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MAN AND BABooN FIGHT.
The Desperate Struggle Which an At
rican Traveller Had With a Monkey.

Inc desperate Struggle Which an Al
rican Traveller Had With Monkey.
The Cape of Good Hope correspondent
Of the PGtt Ndt Budget describes a deadly
hight that recently took place on the No-
gel River Mountains, in the district of
Somerset East, between Nicholas Hurter
and an immense baboon. MIR. Hurter
was out with his gun, when his dogs en-
gagged with a number of balloons that
were screaming on the top OF the rocky
preclplce oyerhanging his homestead.
Soon all the dogs but one were disabled
and the latter was engaged in a lite-and-
death struggle with an animal that Mr..
Hurter had wounded in the shoulder
Dog and baboon were on the very edge of
the preclpice. Mr.. Hurter had not a sim
gle cartridge left, so he picked up two
large stones and was in the act of hurting
one at the baboon when, unexpectedly, a
tremendous male baboon-the largest he
had ever seen in his life-attacked him.
Mr.. Hurter had just time TO throw the
stone in his upraised hand when the
herce monster was upon him. He seized
Mr.. Hurter by the leg and bit him with
such violence that he thought every bone
in his limb was broken. The animal
then seized him by the chest, placing his
powerful arms around the farmer, and
tried for his throat. Mr.. Hurter, q man
above 90 years of age, was completely
mastered. He, however, seized his an
tagonist by the throat, but with every
move the baboon dragged him nearer the
edge of the precipice over which tie
wounded baboOn and dog had just rolled.
Mr.. Hurter was at his wits ends when
he suddenly remembered he had pen
knife in his pocket. If he could only get
it it out he might ward off the fierce brute
by stabbing him in the face. Mr.. Hurter
gradually got out the knife and put it in
his mouth, the baboon all the while tear
ing the mans face with its hands. Mr..
Hurtner was fast becoming exhausted,
but the baboon seemed as fresh as at first.
With his left hand the farmer managed TO
open the knife, and stabbed and prodded
his assailant, but with little result, the
blood drawn seeming to make the baboon
still more fierce. BY this time Mr..
Hurter, severely wounded and quite ex-
haused, had scarcely vestige of clothing
left. The encounter had lasted an hour
and half-aS well as Mr.. Hurter could
guess-and he was wondering how it
would all end. He thought OF letting 90
his grip of the monster and taking his
chance. At this moment, fortunately for
the mans life, one of the dogs that had
been wounded had sufficiently recovered
to attack the baboon in the rear and the
brute, releasing his hold of the farmer
turned his attention to the dog, but after
a short rough-and-tumble fight it walked
of along the edge of the precipice, fre-
quently looking round as if uncertain
whether it should recommence the COM
bat.
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it, aud thanked him and Heaven ST.

lit, aud thanked him and Heaven ST.
| lently.
Where on earth have you been?''
cried Mrs. Bright. standing at the door,
as Ruth approached the Captains home.
"W here's the raisins and the currants;
where's your hat, and, good gracious,
your shoes?'
swered Ruth, amidst her tears. Jack
has got home-Jack Parker
THE cabin boy OF the Dancing Jen-
nie?' said Mrs. Bright.
He used to be a cabin boy; he's a
sailor now," said Ruth. ''Oh, Mrs.
Bright, if you could see him!''
II see him, indeed!' cried Mrs. Bright.
And so because cabin boy or a COM
mon sailor before the mast has come
home you've forgotten Captain Brignrs
Christmas pudding. It's my belief that's S
mutiny!'
With which exposition of maritime
law, Mrs. Captain Bright boxed her poor
little maid servants ears and sent her OF
to bed without a candle.
1t was Christmas day and Ruth sat with
Jack. She would lose her place for it, but
she could not stay away. He could talk
TO her little, and he said over and over
again that ii he had but the means to buy
a Ilttle place that he could farm he would
leave her no more. But that could not
De. They We're too poor. She must go
10 service place, he To sea, for no one
knew how long.
1t was on bed in the infirmary of the
poorhouse that he lay. The other two
men had gone to their homes, but he had
none TO so TO. But it seemed to him that
alter all late was kind. When he grew
well he would work hard to rise. Ruth
was tit to be Captains lady
Poor little Ruth! Her bundle was put
away in cupboard hard by. Mrs.
Bright in her wrath had made her ''take
it and 60" But Ruth, too, had a hopeful
heart, and certainly might find kinder
mistress
81 can't even give you a Christmas
present, Ruth" said Jack. II have your
hair over my heart now. 1t would have
gone down with me.''
And | have your little ring and those
pretty stones," said Ruth.
''What stones?" asked Jack.
''Those you found in the OYSTERS"
said Ruth. "a handful. Don't you re-
member?''
81 had forgotten" said Jack. 'It
comes back to me now. Ruth, do you
know, believe they are pearls. have
seen some since, and they are found in
such shellS.''
Ruth ran to the closet and got out her
bundle, and the two were looking at
them when the doctor made his rounds.
The good man heard their story and ex-
amined their treasure.
Pearls, of course" he said; land,
Jack, there are not many men in this
place able to make such Christmas
present. These pearls are worth a little
fortune"
1t seemed too good to be true, but true
1t was, nevertheless. The doctor wrote
TO the proper persons, and jeweler came
from New York to examine the pearls,
pronounced them fine and bought them.
There was no more sea-going for Jack,
or for serving for Ruth: and the dream
OF the little farm became reality, and
Ruth and Jack lived upon it as happy as
the king and the queen in fairy tale,
forever atter.-New York Ledger
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FREE LIBRARY
Business Transacted at Last EVENING"
Meeting of the Trustees.

