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The herald., 1898-09-04
THE BIRD DOG AND HIS EVOLUTION

edge. This was over four hundred and
forty yards, or over quarter OF q mile.
This work was on prairie chickens, but
they were not full grown and were still In
coveys of a dozen or so. On O cool, damp
breeze 1 saw the same dog point a bevy
of quail at 200 yards. Such distances are
unusual, but still common enough to show
the wonderful power of dogs nose. On
hot day, and especially with the air very
dry 1t Is quite different. And If the animal
is overheated from running too much ir
the warm air, or is very thirsty, and some
times If ne has had plenty Of meat before
starting out he often runs over birds be-
fore smelling them Some of the best dogs
may do this dropping in great astonish-
ment when a bird goes buzzing away al
most from between their feet, and looking
at II as If quite daZed. But running over a
bird is quite as often the result of care
one of the things that make the breaking
of a high-strung dog troublesome.
Think of the infinite number of particles
that must stream from a bird to make one
of those long points possible. Think. fur
ther. that they are so small that a constant
stream of them does not affect the weight
of the bird. Think, too, that each Of them
nitrogen and carbon and probably two or
more other elements, and you will begin to
think the infinite smallness of matter quite
as wonderful as the vast magnitudes
taught us by astronomy. But II the affect
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young. Up to the time they are about full
grown they will do this, when they sud-
denly change. gather into big packs and be-
come so wild that only on rare occasions
| In cover Of unusual length can a dog point
them near enough to give his master shot.
But when two-thirds to four-fifths grown
| and even later, they will lie like stones In
the prairie grass into which they scatter
they will lie SO close that often the dog
does nothing but turn his head to another
when one has risen and fallen before the
gun. 1t used to be common thing to have
half dozen down before any attempt was
made to pick UP one, and then the dog
would often come to point on a well one
on the way to a dead one. 1 once saw
seven shot before dog that did not move
one foot, but merely turned his nose from
one direction to another. At such time
of the year one with a good dog and
scoop net could bag more than the best
shot with a gun. but no dog.
The next best bird to lie to the dog is the
eastern quail, commonly known as Bob
White. This Is one of the loveliest Of all
birds, possessing special attractions un-
known in anything else that wears feathers
1! used to lie closer than anything, but the
young prairie chicken. and sometimes
would lie even closer than that. On a cold,
windy day I have seen them lie like stones
on open plowed ground, the nose of the
dog being often within two feet of the bird
before it would rise. In long bog grass it
Is sometimes necessary to kick several
times in bunch or "tussock." the dog
each time changing position and bringing
his nose closer to it, until sometimes it will
be within three inches before the bird will
start. With these two birds and the
sharp-tailed grouse, which is but variety
of the prairie chicken, and lies the same,
dog is Indispensable for any shooting at all.
One may walk within few feet of large
flock of any Of them and never suspect It,
When old the prairie chicken will rise out Of
shot, but the quail always lies close, ex-
cept in the west during about two or three
weeks. when 1t is restless and has a ten
dency to run some. On rainy days it will
often run some. but as rule you might as
we'll leave the gun home as the dog. 1t is ,
almost the same with the woodcock and
the ruffed grouse when young. When old
a dog is still almost a necessity, though
many birds may be had without him, and
unless he is master of his art he had bet |
ter be left at home. He must stop on the |
very outer edge of the scent and be ex-
tremely cautious how he attempts to press |
forward to locate 1t more exactly. or you |
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will hear a roar of wings and see nothing
to shoot at perhaps.
For the Wilson'S snipes commonly called
jacksnipe or English snipe, dog is very
valuable, provided he is good. II ne IS not.
he is a nuisance, and on some klnds Oh
ground the best of dogs are of little use ex-
cept as retrievers. TO make good snipe
dog the animal must be specially broken
upon them, though a very intelligent dog
well broken on woodcock will generally do
very well after few trials.
For the California valley quail, as well
as the quail OF Arizona, the blue quail OF
Texas and the shell quail of Northern
Mexico, the dog until very recently could
not be called a necessity. Here, and IN
Arizona especially, the tocks We're SC big
and so noisy that you could often locate
one at a quarter OF mile and generally
could not come within hundred miles of
one without knowing it. Their habits be-
fore incessant persecution drove them IN
small bands to the hills were such that you
knew just about where 10 look for flock
al certain time of day. They also trusted
