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THE SPIRIT OF C.iRISTMAS (Copyright, IM I Help the Tuberculosis Sufferer by Buying Red Cross Stamps. MUST PAY PENALTY PRESIDENT ZELAYA OF NICARA GUA VIRTUALLY DENOUNCED AS COMMON MALEFACTOR. United States Severs Its Relations With Nicaragua Because of the Murder of Two Americans by Order of Despot. Washington. The expected, has come to pass. Late Wednesday BM- rotary Knox returned the passports of Felipe Rodrigom, cliiune (i'at'lairs of the Xicaraguan legation, with a tetter scathingly dwouactng the Ze- layan administration of the govern ment , " Nicaragua. The letter is definitely declared to represent the views of President Taft and is about as plain-spoki'ii as anything emanat ing from the state department In many years. The ex' inordinary feature of the letter is tint it MUU 10 evidence an intention on the part of the United Staler to hold President Zelaya per sonally responsible for the alleged tenure und execution of the Ameri cans, Cannon and tiioce, and exhibits Jfk '" the unique situation of one govern- 3-k mtnt boldlng the obief executive oi another practically as a common malefactor. Zelaya is branded as violator ol solemn International conventional a disturber of tile national and Interna ttonal peace, a tyranl whose adminla traiion baa been a blot upon the name of good government. Becretary Knox virtually announces, the n cognition of the Ntca aguan rev olutlonlsta, declare ii io be Hi con-j vlotlon or the United Btatex that the revolution h i resents the Mntlmenl of a majority of the Nlaaracuan peo pie, and thai there is evidently no re sponsible government with which the United Btatea can deal, lie therefore b aouncea that all parlies will bo in id accountable ior their anions as affecting the Intereata or Americana and the peace ot Central America Tola brlng'J the criaii aa n ar to the slams of war as it could be brought bj ex cutlve action wl houl a definite declaration by congresa. Mr. Knox's letter In all bul so many worda makes h plain thai the action represents Hi, i sh ami attitude of all the C u tral American atatea with the aingle exception of Honduras, which is re garded here as entirely dominated by Zelaya. Mexico has Ita sympathy wiili the United Btatea In this matt r. .lust what al tua consular represea tativea ol the United Btatea in Nic aragua now enjoy is not definitely ex plained, it is expected, however, that Vive Consul Caldera, who has been occupying the legation In Ma ia 1 1, and oiie r cousuls in thai ountn , Will be given Iheir pass lOI LB a. 001 6. Thla Is 1 1"' usual nwibod of pro- A oi lur,'. President of NIctragua H.s Plan to Reta;n ,'ower. Washington. I riven to desperation by tl e an. x octed of the fcSldtill Zl laya is now reported to b i dovelcwed a plan whereby be i an ri m and sfui retain ;,-,v i r, This com ta In putting in tQe office "i pit lent of Nloarag rtadria, well known in Central ' Aim rlcan diploma Ic circles as Zel jga aya'a henchman i I loolared to b at i fcelaj a'a bees and ftK. The stale department, ' Is do- i 'h. red, is . nlirely OOfttlsant Of the conspiracy under way and will act vlg- Oroully ttiicl promptly If occasion da- , mafida. -j LORDS DEFY THE COMMONERS For First Time in Three Hundred Years the British Peers Reject Finance Bill Passed by House. Ijondon. The house of lords on Tuesday night, for the first time in 100 years, refused lis formal ass B to the budget, thereby making It Ille gal for l he king's agents to collect taxes with which to carry on the gov ernment. This action of the peers was taken in direct disregard of the advice of such able members as Host -bery, Morley, Iord James of ller t'ord. Lord Cromer, Und Halfour of Burleigh, the Karl of Lytton, Lord Courtney and the Archbishops of Can terbury and York. The budget will now go before Ihe country for lis approval or rejection; that Is, the crown, through the min istry, will dissolve the house of com mons and order a general election. Whether the present, liberal house and ministry shall be sustained in in sisting on the budget will be (he Is sue In the contest at the Kills. A liberal victory at the polls means an amendment of the constitution and curtailment of the Jiereditary prlvl le; s of the loids. READY FOR BATTLE. House of Commons Claims Exclusive Control of England's Puise. London. By a majority of 816 the house of commons on Thursday