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WHAT IL LIFE ASSURANCES

In our las; We iustaarrd the average periods ia
years u the duration OF the lives % snrAgei ia
most Of Ne av0,a'ious % practical life We nov
select the ages Of The more eminent u ~ Poets
Whose tempsrsrssnL o. a certain sHtsnt NAV he said
TO be- grnerslly. Of sopsS hat SErIIable character
but uhOse pursuits ~" ~ arrIy Intellectual order
ShaksTeRre. -; Milton. %; B,rou. 81; BqTu. % /:
Goeibs, 80 Coilirs IS Gtay, si; Scuti, - Ans
tottl,, So; Tasso. 30 @ai J0Epcr 81. E,rr 80
the in,tancc % B1tns. Byron aud Collins how yoW-
erfally their peculiarly unhappy circumstances Va
liz acted upon their constitutions. Tue average life
q thee distinguished Individuals Was about huy-
Eve and bali year.
Eaiasli SiaiSiasa.--wc take Oliver Cron sell
So Earl q Chaihssi, 90 Wa PITT a. Y. q shsr-
idAh, g Gaming, y. WhpC,r, ~ G. !. los, 80 ;
Lord Liverpool % average ca sesrs
OF the Signeu Df the nyelAra'ipn Of lbdercnicace,
90 in uumher-Bcnjtmin Frarkhn was 70 !esrs old,
TIN (boru 1909 EIFaFd Rateigs the youngest
member % years ThUs. Lsnrh also - Yeats old.
The a0riaiify OF that ianorfIi bfrf exhibits these
fas;I T~ta;y-oae Sicners hycd ~ years after l';G
Pour attained 90 the arv Of ~ yssr. lEIrc lis Il
81 yeArs amer lT7G 'Bg'tcu GwinH~,is, ~ "a, WAs
the 6r.t who diet AFTER The Dcclaratign a.sd Ia
Charles Carroll as iaH, 90 years, born 1881, tisi
ls1l
Mliiar. 5nE4rtcra-Bouaparis -; Alexander
the Great 81; Bolivar, - Marlborough y; Pylscs
Eugene, CO; B.ucacr, - average -.
PAiiOFop ksTr, --NcvtUn, Sps Pascal, % Sir H.
DaVy, 80 JAnsa fcrsu50n, CS-aVcrase about -
years
HustCaTMf. NCufTfufa ava iAlffFfh.--itA EINlr %
jackson - Mozart, IS Hayda, - Cauovu, % 4,
Michael Angelo, - FaNmInr n Raphael, - /;
Sir ]. Lawrence, 81 Sir Joshua Reynolds vi
average &C. years.
10 the facts prcscutsl shove ihsre Is ore clllin.
for more than passing consideration q is ihis that
Alexander the Great Byron, Barns Ald 4 ptaeI. all
pre-emineniIy talented bat In many respects myu ~
similar IsISIST-sS:, -.-l gtfec s7ri! age .! s-.sy
seven.
The eoznsIioa be,wsta ihe uinl and BODY is 20
intimate. tha' one participates in a very high de-
gree in the sympath.E,aE iaHaraoss OF the other (;
and therefore the wear and tear % Tie n cntl aal
bodily flrsitirs may he ssiA 10 De simultaneous and
ooegual. We therefor need not be surprised 10 trace
is markell oatcls 10 the PERSONS have last meu-
TONED, IN whom there wssa constant u.mul Of am
bilious aud restless fr,liurs incressei TOO by the
ill Effects Of irregular and nemrerats hatits in the
persons Of Alexander Byron aut Bgrus aud - pain
fuly too, also, IN the gifsd but ruhappy Collins.
We now Ia ihe last place 81 oLr examples Of the
eIten Of human life take the lives Unfortunately
Of men in the various intellectual pursuits ofEf IT,
respective 81 cou try.
Dr. Franklin, So John Wesley, So: B1Tou The
Naturalist, 81 StsuIsiaus hiuE VI psigal ~. Lord
Coke, = iussL tAe FA.aIer, 80; PFrs-ivu tHaur-
eey, Of Harvard University, "a wlsbug,Dn, GS ;
Matthew Hale, C5; Dr. Frirsug II h.sh0p Bur
nett, - JAMES Nhs0n, loo LgNIs Laraoyal oIer
loo.
BAcuuL0Es Taxa wAEurxa.-Tc cslslra's-! Dr
Casper, Of Berlin, estimates the mortality among
bachelors, between The ages q thirty aud ErfE Ave
at tueniy-sevcn pr cent while the mort lily anon
married men between the same ages Il only eighteen
Per cent. As lite advances the difference becomes
even more striking. Where forty-Oue bachelors
attain the age az 90, thsEe are scyeaty oi.hl mar
ricd men difference Of reaT,y two 10 uur in favor
OF the latter. AZ lineage so there eight mar
Tied men 10 twrnty-ons blc ,0r az co eleven bach
eloTs 10 iStuty. Married men aud 30 EIue
married men 10 three bg-hclprl-No bachelor II -
NAid ever lived 20 - huudr,d.
We hnd through the agency o; Life Assurance tie
imPor auec attaching to- proper use of The means
granted 20 preserve hfalth, sud thereby prGlaay
life ITEM crance fOhernrss and chastity" are among
the moral means vel % steal, and Is a rromi-
nen' element ofhs sF.rt " the we "that the Son
niayy question b tccpm.aT a cad ny topic Of the
day in Europe AMI America. ADD one which ihc
best In ELECTS 60 o. ~ more vital Importance fr
the world, the more ely--Iy 80 Is in5psclsi7 H.