The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-09-01
JOB PRINTING
TWELVE WAYS OF COMMIT.
TING SUICIDE.

+, A medical paper thus enume-
rates the fashionable modes of
committing suicide. ....... e..
l. Wearing of thin shoes and
cotton stockings on damp nights
and in cool, rainy weather. Wear.
ing insufficient clothing, and es-
pecially upon the limbs and ex-
tremities. r.. 49, ..:..- .
2. leading life of enfeebling,
stupid laziness, anG keeping the
mind in an unnatural state of ex.
element by reading trashy novels.
Going to theaters, parties and balls
in all sorts of weather in the thin
nest possible dress. Dancing un-
til in a complete perspiration, and
then going home without ,sufi-
eient over-garments through the
cool, damp night air.
8. Sleeping on feather beds in
seven by nine bedrooms, without
ventilation at the top of the win
dows, and especially with two or
more persons in the same small
unvsnti!ated bedroom.
4. Surfeiting on hot and very
stimulating dinners. Eatingin a
hurry without half masticating
the food, and eating heartily before
going to bed, whep tbe mind and
body are exhausted by the tolls of
the day and the excitement CT the
evening. '~,s. .- =. ~
S. Beginning in childhood on
tea and coffee, and going from one
step to another, through chewing
and smoking tobacco and drinking
intoxicating liquors, by physical
and mental excess Of every de.
scription. 49,. .~~ @
6. Marrying in haste aud getting
an uncongenial companion, and
living the remainder of life in
mental dissatisfaction cultivating
jealousies and domestic broils, and
being always in a mental ferment.
Z. Keeping children quiet by
giving them paregoric and cor
dials, by teaching them to suck
candy, and by supplying them
with raisi1s, nuts and rich cake !;
when they are sick by giving them
mercury, tartar emetic and arsenic
under the mistaken. notion that
that they are medicines and not
irritant poison s
8. Allowing the love of gain to
absorb our minds so as to leaye no
time to attend to our health; fol-
lowing an unhealthy occupation
because money can be made by it.
8. Tempting the; appetite with
bitters and niceties when the
stomach says no, and BY forcing
food into it when nature does not
demand, and even rejects it; gor-
mandizing between meals.
10. Contriving to keep in con-
tinual worry about something or
nothing; giving way to fits of
anger. .-~s.- .. ,-..,- -..:
II. Being irregular in all our
habits of sleeping and eating,
gong to bed at midnight and get
ting up at noon, eating too much,
too many kinds of food, and that
which is too highly seasoned.
12. Negfeeting to take proper
care Of ourselves, and not applying
early for medical advice when dis
ease first appears; taking cele-
brated quack medicines to a de-
gree Of making a drug shop Of the
body. ... 49,. ...
The above causes produce more
sickness, suffering and death than
all epidemies, malaria and conta-
gion, combined with war, pesti.
lence and famine. Nearly all who
have attained to old age have been
remarkable for temper, correct
habits of diet, drink and rest; for
temperance, for cheerfulness and
morality. Physical punishment is
sure to visit the transgressor Of
natures laws. ALI commit suicide,
and cut off many years of their
natural life who do not observe
the means of preventing disease
and of preserving health.