re- Corded its claim to exclusive control Of the nation's purse a claim never before challenged in modern times. The vote was taken on a resolution Offered by Premier Asqulth, Which de clared "that the action of the bouse of lords in refusing to pass into law the financial provisions made by thai ohamber for the expenses of the year was a bleach of constitution and an usurpation of the rights of the houae I of commons." FARMERS SMASH ALL RECORDS.' Total Value of Faim Products Esti mated at $8,760,000,000. Washington. Secretary of Agricul ture Wilson, in bin annual upon, aaya: The value or farm products ia bo incomprehensibly luiye thai 11 has become merely a row of figures. Fori Ibis year it is 18,760,000,000, a galnoi XSty,niu,lHM) over ltU8. The value oi the producta has nearly doubled in ten years. The most striking fact In the worlds agriculture is ihe value of (ho corn crop for 1909, whioh is about 11,720,000,000, It nearly equals the value of the clothing and persona) adornments of 76, 18,0 " people, ac cording io the census of 1800. Cotton is now ih second crop In value and ilus ye:. is cotton crop is i aslly the most valuable ne to the farmer that has been produced. With ! cotton lint sellinj, al 13.7 centB on ihe lai in Nov mber i and ,;h cot ton seed Belling for about 121 per ton, the lint and seed of this crop are worth about WBO.OOO'.OOO to lbs tarmers, Third in value is whi at, worth aboul 72?,00O,OO0 at the farm, and thla larg I) exci eds al previous values. The November farm pflee was ; linost an even dollar a bushel, a price whi; .. has not been equalled since 1881. TWa is the 'bird wheat crop In point oi size, with 186,000,000 bushels. The i production of all cereals com bined is 4,711,U0U,0OO bushels, an I amount consldciably greater -than I that for any other year except 1906. NDRTHWEST FLOODS LARGE PORTION OF WASHING TON PRACTICALLY CUT OFF FROM OUTSIDE WORLD. School Houses and Homes Washed Away, Stock Drowned and Miles of Railway Destroyed by Raging Torents. Bellingham, Wash. For three days northwest Washington lias been cut from quick communication with the' OUtBlde world, boat service alone fur nishing a connecting link. No trains are moving except be tween this city and BOflington, IWSfl ty miles south, and service c.uinnt be rendered inside of s week. Telegraph wins were restored on Thursday. Twenty miles of railway track In Skagit and Whatcom counties have been destroyed. The loss to railways Will exceed $1,000,000. Whatcom county lost 8100,000 in bridges alone. Kerndaie's losses aggregate 190,000. There two mills, a school house and eleven residences wore destroyed. Five miles of Northern Pacific track In this county has disappeared, even the grade befog obliterated, Laconner Is under seven feet Of water. The town's loss Is placed at 1160,000 in stocks and goods deatfO cd and two warehouses filled with grain and hay. which collapsed am slipped into the flood. In the country north of Laconner 1,000 head of cattle were drowned while 400.000 sacks of oals and 8,000 tons of haled hay are a total loss. Sloughs and bays for miles from La cornier are covered with drifting hnv and sacks of oats. A barn lllled with hay was found Boating in 1'ugei Bound by a northbound steamer Wednesday The loss to the fanners is estimated at $Go(),000 in live stock, hay and grain. SUBMil PLANS TO TAFT. Copper Merger to be Put Up to th President. New York. The work of formin( a billion dollar corporation is so in tricate that hitches and controvcrsie. are hound to occur. Yet negotiation! in the copper merger thus far havt progressed as satisfactorily ns eouW he expected and J. P. Morgan, win first, udnerlonk ili deal, Is still at tin head of affairs, and lnt nds to rem all there until the ootnbine has beei completed. This, it is expected, will be within 111;' next few weeks Within a few days several of Mm leaders in the movement win go to Washington for a conference wlti President Taft and Attorney (! neral Wickersham. The plans for the mat ger, Whiotl will by theft time ban been written out, will be Submitted to Mr. Tan ami bis attorney genaral GOVERNMENT HANDICAPPED. Documents and Witnesses in Sugai Case Are Missing. New- York.