Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ACCORDING to the Colorado CApLeF, MID
lands population consists of two families and
a couple Of dogs, and yet the city has news
paper.
THE cholera scare has induced the Ha-
waiian Government to appoint quarantine
officer. He lost his nose in saw mill and
cannot smell.
a FRENCH sAVANT announces, with much
important flourish, his discovery of bacteria
in brick walls. Many an old American
country doctor. however, has long applied his
knowledge OF this fact IN his practlce.
THE total muster of the House OF Lords is
SIS. OF these five are members Of the royal
family, who, in accordance with usual prac-
tiee. abstain from divisions on a political
question. OF the remainder. 2Ss rank as
Tories and aIS are usually classified as Libe
rails Rut many nominal Liberals. like Lord
Bradbourne and Lord Dunraven. usually vote
against the government on party questions.
THE generator Of steam engine in Or
leans. France, suddenly shot up from its
fastenings, smashed the eorniees of two
houses. knocked over a dustman's cart, set
fire to a crowded fruit store, knocked over
five workmen, sailed over several blocks OF
houses ike SKY rocket, and came down IN
body 10 sneak Of. aud with its glass water
level intact. Nobody has yet explained this
astonishing freak.
1t is some slight comfort to know that other
nations besides sourselves sometimes blunder
in the construction of war vessels. The Ajax
and Agamemnon of the British navy. which
took nearly eight years to construct. ana cost
about IS. 10000, are pronounced to be failures.
Per contra, 3 private firm on the Thames
built an irOnclad OF 1000 tons for foreign
government in two years. which not only
embodied all the latest Improvements, but cost
only a Quarter Of the amount which has been
squandered on the Ajax and Agamemnon.
A good instance Of the afectation Of the
Spauish people for old churches occurred re-
Gently in Mission san Jose, little village Of
Santa Clara county, California. The place
was swept By IRE, which tnreate sl9e az one
in good preservation. Next door 70 II was
large wine cellar, so the ingenious eltlzens
Knocked in the heads Of dozen hogsheads Of
fine old claFet. and with the wine eXtlnguisned
the flames and saved the church. The best
part OF the joke is that the claret belonged to
Archbishop Alemany and was intended for
his private table.
sT.PAUL's is 4 resting place not for the
dead only. There is no greater contrast to be
found in London than by passing into st.
Paurs from Ludgate Hill on one side or
Cheapside on the other. st noontide, espe-
cially on hot summer days. the cathedral Is
well filled. if not with worshipers, at least
with quiet and orderly visitors. round the
aisies there Is a steady stream OF sightseers,
but on the benches in the nave there are al
sorts and conditions OF men and women. some
OF them workmen doing in the unWonted
quiet, others men Of business pauslng Tor a
moment from the hot chase.
Canned GOODS are now so low in price in
California that there is no money in honest
work, the result being deliberate 6eteriora-
ton OF the commodities by means of chemi-
Gals. glucose and water. We have not yet in
this country reached that point in the devel
opment OF this trade where any desired jelly
Is made from turnips. as in England; but il IS
rapidlv being approached. The trade objec-
ton that such articles would be unpopular
and unsalablee Is of no consequence 70 the
peOple. but the weightier matter OF deleterl-
ons chemicals and unsound materials VIII
soon or late compel some form OF legal regula-
ton OF this vast food product industry.
THEIR is no spot in the world where coffee
= - hadlv made as in this country. says a
writer in the san Francisco 1rgonaaf. And
this arises from several causes. The first Of
these Is the purchasing Of coffee ground and
roasted at grocery stores where the sale = 50