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Nervous Diseases GAPES IN CHICKENS. Thu trouble called gapes is caused by a small worm in the throat about a half Inch long, and they often exist in such numbers unrl bi-ced so rapidly as to kill the chickens in a short time. Some of them can be removed by making a loop of horsw! hair and putting down the chicken's throat, or by using the small end of a fcathor in thu same way, by which means they are drawn out. This work is said to c.xi.st in the common earth worm or angle worm, but is probably not in all, a.s wo have fed thesw worms liberally to small chickens for many days in succession, often fjivhig a half pint at a time to a single clutch of chickens, and we never had a case of it. But removing them with a feather or horse hair is of but little use if they are not pro- ven Le<l from c_araing again. First re- miove the chickens to a clean spot of grouiKl where poultry have not been kept. Be sure that it is dry and clean, and it may be well to turn some of it over with the sjiade. Scatter air-slacked lime in the coop where they are, and on the ground around them. Put about a teaspoon- ful of spirits of turpentine in two quarts of water, an-d give them that to drink. Chop onions fine and mi-'c with their foo<l. All these are ap- proved remedies, but the naain point is perfect cleanliness of coop and grounds where they are. If it seems necessary as they grow older to re- turn them to infected yards have the soil well turned over, and then sow air-slacked lime over it. Wo have Been bad cases of it in old fowls also, but it was always where little attention had been paid to keeping clean under the roosts and keeping the yards clean and dry. CURED BY Mnnyoa's Nepve Ciipe. "I believe that more than 90 per ^ent. of business failures can be trac- ed to ill-health." â€" Munyon. Narrous disorders, ccpeclally among woman, are becoming alarmingrly preval- ent. In their train are found Insomnia, melancholia, neuralgia, epilepsy and In- sanity. I feel proud to think that In lay Nerve Cure I have supplied a per- iGct boon to suflTerlng humanity, and eno that will live in the hearts and lives of the people long after 1 am gon^. It jrou are troubled with nervousness, it you cannot sleep, if you feel irritable, if you fe«l weak and exhausted, I moat earn- estly ask you to try my Nerve Cure.â€" Ilunyon. MUNYON'S REMEDIES. Munyon's Nerve Cure, 26c a vial. Munyon's Dy»p«p3ia Cur* relieves stomach distress instantly. Price 25c. â-  Munyons Pile Ointment positively cures all forms of piles. Price 2&c. ' Personal letters aoilressed to Prof. Uuiiyan, Philadalphia, U.S.A.. contaln- Ibc details of sickness, will ba answer- t promptly and tree advice aa to treat- It ofil M Slvan. UB be exerci.sed in feeding it to in calf, although for all kinds SUGAR CURED HAMS. The most delicious haras and bacon are the toothsome country cm-ed meat. With all packers' new process curing there is none so good as the farm cured pork. The Wisconsin Farmer gives the following : We have a formula for a dry cure that has proved very satisfactory with us. We talce for every thousand pounds of meat ten quarts of salt, one pound of black popper, one pound of saltpetre ond two pounds of brown sugar. Mix sugar, salt and pepper together in a tub. Dis- solve the saltpetre in a quart of water, then pour in the other dry mixture and mix thoroughly. \Vlien the meat has all the animal heat out of it, but not frozen, put each piece in a tub and rub the mixture on un- til the tueiit has a. very wet ap- pearance all over, skin and all. After each piece is thus treated there is always some l^ft, which I put on the protru<iing bones of the haras and shoulders, as they lie on the table tor drying. It takes tliem from three days to two weeks to dry. ac- cording to the weather. Now after the meat has taken the salt as it should, I hang on twine string and B'iv» a coat of condensed smoke. After this is thoroughly dry wo simply hang away, putting in sacks or not, as we please. The insects will not bother such a cure. If you do not care to risk it put in flour sacks, tie them tight anti put wood ashes in the m.outh of the sack. Mice will not bother raw meat of this cure. must cows of stock it may be safely fed in the proportions mentioned to the extent of about one tahlcspoonful a day. It will clear cattle of lice, free sheep of scab, and drive off ticks and will correct impaired digestion when ani- mals are being fed heavily on a fat- tening ration. It is simply surpris- ing how quickly ticl<s on sheep will disappear if a tablespoontul of this mi.xtiu'e is fed to them daily for a tew days. They will not only dis- appear from. the animals, but will also leave their Hli.