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THE OMAHA DAILY BICE : SATURDAY , JUNK 4 , I8SI.-TWULVU PAOBS. 11 BOWS AND ARROWS , How the Indian Boy i Tnught to Shoot Ko-Mtaml Sfrram. "You sec , " said Dr. Carver , as he deposited a whole sheath of brightly- fi-athered arrows on the table , tciok oil his umbrageous felt , and drew up .1 chair. "I must bo shooliug something or other all the lime. If it isn't n Winchester , it's a bow and arrow. Prclly , they are , but mosl too line ! Fancy things , these arrows , for hand some young ladies to shoot on grass plats nt straw targets. Now , an In dian arrow is n good bit longer - ' maybe bo thirty-two 'inches and when a Sioux draws it chock up to the bow it fairly hums when ho lets it lly. An Indianarrowhosgroovescntin it behind the barb -that is to say , the ones they use in hunting- that the blood am flow , otherwise the wound would swell and spoil. The fighting arrows are nasty things. The barb is so put on the shaft so Ihat when it hits you the steel , the old hoop-iron , stays in the flesh when you go to pull out the arrow. Dear sakes , what ugly wounds I have seen them make ! An Indian boy begins to handle a light bow when ho toddles , maybe at four or five years. His bow is laller than ho is. Ho shoots at everything around the camp. When ho is 1'J ho uses sharp arrows. A boy must bo strong nt 18 to use a man's bow. Now , a white man who takes an Indian bow for the first time has all ho can do to bend it. It needs some strength , but more knack. The bow is made straight. AVhon it is strung the cord , oveii when in tension , almost touches the bow. It is thick , some four and a half or five feet long -that is , their hunting bow and has extra stiffness by having sinews pasted on it. I have soon Wo-sheasa-has-ka- is , the long man and he was the best of the Ogalalla Sioux , kill an antelope with his arrow at 125 moosurod rods. AVo- shes.sa-has-ka was nearly seven feet tall , and a good Indian. On horseback , broadside to a buffalo , I have more than once known that Indian to send an arrow through a big cow. The arrow hung out the other side. The bow for horseback and for war is n trifle shorter , and may bo stifibr. You do not draw the arrow to the eye , but catch aim as I do , when shooting from the hip. That can bo acquired only by long practice. The string is drawn by the clutch of the whole lingers , though some of the tribes use the thumb ami three fingers. The long man could shoot an arrow in the air out of sight , and so can I ( the doctor pointed to an arrow buried up to the leathern in the sealing of our ollice , his own pe culiar ornamentation of The Forest uml Stream sanctum. "J think that in a couple of months I could got into per fect practice , for I used to hold my own with any Indian on the plains. Sometimes after I had been shooting with myVinchestor an Indian would conio up and show mo his bow , and tell mo his bow was 'mucheo good , ' Ijtit thv'in I used to take his own bow and beat him : it it. "To pass away the time when I was at the Brooklyn driving park , I bought an English bow aim arrows of Holbcrton , and soon got into the trick of it. I hit blocks of wood tilt own into the air quite as often as I missed them. The English bows and arrows arc fancy , not good. I would rather have an old Sioux one , made of hickory or ash , but the boss bow I over owned was made of buffalo ribs. An Indian carries his quiver of arrows over his right shoulder , so that he can get his arrows quickly. When he has discharged ono arrow , with the same motion that ho uses in pulling the string ho clutches another arrow. If ho shoots one hundred yards ho has three or four arrows in the ait- \ all going at the same tiino It's great fun shooting at a bird with a long tail that flies over the prairie. Knock out his tail and his steering apparatus is gone. I have knocked the tail out of many a ono , and so caught him in my hands when ho tumbled , " High-HooloA Shoos. New York Sun. A reporter , crossing the Fulton Ferry N. Y. , some days ago , was made an unwilling listener to some feminine confidences on backache. As all wo \ men and the greater part of their men folks are directly or indirectly inter ested in the subject , the reporter vis- sted a man of science who was named by one of the young ladies as having cured her trouble. "Oh , yes , said the doctor , ' 'buck- ache is vciy common among women ; morerthan two-thirds of thpin stiller from it. But there is ono kind of this trouble , caused by a prevailing fashion which women ought not to allow them selves to sutler from. " "Are you a specialist for fashionable backache ? " The Jdoctor lauehod. "I will toll you all about it , " said ho : "Three years ago a fashionable young lady called upon mo , saying that her back was very lame and had been so for a considerable time , the pain had lately so greatly increased that she had become - como frightened about herself. She had boon obliged to shorten her promenades - onados , 30 she said , was almost incapa ble of dancing , and her life was grad ually becoming a burden , She had tried ovorgthing and taken medicine all the time , but and then she broke down in such a way that I began to suspect hysteria. "Sho looked tired , and her face bore an expression of pain and de spondency which was not combatiblo with her years she was about UJ ) nor her evidences of constitutional force , which I judged to bo strong , I confess I was at a loss to account for her trouble , and close questioning gave me no indication for treatment. 