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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-24
BANK GUARANTY LAW
DECLARED TO BE VOID
Decision by the United States Dis
trict Court at Topeka Affecting
Kansas Statute.

TOPEKA. Kan, December 24.-Judge
john c. Pollock Of the United States dis
trict court. In q decision here today, de-
clared the Kansas bank guaranty law to
be invalid.
Judge Pollock granted two injunctions
In ruling out the law. One case was that
of Frank 8. Larabee, a stakeholder in the
Exchange State Bank of Hutchinson.
against the officers and directors Of the
bank and J. N. Dolley, state bank COM
missioner. His contention was that a
stakeholder In a state bank can object and
prevent the participation OF his banks In
the guaranty law. Judge Pollock upheld
this argument in every particular.
The other case was that Of the Abilene
National Bank against the bank commits
sioner and state treasurer. on the ground
that the state guaranty law is unconsti-
tutional.
Judge Pollock granted temporary in
junction in this case, holding the law in
operative. and flxes bond Of $50 900 to be
given by the bank pending final DISPOSE
ton of the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-24
CAFES CHIMNEY AFIRE.
Grease Causes Blake Which Attracts
Crowd Of Shoppers.

Grease in q chimney Of the kitchen OF
the Queen Cafe, 7th and q streets north
west, caused q slight blaze soon after
o'clock this afternoon and was ex-
tinxished by the IRE department before
any material damage resulted.
The large quantity of. smoke which
poured from the upper stories of the
building attracted a crowd Of Christmas
shoppers. who were kept at safe dis
lance by the police reserves OF the first
and sixth precincts.
The burning of refuse in the yard in
rear OF the house of Ellen Brooks. 1429
8 street, today caused an alarm from box
240. No damage resulted.
No. II engine company responded to an
alarm OF 'fire this afternoon and found
the fence on the premises OF Miss Marie
Madre, Rhode Island avenue and 9th
street northeast. burning. About IS DAM
age was caused.
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WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.

Quotations given below are for large
lots Jobbers prices are higher.
EGGS.-Nearby fresh Virginia. 30as1;
west Virginia and southwest Virginia,
29a3O; Tennessee, 2Sa29.
BUTT Err. - Creamery, fancy, 36a36h.
Western firsts. 34a35; seconds. 29a30.
Process. fancy. 2Sa29; fair to good, Goa
- Store-packed. fresh, 22a23
CHEESE. = New York state factory.
new. large. 16Aa16A.
POULTRY.-Chickens spring, per h.,
15a16; hens. per h.. 1917; ROSTERS
per h.. 21a22; ducks. per h.. 12a14.
DRESSED P0ULTRY.-Turkeys, per
h., 24a26; hens, choice. per lb, IA.
ROSTERS. per h., 10: chickens. spring,
per lb-. 16a17: ducks. per h., 14a16.
VEGETABL4ES-Pota No. l. per
Dbl, 2.O0a2.25; sweet potatoes, per bill.
1.75a2.25; yams. per Dbl, 1.25a175; Gu
cumbers, per basket. 1.5Oa2. 80; onions.
per bu.. So: cabbages, per 100, 3.OOa
500; brussels sprouts. per qt.. 1Oa1.;;
per bbl.. 75a1 100; string beans. per bas-
ket. 1.2Sa2.25; lettuce, per basket GOA
200; tomatoes, Florida, per crate, 2.OOa
800; radishes. per 100. 100; peppers. per
crate. 1.15a2.00; turnips, per box, 80;
turnips. per Dbl, 100
GREEN FRUITS. Apples, per bbI.,
3.OOa5.O0; oranges. Florida, per box, i7J
ALSO: grape fruit, per crate, 25Oa325;
plneapples, per crate. 2O0a3.0O; cram
berries, per bbl., 5.50a6.J0: walnuts, per
H.. 1 u; kumauats. per crate. I.75a3OO
HAY AND STRAw-Hay. western
No. 1. 17.50a1sS,O; No. =, 165OaI7. 90;
mixed. l5.OOa16.5O. Straw, rye, bundle,
15.OOa16.00: straw, rye. machine thrash
1O-OOa1l.O0; straw. wheat, per ton, 6.5Oa
100: straw. oat, per ton. 650a7.OO.
LIVE STOCk.-Cattle. extra, per cwt.,
5.25R5.50; medium, per cwt., 4.OOa4. rs;
ordinary, per cwt.. 3.00a3. 80. Hogs, per
cwt. gross. sh asa. Sheep. per h., ia
4; lambs. choice, per H., 7a7h medium,
per h., 61Ra7. Calves, choice, per h.,
Sha9: medium, per H., SaSlk.
GAME.-Rabbits. per doz., 2.OOa3.OO.
WOOL AND HIDES. - Wool, washed,
free of burrs, per h.. 33a35: wool. un-
washed, per h., 2sa29. Hides, green,
per h.. IL; hides. dry. per h.. 14aI5:
sheepskins. green. each. 75a1.15; calf
skins, green. each. 1.30a1 so; dry flint
hides, per lb., 15al6; dry sailed hiies,
per h., Halls.
GRAIN.-Wheat new. per bu. 1.O6a
100. Corn. shelled. per bu., 65a72; new
ear, per bbl. 3.50a3.75. Oats. western
white. No 2. per bu.. 54a5S; oats, mixed
per bu.. 5Oa55. Bran, per ton, 25.OOa
900. Middling. per ton, 300.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-24
TWO FIREMEN KILLED;
THREE SERIOUSLY HURT
Fire Destroys Block In Lewiston,
Me-, Causing Lon Estimated to
he $4,000.

