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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-20
WESI AND SQulH.

4 NOR lynchcd three negroes at Bear
den, Ark. for the murder of Jesse Nor
man. a prominent young business man
of that place.
]. J. JACKsoN'S house at North Gal
weston. Ind, was burned. and Mr.. Jack
son and his wife and three children
persisted in the flames.
IN fairly good health, Mrs. Nancy q.
Larwill. of Wooster, o., celebrated her
Tooth birthday.
MANY negroes were said to be leaving
Tennessee for California.
Is Oakland, Cal. one-cent pieces are
being introduced for the first time The
smallest legal tender formerly used was
five-ccnt pieces.
JOHN SHOCKS saloon at haywood,
Ind, was blown to pieces by dynamite,
making .hc third saloon i'll that place
to suffer the same fate within few
weeks
Miss MARTHA KLINE and Gus Schuler
We're crossing bridge near Akron. o..
when the structure gave way and they
fell a distance of 100 feet and wer> in
stantly killed.
IN Des Moines, Ia, Dan Stuart a
horse trainer, killed himself, having
assaulted and probably fatally wound
ed Mrs Webb Moon. a young married
woman in whose house he resided.
The failure of the State Investment
& Insurance company of California
caused loss to many persons.
CORNELIUS WAGNER. Gus ThomaSton
and Andrew Olson We're killed by the
cars while crossing a railway track in
Chicago.
An attorney at Norfolk, Va, W. r.
Drewey, was under arrest charged with
securing large number of fraudulent
pension claims, the steals aggregating
over 100000.
IT was discovered that C. c. May
wood. cashier of the Bank of Santa
Clara county, at San Jose, Cal, who died
recently.w was short in his accounts $50,
900. and the doors of the bank were
closed.
The Republican League clubs met in
national convention in Louisville. Ky,
delegates from thirty-three states being
present.
A MOB lynched a young negro who
attempted to assault daughter of
Capt. James Wham at Chestnut Ridge,
). C.
IN the nineteenth annual Kentucky
derby at Louisville six horses partici-
pated, Lookout winning by four lengths
in 2:39i4.
JOHN MAHIS's residence and two other
houses at Muscatine, Ia, were destroyed
by dynamite. Mr.. Mahin is editor of
the Muscatine Journal, postmaster and
an ardent prohibitionist, and the resi-
dences destroyed were those of prorni-
nent citizens who have been active IN
prosecuting saloon cases.
FLAMES swept away one-half of
Spring Lake, Mich, and fifty families
were homeless. Total loss, sI75, 200.
W. W. TRACEY. of Springfield. ILL.,,
was chosen president of the National
League of Republican clubs at the ses-
sion in Louisville.
NEAR Lakeport, Ark, the levee gave
way, flooding thousands of acres of cot
ton land and causing heavy losses to
planters
lN Chicago the Columbia national
bank suspended with liabilities of over
81 200, 900. The principal business OF
the bank was with country banks and
they will be the chief sufferer,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-20
COIllDEO IN A FOG.

Twrniy-Tour Persons Drowned by the
Sinking of the ship Countess Evelyn. in
Collision with the Steamship City OF
Hamburg on the Welsh Coast-Another
Collision with Probably Direful Results.
LONDON. May 1.-THE captain of the
steamship City of Hamburg. which ar
rived at Swansea to-day from Ham
bur.:. reports that at 1 o'clock yestcr-
day afternoon his vessel cOllidcd in n
fog off TrevOshead. coast of Cornwall.
with the ship Countess Evelyn, bound
with passengers and iron ore from Bill
bao. spain. to Newport, Wales The
captain of the Countess Evelyn jumped
aboard the City of Hamburg and many
holes made in the Countess Evelyn's
quarter. Ninety seconds later the
Countess Evelyn went down with her
crew of sixteen and with nine plssen-
ger.
EoatS yrcrc lowered from the City of
Hamburg. but the search in the fog
proved almost useless. Seaman .Iasbin
was picked up, but he died in few
minutes after having been brought
aboard the steamship. The dead body
of little girl was also found.
Otherwise the attempt at rescue was
with result. The lost passengers
wrrr the English wife and the son and
diughter of a Spanish gentleman in
Bilbao: Mrs Williams. her son and in
FAINT daughter: two men named Barton,
and Londoner whose name has not
been ascertained.
The steamship Ataka. which arrived
at Cardiff yesterday. was damaged by
collision with an unknown ship Off
Lundy isle. The Ataka's captain thinks
that the other vessel went down with
all on bOnrd
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-20
Epitome Of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FROM WASHINGTON.


