a christmas story the markets by albert apple toronto man wheatno 1 north 170 explorer back to earth he arrived no 2 north 166 no 3 north on christmas eve spent a few days 162 and returned home amazed this time he reported the earthlings have a most extra- ordinaryfestival known as christmas on this day every one is generous kind happy it is the only day in tho man oats no 2 cw nominal no 3 53e no 1 feed 61e no 3 feed 49c am corn track toronto no 2 yellow- 92 c millfeed del montreal freights bags included bran per ton 30 a phantom man from mars explor ing in an airplane visited our earth he landed at night in a clearing at the centre of a forest leaving his plane he set forth to a great city and mingled for days among the people now this man from mars had a magical power of making himself in visible so no one saw him returning to mars he reported the earth people impressed me as selfish selfcentred its every man for himself they scheme against each other and are guilty of meanness even crime in a struggle to get more wealth than they need life on earth is a hard fight wearisome disappoint ing the earthlings are not yet suf ficiently civilized to realize that they day of the year would all be richer and happier by co- christmas spirit operatingby helping instead of op- j occur to them that all other days could seaboard in b650 posing each other the result is that be as happy if the christmas spirit straw carlots per ton 9 to 960 in a world ofplenty there are millions j were in force all the time instead f screenings standard recleaned of unfortunates who have only the t just one day a year perhaps later fob bay ports per ton 20 bare necessities of life envies and when they see the light every day cheese new large 22 to 22c jealousies are rife it must be a j will be like christmas true happi- 22h t23c triplets 24c wretched place to live j ness is in unselfishness liberality and the martians sent their phantom helping others year when the goal of the earthlings shorts per ton 32 middlings per is to giveinstead of to get with ton 29 good feed flour per bag thrills of pleasure they bestow gifts 230 on their loved ones they seek out the out oats 12 to 45c fob shipping poor and help them liberally all is p ace happiness good fellowship fjgg jgggsssi the phantom explorer paused and to freight 5 eyed his bewildered listeners barley malting 67 to 69c the remarkable part of christmas buckwheat no 3 70c effective mondau septm on earth said he is that the earth lings realize christmas is the happiest by reason of this it seems not to to- rye no 2 80c man flour first pat 980 ronto do second pat 880 ont flour toronto 90 per cent pat per barrel in carlots toronto two children killed in delaware village motor car crashed into tele phone pole owing to icy roads london ont dec 20 when their motor car skidded and was wrecked against a telephone pole in delaware village this evening ruth marie col- king ali abdicates throne of hedjaz collapse of defences of jed dah ends struggle against arabian states port sudan egypt dec 20 king i ah of the hedjav eldest son of king bckns can hussein who was forced to abdicate october 1924 has himself abdi- lins twoyearold daughter of mr and catedowing to the collapse of the de- mrs alfred colons of 1138 benjamin fences of jeddah invested by ibn street windsor was instantly killed saoud sultan of nejd george edwin collins aged three sus- for many montns in fact smce he tamed fr ek a d l t succeeded his father on the throne of and mrs collins suffered a fractured j he king ah has been engaged in leg and other painful hurts bruce a desperate stru to put down the boughner aged 22 also of windsor opposition of ibn saoud head of ft a brother of mrs collins who was su of nejd several d driving the car and mr collins had was report5d to beiplanmng his minor cuts and bruises i escape from the invested city of jed- the party had been on a weekend dah whence he flcd after w hj visit in bradford and had returned tribesmen under ib saoud bnd la f i tribesmen under ibn saoud had cap- through london en route home toj tuperf the ho cit of medina windsor a light rain had fallen late the conflict betwcen the arabian in the afternoon and a subsequent of nejd and hedjaz actua frost coated the pavement with a thin in 1919 and warfare b sheet of ice at the foot of the dela- came more cmbittercd when earl m ware hill the car got out of control i hussien assumed the ca and crashed into the pole in front of made vacant b the doposition of sul the town hall the little girl who ta abdu majid by the turks a was in the rear seat with her mother volent attack inst mec ita was thrown out and died instantly of hedjaz was b the wa with a deep wound in the head her hibi and when ft dt fe1 into little brother was also thrown out and hands of ibn saoud kmg hussein was brought to victoria hospital here pressed to abdicate by the people of tonight with injuries so severe that re the