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Show CLIPPED AND CONDENSED. A choer is due the Dutchmen. When the Print, Frederik collided with the English ship Marpnssa on June 25 the commander of a dtachment of Dutch colonial forces which happened to be on board immediately ordered the assembly assem-bly sounded, and the men fell in on the deck like clockwork in the face of certain cer-tain loss to the ship. Their conduct ! was an iuvaluable example to the passengers pas-sengers and crew, for, although the entire en-tire company were then transferred to the boats with perfect quiet and dispatch the Printz Frederik went down as the last boat left her side. She carried with her six Dutch privates and an officer, who doubtless had beeu overwhelmed over-whelmed by the waters rushing in 'at the point of collision. Chris SchatTer, the man who discovered discov-ered John Morrissey, taught him to write his name, had him traiued for his first light and helped him along the flowery path of fame generally, is "dealing'' in a faro game at Saratoga. Schaffer states what isn't generally known, thnt Morrissey died in parlor'5 at the Adelphi hotel in Saratoga, and that his bills for doctors, nurses and board for his family, amounting to about $800, are still unpaid. Morris-sey's Morris-sey's mother was drowned near Troy the morning Morrissey sailed from New York to see the Heenan-Sayers right. He did not defer the trip, however, how-ever, and Schaffer represented him at the funeral and paid the expenses. Not the least acceptable of many heartfelt congratulations to Cardinal Manning on his "silver jubilee" were those of the superiors, sisters aud tho old men, womeu aud voung children who are inmates of Nazareth house, Hammersmith. They presented to him "the father of the poor" a beautiful illuminated address. On hearing that the Did people were in attendance at the cardinal's house, the venerable prelate pre-late observed: "They must not have the trouble of coining upstairs; I will go down to them. They are old; I am young." The cardinal gave a book and a picture to a poor armless girl an in-mute in-mute of Nazareth house who had written him a letter with the pen in her mouth, and sent his special blessing to tb whole community with all his heart. China is spending this year about $3,000,000 in the effort to regulate its wayward river, the Hoang Ho, which has rccentty caused such terrible loss of life and property. A part of its waters are to be permanently diverted into the Tu hai. a river north of the Hoang Ho and almost parallel with it. Dams are also to be built to hold back a part of the Whters at flood, and the stone walls will be rebuilt along the banks to coufinc the stream. The ingenuity in-genuity of man has not vet devised effective protection against this most troublesome of rivers, and when the remedy is found it will probably cost a colossal sum of money to apply it. The governor of Shantung reports that he i' iu his Provice atone at least 5.000.000 to prevent the recurrence of the floods. |