Show THE SUICIDAL MANIA thic THE crop of sul suicides eldes in this territory during daring the past ten tea days is appalling the number within so short a time is unparalleled in the history of this region should jacobsen who took morphine last night succumb to the influence of the poison he will make the fourth successful case in th this is city alone within a few days besides another at american fork with several attempts at self cestr action not counted Is it the result of imitation one morbid minded and weak person hear bear log of another committing self murder and brooding over the incident until impelled to follow suit or is there something in the air of a destructive character charac teil a subtle sinister influence that urges people to destroy themselves rather than struggle on through a full mortal career an omaha paper stated recently that a resi resident defit ol 01 that city was so imbued with the suicidal mania that he be placed himself under treatment pi a ph physician IMAM for two years as a preventive irl he did not nob wish to commit the deed but when in close proximity to poison he found it alm almost at impossible to resist an impulse m to take it this singular condl condi tion remained with him two years and aad then departed as suddenly as it came some people imagine that it requires courage tor for a man la in possession of his bis menses to commit self murder no irister iri ater mistake could be made it is the acme of cowardice itis it is an all ignominious no minious surrender to the circum stances of bild lild that courage is capable ot of surmounting it is the flight oi 01 the craven before the obstacles to be encountered in the battle of life A courageous man will not resort to it |