Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-13

0hooohg aaeends gradually until il
attains maximum in the year 30
% ." Poison. on the contrary is high
est in the earliest age group. Gas
and drowning art lairly regular Hang
lng shows comparatively regular
giowth 0 the highest age group. show
ing thai this method is in favor with
the old rather Than the young. Cut
ling is higher in the middle age
groups.
IN every age group rrere are more
malas WHO take tl.etr ives by shoot
ag thar by ahy other method. al
though ap=to fhe=sixtieth year poison
approaches it=ve.y closely Poison is
a=faeofites method with females at
esfF.E Resied ezeept over 79. when
drowning leads. In drowning and
39'sss aess =tAe maximum number of
teaas#s fa7I- ia an earlier ace group
I'm = .as =i9r males. In shooting
e#esf ssa#s Hae. #bat= ia the others
Hlae#aa.# - l6@46eat IN poison
T 7a1.eH.4= more suicides occurred
#@#3= sn#5a1H yer fhan baf8fs Il
as=.#e= aaslss. 'fIIis was neyerthe
asF==.- ssa5fe4 In shooting near
p#a 681. of TIC cases among
5e.4eaea =9siaaeaae thatiath
sIaoae s6o males o0ly a
#H=e4s4 are found.
4af@es #sr6oss Used.
s.s.l-s aa55 poison there are
set #8t=iaez among
.5 hale before taa tlairtietA
@.==9azz =l.H5.a-= ffo= ~ Gleet age
ssaa9 =e.ex.4s om 4as are tgo and
80 a.af= Times as common among
ma.e- fe 5aaIes. For young
9ea.sea. zasie drowning, poison and
sas afHaae attractive while among
male 6aera# are fewer cases in the
q4Liiezf axe sfo6p than in aay other
foF ga. and Ter both drowning aud
poison fle#Qa5iad= eve: 70 is the only
dHR ,hat fai!s DeIaW that under 20
For naies under 80 years the number
6 hy shooting are nearly one and one
nalf times as numerous as by poison
and hanging in the same period. while
after 90 years the numbers from the
two lattei methods are far more num-
erous than by shooting
There has always been tendency
u shown by those who have studied the
subject of suicide to put all doubtful
cases under the head of despondency
or of insanity, and as a result these
!, nave been a great catch-all, reaching
+, beyond justifable proportions In a
sense 1t is true that all suicides are a
result of despondency, unless we go
to the length of accepting the doctrine
that when man takes his own life
he is temporarily insane The at
tempt has been made in every case to
search for the primal cause and not
attribute the death to these causes,
unless it seemed the only one that
could be determined. When the mo-
live was doubtful it was placed among
the unknown. In this way that class
is rather large. Disappointed love
: domestic trouble and glief are most
alike Grief was generally the result
of the death Of a cOnsort. relative or
friend Most of those included under
disappointed love We're single, while
= cUaIrels of married couples caused
i most of the domestic trouble.
y "Those who are inclined to believe
. that the tendency of the age is to
decrease romance may take heart OF
grace from the fact that the majority
q eff suicides among persons under &c
. are for love This seems hard to be
= leye. but the ineXorable figures OF
Yale's stalistcian prove it. Further
more the fact that the major portion
"a Of the suicides occurring between y
: and 80 are from disappointed love
q shows that the neart still remains ten
>. der and susceptible in most people
b long after blase feelings are supposed
; to have worn away the smart OF
g Cupid's darts. JOHN ARMITAGE.