The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-10-17
! Mechanical Horse that Beats Dex
t0rsS Best Time.

! Mechanical Horse that Beats Dex-
tor's Best Time.
The following description of new
invedl Lion now On exhibition at the
great 'sfsw'' IN Paris, we clip from =
private letter:
II was fortunate enough to be present
yesterday evening at a, private view Oh
this wonderful invention. The throng
at the exhibition IL SO dense during the
daytime that any attempt to work IL du-
ring exhibition hours was impossible.
Thigh the kindness of NJ. dc NJ.
wl acquaintance / male In 1858,
M Ne Wa attacl.e u Washington, !
foaS s1ons of fifty persons having si'e-
80 oomifs. On entering, groups Of the
II 0urlcs made me think that the
Emperor was present but l did not see
him until the middle Of the exhibition
Isaw, among tho curious, Nasmyth OF
hammer celebrity, and Witworth, arm
in arm with Howe Of sewing machine
nOtoricty.
..The iron horse bears no resemblance
Aae1fa euuiue naanesake. Imagine II
Teak -sl,aped box about seven feet long,
and wide enough for man to saddle,
and about five feet high, the whole con
Germ mounted on five wheels; the wheels
vuDpcealssl. however under the niachinc-
II 10 severed with feather, anu has u
idle, only the saddle is very high in
front and back, SO there il no chance OF
t,eing endorsed. In front is steering
.n,nrntus of the simplest kind-tWo
silk cords and just before the saddle IS
!. steel bar, which regulates the speed.
Ifyou pull it up you start the machine;
null it UP higher and you increase the
i a,,esd: il YOU leprcss it you decrease ii
unlfl point Is reached, when the APP
paratus stops.
! ~"Tho inventor, quite young man,
common ed winding up the machine
with what seemed To me crank mo-
tion. and us / distinctly heard the
clink Of the ratchet, | therefore supposed
II was worked by Il coiled spring, bat
have reasons since 10 think | was mis-
taken. l suppose that it took two MN
uItes 10 wind it, when ircmount"d IL ana
started it by pulling Up the steel bar. 1t
moved gradually OF, so that for the first
minute l could walk alongside of it, but
,,re.4ntly it started will, the speed Of a
fast horse, and in a moment more was
lost going round the curve Of thccircIc.
4 II suppose you know the grand expo
sition II a series Of concentric rings, each
one devoted to Il peculiar branch OF in
dustry. The one the machine was run
ming OIL was the Numcro suatfc section
del Mccaniqucs, and is among the lar
rest, measuring some yards more than
an Enlish mile. 1t seemed TO me TO DO
incredible that he had performed the
circuit in two minutes and twelve see
onds. A hearty clappng of hands
greeted the machine rs it came carccrlng
or, and gradually stopping without any
apparent tronblc.
rhe inventor said he would put it up
10 its speed, but to do this he must give
the machine start. He then wheclcJ
round and just like IL jockey starting Il
horse, got it up to the maximum; and Is
no pussc, us seemed to he flying. The
circuit was made in ii(ty-eight seconds.
IN. told me that its endurance, if |
may use the term was extraordinary
that ut its highest speed would keep go,
Ing Oh for four hours. l was led to be-
licve that the mechanical power wa
secondary in it, and that galvanic bat
terry was the real motive power. Any
how the secret is we'll kept, the Emper
or having, with the inventor the onll
knowledge of it. Nj. also told me tina
In Vinccnnes, a battery, ri artillery WA
to he moved with ii instead of horses.
~ may add that | saw fouu persons
mount it, and ii moved much more rap
idly than would a carriage. An inter
csting experiment was made rs to it
capabilities of going over n rough cour
try Several loads of dirt were shot Owe
the floor, and it passed over it with ap
aMrrent ease. One thing that | remark
M cd was that there was perpcndicula
play in the wheels, and that as dill
Guilty was surmoun.cd, one wheel Wou!
be higher than the other, whilst tll
body was Oh the same plane.
Barnum has secured II live gorlI
from Africa In removing it from III
vessel to the Museum, Tuesday aftc
noon, the animal became greatly q
ragged at the Earring it was subjected
In order to securely remove it from Il
box in which he was placed to his ca%
arope was inserted and fastened to II
Chain. But the gorilla seized II, AZ
pulled it away from several men WI
rrasped it,. lie got it from the cage al
united it from chain and dropped
through hole. A huge wrought IL,
bar was then inserted, an inch III
three quarters thick, for the purpose
.:....;,,.. amt tLn chain tEir uDTil