LEWISTON. Me-. December N.-Two
hremen were killed and three severely In
jured today at a fire which destroyed q
three-story wooden block on Lisbon street,
owned by Callahan Bros. and containing
two stores and three tenements.
The dead are:
Philip Basinet and Thomas King, both
Of the Lewiston department.
Frank Dulac of the Auburn fire brigade
sustained q broken shoulder, and Fireman
Daniel Adams, also of Auburn, was cut
and bruised. J. L. Robbins Of Lewiston
had a leg crushed. The firemen were
working on the ruins Of the block after
having gotten the fire under control. when
suddenly and Unexpectedly two walls coll
lapsed and the three floors dropped
through to the cellar.
Basinet and King were instantly killed.
The burned property was valued at
$4,000.
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BALTIMORE GRAIN.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE. Md, December 24.-WHEAT-
quiet: spot contract. 1.21; spot No. red west
ern. 12l1s; May, 1.19A; steamer No. red
l:l2A receipts 6,O53 bushels; southern by sam
pie. SOal.12: southern on grade, 1.14a1.2 Pig.
CORN-Ffrm: spot contract, 6691a66g; year
6611a66A January. 67a67A: February, 67sta6S
March. 0Siza6SA; steamer mixed, 63A; receipts
.Ol5 bushels; exports, 1889 bushels; south
ern white corn, 841sa67; southern yellow corn
64a661s.
OATS-Firm: No white 5OaoOls: No.
white, 4Sha5O; No. mixed, 4Sa4S11
RYE-Quiet; No. western domestic. S1aS3
HAY-Firm. unchanged.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Quiet unchanged.
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FOREIGN BANKS.

BERLIN. December 24-Exchange on
London. 20 marks ~ pfennigs for checks.
Money, AZ per cent.
Rate of discount for long bills 4a4k
per cent.
PARIS. December 24.-Closing: Three
per cent rentes, 90 francs so centimes for
the account.
Exchange on London. % francs 10
centimes for checks.
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Warrington Stock Exchange.

