Year: 1867

the existence of chronic disease bad health or from being
addicted to dsspated and cenous habits by want of
success life do marry The annual mortality among
such is annually greater than among the strong and
vigorous bacheors and this greater moray among suGh
unmarried men extent swes the proportional deaths
of the unmarried at these early compared with those
of the age who married But almost all such die
out by the Of nae before they have attained their
ortieth yearnone survive their iftieth year. But the


tables of the two proved that every successive of


life from so to extreme old the married men continued


to die at much lower ratio than the unmarried who
of the corresponding ages Thus the great age of
70 to IS years. every thousand married only 81 died.
but in every thousand unmarried the ages 1O2
died annually No arguments explain away this


tanned fact And the sole difference in the two parties at
every age above so years of age that the is married
and that the other unmarried it impossible to resist


the conclusion that marriage and the habits connected
with marriage which is the of the difference Strange


it is that only now after the lapse of several thousands
of years. that statistics have proved the truth of of the


first natural laws revealed to man. is not good that the
should live alone The above conclusion relative to
the much smaller deah-rae OF the married men IS strck
ingy confirmed by calculating the age at death of the
married and unmarried above 20 years of age From


the facts published in Table XVIII. of the Ninth Detailed
Annual Report was ascerained that the age death
of the married 597 years. whereas the age at
death of the unmarried above 20 of age only
40 yeargivng difference of 192 years in favor of the
married Calculating the age at death in the
for the year 1864 it appears from the facts
stated in Table XXX that the age at death of the
married was 591 years. whereas that of the unmarried
who above 20 years of age 4G2 yearsshow


ing difference of 10 years Of life in favor of married men,
A GEOLOGICAL LEGEND INDIA.-The following
what interesting legend is perhaps generally current
amongst the Moammedan than amongst the Hndoo popuace
is however curious nasmuch appears to prove that


the changes which geology teaches have taken


the ears surface have escaped the observation of peo
pie comparatively ignorant and unrened the village
sages of India In the golden age when men spoke the TRUTH
there sage much better than all other men,
then that he especial favore of heaven


Tired of the petty and foies of mankind he retired
from the great city in which he had dwet before and lived
alone far from other men, for ages in the practice of
temptation and the study of God When ages had thus rolled
away he bethoug him once return his native city, and
yhat had hooOn of Ha dCo hp drew
the site of the great city, o it gone and beautiful lake.
calm, placid clear occupied its place. Skfs sailing
pleasure parties made its waters musical with their
songs and instruments birds skmmng overthe waters


and dipping them occasionally while the shore the
hustle and animation of the chase might be family heard in
the distant ungles Drawing old boaman the sage
aked My FRIEND what has become of the great city that
once stood here" "You mistake reverend sir said the
boaman there any city here this has always
been lake. But there cities miles away to the south
and west The sage knew however, he not mistaken.
There had been city there it was gone Musng as he
unchangeabe the returned to his hermitage and lived
again contemplation Atlength hebethought him of visit
With that ntutve knowledge that belonged to the
golden age in which he had lived he found out the ste


though all was changed and now mighty forest stood where


the city had been He could hear the calls of the monkeys
and the occasional of the wild beasts issuing from the
depths the wood whilst the air alive with the songs
of birds A cavacade approaching, at the
head owhch rode young who splenddy dressed
He seemed to be prince the others showing him much
Difference. As the prince drew the asked him,


Pray sir did you hear of city that stood here


great and popuous city? Though when last here
had changed into lake. perhaps you have heard of hat


always been forest has always been the chief hunting
ground of my foreahe the kings of this country Has it
not my lord he asked turning to old nobeman in his
suite Undoubtedly your royal highness The Refuge of
the World speaks but the TRUTH the reply of the old
courer When was young said the sage still addressing
the prince lived great and popuous city that stood
where this forest stands. Some time after came here
and the city had become akesee here some shells
perhaps they left by the lake and it is forest"
q NH > Al
rode on "Undoubedly your royal hghness The Asylum
Of the World always speaks the truth said the old courer
Musng much the changeabeness of earth and man. and
the uncangeabeness of God the sage returned to his her
mitage and spent ages again in contemplation At length
he thought he would revisit the site Of the old city, where
drew he mighty river flowing along and great