FOREST AND STREAM. 



261 



£$ori§men'H pontes. 



TO SPORTSMEN: 



THE PENNSYLVANIA E.B. 00. 



Respectfully Invito attention to to* 



afforded by their lines for reaching moat of ta» 

 TROTTING PARKS and RACE COURSES in the 

 Middle States. Those lines being COXTiNUors 

 FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the diffi- 

 culties and dangers i if rcahipruent, while the excel- 

 lent cars which rat over the smooth steel tracks ess- 

 able STOCK TO BE TR AN8? OKTED wlthoat fallus* 

 or lnjury- 

 The lines of 



Fennsylvani Railroad Company 



also reach the best localities for 

 SUNNING AND FISEINO 



in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EX0UR8ION 

 TICKETS are sold at the offices ot the Company ill 

 all the principle cities to KANE, RENOVA, BED- 

 FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, MINNEQJJA, and 

 other well-known centers for 

 Tront Fishing Wing Shooting, and Still 

 Bunting. 

 Also, to 

 TUCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN. CAPE MAY, 

 BQUAN, and points oh the NEW JERSEY COAST 

 renowned for SALT' WATER SPORT AFTER FIN 

 AND FEATHER. 



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

 Framk Thomson. Gen'l Manager. feblT-e 



"THE FISHING LINE," 



TAKE THE 



Grand Rapids & Indiana R.R. 



Mackinaw, Grand Rapids & Cincinnati Short Line) 



FOB THE 



"Trout, Grayling & Black Bass Fisheries, 



AND THE 



Famous Summer Resorts and Lakes 



OF 



KOETHERN MICHIGAN 



The wateTS of the 



Grand Traverse Region 



and the Michigan North Woods are nnam passed, If 

 equalled, in the abundance and great variety of fish 

 contained. 



BROOK. TROUT abound ln-tho streams, and the 

 famous AMEhlCAN GRAYLING is found only In 



The TROUT Season beglnB May 1 and ends Bept. 1. 

 The GRAYLING Season opens June 1 and ends 



N Bf',ACK BASS, PIKE, PICKEREL and MTJSOA- 

 LONGE also abound in large numbers In the many 

 lakes and lakelets of this territory. 



The sportsman can readily send tronhieB of his 

 skill to his friends or "club "at home, as ice for 

 Bfklng liali can he hail at many points. 



TAKE YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU. The scenery 

 of the North Woods and Lakes is very beantlf nl ; the 

 air Is pnre, dry and bracing. The Climate Is pe- 

 onllarly beneficial to those suffering with 



Hay Fever and Asthma 



affections. , 



The hotel accommodations are good, far surpass- 

 ing the average In countries new enough to afford 

 the finest of fishing. 



During the season Round Trip Excursion Tickets 

 Will be sold at low rates, and a tractive train facili- 

 ties offered to Tourists and Sportsmen. 



Dogs, Guns and Fishing Tackle Carried Free at 

 owner's risk. 



It is onr aim to make sportsmen feel " at home " 

 on this route. For Tourist's Guide (an attractive il- 

 lustrated hook ot 80 pages), containing full Informa- 

 tion and accurate maps of the Fishing Grounds and 

 Time Cards, address A. B. LEKT. 



Gen'l Pans. Agent, Grand RapldB, Mich. 



FOR 



New Haven, Hartford, Spring- 

 field and the North. 



The new and elegant steamer C. H. NOETHAM 

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

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



NIGHT LINE.— The Continental leaves New York 

 at 11 p. M., 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, 



MALLORYS LINE 



OF 



DIRECT STEAMERS ITOf 



Jacksonville, Florida 



BTEAMEK8 

 VZSTBRB T&2CAS 



AND 



CCXVT OP SA.X.X.A.S 



Sail from New York Every Friday, 



Prom Jacksonrille every Thursday 



C, H. MALLOBY & CO., Agenta, 

 pie ao, East River. New York, 



P. HcQUALT), Agent, 



Bay street, Jacksonville; 



§£ort$mm's Jf antes. 



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 DALLY, 

 between Burlington, Albert Lea and Minneapolis, 

 crossing and connecting with all East and West 

 Lines In Iowa, running through Bome 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 ten or more upon application to General 

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



B. F. Winslow, Gen. Passenger Agent. 



General Manager. tf 



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 

 Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley of Virginia, Alleghany 

 Mountains, Greenbrier and New Rivers, and Kan- 

 awha Valley, and Inoludlng in their varieties of game 

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

 quail, Bnipa, woodcock, mountain tront, bass, 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 

 of the Virginia Mouotains to their most famous 

 watering places and summer resorts, 



The Only Route via White 

 Sulphur Springs. 



