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It concerns the whole State, and Cali
fornia has an example of such legisla-
ton, the great State of New York,
which ordered model roads to be con-
structed as object lessons. That is the
chief purpose of the Folsom road, and;
it will serve its end well. Such COM
panion laws as are necessary to enable
the people of this city and of the coun-
ty to make contribution to the construc-
tion should be passed to-day, and we
doubt not they will be. A serious prob
lem i'm California is the conservation OF
rural upbuilding, that the migration OF
the children of the farmer into the
towns and cities may be checked, that
rural residence may be made more in
viting and life in towns not be the chief
attraction in living. The good road
movement now having State indorse-
ment in a practical form, will have
powerful influence in inducing the son
of the farmer to adopt the vocation OF
his father, and reject the allurements
of town life; it will tend to keep the
daughter of the farm upon the farm
content with bettered surroundings and
the privilege of enjoying the advantages
of town life at WILL without forsahng
the freedom and independence OF the
rural home. The people of means IN
towns will by reason of the good road
be tempted to dwell in rural parts, and
aid in bettering and beautifying rural
living. So, along other lines of better
ment the good road will work, not the
least of which is the economy of time,
labor and money it will promote. AS an
object lesson, a model example of what
the good road should be, the Folsom
highway is projected. That the State
may have detailed proofs of the cost,
and the system of such construction,
this road is to furnish the necessary
evidence If another election is called to
complete the work of this model plan,
the State can be assured that Sacra-
mentans, rural and town living, will
give practically an affirmative unani-
nous vote. Let the necessary legisla-
ton then to secure that end and to
enable the money pledge to be made by
city and county be passed.
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SUPERIOR COURT.

Department Two-JohnSon, Judge)
Friday, March 18th.
Estate of Andrew Grondona, deceased
Order confirming sale of personal
property. Order granting leave to sat
isfy mortgage.
Matter of homestead Of Wallace Doan
and Catherine Doan-Decree vesting
homestead in surviving widow.
Estate of John M. Belcher, deceased
Order to mortgage real estate for the
sum of S7,O75 at 6 per cent per an
mum for five years.
Estate and Guardianship of Hazel
Turner, a minor-Letters of guardian
ship to Elmer E. Walker; bond, 5000.
Estate of Clara G.. Comassi, deceased
Order denying confirmation of sale of
real estate
Estate of Caleb Tyler, deceased-Or-
der settling final account; attorney for
administrator allowed $3.50 Admin
istrator discharged on filing receipt
Estate of Thomas A. Lauder de-
ceased-Order for sale of personal prop
erty granted.
A. C. Heisen VS.. Louis Smith ct all
Motion to strike out parts of answer
and demurrer to answer to cross
w. NJ Smith VS.. Capital Gas Com
pany-Demurrer submitted on briefs.
Margaret Copsey VS.. Sacramento
Bank-Demurrer to amended complaint
argued and submitted.
Lindley & Co. VS.. Margaret Doscher-
Judgment for plaintiff. Counsel for de-
fendant granted fifteen days stay Of
execution.
J. L. Daniels VS.. M Wagner ct al
Amended demurrer to complaint argued
and submitted on briefs.
Annie Richardson VS.. Estate of E. w.
Malone, deceas argued
and taken under advisement.
Delphine Lambirth VS.. Pitts Lambirth
Motion to dismiss motion for change
of venue granted. Case set for trial on
the 22d inst
F. H. Scott VS.. His Creditors-Petition
for final discharge granted.
Sarah Goodhew VS.. Alfred J. Goodhew
Judgment for defendant.
w. H. Gidlow VS.. c. M. Sweeney ct
al.-Plaintiff granted leave to make an
amended complaint.
|. Friend & Terry Lumber Company VS..
E. c. Horst ct al-Motion for change of
venue to San Francisco granted.
ALI other cases continued
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Articles Of incorporation.

