FOREST AND STREAM. 



301 



&pt>ti$mm'8 §Ptttes. 



TO SPORTSMEN: 



THE PENNS YLYAHIA E.E. 00. 



Respectfully Invite attention to th« 



afforded by their linea for reaching moat of til* 

 TROTTING PARKS auc! RACE COURSES in tile' 

 Middle wiHli;s. These lines being CONTINUOUS 

 FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid tile diffi- 

 culties ami dangers of reshipment, while the excel- 

 lent cars which nn otei laotsea- 

 ableSTOCE TO BE TXiAM£tt'Oi«EC without fBltat* 

 or injury, 

 The lines of 



Pennsjivnnl Railroad Company 



also reach the best localities for 



SUNNING AND FI2EIN8 



Ui Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXOUR8IOH 

 TICKETS are sold at the offices of toe company Hi 

 all thf principle cities te KANE, SENT? A, BED- 

 FORD, CRESSON, RAlgn 

 other well-known centers for 



Trout Flshine Wing Shooting, and Still 



Hunting. 



Also, to 



TUCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN. CAPE MAT B 



SQUAN, and points on the NEW JERSEY COAST 



.Od foi SAM WAG I 

 AND EBA 



"THE FISHING LINE," 



TAKE THE 



Grand Eapids & Indiana R.R. 



Mackinaw, Grand Kapids & Cincinnati Short Line) 



FOR TBH 



Trout, Grayling & Black Bass Fisheries, 



AND THE 



Famous Summer Resorts and Lakes 



OF 



3STOETHERN MICHIGAN 



The waters of the 



Grand Traverse Region 



andtheMlchlganNorth Woods are unsurpassed, if 

 equalled, In the abundance and great variety of flah 

 contained. 



BROOK TKOTJT abound in the 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 



H BLACK BASS, PIKB, PICKEREL and MUSCA- 

 LONGE also abound in large numbers in the many 

 Ipves and lakelets ot this territory. 



The sportsman can readily send trophies of his 

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

 packing fish can be had at many points. 

 I TAKE YOUR FAMILY WITH FOU. The scenery 

 of the North Woods and Lakes is very beautiful; 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 Quest or Ashing. 



During the season Round Trip Excursion Tickets 

 will be Bold at low rates, and a tractive train facul- 

 ties* offered to Tourists and Sportsmen. 



Dogs, Guns and Fishing Tackle Carried Free at 

 owner's risk. 



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

 on this route. For Tourist's Guide (an attractive 11- 



NEW HAVEN, MERIDEN, HARTFORD, Spring- 

 field, White Mountains, Montreal and interme- 

 diate points. The new palace steamer C. n. Northern 

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

 at sp. », A passenger train will be in waiting on 

 he wharf at New Haven, and leave for Springfield 

 and way stations on arrival of boat. 



NIGHT LINE— The Continental leaves New York 

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

 ng on wharf at New Haven, leaving at 6 a. m, Tick- 

 eta sold and baggage checked at 914 Broadway, New 

 York, and 4 Court street, Brooklyn. Excursion to 

 Hew Haven and return, $1.50. Apply at General 

 Office, on the pier, or to RICHARD PECK, Genera 1 

 Agent. 



MALLORY'S LINE 



OVt 



DIRECT STEAMERS TO 



Jacksonville. Florida, 



STEAMERS 

 WE8TEHH TKIA8 



AND 



OITT OP DAbliAl 



SaDJtrom New York Every Friday, 



From Jacksonville every Thursday. 



Ci H. MALLORY ft CO, Agents, 

 Pier SO, East River. New York, 



F, tfcQUALD, Agent, 



_Bay street, Jacksonville. 



St. Louis, Minneapolis 



AND 



ST. PAUL SHORT LINE. 