--The government en countered a check on Tburaday it its prosecution ot the American Su gar Kt lining company when li de veloped that documentary evidenct and many wltnesiei La the govern ment's case have di ippeared. Thi missing documents wei records kep' by city weighers, and D liber the doc omenta nor the men who kept thee could be found. Police Fear Violence. St. Paul, Minn. Chief John .1 O'Connor of the police department praotioally admitted thai be o . .. id ered the striae situation seriom v. in n on Tbursdaj d he orders that all members ol his day loret . on duiy al Central station unu 10.80 o'clot ii at night. The order wil continue until all danger Of a olaal between atrlkere and strtk4breakeri is ended. Tb Obief also Issued order. reoailing an patrolmen and officer) absent on leave. Favors Fortifying Canal. Washington. Estimating the torn ooal ol the isthmian canal, whei finally op ned for traffio, at, $100,000, 000, Re reaenl tlve Shirley oi Ken I tUOky, chairman of the sub-coniiii:ui i Ion fortifications of tfr house commit iee on appropriations on Wedneviaj declan d bis purpose o urging UPOI congress ihe n c lor buildnif fortifications on both ends of thi waterway while oth r work was pro ling on the oanal. Special Corporation Tax. Washington. It is estimated tha there will have been oolfected tron the special Corporation excise tax bj July 1, ,1910, 116,000,000, and ihai at I additional 610,000,000 oolleotlble foi I the calendar year from January l isjou, io December 81, 1908, win hi I collected subsequently to July 1, 11)10 making the estimate for the tota amount of the collection lor the lis j cal year 1'JIO, 825.000.0uu. V FOR OLD PEOPLE. After reaching the age of forty the human system gradually declines. The accumulated poisons in the hiood Cauaa rheumatic pains In the joints, muscles Sttd back. These warnings should be promptly relieved and seri ous illness avoided by using the fol lowing proaorlption which shows won derful results even after the Hist lew doses and it, will eventually restore leal strength. "Ono ounce compound syrup of BarsaparlUa; one ounce Torts com pound; half pint of high grade whis key. This to be lnlxi d and used In tablespoonfnl doses before' each meal and at bedtime. The bottle to be well iken each time." Any druggist has these Ingredients or can got them from his wholesale house. THE DIFFERENCE. "As there has been a change in our fortunes, Mnudlc, make haste and find a husband. You, Jack, don't make a fool of yourself by marrying." SKIN ROUGH AS BARK. Baby Boy Had Intense Itching Humor Scratched Till Blood Ran. Found a Cure in Cuticura. "Our son, two years old, was afflicted with a rash. After he Buffered with the trouble several weeks I took him to the doctor but it got worse. The rash ran together and made large blisters. The little fellow didn't want to do anything but scratch and wo had to wrap his hands up to keep him from tearing the flesh open till the blood would run. The itching wns In tense. The skin on his back became hard and rough like the bark of a tree. He Buffered intensely for about three months. Rut I found a remedy In Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Oint ment. The result was almost mag ical. That was more than two years ago and there has not been the slight est Rymp-om of it since he was cured. J. W. Lauck, Yukon, Okla., Aug. 28 and Sept. 17, 1908." Poltor Drug & Cnoiu. Corp., Sola Props., Huston. A Revelation to the Cook. A happily married woman, who had enjoyed 113 years of wedlock, and who v. as the grandmother of four beautiful little children, had an amusing old colored woman for a cook. One day when a box of especially beautiful Mowers was left for the mis tress the cook happened to be present, and she said: "Yo' husband send you all the pretty flowers you gits, missy '.'" "Certainly, my husband, mammy," proudly answered the lady, "Glory!" exclaimed the eook. "he sntieiiiy ;tm hoidin' oui well." Ladies' Home Journal. How's This? W offer Oni lluii'lr. il DottUI BMWlS (of anf caw of Catarrh timt osnaol m otuva by Hnii's Catarrh OUT. r. I. OHENRV '.. T..li-i(i, o. Wl-. oi'- undrraanwd, wn known r i Cboney for Hi-1 i;ei i.i v..rH. and believe him i . r f , , -t i - hoh or:iti' In all DIMlneM ten xiitinrit. and linarinally uiJ' i" eirr oui any obluratloni made i lie urra. Walih.m;. mwa a Marvin, Wholesale lniL'Kl(s, Toledo, (). Hall'n Ciiinrrh Ottre II taken Internally, nrtlno dirprii upon the blood and i oui nirfaeea or the IflUm Ti-atlinontalK v n t irif. PrkM H Nttt pe bottle, soiii by all Drusilft iuki- Hall's l'amlly l'llia for