Ssles.-Resular call. IL o'clock neon-Washing
ton Gas As, $500 at 100.
Capital Traction 81, $1,000 At lls. $1,000 Al
Columbia R. r. O.. 81 900 ct 1o7
Potomac Electric Cons. So, 5000 at 1914
g 600 at 101H. 5000 at ION. 5000 ct lOiE
Washington Rwy. and Elec. pfd., 10 at 91h.
washington Gas. Is at TAN.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 2 at 2l0N at 2l0K
I at 2lOX.
Lanston Monotype. 100 at f7N. 2 at 10.
Greene Cananea, 100 at IL.
Second National Bank. 10 at 100.
Union Trust, at 132.
Arlington Insurance, at 30.
Graphophone pfd.. 10 at 81, 10 at 3lk.
After call-0faphophone CON-, 10 at II, Il
at II.
Washington Gas, Is at TAN, Is at 74E q
At 7zH. 81 at TAN. % at 74N. 10 at Is.
Capital Traction %, $4,000 at 1854, $1,000 a
113A, $500 at 1I3k.
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House in Oregon Avenue Sold.

Gardiner & Dent. incorporated. have
sold for David B. Murdoch. jr.. the house
1921 Oregon avenue northwest. This
house is q three-story brick, containing
ten rooms. The price paid was about
$1,000 The purchaser. c. F. Brown, will
hold the property az an investment.
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EXPRESS TRAIN WRECKED.
Rumor Of Death and Injury on Co
madam RAILWAY.

WINNIPEG, Man. December A.-The
Toronto express on the Canadian Pacific
railway. which left Winnipeg Wednesday,
was wrecked yesterday afternoon east
Of Fort William. Forty passengers are
reported to be seriously injured. First
reports had forty killed.
All wires are down. and the first and
only information was received over the
dispatcher's telephone wire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-24
Mrs.. Mary I. D. Burke Dead.

The death Of Mrs. Mary Lee Dorsey
Burke occurred this morning at her home.
43l 10th street northwest. She was the
widow Of John Burke and y sister OF the
late Stephen Dorsey. Two sons. Michael g..
Burke and Henry A. Burke, and three
daughters, Mrs. Anna Drescher.. Mrs.
Charles F. Salb and Mrs. Joseph F. Null
hare, survive her.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, december A.-The wheat
market settled into a dull, dragging affair
today following q mild rally at the start
due to moderate covering by shorts.
Traders were inclined to hold OF in view
Of the holiday tomorrow.
The market opened rather weak with
prices unchanged to &c lower compared
with the previous close. Initial quota
tions on December were at 1.16 and on
May at LII to LIZA. A small decline at
Liverpool was chiefly responsible for the
heayiness here at tho opening. After ad-
vancing to 1.16aS the December option
dropped back again to about the opening
level. May also reacted somewhat after
selling up to Lily.
Unsettled weather in the principal corn
growing states caused considera BILE
strength In the corn market early in the
session. Demand was quite general and
offerings were light. Opening quotations
were y to asahc higher with May at 66N
to sex. Later the prices OF the May de-
livery advanced to 9Th.
Trading In oats was fairly active and
the market was strohg early in the day.
Buying of May oats against sales Of
May corn was feature. The May de-
livery opened unchanged to Nc higher at
4S1s to 45h and advanced to ASH.
nrmness being due to Unexpectedly light
receipts OF live hogs. Prices at the OPEN
Ing were shade to 15a17,4c higher.
Ihe market was inclined to be weak all
day, although the December delivery
showed some firrnness late in the day on
covering. The price OF that option sold
up to 1161a. May ranged between 1I1X
and Ills and 10Y. The close was steady.
with December y higher, at 1161a, and
May 4 lower. at 1.11M.
COMMUNICATIONS 1181h; May.
LIN; July. LM1sa1ON.
Corn-December, cox; March. '68Aa66K:
July, 0o1sao6A.
oats-December. An; May, Ash; July.
Pork-January, q 20; May Il .a2k; July.
M.7O.
Lard-Decehnber, 1880; January, 1890;
May, 11.o5; July, 11.O2hS
Ribs-January, II. 45a11. An; May. 1.4O:
July, 11.871aa11.40.
Rye-Cash, toy: December. II; May,
8OaS1.
Barley-Cash, 53a71.
Timothy-March, 3.06a4.0O.
C1over-March. 1900.
New York Grain and Provisions.
NEW YORK, December n. - Butter =
Steady: receipts. 1870 boxes; state dairy.
common to finest. 26a84.
Cheese-Firm, unchanged; receipts, 1.075
boxes.
Eggs Easter; receipts. 4.2T5 crates.
State, Pennsylvania and nearby hennery.
brown and mixed. fancy. 3Sa4O: state,
Pennsylvania and nearby gathered.
brown. fair to prime. 32a37; western ex-
ira first. s3a34: first. 31a32.
Flour-Quiet; spring patents. 6.4Oa5. IS:
winter straights. 5.25a535: winter pat
ents. 6.40a59O; spring clears. 4.4Oa4.85;
winter extra No. 1, 4.6Oa4.0O: winter extra
No. 2. 4.4Oa4.60; Kansas strRights. 40Oa
Sis; receipts, "a, 442 barrels.
Rye-Steady: No. 2 western, S4A; nom
inal (. o. b. New York.
Wheat - Lower cables ana favorable
Argentine news sent wheat prices of u
to NC at the opening, but the market
soon rallied on small receipts and COM
mission house buying. and ruled dull and
OF q holiday character. May. 1.181ka
1.1S1s; July. 1O931a1.O05s. Receipts. IS. 400
bushels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-24

