Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-11-16

one might be concealed Denind me. AT last
his suspicion was allayed.
"Come in" said he, in an assured tone Of
voice; and accordingly followed him into
the ateler. 81 SIS
We stood before huge upright mass,
covered with green dust sheet, that occu-
deep, penetrating gaze upon me for an in
slant, as he laid one hand on the dust sheet.
AT that instant he looked positively dramat-
| lie. He was grand.
You will now see.' he said. in deep;
sepulchral tones, ''what no other mortal
| yet has seen, save myself, who gave 1t be-
| ing.'
With this he tore away the covering, and
displayed to my astonished gaze what ap-
| peared to be an ordinary-siZed horse.
"What jokew exclaimed. elbow on
earth did YOU manage to make him come up
| the stairs?"
must own that although I was greatly
surprised, still felt relieved, as from Joe's
| something dangerous he was about to show
"This is my creation." continued Joe,
stroking the animals name. sit IL L who
have breathed life into his nostrils."
| SIS he madw I thought 20 myself.
"Whatw asked, aloud, "do you mean to
/ say that he is not alive?"
| 6. Look 7" said the sorcerer, as he opened
/ trap in the side of the figure. displaying
to my astonished eyes most intricate
| mechanism.
| 81 have never seen the like BEFORE
| exclaimed, in confused wonder.
cit has been the secret study of my life, "
said he, "my one absorbing ambition, to
animate inert matter-to give it life and
being.'' -..--...
| now remembered that some years ago
| he had invented flying machine that was
to have been exhibited at the international
Exhibition, but which, at least according to
| his own account, through some csreessness
on somebody's part, broke loose the night
| before the opening, and was not heard OF for
| weeks, when it was discovered Tapping and
| fioundering about in wild manner on the
1 ''steep brow of the mighty Helvellyno by
some unsophisticated natives of the "North
| Countree," who supposed it to be alive, and
| from whom It experienced some rough
treatment in its capture. 1t was brought
| back to Paris in ruinous condition, but al
Joe. being of an cratic disposition and i'm
| patient of any trammels, 1t again broke
| bounds, and flew off, BODY and bones-dbHt,
erupit, epasit-and nobody has been able to
| discover its hic jacet. Poor Joe! l endeav-
ored to console him with the little joke,
.'Sic itur I'D dstra." but he refused, like
| Rachel, to be comforted, because his ma
chine was not. 'It's just my in -fernal luck %
| said he.
| But let me attempt to give my reader
horse, and in as few words as possible, for
a detailed description is out OF the queS-
| ton.
The machine resembles a horse in every
detail, being perfect skeleton, composed
| Of aluminium, covered with a horse-hide.
| This is most ingeniously contrived, and will
| bear the closest inspection. Aluminium
| (thus named by my friend on account of the
metal of which it is chiefly composed)
| weighs only eighty pounds. The motive
| power is highly compressed air confined in
! four brass cylinders of equal dimensions
concealed within the carcass. connected with
| each other and by a complicated machinery
with the four articulated legs of the ma
| chine. Aluminium is set in motion by
| pressing gently forward in the saddle, a
| trot. canter, or gallop being obtained by
| working the reins as with a living animal.
] Turning is contrived by causing the limbs of
the machine to move more or less rapidly on
| one side or the other. This is done by the
riders knees, and drawing in the proper
/ rein at the same time. Joe says that one of
the advantages which Aluminium possesses
| over his brethren in the flesh is that, like a
| railway locomotive, his motion is reversible,
| and he can go the pace backward as well as
| forward. This his inventor considers one Of
| his strongest points. Should the rider de-
| sire. or should occasion require, that the
metallic steed be ridden backward, it can be
very easily managed, thus: The saddle is
| reversible, and the rider guides the horse by
the tail, which is cunningly divided into two
braids, as whlom English ladies did their
| back hair. AS regards the "looks" Of this
| a., l.
| points was the neck, which appeared I'M
necessarily straight and clumsy. l ventured
| to hint this little detail to my friend, who
| only answered with a wink accompanied
| with the words: "Looks are not everything,
my boy"
machine in the Champ de Mars. The move
ments of Aluminium were very natural, and
| far less jerky than one might have been led
| to suppose. Speaking of running time, his
marks compared very favorably with the
contemporary species he was destined to
personify on the turf. 1t was evident that
| in long distances he was bound to be the
master.
felt now that the only thing left for me
to do was to come to an understanding with
Joe, who seemed to desire nothing better
| than the proposal l made.
The Grand PriX de Paris, that was to
come off at the Bots de Boulogne in three days,
| was discussed, and it was agreed that l
should be hacker, while Joe was to play the
| part of trainer.
| "Well," said Joe, in his new role, "sup-
pose you take him over the three thousand
meters while watch his pace"
mounted accordingly and commenced q
| lively gallop round the field. I got over the
| ground in good time, but as ill-luck would
have it, something went wrong with the APP
paratus for stopping the beast, and to my
| surprise and terror he went round and
| round at the rate Of an express train for
| nearly an n0uf anu a natI, unIii All the All
! in the cylinders was exhausted. Ugh! the
brute. / felt like Mazeppa, with this ex-
| ception, that he was tied on, and had no
fear of falling and breaking his neck, which
at times seemed no remote contingency with
| me.
- Aluminium must be entered at once -
| said /, as soon as l recovered breath.
" And jockey must be found-a suitable
| jockey
Ay, here lay the difficulty. He must not
only be a clever and willing servant, but his
| discretion must be like a sealed tomb. If
would go about to find a jockey at once, Joe
agreed to spend the remaining days in in
itiating him into the mysteries of the ma
| chine.
/ felt that had my hands full, but in less
| than twenty flour hours had entered Alu-
| minimum for the Grand PriX, and found a
man who thought would do TO ride him.
His name is Bill English, a jockey well
| known on the British aud French turf as al
| ways doing his best to win, and quite incor-
rTptible. He pulled rather long face,
however, when he was presented to his
mount, but Joe's persuasive eloquence, and
the promise of substantial share in tn