, 1877-09-15

ana thlt9 all liEc - bnt 1 WANG
When Loyn'1 fond dream IL deM;
ALL all II ashes tn the taata
When At1cction's Joys ate ned.
Alta. N. 1877. HAROLD.
n LONG BATTLE w1rtI TIE: SEA.
.Sstr Yark TFtbuns.
For moro than hundred years one Of the
noat interesting and conspicuous obiects to the
voyagcr bound up tho Ennif3h Channel has
been The famous lighthouse built by John smea-
Ion, on the EddysIo,o Hoeks.:. Lifting lis gray
mass above the turbulent Leu 1ear tho entrance
to Plymouth Sound, II has sts41 for q century
In the pathway of tho wor@'s commerce, 4
monument of human Gcnius$ and patlcncr. n
boa1t Of mans superiority yfoH.r tho forces OF
nature. hut nature Inns CONQUERED at last. The
Ecdystonc Lighthouse, 81 long regarded as one
Of the Rrantlckt triumphs Of: engineering, Inust
come down. Atthc recent meeting If the J,rttis.,
association fnr the AIvancntaent Of Science,
Mr.. j. n. Douglass, E9yileer. to Trinity
llol1sc, read patrr cxnlai!lI4E tle necessity
l, lnr tue demolition o. shis e.Aaor4nary work
ton's nasonry, but they i.aTs5 actually un.le..
nned tho rock npnu which hstantt. =" Based
o. the solid rock " is no lougeE GU expression Of
The E1dystone Rocks, lying In one Of the
must frcencHtcti parts Of tho channel, and en-
tIrcly torGrcd at lItgh water, werv lung ngu re.
Gnr1el among the principal dangers u tho En-
eiisl' coast. TIC difficulty Of erecting light
upon tllcm wa* only oyerctmc nfter varlopB
trials ni.tl disasters. 1t Is Impossible to np-
proac!, tllr spot except In the most favorable
wehtt'cr, and ut certain times Of tilc tide, and,
owing to the exposed situation, near tho en.
tra1tvc OF tho Cllantc, In ttle full sweep uf the
Atlantic Enfcs, the sea often rises here to cx-
trcmc fury, and tho wayrs dash ,,ver tho luntcs1,
ut tho height Of eIGllty-i!vc feet. Tn several
occasions they have broken tie glass. The first
lieury Winstaulcy In lG9U, atltl finished IN 1905.
It was q sort of wooden paCot!a, On stone hase,
II stood only four years, being swept away by q
storm In 17rl. ntll tho luildrr anu several work
nakng some rcpalrt, pcrishci ut tlc sanie time.
M trace Ut tho rlen vas ever fnund, aud llot
fragment Ut. the building retnancd except Il
few scraps of Iron: Dut Wlnstat.lcy flad dcn.-
this fearful ledge, md ilu.'yerd aecord-
tng,y, who was mt q professional engineer,
an ingenious structure of wooll mud lron IN 17o9.
well, but tho building laste.l until It's, whcn Il
took fire ono December might 'Iu the Iattern,
and the keepers were tlHs~n ffdM room to room
till they reached tho rock. Whence the weather
being fortunately calm) they werc taken oil tho
Smcaion's great work, which has since served
as u type md model for tho hMcst lighthouses
1T tho world, was begun IN l75t aud finished In
ieyri,ne ofr Lie enrIss rocE in I,oriz nta strns'
m tint eycry crsr al 1,asft,ry might rcst ,,,,t,
a trmu hurizoutal bed. and. 10 nrotcct tl,n
ground inints ptill p,oro coun,ctciy from,
fue actinn nf tho sea. In cnus!tl iii. Jnwrr
r.t,,sSs to hc smnk al icnst ij,rra tnrhrs in
the s,,lti rock. m in a sorIcts Iii thIs
rutttnfe Of tha foundation was dane wti, chisel
and hanmer. lest Iiastfrr sho,liil loosen III.
rnrtinnel stc,,.. nn,i .,rnf,ltc. in in hy,]raut.
rr,ncnt. iii" hjorks wer., \ I'm, md tist, inns
il, w,rht. and ear,.fuIlv dnyetailc,l tnrct,,rr'
rvrry rot,rss hctno nt1,Istnd m n woo.lrn ,,int,
Tin ronrsrs wer,. f,,rtilernt,ro ,.nnnsrtr,i hv
s,~nc ,I"wrIs. nn.l thc whmi" Irniv ciam,n'2
IA in,i liz. Last nnl stronrcst a,,snn inr thc
rn.tlrn with Iai tn be im,iif non thIs fn',nsin.
fton 9,u"nt,,n nnnicd 4, Eat,rn III" tn'tmtc ri
ii. tr,lmx ri n trrn. Thr it'hthn,,sr snncre