Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-14
BARTHOLDI'S BIG GIRL.
The Prejudices Met by n Canvasser for the
Pedestal Fund,

Pedestal Fund.
The Bsrtholdi pedestal fund is nearly
complete. The statue has arrived aud soon
New York harbor will be graced by the
most magnificent colossal statue the world
has ever seen.
Liberty Enlightening the World What
priceless blessing personal liberty s 1t
is the shrine al which people, ground under
the heel OF tyranny IN The older worlds,
worship with tervenGy that Americans can
scarcely realize; ii is principle for which
Nihillsts willingly die The death OF dogs;
and fit and proper ii is that al the very en-
trance of the Bay Of New York this en-
blueat statue should flash welcome 10 the
world.
The press is entitled to the credit OF this
achievement. Mr.. Philip Beers, who has
been making circuit OF he country on BE-
halt of the Pedestal fund, says that the fund
will certainly be raised, as the World does
loI know the word fail
Mr.. Beers says that he has found the
most pronounced generosity among those
ot foreign birth They seem more a9pre-
cia,lve OF liberty than DO our native b)cn.
Morrow among some strange prejudice
seems TO exist
Prejudice? In what particular
VI have ever found that however meritori
GUS thing may be, thousands OF people
will inevitably be prejudiced against it.
have spent most OF my life on the road and
| know the American people like q book.
In 1919 personal misfortune illustrated
his prevailing prejudice. | was very i'll,
had suffered for several years with head
ache, tickle appetite, dreadful bachache,
cramps, hot head, cold hands and feet and
general bre down OF the syste,u
dragged myself back to New York, seeking
the best professional treatment. It 20 hap
pens hat among my relatives 10 distiu-
guished physician VINO upbraided me round,
Iy Tor preaching 80 much about my own
case Finally with some spirit, remark |
10 him:
Sir. you know that much of your pro
fessioual wisdom is pretense. You are con
troled by prejudice, You cannot reach a
case ike mine and you know it. can your -
Il had him; and he finally conceded the
point, for it was Brlghts Disease Of the
Kidneys which had Frustrated me, and the
sCuOOIuleu auhIl luCJ Sa1uOI SuiC lL' Ao'-
ing cured myself however, in 1879, and
not having seen sick day since, my rela.
lives finally admitted thai Warmers Safe
Cure which accomplished this result, was
really a wonderful preparation Had Pres
dent Rutter, OF the Central Hudson used
II, | am certain he would be alive today,
Tor he could not have been in worse con-
dition than | was
81 have found similar prejuiices smong
all classes concerning even so laudabe u
scheme as this pedestal fund.
Mr.. Beers experience and the recent
Heath OF President Rutter, OF the Central
Hudson railroad, OF an extreme kidney dis
order. proves that the physicians have no
-ral power over such Diseases, and indicates
he only course one should pursue If, as the
ate lDr. Willard Parker says, headache
>ickness of the stomach dropsicai s"e!liGgs
.ack ache, dark and offensive fluids prema
urtlY impaired eyesight, loss OF strength and
mercy occur, for they unmistak4bly indi
cate q fatal result, ii NOT promptly arrested.
"Ies, stree, every cent needed for the pc
iestal will be raised OF course it will be a
.leat triumph for the World, but would it
OF have been an eternal disgrace had our
people failed to provide for this pedestal?