iug,  have  only  to  create  and  cultivate  this 
taste  in  Doryphora  and  a  positive  exter¬ 
minating  measure — a  little  round-about, 
perhaps — will  be  the  result. 
their  constituents’  will ;  and  if  they  step 
off  or  sliirk  their  duty,  tip  up  the  plank 
and  shove  tliem  overboard,  and  see  to  it 
that  the  one  sin,  “neglocd  of  duty,”  car¬ 
ries  the  carcass  beyond  the  reach  of  a 
liolitical  resxuTection. 
PROGRESS  AND  I M PROVEtVl ENT 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
A  NATIONAL  ILLUSTUATEO 
American  Beef  Abroad.  —  Our 
English  cousins  are  becoming  cpiite  en¬ 
thusiastic  over  the  2>ro8pecta  of  being  sup¬ 
plied  with  fresh  American  beef.  One 
writer  bursts  forth  in  this  wise  wheu 
Hiieaking  of  the  beef  in  English  markets 
which  A\a«  slaughtered  fourteen  tlays  jire- 
viously.  “  This  miawelous  triumph  of 
!U‘t  over  nature  bursts  njjon  the  consumer 
by  surprise.”  Of  course,  jiroducors  on 
this  side  of  tJie  Atlantic  are  only  too  hajijiy 
in  fimiishing  their  cousins  on  the  other 
side  with  beef  fresh  salted,  for  there  is 
little  danger  of  the  supply  giving  out 
diuing  the  next  century  at  least. 
ANDREW  S.  FULLER,  Editor 
BE  IN  EAENEST. 
Associate  Editor 
ELBERT  S.  CARMAN 
There  is  something  about  a  person  who 
I  does  everything  as  though  he  was  thor- 
I  oughly  in  earne.st  thaleommands  attention 
:  and  respect.  Success  never  comes  from 
I  any  half  earnest  attomiit,  because  there  is 
too  much  compedtion  in  this  world  to 
permit  of  much  ‘•laggardism,”  either  in 
business,  social  intercourse  or  friendship, 
Ih’obably  one  of  the  most  njimguaut  tasks 
whicrh  a  man  may  sometimes  be  obliged 
to  iierforni,  is  that  <if  borrowing  inoney  ; 
but  tilt)  one  who  Ht;eks  a  capitalist  in  an 
earnest,  confident  manner,  slmwing  hy  his 
actions  tliat  he.  is  sanguine  of  meeting 
obligations  when  due,  is  far  more  likely 
to  get  the  accommodation  than  the  one 
who  walks  and  talks  timidly  in  such  busi¬ 
ness  operations. 
Earnestness  ami  conlidenco  in  one’s 
ouTi  abilities  and  slull  to  perform  certain 
acts,  fonn  a  kind  of  iiersonal  cajiital  wliich 
goes  a  long  way  in  this  world  towards 
making  n  man’s  life  a  success.  It  does  not 
inntler  wlnit  a  man  is  doing,  if  he  imts  no 
cuthu-sinsm  or  earnestness  into  his  work, 
it  will  drag  and  the  wheels  will  move  slowly 
and  cre^ak  with  friction.  Now,  as  Ave  hold 
that  this  carncstuess  of  character  is  but  a 
habit  •\\  hieli  may  be  cnltivalcd  or  sup¬ 
pressed,  either  in  indmduaJs,  families  or 
nations  ;  becoming  hereditary  under  cer¬ 
tain  conditions  and  extinct  under  others, 
it  is  therefore,  in  tluH  view,  nut  a  matter 
of  theory  or  sijeculatiou  but  wimething 
which  should  command  our  earuegt  atten¬ 
tion. 