\ Meeting of the Trustees.
The Board of Trustees of the Public
Library met at their office in the library
building last evening. Present: w. c..
Fitch, President; L. E. Smith, Vice
President; S. II. Gerrish, Secretary, and
Add c. Hinkson.
The report of the Librarian for the
month of May was read, as follows ::
Number of books issued during the
month, 3,377, classified thus: Fiction,
2,5l4; history, 2l2; literature, lS9; fine art,
81; useful art, so; science, Y; philology,
.; sociology, l6; religion, "A; philosophy,
43; general works, l76. Percentage of
day, lib. Number OF patrons registered,
1000. Amount Of fines collected, So.
Number of books mended in the library,
l67. The rent OF the upper story for
March was paid, So.
\ vote of thanks was unanimously ten
dered to Prentiss Smith for his donation
of - Forging His Own Chains" by Geo.
Bidwell, and " Feast of the Virgins,'' by
the author, II. S. Gordan.
The following bills were ordered paid:
Capital Gas Company, SI3 80; w. f. Pur-
nell, S674 8S; J. +. Mills, SIS 75; r. Davis,
Sll 90; Frank Hickman, Sll so; 7. j.
Miliken, 81 30; Wells Drury, 81 %; L..
T. McCarty, 81; j. w. Grant Il Co., 81: H.
Williams, S35 80; J. j. Laracy, So; L. J.
Needham, 50 78; w. E. benjamin, $50;
Capital Furniture Company, So 70:
Schaw, Ingham, hatcher < Co., So; San
Francisco Catt Company, So 40; Whittier,
Fuller q Co., 81; Union Ice Company,
81 40; f. w: Bruening, $I07 20; b. RuhI.
SlO7; J. j. Vance, SO; j. w. Sanderson,
s.; Mrs. c. G. Bagnell, 81 %; E. L..
Hawk, SIS 10.
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A Natural Pea-shooter.

Jacks botanical friend, Ernest Inger-
soil, sends him bit of news about one of
the wistarias-the large-leaved, climbing
shrubs that in June hang their purplish-
blue blossoms in great clusters upon
frames or over doorWays, or high up on
the front of houses and cottages. He saws
it is a natural pea-shooter. He found it
out in this way: Wishing to keep some
seeds Of the Chinese wistaria, he picked a
few of the pods that follow the fall of the
flowers in autumn, and laid them upon a
mantelpiece in his warm study Mid
winter came, and one day the gentleman
was astonished to hear sharp crack, like
q tiny pistol-shot, and to see one of the
seeds fly clear across the room, from its
bursting pod on the mantel. 1t struck
against the wall as if trying to pass
throguh it. He laid the other pods away
in a paper, and a day or two later heard
the sharp little reports made by their
swapping open. This vine, then, is not
content that its seeds shall simply fall to
the ground at its root and there spring IN
into growth, but the pods wait until they
have become so tense, with drying and
shrinking, that they can hold their edges
together at the seam no longer. Then
they fly apart with 8 spring that hurts the
seeds many yards, so that new vines NAV
spring up far from the old one As this
goes on year after year, you can easily
see how rapidly these wistarias. If allowed
to grow. would spread themselves over
almost any extent of country.-St. Mich
nlaG
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stenographer,s Rates.