throne hav- 22 to 23c stiltons 25c old large 58c twins 29c triplets 30c butter finest creamery prints 47c no 1 creamery 46c no 2 44 to 45c dairy prints 41 to 42c eggs fresh- extras in cartons 78 to 80c fresh extras loose 75c fresh firsts 60 to 65c storage extras 46 to 47c storage firsts 42 to 43c storage seconds 36 to 37c dressed poultry chickens spring lb 80c hens over 4 to 5 lbs 24 to 28c do 3 to 4 lbs 22c roosters 18c lbs and up 23 to 26c handpicked lb 6c primes 6 to 5c maple produce syrup per imp gal 240 per 6gal tin 230 per gal maple sugar lb 25 to 26c honey 50ib tins 11 to 12c per lb 10lb tins 11 to 12c 5lb tins 12 to 12c 2lb tins 14 to 14c smoked meats hams med 26 to 28c cooked hams 40 to 42c smoked rolls 22c cottage 23 to 25c break fast bacon 32 to 86c special brand breakfast bacon 38 to 39c backs boneless 30 to 37c cured meats long clear bacon 60 td70 lbs 22 70 to 90 lbs 2060 20 lbs and up 1950 lightweight rolls in barrels 4350 heavyweight tolls 3950 per barrel lard pure tierces 18 to 18c tubs 18 to 19c pails 19 to 19c and the warfare be- prints 20 to 20c shortening tierces 13c tubs 14c pails 14 c blocks 15 to 15c cylinder overland coach a quality coach handsome powerful onepiece wind shield double beading at waistline r extra wide doors full 5 passenger comfort fisgi for the first time in history a fullsized 5passeifger coach with sliding gear transmission is to be sold at the amaz- ingly low price of 850 remember this is a fullsized fire-pas- t aengcr coach roomy enough to hold five full grown adults in perfect comfort over any journey regardless of its mil age its triplex springs give a riding ease found only in highpriced cars all in all a light car with every neces sary bl car quality feature at an unprecedented low price by actual comparison you will find the overland coach more fully and better equipped from head light to tall lamp than any a other car selling near its price jjtj step in and see this handsome all the v yar round car small down payment easy terms he died mrs collins was distracted with grief and suffering from her own injuries and for a time it was feared that the consequences in her case would also be most serious the victims of the accident were attended by dr bice of delaware and later sent to london there will be no inquest 9 princess mary starts work on new tunnel at liverpool a despatch from bondon says work on tho worlds largest tunnel was begun at liverpool by princess mary who used for the purpose a golden key shaped like ah electric drill she unlocked the boring ma chines and set them to work on the mersey tunnel a task which they will not complete until more than a mil lion tons of rock have been hewn and a passage two mile3 long and as broad as a city street has been made it will be 44 feet in diameter and will accommodate four lines of traffic 0 queen breaks custom by giving drum to grandson london dec 20 queen mary be lieves in useful christmas gifts but this year she has departed from her usual custom and purchased a drum and a bugle for her grandson henry george herbert oldest son of princess mary viscountess lascelles henry george herbert nearly three years old will receive the presonts on christ mas morning with the distinct under standing that he leave these noiso- maklng toys at home whenever he goes to buckingham palace to visit his grandfather the king ing held it for eight years bank teller dead in vault revolver in hand wheatley ont dec 20 the life less body of warren moses teller of tho royal bank here was found in the vaults of the bank at 145 pm sunday by d m macgregor manager of the bank death was evidently self- inflicted a 82caiibro revolver the property of the bank being found clasped in the right hand two letters were clasped in the other hand ono addressed to his mother mrs anna moses of hamil ton and the other to j a thomp son teller of the bank of montreal mr thompsons letter indicated that heavy steers choice 8 to 850 do good 775 to 8 butcher stefcrs choice 7 to 775 do good 6 to 650 do med 475 to 550 do com 4 to 450 butcher heifers choice 675 to 725 do good 575 to 625 do med 450 to 5 do com 375 to 450 butcher cows choice 5 to 525 do fair to good 4 to 450 butcher bulls good 450 to 575 bolognas 325 to 350 canners and cutters 225 to 3 springers choice 90 to 110 good milch cows 75 to 85 medium cows 45 to 60 feeders good 575 to 650 do fair 450 to 5 stockera good 475 to 550 do fair 4 to 450 calves choice 1350 to 14 do gd 12 to 13 do grasseri 475 to 550 good light sheep 650 to 750 heavies and bucks 450 to 550 good lambs 13 to 14 do mod 1250 to 1350 do bucks 10 to 11 do culls 11 to 12 hogs thick smooths fed and watered 1310 do fob 1250 do country points 1225 do off cars 1350 select premium 257 montreal oats no 3 cw 60c extra no 1 feed 57c no 2 local white 65 c flour man spring wheat pats firsts 930 seconds 880 buggies wagons sleighs and cutters eobes blankets bugs and harness 2 chevrolet cars 1 mclaughlin