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425 



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LONG-RANGE 



RIFLE SHOOTING. 



A Complete History of the International 

 il.ong-Uange Matches, | 873- I 877— Com- 

 plete Elclio Shield Scores— Rule* and 

 Regulations of the N. R. A. 

 Etc., Etc. 



FULLY ILLUSTRATED 



BY THE 

 SIFLB EDITOR OF THE "FOREST AND 

 STREAM AND ROD AND GUN."' ' 

 Price S3 cents. 



New Yoek. 

 Published by the Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 



1877. 



Bound Voluxn.es 



OF 



Forest and Stream* 



EIGHTH VOLUME, NOW READY. 



first Four Volumes, $i each, Others, $3.50. 



A complete. 

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Sportsman's Gazetteer 



AMD 



GENERAL GUIDE, 



By CHARLES HAX.X.OCK, 

 Editor " Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun." 



896 pp., Price $8. 

 Tinted Paper, $4 ; half -bound mo., $5. 



A complete Dictionary ;for Sportsmen. Every- 

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 9 A complete description of all Kinds of Game, Fish, 

 etc. Field Sports, Woodcraft, Angling, Fly Tying, 

 Dogs, Dog Breeding, Diseases and Treatment, Boat- 

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Several thousand localities where game and fish 

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Nothing of the k'nd ever before published worth 

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PUBLISHED BY 



FOREST & STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 

 Ill Fulton street, New York. 



All about its Soil, Climate, Resonrces, Products, 

 Laws, and its People are given in the " Kansas 

 Farmer," a 10-page Weekly, in its fifteenth year. 

 Postpaid, three months, 50 cents. Address 



J. K. HUDSON, Topeka, Kansas. 



Has quickly taken a high place among agricultural 

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 Journal. We cheerfully cretiit it with being one of 

 the best edited of our Western agricultural ex- 

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Camp Life in Florida. 



y CHARLES HALLOCK, 



„ AUTHOR OF THF! FISHING TOURIST. 



Published by Forest and Stream Pub- 

 lishing Co., 



NO. Ill FULTON STREET, NEW YORK, 



And for sale 

 age prepaid, 

 publication. 



by all booksellers. Sent by mail, post- 

 on receipt of price ($1.50) at office of 



FRANK S@H)LlirS 



AMERICAN 



Partridge & Pheasant Shooting- 

 Describing the Haunts, Habits, 



Bunting Hud" Shooting the American Par n. ' ; : 



Ruffed Grouse— Pheasants, with n-.j.- . . ,......- 



iing the gun, limiting th< 



wing, Price, $2. Liberal dt.-coimt to the trade. 

 Had at book stores generally. Address, 



Frank Schley, 



Oct 11 • Frederick City, Md. 



1/ \T A WJ Anew Medical treat! 

 I\ \ 1 7 VV Science of Life, or Self-i-reser- 

 -»*--*-' \J ' ' vation, a book for everybody. 

 TTJVO 171 1? Price Sl,.,sent by mail. Fift.*, 

 I l~l Y v i I'i I j r original prescriptions, either 

 LXii KJ - U ' UJ - one of which is worth ten times 

 the price of the book. Gold medal awarded theauthor. 

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 beyond all comparison, the most extraordinary 

 work on Physiology ever pub- 1T n it 

 I'Shed." An Illustrated Pam- M U \ I , 

 phlet sentFUKE. Address DR. IJ-JUiXJJ 



W. H. PARKER, No. 4 Bnl- nVTTTT n PT T» 

 tercet, Boston, M^, 1 H \ bi^Lt 



The Sontliern Guide. 



A tine! > ' exhibiting 



the characteristics a«a resdn 



State:-. One. dollar p i v< : ' ■ s, 20 cents. 



Publish.- d by 



BRiMHALL & CO., Washington, D. C. 



men copy. 



^portfincnM Routes. 



STONLNGTON LINE, 

 FOR BOSTON AND ALL POINTS EAST. 