At late meeting of the Denver Stem
ographers Association the following
schedule of rates was adopted: For gem
eral reporting, court reporting. taking
depositions, etc, SO per diem: tran-
scripts, 20 cents per folio, for first copy, 10
cents for second. cents for third. ~
cents for each additional. Where attend
ance is charged, not less than s. shall be
charged for each half day or traction
thereof. Where a charge is waived, tran
scripts shall be at the rate OF 25 cents per
folio for first copy, 10 cents for second, )
cents for third. etc. Transcripts from
dictation, 20 cents for first copy, 10 cents
for second, and cents for third. Copy
ing from manuscript, ETC.. or dictation to
the machine. 10 cents for first copy. )
cents for second and = cents for third
Newspaper and convention work shall be
25 cents per folio. Four hours shall con-
stitute day.
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Articles of incorporation.

Articles of incorporation of the follow
ing companies have been filed in the Sec
retary of States Office since our last re-
port.
Blue Jay Gold Mining Company of San
Francisco. Capital stock, 100000. Di-
rectors-J. z. Edoff, Charles A. Watson,
A. /. Scott, j. w. Dorsey and NJ. A.
Baugh.
South Side Irrigation Company of Le-
moore, Tulare County. Capital stock.
coo. Directors-T. l.. Hannah, James
Orton, y. McGlashan, T. d. Green and
O.. a. Heinlen.
The Connor and Perry Trust and In
vestment Company of San Francisco.
Capital stock, 100000 Directors-Marc
w. Connor, William 4. Ii. Connor, Mel
lie NJ. ConnOr, Raymond A. Perry and
Winfred \. Perry.
Lakeview and Sunny Side Improve
ment Company of San Francisco. Cap
ital stock, 100000. Directors-James p.
Mccarthy, Il. A. Mccarthy, NJ. w. Con-
nor, w. a. NJ. Connor and Charles Nc
Carthy.
West Riverside Water Company of
Riverside, San Bernardino County. Di-
rectors-G. A. Fudickar, d. L. Wilbur.
a. ]. Twogood, Heber Parks, +. II. Dam
caster, George II. Hill and NJ. A. Muir
ply.
John Lee Company of San Francisco.
Capital stock, 100000. Directors-John
Lee, James Gould, Jr., W. C. Doane, a.
ID. Cutler and w. B. Bradford.
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4 FAMOUS SONG.
The Autho or's story of the EsBattle
Hymn OF the Republic"

The Auth or's story of the E'Battle
Hymn OF the Republic.''
SIN the late autumn of the year 1861 -
Mrs. Howe writes the ST. Nicholas, 81
visited the National Capital in company
with my husband, DR.. Howe, and party
Of friends, among whom were Governor
and Mrs. Andrew, Mr.. and Mrs. f. p.
Whipple, and my dear pastor, Rev. James
Freeman Clarke.
''The journey was one of vivid, even
romantic interest. We were about to see
the grim Demon of War face to face; and
long before we reached the city his pres
ence made itself felt in the blaze of fires
along the road where sat or stood our
pickets, guarding the road on which we
travelled.
lone day we drove out to attend a re-
view Of the troops appointed TO take place
some distance from the city. In the car
riage with me were James Freeman
Clarke and Mr.. and Mrs. Whipple. The
day was fine, and everything promised
well, but sudden surprise on the part of
the enemy interrupted the proceedings
before they Were well begun. 4 small
body Of our men had been surrounded
and cut off from their companions; rein
forcements were sent to their assistance,
and the expected pageant was necessarily
given up. The troops who were 10 have
taken part in it were ordered back to
their quarters, and we also turned our
horses heads homeward.
For long distance the foot soldiers
nearly filed the road. They were before
and behind. and we were obliged TO drive
very slowly. We presently began to sing
some of the well-known songs of war.
and among them
John Browns body lies a-moldering in the
grave.
This seemed to please the soldiers, who
cried Good for you'll; and themselves
took up the strain. Mr.. Clarke said 10
me. " ou ought TO write some new words
to that tune l replied that 1 had often
wished to do so.
I'm spite Of the excitement of the day,
l went to bed and slept as usual, but
awoke next day in the gray of the early
dawn, and TO my astonishment found
that the wished-for lines were arranging
themselves in my brain. | lay quite
still until the last verse had completed
itself in my thoughts, then hastily arose,
saving TO myself, L shall lose this if /
don't write it down immediately
searched for sheet of paper and an old
stump Of a pen, which 1 had had the
night before. and began to scrawl the
lines almost without looking, as l had
learned to do by often scratching down
verses in the darkened room where my
little children were sleeping. Having
completed this, lay down again and fell
asleep, but not without feeling that some
thing of importance had happened TO me.
1.-THE poem YVES published soon after
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LOOK INSIDE YOUR WATCH.
Extraordinary Facts in Connection
With the Timepfece of Everyday Use.

