Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-11
IS LIFE WORTH LYING?
Solomon once Said 1t Was Not, hut After.
wards Changed His afind-Cheer
for the Dependent.


touring In Australia. considered this cues.
ton Of sufficient importance to make Il
the subject OF recent sermon. Happiness
Is not question OF bank-account or ma
terial prosperity. but rather OF health,
and this can only be enjoyed where the
digestive organs are performing their
proper functions
chronic dyspeptic, a negative answer
would probably be returned.
Dr. J. Millner Fothergill, of London.
whose name is a household word in Eng
land says OF this dread. yet pre-
valent disease: More distressing than the
actual pain is the sense OF misery ex-
perienced by many. the mental discom-
fort. the sense OF Indebtedness. OF utter
unatness for work. the mental attitude
OF gloom, distress. and incapaclty; the
physical discomfort, tends 10 cause the
sufferer 10 have misgivlngs that the
malady Is something more than mere In
digestion. a haunting fear that the brain
Is the seat OF the disease, where there IL
headache; the heart. where there Is palpi-
tation or irregular action, fortunes the
unhappy sufferer. The remembrance OF this
impression hangs like dark cloud over
the intervals Of comparative health. Not
only does the brain seem exhausted, but
the whole system appears langud and
weak; instead of the man being able for
a twenty -or-thirty-mile walk, one or two
miles produce fatigue, and sometimes an
Intense languor Is felt without any exer-
ton at all When he goes 10 his medical
attendant to describe his case. he says:
L take all sorts OF strengthening things.
and yet [ feel SO weak II. instead OF
using these words. he were 10 say: Be
cause L take all sorts OF Things 1 feel SO
weak he would express pavt at least.
OF the truth"
Mal-products Of digestion are positive
represent poisons Strong food does not
necessarily involve strength, rather the
opposite. when the digestion Is impaired.
\ little. well-digested, feeds the blood,
and from II again the tissues. better than
u large meal. OF which none. or very
little. indeed, is properly digested. In this
condition. the more person eats the
worse he thrives. because he digests little
or none, and. unless he is restricted to
proper meals. he virtually eats himself 10
death. and he dies of hunger--of actual
starvation. in the midst or unlimited food
and everlasting eating. To eat and digest,
then. is not one and the same thing.
DIR. F'Othergll speaks OF artincially-di-
gested starch In the following unmstak-
able termsS
AS the cooking Of starchy foods In
wolves their partial digestion. We see that
intuitiyely. ami without the light OF
science, man commenced the artificial d.
gestion Of starch when only n savage.
and long before the dawn OF history. We.
at the present, are emerging out OF the
early darkness, and stepping forward by
mornin6-lght, on the path to the artificial
digestion of starch, by 50 doing, econo-
MIXING the body energy, which would
otherwise be consumed in preparing such
food for absorption"
Paskola Is such Il food. being a pre-
digested starch, combined with organic
ferments. possessing the property Of d.
costing other foods in tho stomach. thus
virtually resting the diseased digestive or
gans, and yet insuring strength aud
nourishment to the body.
Paskola has passed beyond the expert
mental stage, and Is now being employed
with the greatest success and satisfaction
b. thousands OF sufferers Many the man
and woman who would have answered
the question. rs life worth liylng?" with
an emphatic Nor now comes forward
to sound the praises OF Paskola, and tell
how IL has rescued them from q living
death.
Mr.. l.. W. Crisp. agent Of the Southern
Railway Company Fort Hill. = c.. writes
as follows, under date II July %, 1891:
Just five years ago | quit the farm TO
take up onlce-work. | was in perfect
health. and for two years following con-
tinued 10 be robust and strong At the
expiration of that time. which was three
years ago. [ began TO be troubled with
dyspepsia, but gave the matter little at
tentlon. thinking / would soon come
around all right. Instead, things went
from bad 20 worse, and in the last SIX
months | have suffered frightfuliy. II has
been necessary 10 call doctor number
Of times. My appetite has been good all this
while, while my digestive organs have been
absolutely unable 10 digest any food.
have tried everything that has been re-
commended. without expert ncing any
benefit. Have used tho medicine Of some
of the best physicians in this country.
They would sometimes help me for three
or four days, then | would be just rs bad
off as I was before consulting them.
II have lost flesh until [ do not look
Ike the same person. only weighing lSs
pounds making u loss Of % pounds In SIX
months.
Il had begun to think that had better
look around for a coffin, and place to
put It. when, just four weeks ago, came
across little pamphlet describing Pas-
kola [ read every word Of IT, and was
INSPIRED WIN SUCH coillll-lAf Nhd@ ~ Nth'
decided TO give it a trial. l began taking
the product early I'm JULY and by the
time the first bottle was half gone
ordered three more. as L found 1t was
doing me much good. I ceased 10 lose
flesh. had no further headaches, nor did
vomit after eating. as previously. In fact
| did not feel as though / had anything
the matter with me at all. | have now
taken two and a half bottles. and am still
using il. everybody having noticed that
am improving, and my complexion being
better than it has been for two years.
"PaskOa has done me more good In
the past twenty days than any medicine
have ever taken. In fact. 1t Is the only
thing that has ever done me any good.
sleep well at night. do not dream. as |
lid before using It, ana awake In the
morning, fully refreshed, and ready for
my work"
Such statements as these are incontro-
yortable.
II you are suffering, II an emaciated
'orm. and general lack OF strength shows
that you are not being properly nourished,
send for q pamphlet on food and diges-
ion. which will be mailed free upon app
olcation to the Pre-Digested Food Com
oany, No. 30 Reade street, New York city.
Paskola is for sale by all druggists.