Throngk Pullman Palace Sleeping: Cars 



between St. Louis, Minneapolis 



and St- PanL 



Burlington, C. Rapids & N'rth'rn 



QUICKEST, CHEAPE8T 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 some 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, 



S. F. Wrastow, Gen. Passenger Agent. 



General Manager. tf 



Chesapeake & Ohio RR 



The Route of the Sportsman and Angler 

 to the Best Hunting and Fishing 

 Crounds 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 flBh, deer, bear, wild turkeys, wild duck, grouse, 

 quail, snipe, woodcock, mountain trout, bass, pike, 

 pickerel, etc., etc. 



GunB. fishing tackle, and one dog for each sports- 

 man carried free. 



The Route of the Tourist 



through the most, beautiful and ptcturcsqiie scenery 

 of the Virginia Mountains to their most famous 

 watering places and summer resorw, 



The Only Route via White 

 Sulphur Springs. 



Railroad connections at Cincinnati, with the WeBt, 

 Northwest and Southwest; at Gordonsville, with the 

 North and Northeast ; and at Riclunond and Char- 

 lottesville with the South. All modern improvements 

 in equipment. 



CONWAY It. HOWARD, 

 Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent, 

 mays ly Richmond, Va. 



LONG ISLAND RAILROAD, MAY, 2T, 1878. 

 Ferryboats leave New York from James Slip 

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

 fourth Btreet, East River (daily) 15 minutes previous 

 to departure of trains, and from South Wall street, 

 Fulton and Catharine ferries (dallv) 80 minutes pre- 

 vious to departure of trains from Depot, comer Flat- 

 Snsh and Atlantic avenues, Brooklyn. Trains leave 

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

 loilows : For Greenport, 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., 4:30 and 6 p. M. For Babylon, 

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

 Jefferson, etc., at 10 A: m. and 4:30 p. m. For North- 

 port, etc., at 10 a. m., 8:30, 4.30 and 6:80 p. it. For 

 Locust Valley, at 8:80 and 1I):00a. M., 3:80,4:30, 6:86 

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

 4, 4:80, 6, 6 and 1 p. M. For Garden City and Hemp- 

 stead, 8:30 and 10 a. m„ 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30 p. M., and 

 12:16 night, and from Long Island City only 9:30 a. m., 

 1:80 and 6:30 p. m. SUNDAYS— For Port Jefferson, 

 Patchogue, etc., 9 A. m. Babylon, etc., 6 and T P. M. 

 Northport and Locust Valley, 9 A. M. and 6:30 p. *., 

 Garden City and Hempstead, 9 a. M., 2:30 and 6:38 

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

 R30 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 Btreet, at James Slip and Thirty-fourth 

 street ferries, at the offices of "The Long Island 

 Express," 3 Park place, 785 and 912 Broadway and 

 Grand Central 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 deBtlnatloD. 



S. SPENCER, GenT Sunt. 

 J. Chtttekdkn, 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 coun- 

 try. Connections direct for Chincoteague, 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 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- 

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

 Full information given at office, 197 Greenwich St., 

 New York. Bep2S ly 



FOR HALIFAX, 



PORT HAWKESBURY, PIC- 

 TOU AND CHARLOTTE- 

 TOWN. 



The first-clans steamships Carroll and Wor- 

 cester, will leave T wharf, Bnstor, for above 

 porta, every Saturday at t2. M. Through 

 tickets sold to all principal points la Nova 

 f coiia and Cape Breton. No freight r.celved 

 after 1 A. BI on day of sailing. Shippers 

 must send with receipts the value of goods for 

 master's manifest. Cor rates of freight or 

 passage Inquire of W. H. KINO, 18 T wharf, 

 or O. G. PEARSON, 21fl Wa.hington street. 

 mayl 6m F. NICK.ER50N & CO., Agents. 



"§ahh and^qsorfaffor <§#ortemen. 



Wild Fowl_Shooting. 



8PKIKGVILLB HOUSE OR SPORTSMEN'S RE- 

 TREAT, SHLNNEOOCK BAY, L. I., 

 By a practical gunner and an old bayman. Has 

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

 with the largest rig of 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 htmBelf to his guests, and satis- 

 faction guaranteed. Address WM. N. LANE, Good 

 Ground, L, I. Nova tf 



■Qoii{te and §MorJs for ^ipartemm. 