Parents  in  particular  should  carefully 
avoid  suiiiiressiug  a  show  of  earnest¬ 
ness  in  their  children,  for  there  is  little 
danger  from  an  exhibition  of  too  much, 
though  there  may  be  a  need  of  proper 
direction,  Tlie  cl'iild  who  has  been  en¬ 
couraged  to  do  everythuig  in  an  earnest 
manner,  will  generally  retain  the  habit 
through  life,  and  the  only  tluug  to  be  con¬ 
sidered  is  the  proi>er  direction  of  this  ear¬ 
nestness,  for  it  must  be  admitted  that  the 
same  faculties  may  be  turned  either  to  do  i 
good  or  evil,  and  the  more  they  are  culti¬ 
vated  and  strengthened  the  more  pro¬ 
nounced  the  results.  Btill,  we  must  ad¬ 
here  to  our  first  projiDsitiun  of  being  in 
earnest  in  the  ijerformanco  of  every  act, 
whether  it  be  ns  children  playing  ball, 
going  a  fishing,  or  engaging  in  any  other 
simihn  amusement.  Then  in  later  years, , 
t)ie  habit  having  become  fixed,  we  will 
find  men  and  ^vomeu  entering  upon  the 
sterner  duties  of  life  all  in  earne.st,  and 
obstacles  which  might  appear  formidable 
to  })erBon.s  laekuig  this  haljit,  will  be 
brushed  aside  without  a  moment’s  hesita¬ 
tion  or  notice. 
We  like  to  see  men  follow  a  plow  as 
tliough  they  enjoyed  seeing  the  fresh  soil 
turned  over  and  their  faces  hghted  up 
with  a  peculiar  exiJressioii  which  says,  “J 
tmi  thinking  of  the  crojjs  which  >vill  be 
reajicd  here  next  fall,  or  next  year.  ”  8ucl» 
men  ivill  walk  hiiskly  to  their  labors  and 
home  lightly  wheu  they  arc  finished,  and 
many  an  acquamtance  ivill  m:u-vel  at  the 
elasticity  of  the  step  wheu  age  is  Bujjposed 
to  stiffen  jomts  and  enfeeble  the  frame, 
not  having  learned  the  great  lubricating 
iiud  strengthening  iiowers  of  earnestness 
of  character  and  habit. 
X,  A.  WILLARD,  A.  M.,  Little  Falls,  H.  Y., 
EniTom  OF  the  Department  ot  Dairt  iicBRAN'OBT, 
G.  A,  C.  BARNETT,  Piiblleher, 
TERMS  FOR  1877,  IN  ADVANCE, 
INCLUDING  P08TA0K,  WlllCIt  I'C Kt.lSHKRS  PREPAY. 
Simple  Copy,  (BU.fiO  prr  Year.  To  Clnlw  -.—Five  iJopion. 
and  one  txipy  free  to  Airrtit  or  jri  lter  ni>  of  Cluli,  for 
$11.26;  So  von  Copioft.aud  one  free,  for  $16.u6;  Tin  Cop- 
l08.  and  one  free,  $2(1  -only  $3  i>or  ropy.  The  above 
ratoB  include  puitaoe  dindcr  tlio  new  law)  to  any  part 
of  tlio  tlnited  StatcB.  and  tbo  Amorioaii  iMjalujfO  on  all 
coi>ie8 mailed  to  Cana/la.  On  p.tpers  njaiV'd  to  Europe, 
by  Ktcanier,  the  postage  will  be  #6  centa  extra  for  each 
eub«crlptl«ni.  luafta,  PoBLOthW  Money  OnlerR  and 
Ilegistorod  Letter*  may  fie  mailed  at  our  r1*h.  TE'"  Lib¬ 
era!  Pramnuns  to  all  Club  Agent)  who  do  not  lahe  free 
copies.  Specimen  Numbem,  Show. BlUe.&c., Rent  free. 
Reduction  iii  Advertising  Kates. 
— Tn  amiouiicing  tlie  rednciimi  of  our 
advertising  rales  this  week,  we  merely 
w  ish  to  call  attention  to  the  jioint  tliat, 
in  common  wath  all  others  who  roeognizo 
the  fact  of  Hard  Times  and  llednced 
Prices,  we  are  looking  for  increased  busi¬ 
ness.  Wliilc  otir  circulation  is  steadily 
increasing  we  are  reducing  both  the  price 
of  the  iiaper  and  tlie  rates  of  advertising 
and  exjjcct  to  continue  to  do  so  in  oixler 
that  our  jiatrons  may  have  a  good  share 
of  the  benefits  of  our  saccess.  They  are 
entitled  to  it  and  we  intend  that  they 
shall  have  it.  See  card  of  rates. 
knee  to  felltiw  man  ;  for  we,  as  Americans, 
IjrofesK  to  Iielieve  that  man  was  made  in 
tin?  imago  of  Got-)  and  to  walk  upright 
before  IliiiL  luid  Ilia  ereatiiicB.  We  elect 
men  (or  tho.se  stqiijosedto  lie)  to  our  State 
and  National  Jjcgislaturcs,  to  make  neces¬ 
sary  and  useful  laws  to  further  our  inter¬ 
ests  luid  jn-ogress  as  a  pcojilc ;  not  to  abuse 
their  ])usition  or  our  confidence,  and  tliey 
arc  only  our  agents  aud  servants,  coiise- 
queutly,  Avhy  shotild  we  go  begging  of 
them  to  do  the  will  of  tfieir  constituents  ? 
