Show T lem gire gives so some me interesting statistics compiled from the records of the unit united ed king pin om provident institution have been published in england they cover the ast fast 34 years and are strong proofs of the he favorable effect of teetotalism on longevity A section of this company 9 business pu siness Is given up to persons who bre are total abstainers and the death rate among them Is so much lower that it has been calculated that where 18 would have died were they all drink era ars only 13 would have died bad had they been abstainers the only ra honal explanation Is that the result suit of drinking alcohol Is to produce gradual degeneration of various organs and tissues so that in course of time these are unable to carry on their bunc functions eions or resist the attacks of disease it ie Is alao alo very significant that this result becomes noticeable chiefly after the age of sixty alcohol thus produces premature decay degeneration and old age the scepter life office and the abstainers and general have a similar experience on a smaller scale indeed this is becoming so manifest that only recently a large office like the sun advertises tor for total abstainers and offers to take them at a lower pre gium the experience of friendly societies Is exactly the same the death rate and sickness rate of the recha bites and sons of temperance Is con Bider ably below that of the foresters and Odd fellows notwithstanding that these contain many abstainers thus the sons of temperance have a death rate of 6 per 1000 1 and a sick rate of 7 days per member per annum while the drinking societies average about 12 deaths per 1000 and 11 to 12 days of sickness |