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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
The Cry of the CrNM.

am sorry the character of the c-o.:- is
so irretrievably bad, for there is much
that is interesting about him. In some
respects he is even useful He acts 10
some extent rs n scavenger, he eats few
grubs IN the meadows and pastures, and
Is said to be i'll much demand occasionally
for furnishing forth the tables of disap-
pointed disgruntlod politicians. His
glossy, bluc-black color is fine enough to
give n certain beauty to his somewhat I'M
calmly form. But the chief point of in
terest about him is his voice, which on
certain occasions is wonderfully expires
sivc and human. If you come suddenly
upon the place where company of crows
are committing their dcpredations the one
that has been placed rs sentinel will ily
over Your head on discovering YOU, cry
ing ha! ha! ha! with force of expires
sion which Edwin Booth could scarcely
equal. He gives the ''h!" sound with II
strong aspiration, and prolongs the vowel
sound to give it its full force. "Ha ha !
hal" he will cry from above the trees
with startling effect, just as if he had
caught yon in some villiany land just as you
might say the same word if you had caught
some one else in villainy, and at first
blush he will almost make you feel rs if
you were yourself the culprit. know of no
bird elocution equal to this. His ordinary
cry is the same syllable repeated more
rapidly in not unmusical voice, but
without any attempt at forciblc elocu-
tionary expression, and he sometimes
varies the ''haw" to "caw," or adding Il
syllable makes it scaw-er." His call to
his mate is the syllable couk, couk, couk,
couk, usually four times repeated. But
his faculty of speech seems to be limited
to the vowel sounds aw and on and the
consonant sounds h, k and r. In this
respect he is by no means equal to some
of his foreign relations. He is, however,
a much smarter bird than his English
cousin, the rock, but unfortunately his
smnrtncss all runs to mischief. -Aartt0rd
COitrQnt
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19

this work at the time of fruit blossoms.
when the bees are gathering their first
honey of the season. The combs arc now
light, with less honey in them than at
any other time of the year, and there is
yet but small amount of brood and bees.
The work of transferring is therefore
lighter than at any time during the sum
mer. The task appears to the inexperi-
cnccd to be quite formidable under
taking, and is put off from time to time
and even from year to year This is
great mistake. After once transferring
colony the beginner wonders why the
bees were allowed To remain so long in
the old hives. First, adopt u proper
frame. 1t is about us difficult to change
from one kind of frame TO another us
1t was ut first. There are several kinds
OF frames to use and any one of them will
prove succcssiul; among these are the
lIangstroth, the Simplicity and tho
tlulmby. The Simplicity frame is 174
inches long and - inches deep; the
new Quimby 1Gi inches long and Iii
inches deep; the Langstroth is nearly the
same as the Simplicity. The Simplicity
frame is used ton greater extent than any
other, but whatever frame is decided on
use that one exclusively.
A good bee smoker is needed so that
you can have full control of the bees.
They should be smoked thoroughly be.
lore operations begin and at frequent in
tervals before attempting 10 open the old
hive. This will allow ample time for
them to fill themselves with honey, which
they never fail to do if thoroughly
smoked. Turn the hive bottom side up,
and with cold chscl and hammer pry
open and cut the nails from two sides of
the hive. This will lay the combs bare
so that they may be reached conveniently.
Lay the frame to receive the combs flat
upon board which has been previously
guttcrcd ont onc-half by one half inches
on every two inches of surface. This
VIII allow wooden needle to pass under
the comb after it is fitted into the frame.
By this means cord of hard Irvine is
drawn over the comb and around the ell
tire frame and securely tied, spanning the
frame every two inches After the
combs have all been removed, cut, fitted
end tightly bound into the frames, place
them carefully into the new frame hive
and raise the old hive, which contains
tie majority of the bees. With brush
oil soft material or Il stiff feather gently
remove the bees into the new hive or to
lis entrance. In arranging the combs
place those containing the brood in the
center and see that the brood occupies
compact mass in the hive. In day or
two the bees will have fastened the combs
in the frames and will ultimately remove
the twinc fastening. They cannot 10
this if wooden strips or tin fasicnings are
used. Only combs that are straight
should be used; fill the remainder of the
frames with foundation. which l would
recommend rather than crooked combs,
but combs containing brood should all
be uscd.-4merican .4gricruuyiM.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
Mngcs in 1Sn0

