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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8010, 15 February 1887, Page 4

In Brussels sound sleepersare awakened at any desired hour by alarm tiells connected with the telephone system. The Shunpao says there is a Corhan dwarf measuring two-and-B‘hnlf feet in height; His hand is one font long and his body is about the same length, aha his legs measure five Inches only. The length of his feet is over a foot, and he is obliged to crawl in and out of his house. The Corean dwarf is twenty-seven years of age, and is a far more wonderful creature than Tom Thumb,— Celestial Empire, Shanghai. How to Get Sick.—Expose yourself day and night, sit too much without exercise, work too bard without rest, doctor all the time, take all the vile . nostrums and imitations advertised, and then you Will want to know How TO Get WeLl, which in ahsWered in three words—Take American Co.’s Hop Bitters. Bead. 1

A pastoral letter was read in all the Catholio Churches through the dioceses comprising the Province of California, on the last Sunday of last November on the subject of ‘ Mixed Marriages.’ The Bishops of the dioceses close their letter as follows ; •We therefore ordain : Firstly,; that the pastor, unless authorised by the Ordinary, shall not assist at the marriage of those who will not have applied to him at least three days previous to their marriage ) secondly, that none can be married without having furnished due vouchers for their ,freeddom, an When both parties are Catholics, without the due publication of the banns; thirdly, that in no case whatever can a Catholic be married by any other person than a priest without subjecting himself to excommunication; fourthly, that when the parties are entitled to a nuptial benediction the pastors shall see that the special mass for that benediction shall accompany or follow the celebration of the marriage ; fifthly, that as the Holy See teaches, there must be a grave cause for a dispensation for a mixed marriage, and that the usual promise must be made, otherwise it would be a grievous sin to contract.'