The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-16

They readily fall Wet inns to psychomachy
The well-knOwn beverage OF tho Germans,
lager beor may have some influence upon their
psychological peculiarties, Tho habitual use
OF bcer seems to have a tendency to direct their
psychological ailments into tho form OF u meta
morphosis from phlogmatc case to melancholy.
and, finally, suicidal mania. This, however. is,
ofcoursc, nothing but vague suppostion, ana
the pcculiar frequency OF suicides among Ger
mans may have psychological reasons totally
different. Neither do wish TO make war upon,
for ] am myself firm believer in the, old
mes, dtUitdttd cJtpd JOiVeS.
That the Coroner really likes beer. we are
Officially assured in another part Of his report.
He is graphically describing u case which took
him out Of the city:
It was bright beautiful day Of spring Tho
sun arose 50 bright and promising from the
blue waves OF the lake that could not help 30
lilOquzing on my way to the Office: on,
would that there was caec n the cOuntryl" |
knew that 1t was sinful and not Christianliko
ones only choice in business Is between dead
bodies one il apt 10 wish for thom in the couu-
try In summer az possiblel. and IN tho UNI
pleasant days of autumn and winter in tho city
and close to the Office. II do not by this wish to
be understood as desiring the death of any Of
our beloved County Commissioners. May God
But To continue On my entering the building
! was greeted 10y my ever busy Figaro" Hon.
man with The promising words A case At
Eyanst2 tn Kun eyer yths railroad cars 7n6%ii
ap Rt ,ie n9GsI a, lvs ahsweTe1' ,nis s
death but awakcning-thea Awakening OF nature.
So, 1uick! harness the faithful steed and bring
We drove away. stopping on the road at Rose
hill TO refresh ourselves at Bact's with a glass
Tvonston liz C9Serus fi 9n eIn nopa
guard. Gamhrinus, nor Bnrchus. nor the
frightiul child Of our age. Knight tot-Gut, have
entrance there. mud they are each arrested with
the command OF Richard Ill. Stand back. my
Yes, my esteemed fellow citizens recupera-
tiOu IN often needed. and | am too old and
thodox u Lutheran. whose ancestors have for
more than two centuries prcae,hei the Doctrine
burg. not to live In accordance with the great
rciormer.
IIf T9o l9 S r. N Tas wsTI " and song
This extract gives pretty good notion Of the
chronic chccriulncss Of our Coroner. Cheer
fuIness seems to have grown upon him during
the three years Of his tenure Of Office At first
ii WAS subducd. unohtrus.ve. quietly playful
After holding fourteen or fifteen hundred in
quests, he ended 10y becoming hilariously irol-
iosome. His story Of the suicide Of n Chinaman.
named Tshin 70 is In the later and more pro-
nounccd style Of humor:
The Chinuman. whose pietaied head was
! turned by that frivolous girl from the Emerald
Isle. had collected the different articles which
MAKE up the furniture. stove. bed. and iarder.
and hal saved handsome sum from the de-
| livery OF immense quantities Of clean shirts.
! collars. and sheets Rom has laundry tan insu-
/ tuition Ike many others when. To the satisiRc-
/ tun Of lazy housewives. haV" sprung W from
/ the ground Ike mushroomsl. in order To- sur
/ prise his bctrothcd shortly before the marriage
. ceremony.
/ Longinely he looked forward 10 his wedding
/ day, when hc could lead home the ono he pre-
! irred above All the daughters OF the Celestial
/ Lmpire. in order T. share with her thy sot-
I boiled rice and fat-'ried rat Then. suddenly.
, d" learned the sad ncws that she To whom he
/ had confidently intrustcd his hard-carned coins
and greenback- had lett for parts unAnmWH.
/ without leaving trace behind her; That
black. hashlil.enty bra!dcd pstail. those
/ almond eyes, that broad MonEoiHu nose. could
~, ln@y YIN hgr bGSdh9pk ne sror '9d tae
/ and let the cutwittcd Celestial 10 his unutter-
/ FIR lin. ;ha:e ras no consolation. Rats. rot
| ten eggs, and Mas buss, .pg..C..s his 'syoritc
! dishes. he 1T untOu 'hen. and with gloomy
T thoughts about his misfortune he prepared 20
die. Saying u last PRAYER 10 The primitive god.
Taiki or Butiha. be locked hims II in his
room. threw himself ulOn an untouched bridal
couch with his face turned To- the cast, and shot
himself with tn usual bullet from revolver IN
d the abdomen. which. 'oriing e. the views 81 O,
spirrituo ,s" lrenthnan, is The seat Of a evil.
Tor al. ev + come from the stomach. a. the re-
sat oi BAL digestion.
Harry 'r-hiu r.. who soomst 10 have UNDER
stood he tnacAiugs Of Buiiha thou didst l. IN
4 aDly. according 70 u" views 81 thy pc1pleI ~. pa
No and to enable thee t. enter tho tac II tny
: d"stiny-thc twenty-slXth heaven % heavens.
/ But o. thee. inlse Carislian girl who broke his
I theo would give the advice ~ W1rl,' 10 "a ie-
la: Get thee into anunnery, Bridget
Any other Coroner in America would simply
I have recorded tho death of Tshin F. IN q couple
/ Of cold lines But Mr.. Dic,zsrh II unlike amy
other Coroner in America. His Official repor,
abouuds IN poetic passages ike the following
This much r established and canno, be- dis
/ proved: Love for thousands ot years has claim
rd its victims Luriau, the Greek poet and
~Hilrlst, tells us that Charm iWhlir counting the
uu4 souls : had committed suicide from "A n
hnppy love. and one Of them was the phiusU-
According To- Goethe Hood is peculiar sal
should not trInn.
,Sh4kesqearc has idealized and eplogizcl sui
eide in Romeo and Juliet" Goethe In " Ner-
thor" schiller IN Cabal and Love" g.. hut in
order that may not Toe suspected Of ADJ Orati IA.
i from business motives, will now close tho
As Coroner OF this county for more than thrco
yours have ridden IN all directions over its
prairies AMI through III groves bat only once
+ have met Il little company in the woods who
for snke Of botanNIng had bid farewell to
the Iontinian swamIs u Chicago and paid a
numbering Nl-lt to the mHgniil cent nlrl Of
Cook county. Would it not be we'll for thetrach,
er- to escape with their children from the filthy
+ alleys AMI the wooden sidewalks street hin. out
I in dull monotlny, like the destiny 81 u Mlsern-
/ Die, and say to them at the skirt Of the forest:
,r me- e on trer y.n.dGr WIZ ,he rGpsh
Leaves, is an oak; its iruii isanarorn that grows
from iltlo cup. That tree over there IL a
heerh, which an rds Us such Pheasant SHADE
/ como -i us r"'llne beneath 1t. and beneath lid
r''i''s liN- shadow W" Will count the stamina 3D.!
This q 'wrr to az certain To which chs, it belongs
nr.O.iluE g. "a" system OF linui,Is. DO you
hear tiut bird sing yonder3 Who can tel! me-
In M rrr1Stfic ioot. pa Onleii-" writ.
ten for his ~ then sWourning IN Greece
S',r} ea's; Aa,grr hPs prim@rily instir.d
h'tln- and lives. and 10 resist ali enemies