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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-25
Phineas Burchard nead.

AUSTIN Texas. June 2i.-whie sitting in
a chair talking TO his nephew, Phineas
Burchnrd. one Of the Oldest residents Of
Austin, aged 20 years, dropped dead from
hcIrt failure yesterday afternoon ut 80
o'clock ut his home AT No, 1908 Rio Grandc
street. The deceased leaves a Iumily OF
grown children and his wife
Mr. Burchard was born on January {
1926. and came TO Texas from New York
In 1896 and settled at Colds settlement
In WASHINGTON county lie came 70 Aus
tin In 1914. at whic. time there were only
twelve houses here. He was veteran IN
the Mexican war aud was also Ranger
In High Smiths company Of Rangers and
was one of the pioneers during the early
DAYS of the State
The funeral was held shls morning at 10
o'clock from the family residence and the
remains were inferred in the city cemetery.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-25

There IS no dminutlon in the work that
is going on at the George A. Burt refinery
1t is an immense plant and requires much
time, but the piling up of material and the
constantly increasing number of men OF
the construction Indicates that they ar,
doing everything possible to hurry up theil
refinery
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-25

Secretary Chidress OF the oil exchange
is today sending ont his thanks to the
ladies who so kindly assisted the board OF
trade In the entertainment of the land and
immigration agents OF the southern Pa
cihc. They were given royal time and II
was largely through the efforts of the
ladies.
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y STRANDED IN THE DESERT T.
q Equipped Sands Bordering the COLORADO r


Rahson was aroused by Indians, who
warned him that for some reason the
river was falling rapidly, ana ao-
vised him to pull out into mldstresam
as quickly as possible. This the cap
tain tried to do, but the water had
already gone down so low that MS
nrow stuck fast in the mud when ne
got up steam and tried to turn MS
naddle wheels and move out into na'i
pable water. And there he has stuck
ever since. becoming resigned TO the
situation perforce and hopefully await
ing the food water that comes gown
AT the time of the melting OF the Colo-
RADIO and Wyoming SHOWS in June
By this freak the Colorado river
which is always accomplishing some
unusual feat. has annexed to Can-
fornia strip of land from three
fourths to mile wide and about four
miles long This kind OF land anneXa-
| tion is going on all the time along
! rhe Colorado. which is the ofhclai
! dividing lire between California anu
Arizona. Sometimes Arizona steals
from California and sometimes the
state steals from the territory, ou'
This is the first time on record tha'
. steamer has been held up as q
pledge in the transaction.
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There does not seem to be much
use for a ship in the desert country
of California which borders on the
Colorado river, yet travellers IN that
region may see there a verltaole
ship of the desert" Far from any
body of water capable of floating even
a mudscow, may be found big stern
wheel steamer. accustomed 10 ply up
and down the river carrying passen-
gers and freight. She has been lying
there since last September. stranded
high and dry on the sands a mlle
and half from the stream present
course.
This strange condition of affairs
has come about simply because the
Colorado, mighty stream, but one
of the most treacherous of rivers,
chose to cut a new channel for Itself
in the early fall without notice or
warning.
One night last September the AL
viso. Capt J. w. Babson, tied up to
the shore a couple of miles above
Needles, awaiting telegraphic orders
| She was loaded with passengers anc
| supplies. and as travel is sometimes
leisurely pursued on the Colorado al
hands turned in for good night :
sleep. Between and 4 O'Clock Capt
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If the organs of the body cannot pc
said to sleep neither can the Volun-
tarv muscles. Witness the phenomena
of sleep-walking, the postllllons IN
stage coach days who slept in their
saddles and cavalrymen who do II
to-day; infantry who have been known
to sleep on forced marches; sentnels
who walk their beats. carrying their
Guns in a fixed position while they
sleep. For all we know, policemen
NAV do it too. People who talk IN
their sleep are familiar to all OF us
Experiments made by SpeIr, Arm
strong and Child on 200 college stu
dents Of both sexes show that AZ per
cent Of the men and 81 per cent OF
the women talked in their sleep. A
number of things might be proved by
these statistics. OF these sleep talk
ars one-half of the women and one
| third of the men are able TO answer
| ouestions while asleep. More women
| than men could answer questions or
any subject. not alone that OF Wnlcf
they had been talking. 1t has alst
! been found that most Sleep-talher:
are under 25 years of age.
Evidently, then, with the muscles
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act of Parliament on Queen Charlotte,
in exchange for Somerset house, ana
then became known as Queens house.
The old name of Buckingham mouse
was revived when in 1925 the present
building was begun by George Nv. WIZ
liam w. never cared for 1t, and SO
did not live there. 1t was only III the
last reign, when Queen Victoria took
IN her residence. that the mansion at
last came to be styled Buckingham
palace. Here in 1910, their first chlld'
the Princess Royal-the Empress
Frederick-was born II queen Nlc'o-
ria and the Prince Consort, and mere
also. in the following year, on NoNehl-
her 9, was born their second ch!id'
King Edward VII,
King Edwards private apartments
comprisc about six rooms. There is
long corridor running by the hln&
suite. and the walls are painted green
which has a delightfully."- fresh erect
coupled with the snow-whitc mo!dlnSs
and the bright mahogany doors.
A singular feature in all the rooms
in the palace is the abundance OF MIR
ror doors. Every door inside the room
is a huge mirror, with silk frames.
Nothing could be more charmingly
cool than the royal apartments in TINS
hot weather. They are all beautifully
furnished, but not altogether newly
furnished, for when the King moved
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Tn London. England, some 200 years
ago or less it was a custom among
blackguards to steal lads and men.
The thieves would trump up some
charge, carry their captives TO court
get them convicted and ship and sen
them as servants or slaves IN the
British colonies of America.
During those times-about the year
176O-a Jewish boy, Samuel Sanders,
was one day sauntering lazily through
the street when he was seized ana
carried before court, and there
charged by his kidnapers with Clip
ping coin. Sanders was innocent, but
false witnesses sustained the charge
and the lad was put on board a salp-
When the vessel came to its Virginia
landing he was sold into service for
a number of years-really into sla'
very.
But Sanders was a strong, active
youth and he abhorred bondage. A
| few weeks of his slave life set his
| mind all the more earnestly towar'
| vscape-toward fight TO the South
where the lands were broader am
the people fewer.
He fed to North Carolina. VIVA
must have been the adventures o
that London lad Tramping day
through dense woods and asking foo
from any farmhouse or camp
chanced to meet!
When he reached North Carohn
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A KENTUCKY SUMNER OUTFIT.
Senator Blackburn's Little Daughter
Knew What He Required.

