Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-08

posed changes of level of the earth's sur
face in certain parts Of Europe. Villages
in the Jura which were hidden from each
other no LONGER than forty years ago,
have gradually risen in sight. while IN
village in Bohemia the inhabitants now
see half Of distant church splre OF Mhlch
only the top was visible thirty years ago
JAPANESE farmers regard piece of
ground as nothing more than certain
area on which to operate with manures.
They pxpect the manure to do the work
and the Ground merely to afford the space
They reduce their nauures to liquid,
and are eXceed'u-iy particular about
saving all they can, Whatever VIII
strengthen the crops and the soil they
save with the greatest care.
IL SOME parts of Italy the inhabitants
retain The provincial habits Of their au-
cestors of the early ages. one OF the
most curious customs still observed re-
Iates to their marriages. The BRIDE Is
dragged from home by main strength.
The struggle begins in her own room,
where she must cling. shrieldng, rs she Is
torn away by her married woman friends.
Among the Weather classes the practice
OF announcing the approach OF the bridal
pair 10 church by blowing OF trumpets
still continues.
4 PIONEER who once owned the land on
which the town of Mioc, in Michigan
stands. tell, how the place received ITS
noculiar name. II had wife once,
saws the pi0uccr. land | loved her dearly.
! Her name was Maria; but the children,
/ not beng able to pronounce 1t. called her
/ Mic and finally the neighbors GOT to
/ calling her Mo When the county seat
/ was located. and l called it Mio-after
my dear wife who had dicd-the surveyor
/ thought that a final would make the
/ name look better; and 80 the name i
/ spelled Mice
/ is the revival of '-Frou Frou,' which
/ is the present passion of Paris. Sarah
| Bprnhardt wore first Pompadour satin
/ oyrrskirt. white satin bouillon skirt to
/ match. the white trimmed with ruched
EDGES of cardinal velvet. second, honey
/ combed velvet princess dress, trimmed
/ with sWansdOwn. over white laced skirt
/ embroidered in white Jet. Third. an old
| gold plush dinner dress and large Vlslte
! to match. lined and turned up with GRIM
/ son SATIN. Fourth, "A brown plush dress,
! with white applique. over lace skirt
/ with golden grelots. Fifth, a gray silk
! over an Ottoman velvet skirt, profuselY
! ornamented with velvet flowers.
THERE died in New Orleans last week
| an AGED negro. George Latiere by name,
/ who boosted a most romantic history.
| I.aticre claimed to be 10 years of age, and
/ was certainly very old, as, when he was
| brought 10 New Orleans as slave IN
| 1903. eighty wears ago, he was full
! crown man over six feet i'm height He
! claimed to be named Myaka and to have
! been the prince of a tribe of negroes in
! Guinea. He was inyieglcd aboard
! "A sloop by the celebrated slave dealer Ju-
! an RodrigncZ brought to Louisiana and
! purchased 10y a rich planter, Paul l.ahere,
! whom he served faithfully during the war
/ of 1872. He also went through the Next
/ can war with his sons. Hypollte ana Iaul,
| the latter of whom freed him and left HIM
I quite "A large sum of money. suthclent To
/ render him comfortable for the remainder
! of his lite.
/ PORT JFENIs y. y. Di>pdtch: In an
/ AQUARIUM in the window of the Port
.Ieryis Water Works Company. on Pike
street there are several small pickerel.
! Friday morning one of them, about two
I and half inches in length, tried to make
! a meal of another one nearly as large as
/ himself He pouuced upon him and
| succeeded in swallowing about half
/ of him when ne found the break
| fast too biz for his throat. He
swan around with the fish protruding
! from his mouth. his gllls tWltchlnS
neryously. and his body stretched to near
/ IN twice its natural size. Several times
| he was seen TO draw back and dash against
| the glass size of the aquarium rs II trying
! To drive the fish down hi, throat. All day
/ long he swan around or lay mOtiOnlcss
! with She tail of his cousin or brother stick
] ing out of his mouth, unable to either
swallow or dsgorge him. Next morning
/ il was found that he had succeeded in get
! ting rid of the morscl, which ioated dead
| and partly mangled, in the water, while
/ the cnniba himself floated about lank.
/ shrlnken, and generally broken up.