1 at last proscribed a tonic on gen eral principles and asked her to call in about a week. When she appeared again , a glance sufficed to n show that she was no bet ter and I was much puz zled as I saw her walk up and down the office in nervous excitement , ex claiming that she would never get well , she know she wouldn't , etc. As I looked , a certain peculiarity in her walk led mo to think that there might bo some spinal .trouble , and I com menced a cross-oxnuiination , which ' sho' brought to a sudden close by say ing ! ' "Why , doctor , several of my friends nro suffering -just as 1 am , but they aro'not'yet so worn out with the pain ; wo cannot all have spinal'com plaint , can wo ? " "I thought it impossible , of course , " continued the doctor , "and the inter- is view ondf'd by mo asking her to call again on the next day and bring om > of lior friends with her , when 1 would make another effort to discover the real cause of the trouble. 1 had , in fact , made up my mind that some peculiarity in dross was al the root of the ( lillictilty. The ladies called , and had hardly traversed the ollico before 1 observed in patient No. i ! the Mine idiooyncraay in walking that I had seen in the first patient. 1 was not long in discovering that the real dillicultvlay in the high and tapering heels of my patients' gaiters. Closer examination revealed the fact that there was a difference - ferenco in the height of the boot heels of the two ladies , and I found that my first patient , who was the greater sufferer - ferer , was the one whoso gaiters posI sossod the highest heels. There was nothing to do but to prescribe slip- j.ers and woolen stockings for a week , to bo followed by the wearing of shoes having low , broad heols. " "And it was this treatment which cured the backache ? " "All signs of lameness disappeared within eleven days , and my lirstti \ \ - tient of this kind , together with many who have followed her , regained their health and strength. There are many physiological reasons why undue elevation - vation of the heel must cause trouble , It will stillico to say that it serves to throw forward the contents of the abdominal cavity , and the strain upon the muscles , nerves , mid cords , more or less connected with , or surrounding the back , are subjected to unusual strain in resisting the forward impulse. Of course , in such eases , lame back is not of itself n disease , but only the indica tion of deep-seated trouble , which is soinctimcsdifliculttodoal with. Ladies should bo warned that this fashion in heels is certain to bring them sooner or later - great trouble. If they must adhere to the prevailing style , they should takp care to wear slippers on every occasion which the sacred duties they owe to fashion may permit. That a person may as well bo out of the world as out of the fashion is a law more inexorable in the minds of many women than those of nature or of health. " She Sliocod it A-wrny. kn Francisco Post. They wore a parly of four couples coming over on the steamboat Saticol- ito lost Sunday , and the prettiest girl of the gushers looked up at Mount Tnnmlpais and said : "Oh , that horrid , horrid mountain ! had the most frightful ad venture T there last summer yon over heard of. It's a Wonder my hair didn't turn white. " "What on earth was it ? " chorused the rest. "Woll , you see. I was up there with n private picnic party , and I wandered off by myself about n mile , picking flow-ore. After awhile I .sat down to rest in a lonely canyon , and before long I heard a queer rustling sound in some bushes right behind me. I knew at once , somehow , that it was a grizzly. " "Great Scott ! and you all alone ! " shuddered her escort. "Not a soul within a mile of me. I was just paralyzed with terror. I didn't dare to stir , but in n minute I heard the beast coining toward mo through the thicket. " "Oil , if I'd only boon there , " said a young man breathing , very hard. "I know it was no use to try and run , and I had heard somewhere that bears never touch dead people. So I just shut my eyes and hold my breath. " "Gracious ! " "Pretty soon the great brute walked up close and began sniflling mo all over. Oh , it was just terrible ! " "Should have thought you would have fainted. " "Oh , I didn't dare to1 , " said the heroine. "Just then , I suppose , the party rushed up and rescued you , " said the appalled audience. "No , they didn't. Pretty soon I felt that great boast pulling at the flowers at my hat , so T just got up and shoed the horrid thing away. " "What , the grimly ? " "Oh , it wasn't n grizzly. It was a nasty old cow. But just suppose it had been a grizzly ! " Hut the audience refused to "sup pose , " and the party looked like a Quaker funeral , until the boat struck the warf. Beer , IiiillanaXls | ) ! Journal , The internal rovenuobureauhasccr- lain statistics in its possession which can bo relied on for their nccuracyand which are surprising. The produc tion of lager beer in this country has become a great industry , and is con- stanlly growing. In 1870 wo pro- dueodSOU.Sl.'l.OiW gallons of fermented liquors. In 1880 the production had increased lo 413,7(50,410 ( gallons. England , Germany mid Austria