Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-11-04


leaves him, aud becomes slavo to him by
action of the law for desertion. A son
is bound to divorce his vito if she displcascs
his parents.
Circassians. kinds of divorce arc
granted IN Circassia--onc total, tho other
provisional. When the first is allowed the
parties eau Immediately marry again; where
the second exists tho couple agree to scpa-
rate Tor year, and if st the expiration of
that time, the husband does not send for
his wife, her relations may command of
him total divorce.
Grccans.-A settlement was usually
gwen to wife at marriage for support in
case OF divorce. The wifo's portion was
then restored to her, and tho husband re-
CURED to pay monthly interest for its use
during the time hc detained it from her
Uusua'iy the men could put their wives
away on light occasions. Even the four of
having too large a family sufliccd. Di.
vorces scarcely ever occur now in modern
Greece.
llindoos. Either party for slight
cause rlay leave the other and marry,
When both desire it, there is not the least
trouble. If man calls his wife smother"
it is considered indclcatc to live with her
again. Among one tribe, the 'tGorcs," if
the wife be nntaithful, tie husband cannot
obtain divorce unless he gives her all tho
! property and children a woman, On the
contrary, nay leave when she p'eascs and
marry another man, and convey to him the
| entire property uf her former husband.
Homans. In oldcn times a man might
divorce his wife if she were unfaithrul, if
she coun'ertcitcd his private keys, or drank
without lis knowledge They would d.
vorcc their wives when they pleased. Not,
w1thstanding this, 53l years elapsed with.
out one divorce. Altcrward law was
pissed allowing either sex to make the am
rl'catIon. Divorces then became frequent
on tho slightest prctexts Seneca saws
that some women no longer rcckoncl the
years hy The conSols, but by the number of
their HUSBANDS. St. jerome speaks OF II
man who had buried twenty wives, and a
woman Sho had buried twenty two hus-
| bands. The Emperor Augustus cndcayor-
ed to restrain the license by penalties.
Bcnck unR Bar.
WHAT IS a DEMocRAr.--1h best def
nltion We have seen of Il Democrat is from
The pen OF MIR. Jefferson He defined a
Democrat ds one who maintains "caual and
| cSuct justice to all men; the support of the
| State governments in all their rights the
preservation of the general government in
ITS whole constitutional vigor; Jealous
care OF The right Of election by the people ),
absolute acquicsccncc in the decisions Of
the majority the supremacy of the civil
over the military authority; economy in
the public expense; the honest payment of
our debts, and sacred preservation of pub
| nc faith; freedom Of religions freedom of
! the press freedom Of the person under i,o.
beas corpns, and trials BY iuries inpartially
selected" We would ask any candid maj,
Il he does not recognize the portrait of Han.
cock IN these words Just read his cycry
letter and public act and sec if they do
not accord entirely with every word aud
expression here quoted. ,Somona Demo.
crui
SERMONS. s..-Scrlnous are lil:o guns.
some are large, some are small some arc
long, others short; some arc new, others
o'd some arc bright, Others rusty; some
arc made to be looked at, others to be used;
some are loaded, others empty; some arc
loaned, others borrowed. Some are air
guns, some pop~guns, some of every size
from the pocket pistol to the Paixhan gun.
Some arc charged only with powder, and
make great noise aud smoke. Some send
OILY small shot, that irritatc rather than
kill. Some carry heavy metal that does
cyccution Some discharge chain shot
moving down whole platoons. Some arc
vide mouthcd mortars, throwing only
bombshc,ls. Some are ducing pistols used
i'm /, a.
90 off half bent. Some flash in the pan
Some make terrible iz, the charge all
escaping at the priming hole. Somc shoot
too high, some too low, some sideways,
few directly at tho point. Some are aimed
at nothing and hit it. Some scatter pro,
digiously; some kick their owner over.
Some are uncrring; others always hit the
wrong object. Some have too much wad-
ding, and uicc rcrSo. Some arc alarm guns:
Others are complimentary guns, used only
for salutos on special occasions Some arc
in a series, constituting II battery; others
arc swiycls made to .urn in any direction
Some are useful some useless, some dan
gcrous; some amusc, some frightcn, some
cxaspcratc, some explode, some gain the
victory. Very much depends upon the
manner III which they arc made and man
aged. Bu,om Store.
The revenue of the government during
the fiscal year 1870 80, collected in the
custom houses was SlSG, 522 ,06l, or about
$4,000, 900 more than Secretary Shcrman's
estimate The total revenue of the year
was 1888 52G, ,G10, or S7a,526,6l0 above
the treasury estimates. The surplus of re
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