The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-01-06

australians. ns.--Divorces have
or been sanctioned in Australia.

haf discretionary power of divorc
ing their wives.
Japaas IT the wife be di'saiis.
fed she can obtain n livorce by pay =
ing o certain SUN.
7hi5etans Divorces are soliom
allowed, unless with tho consent OF
both parties, neither Of whom eau al
trrward remarry.
Moors If the wife do, not be-
come the mother of a boy she may
DO divorced with tho consent Of the
tribe, md she can marry again.
dbyssinia,s.-N, form Of mar
riage is necessary. Tho connection
may be dissolved an removed as
oiten as tho parties think proper.
Si5eriaas.-If tho man DO jssutis.
fed with tho most traing acts of hi
wife, he tears her cap or veil from
her heal, aud this constitutes di-
vorce.
Coredn. husband can di-
voroe his wife at pleasure, AMI leave
her the charge Of maintaining tho
children. II she proves unfaitkral
be can put her to death.
Siamsse. first wife may be
divorced, u)t solI, as the others
may b.. She then may claim the
first, third and fifth child, md the
alternate children are yielded to tho
husband.
Dra's aai 7rt, Among
these people, ifa wife asks her hus-
bands permission to 90 out, and he
says 60 without aiding "but
como back again." she is divorced.
Though both parties dc 'ire it, they
canoot live together again without
being romarrieI.
Cochin CHINA. tho parties
choose to separa'e they brotk a pair
OF chopstitks or u copper coin in ths
presence of witnesses, by which nc.
tion the u"i)n il di-sJlyel. The
husband must restore TO the wife
the property belonging to her prior
to her marriage.
americans hdidns-Among
some tribes the pieces of sticks given
to tho witnesses Of the marriage are
broken as sign of divorce. Us.
ut''y new connections are rorme
without the oil one. being dissolved
A man never divorces his wife iC she
has borne him sons.
7drtdrs.-Ths husband nav nut
away his partner and seek another
when II pleases him, and the wife
may do the same. 1 she be ill-trcatcd
she COMPLAINS to tho m g'srat.
who, attended By the principal pco.
pie, accompanies her to the house,
and prouounccs a formal divorce.
Chinese.-Divorces arc allowed 10
all cases Of crimioality, mutual dis
like. Jealousy, iDcompatibility Of
temper, or too much loquacity on the
part OF the wife. The hu'-
band cannot sell his wife until she
leaves him, and becomes slave to
him by action Of the law for descr-
tion. A son Is bound to divorce bis
wife IL she displeases his parents.
CircasSians Two kinds of di-
vorce are gnnled in Circassia -onc
total, the other provisional. When
the first is allowed the parties can
Immediately marry again +; where the
second exist tho couple agree t, sep.
arate for gear, and il, at tho expira
tion ofthat time, the husband does
not send for bis wife, her relations
may demand Of him a total divorce.
Greecians. A settlement was us.
ually glvon to q wife at marriage for
support in case OF q divorce. The
portion was then restored to her,
and the husband required to pay
monthly interest for its uso during
tho time he retained it from her
Usually The men could put their
wives away on slight oc casions.
Even tho fear Of having too large
family sulliced. Divorces scarcely
ever occur in modern Greece.
Hindoos.-Either party for
slight cause may leave the other and
marry. When both desire it there
is not tho least trouble. fla mao
calls his wlfo mother il is con-
sidcrcd indeica,e to 1.-Two with her
again. Among one tribe the
'Gores,' II the wife DO nnfaithful, the
husband cannot obtain divorce uu,
loss he gives her all the property and
children. A woman, on the contrary,
may leave when she pleased, and
marry anothar man ord oaayav ~ |