On the sth the visible supply of grain in
the United States was: Wheat, T3.O6s, 900
bushels; corn, 9,S53, 600 bushels; oats,
1921 900 bushels: rye, &C., 900 bushels;
barley, SIS, 200 bushels
JAMES A. BLoUNT, of Georgia, has
been appointed by the president as
minister 60 Hawaii, and Frank II. Jones.
of Springfield, H.. first assistant post
master general.
A cor STERFEIT IS United States sill
yer certificate is in circulation. 1t is
of the series of 1856, check letter 13 b.
bearing the signature of W. :. Rose
Grams, register, and f. ii. Nebekcr,
treasurer, and has small, scallopcd
seal The portrait of Gen. Grant is
poorly engraved, having a scratched ap-
pearance, and some of the lettering is
irregular.
TIN leading clearing houses in the
United States reported exchanges
amounting to $3.50, Ga, 1O9 during the
week ended on the 12th, against sl.3773,-
6iS, l56 the previous week. As com
pared with the corresponding week of
1892 the increase was lilo.
Is the United States, there We're 257
business failures reported during the
seven days ended on the 12th. In the
week preceding there We're PIG, and
during the corresponding time in 1892
the number was 2O9.
TIE exports OF breadstuffs from this
country during the ten months ended
Spril IN laS. yyprn yalrad NJ SI17 f-l2 =
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-20

Tit doors of the Capital national
bank at indianapolis Werc closed with
| liabilities of 81. 100000.
THF Danube left Portland. Ore. for
China with 4OG Chinese on board who
| had been refused admission to the
! United States.
| OK the Ohio River railroad 4 freight
train went off the tracks at Walkers,
W. Va. falling 81 feet. and three men
We're killed.
CHARLES LUTTRELL and John u. Car
Isle were hanged at Sherman. Tex, for
the murder of W. 7. Sherman at Dcni-
son on April -. 1892.
AT Grand Ridge, ILL.,, r. J. Horincls,
conductor of general store and'private
bank. failed for s3OO.OOO, and scores of
farmers are ruined by the disaster.
THE members of the local worlds
fair directory passed resolution that
the fair should be open Sundays on and
after May n, the admission to the
grounds to be twenty-five cents, and
the big exhibit buildings to be closed.
This action may be annulled by the ma
tional commission.
AT Charleston. y C.. Joe Brannon,
aged 10. was hanged for the murder of
Stephen Kearncy on the %lst of August
last.
THE Columbia national bank collapse
in Chicago caused the failure of banks
at Russiavillc, GreentOwn. Oxford, Nor
ristown. Arcadia, Spiccland, Orleans,
Hebron. Brookston. Dunkirk. Geneva,
Roswell, Knox. West LEBANON and
Greenwood in Indiana, the Richland,
EdwardSburg. Lawton. Rockford and
Charlevoix banks in Michigan, the bank
of Oregon in Wisconsin. the bank of Ca
sev in Illinois and the bank at Clear
mount in Ohio
TWENTY-FIVE ringlcaderS of the mob
that took from Jail at Chattanooga,
Tenn. Alfred BlOunt, a negro assaulter.
and hanged him. nave been indicted
for murder.
EAST of Pinckney. Mich, several
farms We're swept by cyclone and
buildings were wrecked and several
persons were hurt. but not seriously.
though many horses and sheep We're
killed.
ONO prnhibitioniStS will meet IN state
convention at Cleveland June % and -.
THE firm of Kendall * Smith. the
largest millcrs in Nebraska. failed at
) Lincoln for S:1iO.OO0.
IL Milwaukee the big department
store of Frank 4. Lappcn Il Co. and
the furniture store of the Lappen Fur
ni;urc company failed for 500. 1000.
W. II. THOMAS Il SoN. the largest
dealers in old Kentucky whisky in the
world, suspended at Louisville with
liabilities of s600.0OO.
IS session at Louisville. Ky. the Ma
tional Republican College league elected
l.. f. Hawkins, of Syracuse university,
As president
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-20
THREE THOUSAND FEET.

