Show foundation of cotton when the lighthouse ens eng loud bald ana built on tho the sandy bandy firral shore the builders were puzzled by the lack ot of a suitable foundation jor for the masonry tower an ingenious Ingen loua way out of the difficulty was effected affected in tho the vicinity an incoming ship ladon laden with a cargo of cotton had gono gone ashore and lind bad become a total wreck the cot ton aon was useless for its intended purpose VO co the bales were salvaged and dumped into the band at the point where the lighthouse was to bo be erect ed the fleecy mass settled bottled into the sand and under tinder compression became as solid as a rock while its permanency was assured by its complete submersion mer sion tho the stability of this strange foundation may inay be gathered from tho the fact that the tower erected them thereca stood and shed abed its welcome light regularly every night for or about a century and a half only being extinguished two or three years yeara ago as it was no longer required |