438 
FOREST AND STREAM 
JVERY ONE TH EIR O WN PAINTER. 
gO Per Cent. Saved. 
We are manufacturing a verj Ino Pure Ready- 
Paint, mixed In such a manut. that anv onL- 
gtoble or farm hand can make •*- * 0< ™ • 
KStlng aa a painter can with paint mixed lu che old 
K? This 1* because onr palut does not aet arnck, 
Md 'tbas show marks of tho brush. We sell It I ower 
Ihaa materials can be bought In the ordinary way, 
ana .. . .. ..i u u.u. .zcu ora. r». 
Aiiy onu wishing to Paint, will nave mailed free, 
upon application, onr book— “How Every One can 
Paint and Select Harmonious Colors. Address 
INGERSOLL PAINT WORKS, South and Dover 
strecs, New York. 
SHELTON’S Auxiliary Rifle Barrel for Breech-Loading Shot-Cuns. 
(£) uny on tier, 
GUNPOWDER. 
American Powder Co. 
233 STATE STREETJ 
BOSTON, MASS. 
GENERAL WESTERN AGENTS. 
K B. R aviso, 14 State street. Chicago, 111. 
k’ G. GoddaRP, 304 North Second. St. Louls.JMo. 
M. Bare ACo., 41 Walnut st„ Cincinnati, O. 
iu dr 
§yartsnten's §outt>$. 
LaflitT & Rand Powder Co. 
No. 20 MURRAY ST., N. Y., 
Bole Proprietors and Manufacturers of 
Orange Lightning Powder. 
Mn lint Btroneestand Cleanest made, In sealed* 
fib can. lert lfigher uombera specially are recom- 
mended for breech-loadlDg guns. 
Orange Ducking Powder, 
Bjesra sraftsa* 
lb ^ Orange Rifle Powder. 
The best for rifles and all ordinary purposes. 
BUes FG. FFG and FFFG, the last being l“e*n«rt. 
Packed In wood and metal ken of K ilba., l«f «»- 
*^U^f b th^bove^glve 31 ^.*^ 1 veTimjtlos 
the “Champion Wing 8hot of the World. art. 
ol all kinds on hand and made to order. 
Safety Fuse, Frictional and 
Platinum Fuses. 
»^mnhlet8 showing sizes of the grain by wood 
O^oent free on applicatio n to the above address. 
the 
HAZARD POWDER CO 
MANUFACTURERS OF 
gunpowder. 
Hazard’" “ Electric Powder.” 
Noa 1 (line) to fl (coarse). Unsurpassed Id point of 
H strength and cleanliness. Packed la square canis- 
ter" ofl lb. only. 
Hazard’* “American Sporting. ” 
Nos 1 (due) to « (coarse). In 1 lb. canisters and 
sv lb kegs A fine grain, Quick and clean, for 
upland prairie shooting. Well adapted toahot- 
guns. j| nzar j', •• Duck Shooting.” 
Nos 1 (One) to 6 (coarse). In 1 and 5 lh. canisters 
"and 6k and lijtf lb. kegs, burns slowly and very 
clean* shooting remarkably close and with yreat 
venclralicm. For Held, forest or water shooting. It 
rank* any other brand, and it la eqoally serviceable 
for muzzle or breech-loaders. 
Hazard’* “ Kentucky Klfle." 
PFFO. FFG, and •' Sea Shooting" FQ, k? Rees ■if 86, 
12k and 61f lbs, and cans of 6 lbs. * 1 FFG uj also 
packed Id 1 odq M lb. c misters. Borns strong arid 
JnoDf. The FFFG and FFG are ft vo rile brand" for 
ordinary sporting, and the "Sea Shooting BQ is 
the standard Rite powder of the country. 
Superior mining and Blasting Powder. 
GOVERNMENT CANNON A MUSKET POWTJERj 
ALSO, SPECIAL GRADES K^ORT.OP 
ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OB, PROOF, MANU- 
FACTURED TO ORDER. 
The above can bo bad of deaiers, or of the Com- 
pany's Agents in every prom'pent city, or wholesale 
11 °” 88 WALL STREET, NEW YORK, 
English Sporting Gunpowder. 
CURTIS A HARVEY’S 
DIAMOND GRAIN. 
can be removed Ju^as expeditiously. The wca^o welRhs about one pound, almost Instantly 
not get out of order. With ibis Anxua^r f nt J a ’ m ost accurate rifle. The AUXILIARY BARREL will 
a breech-loading shot gun c i a “ f b ? 0 t ® io. C allbre-<allnre of rifle 32, 38. or 44 as desired. Length of 
nt an v standard make of gutt 30 or Advantage are the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. a 
SteoVrand NO. 44, model S sendfora Xlrcn.m- and Price List. 
auxiliary rifle barrel company, 
HU NEW HAVEN, CONN. 
P.O. hex 1,178. 
W.^W.^Greener’s Champion Treble Wedge Fast, 
Breech-Loader/ 
THE wxzvnxno cuh 
At the International pigeon shooting, Monaco, Feb.. 