The following articles of incorpora-
ton were yesterday filed at the office
of the Secretary of State:
Vita Pura Company; for the purpose
Of buying and selling drugs. Princi-
pal place of business, San Francisco.
Directors-A. H. Miller, S. H. Miller,
F. A. Miller, NJ. E. Elson. A. L. Alvord,
Oakland. Capital stock $40, 900; paid.
Arlington Gold Mining Company; for
the purpose of mining for gold and sill
yer. Principal place of business, Los
Angeles. Directors-J. E. McFee, c.. s.
Walton, E. Velmar, E. P. Bradbury, O.
G. Leach, Los Angeles. Capital stock,
$500, O,000; paid.
Ell Dorado Power Company; for the
purpose of furnishing electrical power.
Principal place of business, San Fran
cisco. Directors-W. A. Bell, T. Clark,
c. o. Richards, G. Lambert, H. O. Mar
vim, San Francisco. Capital stock,
S15O,OOO
Slocum-Brooks Company; for the
purpose of conducting a feed and livery
business. Principal place of business.
San Francisco Directors-L. D. Slo-
cum, D. Brooks, H. V. Mcdonald, H. 3.
Slocum, W. E. Bowen, San Francisco.
Capital, $4,000; subscribed, 5000.
The Cook Automatic Gas Machine
Company; for the purpose of making,
renting and selling automatic gas ma
chimes for acetylene and gasoline. Prin-
cipal place of business, Sacramento
Directors-E. r. Cook, w. A. Desbor-
ough, G. Wiilmunder, E. Kunz and c.
o. Busick. Sacramento. Capital stock,
$4,000; subscribed, $30,SCO.
Club Building Association For the
purpose of conducting all leasing Tor
the Town and Gown Club of Berkeley,
at Berkeley. Directors-C. F. Gibbons,
E. NJ. Paget, M. S. Haight, s. A Jud-
son, F. w. Wilkinson, s. W. Thomas,
A. B. Jones. K. NJ Brownell, M. B. Rit-
ter, Berkeley. Capital stock, S4,OoO;
subscribed, $1,000.
Los Angeles Gold Mining and Milling
Company. For the purpose of doing
gold and silver mining. Principal place
of business, Los Angeles. Directors-O.
L. Allen, l. c. Fisher, R. M. Currer. f.
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OF the ballots by thumb-nail stamp
hieyes-thieves in the sense that the
reversal of voters will by false mark
ing or counting is theft of the worst or
der-or the sublime indifference of the
officials of the election to the obliga-
tions of their oaths.
BAD TREATMENT.
San Jose Mercury: There is too much
truth in the observation by the Ala
media Argus that the public is mis-
led and bam mboozled concerning many
measures before the Legislature by
newspapers whose course of action is
dictated by motives of revenge, self
interest or spite The treatment of leg
islative news by the big San Francisco
daiiies ever since the session began has
been amazingly dishonest and disgrace
FIJI
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L. Baker. M. A. Baker, J. E. Sills, w.
2. Small. Los Angeles. Capital stock,
$leU,O00; subscribed, $1,000
McKittrick Oil Company. For the
purpose Of developing odl lands Prin-
cipal place of business. Fresno Direc-
tors-A. A. Webber, H. D. Webber, J.
]. Seymore, w. W. H. McCurdy, M.
McWhorter, Fresno. Capital stock,
$lUoCUO; subscribed.
c.. c. Casey Company. For the pur-
pose of conducting a general real estate
business. Principal place of business,
Azuza Directors-C. c. Casey, F. H.
Fabrich, F. X. Peirce, C. A Casey,
Mrs. A M. Peirce, Lizzie Fabrich,
Azuza. Capital stock, $1,000; sub
scribed, sc, 600
Italian American Bank. For the
purpose of doing a general banking
business at Sam Francisco. Directors
A. Sbarboro. H. ]. Croker, P. C. Rossi,
s. L. Goldstein, p Barbieri, A. Merle,
c. A. Malin, F. J. Welsh, Dr. P De
Vecchi, San Francisco Capital stock.
$5O0,CO0; all subscribed.
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AN EDUCATORS IDEAS.
State Superintendent Kirk Issues a
Circular Letter on Textbooks.

