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cr.: ' PRICES IF I Afifl Home-Made Biscuits and GROWN BRAND CORN SYRUP Fresh from the oven and piping hot! So light they melt In th mouth! A rare treat Indeed. But ever so much better served wttto CROWN BRAND CORN SYRUP. For candy-making you can't beat CROWN BRAND CORN SYRUP. And it makes excellent pudding sauces. THE CANADA STARCH COMPANY, LIMITED. Manufacturers of ^"^ ^v Montreal, Cardinal, the Famous Ed- /, _-^i_-\ Brantford, wardsburg Brands. IE; =t33j Fort William. Made in Canada. Sold by All Grocers. Send for the Ed- wardsburg Free Re- cipe Book. r TKOM m I.BAOTVO TE.ADB cxuTuna or aurmjo.*. Brad*tuffa. Toronto, Dec 8. FlourManitoba flr* iM:r.i>. $6.60. til jui bags* second |>>- Q1. tt.lui str.Mijt baker*, 5.Wi Ontario wueat flour. 90 per cuL. pfctenta. quoted at 5J.50 to M.60. unbeucd. Whsat- Manitoba So. 1 Noi-!hrn. new. 11.24; So. 2 at l.il; Ontar o wheat. No, 2. al 11.12 to fl.14. :n. <ur.irdM point*. Oata Ontario, 49 to 50c. out:de, and at 52 to Sic. on track, Toronto i Wealwn Can- ada, No. 2. quoted at Me, and ; u. 3 al 660. HirVv Cr 10 68c. OUUlde. Rye-98 to II. oatnidc. for No. 1. Pea*- No. 2 quo tod at $1.70. outild*. Corn- No. 3 n American, 7W. all raJl. Toronto freight. Buckwheat -No 1 at 7S to 78o. outld. Bran and Shorts Brio. 125 a ton. and hiitir:* at 127 to *ib. Rolled Oattf-Car lt. KM ba of 90 .- . 11 la IJ.1S. Country Produce. Buttfr-Cho.ee dairy. 22 to Ko; Inferior. 20 to Kc. cj-eamery print*, Z9 to 29 l-te; do. oU<lii. 27 1-2 to Uo. Kfffca~New-iai<i, ei0ot<. dozun. 35 U> 38o; !...-., 28 o 30c. Honey 12 to 12 1-23 pw Ib. for slriulned. No. 1 honeycomb. IJ.75 par duxeu: No. 2, 12 to 2.2S. Poultry Chickens. dr9d, 12 to 14o; duck. drraaed. ib.. U to 14o; fowl. 9 to 10c: tu.-keyi), drtri<-<i, li to 18c. i !u.i- New. larae, 16 to 16 l-4c: twin*. 16 i-2c. Bear.B Pr-aiv btuhol. H.7S to $2.90; hand-ni'kiHl. 12.90. Pouitoe-Ontaric. 70c p*r bag, out of tor.-. 62 to Ue in car lou. New Brun*- w.vka. car lota. 70 to 75o per ba al*d Hay and Straw. Dealer* are pay IDE a follow* for cax lot deliTenm on track here: Straw U quoted at 17.60 to M a ton. in car lot*, on track here. Hay No. 1 new hay i* quoted at |!6.M> to *17. on track here. No. 2 at $14.60 to 915 .iid No 3 at 111 to 112. Provision*. Bacon long clear, 14 1-2 to 16c per Ib. in oace lot*. Hams Medium. 17 1-2 to : do., heavy. 16 1-2 to 16 !-3c : rolU, 14 1-2 to lie. br-akfas- bacon. 18 1-2 to 19c; backs. 21 1-2 to 22c; boneleiM back*. 24c. Lard-Market i* e*y at 12 to 12 l-4c for tiercm and at 12 1-2 to 12 3-4o for paiUs. i Compi und. 9 1-2 to 9 l-2c. winnlptg Grain. Winnipeg. Dec. 8. Ca*h : Wheat- So. : Northern. 11.17 1-4; No. t Northern. 11.145-8: No. 3 Northern. II. W 1-2; No. 4. 11.05: No 5. 11.00 1-2: No. 6. 95 1-Zc; feed. 91 l-2c. Oat* Extra No. 1 feed. 4e. Bar- ley unquoted. Flax-No. 1 S.W.C.. . 3-4; No. 2 C W . Sl.tt J-4. DE WET HAS BEEN CAPTURED The Reb.-l Leader Hade Prisoner by Union Forces | in South Africa A despatch from London sa.ya : j General Christian de Wet, leader of the rebellion in the Union of I South Africa, has been captured, | according to a Pretoria official de- pa>tch. Christian de Wet rose to fame as commander-in-chief of the Orange Free State forces in thy South Afri- can War. Starting as a burgher in ! the Heilbron commando, he later was appointed commandant at Ladyaniith and waa sent to relieve Gen. Cronje as second in command. When Generad Cronje surrendered De Wet waa ma<ie commander-in- chief. He was one of the signator- ies of the peace conference after the war and later was Minister of Agriculture in the Orange River Colony. Gen. de Wet at the outbreak of i the present war offered a corps of j South African scouts to Lord Kit- i chener. Later he protested against the action of the Union of South Africa in fighting the Germans, and took the field against the British forces. Gen. de Wet hag several times been reported as meeting with re- verses and once ax having been j wounded. One of his sons was > killed in the fighting and two sons j surrendered under the Govern- j merit's amnesty proclamation. A despatch from London says : | "Pale and haggard, but calmly ! smoking his pipe. Gen. Christian j de Wet, the rebel leader, arrived at