The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-22
Mr.. Hail on Suicides.


To the last number of the illustrated Week
N Mr. Hall contributed an article which is en-
titled q" The Suicide Crop" lie gives DIR.
Nagc's table showing the occupations OF the
persons who committed suicide in the last year.
and then commenting on its contents. says:
The cullings Of the suicides are dstributivc.
what II pity werould not know the causes. For
instance. was the ON" broker who sold himself
short. bull when in life. ani what was the name
of J. : disastrous fancy Was the artist spe' les
OF fllydOnY Was the baker rendered desperate
hy loafcrs Ddthcs shoemaker lose his little all
Was the tOrtune-teller madly eager to realize her
destiny and end all chanreY Did the stable
keep get angry at Bronchinc because il would
not cure his hoarsenrssY Had thrsailor riskrd
his life hundred times on ocean only 10 find "A
surieit Of 1t upon land Why should Il teacher
mako of himself a bad cxamplr2 Why should
One piano mnkrr sought the harmony
ol spheres but why should II veiri-
world. oT "A weaver cut the thread of the
iatcs These are among the unitarian in
stances. -Four were among the butchers. md
Nramong ia" harhcrs hut the wonder is that
those classes 50 familiar with knives and r,uors
do not moro often swell the number of suicides
y" one familiar with city lacteal- can bc
amazed at the rcmorsc which must have
driven III" two milkmon TO their un-
doubted watrry graves. Could not the
philosophy enough to livc} How much temlta.
ton 70 death the two druggists must have with
stood hmlorc they aniidpt"l the bane of exist
'hce. Ihrn ~ gentle -hrpher.irSsrs who have
seen q lawyer pnss your way. ten us why even
lMf OF ln' ifEdl lfht'lnNN NuNnll commit ftfp fe
81 and become silent spectators IN II court where
the Coroner and not they get the fees.
Even II man be bent upon sclf-dcstruction.
why should he taint his memory or outrage the
feelings of his family by having his purpose
dis .overed2 He has only to enlist as "A private
soldier. and then seek u prairie chair beside
Sitting Bull: or to pull of his flannel in
March. and WOO the insdious pneumonia:
or to alternate cream pies with lobster for
week: or TO hear the music of Wagner for "A
month; or 20 hire a two story house adjacent 10
Harlem HATS when. presto. he would, IN an ur-
todoN manner. and without r!Sking his life in
suranee policies nnl himself on another of the
tables Of DIR. Magic. Registrar Of Records in the
Board of Hcath-the tables of death 10y natural
causes,
Our host conundrum " all l.. why should n
man destroy himself at alp Emerson says that
To- some men tn" worst feature Of travel is they
must accompany themselves. man can IS ape
everybody ana everything hut himself. lle can
not diSlntoErate his soul. He cannot drown
Thought. nor knlir rrmors'. not shoot memory,
nor Paris 4rf n his cnu-'ru'r. when "a pniruf
boots las only the welt of the SOLE LETT SAYS
your cohiler. can mend ihrm.' Bodily
aeh = and corporrl mis"rirS ar" apprHeiahle
aud may be- paliigtcd to the hour of dls~olu-
tiun. But mental tortures, if they cv-t under
Capricorn. nrr not To- he palllatcd by rsking
th'm under the fixed star of the I'M
known Probably the best Teligionist in tho
world is your UnlNrrsalist. VINO Oneys the laws
OF God although not believing in. and Of
course not fearing. future punishment. WHY.
then. disavow the philosophy of Hamlet. about
not the premeditating suicide while he lives
only long enough To- dictate his last silly fare
well tby =. S.. unite with Dosborry in asking
his masters 10 write him down an ass