, 1875-11-13
which, during that interval. no reraon save h;t
seryant was admitted upon any pretext.

SUICIDE.
In an article on The Suicidal Act," Dr.
Winter informs MS thai i'll England, The month,
of MarcSs, Juac, aud July, are tho nost rroI.e.
OF fncl1cs. .'fou arc much moro Inclined tu
sakn thcit ara lives than women. When, hos.
e'F tho latter resolee uno.a Tho auic;lt act. tia
::.:ict numh. ci.n'so tho n,oah. a. so,,:eE,.
teF. AFT@m4er, s.:t1 January, In gll;t,,
to lsF: t.fA!o ti.u dcc1. Woinon rarely
cut t''ctf throas.. trofcriug 10 sock
'ieh'h ny dr o'sItiE. though slIey mis- haYe t. 70
les'E dhta1l:s to tind water. uangiu4; H. t.a
m'do or rucl IL adopted most frequently by
incu in early anl adrauvod life. In sLsfr most
vigorous yeara thcl. taf4,tts inttiol IL bY
aslootnE. Pos+onlng il y 10. ular .noie oi
B';ehss with young }creo:,r, tai }ccla!iy with 10.
maleH.
writer in tho I"putcr s:ies~ .':ontly states
tha: poisoning IL the ,noIn ~ su.c,,c t,:tenes;
chosen III tho Eity Of NV tmli, It. o.. Of God
persons having ai2d b. this mcans. Arsenic ii
tho poiaon chleay rcsortcd to, aud in tn com.
! monest form.-raris-g -grccn. In 1871, IA suicides
took Tarts-gseea: and, in 1877, "a ons Of Sc
poisoning cases took til" eamp. HtltBsics hhou
that inhan:tY cassrs tho farycet number of Still
cidce, both Of men and women. After thI2
conacB dFunkeuucHs: and then. disease.
Suicidal opide mics have ostcntimps occurred
in the hsstory Of tho world. ucscaiAs au en-
unnt member Of The Csicnalc achool, who wat
snrnamod by tho auc1tnta "tio orator Of dcath,s
enforced with singular cloqueuce tho doctrine OF
his sect. that tho cud tf life ia pleasure. Ad.
sancing q X, this pcetiout he urged that, life
leingt sso. /e:;ro and It's pleasures 80 feH
This gloomy |. ')fo j. ."ntriyed to invest
| with such attraction. 'fAy1. hg liaton.
er4 has!encl to take rotu,. .IhI r. 4 trouble.
IL suici.c Tia cnntucion b. -: 70 rapidly
tLat finally I,tolcny baaishod the philosopher
trvtn Alexandria.
vailed among tue gnIs OF ,1ilctus; and. esn.
4 surea la'er. .imar epidemic ragged among tho
women of .ha,seitlcs AMI Lvonn. In the fourth
century, Bect called she Cirrumce!liones, imag-
lining that Hnicldo HaB Hurt of martyrdom TINT
would secure salvation, kil!esl themselves In
great numbers. Assembling in huudreds and
thousands. ''ihay leaped With parox5sus Of
frantic Joy from tho broH. Of oEerhaneng
1l,f7s TIL the rocks below wcro rcdaouoa viii
their bIoou."
From tic end Of the lif!eent:, to tho oud O,
tho seventeenth century, 4 strango Hau!a raEod
ul ths Neapolitan DISTRICTS which wos attributed
to tho tito OF the taraptula. Tile ratellta
thronGed to the zen. aud n'uit'tudes Of thotu,
ehant,ng frcnxe.i hymn Of rapture 1t sight Of
the wBsts p!nnyeA into tbom ayd ~e.o drowned.
At Versailles. IN 17?3, matneea for aricide
Euddeny took possession Of tho people; nod. In
tbo eonrse OF tho yeaf, l.30o PERSONS. out Of =
thon small population, DESTROYED their liver. 4
few years. ago nu extraordinary outbreak Of
I suicide occurred at tho Hotel deH lnvalldos. An
Invalid hung himself ono night On q cross~bar;
and, within fortnight, five other iuya|idd suc-
ceetled 10 hanging themselves from tie ssIno
piece Of lfou. Tho epidemic waa stopped By
ahnt:ihs oM tno passaRo "hefa sae sasai bar Ae'a
rsas ~ us,1 liz 1a., ,rc,o, o,,o .ozoa y,
poJoon'n .touaii1ers. a;,,l the sulIIo cnm,nanlnr
arrested lts movement hy publishing tie foIlow-
INF: ordhr: .'I.l" Blcnauler Grobiu las con1nlt-
teo ha'ci1f ron u,happoihtm;sns in loFG: Hs
,;., a,.nn., n,c,,t mr H., itr tnat Ia. i. nnnnaI
u thln cor, w.t, u II n1outl The First Ioysul
directs that 1t sl4a:, 10 notified In tue order OF
tie dsy Of the uuard. thst 4 sold;er ot,rht 10
know inv to overcome sref md nleauuiiely u
hs 1,asso,,s t!,at there Is ~ much true courage
in boar.ng mental aa,Ictiou maufullv AZ in re-
1nai,.ins lnn,pvcd uulcr Ito Iro of n b.ttery
aud 10 xii! oueselt in osler to cscapa from il, il
like abapJoujpx tbs Geld OF ha.t,e uekoyo being
conquered"
LxcaAT4aoPy
It ia not Aii uncommon thin ! fer 1unatic3 to ht
nosseracd Of thu idea that they have bceu
cb,nrea ip,n son,o .nim,i Az tho 5o., or lin
'"'o s.1'o 4.' "o W. Ao' VI ..4'
"o'1' ont ~ '1lh '1aaae no!'o" Iheto "As uo"
, Taioret, III tho early and hntase nyen' popular
snporhhtlon that men "ero often transformed
into wolves, and like slc.a, rossued tho farest
.,,,. sn ,,t.a.',t aa,,,r;n. .h;, ,,a1,,.,a.ta,,
.eentn anu Al'eentA cen'u4'es' iuts nalae'ha1'oa
became epidemic tnd largo numbers OF pessons
IN france and Germany were aslecteh by it, Tho
sufferers eropt On olt fours like uuadruneas, and
' h,rtot ,o.,oa an1 howi,d ,ftrr tho ,n.nnar or
',sS .TEo ". .asa,,.a., ~. a'.S..t.'
distr;t.ts md nero 81 destructive ~ ,he bfutes
thov s;nn,latc}. ,rhev were cnIicd were-wo>yes
nni uu;tit,r tl,n ginning of men u,tl, tia
fo,oc,tv ~ wild rcastn. rcro ureatlv to ho
braat,ad
ria c,Ie, otrocity Of which thev vera out],,