The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-12-19
All the worlds Wives.


brought about by the man first sending
to her whom he wishes to become his
wife 10 purchase her clothes. These
she sells for stipulated sum, generally
asking . much a. she thinks requisite
for them 70 begin the world with. In
the evening he calls on her with the
wardrobe, at her fathers house, and
they pass the night In each others COM
pany. Next morning II mutually salts
fed they appoint the day Of marriage. =
They are permitted to separate whencv-
er they please, aud so frequently avail
themselves Of this privilege, but they
sometimes change dozen times before
their inclinations are wholly suited,
In Chinese Tartary, . kind OF male
polygsmy 10 practiced, aud plurality
Of husbands is highly respected. In
Thibct IL Is customary for the brothers
OF = family to have wife In common,
and they generally live In harmony and
comfort with her. Among the Cal
mucks the ceremony Of marriages IL per-
formed on horseback. The girl being
mounted and permitted to ride at u full
speed, when u lover takes horse and
gallops after her. II he overtakes the
fugitive she becomes his wife, and the
marriage Is consumnated on the spot
1t Is said there Is no instance Of u CAL
muck girl being overtaken unless she is
really fond of her pursuer.
Russia appears to be the most prepos-
ferrous country In Europe in its treat
ment of women. The nuptial ceremo-
MES, all and singular, are based on the
idea of the degradation of the. female
When the parents have agreed upon
the match the bride Is examined by q
number of women to see II she has any
bodily defect. On her wedding day
she Is crowned with u garland Of worm
wood, to denote the bitterness Of the
marriage state. She Is exhorted to be
obedient to her husband, and 1t ID the
custom in some districts for the newly
married wife to present tho BRIDE
groom with whip, In token Of submis-
SAouS 0aAN WIN SAlo kAO SCAuOA AoAlo W
show his authority. In that cold and
cruel country, husbands are sometimes
known to torture their wives to death,
without any punishment for the murder.
II U woman proves barren her husband
generally prevails upon her to retire in-
to . convent aud leave him ut liberty
II hs fails In persuasion, he Is permit
ted to whip her into obedience.
Such is the slavery iu which tho Mus
covites aro kept by their parents aud
guardians, that they are not allowed to
dispute any union agreed upon by their
elders, however odious or incompatible
1t may be. This extends 80 far, that the
officers Of the army are not permitted to
marry without the consent of the SOW
ereign, aud wives whom they do not
want are sometimes forced upon them.
Whether it be the result of this system
, of oppression, or Of their savage climate,
or OF the unnatural hot air Of their stove
heated departments, it is certain that a
more uniovely race Of women than the
Russians would be difficult to find
'"rhey want" says an English traveller
''the genuine flavor which only nature
can give" Tho charming firmness and
elasticity of flesh, SO indispensibly
requisite to constitute beauty, and sc
delicious to the touch, exist not among
the Russian females, or in very few o
them.
On the banks Of the Senegal, ant
among many African tribes, the matri
monial prize most sought after is abun
dance Of flesh. To obtain corpulcnc'
Is regarded as the only true comeliness
A female who can move with the aid o
two men is but a moderate beauty, Will,
the lady who cannot stir, and is onl,
to be moved on camel, Is estimated
perfect paragon.
Nor is this queer fancy, for obesity II
women confined to the savages Of tn
Torrid zone, since we read in Wraxhall'
Travels in Russia, that "in order t
possess any permanent degree Of lowell
hess woman must weigh at least tw
hundred weight" The Empress Eliza
beth and Catherine H., both accounte
very fine women, were Of this massiv
kind.
In Hindostan the women have pecu
liar veneration for marriage, as 1t is pa,
Of the popular creed that those female
who die virgins are excluded from til
} joys of paradise. In that precociou
country the women begin to bear child
} rem at the age Of twelve, some even O
eleven. The proximity Of the native
to the burning sun, which ripens men a
we'll rs plants at the earliest period i
those tropical ATTITUDES, Is assigned q
the cause. The distinguishing marks c
the Hindoo wife are the most profOun
fidelity, submission and attachment t
her husband.
The following experiment was mad
by Mr.. Bert: He dried rats tail un
der the bell ofan air pump, and in i'm
mediate proximity to concentrated sui
phuric acid, SO rs to gradually deprive
of all moisture. Then lie placed it in