Show 1in ffrraanncce the minister of justice has just pub-iliished ssoommee statistics of suicides which are not without interest they show an average of 4 ipeerr cent tforr males un-dd- er twenty year age and of 323 per cceennttrofor men over sixty of suicides of females on the other bhand 9 per cent were those under twenty while there were not more than 27 per cent for wo0mmeenn over sixty years of age tTwfeinrttyy six per cent of the suicides wweerie attributed to mental derange-ment and 20 to physical suffering drunkenness is held responsible for 123 per cceenntt and love affairs for 4 most of tuhhe men had rdeeccoouurrssee to the rope while 1 the women preferred death Vby ddrroowwniginingi though some took poiisoonn whicehh seaems to be altogether eesscchheewweedd bbyytthhee sterner sex strangely enough suicides are far more frequent in the sprring and summer than during the colddeerr moonntthliss which leandss to theo in-ference that want whicha is much more prevalent in the winter than in the other seasons is not thae usual cause of these sad ddeterminataiofonnss to be rid of f LLlonIrlIon ti raph |