Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-11-19
IIFE ~ GUS WE'D.


An s.srs~ sr Carssa. kaan.al~ rA~r I~~rn~v
wt-h th~ ssagf >s--.@'. Csrr~~s-
L = surprising What curious er~asar-s
I've IN -ulf weed Not the least extra
ordinary < th~se inhabitants % Tho
aoasin< aigse whsrh are horre eu tho
eurrvns e the Gulf stream 10 q Iiesfs
Esh that nalScz iss uess In she weeds
For Is own prosrrsio1 from en~nai~>.
i = wsss.- 50 like th. vrs~sss themselves
being araasrs-sssEssrvss ws.k white sprss
thak cae can noe dessct the erssy sns-
NAL without arsualiv taxing = handfaI
of shc vegetable ssur IN which !. s~~s0s
shelter aass s-ratinixI.g T. The s~h
builds is nest hy binsIin- seg~sher
hanehss ot the gulf weed with lorS.
st1cSy- gv.i1tEnnas strtng~ It's e<<xar.
rot talst IN n cavity. bus are ds~srfhutesk
through the mass It's very ans are
En-er-sharsrst counterfeiting the form
cf the we~d-frout~ They ar. uaors
Ike hands thaa hn~ and are actually
snaployesi for walking throuxA The sea-
weed rather than for swimming The
Ash usillxes tHsn also N Puttia< 49,
y~ther ~ nests
The rr~at gulf current. IN its rnurse
nnrshvsrvl along the Atiantlc roass and
K-uuns& the great cirruit that forns
with ia essatv The famous >arsz<>ss s~a
of marine grasses. carries along With r.
an endless stream % Iif- IN cunzecti1u
With the gulf weed whish asass apun is
N -ysinsf-s-xS- The wes.sgS u varf-f
xisssS, bring With them FROM the trsps-s
creatures nulssfarsosrs. canv~vext By tho
mighty river of warm water through
the nisaSs of she esalsfer as~an- Nest st
th~m ai= when The erss1er iafisustes ars
r-aehs.L ansi thE1s is happens tha: the
tarvue q many tssrTzas are fsursi sn the
shores of Naasarxrs and elsewhere m
piace~ - whi-h sh- astaI. saiznaIS ar-s
unknown They never i've 10 <rov
up
The aoasin~ gulf ze,si = literally
crowded With life ou. can nss Psrsx
M n pis~re that sfs~s not carry many
shrinps or przwns Of Different xsrsfs as
rA~scng-r@ There are crabs so.s.
small azd ki-rvr. which mostly irnitsfs
the grasses IN their cotorin4s OF smaller
erustlcra there srr szmeruus species
surh a. IN. <o-czlfesi -s~a ssas~ z1d
ba-nz-ls-- Ra-nari-s are crrsssarrz
AAaA AAAAa&1a u y -
Hs~tzmarrhusi-~ a. Il = termed having
been fr~~ swimmers IN the early ssag.
of th-ir exlssene~. They. toos taks
passage Ou the s-awe-st RATS and voy-
a-e to she land ot zowh<re. seeking
their tgr-uns
IN the -szlf weed also is an Infinite
Number of ulssiluSlxS S.su,e with shells.
azst others withs,ut any Amsug ths
latter a-~ -Ssa sings resem h1inw the
ya-l~n ssug-s> Gsvoarvrsof plants w hirh
are rrrEz nollnsArs also. Another mol
lH=As oftsn pies~esl up nnon< the gulf
We~tts - tk~ h<auriful a-Cunazs a ee-
rhaiapssL e~l@hrs.et In mvthir story
Il ~ uuEv th~ female arr01aut that -
Interesting the male has NJ she'll ana
= r~-y <Euau comparatively
Thsr~ are ioss 0f curious marine
worms amnax the gulf weed such -
th> YEA ~~zEip~sfe abundant IN the
West Tasfis-s whsrh have long detaeha-
bic brsstIs- thai ssinx the hand lIxs
n~sriss when the animal u tnez1ti1usir
<-a.p~sL Ths-~e WORMS hiai. n cr~v-
is-~- Of faasin-s ariftxus.t II. ia.s~r
ana=s uzflI Destroyed ~ The boring %
thss sAip varnzs that attack f. mean
whils a-Tsrsiirg q lnsigtag FOR harnacf~s
and lir-t@ srS1ssar~h Small 1sh-s f5f-
blx the pi.,-s.s ~ siriftwood as th-v ars
CARVED along BY the eurr-as- feeding
upou both cr-Esrarr8 aE4 harlaeles>
whfle mzny seAhfrts sAin about, de-
p-sEsisuy for their meals upun ths sans.
small animals There Is n sp~~i~s 0t
crayfsh- tno. found "a the weed Il
makes Il curious clicking noise with ~
claws
What most people call the fruit 90
'1seed pods Of the gulf weed are sim
ply little air vessels designed Tor the
purpose of keert1g these interesting
vegetables ahoat Microscopic er~a-
survs called ~briyzra- weave around
the air chambers delicate Iae~w1rk.
which often remains IN SHAPE after the
vegetable matter has decayed away and
Disappeared thus torning exauisits
slamentous capsules However these
are 0uEy few Of the passengers th.s
Journey By the path II the gulf stream
ca RATS Of drifting -eests4-N- " sun
what Ne Feared