N the RKncLorncimw. 7 .n 7 I I fit Mil. 1 I NOTES OF THE WHEEL. MATTERS OF INTEREST TO DE VOTEES OF THE DICYCI E. The ('nllfornui Mionlrr Hrpnrlril to He HmvIiik n Hock Time TrjliiR to Hold Together Their Itrrogultlun l the Crtiinillnn Wheelmen. Tin- C'Mlirornlit Seceilern. 1 II K movement: af J the Associated Cy cling Clubs of Ca'.i fornln, who have assumed control of Sttmlny racing en tho Pacific coast, aro watched with Brent eagerness by tho olIU-crB of the I.. A. W. Tho oarlv rate meets held in that section wcro fairly suc (cssful ami the outlook for n general voeosslon of western ililui'H from hu league looked encouraging. Ittcly. however, advices of the piogicss of the Sunday Racing League Indicate that general dissatisfaction 1b felt hy the racing men, their confinement to pure ly local tournaments spreading discord In their ranks. A prominent wheel man In Han Francisco describes the Itnallon as follows: "The I,. A. W. national circuit has liccn a success far beyond the antici pations of tho riders In this state. (Jicat numbers of new men nrc coming to the front, and yet California has by her own act cut hcrhclf off from all part in this great circuit. The men who howled long and loudly for Sun day racing have It, anil It has been in i mensure 11 success, but whether it Is worth the price paid Is another story. The racing season In this state, if the meets held on the Olympic clicult are entitled to such a title, so far have not been very prospctous. In this city there has not been one meet since tho Velodrome llasco, and yet we aie told that when Sunday racing was the rule there would bo Sunday meets with great ciowds. Some of the best rac ing men nrc beginning to sec the situ ation more clearly now, and they real ize. Just as was predicted when the Sunday racing movement began, that they have paid tho penalty suspension by the L. A. W. for the violation of the lenguu rules." A Xbit Adjustment. Chain adjustment at the ie.tr fork lugs has never been one of the feat ures that cyclists In general admired in a bicycle, although a great deal of In genuity hns been expended by cycle mnkers nnd specialty makers to make such chain adjustment devices conven ient to operate. There has always ie malncd tho Irksome work for the cy clist of making the adjustment alike on both sides, and tho adjustment by ec centric discs in tho tear fotk lugs, by which It has been sought to overcome tho objection, have somehow not be come popular, probably because eccen tric devices In this part of the machine could not very well be mndc otout enough to work satisfactorily. It heems now that part makers have learned a trick from tho tandem build ers who effected ftont chain adjust ment in the crank hanger by placing an interior shell containing tho bear ing members eccentrically in it. This has been found so satisfactory that on several tandems this mode of adjust ment In both hangers hns been em ployed nnd now by a gradunl evolution there are signs appearing on the hori zon thnt tho samo method will be rather commonly adopted for slngh machines. The lte.il Cliiiinpliin. Tho fact that tho Amnteur Athletic union holds a one-mile national bicycle championship each season hns suggest ed tho point thnt the L. A. W. should discountenance this event. Tho na tional onu-mllo L. A. W. championship was won by C. M. Ertz of the Rlver sldo wheelmen of this city at the Phil adelphia meet. Natural!) this rider received tho championship title. Fol lowing the league meet the A. A. U. holds Its annual championships, and among the events is a one-mile bicycle which was won by I. A. Powell, of C. M. ERTZ. tho N. Y. A. C. Tho point Is now raised as to which rldor Is really tho amateur champion at one mile. Doth men havo won championships at the samo distance but under tlm niiRntnna v of different organizations controlling ' amateur snort. Now York Sim Canuck Worried, The wheelmen In Canada are greatly Agitated over tho liability of the Can adian Wheelmen's Association recog nizing tho Associated Cycling Clubs of California as holding Jurisdiction over cycling In that territory, it 8 0VI dont that tho Canadians will loso (he allegiance of their riders In British Coltmul.. unless they iccoeu!23 tin oigunizatlon on the Pacific coast. The Qjyjclnl organ of the C. V. A. In Its Issue of Sept. 0 comments editorially on the existing tumble as follow. "The four letters ('. A. C. C. stand for the Coast Associated Cycling Clubs, pronounced by the L. A. V. a black list association It was f mined by the, cyclists of California because they believed they could run their own af fairs much better than the L. A. W. was doing. Many erstwhile prominent L. A. W. men are connected with tho C. A. C. C, and Its Influence appears to be spreading to other states beyond tic Hockles. Just what the association's strength Is Is hard to determine at this dlstnncc. However, be tho sueoss of tho C. A. C. C. little or gti-at, tho tlmo hns arrived when tho Cana dian Wheelmen's Association must either recognlzo or Ignore It. S'omo tlmo ago British Columbia rcqirstcd that tho blacklisted riders of tho 0. A. C. C. be allowed to compete In -'aces sanctioned by the C. W. A. This re quest was not granted, tho now asso ciation being told that when it dMuon strated its cnntiol over cycling aifalrs in Its jurisdiction, action would be tak en. Now British Columbia wants '.ho question settled one way or the other. Tho success of their race meets de pends very largely upon the presence of these American coast riders, ami while no threats have been made It is believed that It would not take much to cause British Columbia to throw off its allegiance to tho C. W. A., nnd as' In its lot with the C. A. C. C." I'ower Triiii'inllter. How to gain speed in a mechanical contrivance without the Itus of powct has been nn unsolved problem to me chanics for a long time, but it seems that two Cincinnati Inventors have to all Intents nnd purposes accomplished this lemarkable feat. The invention Is applied to bicycles only at present. Tin, Idea of Messrs. Unit, and Heiter h very simple although to some It ninj appear difficult of explanation. The "power transmitter" Is located nt the hul) of the tear wheel. The ordinal? POWER TRANSMITTER, chain passes over at the rear wheel on what answers the same purpose as tht ordinary small spiocket wheel. The sprockets of this wheel are loose and are really a part of a large sprocket wheel. The latter consists of parallel disk wheels nttnehod to the hub of tlir wheel. Resting upon the small sprock et wheel aro extended levers which fit Into specially constructed grooves at some distance from tho center of the hub. As the chain pulls at one point of the inner sprocket the extended lever engages one of the grooves nnd trans mits tho power to that point. Tho cut will explain this more cleanly. If thh is readily understood It will bo seen that the same force that is applied tc the small sprocket is transmitted to a greater radius, and hence with the snme exertion ndditlonnl speed is at tained. Unlike tho present me- uioti, tno pulling siutlon ol the chain on the rear sprocket does not cover one quarter ol the circumference thereof, but onlj the point near the top, thereby making the icslstnnce considerably less and al lowing tho dlffeience in power lequlr ed to be transmitted to where It wl do the nnst good. ICIWcrrc'K Kxperli-uce. The London Cyclist, In comment Inf on tho performance of Constnnt III vierre, the French long-dlstancu rider who Is now in this country, In tho re cent twenty-four-hour race hold In Paris, says: Rlvlerro should oommlt tc memory tho English exclamation, "Save 1110 from my friends!" In the recent twenty-four-hour race ho retired nt tho seventeenth hour, hoping to re cruit his strength by a temporary rest. Somo well meaning, but misguided, friends gnvo him a potion, a sort ol mysterious cnduinuce-cum-speed elixir which, by all accounts, nearly settled mm. lie was seized with violent ah domlnnl pains, and for dnys afterwnrd felt the effect of this drastic renirdy So noro does he feel nbout, mentall nnd physlcnlly, thnt no one dure men tion the speed mixture In his presence From such llko philtres may all good speedmen be defended! Rlvlerro goes to tho United Stntcs to try his luck In various handicaps, of six, twelve and twenty-four hours' duration. Our American cousins beom still able to tol erate long endurance fixtures, as wit ness the recent six days' grind at Bos ton. Time was when such ovents evok ed more than passing interest in Eng land; wo remember