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Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-06
Judge Black n Polygsm my.

SPoSi" biSpeeSu ~ II bhb
WASHINGTON, February 4 Judge
Black, in his argument before the
house judiciary committee against the
the constitutionslity of the anti Nor.
non legislation, took the ground that
the matter to which these laws relate
were in theirlnsture more purely do.
mestic, private and local than any
other to which human legislation up.
plies. Mormous have the right to
make their own laws on the subject of
their rights which belongs by nature,
and as a great principle of universal
law to every separate community to
settle upon the public lends with the
consent of the federal government.
When these people colonize them
selves beyond the limits Of state they
did not leave their liberties behind
them, the freedom of community results
necessarily from the freedom Ct indi-
viduals that compose 1t. Tais was the
very principle that trlumphed in the
success o f,our revolution. Nc one can
deny 1t now except for &C casions which
would have made him a tory In 1776
The right of local self -sovernment Ia
reserved by the constitution to the
people of territories as distinctly and
clearly as to states, the subject upon
which congress cannot legislate In a
state m~anifestly beyond its power in a
territory. What IL calledthe Edmund
bill, but which the senator of that
name certainly did not draw up, Ok.
pressly puts it constitutionality on the
exclusive jurisdiction Of the United
States In the territories. Judge Black
denounced this as simply a fabric.
No such jurindiction is given
nor any jurisdiction at all over
local affairs In territories more than
in states the powers are given but are
withheld. This Is more a usurpatiop
aud gross violation of the constitution,
which is wilfully committed and is an
heinous crime. Judge Black con
clu led with the assertion that the bill
Is one of pains and penalties, and will
not pdnish polygamy, but is to strike
the whole people of the territory with
a blasting curse of political slavery,
snd protested against all this leglsla-
ton as a perfidous outrage upon the
civil liberty of the people who are and
OF right ought to be free.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-06
Killed in a Mine

DEADwooD, D.. T., February g.
Three miners we're killed to-day by a
cave in the Esmeralda mine. Thirty
men were at work In the mine, but
they were warned by the cracking Of
the timber and escaped. Three who
went back after their coats were
caught in the tunnel by compressed
air and hurled against the walls of the
mine with deadly effect.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-06
Driven From Home.

Special Dispatch to TsE BEE.
SH%ELBYvlLLE, Ind, February o.
The greatest flood ever known here
has flooded farms, and fences, out
houses and lumber are being washed
away. Travel is suspended. The
pikea are under water. The levees
are broken and some people In East
Troy have been driven from their
houses.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-06
The Naval Cadets.

Special Dispatch 10 THK BHH.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, February 5.-The
cadets have been organized into three
divisions of three crews each. All
cadets not CHARTERED on board the
Santee will be qusrtered on the upper
cadet quarters. Promotions and sp.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-06
Floods in the East.
Special Dispatch to THB BKB.

HTtCIaI DIbpHlUH 10 lHh DIM.
MOUNT VERNON, February 5.-The
Kokomo river is raging. One house
is surrounded by the water aud the
family ia in the upper story cut off
from assistance.
The Baltimore and Ohio bridge has
been carried away while a freight
train was crossing. The locomotive
and forward part of the train are sunk
out of sight. ALI the train hands
escaped except a brakeman named
Hartman.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-06
Tho Greatsst Known.
Dispatch to THB Bee.

INNS, Ind., February 4.-The
greatest floods ever known here.
Farms are flooded; fences, outhouses
and lumber are washed away. Travel
in the country is suspended. The
pixies are under water. In a portion
of Shell willie there are several feet of
water in the streets.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-06
Ran a shore.
Special Dispatch to THs Ben.

oPoVIH UI5PaVVH 10 THE Dkh'
New YORK, February 5.-The
steamer Old Colony, from Newport,
ran IN Harris island In a fog this
moning, A steamer In the neighbor.
hord brought the passengers to the
city.
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CONGRESSIONAL
Special Dispatch TO THE BEs.

SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, February 6.-After
an executive session the tariff bill was
taken up.
Senator Beck moved TO reduce the
duty on spool cotton thrl ad from seven
TO six cents per dozen spools OF not
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-06

One voice all over the land goes up
from mothers, that says, my daugh-
ters are 30 feeble and sad, with no
strength, all out of breath and life at
the least exertlon. What can we do
for theml" The answer Ia simple and
full of hope. One TO four weeks use
of Hop Bitters will make them healthy,
rosy, sprightly, and cheerful.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-06
COmnoRer Dead,

Special Dispatch to TIE BEE.
WORCESTER, Mass, February o.
Henshaw Dana, the musical composer,
IL dead.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-06
Rain in Indiana.
na---a.L A. Me-. d..

special DispatCn 10 lHb bbk.
INDIANAPOLIS, February 5. The
rail continued here up to midnight
last night. Several streets in the
n~ortheasters portion of the city are
flooded. Considerable damsg is done
to manufacturing establishments.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-06
Fleeing for Their Lives.

Special Dispatch TO THE BKK.
MAssILoN, February 3. = Many
families were saved In boats from the
upper parts Of houses. Extensive
damage ia Gone. An Ice gorge is form
ing in: the river and several bridges
A., un,..laNai
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The Mighty Mill Crack.

Special Dispatch to 1HE BHK.
ORRvILLE, o., February 6,-Mill
creek is higher than was ever before
known. Houses are flooded and live
stock drowned.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-06

Ths Greatest in Fifteen Years.
SpeciSi Dispatch to THB Bee.
NRICHMoND, February 5.-The rive 81
Is the highest In fifteen years. Tn,
bridges are swept away.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-06
Tbs highest for Years.

Special Dispatch to The BHs.
RICHMOND, Va, February 5.-The
river Is the highest in fifteen years.
Several bridges are swept away.
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Very High.
Special Dispatches to THK BEB.

Special Dispatches to TIM BKB.
COLUMBUS, o., February 4.-The
Sciovo river is thirteen inches higher
than ever before. A large portion of
the city Is under water and all the
bridges are In danger.
rhe MAMA MillrAos.
Special Dispatch TO The Bsn.
TROY, O., February 4.--The Great
Mama Is higher Than ever known
here. The levees are broken. Some
people in East Troy are driven from
the houses.
A Passenger Train in Danger.
Special Dispatch TO THE BEE.
AKRON, o., February 5.-Fuller
information increases the previous es-
Inmates of the food losses. The bridge
on the Cleveland and Akron and Co.
lumbus railway broke Just as a crowd
ed express train passed over it. At
Canton a hundred houses are under
water.
a Lake Shore Bridge Down.
Special Dispatch to The BEE.
CLEVELAND, February 8. A special
to The Herald Gays: The Lake Shore
railroad bridge at Fremont, weakened
by the rush OF ice against the abut.
ments, went down with a freighI
train The conductor and a brake,
man were killed. The town is foodec
and several persons are reported
drowned. The Lake Shore bridge a
Huron is 30 damaged that trains can
not move. The Lake Erie g. Western
railroad bridge at Fostoria is swep
away.
The Water and Weather.
Special Dispatch 10 THK BKs.
MANSFIELD, Ohio, February o.
Two freight trains went through tn
bridge near here, one brakeman beinI
killed, and another losing q leg. Tire
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-06
FEARFUL FLOODS.
4 Break-u Of the Cold Weather
in Ohio and Indiana Causes
Great Damage.
The Inhabitants Of the Towns
Fleeing for Their Lives.
The City of Mansfield, Ohio,
Under Water and the
People Are Rescued
in Boats.
The Bridges on the Lake Shore
and Baltimore & Ohio
Swept Away.
4 Number of Men Find Watery
Graves.
The Rivers Rise to an Unpreoe-
denied Height.
a Number Of Men Find Watery
Graves.
The Rivers Rise TO an Unpreoe-
denied Height.
HIoh,s< Ty,c II oo~

Highsst Ever Known.
Special Dispatch to The BBR.
CoNNBRsvILLE, Ind, February 5.
The river is the hig lest ever
known.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-06
Fire and Flood.

CLEVELAND, February THE fire
in the Standard oil works Is still
burning and other stills were de.
stroyedduriug the night.
The food is subsiding. The loss
to lumber firms alone by the foods
will reach almost $500, 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-06
A Lake Shore Bridge Down.
The Water and Weath.r.

