The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-01

are grouped those who may be called pro-
fessional men, including physicians and
surgeons, lawyers. professors. authors,
literary and scientific men, clergymen,
journalists, actors artists, architects
musicians, teachers and dentists. Bankers,
brokers and officials of companies as well
as newsboys are counted in the clerical and
official class, with stenographers, clerks,
copyists, etc. Apothecaries are counted in
the class with commercial travellers and
all who follow mercantile pursuits, Sa-
loonkeepers, bartenders, hote. and board
ing house propretors are grouped under
entertainment" while BARRIERS, janitors,
policemen. military men, etc, ar collect
ed under personal services" etc.
In what occupations do the greatest per-
centages of suicides appear to take place?
The figures representing the relationship
between occupations and suicides may he
taken TO indicate which of mans daily
occupa lions appear to inspire the most dis
satisfaction or unhappiness Out of ev-
cry 100000 males employed in the area rep
resented by the returns about seventeen
commit suicide every year. Men engaged
in personal services, police and military oc-
cupatious-those of the fifth class-are
found TO commit suicide more frequently
than any other class taken as a who,e
This class includes BARRIERS, janitors. sex
tons, launderers, nurses, policemen.
watchmen, detectives, United States SOL
diers sailors and marines, and undertake
err There appears on the face TO be no log
ical reason why people OF this class should
be less happy or less satisfied with life
than those Of other cases. Military men
policemen and BARRIERS. have Instruments
of death ever at their fingers ends IL is
true, while undertakers, sections and nurses
follow callings which do not bring them
into particularly cheerful or happy enyi-
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In rank as 70 the frequency of suicides
the clerical and official class third. the
entertainment elias fourth. laborors and
servants hfth, manufacturing and mechan-
zeal sixth, mercantile and trading
seventh. aud agricultural and other out
door class eighth ana last Il is reason
able 10 suppose therefore. that followers
OF outdoor occupations are the happiest
OF the eight classes named. They live near
est nature and breathe the pure air OF the
sea or OF the open country. They are not
victims OF the nervous shocks. irrltations
ana responsibilities to which the resident
of tho city or to which the sedentary stu
dent. clerk or servant Is subjected.
AS FAR as the statistics OF individual oc-
equations count la the long run. we can
infer that 1t a man wishes to insure him
SELF as far as possible. against tompta-
lion 20 suicide he should be- a steam ran.
road employee conductor brakeman
engineer or nrcman-which lndlvldunls an
pear 90 have the lowest suicide rate OF an
occupations considered In detail ana num-
nering sufficiently to make the averages
Important There are many reasons ,yhv
railroad employees should be an execution.
any happy class. They have q constant
change of scene. received good eamriea
1f rule. take "a suilcIcnry of sVereiso
nul are subjected 60 tho sunshine ana tba
irr Co., Coins uu thc scale I'D order ~
IH.f't-e of eu.eidea. we nr.t HnI Rad ana
Ulp nlE,f.. Irun and stool workers sn-
rlnorr qua nrrmon mot Of iocomotIycfl.
commercial travellers ana saicsmcn.