The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-26
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"what do you men men find to Hssmmppieosyi
your minds and hands *ithi,a and keep
time from hanging too heavily upon
you7" ..'n1s - '"''s - O." .i'F''e
"oh, we manage to keep busy: We
make almost everything, from an exten.
sion table to a clothes pin. Then for
sport and to supply our table we fish.
We don't have to go fishing. We are
already there. All we have to do is to
heaye n line from the. door, and in a
minute we have our dinner by the nose,
Then We have reading and writing and
sewing to do" Hl
BY this time dinner is finished, and up
we go, The next room is a bedroom.
We notice that the rooms are all of one
size, twelve feet in diameter, and six or
seven In height. Overhead in this first
bedroom is long piece of joist, which
can be put out of the window and used
for raising up heavy objects. Hero is
an iron bedstead, table on which lies n
register for the names of visitors, ward
robe, a marble wash-bowl and water
closet. Up again, and We come to the
oil room. There is one water tank in
this room. also work bench and box
OF glass Tor the lantern. There are here
an oil measure, "A tool chest andsa spare
lamp. Another of the steep narrow
stairways brings us to the watch room
sitting-room of the tower. Here is a
table, an arm chair, stove, books. pa
pcrs, few pictures, aud the machine for
ringing the fog-bell. From this room we
may now. since the storm has ceased to
seud the waves so high, pass out ON the
balcony that surrounds it. Well for us
that the iron railing is so strong. There
row you've no choice but to 60 home
bare headed. Why did you not cling to
your hat aud wig? This wind is enough
to take hair out by the roots, even if it
leaves the head itself. What a scene
ts,yss1ts 4 :eiseIl !. I'VE seannot slsscribalit
Let us 30 on.s Que mere fight and VIC
are iii the light room Here is the ob-
ject for whose elevation and continuance
all this masonry was made-;,ll this ski
and labor called forth. "And the light
is the life of men" Thus we render it.
At sunset the lamp is lit, and till sunrise
| 1t shines ON Ill the darknvss-a beacon
and Il warming to all who sail on that
dangerous sea. The lamp has three con
ccntric wicks, and is in the centre of a
lens four feet III diameter and ten feet
high. Step within and look ut your
friends through these prisms--how do
Jou like the looks Of faces three feet
long? This magnifies the power of the
light, aud the glass walls of this room
probably have the same effect. There is
another walk and balcony without, but
we will not try it. 1t is only on calm,
clear evenings that being out there is
agreeable. But within, not all the cold
and frost and storms of winter, at its
worst, can effect ones bodily comfort
One is as thoroughly protected as if he
was in his tomb. Wonder if these keep
ers ever have nervous fancy that they
are eniombed! Ii wonli not be strange
On the first balcony, about three feet
wide, we should have seen the fogbcll
could We have senn anything for the
wind aud spray. 1t weighs l 500 pounds
and is hung up against the wall of the
towcr.--M Y. Journal Of Commerce.
A TOUCHING STORY The Hon. A
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