1818, the Grand Prlx dc Casino, an objet d'art valued at 
£169 and a money prize ot £105, tala the greatest 
prize ever shot for at Monaco, was competed for by 
sixty-six of the beet shots of all nations, and won by 
Mr. Cholmond ey Pennell, with a fnll-choke bore 
Wedge-Fast Gan by W. W. Greener, killing 11 birds 
ont of 12 at 28 yards and 1 foot and 29^4 yardB. He 
also won the second event. kllllDgS birds in succession 
at S3 yards, muklag a total of 19 birds out of 20. This 
is acknowledged to be tho best shooting on record. 
The winning gun at the choke-bore match, 1877. beat- 
ing 17 guns by the best London makers, aDd winning 
the sliver cnp. valued at 60 guineas, presented by Mr. 
__ __ j. pnrdey, thegunmaker. . , „ , . 
, i -. Philadelphia, 1876, In the pigeon shooting match between OapL Bogardns and 
Mr. South for $500 a side, South ^eS^ndon'Gun TrM? l” T5° bearing *10$ guns' by all the best makers of 
a B n E d wMoF mTmNGE K MKNTS OR P IMITATIONS. 
W. W. GREENER, St. Mary’s Works, Birmingham, England* 
H. C. SQUIRES, Agent, No. 1 Oortlandt Street, New York City/ 
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS, COW-KEE PERS AND DAIRYMEN. 
The Wonderful Self-Acting Cow-Milker, 
PATENTED MAY 28, 1878. 
THE MOST USEFUL INVENTION OF THE ACE. 
Tested and approved by many of the leading 
Agrli-ulmi'inis, Dairymen and I' 
throughout the United Slates, and highly re- 
commended by ail who have used It. 
WILL MILK A COW IN FROM THREE TO 
FOLK MINU ms and can be edjusted anil U9ea 
tv A CHILD. Usefuness, simplicity, cleanli- 
ness, durability aud cheapness combined. 
PRICE. TWO DOLLARS. 
Apparatus, with foil instructions and pam- 
phlet ■ containing description of the n'llkorand 
sectional vlewn and treatise of , th ® 
aud bag, sent prepaid to any address on recelpi 
of price, $2. 
READ TnE FOLLOWING ^STIMONTAL : 
2‘> LEXINGTON AVKNUE, N. Y., June 6, 1678. 
-— -,| - mi - - - — - I bereby cert Ify that, lu company with the bn- 
perlntendcm ..f the American Sooiety for the 1 oow^MlikeL a^dTha^ltXVls^n that ^ « lalmed 
society, I have witnessed the opemtlun of the Sell-Acimg B COLEMAN, Veterinary burgeon. 
’ VeUr RoyalUoltege of Yefef ‘grgeons of England and Veterinary burgeon to «ae American So- 
Clely t( r^ V r T °Mrii y ::rera’ Agents, P. O . Box 2.997. 138 Nassau Street, New YoHl 
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 Geniral and Piedmont Virginia 
Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley of Vliglnla, Alloa hatiy 
MouDtab'B Ore*Mii>rler and New Rivers, ani Kan- 
awha VaPev, and including In their vane' lea of game 
aud Ileh, dc 1-, bear, wild turkeys, wild duok, grouse, 
quad, snipe, woodcock, mountain trout, baas, pike, 
pickerel, eic., etc. 
Guds. Ashing tackle, aud one dog for each sports- 
mau carried Iree. 
The Route of the Tourist 
through the most beautiful and picturesque scenery 
of the Virginia Mou .tains to their most famous 
watering places and summer resorts, 
Route 
The 
Only Route via White 
Sulphur Springs. 
Railroad couiiecrions at Clucim an, with the West, 
Northwest und Southeast; at Gordoni-vllle, with the 
North and Northwest; ai d t ltio mond and Clmr- 
U,tt svlllo with the South. Ail modern Improvements 
in equipment. con < V aY l». HOWARD. 
Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent, 
ap Richmond, Va. 
ITKiR EW HAVEN. HARTFORD. SPRINGFIELD 
r While Mountains, Montreal and intermediate 
• olnts The new and elegant, stearncr Continental 
i uvts’pn r No. 26. East River, dally (Sundays ex- 
opted) ft 3. A passenger train will be In waiting 
»u the wharf at New Ilavrn und icare for Sptlog- 
fleld and way ‘ rations on arrival of boar. 
N1G11T LINK -The Elm i lly leaves New York nt 
iiv m connecting - I'U passenger iraiu In waiting 
..n wnarf at New Ilav. n, leuving 6;i6 a. >i ric.keis 
old and i aggnge checked a' 944 Broadway, New 
York, and 4 Court street, Brookly n. Excursion to 
N.-w Haven and return, $i .t0. Apply at General 
Oillce, ou tho pier, or to RICUARD PECK, General 
Agon. : 
CHICAGO &ALT0H RAILROAD, 
rHE ONLY DIRECT RAILROAD from 
Chicago to St. Louis, and Chicago 
to Kansas City, 
WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS. 
FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS IN 
EVERYTHING. 
