, 1870-10-09
Oh LONGEVITY.
From Q1sse q Ettk.

evitY. which merits the attention of t1oSe OF
ur reade1s who take N .ntereat IN sut1ssts
Longevity in Man and the Lower
Our knowledge regarding the dn-
alton Of life in tie lower animals is very in
,crfect- While the male ro.ifess or wheel
nimAlculea never 1eAch The age OF twenty
our hou1r, An actinla or seA-anemone Win
pending its forty-third year in a Scot
lish aquarium; d carp, aged $50 years.
aud eppsrently lively and active. was
eeen b Button a pike. aged os7 years,
wae taken in svabis: II 1l9e, wlnch weighed
$50 tts. and was l9 feet long. with nns st
tached 10 1t t+arirg an inscription Indicating
that it was put into tho lake, in which it WAS
caught, in l130. Some OF the sscred cro:o-
dies Of India have been known since the
Conquest. Mr.. Tromas Bell, the we'll known
poses 10 be 200 years old. Parrots have been |
known to reach the age Of 12o years; sud |
there il fenson to btleve thar the elephant |
and tho whale can reach the respective ages
Of $50 and 800 years. With regard to our more
common dumesticated animals. it may he Etated |
ttai the horee and ass, under favorable con- |
diiions, live from 20 to Is years, snd may
rcacl 40; while the mule is longer-liyed ,haa
either of its parents. The OK lives fot Is CT
20 years; the pig, 20 years: the sheep and
goat, II 5ears; the dog, ~ or II years Gone
dog is, however, known to have lived 81 yeArs)i
y
the Autles that he had . cat which died at the
age Of Is years. after having for sor,e years
been upAele 10 move, except slowly: and tile
1ai Tit, OF year.. With regard to man, the
autlpr tiutis that FueeiaAs AMI othet degraded
tavxges sre shor7-iive4i. seldom exceeding the
age of Is, being killed and eaten in sotae cates
al thst age ~ their children: ALL thar tho av-
craEe age II death of EngIishmeu who Lave
REACHED the ago Of 80 is 75,5 ses.s.
From MI elaborate series Of tables, hc shows
that, in civilized communities. the longevityoe
females is higher tLan that OF ulases-tlc
contrast being greater in the English peeIase
than in any other group; that agricultural Ia
bo,ers belonging TO friendly eccteties exceed
in longevity Nl1t ia termed tho ''lsslthy Eug-
Iieh lite = that nlcu living in tow:'r-
bakers aud clerks-Hre relatively shott-live+li
that the expenditure Of mental labor in its
highest forms il a1,tagtni.tic 70 longevity;
that soyereigIs, dying natural deaths are
ehctt-1iyed: aud that the apparently MSher
longevity Of England, as coutras,ed with other
Western European s:stes, is probably due to
= somewhat higher s.H elopmsnt-
To the cases recorded by Mr. Laukaatar OF
ahno. mal Longevity in man-in which the 8ye
Of 100 years. has been lrovcd to have been
reached or excseded-we may add the follow
ing instances, without, however. pledglnG
ourselves to their accuracy:
Mr.. john Fitz, n.t- los ,waa born in 1162, and
served during the war OF the revolution. On
February 10 OF the present year, tho privilege
Of the Hour Of the House OF Congress- was
granted to the sged gentleman, at the request
Of Mr.. Banks and afr. Fltz occupied front
seat in the House. He ID stated to have coa-
yereed in a lively manner with several OF the
parties.
CAPTAIN I.a1tl ael,, nt 1oa, was Born in Lon
don, according to his own statement. on March
3, 1766. and entered the la1iti.h army on O,to-
Der II, 1853. Particulars u his military ca
reer, Which extended over tEeuty-niue years,
l ~ la of aYrf1
| -, FROM the New York correspondent, who de-
| scr1bes dinner given to celebrate Lila tirth-
| day. 1t il worthy OF record that he il q con-
! frrned opiun-ea,er, and car take half pint
| Of lAEtlinum with ~ little effect III the same
| quantity Of rtn 0rIlnaire.
| Mr.. John Nays case II thus described ln
the H.s:era Morning -Ns,rs for Ia.cl %
Mr.. john May, at. 10l, who resides at
Compton, near plymouth, diued will Ill. Il
Hicks. q. Hartley Lodge, last Friday, in com.
