The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-08-14
BARTH0LDI'S BIG GIRL.
The Prejudices Met by n Canvasser
Fer the Pedestal Fund,

The Bartholdi Pedestal Fund is nearly
complete. The statue has arrived and
soon New York Harbor will be yraced
by the most magnificent colossal statue
the world has ever seen.
Liberty Enlightening the World"
What a priceless blessing personal
liberty is. I. 1t is the shrine at which
people, ground under the heel of tyranny
in the older worlds, worship with q
fervency that Americans can scarcely
realize; it is q principle for which
Nihilists willingly die the death of dogs (;
and fit and proper il is that at the very
entrance Of the Bay of New York this
emblematic statue should flash q well
come to the world.
The press is entitled to the credit OF
this achievement. Mr.. Philip Beers, who
has been making circuit of the coun.
try on behalf 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 foreign birth. They seem more ap.
preciative of liberty than do our native
born. Moreover, among some strange
prejudice seems to exist.
prejudice In what particular
az have ever found that however
meritorious q thing may be, thousands
of people will inevitably be prejudiced
against it. have spent most of my life
on the road and know the American
people like book In 1879 personal
misfortune illustrated this prevailing
prejudice. l was very i'll, had suffered
for several years with headache, tickle
appetite, dreadful backache, cramps,
hot head, cold hands and feet, and a
general break down of the system. /
dragged myself back to New York, seek
ing the best professional treatment. 1t
30 happens that among my relatives is
q distinguished physician who up
braided me roundly for preaching so
much about my own case. Finally,
with some spirit, remarked to him -
Sir, you know that much of your
professional wisdom is pretense. You
are controlled by prejudice. You can
not reach a case like mine and you know
it, can you p"
81 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 prep
aration. Had President Rutter, of the
Central Hudson, used it, am certain he
would be alive to-day, for he could not
have been in worse condition than I
was"
az have found similar prejudices
among all classes concerning even so
laudable 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, ard
indicates the only course one should
pursue if, as the late DIR. Willard Parker
says, headache, sickness Of the stomach.
dropsical swellings, backache, dark and
offensive fluids, prematurely impaired
eyesight, loss of strength and energy
occur, for they Enthusiastically indicate
q fatal result, if not promptly arrested.
Yes, stree, every cent needed for
the pedestal will be raised. Of course
it will be great triumph for the World,
but would 1t not have been an eternal
disgrace had our people failed to provide
for this pedestal