ooHHtliullnii. Cherries. A diminutive miss insisted upon helping her mother In putting up pre- series. "Itun away, there is nothing you can do." said mother. "Yes I COUld. " persisted Ihe child. "1 could unbutton the cherries for you." This Will Interest Mothers. Mother Oray'i Bweet Powder for t'ldl dien, used by Mothor Oray, a inns.' in Children's Home, New York, euro Consti pation, ITsverlshness, Teething Disorder!, Stomac!) Troubles and Destroy Worms ; 30,000 testimonials of cures, ah drus j".e. Bample PREE. Address Allen H. Olmatsd, . Key, N. Y. Kniini-ia in is something that caused :i man io about when ihe crowd .'homing, even if lie doesn't know n hat i: Is about. One Thimj That Will Live Forever, !'Ki rrrs kyk DALVK, fjrsi bo sold In IS117. Inn years ago, i-.i!e increase Marly. All drug) I or I inuiinl thus., Iliilluli). N. V. a girl tblnka a man Impertinent if be Hies to flirt with her and Indlffer ent il he doesn't. I lovt BE I'll COLD ninl wel I-- the io -a Lt p lu Pnenmunm, Tnke Perry puvlt I' linUilliv mvl tin- liiinuii In nvurti'd, I'll tQusied fur uouts, dura thrust, qulnay. tic, U6oundfioo, it takes a woman to tell a secret ami magnify its importance, Men. Wlnslow'B Nimtliliiif Syrup. Knr riiiiitn ii teetblns, ofteni tlio gum, roatoea in- u... urn. a li'ii. uli.i.v pain, uurun wUiil collu. BM u Ix.ulo. Don't believe everything you bear over a telephone wire. BSgSBJ Wanted More. lgH Francis, aged J 4. was given a bunch BH of grapes on Ills solemn promise not Btfitll to "swallow the seeds." Very care- JtBsl lullv he removed them all, mid en- 9 g '' gggfl joyed the fruit as a child always does f BH 1 njoy B new goody. When he had re- 1 'H moved the last grape from its clinging a H place, he handed the empty stalk to j H father. Si mH "Daddy," he said, "will you send I H this back to tlii1 store and have the 1 M man put some more grapes on It?" I fa'aB sVstiWur'TTrsrTTratSiVivflTII Oilga SIGK HEADACHE I Z "iT Positively curpd by CARTERS ;;ps 1,,,,;r"ns; gSBSBSJ L 5TT"iri F" trcMHlrniii ),vk'imIii, In- rm s 'l'.i 1 Iftirty S til I yr R i.iuiii-. a pi'i'fi'i't fH H oiii i H ' I r I L-L Drowsiness, Hud H ' f FY Cunt- H '. --v V ,., Timuni', I'aiti In t ho H 1I?,,1J!"11,J'S Islile, fH 1'liey ia ,'iihilt- the I it.w . I-.. Purely Yegetulilo. nkH SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. H IpadtcdcI Genuine Must Bear tM UAKItKO Fac-SimilcSinnaturo fil 1 pills. xfe&02rz m l"fcdl 1 REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. The difference 1 remember this H il may save your me. vain art ics, 'sbjjjj hint shot and cannon ball pille tea M spoon doses of cathartic medicines M all depend on irritation of the bowels M until tney sweat enough to move. Cas- H carets strengthen the bowel muscles 1 so they creep and crawl naturally. H This m in . a cure and only through FJ Cascarrts can you get it quickly and M naturally. 8M M Cascaret 10c box week's treat- B nient. All druirfflsts. IlluRCHtRi'll'-r PSSBSJ BSSBS world tuUliuaboxcsamuata. fjgggj BROWNS Bbonchial Troches An absolutely harmlvu rcmrdy for Sort Throat, SBSB Hoarseness and Coughs. Give inuncduitc ttlut tn Bronchial and Lunr; Affections. Fifty years' reputation. BagSSJ Price, 25 cents, 50 cents and $1.00 per box. H Sample sent on request, SaggS JOHN t. r.ROWN & SON, Boston. Mam. " Makes Shaving lasy jH ; NO STROPPING NO HONING M KNOWM Tiuc woRi.n over H ,iS HAIR BALSAM .H WtlS.Jt'im J-TsJIC1rntiN.- sml Inn" im tim hsir. gSJSBJ ' - mBJI't. int. .lei a liiiiiriint K'fWtli. ggf ggaPRT" JgfNi'ViT Fulls to Jli-ntoro Oray gggfl Mj'f' . -wigl Ilolr to Ita Youtliful Color. gASfvVl 4SSgJ Curi i prs.p il "', A hair Inlliug. ggggj HOWARD E. BURTON, A8Evr7,rsT.ND , Hlt.'i', 7,'v, (miIiI, fiQ9! Zl M or Copper, fl. AI.iMina ftH nivel in ii ;iml full piiCf) Uttl wni iii iipiilti-iiiltin. H Conlrt I and Omplr work hnlU'tii'il. I i utivllle, M Cil. Iti-t. ntnr, Oirbunuto Nutlonul Hunk. 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M r..ri. iHiki'N ttrat-claas ping pitns-plctttroa, Hosd gggSJ I tuo for liaivaln. AddreaibudBO. Boxl(Dl,tl.T.Cltf BJH Baby Smiles When He Takes piso's I CURE f m TAt USt VVTOVOat TOR ($UGnSftS H 81 So plsaunt that he likes il and contains no opl- M ' i.i.i. There is noihins like it for Bronchilis. I SJggJ II Asthma n.l all troubles oi the thmat and luugt, gBH A Sundard Remedy i or half a ceniuiy. I BH All OrUKgUt.. 29 Cants M BBH