To  do  this  is  ncitlier  mauly  nor  becoming 
of  a  iicople  who  profess  self-government. 
Is  it  not  just  the  right  time  in  this,  onr 
Centenary  year,  to  ex]itinge  these  hateful 
words,  “humbly  bog,”  or  “pray,”  from 
all  petitions  to  legislators,  and  insert  in 
place  of  these  “  wo  ask,”  or  “  demand”  of 
you  certain  acts  or  things  ? 
If  the  annual  destruction  of  a  hundred 
millions  of  dollars’  w'orth  of  iDrojferty  l,>y 
grnsshoijpers  in  the  North  -  west  upon 
land  sold  to  the  settlers  of  those  regions 
by  the  Government,  or  held  through  its 
connivance  witli  railroad  companies,  is  not 
a  sufficient  excuse  for  askiug  Congress  to 
.apiioint  a  commission  to  investigate  the 
subject  aud  see  if  further  destruction  cau- 
uot  be  averted,  then  we  say  to  the  settlers 
there — suffer  on  “humbly”  uutil  your 
misery  makes  you  strong  enough  to  de- 
77iat)d,  investigation  aud  xiroteotion. 
].)oubtle88  our  Tloiiorablo  Cougressmen 
would  much  |)ref(‘r  to  wage  war  agaiust 
the  Sioux  aud  gain  a  little  more  of  the 
Gras:dio}jper  terribny,  than  to  jirotect  and 
take  Civre  of  what  we  already  have  ;  but 
those  who  see  their  croj)s  destroyed  aud 
the  bread  taken  from  their  children’s 
mouths  by  tltese  iieste,  may  think  difi’er- 
ently,  aud  they  certainly  have  good  rea¬ 
sons  for  tlie  oiiinions  held. 
Wo  hail  a  grand  “blow  uj)”  hei’e  in 
New  York  a  few'  days  since,  and  it  cost 
the  people  of  this  country  two  millions  of 
dollai's  ;  and  there  oi’c  to  be  other  ‘  ‘  blow¬ 
ups”  in  the  same  iiond,  which  w'ill  cost 
three  or  four  millions  more ;  and  we  are 
all  proud  of  tin's  grand  triumph  of  science 
and  engineering  slilll,  1  lacked  by  money ; 
but  wo  have  existed  and  iirostiered  a  cen¬ 
tury  w'ithout  those  improvements  and 
should  have  gone  on  jirosiiering  without 
them,  for  no  one  was  oomiielled  to  run 
against  the  rocks  of  Hell  Gate,  neither 
w'as  there  the  least  danger  of  millions  of 
dollars'  worth  of  iiroperty  being  destroyed 
if  these  rocks  had  been  left  another  cen¬ 
tury  intact ;  but  they  were  in  the  way  of 
certain  crafts  whicli  uarigated  the  East 
Eiver  aud  Long  Island  Sound,  and  there 
was  not  lacking  ittjlucncc  or  interest 
enough  in  the  enteriirise  to  get  tlie  nec- 
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Fifty  per  ct.  extra  for  nuusual  display. 
Special  Notioea,  leaded,  by  ooiint .  <o 
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HiHconnt  on  4  InBertious,  6  per  cl. ;  8  ins.,  10  per  ct. ; 
13  ins.,  15  poi*  ct. ;  36  ins.,  20  per  ct. ;  52  iuB.,  26  per  cl. 
CW*  No  advertisement  Inserted  for  less  than  $2. 