Railroad connections al Cincinnati, with the West, 

 NortnweEt and Soutiiwc-t; at Gordoni"ville, with the 

 North and Northeast ; and at Kiciimond and Char- 

 lottesville with the South. All modern improvements 

 in equipment. 



CONWAY R. HOWARD, 

 Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent, 

 mays ly Richmond, Va. 



LONG ISLAND EAILROAD, MAY, 27, 1878. 

 Ferryboats leave New York from JameB Slip 

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

 fourth street, East. River (dally) 15 minutes previous 

 to departure of trains, and from South Wall street, 

 Fulton and Catharine ferricB (dail-) 30 minutes pre- 

 vious to departure of trains from Depot, corner Flat- 

 bush and Atlantic avenues, Brooklyn. Trains leave 

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

 follows : For Greenport,, Sag Harbor, etc., 8:30 a.m., 

 4 F. M., and on Saturdays at 3:80 p. M. For Patch- 

 ogue, etc., »:30 A. M., 4:3u and 6 p. M. For Babylon, 

 etCy at 9:30 A. m., 4, 4:30, 6 and 6 p. M. For Port 

 Jefferson, etc., at <9 a. m. and 4:30 p. m. For North- 

 port, etc., at 10 a. m., 8:38, 4.30 and 6:80 p. m. For 

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

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

 4, 4:S0, 5, 6 and 7 p. it. For Garden City and Hemp- 

 stead. 8:30 and 10 A. M., 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30 p. H., and 

 12:15 night, and from Long It lane! City only 9:30 a. m., 

 1:80 and 6:30 p, M. SUNDAYS— For Pert Jefferson, 

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

 Northport and Locust Valley, 9 A. M. and 6:80 p. m., 

 Garden City and Hempstead , 9 a. m., 2:30 and 6:39 

 p. M., and from Long Ielind Ci y only 9:30 a. jc. and 

 5130 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 offlceB of "The Long Island 

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

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

 ington Btreet and 79 Fourth street. By purchasing 

 tlofcetsatany of the above offices, baggage can be 

 checked from residence to destination . 



S. SPENCER, Gen'l Snpt. 

 J. CHrrnsHDBN, Gen'l Pass. Agent. je6 tf 



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 Cliincoteague, Cobb's 

 Island, and points on the Peninsula. City Point, 

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

 ous country of Virginia, Tennessee, etc. Norfolk 

 steamers sail Monddy, Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- 

 urday. Lewes, Del.. Ti iayat2 p. M. 

 Full Information given at office, 197 Greenwich St., 

 New York. sep28 ly 



FOR HALIFAX, 



PORT HAWKESBURY, PrC- 

 TOU AND CHARLOTTE- 

 TOWN. 



Tke first-class steam,. hip* Carroll anil War. 

 ceater, will leave T wharf, Beaton, for above 

 ports, every -aiurrtny at 12. M. Throuah 

 ticket* sold to all principal points in Nova 

 t-cotla auu (lane Breton. Ao 1* eight received 

 alter lO A. M on day of sailing, (•hlrpera 

 must send with rccflms the value of goods for 

 master's manifest. For rates of freight or 

 passage Inquire of W. H. KiNft. 1ST wharf, 

 or O. O. PJBAU-ON, 210 Washington street. 

 mayl 6m F. NICKKKSON & CO., Agents. 



fotels mid ^soijjs for Sportsmen, 



Wild Fowl Shooting. 



8PRIHGVILLE HOTJ8E OR SPORTSMEN'S RE- 

 TREAT, SHINNECOCK BAY, L. L, 

 By a practical gunner and an old baynian. Has 

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

 with the lar« est rig of trained wild-geese decoys on 

 the coast. The best ground in the vicinity of New 

 York lor bay snipe shooting uJ ail varieties. Special 

 attention given by himself to US guests, and sath*. 

 faction guaranteed. Address WM. N. LANE, Good 

 Ground, L. I. NovS tf 



q-VEODT FISHINf- IN PONDS AND STREAMS. 



X Finer ash, unit more i-jv-rt, for less money 

 than ever. EDWARD n. SEAMAN, Ridgewood 

 Station, Southern E, B, of L. I. muyl 6t 



^ohh nnd ^CHort.'i for gportsmm. 



Sherman House, 



(CLARK AND RANDOLPH), 

 CHICAGO. 