Sherman House, 



(CLARK AND RANDOLPH), 



C H I C A G 



Rates reduced to $3 per day for all rooms above 

 the parlor floor, without baths. 



Rooms with baths, $3.50, J4, and $4.60 per day. 

 AliVIN HULBERT, Prop'r. 



We oballenge any Hotel in the World to show as 

 large and as elegantly furnished rooms as those of 

 the SHERMAN. jeao 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 distinct varieties of water— 

 sn'phur, 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 dlarhrea, sklD, 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 find no place more Interesting. Sixty miles 

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

 $10 ; month, $35. Address 



J. A. MERCHANT, 



apr24 3mos Pour Lake, Texas. 



THE 

 HAZAED POWDER OO 



MANOTAOTtrBJiBa OF 



GUNPOWDER, 



Hazard's " Electric Powder." 



Noa. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). Unsurpassed Id point of 

 strength and cleanliness. Packed In square canis- 

 ters of lib. only. 



Hazard's "American Sporting. 



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

 6# lb. kegs. A fine grain, jjaick and clean, foi 

 upland prairie shooting. Well adapted to shot- 

 guns. 



Hazard's " Duck Shooting." 



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

 and 6jf and \i% lb. kegs. Burns slowly and very 

 clean, shooting remarkably close and with great 

 penetration. For held, forest or water shooting, it 

 ranks any other brand, and it is equally serviceable 

 for muszle or breech-loaders. 



Hazard's •' Kentucky Rifle." 

 f'FFG, FFG, and " Sea Shooting " FG, In kegs of 38, 

 \2% and 6« lbs, and cans of 5 lbs. «>FFFG is also 

 packed in 1 and M lb. canisters. Burns strong and 

 moist. The FFFG and FFG are favorite brands for 

 ordinary sporting, and the "Sea Shooting" FG w 

 the standard Bine powder of the conntry. 



Superior Mining Bud Blasting Powder, 



SOVERNMENT CANNON & MUSKET POWDER: 

 ALSO, SPECIAL GRADES i-OR EXPORT, OF 

 ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF, MANU- 

 FACTURED TO ORDER. 



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

 pany's Agents to every prom.'pent city, or waokeeis 

 St oar office, 



88 WALL STREET, NEW YORK. 



(§m\powdifi. 



TROUT FISHING IN PONDS AND fcTREAMS. 

 Finer Ash, and more sport for Jess money 

 than ever. EDWARD H, SEAMAN, RIdgewood 

 Station, Southern H.R. of L.Ljmk mayl 6t 



Laflin & Band Powder Co< 



N*. 86 MURRAY ST., N. Y., 



Sola Proprietors and Manufacturers ot 



Orange Lightning Powder. 



No. 1 to?, strongest and Cleanest made, in seale<5 

 1 lb. canisters. Higher numbers specially are recom- 

 mended for breech-loading guns. 



Orange Ducking Powder, 



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

 metal kegs, 6% lbs. each, and canisters of lands 

 lbs. each. 



Orange Rifle Powder. 



The best for rifles and all ordinary purposes. 

 Sizes, FG, FFG and FFFG, the last being foe finest. 

 Packed in wood and metal kegs of 25 lbs., 12X IbS: 

 and $x lbs., and in canisters of 1 lb. and a lb. 



All of the above give high velocities and less 

 residuum than any other brands made, and are re- 

 commended ami used by Capt. A. H. BOGARDU8, 

 She "Cham pion Wing Shot of the World." 



All of the above give high velocities and less 

 residuum than any other brands made, and are re- 

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

 the " Champion Wing Shot of the World." 

 BLASTING POWDER and ELECTRICAL BLAST- 

 ING APPARATUS. MILITARY POWDER 

 of all kinds on band and made to order. 