Thomas ]. Kirk, State Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction. has just is
sued circular letter to educators
throughout the State, wherein he seeks
to correct false impressions that have
been created by unfriendly attacks in
certain newspapers. The circular is
as follows:
Sacramento, March II, 1899.
To County Boards of Education. Su-
perintendents and other School officers
in the State of California: In the con-
troversy going on among sundry news
papers over the series of State text
books, my name and this office have
been mentioned as unfriendly to the
law and the regulations regarding these
textbooks.
1 recognize that it is my sworn duty
to maintain and support the Constitu-
ton and the laws of California; and
the State having adopted a series OF
textbooks and prescribed that such
books shall be used in all the public
schools of the State, and for failure
on the part of any public school board
or other public school authority to so
use the State series of books a penalty
is provided, desire hereby to call your
attention to such stipulated penalty as
set forth in an Act of 1891, Section D
of Chapter CCXXXVII., page 1O2 of
the school law of 1895.
While recognizing that there is a le-
gitimate demand for improvement OF
certain books of the series, neither my
self nor any other school officer is war
ranted, in disobeying the law. On the
contrary, I shall deem it my duty
strictly to enforce the law as set forth
in the. chapter and section above re-
ferred to. Respectfully,
THOMAS j. KIRK,
Superintendent of Public Instruction
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The passage for the second time Of
the Folsom model road bill marks the
entry, let US hope of the State upon a
new era, since the advance and cilivi-
zation of people is to be measured by
their means of communication and
transportation. A similar bill was
pcssed two years ago. The people of
the county and the city voted the
money to carry out its provisions, but
it struck legal snag and went to ruin.
The BILL shorn OF its errors, has again
had legislative sanction and should be-
come = law. It u not local measure
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FINAL PEACE.

The Queen Regent Of Spain has pro-
thereafter she signed the treaty of
peace with the United States. The for
NAL exchange of the documents of rati-
fication will now be made, and thus the
war with Spain comes to an end. We
will again send a Minister to the Court
Of Madrid, and Spain will again be rep
resented by a Minister at Washington.
Thus the peaceful relations of the two
countries after interruption for nearly
a year will be resumed. The ratifica-
ton Of the treaty must have a decided
influence in our interest with such
of the Filipinos as are in arms
against our occupation Of the Philippine
Islands. The title to the archipelago is
now fully vested in us, and in conse-
quence our assertion of authority will
be firmer and more aggressive than
heretofore. The people Of the islands
are very far from being united against
US In fact, the majority are for US.
anu lu6IG Is uO SuCu lIllLS dS d OlitCo
Filipino republic. The claim that there
is such power is preferred only by
Aguinaldo and a few other malcontent
leaders All the foremost men outside
of Aguina1do's circle of influence wish
the pacification of the islands to be ac-
complished by the United States, and
stable free government to be set up by
US. And it will be done.
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A great mistake will be made if the
newspaper article signature bill be-
comes a law. All dead letter enact
ments are mistakes. They tend to cul-
tiyate disregard and contempt for all
law and they thus become distractions
to acts that should be observed. For
the signature bill If a law will be of
the dead letter order. What would it
do if enforced? Make every writer Of
a published article or item which is
libelous according to the definitions of
the bill sign it, or pay the penalty of
punishment prescribed. What would
that result in? In making men more
cautious concerning the printing of un-
justifable libels? Not a bit of it. It
would make the libel writer's more per-
tinacious and industrious in hunting
hole and corner for skeletons that
backed by facts may be dragged forth
morbid tastes. The bill, if it becomes
law, will tend to drive out of the news
paper business the decent men, who
will be crowded by the class willing for
hire to be kicked and to take any man
ner of punishment. At present news
paper proprietorship and management
are responsible for every line published.
1t is a material visible and reliable re-
sponsibility, one that makes no con-
cealment and can be assailed in any
way the injured chose. But what will
it profit society to shift responsibility in
part upon the hired writer's of the
press? Fact is, the bill is not de-
manded by good conscience, nor by the
voice of the people, nor by the ne
cessities of the times. 1t is a limita-
tion upon the press that smacks of un-
lawful suppression, as it certainly is un-
wise invasion of liberty. On this SUBJ
ject the Fresno Republican" has this
to say:
The only result of the signature law
will be to abridge the privilege of plead
ing the truth as defense to libel suit.
Any charges printed in a newspaper
without signature. constitute an Of
fense. no matter how just or how well
proved they may be. 1t is not always
practicable to sign articles, especially if.
as happens on many newspapers, one
man decides what shall be written, an
other writes the article, and third re-
vises it. If such an article should ap-
pear. for instance, charging a named
person with running a saloon without
license, the fact that the charge could
be proved would be no defense to the
newspaper, and heavy fine would be
assessed. In practice probably some
body's name will be used as signature
editor" whether the owner of the name
knows anything about the articles or
not, just as the duel editor in France
and the Jail editor in Germany is nee
essary to every well-regulated news
paper, but the accidental omission of a
signature logotype may be expensive.
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The greatest grace of gift. perhaps
Is that it anticipates and admits Of no
return.-Longfellow.
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Hotflter, the jeweler, will move about
March 10th to S24 K street.
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For medicinal purposes drink Glen
brook" sour mash whisky. Theo
Blauth, 4O7 K street. Tel. 297.
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Tax Collector,

