Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1892 — The [?]cidal Manta. [ARTICLE]

The [?]cidal Manta.

It Is wortihjf of note that the greatest (lumber of Suicides are committed by the Germans. The form of death they choose is usually poisoning. In every country three-quarters of all the suicides ere of the male sex. It is almost impossible to realise the readiness with which the Chinese commit suicide. It requires the merest trifle to induce a Chinaman to hang himself. The first Instance of suicide recorded in scripture Is that of Samson <B. C. 1117). The second is that of Saul (B. C. 1055). Father than fall into the hands of the hillstineß, when hard pressed in battle, he drew his sword and fell upon it, anti eo died. Judas Iscariot, through remorse, went and hanged himself. • Albany Express.