 Safety Fuse, Frlcttonal and 

 Platinum FuBes. 

 Pamphlets, showing Bizes of the grain by wood- 

 cut, sent free on application to the above address. 



English Sporting Gunpowder. 



CURTIS A HARVEY'S 



DIAMOND GEAIK. 



Noa. 8, 8, 4, 6, 6, T and 8. Superior Rifle, Enfield 

 Rifle, and Col. Hawker's Ducking. W. STITT, 81 

 Cedar street, N, Y Agent for the UalSed States 



GUNPOWDER. 



DUPONT'S 



Rifle, Sporting and Blasting 

 Powder. 



THE MOST POPULAR POWDEB IN U8K 



Dnponi's Gunpowder Mills, eslabllshed In 180L, 

 i- real reputation for 78 years, 

 .".■lure the following celebrated brands of 

 Powder ■ 



DUPONT'S DIAMOND GRAIN, 

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

 quickness and cleanliness; adapted for Glass Bal 

 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 fine grata 

 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 genera] use, burning 

 strong and moist. 



SPORTING, MINING, SHIPPING AND BLAST- 

 ING POWDERS of all sizes and descriptions. Special 

 gradeB for export. Cartridge, Musket, Cannon- 

 Mortar and Mammoth Powder, U. S. Government 

 standard. Powder manufactured to order of any re- 

 quired grain or proof. Agencies In all cities and prin- 

 cipal towns throughout the U. S. Represented by 

 F. L KNEELAND, 70 Waxx St. N. Y. 



DITTMAR 



POWDER. 



rTor the accommodation of Dealers and 

 Sportsmen, I have made arrangements to sell 

 to any one who can be more conveniently 

 supplied from New York at same rates as 

 charged at the works. 



HENRY C. SQUIRES, 



No. 1 OORTLANDT ST., NEW TORE. 



^paqfenten's f^oodx* 



TENTS I TENTS ! 



Portable tents of all kinds for Sportsmen, Natural- 

 ists and Photographers, also for Csmp Meetings. 

 Fancy Tents for families, made to order. Awnings 

 of all kinds for Dwellings, Boats, etc.; also Yaeht 

 and Boat Sails. All work done in best manner and 

 at very low figures. Send for Illustrated circular, 

 AddreBS 8. H. HE MM EN WAY, over Wall St. Ferry 

 House, South at., New York. nia?22 lm 



The Boeardus Rust Pre- 

 ventative 



WUl prevent rust In Guns, Pistols, Skate and 

 cutlery. Safe to handle, and especially adapted tat 

 flrearmB at sea-coast nbooing. A liberal dlsooantto 

 the trade. Manufactured by JAMES T. DALY, 

 731 Moore street, Philadelphia. Or send orders to 

 Captain A. H. BOG ARDUS, Elkhart, Logan Co. 

 Illinois. f ebW 8m, 



GOOD'S OIL TANNED 

 MOCCASINS. 



The best thing In the market 

 for hunting, Oshlng, canoeing, 

 snow-shoeing, etc. They an 

 easy to the feet, and very 

 durable. Made to order 

 In a variety of styles, and 

 warranted the pentrtns 

 article. Send for Illustrated circular. MARTIN 8. 

 HUTCHING8, P. O. Box 868, Dover, N. H. (Succes- 

 sor to Frank Good.) Bbadpokd A Anthojct, Boston 

 Agents. 



Standard Penetration Tester. 



Indispensable to sportBmen. Price, complete, JJ*. 

 Discount to the trade. 



J. PALMER OTJELL & CO, 



41 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

 mart 



Brown's Patent Cun Cleaner. 



The beat Cleaner and Oiler for breech-loading 

 arms In the market. For one i"o;lar, one Cleaner, 

 two doz. patches, and full directions Bent free of 

 postage. Send for ctrcnlur. Address T YARDLEY 

 BROWN, patentee, Hearing, Pa, may!5 6moa 



