FOREST AND STREAM. 



281 



&port$mm'& Routes. 



TO SPORTSMEN: 



THE PENNSYLVANIA K.E. 00. 



Respectfully Invite attention to to* 



8i&&&££@? 3faeiliftoa 



tfforded by their lines for reaching mott of tha 

 TROTTING PARKS and KACE COI7R8ES in the 

 Middle States. These lines being CONTINUOUS 

 PROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the diffi- 

 culties and dangers of reslilpment, while the excel- 

 lent cars which run over the smooth steel traakaea- 

 able STOCK TO BE TKANyi'OItTRDwithoutfallsrs 

 or injury 

 The lines of 



PennsylvanJ Railroad Company 



also reach the best localities for 

 GUNNING AND flSEIKB 



in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION 

 TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Company in 

 ail toe principle cities to KANE, RENOVA, BED- 

 FORD, CRES50N, HALSTi QBi. and 

 other well-known centers for 



Tront Cinhlog Wing Shooting, and SUM 

 II tinting. 

 Also, to 

 TUCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN. OAPE MAT. 

 BQUAN. and points oa tne NEW JERSEV COAST 

 renowned for SALT WATEK 6P0B.T AFTER FQ* 

 AND FEATHER. 



" THE FISHING LINE," 



TAKE THE 



Grand Rapids & Indiana R.B. 



Mackinaw, Grand Rapids & Cincinnati Short Line) 



Trout, Grayling & Black Bass Fisheries, 



AND THE 



Famous Summer Resorts and Lakes 



OF 



NOETHERN MICHIGAN 



The waters of the 



Crand Traverse Region 



and the Michigan North Woods are nnsut passed, If 

 equalled, In the abundance and great variety of ash 

 contained. 



BROOK TRot ' ■ Dtind It he streams, and the 

 famous AMEKICAN GRAYLING is found only in 

 those waters. 



The TROUT Season begins May 1 and ends Sept. 1. 



The GRAYLING Season opens June 1 and ends 

 Nov. 1. 



BLACK BASS, PIKE, PICKEREL and MU8CA- 

 LONGE also abound in large numbers in the many 

 lakes and lakelets of this territory. 



The sportsman can readily send trophies of his 

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

 Backing flsh can be had at many points. 

 » TAKE YOUR FAMILY W ITH YOU. The scenery 

 Of the North Wcods and Lakes is very beantif nl ; the 

 air is pure, dry and bracing. The Climate Is pe- 

 culiarly 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 Ashing. 



During the season Round Trip Excursion Tickets 

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

 ties ottered to Tourists and Sportsmen. 



Dogs, Guns and Fishing Tackle Carried Free at 

 ownor's risk. 



It is our aim to make sportemen feel " at home " 

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

 lustrated book of so pages), containing full informa- 

 tion and accurate maps of the Fishing Grounds and 

 Time Cards, address A. B. LEiiT. 



Gen'l Paes. Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



NEW HA TEN. MERIDEN, HARTF03D, Spring- 

 field, White Mountains, Montreal and interme- 

 diate points. The new palace steamer C. H. Sorthain 

 leaves Pier 25, East River, daily (Sundays excepted) 

 at 3 p. a. A passenger train will be in waiting on 

 xhe wharf at New Haven, and leave for Springfield 

 and way stations on arrival of boat. 



BIGHT LINE— The Continental leaves New York 

 at 11 p. st-., connecting with passenger train in wait- 

 ng on wharf at New Haven, leaving at 5 a. m. Tick- 

 ets sold and baggage checked at 944 Broadway, New 

 York, and 4 Court street, Brooklyn. Excursion to 

 New Haven and return, $1.M. Apply at General 

 Office, on the pier, or to RICHARD PECK, General 

 Agent. 



MALLORY'S LINE 



of,; 

 D IfRKC Tj HS|T.E A M K R S T Oj, 



Jacksonville, Florida, 



WESTERS TEXAS 



AND 



CITY OP DAX.LA8 



Sail from New York Every Friday 



From Jacksonville every Thursday, 



C, H. MALLOBT A CO., AgentB, 

 Pier 20, East Elver. New York. 