Frightful Accident at the Calumet nnd
necfa Mine at IIoughton. Mich-Ten
Men Hurled Down the Red Jackes
Shaft Three Thousand Feet by the
breaking of the Couplin Pin OF tho
fi0istisT Care--Pitifui scrpes Among
the Relatives of the Victims
HorGHToN. Mich. May 15.-Tcn tim
bermen were dashed 10 pieces in Rcd
Jacket perpendicular shaft of the Calu-
met & Hccla mine at noon yesterday.
The miners were coming up in the cage
to dinner. and the engineer hoisted the
cage against the timbers of the shaft
when the coupling pin broke and tho
men and cage dashed downward over
5000 feet to the bottom
The wife of one of the men was at
at the mouth of the shaft with her hus-
bands dinner and saw the ear contain
ing him reach the top and then drop
when the rope broke.
Yesterdays accident is the worst
which has ever happened in the Calu-
met & Hecla mine and the excitement
in the city is intense. Thousands of
people have visited the shaft where the
horror occurred, and many pitiful
scenes have been witnessed there.
Most of the ill-fated men had fami-
lies and when the first rumor of the
awful accident spread. wifes and chill
dren hastened to the scene, hoping
that the report had been false, but
finding instead that it was only too
true. and that many of them were
widows or orphans.
None of the bodies have been recov-
cred as yet as 10 get to them requires
a trip down another shcft, and then
walk of considerable distance on one
of the levels. 1t is expected. however,
that all of the bodies will be recovered
early this morning.
Their are two men employed in the
mine who are congratulating them
selves on escaping the terrible death
which overlook their comrades
Twelve men went down into the mine
yesterday morning. but one of them
was, taken sick and was sent to the sur
accompanied by another one of tho
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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-20
LATER NEWS,

HE annual statement of the bank OF
| Montreal. Can. for the year ended
| April 20, has been issued. The state
ment is considered favorable. The
profits for the year were si.329. $40.
Two dividends of ! per cent. each were
paid. amounting to $1,000 900. The
earnings amount to about II per cent.
\ PROMINENT democratic member of
congress. who had been in conference
with the president respecting the
| proha hilitieS of an early special ses-
sion of congress. left for his home on
the 18th. with the understanding that
he will not be called back to Washing
| ton before the end of August.
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF PO-
LICE BRENNAN places no confidence in
the alleged discovery in Buffalo of n
plot of anarchists TO blow up the
/ Chicago waterwOrks and set fire to the
Worlds fair buildings for revenge on
account of the hanging of the anar-
chists in 1857.
THE tolls for vessels trading on the
river NiStula within the boundaries of
Russia have been increased to ten rou-
bles in gold in order to cover the ex-
penses incurred by the Russian gov
ernment for a sanitary supervision
with view to prevent the spread of
cholera.
BANK EXAMINER HUGH YOrNG took
charge of the suspended Capital ma
tional bank of indianapolis. Ind. on
the 18th. The directors told him they
wished to continue business, but he
gave them no assurances. He began
the examination at once.
Ex-MISIsTER LINCOLN arrived in New
York. on the 18th. from England. He
was apparently in rugged health. and
expressed himself as happy to be home
again, although he found England n
pleasant place. He will resume his
law practice in Chicago.
DIRECTOR-GENERAL DAVIS has sent
out denial of the statement that ex-
hibits would not be received at the
Worlds fair after May IA. He did not,
however. give the date upon which in
stallation would be stopped.
THE German war ships Kaiserin Au-
gusta and Zadler. which had been at
anchor in North river since the naval
review of April %, sailed on the 18th.
The mill of the Wilbraham (Mass)
Woolen Co. was destroyed by fire on
the 18th. Loss, $4,000; partially in
sured.
OK the 18th the associated banks of
New York held sl1. .795 ,025 in excess of
the requirements of the 25 per cent. rule.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-20
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.


