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Entered according to Act of Congress, in J unc, 1868, by J. W. Burke & Cos., in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the So. District of Georgia.
VOL. 11.
Written for Buiko’s Weekly.
THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE.
you ever seen a light
house? Such of you as live
on or near the sea coast, or
have traveled by sea, doubt
less have, but there are many others
who have not. To such, it will be suffi
cient to say that they are tall structures
built generally on rocky and dangerous
coasts, and that bright lights are kept
burning in them all night, to guide pass
ing ships and let those on board know
where they are. But for these light
houses, ships would be in danger, in
dark and stormy weather, of running
ashore on the rocks, and being lost, with
all on board.
One of the most celebrated of these
edifices is the Eddystone Lighthouse,
of which a correspondent furnishes us
with the following account :
The Eddystone Lighthouse is erected
on one of the rocks of that name which
lie in the English channel about fourteen
miles S. S. W. from Plymouth. The
first one was erected .by Mr. Henry
Winstanley. It was built of timber sixty
feet high, and was four years in build
ing, during which time the workmen
suffered much from bad weather, and
were once or twice taken off in a state
of starvation, after having been for weeks
debarred all intercourse with the land.
In 1703, some repairs being required,
Mr. Winstanley went down to Plymouth
to superintend them, and on the 26th of
November, 1703, there occurred one of
the severest storms within the memory
of the oldest inhabitants. When the
people looked abroad the next morning
not a trace of the Eddystone Lighthouse
remained. The whole fabric, with its
architect and five other persons, who
were in it with him, had perished.
In 1706 anew work was commenced
as the private undertaking of a Captain
Lovett. The architect was John Bud
yard. This one was completed in 1709.
It was doomed, however, to fall, because
of an accident which had not been
thought of. At 2 o’clock, on the morn
ing of December 2d, 1775, one of the
MACON, GEORGIA, AUGUST 8, 1868.
three men who had charge of it, having
gone up to snuff the candles, found the
place full of smoke, from the midst of
which, as soon as he opened the door,
a flame burst forth. The man instantly
alarmed his companions, but being
asleep, it was some time before they
came to his assistance. At last the other
two arrived, and they did their best to
extinguish the fire. At length, a quan
tity of lead on the roof having melted,
came down in a torrent upon the head
and shoulders of the man who remained
above. He was an old man, ninety-four
years of age, named Hall, but still full
of strength and activity. Finding it im
possible to extinguish the fire, the men
retired below, but being driven from
this place also, they sought refuge in a
hole or cave on the eastern side of the
rock.
The fire had been observed by some
fishermen, who gave notice of it, and
boats were sent to the rescue. At about
ten o’clock, they effected a landing, and
the men were dragged through the water
none of the boats. On reaching the
shore, one of the men ran off and was
never heard of again. The old man,
Hall, was placed under medical care.
He took his food regularly, and for
some time seemed likely to recover;
but always persisted in saying that he
would not get well until the doctors had
removed the lead from his stomach,
which he insisted had run down his
throat when it fell from the roof of the
lantern. No one believed this, but on
the twelfth day he expired, and when
his body was opened, there was found in
his stomach a flat oval piece of lead of
the weight of seven ounces and Jive
drachms. An account of this case is to
be found in the forty-ninth volume of
“ The Philosophical Transactions.”
The next lighthouse built at this point
was by a Mr. John Smeaton. On the
12th of June, 1757, the first stone was
laid, and on the 9th of October, 1759,
the building was finished in every part,
and on the 16th of the same month the
saving light was again streaming from
the summit over the waves.
It is supposed that the present light-
house will continue for ages as a monu
ment to Smeaton’s untiring energy and
lofty genius.
Da Vega Burrows.
Valdosta , Ga.
Written for Burke’s Weekly.
THE ENCHANTED SPRING.
j\. FAIRY Tv\ TANARUS, K .
BY SISTER PAUL.
CHAPTER XIX.
TO TIIE SEA-SHORE.
told them of the vision
s he had seen of the lady.
How she reminded her of
everything she left behind her in the
lorest; how she had told her that her
mother and father longed and sighed
for their return ; and how she had given
her three little eggs in a box.
These eggs she showed to them, and
told them what the lady had said to her
—“ They will help you to overcome the
difficulties of the way.”
They were interrupted by a woman
entering the room, who told them that
they must go with her. She said she
was going to take them into another
part of the building, where they had
never been.
They went along with glad hearts ;
but how filled with surprise they were
when she told them that they were to be
dressed by her in plain and homely gar
ments.
“ But why is that to be done ?” asked
Neina.
“Because the lady wants more little
children. She never gets old herself,
and wants with her always the young
and gay.”
“ But w T here will she get them?” said
Neina.
“ She will charm them when the even
ing hours come on,” said the woman.
“And what are ice to doV ’ asked
Neina.
“We will go back home to the forest,”
said Minna.
“Indeed you will not,” said the wo-
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