The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

This rather unusual proverb was en-
man found drowned in the Lea. in
England.
The great linguists have never been
great. save in their speciality. No
great linguist was also great as an
author. The ability to learn languages
does not seem to co-eXist with talent
in other lines.
New York commission merchants
are sending representatives to Cuba
to purchase produce for shipment to
this country. 1t is believed that
Cuban products in large quantities
will soon make their appearance in
eastern markets.
A tax on cats is the latest scheme
of French sportsmen, who have or
ganiZed to petition the legislature call
ing for such a tax. The tax, they say,
would not only increase the national
income. but would diminish the num-
be- of undesirable cats which play
havoc with small birds and game.
I'm trying to get some information
about a friend of mine named Fox,
who came out here" said the stranger
from the east. ''They tell me he
died of some throat trouble Il
guess that's about right" re-
Piled the cowboy. What was it?
Bronchitis?" 'Bronkitis? That's a
new one on me. but | reckon see the
connection. He stole a broncho. =
Philadelphia Press.
Frog farming is new industry in
massachusetts. Adjoining the town
of Ware a company has leased ten
acres of land with running stream.
A series of artificial pools will be con-
structed. where the eggs will be hatch
ed and the young frogs cared for dur
ing the two years necessary to fit
them for the market The demand
for frogs comes from colleges and
medical schools. as well as from res
taurants.
In Canada are a number of mines
where asbestos is produced, and one
of the largest of these is near Sher-
brooke, in Ontario The serpentine
rock is mined in open quarries, and
after it has been carried to the sur
face. that bearing the asbestos is
separated from the barren material
by hand picking. At cobbing house
the Ong-fbred asbestos is knocked or
from the serpentine by hand if the
veins are more than three-quarters
of an inch thick, but in the smaller
pieces this separation is made by ma
chinery
On the Interoceanic railway of Mex
leo part of the track has been laid
on ties of jarrah wood imported from
Australia for the purpose. The jar
rah wood is obtained from one of the
largest trees of the forests of Aus
tralia which grows to an average
height of 200 feet. and is about four
feet in diameter at the trunk. There
is usually an interval of $50 feet to
the first branch or in the case of a
tree of extreme height, such as 300
feet, as much as 1S0 feet. These trees
furnish timber which is sound in
every respect, there being an absence
of dry rot. gum veins, and other de
fects that often characterize large
trees.
The Mediterranean moth is giving
a good deal of trouble in the flour
mills of Wisconsin and Minnesota T.
thrives in Touring mills, evidently
feeding on flour dust, and multiplies
at an enormous rate. Thus far no
effective way has been found to get
rid of it. The immature worms play
havoc with the machinery plant, weav-
ing webs in the machinery, in the
dust collectors, and various chutes of
IhS AAiii, anu DioNhII6 III
one of the mills of Superior the
moths got into some of the wooden
chutes, and finally it was necessary
to take out the chutes and burn them
The moths are transferred from mill
to mill, it is believed, through the in
terchange of sacks and bags.
An actor and his wife Had funny
experience recently in Toronto. They
were playing piece in which the
wife enacted the part of a woman
dentist. One evening the husband re
ceived note asking him to call at a
certain house. He did so the next
day and was greeted by an old mar
and his wife, the latter of whom saif
to him: me and my mate fell in love
with your missus last night. She wa.
so gentle with you, when you was
a-sittin' of the dentist chair, I'm gettin
on now, and all my teeth is gettin
loose and nv mata wants p,a IN oo r.