Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-12-08
DIVORCES

AUsTRALIASs.-Divor have never been
sanctioned in Australia.
JEws.-ln olden times the Jews had
discretionary power of divorcing their
wives
JAPASs.-n the wife be dissatisfied she
can obtain divorce by paying a certain
sum.
THIBETASs.-Divorces are seldom al
lowed, unless with the consent of both
parties, neither of whom can afterward re-
marry.
MooRs.-If the wife does not become the
mother Of boy she may be divorced with
the consent of the trlbe. and she can marry
again
AByssISIASs.-No form of marriage is
necessary. The connection may be dis
solved and renewed as often as the parties
think proper.
SIBERIANs.-lf the man be dissatisfied
with the most trifling acts of his wife, he
tears her cap or veil from her head, and
this constitutes divorce
CoREAS.-The husband can divorce his
wife at pleasure, and leave her the charge
of maintaining the children. If she proves
unfaithful he can put her to death.
SLAMRsE--The first wife NAV be di-
vorced, not sold, as the others NAV be.
She then may claim the first, third and
fifth child. and the alternate children are
yielded to the husband.
ARCTIC REGIoS.-When a man desires Il
divorce he leaves the house in anger, and
does not return for several DAYS The
wife understands the hint, packs her clothes
and leaves.
DRUsE AND TTRKoNAN-Among these
people, if wife asks her husbands per-
mission to go out, and he says SEQ" with
out adding ''but come back again." she Is
divorced Though both parties desire il,
they cannot live together again without
being remarked.
COCHIN CHINA II the parties choose to
separate they break pair OF chopsticks or
copper coin in the presence of witnesses
by which action the union is dissolved.
The husband must restore to the wife the
property belonging to her PRIOR to her
marriage.
AMERICAN lNDIASs.-Among some tribes
the pieces of sticks given to the witnesses
OF the marriage are broken as sign of di-
vorce. Usually new connections gre formed
without the old ones being dissolved. A
man never divorces his wife if she has
borne him sons
TARTARs.-The husband may put away
his par.ner and seek another when il
pleases him, and the wife may do the same.
Ii she be ill-treated, she complains to the
magistrate, who, attended by the principal
people, accompanies her to the house, and
prOnounces formal divorce.
CHINEsE--Div4ces are allowed in all
cases of criminality, mutual dislike, jeal-
ousy, incompatibility of temper, or too
much loquacity on the part of the wife.
The husband cannot sell his wife until she
leaves him, and becomes q slave to him by
action of the law for desertIon. son Is
bound to divorce his wife if she displeases
his parents.
CIROAss1ASs.-Twok kinds of divorce are
granted in Circassia-one total, the other
provisional. When the first is allowed the
parties can Immediately marry again;
where the second exists the couple agree 1.
separate for year, ana If, at the expira-
ton of that time, the husband does not
send for his wife, her relations may de-
mand of him a total divorce.
GRECIANs.-A settlement was usually
given to a wife at marriage for support In
case OF divorce. The wife's portion was
then restored TO her, and the husband re-
quired TO pay monthly interest for its use
during the time he retained it from her.
Usually the men could put their wives
away on slight occasions Even the fear
of having too large family sufficed. Di-
vorces scarcely ever occur in modern
Greece.
HISDoos.-Either party for slight cause
may leave the other and marry. When both
desire 1t there is not the least trouble. II
man calls his wife mother" il is con-
sldered indelicate TO live with her again.
Among one tribe, the ''GOres," if the wife
be unfaithful, the husband cannot obtain a
divorce unless he gives her all the property
and children A woman, on the contrary,
may leave when she pleases, and marry
another man, and convey to him the entire
property of her former husband
RoMASs.-In olden times man might
divorce his wise if she were unfaithful, if
she counterfeited his private keys, or drank
without his knowledge. They would di-
vorce their wives when they pleased Not
withstanding this, 52l years elapsed with
out one divorce. Afterward a law was
passed allowing either sex to make the ap-
plication. Divorces then became frequent
on the slightest pretexts. Seneca says that
some women no longer reckOned the year
by the consuls, but by he number Of their
husbands. St. jerome spesks of a man
who had buried twenty wives, and q
woman who had buried twenty-five huS-
bands The Emperor Augustus endeav-
ored to restrain the license By penalties.