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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 278, 3 December 1901, Page 4

M. Bergson, Professor of the College de France, now declares that he has discovered “ the stuff that dreams are made of.” The circulation of the blood in the retina and the pressure of the eyelid on the optic nerve, he asserts, cause a colour sensation. The colours assume phantom shapes which stir the memory. Tho lato President McKinley was, it is reported, insured for no more than 67,000 dollars. Mrs McKinley’s income from the insurance policy, the 5000 dollars per annum which will be granted to her by Congress, and the private fortune left by her husband, will amount to about 13,000 dollars (T 2600) per annum. It is curious to notice the great number of centenarians whose deaths are recorded in the official returns of Irish rural dis tricts. As an instance of the longevity of the Irish peasant it may be pointed out that the death of persons upwards of 60 years of age registered in Connaught last year amounted to over .30 per cent, of the entire deaths oi the province.