The lady was very much excited when she entered the grocer's shop. She placed a small tin can on the counter with a bang. “ This,” she said, witheringly, “is the paint you sold me tor use on stoves. You said it would dry in five minutes, and make my homo a palace. I’ve had it on my stove for a week, and it isn’t dry yet. Tho worst of it is it’a so sticky. I’ve done nothing t>ut wash my hands every time I’ve touched it.” "I beg pardon, ma’am,” said tho grocer: “ but you bought a tin of treacle and a \iu of paint at the same time, and that is the treacle.” “Treacle!” exclaimed the lady, in an astonished voice. “Treacle! Well. I suppose that explains why the children have been 111 all the week.” NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. There is no doubt about the curative properties of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, which U the best, safest, and most reliable cough medicine you can take. For harsh, hard, chronic coughs it is a splendid cure. Easily taken, and it quickly relieves and cutes the most obstinate cases.—[AdvtJ,
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Evening Star, Issue 14523, 26 November 1910, Page 9
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188Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Star, Issue 14523, 26 November 1910, Page 9
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