The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-02-14

Twelve pounds is the weight of
the new automatic machine gun un-
der experiment in the United States
army. 1t fires $50 shots a minute,
and can be carried by one man.
A philosophical statistician calcu.
lates that in the year 1000 there will
be l,7O0,O0O,000 people who speak
Eoglish, and that the other European
languages will be spoken by only
100000 900 people.
Ole of the qleerest corners of the
earth is Chatham Island, off the
coast of Ecudor. The island abounas
in cats, every one of which is black.
They live in the crevices Of the lava
near the coast, and get a living by
catching fish and crabs, instead Of
rats.
"After doctors failed to cure me Of
pneumonia I used One Minute Cough
Cure and three bottles of it cured
me. It is also the best remedy on
earth for whooping cough. 1t cured
my grandchildren of the worst cases."
writes Jno Berry, Loganton, Pa. 1t
is the only harmless remedy that
gives immediate results. Cures
coughs, colds, Group and throat and
lung troubles. prevents consump-
ton. Children always like it. Moth
ers endorse it. J. E. Kaufman.
On seeing notice in the window
Of a county shop that everything was
sold by the yard, an Irishman en-
tered. DO you sell milk?" said he.
eyes," said the sbopman. 'Then
give me a yard" said Pat. "All
right" said the shopman. And,
dipped Lis finger in milk can at
his side, he drew it yard in length
on the counter. Looking up trium-
phantly at Pat, he asked: I'D you
want anything else today, sil?'
No." said Pat; but just rowl it up
in a bit O paper, and I'll take it
home wild me-"
Il had bronchitis every winter for
years, and no medicine gave me per-
manent relief till 1 began to take One
Minute Cough Cure. I know it is
the best cough medicine made says
J. Koontz, Cory, Pa. 1t quickly
cures coughs, colds, Group, asthma,
grippe and throat and lung troubles.
It is the children's favorite remedy.
Cures quickly. j E Kaufman.
IF you keep on as you have begun,
Mable," complained the young hus-
band, running his eye over the ex-
pense column, 1--WE shall never be
able to lay up anything for a rainy
day" How can you so, Henry" ex-
claimed the young wife, righteously
indignant, "wben you know I have
two of the loveliest rainy day skirts
that were ever made"
To dispose Of an estate worth only
few hundred dollars a Connecticut
man who died the other day left a
written will more than yard long.
1t seems like tremendous amount
of wrapping paper for a decidedly
small package.
10 Iceland horses are shod with
sleeps horn. In the valley of the
upper Oxus the antlers of the noun
tain deer are used for the same pur
pose, the shoes being fastened with
horn pins.
At a recent reception in New York,
Mrs. Henry Havemeyer had for deco
rations for one room 200 dozen
roses, which were bought at $50
dozen.
A prominent detective agency has
recently investigated the use of elec-
tricity for breaking the vaults of
banks and safes. The report states
that there has never been a single
successful burglary of a bank vault
or safe by electricity, and that there
| is no necessity for alarm on this
score.
A Georgia convict, working with
others in a contractors brickyard,
escaped by piling bricks in a hollow
square, and thus shutting himself in
until the convicts had been locked up
for the night.
A woman has at last choked to
death from putting bairpins in her
mouth, but probably all the other
women will 60 right ahead with the