The following new rosi;nnstcrs Of
the fourth class have been appointed
for Missouri:
GREG. Newton county w. c. Thatcher, vice
X. G. Spencer. resigned
Darksville Randolph county Don Barnhart.
vice Chas. Terry. resigned.
Platte City. Platte county. T. J. Cole. vice :.
M MCtomas. resigned.
Tflden. Dallas county. II. Clayton Day, vice
jacob Keller. resigned.
Adrian. Bates county. W. Duncan. vice A.
.. Satterlee. resigned.
Edwards Benton county T H. Barnett vice
Alfred Sellry. resigned
Mount Leonard. Saline county Philip Kel-
lei. vice NJ I. Bradshaw. resigned.
New Market Platte county. Jos. Hatfield,
vice ]. Q. Smither. resigned.
North Fork. Monroe county. Samuel Nc.
Dowen vice o. +. Behymer. resigned.
81 Catherine. Linn county. J. c. Scott vice
r. ID. Black. resigned.
Shamrock. Galloway county +. H. Page vice
David Carver, resigned
Longtown. Perry county. @. D. Little, vice
Samuel Urban. resigned.
Phelps City. AtchisOn county. J. NJ. Sligo,
vice W. H. Kim0all. resigned.
Linden. Clay county. J. o. Smith, vice NJ W,
Thompson. resigned.
Plsd. Dallas county. p. b. Pulley. vice NJ. H.
Scrfyener. removed.
NEW POST OFFICES.
Easlcy. Boone county. VIM. G. Easlev. post
master.
Gratis, Moniteau county Wesley p Parker
postmaster.
Damon. Wayne county, James C. Taylor.
postmaster.
,, Defiance: 81; Charles county, Augusta H.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-20

LAKEToS. Ky. MAY 15.-Twomen have
been arrested and are charged with
the robbery of the express car Friday
night on the Mobile Il Ohio railroad at
this place The men are John
Picket and Sid. Jones. and they lived
at Berkeley. four miles from the scene
of the robbery. A searching party
traced the men to their homes by torn
bits Of express envelopes that were left
scattered in the road. At the house
where the men were arrested n large
number Of express envelopes were
found. The prisoners were taken to
Bardwell. the county seat, and jailed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-20

EvEEYw WHERE in her travels the prin.
Cess nf Wales excitcS the admiration of
the people on account of her youthful
ness in figure and face. Not infrequent-
~ the slender woman in the simple
black s.:ir. just clearing the ground.
the jaunty coat and blouse and sailor
hat is mistaken for her own daughter
"a grandmother" cxclaims the Ro-
mans. rot possible" She is source
of wonder to the Italians. The idea
that the famous empress queen. with
hundreds of horses at h"r service. pre-
fcrs driving about in a simple little
carriage drawn by a white donkey
seems incredible
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-20
The Poll Of the RIppey Jury.

