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THE AMERICAN.
AND SCMN'CIX
WHY IS IT THAT SO MANY
COMMIT BUICItJK?
MEN
Mttrly All MrihmU nf Hi-lf-Mritr tlx
IWpb I iltaiialril A Ham IMng
Aiming llntli, It ill I nih
IttntMa at Hunt.
A prominent physician, who ha
inndo u nlui1 of suicide, mild tho other
uuy to a Philadelphia Pro roportori
Why should a tnnn kilt hlmselfP The
popular answer In, "lleoauso ha I
crazy!" Fcleiitlflo tnnn easily disprove
Unit, but aro still somewhat at sou In
devising a belter ttiiswor, VViui tho
philosopher Seneca crazy whou bo en
tcrod tho warm both and opened hit
vhIiihP Wore all th hundreds of noblo
Romans who tnndo happy dispatch of
tliiMiiNftlvoN InsunoP Surely not.
Tho (Jrooks rarely committed ml
chin, but (it ono tlmo It was qullo tho
fiiMhlou in Roma. It is tho rnrott of
rarities for ft slavo to oomitilt sulolda,
though a slave owner often doe. Kx-
ummve inquiry fall to oavolopo a
ulniflo i'iimo of nn American notrro's
committing sulcldo, though tho rohnvo
boon ft few ease among tho mulnllooe
niiti octoroon. Shall it bo said, then,
that (ho superior rnoo 1m tho suIoklalP
Nnroly not, for tho Greek worn at
leant tho eijunl of tho Roman. 'J'ho
Solution in tint bo nought plsowhi.n,
Perhaps rollif louw bollof hn sonin
tiling to do wllh it, but it would bo
hard to provo lt Ono fact, hownvor,
give iin a cdnw. Among tho lowest
ineo of mankind, and In tho lowest
Intellectual grade of any noddy,
sulcldn 1m practically unknown, and
among tho very blithest In race or cuU
turo it i extremely raro, whllo in tho
tuhlillo or lower middle classes It In
most common. Jt In those who aro
midway on tho course, wholhor n
ractm or Individual), thoto who aro In
Iho struggle, who Ioho hoart and rush
tinhlddon into eternity, This I only
another wity of saying that whom tho
biittlrt I Hercest thoro aro tho most
wound ami sudden death; those who
biivo won Iho victory and those lying
ldlo in camp and designing no strugglo
ii ro fairly well snllsllod with tho hI l.uu
tlon. Iho cultured Well-to-do Phlla
dolphlnn I, on tho whole, n willing
to llvn an tho naked Heiicgnmblnn,
Tho itaimen aligned for suloldo aro
to tho hint degreo ciirlott, In many
ease well-to-do suicide simply allege
Hint they aro tired of life - the mount
ony of it In too much for them. An
Kngllsli gentleman left a nolo to the
effect that bo wan tired of "coming
in and got"? 0I)'- lyl"lf down and gel
II ii g up, buttoning and unbuttoning,"
A London cabman wroto that ho tiad
exhaimtod nil tho pleasure of driving
in thl world and wanted to see how
they drovo in tho other, Strange to
say, lovo and poverty furnish tho
smallest niimher of cases, and inero
bodily NulTerlnir tho trroaloKl, Hut tho
moldiwt ciimoh aro thorn) In which a
wholo family die together, and of
tlumo the Hal ford ciino which occurred
mime your nyo wan moNt mouriifiit of
II.
Jfo vtM ft drutfiUt'n nMUtant find
wan threatened with Iinn of portion
find Jioverty, ilo succeeded in gain
Intf hi wife' eminent, an iU letter
ft id, that tho "wholo family Hhould (fo
together," but ho did not wnnt to
know when tho fatal dono win tflven,
Ho lio (favo her and tho yountfOHt child
prtiMftli! acid In a cooling drink an they
lay down for tho nlfc'ht, and in a few
minute they expired without pain,
Ono by ono ho dmpoxed of tho oUior
fivo children In tho mi mo way "all In
peaeo and without pain, thank (toil,"
ho wrote, lie (hen drew up bin will,
went out and obtained tho Mlifiiaturo of
wltnoHKeii, returned and wroto four let.
tern, and then nwallowod tho polnon
and wan noon a corpno, Huch ft itano
U beyond nalyl by ft healthful
mind. Yet we cannot ity it wu la
MBit, I
It It tenrcely polbl to rontMdr of
any method of tnli luo not alreiely ein
tlojid by mono one; but wbeiievtiroii
Mrlkc ft novel method ho It mire to
have r hot of imitator. lliini'liii.,
ilniwiiliiu, poUonlttif, otalitilnji or otliei
forum of culling, lnntllnrf, and jiuiiti-
lntf from hl)h placet aro mot coin
num. Many women have awnllnwnd
hot eenlt, powdered tflans and other
(etructlvo artlclet. Cleopatrii applied
an nop to her bomim, and It It worth
nut I n if that hn hut had no imitator!,
Women havo a horror of nerponN, ami
they aro not on.y ohtnlned at the
tlmo detlred. Franco load all other
nation In miloldet, at In tho hint year
for which wo havn tho record SIU per
tent killed theuiHelven In nieh 1,000,
ooo of Mm population, and tha lncreato
it rapid. Of 7,f72 mileldo In one year
one-llfth woro in 1'arlt, and amolher
it'lf by charcoal futnet It tho favorite
method. In London nearly all mileldo
am wllh tho knlfo and razor, and It It
a plain truth that in this retpoct tin
HrlllHh nro the worst "cut throuln" io
r.uropo.
