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Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1759, 22 August 1874, Page 2

Rough on the Ladies.—;A cynical old bachelor says that the eagerness with which young ladies rush to fashionable entertainments suggests the first stage of a rubber; atwhist.: They cut for partners; Lifting an Elephant.—A Calcutta paper, describing an incident which ref cently came under observation, says :—f " The; hoisting into? the air jand lowering elephants into the hold of a ship is not only: an unusual sight to" most inch, jbut also a strange experience to most elej phants. They were!lashed with strong ropes, slung as far as practicable in slingsi hoisted up 'with erahe_s, with three feet tackle, and lowered into the steamer'£ hold like a bale of; cotton. When in the bold they were placed in pens built of strong teak timber bulks, bolted to the : .sbipls side to prevent them from .breaking 'loose; v.TJie fear.the animals suffered was tho only pain they underwent, and by watching the eyes of the poor beasts their terror was made very manifest. Tears trickled* down their mild, countenances, and they roared with dread, more especially ,when being lowered into $he hold, the bottom of which was sanded' for them to stand upon. "We are told that one fomale elephant actually fainted, and wais brought .to with a fan and many gallons of water." [