The Opelousas courier., 1885-08-22
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The P~reludices Me5 BY . Canvasser for t

The PreIudices Met BY 2 Canvasser for the
The Bartholdi pedestal fund is nearly com.
pleta. The statue has arrived and soon New
York harbor will be graced by the most mag
nificent colos sal statue the world has ever seen.
Liberty ~Enlightening the Worldf" What
a priceless blessing personal liberty is. 1t is
the shrine at which people, ground under the
with a fervency that Americans can scarcely
realize; it is a principle for which Nihilists
willingly die the death of dogs; and fit and
proper it is that at the very entrance of the
Bay of New York this emblematic statue
should flash q welcome to the world.
The press is entitled to the credit of this
achievement. Mr.. Philip Beers, who has
been making a circuit of the country on be-
half of the Pedestal fund, says that the fund
will certainly be raised, as the World does
not know the word fail.
Mr.. Beers says that he has found the most
pronounced generosity among those of for
eign birth. They seem more appreciative OF
liberty than do our native born. Moreover,
among some a strange prejudice seems to ex-
ist.
"Preiudice? In what particular?'
81 nave ever found that however merito,
rious a thing may be, thousands of people
will inevitably be %prejudiced against it. ]
know the American people like a book In
1879 a personal misfortune illustrated this
prevailing prejudice. l was very i'll. had suf-
fered for several years with headache, tickle
appetite, draadful backache, cramps, hot
head, cold hands and feet and a general break
down of the system. dragged
myself back to New York, seeking
happens that among my relatives is a dis
tinguished physician who upbraided me
roundly for preaching so much about my
w case. Finally, with some spirit, l re-
marked to him:
"'Sir, you know that much of your pro-
f%essional wisdom is pretense. You are con-
trolIed by prejudice. You cannot reach a case
like mine and you know it, can you?"
81 had him; and he finally conceded the
point, for it was brigbt's disease of the kid
neys which had Frustrated me-, and the school.
men admit they cannot cure it. Having cured
myself, however, in 1870, and not having seen
a sick day since, my relative finally admitted
this result, was really a wonderful PREF ara
ton. Had President Rutter, of the Central
Hudson used it. [ am certain he would be
alive to-day, for he could not nave been in a
worse condition than | was"
II nave found similar preiudices among all
classes concerning even so laudabie a scheme
as this pedestal fund"
Mr.. Beers's experience and the recent death
of President Rutter, of the Central Hudson
railroad, of an extreme kidney disorder,
proves that the physicians have no real
power over such diseases, and indicates
the only course one should pursue if, as the
late DR.. Willard Parker says, head
ache, sickness of tho stomach, dropsi-
cal swelIings, back ache, dark and
offensive fluids, prematurely impaired eye.
sight, loss of strength and energy occur, for
they Enthusiastically indicate a fatal result, if
not promptly arrested.
eyes, stree, every cent needed for the Pc
lestal will be raised. OF course it will be a
great triumph for the World, but would it
not have been an eternal disgrace had our
people failed to provide for this pedestal!'