Show VITALITY OF THE JEWISH bace RACE IN EUROPE very interesting interest I 1 papers on this subject are furnish the journal of the statistical society of paris and in the annals of hillene and legal medicine in the same bame eity elty city M lecoyt the author of the first of the papers says the history of the jews is in many respects one of the grand episodes of modern civilization we cannot but wonder at their persistent and eventually victorious struggle against implacable persecutions instigated as well by religious hatred as by a desire to become possessed of their great riches their force of expansion which lej led led them to emigrate to all parts of the tho known world the concentration in their hands of a large part of international trade the triple agency 1 of an admirably special aptitude for trade and finance a 2 df sounder bounder notions odthe of the power of credit at a time when unproductive concealment and hoarding were the methods of saving 3 the exclusion by the laws of countries which tolerated their stay in them from all active employments ploy ments the adhesion to their religion notwithstanding the incessant endeavor sto proselyte which were often strengthened by the secular secular ar arm m the not less determined retention ion lon in I 1 the land of their exile of the manners customs and traditions of judea manier manner their heir refusal to mix with races by which they were surrounded finally a certain vitality superior to these races which enables athern them to be readily acclimated in all parts of the world we behold in the jews a people whose records show few marriages a smaller number of children and fewer deaths of them in a family a smaller number of still borns more old perso persons 3 fewer suicides suc ides a larger mean duration of life the israelite weighs carefully the responsibilities and cares of matrimony mon yand and is slower in taking on oil its bonds if the marriages of his people are less fruitful more time is allo ailo allowed weel for a mothers care and tenderness and hence the less proportionate mortality of jewish children to the population at large mr nir lecoyt expresses his surprise at aej the large number of jews who live to a very advanced age their temperate habits explain in a good degree this favorable result their sobriety has always been known intoxication is rare habitual drunkards can hardly be found we see here a practical commentary on the saying sayin odthe of the celebrated haller that by far the larger number of those who were noted for their longevity were sober and lived plainly to this course the jews would be nat aurally led by the of the mosaic laws the love of family so strong in the jewish people insures constant care of the children and the aged and to their poor assured and judicious assistance their charity is without limit their fortitude and serenity of mind under trials are marked features of their character and can only be accounted for by their deep faith and confidence in an overruling over oven rulin ruling 0 providence the jewish population in the different countries in E europe drope is estimated in a table before us to be prussia not included russia contains contains 1 th the largest number 1425 next comis comes austria 74 third third on the list is poland england shows and ireland Ir einna elana the lowest figure of all being only the national almanac for 1864 sets down the jewish tion of the united states at this is an estimate and evidently not too high |