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ANDREW  S.  FULLER,  Editor. 
MOORE’S  RURAL  fiEW-YORKER. 
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RURAL  PUBLISHING  CO., 
78  Duane  Street,  New  York  City. 
SATURDAY,  AUO.  12,  1876. 
IT  HAS  A  GOOD  INFLUENCE. 
This  remark  is  often  made  in  referring 
to  the  acts  of  individuals  or  a  oommtinity, 
and  we  have  only  to  regret  that  it  is  not 
more  frequently  the  mof  i/ve  which  prompts 
one  and  all  in  giving  support  te  any 
scheme  pro])OHcd  for  the  public  welfare. 
There  seems,  however,  to  bo  a  little  touch 
of  fate  attending  any  undertaking,  no 
matter  how  good,  pure  and  linmane  it 
may  appear  ;  just  as  the  chihl  in  his  free, 
rollicking  feats  over  the  green  sward, 
crushes  the  life  out  of  scores  of  innocent 
and  beautiful  creatui’es,  all  unknown 
though  it  may  be  to  him  or  his  older 
companions.  The  taking  the  lives  tif  the 
insects  cannot  be  called  evil ;  but  them 
fate,  Avhile  the  fun  of  the  frolic,  along 
with  the  exercise,  may  have  a  good  in¬ 
fluence  upon  the  child’s  health  and  char¬ 
acter. 
We  might,  were  it  necessaiy,  enlarge 
upon  this  subject  of  injury  to  one  crea¬ 
ture  for  the  purpose  of  seeing  a  corre¬ 
sponding  benolit  to  another ;  but  every 
observing,  thinking  jiersou,  must  have 
discovered  that  it  is  one  of  the  inexorable 
laws  of  nature,  eonseqnently  not  to  be 
gainsaid  or  avoided.  Of  course  the  in¬ 
fluence  of  aji  act  may  fixt.end  far  beyond 
the  realms  of  hum.'in  understanding  ;  still 
wo  can  iisnally  see  far  enoiigli  to  know 
whether  it  is  beneficial  or  otliovivise  to 
those  wnth  whom  we  are  nssociiited,  and 
this  is  what  concerns  us  moat. 
In  illustration  of  this  point  wo  call  txj 
mind  the  introduction  of  the  Knglish 
sparrows  into  this  and  otlier  Eastern  cities 
a  few  years  since.  Before  that  time  a 
bird  Hyiug  in  the  streets  of  Now  York  ivas 
something  seldom  seen,  and  when  by  ac¬ 
cident  or  otherwise  one  did  appear,  the 
boys  of  all  classes — from  the  low'est  rag- 
muffina  up  to  the  residents  on  Fifth 
Avenue,  would  to  use  a  common  jihrase, 
“  go  for  the  poor  thing "  with  sticks, 
stones  or  any  missile  at  command.  The 
result  was  that  the  children  had  no  more 
idea  of  the  natural  rights  of  the  feath- 
f  . _ 
j  ered  tribe  than  wild  Arabs,  and  to 
capture  and  kill  a  bird  or  other  harm- 
j  loss  creature,  was  an  act  worthy  of  com¬ 
mendation.  But  when  a  few  sparrows 
j  were  let  loose  in  onr  streets  and  the  Jiaf. 
wont  forth  that  tliey  were  to  be  protected 
by  the  aid  of  numerous  policemen’s  clubs, 
there  came  a  marvelous  change  in  the 
.  demeanor  of  the  youth  of  our  city,  an<l 
the  riglits  of  the  Jiirds  were  immediately 
respected.  In  fact,  tlieni  lias  arisen  a 
fraternal  feeling  between  the  children  and 
the  birds,  and  we  doubt  if  one  of  tlie  wild¬ 
est  of  our  wild  "  Street  Arabs”  would  not 
roseni,  an  injury  to  one  of  tlie  sparrows  as 
soon  as  to  one  of  his  liumon  companions. 
Leaving  out  of  the  ijnestion  all  the  good 
the  sparrows  may  Inivo  done  in  ridding 
onr  city  of  noxious  insects,  as  well  as  tlie 
almost  intolerable  nuisance  of  liaviug  such 
a  vast  number  of  birds  nesting  and  scaL 
tering  filth  about  dwellings  and  side¬ 
walks,  tlie  inlliience  of  association  ujion 
eacli  Hiuiooediug  generation  of  childi’en  is 
wortli  a  thousand  times  all  the  good  they 
may  have  done  in  other  directions,  or  the 
harm  done  Ut  property.  The  childi’en  of 
our  lorgiT  e.ities  have  been  taught  one 
great  lesson  in  kindness  if  they  never  re¬ 
ceive  another. 
