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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2596, 2 March 1889, Page 1 (Supplement)

Thb wife of a labouring man living at Sandhurst, Berks, named Mason, has given birth to triplets., all fino, healthy girls. The father has been out of work for some months, and there are five other children. The mother and daughters are doinsr well. Water should always ba swallowed slowly. It is not the stomach which is dry, but the mouth and throat. If you toss off a drink of water you throw it through your mouth and throat into your stomach, without doing the former any good, while you injure the latter by loading it with what it does not require, Drink slowly, and keep the water in your mouth for a moment when you begin. If you work in a hot room in hot weather, tie a damp cloth around your temples, and you will not experience half the craving for drink you otherwise would." —Health and Home. A ploughman living near .Edinburgh, on getting a holiday, went to see the sights of the city, and, amongst other places, paid a visit to the Carlton Hill Übseivatury to got a sight of the moon. After having a glance he drew uiv-iy his head to wipe his eyes, and in the interval the end of the telescope diopued, so that, instead of pointing to the heavens, it pointed to the earth. His surprise was great when he again looked through and beheld the sign nf a nuMi;h'Use ar. a short distance., Hth the oust - tnary anii'miieeinents—'' E li;:'«» g'i ;<V," etc. He started back, >'Xc d:- ;,ig : " EnbrV yiiil iu the nuine! tfosli, but rlut beuta ali,"