Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1869 — Population of the Globe. [ARTICLE]

Population of the Globe.

There are on the globe about 1,298,000,000 of souls, of which 3(50,00 0,000 are of the Caucasian race, ....... —- 552,000.006 are of (he MrtnghT race, < 190,000,000 are of the Ethiopian race, 176,000,000 are of the Malay race, 1,000,000 are of the ludo-Ameri-can race. -t There are 8.G42 languages spoken, and 1,000 different religions. The yearly mortality of the globe is 333,333,333 persons. This is at! the rate of 61,554 per day, 3,730 per hour, 60 per minute. So each pulsation of our heart marks the decease of some human creature. The average of human life is 33 years. One-fourth of the population dies at or before the age of 7 years. One-half at or before 17 years. Among ten thousand persons one arrives at the ago of 100 years, one in 500 attains the age of 00, and one in 100 lives to the age of CO. Married men live longer than single ones. In 1,000 persons 05 marry, and more marriages occur in Juno and December than in auy other months of the year. One-eighth of*the whole population is military. Professions exercise a great influence on longevity. In 1,000 individuals who arrive at the'age of 70 years, 42 arc priests, orators or put)- 1 lie speakers, 40 are agriculturalists,! 32 are soldiers or military employes, j 29 are advocates or engineers, 27 i professors, and 24 doctors. Those j who devote their lives to the pro- i longation of others die the soonest.- i There are 335,000,000 Christians, j There arc 5,000,000 Israelites. There are 50,000,000 Asiatic re- 1 ligjons. , There are 160,000,000 Mohammedans. There are 200,000,000 Pagans. 170,000,000 profess the Homan “Cathelio. 75,000,000 profess the Greek faith. 60,000,000 profess the Protestant. v— A man recently made the run from Akron to Toledo, on a velocipeds, about ninety miles, ip fifteen hour*. '’f~ ~ ' Tj _