A PARISIAN SUICIDE.
Tiie horo <t ono of the drtunaa wrht.n by Alexander Dumai, an Atheistical doctor, poiaontd hlmae f, and whlta dylog, wrote on » shoot of pnper bla feelings and impression* of coming diißolutlon, A w&tohmaker of P*rlg, probably impired by this iuoident, haa placed on record his foallogs under similar circumstance?, He was found do d In his room, Bcffocated by the fumea of ch«rooal, and on a blackened Bbeet of paper olenched m his band were the following notes :— 2 15, head heavy. 1 take euro that no charcoal falls about ; ready to to tow myself on noy bed. 2.20, I chew a plag of tibacoo. My hands tro ditty, but It la to leto to wash them. 2 30, singing m the earn. It Is coming I Ho down. 2,35, the- oharooal of the dealer opposite In worth nothing, I suffer too much. 2,45, hcudftoho. Thiee times I have renewed the chore-.; <•!, Nothing yet 1 3.0, theru oannot possibly bo a God. I bavo had enough of living like this. 3 20, I nuSot bftyoad oudur*noe. Here the aad atory on<.'s. Death must have relieved the wrelohed man from his sufferings within a fen mlaates.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2302, 14 December 1889, Page 2
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199A PARISIAN SUICIDE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2302, 14 December 1889, Page 2
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