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Show REASON'S WHY MARRIED MES OUTLIVE BACHELORS, Dr. Hall, in his health articles, gives the following reasons why married mar-ried persons live longer than those who remain single : Bachelors are always in a state of unrest; they feel unsettled. If indoors after supper there is a sense of solitariness, soli-tariness, mdno tig a sadness, if ri'it settled set-tled nielanclu'ly, wiih all its depress ng ii fliiences, and many hours in CU se ol the year arc 6pcut iu lu0UJy inac- ivity, which is adverse to a good di-cstion di-cstion aud a vigorous and healthy nculation. His own chamber or nmse being as uninviting, the bach-lor bach-lor is inclined to seek diversion out-ido, out-ido, in suppers with fiien ls, in club-ilnch club-ilnch are mtroducloriea to iuteinier-uice iuteinier-uice und licentiousness, or to tho-e uoru unblushing associations which, mler the cover ol darkness, leads to peidy tuiu of healih and morals; and lun these ate gone, the way dowti-I'tiid dowti-I'tiid to au Uiitiniely g.ave is rapid and ei tain. Uu 1 1 io other hand, marriage engil.cns a man's life by its mstkir g miue inviting; by the softening infla nces whicii it has u. on the character .i.d the alfictlou-; by the cultivation f the be'.ter lediugs of our nature, nid in that propunion saving from ice aud crime. Tuere cau be no lealihl'ui development ut the physical unctions of our nature without tnar-lage; tnar-lage; it is neces.-ary to the perfect nan, for Diviiiuy hai announced thai t was "nut goud for man to be alcne.' Marriage g.ves a laudable aud happy il ject in ufe, the provisiou lor wit,-mj wit,-mj children, their present comfort and laluie wellare, the enjoyment in witnessing wit-nessing their happiness, and dally and uourly participation iu affectionate iu terchange of thought and sentiment, and sympathy; these are the considerations consider-ations winch antagonize sorrow aud ighten the burdens of life; thus strewing strew-ing flowers and casting sunshine all aiung us pathway. Voltaire said: "The more married men you have, the fewer crimes there will be. Marriage renders a man more virtuous, aud more wise. An unmarried unmar-ried mau is but half a perlect being, and it requires the other half to make things right; and it cannot be expected that, in this imperfect state, he can keep the straiglit path of rectitude, any more thau a boat with one oar cau keep a straight course. In nine cases out of ten, where married men become drunkards, or where they commit com-mit crimes agaiust the -peace of the community, the foundation of these acts was laid while in a single state or where the wife is, as is sometimes the ca-e, an unsuitable match. Marriage changes the current of a man's feelings, feel-ings, and gives him a centre for his thoughts, his affections, and his acts, dcre is a home for the entire man, and the counsel, the affections, the example, ex-ample, and the interest of his better half keep him from erratic courses, and from falling into a thousand temptations temp-tations to which he would otherwise be exposed. Therefore, the friend to mairiage is the friend to society and to his couutry." Ex. |