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Special Sale of $40 Suits and Overcoats

Beside regular line of these goods added
So 30 and SIS 90 suits broken lines and odd Our $40
suits made by talos who make speciality of
sell at $1,000 Our wide knowledge of what is what in style
OF their The fabrics
$1,000 suits and ovecoas be dependable and the
must conform to the prevailing shades and be absolutely
else they cannot be sold The
$40 for suit will do betterhee than
this section See what show $1,000 Suits and Overcoas
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victory for State.

BY decision of State Fiscal
Court two of the Mutual
Life Insurance Companies must
'pay the State of Kentucky almost
$50 900. on taxes due since 1900
on premiums collected The suits
were instituted by III. r. Prewitt
Insurance Commissioner, under
THE section of the Kentucky statu-
ties requiring life Insurance COM
panies to pay into the State Treas
bry tax Of 81 on each 500 of
premiums collected in the State or
blsiness done in the State.
Citron, orange peel, lemon peel,
seelless raisins, currants and
Verythipg needed for your black
axe eanbe found at
Lindsay & Greene's.
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Come in now and buy your
Christmas candies before the as
sortment is broken.
Lindsay & Greene.
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OVERCOAT ELEGANCE.
The Louis XIV carries with it every outline
that characterized the reign of that light heart
ed monarch. This overcoat is truly the model
Of excellence and height of fashion, we are the
only store outside the large cities showing the
full line of styles. For gift or personal use they
should be seen.
SIS, $40, IS, and $50 are the Prices.
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n, he had been con
Jing gaming. No
\; he returned at this
s,.ng or suffering gam
ngl
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Manila. Philippine Islands, Dec. %,
19O5.-Chinese education has been very
much OVereStimated The Hterati have
boosted of the antiquity of the govern
ment and educational system, the in
Vention of the COMPASS, the printing
press and of gunpoNder, and the west
ern world has been inclined to concedc
their claims but these claims viii not
bear investigation The government IS
ancient, but it is also antiquated. The
emperor exercises d power as unlimited
as that of the car and is as inaccessl-
bic to his subjects. The ruling family
seized the throne two and a half Centu-
ries ago and has retained power be-
cause the people have learned TO sub
NIT TO almost anything. The laws have
not only been arbitrary, but they have
been cruel; the officials have not only
been appointed Witl-yut consulting the
governed, but they have been shame
lessly corrupt.
When Confucius and Mencius taught
they complained of the degeneracy of
the government, and in more than
twenty centuries that have elapsed
since those days there has been no
marked Improvement. Of course there
have been pure and patriotic men in
high places occasionally, but the gov
pTnment showed neither perfection then
nor Improvement at .,TWaTd-Until with
I'm the last few years.
What if the compass was known to
the Chinese before 1t was TO Europe?
They made little use of 1t. compared
with the use to which it was put by
the Portuguese. the Sp5niards, the
Dutch and other Europeans.
They invented SunpOwdeT. and yet
thew equipped their soldiers with bows
and arrows down TO the present geneT-
alton.
They invented the printing press, and
vet until recently they had no news
papers and but few books. 7 shall speak
I'm another article of the improvement
in this direction. but as an evidence Of
the little use made of the printing press
even now. l record the fact that in a
four DAYS ride (at present the train
runs only in the daytime) from the
capital of the empire to Hankow.
through a densely populated section,
we did not see a man reading a paper
or hear the voice of a newsbOy.
Equally without justification is the
boast of great learning among the peo-
pie. They have had no educational
system, and their children have had
to rely upon private schools. a few
families getting together and hiring a
teacher. Even then the main purpose
Of their higher education was to obtain
q government position. As only very
limited number could possibly be Sc
leCted at the competitive examinations
held by the government, there was
small incentive TO study and the written
language, with PA radicals and 1 200 diff
ferent characters, was enough to dis
courage even the ambitious A Chinese
official told me that not more than one
man in 100 could write a letter. and that
not more than one in ten could under
stand a letter when read to him
The object of the schools, such as
they had. was to cultivate the memory
and to teach the pupils to write essays
expounding the doctrines of the Chi
nese sages. All of the schools used the
same textbook, the primer in universal
use having been prepared over 500
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ent and punish any attempt to save

