The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-03
eARTHoLols BIG GIRL.


The Prejudicea Met BY . Canvasser for the
Pedestal Fund.
The Bartholdi pedestal fund is nearly
complete. The statue has arrived and
soon New York harbor will be graced
by the most magnificent colossal
statue the world has ever seen.
Liberty Enlightening the Worldi"
What priceless blessing personal liberty
is. It is the shrine at which people, ground
under the hee, of tyranny. in the older
worlds, worship with fervency that
Americans can scarcely realize; it is q
principle for which Nihilists willingly die
the death Of dogs; and fit and proper 1t is
that at the very entrance OF the Bay OF
New York this emblematic statue should
fash 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
behalf of the Pedestal fund, says that the
fund will certainly be raised, as the World
does not know the word fad.
Mr.. Beers says that he has found the
most pronounced generosity among those
of foreign birth. They seem more appreci.
alive of liberty than do our native born.
Moreover, among some a strange prejudics
seems to exist.
prejudice? In what particularW
81 have ever found that however merito-
rious thing may be, thousands of people
will inevitably be prejudiced against it. l
have spent most of my life on the road and
In 1879 a personal misfortune illustrated
this prevailing prejudice. was very
ill, had suffered for several years
with headache, tickle appetite, dread
full back ache, cramps, hot head, cold
hands and feet and q general break down
of the system. l dragged myself back to
New York, seeking the best professional
hon hat
relatives is a distinguished physician who
upbraided me roundly for preaching
SO much about my own case. Finally,
with some spirit, / remarked to him !:
"'Sir, you know that much Of your pro-
fessional wisdom is pretense. You are
controlled by prejudice. You can not
reach a case like. mine and you know it,
can your"
81 had him; and he finally conceded the
point, for it was bright's disease of the
kidneys which had Frustrated me, and the
schoolmen admit they can not 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 a wonderful preparation. Had
President Rutter, Of the Central Hudson,
used ii, am certain that he would be alive
o-day, for he could not have been in q
worse condition than I was"
~ have found similar prejudices among
all classes concerning even so laudable q
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 in
dictates the only course one should pursue
is, as the late DIR. Willard Parker says,
headache, sickness of the stomach, dropsi-
cal swellings, back ache dark and offensive
fluids, premoturely impaired eyesight, loss
of strength and energy occur, for they I'M
promptly arrested.s
"Yes, stree, every cent needed for the
pedestal will be raised. OF course it will
be great triumph for the World, but
would it not have been an eternal disgrace
had our people failed to provide for this
pedestal!"