Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-10-14
un,vsrsal Statistics - The Lives and
Habits of People.


Habits of People.
A London paper condenses the follow
ING facts from book OF universal stalls
,ics nv Baron G. r. kolo: Among the
languages OF civilized nations English is
the most widely spread. 1t is the mother
t1noue of about so 600 900 people; Ger
man of between $4,000 900 and 90 600 900;
French of between 40 900 900 and 80 600.
400; Spanish of 4000000 Italian of 80
00O 900 and Russian of between So 600 900
and 80 600 600 TIE general condition OF
the masses OF a nation is the most valuable
element in natural progress or degeueracy /;
and Baron Kolb shows that the reproduc-
five capital existing in the living genera
tiop far exceeds the value of all other cap.
ital. Every needless impeachment to the
development of this capital, and snything
which tends to deteriorate the bodily con.
dition of the population, is proved to be a
souandering OF nations wealth. Every
advance made by q people in morality, IN
profitable and healthy employment and
useful knowledge, brings it nearer to the
idesf-the greatest natural tenure of life.
Domestic virtue also tells tsvorably on the
health and wealth of a population. Thus
in Bavaria, out OF 0G0 children born
alive, there died, of legitimate children,
PAS boys and 2l2 girls; OF illegitimate, 36l
bows and 342 girls. Dat OF 100 children
sucked by their mothers, only 1872 died
during The first year; OF those nursed by
wetnurses, 30 80 ;os those aruticially + d 90
died; of those brought up In institutions,
so died in the 100. The influence OF
prosperity or poverty on mortality is also
shown by Baron Kolb. Taking ] 600
well.to-dc persons and another 1000
poor persons after five years there re.
NAMED alive of the prosperous, 943; Of
the poor, only 655 After 80 years there
remsired of the prosperous, 557; OF the
poor, $50; at 20 years Of sge there re
NAMED 2S5 of the prosperous and OF the
poor, So The average length OF lie
among the well TODD was 90 yesrs, and
among the poor 80 years, fact that ought
to be noted by Lord Carnarvnn and the
advocates OF national insurance. The
effects OF profession and trades on mortal.
ity are great, the term of life varying
from G5 years II months for cergymen to
40 wears and 10 months for photographers
and copper engravers. In England the
duration Of life has been found most de-
fective among steel workers, pOllshers
and grinders; and next to these the col
liers' life is least secure, owing greatly, no
doubt, to the occurrence OF accidents in
the mines.
One of the most potent shortners OF lite
is the anxiety OF providing tor bare sub
sistence. The lack OF sanitary conditions,
also shortens mans years. ldlentss, as
compared to intense industry outweighs -
periodically OutWelgbs all the ad
vantages of ease and abundance. or all
the countries in the world, England shows
pre-eminepce in tbs abstentiOn from sui
Cides, while In France they Increase with
advancing years. Taking 900 suicides
which occurred in France, and dividing
according 10 sex for each month, ii Is Gu.
rious to note the effect of long and short
days In January, 6S men and 60 women
killed themselves; in February, IS men
and 10 women; IN March, 81 men and rs
women; Ia April, 81 men and 93 women;
In NAV, 90 men and % women; in June,
100 men aad 10 women; in July, 90 men
and 106 women; in August, 80 men and
1916 women; in September, "A men and rs
women; in October, II men and 80 wo-
men in November 81 men and So women,
and in Dece ber 90 men and 62 women
were sulci les. AS Mr.. Buckle argued
statistics show that there is no exercise OF
will, no acg in the entire compass OF mems
dealings, which does not fall within the
lines of an absolute regularity. OF all
human actions, marriages seem tC be most
arbitrary, and out of the "egion of fixed
laws Yet the registers prove that it
Is especially in marriages the greatest
steadiness and regularity obtains; taking
three quinqlennial periods, it Will be
found that tIe following proportions
exist:
Bachelors married to widows 1851 2d 3It
Wdowers o spinslers .9s2 93I 53i
Widowers TO widows 223 $40
Marriages Of men under 30 years of age
to women of so and over occurred twice
in the first period, aud once in each OF the
others; statistics prove that, In countries
where consanguineous marriages are per