The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-16

min gs In General.

The new game law In Idaho is very
strict. No buffalo, deer, elk, antelope,
or mountain sheep are to be killed De.
tween the first of January ana the nlst
of September of each year, ana 81 no
other tune shall they be killed 70 ootaa an
their hides or to ship their carcasses out
of the territory.
Charles Dudley Warner remarks that
Aug ust, Notwithstanding its robust
name, is sort Of flabby, Watering place
month. 'sIt is fly time, it is do g-days
time. it is Irritation time. It is period
If General listlessness and INDIGESTION. It
ia said to. be very difficult in August
to make up the mind either to accept
him or reject him. And worse still It Is
ant to be the latter part Of the 100 nth
before he makes up his mind to propose;
Indeed, to speak of making up the m1nd
at all in August is nearly absurd, tor
there is no mind to make up. ;: .;
At Calaveras, CAL, a short time ago,
q Frenchman, while haying, was bitten
bv a tarantula. It is supposed that in
pitching hay into a cart the tarantula
fell off the hay into the inside of his
shirt, which was unbuttoned at the
front at the time. He felt something
crawling on his person, but before ne
could get his hand in to find out what 1t
was the creature had bitten him twice
On the left side. He immediately strip.
ped off his shirt and succeeded in killing
the dangerous intruder without being
nipped again. In less than fifteen. sec
onds from the time he was bitten his
whole side turned as black as piece OF
coal, and he: was unable to walk. has
companions took him to the house, near
by, and by applying brandy internally
and externally, succeeded in saving
his life.
Around GAINESVILLE, Fla, the raising
and shipping of the turbine squash has
become an industry. Itfinds ready sale
at Boston and is used almost exclusively
| for making pies. In shape it resembles
turbine wheel, whence it takes its
name. 1t has the color of the pumpkin
| and looks like kershaw, but is finer
and of a more delicate flavor. The vines
bear heavily, and continue bearing until
about the first of August, The prices
| vary from 81 so to S. per barrel.
Col. E. A. Calkins, of the Milwaukee
Sunday Telegraph has been out to Den.
YER, attending the Grand Army reunion
In an interview, he says: "By the way,
at the close of the war, I was offered the
business and editorial management of. q
| newspaper in Denver, which is now
making from $4,000 to $4,000 year,
but it was then q ten days journey by
stage from the Missouri river to Denver,
| indians often infested the route. and
the Pacific railroad appeared like an inn
practicable dream. So did not CO."
The City of Denver, COL, is SO high up
in the mnuntains-7,0 900 feet above the
level of the sea-that housekeepers find
difficulty in cooking meat and vegetables
by boiling. The atmosphere is SO light
that water boils at temperature
kinds of food. While strangers COM
plain much of the thinness of the at
mosphere, old settlers are not much
distressed, and children born and raised
there seem not to suffer Inconvenience
in any way. They race up and, down
the sides of the mountains at full speed
without finding any difficulty in breath
ing. Their lungs are large enough to
take in ali the air, light as it is, that
they require.
Red Fish Lake, on the summit Of q
mountain range in Idaho, which had III
area Of several miles and was many
fathoms in depth, has dropped through
the bottom. It was II 900 feet above
the level of the sea, and surrounded by
! dense forests, which rendered it de-
lightful resort in summer for camping,
fishing and boating parties. When the
departure took place is not known. The
surrounding formation is granite ard
limestone, and an immense assure has
opened, whether caused by separation alton
volcanic action is not known. The bed
of the lake is dry, and presents the APP
pearance of deep gorge or valley on
the summit of the mountains. This lake
has always contained millions of red fish
and been favorite resort for bear: deer
and other game. Where the fish went
to is as much a mystery as where the
water went.