River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-16
Thin gs in General.

The new game law in Idaho is very
strict. No buffalo, deer, elk, antelope,
or mountain sheen are to be killed be-
tween the first of January and the first
of September of each year, and at no
other tune shall they be killed to obtain
their hides or to ship their carcasses out
of the territory.
Charles Dudley Warner remarks that
Aug ust, Notwithstanding its robust
name, is a sort of flabby, watering place
month. at is fly time, it is do g-days
time. it is filtration time. 1t is period
of general listlessness and indeclsion. 1t
is SAID to be very difficult in August
to make up the mind either to accept
him or reject him. And worse still It Is
apt to be the latter part of the month
before he makes up his mind 10 propose;
Indeed, TO speak OF making up the mind
at all in August is nearly absurd, for
there is no mind to make up"
At Calaveras, Cal, short time ago,
Frenchman, while haying, was bitten
by a tarantula. 1t is supposed that in
pitching hay into 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 he
could get his hand in to find out what it
was thercreature had bitten him twice
on the left side. He Immediately strip
ped off his shirt and succeeded in killing
the dangerous intruder without being
MINED again. In less than fifteen sec
onds from the time he was bitten his
whole side turned as black as a piece OF
ba ,4-uc iAla IN walk His
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. tfnds ready sale
at Boston and is used almost exclusively
for making pies. In shape it resembles
a turbine wheel, whence it takes its
name. 1t has the color of the pumpkin
and looks like a 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 80 to So 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, | was offered the
business and editorial management OF a
newspaper in Denver, which is now
making from $4,000 to $4,000 year,
but il was then a ten days journey by
stage from the Missouri river to Denver,
indians often infested the route. and
the Pacific railroad appeared like an i'm
practicable dream. So did not go"
The City of Denver. Col, is SO high up
in the mountains-7,0 900 feet above the
level of the sea-that housekeepers find
difficulty in cooking meat and vegetables
by boiling. fhe atmosphere is so light
| that water boils at a temperature
too low to thoroughly cook some
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 doWr
| 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 Z
mountain range in Idaho, which had an
area of several miles and was many
| fathoms in depth, has dropped through
! the bottom. 1t was II 600 feet above
| the level of the sea, and surrounded by
dense forests, which rendered it a de
| lightful resort in summer for camping
fishing and boating parties. When tht
departure took place is not known, Til,
surrounding formation is granite and
limestone, and an immense tissure ha
| opened, whether caused by separation
or settling of the earths surface or from
volcanic action is not known. The bet
of the lake is dry, and presents the APP
| pearance of deep gorge or valley Oh
| the summit ofthe mountains. This lax,
| has always contained millions of red fist
/ and been a favorite resort for bear, dee
| and other game Where the fish wen
to is as much a mystery as where tn
| water went.