Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-07
SEA LION
capsixed Boat and Gave Two Fisher
 men an Exciting Experience.


 San Rafael (Cal.) Spec. San Fran cisco Bulletin: John Bartini and Joe Lafranky. two Italian fishermen, came I very near meeting their deaths the [ other morning off McNear's Point, in San Pablo Bay. Bartini and Lafranky ! had their nets set for the purpose of catching founders, and when the tidq started to turn they proceeded to pull in. when they noticed that the nets were harder to handle than usual. They thought they had an unusual large catch Of founders, but when they had fully z0 fathoms of net pulled into the boat a large sea lion was noticed splashing the water at a furious rate. Bartini called to Lafranky to get an oar and hit him. but just as he had Sd ke words the sea lion stuck his hea ht of the water and, seeing the boat and its occupants, made lunge, eapsizing the craft Bartini, who is a good swimmer, immediately jumped for his partner and, seizing him by the arm, dragged him to the boat and fin- ally managed to get him on the bottom. When the boat capsized the anchor fell overheard and the craft was made fast, The sea lion continued splashing the water at 8 terrific rate. and the Ital- fans were badly frightened. They called for help, but their cries were oS nc avail. as their voices could not be heard a hundred yards the wind blow Ing terrific gale. Finally, after they had been Tn the water for fully three hours, u schooner was sighted coming from the Patent brick yard, and the crew lowered small boat and went to the rescue Of the Italians, who were almost exhausted from fright and cold. After about an hour the boat was lighted, the lion being killed with shotgun from the schooner. It proved to be a large one, weighing fully 1000 pounds. The lion was probably follow ing shoal of herring up the bay and ran foul of the Italians net and sue ceeded in getting tangled up in it. The net is complete wreck. This is the second time that sea lion has been so caught in San Pablo Bay and almost at the cost Of life
 GERMANS STRANGE TTMEPfECE Took Him 1e Years to Make His s4o,ooo
 Clock.
 4 remarkable clock is to be placed on exhibition here in the near future. It has taken 16 years for the inventor, Carl Julius speath. native of Baden. Germany, to build it. Not until 1884 did he start to build this clock It is what the inventor calls an astro- nomieaI art clock. All parts of it were made by Speath himself out of raw material. The smaller parts are plated with gold or silver. the larger parts ore of nickel The case is T feet high, feet wide. and Z feet deep, and is made out of oak wood, Waxed and pol fshed. On the top, at the left hand, stands a rooster, which crows three times, just before the clock strikes F. The cocks crow immediately brings out cuckoo, which chirps if the seq son picture beneath the roof shows spring; quail appears and shrieks if it is summer; in autumn a bull jumps out and bellows, and in winter lion rushes forth and roars. At the top, on the right hand stands the angel Gabriel, who blows his horn after the striking of each hour. Tn the galler2 beneath the roof stand the four eyangeasts, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Two statues stand in another apartment and strike the quarter hours. Near the first quarter-hour stroke stands child, near the second a young man, near the third a man fully developed, and uear-the fourth an old man. These figures are sup posed to illustrate the four stages of human existence. Tn the center of the gallery is the Savior, seated upon the clouds, holding book and cross and showing his wounds. The astronomical part of the clock is very elaborate. The eclipses of the sun and moon are shown distinctly and predicted accu- rately. The position of the stars and their movements are also shown very beautifully. The milky way, equator, zodiac, and meridians are painted on globe. At the lower right-hand cor.
 R @ SNSAo ihuiSaIloA ol lne udIes weekday, and month, with the illus trations after which the weekdays are named. The whole clock weighs only [ 335 pounds, but it's appraised value in Germany is s4o,OO0-New York Jour nal.
 Journeys Around the, Earth.
 The time required for a journey ! around the earth by man walking day and night. without resting, would be 42S days; an express train, forty 1 days; sound, at a medium temperature, thirty-two and one-half hours: 8 can- l