The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-12
GLEANINGS

piece OF Queen Nictorias wedding
cake was recently sold In London at auc-
tlon for $50
How times change. Jesse James daugh-
ter was married on Friday and all the
James family, except Frank. was present
az the affair, and yet Il formed but a
seren-llne item in the papers.
Helen Keller. the deaf and blind ts%S no
longer dumb student who is now in her
freshman year at Radcliffe college. has
been promoted m the English composition
class ON account OF her extraordinary
progress In her class there were forty
students. and above the work OF all these
that OF the deaf and blind girl has stood
pre-eminent.
Captain Evan Howell, Of Georgia was
talking The other day in Washington. II.
., TO senator Plau about insomnia
Insomnia, and IL is as simple As IL is
sure When you go To- bed and cant
sleep get up and take a drink. 60 back
10 bed and wait half an hour. IL YOU do
not 20 10 sleep, get up and take another
drink. Repeat this. sub at intervals OF
half an hour II you do not go 10 sleep
FOR four times. making four drinks then.
sHh, II you are mt -uSfcrp you will not
care whether ysu steep or not"
For many generations humsv0 skull
mas lain ON the window seat of room In
Z.
el-en-le-Frith and Whaley bridge. IL IL
known by the name of 'Dickey," and the
tradition concerning Il IN most interest
ing. IL Is stated that this skull was that
oi "A CORNER heir 10 the farm. who. on his
return home after the battle OF AE;N.oGrt
IN lSlo, was murdered In the room whore
the skull has since been kept, and that
II had been buried In the churchyard. hut
until IL was brought back again misfor-
tune attended everything on tn iarm.
The present owner Is reported 10 have
recently been offered ZOO for the skull
Hendgo. prshaps. the most famous of
Australian gold fields is preparing To cell
citrate its jubilee BY holding mining ex-
hlbiton. II WAS in October. 1851, that the
herd on he spot were Golden square now
stands. Since lhen Bendlgo has contri-
buted l1,le@~o ounces To the gold output
Of the world. The old shepherd was a pug
nacious and alarreisome person, hence
he was chrstened by his comrades Ben
digo. the name OF the most renowned
English prizehHhter of the period Thus.
while the pugilist OF the past is forgot
ten, save In the annals Of the prize-rng.
his name is perpstuStcd by the great gold
field of the antipodes.
Queen Wilheimina. even as a child. suf-
fered greatly from feeling of depressing
loneliness. II IL said that she used TO
threaten her dolls with terrible punish
ment OF never having any one 10 play
with. and her greatest solace came from
outdoor life. Fortunately for tho queen
Duke Henrik is IS devoted 10 every form
OF outdoor life and sport a. il his wife.
Already Queen Wilhelmina shows as
great liking for onen air as did Queen
Victoria and probably no royal betrothed
couple ever showed themselves more free
~ Ia public than did the Dutch monarch
and her tisncee The queens great Sm-
inlne taste-snd one which much endears
her TO her Dutch subiects-is an enthu-
siastic love OF gardening,
Bill-"f understand Gayhoy is ono OF
the best known men In your town.
.Jill-"Nhy, he's so we'll known that he
hsF 10 go out Of town TO borrow money
--rid-bits.