
Tribune Buildings. JAMES BRADY, Manager olid 
Proprietor, Open day and night* _ 
Orange Sporting Powder. 
ORANGE LIGHTNING POWDER, 
The strongest and cUanert Powder made. Nos. 1 
to 7, packed only in sealed 1 lb. canisters. The coarser 
Bis.es (higher numbers) especially aro recommended 
to owners of fine breech-loading gnns, giving great 
penetration with vory slight recoil. 
ORANGE DUCKING POWDER, 
For water fowl. Very strong and clean. Nos. 1 to 
5. Packed in metal kegs of 6± lbs. each, and In canis¬ 
ters of 1 aud 5 lbs. 
ORANGE RIFLE POWDER, 
The best for rifles and for all ordinary purposes. 
Sizes F.g. FF.g, FFF.g, the last being the finest. 
Packed in wood and metal kegs of 25 Ins., 12} lbs., 
and 6* lbs., and in canisters of 1 lb. and \ lb. 
All of the above give high velocities and less resiGu • 
urn than any other brands made. 
BLASTING, MINING, AND SHIPPING POW¬ 
DER OF ALL GRADES AND SIZES PACKED IN 
WOOD OR METAL KEGS OF 25 LBS. 
SAFETY FUSE AND ELECTRICAL BLASTING 
A t> l> a T? ATTT<l 
LAFLINi RAND POWDER Co., 
20 Murray St., N. Y . 
Sole proprietors and manufacturers or the celebra¬ 
ted ORANGE brand of GUNPOWDER. Recom¬ 
mended and used by Copt. A. H. BOGARDUS, the 
‘ 'Champion Wing Shot of the World." _ 
CHALLENGE. 
The undersigned is prepared to prove all the supe¬ 
rior qualities he cluims for his powder. 
Safety, Cleanliness, Strength, Little 
Recoil, Little Smoke, Small Report, 
Less Heating: of the Barrel in Rapid 
Firing, and its Regularity in Shooting:. 
He challenges nil riflemen to shoot against him with 
black powder, 200 rounds, without wiping; 100 rounds 
off-hand, at 200, 500 and 1,000 yards respectively, and 
100 rounds in any position at same distances; the 200 
rounds equally divided at. the three ranges; sighting 
shots extra. 
Will shoot for money if desired. 
The powder is also well adapted for phot gnns. 
Inquire for the “Dittmar Powder” of your dealer, 
or address the 
DITTMAR POWDER MANF’G CO., 
Netonset. Mass. 
J. II. BATTY", 
Taxiderm ist, 
NEW UTRECHT, NEW YORK, 
Dealer In ob¬ 
jects of Natural 
History, Dining- 
Room Taxider¬ 
my, Game Birds 
on shields and 
stands, Bucks 1 
Heads, Antlers, 
Carved Heads, 
T a x i d e rmists’ 
supplies. Skins 
rad eggs for col¬ 
lections, Aquaria 
and stock, In¬ 
sects, Chrysa¬ 
lides, Coral, 
Shells, fee. 
Agents; 
Mcrrol Ryder, 
55 Jackson St-.. 
St. Paul, Minm, 
a nd Eaton. TTolberton fe Co.. 102 Nassau street. N. Y. 
J. wajllaceT 
NATURALIST AND TAXIDERMIST. 
MENAGERIES, MUSEUMS, anti CLUBS supplied 
with Beasts, Birds, and Reptiles of any kind in Die 
known world, put up In the most artistic manneT, 
I rain a whale to a minnow, from an elephant to a 
dormoose, from a moa to a hnnimrac-bird. Foreign 
skim und artificial eyes. Highest prices paid for rare 
Bklu*. heads, and horns. 
rachSOtf No. Pi NORTH WILLIAM ST..N l y . 
Birds and Animals Preserved to Order by 
R. L. NEWCOMB, 
TAXIDERMIST, 
NO. 7 CHERRY STREET, SALEM, MASS. 
Instructions given- ronj'25 tf 
QANADIAN ORNITHOLOGY. 
“Our Birds of Prey.” 
HENRY G. YENNOR, E. G. S. 
of the Geological Survey of Canada. 
T his beaiyttfui. and novel work con- 
tains 30 large Photographed Plates, and upw ards 
of 350 puges of descriptive letter-press. It figures 
and describes every species of Eagle, Falcon, Hank, 
Buzzard, and Owl that is known to ocenr or occasion¬ 
ally to have visited Gamma. 
Price Complete, in Cloth (30 Platen), - - 1*13 
p. H.—Tho Plates or ibis Work will not be sold 
separately, but if dosired the whole book may he had 
in paper cover, $13. 
jeS 3m 
Jti'mmst* 
Philadelphia. 