History tells the wages received in
$500. On the PENNSYLVANIA canals the
diggcrs ate the coarscst diet, were housed
In the rudest sheds and paid Sc month
from November to May. Hold carriers
and mortar mixers, diggcrs and choppers,
who, from 1898 TO 1870, laborcd on the
public buildings and cut the streets and
avenues Of Washington City, received $40
a year, or, if they wished, $50 for all the
work they could perform from March Isl
to December goth. The hours of work
were invariably from sunrise to sunset,
Wages at Albany and New York were
three shillings, or, as money then went,
forty cents day; at Lancaster, IS to $40
month; elsewhere in Pennsylvania.
workmen were content with Sc in sum
mer and SO in winter At Baltimore men
were glad to be hired at eighteen pence
u day: None by the month asked more
than so. At Fredericksburg the price of
labor was from S. to 81. In Virginia
white men employed by the year were
gwen about eighty dollars currency; slaves
when hired were clothed and their mas.
lcFS PAID 80 month. A pound Virginia
money was in Federal money 81. 33. The
average rate Of wages the land over was
heretofore, 500 a year, with food and
perhaps lodSing.-T Times Den,0cj1t
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19

Plant us early as may be- When the
Colorado bceilc first came, il Was looked
upon us great scourgc, and one that
would cause us to abandon potato cul-
ture. Now we plant potatoes regularly
the beetles appear regularly; we poison
them regularly, and they die accordingly.
SO long us we accept the poisoning of the
bugs asa feature i'll potato culture, pur.
chase the pure paris green and be ready
tor the FIRST appearance. of the first ''bug.''
Syring the vines with water in which one
tablespoonful Of the paris green to the
pailiul of water has been thoroughly
stirred. TIE poison docs not dissolve,
but soon settles, and must hc stirred III,
often. When the work is done, gather
up pals, syringe, poison, and everything
that has been used with it, and place
them under loek and key, and keep the
key. If tins BE- done there will he no nc
cidcntal poisoning of persons or farm
animals.-.iw"'iwa !Agricutuist.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
In Mems Clothes.

Among the witnesses in recent suit at
the Palace of Justice in Paris was per-
son, apparently a young man, dressed like
Il student, who was accompanied by what
seemed to be an elderly gentleman OF
grave aspect. When the name OF Nine.
Libcrt was called the young man stepped
forward. ri beg your PARDON" said the
clerk, 81 am asking for n lady, and not
for young man." But this young man
is my daughter" explained the sedato
gentleman, stepping forwad. The JUS
tice told the young woman to go home
and put on proper clothes before she ap-
peared to testify. "But have not sin
gle dress to my name," she exclaimed.
1t turned ont that the old Nine. Libert
runs printing office, and had for a long
time worn male clothing in order to man.
age her business better. She was bring
ing up her daughter to the same custom.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
now To nNcoGN1zE n1.axnrns

Chambers is such virulcnt disease that
1t is wise to run no risks when Il horse
presents the common symptoms OF it. These
arc thin glu;inous discharge from the
nose, which is apt to dry in flakes about
the nostrils and lead the horse to be con-
SANITY rubbing the nose on the maarcrs.
posts, or fences to get rid of it, and a
swelling of the gland under the law mt
the throat on the same side Of the head
Is the nostril from which the DISCHARGE
comes. The lining membrane of the
1ostrll soon becomes of 81 pmrpiish or
lea'len hue, and small spots of liberation.
deep and with prominent edges, appear.
Tins latter symptom is conclusive rs to
the nature Of the disease, and these spots
rapidly enlarge and run together, form
lng patches of raw ulcers. The horse
should he killed ut once. as cure is impossi-
bic at this stage. Before any spots appear
the horse should be kept by himself and
given onc-onncc doses of hypos,lphitc of
soda, and the nostrils should he SPRAYED
with Il solution Of ten grains OF oarbolic
icil iii two ounces of water; if the disease.
is simple catarrh the horse vii! soon re
cover, and recovery may he made at this
stage if the disease is really ::ian .rs.-
Nt'o liork' Times.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
TIE ONE rIIIxG NEEDED.

y gcntleman who was driving up Fourth
avenue the other day came TO several
empty barrels i'll the street, and he halted
and asked Of boy who sat on the curb I:
"Say, hoy, who rolled those barrels
ont hcrei"
spa did. We are cleaning house, " was
nc answer.
"Whosc childrcn are those on: there in
the S.rcct2"
'''rhcy are ours. Ma sent en- cut 10 get
rid of them"
as that your dog making such fuss
i'll the back yard?"
eyes, sir. We arc seeing how long he
can keep it up"
"And | suppose You luggcd that ladder
out hcrel"
eyes, sir-Tm playing with it,
"Well, YOU seem to be doing about ms
You want up herc?"
eyes, sir, except that can't pry tina:
letter box of the lamp post. Haven't
got crowbar in the buggy, have YOU: I
lust want that to be happy. "-De.yoit brec
Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
How Prairie Fires are Spread.

