Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-15
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ne PreIndires sIes g 2 Capvhsser Ter tbe
The Barth0ldi pedestal fund Is nearly CON.
plete. The statue has arrived and soon New
York harbor win be grac8d by the most mar.
nikicent colossal statue the world has ever seen
Liberty Enlightening the Worldf What
. priceless blessing personal liberty Is II b
the shrine at which people, ground under the
heel Of tyranny in tbs older worlds. worship
with feryency that Americans can scarcely
realize. IL Is principle for which Nihilisfs
willingly die the dBath OF dogs; and fit and
proper Il Is that At the very entrance Of the
Bay cf New York this emblematic statue
should flash a welcome to the world
The press 10 entitled 70 the credit Of this
achievemenk Mr. Philip Beers, who has
been making circuit Of the country on be
half OF the Pedestal fund, says that the fund
VIII certainly be raised, as the World does
not know the word fail
Dir. Beers says that ne has found the most
pronounced generosity among those OF for
eign birth. They seem more appreciative of
liberty than do our native born. Moreover,
among some strange prejudice seems 70 ex-
"Prejudicei In what Particular
Il have ever found that however merito-
rious a thing may be, thousands of people
win inevitably be prejudiced against it.
have spent most Of my life on the road and !
know the American people like a book Il
1879 a personal misfortune illustrated this
prevailing prejudice. / was very i'll, had suf-
fered for several years with headache, tickle
appetite, dreadful backache, cramps, hot
head, cold hands and feet and general break
down OF the system. l dragged
myself back to New York, seeking
the best professional treatment 1t SO
happens that among my relatives is a dis
tinguished physician who upbraided 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
fessional wisdom is pretense You are con-
trolled by prejudice. You cannot 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 kid
news which had prostrated me, and the school,
men admit they cannot cure it, 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 prepara-
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 a
worse condition than / was"
II have found similar prejudices among all
classes concerning even so laudable a scheme
as this pedestal fund. y
Mr., BeeTs'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 one should pursue if, as the
late Dr. Willard Parker says, head
ache, sickness of the stomach, dropsi-
cal swellings, back ache, dark and
offensive fluids. prematurely impaired eye
tight, loss of strength and energy occur, for
hey Enthusiastically indicate a fatal result, il
not promptly arrested.
eyes, stree, every cent needed for the pc
aestal will be raised OF course it will be
great triumph for the World, but would it
aot have been an eternal disgrace had our
people failed to provide for this pedestalr