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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
THREE CAUSES
Doctor George F. Shrady Discusses
the Great Growth of the Mania
for Self-D Destruction, and
Suggests the Reasons.
He Declares That May, June and
July Are Essentially the Suicide
Months Of the Year@How He
Reaches His Conclusions.

REFUBLIc SPECIAL
New York, June &-Doctor George
r. Shrady holds that civilization. ed
ucation and communication are the
three great factors In the increase Of
suicides. He further holds that the months
of May. June and July are essentially the
suicide months OF the year. The fact
hi in the past three months there have
been In this city III suicides leads Doctor
Shrady to scientifically discuss the preva-
lence of the mania for self-destruction. He
says:
THE study Of suicide. fits causes. its
scienufc aspect. the reasons for IT. the
study Of the characteristics OF those who
take their own uves-in other words. the
Investigation OF the inner details OF sui
cide-have long engaged the attention and
interest of anthropologists. sociologists ana
physicians.
"It has always appealed strongly to mo
g. q field wherein much valuable research
still remains to be made. although there
are scores of scientists who have given up
all their time and brains to the subject.
The Suicide Months.
while many would suppose that Winter.
with its distressing cold and its hardships.
especially in the case OF the poor and
needy, would yield the greater number of
suicides. 1t is q strange fact that in tho
spring and summer the number of persons
seeking death by their own hands is double
what II Is in winter.
There are three months OF the year
which are especially notable for the number
Of suicides occurring in their terms. They
aye May, June and July.
ESQ. with LII persons self-destroyed with
IN the last three months. IL will be only
following facts deduced by scientific in
vestigation to say that there will be many
more than III in the three months to come.
1T has never been adequately determined
why these three months are so productive
Of suicides. The heat may have something
to do with It. as may the lassitude which
always comes with the return OF spring.
Nevertheless It Is q fact that in May. June
and July most Of the suicides Of the year
are recorded.
THE study Of suicide Is intensely inter
esting. 1t embraces a close investigation OF
the human mind. what the mind will do
under certain conditions in certain people.
and how. in other people, II will do some
thing Numerically opposed to its action In
still other people |
Increases With Civilization. |
1T II q study Of morbidity. Of suggestion, |
Of reception, Of impression. OF determina- |
tion. 1t Is also a study Of various conditions |
OF life. A man living in one state Of ex- J
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istence would kill himself II compelled to
endure what q man in another state ac-
cepts as his lot In life. Again. what would
prompt self-destruction in one man would
In another cause the man to determine to
live on at all hazards.
so you will see into what varied. long
and winding channels the subject Of SUI
cide takes one who seeks to study II out
anthropologically. s~ociologically or ether
wise.
Suicide Increases with the increase Of
civilization. That Is n remarkable COM
mentary upo civilization. but it Is q just
one.
There are far moro suicides in a large
community than In a small one. This Is
not due to the fact that there are more peo-
pie there-that Is. not because there are
more there to kill themselveS-but because
INSTRUMENTATION increases suicide.
1T offers more suggestion to those in
clined to self-destruction. And suggestion
Is one Of the most potent factors in sui
eide. 1t Is suggestion that makes a man
turn to his revolver. a woman to the phial
Of carbolic acid. she has just read Of some
unfortunate woman escaping the cares and
ills OF life by swallowing a few pence
worth of acid. This woman's case was
something like hers That Is the suggestion.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
Wonderful "Road Wagons"o of Long
Ago Shown at the Pan
American Exposition.
MOSTLY P0NDER0US AFFAIRS.
One of Them Carried It's Own
Roadway With It-Another
Was Designed to Run
on Rails or Dirt.
RaFUBrLC SPECIAL

