The Meeker herald., 1897-11-27
.cELlBAcY AND MARRIAGE
Statistics show Come Interesting
Facts and FindinsA
Fe>n which BaeAsless WsalA Bet
ter Take Warning sAA "Dsubis
Uv" II They wasA te Pre-
lsng Life.

Tho duration Of our life may, in
general way, be heightened or dimin-
ished by ourselves, according as we con-
tribute to its maintenance by healthful
methods of living. Independently OF
these, however, various inner ard 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 10 marriage. And yet the
influence OF marriage upon the dura-
tion of life Is highly favorable.
Darwin said in his "Origin of Mans"
according to an enormous mass of
statistics which were taken in the
course of the year 1853, it has been as
certained that the unmarried men in
France between the ngcs of 20 and 30 die
IN much greater numbers thanthe mar
ried. OF the unmarried IL die yearly
out of every 1000, and OF the married
only o.5. 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.o
7.2. 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. / bachelors and 27
married men reach the age of 10 years,
and % unmarried and 2s married wom-
en-.
According TO DR.. J. L. Casper, the
number Of persons who reach the
period of life between 20 and 100 years
is rs follows: Unmarried men, 4; mar
ried men, &c; unmarried women, Is;
married women, 20.
The French stntistician Deparcieux,
who has recorded not less than 4s,54o
deaths from the parish of st. sulpice,
gives the following as the result of his
researches:
at appears that man lives longer
in marriage than in celibacy The num-
bcr Of bachelors who die after attain
ing the age of 20 years is nearly twice
MS great us of married men and Wild
overs. Also, 1t is found that. Of those
who survive the nge of 90 years, the
proportion of unmarried to married
men or widowers Is as to AZ. The dis
proportion between the ages of mar
ricd and unmarried women is still mora
striking; the numbers of those who
reach the age Of 90 years are as liz
to II. respectively" ~
Noirot found that in Dion married
men lived on an average sesen and
married women .nve years longer than
fhe unmarried. Absorbing to III & ssme
author, the unfavorabie Influence Of
eelibacy made itself felt between the
ages Of IS and IS years. From then
till the fifty-fifth year It diminished,
and at the latter age disappeared al
ncxt entirely.
s According to the French statistician
Devay. the man who marries at 30
thereby adds II years to his life. He
who marries at IS adds eight and he
who weds at 40 six years to his life.
After the fiftieth year this gain ceases.
The expression adds" is incorrect
in 70 far as 1t may give rise to the idea
that every marriage will bring this ad-
dition to life. While this addition to
life is to certain extent true. it is
also true that marriage, may have an
Injurious effect, as, for instance, when
II takes place too early or when. es-
peciuily In the families Of workmen,
the, increased care Of the maintenance
OF 9 family has the result OF constant
oyercxertion and overwork. Accord
Ing 10 comparison By Farr, four times
as many married men under the ago
Of 20 and twice as many married wom-
en- die As of the unmarried Of the same
ase.-St. Louis Republic.