River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-07-02
BARTHoLDps BIG GIRL.
Tho Prejudiees Met Bya canvasser for the
Pedestal Fund.

The Bartholdi pedestalfu is nearly
complete. The statue has arrived and
soon New York harbor will be graced
by the most magnificent olossatstatde
the world has ever seen. a.
'Liberty Enlightening tire World!
What "A priceless blessing personal
liberty is. # is the shrine at which
people, ground under the heel OF
| tyranny in he older worlds, worship
with a ferveney that Americans can
scarcely realize; it is a principle Tor
which Nihiists willingly die the death
of dogs and fit and proper lt Is that
at the very entrance of the Bay Of New
York this emblematic statue should
hush q welcome to the world.
The press IL entitled 70 the credit OF
this achievement. Mr. Philip Beers,
who has been making circuit Of the
country on behalfof the Pedestal fund,
says that the fund will certainly be
raised, as the World does not know the
word fail
Mr.. Beers says that he has found the
most pronounced generosity among
those of foreign birth They seem
/ more appreciative OF liberty than do
our native born. Moreover; among
some a strange prejudice seems to eX-
ist
"Prejudice? In what PARTICULAR
81 have ever found that however mer-
itorious a thing may be, thousands Of
people will inevitably be prejudiced
against it. i have spent most OF my
life on the road and know the Amer
lean people like a book In 1870 o
personal misfortune illustrated this
prevailing prejudice. | was very i'll,
had suffered for several years with
headache, tickle appetite, dreadful back
ache, cramps, hot head, cold hands
and feet and a general break down OF
the system. dragged myself back to
New York, seeking the best profession
al treatment. 1t so happens that
among my relatives is a distinguished
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
professional wisdom is pretense. You
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
thepont, for it was bright's disease of
kidneys which had Frustrated me, and
| the schoolmen 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 prep
aration. Had President Rutter, of
| the Central-Iludson used it, am GER
tain he would be alive to-day, for he
could not have been in a worse condi-
ton then | was
II have found similar prejudices
among all classes concerning even so
laudable II scheme as this pedesta
/ fund"
/ Mr.. Beers experience and the recent
death of President Rutter, of the
Central-Huds0n railroad, of an ex-
treme 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 Dir Willard Parker says, head
ache, sickness OF the stomach, drop
steal swelings, back ache dark and
offensive fluids, prematurely impaired
4 eyesight, loss of strength and energy
occur, for they unmisakably indicate a
fatal result, ii not promptly arrested.
! ''Ncs, Stree, every cent needed for the
! pedestal will be raised. OF course it
will be great triumph for the World,
/ but would it not have been an eternal
disgrace had our people failed to pro
4 vide for this pedestal?"