UQECBlLC SPECIAL
Buffalo. N. Y. JUNE s.-The exhibition Of
automobiles at the Pan-American EXPOSE
ton - quite as interesting as was that Of
steam railroad equipment at Chicago. 1t
comprises not only the new and successful
automobiles" but also some OF the old
and eminently unsuccessful road wagons
half Q century ago.
One Of these early attempts. which was
IN q measure successful. dates from about
the year 1858. 1t is a steam c~ontrivancs
having Inclined cylinders patterned some
what after the earlier railroad engines. It
d now in q good state Of preservation and
could be used on a suitable road. 1t is a
roomy conveyance and will carry with ease
about q dozen people.
Another invention is balanced cart fash
ion on two wheels about ten feet In diam
eter which are housed after the manner Of
boxing the side wheels of a steamer. Those
are not wheels at all in ordinary accepta-
ton OF the term. being but rings which run
around the wheels: the object being to pro-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
Mr.. ALLEN WANTS TO TALK.
Therefore Refuses to Be Consid-
cred GubernatOrial Candidate.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Topeka, June A-H. ]. Allen. chairman OF
the State Board of Charities. came here
to-day and killed a boom that his friends
had started for him for Governor. He says
he il too young and too newly acquainted
to aspire to the office. Later In life he
might be tempted. but Just now he IL not
In the gubernatorial class.
"Be1ides. l am not ready to put q bride
on my tongue" he continued. II want to
speak my mind freely on public questions
for awhile yet. and q man who starts out
to be Governor can't do that and expect
to stay long in the race"
While he Is not ready 10 become a cands-
date for an elective office himself. Mr..
Allen Is ready to take a hand In others.
and he Is early in the senatorial contest in
behalf Of Governor Stanley. II believe"
he said. Governor Stanley stands a good
chance Of succeeding w. A. Harris IN the
United States Senate. He is the most avail
able men. and that means a great deal In
a hard fight. which the contest OF 1905 Il
sure to be-"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

u on. Judson w. Lyons. Register Of
the United States Treasury, writes
as follows:
Il find Peruna TO he AZ excellent remedy
for the catarrhal Affections of Spring and
Sumner and those who suffer from the de-
preston Of the heat of the summer will
find no remedy the equal Of Peruna-"-Jud-
son w. Lyons.
Systemic Cntarrh.
Miss Elizabeth i. Williams writes from
Goliad. Tex:
81 have taken several bottles of Pc
rUaa and now I am entirely well.
Peruna has NOT only cured mo of
cafarrh. but also of female complaints.
of which I suffered q great deal. I
shall always keep Peruna. and I do
highly recommend il TO every ono in
the land, especially TO young girls snd
omen
"T feel that I owe n world OF gratitude
to DR.. Hartman and Peruna."-Miss Z. L.
Williams"
systefic Catarrh.
". II. Shields. Editor and Publisher OF
the Douglas County Democrat, OF Ava.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
STRIKES THE SOURCE.
A Pile Cure That Goes to the Root Of
the

There are lots OF lotions. oils and salves
that will. through their soothing influence,
relieve temporarily the pain incident to piles
But Is that all the sufferer requires? Isn't
II a horrible thought to realize that the ease
Is only temporary and the disease goes on
under the surface without a moments inter-
ruption? Wouldn't 1t be wiser to select n
remedy that seeks the source and regulates
those deep-seated disorders which induce
the disease? Pyramid Pile Cure not only re-
Heves the pain at once. but effects a perma-
nent cure OF the worst form of piles. You
cont have to go through a tedious course
Of dieting while using II. either. 1t strikes
through those delicate membranes and It's
sues and sets the blood IN healthful circu-
lation. reducing at once the painful inflam-
nation and congested tumors. This remedy
u not q haphaxard combination Of drugs,
but Is a remedy Invented by specialists who
have treated piles and blood disorders sue
cessfully for years. Manufactured by tho
Pyramid Drug Co., at Marshall. Mich. Al
most any nrst-class druggist has 1t or sale.
Don't treat this disease with every lotion
and salve that comes along. Remember the
parts affected are among the most delicate
In the human body. This remedy Is epso-
Mte.y safe and no one need fear to apply II
freely on the most infamed parts. The
speed with which IL allays the pain Is an
agreeable surprise to the Sufferers.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

tains surrounding q lake. It has been aslasD
for . century. There has nsvsr bean &
burglary IN the village and the people hsvo
thought their immunity from thieves q
70 the fact that there has never besn . a.
loon In Town n that barnstoeming thsat.
yical companies have always been warned
aWay.
The meeting place Of the v1Ila0> b ne
Methodist Church. and the only public gath-
erug place II the corner 0eo90.
1t cannot be said that Bstlevalo has uUvuu
had q thinking man. There IN Just 0voG the
line from the hamlet tho hTg00e ADpas3Ao1
vhi.ky distillery in the Unftsd 6eateA enA
vale who wanted to drink to steal over The
line In the night and buy their WHISKY ~,
the gallon. :
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