MANSFIELD, Ohio, February g.
Two freight trains went through the
bridge near here, one brakeman being
killed, and another losing q leg. Three
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-06
All Efforts to Crowd Business
Blocked by the Bourbons.
The Dakota Division Bill,
Shelved by Less Than
Two.Thirds.
The Supreme Court Apnuls the
Alien Head Tex In
New York.
A Largo Assortment Of Biso.llan-
eous News.
CAPITAL NOTES.

CAPITAL NOTES.
Special Dispatches to TuR BKn.
WASHINGTON, February e.-Secre
tary Folger has gone to hts home al
Geneva, N. Y, on private business.
Supreme court adjourned until the
9th of March,
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Women Hired to Carry Heavy Bur-

\ number Of Italian men who supply
most of the Italian colony in and about
Mulberry street with provisions make
daily trips to the wholesale markets,
where they buy in considerable quanti-
ties. Instead of employing wagons to
carry the goods to their customers, they
hire Italian women, who put the bagSand
bundles containing their purchases on
their heads and transport them in that
way. Women carrying burdens III this
manner can be seen every day in many
parts of the city, walking along rs un-
conccrncdly as though they were not
weighted with loads weighing anywhere
from forty to eighty pounds. An Italian
gentleman who pays much attention to
the doings of his country people in this
city said that his attention had been
called to the hiring Italian womcn for
these purposes.
1T is done for economy" he sad,
land is a custom brought to this coun-
try from Italy. From ten to fifteen cents
a load is paid to these women, and they
are glad to get the money. If the prac-
tice was stopped they would think they
were being i'll treated. In Italy, espc-
cially in Campania and in the Ncapolitan
provinces, the peasant women are accus-
toned to work of that sort. | have seen
them with heavy bundles of faggots and
with barrels holding eight or ten gallons
of water on their heads. | once put one
of their bundles on my own head by way
Of experiment, and it hurt the top of my
Uranium so that | was glad to get it off.
The women are very expert in balancing
their loads, and it is not unusual sight in
Italy to see half Il dozen of them with
filled water barrels on their heads u II
ming home from the village fountains. y
Meln York Sim
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The Lumbermen'S Meals.

4 Maine letter says that an interesting
souvenir comes from the lumber woods in
the form of Il communication written
very lcgiblv on a fine sheet of birch bark.
and incascd in an envelope composed OF
the same material. The letter is dated
Mattamiscontis, Range seven about tif-
teen miles from any settlement, in lum-
Der camp where Mr.. John McGrcgor has
a crew of men engaged in cutting spool
wood for his factory. The writer gives
some idea Of how some mcn live i'll Il
logging camp, "Our camp is built of
rough logs of poplar. The roof is covered
with cctiar splits four feet long and laid
the same as shingles, making a very good
covering though not very tight. The
floor is made of poles laid on the ground.
We have two stoves. a large
heater and the other a cooking
stove. For sleeping apartments we
have a berth made the length of the
camp, which is nineteen and a half
feet and accommodates fourteen men.
In front of this, and on a range with the
two stoves, is the 'dcacon's seat, of the
same length as the camp. Our fare is
pork and beans, bread and cookies, gin
gerbrcad and doughnuts, dried apples,
beef, Goldfish, mackerel, tea and molasscs.
For our breakfast We have pork and
beans hot from the oven, with ginger
bread and tea. For dinner, which is
eaten in the woods, we have beans,
doughnuts and bread, with tea, and oc-
casionally beef. For supper we have
Goldfish or mackerel with potatoes or
fried pork. We get any amount of fresh
perch and pickcrcl close by the camp, in
Mattamiscontis lake. Fish forms a
prominent item in our diet
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ASia's Floating Gardens.

Among the most remarkable i~lluStra'
tiOns of human energy are certainly the
floating gardens in kashmir. in Eastern
Asia, the more so that they are the work
of an essentially incident population.
For their creation an cXpansc Of water
about nine miles in circumference hi
been utilized, on which MASSES of weeds,
grasses and aquatic plants grow and be
come i%ntcrtwincd and c%ntangled. These
form the soil, as it were. on which cult
walton is carried on. Divisions are made
in them. they arc cut level with the sur,
face of the water and then banked over
with river mud. Properly prepared for
this purpose this soil is own with melons
and cucumber plants, and Il crop is raised
which is uncqualcd in any country for
quantity and quality. These melons and
cucumbcrs are sold in il good season ut
the rate of ten or twenty for two cents;
in dear seasons they bring two cents
apiece. Floating gardens in Mexico are
upon much the same plan, but are usually
devoted to the cultivation Of flowers.
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PRODUCTION.
A Great Whale Hunt.

