The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-12-02
rhe Repemfamee Of Suicides.

y N"inx mHn living near Mertden, tOn
neciicni. thought 10 try the unknown 70
aliiie-' few DAYS since, and 40 swsllowe,
generous do'e Of morphine. The erpe
fimsnt ws- no sooner begun than the er
perimen'i-, regretted his rs-hne--, and raj
~" miles cor physician, praying rs b,
ran IL reached the physician. Office
tell scr"-- the threshold exhausted, and
~s- with difficulty brought back TO life.
Young Bohemian coming TO ihi. city :
Tee 'esr- $50 In search Of some one who
could sppIecisis hi. Literary merit becsms
dl-onrsssd nnd s~allowed a spoonful Of
crium Inaantiy no rpesfsd % his COW.
sriics. bought thai possibly another Fl.
fort would achieve success. stillfully ma.
nipuiaied his throat, and q rfux sc,ion
followed. The Bohemian lived 90 scquire
snsrvisbls rpnisiion ss writer. ~ !.
Tie On psri~ece cf these two character.
i' not iaolated. Many Of the attempts in
life would be only experimental II the At.
tempt. were begun a. the Meridian msn
add The Cincinnati Bohemian began the u.
II IL more than litely nicides have of,en
felt as did the little girl who iran away
from home forever, and who, a half hour
later, returned TO tell her mother that she
didn't know u was 80 far. The Lesson
taught NAV be n-eful TO him Who medi.
tsts- premature trip into the Valley Of
the Shsdow. lie should never burn Nj.
bridges. and this he does when he deter.
minsdly places . i2-esliher pistol 10 his
temple or over his heart and pun. the
tdxgr. IIe issve- no room Cor reps nisncs
u he samrlr- = quantity Of hydrocy snic
acid or ties hi- arms snd legs, and unknown
TO humanity, dive. Into wsli-6lied els
tern The would be- selfmurierer il al.
way. liable To wish he ha.ln'I done 10. Ia.
nunieiabls snch inamce- have been
known IN Cincinnati Many have made
touching appeals To doctors TO save them
from the consequences of their own rash.
ne.., They have made their appeal and
died.
Il 10 not decade since coward IN New
York determined upon furnishing the
corpse Tor a funeral. aud that there should
he no snhs'quent repentance made elsbo.
rate Prepatalions. Ito rode in little
ala 10 boat whirh rae eight Or ten feet
frou the surface 81 the water, aud near the
shore Of New York Bar, Against the post
he con'tfucIed loose shelf. large enough
for his lee, one end u a rope vas placed
around bis meek, the other around the up
pr rnd uf the Tost. The desperate de.
sIondent then --alloweJ = dose OF -srych.
nine aud PLACED his revolver TO his temple,
inlepd,ag " trv, and a, the sams time
kick ossr the shelf With nj. Brain OUT,
poison 10 III. stomach. and hanging BY the
meek, aud over Verv deep water, the gen.
lleman cslcul.,ed on there being no hitch
in the preceding. Ala,' even he had the
opportunity TO reIsn,, In attempting 10
blow out ID. brain. aud tick over the liiils
platform, the revolver va. thrown up, aud
the bullet. instead Of pi@rcinga skull, cut
the rope. Tbs platform being removed,
there ss- q s'idjen plunge into the briny
depths, when the would.be suicide swsl.
lowed So much Of the bracki-h that il act.
ed ss an emetic. The poison arose to a
question OF life, so to speak, aud the man
was cnr~l. lie climbed back into the
ala NIL sent hulna ~ his family Nj.