and the weak woman avails herself Of it
ergo. another suicide
E~ducatfOn's Part.
Education. many authoritative investiga-
tors contend. is another strong agent in the
increased number OF suicides.
There Is nc doubt that this Is in great
measure true. Education reveals to the
lower and the poorer classes the superior
condition of those more favored with the
goods OF this world. and It breeds despond-
ency. detection. bitterness and hopelessness.
"Heredity Is accountable for a large per-
centage of suicides. The tendency Is not
always manifested in the generation imme-
diately following that Of the suicide. II
frequently skips a generation"
OF the liz suicides since March 6. eighty
three were men and thirty-four women. The
women. for the most part, used carbolic
acid in taking their lives. although one of
them shot herself. The men mainly used the
revolver. knife or moose.
Thirty-two German men killed themselves,
and sixteen German women. or native
Americans there were twenty-one men and
women, fourteen Irishmen, FIVE Irish
women. five Frenchmen. five French wom-
en-. four Austrian men, two Swedish wom-
en-. and one man of nationality unknown
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
KILLED WITH A BEER CAN.
Old Mans Skull Was Fractured
by a Tenant.
SPECIAL

fEPCBIIC SPECIAL
New York. June &-One blow over h
head with a can OF beer caused the death of
Thomas Dermody. Dermody was 20 years
old and owned the building in West Forti-
eth street where the tragedy occurred.
Louis kubler, one Of his tenants, was NOV
ing out. kubler Is q butcher. He went to =
saloon and got a can of beer. When he was
returning he met Dermody. The men quar-
relied and the butcher struck the old man
over the head with the beer-laden IAN. The
old man staggered and Kubier walked
A few minutes later Dermody start
ed to 60 upstairs to his apartments. He
dropped dead on the stairway. 1t was MI
that his kuu was fractured.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
WILL GO IN A BOX CAR.
Scheme of Twenty Young Men to
Get to Buffalo.

Middletown. N. T.. Juno ga party of
twenty young men of Port Jervis are ar
ranging to visit the Pan-American EXPOSE
ton in a novel manner. They propose char
tering an Erie freight car. in which will DO
fitted hunks for sleeping and arrangements
for cooking the necessary food. Each puts
$40 into n general fund, which Is to defray
all expenses of the trip.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
MACHINE To. TEST PEOPLE.
Device for the Use Of Employers
With Jobs to Give.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC 6PECIAk
Iowa City, Ia, Juns 9-Doctor Clark e.
6eashore Of the University of Iowa has in
chergograph." which. he says, viii be Of
special value to employees who desire to de-
termine the relative brightness and ability
of applicants for positions.
The original model was used to study the
school children Of Iowa City and was re-
markably successful In its workings, pick
ing out the brightest pupils, the duilest and
the nervous ones.
Since the test. the instrument has been
remodelod ard CuoA improved
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

"VWWWVF

S-uarantee q perfect. clear slim. II IL NOT =
face powder, cream, cosmetic or bleach, but
= absolutely pure. and you can use II
privately at home. It permanently removes
10Th patches, redness. crows feet, pimpies,
6lackheads, nesh worms, salloWness,
freckles, tan. sunburn and all other COM
plexion disbursements.
Helen H. Ralston. ses Lexington Ave,
Newport, KY, has a complexion fair as q
May-day Queen. She says of It.: II can
not see why any lady should continue to
lack \ beautiful complexion when It can be
=, ersiiy obtained by simply sending name
and address 10 Nine. Ribault the same n I
Id Write her to-day"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
Lovely
Complexion
Free.

Every Lady In the Land Can Vow Have
. Beautiful Skin-A Trial Box Free.
No lady should despair II her complexion
II imperfect. Merely send your name and
address to Mime. NJ. Ribault, 2IS Elsa Bldg,
Cincinnati, Ohio. and she will send you free
prepaid in plain wrapper q trial package
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

Buffalo. N ", June ga two-days' race
meet for canoeists. under the auspices OF
the Central Division. American Canoe As
sociation. will be held on Park Lake, in the
Pan-American Exposition. June "a and q.
On the evening OF the 2ith there will be an
illuminated parade "a Q camp IRE.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