The Glasgow (Scotland) MrIM dc
scribcs a recent exciting whale hunt
which took place at West Voc, Dunross'
ness, and resulted in the capture OF
twenty-cight marine l%eviathans: Early in
the morning a number of six-oarcd boats
were proceeding to the fishing when they
observed the sloal disporting themselves
close to Sumburgh head. They immc.
diatcly gave chase and succeeded in
driving them all ashore.
An eyewitness describes the scene OF
slaughter as wild in the extreme. Along
the head of the Voc were spread the
whales, lashing the water into foam in
their death struggles, while in the midst
of the blood and foam the men, wading
waist-decp in water, were seen going
from fish to fish and plunging lanccs into
the monsters sides. One big fellow
managed to get his head to seward, and
away he went at a great rate, sometimes
below and sometimes on the surface; but
he had been wounded MORALLY, and he
was easily brought ashore again.
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The Duke and the Dude,

The following story is told Of IN En-
gliSh noblcman, recently deceased: The
duke was once in church when Il collcc-
tion was announced for some charitable
object. The plate began to go round,
and the duke carefully put his hand into
his pocket and took out Il tlorin, which
he laid on the pew before him, ready TO
be transferred to the plate. Beside him
sat a little snob, who. noticing this ac-
ton, initiated it by ostcntatiouSly laying
Il sovereign alongside the ducal tlorin.
This was too much for his grace. who
dipped his hand into his pocket again
and pulled out another form, which he
laid by the side Of the first. The little
Snob followed suit by laying another
sovereign beside the first. His grace
quietly added a third tlorin. which was
capped by a third sovereign on the part
of the little snob. Out camc a fourth
form to swell the dukes donation, and
then the little snob triumphantly laid
three sovcreigns at once upon the board.
The duke, not to be beaten, produced
three forms. Just at this moment the
plate arrived. The little snob took up
his handful of sovcrcigns, ostcntatlousl.y
ratified them into the plate, and then
turned dctiantly toward his rival us if he
would say. Il think that takes the shine
out of YOU" Fancy his chagrin when
the duke, with a grim smile, put one
form into the plate and quietly swept the
remaining six back into his pocket
EnmIu HruH
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The Worth Of Money.

Did the man get anything for his
money who spent several thousand dol
lars for Il team Of horses, but who never
drove them himself and cared nothing
about driving? No, he got nothing for
his money.
Did the man get anything for his
money who, liking poultry, bought
twelve hens and a rooster and spent much
of his spare time "puttcring" about
hcn-coops, making hen-coops, repairing
h~cn-coops, whitcwashing %hen-coops,
planning new hcn-coops, studying trca-
tiscs on poultry. comparing notes with
his ncighbor who kept hens and rejoicing
ever; morning over truly fresh eggs, hot
from his h~cn-coop! Yes; he got lots
for his money and is still getting it.
Did the man get much for his money
who, caring little or nothing for flowers,
spent many thousands Of dollars for
keeping up his lawn and fancy flower
garden, beside IL dollhouse and Il high
salaricd gardener, but who dared not cut
a bouquet during the gardeners absence!
No. lie got very little for his money.
DOCS Inc WOlllaI OH llc HUI HUI wiz
has but Il box of %mignonctte on the win
dow-sill, which she so carefully watches
ovcr and cultivatcs, get anything for her
money? Yes: the mignonctte has paid
for itself II hundred times over.
Then what is money worth? Money,
is worth the amount of pleasure it brings.
Some people have spent $500 on a Fourth
of July spree, and got only Il headache
for it. Others have bought a cheaper
article of the same sort for 50, and
realized comfort at the rate of five cents
Il minute. The main point is to use Wis
dom with a big wv" in the ~cxpendi-
turc of cash. The wise man secth green
apples on the stand, but avoids them and
clears the collie. The simple boy passcth
on. He Sccth. lie buyeth. lie catcth,
and soon he crampcth. Money is not
all. Oh, no. But money and knowl-
edge how to use it are Il great DEAL
Ntr lOrk Gruphir.
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English Herring Fishery.

