The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-06-15

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 Tn Paris accident insurance policies are issued guaranteeing the holder against the consequences of the dam age he may inflict on others. They are taken out chiefly by cab drivers.
 Cremation is becoming increasingly popular in Paris, and the crematorium at the cemetery of Pere la Chaise has already been found to be too small. Ad- ditions are being made, and third fur mace, a large hall and a columbarium will soon be ready for use. The latter somewhat resembles the Campo Santo of Genoa, and will contain 10000 recep- tacles for ashes. These niches are clos- ed with slabs of marble, on which in- Ecriptions may be cut.
 A paper was presented recently to the Royal Meteorological society of Great Britain dealing with the Ere quency of Rainy Days in the British Islands The observations of forty stations for twenty years from 1876 to 1896 were used, and the observations reduced to percentages for each month. As might be expected. the greatest fre quency of stormy days was found on the extreme north and west coasts, and the month of June to be most free from rainy weather. The summer maximum Of rain occurs in July; October is de- cidedly showery month, but November has the greatest number of rainy days.
 St. Petersburg is to have an inter- national exhibition of birds, the Czar being the chief patron of the enterprise and the Russian government its finan- cial packer. Most of the European countries have been invited to take part in the project, and have answered fa- yorably. It is intended to include all countries, and the project has already assumed such tremendous proportions LllhLll 4iiTs5 DFtLl-IOHAA& AtEESSdIy# u postpone it from the present to the summer of the following year. It bids fair to present the most striking array of birds ever gathered together, repre- senting all zones and climates, from Arctic to Antarctic. around the entire circle of the world.
 The Russian government is now en- couraging drunkenness by establishing fourth spirit shops" The man. agers of the shops of the three classes hitherto in existence are receiving a fixed government salary, and have to deposit certain sum of money as a This deposit hindered the opening of spirit shops in small villages, where no managers could be found possessing the guarantee required. The fourth class shop removes this difficulty, as 1t consists only in a permission granted to local inhabitant to buy spirits from the nearest government shop and resell them in his own cottage for small re- muneration.
 The Shaker society of Union village, Ohio, has concluded the purchase of 51,- 900 acres of Georgia land, situated in Pierce, Ware and Charlton counties. The deal involves about s125,00O, and portion of the purchase money has been paid. The purpose of the purchase, 1t is announced, is to develop a part of the land for stock and sheep-raising and to dispose of the remainder to desirable class of northwestern farm CTS It is understood that the Shakers will devote their personal attention to developing this land. They have al- ready invested over s30OO0 in Glynn county farms, and it is their purpose to eventually move the entire Ohio Shaker colony to Georgia.
 Every military company in Germany has it's pack of dogs which are in charge of a petty officer who is ex- cused from all duties in the afternoon that he may train the animals for their work. The short-haired German point er poodle and shepherd dogs are em- ployed and they are taught to carry messages or ammunition, hunt up the dead and to give signals. First the dog learnns to stand in line, to obey "atten- tion," to bark at command, to guard any article and to go search for lost belongings. The sender of an army message puts a dispatch-a card is used in the training-in leather pocket at tached to the dogs neck and upon the animals arriving at his destination the receiver takes the card out. The dog sooI learns the meaning and neces-