The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-11
SEEN AND HEARD
BY GEORGE MINER
speeisl Correspondent of The wash
tnEton Herald.
Cornsht. 1876 By the McClur Newuuspsr
sypdicztel

According to scientists, school book,
and ship captains. the Gulf stresn, 4.
heated up in the Gulf Of Mexico ard
then sauirted between Cuba and Flort5s
up through the North Atlantic Ocean
Ike hot river, 20 that Il warm. ~.
British Isles and makes then, bshtt.hl'
The Gulf of Mexico is called the Tea
Kettle that heats the water
] don't believe IT,
10 my personal knowledge. the G,If
OF Mexico Is more like a refdEsrst,,-
than a tea kettle. There Is no hot v-ster
mere. Not hot enough TO shave with
or even melt snow. In fact. yEo,,Id,,.t
have been surprised any rninut. n ~.
round that the ship was FROZEN IN ana
mat we would have TO cut our vsv ont
through the ice
It was so cold on the Gulf OF N.Yio,
mat II made me ache.
Artic Weather I'm Troptc..
have crossed the North Atlantic in
IL inter and I've been way I'D north
ana I've been in billiards, but vvas
peNer any colder than I was in fbe ,7,d-
oie OF the Gulf Of Mexico u-bere tbo,
Toiu me II was always warm ana baIr,,-
us Just the sort Of climate that vrori5
sun Perry and DR.. Cook and sbsctrIeto1
ano an those fellows
Az mere were any islands in tn. MD
MT
would be Eskimos living An go 80.
DeI me suggest TO the next ms, tha.
aH's TO go hunting for a nortb -.
~ look Tor ii in the Gulf ~ N,yto[
Zen though IL is surrounded bv 80,
- lilihes as Tobssco. where the sane,
SoaIels. from and Mexican politics {,
doesn't warm up. 81"
or course, thev ssi5 ~,
cold wave and nothing r,e az , II'E
ever happened before ana tbst e. -
such an unheard-Of thing as Iisbtt,', ~ I'I
oNNes IN new Orleans stores ana - =.
anu on But I'm telling you inst W.,
happened. We shivered all the yrav Fro1,'
miles Of Yucatan. ''iH i'
And then. when at night We sIsh..s a.
nsht OF Alacran Reef. things got int
normal shape and the rnercury- -
moving up 70 the top floor. crsvsIo5
Out OF the horse blanket 7 had vbee4Is,i
oul Oh the steward and began to breathe
trTey without any fear OF nv worI,
iaiiiiis IN frozen Jumps TO the deck.
MeTicO's Lighthouse,
This lighthouse on the AIacrs1 Pa,
belongs to Mexico. It's about se,-sr,t,
miles due north OF ProEresso. Yucat,r
ana very important thing TO mariner
as the reet Is a long, ugly coral affair
mat you can only see at low Vsta- -
snip that tried 70 sail over II Durfrg
Ihe troubled times in Mexico the vHrt
GUS governments I'm Mexico CITY yrer. 30,
busy looking after their own AFFAIR." e.
bother about a lighthouse keeper ont i
lhe CUR OF Mexico They Just forgot All
sDouI MN Tor months. After six months
ne not only ran out Of food but slso OH
Tor the lamp. An American Uarsbtr z-.s
hoslng around there. and as there Wa
no light came pretty near landing bir-
and dry on the reef
When daylight came the captain lny,es-
ugated and found the keeper ana HE
Istniiy nearly dead from starvation.
There had been no light for weeks Nc
promptly stocked them with provisions
and oil, and since then the Iirht has
oeen burning brightly. II is now visited
monthly by Mexican FovernrpeDr
steamer since CarrsnZa has got the coun-
try into some sort OF running order.
All around these reefs are vast mats
that extend practically all the wsv 10
the shore Of Yucatsn. which hss sbsr,a,,.
water far out from its northern COAST
This shoal water is a fine fishing ground
The Newfoundland banks are not IN IL
with the quantity and variety Of fish 20
be found feeding there Hundreds Of
boats are fishing there all the time "a
supply the Mexican market The fisher
man are nearly all Chinese, as the Next
can does not naturally take to deem
water Occupsti tons.
Very Fine Lobsters.
Around the Alacran Reef are found IN
almost imitless supply Of very fine
Holsters As they are only caught in very
small quantities the supply has never
diminished.
Along the Yucatan coast are no end Of
shr1mps and crabs OF very large size
and no end Of oyster beds. The oysters
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