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T-ciid "There aM few persons who know tow the name of 'buckboard' came to )e applied to a vehicle," isays a writer. 'It was away back In the twenties, -when the transportation of goods, 'wares and merchandise was almost .uttrely by wagon. A Dr. Buck was -then in charge of military stores en route to army posts In the southwest. an east 'Tennessee much difticultg was -.-xperienced by reason of the rough :roatda, and there were frequent mis itaps, mostly from wagons overturning. 'Dr. Thick overhauled the outfit, and, .ibandoning the wagon bodies, long (boards were set directly on the axles -or hung below, and the stores were Aoaded in such a manner that there -were no further delays from break 'downs, and the stores safely reached -their destinations. In special emergen .ey, too, the load could be shifted or taken off in a hurry. Dr. Buck's ex .QtmplO was followed, especially when croads were rough, and soon much haul iug was dope by the use of wheels, Airies and boards only. Now we have the buckboard, both in carriage and au tomobile forms, conforming closely to the original idea, though few suspect Athe source of it."-Chicago News. Technical Swearing. The late Sir John Millais was a very ceem ;fisherman. le used to toll a .6tory of an old man who was his at tendant during a day's sport In the .north of England. The old wan was Vull of local gossip and small scandal, .and whem the natural supply failed -him he was ch arly able to manufac lure enough of his own to go on with. "I were out with the bishop yester day," said the old man, referring to a popular church dignitary, who is also a good fisherman. "Ah," replied Ml lain, "he's a good mani" "Well," con tinued the old fellow, "''e may be. but 'e do swear a bit when 'e's fishin'." -"Oh. nonsense!" replied Millala. "1 don't believe that." The old man In stated that he was right, however. "I'll give you an instance," he said. "I was standin' 'longskle o' the bishop. same as I might be aside o' you. and 'e'd got a big follow at the end of 'Is 'ine that was pretty nigh pullin' '1m off 'is feet, and I turns to 'is lordship .and I says, ''E pulls - 'ard, don't be?' and the bishop says, 'Yes. 'e do.' Well, now. ain't that sweari'?"-Lon ,don M. A. P. St. Patrick and the Roosters. St. Patrick's reputation as a snake ,charmer is known all the world over, .but what he did to the roosters is a bit ,of history less disseminated. rhere u ;a Bmall district in the heart of Count) Sligo, it seems, which strenuously re :sented the intrusion of the Scotchnian Succat (St. Patrick) had become ex -'eedlngly domineering, and it was do clded to put a damper on his progress. lie said to his hostess, "Wake me when the cock crows." When he had gone to bed she whispered this com uand to the neighbors, and all the populace concealed their roosters un -der small creels so they could not lift their heads high enough to crow. In consequence thereof the saint overslept himself ani was furious when he dis covered the trick that had been pilyed on him. ec laid his everlasting curse on the roosters of that district, and they have never crowed since.--Ex change. T'he Number Fourteen in France. So far as France is concerned, it is 'the number fourteen that has played a conspicuous and generally portentous part in her history. On May 14, 15M4. thle Rue (de la Ferronnerie wa*s enlarged by order of Henri II., and four times fourteen years later Henri IV. was as eassinatedl there by Itavaillac-namely, on May 14, 1610. Henri had lived four times fourteen years. fourteen weeks and four times fourteen days-i. e., fif. ty-six years and five mon ths. Then H~enri's'son, Louis KhIIL, dIed May 14, 1643 (the same (lay and monith as his fathers). And 1043 added together equals fourteen, just as 15S53 (the year of the bIrth of Henri IV.) equals four teen. Louis XIV ascended the throne (1.043, which added together equals fourteen and similarly the year of hIs death (1715) equals. The pootor at Sea, i , A veteran naval surgeon, speaking of the odd thigs that crop out in the service, said that one of the younger mnedical cranks in the navy discovered -terwha disasecame on his first ac tionwasto trowdown the patient's thrat lage oseof the nauseating liquid. The crew soon learned to hate him thoroughly. In process of time ho %oll overb~oard in a choppy sea, and a 1great bustle ensued. In the midst of it -the captain came up and anxiously in .quired the cause. "Oh, nothing, sir," replied a tar. "only the doctor has fell 1nto his medicine chesti" Fooling the Youngster. -"Mother," said Mr. Popley guarded * 'Jy to lisa wife, "why not take the *y-o-u-zi-g-s-t-e-r to the m-a-t-t-imn-e-e to morrow ?" "Pa," chimed in the youngster quiet ily, "there's only one 't' in 'matinee.'" -I "Agood1 listener Is usually much nih'1t a l'ter." "That's so. Hcnpck's wIfe is look lug for him all the time," If you need ANOIHE See us. We have two for sale. How H. Did It. "Wheioi I wais connected with a cer tain western railway," says a promi nent oflieial of an eastern line, "we had in our employ a brakemlan who, for speelal service rendered to the road, was granted a month's vacation. "H1e decided to spend his time in a trip over the Rockies. We furnished himi with passes. "lie went to Denver and there met a number of his friends at work on one of the Colorado roads. They gave him T E O a good time and when he went away made him a present of a mountain goat. "Evidently our brakeman was at a loss to get the animal home with him, t e sa d as the express charges were v'eryI heavy at that tirbe. Finally, however, hitting upon a happy expedient, he lhsrpi sdI V made out a shipping tag and tied It to blne n aeul ie the horns of the goat. Then he ifre sented the beast to the office of the stock car line. "Well, that tag created no end of amusement, but it served to accom plish the end of the brakeman. it was inscribed as follows: "'Tlease pass the butter. Thomas J. Meechin, brakeman, 8. 8. and T. Ry.'"' Afcr cmplyin the lhderssdaenl h:~sFishIscrep'rs usereincdv "l~ook harancehoaeclacereto theibe t"Say, old it.p len m a dollar, ovlr - yu"htwsod? hashis mm ory rer1 hd" rowrthef net' mmnt:"oet "Wel. hii olr No. 2:."a makes It even. Savvy?" RD HORSE D TIME FISH GUANO nty-three years rd of the South., try ton of Tarmers* Bone- <roperly' I, insuring bigger yields with less acreage TRADE MARK * REGISTERED It this trade mark Is on every bag. Royster Guano Co. Norfolk, Virginia.