Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-10
The LENGTH OF LIFE
studies In Longevity Based On no.
English Standa.a

0R.f.s
English Standard
In referring to the annivers.,
rope Leo XIII. we have had occ.s;ss
to speak of the advanced AGE n ,hs
itailan ecclesiastics who make nm ~
majority in the College Of Cardin. ~
The mean age of these is about eiab,,
and yet not one of them splays anvs
the mental gatherings which ara 81
posed to be incident to such advanced
years, and to preclu' e, save in ero.n
tlonal cases, continuance Of use,nl
ness and activity in the DISCHARGE !,
their public functions. 1t might r
supposed, perhaps, that there is soma.
thing in the Italian method If m.
which tends to prolong activity beyond
the average limit in other couptrie,
But the fact is that Italy is not partjc.
ularly favored in this respect Takip,
the whole number OF Italians, the ne,.
centage of those over sixty is Just /
against ~ in Germany, 7.S in Swedeu.
in England, 81 in Brazil, SO in Bel.
GUM. and II in France. The life.in.
surance companies have made Of The
question of longevity almost deter
mined science. with an ample array Of
| figures and rules. According to thesa
the average man who has reached the
age OF sixty has still little less, and
the average woman who has reached /
the age OF sixty little more than four.
teen years to live. But the expecta.
ton of life does not, relatively, dimin. |
ish with the advance OF years, for at !
eighty the mans chance is somewhat |
less, and the womans somewhat more,
than five years and half According
to the English standards. the persons
who live longest are members Of the /
clergy, while in other pursuits
longevity ranks in the follow
ing order: Farmers, merchants,
soldiers, clerks, teachers and physt
clans The death rate among the cler
gy of the Established Church OF Eng
land is exceptionally low. being in mel
years of active clerical service only ten
in one thousand of population, where's
that of the English Catholic clergy Il
80 per cent. higher. The figures oil the
insurance companies, which are ampe1
regarding every point involved shF
that, the age of fifty passed the expec-
tation of life is more than twice as
great for the temperate as for the iheF
riate, the proportion being as seven Z"
three. The proportion OF the rlen a.
compared to the poor, over seventy y
about four to one, and 1t Is generaH!
higher among women than among men
We suppose there is no country o' NV
world where the science OF long iAf
accompanied with good health uaAu
paired mental faculties. good dl -e1.Ol
and great activity, is better unuer''0VN
than in France, and there. oil l'ooV le''
sons born, 120 reach the age OF se'en9'
and the percentage continues TO De H's4
until eighty-fve is passed. Inc NJ :.
ous. exciting, restless life Oh i'O''
Americans is not conducive to eA.reni'
longevity, and the steadily large lH, ~,
grafton of those who have reacheu Wv
vears of manhood in other lanusas e,l'
grants tends to greatly reduce Wv
standard of longevity in TINS coun 'n..
but the tables of American in ,., s
companies show that it Is slea a,inne i
mo. Should this increase coh.in"s' a..
may not be many years oe,ofe ~; w uhs
here will compare favorably VII" a "n
long experience and repea'0u .a r. /
have shown to be the norman Nv
other lands..-N. Y. Sun.