so much to their legs, especially until well
scared and scattered by firing, that they
would quickly make a dog unsteady by
making him too fast. l saw several fine
dogs from the east tried on them from 1875
to 1885, and the result In all cases was the
same.
AT first the birds would run right away
from the dog, leaving him following up the
strong scent a a pace to which he was
accustomed on the close lying birds Of the
east Our valley quail would run a hum
dred yards while he was moving ten and
the mountain quail could make hundreo
and fifty up hill in about the same time. BY
the time the birds were hazed about enough
to make them lie the dog was spent and his
nose sadly dulled by the hot dry air of the
interior on most OF the clear days Of win
ter. If tied up he would wear himself out
trying to get loose and in discoursing weird
music to the woods and hills. But il he
were kept quiet at heel and not used at all
until the birds were well scattered then he
could point many a bird as well as in the
east for many Of them would then lie very
well, even where there was no cover close
TO the ground and nothing but bushes for
the birds to he IN. But 1t was so much
trouble 10 keep the dog fresh, and II you
did not do so his steadincss was so quickly
impaired by allowing him 20 increase his
pace very much, that most of the quail
shots of Southern California preferred to
leave the dog at home or use him only as
retriever.
But as the settlement Of the country in
creased the number Of breechloaders and
the number of bigbag hunters, the great
flocks of whose roaring wings used to
shake the earth became broken up into
small bands of fifty or a hundred and scat
tered throughout the hills instead of re-
naming along the edges Of the valleys,
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alighting. No such advance in animal
training of any kind has ever equaled the
progress that has been made with the dog
on these birds in the last ten or fifteen
years And it is peculiarly fortunate, be-
cause the working of a fine dog is fully
equal TO the shooting. Some forty men ac-
companied the dogs and judges at the field
trials at Bakersfield last winter OF the
rising birds not one in fifty is shot at. the
gun sometimes being fired in the air to
scare them into lying closer. and at long in
tervals a bird is shot TO encourage the dogs.
don't believe there was a man present
who did not enjoy It just as much as If a
bird had fallen every time dog pointed.
And I would father see a good dog point
than shoot at bird myself any day in the
week T. S. VAN DYKE.
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the habit from which this quail took its
| name. To find q flock In the first place in
stead Of being one Of the easiest parts OF the
days sport became one Of the hardest. and
It became necessary to call In the aid Of
the dogs nose to save many miles Of heavy
tramping for few shots. With increasing
persecution the birds have become so wary
that runs Of twenty or thirty shots on the
wing that used to be quite common for ex-
perts have become a thing Of the past. and
he Is a master who can now bag 90 per cent
of the birds he shoots at, no matter how
good he may be at the trap This makes
the dog almost indispensable for good
shooting on scattered birds, for when you
have to take shots that rise from thirty
five to forty yards II Is Of some Importance
to know about where they are to spring.
When they rose at five or ten PAGES even
the duffer had time to swing himself; but
he is nowhere today and even the expert
has little time to look for the location Of
the buzzing wings.
From the necessities Of the case is grow
ing breed Of dogs whose actions would
have paralyzed the past generation IN the
east. Speed is being cultivated more even
there, as birds become scarcer. 1t always
was important on the prairie, but not such
speed as Is seen in the up-to-date Califor-
MIA dog. Now, there never was any trouble
to cultivate mere speed. When was boy
there were plenty Of dogs that would pull
out like an express train and go through
the next woods like a troop of Indians. They
often went home, too. with a charge Of shot
In the rear. The question has been TO cult-
vate speed with care. Great success has
followed the attempts IN this line. until
California now has dogs that start of on
three minute pace, ranging over strip
ahead a quarter of mile wide, and testing
1t so thoroughly with their noses that 1t IS
very hard for a bunch OF a dozen or so of
quail to escape. When the birds are scat
tered the dog seems to know at once that
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OF course. dogs run over some birds that
are lying very close and have not yet given
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those birds lie so close that without dog.
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to Be the case, and for every one good dog
f1ushes by going too fast he will point a
dozen that you would never find without
him. Many also rise wild ahead of him. but
they are birds at which You would never
have had a shot in that place. They may
lie as we'll as any birds at the next place of
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Unconsciously Stated It Correctly