RURAL  BREVITIES 
Address 
RURAL  PUBLISHING  GO., 
78  Duano  Street,  New  York  City 
Boomeu  &  Bokcuert  Cider  Mill  receipts  for 
Thursday  (Peiinsylvauia  bay)  wore  5=635 — cider 
5c.  per  glass.  Some  one  must  have  had  early 
practical  exiierience  in  passing  fluid  through  a 
straw. 
I’lioM  <he  report  of  the  late  meeting  of  the 
Hop  Growers’  Union  of  Central  Now'  York,  we 
learn  that  there  has  hoen  a  largo  increase  in 
iicrenge  dining  the  past  year,  hut  a  falling  off  in 
the  yield  in  nearly  all  iilautalions  owing  to  an 
unfavorable  season. 
The  Pomologicu I  exhibit  at  the  Centennial  is 
entirely  .satisfuctoiy  to  our  iieoplc,  it  being  the 
lai'gest  display  over  made  at  any  show  in  tiiis 
country — wliicli  is  saying  a  good  deal ;  for  there 
have  been  some  grand  fruit  shown  at  some  of  our 
State  Fairs  in  times  past. 
The  happy  people  at  this  time  are  those  who 
have  been  awai’dcd  prizes  at  the  great  Centen¬ 
nial  show.  We  wonder  liow  many  of  the  granil 
or  great-graadchildrcii  of  these  men  will  make 
an  e.xhibit  at  our  Hi-Centenary  exhibition  in 
1970  ? — supposing,  of  course,  that  one  is  held. 
Catti.k  and  hog  buyers,  being  good  judges  of 
tlio  live  weight  of  aiiinials.  lue  constantly  hujdng 
without  weighing  and  frequently  make  largo 
sums  by  farmers  under-estimating  the  weight  of 
their  stock.  Weigh  all  your  animals  wheu  you 
sell,  ami  before  you  seU  ascertain  the  true  value 
at  the  time  of  sale. 
Tue  Gold  Slfdalmailo  by  special  order  of  the 
National  llutter  aud  Egg  Association,  will  be 
awarded  to  the  liest  ImtLer  exhibitetl,  as  decided 
hy  the  Centennial  Committee,  for  the  “  best 
package  of  butter  of  not  less  than  Jiff;/  pounds, 
not  weight,  that  may  be  exhibited  on  the  17th  of 
October."  Svho  wiU  be  the  lucky  winner  of  this 
|iriz«  ? 
The  annoiincenicnt  made  by  Li.uid  &  Taylor 
on  another  page,  should  command  the  careful 
attention  of  our  lady  readers.  The  system  of 
shojiping  hy  mail,  until  adopted  and  incorporated 
as  a  regular  dcpartuieiit  of  otir  leading  house, 
had  its  disud  vantages.  These  have  been  counter¬ 
acted  and  converted  into  benefits.  It  is  now  pos¬ 
sible.  for  ladie.s  living  in  the  country  to  shop  in 
New  York  without  the  expeme  of  a  iiersonal 
visit,  thus  availing  themselves  of  tlie  undoubted 
bargaiu.s  that  are  daily  offering  in  this  mart. 
Purchasers  can  have  samples  sent  them  fiom 
wliich  to  make  a  choice,  and  they  will  as  abso 
lately  receive  what  tliey  order  as  regards  prii  e, 
quality  and  fahiic,  asif  tliey  personully  suptr 
vised  the  transaction,  A  trial  ivill  convert  a  no 
vice  into  a  conririned  supporter  of  the  system. 
J.  Stevens  &  Co.,  Cliieopeo  Palls,  Mass., 
perfected  their  breech -loading  sporting  rifle, 
uutil  now  it  must  oei'tauUy  be  what  tlicy  state  it 
lias  liecouie — tlio  Hunter’, s  Pet.  An  examinatii  n 
convinces  the  writei-  that  the  arm  is  handy,  nice'y 
pioiscd,  ami  the  workmanship  performed  in  a 
thorough  manner.  The  sights  are  of  the  most 
approved  designs,  and  the  range  and  accuracy 
are  as  perfect  as  can  bo  desired  in  an  arm  of  this 
kind.  This  firm  have  but  recently  put  uixm  tbe 
market  a  new  breccli-loading  double  gun  at  a 
popular  price— 5f40  and  §45— that  has  an  entii'cly 
novel  application  of  the  breoch-Iock,  the  barrels 
being  thrown  up  to  receive  the  cartridge  by 
merely  pressing  a  third  trigger  tliat  is  just  for- 
SATURDAY,  OCT.  7,  1876. 