The means by which the Western
prairie fires are spread to farm-houscs.
barns, wheat stacks and hay ricks seem
truly mysterious. To some it seems Won
dcrful how Il fire in the Louisiana marshes
covered as they are with denscr and
rankcr growth of heritage than the West
ern prairieS) manages to cross a COMPARE
lively wide bayou and keep on its fierce
path. We can account for the extension
OF the marsh fires in this way, well known
To many of our hunters: In the tops of
the reeds and rank grasses backbirls and
orioles weave their dense and round nests
almost IA closely us the woven mcshcs of
crane cloth. The blackbir,ls' nests are as
large rs the crown of an ordinary hat.
The old nests are dry as finder in win
ter, during the season Of prairie fires. In
our great marsh fires these blazing nests
are blown high in the air by the blast Of
the furious upward draught caused by the
flames, and are swept by the wind some
times as far rs a hundred yards ahead of
the main fire, where they fall rs fire balls
Ill the dry heritage, starting fresh con
flagrations. Thus in high winds the fires
III the marshes travel with inconceivablc
rapldity, and seem to leap over apparently
insurmountablc obstacles. II is possible
that, in the same manner, abandoned
birds nests i'll the prairie fires are driven,
unseen i'll the dense smoke, in places APP
/ parcntly inaccessible to the flames, where
( plowcd circles and turning of surrounding
intlammablc material seemed absolute
prcventions against destruction Times
! Der,ocrot
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
KILLING WEEDS.

There is no doubt but that many far
ners find it more easy to tell how to de
stroy weeds than il is to keep them down
especially among tine cultivated crops
There is this fact, however, let the weed.
be where they may they are much cesiet
destroyed when they arc small than nj an,
other time, and the longer they are nj
lowed TO grow the more difficult they be
come to eradicate, while if they are al
lowed to mature seed they will add ma
tcrially to the work of keeping the farm
clean. If the soil could always be in con
!lition to work readily, it would be much
easier matter to keep clean. But il is Of
ten the case that in the spring especially
the soil is so wet that it is next to impos
siblc to work properly, and as conse.
qucnce the weeds will get good start
As a rule the majority OF weeds grow
better in moist soil, and consequent,
in wet season they make n good growth
Mt the expense Of the cultivated crop.
So, also, the condition of the soil has
much to do with manner of cultivatina
and keeping down the weeds. The har,
row or cultivatOr can be used when the
Soils in good condition, but when thu
season is wet so that the cultivation is de,
layed, it is often the case that some othe.
plan must be adopted. When the work
Of cultivation can be given at the proper
time, there is no better implements to use
than the harrow followed by the cultiva.
tor, but if the work is delayed until after
the weeds get good start, they will no;
be very effective, and it will be necessary
to use something that will turn them com
pletcly under.
1t would be difficult to suggest plan
that could be considered best every sea-
son, either ms to the plan to be followed
OF the implement to be used
So far ms possible the work should be
commenced MS soon as the crep is planted,
before the weeds start. Cultivate MS fire..
luently as the condition of the soil and
other work of the farm will permit. The
season and the amount of work to be dont
will often make a difference in the i'm.
plemcnt used and the manner of cultiva.
ton. OF these the farmer must himself
be the judgc.-Farm, Field and Stock
nan.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
PRUNING GEArr r1NEs

