The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-02-23
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how many this very day would hurry
away from the present stage Of being
but for an indennable dread OF the
futuro@ | believe tho number is lar
ser than most people have the slight.
est conception Of
AS to the causes that lead to sui
eide, they are numbcrlcss. No doubt
temporary insanity the reason com
monty assigned by tho gentlemen who
are so often called upon to inquire
into the matter is frequently the cor
rect one For who, not worked up to
some terrible pitch of excitement,
tantamouut to mental arrangement,
would commit so foolish a deed?
but how does that arrangement
como about What is behind it?
THE reasons commonly suggested
are drink, speculation, dissipation,
gambling and similar follies. These
things lead 1t is said, to all sorts OF
disappointmcnts and vcXations, un.
der the influence of which weak i'll
balanced. passionate and unassisted
minds reel and give way, ending only
too often in the deadly resource TO
poison, the water. the revolver or the
| rope.
( But farther back in the string OF
! causes for this melancholy transac-
| ton | should say there too frequently
! lies a sense of failure in the struggle
of life especially is this the case
with those who have come down in
the world With many, ! believe, the
step is taken in the struggle to bo
4 gOod-in the vain effort to master
J OF utter fricndlcssness.
mo one is at hand with sufficient
| sympathy or sense TO understand
| them to whom the poor, bleeding
| heart can be laid bare. So the fatal
step is taken.
Suicide in 90 cases out OF 100
must be the triumph Of despair.
rs there any remedy? Like the
! antidotc to every human sorrow, the
| remedy must begin with pity. 1t is
| true that sclfmurdor is an evil thing,
| But It IS only so many degrees worse
| than other evil things men do, by
! which thoy kill themselves as surely
| as does the man who. rocling beneath
the weight of his distress, In frenzied
madness filings himself beneath the
| wheels of the roaring railway train
"For example, what about the PEG
| pie who drink or eat or idle them
selves to death?
But | will not argue about causes.
| Can anything be done to prevent the
suicidal tide from rising? That is the
practical question And it seems 10
! me that we must supply the friend
| less with a friend the broken In heart
| with comfort. the dazed, bcwildered
creatures with a guide, the momon-
! tary maddoncd slaves Of folly with
| thoughts and hopes that will steady
| them to the arms Of him who Is still
saving. Come unto me all ye that la
Dor and are heavy laden, and | will
! give You rest
II am aware OF course, Of the din.
cultirs perhaps dangers connected
/ with au.lhing like an organized Of.
/ font I'm this direction It will be open
,o abuse But I win lay down hard
and fast lines Of guidance for these
officers. ON no account viii they be
permitted to promise financial assist
auro so inquiries will be made into
The autrcCdouts or private circum-
stances of those who seek advice
Condolences win Dc rgidy kept, and
unless a person gives permission moth,
ing win be committed TO writing
likely TO cause the slightest trouble
or sorrow to anyone. Secrecy viii be
! inyOlably preserved