Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-09-17
BIG GIRL.
The Prejudice net By a
for the Pedestal TuR&.

The Bartholdi pedestal fund is nearly
complete. The statue has arrived and
soon New York harbor will be graced
by the most magnificent colossal statae
the world has egsr een
Liberty Enlightening the Worl y
What a 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
i%ervency that Americans can scarcely
realize; it Is a principle for which Mini
lsts willingly die the death of dogs; anu
fit and proper it Is that at the very en-
trace of the bay of New York this en-
blematic statue should flash a welcosle
10 the world.
The press is entitled to the credit of
this achievement. Mr., Phillip Beers. who
he's been making a circuit of the coun-
toy on behalf of the Pedestal fund, says
that the fund will certainly be raised,
IS the World does not know the WORD
fad.
Mr.. Beers says that he has found the
most pronounced generosity among
those of foreign birth. TAey seem more
appreciative of liberty than do our ma
tvs born. Moreover. among some a
strange prejudice seems to exist.
Prejudice? In what particular"
- have ever found that however
m~eritorioGs a thing may be, thousands
of people will inevitably be %prejudiced
against it. l have spent most of my
llfe on the road and | know the AmerI-
can people like a book In 1879 a per-
sonal misfortune illustrated this pre-
vailing prejudice. | was very i'll, had
suffered for several years with head
ache, tickle appetite, dreadful b~ackache,
cramps, hot head, cold hands and feet
and a general break down of the sys-
tenn. | 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 preach
ing so much about my own case. Fin
ally, with some spirit, l remarkeS 20
aim:
"'Sir, you know that much of your
professional wisdom is pretense. Yoa
are controlled by prejudice. You can
not reach q case like mine and you
know it, can your"
II 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 cannot
cure it. Having cured myself, how
ever, Ia 1879, and not having seen a sick
day since, my relative finally admitted
that Warmers safe cure, which accom-
plished this result, was really a o
derful preparation, Had Preside
Rutter, of the Central Hudson used it,
| am certain he would be alive to-day,
for he could not have been in a werse
condition then / was"
II have found similar prejudices
among all classes concerning even SO
lausasle a scheme IS this pedestal
fund"
Mr.. Beers experience and the recent
death of President Rutter, Of the Gem
trail. Hudson railroad, Of an extreme
kidney disorder, proves that the ply
sicisns have no real power over such
diseases, and indicates the only course
one should pursue if, as the late DR..
Willard Parker says, headache, sick
mesa Of the stomach, dropsical swell
ings, back ache, dark and offensig We
fluids, p~rematurely impaired eye-sight.
loss of strength and energy occur, for
they Enthusiastically Indicate a fatal re-
suit, if not promptly arrested.
Yes, stree, every cent needed for
The pedestal will be raised. or course
it will be great triumph for the World.
but would it not have been an eternal
disgrace had our people failed to pro-
vide for this pedsstal?'