something of the kind long before tho advent of pneu matics, In 1879, at tho Agricultural hall, when solid-tired ordinaries com peted. But tho British public will not may go beyond a 21 hour show and our American cousins nro welcome to keep their six days' grind ns long as they pleabo on their sldo of the her. ring pond. Tho recent work of Tom Cooper, tht Dotrolt racer, of tho national circuit, shows thnt ho Is not riding In his usual form. Racing men declare that Cooper Is all out of condition, and needs sev eral weeks of rest. Ituc uaiicc nc inncnimr m w inc nuuoc ur nAroDunu. w Tho new that Arehduko Franz Fcr llnand of Austria, son of the late Arch duke Carl Ludwlg and Princess An nunclata, and heir presumptive to tho throne of Austria-Hungary, hns mar ried beneath his station, while It will assuredly cause consternation In the great courts of Europe, will hardly surprlso thoso who know how prone tho male members of tho Anwti Inn Im perial houses havo been, nt least dur ing tho present century, to enter In to matrimonial alliances of this kind. In this respect many of the Hapsburgs have won much iinenvlablu notoriety. I-ove, Indeed, has played a great part In tho lives of many of them, bringing In too ninny Instances ostracism and social ruin, and in one Instance, at least, a lamentable and untimely death. Never singularly fortunate.the Haps burgs havo of late years been singu larly unfortunate. Study their his tory for tho past few decides, and how many domestic casualties and ec centric acts you will find recorded. Onl a few years ago Archduke John of Austria disappeared, and they say that the old emperor still mourns for lilm. A brilliant fellow he was, hut wonderfully hot headed and Independ ent. "His teachers complained that ho seemed to lack a sense of rever ence." Ho entered tho army nnd at onco Inaugurated several sweeping re forms. The state authorities checked him, and then. In revenge, ho published 11 hitter pamphlet. In which ho In veighed tlercely against the Austrian military authorities and claimed that tho army was shamefully mismanaged. Tho empeior punished him by sending him to Cracow, but ho was soon back in Vienna, writing music, studying spiritualism, and otherwise busying himself. The led tape of olllclallsni ho constantly defied, and at last, In Sep tember, 1S87, tho empeior deprived him of all his olllces and forbado him to appear at court. In disgust the arch duke left Vienna, and tho world next heard that he had assumed the nam of Johann Orth, and had married Em lllo Stubel. a pietty llttlo Austrian alnger. It was 11 lovo match, pure and simple. One day Emlllo "met a hand some young man who said ho was n student, and with whom sho fell In love, because he loved her so tenderly. Duly sho thought he dressed much too MEMBERS OF THE plainly. At a review of tho army, however, sho saw hor student lover In a uniform so duo that It almost took her breatli away. She asked some one who ho was and wna told that he was Arehduko John of Austria." Johann Ortli next became a captain, nnd soon afterward tho world heard thnt ho hail lost his life at sen while sailing to Val paraiso from Buenos Ayres. Not very long ago, however, tho junior spread thnt ho was still alive and ho had seen fighting on the side of tho congrcsslon allsts In tho Chilian war. Anyhow, there is no moro typical example of a rebel llnpsburg than Johann Orth, A kindred soul Is Arehduko Henry, youngest son of tho luto Arohdtike Rainier, viceroy of lombardy. I Jo was a general in tho nrmy, nnd whllo stn tloned nt Orntz ho made tho acquaint ance of Frnuleln Hofinanu, a singer at tho theater, with n monthly salary of fifty florins. Sho was by no meaas a great singer. Her Inst role was thnt of Pamela, In "Frn Diavolo;" but sho was pretty, quick wlttcd, tho very typo of a Viennese girl, nnd above nil, Irre proachable In hor conduct nnd man ners. Tho nrchduke paid court to her, and when ho wns obliged to tnko the field In Italy l1" promised thnt ho would mnrry her If his llfo were spared and his promise he faithfully kept. Tho emperor stormed, fumed, nnd did all In his power to reclaim tho prodigal, but nil his efforts were In vnln. Areh duko Henry had vowed to ho true to Frtuleln Hofmnnn, and not all (he pftwers In Christendom could