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

leaves HIM, and becomes slave to him by
action of the law for descrton. A son
is bound to divorce his vito if sho displeascs
his parents.
Circassians. kinds Of divorce aro
granted in Circassia--onc total, tho other
PROVISIONAL When tho first is allowed the
parties eau Immediately marry again; where
the second exists tho couple agree to sepa--
rate for year, and if ut tho expiration of
that time, the husband does not send for
his wife, her relations may command of
him total divorce.
Grcclans.-A settlement was usually
given to wife at marriage for support in
case of a divorce. The wifos portion wcs
then restored to her, and tho husband re-
qured to poy monthly Interest for its use
during the time hc detained it from her.
Uusua'iy the men could put their wives
away on slight occasions Even the fcur of
having too large q family suiliccd. Di.
vorccs scarcely over occur now in modern
Greece.
llindoos.--tithcr party for slight
cause may leave the other and marry.
When both desire it, there is not the least
trouble If man calls his wife "mothcr,"
It is considered 'ndelicatc to live with her
again, Among one tribe, the 'Gorcs," if
the wife be nntaithful, the husband cannot
obtain divorce unless he gives her all tho
| property and children. a woman, On the
contrary, mcy leave when she p,eascs and
marry another man, and convey to him the
entlro property Of her former husband
Romans. In oldcn times a man might
divorce his wife if she were unfaithrul, if
she courrertctcd his private keys, or drank
without lis knowledge They would di-
vorcc their wives when they pleased. Not,
| withstandng this, 531 years elapsed with
out one divorce. Aitcrward law was
passed allowing either sex to mako the ap-
| rlicatlon. Divorces then became frequent
that some women no longer rcckoncd the
years hy the consols, but BY the number Of
their hns Bands. ST. Jerome speaks Of II
man who had buried twenty wives, and a
woman who had buried twenty two hus-
bands. The Emperor Augustus endcayor-
ed to restrain the license by penalties.
Bcnch on1 Bar.
WHAT IS a DEIocRAr.-.Thc best def
milton wc have seen of Democrat is from
the pen Of Mr.. Jefferson. He defined a
Democrat as Que who maintains "cqual and
exact justice to all men the support of the
State governments in all their rights the
preservation Of the general government in
IFS whole constitutional vigor; jealous
care of the right of election by the people !,
absolute acquicsccncc in the decisions of
the majority; the supremacy of tic civil
over the military authority; economy in
the public expense; tho honest payment Of
our debts, and sacred preservation of pub
lie iaith freedom of religion; freedom of
the press; freedom Of the person under ha.
beas corpls, and trials by juries mpartially
selected" We would ask any candid man
ii he does not recognize the portrait of Han
cock in these words Just read his every
letter and public act, and sec if they 10
not accord entirely with every word and
expression here quoted ,Somona Demo
crui.
SERMoNS.-Scrlhons urc like guns.
Some are large, some are small some arc
long, others short somc arc new, others
old some arc bright, others rusty some
are made to be looked at, others to be used;
some are loaded, others empty; some are
loaned, others borrowed. Some arc air.
guns, some pop~guns, some of every size
tro;n the pocket. pistol to tho Paixhan gun.
Some arc charged only with powder, and
make Il great noise and smoke. Some send
OILY small shot, that irritatc rather than
kill. Some carry heavy metal, that does
execution Some discharge chain shot,
moving down whole platoons. Some arc
wide mouthcd mortars, throwing only
bombshe'ls. Some arc ducling pistols, used
only in controvcrsy-yi things Some
go off half bent. Some flash in the pan
Some make a terrible fz, the charge all
too high, some too low, some sideways, Il
few directly at tho point. Some arc aimed
at nothing and hit it, Some scatter pro,
digiously; some kick their owner over.
Some arc uncrring; others always hit the
wrong object. Some have too much wad-
ding, and pice ucrSa. Some are alarm guns;
Others are complimentary guus, used only
for sulutcs on special occasions. Some arc
in a series, constituting battery; others
arc swiycis made to turn in any direction.
Some are useful, some useless, some dan
gerous; some amusc, some frightcn, some
cxasperate, some explode, somo gain the
victory. Very much depends upon the
manner in which they arc made and man
aged.-RcO. Baron ,Stowc.
The revenue Of the government during
the fiscal year 1870 80, collected in tho
custom houses, was S1SG, 1922 ,0GI,, or about
S35 100000 more than Secretary Sherman's
estimate The total revenue of the years
was 1888 526,6l0, or 75,52G,6l0 above
tho treasury estimates. The surplus of re
ccipts over expenditures during the year
was SOS 1888 ,653. These satisfactory