n'tnotasio,l Of lll- l0lst birthday. 1t llaS
been Mr.. Hitk=' custom, for tho past thee
Aivt1ears Of Liz biz th1ay, and fetc., him II
Iiu.cr. lie WAS torl on the 25te u Slsscl
l76Y entered the Devouport aochs ara il ISL
was aplrenticeu there N ltsi; WAS super
nuu.ted Us foreman OF ellpwiishas 1t tho tgt
OF "a yesrt aud has thus been III Tccei:t OF :
pension for upward Of forty yea1s- He i ii
ful! poss.erioi Of all his facilities, except tbs
lately lie has become little deaf. His pen
eiun is f59 year.
correspondent Of the A,!.cns (ohio
journal writes: SIN MY travels through
West Virginia. l came in cuntact With an in
tetestiL 4 family living iu Cabeti County, tbs
head Of which i 1n5 yeara old; llis wife is los
They have had fourteen children, twelve C
Whom are still living he eldest being 3:
and the youngest IL. They lave 10S grand
grandchildren; making in nj! 33l descend
ants, The old people are in good health, an
bid fair to see another generation. Tie o3
gentlembn's mother died iu 1865, at the AZ
Of 125. They have descendants in ever.
State Of the Union, except Texas:
tie last week uf April (publisled in Ii
Jin4ts) there il the case OF q woman, age'
lp3 yca1s, who died at uAmmersm,th.
Tie French scientific journal, Cosmos, i
the second volume for 1865, gives the follow
In the number for July ! ia the c.se
Madame Blu, then living, lively. and in goo
health; born on tue 18th Of June, 176S, and
therefore, nearly 102-
In the number for August i arc recorde
the cases Of Madame de Ia Route, who die
at tue age Of 101; and that Of her sieter, wh
only survived her fow hours, and vs.
nearly 100. Tho same number also record
the death Of HAdame naymo, who had II
Gently died In her 100th year; and the deaf
Of II. Tollet Of Titre, WHO would have been
centena1isn il he had lived few days louge,
Moreover, In the village OF poubon, near Spa
there Is Tor was at the date Of pubhcation)
, man. in vigorous health, aged 1t6 yesrs, mal
: ried in iii. His eldest eou was born In thu
year, and is, consequently, Ill but ceutens
: rim,
notice OF woman named Daport, aged 10!
! theu In tho hospital at Samur for a slEht u
, cident. She was reported as in the full poi
session Of her faculties. and very fond G
singing. And the number for August % cor
! tanned the case Of womxn, named M1eat
) native Of Skye, who WAS bonn in 1751, nc
vas theu living in . viIlaso neaz Kenyon.
: ireland. Tho authority quoted for this cas
+ is vague, being JonrnauI An5ldts.
: The number for October II contains Ii
( case Of u Hungarian aged lis, aud has the a
pcarance Of = weI-pzese1yed sexagenatiA,
I the dittrict.
: The same journal, in the number fer Aug1
/ !, 1869, contains the following curious par
graphs on i" The Various Habits Of Ceute'
nt1ADs: :"
G "Annibal Camaux. who died aged 121, az
Who figures in picture Of Horace yesnet'
+ w.s hard drinEcr and a great eztoc. IT
= snlEeon, Polotiman, who died 1t 14n, and vt
! the evening before his death operated vii
+ great success for cancer, got drunk ssel
a night, TIE Ecasant woman Obat, who died
b 155, and who worked In the fields till tho las
' took two glasses OF brandy daily. Hence
: might be Inferred that drinking proloact
j 1if4. But, On the other hand, Eleanor Spice
il uho lived to be III Grandet, who lived to
L 100 aud Jnne Efinghan, who died ut II
b never tasted t,iHitnous liquors.
Z ''Dcnis Gut6nAId, who died at 123, reside
: in / limestone cavern. DrahakembeEg, wh
!. lived 10 be 1i6, was taken in his youth By CT
tn1.s, and, for fifteen years. cn!ured all q
q haidehirB Of ca9ti71ty. Jean Latitte, ri
10 aied At 13G. from Ills eaz1iest youth tath
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