LOS ANGELES, December 2.-Mrs.
Harry Duffield, known on the stage for
many years as Phosa McAllister. il dead
at her home in Glendale. For several
seasons she was Edwin Booths leading
woman and played with him in New York
and on the road. Mrs. Dufheld was born
nfty-eight years ago at Stoneham. Me.
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Homer Clark Killed in Feud.

GAINESVILLE, Ca. December GA
family feud of long standing broke out
afresh at a church social at Nimbelwell
Church, Lumpkin county. last night.
Homer Clark was killed and his brother
Henry fatally wounded Mark Crane,
who 10 alleged to have done the shooting.
escaped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-24
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs, & Co.. bank
ers and brokers. Hibbs building. members
New York Stock Exchange. Washington
Stock Exchange and Chicago Board OF
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Liverpool Grain Prices.

LIVERPOOL, December A.-Closing:
Wheat-Spot Arm: No. 2 red western win
ter, So 2lad. Futures quiet; December. Us
1nd: March. IS 11hd; May. 7s 9kd. Corn
Sput new American mixed (via 0alvestcn)
steady, IS Cd; old American mixed (via
Galveston) quiet. % 1Od; futures quiet;
January mixed, IS sid; January plate. 90
ND.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-24

NEW YORK. December 24.--Today is q
holiday on the cotton exchange here.
LIVERPOOL. December 24.-The cotton
exchange IL closed today.
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NEW YORK CURB PRICES.

Quotations furnished By 3. F. Hutton 4 Co..
members New York Stock Exchange; ThemA9- b
Hume and Edw. Floy Caveriy. Managers. i3ea
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MARKET IS FIRM
Stocks Strong in Spite of Holt
day Dizziness.
INDUSTRIALS MARKED UP
Features Of. Day Are Pennsylvania
and u. S. Steel-Reading Loses
Part of Yesterdays Gain.
INDUSTRIALS MARKED vi