Have any of the warm days TINS
summer recalled to the mind OF Sell
ator blackburn OF Kentucky the time
he was suddenly summoned TO wash
instop, twenty-odd years ago, IN the
middle of June, to look after
small matter of patronage? HIS de-
narture was so sudden, and the pros
pect of his staying more IMAM ua!
or two away from home so remote
that he carried with him only a hahu
hag But business heaped upon MN
.fter his arrival at the capital and
ha was Obliged to telegraph back i
reouest for a trunkfui or suhiile'
clothing. His little daughter nap
naned to be the only member Oh the
family at home when the uispate'i
arrived. and thinking it her duty "
| respond promptly. she packed truiin
o,d Shinned it, first slipping a note
! inside. as follows:
Dear Papa: | send you all lh'
clothes can find, and nope you 'i
well" ,,,,,
,,be trunk contained seven "Alt>
ehir+s six winter scarfs. one Ioo''
brush one bowie knife, ana tWo re
,,o1,,ors II was a rueful outlook 10
blackburn. with the thermometer VI
ar,org the nineties. but he hstehe'
70 no nroffered condolences.
daughter has done right. be saio
she sent me what real hentueh ),
pirl regards suitable summer ou.n
for a gentleman, HARPER
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portions. being 60 feet by 30 feet. IN"
ceiling is richly emblaZoned wlth
shields and armoriai bearings, EN-
blematic of the United Kingdom and
the annexation of Hanover. The
frieZe below is adorned with rellefS
illustrative of the Wars of the Roses
Magnificent as the rooms are, thev
are but worthy resting places for the
superb treasures which adorn theL:
The clocks by Nulliami are glorious
works of art. The china is beyond
compare. Herr are Sevres, Dresde@
and Chelsea. priceless and matchlesS
rare specimens OF "Bleu du Rol.
Vert Pomme.' "B!eu de \1ncauheS,
and Rose du Barry. a tureen slMl
lar to one il the pa.ace but with !iaWE
from which the royal specimen is free,
was sold not many years ago Tor I 10,
| OOO. Tlere are immense indial vase
| on eildcd pedestai$. having han@
painted scenes upon them
Of all the splendid mansions oi
Mayfair buckingham palace is thr
most splendid. There never can To-
any danger of it being sold or its
| trea sures dispersed so its ma%niI
cence will continue to increase durin!
| succeeding generations.
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x##&&& $#Eo ~ - = - = = = ss@ = n <**s = =
e THE BRAIN THE ONLY i
ORGAN OF THE BODY xS
THATRESTS DURING SLEEP ~
1t ~ 4 y = Il IS II = = = = s 4 $ = Az

