The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-18
A WARNING FOR BACHELORS.
Married Men Live Longer Than sim
gle Ones.

gle Ones.
The duration of our life may, in a
general way, be heightened or dimn-
ished by ourselves, according as we con-
tribute to its maintenance by healthful
methods of living. independently OF
these. however, various inner and outer
influences are of great effect upon the
duration Of life, such as marriage,
heredity, occupation, religion, race and
climate This is manifest to everyone
in regard to certain influences, as, for
instance. climate; but it is not so mani
fest as relates to marriage. And yet the
influence of marriage upon the dura-
ton of life is highly favorable.
Darwin said in his Origin of Mani"
according to an enormous mass of
statistics which were taken in the
course of the year 1888, it has been as
| certained that the unmarried men in
France between the ages of 20 and 80 die
| in much greater numbers than the mar
ried. Of the unmarried 11.3 die yearly
| out of every 1000, and of the married
only 65. In Scotland this was shown
as early as 1903. There, for instance,
out of every 1000 unmarried men be-
tween the ages of 20 and 30 years 14.9
| died yearly and of the married only
70, or less than half"
A similar condition is observed in
nearly all other lands. According to
| Hufeland in his "Makrobiotik," out of
every 100 persons, II bachelors and 27
married men reach the age of 20 years
| and 90 unmarried and IS married WON
| en-.
According to DR.. ]. L. Casper, the
number of persons who reach the
period of life between 70 and 100 years
is as follows: Unmarried men. 4; mar
RED men, 20; unmarried women, IS;
married women, 80.
The French statistician DeparcieuX
who has recorded not less than 4S,54t
deaths from the parish of st. Sulpice
gives the following as the result of hi!
researches:
at appears that man lives longe
in marriage than in celbacy. The mum
Der of bachelors who die after attain
ing the age of 90 years is nearly twic,
|
overs. Also. it is found that of thos
who survive the age of 90 years. thu
proportion of unmarried to married
men or widowers is as 6 to 43. The dis
proportion between the ages of mar
ried and unmarried women is still NOR
striking; the numbers of those VIII
reach the age of 90 years are as II
to IA, espectively."
Norot found that in Dion marie
men lived on an average seven an
, married women five years longer tina
the unmarried. According to the sam
author. the unfavorable influence c
, celibacy made itself felt between tn
. ages of 25 and 35 years. From The
till the fifty-ffth year it diminished
T and at the latter age disappeared a
most entirely.
According to the French statistical
. Devay, the man who marries at
thereby adds II years to his life. Il
r who marries at 35 adds eight and /
= who WEEDS at 40 six years to his lif
!, After the fiftieth year this gain cease
8 The expression adds" is incorret
! in so far as it may give rise to the ide
that every marriage will bring this al
dtion to life. While this addition
! life is TO certain extent true, it
= also true that marriage may have a
injurious effect, as, for instance, whe
: it takes place too early or when. e
- pecially in the families of workme
the increased care of the maintenan,
- of a family has the result of constal
overexertion and overwork. Accor
II ing to a comparison by Farr, four tim
y as many married men under the a!
u of 90 and twice as many married wor
" en- die as of the unmarried of the san
age.-St. Louis Republic.