The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-10-06
WHOLE NO. 1872.
UNIVERSAL STATISTICS.

what an industrious German has Dis
covered About the Lives and Habits o
People.
A London paper condenses the follow
ing facts from book of universal STA
tistics by Baron G. F. Kolb: Among
the languages of civilized nations Eng
lish is the most widely spread. 1t is the
mother tongue of about so, 900, 900 peo-
pie; German of between 5O,OOO,0 900 and
GO, 900, 900; French OF between 100000
and $4,000, 900; Spanish of 40.O00,O00
italian of %. .O00, 900, and Russian of be-
tween $4,000. 900 and 60,O00,0 900. The
general condition of the masses of a
nation is the most valuable element in
natural progress or degeneracy; and
Baron Kolb shows that the reproduc-
tive capital existing in the living genera
tion far exceeds the value of all other
capital. Every needless impediment to
the development of this capital, and any
thing which tends to deteriorate the
bodily condition of the population, is
proved to be squandering of nations
wealth. Every advance made by peo-
pie in morality. in profitable and healthy
employment and useful knowledge,
brings it nearer to the ideal-the great
est natural tenure of life. Domestic viz
tue also tells favorably on the health
and wealth of population. Thus in
Bavaria, out of 1000 children born alive,
there died of legitimate children, 248
boys and 2l2 girls; of illegitimate chill
dren. 36l boys and 342 girls. The infu-
ence ofprosperity or poverty on mortality
is also shown by Baron Kolb. Taking
1000 well-to-do persons and another
1000 of poor persons-after five years
there remained alive OF the prosperous,
943; of the poor, only 655. After so
years there remained of the prosperous,
557; of the poor, 2s3; at 70 years of age
there remained 225 of the prosperous,
and of the poor, IS. The average length
of life among the well-to-do was 80
years, and among the poor 80 years,
fact that ought to be noted by Lord
Carnarvon and the advocates of national
| insurance. The effects of professions
and trades on mortality are very great,
the term of life varying from 65 years ii
months for clergymen 10 40 years and 10
months for photographers and copper
engravers. In England the duration of
| lite has been found most defective among
the steel workers, polishers and grind
ers; and next to these the collier's life
is least secure, owing greatly, no doubt,
| to the occurrence of accidents in mines.
One of the most potent shorteners of
| life is the anxiety of providing for bare
subsistence. The lack of sanitary con-
| ditions also shortens mans years. Idle
ness, rs compared to intense industry.
outweighs-prejudicially outweighs-al
the advantages of ease and abundance
| Of all the countries in the world, Eng
| land shows pre-eminence in abstentiCn
| from suicides, while in France they
increase with advancing years. TAX
| ing 1000 suicides which occurred
| in France, and dividing according
| to sex tor each month it is curious
to note the effect of long and short
days. IN January, 68 men and 63
women killed themselves; in February,
| rs men and 70 women; in March "a men
and 79 women; in April, "a men and SO
| women; in May, SO men and 90 women;
| in June, lO6 men and ITO women; in
July, SO men and lO6 women; in Au-
gust, 50 men and 106 women; in Sep
tember, IA men and 9S women; in Octo-
ber, n men and SO women; in Novem-
ber, 81 men and 68 women; in Decem-
ber, SO men and 60 women were suicides.
As Mr.. Buckle argued, statistics show
that there is no exercise of will, no act
| in the entire compass of mems dealings,
| which does not fall within the lines of
an absolute regularity. Of all human
actions, marriages seem to be most ar
bitrary, and out of the region of fixed
laws. Yet the registers prove that it is
especially in marriages the greatest
steadiness and regularity obtains; TAX
ing three quinquennial periods. it will
be found that the following proportions
exists
Bachelors married to willows. ..35l 254 81
| Widowers TO spinsters. .........9oz 95I Soz
| Widowers to widows. ........o o2O Zzo o4o
Marriages of men under thirty years
of age to women of sixty and over oc-
Cured twice in the first period, and once
in each of the others. Statistics prove
that in countries where consanguineous
marriages are permitted, there are to be
found greater number of deaf mutes
and idiots than elsewhere.