Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-08-05
saHTHoLDrs BIG GIRL,
The Prejudicss Met Bv a Canvasser for the
PEDESTAL FUND.

The Bar.hoIdi pedestal fnnd is nearly
complete The statue has arrived and
soon New York hsrbor will be graced
by the most magnificent colossal statue
the world has ever seen.
Liberty Enlightening the World r
What priceless blessing personal lib
erty is. 1t Is the shrine at which peo-
pie. ground under the heel of yranny
in the older worlds, worship with fer
vency that Americans can scarcely real
izeat is a principle tor which Nihillsts will
lingly die the death of dogs; and fit and
proper it is that at the veiy entrance of
the Bay of NV York this emblematic
statue should flash welcome to the
world.
The press is entitled to the credit of
this achievement. MIR. Philip Beers,
who has been making a circuit of the
country on behalf of the Pedestal fund,
says that the fund will certainly be
raised. as the World does not know the
word Jait.
Mr.. Beers says that he has found the
most pronounced generosity among
those of foreign birth. They seem
more appreciaiIve of liberty than do our
native born. Moreover, among some a
strange prejudice seems to exist.
Prejudice In what particular p
81 have ever found that however
meritorious thing may be, thousands
of people will inevitably be preiudiced
against it. | have spent most of my life
on the road and know the American
In S-0
al misfortue illustrated this prevailing
prejudice. was very ill, had suffered
for several years with headache. tickle
appetite, dreadful backache, cramps,
hot head, cold hands and feet and gene
raj break down of the system. l drag
ged myself back TO New York, seeking
the best professional treatment. 1t so
happens that among my relatives is a
physician who upbralded me roundly
for preaching so much about my own
case. Finally, with some spirit, 1 re-
marked to him:
s. Sir, you know that much of your
professional wisdom is pretense. You
are controlled by prejudice. You cam
not reach a case like mine and you
know it, can your"
81 had him ;and he finally conceded the
point, for it was Brlght's disease of the
kidneys which had Frustrated me, and
the school-men admit they cannot cure
it, Having cured myself. however, in
1879, and not having seen sick day
since, my relative finally admitted that
Warmers safe cure, which accomplished
this result, was really wonderful pre-
paration. Had President Rutter, of
the Central Hudson used it, am GER
tain he would be alive to-day, for he
could not have been III q worse condl-
ton than L was"
81 have found similar prejudices
among all classes concerning even so
lsndable q scheme as this pedestal
fund"
Mr.. Beers experience and the recent
death of President Rutter, of the Gen.
tral-Hudson railroad, of an extreme kid
ney disorder, proves that the physi.
clans have no real power over such dis
eases, and indicates the only course one
should pursue If, as the late DIR. Will
lard Parker says, headache, sickness of
the stomach, dropsical swelllngs, back
ache, dark and offensive fluids, prema-
turely impaired eye-sight, loss Of
strength and energy occur, for they un-
mistakably indicate u fatal result, if
not promptly arrested.
"Yes. stree, every cent needed for
the pedestal will be raised. or course
it will be a great triumph for the World.
but would 1t not have been an eternal
disgrace had our people failed to pro-
vide for the pedestal p