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INTERESTING JEWISH STATISTICS.


INTERESTING JEWISH STATISTICS.
The Eleventh Census returns 70.
veal some curious facts In relation to
the Jews, when II II understood that
the Jewish nation Is politically ex.
tinct and In the Christian sense Of the
word Judaism Il not n religion.
No common authority binds Jews Ia
The religious sense. There l. no court
In existence before which jew can
he tried for herosy. a council or synod
has no poworto decree what Ia Jewish
belief or unbelloL Any ten adult
lsFaelltes can form a congregation and
appoint their own nbbi. II Is not In.
frequent 10 find congregations without
rabbi. Nor have the Jews any
authorized creed, except that written
by Malmonides during the middle
ages, II II may be 80 considered. But
this forms no part Of the Jewish
liturgy.
Here then we are face 10 face with q
people maintaining an individuality In
race and religion yet without u country
ora creed. This Is one Of the strange
pandoxcs Of our time.
The census returns show that certain
data were collected. relating to lO,0ls
jewish families, cOmpriaing 90, $50 per.
sous resident Ia the United States on
December 81, 1859. There are alto.
gothcr In this country about 600, 900
Jews. But Especial form Of schedule
was prepared and sent to heads of
jewish families whose names were
furnished by fabbisand other leading
mon. Complete returns relating To
vital statistics have been received Ia
this way from i0Gis families.
The social condition Of this number
Is shown by the fact that 4, Ge2 families
KEEP, one Or more servants, while 5000
kept no servant at all.
The latter class averaged 5.2j per
family, while the richer class averaged
900. The annual average marriage
IaVo per thouslna OF INC poor class was
1850, that OF tile rich 1879. The average
number Of births per thousand OF wo.
men between 10 and 80 Of the poor
ci'ss was o'''-' anu OF the rich 1888.
IN. average annual number OF deaths
OF 'h' poor was per thousand H.s, Of
'he "eiI''o'do ''=O'
VI inc vo'oaO persons which COM
Prise these lp,'lS families, il,OOi were
hia'es"hi -'''Jo wero females, making
proportion OF about luo males TO 100
females otthis OOU3O persons 1880
were born abroad aud 10000 In the
United States.
or the total male population above
hI'een years of age ls,Oal had definite
occupation Among these there were
80 ""9''s' 20 'i'e''oa' men, dss
teachers anu au.horSi "'oil clerks, III
bankers anu brokers, 2,li' merchants,
l,10' commercial Travellers 5,077 retail
dealers, 1873 cigatmakers, Ss7 jewellers,
b3i tailors aud Ill farmers aud gard.
encrs.
The profession OF the law does moi
seem 10 agree with the law Tho
animal d.nih rat. anon, law,a a.
,hnns,,J w,s no anJ -, ~
,aI. n,a,c,,anI. E,.oIr.s'n,s,''s.' "n NV
newt IN ,be l,wvers -I1 ha,n,' IN ~.
- " w ,'''s''' - oo'ns '"o
'v ,s' 'a'o VI 'io 'oo'ooo wothefs'
i"e u'''u 'a.e rom uiaoe'es among
jews born IN inc United states Is l.5
per 1000, while among jews OF German
birth II Is o.a' In nervous diseases
tue death rate among American born
Jews IL u per 10000 and OF German
born 81 per 10000.
DR.. John $. Billings, I'm nm ar,lo,.
on this subject In the North Aue,scl,,
Rerlsir. says.
.w. -, 80, a.. a.,