Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1885-07-15
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m ,,,, ppdGrtnl Fund. '' '"'
Inc bnrtholll pedestal fund Is nearly com.
Plete The statue has arrived and soon New
YORK harbor will be grnce1 by the most mag.
hiiicont colossal statue the world has over seen
Liberty Lnllghtening the WorldN What
priceless blessing personal liberty is, II is
the Shrine at which people, ground under the
heol OF tyranny in tho older worlds worship
with fervency that Americans can scarcely
reaiizei 1t Is principle for which Nihilists
willingly die the death of dogs; and fit and
proper IT Is that at the very entrance of tho
Bay OF New York this embematc statue
should flash a welcome to the world.
inc press Is entitled to the credit of this
achievement. Mr., Philip Beers, who has
been making a circuit OF Che country on be-
half of the Pedestal fund, says that the fund
VIII certainly be raised, as tho IVorld does
not know the word fail.
Mr. Beers says that ho has found the most
pronounced generosity among those of for.
eign birth. They seem moro appreciative of
liberty than do our native born. Moreover
among some strange prejudice seems to OK.
LIT.
'"Prtjudicoi In what particularly
=, Il nave ever found thnt nowover hnerito.
rious thing may be, thousands of people
viii inevitably DO pr6judcod against it.
nave spent most OF my life on the road and
know tho American people like book In
1871 personal misfortune illustrated this
prevailing prejudice. | WINS very i'll, had suf.
Tered for several years with headache, fclslo
appeute,, dreadful backache, cramps, hot
head, cold hands and foot and general break
down Of tho system. I dragged
myself buck to New York, seeking
tho best professional treatment 1t 50
happens that among my relatives Is dis.
tngulshed physician who upbraded me
roundly for preaching so much about my
own case. Finally, with some spirit re.
marked to him:
Sir YOU know that much of your pro-
iessional wisdom 10 pretensc. You are con-
ttrolled by prejudice. You cannot reach case
like mine and you know it, can your"
II had him; and he finally conceded the
point for 1t was bright's disease of the kid.
neys which had Frustrated me- and the school.
men admit they cannot cure it. Having cured
myself, however, in 1879, and not having seen
q SICK day since, my relative finally admitted
mat warmers safe euro, which accomplished
TINS result, was really wonderful prepara-
ZION. Had President Rutter, of the Central.
hudson used 1t, l am certain he would DO
alive to-day, for he could not have been in q
worse condition than was"
u have found similar prejudces among all
classes concerning even SO laudable 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 ono should pursue IL, as the
late DR.. Willard Parker says head.
ache, sickness of the stomach, dropsi.
cal swellings back ache, dark and
offensive fluids, prematurcly impaired eve.
sight, loss of strength and energy occur, for
they Enthusiastically Indicate fatal result, il
not promptly arrested
Yes, stree, every cent needed for tho ne.
destal will DO raised OF course it will be a
great triumph for tho World but would it
not have been an eternal disgrace had our
people failed to provide for this pedsstalf