Hall of Records Building, near Court
House, on street, City of Sacramento.
as the same will be delinquent MON.
DAY, April "a, 1899, after which date 5
per cent. will! be added.
B. N. BUGBEY; Tax Collector.
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McMorry sells groceries. Agent for
Coronado water and Stockton sarsa-
parilla and iron. 531 M street.
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THE SADDLE ROCK
RESTAURANT AND OYSTER HOIJSP

FIRST-CLASS HOUSE IN EVERY RE-
spect. Ladies dining-room separate.
Open day and night. BUCKMAN & CAR
RAGHER, Proprietors. No 1919 Second
street between ] and 4. Sacramenfa
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rO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
rske Laxative Bromo Ouinine Tablets All drug.
lists refund he money If 1t fails to cure 25c. The
Genuine has L. B. @. on each tablet.
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BAY RESTAURANT

Private rooms for families; open dav
and night. Orders served outside Oys-
tiers in every style. MATT and JOHN
RADONICH. Proprietors-
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Try McMorry's Blend coffee. s5c.
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STATE HOUSE HOTEL
Corner Tenth and K Sts.. Sacramento

BOARD AND ROOM. 81 25 TO 81 PER
day. Meals, 25c.
Accommodations first-class. Free ,bua
to and from hotel. w. j. ELDER, Mgr.
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NOTICE TO
TAXPAYERS.

All persons owing State and countN
Taxes are requested to make payment
early at the new office of the
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Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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TURCLU HOTEL.
QnE II C<-o%

plan; strictly first-class; hot and cold
baths free to guests; electric cars pasd
the door. FRANK MEYER Prom
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THE METROPOLITAN.
MASON FAuRE

RESTAURANT DE FRANCE AMI
oyster House, 427 X street forrner,v 1sa :
Golden Eagle HoteD. Meals a la carfa
at all hours. Family Orders. RannuatS
and Wedding Parties.
l.. FAURE Propriator
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-02-22

What is war? A million flags
wreathing themselves in graceful
folds upon the free minds. The
tramp, tramp, tramp of long lines
OF uniformed men off for the front,
passing down streets gayly decked
with bunting and lined by cheering
crowds. Gay music. Wild thrilling
music which brings the quick tears
of emotion to our eyes and causes the
blood to tingle 70 our finger tips.
But this is not war. War is the
deafening roar of battle, the great
and awful din which takes away
mems senses, and leaves them mad
dered tigers. War is charging up in
the face of the enemy's guns amidst
the unceasing rattle of musketry and
the world shaking thunder of the can
non. Cheering like madmen when
ever futter of the old flag appears,
fighting like demons, falling like
grain before the reaper. At last the
exultant shouts of victory or the
waiting notes of retreat.
And then? Then groans of anguish.
Then heaps of fostering bodies, men
and horses, friend and foe mingled in
death together, and red beaked buz-
yards circling in the air above. And
what are these CHASTITY heaps tumbled
into trenches and buried there, or
left to rot upon the plain? What
are they? Not an abstract horrible
mass, but your son, fond doteing
mother, your sweetheart my bonny
lass: your father my patriotic school
girl.
When the war is over, worn, weary,
broken down the survivors return to
their debt cursed homes never to be
what they might have been. Brave
boys indeed, but in many cases ruined
boys. Ruined both morally and
physically, while the future states
men whose eloquent words and
master minds might have carried our
nation onward to a higher civilization,
sleep on the battle fields, and the
nation is left the prey of political
pirates and money grasping traitors.
The poets who in future years, might
have sung so sweetly are hushed for
ever" their sun has gone down while
it is yet day.
Ah, what is war? 1t is the father
of all vice and crime, the assassin oi
virtue; the promoter of debt and
misery the JOY Of buzzards, sharks
and shylocks. 1t is hell on earth
G.. G.. H.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-02-22

