Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-05

ed top, to give an impression OF extreme sem
sibiIity and fragIlity; she poses with Il ike
the queen of a burlesque with wand; and
she could. on occasion. use 1t as club TO brain
him who would do her harm.
FOUR pralrIe wolf cubs were brought to
England some years ago, and turned down in
Ongar Wood. They were believed to be fox
cubs at the time. ga large gray fox has of
late often been hunted in the neighborhood.
but he has always made of into the woods.
"Curiously colored fox cubs" nave also been
observed, and from time TO time taken in the
forest. Last May a man bought one OF these
supposed cubs from some hay carriers, and
he has been fully identified by Mr.. super
intendent Bartlett, of the Geological Gardens.
as a prairie wolf. There is, in the opinion OF
Land and Water, every probability that the
wolves have 'bred pretty freely" in their new
home, and that many of them have been sold
in London as cub foxes.
THERE is an ancient anecdote of a Snowman
who announced an exhibition Of two strange
beasts, the gyascutas and the prock, the FORM
er being remarkable for strength and ferocity
and the latter for agility and grace. When
the audience had assembled dreadful roar
was heard to proceed from behind green
curtain. and the Snowman appeared in a
disheveled state, shouting: ''Ladies and gen.
tlemen, save yourselves by flight; the gyascu-
tas has broken loose and has already deYoured
the prock." ThereupOn the audience DIS
persed with mar6ed precipitation. and with
out stopping to demand its money back. The
Snowman packed up his stock in trade, con-
sisting of green curtain and tin roar, ana
proceeded TO the next town.
LORD PALMERsTON, riding in the New For
est, asked lime burner his name, and learned
that 1t was Purkiss. He then asked if he was
descended from the lime burner of his name
who carted away the corpse of William Ru-
fus, and Purkiss said 'Yes." Mentioning
this, PalmerstOn said: 81 have had the honor
of cOnversing with an honest worklngman
V~I lr1a-f Naf1a am
bears the oldest surname in England Sub
sequently, however, he admitted that ne was
in error, and that the WapshOts of Chertsey,
surrey. were antecedent to the Purkisses of
Hants. The WapshOts are now extinct, but
their house, the Almners, remains. and was
in their possession up to thirty years ago.
They had held the estate since the reign OF
Alfred.
A TRAVELLER to Long Branch describes a
thing characteristic of the speculative sort OF
business men who so largely make up the sea-
| sons multitude at the famous seaside resort.
| A dozen men, lacking room in the smoking
car of the crowded train, went to enjoy their
cigars in the baggage car. Here was baby
carriage lying on its side, thus bringing one
| wheel uppermOst and horizontal. Not min
| ute had elapsed before a broker wrapped bit
| Of paper around spoke. Now, gentlemen,
| he said, ''stand around the wheel of fortune
/ while / Whlrl it thus" and he gave the wheel
| a turn. at costs you % cents apiece.
| and the man in front of whom the marked
| spoke stops takes the pot. Make your game
| while the wheel is revolving" During the
| ride of an hour and half the lmprOmptu
| game did not of an instant lag.
IN the Spirtuallstic camp meeting at Ne
| shamminy Falls, n. j., visitor found several
| seances for the naturalization of spirits, but
/ IN only one instance was there a novelty.
| Here a tent was penetrable only on payment
| of half dollar. Fifty to sixty persons sat IN
/ front of a curtained stage, from behind the
4 Of af.aF VrFQ a
| palmer told us were the re-embOdied spirits
| of dead men and women. Nobody could dis
| pute that assertion effectually. the light was
| 50 dim. At length the last feeble spark OF
| lamp illumination expired, and the company
1 were in complete darkness. Instantly there
| was a lurid flash from behind the curtains,
] and projected therefrOm came a form In How
| ing robes and floating gait. This apparition
| lasted only a few seconds, disappearing with
| the final glimmer of light. The same thing
was often repeated.
THERE is upon exhibition in New York city
a small iron japanese dragon of wonderful
workmanship 1t is the most noteworthy
| specimen of ancient work in iron that has
ever left Japan. 1t is a trembling reptile
| with a hideOus horned head, hanked on each
| side with a sharp wire representing antenn8.
| The dragon, which was made in 1870 and is
| valued at $500, Is made with aruculated
| scales and JOINTS, and when grasped at any
| part of the body it moves along its whole
| length in a life-like way. Its maker was
Muneaki, of the famous family of Miyochin,
| the armOr- makers, who, sitting on the
ground with pincers, could make an iron
| shirt that could be slipped on like an ordinary
| SHIRT. There is an iron eagle in the South
| KensingtOn Museum, made by one of the
same family, and purchased for that museum
! for s. 1000. The dragon maker, who was the
| twentieth descendant of the founder of the
family that retained the secret of its skill, is
believed by connOisseurs to have been a better
artist than his cousin, the maker Of the iron