Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-11-08

:, which is a crown of beauty. The
S just outside of the city the train pass
e ed the beautiful suburban residences G
e Belmont, Millbrae and San Mateo
2 surrounded by parks, English in th
/ neatness of the velvet lawns and well
. kept trees, and semi-tropical in tn
iungles of palms, ferns, cacti an,
| pampas grass. They are double fasci
nations at Monterey. The hotel
looking not unlike French chateau
stands in the midst of a wonderfully
beautiful park of 200 acres, where
the twisted expresses lean toward tn,
arrowy trunks of the redwood and
pine; and there are live oaks, and
pampa grasses with stalks twelve fee
or more in height, aud palns of every
kind, and ferns of all varieties, anC
beds of carefully kept flowers forming
bright carpets underneath. Then {
short walk away is the great bathing
house, and opposite, the quaint old
town, an odd combination of Nantucket
and Mexican village. There are
charming views along the shore of the
bay, but the beach is inferior to that al
Santa Cruz, which is reached by q
branch road from Pajaro, an hour from
Monterey. There a fine white beach
awaits the completion of bathing
bouses and hotels to form the basis ol
an attractive watering place, although
one misses the cypress groves of Mon
terey.
But at these resorts-very humble
as compared with those which New
Workers know-the bathing season is
closing, as have said, while here at
Santa Monica, only an hour from the
city of Angels, people bathe in Decem-
ber as we'll as in August. The tenn
perature at Santa Monica remains at
about 60 throughout the year. There
fore in these October days it is a very
refreshing thing to go down into the
sea in the big bath-house, where baths
of all kind await one. And it is also re-
freshing to drive up the smooth curv-
ing beach with its odd colored con-
glomerate formations, its marvellously
large sea-weeds, and its view of the
beautiful Pacific. Soon you come to
the Santa Monica Canon, pet haunt
of camping and picnic parties, and
climbing up it, you become conscious
of an unusual abundance of bees Here
are the "bee-ranches," surrounded by
orchards of small fruits and gardens OF
fuchsias, rhododendrons and honey
suckle, with rows of bee-hives in the
rear. This is becoming one Of Cali
fornia's important industries, and if
you spend day among the "bee-ranch-
es" you will find that honey and the
honeycomb have raised several of
their occupants from poverty to inde-
pendence. Wilmington, another local.
ly famous seaside town near by, l
have not visited, for time grows
short, and l must leave the orange
groves and vine yards to descend into
the hot sands of the Colorado desert
and emerge in Arizona.
Lighthouse Builder.
Some weeks ago the opening cere-
monies of the new Eddystone Light
house in the English Channel, were
described in the editorial correspond
ence of the New York Observer. They
recall the romantic history of it's prede-
cessors. The first structure on the
dangerous reef of rock, which in days
long past wrought ruin to so many
vessels and brought death to their
crews, was built of timber, by Hugh
Winstanley.
Mr.. Winstanley was quite genius
in his way. In and about his house
were to be found many specimens OF
his skill in mechanical contrivances.
For instance, in one room was slip
per, to all appearances lying loosely
and carelessly about, which had but
to receive but the gentlest kind of q
kick to start hidden spring and bring
skeleton before the astonished gaze
of visitor Hardly over his fright,
he would be invited to sit in comfort
able-looking and inviting easy-chair.
The action of sitting down at once re-
leased pair of arms that closely en-
folded the occupant of the chair, and
there was no escape until Mr.. Win
stanley, or one duly initiated should
set the prisoner free. About the
grounds which surrounded the house
there was small pond that
looked cool and attractive in the
warm summer days, the more so as
upon the shore was rustic arboI that
offered welcome shade and rest. Step
| ping into this, the arbor was by me-
chanical arrangement set drifting to
the centre of the pond. There the oc-
cupant must stay until Mr.. Winstan-
ley's own hand should effect his release
and return to terra tirma. Mr.. Win
stanley entered into the erection of the
the Eddystone Lighthouse with great
enthusiasm, and his energy and inge-
nuity proved equal to the task. When
it was complete it lacked the appear
ance, and, as was afterwards proved,
the qualification of strength. The
builder was warned that the structure
was not sufficiently strong to withstand
! the wild storms which frequently
wrought such havoc among vessels in
he Channel, sometimes sending them
to destruction upon the very Eddystone
rocks. But the builder was confident
of the soundness and safety Of his tow
er, and laughing at all warnings declar-
ed that he would like to be in the light
house all night during the widest
storm that ever blew there A few
days after his wish was granted.
While he was on a visit to the Eddy
stone lust such storm came up. 1t
rose to it's height during the night,
and when morning dawned anxious
eyes peered through their telescopes to
see if the tower was safe Alas, not a
vestige of the beautiful tower remain
ed. 1t with it's occupants was washed
away by the raging aea.
EASILY PROVEN 1t is easily prov
en- that malarial fevers, constipation,
torpdity of the liver and kidneys, gen