The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

Rome, April 1.-The tribunal of the rota is again considering the marriage of Principessa Rospigliosi and Fred erick Parkhurst in spite of the fact that it was generally believed that last summers decision was final
 The case will be tried again by the entire college of auditors, consisting Of 10 prelates, who will examine im- portant new evidence tending to show that the marriage celebrated at Wash ington on September 21, 1887, between Marie Reid and Frederick Parkhurst by Dr. (afterward archbishop Chapelle is null and void on account of the eN- istence of an impeachment for which dis pensation was not asked.
 one. His sole purpose in life seemed to be the welfare of his people.
 When the missionaries timidly sp- preached the frontier of his domain, he bade them enter and granted them free lands. where mission stations were erect ed, and where their work has gone on.
 The British eimpire looked upon Zulu land in all it's tropical wealth and prom ising possibilities and she planned to save the Zulu and his beautiful country, even if she had to kill him to do it; so instead of sending missionaries as France, Norway and Portugal had dcne she sent soldiers; and instead of the cross she painted her banner on the graves of Cetewago's warriors after the desperate battle of Ulindi.
 When Cetewago died, so died all the promises that had been made him. When the Zulus lost Cetewago, they at the same time lost their country, notwith standing the tireless efforts of Dinznlu | (Cetewagos son) To regain the rights wrested from his father.
 Dinizulu is the cloud of war that hangs on Zululand's horizon. Notwithstanding more than one defeat he has received at the point of the British bayonet, lie is still the patriot ready to fight and die for the freedom of his country. After his ten years Imprisonment on that dts ! tant lonesome South Atlantic island-St. Helena, where he was exiled Ca la Ma poleon), it was hoped that he would see the error and futilty of his ways and return to his native land and lead a quiet and peaceful life
 Cottage and Pension Tn anticipation of this the British gov ernment had built for him a comfort able, modern, well furnished, six room cottage, and added to this yearly pen sion of something like $2000. But Dini- zulu had not wasted his ten years of exile Instead, he improved every hour l a half-naked savage and returned-still the savage-but one that could read and write. One who studied the ways and doings; the good and the bad of ;he white man, and whatever conclusion he may have arrived at regarding us and our customs, he absolutely refused 10 live in the house. that awaited him with l open portals.
 l He had secured enough of the white mans wisdom, however, to seize upon the annual pension, and with it return to his old kraal among his own people and live in his low beehive hut. And there he lives now-diplomatic, deceitful, cum ming and waiting-patiently waiting.
 Polygamy is practiced entirely among all the natives of Zululand, and the old Lobola custom of buying and selling wives Is still flourishing in all its hide ousness. Women are a chattel and their market price, like their products, is gov erned by the supply and demand. At present 61 per cent of the population of Zululand is female. Fathers raise their daughters to sell, therefore, as the p.ice he receives depends upon her physical condition and appearance, girls are rret- | ty we'll cared for until they are married, and then-presro. her life's romance ends she changes to practically a beast of burden.
 The number of a mans wives is only limited by his purchasing capacity, and as they are more than self-supporting, it Is readily seen that the first cost is the only expense and they are profitable | investment.
 As the men are not bound by the same | conventionalities that govern Cor are sup posed to govern), the white benedict, his | matrimonial condition does not hinder | him in the least from having as many | affairs les coeur' with the dusky de- butantes of the tribes as his cattle kraal may justify from time to time
 Etiquette of Purchase When the suitor (whether he be mar ried or single) sees a girl he fancles, re strikes up a violent filtration, much 10 the amusement of their hilarious and none too delicate mutual friends
 At first the maiden, with the instinct of her sex, receives his advances coyly and coldly but soon warns under his persistent and arden wooing until she | finally yields a favorable response to | his Tanda Mamteka (glances of ove), and then straightway the proud swain goes to her father, where the terms are agreed upon and the wedding day set.
 Five cows is the usual price for a de- srable, healthy girl of from fourteen to | twenty years of age, though a few may l pc ValueQ u llltle HlBHeT lHdH tndt. IT the suitor can pay the price at once the wedding takes place in few days, and all the friends and relatives of both par ties are invited. The marriage ceremony 1 itself is simple, but the feast and dance which immediately follows is a glorious affair and lasts for several days.
 If, however, the girl is purchased or the 'installment plan Ca common sys- tenn, she remains with the father unti 1 announced.
 Many odd rules regulate the marriage customs For instance, if wife proves unsatisfactory to the husband he may return her to her father and 'demand his money back" She then becomes 8 rather second-rate article from the mar. ketable standpoint, and is either disposed of at reduced price or put to work or her fathers land.
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 Again, if a wife dies during her first two years of married life, the husband | may go to the father and demand hei next younger sister as an equivalent This demand may be made regardless oi the fact that this sister may already be engaged to another.
 When a man dies his wives, daughters and other chattels revert to the owner ship of his nearest brother and he car marry them, sell them or work them at his discretion. 1 heard of a recen, case where a young widow with the aid of friends, purchased her liberty by pay