The  transition  from  sparrows  and  their 
influence  upon  the  young,  to  the  Society 
for  the  Ih'eventiou  of  Cruelty  to  Animals, 
is  botli  natural  and  easy,  and  we  make  it 
all  the  more  cheerfully  as  tlio  latter  is 
undoubtedly  tlio  greatest  reformatory  and 
humanizing  organization  in  existence,  and 
should  receive  the  siijiport  of  every  man 
and  woman  who  believe  they  have  a  soul 
and  that  animals  can  experience  jiain.  It 
is  not  so  much  for  the  beast  of  burden 
tlint  we  w’ould  plead — for  they  can,  at 
most,  but  Huirer  and  die — but  the  man 
who  is  jiermitted  t-o  maltreat  them  with 
imimnily  gradually  descends  in  the  scale 
as  a  Jinman  being  until,  at  last,  lie  reiudies 
a  lower  plane  tlian  the  most  I'erocioiiH 
brute.  Immediate  gain  is  an  incentive  to 
groat  cruelty  w’ith  those  who  have  no 
higher  aajiiratioris  than  to  satisfy  their 
own  animal  needs  and  passions,  and  from 
free  indulgence  in  maltreating  beasts  of 
burden  it  is  but  natural  that  tlie  same 
disregard  for  pain  or  life  would  be  ex- 
teudeil  te  human  beings.  This  is  so  well 
known  that  neither  foots  nor  theories  are 
required  in  support  of  the  assertion,  and 
we  liavc  only  to  follow  tlie  man  w'ho  is 
cruel  to  animals  to  his  home  to  find  the 
evidence  of  cruelty  to  liis  family  ;  conse¬ 
quently  we  repeat,  tliat  the  Society  nameil 
is  w’ortliy  of  the  snpiiort  of  every  man  and 
w’oman  in  the  land,  because  it  has  a  good 
influence  upon  those  who  are  bad  enough 
now,  but  w'ould  be  far  worse  without  it.  ' 
Cruelty  is  a  jmssion  wliicli  can  be  on-  1 
couraged,  increased  and  transferred  from  i 
one  generation  to  another  until  it  becomes  ) 
liereditai’y  in  a  family  or  nation  ;  hence  ' 
the  importance  of  cheeking  the  hydra-  ^ 
headed  monster  by  force,  if  necessary. 
PLAGIARISM. 
All  thefts  are  not  alike  in  degi’ee  of 
wuckediiess.  It.  is  a  tpiesfion  wliethor  a 
mother  wlio  steals  a  loaf  of  bread  for  her 
hungry  cJiild  is  guilty  of  any  sin  whatever. 
In  this  view,  the  degree  *of  culjaibility 
slionld  bo  estimated  not  by  the  value  tif 
the  thing  stolen,  but  by  the  necessity 
Avlneli  constrains  a  iierson  to  steal  it. 
Necessity,  therefore,  luul  the  degree  of 
KtdtishnoKS  promiitiug  the  act  are  the 
measiu’cs  of  the  wickedness  of  theft. 
Wlience  it  follows  that  stealing  in  onft  of 
its  I  Host  ini.'xcusable  forms  is  that  in 
wliich  an  able-liodied  individual  choses 
this  as  liis  inenns  of  liveliliood — as  his 
busineift.  One  of  the  meanest  phases  [ 
of  this  coniemjitablo  business  is  plagia-  ' 
rism.  There  ai’o  many  journals  in  this 
countiy  that  would  no  sooner  steal  a 
new',s]japer  article  than  tliey  woulti  a  dol¬ 
lar.  TJiere  are  otliers  wdio  steal  articles 
precisely  as  if  there  w'ero  no  sin  or  even 
disgrace  attached  to  such  an  act, 
Tlie  B2)lierc  of  journalism — presuma¬ 
bly — is  t4)  tench.  Some  journals  select 
special  fields — agi’iculture,  horticulture. 
o  science,  literature  ;  but  all  of  them,  what- 
ever  their  usual  field,  set  themselves  nji, 
more  or  less  couspieuoiisly,  os  ttsochers  of 
morality.  With  wliat  consistency  they 
®  can  teach  morals  w’ith  stolen  material  is  a 
■f-  question  that  answers  itself  as  soon  as 
d  asked. 