i Johannesburg, guarded by soldiers j with fixed bayonets. He was taken through the streets, which were i lined with the excited populace, and placed in the fort, a prisoner, i pending a probable court-martial. Whether he will be hangad as a traitor cannot yet be predicted. That same factions favor this, how- ever, is indicated by the tone of the national press, which urges the Government action against "those behind the scenes" who stimulated De Wet and other rebels to action. These co-traitors, it is added, should be brought to the shadow of j the gallows. ^'^JJCOMPA^^ FOR MAKING SOAP SOFTENING WATER DISINFECTING .CLCSETS.DRAINS, SIKS e PUBLIC REVENUE FALLING The Big Decrease Is Found In the Receipts From Customs NIGHT RAID BY COSSACKS Seized and Drove Off Over 300 German Soldiers Forty of Whom Were Women -.."* t> * A <lepatch from Ottawa says : The Dominion revenue continues to fall far below the record of last year. This is the case in practical- ly every department where there is a revenue account, the heaviest de- crease of course being shown in the Customs receipts. Inland revenue returns have also declined consid- erably. The amount of duty col- lected on goods entered for con- sumption in October was $5,657,871 as compared with 89,198,657 for the corresponding month of the pre- vious year, a drop of more than three millions and a half in the month. It is understood that the November figures will show a de- cline nearly as great. In seven months of the fiscal year the total duty collected fell from $67,761,983 in 1913 to $-18.514,937, a decrease of approximately nineteen millions and a quarter. The controlling fac- tor in the trade disturbance to . which three declines are due ia, of course, the war. The same factor is necessitating a heavy and increasing I expenditure on lines not in contem- I platdon when the plan* for Che i financial year were made and the estimates computed. Expenditures on things other than war mobilization, equipment and defence works, have been a* far as possible curtailed, few. if any, new public works having been under- taken, but the situation is never- theless a difficult one and one which Parliament when it mee-ts early in the new year will have to face. The Finance Minister's ar- rangement with the Bank of Eng- land for !' .-HI advances to be later covered by a permanent funded war loan, makes provision from time to time for the Dominion's war expen- diture, but the lower revenue af- fects the ability of the Government to carry on the ordinary programme of national development. Montreal Markets. Montreal. Dec 8. Corn, American No. 2 yellow. 73 to 74*. Data. Canadian Wwt- ern. So. 2. 62c; No. 3. Me; No. 2 local white. Me: No. 3 local white. Sic: No. 4 local ithite. 52c. Baxley. Han. (!. Uc: malting, 76 to TBe. Flour. Man. Spring wheat patent* flrst*. M 70; Moond*. $6.20: strong bakeri'. $6: Winter patent*. uholce>. $6; traifht roller*. $.50 to $5.W; do., ban. $2.65 to $2.75. Kullrd oat*, barrel*. $6.56; do., baca. 90 it*. SJ.1S. Braa $2$. Ahorti $27. Uiddl'.nc* $30. Mouillie. $32 to $36. Hay. No. 2. pr tun car loti. $19 to $20. Cheese. tn**l wwlerna. 15 1-2 to 15 5-tc : finest natern* 15 1-4 to IS 3-8c. Butter, choice**. cramcry, 27 to E7 l-2o : tocond*. 26 to 26 l-2c; rrean. 48 to 50c: ae!etd. tfc: No. 1 itock. 28 to 29c: No. 2 etork. 26 to 26c. Potatoe*. per bag. car lot*. 62 l-2c. united States Market*. Umneapoli* Dec. 8. -Wheat No. 1 hard $1 19 3-4; No. 1 Northern. $1.16 to $1.183-4; No. 2 Northern. $112 to $1.163-4; Dwember. $1.12 7-8. Corn No. 3 yellow. 57 to 58 l-2c. Oat* No. 3 whit. 45 to 4$ l-2c. Flour and bran unchanged. Dululh. Dec. 8. Wheat-No. I hard. 81187-8; So. 1 Northern, $1.17 7-: No. 2 Northern. $1.13 7-8: December. $1.16 7-4. Linneed. $1.481-4; December. $1.471-2. A despatch from. Petrograd says : One of the Don CoMcks, who has just arrived here wounded, and who received a conunueion for his daring work, relates how three score of them captured tthree hun- dred German cavalrymeji, killed a number of others and found out much^Mi^erest for their com- { iqfjpJiMI^BLa, night raid upon ' Czenstochom The Germans have] been in occupation of Czenstoch- 1 owa. which they seized in the first week of the war without opposition. These three