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)
