Show an instance of rare courage on the part of a girl is told in a memphis dispatch to the st louis globe democrat A few days alro aeo miss aliss rosa fenton an 1 n accomplished young lady of 18 residing 9 in crittenden county ark was bitten on the forefinger ot her left band by a large cottonmouth cotton mouth snake so deeply did the venomous reptile drive its poisonous fangs into the finger of tiie the maiden that she could not withdraw them but the snake hung bung suspended ended writhing by its teeth until miss fenton pulled it loose and flung it away with her right hand knowing the poisonous nature of the snake miss fentoria Fen tori with rare presence of mind seized an ax lying on the ground near by laid her wounded hand band on a block of wood and at one blow chopped off the bitten fluger finger she placed a bandage around her wrist light ight enough to stop the circulation of t the blood and telling her mother who had rushed from the house to her assistance si to pour whisky down her throat fainted mrs fenton dosed her suffering child with whisky which she fortunately had on hand and the young lady is now out of danger A recent elsue sue of science contained the foll ng much has been written on the subject of mysterious noises which in most cases if intelligently inquired into would be found to nave lave no mystery at all about them A prole in philadelphia Philadel paia recently recorded that at a certain hour each day one of the windows window in his house rattled in the most violent manner on consulting the local railway time table he could find no train running at the hour specified but on another table which included a separate line he found that a heavy beavy train passed at the time at the distance of several miles from his bis house he tilen then referred to the geographical formation of the ground between tue two points and at once saw th that 3 t there was an outcropping cropping out ledge edge of rock which formed a link of connection between the distant railway line and his home it was the vibration carried by this rock from the bassing nassing passing train that rattled the window the enormous influx of united states forgers defaulters default ers and lers into canada within the past month or so has roused the dominion authorities to taking further action in urging upon abe beitl Brit icah i government the absolute necessity ot arranging arr angine an extradition treaty with the united states which in its will include many of the crimes and criminal crini loob t who under the present treaty are bea beyond ond the reach ot 01 law from ahat can be learned the british government throws the ol 01 failure to arrange a new and more extended treaty ou the united states gov e r a ment thy the question however has again been revived with the assurance that as far as the home authorities are concerned matters will be pushed with a view to an early conclusion being arrived at at a recent conclave of the prelates pr elates of the episcopal denomination a change was made in the apostles creed so ao that instead of re ho descended into hell bell it reads ille lie went into the place of departed spirits this change in the time honored articles of faith of that influential body of worshipers is i highly significant of the tact fact that new and enlarged ideas of mans condition succeeding thia atals and of the possibilities 8 of that state are receive receiving ng widespread attention and credence amon among reflecting believers inthe scriptures recently at brantford out ont a bronze statue of joseph brant the great mohawk chief was unveiled with due ceremonies it is a line fine work of art made of cannon supplied by the british government and cost it is heroic in size nine feet in height and represents the chief as he was waa in life bi bis s features being preserved reserved by portraits a I 1 ts tak taken la both in england and america |