St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-07-04
RARrHoLpl,s BIG GIRL.
The Prejudices 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;
81 6 Liberty Enlightenfng the World"
What priceless blessing personal liberty
is. 1t is the shrine at which people, ground
under the heel of tyranny in the Older
worlds, worship 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
Now York this emblematic statue should
flash 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 H0Ftd
does not know the word fail.
Mr.. Beers says that he has found the
! most pronounced generosity among those
of foreign birth. They seem more appfecl-
alive of liberty than do our native born.
| Moreover, among some a strange prejudice
seems to exist.
~Preiudice? In what PARTICULAR"
81 have ever found that however merito-
| rious a thing may be, thousands of people
| will inevitably be prejudiced against it, !
| have spent most of my life on the road and
| l know the American people like book,
| In 1879 personal misfortune illustrated
/ this prevailing prejudice. l was very
! ill, had suffered for several years
| with headache, tickle appetite, dread.
/ full back ache, cramps, hot head cold
| hands and feet and a general break down
! of the system. dragged myself back to
New York, seeking the best professional
treatment. 1t SO happens that among my
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 you?H
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 1873
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. Hac
| President Rutter, Of the Central Hudson
used it, am certain that he would be alive
to-day, for he could not have been IN
worse condition than ] was"
81 have found similar prejudlces among
all classes concerning even SO 1audahle
scheme as this pedestal fund"
Mr. Beers's experience and the recon
death of President Rutter, of the Central
Hudson railroad, of an extreme kidney
disorder, proves that the physicians hav'
no real power over such diseases, and in
dictates the only course one should pursu
is. as the late DR.. Willard Parker says
headache, sickness of the stomach, dropsi
cal swellings, back ache, dark and offensiv
} fluids, prematurely impaired eyesight, los
of strength and energy occur, for they I'm
mistakably indicate fatal result, II no
promptly arrested.S
, pedestal will be raised. OF course it vii
be great triumph for the World, bu
would it not have been an eternal disgrac
had orr people failed to provide for thi
pedestal:"