Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-23
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The Prelndicea Met ~ q Canvasser Scr ehe
The Bartholdi pedestal fund i nearly COM
pleta The statue has arrived and soon New
York harbor WIN be graced BY the most mag
niiicent colossal statue the world hiss ever sen.
Liberty Enlightening the W0rldF What
priceless blessing personal liberty IS lt -
the shrine at which people, ground under the
heel of tyranny In the older worlds, worship
with fervency that Americans can scarcely
realize; il Is q principle for which Ninillsss
willingly die the death or dogs; and nc and
proper Il is that at the very entrance Of tho
Bay Of New York this emblematic statue
should flash q welcome 60 the world.
The press Is entitled to the credit Of this
achievement Mr.. Ph1llp Beers, VINO mas
been making a circuit OF the country on be-
half OF the Pedestal fund, says that the fund
win certainly be raised, ID the World does
not know the word fail
Mr. Beers says that he has found the most
pronounced generosity among those Of for
eign birth. They seem more aplseciatve OF
liberty than do our native born. Moreover,
among some strange prejudlce seenas % ex-
ist
s'Prejudicei In what particularF'
81 have ever found that however merito-
rious . thing may be- thousands OF people
have spent most Of my life on the road and
know the American people like . book In
1879 . personal misfortune illustrated this
prevailing prejudice was very III, had SUIT
fered for several years with headache. tickle
appetite, dreadful backache, cramps, hot
head, cold hands and feet and . general break
down OF the system. dragged
myself back to New York, seeking
the best professional treatment IL so
happens that among my relatives Is dis
tinguished physician who upbraided me
ioundly for preaching so much about my
own case. Finally, with some spirit, re-
marked to him:
"'Sir, you know that much OF your pro-
fessional wisdom is pretense. You are con-
trolled by prejudice You cannot reach case
like mine and you know it, can your
al had him; and he finally conceded the
point, for it was bright's disease OF the kid
neys which had FRUSTRATED me, and the school
men admit they cannot cure il. 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 prepare
ton 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 | was"
II have found similar prejudices among all
classes concerning even so laudable scheme
as this pedestal fund"
Mr. Beersis 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 one should pursue If, as the
late DIR. Willard Parker says, head
ache, sickness of the stomach, dropsi-
cal swellings, back ache dark and
offensive fluids, prematurely impaired eye
sight, loss of strength and energy occur, for
they Enthusiastically indicate fatal result, II
not promptly arrested.
eyes, stree. every cent needed for the pe-
deStal 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 pedestalG"