There  are  two  fashionable  forms  of 
J,  literary  theft  te  wliich  we  wisli  te  call  es- 
|)ecial  attention.  One  is  that  of  stealing 
*  ideas — clothing  them  in  original  language 
y  and  presenting  them  m  their  owm.  The 
a  other  is  to  copy  an  article  with  the 
2  writer'^  name,  without  any  mention  of 
tlie  journal  in  whiidi  it  first  apnoared  and 
*  for  w'hich  it  was  written.  Tims,  .Tonks 
^  writes  an  article  for  the  KnuAL.  Jones 
8  either  gives  it  or  sells  it  to  the  Rural,  and 
.  this  article  in  either  case  is  just  as  much 
J  the  Uural’s  jirojicrty  as  the  iiajier  upon 
which  it  is  2Jrnited.  -Ionkh,  having  given 
^  away  or  sold  this  2)roj)erty,  lias  no  longer 
^  any  claim  to  it  whatever,'  Now  the  Alas- 
1  ka  Farmer  co2iie8  it,  ap2icnding  Jones’ 
-  signature  alone  as  if  that  gentleman  had 
.  either  given  or  sold  it  to  the  Alaska 
J  Farmer,  and  tliis,  of  course,  is  the  im¬ 
pression  ^irodnoeii  and  intended  te  bo 
*  produced  in  the  minds  of  the  readers  of 
^  tliat  2ia2)er.  Mr.  Jones  is  in  no  way 
;  censurable,  and,  as  has  often  happened  te 
I  many  otlier  Jones’,  may  open  his  eyes  in 
^  siu’prise  to  find  his  name  and  composition 
in  p.apers  to  which  he  has  never  and 
would  never  have  contributed. 
As  to  whotlier  this  class  of  plagiarists 
.  — and  ivo  may  comprise  under  it  another 
^  and  larger  class  who  steal  without  nni/ 
credit — as  itompared  with  those  wlio  steid 
ideas  alone,  disguising  them  beneath 
<  synonymous  language,  are  the  more  re2)- 
I  rehensiblo,  jutlgiuente  intiy  vai’y. 
Our  own  im2}rca8ion  is  that,  If  the  hair 
is  to  be  sjilit  at  all,  a  liberal  judge  would 
view  with  less  severity  the  out-and-out 
thief  than  he  wutild  the  sneak  wlio  with 
infinite,  shame-faced  25ainH  seeks  to  smooth 
over  all  tell-tide  tracks.  Tot  if  imlividuul 
instances  w’ere  faii’ly  investigatoil,  it  may 
be,  that  in  either  class  it  would  be  found 
tliat  the  degree  of  ftnlpability  was  so 
softened  by  circumstaucss  as  to  a2J2iroxi  • 
mate  the  case  of  the  2>oor  woman  who 
stele  a  loaf  for  her  child,  in  that  the 
editors  were  either  obligeil  to  steiJ  or 
starve.  This  being  2^Foveu,  a  hofioful 
2n’ocoeding  would  be  the  renuucialion  of 
editorial  duties  in  favor  of  earnest  2Jhysi- 
cal  application  either  in  prac.tical  agrienl- 
turn  or  the  lessor  niechauio  ai’ts. 
Auoteer  discreditable  method  of  co2)y- 
ing  articles  though  it  cannot  be  oemsidereJ 
a  plagiarisiii,  is  that  of  crediting  the 
oo|jied  article  to  “Fx.”  (Fxchange).  A. 
boiTows  a  siun  of  money  of  B.  He  ac¬ 
knowledges  lie  borrowed  a  sum  of  money  j 
he  uses  it  for  his  own  benefit  but  fails  to 
pay  it  back.  TJio  paper  that  bori’oivs 
does  not  steal — it  merely  fails  to  2)ay 
back  that  which  it  liorrowod.  It  is  a 
gooil  nile  never  to  seek  the  oomiiany  of 
those  with  whom  we  would  blush  te  be 
seen  if  among  our  most  res2Je(!tod  friends. 
Is  is  just  as  good  a  rule  not  to  borrow  of 
those  to  whom  we  are  ashamed  2niblicly 
t4)  acknowledge  our  indebtedness. 