sent and punish any attempt to save
him.
But more potent than either Budd-
hiSm or TaOism has been the influence
of COnfuciuS and his commentators
This great philosopher was born DOL B
c., and Mencius, his greatest disciple,
nearly 200 years later The moral prin-
ciples discussed by them were not pre-
sented as original conceptions, but
rather urged as the principles of pre-
viOus emDerorS whose lives were re-
garded as ideal In another article, in
the discussion of China'S awakening, l
shall speak Of the ethical teachings %
Confucius, but 1t is worth while to note
at this time that his utteranceS with
regard to government fall far snort Of
the generally accepted doctrines of to-
day. While he insisted that rulers
owed certain duties to their subjects.
and were good or bad i'm proportion as
they set an example of virtue and gov
erned wisely. he did not intimate that
the people have either the right to, or
the capacity for, self-gOVeTnment. His
doctrines support tile idea that classes
are necessary, the superior" people
governing and teaching, the rest doing
the manual labor
Confucius taught that those who
were not in office need not concern
themselves about the administration of
the governmental doctrine which par
alyzed the patriotism of the masses
and invited abuses on the part Of the
officials.
The system by which officials were
chosen was also calculated to breed
seIfshness and Indifference to the
public veal, as we'll as to impede prog
ress. The course of instruction, as be
fore stated, contemplated merely the
memorizing of the Chinese classics
composed of the sayings of the sages,
poetry and Chinese history.
The aspirants for hOnOrs were not re-
quired to think for themselves, to I'M
derstand the problems of their genera
ton or to know anything of the science
of government To compose a good es-
say upon what Confucius said, upon
what MenciuS thought, or upon what
Shun or Wan or Woo did was sufficient
This naturally chained each genera
ton to the past and locked the door to
advancement.
The successful candidate felt that his
appointment was due to his OWE merit
and that he was under no obligation to
any one except the members of his
family who had furnished the money
necessary to enable him to take the
various examinations. Neither the Sc
curing of the office nor the retaining of
it rested upon his ability to devise wise
policies or upon his interest in the peO-
pie at large. The emperor with unlim-
tied power was above him, and the
people with unlimited patience were be-
low him.
In later years the examinations have
sometimes become a farce and rank
has been offered to the highest bidder,
bidding being encouraged by an intima-
ton that this might be the last chance
But even when honestly conducted the
civil service of China was not calcu-
lated to develop a good government
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for instance. ancestor worship; it con-
tains a germ of good in that it teaches
respect and care for parents, but the
spirit has been lost in the Observance
of the letter until the welfare of the
living is neglected that senseless sac
rificeS may be made to the dead. At
Canton we visited d place called ''The
Place of the Dead" It s connected
with a Buddhist temple and is just out
side the city wall. There are some 400
rooms in the groups of buildings, and
nearly every room contains a coffin
Here the well-tO-dO deposit the body Of
an ancestor and keep incense burning
as long as they can afford to pay for It.
Rent must be paid Cor the rooms. the
light must be kept bright; food and
drink must be offered to the deDarted
each day. As some one has remarked.
il costs more TO care Cor a dead an
CeStOr than a live one We saw one
coffin that had cost $4,000: it had been
in the building for sixteen years and
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phants standing, two elephants kneel-
ing, two camels standing and two
kneeling, two horses standing and two
kneeIing. and lions, bears and other
animals i'm like positions. These fig
ures are put near the tomb that the
ruler may be supplied with the things
needfuI for his happiness in the spirit
world.
And speaking of tombs, the worship
of ancestors is destined to make China