-eping quarters. The feeding of it is so simple ond the cost so small tliat it is some- what singular that more farmers do not use it. GOOD FEEDERS. . It is not hard to get tho breeder, or even the buyer of pure^brcd stodt, to see that it pays to have tho best. But many feeders seem to wholly disregard the fact. Wliether the stocltman who is picking up a bunch of cattle becomes careless, thereby disregarding laws well known to him, or whether his in- nate risik and venture carries him beyontl his judgment, we cannot say. But certain it is that most feeders of cattle have in their lots a few animals that are alwa.ys un- desirable. If you should ask one why he bought that particular steer, he \yould probably have no i-cply, or say, "Because he was cheap." Poor stock never pays for feeding, anil the longer it is kept the gixjater tho loss. Now that tho time is here to buy something to eat the grass, will it not be well to consider what to buy ? Is there not more profit in paying a few dollars more per head for good stock that are alwa.ys ready for market than in allowing a few jjoor ones to get into the herd because they seem to be cheap? TREE PAINT. A great variety of wasl'.es have been used for preventing the female beetles from laying their eggs upon the trees. The following is probably as efltectivo as any that can be safely used without danger of injury to the bjxrk. Dissolve one-half gallon of soft soap or five pounds of whale- oil soap in one-half gallon of hot water, and a.dd one-half pint of car- bolic acid. When mi.xed, add five g>illona of warm water and enough lime to make a whitewash of about the consistency of paint. Finally, stir in one-fourth of a povmd of Paris green. -Apply the wash in April, befoi-e the eggs have been de- posited on the trees, and again in a few weeks. All cracks and ci-cvices must be filled and the bark thor- oughly and completely covered, a stilY brush being best for the work. It must be understood that the v.'ork has no effect upon tho borers after they have once entered tho tree, but !.â- ? intended to prevent tiie depositing of eggs, or to kill newly hatched larvae before they have entered the bark. PEKSONAL POINTERS wings and follow his every word and look until the suicidal situation was roache<l. The moment Mr. Ti-co felt for his pistol Argus used to rush into the darkest corner ho could find and, burying his head between his paws, listen for the thud of the actor's fall. After that the dog would crawl back to meet liis mas- ter with a howl of joy at Mr. Tree's appai'ent return to life. Sir Thomas .Shanghnessy, the pre- sident of the Canadian Pacific Rail- way, keeps his fiftieth birthday this year, and Irishmen will bo glad to know that he comes of Irish stock, though born far away in Milwaukee. He Iregan his successful cai'eer in the office of a Chicago railway, and rose to be general store-keeper of the line. In this capacity he attracted tho attention of the then manaper of tho Canadian Pacific line, who induced him to go to Montreal as general purchasing agent of the trans-continental railway. In two years he was assistant manager, and he has since become the head of tho line. The late Dean Farrar was an in- defatiga^jlo worker. His working day when he wa.s at Westmin.ster be- gan at half-past eight o'clock and lasted until ten at night, when he used to allow himself an hour or so with a novel or some other form of recreation. A good deal of his work was done in the library of the Athenaeum Club, whore he was se- cure from interruption ; when he wrote at home in Dean's Yai-d he used to .sit at an upright desk near tho window, with his con.stant com- panion, a parrot, close by. Polly used often to break in upon her mas- ter's train of thought by insisting upon perching on his finger, and her antics lent a curiously humorous touch to the bookish interior. An amusing incident is told of King Victor of Italy, one of whose chiei' amusements is motoring. One day when out with the Queen they were passing through a small vil- lage when a breakdown occurre<l. Amongst tlie crowd attracted to tho t;pot were two English motorists, who, unaware of the identity of tho occupants, carried on the following conversation : â€" "Pretty motor-car." "Yes, and the* lady is prett.v, too." "More than can be said of