Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-12

DIs1)ForxrED Iowa writer ia
the P4ular Science Monthly says: Love
defcaz,d in the attainment Of It's object
becom1i IN man IN impatience. A de-
feated ire With woman is too often a
defeat her intellectual life. An emo
ton. tnisdirection or disappointment
Of Wiz is capable Of inducing large
per e. nm of insane in one sex over
the 9th must surely differ in degree
and kid. Certainly We must credit
this exAss on the part Of women with
an impitant physical factor, aside from
that ofex proper, being Of . less hardy
develolpe rent than man; but these phys
ical p iiarities permit sex to assert
ito mod potent psychical effect to the
degreeH shaping the actions or desti-
ny Of ioman. It viii suffice to illus
trate 4 fact referred to, to take the
flgureslrom the report of two asylums
tor thelinsane-the Pennsylvania Hos
pital { Insane and the Michigan Asy-
lum. 2f one hundred and forty-one
insane3nen and women received into
these istitutions whose supposed cause
of inshity could be traced to disap-
pointel affections, eighty four were NO.
men ~ ifty-seven were men. These
fgur - taken from an excess Of four
6dx Ia fiftspfour male over fe-
malsinmates. Now, the figures as we
gath r them from asylum reports show
tina fwomen are no more prone to In
sanity than men. 1t is natural to con-
CLUE that specific cause leading to
thu excess of insanity in one sex over
th other exists with greater force in
on than the other, and not that one
SIX is less able to bear the operation of
tie specific cause.
A STRANGE STORY From THE SEA-
A pirate letter received yesterday in
Sheffield from one Of the crew of the
ironship Glance, of London, which ar
rivsi in the Thames from Adelaide on
Thursday, July Is, gives intelligence of
a trrible event which recently occurred
atsea. On the 9th ultimo the Glance
pissed an outbound vessel bearing the
psme of Jesse Osborne, and was hailed
u the captain of the latter ship, who
rported that one of his crew had gone
mad; that for FIVE days the maniac had
stationed himself aloft, and that moth
ing could induce him to return to the
deck. The captain further reported
that the mailman had armed himself
with large chisel, with which he was
cltting the ropes, and that the boat
swain had tried to bring him down.
The maniac, however, threw block at
he boatswain. knocking him on the
deck and breaking his arm aud leg. As
= matter of safety to his vessel aud crew
the captain of the Jesse Osborne con-
sidered that it was necessary to shoot
the maniac, and after some consultation
that course was decided upon. The crew
and officers of the Glance were reques-
ted to be present as witnesses, and in
their presence the man was shot with 4
revolver. In consequence of the way
in which he moved about the rigging
three shots had to be fired before he
was fatally injured. He fell dead on
the deck, and his body was eventually
thrown Observation-Disclosures Times. :
BAIres MAGAZINE Foa SEpTEM-
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people isissued for September, and all its
patrons will rejoice to learn that its
contents are as varied and interesting as
ever. No other magazine in the couu-
try can produce such list of writers.
In this issue we have a sea story, a
number of adventures, and half dozen
charming domestic love stories, besides
poetry and engravings. Just glance
over the list of contents and see what a
treat the reader has THE Bridal
Gifts" ''Trees and Shrubs" The
Roses" ''The Fatal Glove or, The His
tory of Street-Sweeper;" "Niisjudged;"
''At the Races" "A Voyage in the DAYS
of the Pirates;' '.The Telltale Eve"
will She Marry Him p" Farewell ~
'Transplanted;" "My Wife's silk Dress -
Song" "Hole-in-the-Dav;" ''Story of
Lady Grange" Our YOU'VE PEopLE's
SroRY-TELLER- Mademoiselle Sylphi.
ma: or, The Fortunes of a Castawav;"
"Goldfinch;" "How Jack Frost proved
Himself Good Fairy "Ruthven's
Puzzle Pages" Curious Matters" THE
Housekeeper; Facts and Fancies;" "New
Jersey, and its Natives.-( Humorous
Pictures"
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