Huntsville gazette., 1885-07-04
eARTHoLDI's BIG GIRL.
Tho Pre]udices Met BY Canvasser Tor tne
Pedestal Fund.


The Bartholdi pedestal fund is nearly
complete. The statue has arrived ana
soon New York harbor will be graced
Nv the most magnificent colossal
statue the world has ever seen:
"Libertv Enlightening the World :"
What priceless blessing personal liberty
is. 1t is the shrine at which people, ground
under the heel Of tyranny in the older
worlds, worship with fervency that
Americans can scarcely realize; it is a
principle for which Nihilists willingly DIE
the death of dogs; and fit and proper 1t Is
that at the very entrance OF the bay OF
New York this emblematic statue shoulo
flash welcome to the world.
The press is entitled to the credlt OF Ghls
achievement. Mr.. Philip Beers, wno mas
been making a circuit OF the country Oh
behalf Of the Pedestal fund, says tnaG tne
fund will certainly be raised, as the W0Ttd
does not know the word fail.
Mr.. Beers says that he has found the
most pronounced generosity among thoss
of foreign birth. They seem more apprecl-
ative of liberty than do our native porn.
Moreover. among some strange prejudice
seems to exist. -,
"Preiudice! In what particularW
81 have ever found that however merlto-
rious a thing may be, thousands of people
| will inevitably be prejudiced against 1t. !
have spent most of my life on the road ana
L
In 1879 a personal misfortune illustrated
this prevailing prejudice. l was very
| in. had suffered for several years
| with headache, tickle appetite, dread,
| full back ache, cramps, hot head, colo
| hands and feet and general break doWn
of the system. dragged myself PACK tG
| New York, seeking the best professlonal
| treatment. It so happens that among my
relatives is a distinguished physician who
upbraided me roundly for preaching
| SO much about my own case Flnally
| with some spirit, l remarked to him
"sSir, you know that much of your pro
fessional wisdom IS pretense. You art t
| reach case like mine and you know 1t
| can your"
~ had him; and he finally conceded tht
point. for it was bright's disease OF thu
| kidneys which had Frustrated me, ana th'
schoo1men admit they can not cure 1T
| Having cured myself, however, IN 1879
| and not having seen sick day since, my
| relative finally admitted that Warner
| safe cure, which accomplished this result
| was really wonderful preparation. Hat
| President Rutter, Of the Centra! Hudson
| used it, am certain that he would be al1v
| to-day, for he could not have been IN
| worse condition than l was"
| 81 have found similar prejudlces among
| all classes concerning even SO laudable
| scheme as this pedestal fund"
Mr. Beers's experience and the recen
! death of President Rutter, of the Central
| Hudson railroad, of an extreme kldne.
| disorder, proves that the physicians hav
no real power over such diseases, and in
| dicates the only course one should pursu
is, as the late DR.. Willard Parker says
headache, sickness of the stomach, dropsi
cal swellings, back ache, dark and offensiv
| finds. prematurely impaired eyeslght, los
| of strength and energy occur, for they un
mistakably indicate fatal result, if no
promptly arrested.c
Eyes, stree, every cent needed for tn
| pedestal will be raised. Of course it vii
be great triumph for the World, bu
| would it not have been an eternal disgrac
| had orr people failed to provide for thi
| pedestal?n