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Show AVERAGE EXPECTANCY. The public mind has of late been attracted by he changes taking place in many fraternal ciders, the frequent reference to .actuaries' tables md the age of expectancy upon which these tables arc said to be based. And quite naturally comes inquiry oft repeated, as to the manner of cahuhiting the expectancy ex-pectancy at a given age. The limit of age, a3 presented even after long experiences of insurance associations mi I frttci-nal frttci-nal orders carrying insurance, is not claimed to ho an infallible estimate in every instance, but it Is perhaps as correct as can be calculated bv human ingenuity and at all events suificbutly to to regulate reg-ulate a table for general government.. For the benefit of the interested, we present a simple rule by which an expectancy may be learned, approximately, at least, the results of which will bo found to agree very closely with the litest ae!u-rial ae!u-rial tables. Deduct present age from eighty, and two-thirds of the remainder will be tho exnoehinv at that age. For example, age forty from oighty gives a difference of forty, two-thirds of which is twenty-seven twenty-seven and two-thirds years, the expectancy of V"' person whose present age is forty. Ago thirty from eighty leaves fifty, and the expectancy is thirh--three and one-third years of a person aged thirty"! The avernrro expectancy of women is snmr-ivhit less than is ' of men, but statistics tell us that date rate of women's associations is rot in of men's. There are facts good for ovcryo.13 io know. i raternal Leader. -v |