car in good repair all bought for casij will sell at small margin phone 3006 stouffville two boys drowned in belleville harbor culiarly morbid state of mind he had been in wheatley only a few weeks strong bakers 840 to 860 winter the act was prcmediated it is not pats choice 760 rolled oats bag thought moses was in any financial 90 lbs 340 to 850 bran 3025 difficulties but that he was in a peto 3125 shorts 3225 to 3325 middlings 3925 to 4025 hay no 2 per ton car lots 1450 to 16 cheese finest wests 22 to 22 c butter no 1 pasteurized 42 to 43c do no 1 creamery 41 to 42c eggs storage extras 46c do storage firsts 41c do storage seconds 36c do fresh specials 76c do fresh extras 65c potatoes per bag car lots quebec 250 to 275 veal calves best 1250 do fairly a brave soldier jackinthedox thats a fine bpecimon of a soldier lmust say ive scared all the sawdust out of him while skating they slipped over edge into swift currenttrbodies not recovered belleville dec 20 eugene ells worth aged 10 and bernard brown aged 9 years wero drowned in the harbor here saturday afternoon while skating on the edge of an open por tion through which a very swift cur rent runs from the moira river their bodies have not yet been recovered and are thought to have been swept out into the bay the only witness of the double tragedy was a 7yearold brother of eugene ellsworth who saw the two skate near the edge and slip into the current although he gave the alarm no trace of the children was seen the first boy is a son of the adju tant of tho local corps of the salva tion army and the other the son of arnold r brown merchant france and germany adopt trade treaty paris dec 20 yesterdays pro visional trado treaty agreement be- good 1160 do grassfed 5 hogs tween france and germany opens the l l0ts 13 door to closer commercial and indus- trial cooperation of tho formor ene- christmas oh we all hang up our stockings and have a christmas tree and send a lot of christmas cards as pretty as can be but best of all at christmas time i like the story old of jesus in hi3 manger bed and white lambs in the fold of the star that shone on bethlehem and angels singing there and strange wi3e men with costly gifts before the mother fair for christmas means his birthday thats why it is so dear and i wish you many christmases that often you may hear the sweetest greatest story this old earth ever knew greatest and best and holiest because you see its true i o mothers allowance statutes adopted by new south wales sows 1050 to 11 o he had been looking over tho christmas cards on tho counter for some time when tho saleswoman sug gested heres a lovely sentiment to the only girl i ever lovod i thats fine ho 6aid brightening i ill take five no six of those j please mies than ever existed before tho provisional agreement glvos germany a guarantee that whatever shall be the forthcoming changes in tho french tariff she will obtain equal treatment with mostfavored nations on cortain categories of goods includ ing the prihcipnl german ports a despatch from sydney australia says a bill providing for the grant ing of 1 a week to widowed mothers and 10 shillings for each child under 14 years of age has been passed by tho new south w legislative council woman heads largest shoe plant in england your friends fourfooted and feathered do you ever during the happy holi day season give a thought to shep dobbin bossy and the birds that help to make life so livable do you re member when you were but a tot how shep played with you and how he allowed you to pull his ears and tail without ever a whimper do you remember how you rode old dobbin to and from the fields do you recall that when bossy was a little calf how sho would follow you around and how you loved her do you know that the birds aro working for your com fort morning noon and night lets not forget them on christmas give shep an extra bone and some choice food you know ho likes let dobbin have a big hot mash and some rosy apples give bossy some roots and see that tho birds have seeds nutmeats suet and crumbs remember the animals and the birds navigation season closees at head of lakes fort william ont dec 20-hafi- gation for 1925 closed at noon yetfeiv day when the steamer shaughnessy from buffalo arrived light for grain sho will load a full cargo andhie m for winter quarters here the name a despatch from london says steamer closed navigation last year englands biggest shoemaker today is i there is n great fleet of giant a woman she is mrs b w pigott freighters here in harbor for the win- of thorplands moulton appointed ter and it is expected that when load- chairman of manflcld sons to sue- mg j a completed there will m ceed hor father james manfleld the more than 500000hushels stored in firm has chain stores throughout tho i bottoms ready to move out flrrt empire and on tho continent j fr in the spring mutt and jeff by bud fisher jeff wants to have a mutual understanding with mr j ivnr