Rates reduced to $3 per day for all rooms above 

 the parlor floor, without, baths. 



Rooms with baths, $8.60, $4, and *4.60 per day. 

 AiVIN HTJLBERT, Prop'jr. 



We challenge any Hotel in the World to show as 

 large and as elegantly furnished rooms as those of 

 the 8HBRMAN. leso tf 



ONE OF THE WORLD'S WONDERS, 

 SOUR LAKE. 



The Great Watering Place of Texas. 



This remarkable natural phenomenon consists of 

 a circular pool about an acre In extent, in a con- 

 tinual state of ebullition, produced by ~ escaping 

 gases. Around the lake are a great number of wells 

 and springs, of thirteen distioct varieties of water— 

 sulphur, soda, alum, Iron, etc. The waters of the 

 lake and many of the springs are very acid. A speci- 

 fic for rheumatism In its worst forms, dyspepsia, 

 chronic diarhcea, skin, kidney, venereal and female 

 diseases. Fisnlng excellent and game abundant at 

 all Beasons. Op^n all the year. The tourist, whether 

 for health or pleasure, and the. student of nature, 

 can find no place more Interesting. Sixty miles 

 east of Houston on New Orleans R. R. Board, week, 

 $10 ; month, $35. Address 



J. A. MERCHANT, 



apr24 Smos Sour lake, Texas. 



THE 

 HAZAED POWDER CO» 



M AMOTACTUKBBS OF 



GUNPOWDER. 



Hazard's *' Electric Powder." 

 Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). Unsurpassed Id point ol 

 strength and cleanliness. Packed m square canis- 

 ters of lib. only. 



Hazard's "American Sporting." 

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

 6>f lb. kegs. A fine grain, quick and clean, foi 

 upland prairie shooting. Well adapted to shot- 

 guns. 



Hazard's " Duck Shooting." 

 Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). In l and 5 lb. canisters 

 and 63** and 12X lb. kegs. Burns slowly and very 

 clean, shooting remarkably close and with great 

 penetration. For field, forest or water shooting, it 

 ranks any other brand, and it is equally serviceable 

 for muzzle or breech-loaders. 



Hazard's " Kentucky Rifle." 



tfBTG, PEG, and "Sea Shooting" PG, In kegs of SB, 

 Via and 6« lbs, and cans of 61bs.»rPPG is also 

 oacked in I and % lb. cinlsters. Burns strong and 

 •Mist. The FFPG and FFG are ftvorite brands for 

 ordinary sporting, and the "Sea Shooting" FG IB 

 v he standard RiUe powder of the country, 



Superior Mining and Blasting Powder. 



GOVERNMENT CANNON & MUSKET POWDER: 

 ALSO, SPEC, E8 iOR EXPOBT, OF 



ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF, MANTJ- 

 "ACTTJRED TO ORDER 

 The above can be had of deaiere, or of the Com- 



jacy's Agents in every prominent city, or whoiesate 



office. 



88 WALL STREET, NEW YORK. 



Lafiin & Rand Powder C& 



M*. 2S MURRAY ST., N. Y„ 



S 



Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers of 



Orange Lightning Powder. 



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

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

 mended for breech-loading guns. 



Orange Ducking Powder, 



For water-fowl, strong and clean. No. 1 to B In 

 metai kegs, ax lbs. each, and canisters of land f 

 lbs, each. 



Orange Rifle Powder, 



Tho best for rifles and all ordinary purposes. 

 Sizes, FG, FFG and PEFG, the last being tueflueat. 

 Packed in wood iud metal Kegs of i5 ijs„ 18J4 lbs 

 unci b% lbs., and in canisters of 1 lb. and % lb. 



All of the above give high velocities and lest 

 jesldnum than any other brands made, and are re 

 xxmmended and used by Uapt A. H. BOGARDUS 

 She ■'Champion Wing Shot of the World." 



All of the above give high velocities and leas 

 residuum than auv other brands road«, and are re- 

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

 the "Champion ft intr Shot of the World." 

 BLASTING POWDER and ELECTRICAL BLAST- 

 ING AFFAIi.Vl US. MILITARY POWDER 

 of all kinds on hand and made to order. 

 Safety Fuse, Frictloual and 

 Platinum ^uses. 

 Pamphlets, showing sizes of the grain by wood- 

 cut, sent free on application to the anove address. 



English Sporting Gunpowder. 



CURTIS & HARVEY'S 



DIAMOND GRAIN. 



