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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 13, 23 December 1862, Page 3

Ay Elkimiant at liARm--.. —In Troy.-bridge, on Saturday, the elephant " Ajnx," bclon^ini; to banger's Circus, and his keeper, were quartered at the Horse m-.d Gioom pnbliehouse, and, during the night, '■ Ajax "' like a true (Jrecian, deiied locks, boh?, and bars, and played " Magg's diversions." In the lirst place, lie was lied by a strong rope to an iron bar driven eight inches into the earth ; tiiis lie easily pulled up, and then took down the heavy stable door which co< lined him — neither hinges, locks, nor bolts, offering any impediment. %i Ajax " next performed a similar operation on the cellar uour, but did no damage. Leaving that place, he went into the garden, where he demolished everything, and trampled the ground flat. Tne (Jonigree Chapel abuts into this garden, and the animal smashed the windows, framework and all, and also those in the cellar, doing damage to the amount of about 30s. At this point of the proceedings the keeper nppeared, and led "Ajax " back to his d.nniiLory, where he adinini.-Uered a sjund castigati-jn to him. The proprietor of the circus on being apprised of the datnago, immediately made reparation lor the same. — U'iitsltirc Mirrur. I-'ood: its Destination and Uses. — In the Proceedings of ihe Loyal Society Air. W. S. Savory has given an account of his experiments in relation to this subject, pi-rfonund upon rat.s r.ml a hawk. Their diet was divided into tli roe classes: — 1 , a non-nil rogenou.s, consisting of equal parts, by weight, of arrow root, sago, tapioca, J«rrl, and suet, which yielded only 0-22 per cent, of nitrogen; 2, nitrogenous, viz., lean veal, from which every particle of fat had been carefully removed, which yielded only Too per cent, of fat; .3, a mixed diet — the two iormer combined. The weight, temperature, and general condition of the animals were especially uoticed. The following conclusions were drawn . — Nitrogenous materials are not o:ilv calorifacienf, but at least under some circumstances, sutHciently fo to maintain alone the requisite temperature. It is in tho highest degree probable that, under certain circumstances, nitrogenous materials, may prove directly caloritaeiont without forming issue. Non-nitrogenous substance are, under some circniustances, directly caloritacient without entering into the composition of issue of any kind. While non-nitrogenous food only is taken, sill the nitrogen which is excreted in tho urine, and more, may be accounted for by the disintegration of the original tissues, without assuming that any fraction is assimilated from any other source. While life cannot be maintained without nitrogenous food,, even though every other kind by abundantly supplied, death in this case being clue to loss of tissue, lite, and even health, and the normal temperature can be maintained, at least for a long period, upon diet almost exclusively nitrogenous with proper inorganic substances in. which there exists only a small fraction ot non-nitro-genous matter. Such a minute proportion of fat must be but a poor representative of uon-nitro-gem'ous food. Lastly, in these experiments the significant fact appeared, that whilo the weight, strengeth, and general condition of the animals varied very widely under different diets to which they wore "subjected, no considerable fluctuation was observed in their temperature. Kveu the slight variation from time to time recorded seemed rather to result from other causes than depend directly nn the food. — Argus. To Eask Mklancitoly. — Set about doing good. One act of kindness will have more influence on the spirits than all the suit- water baths tbnt were ever invented,