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THE HOUSE OF HAPSBURG.

The news that Archduke Franz Fer
Inland of Austria, son of the late Arch
duke Carl Ludwig and Princess An
nunciata, and heir presumptivo to the
throne of Austria Hungary. has mar
ried beneath his station, while II will
lssuredly cause CONSERVATION in the
great courts of Europe. will hardly
surprise those who know how prone
the male members of the Austrian i'm
perial houses have been. at least dur
ing the present century, to enter in
TO matrimonial alliances of this kind.
In this respect many of the Hapsburgs
nave won much uncnviabls notoriety.
Love, indeed, has played a great part
in the lives of many of them. bringing
in too many instances ostracism and
social ruin, and in one instance, at
least, a lamentable and untimely death.
Never singularly fortunate. the Haps-
burgs have of late years been singu-
larry unfortunate. Study their his
tory for the past few decades. and
how many domestic casualties and &C.
centric acts you will find recorded.
Only a few years ago Archduke John
OF Austria disappeared. and they say
that the old emperor still mourns for
him. A brilliant fellow he was. but
wonderfully hot headed and independ-
ent. His teachers complained that
ne seemed to lack n sense of rever-
ence.' He entered the army and at
c |inaugurated several sweeping re-
forms. The state authorities checked
him. and then, in revenge, he published
II bitter pamphlet. in which he in
weighed fiercely against the Austrian
military authorities and claimed that
the army was shamefully mismanaged.
The emperor punished him by sending
him to Cracow, but he was soon back
in Vienna, writing music, studying
~spiritualism, and otherwise busying
himself. The red tape of oficialism
he constantly deficd, and at last in Sep
TENDER. 1887, the emperor deprived him
Of all his Offices and forbade him to
appear at court. In disgust the arch
duke left Vienna. and the world next
heard that he had assumed the nam
OF Johann Ortiz. and had married EN-
lille Stubel. a pretty little Austrian
singer. II was II love match, pure and
simple. One day Emile met a hand
some young man who said he was n
student, and with whom she fell in
love, because he loved her so tenderly.
Only she thought he dressed much too
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trtatc him. The marriage took place
on February 1. 1868. and not until 1889
did the emperor show any signs OF re-
lcnting. In the latter year he allowed
the archduke to present his wife and
daughter To him. and thus the family
quarrel was ended.
The misfortunes of Charlotte. former
empress of Mexico. form another sad
chapter in the history of the Haps-
burgs. Marie Charlotte Amclie Au-
guste Nictoirc Clementine L%eopoldinc,
former empress of Mexico. and sister
OF the king Of the Belgians. Is now ly-
Ing dangerously i'll. She was born In
lSio. and was married in 1857 to
MAMMALIAN. who was placed on the
throne of Mexico. and was tried and
shot on June |. 1867. Macmillan IN
the midst of his troubles sent Carlotta
to Paris to request some effectual aid
from Napoleon Ill. Failing In her mis-
sion, she proceeded to italy. where her
reason gave way In consequence of her
troubles and worry over the probable
fate of her husband. She was eventu-
ally removed to the chateau of Bou-
chant near Brussels, whcrc.according to
report. she has employed herself dur
ing her lucid intervals in writing me-
moiis of the Mexican empire.
King Leopold of Belgium Is now
charged AZ the court of Austria with
having squandered in various spccula-
tions, notably in his Como enterprise.
the immense fortune which he held I'm
trust for Carlotta. Carlotta has been
secluded from the view not only OF the
public. but even of her Austrian, Eng
fish and French relatives, for the last
thirty years. Some months ago ru-
mors were circulated that she was no
longer insane. but that she was kept
under restraint by her brother In on
sequence of his dread that she would
demand an accounting Of her fortune.
Since the report Of the illness of Car
lotta these umor have been revived.
The relatives OF the former empress
have repeatedly attempted to see her,
but in vain. King Leopold has per.
s~istcntly refused to allow her to he
visited 10y any Of them. and this has
excited much animosity against him,
as well as distrust at the courts of
Windsor and Vienna. Queen Victoria
is an aunt of Carlotta. and the empress
OF Austria is her si~ster-in-law.
The death of Carlotta will lead to
still further bitterness between King
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POMer TrnnsmIIicr.

