The record-union., 1896-11-08


never sanctioned divorces. The Jews of
the olden time could divorce their wives
whenever they felt SO inclined The
Javan wife can obtain an absolute di-
vorce from her husband by the pay
ment of certain specified sum of
money. The Thibetans seldom counte-
| nance divorces and never permit re-
marrying.
Among the Moorish tribes if a wife
does not become the mother of a male
child she may be divorced with the con-
sent of the tribe and can remarry at any
time. Among the Abyssinians no form
of marriage is necessary, and the rela
tionship of husband and wife may be dis
solved and be renewed as often as is de-
sired.
| If a Siberian takes a sudden dislike to
| his wife, no rat.el how trivial or unjust
may be the cause he promptly tears her
| cap, or veil, from her head. and this is
| the only divorce proceeding necessary;
| indeed, the very act itself constitutes a
| divorce.
Within recent years divorce laws have
| the husband could divorce his wife
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| The Corean husband can not only di-
i vorce his wife at will, but compel her
| to support the CHILDREN; and il she IS
unfaithful he can have her put to death.
! If lie is unfaitiful, however, it does not
| count
| A Siamese may divorce his wife, but if
it is his first wife he has not the priv
| ilege of selling her, as he can do with
the others. She may also keep the first
child if sne cares to, and every alternate
| one goes TO the husband
In the Arctic regions the matter is
| simple in the extreme. All that a hus-
J band has to do when he wants to get
rid of an objectiona BILE wife is to leave
| home in a towering rage and not return
| for several days. She will take the hint
and vacate.
| If a Druse'S or Turkoman's wife asks
her husbands permission to go out and
he says 'Go!" without adding request
| for her to come back again divorce has
been effected, and the parties cannot
| live together again without being re-
married.
In Cochin-China the simple breaking
of pair of chopsticks in the presence of
witnesses annuls marriage. They have
one rule, however. and that an excellent
one. The husband who divorces his
wife must return to her any property he
may have acquired from her through
! the marriage.
Among the Tartars divorces are as
common as horses. Both husband and
wife have equal rights in the matter and
| can secure a divorce for any dissatisfac-
| ticn. although it must be sanctioned by
| a magistrate.
After all, it is the stolid celestial who
| has fixed things best for himself in
the matter of divorces, for he can OBJ
| tain dissolution of the marriage VOWS
il his wife talks too much. All, if only
such a blessed. blessed state of affairs
existed in this country. what glorious
lurid celebration of joy some long
suffering men would indulge in.
! There are two kinds of divorces
! granted in Circassia-a total and a
provisional. When the first has been
secured either party can Immediately
marry again, while if the divorce is
| only provisional, the couple agree to
| live apart for a year, and If, at the ex-
piration of that period the husband
does not send for his wife total di-
| yorce is granted.
The marriage ties that bind a Hin.
| Coo husband TO his wife are so very
fragile that almost anything can sever
| them and both parties are at once free
10 remarry whenever they please. Thus,
/ If husband should chance to call his
wife mother it is considered extreme
ly bad form for him to live with her
again With one tribe, however, things
are different, for even if the Wife be
unfaithful a husband cannot obtain a
divorce unless he gives her all the prop
erty and all the children.
| A wife, on the contrary, may divorce
| her husband whenever she feels so dis
posed, take his property with her, mar
ry again and turn her ex-husband's s
estate over to the new one. There are
few male emigrants to the habitation
| time Of it--as hard time, if one is to
| believe their statements, as they have
| in some parts of this country.
| Among the ancient Greeks settle
ment was usually made upon the wife
at the time of her marriage, in order to
insure her support in case OF separa-
| tion. Divorces We're OBTAINED Tor the
most trifiing reasons even the fear of
raising too large a family was consid-
cred sufficient ground. In modern
Greece. on the contrary, divorces are
practically unknown.
| In ancient Rome the husband had the
| privilege of divorcing his wife for the
slightest cause; and yet, in spite of this
fact. .J21 years elapsed without a sin
| gle divorce having occurred in Rome.
Americans take note.