The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-06-23
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PEDESTAL fund.
The BsEthoIA pedestal fund Is neGrl!
Icomplete. TIE statue has arrived ani
soon New York hasbor viii be graeed b
the most magnificent colossal statne the
world has ever seen.
sLiberty Enlightentng the WorldP
What priceless blessing personal liberty
Is. It Is the shrine at which people,
ground under the heel Of tyranny in the
older worlds, worship with q feryency that
Americans can scarcely realize; tits prin.
ciple for which Nihilists willingly die the
death Of dogs; aud fit and proper It d
that at the very entrance OF the Bay Of
New York this emblematic statue should
fash 4 welcome to the world.
The press Is entitled TO the credit OF this
achievement. Mr.. Philip Beers, who has
been making o circuit of the country on
behalf Of the Pedestal fund, says that the
fund will certainly be raised, rs the World
does not know the word faiL.
Mr.. Beers says that he has found the
most pronounced generosity among those
Of foreign birth. They Scent more appre-
ciatiye Of liberty than do our native born.
Moreover, among some q strange preiu-
dice seems to exist.
Prejudice? In what particularm
I 81 have ever found that however meri-
torious thing may be, thousands Of peo-
pie will inevitably be preiudieed againstit.
/ have spent most Of my life on the road
and 1 know the American people like .
book In 1870 personal misfortune
illustrated this prevailing prejudice. l was
very Ill, had suffered for several years
with headache, tickle appetite, dreadful
!backache, cramps, hot head, cold hands
and feet and . general break down Of the
system. I dragged myself back to New
York, seeking the best professional treat
.ment. It 50 happens that among my re-
.latiyes is distinguished physician who
upbraided me roundly for preaching 20
much about my own case. Finally, with
some spirit, remarked to him:
Sir, you know that much Of your pro-
fessionat wisdom Is pretense. You are
controlled by prejudice. You cannot
reach ease like mine and you know it,
can youGp
II had him and he finally conceded the
point. for it was bright'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 a sick day since, my
relative finally admitted that Warmers
safe cure, which accomplished this result,
was really wonderful preparation. Had
President Rntter, Of the Central Hudson,
used it, am certain he would be alive to-
day, for he could not have been in 4 worse
condition than was.
81 have found similar preiuiices among
all classes concerning even so landable o
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 pbysicians have
no real power over such diseases, and In
dicates the only course one should pursue
Il, as the late Ds. willard Parker says,
headache, sickness Of the stomach, drop
steal dwellings, back ache, dark and often.
siye finds, prematurely impaired eye
sight, loss Of strength and energy occur,
orthey unmissaka6ly indicate fatal re.
suit, II not promptly arrested.
Eyes, stree, every cent needed for the
pedestal will be raised OF course it viii
be great triumph for the World, but
would it not have been an eternal disgrace
had our people failed TO provide for this
pedestal?