 REDUCED FARE: 

 Elegant Steamers STONTNGTON and NARRA- 

 GANSETT leave Pier 33 North River, foot Jay St. 

 at 5:00 P.M. NOT A TRIP MISSED IN SEVEN 

 YEARS. 



Tickets for sale at all principal ticket offices. State 

 rooms secured at offices of WeBtcott Express Com- 

 pany, and at 363 Broadway, New York, and 838 Wash- 

 ington St., Brooklyn. 



PROVIDENCE LINE. 

 Freight only, steamers leave Pier 37, North River, 

 foot Park Place, at 4:30 P. M. Freights via either 

 line taken at lowest rates. 

 L, W. FILKINS, G. P. Agent, D. S. BABCOOK, Pres. 



FOR FLORIDA 



FOR THROUGH TICKETS TO FERNANDINA 

 JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE, SAN- 

 FORD, ENTERPRISE, and intermediate landings 

 on ST. JOHN'S RIVER and interior points in 

 FLORIDA, by steamship to SAVANNAH, and thence 

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

 General Agent. 



Philadelphia, ana Southern Mail S. S. Co., 

 Pier 22 South Delaware Avenue, Phila. 



" The Bermudas." 



NOW A FAVORITE AND DELIGHTFUL 

 WINTER RESORT, is reached in seventy 

 hours from New York, and being surrounded by the 

 warm waters of the Gulf Stream enjoys an equable 

 temperature of about W deg. 

 i The elegant British Steamships "Bermuda," and 

 "Camina," 1,000 tons, fitted expressly for the passen- 

 ger travel, are dispatched from New York for Ber- 

 muda fortnightly, making connection at Bermuda 

 with steamers for St. Thomas and West Indies. For 

 fall information apply to A. E. OUTERBRTDGE, 

 Agent, 29 Broadway, N. Y. ^ Bec2Ily. 



St. Paul and St. Louis 

 Short Line. 



Burlington, C. Rapids & N'Bth'rn 



QUICKEST, ; CHEAPEST AND BEST! 



TWO PASSENGER TRAINS EACH WAY DAILY, 

 crossing and connecting with all East and West 

 Lines in Iowa, running through some of the finest 

 hunting grounds in the Northwest for Gssse, Ducks, 

 Pi mated and Ruffed q rouse and Quail. Sportsmen 

 and their dogs taken good care of. Reduced rates 

 on parties of ten or more upon application to General 

 Ticketuffiee, Cedar Rapids. C. J. IVES, 

 E, F. W resLow, Gen. Passenger Agent. 



DeeSlyrBx e General Manager. ---- - „ tf 



%yort§meiix Routes, 



REDUCTION^ FARE. 



$3 NEW YORK TO BOSTON 



VIA THE 



Fall River Line 



To Boston and Return, 95. 



Magnificent Steamers NEWPORT and OLD COL^ 

 ON Y leave New York daily (Sundays excepted) at 

 4:30p.m. This is the ontySonna bine giving pass- 

 engers a FULL NIGHT'S RhSV. Passengers take 

 any one of the FIVE MORNING TRAINS from Fall 

 River to Boston. 



BORDEN A LOVELL, GEO. L. CONNOR, 



Agents. General Pass Agent. 



A] EW YORK AND PHILADELFF. 1A NEW LINE 

 i> BOUND BROOK ROUTE, 



FOR TRENTON AND PHILADELPHIA. 

 CQMM IV"' !ING M ■■■-.': i: . ' 

 STATION IN NEW YORK— Foot of Liberty St. N. Y 



Leave New York for Trenton and Philadelphia at 

 6:30,8,9:30, 11:30 A. if., 1:30, 8:30, 5:30, 12 p.m., and 

 at 4 P. M. for Trenton. 



Leave. Philadelphia from station North Pennsyl- 

 vania Railroad, Third and Berks streets, at 7:30, 

 9:30, 11:30 A. M„ 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 12 P. M. 