40. wrote the following editorial in his
paper Of January 81. 1871:
MANY people of Douglas County know
how long and seriously Ill tho editor Of
this paper was with systemic catarrh.
W count IL simply an act OF Justice to
say that after trying several doctors and
proprietary medicines. we were induced to
try s. h. Hartman's Peruna as put up by
The Peruna Medicine Co. OF Columbus. o.
This remedy ] believe saved my life and
effected a permanent cure. I will not say
II Is the best medicine on earth, but 1 Will
say IL Is the best medicine I ever used
W. II. Shields.
In n letter dated February 18th. he says:
Since writing that editorial several per-
cons have called at my Office to learn
whether It was really a fact or only an
advertisement. / AVE assured them that
It was written entirely without the knovi-
edge of the manufacturers. without promise
OF favor or fear OF contradiction. My case
has been the cause Of your selling many
bottles of Peruna. both here and at Drurys
where l formerly lived-"-W. II. Shie,dA
A Physiclnn's Letter.
D. Russell Hayes. NJ. D.. Physician ana
Surgeon OF New London. Conn.,, writes:
II would aud my testimony to the mass
accumulated IN favor of Peruna- I use II
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
NOW BELLEvALE HAS A SALOON
But for q Hundred Years It Was
a Temperance Town.

REPUBLIC PECIAL
Warwick. n. Y, Jun s-For . undre
years the hamlet OF Believale. near Glen
wood Lake. has been q temperance
cense has been granted to Gerhardt Coll
man. who is also proprietor of q hotea b.
tw cen Warwick and Greenwood Lake
There Is great excitement IN Bell0valo
because the license was procured against
the wish OF the people Of the borough and
contrary to the traditions Of the town.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

2 % 4fven IN 1fass OF Wafer, 7e9 or
Coffee Without Patients kn0Wfcdxe.
White Ribbon Remedy will cure or destroy
the diseased appetite for alcoholic stimu-
lants. whether the patient is q confirmed
inebriate. . tppler." social drinker or
d~runkard-
Impossible for any one to have an appe.
lite for alcoholic liquors after using White
Ribbon Remedy.
By mail 81. Trial package free By writing.
IRIS. A. N. TOWNSEND,
Sec. Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
p. o. Box %. Detroit. Mich.
Sold by all druggists and IN St. Louis b. yudR>
Z Ioi0as Sth and Locust and eth and MARKET -
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

IN my family and practice to q large extsn4.
and can conscientiously say that I know Of
no remedy for all blood ailments so good.
1t 10 especially valuable to women"
Tried Medicines Of All echo0lA
Mrs. Laura J. Smith. National Organizer
Ant-Treat Society. writes from 1217 w.
33rd street, Minneapolis. Mimi:
II have had trouble with my bladder.
kidneys. and other pelvic organs for over
ten years. and IL caused mo serious incon-
venience and pain.
II tried the medicines Of all schools. but
mono could cure my case. My nefghbor re-
ceived wonderful benefits In . similar case.
and advised me to try Peruna. ! at once
bought a bottle and experienced relief with
In q week. l took It nearly three months
before / was cured. but i am now regaining
flesh and feeling better than I have been
for ths past fifteen ~yearA"-LAura J.
Smith.
II you DO not derive prompt n salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman. giving a
full statement Of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman. President OF b
Hartman Sanitartum. Columbus. o.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-04-27
WARNER 81 SEARLES CO.,
Vicksburg, Miss.

Last Monday evening about s
O'Clock while several colored men and
women were on their way to church.
and when near the court house. a
shower of brick bats were thrown al
them by persons concealed in the
court house yard The wife of Henry
Sutton and also Ella Thomas. were
struck on the heae and shoulders, and
Ella Thomas was hurt so bad that it
was two or three days before she got
over the bruises. The persons who
did this low act, threw bricks at
others before this crowd passed, but
did not hit any of them. The men
who were with the second crowd took
after the throwers but they out ran
them. Enough was seen of them TO
know that they were young white
boys, although they could not be rec
ognized. Such thing as this should
not be tolerated In our town, and if
these youngsters can be found out
they should be severely punished and
given the fullest extent of the law.
These colored people bother no one;
they are good, law-abiding people,
and should be protected. White boys
must be depraved and low when they
will stoop to such tricks as these.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-04-27
DeVoes Forecast for May.

