BERLIN, Nov. 17.According
to the vital statistics of Germany for the year 1891, 4091 males and
1289 females committed suicide. The methods of self-destruction were
as follows: By hanging, 3567; drowning, 732; shooting, 611; poison,
232; cutting their throats, 112; throwing themselves under railroad
trains, 77; throwing themselves from heights, 49.
From the collection of The Comtesse
DeSpair
(The 1892 Morbid Scrapbook)