Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-06-02

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los . Which, vlSsa ssquited'
1lIyss. the ono who hsrbo.it The
daily record Of horress wAsce -
newspapers present giyes- proof q
this, and ! CORY sensation which yes.
terday developed in our midst is q
most striking illustration Of i:
Bernard Bailey was aman - years
e are. rather above the Medium
| height, with good form. black he'r,
and black moustache and goatee.
rs was altogether quite handsome
man. He mas man Of good taste
for reading, was intelligent and OF
exceptionally good morals. Those
who knew him best liked him most.
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There was nothing else unusual
about the room, except three letters
which lay on . table near the bedside.
One Of them was addressed TO Col.
David R. Risley, whose wife was ~
aunt of the young man; another was
addressed to Mrs. Il. B. Baily, Malta
Bend, Saline county. No, and it prob
ably contained q terrible revelation
Tor the widowed mother Of the young
man. The third was addressed to the
public. A copy Of it is here given in
full, and itleaves little moro Of the
tragedy to be told:
TO THE PuBIlc: Would you Ike to
know how man feels who 10 about to
commit suicide?
In the FIRST place he must fccl 30
badly that, no matter Whist 10 to come
hereafter, it is more endurablc than
the present; and secondly, be must
feel that, more endurable or not. he
cannot help the act; that even il the
future is worse than the present, the
present il unendurable.
suppose medical men would like
to know just the mental condition of
one who can shuttle Of this mortal
coil: It is this: Ny nerves and
senses arc as sound AZ they ever were.
| can attend to business as efficiently.
and as fully realize that the chief
end Of man 10 to gather ducats, - |
ever could; bat can also realize that
without my better half am as per-
feet engine without steam-useless.
Doctors Of divinity would doubtless
like to know my moral status and re-
ligious ideas. Ny moral idea is this:
that man should do his duty in spite
Of obstacles and consequences; aud
that 90 doing is the only thing which
will bring the ''peace which passeth
all understanding" acknowledge
that was too weak to do 30. In re-
gard to q future state. my reason docs
not fully accept that there Is afuture
state of which we will be conscious.
l believe in the. immortality If the
soul, or the life principle. Or whatever
it is, a. ! believe 10 The immortality Of
. bushel Of coal, that it may change
it's form 90 essentially a. to 30 uncon.
scious that It ever existed before. but
that still, - the coal, It il not de-
stroyed, but simply changes it's form.
Ny heart may speak differently ~ me.
but even thcn, | believe that whatev.
or Is is inevitable, - It must proceed
from one great Original, and % must
b In accordance with His viii.
However, ! shah probably know
more about It In twenty.four hours
than oil the D. D.'s living. lam not
crazy. ] know that the world ID full
Of good and enjoyable things, and that
they were put here for our good and
benefit, and thai NO should strive and
work to obtain them. But / an una
bic to care for them without tho love
of my darling. ! with 10 state that
Miss Knox i In no, way responsible
for my having loved her; that almost
before she had ground for thinking
that my feelings towards her were
moro tender than those Of friendship.
ahN informed ma that hAe l.n>.\