th.e man. Did you ever sec such a little man in such a big car ?" "I am out of brandy. I wonder if he can supply me. Shall I ask ? Pei-baps he speaks French." "I shall be most happy to oblige you," said the King, in perfect English, turning and holding out his flask. Then, as lie prepared to leave, he added : "Can I be of any further use to you ? My kingdom is at your dis- posal, and it is not so small as its monarch." The death of Mr. George Cluiiie Ro.ss, commonly known as King RpsH, draws attention to tlie almost unique British possession in the In- dian Oceanâ€" the ("ocos or Keeling I.'jlands. The grandfatlier of King Ross found them uiiinhu'Mted in 1835 and hurried back to Scotland to in- duce his fellow-countrymen to go out as settlers. Many went ; but in the meantime a notorious adven- turer named Alexander Hare had taken possession of the islands with a number of natives from the .Straits Settlements. The majority of Ho!?s's followers rL'turnod to .Scot- land, but some remained to sujjport him. For some time tho two fac- tions lived on bad terms ; but Ro.sss influence gradually asserted itself, and Hare, desoited by his fol- lowers, left tho phace and diod at Singapore. Since then the prosperity of the island lias been assured, and it has yielded a (uic revenue to tlie Uo.ss famii.y, chielly from tho pro- ducts of the cocoanut. There is no legislation, no rates or taxes, and nothing really disturljs the serenity of the inhabitants but an occasional cyclone or earth<piake. SULl'IlUR AND SALT. The fact that sulphur and salt in due proportions given moderatel.v to all kinds of live stock is excellent is not new, but .some recent uses of these in Iowa have brought the matter a^ln prominently to public attention there. A reference to the matter in the Iowa Homestead elicited letters from live stock grow- ers on the sutoject, one of whom con- tributes to that paper his own ex- periences, in which he says that the fetKling of sulphur to young cattle, colts, sheep and swine in the pi-o- portion of one part of sulphur to three parts of s*alt is a splendid pre- vention of disease, a.s well as an ^raidicator of vermin. A little care Notes of Interest About Some Leading People. The Duke of Devonshire has in his possession a copy of Claude Lor- rain's "Book of Truth," the rarest book iu Europe. It is an heirloom in the family, and the duke's father on one occasion refused an olTer of $100,000 for it. .Sir Frederick Holder, tho first Speaker of the Commonwealth House of Representatives, started life as a schoolmaster in South Australia, of which Colony he was Premier when federation was accom- plished. He has been for many years a Methodist lay preacher, and he has never permitted any political work to iaterforo with his preaching engagements. The first Commoner of the Commonwealth fre^piently figures in the pulpits of tho Mel- bourne Methodi.st churches. Lord Spencer used to be known as the Red Earl, on account of his splendid beaixl, which contributed not a little to his great air of dig- nity and distinction. Even now the description may bo found occasion- ally applied to him in the news- papers. But he might more proper- ly be called the White Earl. During the last two or three years tho ruddy hue of his beard has been gradually disappearing, and a few days ago, when ho loitered tor some time in the Commons' Lobfcy, it was observed that it had become almost white. Mr. Beei-hohm Tree teils a story a- bout a dog named Argus, who used regularly to accompany him to the theatre, and particularly objected to sensational scenes. Wlien Mr. Tree was playing in "Captain Swift " Ar- gus used to take his place iu the A CHANCE FOR CLEVER PEOPLE It should be easy for people who iJrink delicious Blue Ribbon Red Label Tea to say something that will induce their friends to try it ^545 • in Cash Prizes Twenty-five cash Prizes will be awarded in order of merit to those bending in the best advertisements for Blue Ribbon Red Label Tea. First Prize - - - Second Prize o - - Third Prize 4th to 13th Prizes, $10.00 each 14th to 25th, $5.00 each - $200.00 100.00 40.00 100.00 60.00 $500.00 In addition, beginning with the week ending April 4, a special weekly prize of $5.00 will be given to the one sending in the best advertisement during that week, making for the nine weeks $4500 in special prizes, or a grand total of thirty-four cash prizes, $545- CONDITIONS 1st. No professional ad. writer, nor anyone connected directly or indirectly with the Blue Ribbon Tea Company may compete. 