The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-07-11
sARrRoLpl's BIO GIRL.
The Prsiudiees Met By e canvasssf for
 the pedeatal Fund.

The BaEtholdi pedestal fund js nearly complete. The statue has arrived and soon New York haIhor will be Hraced by the most magnificent colossal statue the world has ever seen.
 Liberty Enlghtenlng the World [" WhAt . priceless blessing personal liberty is, lt is the shrine at which people, ground under the heel of tyranny in the older worlds. wossAip with a feTVency that Americans can scarcely Fealiie ;it is principle for which NiAilists willingly die the death of dogs and 6, and proper it is that al the very entrance of the Hay oi New Yosk this emblematic statue should Hash . welcome to the world.
 The press is entitled to the credit of this achievement. ME. Phillip Beers, who has been making a circuit os the country on behalf of the Pedestal fund, says that the fund will certainly be raised, aS the Hev!1 does not know the word fsik
 Mir. Beers says that he has found the most pronounced generosity among those of foreign birth, They seem more ap- rsecia.ive ct lihersy than do nnr native born. Moreover, among some . strange prejudice seems 10 exist.
 Prejudice ln what particular r'
 "l have ever found that however meE- i,orious thing may be, thousands of people will inevitably be prejudicsd against h. have spent most of my lise on the road and know the American people like a book ln 1879 a personai misfortune illustrated this prevailing pre- Judice. was very ill. had suffered tor several years with headache, hckle appe. tite. dreadful baekache. cramps, hc, head. co.a hand: ard .ee: ..A general A.e:s down ot the system. dragged myself back to New York, seeking the bes, pro- fessional treatmeat. It 90 happens that amoaE my relatives Is distinguished physician who upbTAlded me roundly for preaching 90 much about my own case. Finally, with some spirit, l remarked to him:
 " Sir, you know tha, much oi your professional wisdom is pIe,ense. You are controlled by prejudice, You cannot reach case like mine and you know It. can youf'"
 "l had him and he hnally conceded the point. for h was brights disease of the kidneys which had ptosuated me, and the .chool-men admit they cannot eurv h. Having cured myself, however, in 1879 and not having seen a sick day since, my relative finally admitted that Warmers safe cure. which accom- plished this result was really wonderful prepaE. alton. Had President Rut,eT, Of the Gen. uAl- Hudson used it, am certain he >cald he alive to-day. lns he onuld not have been In q worse condition than 1 was."
 "i have found similar prejudlces among all classes concerning even SO laudable a scheme as this pedestal iund."
 ME. Beers's experience and the recent death of President Ku,,er, of the Central Hudson railroad, of an extreme kidaey disorder, proves that the physlciAns have no real power over such diseases, And in- dica,es the only course one should pur- sue fl. ss the late Dr. Willard Parker says, headache, sickness of the stomach, drop sieal swellings, back ache, dark and oi- iensivs fluids, prematurely impaired eye sight, loss of strength snd energy occur, for they unmistakably indicate q fatal result, if no, promptly arrested.
 "Yes, sir-ee, every cent needed for the pedestal will be raised. Oi course it will be a gIeat triumph foS the Hiovka, sss would it DO, have been an eternal dis- grace had our people failed to provide for this pedestal r"