are each largjr producers of boor than this countiy , and the quantity manufae lured and drank seems to bo incrcas ing everywhere. Despite all Iho ef forts of the friends of temperance tno use of lager beer in America increases from year to year , so that this may already bo said to bo a beer-drinking people. There are many who regard with satisfaction this subslitutur of a milder beverage for the alcoholic drinks which for many years have maddened the brains and poisoned Iho blood of drinkers. Referring to this subjecl , the New York Sun says : "Tho temperance people ought to rejoice that BO mild a beverage a lager boor has become the most popular drink of tliu country. Us increasing use is aiding the cause of prnc'icul temperance in the most efficient way , for it may bo drank daily by the ma jority of people without endangering their sobrioiy , while the habitual use of whiskey can bo persisled in by only few without lamentable cense quences. " Every nation has its favorite bever age. In England large quantities of heavy nlo nnd porter are used. These liquors , with gin , are the popular bev erages among the common people. In Franco that alximinablo compound known as absinthe grows steadily in favor. Of all drinks used by civifb.od people this is unquestionably the most deleterious in ils effects. That such n beverage , , introduced from -Algeria by French soldiers , should become popu lar with n nation of the intel ligence of the French ' is 'most ' astonishing and shown the won derful power of appetite. It believed that the use of absinthe is destroying the French clmractor. Sweden has unquestionably been' practically ruined by the drunkenness of her people. There a strong alco holic liquor is used in largo quantities , and ' the Swedish national character is said to have entirely changed in the last fifty years front it * use. In Northern Norway the government lias boon compelled to enforce prohi bition , so deadly had become the in fluence of the bcverago used by the masses of the people. If wo must have n national beverage the introduction of beer in place of alcoholic liquors is no doubt an ad vance. The days when it was no damage to a gentleman to bo intoxi cated , but when it was rather to his credit to drink his guests under the table I , are certainly gone. Every year , in high and low life , it becomes lass oxcusoblo to lese self-control from inebriety. The world is certainly im proving in its ideas of temperance , while at the same time the use of light wines and beer is increasing. The recent convention of brewers at Chicago represented all parts of the country < and many millions of dollars , Its claim that the introduction of beer has done more to diminish intemper ance than nil other agencies is not without reason ; though the radical temperance people insist that beer has a stupefying ell'ect which is seen in the German character now. Social MrntorioR. IlrotliiT ' ( lanlncr tu ( lie Limekiln Club. " When a man axes mo who libs nox' . doah , " began the old man as the triangle Hounded to order , " 1 answer liim Brown or Jones or While , or whatever the name may bo , but when \ lie goes beyond dat an' axes what sal ary do man aims , how often his wifu changes bonnets an' how dcy make jobon dollars n week go furdor than I kin fo'lccn , I become n clam. I has no business to know , an' when I do know I won't tell. I used to have some curiosity in dis direcshun , but I lias got ober it of Into y'ars. When I know dat a sartin man , reccivin' n finlary of ? 12 per week , kin give par ties , iiiro carriages an' dress his wife in . , silks , it makes mo glum. Dat is , it used to. 1 used to wonder why I couldn't do do same thing on do name money , but I nebber could. When do ole woman used to toll mo dat aar- lin women had now silks , new bats , now close an' ' now shoos once a month do y'nr rotin' , an' wo bavin' to lib tin do Hamo money , it made mo mad. Dat is , it used to. When I saw men who nved fur doro wnshin' , struttin' arottii' like lords , while 1 had lo work sobeii days in n week an' pay my debts , felt like snmshin' frow do sidewalk. But I has got ober all dis. When 1 meet a woman who kin dress like a banker's wife on do § 10 or per week paid her husband , I doan't 'low myself to eber fink about it. When 1 see a man buyin' twenty cent cigars , sportin' a cane , and takin' champagne , while his chillen at homo am bar'fut , I try to believe dat it am all right. When a lady with $ ! tOO worf of close on axes mo to do n job of whitowashin' in a parlor whar' do bos' pictnr's come from a teastore , an' do bos' clia'r am under chattel mort gage , I doan' stop to wonder who she thinks she am foolin. ' Nayburs ol mine who owe all do butchers widin a circle of a mile , kin pay fo' dollars cash fur a libery rig on Sunday , an' I shan't criticise. Wives may go shop- pin' ebery day in de week a' gin par ties obory night , an' my ole woman will keep do cabin jist do same. Since wo quit wondorin' an' spccu- latin' ober deso fmgs wo feel much'bottor. Wo know from a fact jist how fur wo kin make manoy go. If odder folks kin lib like lords on a salary of § ( ! 