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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- NO. 6.