... than onehalf. This result may scem surprising, but it is largely accounted for by the great mortality of persons under marriageable age, especially ofy infants up to the age of five. No fewer than 38 per cent. of babies die before they are five years old ...

... and the high, Shall crumble to dust and together shall lie. t The infant, a mother attended and loved, The mother that infant’s affections who proved, 1 The father that mother and infant who blessed, | Each, all are away to their dwelling of rest. | The ...

... Hebrews born on the same day, there will be 50,684 males, and 49,316 females. At the end of the first year the 100,600 Jewish infants will have established 11t & most remarkable way their superiority in point of vitality, for only 8091 will have died, as compared ...