THE STRAND MAGAZINE. 
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“JOHNNY TN THE CELLAR.” 
I N the sixteenth anti seventeenth centuries in Holland 
a cup called “ Johnny in the Cellar tf was to be 
found in nearly every 
household. It was of 
silver, and was used 
in the following circum- 
stances, When a young 
wife was about to 
become a mother, her 
husband arranged a 
festive dinner, inviting 
all their relatives to 
assist. Towards the 
end of the dinner the 
cup, filled with wine, 
was presented to the 
A RABBIT WITH WINGS. 
T AM sending you a photograph of a rabbit with 
i wings, the property of Mr. George Levitt, of 
Eastbourne. When this 
photograph was taken 
the animal was four 
months old. Its wings, 
which measure twenty- 
six inches across, are, 
of course, no use for fly- 
ing purposes, but are 
no hindrance when it 
walks. It has eight feet , 
but: the extra four are 
not developed. — Mr. A. 
R. Pestel, 49, Terminus 
Road, Eastbourne. 
guests, when Johnny, floating on a 
little piece of cork, came out of his 
cellar, and in this way the guests were 
informed of the happy news. If Johnny 
came out quietly and without diffi- 
culty it was considered that the child 
would be prosperous and healthy. — 
Mr. I). Cc,.v*ee, So, Zeestraat, The 
Hague, Holland. 
A REMARKABLE ROAD. 
r P'11 IS photograph gives some idea of the extra- 
1 ordinary windings of a Sicilian road. It is all 
one road, and leads from St. Alessio to the mountain 
village of Forza D’Agro — a distance, perhaps, of a 
mile and a half as the crow flies ; but if you follow this 
road it will take two hours to get there. The picture 
was secured by walking to the edge of a precipice near 
Forza D’Agro and pointing the camera downwards. 
Gastello St. Alessio is seen on the right. — Mr. A. W. 
Cutler, Rose llill House, Worcester. 
CENSORSHIP EXTRAORDINARY. 
H ERE is a cutting from an Ameri- 
can paper illustrating an extra- 
ordinary method of getting round the 
poster censor. In the Texas town where 
the bill was posted there is a prohibi- 
ti6n against the illustration of revolvers, so the 
weapons in the hands of the outlaws in the accompany- 
ing picture have been painted over and bouquets of 
flowers substituted. The effect is ludicrous in the ex- 
treme. — Mr. W. A. Williamson, rip, Castellain 
Mansions Maida Vale, London, W. 