score Don Co*>acks were out scouting with special in- structions to find out what wa go- ing on in Czenntocliowa. Riding quietly within about half a mile of the town, they divided into ten sec- tions of six men each, and timing a concentrated movement, dashed into sleeping Cmutochavwo simu. taneously from all sides. They killed a considerable number of wart led Germane who knew not where to hide and created pauic throughout the town. The Cossacks met in the centre of Czenstochowa and drove off before them to their own lines three hun- dred prisoners. When these came to be examined forty were found to be women dressed in soldier's uni- forms. All this, says the Don Cos- sack, happened only a few days ago. OVER 5,000 JEWS IN ARMY. Kabbi Vtller of London Goes with Second Contingent. A despatch from London says : The Times says, regarding the en- listments of Jews in the British hrrny : British Jewry is justifiably proud of the response^ made by its members to the call to arms. On the outbreak of the war there were about 500 Jews in the regular army. To-day Rev. Michael Adler, Jewish Chaplain to the forces, is in posses- sion of the names of over five thou- sand of his flock, and many other names are pouring in. No fewer than 450 Jews hold oommisskuns in the army and navy. These figures are very gratifying, as, allowing for the large number of Jews whose alien birth debars them from, ser- vice, the total quota which Jewry should supply is about 3,200. Rab- bi Ad.ler goes to the front with the second draft shortly. This is the first time in history that a Jewish Chaplain accompanied troops to the field. BUYS 50.000 GASOI.I>t2 TASKS. They Will Be I'sed in Constructing Pontoon Bridges. A despatch from New York says : The Russian Government has pur- chased here 50,000 5&-gallon airtight gasolene tanks, at a cost of approxi- mately $250,000, to be used in con- structing pontoon bridges in their military operations, according to a statement i&aued by the manufac- turers. The tanks are of steel and are cylindrical in shape. The first shipment is to go for- ward next Saturday, it was said. The entire lot, under the terras of the contract, must be shipped not later than January 15. Live Stock Markets. Toronto. Dec. 8. Several fine fat bull* that would weigh out well killed brought $7.50 to $7.60, while choice wtMgbty cowe went as burn a $7.25. Larger lots of but- ohrrs eteurs cached in at *7. 85 and $7 80. iviu'.i- other load lot* brought $7.60 and $7.50: fair *.o medium. $6.50 to $7; with common at $S.50 to $6.50. The bulk of butchers' cow stuff brought front $6 to $7. good bollK ranged from $6 to ?7. with common at $4.50 to sS SO. The tocker trade wa not active, nor were receipt* large. For breedy animaJa a market exiet* at $6.26 to $6.75 for best and $5.75 to $6.25 for medium. Common tuff. $4.60 to $5. Operators were buying milkers and springers and paying oteady prices from $80 to $95 for choice, $70 to $80 for good. $60 to $70 for medium. $45 to $60 for infer- ior. $9 to $10 given for choice calvee. M to $9 for medium to good and $4 to S5 for graea calves. Lambs. $8.50 to $8.75 waji given for top quality. $8 to $8.50 for medi- um ,jrade. Hcivier stuff with wet flecco wa* off 25 cents, celling ou tho average around $7.26. Good sheep. S5.Z5 to $6 be- ing paid for light ewes with heavy at <4 to $4.50. and cuP-a at $2 to $3.50. Hogg at $7.15, fo.b. country points. $7.50. fed and watered, and at $7.75. off care. M. ).;. Dec. 8. -Prime beeves. 7 1-4 to 7 l-2c: medium. 5 to 7c: bulle. 4 to 5 l-2c: lean canners. 31-4 to 4c: milch cows. $40 to $80 each: calve*. 4 1-2 to 8 l-2c: eheep. 4 1-2 to 5 l-4c; lamb*, 7 1-2 to 7 3-4c; bogs. 7 1-2 to 7 3-4c. GERMAN LOSSES AIM'VI.I.IXJ. - of Their Army In Poland Put it-ii of Action. A despatch from Petrograd Newspapers here are be)iinn:ng to print numerous fragmentary ac- j counts, derived from wounded sol 'diers, of the recent fighting in Po- i land. The general impression from iall sides is that the Vistula-Warthe . fighting has been incomparably ery, yet they still peraist in their massed formation against rifle, maxim or bayonet. Their lobaes have been appalling Experienced experts estimate that the Germans have lost two-thirds of their army in Poland. There were several criuca! moments during the fight- ing north of Lodz. One Russian division held its ground against two German armv corps, and finally drove thorn back. As hae been stat-ed. but for the tardiness of the arrival of one Russian army corps t-he battle would have ended in> complete victory for the Russians a, week ago. As it was large numbers uf the Germans got out of the trap, and subsequent fightiog haa been a curious tactical spectacle with the R-'<>-ians and Germans in alternate str:ps .