How to gain speed in "A mechanical
contrivance without the loss of powef
has been an u~nsolved problem to me-
chanics for a long time, but it seems
that two Cincinnati inventors have to
all intents and purposes accomplished
this remarkable feat. The invention Is
applied to bicycles only at present. The
idea of Messrs. Bultz and Reiter Is
very simple although to some 1t may
appear difficult Of explanation. The
power transmitter" is located at the
hub of the rear wheel. The ordinary
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chain passes Over at the rear wheel on
what nswer the same purpose as the
ordinary small %sprocket wheel. The
sprockets Of this wheel are loose and
are really a part of Il large sprocket
wheel. The latter consists OF parallel
disk wheels attached to the hub of the
wheel. Resting upon the small sprock-
ct wheel are extended levers which ft
into specially constructed grooves al
some distance from the center of the
hub. As the chain pulls at one point
OF the inner sprocket the extended lever
engages one of the grooves and trans.
mits the power to that point. The cut
will explain this more clearly. II this
Is readily understood it will be seen
that the same force that is applied &c
the small sprOclet is transmitted to q
greater radius, and hence with the
same exertion additional speed Is at.
tanned. Unlike the present me.
thod, the pulling s.stion OF
the chain on the rear sprocket
does not owe one quarter o.,
the circumference thereof, but only
the point near the top. thereby making
the resistance considerably less and al.
lowing the difference in power requir.
ed to be transmitted to where it viii
do the most good.
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A New Adjustment.

Chain adjustment at the rear fork
Tugs has never been one of the feat
ures that cyclists in general admired I'm
n bicycle, although a great deal of in
genuity has been expended by cycle
makers and speciality makers to make
such chain adjustment devices conven-
lent to operate. There has always re-
manned the irksome work for the cy-
clist of making the adjustment alike on
both sides, and the adjustment by &C.
centric discs in the rear fork Tugs, by
which 1t has been sought to overcome
the objection, have somehow not be-
come popular, probably because eccen-
trio devices in this part of the machine
could not very well be made stout
enough to work satisfactorily. 1t
seems now that part makers have
learned a trick from the tandem build
ers who effected front chain adjust
ment in the crank hanger by placing
an interior shell containing the bear
ing members scientifically in it. This
has been found SO satisfactory that on
several tandems this mode Of adjust
ment in both hangers has been en-
ployed and now by a gradual evolution
there are signs appearing on the hori-
on that the same method will be
rather commonly adopted for single
machines.
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faint and bleeding from a wound,
imagined that he was dead. She i'm
medlately took up her ira, cling bag
and pulled out n phial. Before she
could he prevented she drank its con-
tents and fell dead upon the floor.
Soon afterward the crown prince
came to and was taken by his own
orders to the castle of Meyerling.
Here he ordered his valet from the
room into which he had been carried,
and here he placed a pistol to his head
and fired a fatal shot.
Letters Of the prince and OF the
baroness found after the tragedy tend
to disprove this version, and indicate a
premeditated suicide on the part Of
both parties. There were several wit
nesses who declared that they had seen
the bodies OF the prince and the
aroness lying side by side Immediately
after the tragedy.
A man by the name OF Johann
%Tranquilein, known by the sobr!quet OF
Baron Schau," who died on Wards
