Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-01-20
Throwing Money Away.

The folly OF advertising In catalogues and that
Sort Of catch penny affairs was well illustrated In
Atlanta during the late attractive exhibition In
that city. An enterprislng NONRESIDENT canvasScr
appeared there Ia due season before the exhibition
opened aud objected "a gp0dIy sum o. money from
her business men for TIE insertion OF captivating
cartiS "a a catalogue which he proposed t. publish
and circulate during the rush of visitors tn the
show. It seems that the Spectator carried out
his contract 30 far Is issuing the catalogue aud
inserting the advertisements went; but, from
some cause not yet explained, so far as
we have seen, the pamphlets In question.
WHEN shipped to Atlanta. were allowed to
remain boxed IN In the freight depot there,
instead Of being circulated among visitors, az was
probably intended, and as WAS certainly expected.
or course, under these circumSt anCeS, t1c Crcdu-
lOus advertisers are satisfied that their invest
ments are a dead loss; but they are really about
as well of rs II the catalogues had all been dis
trfbutel a. promised People who Visit an exli-
bition worth seeing anl studying, as the Atlanta
exposition unquestionab.y was, DO not waste their
time reading advertisements on the fy-i"af of
catalogue or in give-away advertising sheets. If
they want 10 learn anything of the resources
and business Inducements OF the place where
II Is held they look to the columns OF its wide
awake and weIl-eetabii she'd newspapers for such
Information. II is entirely SAFE to shy that ii the
disappoint ID Albanian, had paid the amount
OF money to their bright and entcrprl5lny daily
papers. they would have reaped ten fold more
turns from such invcs: nsnt than they could
possibly have realized from the other source. even
n every copy OF a large edition of the promised
catalogue had been placed In the hands OF visit
OrS
Equally useless is the money spent in advertise
Ing any standard article or regular business in
the snowy placariS so cOnSplcuOuSly hung in
out-of-the-way places In hotels and railway
stations Business men who visit city on bust
Ness, consult the columns of the daily papers OF
that city. either at breakfast in the morning, or
after they have retired to their rooms at night
for such Information as is useful to them. They
do not spend their time loafny around and study
1ng the snowy hand bills, which so fifty adOrn
the walls of bar-rOomS. wlSh-roOmS, AMI the like.
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careful review Of the recent decision of the
New York court or appeals in relation to where the
burden Of proof shall rest where the plea of insan-
hy IS entered, and which was so exultingly re-
ferred t. by Gultcau sustaining the theory Of
his defence. shows that 1t has, properly no such
application as he made OF II. The appellant in
the New YORK ease having been convicted OF as
sauit with intent to Kill, appealed from the rulings
OF The lower court on the ground-tirst, that the
Judge charged 'that the defence OF insanity is an
ahirrnatiyc defence, and the prisoner is bound to
satisfy the jury by proof that he was lnsane~ and
second that the judge OF the lower court erred I'm
TO the benefit of any reasonable doubt OF his sanity
raised by the evidence. While the court OF appeals
did not sustain the lower court neither did IL affirm
or sustain the position Of the defence The uues-
uons upon the trial. according to the court of ap-
peals. were: First, were the acts charged COM
mitted by the prisoner? second at the time Of the
commission was he In such condition OF mind as to
De responsible for Them" The burden Of proof
was upon the prosecution as to each question, and
III rpi orfi
was proper. The first question Is admitted by the
defence in the Guiteau case. He committed the
crime charged. As 10 the second question, the
legal presumption that every Is sane is suffi-
cient TO sustain 1t until repelled and hence the
burden of proof rests as much upon the defence as
the prosecution This was the true effect of the
court or appeals decision.
In Australia they have found out the mistake of
having introduced the English sparrow into that
country. just as we have In the United States but
there they are taking far more effective means
for Kidding themselves of the nuisance than we
have ever thought OF adopting here. The colo
Nal government has recently passed and put In
force law paying bounty of sixpence d dozen
Tor the heads Of all these birds brought In and
another OF two shillingS and six pence per hun
dred Tor their eggs. 1t is appreciated that this
measure Will cost good deal OF money at first but
is confidently believed that the outlay Will save
% the country a far greater sum in a few years,
In thus relieving the farmers of the very serious
burden with which they are at present saddled.
There the sparrow has long been looked upon
and Is now officially treated as destructive YER
min, Ike rats and mice. IL would be well to hold
out some nducement for the determination OF the
little pests In this country. They were brought here
unter false preteGceS, are unmitigatei nuisaIces
With hardly reeeining trait, and ought TO be got
rd of. Ii they don't make good pot pie they might
h<s nSlt II fart rrtr
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Between the District authorities and the con
tractor for sweeping the streets the public would
Ike 10 know whether anything in particular is
CAMEL by having Pennsylvania avenue swept
between four and six O'Clock In the afternoon
the very hours when the carriage WAYS and foot
walks OF that fine thoroughfare are most crowded
IL 1t thought 10 be any special advantage TO have
horses frightened, carriages Splashed with mud
and dust and fifth thrown into the eyes and over
the clothing OF ladies and gentlemen out for a
promenade? One would think that the proper
time for this work such q street would be
between four and six O'Clock In the morning
Then IL Is comparatively unoccupied, and IL well
swept at that time it would be comparatively
clean for the rest OF the day.
y The new state administration OF Wisconsin IS in
voiyed IN an unpleasantneSS over the right to ap-
point subordnateS, something similar to the read
Juster fight In Virginia, but on much smaller
scale IL appears that each state officer is entitled
20 a messenger, and that it has been customary
for him 70 make selection, which was invariably
approved BY the governor. But when the new at
torney general named his messenger Governor
Rusk refused TO approve the appointment, and
said he had already found man for the place
The attorney general protested, but the governor
remained firm and even used some vigorous Ian
guage.
Rebellion against ''b0ss rule" Is cropping out iu
Congress as well as in sun(iry OF the states The
House yesterday sat down heavily upon bosssm
In rejectiug Robesons committee bill by an over
wheiming majority
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