, 1870-03-20
ATTEMPTED sulclDE.
A Crazy Bohemian Twice Thruvs Himself Be-
fore Approaching Locomotives, bat
Calamity Rescued Each Time.

The American people arc provcrhial for their
lore Of money getting. The pursuit Of wealth to
your true Yankee L followed with crthustAsm.
Yet It's less Is = matter Of supreme Indifference
The secret OF the American character Il Illustrated
most profoundly In that saying OF wealthy New
York merchant, after he had retired from buhiness:
"The only pleasure ever had In my life was In
making money. The spending OF 1t Is too tame an
affair.""
Foreigners delight in hoa1ding money, and real
izc substantial pleasure In the very fact Of Its
possession The emtgranta who land at Castle
Garden, OF the better Glars Of them, generally
bring nong .hr hoardinEs Of q lifetime, and think
much less Of the ltfe this money Is meant to sus-
tain than Of the money that sassatnslL
s 81 a.; fSs n Rsss
bound for kansat. lie Started from New York,
with few hundred dollars, and while q. route hts
mensy Mas s, stoen frUm 1n TIE poes 'elloM da
Chicago, when, feeling In the accustomed place tor
his precious treasure, he discovered It to be gone.
The poor fellow couldn't believe his senses He
took one hand away from his bosom, and put
another there. Then he put up both hands TO-
gcthcr. Then he sat like one dumbfounded. Then
he took hs bands sowly away and fels In al his
impossible pisces Then he turned his pockets
inside ont and wrunR them Then he took on his
has hnd boots, and felt al through them But It
WAS OF no use+ The money WIS gone. And All the
Boncmtans Kansas dreams, with acres Of land,
and abundance anu Independence, fell TO tho
Rfrund- ..... ..-....
conductor snourcL cut Is Chicaso." So stUl, IN
deed, that some Of nl1 gclow.sAssenRers noticed
It. Some spoke to him: but no answer was re.
turned. lie only etAred cut at the window, and
never Altered his sttn an1 unnatural position,
Then the passengers, one BY one Eos out Still
the Bohemian never moved Finally the last pas
RenEer had LEFT the car, and the brakeman came
through Observing the bohemian sitting Inere.
The brakeman went up to him and said: II Come,
Jon must get out. This Is no rlsce 70 loaf!"
TIC bohemian TUNED around and looked u him,
got uC, and walked out TO the platform; there he
searched his pockets again. With the came result a
at INST. &c then SUI up, walked very deliberately
70 the ra1road uack7 aud lid himself directly 10
the engineer, there would have been bnt little left
Of The unfortunate Bohemian, had IT not bern for
.crne railroad employea Two Of these, John Al
len and Bill Sanghtcn, observing his critical CON
lition, 1an to his Fescuc, snl snAtched him from
| the srry jaws Of death, the engine brushing the
hats Of these gentlemen on, ana acfHpng Hga,ns1
the Bohemian IN vs unsgnus ,sd mfa5sI RnSsm,,,
/ drunk Questioning him, this was discovered NOT
| to be the Tact FYna1y, after questioning htn fol
ahous half an hour, Naughtcn and Allen discov.
l cred that the man had lost his money, md had
| gone crazy In consequence Of Il They offered
| htn quarter, all the money they had, TO ensblt
him to grt something to eaL This he refused and
sha fon sn ns d d6wn nj
another advancing locomotive, tnia time With some
effect The engine struck ht1. knocked him fro1r
| the tracf, and tore quite piece from hts ann
WIS 1as let q nim con,eyct 1n i sne 9g Hosr,sL
| NauShtcn and Alien were comrumented By ht
! ot1cern OF the company for their gallant attemp
| at nssing thclr own-hAa to rcseuc the NE Of 1
/ fe1ow-crtatutt-
II tne Bohernlan had ucrcr had any money 4
csc he would never have felt 30 bad nj 1ostnG It
II he hadn't LOST any money. Naashseps m ana A4s,
their yalor, or received the THINKS OF their supe
| tiors Al such display OF couEagc