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 24.-Real anti
holiday dullness ruled in the stock market
today. The financial district, while not ex-
actly depopulated, had rather deserted
aspect. and the customers rooms of bro
kerage houses were occupied chiefly by
empty chairs and tickers that suffered
only at long intervals. Firmness. withal,
characterized the days price movement In
stocks, although the course of quoted
values was rather irregular.
The opening was firm, and in the sub
sequent dealings prices hardened. Such
activity as there was was more noticeable
when quotations were advancing than
when they were marking time or receding.
Two or three of the industrial special
ties were marked up sharply, notably
Brunswick Dock American Agricultural
Chemical and Virginia-Carolina Chemical.
but in so far as the market had any in
teresting feature it was furnished by the
conspicuous firmness of Pennsylvania,
Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, American
Smelling, Anaconda, Amalgamated Cop
per and United States Steel. The stand
ard quality of these issues is lndiSputa-
bic, and when they move as they did to-
day the fact does not evoke suspicion or
cause uneasness, as do such spectacular
performances were witnessed yester-
day. Reading second preferred did not
open today until toward the end of the
first hour, and thereafter ii was traded in
at a substantial loss from yesterday
close.
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Eloped Twice Before.

Twice the would-be bride and BRIDE
groom tried to effect an elopement. Once
they figured in cross-country chase.
ended by their capture just as they were
about to cross the Oklahoma state line.
Determined to prevent the marriage. the
Jngrams sent Miss Hottie and her four
teen-year-old sister. Clytie, to the Black
stone, Va. Female Institute. 1t was
from that institution that they came to
Washington to spend the holidays with
their cousins the Carriers.
The Carriers and Miss Clytie Ingram
came to Washington yesterday to do
Christmas shopping. Miss Hettie Ingram
remained behind. pleading headache.
Servants say she left the house as soon
as the other folks had boarded q car
for town. They saw her meet a young
man not far from the house.
The little bride is pretty. and she has
a strain OF Indian blood In her veins
her maternal grandmother being full
blood Chippewa. The lngrams have q
1000 acre ranch in Oklahoma.
Miss Clytie Ingram telegraphed her
father last night rs soon as her sister
disappeared. and again this morning.
when the post card came. She received
a message In reply which indicated that
no effort will be spared to locate the
clippers.
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LONDON. December "a.

BIIVeT EfFaU per OUNCE.
Money. 4a4it per cent.
The rate of discount in the open market for
short bills Is 3Aa3k per cent
The rate of discount In the open market for
three-month bills Is 3asa3 11-16 per cent.
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The Safest Investments

Are those that Do not auctnats dsrtng a..
tufbed conditions Of the monsy o spek
Dafaets. Fisst dssl Of trast neees Dot
the District OF Columbia, csnstitsts 'sUllt
edge" tnvsstments. Thsy - oct ls0lad
gpon the financial responsibility q D.
diviouab OF c0eporati0ns for theoe Utnol1oty
and are exempt from taxatien - pessaosl
property. We can supply seA iasst:
fer beuklet. 'Csnessning Lasas 80 L.
vestments."
Swartzel1, Rheem Z
Hensey Co.,
To 18TH 81. NV.
selS-A. esu,o
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Representative Carter Busy

Representative Carter had just reached
home yesterday after trip to Okla
homa. He quickly took steps to capture
the clippers.
The Washington police department was
enlisted. Every policeman In the city
was posted to be on the lookout for the
young folks.
Detectives Weldon and Burlingame
were assigned special to the case. They
covered all the big downtown hotels and
also the Union station.
Nut nowhere was trace of the clippers
found. Even the post card which Miss
Clytie Ingram received this morning gave
no indication of the destination of the
newly mated Mr.. and Mrs. Cornish.
It could only be assumed that they
were on q train bound for the young
mans home in the west.
The romance which thus had its cul-
animation began in the town of Cornish,
Oklahoma-which takes Its name from the
bridegroom's father. and where both
young folks reside-more than year
ago. Young Cornish was an ardent wooer.
When he had secured favorable an
swer to his suit from the young lady he
was determined upon an early marriage.
But Miss Ingram's parents objected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-24
IS RUNAWAY BRIDE
Hettie Ingram EIopes and
Weds Earl Cornish.
SHE IS JUST SIXTEEN
He Is Son Of Oklahoma Millionaire.
Succeed After Many Trials in
Getting Married.
II am now q married woman, and
am very happy. Enjoy your
Christmas and forget me-"

