Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-08-01
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PEDESTAL Fund.
The BaEthol@ pedestal fund q nearly
complete. The statue has arrived snd SOD
New York barbor Win b gracod By TIL
most magnificent colossal statue the Vorll
has 0ve4 0oon.
"LbsFty Enlghtsning the World r
What priceless blessing personal liberty
Il. Itisthe shrine at which people, ground
under the hsel Of tyranny In the oldsl
worlds, Wonhip with Q fefvsncy tia.
Americans can scarcely realise Il r. Q pfin.
dple Tor which Nihilists willingly die thu
death Of dogE and rt and proper Is n thai
at the yeey entrance 1t the bay Of New
York this emblomat;o nStue should dMh q
Welcome 70 the word.
The pres il entitled to the credit of thil
achievement Mr.. Philip Beers, who has
been making . circuit Of the country on
behalf Of the Pedestal fund, says thai the
fund viii certainly be raised. % the World
does not know the word fail.
Mr.. Beers says that he has found the
most pronounced generally among thoss
Of f0rsign birth. They seem more appre-
ciat-ve OF liberty than do our native born.
Moreover, among some strange prejudice
seems to exist.
"Prejudicef In what particular"
II have ever found that however merit
orious thing may be, Thousands of people
will inevitably be prejudice sgainst It. l
havespent most Of my life On the road and
I know the American people like book.
In 1879 personal misfortune illustrated
this prevailing prejudice, I was very ill,
had suffered for several years With head
ache, tickle appetite, dreadful backache,
cr>mns hot houG ~old hends and f.>% .nS
. general breakdown of the system.
dragged myself back to New York, seeking
the best professional treatment. It 20 hap
pened that among my relatives il dis
tinguished physician who upbraided me
roundly for preaching 30 mnsh about my
own case. Finally, with some spirit, I re-
marked to him:
"tSir, you know that much of your pro-
fessional wisdom is pretense. You are
controlled by prejudice. You cannot reach
case like mine and you know it. can
81 had him; and he finally conceded the
point, for it was BEights disease of the
kidneys which had Frustrated me, and the
sch ool-msn admit they cannot cure it.
Having cured myself, however, in 1879 and
net having seen . sick day since, my rela-
tive finally admitted that Warmers safe
SNAOs p'SA APSA0A0Ss VILE AcSOlSS wa .
wonderful preparation. Had President
Rutter, of the Central Hudson used it, am
certsin he would be alive to-day, for he
could not have been in worse condition
than was"
II have found similar prejudices among
all classes concerning even so laudable
scheme as this pedestal fund.-"
Mr.. Beers experience and the recent
death Of President Rutter, of the Central
Hudson railroad, of an extreme kidney
proves that the physicians have
no real power over such diseases, and indi-
Gates the only course one should pursue if,
as the late Dr.. Willard Parker says, head.
ache, sickness of the stomach, dropsicsl
dwellings, back ache, dark and offensive
fluids. prematurely impaired eyesight, loss
Of strength, and energy occur, for they un-
indicate q fatal result, If not
arrested.
Yes, Stree, every cent needed for the
pedestal will be raised. OF course 1t will be
} great triumph for the World, but would
It not have been an eternal disgrace had our
people failed to provide for this pedestal7"