Telegram-herald., 1888-03-18

Every psxs0a wa las rsaa ths
ns<spspsrs mat have ao~.sd tbAs

thsrs fsve tssa rscsnsly a. UE azn2i
numbsr 4 bFa,1 sri-ss iossst tnil-
aasn- fhs erlazss have bssa ssTsSl4liy
sa1eroas N 4saA1zan, bat 1ass al o@sa
altogether eonEAed 70 tax 5ssts- SoEas
q tssss crimes hzss been hoTfIcts sta4ost
tsyoad tss possibility ot Dsisf. Il
sens lDs.zncss lhs Per2strstofs haze
naEF0=iy-Es kad slnlGsl sssd untofta-
naiely-sscspsd lyueeiaz. Ths tack .
often alluded - t4st tAsrs sesns 10 -
sp3isuies q crimes sad DISASTERS. IL =
an % frsaeh lfssit.Oa tai spidsnies
u sase.as rssara IA rsgalAF cycles. dur
ing which TO victims No ssth ssea osEer
IA ths z-satsF gLa5tlin-ss of tns tragedies
lEey peffon1 A siallsr theory w0aid
sssm ~ Ds oofns cat Ia tue prsssat ep.-
IL mic q crimes azslast girls Stories e
w.fs-muFder Oftse come trCn many
gHtEsat perts Il ths country, tcO, a.
aiIos1 the same tfn.e
lie Chicago Joar1lal has notioed N
that ely Al apparent epide-ic % sunday
a4arsleFs, aud ia Faes4t issas discussed
81 s1ns length the sEbjsc, of epidemies
OF ,nsE character. To paper IA qlss-
i.0u says, among other things. ia su-
psrshE.ous times al evils wsrs astrlbated
10 tho lEhusncs OF adverse stars. This
may have besn al approach to sclsatine
trath, or It's advanced shAdos. That
meteorological conditions seriously Affect
ths health and s2irltt t-snd affect some
more seriously than otners-is fac. Of
such everyday experisnce that &c 10 no
lOuger regarded Is phenomenal. The
cenGs CT meteorological changes must be
tie cause lying back of the rerTadipg
ilsposiilon 81 times Witnessed 10 commit
peculiar classes u eriiae. 4 suicidal
atmosphere must have its origin IN some
Of TO secret springs OF nature
We are inclined 10 thiak ib a the Jour
nal Is guilty OF "too hasty generalza-
.I0n-" because crimes occur synchron-
onsly with certain conditions Of the heay-
eDly bodice, too conclusion is drawn that
those conditions are the cause OF the
crimes. Sach Q conclusion can lie oely
a theory at best IL. perhaps, cannot be
cispFoyed, bnt the evidencs In support OF
tbs theory is very slight. Metsorologi-
cal conditions undoubtedly affe,t mems
/ teIapers 70 some extent. and thess condi-
iIon8 are IN a measure dependent on the
heavenly bodies. But tie epidemics OF
enme 10 not appear To occur ottener dur
ing extreme or peculiar conditions Ot the
weather than az other times. IL such
epidemics were always. or generally, CO.
incident wish depressing weather, there
would be greater reason 10 think that
there was relation os cause and effect
bstween the planets aud crime. The
| fact ina. steamboat and railroad acci
dents, fires and othsr casualties also sp-
pear 10 o,car in epidsmics quite as much
a. crimes. tends to throw discseiit on
ths sssro-r,steCrologica theory.
a better solution OF the problem is to
6s found in the two facts that crimes have
a tsudeuoy 10 reproduce themselves. and
/ ths, IN the natural course OF events mora
occur at some tines than 1T others
Sass ws mean by crimes reproducing
/ themselves Is the well-essabiishsd fact
thst reading Of crimes or Of suicides and
orooding ovsc them often lead people
| especially thOss os nervous tempeTa-
} menf, 20 commit similar scts, very much
/ as = person - ofsen tempted to throw
himself down from sn emiusnce by look
ing over and thinking of thu terror oil
falling II is hardly necessary to resort
10 the Latin sdage, Gd Gstra per Gsperd
to seek for occult causes FOR tho concur
reace OF crimes In the stars. Tney may
be found without travelling 80 fsr.