a vast graveyard. if, as now, graves
cannot be disturbed 1t will be re-
membered that the Chinese govern
ment cautioned the Russians and Jap
anese not to trespass upon the grave
yards at Mukden, where a number of
Manchu emperors are buried. The
graves of the masses are as sdcredly
regarded, although distinguished mere
Isl by a cone-shaped mound In the
neighborhood of the large cities the
cemeteries cover many square miles,
md as they are constantly added to
md never diminished, they occupy an
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year, ago. Education was limited in
the number who rec6-ved Il and limited
in the amount provided, and the course
of instruction was fossilized. None Of
the students were taught anything
about the outside world, and but few
OF the people were students. 1t is suf
ficient evidence Of the absolute failure
of their educational system TO compare
this great empire. containing approx
mately one-fOurth of the population of
the globe with even the smaller states
of Europe III the production Of scien-
lists. scholars and poets. China has had
diplomats and astute statesmen, but
these have been developed in the school
of experience rather than in halls of
learning. Considering the educational
opportunities furnished, It is astonish-
ing that she has produced any great
men at all.
China has her religions. and they
have doubtless exeTted a. molding infiu-
ence upon the people, but the influence
has not been an unmixed good. Take.
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had been moved from one apartment
to another. = cheaper one being chosen
each time as the resources of the family
declined. In some cases the families
have become so poor thst they can nei-
Their pay rent nor buy d bUrying plot.
There is also at Canton an ancestral
hall where for a specified sum the
name of an ancestor may be inscribed
on a little wooden tablet; incense is
also burned here. too. Foreign resi-
dents relate instances where servants
have spens three years income in
burying a parent, the money being
borrowed and gradually repaid from
the earnings. Besides the first cost
of burial, there must be frequent pill
grimages to the grave It is within
the bounds of truth to say that the
money expended in elaborate funerals,
in sacrifices to the dead and in pc
riodicai pilgrimases TO tombs would
have gone far - lrd the educating
and enlightenins ~ each rising gen
eration-and who will say that respect
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make them believe that it is d forest in
stead of a building they being supposed
to be hostile to high buildings. After
the roof is on. however, the building is
safe. but the ridge pole must curve up
at the ends to keep the spirits from
descending Boys are very much at a
premium in China, because the duty OF
guarding the grave devOlves upon the
oldest son. If a man loses a boy or
two, he sometimes dresses the next boy
like a girl in order to deceive the spir-
it's, for a girl is, or at least used to be,
beneath the notice of even evil spirits
A very intelligent Chinaman explained
the Discrimination of the ordinary Chi
naman to rescue a drowning man on the
ground that If the evil spirits were try
ing to drown the man, they would re-
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for the dead can better be shown by
formal ceremonies than by a proper
regard for the welfare of the descend
ants2
The tOmbs of the royal family are
always objects of interest to the tour
list. The most famous of these tombs
are north of Picking and so near to the
great wall that they are usually Wis
tied al the same time, three or four
days being required for the trip.
There are other tOmbs of less renOwn
still nearer to Picking. while the tomb
of the first emperor of the Ming
dynasty is just outside the walls of
Marking. Some of these tombs are
mere masses of masonry now, but all
We're once richly carved. The avenues
leading up to these tOmbs are lined
with large stone figures of men and
animals. They are arranged in pairs.
one on either side of the road-two
huge warriors. two priests, two eIe-
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FINED A DEAD MAN.
BOSTON HeraId-l