00 a y'nr it's a streak of good luck an' none of our bizness. My advice to you am to lot sich fmgs pass. Dejf are mysteries wid which wo have no bizness , an' de mo' you ponder ober dom do less you will en joy what you have honestly aimed by lia'd work an' saved by good economy. " A Cannon to Shoot Toil Miles. The making of the patterns for the Lyman-Ilaskell accelerating or multi- charge gun at the Scott Foundry of the Heading Iron Works was begun this morning. The gun will bo twenty- live feet long , and have a bore six inches in diameter. Along the bore four pockets will bo located , in each of which a charge of powder will be placed , with the view ol accelerating the speed of the ball after it leaves the gun ami during its progress through the boro. Experts who have seen the drawings and have given the subject of ' the manufacture of heavy ordnance a study have expressed the opinion that the gun will throw a ball the distance of ten or twelve miles , whereas live miles in a good range for the best can non , The charge of powder will bo lltO pounds and the weight of shot 150 pounds. It is calculated that shot from the gun will penetrate through two feet of solid wrought iron. How the Siiulto Got a Now Suit. "Some people think that snakes only shod their skins at certiun sea sons of the year , " said the keeper. "That's a mistaks. If they are well fed and kept right warm they change their coats about every eight weeks through the year. " "Does it pain them ? " "Not a bit f it. You see the skin of a snake does not increase in size as the reptile grows , HH with IIB. While the old is getting smaller by degrees a now ono is forming un derneath and the other gradually gets dry , Wlii-n it is ready to shed it loosens around the lips , and the reptile rubs itself against the earth or the rocks in the cage , anil turns the upper part over the eye and the lower part over the throat. Then it commences to glide around the glass case , all the time rubbing itself against something until the entire ukin is worked oil' . Sometimes this takes three days. Occasionally the1 get rid of the incumbranco in a frw bourn. I don't believe they have a bit of intel ligence. For all I food them and care for them , they would as lief bite mo OH any stranger. I can bundle a great many of them with safety , but it's on ly the knack of the thing not that they won't ' Into , but that they can't got the chance. " of A Left-Hearted Mnn. The medical faculty of Vienna have been studying u young man who Wears his heart on the right side , his liver on Ilia left , and in other rceinjcta has is the usual arrangement of the internal human organism completely reversed. Ho is strong and healthy. BLIND ANIMALS , Life In Underground Rtvnrx Blind Fish iu a .Lively Clnuto. S'oork Sun. All interesting exhibition of blind animals WAS recently given to a party of visitors by a gentleman living in the immediate vicinity of Mammoth cave , and some of the experiments wore remarkable in their way. The cave , as w6ll as many olhorn , 1ms its subterranean rivers and lakes that arc stocked with n Inuna peculiarly their own , and the observations that have resulted in our present knowledge f it of interest. are peculiar Yours ago the fishes undoubtedly entered the un derground river , mid gradually from disuse , as generation succeeded gener ation , their organs of sight have almost disappeared the result of Inactivity. In the young the eye is more perfect , but as the fish grows the unused optic nerve re mains intact , or gradually dwindles nwny , so thnt the most careful scrutiny often fails to reveal it in the adult forms. The eye itself becomes covered with n white membrane , probably a fatty substance , and has the vacant stare of a boiled cod. The fish that was originally a minnow , assumes a pale and ghostly appearance , and when observed under a glaring torch darting about in thu inky water , strikes the beholder as in strict keep ing with the surroundings , which are , to say the least , grim , ghostly , and peculiar. To observe the fishes and capture them , almost perfect silence must bo maintained , and the white forms will soon bo soon darting to the toji of Iho wnler , nnd as quickly re treating to the cover of HOIIIO adjacent lodge. Bits of bread or flies thrown on the water , however , attract them , ind if a not is dexterously used , the , 'iimo can be secured , The exhibition referred to was to lluslrato the wonderful souse of fool- | ing in those fishes. A largo kink was the scene of observation ! * , built up with rock in mimic dills and walls. The blind fish had been in the aquar ium for three months without being fed , living on what water plants they could find. It was explained that by i provision of nature blind fish were not inconvenienced by their loss of eyes , the sense of fooling being so re . markably developed as to completely take their place. Curious cilia-like organs in the head seem to have much to do with the activity of their move ments. . The whole head , above and below J , is destitute of scales , the naked skin extending backward on the sides to the base of the pectoral fins ; the scaly part of the body above ends in a semi-circular edge cover ing the space between the upper ends of the opercula. The skin covering the middle region of the head is smooth , but on eitlier side is' pro vided with numerous traverse anil longitudinal ridges. About ten ver tical ridges , also provided with papil hu , mid similar to those on the head , are visible on the sides , extending from the pectoral fins to the tail , bill are not so well defined as those on tin , bead. The skin of the head is of ex treme delicacy , and is covered by very thin , loose layer of epithelium. The largerrii > ges have between twenty mid thirty papilho , many of these hnv ing a cup-shaped indentation at the top , in which a delicate filament is , in some instances , seen. These papilliu are largely provided with nervous filaments , and , as is obvious , from their connection with branches of the fifth pair of nerves , must bo considti ered purely tactile , and the largo number of them shows that tactile sensibility is probably very acute , and in some measure compensates for the virtual absence of the sense of sight , Tlio bottom of the aquarium or tank was studded with stones , so that a fish could hardly swim rapidly , having to turn repeatedly to avoid the obstrucfi tions. In among the pebbles half n dozen of the fish wore seen swimming around , varying from two and a half lo five inches in length. The largest Hpeeimen of this fish captured in late years is said to have been taken rtur ing the summer of 1871 , and sold foi $10 to a portion who was so desirous of securing the precious moisol that he had it cooked for his dinner. The exhibitor took a fish about an inch long called the niolauurn , n minnow - now that has eyes , also found in the cave , and dropped it in the tank , li started for the bottom , but the blind fish had felt its presence and rushed to meet it before it reached tin1 rocks , The minnow darted away fiom ils ghostly enemies , dodging in among Iho rocks , now put into clear water , doubting , turning with nil the skill of a fish that had a good pair of eyes , and know how to use them ; but its pursuers , by some seemingly intuition , gained at every move , avoiding the obstacles , dashing through n'arrow lanes , and finally , after the rounds bad been made several times , one of them darted ahead and sci/.cd the fish , ending the chase nnd the fish at the same time. The organs of feeling were so sensitive and highly organized1 that the instant the fish touched thu water they placed the exact position ol the disturber , anil as it turned were enable to follow by the disturb.mco in fi the water as it rushed along. The fiu slightest jar on the frame caused them to start , and whim a small stick was introduced into thu water they noticeil its approach immediately , as it press ed the particles down thu delicate waves of sound or motion moving in advance , and warning thorn of its ex act position. K1SI1 AND 1'IHIIIMI. A sturgeon weighing i.5 < pounds was caught in the Connecticut on WednoHilay. Two fishermen of Valatio , N. Y. , caught ( > . ' ! pickerel with hook mid line on Wednesday. Thu run of salmon in very heavy in the Sacramento river , from 1'JOO t < 100 ! ! being caught daily. Henry Broeil caught a liaudsomu speckled trout in Lake Krio , which iu s.tid lo bo the second ono ever caught there. In ono day recently the receipts of is Bank codfish at Gloucester , Mass. , watt larger than any other like period on record. The spring fishing at Nantucket ha * boon pronounced a failure. Very few those engaged have secured un av erage fare , and the iish have now struck of ) ' snore. In Lake Jjouiso , Stillwater , Minn. , the fish have died in large number * , und tliu.nhoro in all-own withthoiiU'li ' supposed to'be fho Yiwult ofthoun- usually severe winter. Shad will take the fly. They are a doing so at Holyoke , Mass. , just bo on low the bridge across ( he Connecticut river. The lly is not awl , but is allowed to drift down the swift curivnt for 1H ! ( ) foot > r more. A novel lish pot was recently dis covered by Columbus Drononhu'rg un der the dam at Givetiliold Mill , Frederick - erick couuly , I\Id. \ The water , in txiuriiig over the dam , had washed a Inrgo rook into a basin of such shape that when the fish attempt to go over the dam , they fall birk in this basin. A RAILWAY PATRIARCH. Sketch of the Life ntul Worlc of the Oldoit Llvliii ; Locomotive Engineer in the Uiiltoil Statoi. Terre HHti < lcii < t ul HIP St. , ln q > h duetto. IJitooKViKi.n , Mo. May tYour t ; correspondent met GrnndfathiT Good- nlo nt the railroad depot to-day nud undo known to him that a short sketch of his life would certainly bo utontsting to all railroad men , and to hoiisands of others who cannot hut contemplate with amazement the stn- . KMtdoUH railroad system of the world which has had its inception , its bogin- litig and its present triumph all with ho lifetime if this old patriarch , with- n the progress and success of which lis lifo-work and recollections have men so intimately acquainted. A pleasant interview with the old mgineor in my ollico this afternoon elicited the following facts , which are piito bare , but constitute the outlines > f one of the most ntirrinir and ndvoii- urous lives of which 1 over know. W. W. Cioodalo was born in North * impkm , Mass , , December JI , ISOII.aitd consequently is in his seventy-eighth ear. Ho was a steamboat engineer an Lake Erie in 18.'IO-il-JI2. : Ho com- uonced running a locomotive-engine in the Daltimoro A- Ohio railroad in .834. As is well known , this was the irst , railroad operated in the United states , and it was begun in 1828. When Mr. Ooodalo went onto it , the oadway was in running order to El- iott Mills. Ho distinctly remembers ibout the great excitement in conneo- ; ion with the enterprise , the prophe cies of