-ovcring a considerable are* of the Polish battlefield. The Ger mans have alternated furious .1' lacks with retreat*. SIX MK> KILLED. Windows in l!r ultm-il Were Hrnkcn by Lyddhf Explosion. A despatch from Bradford. Eng- land. bays: A large tvtock of Lyd- ditt' exploded with a roar on Wed- nesday in a chemical works near this citv I more severe than anything experi- nmnv Athens injured, 'cnced before on any front during, windows in Bradford Contingent From Newfoundland. A despatch from Salisbury, Eng- land, says : The Newfoundland contingent have been assigned to Fort George, Scotland, for garrison duty. Two hundred horses have been stolen from the remount de- pot. THE SURPLUS CANADIAN OFFICERS Hundred Are Returning to Join the Second Contingent A despatch from London says : The surplus Canadian officers at the camps at Salisbury Plain, who have been anxiously waiting for official news from Ottawa, have been notified that they can apply for temporary commissions in the British Army, without separation allowance* or even the Canadian rates of pay, failing which thy are to hold themselves in readiness to return to their regiment* in Canada at an early date. Some twenty will probably join Kitchener's army, but i'if res*, prefer to return to Canada. Arrangements have been made at Salisbury Plain for a body of about Vwo hundred surplus -officers to sail for Canada under Col. Macphcrson. It is understood that they will join the second contingent, which ap- parently has a shortage of officers. An officer of high rank says that this step in no way reflects upon the officers who are returning, all being able men. CoJ. W. Grant Morden is paying a visit to Sir John French's headquarters in Northern France. Private Runey, of the Royal Grenadiers, Toronto (which regi- ment is now part of the Third Bat- talion), while driving a team, was run into by a njio-tor, and sustained a severe concussion of the brain. His coP''ition is serious. POTENTIAL STRENGTH. England and Wales Have 5.600.004) Men Between 20 and 40 Years. A despatch from London aays : The total male population of Eng- land and Wales available for mili- tary purposes is estimated at 5,800,- 000 in the annual report of the Registrar-General of births, deaths and marriages. The Registrar's compilation gives the following fig- ures: Age iO-24. 1.502,652; age 25- 29, 1.455,783; age 30-34. 1,375.878; age 35-39. 1.261,432. + Many Germans Wounded. A despatch from London says : News reaches here that the Ameri- can Hospital at Munich already h*s had more than six thousand pa- tients, although it can accommo- date no more than fifty. The daily stream of German wounded sur- passes all tihe estimate* yet made. Gt-org,' J. Bury. New General Manager of C.P.H.. System throughout Canada. TO Bl Y .00 MOUNTS. Sir Adam Book and Committee Con- fer with Minister of Militia. A despatch from Ottawa says : The special committee on remounts, headed by Sir Adam Beck, is here conferring with the Minister of Mili- tia in regard to providing bases. There are to be twenty-*even squad- rons of cavalry, each with a strength of two hundred, and t-hia will require about 6,000 mounts. They will be purchased throughout the country by the s&rae system as was followed wheti the artillery horse* were bought. The supply promises to be fully equal to the re- quirements. *__ Only One Survivor. A despatch from London says : A sailor named Nielsen, the sole sur- vivor among seven who escaped in a boat when the Danish steamer Mary was blown up by a mine in the North Sea, was landed by a trawler ! which picked him up. He said his six companion* died from exposure. Seven of the crew of the Mary who escaped in another boait have been rescued. this war. The Germans early in the : conflict