The judges decision in case settled
a few years ago in MillinOcket. Me. will
not serve as a. precedent, but no excep-
ton to il was reported.
An Italian laborer was killed while at
work on a dam at the pulp mills At the
hearing before the local justice there WAS
found in a pocket a roll of bills contain
ing SIS, and hidden in one of the boot
legs was found a dirk knife.
As there was no probate court within
many miles of the town the judge was
at a loss to know what disposal should
be made of the money. Finally he hit
upon the solution. The court took charge
of the money and fined the corpse S25
for carrying concealed weapons.
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lDEysEFsINE
Cures Whiskev and Beer Habit
A.coMIN' AND A.eoIN'.
(St- Louis Globe Democrat0

(St- Louis Globe Democrat0
Open winter; little ice,
Now we think livery nice:
Counting what we save on coal
Quite a bit-but bless your sOuli
Summers coming pretty soon,
And we'll sing another tune
Natural ice. not 20 be had,
ArtificfaTs Highland bad.
But we've got TO pay the price.
Just can't live without our ice.
Ice men play "A double role,
Make up what they lost I'm coal,
Selling ice at increased cost,
In the year they've nothing lost
Seems that there's no use for us
To try and beat the Octopus.
Got us comm. got us gOin
And his dividends are CROWN,
And he will not turn us loose
Legislation? What's the use2
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HOW 1T HAPPENED.
Wnman's Hnme Comnaninn.l

fWOman S home IOmpanIOn.J
so you are hermit. eh2 Well. If You
don't mind, kindly tell me how you came
to adopt such an undercrOwded and non
remunerative profession"
We'll, you see. my auto broke down
near here, and rather than endure the
jibes and jOshes of the triumphant farm
ers of the neighborhOod l took the ma
chine to pieces. carried them to this cave,
and have remained here ever since, trying
10 put them together again. Looks a
trifIe like rain, off TO the northeast, don't
it,
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Government Ancient but Anticipated While Chinese Invent
ed GunpOWderl Soldiers Still Use Bows and Arrows.
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and if we wish to pass this trying period of
must have Our blood in good condition. S.
roots. herbs and barls of the forests and fields
Blood Purifiers" and the greatest of all tonics.
gently but thoroughly every particle of impu
energy, builds up the appetite, and steadily a
fine purifying and tonic effects. S. S. S.
making it fresh and pure, and cures Eczema, ]
promptly and permanently. 1t adds to the /
of, and in every way prepares the system for
cures Rheumatism Catarrh Sores and Ulcer
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the appetite grows hckIe, the sp1r1ts are de-
pressed and general rundown condition is
the result. To others the return of Spring
means the return of disease for warmer
weather is sure to force out the seeds and
poisons of old chronic troubles which have,
perhaps, lain inactive and dormant in the
system during the Winter months.
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TINE TO PURIF
YOUR BLOOD

Spring time for renewing and changing everything
puts life the vegetation the earth thaws out from
Winter respond Springs call purge and purify
The change the vegetable kingdom greater than
which physical systems this
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years ago suffering from impure blood
and general condition of the system. had
appetite losing in flesh and agone tired feeling
made feel miserable. began the of S. S S.
taking bottles my skin cleared of
all eruptions and took ruddy, healthy glow that
sured blood had been restored to its normal
healthy condition My appetite restored. and could
anything put before me, and regained appe-
te increased in weight and that tred feeling which
worried much, disappeared and was once again
my old self. VICTOR STUBBINS.
Cor Barthman & Washington AYES. Columbus Ohio.
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Forester Throws His Glove at the
Umpire.

Companion did not pitch much of
game Sunday, but he seemed to have
the whole Topeka team hypnotized. In
about nine games out of ten it Is safe
to say Topeka. would knock Companion
cut OF the box He gave eight bases
on balls, enough with any ordinary
batting, to lose the average game. Com
pauiOn struck out only three men while
Forester struck out three In one in
ming, and two more besides. Compan-
ion also hit three batters and contribu-
ted two OF Hutchinson's three errors
and yet the final score shows that he
had Topeka under his thumb all the
Wsy around the track.
Spencer Arthur Abbott seems to be
the man who is putting the breath of
life into the Hutchinson bunch Besides
whanging things around into goodnight
ing shape, ne Is playing the game of his
life at frst Saturday he plucked two
hits out Of three times up, and Sunday
his record was three hits out of four
times up. The rOoters may howl Sore
head at Abbott, but the fact remains
that he is a bah player who delivers the
goods with about as much regularity
as any of them.
There is not much more to be said
about the Sunday game. It was slow
tedious and one-sided- The game drag
ged It's weary length through two hours
and twenty minutes. the day was fierce
y hot. the attendance was below the
usual Sunday mark, and the only real
excitement was found by the spectator
in slipping pop through paper straws
and pounding on the seats with the
ttempties."
Umpire Goodman gave his usual gen
eral dissatisfaction. though on the whole
his work was better than in previous
games. The trouble with Goodman is
that he got bao start IN Topeka, anC
allows the players to bulldoze. buIlyrae
and browbeat him most shamefully. d
be had as much backbone as a 1elIyhsf
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just a Batting Fest.

