West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-02-03

would correct 1t. If man made such
statements, he would be called liar"
"Well, there are no less than three
escapes up in the garnet. ! was look
ing at them yesterday"
'Then you put them there for some
purpose Of your own. ] am no dodder.
ing idiot"
Mrs. Bowser had no more to say, and
he was in sulky mood during the din
ner hour. When they were seated for
tho evening, she sought to smooth
things over little by repeating some
,ne!ghborhood gossip she had heard,
ami after time he melted and said:
"Mrs. Bowser, do you know that
what might be called the cough season
of the year Is now with us?"
Yes; most everybody has a cough
aloag about now" she replied.
"And most everybody must doctor
for It. If it wasn't for colds, coughs
and sore threats, the druggists
wouldn't do half the business they do.
Would you say that 100000 people
out Of our population Of 100000 had
coughs to be cured during the winter"
"Why, I shouldn't wonder"
"And 1t costs all Of 80 cents to cure
a cough. doesn't it?'
81 should say it did,"
"Very WE'LL" continued Mr.. Bowser
as he got out pencil. "We'll say that
100000 people have coughs and the
cost of curing them is $10.O00,000. You
must remember, however, that cough
is "a pernicious thing. 1t frequently
means death. / estimate that 100000
Of the 100000 die after paying out
their money to be cured. Suppose that
these people could be saved from
DEATH"
"But how?" asked the puzzled Mrs.
Bowser.
'The average cough cannot now be
cured under ten days. Suppose it
could be cured In one. That would
save nine days OF suffering, wouldn't
IT."
eyes, of course. butt
Hold on little" he interrupted.
Suppose, again, that it only costs 10
instead of so cents to cure a cough.
That's $S,00O.0O0 year saved to the
people, as l make it, while the other
100000 goes to the inventor Of the
cough strip. Can anything be palmer
than that?"
: "W-what scheme have you got now 2"
she faltered.
II am not in the scheme business.
Mrs. Bowser," he stiffiy replied. 81
have an idea now and then, as other
business men have, but there's no
scheming about it. Let me, show you
something"
He went down the hall to the hat
rack and got the package. and, return
Ing to her. he opened it and displayed
a quart bottle full of some sort of
liquid.
There. my friend" he said as he
placed the bottle before her. LET me
introduce to you Bowser's One Day
Cough Cure.
You've gone into cough sirup!" she
exclaimed.
well, there it is. found the recipe
AOt vi VIZ VIC
had it compounded. A ten cent bottle
will cure cold in one day. I'm going
to order bottles and labels and put it
on the market. Bowser's One Day
Cough Cure will be household word
in three months, and Bowser himself
will be known as a greater philan-
thropist than Carnegie. What do you
think of the idea?''
'I-I wish you hadn't" she replied.
'Oh, of course, It's another Of my
fads, suppose. / was an ass to say
to you about it"
But how do you know it will cure
cold in one day.
How do l know that Jonah was
swallowed by the whale?' he holly ex-
claimed. "Of course it will. It's war
ranted to. The druggist who put it up
said I'd struck gold mine. Please
understand that this is no squills and
honey affair that you've got to drink