The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-06-12
AN Interesting STORY
Told By Mrs. Cook, Of
Brooklyn.
AND CAREFULLY RECORDED
A Page From Real Life Which Can Be
Read With Interest and is Certain
To Be of Value.

On q 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 fell
Mrs. S. B. Cook, of 25O Tomplins ave-
nue.. 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 loaflot out Of her life, one Of her
children nesting against her knee.
MY husband and have been mar
rled, said the lady. "almost nine years.
Before my marriage was often tired,
weay, exhausted, and my strength
seemed to be passing from me. was
then troubled a great deal with indiges.
ton and dyspepsia. and som stimes
since. l would be we'll two or three
months and sick TWO or three months,
of and on. That WAS the history Of
several years-sleeping badly and sur
tering could not eat any solid food
lived on boiled milk, taken hot right
off the stove. That WAS my'diet, aud
got very tired Of it; but l was afraid
to touch anything elSe.
Now to get back to the year 1893,
last year, was a long and sad one for
me. AS the warm weather came on |
hoped to get better, but did not The
opening buds on tho trees out there in
the park found me as weak, low and
miserable as | had been il the winter.
was losing fish and strength, slowly
but surely, all tho time. My nerves
were feeble and shaken so that my
sleep was habitually bad.
AT last, by the advice Of my 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 l was
| in n decline.
"Tbe doctor suggested that I take
cod liver oil. but l told him I couldn't
bear the looks or 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 l lay there aud lin
gered and sank; that is all there is to
say of the result Of my trip to the
country"
"EYery time l went up to visit my
wife, " said Mr.. Cook, Il could see she
was much thinner and more feoble
than before, although.she didn't like to
admit it,"
We'll" continued the lady II felt
that II it were physically possible l
must get home. and 30. on the 81 Of
November, they wrapped me up and
brought me home, what was left Of
me; and what there was of me weighed
just 9S pounds, 81 less than l weighed
in my girlhood. Here l could do moth
ing. eat nothing; only wait for what
might happen. / 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-digested food. and said that friend
of his had recommended it, and hoped
| would try it. tasted it and it tasted
good. nothing like cod liver oil l be-
gan taking it according to directions
without feeling the least confidence in
it or lndulging any hope in it. But it
did have good effect and that quickly,
IL gave me an appetite.
II could eat the old kinds OF food
and they didn't distress me. Then
began to get soine strength. At hte
end OF week, TO my surprise aud de-
light. found | had gained two pounds,
AT the end of two weeks, two more.
And so on. gaining two pounds every
week.
1T is eight weeks now, and
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 girl,
and know you will believe ms when
say it Ia all due to Paskola'
"Ahd you think the pre-dige sted
food Paskola did all this Tor you, Mrs
Cook 2
Certainly; if it didn't what did o
never felt SO we'll andlike living in
ten years as do now"
1t isn't my wife's Increase in weight
alone" remarked Mr.. Cook; but look
at her! her strength her enjoyment of
herseli2 her bright spiritsl She had
none OF those things until Paskola gave
them to her If it can do as much for
other people, through her statement
being published, why it ought to be
published"
What my husband Gays, I say"
added Mrs Cook; anything less would
be inGratitude on my part and culpa-
BILE Indifference to the suffering Of
others"
Has this case any lesson for you
Are you thin2 Are you famishing fol
food which the palate refuses and the
stomach cannot digest ? Are you pale
for the want of red blood Are you
chilly because you have not flesh to
feed the vital fire Are you weak be-
cause your food is not assimila ated
Are you slowly sinking like scuttled
ship2 Millions are. Abandon the use
OF drugs and medicines, and test the
modern scientific treatment. Paskols
is a food, and euables the system tc
use all other foods. 1t arrests emacia-
ton, re-sstablishes nutrition, fill M
the hollow cheeks. and ont OF weakness
develops power
Apamphlet on food and digestion
will be mailed free on application to
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