failure and the wonders at its success. The engine ho run was thu old "Win. Venn , ono of the first put upon the road. At the opening of the Cumberland Valley road in 18118 , running from Harritilmrg to Chaiuborsburg , IV. , ho took a now engine and wont to work upon this road. From there , shortly after , ho went to Philadelphia , and in 18)0 ) ho shipped a newly built engine from the old locomotive manufactory of Norn's it Long of that city , by schooner to Now York , from Now York to Albany on a barge , and frou Albany on the Erie canal to withii ten miles of llochesler. Here ho sol the engine up himself , put her itpor the track of the now Hoehostor am1 Auburn road , which was only completed pletod at that time for four miles , and preparatory to raising .steam , hud to iill the boiler with water carried frou the Erie canal in buckets. Ho stayed on tliisroad till 1842 , put ting thu three firat engines on tin road and remaining until it was com ploted. From there ho went to Buffalo , ant on the 2d day of September , 1842 pulled the first train over run out o that city. The trip was from Buffah to within a few miles of Attica. Wil liam Wallace was superintendent the road and a man by the name Penlield was thu conductor on thit train. At this time there were as ye no "T" rails , all were of the "strap1 variety. Mr. Goodale stayed on ( lii.sroad un til 1844 , then worked for a time on the Philadelphia and Heading road. In IK 15 or 184i ( he took the engines " .lack Little" and "Henry Ruggles" onto the Long Island road running from Hrooklyn to Gruonport. Some time in ] 8-fi ( ho went onto the Nor wich and Worcester road with a new engine. This was at a time when the fast-running excitement broke out , and the roads wore attempting ti establish schedule time of ono mile ii ono and a half minutes. Hu stayeil on this road until 184 ! ) , when Norris , the ] Philadelphia locomotive manu facturer , sent for him to take engines to Chili , South America. Heforo I ho started on his trip , ho run for six months on the Hudson Ilivoi road. The engines for Chili being ready ( hey were shipped in a Kaili vessel around Capo Horn , but Mr. Goodulo crossed the Isthmus and ar rived in tiiuu to receive his engines. He I HOOII had Ilium up and running on thu Caldora and Copladown road , part of which has since been sunk by in earthquake. Ho returned to the United States in ' 52. In 1851 ho came . West and wont to work on the Chicago , Burlington and Qiiiney , where ho remained until 1857 , when , in fixing the grate in an engine fur nace , ho became overheated and took a cold which settled in his eyes , cans ii ng blindness that lasted for four years. At this time Mr. Goodale wnsprctl ) well oil' . Besides losing the four years titi wti hue , ho spent $5,000 for medical tifi rentmont. Norm , of Philadelphia , inally font for him and placed him inder the care of the celebrated 1'Yonch ' oculist , Latelle , of that city , lo finally recovered sufliciently to ro Hiimo work at intervals. Tn 18(15 ( ho : amu onto the "Old Reliable" ijanni- ml and St. Joseph , during the admin- Miration of L. W. Touno and Charley Mead. Hu was given a new engine , the "Fort Scott. " Ho ran on hia road at micli times IIH his eyes votild permit until about three years igo , H is last work was running the witch engine in thu yard al this place. \fter that hu kept a boarding-IIOIIHO , nit did not make the hiiHinoHtt mic- eed ; in fact , hu sayu ho lost over 9-100 in it. Ho now lives with his daughter hero , the wifu of .hmoph Halstcnd , n freight conductor on the Hannibal tV HI. Joseph railroad , Mr. Goodalu has been married three times. His last wifu died the 1'ith of last December , The old gentleman quite well preserved for ono of his ago. His health is good except his eyeu , which trouble him considerably. Many a man fifty yearn of ago looks older than "Papa" Goodalo , us the railroad boys are in thu habit of call ing him. His mental faculties are yet strong and active , his memory particularly good , and ho has a very interesting and intelligent conversa tional manner. lie is undoubtedly the oldest living locomotive engineers i ! JM Vniied Status , if not in the world. Think of life of fifty years on the rail , begun the lirut railroad ever built in this ountry , and on almost the first engine iver put upon tlti' road , and continued .bnost uninferruptodly until the ago > f 75 is reached. What a life of thril- iug experience and wonderful reiiiiu- iivnco ! Ixits of newspaper space night bo filled up , fo the great interest lid profit of n world of readers , from lie recollections of this old engineer Ho WiMii't in n Hnrry. U trull Vtm rrcw * . Ho had his hat iu ono hand mid his andkorchief in Iho other as ho sat own squarely in front of a ginger ale omit in n Jollorson iivenuo drug tore. Ono would have said ho was bout to mult , but ho Wasn't the sort f a man to be boxed up in a hot day iy mi imprudent action of his own. lo fanned with ono hand and mopped vitb the oilier , and finally inquired : ' 'Is this root becrl" "No , sir , this is ginger nlo. " "Ten cents per gloss ? " "No , sir , it is fivo. " "Cold ? " "Oh , yes. " "Made of g "Certainly. " "Woll , 1 suppose 1 might try some , s il healthy or unhenlthl" "It is said to bo very healthy. " "What organs does il claim tu work m ? " "Woll I ' " , couldn't say. "That's unfortunate. How do you < now it wouldn't aggravate my lung rouble , or help along my liver com- ihiinl ) Have you certificates from , ny it has helped or injured ! " "No , sir. " " That's unlucky. " "Will you have some ? " "Well , what do you think ? will it jo perfectly safe ? " J"l think so. " " _ "Then 1 might try it. You needn't ' raw but two 'cents worth , considor- ng the circumstances. " " 1 that is we sell it for live cents tor glass. " ' 'Very well I won't ' tnko any. lave you any clear cold water ? " "Yes. " "Thanks , Sorry to put you to any .rouble . , but I fell through hatchway nice by making inquiries in time. L'hat's a fair article of water very ? air. Have you the analysis ? " "No sir. " "That's too bad. If you got it jloaso lay it aside until 1 drop in , AB to that ginger ale lot's see. To day is Friday 1 may pass hero about loxl Thursday , and t suppos you will liavo il on draught. " "Yes sir. " "And the price will bo the naiuo ? " "Yes. " "Very woll. 1 have no doubt it is a refreshing drink , and fully up to your guarantee , but there is no par ticular hurry in this case not thu least. 1 shall bo in the city oil mid m about once a week all Hummer , and any time before cold weather will do. So long to you. " Now Yorli. llutli la C'liidiumtl Kni\ilrcr. | Building in Now York city is again at higli-wnlor mark. Great business blocks are being eroded Uown town by D. O. Mills , Eugene Kelly , John Taylor Johnstone , Henry Pnrrish. Henry Marquand , James Farmer and Win. Vnndorbilt. The Tribune office , so much de rided in The Post , is to have 109 foot put upon it in the roar ; and the ex tension is to cost 8228,000. An at tempt was made to buyTho Sun oflicu , next door , but Dana demanded § 1- 000,000 for il. Horace Greoloy's statue is to bo placed in the front of The Tribune building. John Taylor Johnstono , who lost his fortune and recovered it in the Now Jersey Cenlral railroad , inputting u ] ) an edifice in Wall slrcol to cost § 1'5,000. Marquaiid's building , Iho money for which was made in the Iron Mountain railroad , is to cost § 180,000. Gould is to spend § 08,000 on The World block. There have been eleven hundred nnd forty-live buildings started during the present year in New York , the united cost of which is nearly § ! ! ( , - 000,000. Largo stores nro being put up by Goolot , James While , William Aslor , Mycrit Levy , Sloan , the car tel man , and many olhont. Vaiidor- lilt is putting up a depot on the site of the Manhattan market , lo cost § 150,000 , Lester Wallack's now theater will cost § 100,000. The Cornells are put ting up a Methodist church , to cost SI 10,000. Thu Hebrew orphan asy lum is being completed at an expense § 100,000. The Giluoy house is having sixty-seven feet added to Iho front. The buildings are being added to Co lumbia college to cost § 750,000. Hack of the St. James hotel Mr , Himenbaum is pulling up a hotel to cost § 100,000. A hotel to cost § 400,000 is going up at Fifth nvenuo and Forty- ninth streels nine stories high The Knickerbocker club has paid § 200,000 , for a mansion , and the Lotos club is looking for ono. Some of the most expensive private houses in the world are going no here. Hup- port , Iho brewer's , cost § ! )0,000 ) ; Htunrt'H ' , the sugar refiner , § 1550,000 ; John Sloan's , § ! )0,000j ) Goo. O.sgood'n , § (10,000 ( ; John 0. Mott'u , § 100,000. Hugo blocks of dwelling houses nro also being built. It possibly looks bad for political reform in thu midst of HO much prosperity , A LoiiK-IjlvoiI Family Ventura ( Midi. ) HlKiial. Nicholas Singloy , who was born in Pennsylvania 101 years ago , is now a resident of our town , living with liin laughter , Aim. M. E. Short. Both his mother and father lived to bo over 100 years of ago , the father being 111 when 'ID ' died and his mother lOi. His bro- lliur , recently deceased , was 108. Mr , iingley can bo BOOH on our nt reels any lay , in well preserved , but hard of tearing , and is a grout reader. He has not used liquor since he was 110 years of ago , Wild Hoi-ton. The bush of Australia is so overfed I > y the multiplyiiu' of wild lioraea that .hoy have to bo sbot down in common with rabbits mid kangaroos. In ono district an Arab stallion got away some thirty years ago , and wua never ucnpturod. Hu was a chestnut , und .ook a couple of thoroughbred colts with him , und it hasbeen , remarked .1ml a large proportion of the wild lorses of the district are of his color , HOIIJUH boljoyod to bo very old uiv oc is casionally neon far nway in distant ranges. Ono man has shot U.OOO MODERN PRIZE-FIGHTERS. Dncniloitco of the RlnR Slnoo th Days of the Honvy HIM or * . Now York Slnr. The ] ri7.o ring , both iu this country nnd in Knglaud , is fast degenerating into a mere field for the ontortniiimon , if the young bloods of the day. The solid , sturdy hitters are rapidly disap pearing , and their place is being taken by a class of younger men , who trust jo 1 what is known as "scientific" fight ing for Bticcess. The heavy hitting of the days of Tom Hjor and Yaiikeo Sullivan has given way to the more fanciful but less dangerous fancy sparring. The last prizo-fight which occurred last week between Sullivan and Flood furnishes a good example of the truth of this romnrk. A boat was engaged , and principals and spectators set out , but the whole nllair was a speculating dodge , with tickets at § 10 , which greatly