This month will be noted for great
storms and heavy rains with violent
changes in temperature unusual at this
season of the year Floods are prob
able over the Mississippi aud Ohio
valleys and should be prepared for.
LIST 10 4th great storm will form over
| Texas, and move mp the Mississippi
Valley, causing very heavy rains over
the Southern States, followed by un-
usual cold weather over the Northern
States, aud hot aud sultry over the
Gulf States from 9Th to Sth, and
! showery, threatening weather from
9th to 18th. On the 18th TO 14th a
storm will form over the East Gulf
States and move up the Atlantic coast,
causing heavy rains over the middle
Atlantic, violent local thunder storms
over the Southern, and cold weather
over the Northern States. 18th to
21st, cloudy, threatening weather fol-
lowed by heavy rains over the Ohio
valley aud West Gulf States, with
danger of floods aud tornadoes in the
Ohio and Mississippi Valleys. 22nd
to oath, cold wave and danger of frost
aud snow over the Northern States,
but hot over the Eas, Gulf region.
25ih 10 18th, another storm will form
over the Ohio Valley, causing heavy
rains through the middle sections of
the United States. 29th to 31st, cold
over the Northern, and hot over the
South Atlantic States, with floods
over the Ohio Valley.
DeVoe's forecasts are made for the
general condition of the weather over
the whole country. Allowances must
be made on this account for variations
of temperature, aud rain and snow, in
widely separated Localities Local
storms cannot be predicted with GER
tainty.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-04-27
Caught a Dreadful Gold.

Marion kooke, manager for L. NJ
Thompson, a large importer of fine
millinery at 1853 Milwaukee Avenue,
Chicago. says: During the late
severe weather | caught dreadful
cold which kept me awake at night
aud made me unfit to attend my work
during the day. One Of my milliners
was taking Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for severe cold at that time,
which seemed to relieve her so quickly
that | bought come for myself. Il
acted like magic and | began to in-
prove at once. | am now entirely
well and feel very pleased to acknowI-
edge lis merits" For sale at j. S.
Guensrd's drug store.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-04-27

Congressman Jos. E. Ransdell pub
fishes letter In this issue calling at
tention to the fact that competitive
examination will take place In Monroe
on May 21st, for the purpose of select
ing a cadet TO West Point. We notice
that several young men in the district
are going to stand the examination.
East Carroll should not be behind, and
we hope to hear of some of her young
men going to Monroe and working for
such position.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-04-27
A Chance for West Point.
LAKE PROVIDENCE. La,
A ,~,.ft 10 1On1 .-s

April 10. 1871.
Bauner-Dem ocrat, Lake Providence. La:
A comparative examination Tor The
selection of cadet to West Point TO
fill the vacancy soon to be caused bf
the graduation of Cadet Ben McClel-
Ian in 1902. will be held in Monroe, on
May 21st and 22nd, next. Candidates
must be between seventeen and twen-
ty-two years old, sound in mind and
body, of good moral character and
actual white residents of this district.
They will be examined in reading,
writing, photography, arithmetic, Eng
lish grammar, descriptive geography
and history Of the United States. The
candidate who stands the best exam
nation, and satisfies the judges as TO
his physical, mental and moral quail
ficalions will receive the appointment,
and the second in rank will be named
as alternate. All persons desiring 10
contest should notify, before May 2lst,
Prot. j. B. Aswell, of Ruston, or Prof
d. B. Showalter, of Monroe, who will
conduct the examination, aided by
another gentleman who has not yet
been selected. Respect fully,
JOS. E. RANSDELL.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-04-27
SAVE YOUR TIN TAGS

Taken from the following brands OF
tobacco: iSho,c Dorm, Bob Hancock,
Chin. Red Heart, Deacey TtCist and
Uncle Henry and ask your merchant to
show you the Autograph hanger we
sent him. showing cuts of forty useful
and handsome presents. which we are
giving away until jap. /. 1902, in re-
deemipg these tags. Write for. list OF
presents.
HANCOCK BROS. & co.
Tabacco Manufacturers,
LVnchhur0. Va.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-04-27

Mr. Chas. r. EgelIy, agent for Col.
j. S. Irwin, sold on Monday the lot
back of Mr.. Phil McGuire's store,
corner Lake and Scarborough streets,
for $500. Mr.. Egelly Informed US
that he has propositions for two or
three other lots belonging to Col
Irwin, which be expects TO sell in the
next few aaYs.