St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-12
An INTERESTING STORY
rot0 or MRS. coax Or BROOKLYN,
AND CAREFULLY RECORDED.
A Page From Real Life Which
Can Be Read With Interest
and Is Certain to Be ofvalue.


On recent Sunday afternoon the
writer gave interested attention to the
narration which follows. 1t is here re-
produced almost exactly in the words Of
the lady from whose lips it teli-Mrs. s.
b. Cook, of $50 TOmpkins Avenue,
Brooklyn. N. Y
Mr.. and Mrs. Cook and myself sat at
the front windows of their home over
looking the park, as Mrs. Cook gave
this leaflct out of her life. one OF her
little children nesting against her knee :
"My husband and have been mar
rico" said the lady, '.almOst nine years.
Before my marriage was often tired,
weak, exhausted, and my strength
seemed to be passing from me. 1 was
then troubled great deal with indiges-
ton and dyspepsia, and sometimes
since. l-w0uid be well two or three
months and sick two or three months.
on and on. That was the history of
several years-sleeping badly and suf.
ferlng. ! could not eat any solid food.
lived on boiled milk, taken hot. right
of the stove. That was my diet, and l
got very tired of 1t; but was afraid TO
touch anything else.
Nov to get back to the year 1898, last
year. was long and sad one for me.
AS the warm weather came on / hoped
to get better, but did not. The opening
buds on the trees out there in the park
found me as weak, low and miserable
as had been in the winter. | was
losing flesh. and strength, slowly but
surely. all the time. My nerves were
feeble and shaken SO that my sleep was
habitually bad.
''At last, by the advice of friends,
went to Peekskill. where remained for
some time, but my friends saw l was
growing thinner, and expressed the
opinion to one another that was in a
decline.
..The doctor suggested that take cod
live. Oil. but told him couldn't bear
the looks OF the taste of it, either in its
natural state or as an emulsion. He
looked grave at this, but said no more
about it. So lay there and fingered
and sank; that is all there is to say of
the result of my trip to the country"
Every time went to visit my wife"
said Mr.. Cook, II could see she was
much thinner and more feeble than be-
fore. although she didn't like to ad-
init it,"
WELL" continued the lady, 81 felt
that il it were physically possible 1
must get home, and so, on the Sd of No
vember. they wrapped me up and
brought me home, what was left of me
and what there was of me weighed just
9S pounds, 81 pounds less than weighed
in my girlhood. Here could do Moth
ing eat nothing; only walt for what
mlxhthappeD. had tried doctors and
drugs-Often useful to others but Of no
use to me.
''On the next day after my return my
husband brought me bottle of pre-
dixested food, and said friend of his
recommended it, and hoped I would
try it,. tasted it and 1t tasted good,
nothing like cod-liver oil. Ibegan TAX
ing II according to tue directions with
out FEELING the least confidence in 1t or
indulging any hope from it. But it did
have good effect, and that quickly. 1t
gave me an appetite.
could eat the old kinds of food and
they didn't distress me. Then began
TO get some strength. At the end OF a
week. to my surprise and delight Il
found had gained two pounds. At the
end OF the second week, two more. And
SO on. gaining two pounds every week.
ut Is eight weeks now, and l. weigh
ia pounds, just 16 pounds more than
when came home. can eat anything,
have no pain, no cough, no headache,
can run up stairs like a girl, and know
you VIII believe me when | say it is all
due 10 Paskola."
"And you think the pre-digested food
Paskola did all this for you., Mrs.
Cook
Certainly: i'll didn't, what did, 1
never feit SO well and like living in ten
years as l do now"
ut isn't my wife's increase in weight
alone," remarked Mr.. Cook; ..but look
at her! her. strength! her enjoyment of
herself! her bright spirits! She had
none OF those things till PaskOla gave
them to her, If it can do as much for
other people, through her statement be-
ing published. why it ought to be pub
liShed."
What my husband says, saw
added Mrs. Cook; anything less would
he ingratitude on my part and cuipa-
bic indifference to the suffering Of
Others"
Has this case any lesson for you?
Are you thin? Are you furnishing for
food which the palate refuses and
the stomach cannot digestP Are Won
pale for the want of red blood? Are
you chilly because you have not flesh
enough TO feed the vital fire? Are you
weak because your food is not assimi-
lated? Are you slowly sinking like
scuttled ship? Millions are. Abandon
the use Of drugs and medicines, and
test the successful modern scientific
treatment. Paskola is food, and en-
ables the sy stem to use all other foods.
1t arrests emaciation, re-es.ablishes
nutrition. fills up the hollow cheeks.
and out of weakness develops power.
A pamphlet giving full particulars
respecting Paskola will be sent on ap-
plication to the Pre-Digested Food Co..
80 Reade ST.. N. Y. City.