persuade him to abandon her. All Francis Jos eph could do wns to dcprlvo tho areh duko of his military rank and cxpa- w w mm trlatc him. The mnrilagn took place on February I, ISt'.S, and not until 18S0 did the emperor show any signs of re lenting In the latter year he allowed the aichduke to present his wife and daughter to him. and thus the family quarrel was ended. The misfortunes of (Mini lotto, former empress of .Mexico, form another sad chapter In the history of the Haps burgs. Marie Charlotte Anielle All gusto Vlctolre Clementine Loopoldlno, former empress of Mexico, and sister of the king of the Belgians, Is now ly ing ilaugeiousiy III. Sho was born In IS ID, and was married In 1S57 to Maximilian, who was placed on the throne of Mexico, and was tried and shot on June I. ISO". Mnxlmllllnn III the midst of his troubles went Carlotta to Pails to icquost some effedual aid f 10111 Napoleon III. Falling In her mis sion, she proceeded to Italy, where her leason gave way In consequence of her troubles and worry over the probable fato of her husband. She was ovontu- nllj removed to the chateau of It:ni- ' (hunl.nonr Btusaels.whero.aeeordlng to leport, Kim has employed heiself dur ing her lucid Intervals In writing me molis or the Mexican empire. King Lnipold ot Belgium Is now chaiged at the court of Austria with having squandered In various specula tions, notably In his Congo enterprise, the Immense fortune which he held In trust for Carlotta. Carlotta has been secluded from the view not only of the public, but even of her Austrian, Eng llhh and Ft oik h 1 chit los, for tho last thirty years. Some months ago ru mors weie circulated that she was no longer Insane, but that sho was kept under restraint by hor brother In con sequence of his dread that she would demand an accounting of her fortune. Since the report of the Illness of Car lotta these rumors havo been revived. Tho iclatlves of tho former empress have repeatedly attempted to seo her, but In vain. King Leopold hns per sistently refused to allow her to bo visited by any of them, and this has excited much nnlmoslty against him, as well as distrust at the courts of Windsor and Vienna. Queen Victoria Is nn mint of Carlotta, and tho empress of Austria Is her slRtcr-ln-law. The death of Carlotta will lead to still further bitterness between King HM'SBl'Rti FAMILY WHO HAVE Leopold and the reigning houso of Austria, for, as widow of tho second brother of Empnror Frnnz Josef, Cnr lotta hns been a member of tho HapBburg family, and as such a. large shnro of her vnst property should go nt onco upon her deutli to her hus band's kinsfolk. Indeed, an account ing ought to havo been mado with the Emperor of Austria at the time Car lotta became Insnno, since ho Is ono of lils dent' brother's trustees. King Leopold hns rlways avoided doing this, In splto of tho protests that have reached him from Vlcnnn. Indeed, nt tho present moment tlicro Is .10 royal personage In Europe who is In such bad odor nt tho court of Austria ns King Ixwpolri. Probably tho most unfortunate Haps burg of recent times was Archduke Ru dolf Francis Charles Joseph. He wns born August 21, 1858, and was tho eld est son of Franz Joseph, Emperor ot Austria. He was caicfully educated and learned to speak ten languages, and also became versed In zoology and tho natural scleures. Ho was also a great traveler nnd hunter. He was married In 18S0 to tho Princess Stephnnle. Duchess of Snxony, daughter of Leopold II,, King of the Belgians, It was one of the most brilliant nup tial ceremonies of the century. Tho royally wedded pair did not live happily nnd tho piinceim nought In vain for a separation. It was said that sho was In lovo with an A 11101 Iran when the pol icy of the state forced her to marry Rudolf. Rudolf's sudden death, which occur red ai Meyerllng, near Baden, on Jan. 30. 