, 1879-07-06
vhe Eccentricities Of J. {. Jacob
son, Teacher Of French.
ut.. Message from the Bottom of
-: Lake Michigan.
A nhaap Job to Get g Little Free Ad-
yertising for aimseE.

~. sacrpd word Of honor to make cold, damp
~ - unn1easant body Of hfmse1. he ought tc
..s, o.. h,s Hon1. The Chattcrton business is moi
A sr+,, cent, even to the Coroner, unless prop.
W. ,o,ried through, and 1t skills little for az
@.1..ocnnious 49, and imaginative teacher Of French
- no,,fy tho world of bis intention to jump into
.ea,.tc md the hereafter unless he carries out
.ss n.,t Of the programme
.rh,s there is only too much reason to fear that
~ Jacobson has omitted. Yesterday there was
.s.,rad At TIE TRIBUNE office the following
elegant efus'on: ::
ruc.eo, Friday. July 4.--Thcse are words from,
n. bouoa, Of Lake Michigan. From man who
At the limc that you are reading these lines shal!
e,Ins e,t From man who, ali his life through, al
..one, he belonged to no church whatever, has lov
- his fellow better than he has loved himself,
and who, when he saw TINT there was no longer oc-
es.ion for his services upon earth. and As he knew
that DIS death would gve sorrow to no one, rather
than being burden upon society put IN end to
bis existence. . -,
amidst my poor fellow-sudererB beneath the earth
in eraydyard. but my religion forbade me: no
matter how miserable my coffin would have LED TO
of bread. Therefore I drown myself. and
hone sincerely that the sixty pound weight in
dumbe1ls which attach a1ouud my waist. may
prove sufficient to prevent me from rising to the
Until thrown upon this shore, where I WAS
obliged to struggle for ny daily bread. my life has
spept in TRYING 10 find God, and am happy to de-
cisre that ] hare not succeeded. For. II could
have proved to myself the existence OF Supreme
Being, could not otherwise but have hated and
aohorred Him for being all-powerfu}. and yet hsr-
jrg made things wronsas they are And that which
OF all things here Was most distresslul unto mo
was 10 bear hatred to whomsoeyer.
Christ the sole and cte1nally adorable Among
ippostors. excepting, do not believe that crer q
man loyed his fellow man better than did. And
fnS ss1p 5s ops no n5 sqs R le2ed esed
tooK nifty on them sll without exception,
ouly becansc WIS most thoroughly convinced
moved amongst ny fc1Ior-nen, and WAS able to
read their faces with the same facility another
man rcatfs book, and have known that there is
no more rirtne in the compassionate man who
there il in the bloodthir.ty villain who cuts his
felow-man's throat. One and the same motive OF
gudfs al ason hays sa
ttroying my wrctched existence here upon earth
shall cease to exist ennrely, know not. The
to tsso Of na atfg r. at ha' s91s awa', 1ss
do not see q reason wherefore man shonld
wish fer such q thing: Is life here upon
earth then :. 50 ,,y vey p.easapts Ard Il G9a. :
in tortu:ing His Children here, wherefore shonld
He not torture them afterwards: And, in the
second place, what proof is there for life hereaf
earth We neyeraEe: We constantly yearn for some
thing better, and that yearning might indicate the
probability Of 2 state OF more perfect happiness
after this life; bat on the other hand: that here
after being so indubitahle. 80 certain thing, to
what shall we asc1ibe that most powerful Of our
instincts the INSTINCT Of sclf-preseIyat1on which
other thing he holds dearest? The latter a,gu-
ment then completely destroys the former.
aeath shall learn me something new. Ipnt an end
to my existence only because have come TO the
conviction that here upon earth there is no need
M nsaf!y II iIsse aave a1eied al chcago over SEEKING
employment OF an5 kind, and anable to find IL
Although literary man b! profession, and having
books ! have offered myself hundreds OF times for
manual labor, aDd was always refused, because
looked too much OF the refined gentleman. In
one poor meal oay, and many a time have
food at Ill. i, do not doubt bat II had asked
fused M unto ne, ba1' IKE the sgania,d says, ..El
Is honor to ask is erier. eoiIer
t.s The sst,nnge spseas1s Of more than
guaeea), living among the most enlightened nation
on the face OF this earth. as de Tocqueville has
rightly styled the Amer!cant. and unable to pro-
NTH toE, for how cou3d death be more painful
than the at1ocions pains which suffer whilst am
writing after sixty-seven hours starvation:
.NT name is ]. L. jacobson. was born on the
hlsnd M Of Jam 1919. got ny education in France,
go: have given to tho New World the master,
piece OF European literature, the book which
stands completely unrivat:d alone in literature,
=: The Poor Mans Gospel" which contains the
Tho'e OF The most eeleoEatea work of Tue Able dc
lanennais, his - Paroles dun Croyant'' " and Sc
1ec3ions from two other books Of his. Had the
pEess Of this city.1airiy reviewed tnat book, I
e ii d. se1 to
II the incendiary speeches held BY tho
socaalsts OF this city, and when book is pub |
Listed which contains the most forcibIe arguments
For nearly half century this New Il orid has ex:
tteo completely ignorant OF the grandest literary
enott Of the Old World, and the man who repro !
commit su1cde in order to escape from starvation.
But L forgive you, one and ali. II you had !
knoMn that your silence starved me to Death, you
70 yourselves the reproaen of not having done ]
night to the literary effort most sublime Of all ages
p h Th'sa the sre&tegt preacher Of Chicago and all
gone nD in this country ike blaze" wish you
u existence the three most precious gifts: health
and prosperity. j. l.. JACOBSON.
Nov, this is really very pretty story-for ]
It. Louis or Milwaukee. But it won't york |
n this neck Of woods. 1t won't 60 down be- |
ause the one essential element Of the tragedy |
wanting, and that is the corpse Of j. Luna-
&c jacobson. If be eau prove Wizhin reason |
Eoe period that be is dead. all unfayorable
:omment upon his actions and motives
'aali be withdrawn. If he don't succeed
u producing his &'stiff'' with dumb-bel attach
. ueass' Mr D. l.. J. must p1ease excuse incredu-
.ous y newspaper men if they pronounce him a
*ttan y Of i different order. i
Inquiry among those who best know this ad~
.e"'u'o& rival Of red-beaded Jim Anderson,
Anansas and Sappbira 7fs wife and o+her rroat |