Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-12-05

the narrow neck OF land dividing tn
two provinces Of New Brunswick ant
Nova Scotia, to connect the Bay o
Fundy with the Northumberland Straits
The length of the proposed canal will b,
sixteen miles.
| John s. Livingstone, brother OF DR.
Livingstone, the explorer, has spacious
store at Listowell, Canada, aud hangs
out a sign, Drugs and Patent Medi
cines, Toilet Goods, etc." He is cul
tured and highly intelligent gentleman,
and believes implicitly in the correct
ness of Stanley's representations in
regard to his brother.
Sir Sidney Waterlow, the new Lord
Mayor of London, began life as an sp.
prentice in a printing Office, went to
Paris to seek work as compositor, and
was some time employed at Galignani's.
Then he returned to London and Joined
his father and brother in little shop,
which gradually grew into huge and
weslthy establishment.
Some years ago young woman in
the city of New York wore $50, 900 worth
Of diamonds at her wedding, and to-day
we find poor sewing woman in Louis
vile who supports a disabled husband
and large family and pays rent by
making sixteen pairs Of pantaloons a
week for only four dollars, However,
the young woman who was married in
New York is not the poor woman who
lives in Louisville.
A German resident of Jacksonville,
writes correspondent, got hold of the
picturesque Chicago Inter.Ocean news
paper the other day, and became ex-
cited: "Gott in Himmel, vot ish dis
Chicago in ter.oceanl know dot fon
dis picture. Dot ish too pad. Only
little time ago wash purned up nit fire,
und now ish drownted NIT wasser. Veil
den, so / told mine frau every time 1t
vas dot way; always peen pad luck. !
got town lot in dot blaze, und who can
fint dis town lot agin anodder timer"
Among the many stories told Of Mile
Liebharts luggage is one that is partic-
ularly funny Her twenty-eight trunks.
some of them unstrapped and broken,
were carried to Steinway Hall, immedi-
ately after her arrival in New York, where
Mr.. Grau hired room in which to put
them. While he was looking after their
removal Liebhart herself appeared, and
must have thought Grau was examing
the contents, for she struck wild ballad
attitude and exclaimed, Got in Him
mel, was is das? You brock inside my
Kleidergestell2' "0h, says Gran, 81
was looking to see which one you had
brought your voice I'M"
Mr.. Stewards house, at Auburn, is
filled with singular testimonials ofregard
and esteem from every quarter of the
world, which have been presented tohim
since his retirement to private life.
There are specimens Of ore from Western
mines; specimens from the young Art
Academy Of Mexico; walking-sticks and
snuff-boxes from the four corners of the
globe. But the most curious present is
a gorgeous silk banner from China, such
as the men Of rank have borne before
them In professions, with the portrait Of
Mr.. Seward in the center, his sons EN-.
broidered at the top, and around the
border grotesque crowd of hypothetical
ancestors.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, at q
recent meeting, remarked that a" if the
church is to weather the storms which |
lower around in the present and in the |
future, it can only be by the timely |
adoption of reasonable reforms, without
abandoning its essential doctrines"
while in reference to many beliefs and
unbeliefs which Turk around the church,
he said; The strength Of other sects
and oommunions lies in the deiniteness
and vigor with which they are prepared
to face the problems Of religious life. 1t
remains to be proved whether the
Church of England, without forfeiting
the breadth Of which she is justly proud, |
can hold her own in the vigorous strug-
Gle Of positive creeds."