and organs of the body all WorklhS,
it is the brain only that sleeps, anu
by no means all of the brain Inc
senses of sight, hearing touch, smell
and taste may be very mucn awake
while the subject sleeps. A sleeping
person hears and answers Guesuohs,
rearranges his bed clothing, covers
his ewes to keep out light. draws away
his hand when the experlmenter
tickles it. A child is broken OF the
habit of sucking his thumb whlie
asleep by putting aloes on it. He is
conscious OF the bitter taste ana
dreams of wormwood. The nerves,
then. and the brain centers corre-
sDonding TO them are awake. A busy
LAWYER exhausted by overwork, one
night went out to supper with some
friends, ate. talked and walked with
them. and the next day remembered
/ absolutely nothing of the occurrence.
He had not been drinking; the man
was simply asleep during the whoie
evening. His conscious memory
that is, consciousness itself-slept.
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LadB Path Ia Wlderness inst ~ -


by singular good luck he fell 10 VII
that great pioneer and leader OF dar-s
ing men. Daniel Boone. Boone Ws1
then starting over the mountains -
penetrate the fertile wilderness wnicA
is now Kentucky. He liked the M
and made him his companion.
Once in the Kentucky camp Sen-
ders took hand in furnishing AL tn0
simple needs Of pioneer life. he
hunted animals for food, cured SKINS
for clothing, cut trees for fres and
house builcing, made salt 1t the Va
rious licks and gathered honey from
the wild bees store. In these duties
he went here and there with Boone
and he finally shared the Aate OF MS
friend and guide in being captured
by the Indians.
The Indians were Shawnees ana
thew carried him to one OF the'r
towns and finally adopted him as =
son and brother. Boone was aiso
adopted. But Boone escaped, whlie
Sanders was so well satisfied that ne
STAYED with his new people anu
finally married Shawnee girl.
The descendants of this Jewish lac
Of London and Shawnee girl OF -Ohif
are living in honor and prosperity
to this day
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state liverieS for the pleasure Oh any |
of the guests who may care for row.
The gardens are beautifully lalo
out. and are we'll wooded. The pros
pect from the kings apartments does
not in the slightest suggest that 'he
palace lies in the very heart OF the
metropolis, girt by belt OF brlck ana
mortar from half a dozen to dozen
miles in breadth.
1t was only by chance that BUCK
insham palace ever became roEal
residence. 1t occupies the site OF 'he
mulberry gardens laid out by James
|. in his unsuccessful attempt to start
a silk industry in London. Suose-
uuently these gardens became pup
lie pleasure ground-"a silly place
with wilderness somewhat pretty,
according TO Pepys-where the taSh-
ionable thing to do was to so and eat
mulberry tarts.
The house was originally called GOT
ing house; the name was next chan@en
to Arlington house. and when. IN l'"".
John Sheffield. Duke OF BUcklnsham'
bought it, it became BuckinSham
| house. The Duke of buckingham de-
| molished the old structure and bullt
in its place a mansion OF red orlck.
When George III. was looking Out
| for more commodious town mouse
than ST James palace. buckingham
house happened to be in the market
and he bought it for only S2l,ooo
With the exception of George w.. al
the children of George Ill. were Dorl
under its roof.
In 1775 the property was settled oS
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me of a quaint old Yankee who mao
ouarreled with his brother The oId
fellow didn't like the brother bit.
and when the latter was summons"
to snnear in court his testimony was
srbiacted 10 considerable criticism.
See you had that brother OF nlihe
on the stand down to court Eester-
dav." he said. as he met Grover.
Yes
Have to be pretty careful about
what he tells you.
why. he is a man OF more than
ordinary intelligence. is he not
Intelligence, Why, Mr.. Grover,
Won could lose. information talking
with that mani"
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Bee Exhibit at Worlds Fair.

