The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-01-16

tries.
observation-disclosures have never been
sanctioned in Australia Jcws-In old
en- times the Jews had . discretionary
power 81 divorcing their wives. Javars
If the wife be dissatisfied she can oh
tain a divorce BY paying = certain sum-
1hibetans-Dvorccs are seldom A.
lowed. unless with the consent AZ both
parties, neither II whom can afterwards
remarry- Moors-If the wife does not
become the mother u a boy she may be
divorced with the consent u the tribe,
and she can marry again Ably ~ssinians
No form of marriage i necessary
The connection may he dissolved aud
renewed a. otter as the parties think
proper. >iberians-lf the man lie dis
satisfied with the most trifiing acts II
his wife, he tears her cap or veil from
her head, and this constitutes a divorce
Corcan-The husband can divorce his
wife, or treasure, and leave her the
charge of maintaining the children III
she proves nnfaithful he can put her 10
death. Siamese-The first wife may be
divorced, not sold, as the others may BE-
She then may claim the first. third and
fifth child, and the alternate children
are yielded 10 the husband Arctic Re-
cion-When a man desires a divorce he
leaves the house in anger, and does not
return for several days The wife IN
derstands the hint packs her clothes
and leaves. Druse and Turkomen-
Among these people. II a wife ask her
husbands permission 10 20 out, and he
says SEQ without adding. -but
come back again. she j. divorced
Though both parties desire il. they can
not live together without being nemar-
ried. Cochin Chincse-If the parties
choose to separate, they break = pair II
chop-sticks or a copper coin in the pres
ence Of witnesses. b. which action the
union is dissolved. The husband must
restore - the wife the property belong
ing % her prior 10 her marriage Amer
lean IndianS-Am0n- some tribes the
pieces Of sticks given the witnesses II
the marriage. are broken n = sign Of
divorce. Usually new connections are
formed without the old ones being dis
solved. A man never divorces his wife
ii she has borne him sons Tariars-
The husband may put away hi~ partner
and seek another when il p~lease> him.
and the wife may a. the same. II she
be ill-trcaicd she complains 70 the mag
~istrate- who. attended by the principal
people. accompanies her ~ The hrn~e
and pronounccs a formal divorce. Chr
neSc-Divorces are allowed in AL cases
Of c~riminaliry, mutual dislike. jeal-
ousy. incompatibility II temper. or
too much loquacity on the part II The
wife. The husband can not sell his
wife until she leaves him, and becomes
a slave 70 him ~ acfi0n ~ the law for
descrtion. A son i hound 70 divorce
his wife II she dispiraSes his parents
Circas~ians-Two kinds ~ divorce are
granted in Circassia-one total. the
other provisional. When the first i
allowed the parties can immediately
marry again: where the second exists
the couple agree ~ separate for 4 rear.
and If AZ the expiration ~ that time. the
husband does not send for his wife. her
relations may command I o him = total
divorce. Grccians-A settlement Vas
usually given - a wife n marriage fer
support in case ~ a divorce. The wife'S
portion was then restored ~ her. and
the husband required ID pay monthly
interest for it, use during the time he
detained il from her Usually the men
could put their wives away on slight oc-
c~asions. Even the fear Of having loo
large a family sufired. Divorces
scarcely ever occur in Modern Greece
Hindoos-Eithcr party for = slight
cause may leave the other and
marry. When both desire il there
i not the least trouble III =
man calls his wife MOTHER ii j. cn-
siderei indicate 70 live with her again
Among one tribe. the -Gores,- If the
wife be unfaithful. the husband can not
obtain 4 divorce unless he gives her AL
the property and children A wOman-
on the contrary. may leave when she
pleases, and marry another man. and
convey 10 him the entire property II
her former husband. Romans-in oiden
times a man might divorce his wife II
she were unfaifhful. II she cornferfeited
his private KEYS. Or drank without his
knowledge. They would divorce their
wives when they pleased Notwiih-
standing this j2l years elapsed without
one divorce Afterwari = Law was
passed allowing either Eek ~ make the
application. Divorces then became
frequent on the slightest prctexts- m
eca says that some no longer
reckoned the years by the consols, but
by the number Of their husbands. 81
Jerome speaks Of a man who ha buried
70 wives, and a woman who had buried
- husbands The Emperor Augustus
~cndeavorcd to restrain the license by
penalties .-Bearh anil Bar
An inhabiiani ~ Palermo, Italy. Cat