island after a career OF dissipation In
the United States, asserted that he
drove the crOwn prince to Meyerling
on the day OF the tragedy, and told a
very different story OF the princes
death. He said that he drove the
prince and a jolly party OF friends to
Meyerling. No women were in the par
~. Supper was served In the castle of
Meyerling, and during the festivities
the Baroness Vetcera suddonIy mado
her entrance into the supper room and
with flashing eyes asked the prince II
II was true that he had renowned her.
The prince, after a silence, answered
that his father would allow of no union
between himself and the baroness. The
latter then drew a revolver and fred
at Rudolf. The ball wounded him but
slightly, and he caught the Infatuated
woman In his arms. She managed.
however, to turn the PISTOL against her
self and inflicted a mortal wound. A
relative OF the baroness then sprang
up and brought a champagne bottle
with all his might upon the head of the
prince, who sank upon the floor and
died. The lovers were then laid side
by side upon a couch and all the wit
nesses to the scene were sworn to Sc
crecy.
A lumber OF stories varying In de-
tails were current in Vienna during the
days following the tragedy, and many
startling rumors were whispered
about. The court, of course, hushed up
the AFFAIR as much as possible, and so
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Columbia unless they recognize the
organization on the Pacific coast. The
oScial organ of the c. w. \. in its
issue of Sept. 6 comments editorially
on the existing trouble as follows;
THE four letters G.. A. c. c. stand
for the Coast Associated Cycling Clubs.
pronounced by the l.. a. W. a black
list association. II was formed 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
u. A. w. men are connected with the
c. A. c. C., and its influence appears 20
be spreading to other states beyond the
Rockies. Just what the associations
strength is is hard to determine at this
distance. However, be the
success of the G.. 4. c. G. little or great,
the time has arrived when the Cana
dian Whcelmen's Association must
either recognize or ignore II. Some
time ago British Columbia requested
that the blacklisted riders Of the g. a.
L. {. be allowed to compete III 'aces
sanctioned by the c. w. A. THIS re-
quest was not granted. the new asso-
citation being told that when 1t Demon
strated its control over cycling affairs
in It's jurisdiction. action would be TAX
en-. Now British Columbia wants he
question settled one way or the other.
The success of their race meets de-
Ponds very largely upon the presence
OF these American coast riders. and
while no threats have been made 1t Is
believed that IL would not take much
to cause British Columbia to throw OF
Its allegiance to tho G. w. A., and "as'
In It's lot with the G.. A. G. c."
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Leopold and the reigning house Of
Austria, for. as widow OF the second
brother OF Emperor Franz Josef, Car
lotta has been a member of the
Hapsburg family, and as such a large
share OF her vast property should go
at once upon her death to her hus-
bands kinsfolk. Indeed, an account
ing ought to have been made with the
Emperor OF Austria at the time Car
lotta became insane, since he Is one
OF his deae brothers trustees. King
Leopold has always avoided doing this,
In spite OF the protests that have
reached him from Vienna. Indeed, at
the present moment there is 40 royal
parsonage In Europe who Is In such
bad odor at the court OF Austria as
King Leopold.
Probably the most unfortunate Haps-
burg OF recent times was Archduke Ru-
dolf Francis Charles Joseph. He was
born August 81, 1858. and was the eld-
est son OF Franz Joseph, Emperor OF
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DON'T.