benefited the pockets of Billy Morst of Sixth avenue fame and John. Scnnuoll , and served to arouse a largo number of Wall street brokers , ono , at least , of whom will remember it for a long while , having received a "re membrancer" by being hit over the eye with a bottle. The contests nowadays nro principal ly with "hard" gloves , instead of the naked fists , and are got tip to order nt any tiinu. It is safe to assort that anyone ono of the "old timers" could success fully hold his own against any two of the new raceof prb.e-lightorH and send them both to "grass" in a remarkbly short time. Where , in the whole list of prixo-fighors who now appear in the ring , is there a man who can strike such terrific blowsas John C. Ileenan , who knocked down the English cham 1t 1 pion , Sayers , in nearly every round in the battle at Fnrnborougb ? Or where is i : the ono who can deliver such "straight from the shoulder" hammer iI blows as Tom Hyer landed on Coun try MeCloskoy's face nt Cauldwell landing ? Or where do we hear of n pugilist being knocked out of time nnd unable lo come to the scratch ) Tom Hyer. the lirst American cham pion , dealt sledgo-hammer blows. Ho fought but two battles , ono with Me- Closkoy ( George Chester ) and ono with Yankee Sullivan ; but the power and ' force of his terrible right hand prevented any other pugilist from ac cepting any challenge which ho issued. Poor Tom , the gross of Greenwood has grown over his grave for nearly seventeen years. Yankee bullivan , ono of the pluck iest moil that over stood in the pri/.o ring , was another powerful hitter. In his match with Tom Secor on Stalon Island , his blows fairly slaggorod his opponnent , and ho he finally sent in ; i terrific slodge-hammer blow that knocked Secor completely off his feet and rene ered him unable lo toe the mark. Perhaps the heaviest hitter that over put up his hands was John C. Heoiian. His blows wore positively terrific. Tall , finely formed , and pos sessed of great strength , he would send his opponent fairly spinning when ho embraced the opportunity of sending homo n blow. John Morris- Boy , Tom Savors anil Tom King nil ro- caivcd terrible punishment nt Ileenan's hands. Among the "old-timers" now living is Joe Coburn. Although liis fight ing days nro about over , there is little doubt that Joe could discount many of thu ambitious pugilists of the pre sent day in the ring. llin memorable battle with Mike McCoolo was , dor- haiis , his best battle. Me Cool was taller , heavier nnd stronger than Co- burn , but the latter overcame him after an hour and ton minutes of bat tle. im Dunn has retired from the ring , although hu has not forgotten how to "strike out" when occasion demands it. Dunn was a victor in two fights , once with Hill Davis in Pike county , Pa , , and the other with Jim Elliott , at Bull's Forty , N , J. Ho has ex changed the lisiie field for that of poli tics , and is Homowhat noted in Brook lyn as a politician , Mike McCoolo is another pugilist of of the "olden time , ' who has retired. Ho was a largo mid magnificent speci men of physical manhood , and prev ious lo hit ) appearance in the ring was one of the most noted rough-and- tumble fighters on the Mississippi river. In his fight with Aaron Jones ho soul a terrific ; blow squarely be tween the eyes of the hitler , knocking him senseless. Mike is now engaged IIH n boatman on the Mississippi river. Had he possessed science equal to his immense physical power he would undoubtedly have boon the grealest pugilist of Ihu day. In his second fight with Tom Allen , had ho possessed the necessary amount of science , liisimmenHO strength would soon have conquered Tom , but the Inlter's science proved too much for the big num. Joe GOSH , who is at present in Now York , is the horn uf twelve battles , in two of which only ho was defeated , those "being with Jem Mace in En gland and with Paddy Ryan in West Virginia. Joe is a plucky fighter , and the name may bo said of Johnny Dwyor. The latlor had a way of placing his terrible right hand on the frontispiece of mi antagonist in a very striking manner. Ho , too , has given up pri/.o-fighting , and is an oflico- holilor in Brooklyn. His health is very precarious at present , and ho ap pears to bo thoroughly broken down. Paddy Ryan ia ono of the present generation of boxers , Ho is a largo- built , powerful man , possessed of a great ileal of pluck , but lacking some what in quickness. In hia one fight in the prixo-riii'p ' ho polished oil' Joe Go.-w , in Went Virginia , after a desper ate contest. Humor says that a match for § 2,500 a side , between Hyan and Sullivan , in in nrosprct. If they face thu music Sullivan will have to learn how to cany his right hand in butler shape than he has donu if lie expects to win. Among the noted prize-fighters of a last generation who have died aro. Tom Sayers , Joe Wormnld , Aaron Jones , and John Morrissoy. Those men stood in the ring ami gave and received blown for periods of time , pinging from one to two liouiu How insignificonttiooiii the present pugilists when compared with these giants of the ring. Senatorial FisLoniiun. Hannibal Humlin has gone on n > fishing excursion to the head wntor > - of the St. John. , Senator Edmunds about to make u , fishing ( trip toUhexd Coscopediao river , in Canada. Conk- jing and Platt nro flailing for the soha- . orehips at Albany ,