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 ,
