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LIFE AND DEATH OF SExEs.-The laws of
life and mortality betwixt the sexes are very
remarkable. They are stated thus:


l. In the present condition of the white
population of the United States, the number
of females born per annum is about $4,000
less than the males. This determines of itself
that poygamy is not natural condition of
man, and that the laws of our religion and
nature are the same-that one man shall be
the husband of one woman.


2. At 20 years of age the females exceed
the males. This proves that between the
birth and 20 the mortality among the boys
has been much greater than that among the
girls.


g. From 90 to 40 the men again exceed the
women, which shows that this is the period
Of the greatest mortality among women.


4. From 40 to 10 the difference rapidly di-
minishes, the females, as in the early part,
gaining on the males. This shows that this
is the period of greatest danger and exposure
to men, the least to the women.
5. From 10 onward the women outnumber
the. men. This shows conclusively that, rela-
lively speaking, in comparison with men, the
healthiest period of female life is at the close
Of it. Absolutely, however, no period to either
sex is so healthy as that Of youth-the blosm-
ing period of boyhood and girlhood


The above deductions of statistical tables
correspond with every day observations Of
human life.