The Meeker herald., 1898-04-09
cEL1BAcY AND MARRIAGE.
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general way, be lenstAsnsd or dinia-
ished by ourselves. sseoriing - We con-
tribute to its maintsnance BY heslthful
methods Of living. Independently ol
these, howeTer, various inner and outer
influences are Of great eject upon the
duration Of life, such ~ marriage.
heredity, occupation, religion. race and
climate. This u manifest TO everyone
in regard 70 certain influences, -, for
instance, climate; but Il 10 not % mani
fest a. relates 70 marriage. And yet the
influence of marriage upon the dura-
tion Of life is highly favorable.
Darwin said in his Origin Of Ham"
according to an enormous mass Of
statistics which were taken ID the
course Of the year 1883. Il has been ~
certained that the unmarried men In
France between the ages sofeoand'soAis
In much greater numbers than the mss.
ried. OF the die yeasly
out Of every 1000. and ofthe maEsssd
oAly e.S. In Scotland. this was shown
- early as 1903. There. for instance,
out 81 every 1000 unmarried men be-
tween the ages Of 20 and 30 years 14.o
died yearly. and of the married only
7.3. or less than half"
A similar condition II observed In
nearly all other lands. According 70
Hufeland in his ''Makrobiotik." out Of
every 100 persons. II bachelors and ~
married men reach the age Of 10 yearA
and - unmarried and 70 married wom-
en-.
According to Dr.. J. L. Casper, the
number Of persons who reach the
period Of life between 10 and 100 years
is ~ follows: Unmarried men, 1; mar
ried men. 20; unmarried women, Is;
married women. -.
The French statistician Deparcieux,
who has recorded not less than $3.50
deaths from the parish Of St. eulpics,
gives the following - the result Of his
researches:
"rt appears that man lives longer
In marriage than m celibacy. The num-
Der Of bache1ors who die after attain
ing the age Of 70 ycars Is nearly twice
as great as Of ,ntSrried men and wid-
owers. Also. II II found that, Of those
who survive the, age Of 20 years, tho
proportion OF unmarried to married
men or widowers y ~ 8 to -. The dis
proportion between the ages of mar.
ried aud unmarried women isstill more
striking; the numbers Of those who
reach the ago Of % year. are as liz
to II. respectively"
Noirot found that in Dion married
men lived on an average seven and
married women Ave yests iopFsr thaa
the unmsrried. Absorbing to, fhe sams
Aufhof. the unfavofaAle inNueuee of
qeltbaey made itself 1slt ,Aetwsfn the
aes Of -, and Is ysAfs. fr&m then
m. the ffty-Afth nar Il diminishsd,
And at tho latter aes disappsered 4.
nost entirely.
According 70 ths French statistician
nevsy, the man who marFies ut 30
thereby adds. II years to his life. He
Who marries At IS adds eight and hs
who weda ut 70 sig years TO his life.
After the fiftieth year this saip ceases.
The expression, "adds" IL incorrect
In 70 far ~ Il may give rise to the ides
that every matriaee will bring this ad-
ation to life,' While this addition TO
life II to certain extent true, It 10
also true that marriage may have an
injurious effect, -, for instance, when
II takes place too early or when, es-i
pecially in the families Of workmen,
the increased eafe Of the maintenance
Of . family has tho result of constant
overexertion and oterwork. Accord
ing to . comparison BY Farr. four times
- many married men under the. aee
OF % and twice ~ many married wom-
EN- die - OF the unmarried Of the same
sge.-St: Louis Republic.
Q. o. Taylor wnsss,ss. not sxs.ri-d IL Purity.