Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-24

Your reporter. among others, was re-.
Gently requested to witness an cxperi-
ment at the New York laboratory OF
The prc-Digested Food Company. IL
seems that the digestive properties OF
PaHkola, their new food. have been
questioned IN some quarters, and It
WINS important that the matter should
be definitely settled once for all II
was 20 see an actual test that we had
received the invitation. After II cordial
greeting, the chemist IN charge said:
Make yourselves comfortable Eentie-
mon, and we Will at once proceed 10
husiness.'
~ this juncure one OF ,he iabora-
tory assistants appeared with u supply
OF beef, hard-boiled eEgs, fsh, poultry
and game, which he had minced very
finely IN order 20 initiate the effects Of
natural mastiontlon. A quantity OF ln-
tcrcsting apparatus was then brought
forth. md the mixed food having been
divided Into equal portions. was placed
in two similar iara. To each OF them
was added acidulated water. but to
one was made further addition OF n
dose of paskoln from n bottle which
your reporter had been Instructed to
purchase IN the open market.
Both Jars were now warmed TO the
temperature Of the body. and thus
kept for two hours. Al the end OF this
time the jars ware removed from the
dainty little oven In which they had
stood, when fol aiS behold, we found
that whctcna the contents Of one 2;
them had undergone no change what
ever. the food in the other. 10 which
had been added the Pasltola, had liter
any dissolved like 20 much sugar. and
clear, limpid solution was the result.
This, TO our uninltintcd eyes, was most
mnrvcloue. and almost sayorod Of
maggie FOR we had often seen beef
boiled In water without otherwise
changing than TO part with It's color.
Yet here at the gentle temperature OF
the body II had bocn rendered completes
~ noluble The chemist, while not sur
prihed, was 40 less pleased thnn our
selves, lie ubscrvoa Gentlemen, if You
would know whether or not paaltOla
posscsseH decided dlgcstive properties.
look to those Jars for an answer Tile
evidence waa conclusive for the object
lesson before up was SO simple that We
could not fail TO comprehend the mat
ter. flc told us that the base OF Pas
kola was nrt1lcally digcsted starch
and that Tor this reason Il was u flesh-
producing food vastly superior TO cod
liver oil or any OF the naueeous drugs
heretofore used for this purpose. He
stated. furthermore. that US we had
seen, II possessed the property OF digest
Ing other foods In the stomach. ana thus
was an active aid - digestion. ] was
permitted TO sketch the Jars after tho
experiment had been completed, as re-
produced above Tho sediment shown
by the shading In jar No. | represents
the undigested food ua when placed IN
H. We were told that thousands OF
sufferers had used raslsola with great
BENEFIT and were shown u large num-
Der of letters Ia this connection.
quote from few Of them as follows;
Mrs. W. II, Andrews OF Gold I'M.
Ala, says that she has been treated
FOR years for indigestion by tho
most eminent physicians with only
temporary benefit She began taking
PaBSoln four weeks ago, has already
gained eight % pounds, aud now eati
steak, chicken. and In fact everything
her appetite Graves.
II, y. Cross OF "a Michigan Ave,
Hammond, Ind. wrote that he gained
four 90 pounds the first week, and u
40 enthusiastic that he pronounce,
Paskola superior 10 any medicine III
ever saw
Mrs. M. l.. 0rants OF Spring Valley
New York, whose letter was dated
june Goth, says that she, too. auifered
from chronic dyspepsia for Sfaie. AZ
timen even a drink OF water distressed
her. She has been greatly benefited by
tho use OF Pnskola, aud rays that shs
IN now convinced by her general condi,
tion that she derives nourishment from
food which she formerly did not
These statements but confirm tho
test which we had witnessed
The pre-DlgcHtod Food Company Of
No. 30 Ilnade street, New *, VIII
gladly mail their free pamphlet on th(
subject OF food and digestion TO ANYONE
who may send their name.
All druggists sell Paskoli.