SPORTSMEN will flDd splendid shooting on the 
line of this road; prairie chicken, geese, ducks, brant, 
aQ ail etc. Connects direct at Kiineas City with tho 
Kansas Pacific Railroad for the greut Buffalo and An- 
telope range of Kansas and Colorado. 
Liberal arrangements for transport of Dogs for 
Sportsmen. 
JAMES CHARLTON, 
General PosacDgcr Agent, 
Chicago, li ■ 
rO^B^EoTLOADme SHOT° GUNS. 
extracted from Inside. 
wned aoUd mlts place. Neither rusts i nor corrodes i fast few dByB , which Is liable to occur either 
£ 5 SSS»«SS^ 
thronghont the country 
FI * 
MKSgRS. GXOROB - 
than any I have ever used, 
shooting hereafter 
Cone 
In steel 
Wild Fowl Shooting. 
9PRINGVILLE HOUSE OR SPORTSMEN'S RE- 
TREAT, SHJNNECOCK BAY, L, I., 
Bv a practical gunner and an old bayman. Has 
always on hand the beat of boats, batteries, etc., 
with the largest rig of trained wild-geese decoys on 
the coast. Special attention given by himself to hi* 
■nests and satisfaction guaranteed. Address WM. 
N. LANE. Good Ground. L. I. Nog3 tf 
THE SPORTSMAN’S ROUTE. 
Chicago & Northwestern RK. 
Embraces under one management the Great Trunt 
Railway Lines of the West and Northwest, and.witn 
its numerous branches and connections, form- the 
sDortest and qnlcseet route between Chicago and ail 
points in Illinois, Wisconsin, Northern Michigan, 
Minnesota. Iowa, Nebraska, California, and tho 
Western Territories. Its ^ 
OMAHA AND CALIFORNIA LINE 
is the shortest and best route lor all points In Nor- 
thern Illinois, Iowa, Dikoia. Nebraska, Wyoming, 
Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California, OregOD, Chins, 
J Clfl*oVo“. A sT?"uL AND MINNEAPOLIS LINE 
Is the short line for Northern Wisconsin and Mlnne- 
suia and for Madison, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth 
and all points lu tne Great Northwest. Its 
P WINONA AND ST. fETER LINE 
Is the only route for Winona, Rochester, OwatoDna, 
Mankato, bt. Peter, New Ulm BDd all points iu 
Soutnern and Central Minnesota. Its 
GREEN BAY AND MAhQUETTE LINE 
Is the only line for Janesville. Watertown, Food ilu 
Lao, OskoBh, Appleton. Green Bay, Escanaba, 
Negaunee, Marquette, Houghton, Haucock aud the 
Lake Superior country. Its .... , 
FREEPORT AND DUBUQUE LINE 
is the only route for Elgin, Rockford, Freeport and 
ail points via Freeport, lu 
CHICAGO AND MILWAUKEE LINE. 
Is the old Lake Shore route, and Is the only one Pos- 
ing through Evanston, Lake Forest, Highland Park, 
T H A 
Bos, 8, 8, 4, B, 6, 7 and 8. Bsperlor Rifle, Enflell 
Rifle, and Ool._ Juwker's Ducking. *” “ 
nine, hmv«. - W. STITT, «1 
Cedar street, N. Y Agent foe Urn Unlt^l BUles, 
& B R 
NEW’YORK. 
MANUFACTURERS OK 
Compressed Buck Shot. 
ru/.ihert^ ^ UDl,r ° mlty ^ 
- v r I mg through Evanston, w»ko rurcui., ms**"*-' 
HART <t SLOAN, Newark, N. J. I yy^ n g e g BJli Racine, Kenosha to Milwaukee. 
PULLMAN HOTEL CARS 
are now running regularly betweeu Chicago an 
Counoll Bluffs, on the Ca’lfornla Express 
Train of the 
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY 
West bound, they leave Chicago dally, cxceptsun 
day (and on every third Sunday), from the Ve 
Street Depot, at 10:30 a. m., and arrive at Council 
Bluffs next morning. _ of .., n p u , 
East-bound t ey leave Connell Bluffs af 6 i.SO p. a . 
dally, except Saturday (and on every third Saturaej;, 
and reach Chicago next afternoon. pniiman 
nr No other roods west of Chicago rnnsPnlini 
or any other form of Hotel cars. 
TO SPOnTSMKN. „ . 
This line presents peculiar advantages. 
Prairie Chickens, Ducks. Geese and Brant shoot 
our Iowa line to-day offers more favorabie pen^ 
than any other road In the cou “ tr y’ t w !{4 on L r Lake 
and Bear hunting, and for Kindred 
Salmon, Pike, Pickerel and Bass fishlDg, a hono 
points on the Northern and Northwestern nn 
this company will be found unaurpusssd by any 
lD New York office, No. 415 Broadway ; Boston office, 
N For rates Srmat.on not attainable from your 
homo ticket agents, apply to 
MARVIN HOGHITT, 
w. H . gTBNNXTT, c ?mSm MB8er ' u 
Uen, Pass. Ag® n ^ ' 
IMPROVED 
‘CHILLED” 
SHOT 
UKU LAlikL. 
