Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-02-27

G&AN9 Herald The other
N9 day consumptiye
. 70 lad named Rudolph
Perciyal found
death BY means of gas tube in this
city, and hardly week passes that
we do not hear Of somewhat similar
and generally successful attempts else
where. The latest attempt in Paris
was that of 9 young man who tried to
blow cut his brains with = revolver.
Fortunately his hand trembled and he
missed his aim. True. he did wound
himself badly, but the physicians say
that he will recover.
Disappointment in love. we are told.
was the reason. why this foolish young
man wanted to quit life so abruptly.
In this respect there is nothing
peculiar about his case Many men
before him have killed themselves on
account Of women and doubtless many
men after him viii follow his example.
What is peculiar is the fact that at
his age he should already have grown
weary Of life For he IS not man, bur
boy. Nay, in the eyes Of the law ne
Is skill an luIa4G-
On this subject French writer says,
When We investigate such tragedies
we find almost always that a woman Ia
the cause. some destructive and mer-
cenary creature whose lust for money
is abnormal though her own value
may be yery little How many OF these
foolish women have we known and
forioye Of them, they have not scrupled
TO use this fact as an advertisement.
Only short time ago a son Of one OF
the most honorable families In Paris
committed suicide on account OF a
woman OF this kind. and before that
the little son of a woman of this class
hanged himself in the bedroom be-
cause he could not endure the humilia-
ton o. hearing his schoolfellows'
taunts that his mother was a dis
reputable woman.
But il would be absurd to hold wom-
en- accountable for the deaths OF all
young men who commit suicide Any
one who reads the papers knows that
boys and girls have killed themselves
for the most trivial causes. To such
oyersensitiye souls a parents repri
mand has more than once proved I
death sentence. while in other case:
want OF pocket money or an unhapp.
home life OF willful temper has re!
the cause OF sudden and lamentabl
death.
Al no time has there been an ute
dearth OF suicides, but at no time, "
are told. have there been so man
suicides OF young persons as there hay
been during the last few years More
over. at no time have so many yer
young men killed themselves on az
count OF disappointment in love.
The exact causes of this epidemic
suicides among Juveniles no one hs
attempted to explain. Some think tn;
the stress Of modern civilization is
blame. Our children become nervol
and Disseminated. they claim, becaui
too many of them find the enjoymen
of life are not for them and that Il
world has nothing for them but mar
years OF hard labor and ioveless o
age Competition, they insist, is
keen that many parents cannot ri
their children the ordinary pleasur
of life, the result being that the en-
dren. seeing their parents poor Ii
resolve to remove themselves swift
tut of world which has so little ha
pincss in store for them.
Children in former days, it is argue
did not commit suicide, because tn
were taught TO be content with tn,
lot and hence were generally stoIid a
unambitious, whereas the children
to-day have the benefits OF educate
and, naturally. know much more abb
theworld than could possibly be kno
by the children of half century a
Hence, it is argued. the imaginatl
Of many young persons has been oy
stimulated, and the sudden knoWIet
that the real world falls far short
their ideal has proved death blow
many of them.
Somewhat gimilar reasons are
signed for the suicides of SO ma
young men, though disappointment
love is generally admitted to be
main cause. The young men of tod
say these persons, begin to live a I
life while they are still In their b
hood, and the shock Of finding tht
selves deceived by heartless, nero
airy women Is too much for them.
stead of pursuing their studies ;
looking forward to a happy mari
life they fling themselves into dissi
ton at an early age and. after ruin
themselves pecuniariiy and physica
find that nothing Is left for them
death.