Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-07-03
BARTH0LDrS BIG GIRL.
The Prejudice Met BY . Canvas
for the Pedestal Fund.

for the Pedestal Fund.
The Bartholdi PEDESTAL fund is naarlv
complete. The statue has arrived and
soon New Ysrk harbor will be gracsd
| by the most magnificent colossal statue
the world has ever seen.
Liberty Enlightsning the Wor; .
What priceless blessing personal
! i6erty is. It is the shrine at which
people, ground under the heel Of tyranny
IN the elder worlds, worship with a
'ervsncy that Americans can scarcely
rsailzs; 1t Is a principle for which Nihii.
lsts willingly die the death Of dogs: ana
MT and proper it Is that at the very en-
trasce of the bay OF New York this EN-
blsmatic statue should flash q welcome
10 the world.
The press is entitled to the credit OF
this achievement. Mr.. Phillip Beers. who
has been making 3 circuit of the couu-
tyy on behalf of the PEDESTAL fund. SAWS
that the fund will certainly be raised,
rs the World does not know the word
fad.
Mr.. Beers says that he has found the
most pronounced generosity amopg
those of foreign birth. They seem more
appreciative of liberty than do our ma
tive born. Moreover. among some q
SAAshSS SSSI1S TO GAlSI.
Prejudice? In what Particular"
II have ever found that however
merltorlous thing may he, thousands
OF people will inevitably be preiudicea
against it. have spent most of my
lite on the road and know the Ameri-
can people like a book In 1879 per.
sonal misfortune illustrated this pre-
YaIiing prejudice. / was very i'll, had
suffered for several years with head
ache. tickle appetite. dreadful backsche,
cramps, hot head, cold hands and feet
and general break down of the sys-
tenn. dragged myself back to Now
York, seeking the best professional
treatment. 1t so happens that among
my relatives is q distinguished physician
who upbraided me roundly for preach.
ing so much ahnnt nav own case Fin
ally, with some spirit, l remarked TO
him:
Sir, You know that much of your
professional wisdom is pretense. Yok
are controlled by prejudice. You can
not reach case like mine and you
know it, can your
Il had kim: 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 eured myself, how
ever, IN 1875, and not having seen a sick
day since, my relative finally admitted
that Warmers safe cure, which accom-
pllShed this result, was really won
derful preparation. Had PrSsidest
Rutter, of the Central Hudson used il,
am certain he would be alive to-day,
for he could not have been in q verse
condition then l WAS"
Il have found similar preiudicss
among all classes concerning even so
laudahle a scheme as this pedestal
fund"
Mr.. Beers experience and the recent
death of President Rutter, of the Cen
trail Hudson railroad, of an extreme
kidney disorder, proves that the ply
sicians have no real power over such
diseases, and indicates the only course
one should pursue If, as the late DIR.
Willard Parker says, headache, sick.
ness of the stomach, dropsical swell
ings, back ache, dark and offensive
fluids, prematurely impaired eye-sight.
loss of strength and energy occur, for,
they Enthusiastically indicate fatal re-
suit, if not promptly arrested.
Yes, Stree, every cont needed for
the pedestal will be raised. OF course
it will be a greaS triumph for the World.
but would it not have been an eternal
disgrace had our people failed to pro-
vide for this pedestal?"