Don't eat shad in a hurry, unless life
has lost It's charms.
Don't sit with your back to a slight
draft; 1t might get too warm for you
Don't wear your bathing suit to a
Christmas party. just to show folks
that you have N
Don't think that when woman gets
her rights she will be mans equal.
She'll be his boss.
Don't wear before your wife. A
gentleman will always give his wife a
chance to swear first.
Don't make a fool Of yourself II you
are a man: there's lots of women who
will do 1t much better.
Don't refuse to argue with a woman
or course 1t doesn't do a particle Of
good, but II affords her lots Of pleas
ure.
Don't throw old shoes after q bride.
Tie them up In q neat package and
send to her a year later; she'll appre-
ciate them then.
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LIZ TIE INDIANS At PLAY.
DO Not Lose Their Temp.rs Like our
Lord Fauntieroys.

DO Not Lose Their Tempers Like our
Lord Fauntieroys.
What unconfined JOY when the
camera came out to picture some one,
or when we played pa-tol. the game of
the bounding sticks. or the aboriginal
hide-and-seek, saws the Land OF sun
shine. Widest Of all was the fun when
the fire fights were on and one party
defended the Pueblo, and the
other. assuming to he Comanche, at
tackled II at dusk. Then how we rolled
adobe mud pellets and stuck them on
the tops OF our throwing sticks and
damned a live coal into the side Of
each, and sent them hurtling into the
encmy's camp until all the sky seem
ed to rain shooting stars And what
perfect spirits! Now and then a fire
ball would find Its billet and there
would be a howl Of pain and in the
next breath the wounded w%arrlorling
would be bombarding again with more
spirit than ever and not a whit worse
nature. That Is another of the good
things that generally 90 with the
brown ~skiu-these children of the SUM-.
young and old, are ut players at any
game, for they do not lose their tenn
pcrs. They give and take, like the
manly creatures nature meant us to
be. and not the pecvlsh. selfish, inham-
mahle things that civilization has made
us. would like to see Just how long
one OF these happy fire lights could 20
on between an equal number OF Little
Lord Fauntleroys before there would
be several real fights on hand.
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plainly. At a review of the army,
however, she saw her student lover in
a uniform SO fine that 1t almost took
her breath away. She asked some one
who he was and was told that he was
Archduke John of Austria" Johann
Orth next became a captain, and soon
afterward the world heard that he hal
lost his life at sea while sailing to Val
paraiso from Buenos Ayrcs. Not very
long ago, however, the rumor spread
that he was still alive and he had seen
lighting on the side of the COMPRESSION
alists in the Gillian war. Anyhow,
there Is no more typical example Of n
rebel Hapsburg than Johann Orth.
A kindred soul Is Archduke Henry,
youngest son Of the late Archduke
Rainier, viceroy Of LOmbardy. He was
a general in the army. and while sta
toned at Gratz he made tho acquaint-
ance of Fraulein Hofmann, a singer at
the theater. with a monthly salary Of
fifty forms. She was by no means n
great singer. Her last role was that
of Pamela, in Fra Diavolo;" but she
was pretty, quick witted, the very type
Of a Viennese girl, and above all, ire
proachable in her conduct and man
ncrs. Tho archduke paid court to her,
and when he was obliged to take the
field In Italy 10 promised that he
would marry her If his life were spared
and his promise he faithfully kept. The
emperor stormed. fumed. and did all
In his power to reclaim the prodigal,
but all his efforts were in vain. Arch
duke Henry had vowed to be true TO
FrSulein Hoffman,. and not all the
powers In Christendom could persuade
him TO abandon her. All Francis JOS
eph could do was to deprive the arch
duke OF his military rank and expa-
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The Cornfed Philosopher.

They say" said the Cornfed Philos-
opher, that n man il known by the
he keeps. but there are a lot
OF fellows who. II they were really
known by the company they keep,
couldn't keep II. | trust l have made
my meaning clear."-Indianapolis
Journal.
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Self Diagnosis.

Mrs. Blinks tmeanlngly)-I asked
DR.. Aquapura II whisky was good for
colds, and he said no Mr.. Blinks-
Well, l don't believe I've got a cold.
anyhow. It's something else. Did the
doctor mention what diseases whisky
was good for?
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A WONDERFUL MAGNET.

Some years ago. at Willet's Point.
New York. Captain King OF the United
States army made IN interesting exper-
imcnt. lie took an old gun sixteen
feet long, wound IL with ten miles OF
copper wire. and then connected 1t with
an electrical battery. The result was
astounding. The old gun. used to re-
p%ulsion, the synonym of destruction.
only useful when opposed to great
forces, had changed its character COM
pletely. It now exhibited wonderful
attractive power. The cannon ball
that once whistled from It's mouth now,
by an irresistible force, leaped toward
1t. The iron and steel which II used
to repel were now enticed. In short,
Captain King found that the disused
gun was the most powerful magnet in
the world.
IL 500 became one OF the sights to
see cannon balls. which no man could
lift, rise from the ground to the muz-
zle Of the magnet, and II did not take
long TO find out that this wonderful
magnet had n lifting power Of twenty
two tons. One Of the most interesting
experiments was to place a soldier
about a foot from the muzzle of the
gun II then turn ON the current.
Great iron spikes would jump from the
ground and attach themselves TO the
silent soldier. who bristled with them
all over like a metallic %porcupine. Even
great annon balls would leap up and
hang upon him. There he would stand
holding up much greater weight than
he could ever possibly lift. and all with
no conscious expenditure OF strength.
This. which was the natural. seemed
the wonderful part Of the scene, and
always impressed the visitor.
For the power was not i'm the man,
but in the magnet behind him. II was
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 the magnet tho
iron would fall from his body. because
there was no power in him to sustain
II.
There Is a beautiful analogy between
this magnet and the Great Teacher who
said. 81, IL | be lifted up from the earth,
will draw all men unto me-" and who Is
today to mankind the supreme magnet
ic center and fountain of moral and
spiritual force. They who follow His
teachings are made strong to bear burs
lens they never could bear alone.
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The Real ChnmnIon.