P. kcQUATD, Agent, 



Bay street, Jacksonville. 



§^gart§mcn*s gtoufes. 



St. Louis, Minneapolis 



AKD 



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, 

 between Burlington, Albert Lea and Minneapolis, 

 crossing and connecting with all East and West 

 Lines In Iowa, running through some of the finest 

 hunting gronr i [west 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 npon application to General 

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



B. P. WrestOf, Gen. Passenger Agent. 



General Manager. tf 



%oteh and Resorts for <§j>porfxtnen. 



Chesapeake & Ohio RE 



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 including in their varieties of game 

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

 quail, snips, woodcock, mountain tront, baBs, 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 Mountains to their most famous 

 watering places and — 



The Only Route via White 

 Sulphur Springs. 



Railroad connections at Cincinnati, with the West, 

 Northwest and Southwest; at Gordonsville, with the 

 North and Northeast ; and at Richmond and Char- 

 lottesville with the South. All modern improvements 

 in equipment. 



CONWAY K. HOWARD, 

 Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent, 

 mays ly Richmond, Va. 



LONG ISLAND RAILROAD, MAY, 27, ISIS. 

 Ferrybosts leave New York from JameB Slip 

 (dally except Sundays) 80 minutes, and from Thirty- 

 fourth street, East River (daily] 15 minutes previous 

 to departure of trams, ami from South Wall street, 

 Fulton and Catharine ferries (dailv) 30 minutes pre- 

 vious to departure of trains from Depot, corner Flat- 

 trash and Atlantic avenues, Brooklyn. Trains leave 

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

 toUows : For Greenport, Sag Harbor, etc., 8:30 a. St., 

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

 ogue, etc., 9:S0 A. ss., 4:30 and 6 p. m. For Babylon, 

 etCy at 9:30 a. m., 4, 4:30, 5 and 6 p. a. For Port 

 Jefferson, etc., at to 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 S:30 and 10:00 a. St., 3:80, 4:30, 5:30 

 and6:30p. m. For Far Rockaway, etc., at 9:30 a. St., 

 4, 4:30, 6, 6 and 7 p. k. For Garden City and Hemp- 

 stead, 8:30 and 10 a. k., ! -.'. 6:30 p. si., and 

 12:15 night, and from Long Island City only 9:30 a. si., 

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

 Patchogue, etc., 9 A. m. Babylon, etc., 6 and 7 p. M. 

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

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

 p. St., and from Long Island City only 9:30 a.m. and 

 5'.30 P. st. Trains for Rockaway Beach, Flushing, 

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

 Ticket offices in New York at 261 Broadway, corner 

 Warren Btreet, 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 Centra! 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 destination . 



S. SPENCER, QenT Sunt. 

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



Old Dominion Line, 



The Bteamers of this Line reach some of the finest 

 waterfowl and upland shooting sections in the conn- 

 try. Connections direct for Chincoteague, Cobb'a 

 Island, and points on the Peninsula. City Point, 

 James^ River, Currituck, Florida and the mountain- 

 ous country of Virginia, Tennessee, etc. Norfolk 

 steamers sa: ;Iavand Sat- 



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

 Full Information given at office, 197 Greenwich St., 

 New York. sep28 ly 



F0K HALIFAX, 



PORT HAWKESBURY, PIC- 

 TOU AND CHARLOTTE- 

 TOWN. 



The first-class steamships Carroll and Wor- 

 cester, will leave T wharf, Boston, for above 

 ports, every Saturday nt 12. M. Through 

 ticket* sold to all priocipal points ia Nova 

 Pcotta and Cape Breton. No freight rtcelred 

 alter lO A. M on day of sailing- Shippers 

 must send with rrceipis the value of goods for 

 master's manifest. Por rates of freight or 

 passage Inquire of W. Ff. KING, 18 T wharf, 

 or O. G. PKAUPON, 21 fl "iVa.hington street. 

 mayl 6m F. N1CKEHSON & CO., Agents. 



