Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-02

lStfuCt them, we nave stIohb' et'auy'
winds which sailors call the
trades
4. Now, IL we come back to our coffee
cup sSain, and permit ourselves the
indignity of blowing 1t to cool 1t, all
the little bubbles and the surface liz.
uid will be forced over to the side OF
the cup toward which we blow. Just
so the continuous east wind In the
tropics, blowing day after day, finally
gets the whole surface OF the sea NOV
ing before 1t toward the west. When
this great quantity Of water reaches
the easternmost point of South Amerl'
ca II splits like snow on the cowcatch.
err of an engine, part going south along
the coast, part going north and being
forced into the Gulf of Mexico. Here
the waters of the Mississippi mix
their fine, infinitesimal particles Of silt
with 1t to give II its deep blue color
flor perfectly clear deep waters are
black; then, pushed on by the waters
behind 1t, flows out again up our east.
ern coast till II meets the westerly
trades of the temperate zone (occa'
stoned, probably, by the counter rea-
sons OF those that impel the easterly
equatorial trades), and, under their
guidance, finds its way to Europe, and
from here. what of It is not lost in the
Arctic, turns south to begin Gle trip all
over again. The whole North Atlantic,
therefore, Is a gigantic, slowmoving
whirlpool, with Its still center west OF
the Azores.
Accordingly, If you seal up an emp,
ty bottle and throw 1t overheard any
where south of the Grand Banks and
France, and north of the equator, 1t Is
pretty certain to get into the great cy'
Gle; and If you were but to sit on a
cliff on one of the Windward islands
of the Caribbean, you would almost
surely see 1t come by II you only wait
ed long enough.
what is true of bottle is unfortu
nately true of derelicts, except that
they don't usually float so long. ln
other words, give derelict time, nc
matter where she starts from within
this area, and she will twice cross the
tracks of sailing vessels between Eng
land and the equator, twice those be
tween New York and the equator, and
eventually. nearly all of the trans-At
lantic summer routes"
In 1884 the Annie Johnston, a grace,
full iron.built bark, belonging to San
Francisco, lay In one of the Liverpool
docks. A gentleman, commenting up,
on the fact that America then owned
very few iron ships, the captain stated
that this vessel originally belonged tc
Liverpool owners, and was then the
Ada Iredale. She was abandoned In
flames, owing to the spontaneous com
bustion OF her coal cargo, on the 18th
of October, 1876, in IA deg. south lati
tude and 10S deg. west longitude, OIL
about 1900 miles from the Marquesas
Islands, which her crew reached In
open boats, The burning derelict
drifted westward to Tahiti, a distance
of over 2400 miles, and was towed into
port by French warship on the 9th
OF June, 1877 nearly eight months aft
er abandonment. Her coal cargo con
tinued burning until May, 1878, wher
she was repaired, renamed and placed
under the Stars and Stripes.
The orifiamme was abandoned un
der similar circumstances in June
1881. In IS deg. south latitude, SO deg
west longitude. Four months late
she was passed about 1000 miles far
Their westward, and in February. 1882