Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-21
Our Free lunch.

Suicide may or may not be regard
ded by DR.. Hammond as proof Of en-
otional or delusive insanity, pun
ishable, as in the olden time. by men,
ory linked with disgrace, and a grave
where four crossroads met together.
There have not been wanting men Of
intellect, among whom may be men,
toned Provost Paradol, the accomplish
ed Frenck Minister, who put his thee
ry into practice but too well, who
could write treatise in defense of this
crime against nature and the majesty
Of Heaven. IN France it is regarded
as al everyday occurrence. met by
shru9 OF the shoulders and an ingenu-
Gus ''n 'importo = and the muddy Wa
tors OF the Thames seldom Steep be-
meath the dusky pail Of night without
gathering to their fostering bosom the
cone more unfortunate" of city's
sins. But it is a startling fact that in
our broad land, where the sun ever
shines, and there is work for all, that
the mornin- paper IS never complete
without its suicide, and the teiegraphic
wires never weary Of telling their tales
Of unrcquiteI love, wc"riei life, van
ishcd hope. and the like. Must we
seek fora solution Of this mystery in
the never-ending haste which charac-
terlzes our people to get rich Does
our climate produce 4 tendency to hor-
rlble Imaginings. or are amusements
too rare upon the sunny side Of our So
cial life! Paris Is the city Of gayety,
and yet her children weary Of lie more
than others. London listens TO the un-
ceasing wheels of labor, and she too
grows weary and seeks rest beneath the
dark, flowing river Can the meta
physician or the doctor skilled in all
the wayward tancies of tue human
mind not assign cause for this grew
ing moral disease! Suicide Is the child
Of modern birth. a century ago it
was scarcely known. Our great grand
fathers plodded their simpler way, un-
knowing the thousand and one secrets
now patent to the multitude There
is something, therefore, ''rotten in the
State Of Denmark" and where shall
we find Its cause! We can think of one
great lever, and that we regret to say
must be looked for in the press Take
the daily and weekly literature Of to-
day and compare it with the few solid
books which stood upon the shelf of
long ago, and perhaps there may BE-
found one serpant which twincs its sli-.
my coils around the heart Of yaaa.h,.
The mysteries Of science are DOW de-
graded, under the cover. CT popular
knowledge, into the form of sstch.works-
as ''Passion in its Relation 20 kesl,h;"
the beauty and divinity of'i6ve are
degraded on every book stall in
to the draped aad insiaious form of
last. The lnsnd Of youth Is being poi
soned day by day, tAe soul turned from
the heasshsul path and above the mass ;.
OF pollution which gluts the national
press the horrible face of Meph.staph--
cles is griuains with satanic ieer. Sui
eide is born of unhealthy mental &C,
ton: unhealthy mental action comes
from imitation, dreamings, and unholy,
thought. Save the mind and you save
the body. Parity the channels of rea-
SON. beauty the myA.sRt Of LIE, shed
abroad above the uaayersal soul the
peace shss comes from hope that sh;nea.
above she Rock of Aees, and the peo-
pie Of this apd shall bend in submis-
sion before the DEGREES Of Heaven, and
suicide be known no mara>-lnter--,
Ocean.
-ReueBaber thy Cre estor in the daSa,
Of thy youth.