The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-08-14
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A curiocs and interesting article has
lea Published In the NedS6dl REo0rd, o.
The loogeTity and Olher hioGtAtic pscali-
AritieI0 TIE JeEish nee, b. J. Stockton
Hough, Il d. which has attracted con-
siderable AtteatiOl il JeWnh circles and
vii EspSy the perpsll Of insurance men
generally, in circles which are not Jew.
8h- Dr.. Hough's pG'pose i 10 show that,
according 70 statistical evidence, the Jews
s. 3 people posses many peculiar 4cTAn-
tares q 70 physical constitution and long
eTity which make them better risks Tor
lhe.insuEBEes than the members OF othef
fAces. Rough speaking, the number 0.
Jews IN the world st the present moment
d sboGt EsTen millions, the countries
vhere they are most numerous ranking
reeDAct;yeiy, Austria, Russia, Turkey,
GetmA1y, England, RDnee, and Last tAnd
in this oOA1ection, least) the United
.Ststs. Prom - eIAmiu1til0- Of tie
census statistics Of these, cOauGTia ii Is
Iound that the mean average duration
q lie among the Jews exceeds that Of
Christians By Abo0I Eve yeAA Mr..
PressiA ssys ihereiS1:6l pa CENT Of 6esfhB
among JeN1, 70 2.0pT cent GmQ0G the
general population. In France ChEistiaDS
Ire, on a ATerAge SG yeao and II
mo1ihs; JeEs, IS JeaB and 9 month";
According 70 Il Mayer, 3 leading Gu-
tharity, ooe-hAH Of the Christians de BE-
Zoe reaching 20 yeaES Of age, While,
among the JeTs, oDe7hAh i've 70 be 80
years Old Of the former, only 1874 pa
CENT live tosee their EeTentieth yeAE, while
q The lGtta IA pa cent reach that age.
The het, therefore, seems clear, supported
a. Il L BIZ The bat AuthoEities in France,
En9ISnd and Austria, that Jews live
longer than Christians, which nAiurA1y
suggests the question, Why! TheTe nc
many reasons 70 account Gor the fAet, Of
Which ne need only mention one q Two
To begin with, there are lew OF no JeTah
p1upen, 1ud TeIy few Jewish lAboIen or
mechanics, engaged in mining OF other
hazardous occupations. Who eVeT heard
Of OF net 3 Jewish EtokeZ o. eOAl-heSYeT,
8 Jewish stone-cQttET or aeelHindR
They fight shy q Al dangerous trHde,
prefeIring The sou. goo3s line, ieWeilJ,
moDey, lending, pictured eAling, nal estate
speculation, and The ike ThGy also
have more rest hSn Christians, tor they
keep both their own md The Christian
sabbath, and al Christian and political
h0lidsyS N addition % their own, Gul
getting twice the relaxation and repose
that theiI Christian Deighbon have,
They Are also careful Observers Of TeIy
stTiet dietary, sanitary, and certain Wal
known LeViticAl lSES Tor the promotion
Of ciesnliDes and The pneveution Of con-
tagiouS diseases Rarely DO We ind 4
drunken Jew; and still more rarely 3
Jewish member OF The demi-moDde. In
deed, Dr.. Hough has no hesitation what
eTI in affirming Ihst, in this respect,
theJ are the most chIgte d all the races
The fact Of women of other races having
nearly three una g many illegilim4ie
children SIS their Jewish sisters, iOdicstes
By his theory that the latter are three
times, As ShAste. This, oOubuess, has
something 10 o. S-SEA 49, ANAL FpnSfNlitv
OF their children, although Jewish m0th-
ers are Les prolific than Christians. No
Doubt the great reason Why proportion
Gtely ieEer children die among the Jews
than In any other rsce Is, That Jews mary
At more favorable age. OF 100 persons
81 Jews 70 % Christians marry
under 50 years Of age, while q
Jewish 10 81 Christian women marry IN
der the same age. In 1000 marriages,
where the nan was over 60 years old and
the woman Is, the proportions were z
Christians 70 s. Jews, Male births Also
predominAie more largely among the
latter than The former, which circum.
stance Is SiIiboted 70 the better physique
and younger age d neVly-marTied Jews,
and pAItic1lAIly 70 iheir conscientious
observance q eertGin LsTitical laws, 70
which reference has already been nSde.
There are many other interesting detSils
which We should Ike 70 tC1ch upon, such
q the extraordinary immunity oil this
race from Contagious and acquired dis
eases, the comparative r1rity q suicides
among thEm, and The fact thA: there are
far ieWeT Jews propostion2;ely who break
the laws than Christians Bat We have
Slresdy exceeded the limits assigned this
pSpG, and must refer such Of our readers
IS desire further enlightenment 10 Dr..
Ho1sh's article on his TeyJ curious, e1-
tr1oTdioIIy, and, IN most respects, most
exemplary people