The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-12-09
Divorces.

AUsTRALIAN.-Divor have never
been sanctioned in Australia.
JEws-In oldcn times the Jews had Il
discretionary power Of divorcing their
wives.
JAvANs.--If the wife be dissatisfie1
she can obtain o divorce by paying GER
tain SUM.
TKIBETAEs.- Divorces nre seldom al
lowed, unless With the coEcstit 81 both
parties, neither Of whom can afterwards
emarry.
MooRs-If the wife does not become
the mother Of boy, she may be divorced
with the consent OF the tribe, and she can
marry again.
ABYssINIANS.-No form OF marriage
is necessary. The connection may be
dissolved and renewed as often rs the par
tics may think proper.
SIBERIANs.-If the man be dissatisfied
with the most trifling acts of his wife, he
tears her cap or veil from he head, and
this constitutes divorce.
CoKEAN.-The husband can divorce
his wife or treasure, and leave her the
charge Of maintaining the children. If
she proves unfaithful, lie can put her to
drath.
jaYMsE..-The first wife may he di-
yorced. not sold, as the others may be.
She then may claim the first, third and
fifth child, and the alternate children are
yielded to the husband.
ARCTIC REGIoN-Whcn man desires
divorce he leaves the house in anger
and does not return forleeyeral days.
The wife understands the hint, packs her
clothes and leaves.
DRUsE AND TURKOMAN.-Among
these people. if wife asks her husbands
permission to go out, and he says GO"
not adding, "but come back again." she
is divorced. Though both parties desire
it, they cannot live together again with
out being remarked.
Cochin CnINA.-If the parties choose
to separate they break pair Of chop
sticks or copper coin in the presence of
witnesses, by.which. action tho tini0ng is
dissolved. The husband must restorc}to
the wife the property belonging to her
prior to marriage.
AMERICAN NDIANs.-AmUng some
tribes the pieces Of sticks given the wit
nesscs Of the marriage are broken rs n
tons are 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 partner and seek another, when Il
plcascs him, aud the wife may do the
same. II she isilltreated, she complains
to the magistrate, who, attended by the
principal people, accompanies her to the
house and pronounccs formal divorce.
CHINESE Divorces are allowed in
all cases of criminalty mutual dislike,
jealousy, 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 Il slave
to him by action of the law for tlcscr-
ton. a son is bound to divorce his wife
il she displcascs his parents.
CInCAssIANs.-Two kinds of divorce
are granted in Circassia-onc total the
other provisional. When the first is
allowed, ;hc parties can Immediately
marry again; where the second exists the
tho couple agree to separate for year,
and if, Mt the expiration of that time, the
husband does not send for his wife, her
relations may command of him n total
divorce. G "a
GREcIANs.-A settlement was usually
given to q wife ut marriage for support IN
case of divorce. Tho wfc's portion
was then restored to her, and the hus-
band required to pay monthly intcres.
for its use for tho time he detained it
from her. Usually the men could put
their wives away OH slight occasions.
Even the fear of having too largo FAM
ily sufli ced. Divorces scarcely ever oc.
cur in modern Greece.
HINDoos.-Eeither party for slight
cause may leave the other and marry
When both desire =, there is not tho
least trouble. If man calls his wife
s'mothcr," it is considered indelicate to
live with her again. Among one tribe,
the "Gorcs," If the wife DO unfaithfnl,
the husband canrot obtain u divorce un-
less he gives her all tho property and
children. A woman, OH the contrary,
may leave when she peases, and marry
another man, and convey TO him the
entire property of the former husband.
RoMANs.-In oldcn times man might
divorce his wife if che were unfaithful, if
she counterfcited his private keys, or
drank without his knowledge. They could
divorce their wives when they pleased.
Notwithstanding this, 52l years elapsed
without one divorce. Afterward law
was passed allowing either sex to make
the application. Divorces then became
frequent on thcslightest pretcxts. Scno-
ca says that some women no longer rcck-
oned the years by the consols, but by the
number of their husbands. ST. Jerome
speaks of man who had buried twenty
wives, and woman who had buried
twenty-five husbands. The Emperor
Augustus cndeavored TO restrain the
license by penaltics.-Bench and Bar.