Leave Trenton for New York at 1 :20. 6:35, 8:05, 

 10:20 A. St.. 12:15, 2:15, 4:10, 6:15 p. II. 



Pullman Drawing Room Cars are attached to the 

 9:30 a. M., 3:30, p. ;m. trains from New York and to 

 the T:30, a. M., 1:30 p. m. trains from Philadelphia. 



Sunday Trains— Leave Ne v Yorfc and Phila- 

 delphia at 9:30 a. jr., 5:30, 12 p. m. Leave Trenton at 

 10:20 A. jr., 6:10 P. M. 



Tickets for sale at foot of Liberty street, Nos. 629 

 and 944 Broadway, at the principal hotels, all offices 

 of the Erie Railway in New York and Brooklyn, and 

 at No. 4 Court street, Brooklyn. Baggag ! checked 

 from residence to destination, 

 SeptlS "l.v H. P. BALDWIN, Gen. Pass. Agent 



GREAT SOUTHERN 



t& Pass'ngerLine, 



YIA 



ton S. Cr 



The South, and the Southwest 



AND THE 



FLORIDA PORTS, 



"Wednesday and Saturday 



At S o'clock P. M. From Pier 

 27, N. R. 



CITY OF ATLANTA, CHARLESTON, 



Capt. M. S. Woodhnll. Capt. R. W. Lockwood. 

 SANTIAGO DE CUBA, G. W. CLYDE, 



Capt. S. Crowell. Capt. Ingraham. 



The above steamers have been handsomely fitted 

 up for the convenience of passengers, and are un- 

 rivalled on the coast for 



Safety, Speed and Comfort. 



Close Connections at Charleston with the favorite 

 and well-known Florida packets, DICTATOR, Capt. 

 Vogel ; CITY POINT, Capt. Scott, for FERNAN- 

 DINa, JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE, PA- 

 LATKA, ENTERPRISE, MELONVILLE and all 

 points in Florida. 



EXCURSION TICKETS AT REDUCED RATES. 

 B^Thsurance to destination ONE-HALF OF ONE 



PER CENT. 

 Goods forwarded free of Commission. Passage 

 tickets and Bills of Lading issued and signed at the 

 office of JAMES W. QCINTARD & CO., Agents, 

 Pier 27, N. R., foot Park Place. Office on the 

 wharf. 

 W. P. CLYDE & CO., No. 6 Bowling Green. 

 Through Freight Tariffs, Passage Tickets by all 

 routes and to all points in the South and Southwest, 

 and further information can be obtained at the office 

 of BENTLEY D. HASELL. General Agent, 



Great Southern Freight Line, S17 Broadway, 

 corner of Thonios street. Octll 3m 



TO SPOKESMEN: 



THE PENNSYLVANIA E.E. CO. 



Respectfully invite attention to the 



afforded by their lines for reachiug moat 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- 

 lent cars which run over the smooth steel tracks en- 

 able STOCK TO BE TRANSPORTED withoutfailure 

 or injury. 

 The lines of 



Peiuisylyani 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 principle cities to KANE. RENOVA, BED- 

 FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, M1NNEQUA, ana 

 other well-known centers for 



Trout Fishing, Wing .Shooting, and Still 

 Hunting. 

 Also, to 

 TUCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN. CAPE MAY, 

 SQUAN, and points on the NEW JERSEY COAST 

 renowned for SALT WATER SPORT AFTER FIN 

 AND FEATHER. 



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

 Frank Thomson. Gen'l Manager. feblT-Kt 



Old Dominion Line. 



The steamers o ! i I the finest 



waterfowl ana upland abi n i i the coun . 



trv. Connections dircci for Chineoteague, Cobb's 

 Island, and points on the- Peninsula. City Point, 

 , fiSnclv, Florida, and the mountain- 

 ous country pf Virginia, Tennessee, etc. Norfolk, 

 steamers sail Tuesday, Thursday u<J Saturday; 

 Delaware, MondM 



mation gives at 0ifl.ee, :srt Green wici i .New York 

 .aep 28 ly 



^yort§mm's §outes. 