She wore an army belt buckle and an en-
gineer corps badge and two navy buttons
in her hat, and she was explaining to the
sweet young thing in white muslin all about
army life in camp.
81 don't know what the common soldiers
had to eat" she said, "butI had dinner with
some of the officers in Cousin Toms regi-
ment the other day. They all club together,
you know, and have what they call messy
dinners"
There's many true word spoken entirely
By accident.-Washington Poat,
The herald., 1898-09-04
Filthy Lucre

When Paul charged that a bishop shousu
not be greedy of filthy lucre he had no ref
erence to the physical contamination Of
the coin Of the realm. But money--silver
and paper-is about the dirtiest thing with
which we come In contact, and It Is a thou
sand wonders the handling Of It does not
spread the vilest diseases. Probably 1t does
without our knowledge. My old friend K.
still cleans and polshes every coin he re-
ceives and makes new and crisp every
banknote. He is one In 100000 I have
seen him at work In his studio polishing sil-
yer and washing paper. the latter operation
consisting Of thorough wetting, followed
by an ironing between blotters. The heat
is supposed to destroy microbes.-New York
Press.
The herald., 1898-09-04
Russian Activity in the Manchuria

DR.. Donaldson Smith Of Philadelphia re-
Gently arrived in London. having finished
his journey Of exploration through Mon
golia and Manchuria. DR.. Smith says that
the Russians are making extraordinary
efforts to colonize Manchuria. Expeditions.
political and commercial. are constantly
passing between Siberia and Peking. both
by way of the Cobb desert and also by the
way OF Kirin. At Kirin there Is already a
considerable Russian permanent popuia-
The herald., 1898-09-04

The game Of poker. unlike baccarat, u
one In which everybody has a chance
Philadelphia Times.
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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-12-02
In Nineteen Hundred.

No one seems to know what
issue the campaign of 1900 will bC
fought on, though many smart par
agraphers are willing to hazard
gueSSes. No one seems TO know
who the Democrats will nominate
though guesses are plentiful and
cheap. One man just recently
said that German would be the
Democratic nominee: and another
who is Shrcwder than his fellows
suggests Dewey, with Joe Wheeler
as running mate, Wine thOus
ands cling to the stirring tradi-
tions of 90 and the slogan OF
Bryan and Free Silver. No man
knows exactly where next years
birds nests will be built, and very
few can even foretell the weather
a week hence. Many things may
happen in two years, as many
things have happened i'm a few
months. If it were not that talk
is a cheap pleasure, we could find
III our heart TO say, "await the
stirring developments of the next
few years." but let speculation and
conjecture proceed and in the
meantime the whirligig of time is
bringing about such changes as
will set at naught the wisdom OF
the routine politicians, and change
not only the politics, but the ge
ography of the world. It's no use
working over time on the politics
of nineteen hundred.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-12-02
Thanksgiving

His Excellency the President
directed us to stud our Stom-
achs with turkey and trimmings
III testimony that we are having "A
better time than we have any reaS-
on to expect, and we have taken
his prescription. There may be
those among us who made "mental
reservations" and refuse TO see
things in the rosy light of the
Presidents proclamation, but the
large majority of the people are
pleaSed--pleased that the war
terminated gloriously for our
arms--pleased that the country is
fairly prosperous, and that they
individually have neither tooth
ache nor collie. Locally, we are in
fairly good position 10 return
thanks. The Lord has been good
to us. We have had fine crops, a
beautiful season of autumn wealth
er; the flies have been driven into
winter quarters, and we are de-
livered from the immemorial can.
dIdacy of General Walker.
None but those of us who re-
member how the late Fayette
McMullin lay threatening and I'M
dlgested Oh the stomach OF the
district can properly appreciate
this blessing. Let us continue to
give thanks.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-12-02
Pay as You Go.

LII You owe money, pay it if posi-
BILE, by all means. The man YOU
owe owes somebody else and can'r
pay unless you pay him, and so ON,
indefinitely The habit some bust
II IS men have fallen into of putting
of paying their bills is a seriou
hlndrance to business progress.
Probably no community in the
country is suffering as much from
the credit system as Tazewell.
There are times and conditions,
perhaps, when it is impossible to
meet your bills, but in most cases it
is because some one has failed TO pay
you ms he promised, and it often
happens that parties can pay and
won't until the last moment, and
then snow an ugly temper whe Il
compelled to pay. Probably there is
less crediting, and buying on credit
IA Iazewell now than ever before.
but there is too much of it yet by Il
long way. We can conceive of no
change IN our business customs that
wonld do greater good all around
than for everybody to resolve that
with the beginning of 1899 they will
buy nor sell nothing whatsoever
on credit except in pressing emer-
gencies. We will all get along bet
ter, feel better, sleep better and save
more money for harder times, should
they ever come.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-12-02
NOTICE !

