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Show A Fukncii physician, Dr. Berlillon, luts recently published some interesting interest-ing matrimonial tablet and statistics, it appears from bis researches, that marriugee are about four times more frequent among widowers than among celibates ol the same age, which (act ought to bo a lesson to single men that the married stale is far more preferable than that of misnamed "siugle blessedness." The- doctor's inveatigalions extended over several countries, and appoar to have been very thorough. In estimating tbe chances of marriage he has grouped the celibated, widows, widowers and divorced persons of corresponding cor-responding ages, and then drawD comparisons. Same interesting results re-sults have been attained. Id Holland, where he met with excellent success in obtaining figures, the men between the 3 ecu of 22 and 24 marry in the ratio of -16 to the 1,000 per annum, wuilo the ratio gradually increases up to (be age of o&, being then 110 to 1,000. Widowers between the ages ol 22 and 24 marry again in the ratio of 213 to 1,000, and widowers between 25 anJ 35 in the ratio of 327 to 1,000 Alter tbe age of 85 the chances of uittini;9 rftpiuiy uimiuiau, uui through all ages the chances of the j widower are three or lour times better than tbose of the celibate. Aa to divorced persons, the same condition prevails there ai in America, where the man or woman with a wife or husband living has more opportunity to marry and oftener marries than one who has uever indulged in matrimouy, or one whose wife or husband is dead. From 80 to 35 the chances of the divorced person for marringe exceed tbose of tbe celibate in tbe ratio of 1SG to 112, and at the age ol 46 they are six times greater than the celibate's. These figures apply similarly simi-larly to females. The marriages are moet numerous between the aeaof 25 and 29, widows' chance3 being about three times those o.f maidens. From 30 to 55 the chaacta of divorced women are five times greater than (hose of maiJens, and about twice those of maidens. The matrimonial ratioj of Switzerland Swit-zerland are almoit identical with those of Holland. In France, Belgium and Italy the greulat frequency of marriage anions men ia from the age of 25 to 35. However, in Paris, the number of marriages reaches its maxrmum among those past 40, and among womtn past 25. Tbe singular fact is developed that in France a consider able majority of the women past 30 take husbands younger than them-; selves. Husbands of 60 usually1 prefer wives under 40; a man of 25 1 marries a woman six or seven years bis junior. Women who marry men from 40 to 50 are generally about twelve years younger than their husband. hus-band. As a rule, the older the hus-bind hus-bind the younger tbe wife. Id Kugl.tnd the highest number of mArriaes ia between the ages of 20 and 30. both of turn and women. Id England tbe feiuniity of marriage- is double thi. in France, and larger . i&n in any other country. Dr. Br;illon also gives some statists sta-tists which should frighten celibates into matrimony. A bachelor of 25 rues the same mk ef death as a married mar-ried man of 45, and the same ratio runs for all ages, about 20 years being added to a man's life by marriage. In Paris the ratio of death is as follows: Married men, 15 7; bachelors, bache-lors, 27; widowers, 32. The ratio fori the whole country, between the ages of 30 and S5, is: For marrieJ men, 100; bachelors, 163; widowers, 2S1. Marriage under the age of 25 increase mortility, and widow-hood trebles the probability proba-bility of death among men, and somewhat some-what increases it amoDg women. Another point la favor of mar riagc, :a that tho criminality of ceHbv.ea iu France ia 100 to 49.25 of married weo, and among women the diOerencn ii even greater. |