Mayor Swink, OF Rocky Ford, Colo,
who has perhaps the largest bee plant
in America. is going to take his bees
to the Worlds Fair and they will
work there from the time the expo
sition opens until 1t closes. MI.
Swink is willing to construct bee
hives a miniature OF the. Colorado
State House at. Denver This will re
ouire about $40 hives and in it about
; 500 900 bees will work.
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KING EDWARDS HOME
Especial Letter.)

from Marlborough house he causeu
MANY of his pet household goods "
be brought over--his famiilar "r''ihs
table, his favorite chairs. ana, ol
course, a perfect gallery of photo'
graphs of his family and numerous
friends.
Queen Alexandras apartments also
face the gardens. but are in the oppo-
site wing of the palace. They, too,
have been entirely renovated this
wear. and are now most comfortable.
The ballroom, which is 100 feet oy
60 feet, by As feet in height, is a
magnificent apartment 1t was com
pleted in 1856, and is said to nave
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cost $500 600. me celllHS ls ho'>
nificently painted. and running around
beneath the frieze are copies d
Raphael's Twelve Hours AT on"
end stands the organ. which was LOT
merly in the Brighton paViilon, am
beneath it is a hanging Of crimson ana
gold. once the tent OF Tippoo Sui'a"'
The palace has beautifully decor
ated private chapel. 1t was cohse
Grated in 1S43. The supporting pli
lars we're brought from Carlton house.
On the walls, paneled in crimson vel
vet. are some rare old paintings, one
dated 1890. The altar is quite PLAIN
hut above it hangs fine piece o'
Gobelin tapestry. the subject oelhS
John BaptizinS Christ
The spacious picture galleries con
tain superb and famous paintings. II
is the intention of the King to aud
gro dual Y masterpieces OF oNr preSe'''
! great artists Here is Friths well
known picture of the marriage OF the:.
| Majesties. Lord I.eightons Gina
bue's Madonna Carried Through the
| Streets of Florence" is also hung mere
The state dining room is anothe
superb chamber, being 70 feet by "a
feet A very great number OF peo
ple can be entertained here. On the
walls are portraits of former mem
bers of the royal family. painted by
great artists. among others the Duke
ot Cumberland. George Ill. Quee!
Charlotte and Anne Duchess of Cum
berland. all by Gainsboroush.
The throne room, the scene or th'
Kings courts. is Of magnificent pro
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QUEEN 1 CRESCENT
~ r Q u T E. =

The Eest Line to New York, Phfla-
delphia, Baltimore, Washington, Cin-
Rcinnati, Chattanooga, birmingham and
kall points in the East.
Through Sleeper, New Orleans 10
New York via Chattanooga. Bristol,
t.ynchburg, Washington and Pehnsyl'
ania Railroad.
Pullman Sleeper, New Orleans TO
lncinnati.
Dining Car Service on both New
Srl and Cincinnati Lines serving all
eAls.
Coolest. Cleanest.
hull detailed informati W furnished
Application.
H. Smith,
r. ]. Anderson.
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1J1CKINGHAM PALACE is to-
day one of London's most
comfortable mansions. Ex-
tensive alterations were car
ried out at the beginning OF
the wear. and the private apartments
were completely modernized.
His maiesty's suite Of rooms Is sit-
mated in the right wing. looking on
to the gardens. which run up Cons!l
tut,on Hill. They are forty acres III
extent; q particular feature OF them
"a the lake. covering no less than nVe
acres. There are boats on 1t. ano
a. rova, garden parties they are man
ned by the royal watermen III '"e''
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Tho Heiuhth Of Ignorance.

I.wver Grover delights in nothing
more than in hearing a good stor9'
and he can tell few himself says
the Boston Record. He was teAlng
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Taking the conceit out OF some
people robs them OF their only corr
fort in life.
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CUTVDENSEO TAVT0
OF GENERAL INTEREST