SAN FRANCISCO. May 15.-The jurf
in the case of Wesley G. Rippey. which
disagreed saturday afternoon after siH
hours delibcration and was discharged,
stood six for conviction of an assault
with an intent to commit murder, five
for assault with deadly weapon and
one fer aequittal. The solitary vote
for aequittal was found in everyone OF
the numerous ballots and was cast by
\. Loprcsti. rcstaurant-keeper. is
said that Lcpresti, like Rippey. has
lest large sums in mining stocks md
that he secretly sympathized with the
old man who tried to kill Mackay
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-20

Miss Lena Neitzcrt. aged 16. residing
in Pettis county. is the heroine of the
neighborhood.
She was fastening after 4 doctor and found
Flat creek greatly swollen. Her mission being
ono Of life and death. she forced her horse into
the stream. Midway the animal rc4-an plunG-
ing and Lena was unseatcd and left founder
ing in the water. The horse turned back. hut
the pluckv girl swan % yards TO the Oppos tie
shore and then walked 10 the doctors resi-
dence nearly u mile distant.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-20

HEREAFTER the flag of the United
States will float from sunrise to sunset
every day in the year at Narcsink light
from a staff one hundred and twenty
five feet high. In fact as well as fancy the
American who has been on Il European
tour will see the flag of his country as
he approaches the harbor of New York
and it will he one of the first sights to
gladden. his eyes. The idea is a patri-
otic one and conducive to patriotism as
well. Every day until the republic
shall cease to exist is the flag To float
at Navesiak and may the day never
come when other colors shall be run up
in its place.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-20
1.-THE LAkETON HOlD-UP.

Ais of the Train Robbery on the Mo-
e & Ohio Railroad at the Laketon
~ Water Tank-The Robbers Used
mantle and Winchesters to Persuade
Express Messenger to Open the Door
His Car-Thc Haul was Not a Very
rh One.
LOUIs, Mo-, May l3.-Passenger
n No. &. north-bound. on the Mobile
hiO railroad. due here at 1:O5 n. m,
held up by four train robbers near
xeton, Ky. IL miles south Of Cairo,
at 10 o'clock Thursday night. The
Fn consisted of two sleeping cars,
day coach. baggage ear and South
express ear. The express car
in charge of Messenger 5.
Ray, and helper named
nrson. When the train stopped
the water tank 1 mile south
Laketon. Messenger Ray heard a
IN climb upon the platform, and.
unding on the door, ordered him to
EN- it. The messenger surinised it
$ train robbcr and told him to go
HI" The robber then placed n
NIX of dynamite under the door, and
exploding it, blew ont panel. The
explosion scattered all the small pack
ages. envelopes, etc. in every direction
and filed the ear with smoke.
The robbcr then pushed a Winches-
ter through the aperture and command
ed Messenger Ray to unlock the door.
The messenger at first refused. hut
when the robber told him he would kill
him if he did not hurry. he obeyed the
request and the rObber entered the car.
lie had a red handkerchief tied across
his face. completely hiding his features.
One of his accomplices stood guard on
the platform with a shotgun and two
other confederates kept the train crew
at distance. The man who entered
the car went directly to the safe.
the door of which was unlocked. and
rifled it of all packages and envelopes
supposed to contain money or valua
bleS. In the meantime Helper Pear
son. deeming discretion the better part
of valor. hid. taking up n safe position
in j remote corner of the car. After
securing all he could conveniently
carry. the robber ordered Ray and
Pearson to remain in the car or he
would fill them full of holes. Both rob
bers then jumped from the car. and
ioined by their confederates, disap-
pcared in the darkness.
The robbery did not occupy more
than three minutes, and before the
train crew or passengers realized the
situation the bandits Were out of
reach The train reached Cairo at mid
night and the robbery was reported to
the railway officials. who at once or
ganized posse and went in search of
the robbers. The amount of booty Sc
cured will not be known until the way
bills are checked up. Superintendent
Agee of the Southern Express Co. says
the haul did not prove rich one. as
that train rarely carries much valua-
BILE matter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-20

HANKo. a Turkish woman. has been
discovered serving in the Fifteenth reg
iment of the sultan's army under her
brothers name, where she had shown
herself a capable soldier, and for the
period of three years her sex was not
detected. Her reason for serving was
TO save her brother, who was the only
support of her widowed mother. The
sultan. on hearing her story, and also
that her conduct had been without re-
proach, sent her home, bestowing on
her the Schefakat order and life pen
sion of five Turkish pounds a month.
and also exempted her brother from
serving in the army.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-20
Quiet Agitation Among the Blacks OF
south Carolina.

