The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-03

peninsuIas overlap. tnvs comolsssy no
sscsiag the osn Diego hasSos
About hsif . mile from the sutssm1sv -
Point Iona, upon the hiOnnss point Of
land, stands . disuss1 esd soasWAas a.
iapidatsd "a Lighthouse. n hss DssM ~
10 the edge 81 she btvMe eesvs ne wosss.
The on lighthouse. ~ we're sosA, o0W-
naaAs most sssenslvo enc Beousifui vtsW:
skae sssnAiAe 81 - attitude % - NJ,
the whole region lee sstssde1 fhs . NO.
bsnsaah n: shss uevsIsss pre0svece Ne
sesse Hhs thss - . second ~ u N9eA
Aso 0ae Charles Dud'sy wssnW eenn.~S
10 Sas Of me grand vsews AZ the WWsA
We have long beea aecussomee 10 ~ .
49, whenever snd Whersvss \ = 70 -
sesmd end ses apart dsy ~ M,s -. ~
Ose0sd Q most vntsrsuWase 0AoscA =
hish eog hung over me town. weeping ne
distance IN . shseud 81 gray. \ Nsue -
hsasssnsd. Ne fousA sssss IN . "tssly no"
. Avs.ssstsd re drawn by four hsssps.
Ain n SCENE that me unusual inhus Of
visitors hsd worn cut the vNsea hesUps
and our sorsy bsssts hsd essH eichso ~
for the ocuseeoh.
We ssssted without hons. waeNia0 ~
whips ~ ethsw excitement populesly go.
Dsssd IN attend me departure ~ tally
10. ana moved through Inc town ~ . SOW
jog srot Immediately the individual ehsre
Acsssfssics of inc hosees beasD 10 ssssrf
~ IN interfere frequently and vioIsnsIy.
snd thu oRswheeier developed s'rons no
inciin atI0n 10 movs
Ths nsvrow roNA led over 8 ssn msrse
end wound away over sandy, OnduIsfina
Ground covered With low shsvbs The duil
gray light persisted, obscurina svsrythlns
except tho immediate foreground We
II tsSks q a.
ETY. % ThsosophlHfs, founded ~ 4 Mrs
TInsley, upon land which corresponds 10
q place seen by herself In n vision. fact
which 10 her mind. hoes not neneDsriy
render the project visionary. The scheme
II very new ~ yet buf tho place Gives
promise ~ great beauty. and they hops
that tho school NJ Theoscphy here 70 ~
established will becofns the center OF
worldwide movement.
The way, as We nearsd the new light
house. became much sleeper We csusht
gilmpses ~ bold outlines. Grest wster-
washed eavevbs and all sorts IT curious
forms ~ gigantic sIse, which have been
chiseled IN the yellow rock ny The wives.
The lighthouse was reached before the
fog showed signs ~ Dispensing In half an
hour from that time every vessiGe Of II
had disappeared and the sun shone from
the brightest ~ skies upon the brightest
~ oceans
After lunch we had an opportunity 10 see
tbs go 0o light, with iis wonderful series
~ prisms, which catch every ray from the
lamp and throw them hack 20 the cen
trail reflector. and in the polished surface
~ which bite ~ the isndsape are mir
sored
The view At this point IL superb. hut 10
get thu troadess prospect, tho blum, rising
sharply above the road must ~ scsied
This we I'D, sending frightened lizards and
q horned toad scurryins away among tho
rocks.
TbA view IL an that IL claimed for ~
TO the west and south II IL limited only
by the extent Of vision here the intense
blue ~ the shy pales 80 slightly before
N moi,s into the blue ~ the Pacific that
the horizon lire II hardly distingutshable
To the east CLEANS Hike liquid turquoise
tho beautiful San Diego bay beyond ~
the city slopes back from the water like
a miniature Seattle a little 90 the right
stands Coronado. with tie beach sweeping
towards " IN a beautiful, little bay ~ 80
own. and from n the narrowcst ribbon
~ ssnd stretches away 10 the shore.
To the Jeff the bay 10 broken ny . long
point ~ lard fus'inG narrowly out towards
Coronado. ana before the city a feet ~
small srsss dances upon the silver waves.
To tho north iies - Joiis. and the en-
trance - Mission valley In the middle
hills, which are sesn. range bsyon1 range.
untn they nnsliy Dissolve IN an snveiop'nG
purple hase Fow hundred sses below =
heavy asvf leaps csreiessiv s9sinst sbs
rocky bass ~ me eifn-sn eternal ooWev
opposed ny ssevnai strength.
The prscigtoos face Of the haadisnd. me
sound ~ the waves ana she ocean wind
combine 20 give . ssnss " ws,dnsss snd
grandeur 10 panorama ~ masureiae
.f~ssA "A 40 to-
city and bfilllaney ~ coIe~ II v imnoeN-
Die 20 give en- idsa ~ me Wondsvfn beaay
~ this place IN worfs bas cncs seen. n
remains IN the mem~y - . dseam -
tovsiinsss
We vstsA along the crsss 81 the rsAgs
10 the e,d BSnshoues startling on me wav
q haad 81 6oats That wsnt isaein0 foWn
the fscs ~ ne blum ~ though mounssin
slirnbtnG we're the msfss' sport. The Hight
huuao ws fovni cpen snd climbed me s0w-
~ Here the view 20 the north ~ss more
sssAr4s1 than hefus but me surf could
no longer ~ hssfd
The neglected old lishshoAss vita ~ &C.
eempsayrns bsilfinss ~ me vary top Of
. rocky wind-~wspi rifCs. ~ss IN i's~if
w picturesque We sfsnei q picture IL
n, bot tsl~s of hard climbing had caused
cameras 90 be Jeff below
Tho drive hack 80 fan Diego wss one
prolonged Delight vhieh even the horses
eefe no, able greatly 90 impair. sithcnsn
their powers we're ~ NJ mean order and
they dsi their hest Every turn IN tha
ross brought 90 view ffess bits - fhs
marvellous whsss seen upon the he.Shs
on eur return teos q hish seat IN q
'donhle.dsckrf." two. story street ess.
and rode oai g. pavilion overioosiag
Missian valley. This % hxsi. fertile
winding narrow stretch tsnsafn which
river 10 said 20 fan and On e4fher side o.,
which his re abruptly g. height 81
30 feet IN the distance fhe @an Diego
MISSION. ere earliest % al IRE missions
car 10 alralY seen
Tne valley wss very heawt 'ui IN fhs
suffeuins fusy nsnt - ire settling ean.
ard ~ ~Ns more TRAN heaHtifH. was
cvadly suggestive Nothing brTngs into
sucF ssarp contrast tse differences t~fwesn