SAVANNAH, CA., ST. AUGUS- 

 TINE, FLA., NASSAU, N. P., 

 HAVANA, CUBA. 



From Sivannab, Ga., to Nassau. N. P.. ami Ha- 

 vana, Cuba, via St. Augustine, Fla.', steamship San 

 Jacinto will sad Jam, 15 and 29, and every alternate 

 Tuesday, connecting steamers leave New xorkon 

 Dec. 29, Jan. 12 ai 



FOE NASSAU DIRECT, 



Steamship Carondelet, Januarv 2 and February 2, 

 and monthly thereafter from Pier 16, East River, 

 Ne -v York. 



For all particulars, illustrated guide, <fcc, apuly to 



MURRAY, FEKRXS & CO., 



No. 62 Sonth St. 



ONLY DIRECT 



FLOEIDA LIKE. 



For Fernnndina, Fla., Port Royal, S. C and' 

 Brunswick, €Ja. 



Sailing every FRIDAY from Pier 20, E. R., at 3 p. jr. 



Close connection made at each port with all rail- 

 roads for the inteiior, and at Fernandina with the 

 steamer Carrie (which has been refurnished), Joe 

 Jacksonville and the St. John's River. 



For through rates of freight and passage to ail 

 points in the South and Southwest, apply to 



G. H.MALLORY & CO., Agents, 153 Mail 



Nov29 4m NEW YORK. 



NEW HAVEN, HARTFORD. SPRINGFIELD, 

 AND THE NORTH. 

 The first-class steamer ELM CITY leaves Pier 25, 

 East River, daiy (Sundays excented) at 3 p. ir. Pas- 

 to NortD ana East at 12 p. 5i. 

 NIGHT LINE— The CONTINENTAL leaves New 

 York at 11 p. >r., arriving in New Haven in time fop 

 the early morning trains. 



Merchandise forwarded by daily express freight 

 train from New Haven through to Massachusetts,. 

 Vermont, Western New Harnpstm-e, Northern New 

 York and Canada. Freight received until 5 p. 11. 

 RICHARD PECK, General Agent. 



INTING 



FOR DEER, BEAR, PARTRIDGES, DUCKS, 

 Take the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. 



FOR Bf KE, PICKEREL, BASS, ETC, 

 Follow the G. R. and I.— The "Fishing" Line 



Time, New York to Grand Rapids, 37 hours, 



EXPENSES LOW. 



Shooting season expires December 15. For Infor- 

 mation as to routes, ratio and best points for the 

 various kinds of game, etc. Apply to 



A. B. LEET, Gen. Pass .Agent, 

 A. HOPPE, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Eastern Agent, 116 Market St., Phila., Pa. 

 Nov22 tf 



SHOIHTOER ORGANS. 



PRONOUNCED UNANIMOUSLY AS THE 



Best instruments. 



Their comparative excellence is recognized by the 

 J tuiges in their Heport, from which the following 

 is an extract : 



"The B. SHONINGER ORUAN CO.'S exhibit 

 as the best Instruments at a price rendering them 

 possible to a large class of purchasers, havin<* acorn 

 binationof Reeds and Bells, producing novel and 

 pleasing effects, containing many desirable Improve- 

 ments, will stand longer in dry or damp climate ess 

 liable to get out of order, all the boards being made 

 three-ply, put together so it is impossible for them 

 to either shrink, swell or split." THE ONLY 

 ORGANS AWARDED THUS RANK. 



This Medal and Award was granted after the most 

 severe competition of the best makers, before one cf 

 the most competent juries ever assembled. 



New styles a»;d nrices lust issued, which are in ac- 

 cordance with our rule, the BEST ORGANS for 

 the least money. 



We are prepared to appoint a few new Agents. 



Illustrated Catalogues mailed, postpaid, upon ap- 

 plication to 



B. SHONINGER ORGAN CO., 



97 to 123 Chestnut Street, 



NEW HAVEN, CONN 