To ). Baker and Rosa Baker, his wife.
,. Silverman aud NJ, Bloom.
You will take notice, that we will
move the Circuit Court OF TaZewell coun-
~, Virginia, on tue 5th day of December
1898, that being the first day of the De-
cember term 1898 of said court to substi.
tute ). ii. Stuart, of Tazeweli, Va, as
trustee In the place and stead of Bid NJ /.
Robinson, trustee. in a certain deed of
trust executed by you on the 18th dav of
Febru"ry, 1893 to said Robinson, trustee.
to secure the Holston National Building
and Loan Association. corporation. in
the sum of seven hundred dollars. where
In you conveyed to said Robinson, trustee
lot NO. !. In Section D, Plan A, in the
town OF Richlands, Tazcweli county Va.
which said deed OF trust is of record i'm
the County Court clerks Office. of said
county in deed book No, 80 PIP 1l9 etc.
the SAID Robinson having resigned said
trusteeship.
Reptfully,
The HolstoD National Building and
Loan Association.
:, By Counsel,
j. III. STUART. Atty.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-12-02
Senatorial LockJdw.

When the brethren of the Vir-
ginia press recover from the cpl
demic of lock;aw that seems to
have invaded the sanctums of the
commonwealth, we would like to
hear from them on the Senatorial
situation. With characteristic
modesty the NEWS has refrained
from the initiative, and thus pro
ceeds to PROFOUND the referendum.
If it will help our biz city neigh
bors to arrive at a conclusion, we
are willing to hazard the guess
that Martin will be renOminated ,
and that his denomination will be
particularly disagreeable TO both
factions, of the Republican party,
as well as to that class of Demo
Gratis who have and express opin-
ions, but who do little of the party
work.
1t is unnecessary to attempt to
disguise the fact that political eff
cheney is to be a factor in the Sen
atorial fight, and it is also unnec-
essary and ineXpedIent for the
press of the party to refrain from
a discussion of a matter that is
both imminent and important. We
believe that frank expression OF
opinion will subservc the best
interests of the party as well as
the distinguished gentlemen who
aspire to Martins seat. At any
rate the question of who is to be
the next Senator is timely and pro-
vokes interest. We have friends
among those who would like to be
Senator closer to us than Senator
Martin, but the News is an organ
of the party, whose paramount
duty is to retain control of the
State.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-12-02
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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-12-02

Tom Martins machine ha,
downed the old Confederate Gen
eral Walker, aud the people de
mand to know how it was DONE
Tazewell Republican.
The people are making no such
demand. The people did il, and
know all about it. BY the way.
don't YOU think it Very unkind to
be reminding Mr.. Walker now that
he was Con lederate General since
he has expressed such bitter sor-
row and shame for that blot on
his character?
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-12-02

81 hank God! we have one man
q, t.pad Ford, Va, who claims ia
os aanctitied. Every good man
should read the letter he had i'm
The Marion News of last week. and
u any man believes a word I'm il.
he VIII please stand on his head
Glade Springs journal.
We read in the Bible that ON one
occasion the apostles were accused
OF being full of new wine. and
when we read the letter referred
to above our first thought was
that the writer was probably
about that time one of the ..apoS
tleS."-Narion Democrat.
Was the firm heretofore -known
as Ananias Il Sapphira, composed
of apostles ?"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-12-02

If on next Thanksgiving day we
have one mile of good road added to
the highways of the county, we can
eat our turkey in better grace. BY
the way, speaking of turkeys, they
are about the only kind of live stock
that can be gotten to market in good
condition at present. When they
come to places they can't walk
over they can "Ay."
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-12-02
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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-12-02

lts pity that Walker, of Mas.
sachusetts, was not returned %
Congress He had a strong an
tlpathy to Walker of Virginia.
ana II be had been returned to
congress he would have doubtless
had something to say about the
latter gentleman's desire to return
10 congress Notwithstanding the
will of the people.n