Extraordinary Facts in Connection
With the Timepfece Of Everyday Use.
Open your watch and look at the little
wheels, springs and screws, each an in
dlspensable part of the whole wonderful
machine. Notice the busy little balance
wheel as it flies to and fro increasingly,
day and night, year in and year out
This wonderful lite machine is the re-
suit OF hundreds Of years of study and eX-
pertinent. The watch carried by the av-
erage man is composed Of 98 pieces, and
its manufacture embrace more than 1000
distinct and separate operations. Some
Of the smallest screws are so minute that
the unaided eye cannot distinguish them
from steel filings or specks of dirt. I'm
der powerful magnitying glass a per-
feet screw is revealed. The slit in the
head is u 900 of an inch wide. 1t takes
30S, COO Of these screws to weigh a pound,
and pound is worth Sl,5S5. The hair
spring is a strip of the finest steel
about 81 inches long and 1-lO0 inch
wide and 27-l0,0O0 inch thick. 1t
is coiled up in spiral form and
tempering these springs was long held
secret by the few fortunate ones possess
ing it, and evel now is not generally
known. Their manufacture requires
great skill and care. The strip is gagged
to 20-l 900 Of an inch, but no measuring
lllSbI ulICllO las DIS yGO DGbit btN lSGu Cap
able of fine enough gauging to determine
beforehand by the size of the strip what
the strength of the finished spring will
be. A 10000 part of an inch difference
IN the thickness Of the strip makes diff
ference In the running of watch of
about six minutes per hour.
The value OF these springs, when fin
ished and placed in watches, is enormous
in proportion to the material from which
they are made. A comparison will give
a good idea. a ton Of steel made up into
hair-springs when in watches is worth
more than twelve and one-half times the
value of the same weight of pure gold.
Hair-spring wire weighs one-twentieth of
a grain to the inch. One mile of wire
weighs less than half a pound. The bal
ance gives five vibrations every second,
800 every minute, $1,000 every hour, 49,
600 every day, and l57, CSC, 900 every year.
At each vibration it rOtates about one and
one-tourth times, which makes 1917, 100, 900
revolutions every year. In order that we
may better understand the stupendous
amount of labor performed by these tiny
works let us make few comparisons.
Take, for illustration, a locomotive with
siX-fOOt driving-wheels. Let its wheels
be run until they have given the same
number Of revolutions that watch does
III one year and they will have covered
distance equal 20 tWenty-eight complete
circuits of the earth. All this a watch
does without other attention than wind
ing once every twenty-four hours.
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NEWS FROM THE NORTH.
The Indian school at Kuper Island
Worthy Institution.

The Indian school at Kuper Island n
Worthy Institution.
VICTORIA, June IA party of Roman
Catholic prelates who went up to Kuper
Island on Saturday to inspect the Indian
Industrial School returned Monday. The
party consisted of Fathers Lacombe, Ca
ron, Blouchet and Sabin, accompanied
by the Chief of Cree Tribe and the Chief
of Stony Tribe. Father Lacombe, who
has travelled all over Canada inspecting
the industrial schools, says he is delighted
with the institution and it is the best III
the Dominion.
The new Gorge Road Methodist Church
on Sunday opened with impressive cere-
monies.
Charles Todd, Indian Agent, passen-
ger from the nor,h by the Boscowitz,
says that for two years 5000 Indians un-
der his care have been quiet and indus
trious. AT Massett and Port Simpson
they suffered from la grippe during the
winter and many died. The Indians at
Matlakatlah also suffered slightly. When
the Indians heard that there was small
pox in the cities toward the south they
got excited, thinking it would travel up
the coast.
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UNIvERsALIsr SOCIETY.
Largely Attended Convention in Ses-
sion at Riverside.

Largely Attended Convention in Ses-
sion at Riverside.
RIVERSIDE, June "A largely attended
and busy convention of the Universalist
Society Of the State was in session here
to-day. Delegates from all over the
State are in attendance. The report of
the Secretary furnished the convention
the following figures: Total value of
church property in the State, $40, $50, a
gain in the year of $50. $50; total indebted
ness, SI5, 300. During the year a total of
S47, ,436 was raised for church work. Two
new churches have been erected during
the year, at a cost of S4l ,000, one OF
which is located in this city. The con-
vention will continue tomorrow and
next day.
The annual convention Of the Woman's S
State Association, an adjunct of the con-
vention, is in session also, and the fol-
lowing officers were elected by that body
to-day: President, Mrs. II. 3. Manford
of Sierra Madre; Nice-President, Mrs. NJ.
L. Clark of Sonoma; Secretary, Mrs. T.
Vail of Pasadena; Treasurer, Mrs. NJ.
J.. Shaw of Oakland.
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Special to the REooRD-US1oS.