The herring tishcry-as studied from
the deck of Il yacht IN one OF he fine
mornings when the ''tiShcr is out on the
sunny sea"-is extremely pleasant. Nor
can anything be more charming than
the lines Of boats which shoot out of the
indcntations on the wild coast as the sun
is sinking beyond the moors. where the
last grouse has been slain for the day,
and the pcaty odor proclaims that the
gillic. like his master, is enjoying his
| otium cum-somcthing more nutritivc.
Even for the guests on board one OF the
boats there is amusement and genuine
excitement of the SportSmaElikc order to
be obtained from witnessing the opera
| tions of casting and drawing the nets in
which so much gold and happiness is
every night lifted out of the deep. The
advcnturcr nice as to his supper had,
however. better stay ashore, since the
comestiblcs of Il Wick fishing boat are
unusually limited to a loaf of bread, 4
bag of hard tack" and Il kcg of water
! not always innocent Of the ancient fish
like smell which pcrvades every corner
| of the craft. The boat is unmoorcd, and
pulled with great oars into the tldcway,
the brown stretch of wcathcr-bcatcn cam
vas is spread to the breeze, and away 90
the six scafarcrs into the east. Soon the
shore with its sparkling lights disappears,
and bv-and-bye the 'Icrring hunters are
alone with the star~ and the "mcrry
moon," which, according to the song of
Elspeth Mucklcbackit, is loved of the
tisher-folks, quarry. The waves around
are dotted with shifting CLEANS as the
boats, rocked by wind and the rolling
swell, toss their lights to and fro. But
in an hour or two these CLEANS are scat
tered further apart as the little fleet goes
further and further out to sea. and each
bark chooses its w ground"
There are phosphoresccnt lights on
the crest of every billow, and
then the nets arc shot. for to the expert
enccd skipper this is the sign that his
prey is sweeping through the water.
This done, the crew may spin yarns. ""t
their frugal supper, or sleep as Best they
can until day dawnc. But at last comes
the time for hauling in the nets, and
with Il heart light or heavy. according as
their luck has been good, or they have
toilcd all night and caught nothing
making for the shore lined with eager
walters on their fortune. This Is the
lightSomc side of the fishers life. The
saddcr aspect of it is that which is at this
moment witncSScd-as it has been wit
messed a hundred times before in a score
of little northern ports. Fortunate will
be the fifty missing boats if they have
only had to cut their costly nets adrift
and run for life to land. But it is pos
siblc that this is not the worst, and the
next few days may bring us the newsthat
not only the nets, but boats and fisher
men have persisted in the storm.-L""'|o"
ISt1UH0yI.
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awhile. In the meantime, consider

awhile. In the meantime, consider
what we really ought to wish for"
And that was the end Of the matter.
1t really seemed as if the ring had
brought a blessing into the house.
Granaries and barns were full to over
flowing, and in the course of a few years
the poor farmer became a rich and portly
person, who worked with his men aticld
during the day, as if he, too, had to earn
his daily bread; but after supper he
liked to sit in his porch, contcntcd and
comfortable, and return the kindly greet
ing of the folk who passed and who
wished him a respectful good-evcning.
So the years went by. Sometimes,
when they were alone, the farmers wife
would remind her husband of the magic
ring, and suggest many plans. But as
he always answered that they had plenty
of time. and that the best thoughts come
last, she more and more rarely men.
toned the ring, and at last the good
woman ceased speaking of it altogether
TO be sure, the farmer looked at tho
ring and twirlcd it about as many rs
twenty times q day; but he was very
| careful never to wish.
After thirty or forty years had passcc
away, and the farmer and his wife hao
grown old and whitc-haircd, and then
wish was still unaskcd, then was Goo
very good to them, and on the same night
they died peacefully and happily.
Weeping children and grandchildren
| surrounded the two collins; and as one
wished to remove the ring from the still
hand rs a remembrance the oldest son
said: LET our father take his ring into
the grave. There was always a myStcr!
about it: perhaps it was some dear re
mcmbrancc. Our mother, too, so Otter
looked at the ring-she may have glvcl
it to him when they were Young.
SO the old farmer was buried with the
ring. which had been supposed to be ;
wi>h-ring. and was not: yet it brought
as much good fortune into the house a.
! heart could dcSirc.-.ihn" EichbeIy, "
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