1SS0, astounded Europe, and was at first supposed to have been caused hy npoplexy. Then the statement was given out that the heir to Austria's Ihronn had met his death by being nc eldentnlly shot while on n hunting ex pedition to Meyerllng. Later tho en tile civilized world was staitled by tho news that the prince had committed suicide. Tho archduke was deeply Infatuated with tho charms of the Baioness Vet cent, a beautiful young girl, who re turned his love. Ho wished to he united to her by morganatic marriage, but his father would not allow such an arrangement. On the evening of Jan. 2!) tho crown prince met tho baioness In a gamekeeper's house not far from tho castle of Meyerllng, and spent tho evening with her. In the morning both wcro found dead, lying sldo by sldo upon a lied. It was asserted thnt tho bnrnuess hud taken poison and that tho prince had shot himself. But theie were n grent many variants to tho story, nnd though tho fact that tho prince committed suicide is now generally accepted, theie aro different versions as to the manner of his taking off. One story Is to tho effect thnt a forester already equipped for the morn ing's ohnso went to the house where tho prlnco was staying in order to ask tho gamekeeper for some Instructions regarding tho hunt that was to take place. He knocked loudly at the door, a window was opened and n man Jump ed out pud ran away. Tho forester aimed nnd Hied, nnd tho fugitive fell, nnd when tho forester walked up to him ho recognized to his horror tho crown prince, who had fainted. The shot had entered tho prince's shoulder. Tho forester called for help and, with tho assistance ot a man who ran to his aid, carried the prlnco Into the game-keeper's house. Tho baroness, seeing tho prince In 11 FIGURED IN HISTORY. faint nnd bleeding from a wound, Imagined thnt ho was dead. Sho Im mediately took up her traveling bag and pulled out a phial. Before she could be prevented she drank Its con tents and fell dead upon tho floor. Soon nftoiward tho crown prlnto came to and wns taken by his owii orders to tho castle of .Meyerllng. Hero ho ordered his valet from the room Into which lie had been carried, and hero he placed a pistol to his head and fired n fatal shot. Letters of the prlnco nnd, of the ImroncRs found after tho tragedy tend to disprove this vcislon, and Indicate n premeditated suicide on tho part of both parties. Thorn wore several wit nesses who declared thnt they had seen tho bodies of tho prlnco nnd the baroness lying side by sldo immediately nfter tho tragedy. A man by tho nnme of Johann Tranqulleln, known by the sobriquet of "Baron Sclmii," who died on Ward's Island nfter a career of dissipation In tho United States, asserted that ho drove tho crown prlnco to Moyorllng on tho day of tho tragedy, nnd told n very different story of tho prlnco's death. Ho said that ho drovo the prlnco nnd a Jolly pnrty of friends to Meyerllng. No women were In tho par ty. Supper was served In tho caiitle of Meyerllng, nnd during the festivities tho Baroness Votcern suddenly mndc hor entrance Into tho supper room and with flashing eyes asked thu prlnco If It was truo thnt ho hnd renounced her. Tho prince, nfter n silence, nnswered thnt his father would nllow of no unlan between himself nnd the baroness. Tho latter thon drew a revolver and fired at Rudolf. Tho ball wounded him i,t slightly, nnd ho caught tho Infuriated woman In his arms, sho innnnged. however, to turn the pistol ngalnst her self and Inflicted n moitnl wound. A olntlvo of tho baroness then sprang up and brought a ehampngno battle with all his might upon tho head of the prince, who sank upon tho floor nnd died. Tho lovers were then Inld sldo by side upon a couch and all the wit nesses to tho sceno wero sworn to se crecy. A number of stories varying in de tails were current In Vienna during tho dnys following the tragedy, nnd ninny startling rumors wore whispered nbout. The- court, of course, hushed up tho affair ns much as possible, and so the story of the prince's taking off hao novsr been authoritatively told. LI. TLE INDIANS AT PLAY. Ilo JSnl l,ne Their Tumpcr I.Ike Oar Lord I'liuutlero). What tinconflned Joy when the camera came out to picture some one, or when we played pa-tol, tho game of the bounding sticks, or the aboriginal hide-and-seek, savs the Laud of Sun shine. Wildest of all wns the fun when the fire fights weie on and 0110 party defended the Pueblo, and tho other, assuming to be Comapche, at tacked It at dusk. Then how wo rolled ndobo mud pellets and stuck them on the tops of our throwing sticks and Jammed a llvo coal Into tho sldo of each, and sent them hurtling Into tkn enemy's camp-until all tho sky seem ed to rain shooting stnis! And