PORTLAND Or, June NEARLY com
plete returns from twenty-oue out OF
thirty-one counties in the State give
Moore (Republican) for Supreme Judge
1903 plurality, Chamberlain (DemocraD
for Attorney-General 33G, Hermann tRe-
publican) for Congress in the First Dis
trict 1869, Ellis Republican, in the Sec
ond District 1,399. The plurality on Con-
gressmen and Supreme Judge will be
largely increased.
The Legislature will stand: Senate
Republicans Is, Democrats II; House
Republicans 36, Democrats "a.
The counting in this city will not be
finished before noon tomorrow.
1t is estimated that 10 per cent. of the
vote of the city will have to be thrown
out on account of irregularities.
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Harmony Between Capital and Labor.

Capital and labor do not everywhere an
tagonize each other as irreconcilable enc
mics. At the lead pencil factory of John
two seem to work together in full har-
mony, if the frequent celebrations of
twenty-fifth and even fiftieth anniversa-
ries of the days when laborers entered
into the service of the firm can be ac-
cepted as evidence of such harmony
One Willer celebrated the fftieth ami
yersary of his engagement with the firm
in 1878, and his son, George Willer, has
Just celebrated his own fiftieth anniver-
sary of his entry. A number of similar,
though not quite so remarkable, ami
versaries have lately been, and others
will shortly be celebrated, all Of which
shows that master ard men at that estab-
hshment need not fear either strikes or
lOcSorIts
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BOTH WANT IT
A Suit for Reclamation District Re-
bate.

A Suit for Reclamation District Re-
bate.
The suit of Reclamation District No.
307 VS.. Franklin Brown and Smith Bales
was heard by Superior Judge Van Fleet
yesterday and taken under adv1sement.
The evidence showed that before the
reclamation district was formed the land
owners within it contributed toward the
purchase of a dredger. After the forma-
ton of the district the Trustees took
charge of the dredger and returned the
money pro rata, according to the land as
sessed. 1t was also shown that Mr..
Brown was the owner of certain tract of
land upon which the levee was made. and
that it was since sold 10 Smith Bales
Brown and Bales disputed as to who
was entitled to the rebate, so the district,
III order TO have the matter settled. de-
posted the money and the facts in court.
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BOUND FOR MORE GENIAL CLINICS.
\ Railroad Secretary Defrauds His
EmpIoyers OF Quite q sum.

\ Railroad Secretary Defrauds His
Employers OF Quite sum.
OAKLAND, June THE Directors of
the Oakland and Berkeley Consolidated
Railroad Company were to have had
their regular weekly meeting at $3.50
o'clock this morning at the carhouse of
the company at Temescal. They did not
meet. The reason that they did not meet
was that their Secretary, X. &. Beggs, was
not present.
Beggs originally came from Australia,
where he was a barber. He was a friend
of Mr.. Martin of the Powell-street Rail
road Company, and when Mr.. Martin ac
cumulated large interest in the Oakland
and Berkeley Consolidated Company, he
put Beggs in as Secretary, Mr.. Martin
himself going on his bonds for honest
conduct and good behavior.
After waiting few minutes for their
Secretary, the Directors of the Oakland
and Berkeley Consolidated Railroad
Company sent to his house, where Mrs.
Beggs and her little child were found in
tears. They had not seen anything of
the husband and father since 7 o'clock
Monday evening. a hurried investiga-
tion was Immediately had, and it is con
jectured that Beggs departed with some
thing like $4,000.
Yesterday Major J. Z. McElrath, the
Nice-President of the company, signed
check for $500 for the payroll of the
company. About five days ago McEl-
rath also signed a check in blank made
out in Beggs' favor.
1t was supposed that Beggs would in
sert a sum like $500; as a matter of fact he
inserted the sum of $4,000. Saturdays
and Sundays receipts, amounting to
something like l,500, are not accounted
for. 1t is supposed that Beggs has been
robbing the company daily for the past
month or more, and it is conjectured that
his populations will run up TO about Sl5,
900.
The police have been notified, and ev-
cry clue of leaving the State has been
covered. The matter has created pro-
found stir in Oakland, as it is one of the
largest steals that has occurred for many
years.
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