§ofete Hnd^sottsfar ^portstnm, 



Wild Fowl Shooting. 



SPKJNGVILLE HOUSE OR SPORTSMEN'S RE- 

 TREAT, SHLNNECOCK BAY', L. I„ 

 By a practical gunner and an old bayman. Has 

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

 with the largest rig of trained wild-geese decoys on 

 the coast. The beat ground In the vicinity of New 

 \ oik for bay snipe shooting of all varieties. Special 

 attention given by himself to his guests, and satis- 

 faction guaranteed. Address W'M. N. LANE, Good 

 Ground, L. I. NovS tf 



TBOTJT PISHING IN PONDS AND 

 Fuel fish, and more i-p'it for less money 

 EDWARD H. SEAMAN,' Bulge-wood 

 niayl6t 



Sherman House, 



(OLABK AND RANDOLPH), 



CHICAGO. 



Rates reduced to $3 per day for all rooms above 

 the parlor floor, without baths. 



Rooms with baths, $3.50, $i, and $4.60 per day. 

 ALVIN HTJLBERT, Prop'r. 



We challenge any Hotel In the World to show 88 

 large and as elegantly furnished rooms as those of 

 the SHERMAN. jesotf 



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 greatnumber of wells 

 and springs, of thirteen distinct varieties of wafer— 

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

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

 fic for rheumatism in its worst forms, dyspepsia, 

 chronic diarlicea, skin, kidney, venereal and female 

 diseases. Fishing excellent and game abundant at 

 all seasons. Open all the year. The tourist, whether 

 for health or pleasure, and the student of nature, 

 can llnd no place more interesting. Sixty miles 

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

 $10 ; month, $35. Address 



J. A, MERCHANT, 



aprti 3mos 



Sour Lake, Texas. 



THE 

 HAZARD POWDER GO" 



MANUFACTCEBK8 OF 



GUNPOWDER. 



Hazard's " Electric Powder." 

 N08. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). Unsurpassed In point of 

 strength and cleanliness. Packed in square canis- 

 ters of 1 lb. only . 



Hazard's "American Sporting. 

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

 6& 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 5 (coarse). In 1 and 5 lb. canisters 

 and 6^ and 12% 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 Ride." 

 WF<#, PES, and "Sea Shooting" EG, in kegs->f SS, 

 12% and 6J£ lbs, and cans of Slbs.erFFG is also 

 packed in I and '- lb. c misters. Burns strong an<l 

 mout. The FFFG and FFG are fevorite brands fct 

 ordinary sporting, and the "Sea Shooting" FG ig 

 the standard Rifle powder of the country. ' 



Superior raining and Blasting Ponder. 



BOVBRNMHMT CANNON & MUSKET POWDER; 



ALSO, SPECIAL GH ZPOBT, OI? 



Mi REQUIRED GRAIN OR PBOOF, MANU 



FACTURED TO ORDER, 



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

 pany's Agents In every prom'pent city, or wtotesiSs 



** 88 WALL STREET, NEW YORK. 



(gut\yonchr. 



Laflin & Rand Powder Go. 



N». ES MURRAY ST., N. Y., 



Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers of 



Orange Lightning Powder. 



No. 5 to 7, strongest and Cleanest made, in sealed 

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

 mended for breech-loading guns. 



Orange Ducking Powder, 



For water-fowl, strong ana dean. No. 1 to S nt 

 metal kegs, 3# lbs. each, «md canisters of 1 and 6 

 lbs. each. 



Orange Rifle Powder. 



sizes, r'u, e>\- , a ng me finest. 



Packed iu wood aud metal kegs of -25 lbs., IBJ£ lbs 

 and a>.; lbs., and in canisters of 1 lb. and U lb. 



All of the above give high velocities aud less 

 residuum than any ottier brands made, and are re- 

 20mmended and used by dipt, A. H. IIOGARDUS 

 ...■ v _■ iinii ' r ■ ■ i •■ >•-' .>'- I.". 

