The Worthington advance., 1882-04-27
Pitli and Point.

The following letter to French states
man ia printed in LIE Temps: Il have the
honor to give fair notice to the first minis
ter that if he refuses me the pension for
which 1 have applied, shall henceforth
vote as my conscience Dictates"
Another marriage in high life is impend.
ing at Berlin. the parties being the Hun.
Rarian giant Drasal and the Prussian giant
ess Marian. Each is said to be over eight
feet high. This will be the third union of
the kind in recent years.
The city OF Charleston, S. O., is one Of
the cities which has entered vigorously up-
on the policy of reducing its public debt.
In 1870 the debt of The city was S.. .24l.-
7o9.77. 1t Is now little over 81, 2)o, COO,
areduction of about $1,OOO,0 900.
At Mentone, a fortnight ago, was made
balloon ASCENSION that came near ending in
fatal disaster. An aeronaut named Jovie
ascended st five O'clock in the morning. &C.
compauied by q Paris journalist. At the
outset they were carried over the hills 80
that they had fine visw of the snowc!ad
Alps. but suddenly the balloon got into an
air current that bore it rapidly forward to
the sea, where it fell with tremendous ve-
loclty. There was heavy sea at the time,
and once or twice both men came verv near
being carried away by it and drowned. But
by sacrificing their instruments and some
OF their clothes they contlived to keep efioat
until whaler sent from Mentone had tax
en- them up.
Osc'r Wilde who is in New Orleans look
after his claim to share in an estate down
that way, which, it is thought will change
tho wo1s Upper Of q sunaower into full
blown millionaire, was greatly impre ssed
With the wierdly strange scenery along the
mississippi: What particularly impressed
him were the fantastic lines of picturesque.
ne IS: the moss hung swamps, and the roars
OF hi9eous, ecaly alllgators. Oscar reka. ds
New Orleans as city FOR one 10 dream, to
paint. to chisel and to plan in."
Great Paul, the new monster bell for st.
Paurs Cathedral in London, was succ: IS.
fully rung two weeks ago at the foundry in
LoughbOrough. It Was swung at the time
on its own head stock, being supported
two feet from the ground on temporary
timbering. It was lifted by 5O-ton iron
crane and 10 men were required to ring it
properly, though four men could make it
speak. While shut in by walls and hous es
the bell was heard ssven miles away. It is
said that this is the first case Of bell of
anything like the weight Of Great Paul be-
Ing swung. All the large bells Of Russia
are struck (they are never swung), while
the great bell In Notre Dame at Paris is
worked by treadle or some other mechan-
ical arrangement.
The determined mutilation OF Andres
monument recalls paragraph in Charles
Lambs Essays of Ella. He is pleading
With the keeper Of Westminster Abbey for
the privilege of free admittance to the
poor. Answering the objection that indis-
criminate admission might lead to 1nutila-
ton OF the monument, he says "For forty
years that have known the fabric, the on.
" wel!'attested charge Of violation adduced
has been q ridiculous dismemberment CON.
mitted upon the et3gy Of that amiable spy.
Maj. Andre. This was but the wanton mis-.
chief Of some school. boy, fired, perhaps.
with raw notions Of transatlantic freedom. :
1t is singular that poor Andre ia 80 pertin-
aoiously followed beyond the grave.
proof reader, while doing his spring
painting. fell seventy feet from scaffold,
but, as he was tough, the fall did not in
convenience him much. Are you hurt2"
asked man who was passing. The proof.
reader angrily retorted, Sir, in an acci.
dent like this, you should make an excla.
nation, not an interrogation" well, re-
turned the passer, II know that, but I've
observed that in your paper there is often
an interrogation point where all authorities
agree there should be q point Of exclama.
ton. It was entirely in difference to your
self, sir, that made the interrogation. !"
Here tho proof. reader, with his forefpger,
made In the dirt he had loosened by bis
tall the sign for more space, and the passer
moved mourntally around the corner.