2nd. Advertisements must not contain more th.in 50 words, and shorter ones are preferable. 3rd. One of the cards used in packing Blue Ribbon Red Label Tea â€" there are two in each package â€" must be enclosed \tfilh each balcli of advertise- ments sent. 4th. The competition closes June I, 1903, and all competing advertisements must reach one of the following addresses on or before that dale. Blue Ribbon Tea Co., "Winnipeg, Man. Blue Ribbon Tea Co., Toronto, Ont. Blue Ribbon Tea Co., Vancouver, B.C. 5th. No person shall be awarded more than one of the main prizes, but may also take one or more weekly grizM. 6th, In case of a tie, decision will be based on all the advertisements submitted by the competitors in question. Mr. H. M. E. Evans, of the Winnipeg Telegram, has kindly consented to judr;e the advertisements and award prizes. All advertisements that /ail to vrin a prize, but -wh.xcH are ^eocl enough to be accautecl for publicaiion -virill be paid for at tbe rate of $1.00 eaoSk. Unless expressly requested to the contraiy, we will consider ourselves at liberty to publiih the names of prize winners. A good advertisement should be truthfid and contain an idea brighlly and forcibly expressed. A bona fide signed letter with address and date from one who has tested the tei, is a good form. An advertisement for an article of fowd should not associate with it, even by contrast, any unpleasant idea. The best advertise- ment is the one that will induce the most people to try the article advertised. SeeR. your Inspiration in a Cup of Blue R.ibbon Red Label Tea and tiie Money is yoxiT-m. Hlsh Carbon Lateral ^ra and Heavy Hard Vartioal Wi.a Not the chearcs t but the mo t quality for tne money. If your Dealer does not keep LAMS FENCE write us direct^ The H. R. lAlUlB FEIiCE GO.. Limited. London, Oni ST. THOMAS MAN _^^ V &IYES ABVIOE.: TEXLS HIS rEIEJTBS TO USH DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS TOB, XIEHEY PAINS. Lew Dake Well-Known Hotel-lceep-i er Gives His Experience With. Canada's Great Kidney Remedy. St. Thomaa, Ont., April 20.â€" (Spe- cial.)â€" Everybody in St. Thomas and; the surroundiiiB coujitry knows T > v Dake, proprietor of tho Dake Ho..s«; aTid one of this railway center's most popular citizens and many; people know that for years he was the victim of a very aggravated form of Kidney Disease. To-day ho. is a Bound, healthy man. Ho used Dodds Kidney Pills. , Speaking of the matter recently,! Mj-. Dake said' "1 had been troubled for over flvc years with «iy Kidneys and pains ini Diy back. Nothing I used could give me any relief till finally on the ad.vico of a friend I started to use Uodd's Kidney Pills. "By the time I had ftnished one box the pains and Kidney Disease was gone. That U over five years ago now, and as t have had no re-' fcuTB ol the trouble since, I think I am safe in concluding that the cure was permanamt. "I advise all my friends who are trovifcUd In the snme way to use DcxM's Kidney Pills. " Podd's Kidney Pills cure all stages e( Kidney DIeeusc from Pain in th«( Boick to Uritfht'a Disease. ^ THE M. P. GETS NO T.VY. Members of the English Parlia- ment, unlike the members of tho oth- er parliaments of tho world, servo without salaries. Tlie labor party s rc'liresenlatives in imrliament and the IrLsh party's incinbcrs are the only ones who arc paid to serve in the' Houuo of Conuaons. They draw their salaries not from the Govcni- inen1, but fi-om the funds ot their parties, There ore so many able men willing to serve their country and their party for the honor of it I that all agitations to secure sal- aries for members of commons have i failed. It costs the average menv I ber from $.3,000 to $2.'>.000 in elec- ' tion expenses to get into commons if his election is warmly contested I by n candidate from the cirpposing I party, so that, as a rule, the aver- age iMc'iubor of the House of Coiiv mons is a man ot fortii«e. FEM.\LE JACK SH'EPPElll"). While awaiting trial on a chargt of theft Carrie Smith, a domeKlii servant, niade an all but sticcessf-ui ' attempt to escape from New Bruns- |\vic, N. .1., gaol. She had become po.ssessed of male attire, and was just leaving the prison when her slouch hat hocame (iisarritnged, al- lowing her long hair to fall, and thus disclosing her sex. When tho French r.enernl Hour- baki 1-etron.ted into .Swilverland from the Gorniiins in 1371. he sold !•>,- 000 hors<».<< to the Swiss. One ol thehe i.s still alive. It is owned by a butcljer in Bern?. .. "-2te*«(r'iS&;i-- *»*•!. ^