what pei feet spirits! Now and then n flro hall would find Its billet and there would be 11 howl of pain and In tho next bieath thu wounded warrlorllng would bo bombarding again with mine spirit than ever and not u whit worse untitle. That Is another of the good things that generally go with the blown skills these children of tlm sun, young and old, are lit players at any game, for they do not lose their tem peis. They give and take, like tho manly dentures natuie tnennt us to be. and not thu peevish, yclfltdt, Inflam mable th'ugs that (ivlllrntlon has made us, I w'lild like to see Just how long one of these happy flro lights could go on between nil equal number of Llttlo lord Fauntloioys before there would be several real fights on hand, 1 . 1 A WONDERFUL MAC1NET. Some years ago, at Wlllet's Point, New York, Captain King of tho United States army mado an Interesting exper iment. Ho took an old gun sixteen feet long, wound It with ten miles of copper who, nnd then connected It with an electrical battery. Tho result was astounding. Tho old gun, used to re pulsion, tho synonym of destruction, only useful when opposed to great forces, hnd changed Its character com pletely. It now exhibited wonderful attractive power. The cannon ball that onco whtstlod from Its mouth, now, by an Irresistible force, leaped toward it. Tho Iron nnd steel which It used to repel wcro now enticed. In short, Captnln King found thnt tho disused gun wns tho most powerful magnet In the world. It soon became, one of the sights to seo cannon balls, which no man could lift, liso from tho ground (o tho muz zle of tho magnet, nnd It did not take long to find out thnt this wonderful magnet hnd 11 lifting power of twenty two tons. Ono of the moat interesting experiments wns to plaeo 11 soldier nbout a foot from tho muzzle of thu gun nnd then turn on the current, (rent Iron spikes would Juinp from tho ground and attach IheinsolVi's to tho silent soldier, who bristled with them all over like a metallic porcupine. Even great cannon balls would leap up and hang upon him. There ho would stand holding up much groater weight than ho could ever poiislbly lift, and all with no conscious expenditure of strength. This, which was the natural, seemed tho wonderful part of tho scene, and always Impressed tho visitor. For tho power wns not In the man, but In the magnet behind him. It wad simply working through him, and would always do so as long as he stood within the radius of Its activity, When he moved away from tho magnet tho Iron would fall from his body, becnuso there wns no power In him to surtnlq It. Thorn Is 11 benutlful analogy lietweeu this mngnet nnd tho Great Teacher who said, "I, If I be lifted up from the caith, will draw nil mon unto me," nnd who Is today to mankind the supreme magnet ic center and fountain of moral nnd spiritual force. They who follow Ills teachings nrc mndo strong to bear bur dens they never could bear alone. The C'uriifed I'hlloitonher. "They say." said the Cornfed Philos opher, "that a man Is known by tho company he keeps, but there are a lot of fellows who, If they wcra ically known by tho company they keep, couldn't keep It. I trust I have mado my meaning clear'." Indlanuuolls Journal! " Mrs. Blinks (meaningly) I asked Dr. Aquupura If whisky was good for colds, and he said "no." Mr. Blinks Well, I don't believe I've got a cold, anyhow.,' It's something else. Did tho doctor mention what diseases whisky was good for? DON'T. Don't eat shad in 11 hurry, unless lifo hns lost Its charms. Don't sit with your back to a slight draft; It might get too warm for you. Don't wear your bathing suit to n Christmas party, just to show folks that you havo one. Don't think that when woman gets her rights sho will bo man's equal. Shoil be his boss. Don't swear beforo your wife. A gentleman will always give his wlfo a chanco to swear first. Don't make a fool ot yourself l( you aro a man; there's lots of women who will do It much hotter. Don't refuse to argue with a woman. Ot course It doesn't do a particle of good, but It affords her lots of pleas ure. Don't throw old shoes after a bride. Tie them up In a neat package and send to her a year Inter; she'll apprr elate them then, I1 1 1 , 1 ,i 11. 1 1 Hi mmmmnrnwrw-r""'- " -- ."...' mfrtiv- L ,i)t