New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-08-21
few words of advice to people contemplating

few words of advice to people contemplating
suicide. In the first place-dont. In the second
place. if you insist upon it, take yourself Oft with as
little display and as much regard for other peoples
feelings as possible. Don't write cruel or mawkish
letters which only wiring the hearts OF those you
leave behind YOU Remember that it is not at all
an honorable or a heroic thing to take your own life
and that while it may require a certain degree OF
animal courage it is courage of the baser sort Dis
miss from your mind all anticipation of the ssnsa-
ton your exit is to create and the talk there will
be about it in the newspapers. You will not be here
to witness the commOtiOn you make if there is any,
and in the aud where You stand an excellent chance
of going there are newspapers, or if there are
any, there is Poland law perpetually in force. If
you persist in going about, tired OF ifo and COM
planning that nobody loves you your best way of
managing the final catastrophe will be to make 1T
appear that somebody got desperate at your non
sense and drowned you in selfdefense, or disposed
of you in some way with any convenient fre-arm
IL YOU are sincere in your wish to ford the Styx this
will accomplish your purpose and the effect OH the
public mind will be much healthier than if you had
paid epistoary farewes to all the world and shuled
of after the stereotyped fashion.
It is rather an absurd thing that there should be
a split in the Id Vermont District and none in the
Judge Poland have reason for their action, and
although they are not likely to defeat him, yet
their attitude will be warning against crowding
such men down the throats Of honest citizens in the
future. But if there ought to be bolt against
Poland in the lid District there is certainly greater
reason for having one for Willard IN the LIST. Mr.
Willard was one of the very best and safest men in
the present Congress. He aroused some dissatsfac-
ton in his district by not insisting vigorously on
the application Of the Civil Service rules when a
newspaper editor wanted q pOst-office, and he
doubtless damaged himself still more by relying on
his general record and failing to take care of the
primaries All the iobbers and, in particular. q
former Congressman, now turned lobbyist, were
dead against him. and although he had plenty of
force it was not organized, and in the Convention
proved powerless against the thoroughly organized
and determined efforts of his interested opponents
II is the old, old story. II the best men will not
make vigorous personal effort to secure good can
didates they may be that the other sort will.
II appears to be the conviction of the novests,
that the more careless you of a womans feelings
the better she likes you. But it isn't safe to
trust to that rule in real life. 1t was especially
safe for young Australian, who lately becoming
engaged to q charming lasse in the up-country
took her by stage down to Melbourne, where the
wedding ceremony was to be performed. He had
perhaps been reading Jane Eyre" at any rate, he
put the young lady inside with the other
passengers while he sat on the box with the driver
all the way down, and smoked conversational and
reflective pipes and thought how perfectly he was
discipllning his fancee Consequence was that the
fair maid struck r. the mental abilities and grace
full attentions of another gentleman, who was also
one of the inside passengers, straIghtway married
No. upon her arrival at Melbourne. Life is little
uncertain, sometimes.