1t Is not such mystery TO learn how
% pr'nc grape vine as many suppose. 4
few points will make the matter clear.
aud the exercise Of good common SENSE is
better iar than specific directions. Fruit
IS always borne on the new growth from
buds sprr@ing out Of last years wood.
so iii pruning care must bc taken to leave,
enough of last years buds 10 furnish frrii:
canes for the coming season. If nothing
out wood two years or more old is left
buds will start out, just MS they would
from vigorous forest tree trimmed down
to its trunk. There are germs of buds in
all healthy old wood tina. will develop il
nature has no other outlet. But such
buds must grow year, and then if left
alone they will make new buds that will
grow into fruit canes the following sea-
son. We sometimes hear of people that
prunc so severely that the vine bore
nothing but leaves and canes the follow
ing season, but bore good crops of fruit
thereafter. This is not the usual mis-
take Of beginners. They see the swell
ing buds on last years canes. From
these they expect their fruit, and they
naturally think the more buds they leave
the better their fruit crop So the vine
grows into tangled mass, and too much
fruit being set. little, if any, of it ripens
Conrier-Jouraol.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
IN THE DARK.

o, I'm the depths of midnight,
What fancies haunt the brain.
When even the sigh Of the sleeper
Sounds like sob of pain.
A sense of awe and of wonder
I may never well define,
For the thoughts that come i'll the shadow
Never come i'll the shine.
The old clock down In the parlor,
Like sleeplcss mourner grieves,
And the seconds drip in silence
AS the rain drips from the caves.
And think of the hands that signal
The hours there in the gloom,
And wonder what angel watchers
Wait in the darkened room.
And think Of the smiling facc5
That used tn watch and wait,
Fill the click of the clock was answered
BY the click Of the opening gate.
They are not there now in the evening
Morning or noon-not there:
Vet know that thoy keep their vigil
And wait for me somewhere.
James IVhitconib Riley.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
CUT CLOVER Hay i.oi; HENS.

According 10 a poultry authority 4
pound of clover hay, worth about one
cent, cut to halfinch lengths, and scaldcd
with II little bran sprinklcd over it, will
furnish cheaper and better food for hens
than all the mixtures of grain iha, can be
given. Let this be your maxim: Feed
hen the same Us you do your cow
only you must cut The feed for the hen.
Any cntcrprising man or firm that will
put cheap. handy fodder cutter (for
poultry on the market, will get Oh the
inside track and will have rIany sales
N6p York IFU6,ss
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
40 USE FOR A THERMOMETER.

Anxious Mother-"I wish, Susan, that
when you give baby a bath you would be
careful to ascertain whether the water is
at the proper temperature.
Susan-"Oh, don't you worry about
that, ma'am; l don't need no 'momctcrs
If the little one turns red, the water is
too hot; if it turns blue, it's too colo, land
that's all there is about itp'-Bostom
Commonwealth.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
TIE CAUTIOUS Scientist.

Professor-''lf l were about to combine
clements which knew by personal cx-
pertinent, or from well authenticated
data, were not antagonistic, would not
OF course. feel bound to use much pre-.
caution. But if desired to blend Gle
mcnts which know to be not in affinity,
or Of which had a doubt, and from the
too hasty conjunction of which most
terrible disaster might cnsuc, then"
Studcnt-"You would get your assist
ant to do it. Brooklyn Citizen.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
APPRECIATED ABILITY.

"Wcll, SIR" said an old gentleman in
,lignantly, "what are you doing around
here again. | thought the delicate hint
| gave You just us you left the front door
last night would give you to understand
that I don't like you very we'll" And the
speaker looked at his boot in rcminis-
cent way.
at did," said the young man," as Il
look of mingled pain and admiration came
over his face. ''But thought l would
come and ask YOU"
"Aslk me WHAT"
"lf you would like to join our football
association. Mt1chon, Trareler.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
The Russian Trotter's Troin;u.

The Russian trottcr gets neither corn
nor water nothing, in fact, but oats
Tor two days before race, and is tied
up and severely beaten an hour before he
starts SO ms to tcrrify him into going for
all that is in him, as the whips are not
allowed upon the course. For all that
many OF the Orion strain trot in 2.26
and plenty Of them can go two miles in
I'VE minutes from Il standing start
Commercial Adreriiser.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
FARM AND cAnnEN NOTES.