Every editor has received them.
The postmaster sends them to tie eli.
tor. The postmaster is not to blame.
For instance, there was man by the
name of-well, say Tim Short, who
sent us three notices to stop his paper,
he didn't want it any longer. Upon
investigating the subscription book we
found that Tim was Short $40. He
never had paid cent, and yet he stop
ped his paper as matter of economy
to us. He didn't want US to lose
any more by him. A few days after
Short was in church aud his melodious
tenor rang ont loud and clear in that
old soul stirring song, "Jesus Paid it
AL" He might have been mistaken
but his earnestness impressed Us. So
the next day we sent him a receipt in
full begging his pardon for not know
ing that he had made an assignment
of his liabilities to the Lord. -.ShelbinG
Democrat.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-02-22
Lieut.. A. G.. Affords Letters

Lieut.. A. G. Afford, of Lawrence,
who was killed at Manila wlote con-
corning the Filipinos as follows:
"The natives that 1 have met seem
to be quite friendly, and 1 doubt if
there is any serious trouble between
ourselves and the natives. / was
talking with one of Aguinaldo g staff
day before yesterday and he says the
Filipinos ask that they be permitted
to established government with an
American protectorate over it.
1.-The natives are very musical and
every evening there is lots of music
in the air. The other day 1 stepped
in to listen to a very good string
quartet. You should have seen
them open their eyes when played
Hot time for them they seem to
think that this is our national air.
Yesterday Aguinaldo's band came in
and serenaded us. They played Dixie
Yankee Doodle and many other
such pieces, ending with the Star
Spangled Banner removing their
hats first.
81 am an officer of the day at the
outpost and am looking forward to
this duty as it is new experience to
most of us and will be as near fight
ing as anything we will get in this
war. We have our line of pickets
pushed out from the city up to the
insurgent lines, the Kansas outpost
covering little over two miles of the
left. There is nothing to do but
watch the insurgents and as they
don t seem to mind being watched /
don t think we will have any trouble.
81 don't think they want to have
any trouble with US and we are GER
tainly not looking for trouble just for
the purpose of getting into fight.
81 don't blame the Filipinos for
hating theSpaniards, for they have
received nothing but kicks and blows
from them. For awhile the Fflipinos
mistrusted our soldiers. but they are
beginning to see that we are differ
emit class of people.
"Out where we live the natives
touch their hats to US and always
move out 0f our road"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-02-22

w. ]. Bryan, with regard to the
ratification Of the treaty says: "Now
that the treaty is out of the way, 1t
can be treated as domestic question
and the line can be drawn between
those who believe in forcible annexa
tion and those who believe that the
Filipinos should be allowed to govern
themselves. / have not lost faith in
the doctrine Of self-goyernment, and
believe that the people repudiate the
jmperlslistic policy"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-02-22

THE thieving is still going on at
Topeka. A Wichita lawyer named
Helm was given 81, 600 last Saturday
for preparing the briefs in the script
and screen case, a job worth not over
twenty dollars. An average school
teacher who has necessarily spent
more time and effort than has this
lawyer would have to work two years
to earn this amount. A farm iaborer
would have to work five years-a
railroad employ shovels dirt 1000
days to get that much-yet the labor
ers must pay it. We denounce such
donations as actual theft of the peo.
pies money and will protest as long
as we have breath to utter it.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-02-22

Frank Filing who beat Jailor Law
son and escaped from Shawnee
county Jail was captured at Herring
ton. He was in freight car nearly
starved and frozen, having no shirt
and the temperature was below zero.
Trainmen gave him food and clothing
and allowed him to ride in the Ca
booze to Harrington where officers
had been apprised Of his coming.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-02-22
Another $1,000 Steal.

Judge Nicholson, of Council Grove
is to be paid 1000 by the state for
bringing suit to compel the M. K. &
I. railroad to bring it's general office
to Kansas. In the name of the tax
payers of Kansas, why don't State
Attorney GODDARD do this7 What is
he hired for7 It seems like high
officers in Kansas do nothing hut
draw lofty salaries and the state hires
others to perform the duties of the
office. Tax payers simply ought to
rise in protest and revolt if necessary
and dissolve such thieving organi-
zation as the present Kansas House
Of representatives.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-02-22
Mutual Hail Insurance.

This week the Kansas State Mutu-
al Hail Association, was organized in
Mcpherson.
This institution will be of untold
benefit to the grain raisers OF Kansas.
1t is a mutual association and the ex-
penses of insurance will depend large
ly on the amount of losses.
The following officers were elected
for the first year.
j. W. Yowell, President; o. A.
Smith, Vice President; II. Parker,
Treasurer; A. j. Shaw, Secretary.