I  We  do  not  wish  in  any  way  to  be  per¬ 
sonal.  In  truth  it  is  to  avoid  Uie  necessi-  ' 
ty  of  being  personal  tliat  the  above  is  ! 
written.  We  will  freely  say  for  ourselves  j 
that,  while  the  Bubal  New-Yokkeb  is 
gratified  to  have  its  articles  republished  , 
with  due  credit,  it  cannot  aflbrd  te  have  t 
them  stolen— and  if  it  could  so  afford,  ^ 
would  still  deem  it  a  duty  to  Je-  * 
nouuce  this  form  of  theft  even  more  ' 
severely  than  otlmr  forms,  inasmuch  as 
those  W'ho  2ier2ietrato  them  have  not  the  ^ 
excuse  of  ignorance  or  of  those  evil  inllu-  J 
cnees  of  tlio  associations  to  which  other  i 
2jrofeBHional  thieves  in  most  instances  arc  i 
from  boyhood  subjected. 
AVe  liave  from  lime  to  time  collected  a 
quantity  of  extracts  which  have  been  “ 
stolen  from  our  columns  exemplifying 
the  tyiies  above  alluded  to.  And  we  give  J 
rcs2)ectful  if  not  affeotionate  notice  tliat  if  a 
those  journals  do  not  speedily  mend  their  r 
ways,  we  shall  2*nbLsh  their  names  with¬ 
out  fear  or  favor  and  without  further  ii 
mossy  turf  in  the  front  yard  bijars  the  ap¬ 
pearance  of  a  much-frequented  beer  gar¬ 
den.  The  flower  bods  are  like  last  Ohrist- 
mas’  decorations.  The  thermometer  in 
my  study  got  so  high  last  night  that  it  is 
limy  sullering  from  aeubi  and  merited 
delirium  tremens.  We  boil  eggs  by  im¬ 
mersing  them  two  lainiites  in  the  well. 
Black  broadcloth  burns  B2)Ontaneou8ly 
between  bore  and  the  2*ost-oflico,  Ice  is 
750.  a  hundred  ft  melts  at  the  rate  of 
100  a  minute.  Collar.*}  starched  to  the 
verge  of  im2)orosit.y  are  reduced  in  five 
minutes  to  S2>is8itutle.  Incrassated  linen 
cuffs  languish  in  half  that  time.  Stephen 
11.  Tvno,  Jr.,  told  me  that  ho  used  seven 
clean  shii-ts  last  Sunday  !  ( This  alone  we 
cannot  vouch  for.]  We  are  obliged  to 
kee2)  the  baliy  in  the  refrigerator.  A  two 
hours'  drive  brings  milk  to  the  door  in 
the  shape  of  Dutch  cheese.  The  butch¬ 
ers  deliver  only  roasted  roasts.”  A  dch- 
cioua  rain  has  changtKl  all  this— the  baby 
has  been  taken  out  of  the  refrigerator  and 
New  Jersey  breathes  again. 
Cooking  as  a  Science. — Anecoen- 
tric  millionaire  in  Massachusetts  proposes 
to  found  an  institution  for  educating 
“servants  and  cooks,”  at  least  so  runs 
the  announcement.  But  if  this  be  his 
object  then  the  institution  should  be 
located  in  Ireland  instead  of  America,  for 
it  is  always  well  to  go  to  the  fountain 
heotl  of  sujiplies  w'hcn  seeking  im- 
2n’ovemcnt  and  2'>ni^flci^Uou.  If  tlie 
gentleman  clesii’cs  to  im2Jrove  American 
cookery  let  him  found  a  poinilar  institn- 
tiou  for  instructing  women  who  do  not 
ex2)ect  te  IxK’omo  servants,  but  wives  and 
iniinagers  of  hoiiHohokl.s,  tlioreby  qualify¬ 
ing  themselves  te  direct  and  teach  their 
servants  the  gastronomic  JU't.,  “  A  skillful 
master  makes  skillful  workmen,”  is  as 
true  here  as  elsew’hcre. 
warning. 
RURAL  NOTES. 
Heat  in  New  Jersey.— A  minister 
comiminioates  the  following  to  the  Pacific 
liural  Press,  It  may  seem  an  e.xaggcra- 
tion  ;  but  remember  a  minister  wrote  it 
and  if  his  word  is  not  sullioieut  and  ours 
will  add  anything,  w'e  are  ready  to  make 
an  aflidavit  to  its  exact  truth  : — “  For  four 
weeks  we  have  had  not  one  drop  of  rain. 
