he ca..l9 mi devnte fhe reanisite attell- tion to family, [an Editors excuse IS equally good,I and he remained, as 1t were by compulsion, single, without ex- periencing any unpleasant obscrva- tions.-Aiter all the jokes and sarcasms at the expense of married men, those u s5os old lti bachelors arc fur more piin- gent. They are, indeed, constantly re- minded of their inferiority in the scale of society; for let us attempt to disguise it as we may, the good opinion ot the sex is ono of our highest qualifications. In this view the married bave evidently the advantage. A widower of fifty stands higher in their estimation than bachelor of forty, and he will sooner get young wife.-Hartdtor's 'Sislplici- fy of Health.