PRICES  ARE  FALLING ! 
THE  PRICE  OP 
THE  RURAL  REDUCED  TO  $2.50 
TO  SUIT  THE  TIMES. 
Club  Prices  Eeduoed  Proportionately. 
Mindful  of  the  great  eneonragement 
which  has  been  extended  to  us  in  our 
efforts  to  improve  The  Rural,  wc  have 
concludrAt  to  show  our  appreciation  of 
the  same  hg  redueing  the  price  of  The 
Rural  to  ;if2.{50  per  gear, 
POSTAGE  INCLUDED. 
Bg  doing  this  we  oui'se/ves  pag  the 
postage,  tvhich  has  heretofore  been  paid 
bg  the  subscriber.  In  odd  if  ion  to  this, 
we  iyiaugurate  a  graduated  scale  of 
jyriccs  for  small  clubs,  so  ihal  all  who 
send  names  with  their  oum,  up  to  ten, 
can  get  a  rednetion  for  each  name  so 
sent.  And  for  a  club  of  ten  or  more,  a 
beautiful  premium  in  addition.  Now 
that  The  Rural  has  come  down,  let 
each  subscriber  send  with,  his  or  her 
own  name-  that  of  at  least  two  neighbors. 
Those  who  wish  to  become  new  subscrib¬ 
ers  or  agents  can  receive  Specimen  Copg 
and  Premium  fJst  free.  Addi-ess 
RURAL  PUBLISHING  CO,, 
78  Duane  St.,  New  York. 
RURAL  NOTES 
r>or,>  111  torn  lO-lineatsi  and  To- 
liacctL — It  is  often  stated  that  the  dis¬ 
tinguished  Potato  Beetle,  tliough  prefer¬ 
ring  the  I’ohtto  2>laut,  will,  in  its  absence, 
feed  upon  any  other  member  of  the  Night¬ 
shade  family.  The  Toluicco  jihint  is 
forgotten.  We  believe  they  have  no 
fondness  for  “  the  weed”  in  any  form.  It 
is  well  fur  the  Potato  Beetle  that  it  is  so. 
We  have  many  substitutes  for  the  Potato 
uijou  a  pinch,  but  not  one  that  can  take 
the  place  of  “  the  weed.”  Were  the  Po¬ 
tato  Beetles  to  desert  Solanurn  tuberosum 
in  favor  of  Xicotinna,  nil  avalanche  of 
poiJiiluJ  hghtning  w'ould  fall  upon  their 
unfortiimite  heads  that  w’ould  stiueleh 
them  out  in  a  year.  The  taste  for  tobacco 
is  w'holly  artifleitd.  If  the  Potato  Beetle 
has  a  wiiit  of  man’s  refinement  of  taste, 
and  that  it  has  is  shown  froui  the  fact  that 
both  are  fond  of  Potatoes,  it  is  susceiitible 
of  an  aiJiietite  for  tobacco.  Our  benevo¬ 
lent  entomologists  who  are  anxious  to  be 
of  seiwice  hi  jiractice  us  Avell  as  in  teach- 
¥E  HUMBLY  BEG. 
In  a  petition  to  State  and  National  Le¬ 
gislatures,  it  has  lung  been  the  custom 
to  insert  the  phrase,  “  We,  your  iietition- 
ers,  hurnblg  beg,"  as  though  the  sover¬ 
eign  people  w'ere  beggm-s.  This  phrase, 
as  w'ell  as  many  others  in  uso,  came  across 
the  Atlantic,  n  rehc  of  monarchical  gov¬ 
ernments,  w'here  the  “divuie  rights  of 
kings”  are  acknowledged  by  the  common 
people ;  but  it  has  no  place  in  a  reptibhc 
and  should  be  tabooed  from  our  literature. 
The  Highest  tJraiul  Aivnril  of  the  Centennial 
Commission  was  given  to  Wisuer’s  “Tiger”  Sulky 
Hon  e  Hay  KaKe.  Wisnkr  la  still  ahead,  and  the 
Tiger  growls  vlotorlously— he  will  he  heard  from  the 
coming  Moasou  from  Maine  to  Calltiirula. 