Itolnu; Ilia Nett Urmt Thing,
"Yon aro no Kngllth in your tiiHlei
1 thould think yon would leave A morl
ca and Hvo In Kntfliwid."
1 'We can't afford that, but wo inaki
It a point to upend tho winter in Her.
iniida and tho minimer in CuiiimIu,"
Judgo.
OF THE LONG AQO.
A lint kIiiih ()iliiloii HIiIi Ii (louanil Mlmi"
in u a l;iprnni.
(Jeiieral Hhermnn related tho fid low.
In if iinecdotoof lilt oxporloneo In Mem
phlt: "It was In July, 18f!2, when wo on
tered Meniplilt, llofora tho first of
tho troop reached the town, order
bad been Untied by tho rebel authorl
tle that every thop, tavern, hotel,
theater or public pliioo Miould ho
oloted, and wa onlorod a olty im ttill
a tho dead, I mtnt for the mayor and
explained to him that MemphU wu
belnjjf vlnlted by AmorlciHi noldleiM, hW
count ry men that iiucli u reception wn:
iithotpllahlo and mutt bo olmnged, and
that he mutt order and In drm t every
Ii;iimo to bo opened forthwith. TbW
wa compiled with, to tho Inline llatu
miUxfitcl loii of very body, Theru ap
peared, however, at lieiulipiartert an
Kpltcopal cleivyman named Dr. W'liili,-,
who Noiiiewhat deinurred, f oxidiilned
to him that the people of iVIinnphlif
greatly needed ('hrlMtlau cullhiof.
meat, and he lined, promptly opea lilt
church door it ml admiomlor to their
want.
" Hut,1 tahl Mr, Whito, 'do von
know that tho ritual of the KplHoopnl
Church ha been changed tinea tho
war?'
-No,' mild I 'it iiani't, that 1
know of. How mtP'
"Wo now pray for Mr. JolTcrnon
Jiavlt, and not for Mr. Lincoln. I
mippoto I mutt no lon'ir pray for Mr.
Jtavlt!"
Yu.t, tirl pray for him by all
meant, JIfl need it, If anybody doe,'
' 'Hut am I required to jiray for Mr,
Lincoln?'
" Oh.no! ho'i all rlifht. J la don't
need praying for."
It It not erica that b'rdi will l fucd a
cat, but tticli a tliliitf oceiirred in Aiivmi i
('ami, A cntcNiiKlit a relilu Imf hi'f,n it
Imd than to kill II, i air oilier ioIiIuh, nt
traetnd by tha cry of llielr erimpmiien,
II I add fiieli a fineini ntlaclt apea tim
cat that tlit l"t tha bird r., and after It
litd mailt it4 tenp thn other hit cU flnvf
away,
Tim cornrnrricnt hat buen for idan yii,it
JIkbIhk up tad putting tojtlicr Ilia ve t
rnllnctloa of onnII that will occupy fuJIy
otit half ef Ida National Miii.aum la Wntii
lautoa, la Hit eollnetlon urn Mm iiluaalh
tktlntoat of prldNlorlii replllrt 100 ft la
loiiKth, flying drKon with a twenty llvn.
foot iirnd of wlngt, and otlmr curlotHI"
Wtll worth taxing.
A man will rtvctl mortof Mi ti ne oliar
autar In oat nulng of wldtt tliau In a
wbola wtnUr of ryr Batting. El mi
re Qftiette.
TAKE YOUR CHOICE
OF JESUITS OR AMERICANS.
Tiio Grand Island Independent says tiio OMiptloii Printed Alons;do tlio Jes
uit's Oatti Below, is Used by the A, P, A. It Is Not-Yon Can Dcclfla
Wliat Class Ion Would Ratlicr Hare Gofcrn Tills Country.
JESUIT'S OATH.
I, , now In the protnnoe of Al
mighty Qnd, tho hlettod virgin Mary
tho blottnd Mlohnal tho arohangol, the
blnttud St John tho llaptltt, the holy
pottloi St. rotor and 8t. Paul end the
tnlnti and tutored hott of henron, and
to you my ghoul ly father, I do declare
from my hoart, without mental rotor-
ration that tho pope Is Curut'i vicar
poneral and It tho true and only hoa
of the un'vurtal church throughout the
oartn, and by virtue of the keys of bind
Ing and looting given to hie holinem
by Jettit Chrltt he hath powor to do-
pote berotloal kingt, princes, etntos,
commonwealths, governments, all be
ing Illegal without hit tacrcd oonHrma.
tlon, and they may safely bo dottroyod.