christened it the "Imper- i ial" battle, for they had been im- { pressed by highest authority that ; upon their success depended tho i whole future of the war, and as a i reward for their success they were 'promised that they would be dis- banded to their homes at the con- clusion of the campaign The ; character of the fighting has onm- pelled the Germans to rely on their manhood instead of their ma-ehin- Six men were killed and Hundreds of and nearby villages were broken. The people were in great alarm, some of 'Jiem believing that the noise was the roar of guns of an invading German army Touching. Ka*> mark -I've loaned s> much money to my friends that I am al- 111. >st broke. Owens Let me make t-he finishing touch. CROSSES YSER ON RAFTS Plot Was Discovered by Allies and Scarcely one of the Germans Returned Britain's Mastership of Sea Affirmed A despatch from Paris *ay : The Temps says of the visit of King George: "The King's voyage touch- es us by the serene tranquility with which it was accomplished. Great Britain, with a fine gesture, affirms her mastership of the sea. Because German submarines have succeeded in gliding oven to the coasts of France and Ireland. British naval power is not affected any more than bomb* thrown by a Taube can ili the worth of our army At his own hour aaid on his own day ( despite the wind blowing a tempest, the King of England traverses the isca. with a security which disdains even to conceal the voyage and scorns any traitorous attack which the journey might suggest to the fiirnty. King George's visit will appear t;> our enemies, and to all peoples who know that their exis- tence depends on the issue of the war, as a freah inanifesratin <>f the close solidarity uniting the allies." A despatch from North-eastern France says: Fierce fighting is tak- ing place along a considerable part of the- battle line. The Germans anticipated the concerted forward movement of the allies by making a spirited attack themselves. The allie were not taken by surprise. Never waa an army more ready to defend rtelf. In the dark hours of the morning a la.rge force of Ger- mans crossed the flood waiters of the Yser by means of big. broad rafta. The venture was. a deperate one. for not a man who st out on H could have been ignorant of the fact that dea.th was certainly await- ing him. The raft were punted through the shallow waters in dead silence, and in utter darkness. Each carried about fifty or sixty men and some mitrailleuses, in preparation for the dawn. A further fleet of raft* drawn by motor boats was waiting on the German aide of the muddy waters, but before dawn came the plot was discovered ajid when daybreak arrived the artillery of the allies met the advancing Ger- mans with devastating effect. In spite of their losses these Germans, brave even to madness, still essayed the crossing. They were partly cov- ered by a heavy cannonade by their field artillery, and until mid-day tihe German still persisted in their plan. Several rafts were upset in midstream by the fire of French guns and a great number of Ger- mans were drowned as we'll AS shot. Once again the Yser claimed its heavy toll, once again German blood stain its waters crimeon. The attack eventually ceased after the Germans had suffered immense loss- es in men and mitrailleuses, but the artillery kept up a determined bombardment of the allaed position, meeting with a vigorous, well- di rectcd reply May Land a New Army at Ostend A despatch from Paris say's : It is unofficially reported that the German* have sent a new army of 120.000 men to defend Zeobrugge and possibly Ostend. The renewal of the bombardment of Zeybrugge by the British fleet, together with a report that Ostend is being shelled, might indicate that the allies are planning to laud a new army of their own along the Belgian coast and strike the Germans on the I flank. The Germans have been in- i ces8rt.nt.lv active at Zeebrugge and i rumors have been current for many I days that they are planning to at- tack England with Zeppelins and submarines to be assembled at tha4 coast port. It is said that after | losing several submarines from tho bombardment of the British !>ipx they took measurt-* to protect the rest liv submerging them in the j inner basin. \