OF GENERAL TN ENEol f,
couples s, franss n ass n9 years ago.
% ne 2ss students there were 800
The two tunnels the Caucasus and the
Rn one usne in ten United States is eA
Nearly about 600 acres " vacant
public % % her war with China Japan increased her
furnishes thirty or forty pounds of o'eeSe
flock IN 1a%esss ] a @ by English courts
No interviews with Cork appear
" the % % @ wn p 900 and Philippines
It takes from one end OF the
The railway companies average e1Soo DAY
During ,o busy busy time time the & twenty leading "'e' IL
commences to decline in weight ' 'Ne age '
the mi m Maaa @ M " M is the only of clothing
cheaper air
five feet above h % has
distance OF lo"i in Fresland have
third 1m n has ordered have
speed of % eS s Carolina in 1901
compared WITH WITH ls - t % Ran all working together
big asa eamsne M ss sn'y as @ % @ gsng
British @ ome ] mas s % asn all cock and quail
and the order mas @ e trees Massachusetts Island
100 CO." S"nsdsc"s d sonthsn na New Hampshire m
French railway in compensation '
goods and baggage in their lines - telling their
total Nos s1 t1a earnings @ being Stock
we'd 1s sz adventures with Turkish
,,ands ns have % been made a oan
Germany the export Of of scientific ] instruments ''
geearners are in that industry.
making of a bucket is not simple process o " ~
machines are called dintose finished 49,,
WE are the rss ss npo np1 M ps rsd on s sss'' ans
mn tina, hi the on o 't @ "~n s% Tocs
Columbia M the sss H9@ on % p aDaS nd s ses
who nfn'sS s the as i'm snmon OF % rnsana
The longest run M w ."s e between buffalo
women won % who 1 o9t @ a esns and S
nd of
5os stems and stairway in the "oI
m o"Ne dnins his ] visit IN St Psturg and petehof
s Anitola there are ] ,ston is 100
The estimated t @ man woman and
champion OF the ohts
ing and some speeches were IN oena o N ~
con Moscow has Europe with 1000 ] oes m d
1t ninety and 900 nurses and ABOUT i' t "
ad annually ,ns Of ondon have either wi
@ ne of the the juvenile smoke
,; (Which form to boys uno
In the from plague average h p
Tho at disease and have oee
In the of France more @ tha1 "A p @ Of the Unit
are those Of Germany 90 per ''' - ~
England she was @ hrts M years as % rv m
sun was about the exhaustion Still she oNs ~
~ f hsy inhabitants land while the B'0n "0
than an acre 49, Cannon scientific methods
Roh been STUDY ing 'ne f,rns
in the u upper % n n'; csn n ,aa Observers
~ o Of the most important attaching to the cheap power ]
aunea h Niagara apart OF the ] ~
he of ca'stc SODA anu s ,
Santa Clara church constructed IRON e or
single OAK WAS completed remained unused
company has Seattle for mining platinum @ r m % sa
ir wages for fifteen platinum from ent pa
made up into h 1ar~ @ ways % in Which
he form of head and legs and 1t also ~ W
Mr. G Fouerton of Pathological Society oil oiaon t mas f y
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InfelicituS.

A correspondent OF the Boston Jour
nal declares that he heard of a young
clergyman the other day who startie
his hearers at funeral by beginning
his address thus: While there has
been something discovered to relieve
she pain of having teeth extracted
there has been nothing discovered as
vet to allay the pain of parting vita
friends by death."-Ph Philadelphia Rec.
ord.
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perhans some clouds have a silver
lining, and l guess they'll keep on hn-
ing.
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Many a man sets himself up as
hero because he has no valet.
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hAe the Italian shops "ieie
o
ihocn 81 and it also torn" ne ~ "
al otedi
n sheen afflicted with lhis no. 'ne s
sheep were lnhi'uue A'' ~
disease the United States
SQUARE veins are OFTEN an
mas n American mines up oA
is unusual
fruits mus in
while mas 'en o
s14O O 100000
t Of MANNERS Wales lower III ]
previous peiou i'e '" ~
tomas 2l9 last year
aovars Carried this cononauoh may a
the important innovation ol 'ne hAo"'"
edomna dwll
os PoaNa ana Nna''n 'Ns' "
before a
will hundred ana
a. nn"nn Of coffee sobieski who found large %
of i0'
droye ethemaw Vienna IN 1855
OF almost nleheaoe JA's
% island have been sNecAo iesS
suveyedb
OF Hopkins university hsl MS
the yellow Money
to a memorial tablet ana eS'''Nn '''S ~
works. tropical diseases
broad minded ~
commission OF
ethemo problem or now pest F" A'e"'e VIZ
utilizing the energy Oh
Aburos mas arrNeo a.
and
extending TWO days W
natvre Of the on Bank wss unsuccsssruA
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-10-21
A BAD MAN
FROM CHICAGO
Another Of the Men Caught at
the Meach Home Identified.

Cleveland. o., Oct 21.--william G..
Davis, one Of the robbers who was
shot by Jarvis Meach last Tuesday
night while attempting to beak in the
safe at the Meach brothers' home,
which resulted in the killing of two Of
the robbers, has been identified as
Owen @. McCabe, q Chicago. crook.
McCabe is in the custody Of the Elyria
authorities. t3e
According to the police DIcCabe,
alias Davis, is a professional robber
who has operated extensively through
out the country, with headquarters at
Chicago. He has long criminal rec
ord. McCabe has but recently COM
pleted term in the Western peniten-
tiary at Allegheny, Pa.
The police say that he answers the
description of man who took part in
the Sharon robbery.