Nos. 2, 3, i, 6, 6, 7 and 8. Superior Rifle, Enfield 

 Kine, and Col. Hawker's Dncklng. W. STITT, 81 

 Cedar street, N. Y Agent lor tne United States 



§ttwou!dn. 



GUNPOWDER. 



DUPONT'S 



Rifle, Sporting and Blasting 



Powder. 



THE MOST POPULAR POWDBB IN VSK 



Ditpont's Gunpowder Mills, established In 1801, 

 have maintained their great reputation for 78yeara. 

 Manufacture the following celebrated brands Ol 

 Powder ■ 



DUPONT'S DIAMOND GRAIN, 

 Nos. 1 (coarse) to 4 (fine), uneqnalei in atrengtrt 

 quickness and cleanliness; adapted for Glass Bal 

 and Pigeon Shooting. 



DUPONT'S EAGLE DUCKING, 

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

 clean ; great penetration ; adapted for Glass RalL 

 Pigeon, Duck and other shooting. 



DUPONT'S EAGLE RIFLE, 



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



FFg and PFFg.— The Fg for long-range rifle .shoot- 

 ing, the FFg and FFFg for general use, burning 

 strong and moist. 



SPORTING, MINING, SHIPPING AND BLAST- 

 ING POWDERS of ah sizes and descriptions. Special 

 grades for export. Cartridge, MuBket, Cannon, 

 Mortar and Mammoth Powder, U. 8. Government 

 standard. Powder manufactured to order of any re- 

 quired grain or proof. Agencies in all ollles and prim- 

 cipal towns throughout the U. S. Represented by 

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



§feoi[t8ttim'z §ot>fy. 



MANUFACTURER OF 



Fine Silk and Felt Hats. 



New York Shooting Coat, 



MADE OP YEtiYKTEEN, CORDUROY, 

 FUSTIAN ASD CANVAS, 



I have Just Imported a Corduroy of tne dead graH 

 color, specially adapted as regard; weight, color and 

 strength for all kinds of shooting. I will make to 

 order : Ooat, $15 ; Vest. $6; Pants, »T ; Cap, *2.26 ; or 

 Suit complete, $29. Sportsmen will find my Shooting; 

 Clothing to have more desirable polnra than any 

 other goodsof the kind in the market. Refer toman; 

 sportsmen who have worn them. Send for samples 

 and rules for measurement. 



P. L. SHELDON, 

 jan.16 tf Rahway, N. J. 



Eaton's Rust Preventer. 



For Guns, Cutlery and Surgical instrument!. 



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

 any climate. Sportsmen evervwhere In the United 

 States pronounce it the best gun oil in the market. 

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

 the heBt preparation I have fonnd In thirty-flTe 

 years of active and frequent use of gnns," 



The trade supplied b? sole manufacturer, GEO. 

 B. EATON, 870 Pavonla Avenue, Jersey City 

 Heights, N. J. 



Sold by principal New Tork dealers, and by Wmi 

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

 Cincinnati, Ohio; E. E. Baton,' Chicago, III.; Brown 

 4 HUder. St. Louis, Mo. Tlios. W Parr, Cleveland, 

 Ohio. Trimble & K'.eibacker, Bulilmore, Md. B» 

 Cropley ft Sons, Georgetown, D. C. Jos. C. Grabb 



Co., Philadelphia. 



CANNOT BB SENT BY MAIL 



The Bosardus Rust Pre- 

 ventative 



Will prevent mst In Gnns, Pistols, Skate and 

 cntlery. fafe to handle, and especially adapted ror 

 firearms at seacoar-t thoo injr- A Ubi-ral uisconntto 

 the trade. Manufactured by JAMES T. DALY, 

 731 Moore street, Philsdelnuia. Or send orders to 

 Captain A. H. BOGAltUUS, Elkhart, Logan Co. 

 Illinois. teb£78mj 



GOOD'S OIL TANNED 

 M0CC18INS. 



The best thing in the market 

 for hunting, fishing, canoeing, 

 snow-shoeing, etc. They are 

 easy tn the reet, and very 

 durable. Made to order 

 in a variety or styles, and 

 warranted the penuisa 

 article. Send for Illustrated circular. M iRTIN S. 

 HUTCUINGS. P. O. B X 3tiS, Dover, N. U. (succes- 

 sor 10 Fiauk GOud.) Bkam-ohd a anthunv, Boston 

 Agents. 



$DO JAtaet a bunt * 0*~ M«v— U, 



isssa»"*»«» 