It was nearly $50 Saturday afternoon
when Topeka and Hutchinson stopped
bidding against each other for the title
to the third Of the series of ball games,
and Topeka. at last came out ahead by
a score Of II to 13.
It was one of the most peculiar, spec
tacular and exciting ball games seen in
Topeka this year, and while it will not
go down in history as scientific it will
be remen bered by the fans as one that
was different
Hutchinson started right in the first
half of the first with scores, and To-
peka came back in the same inning with
three more. In the fifth Topeka raised
Hutchinson l. In the sixth Hutchinson
apparently toreclosed the game by
chalking up six scores on Forrester's
balloon ascension. Topeka was right
back at EN- in the last of the sixth,
with six more, making the home team
one to the good. In the seventh Hutch
inson squeezed in a run by means of an
error, couple of sacrifice hits and a
two-bagger. This tied the score. The
eighth inning saw Hutchinson run three
more scores across by grace of Topeka's
errors In the last OF the eighth, Tope-
ka made three more scores after two
men were out, again making it a tie.
Hutchinson was quickly retired in the
first Of the ninth, and Topeka made the
winning run on hit by Cooley, q
sacrifice by Andrews and a screaming
Single Dy Downs
There was a big row in the eighth
inning, when Topeka was at bat
Abbott claimed that Cole. in running
to first. had willfully and maliciously
knocked the bail out of his hands
and perhaps Abbott was right, but
Goodman didn't see it that way
Abbott got mad. and pounded Good
man on his chest protector, whereat
Mr. Abbott was benched. Casey, the
Hutchinson shortstop. was 50 excited
by this time that he spat upon his
hands and was about to rend Good
man limb from limb. Half a dozen
Hutchinson players were required to
hold Casey, who fought his team
mates when they would not allow him
to lick the umpire. Meantime Henry
had been making some uncomplimen-
tary demonstrations with the umpire
and the result was that he was not
allowed to catch in the ninth inning.
Hutchinson got Il hits off Cravens
and Forester. which was plenty to
win the game, had 1t not been for the
fact that Topeka picked up 81 hits OF
Herr, Richardson and Craig.
One of the features of the game
was Ragan's brilliant foul fly, which
went 700 feet into the air and dropped
PUNK into the water tank thereby
winning for Ragan a prize Of $1,000
offered for the feat by Andrew Car
negie The score
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KANsAs sTATE LEAGUE.
WEsTERN LEAGUE.
PLAYED SUNDAY BALL.
Test Game in the. National at Brooklyn
Several Arrests.

BROOKLYN June 1S.=Sunday baseball
playing by professional teams was re-
sumed here Sunday and the Cincinnati
National league team defeated Brook
Ign by a score of 8 to 0, after the police
had made five arrests in order that a
test case might be- made in the courts
Those taken Into custody were Presi-
dent Charles H. Ebbetts. Manager Pat
rick Donovan and Pitcher Malcolm
Eason of the Brooklyn club, Manager
Edward HanlOn and Pitcher Charles @.
Fraser of the Cincinnati club. EasOn
had pitched but two balls to Fraser
when a police captain and several de-
tectives walked upon the field and
made the arrests.
The accused men we're taken to a
nearby police station and admitted to
bail for a hearing before a police mag
istrate today. The game then proceed
ed without interruption. Fully 10000
persons attended and practically all OF
them placed contributions in conven-
lent boxes at the various entrances.
It is upon the question as to whether
or not these voluntary offerings con-
stitute a subterfuge for paid admis-
sions that the legality of Sunday ball
playing in. Brooklyn hinges
Scanlon finally pitched the game for
Brooklyn and Ewing was in the box
for Cincinnati.
Score by innings: r. H E.
Cincinnati ..........00 0 0 2 1913 0
Brooklyn .-..-..,-....O 0 0 0 0 0 0 90
Notwithstanding and Schlei, Sean
lon and Bergen.