For  over  two  weeks  the  thermometer  has 
reached  90  evei^  dav.  My  beautiful  gar¬ 
den  “  sass"  is  com2)rotoly  uurut  up.  The 
1  A  Quiet  Excursion.— Witliin  four- 
f  teen  miles  of  this  city,  on  the  line  of  the 
1  N.  A'.  &  N.  j.  It.R.,  grow  immense  quan- 
>  titles  of  Ijluckbcrries  now  ripe  and  ripen- 
•  ing,  'I’hey  tu’c  most  abundant  iqion  the 
>  west  bunk  of  the  Hackensack  river.  We 
5  suggest  te  onr  city  reailers  that  they  go 
■  l.liither  for  a  day  of  recreation.  After 
I  2^iohmg  all  they  need  of  blackbemes  there 
:  are  ph’a«aiit  LiOu  groves  and  belts  of 
shady  trees  in  the  coolness  of  which  what 
romsins  of  (lie  day  may  be  quietly  spent. 
Or  there  is  the  river  in  which  to  bathe. 
Would  not  this  bo  pleasanter,  more  sensi¬ 
ble  than  visiting  the  ‘  ‘  professional”  groves 
»  in  which  a  crowd  of  2ioople,  lager-bier  and 
ice-cream  are  among  the  chief  attractions  ? 
-  - - 
KUKAL  BKEVITIES. 
Will  Mrs.  Annie  H.  Feost  please  favor  Ed¬ 
itor  of  Hobal  with  her  present  address  ?  We 
should  also  like  to  hear  from  Mrs.  C.  H.  Cbers- 
WELL. 
News.— The  London  Garden  says,  “  The  Po¬ 
tato  hug  has  again  made  its  iqiiioarance  in 
Amorlcn.”  Alas,  that  Ihu  bloaaed  period  of  its 
liisapjieai'aucH  should  have  esoapod  us ! 
The  Kansas  Farnjur  says,  '•  ^  high  official  in 
Kansas  has  over  suffered  tho  penalty  of  the  law 
for  his  orunes  oomraitted  while  in  office,  from 
County  Treasurers  up  to  Uniteil  States’  Sena¬ 
tors.”  Kiinsiis  must  be  a  grand  place  for  official 
rogues  or  rogaes  lu  office. 
We  learn  from  the  8yra«5use  Journal  that  the 
vek’ran  Pomologist,  F.  R.  Elliott,  attempted 
suicide  in  that  city  a  few  days  since  but  whether 
for  the  put  ijoscof  getting  a  little  free  advertising 
or  bccttUBe  he  was  really  aiok  of  tliis  mnndane 
sphere,  Is  hoyoud  our  range  of  knowledge. 
Tuk  lottery  swindlers  ai’o  likely  to  come  to 
grief,  as  tlie  Post-office  Depai’tnlent  instructs 
isistmasters  that  circulars  relating  to  lotteries 
sliould  not  bo  dehvcrc'*  but  dostioyod.  This 
may  hurt  some  of  those  highly  respectalfie  jour- 
imls  which  deijond  largely  upon  tho  lotteries  for 
fliipliort. 
A  ViBoi.'UA  Planteb,  in  preparing  hods  for 
sowing  tobacco  stiod,  uses  Keroseno  oil  instead 
of  wood,  llo  says  that  apjilicd  to  the  soil  with 
a  wateriijg-2)i»t,  it  costs  loss  than  wood  and  is 
fully  as  effectual  m  dostroving  weeds,  insects, 
and  imlting  tho  soil  in  Mm  b'est  oondition  for  the 
recofdjou  of  tljo  seed. 
A  Texas  Grange  recently  passe;]  a  resolution 
instructing  Mm  seci-otai-y  to  biu’u  all  lottery 
circulars  sent  to  the  Grange,  and  also  requests 
all  meinlwrs  receiving  them  to  treat  tliom  in  like 
manner.  To  this  resolve  lot  the  Patrons  add  a 
refusal  to  suhsenbo  fur  or  in  any  way  support  a 
})apcr  which  admits  advertisements  of  lotteries 
and  they  will  save  thousands  of  persons  from  the 
sin  of  gambling. 
Tue  question  as  to  whether  some  kinds  of 
snakes  [irotect  their  young  by  iiermitting  them 
to  pass  down  tboir  throats,  1«  sliil  bemg  discussed 
very  vigorously  among  the  naturalists  of  Great 
Britain.  Perhajia  these  wise  men  might  get  a 
sight  of  an  old  black  snake  taking  down  a  dozen 
young  ones  without  iuconvenienoe,  if  they  would 
speiuT  a  summer  on  tt;o  borders  of  some  of  our 
big  hwautns.  Counti'y  boys  are  too  familiar  with 
this  “suake-Rw allowing”  for  protection  to  have 
any  doubt  about  it. 