This message, written on q post card
which had been mailed in Washington
last night was received this morning by
Miss Clytie Ingram. a guest of the fam
lily Of Representative G.. D. Carter Of
Oklahoma, on Irving street. Chevy Chase.
It furnished accumulative evidence and
proof conclusive that her sister. Miss Het-
tie Ingram. sixteen years old. had eloped
the day before with Earl Cornish. eight
cen years old. the son Of William Corn
ish. an Oklahoma millionaire. The. Misses
Ingram are nieces Of Representative Car
ter.
Miss Hettie Ingram disappeared from
the Chevy Chase house yesterday morn
ing From q discarded telegram in her
room. which read, will meet you We'd
nesday," signed Earl" it was assumed
that young Cornish was the moving
cause in the affair.
Later, dispatches from Rockville showed
that the couple had there secured mar
riage license and had succeeded in having
the marital knot tied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-24

Elk dividends-American Smelling am
Refining Company, 1; Denver and Ri,
Grande. pfd.. 2h; American Wooden, pfd
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B. & o. Reactionary.

B. & o. Reactionary.
Baltimore and Ohio, which would pre-
sumably be favorably affected by
Reading melon cutting. was reactionary.
The railroad quarter was more generally
patronized than the Industrial depart
ment, but industrials showed more uni
form strength than did the railway is
sues. United States rubber showed some
heaviness presumably on considerations
connection with the new financing, which
the company has just announced. There
were no other developments to be cited
in connection with or explanation with
the days particular or general price
movements. The market as q whole,
without clearly defining any distinct
trend, was not Of a sort to encourage
activity on the short side.
The special strength displayed by the
Rock Island collateral trust 4 per cent
bonds was related in common conjecture
to the more or less extraordinary opera
tons of the so-called Rock Island party,
which have now aroused Wall street Gu
riosity to marked pitch and at the same
time left the Wall street mind rather
completely mystified as to what the out
come OF all these developments, associated
with the recent and present course of
Lehigh Valley and Wabash preferred.
not to mention other stocks, is going to
be: Unless what is going on is nothing
tend q very extensive readjustment Of
railroad relations.
o.. s. Steel Strong.
OF all the issues which displayed
strength on the eve of the holiday. the
most influential was undoubtedly United
States Steel which during the first four
days of this week was persjstently press
ed for sale.
Moneymarket developments were aus
picious for favorable conditions next
week. Call money ruled at 5h to 5 per
cent, somewhat below yesterdays level,
and foreign exchange which was exciting
apprehensions a week ago of a gold ex-
port to Europe before the end of the year,
was distinctly weak In the initial deal
Ing this morning demand sterling sold
at price which marked a decline of 1
cent on the pound from last weeks close.
As 1t happens there seems to be no
monetary exigency abroad judging from
the situation in london, where open mar
ket discounts are now declining toward
:Sh Der cent
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Interest may Be drawn quarterly
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-04-16
Floating Upside Dnu.,n

An amusing incident, which might
have been tragical one, occurred dur
Ing the building of the lighthouse on
Minots ledge, says the Boston Tran
script Tremendous difficulties were
encountered, for the rock is only visI-
BILE at low tide and then is SO covered
with slippery sea moss as to make II
extremely difficult to keep a footing.
The difficulty Of fitting stones held
aloft on a swinging crane while the
waves were dashing round the work
mems legs can well be imagined. Lots
Of hammers and tools were swept
from the rock and lost. One Of the
workmen, more inventive than the 9TH
trs. conceived the brilliant idea not
only Of wearing a life belt, but Of
tying his hammer TO his wrist IL
seemed so good plan that all the rest
OF the men promptly copied II The
best plans. however. have their draw
backs, and their enthusiasm for this
one was considerably cooled when its
Inventor was washed OF the rock By O
breaker. The heavy hammer tied 10
his wrist pulled him head downward,
and though the life belt kept him upsa
the surface. nothing could be seen II
the unfortunate man but his legs kick-
Ing above the water. He was rescued.
but with the greatest difficulty.