The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-03-06
FACTS IN FEW LINES

There are 40 ,newsboys IN Spain. Wo-
men sell newspapers on the street.
II is understood that altogether the
peace negotiations cost the japanese
government 100000.
Norway exported about 6S,OOOoOO
pounds Of fresh COD and more than
half thatamount Of SAT- cod last year.
The pay Of the Russian private sol
der has been increased more than 100
per ceRt-thst Is TO say, from $1.85 to
50 year.
Because In one DAY OF ten hours re-
Gently the alzasl4oSse barber at BethnaI
green, Loadon, shaved go men there is
some talk OF raising his wages.
A British constitutional association
has been formed for the purpose OF
promoting personal liberty" and limit
ing the functions Of governing bodies
accordingly.
Company q, Second regiment, Con-
necticat miTFa, statieRed at Water
bury, has tlrss men W'ho have served
in the milfeiA OF the state for over
twenty years.
The highest price ever paid for a
steer at the stoeltyaH6s at Kansas City
is 10 cents q pound which was paid
the other day for a choice animal The
record price previous to this sale was
So cents.
There was a stair climbing contest on
the Elffel tower. Paris, recently. Three
hundred competitors climbed the T29
steps. all in racing costume, with rub
Der shoes. The winner performed the
feat In 8 minutes 10 seconds.
During the year 1905 sixty three mar
rage licenses were granted in Mont
pelier, Vt Ninety-seven Of the con-
tracing parties were native born and
twenty-sfx foreign. Three stated that
they had forgotten the place OF their
nativity.
The KOngo Free State has on the wa
terways OF Che upper Kongo regular
steam navigation lines. On Stanley
pool there are about 100 steamers, half
Of which belong 20 the state. The
steamers in use on the river and lakes
are specially built in Europe for slug.
gish waters.
Irish pearls. which are OF rare purity
and colorings, have become much in
vogue in England within the past two
years. Queen Alexandra wears a
pearl from the oyster beds at Come
mara, set in green enamel The orna-
ment is in the form Of a brooch, a pres
ent from Lady Dudley.
Miss Annie Paris OF Manchester
n. a, recently reported the loss Of two
rings to the police. Two days after she
found both rings done up in a wad OF
paper and lying on the floor Of the
woodshed at her home. How they
came there Is a mystery which she
says she shall not attempt to solve.
The furnace as a means Of ventiIa-
ton is said 70 be more economical in
deep mines than in shallow ones. as #
acts by heating a column Of air. The
higher that column the greater will be |
the difference IN the weight of air in
the upcast and downcast shafts. and
the greater the motive
power.
The Duke Of Devonshire possesses as |
an heirloom Claude Lorraine's Book Of |
Truth" which is said to be one of the |
r8reSt and most valuable volumes in I
Europe Ii is worth six times as much 4
rs the "Mazarin" Bible, the most cost |
y book that the British museum can /
boast. The late duke refused an offer
of 100000 for it.
An eight inch sapling has been dis
covered growing through a lantern
globe in the woods near West Frank
In, Ne. The tree which is growing on
-he site OF an old lumber camp. exceeds
IN diameter the globe and bulges out
both above and below the glass.
Strange as it may seem, the glass is
neither broken nor cracked.
China has no less than 1915. $50 citi-
zens living in foreign countries and has
abundant reason to be watchful of
heir interests. There are only $4,000
" them in the Philippines, our govern
nent having prohibited their entrance
here, and the total for all American
is 2T2S29, OF whom probably
about 10000 are in this country.
Here are few Of the prices quoted
N common commodities in ISe3-64, &C
'onding TO an old account book owned
y James Walker OF Gonstown, n. H.
Sseen tea, $50 pound; 6our, $40 per
'srrel; lamp oil, ~ cents a quart; sug-
n 20 cents pound; pork. % cents a
'ound; molasses. 81 a gallon; beans, So ]
e1ts peck; butter. 81 cents a pound.
Peter V. De Graw, fourth assistant
postmaster general Of the United
states, has a unique once continuance.
ie has telegraphic communication with