PROBABILITIES OF LIFE.
; ; Acooricling tb» the British Medical * . t^iJa^^, of all wlio live die ■J.%inxw':ili^Oiaiy.oiL6 in 10,000/ lives -live to be. loo,^ years old, and but '-■ on!e in a 100 reach 60. The marriod Jive longer^ than tliesingle, and but .of every: 1000 born only 95 wed- ; i4in^s take place. Of 1000 persons v^rlio haye reached 70 there are of .clergymen, orators, and public speakers, 43 • farmers, 40 ; workmen, .33 ; soldiers 32 ; lawyers, 30 ; professors, 27; doctors, 24. Farmers and wbrkineii clo not arrive at a good old age as .often as clergemen '» :'anS ; ptliers%lib perform no manual ISborj. but tliis is owing to the > neglect to.tlienatural law of health, inattention ;to^propef. habits of life in eating, drinmng,; sleeping, dress, and the ; prOpor:;care of themselves after the work of the day is done.
A tragedy is reported from Melbourne, j A. lunatic named Spellacy, confined in the Ararat asylum, mtirdered > another patient named Forßter. The murderer hacked theyiot&n*a body terribly with a spade.. A i Sydney ' telegram states that the miners of the Wallsend mine -who are out on Btrike have attacked the non-union men working'in the mine. Stones were freely; used), but fprtunately only 1 Blight ihjar^wrtfitt^oted,; - .'■--.
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Bush Advocate, Volume I, Issue 70, 16 October 1888, Page 3
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