-N-'-' -N-'P '-Niti''-.f -fDi Is.
Don't forget the dust bath.
Don't plant corn that will not grow-.
BE sure and test your corn before plant.
Ing.
Don't pillow the land when wet OF
sticky.
One of the essentials of soiling is Il
fertile soil
Every farm ought to have its expert.
mental patch.
Mix the dry horse manure with the
wet COW manure.
Cooked rice, fed cold, is good fol
diarrhGa in chicks
Don't breed draft mare to trotte,
or II thoroughbred
Don't feed sulphur 10 young chicks-it
produces leg weakness.
Hard-boilcd eggs and cornmeal makes
good first feed for ducklings
Don't breed to a misslapcn ungainly
horse, even if he has long pedigree.
Watch the young ewes, for frequently
they will not allow the lambs to suck.
Ii is mistaken idea that hens nest
ought to do duty Il year without renew
ing.
The carly killed is the easily killed
weed, and the weed that robs the cror
least.
Don't breed to horse that is accident.
| ally good-looking in spite of bad an
ccstry.
II You are careful to keep the burrows
straight, you will do faster and better
blowing.
See that the hen is moi setting in drafts,
or she may be taken sick before the hatch
is half done.
The man who has all the money he
needs is the only one who can afford to
raise scrubs.
Young chicks may be put upon a
cracked wheat diet after about three
weeks of age.
Never allow a boar to run with the
herd or SOW to have corn for two weeks
before or after farrowing.
James Rankin says: 81 do not wish
TO see a hen around in any other capacity
Than that OF an egg producer. "
A diversity of crops distributes work,
receipts and expenses more evenly through
the year and through the years.
The pigs should be fed to secure rs
nearly all their droppings as possible to
the manure heap or fields, and not to the
wash of the streams
The fertility of eggs must obviously
depend much upon the number of hens
allowed to each cock, which will vary
according to the breed and circumstances.
Don't plant corn until the ground is
thoroughly warm. BY gaining n week
IN planting You often lose two weeks in
harvesting and a large share of the crop.
Clover hay, cut up about an eighth OF
an inch, mixed with bran, and scalded,
makes capital breakfast for the fowls,
and one that will tell wonderfully on the
egg basket.
In NO other way can the farmer so radi.
cally do the work of nature to his ad.
vantage as by using tile; for under-drain,
age both lengthens the seasons and
deepens the soil.
The smaller the field the more fenct
required and the more land taken from
cultivation. The more oblong the field,
the more fence required to inclosc
given area; conversely, the nearer
square is the field the less fence is re.
quired.
Wheat is the best food for animals
Oats for the horse. Corn is not Il good
horse feed. Peas are the most nutritious
food there is for stock. Corn stalks are
very carbonaccous. Milk and grass are
complete foods. Wheat bran, linsccd
meal and cotton seed meal are the maiL
carbonaccous foods, hut they should bt
fed with hay.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
A GLANCE FOR Els LIEF.

Grimby-"I say, Stiggers. how is our
mutual friend, Larkton, coming up? l
heard, the other day, that he was very
low"
Stiggers (sorrowfully)-"Yes, poor
man, he is very bad off. The doctors
have given him up"
Grimby-''lIeavcn bc praised that they
have! Now the poor fellow will have a
chance for his life. "-Epoch.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
A SURE SIGN.

"Willian,' said Mrs. Trcmbly, "hea,
that horrid dog. Isn't it awful?"
"ls that the same dog that kept us
awake last nighti"
''l think so. II sounds unlucl1y. doesn't
it?"
'Didn't you ever hear that the bowling
of n dog was sure sign of death in the
family"
"No. Whose family?"
"Thc dogs" said Trcmbly in a firm
voice as he stepped out of bed and reached
for his revolver. Merchant 1rareler.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
They Fired Too High.

Won NIoltke's objection to intr,isting
private soldiers with rifle which can be
fired too easily appears justified since two
German regiments have held a sham fight
with an imaginary enemy consisting of
wooden palisades. The command was
three times given to "fire at WILL" and
220, 900 rounds were fired. About nine.
tenths of the bullets went clean over the
palisades.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
4 SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.

"Did you know that jenkins had lei
Bullion's?"
"No. Is that so:n
sizes. Bullian fired him. The office
boy saw him 20 into railroad office that
Is selling excursion tickets TO Mexico, and
Bullion thought it y suspicious circum-
stance for II trusted employc. y Chicago
Herald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-07-19
IL STRICT coNEIprNcr.

Mr.. A.-"May | coniidc in YOU? l
have To tell you Il secret"
Mr.. B.-'NWhat is itl"
Mr.. a. docking around 10 see if any
body is listcning)-''I need 5000
Mr.. Don't fear will be rs silent
as the grave. "-Ej,9ch.