Thereforo, to the utmost of my power,
I will defend this doctrine and bit hoi
IncMt' rlgbte and outtoms against al
UNiirport of the heretical or 1'rotottant
authority, especial ly agalmt the now
iiretondod authority and oburob in
Cnglnnd and all adherent, in regard
that thor be usurped and heretical, op
noting tho iticrod mother church of
lio II 10,
1 do renounce and disown any allcg
lance fti due to any heretical king,
prince or utato, naniod FroteHtant, or
obeulanoe to any of their lnicrlor mag.
Ittratet or ofllcort.
I do fiiithcr declare the doctrine of
the oliurch of Kngtand, of the Culvan
Isti, Huguenots and other Protnstantt,
to bo damnable, and those to be
damned who will not forsake the same.
I do further declare that I will help,
assist and advise all or any of hit hoi!
nost' agents, In any place wherever I
shall bo and to do my utmost to exttr
pule the heretical Protestant doctrine,
and to destroy all tbelr protended
power, regal or otherwise, i do fur
ther promise and declare, that notwith
standing I am deputised wllh to as
sume any religion hcrctloal for the pro
pagation of the mother church s Inter
est to keep secret and private all hor
agents counsel a they entrust me,
and not to divulge, directly or Indirect
ly, by word, writing or circumstance
whatsoever, but to execute all which
shall be proposed, given In charge or
dlrnoverod unto mo, by you my ghostly
father,
All which I, , do swear by the
blessed trinity, and blessed sacrament
which I am about to receive, to per
form, on my part to keep Invloablyi
and do call on all the heavenly and
glorious host of heaven to witness my
real Intentions to keep my oath, In
testimony whereor, I take thl most
holy and blasted sacrament of tbe
euolinrlst, and witness the sumo further
with my hand and seal, In the face of
tM holy convent.
;?ow, what do you think of thatp Is
thtr notanloo thing for an Amcrlcan(P)
ottleen to wear around In this country r
Swears to support tho holy church (the
pope) without mental reservation, no
difference In what country he may be,
Blears to help dnstroy all heretic (Prot
estant) governments, Swears that be
will not obey Protestant officers or
nttg'ttnitos. Swears that all govern
ments are Illegal unless collrmed by
the ol.tiroh. Swears to aid In breaking
down Protestantism. Swears to be
o!r!y rnd wholly ft Roman the obod
Uat servant, to willing tool of the man
Ik Soo4
A. P. A. OBLIGATION.
Grand Island Independonti Thl
following Is tho obligation taken by
persons joining the A. P. A. as shown
by the working book as explained by
olpher explanation of blank spaoei
found In said books
WORKING BOOK OBLIOAIIOK.
Deputy You will repeat after me
the following obligation, giving yotu
name In full. (Persons afllrmlng will
raise tbe right hand.)
I, , in tho presenoe of Almighty
God, and these witnesses, do solemnly
promise, declare and swear, that I will
support and defend the constitution ol
the United States, and the state when
I resldei I will keep Inviolate the ee
orets of this organization I will obey
its constitution and laws; I will use my
best endeavors to promote olvil and re
ligious liberty; I will not knowingly
vote for, rocommend for, nor appoint,
nor assist In electing, or appointing
Roman Catholic nor any porson sym
pathising with Roman Catholicism, to
any political position whatever, and In
all my public and political notion will
be governed by the pnnolplos of th.i
order; I will oppose all attempts to usi
tbe public funds for any sectarian pur
pose whatever and will ever maintain
tbe great principle of ono general an
sectarian free school organization
will never reveal any of tbe signs.
grips, words, passwords or other mys
teries of this order, or the names ol
any of Its members, or Us numerical
strength, to the uninitiated; I will hold
these principles above my party affilia
tion; I will always give a brother ol
this order preference in all matters ol
business and also In my act of eleotlvs
franchise, all things being equal. J
will make prompt reports to the chief
recording seoretary of every initiation
made by me. I will advocate the prin
ciples of tbls order. I will use my best
endeavors to Initiate all true men, and
in this way help spread (he order all
this I voluntarily promlso, declare and
swear (or affirm) without hesitation ol
mental reservation, or any self evasion
of mind In me, whatever, to help me
God," (Recently Incorporated aa thl
American League.)"
How many of you who have taken
tbe A. P, A. obligation would reoognlzi
the above as that used by the orderf
What outsider, after reading the Jeta-
t'l oath In the preceding oolumn, be
loves even that obligation wrongf Is ,
t not the height of Impudonoe for ras
cals, for traitors, to try to nail a hall
n the American movement That
oath shows what tho Jesuits are hers
for. It shows they wear the 11? err of
beaven to serve the devil In. While
theyhwa upon short-sighted Protes.
tants they have their minions working
to destroy tho government which furn-
shod them ft haven when driven from
nearly every nation upon the earth.
For our part we would not hesitate to
choose between the two oaths. We
are purely and simply an Amorloan,
who believes it the duty of over man
who eomes to live In this oonnrrr and
swears alloglanoe to the United States,
to so swear allegiance as not to bare
ft mental reservation id favor of the
pope. We believe In ths above oblig.
Uea, ami ears little wae kaM U.