 All of the above give high velocities and less 

 residuum than any other brands made, and are re- 

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

 the "Champion Wing Shot of the World." 

 BLASTING POWDER and ELECTRICAL BLAST- 

 ING APPARATUS. MILITARY POWDER 

 of all kiuds on hand and made to order. 

 Safety Fuse, Frictloual and 

 Platinum Fuses. 

 Pamphlets, showing sizes of the grain by wood- 

 cut, sent free on application to the above address. 



KNAPP & VAN NOSTBAND, 



POULTRY AND CAME 

 N08. S89 and S»0 WASHINGTON MARKET, H. V 



GUNPOWDER. 



DUPONT'S 



Rifle, Sporting and Blasting 



Powder. 



THE MOST POPULAR POWDER IN TJSB 



Dnpont's Gunpowder Mills, established In 1901, 

 have maintained their gree putf ir 78 years. 



icture the following celebrated brands ol 

 Powder- 



DUPONT'S DIAMOND GRAIN, 

 Nos. 1 (coarse) to 4 (fine), unequaled in strength 

 3d for Glass Bal 

 and Pigeon Shooting. 



DUPONT'S EAGLE DUCKING, 

 Nos. l (coarse) to 3 (one), burning slowly, strongand 

 clean; great pen: : | for Glass Ball, 



Pigeon, Duck and other shooting. 



DUPONT'S EAGLE RIFLE, 

 A qulok, Btrong and clean Powder of very line grain 

 for Pistol shooting. 



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

 FFg and FFFg.— 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 all sizes and descriptions. Bpeclal 

 grades for export. Cartridge, Musket, Cannon, 

 Mortar and Mammoth Powder, U. S. Government 

 standard. Powder manufactured to order of any re- 

 quired gram or proof. Agencies in all cities and prin- 

 cipal towns throughout the U. S. Represented by 

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



§pmttsitien*8 <§ootbi. 





MANUFACTURER OF 



Fine Silk and Felt Hats. 



TATHAM'S 



IMPROVED 



Chilled Shot, 



American Standard Diameters. 



(RED LABEL.) 

 Gives Greater Penetration and Better Pat- 

 tern than ordinary shot. Equally well adapted to 

 choke-bores, modified chokes and cylinders, 

 Beware of Imitations. 



Our chilled shot will be found to be more free 

 from shrinkage, more spherical, more uni- 

 form In size, heavier and of brighter and 

 cleaner finish than any other. 



Send for a circular. 



Tatham & Brothers, 



82 Beekman St., New York, 

 Also manufacturers of 

 PATENT FINISH 



American Standard Drop Shot, 

 and compressed Buck Shot, more uniform than 

 ordinary moulded Bhot. 



The Boeardus Rust Pre- 

 ventative 



Will prevent rest In Guns, Pistols, Skate and 

 Safe to handle, and especially adapted for 

 firearms at sea-coast thoo lng. A liberal disconntto 

 the trade. Manufactured by JAMES T. DALY, 

 131 Moore street, Philadelphia. Or send orders to 

 Hart, Logan Co. 

 Illinois. tebS7 8m, 



GOOD'S OIL TINNED 

 MOCCASINS. 



The best thing in the market 

 for hunting, fishing, canoeing, 

 snow-shoeing, etc. They are 

 easy to the feet, and very 

 durable. Made to order 

 in a variety of styles, and 

 warranted the pmutn* 

 article. S'end for Illustrated circular. MARTINS, 

 HUTCIJINGS, P. O. E •>: Mil-, Dover, N. H. (Succes- 

 sor lo Frank Good.) BitAiu'oim A Anthony, Boston 

 Agents. 



Brown's Patent Gun Cleaner. 



The beat Cleaner and Oiler for breech-loading 

 arms in the .. 



m roil directions si 

 postaee. Send lor circular. Address T YARDLEY 

 BROWN, patentee, Reaulng, Pa. mayisomos 