COLUMBIA. 5. C.. May l5.-Although
at first glance the popular excitement
aroused by the lynching of the negro
Peterson at Denmark, in this state. ap-
pears to have subsided, to the skilled
observer of public affairs it is plainly
evident that beneath the surface there
are strong currents Of bitter feeling at
work that will not come to rest until
they have wrought marked changes In
the very substratum OF politics in tho
Palmetto state and, BY sympathetic ~,
ton, In the whole Of the black belt Of
the south.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-20

A CovINGToN girl has won prize for
this essay on the kind of man tn mar
ry: If ! wished to marry-which. of
course. | do mott would desire man
tnn mobile to commit Il mean act. but
generous enough t" forgive one. \ man
a. gentle as Il woman. rs manly as a
!IIan. one who does not talk scandal or
tel di>agrecablc truths. \ man whose
name would he proud to bear. tn
whom | would carry my doubts and
pcrplcxit:cs. and with whom | would
find sympathy and iuy."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-20

TIE wear and tear of the elements on
Niagara may he better remarked in
early spring than at any other season.
Great bowldcrs are continually falling
from the faces of the cliffs where they
frost, and the same process no doubt is
going on in the Ston" under the cata-
racts. The crosivc power of the water
fall is not so great, but water, wind
and frost together make the recession
of the gorge. particularly on the Horse
shoe side. quito prrccptihlc.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-20
The War on the Iowa Saloons and Thei
Dynamite Accessories.

MUsCATISE. Ia. May I5.-NO arrests
have yet been made in the conspiracy
cases here. Fourteen more of the sa.
looms were closed by injunetions issued
from the district court. Every one OF
the thirty-eight saloons in town will be
closed this week. Gov. Boies is ex'
pccted here to-day.
Mr. Kessinger. whose home was
blown up yesterday, sold his property
and moved his family to town. The
excitement is subsiding and it is thought
that all otthe guilty ones will he cap
tured.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-20

PROBABLY the largest tombstone in
the world is that of the late Henry
Scarlet. of Epson county, Ga. Scvcra
years before his death he selected "A
monster huwldcr-a miniature noun
tain of granite, 100y25I feet in di-
mcnsions-and when he died this huge
tombstone was placed over his grave.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-20

oNE of the lost arts has been rccov-
cred III the nature Of cosmetic which
was used by the Egyptian princc>scs
and adde's nf rank nearly 1000 wears
ago. 1t brightcns the eyes. imparting
To the iris Il vcrdant sheen. The stuff
was found ON the face of a princess
mummy and analyzed. After all. that
royal lady neither lived nor died in vain
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-20

GEORGE SHEFFIELD. the 'MasSachu-
s"tt> Yankee. as he calls himself. who
has Il new motor that will take a
steamer to London from this side in
three days without pound of fuel, is
gently Int firmly informed that one
John VI. kcclcy has had one of 'em for
the last twenty years. its only draw
back being that il will not mote
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-20

THERE used tn he Il curious oil well in
NcEangn county, Pa, which never
yielded a drop of oil except on Sunday.
Hut there is well in Wheeler canyon.
Cal. known as the Lunatic oil spring
which is quite ~ curious When the
new moon appears it begins To flow oil,
and the flow increases in volume rs the
mn.:n grows. When the moon is full
TN" spring yields three barrels day.
When the moon rcachc, its last quarter
the flow "caSrS