The fact that the Amateur Athletic
union holds a one-mile national bicycle
championship each season has suggest
ed the point that the l.. A. w. should
discountenance this event. The ma
tional One-mile l.. A. w. championship
was won by G.. NJ. Ertz OF the River
side wheelmen of this city at the Phil
adelphia meet. Naturally this rider
received the championship title. Fol-
lowing the league meet the A. A. a..
holds it's annual championships. and
among the events is a one-mile bicycle
;. which was won by |. A. Powell, of
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Canucks Worried.

The wheelmen in Canada are greatly
agitated over the liability of the Can
sdian Wheelmen's Association recog-
MIXING the Associated Cycling Clubs of
California as holding Jurisdiction over
cycling in that territory. 1t is evil
dent that the Canadians will lose the
~allegiance Of their riders in British
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the N. Y. A. G. The point is now
raised az to which rider is really the
amateur champion at one mile. Both
men have won championships at the
same distance, but under the auspices
of different organizations controlling
amateur sport.-New York Sun.
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held in that section were fairly sue
cessful and the outlook for a general
secession of western riders from the
league looked encouraging. Lately.
however, advices of the progress of the
Sunday Racing League indicate that
general dissatisfaction Is felt by the
racing men. their confinement TO pure
ly local tournaments spreading discOrd
in their ranks. A prominent wheel
mar in San Francisco describes the
situation as follows:
THE l.. A. w. national circuit has
been a success far beyond the antici-
patiOns of the riders in this state.
Great numbers of new men are coming
TO the front. and yet California has by
her own act cut herself off from all
part in this great circuit. The men
who howled long and loudly for Sun
day racing have It. and ii has been in
a measure a success, but whether 1t Is
worth the price paid is another story.
The racing season in this state, II the
meets held on the Olympic circuit are
entitled to such a title, so far have not
been very prosperous. In this city
there has not been one meet since the
Nelcdrome fiasco, and yet we are told
that when Sunday racing was the rule
there would be Sunday meets with
great crowds. Some of the best rae
ing men are beginning to see the stu
alton more clearly now, and they real
ize. just as was predicted when the
Sunday racing movement began. that
they have paid the penalty-suspension
by the l.. A. W.-for tho violation Of
the league rules"
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NUTES OF THE WHEEL.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO DE-
VOTES OF THE BICYCLE.

The Californis Secedcrs Reported to Be
Having ~ Rocky Time Trying to
Hold Together Their Recognition by
the Canadian wheeimcn.
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the story Of the princes taking OF has
never been authorltatively told.
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kivierre's ExperIruce.

The London Cyclist, in commentins
on the performance of Constant ri.
WE'RE, the French long-distanee rider
who Is now in this country. in the re.
cent twenty-four-hour race held in
Paris, says: Rivierre should commit &c
memory the English exclamation
save me from my friends!' In the
recent twenty-four-hour race he retired
at the seventeenth hour, hoping to re.
cruit his strength by a temporary rest.
Some well meaning. but misguided
friends gave him a potion. a sort O!
mysterious endurance-cum-speed elixir
which, by all accounts, nearly settled
him. He was seized with violent alb.
dominal pains, and for days afterwaro
felt the effect Of this drastic remedy
So sore does he feel about, mentally
and physically, that no one dare men.
tion the speed mixture in his presence
From such like philtres may all gooG
specimen be defended! Rivierre goes
to the United States to try his luck In
various handicaps, of six. twelve and
twenty-four hours duration. Our
American cousins seem still able to toll.
crate long endurance fixtures, as wit
ness the recent six days grind at Bos.
ton. Time Vas when such events evok.
ed more than passing interest In Eng
land; we remember something of the
kind long before the advent of pneu-
mates, In 1879. at the Agricultural
hall, when solid-tired Ordinaries com
peted. But the British public will not
may go beyond a "a hour show
and our American cousins are welcome
to keep their six days grind az Ions
as they please on their side OF the her.
ring pond.
The recent work Of Tom Conner tbe
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The recent work Of Tom Cooper, the
Detroit racer, of the national circuit,
shows that he is not riding in his usual
form. Racing men declare that Cooper
Is all out of condition. and needs sew.
eral weeks OF rest.
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The California Scceuers.

HE movements OF
the Associated Cy-
cling Clubs of Gals
fornia. who have
assumed ccutrol of
Sunday racing On
the Pacific coast,
are watched with
great e%agerness by
the officers of the
l.. 4. w. The
early race meets