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THE WORLD OF LABOR
Commissioner Wright Tells of
His Departments Work.
THE GATHERING OF STATISTICS.
Constantly Improving Condition OF the
Wageworkers Of the United States
The influence of Strikes.

By the United States Commissioner of Labor.
WASHINGTON CRY, Jan. 1L.-TSpecial
correspondence. THE department of
labor" is purely an educational force. Its
results are intangible; they cannot be
measured by the standard of dollars and
cents. In this respect its work differs
from that of the other departments of the
national government. 1t is our province
to gather, collate and present to the pub
lie facts bearing upon certain important
economic questions. These facts have a
far greater value than mere theories in de-
termining the effect of a given policy or
system upon our social conditions. They
are eioquently suggestive to those who
study such topics and seek by legislation
or otherwise to promote the welfare of the
wage-earners who comprise the great bulk
of our people.
The department was begun as an expert
ment. Its work has been so satisfactory
to the people of all classes that its perman-
ency is assured. 1t was authorized in 1884
by act of congress, and in January, 1885,
was organized as a bureau of the depart
ment of the interior. In 1888 it was dis
connected therefrom and made an indie
pendent department, bearing the same
relation to the government as that for
merly held by the department of agricul-
ture before its head was promoted to seat
in the cabinet. This relation is the right
and proper one and should be continued.
Cabinet positions are, of necessity, more
or less political The department of labor
is and should be absolutely divorced from
politics. It is a pleasure to know that
this is recognized by men of all parties
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sPectaeles and beardless face have enabled
~ carcaturist to suggest a likeness to
.ne original. Nye himself IN countenance
iIeaily does not closely resemble these car
.oaIures. They merely suggest the man
since Nye's popularity has become uni.
seIsai Wherever the English language is
Iead, ne IS no longer compared with any
nan, and no one tries to connect his pe-
cu.iar and delightful ability with relation
MP 10 any distinguished man.
very many documents of Nye's life have
peen written. Most OF them are fIippant
ana many OF them are feeble limitations of
tue humorist's peculiar literary manner-
lsms. He really deserves more serious
treatment. His popularity, which seems
uh9iinmed; his great pecuniary successes
ana ms recognition Of late by those who
nave been called the arbiters of literary
lame IN this country entitle him to some
Jest.
In ali the accounts of Nye nothing has
peen SAID OF one qualification, which must
nave brought him success sooner or later.
ana that Is his business capacity. It is
remarkaole. MOTHER humorist excepting
Mark Twain has revealed such a gift.
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nous sportsmen tell of their shooting ex-
periences in Cashmere and Thibet, and


have come to the conclusion that America
is second to none in big game hunting"
"How do Americans compare with Eu-
ropean hunters of big gamer"
America is a sport-loving nation de-
spite the great rush and scramble going on
all the time for wealth. Americans are
more enthusiastic in their sport than most
Europeans, and will endure greater hard
ship to secure coveted game. The lucky
sportsman is found in nearly every local
ity. and is in most cases looked upon
merely as lucky individual, while no
thought is taken as to why he is thus
blessed above the ordinary man who goes
out for a hunt. Now, Americans are pro-
verbally lucky. l might say, and when
Europeans hear some of our hunting
stories they attribute it generally to the
luck of the Americans, not taking into
consideration the fact that while with
every good hunter luck has ever so much
to do with results, uniform good luck is
but skill and care and hunting sense. A
good hunter is a close and careful student
of the game he seeks, and intuitively, as
it were, he posts himself nearly always IN
the right place at the right time.
''And as to your last hunting trip, Mr..
Schurz?"
~ hunted with party of army officers
in Wyoming and Montana, and had the
luck to kill almost every kind of bug game.
/ started in on antelope shooting, and 1T
was great sport This animal is very wary
and hard to get at, and one must be a
pretty good shot at long range before sue
cess crowns his efforts. Your chances of
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killing this game are much less than in
the hunt for deer, elk or sheep. You see
il IS very seldom you can get nearer than
$50 wards. and oftentimes you may have
to shoot some 300 or more yards, and then
il il hard TO kill without using several car
tridges. The animal IS very tough, and
can trot off omplacently with great deal
of lead, seldom giving sign that il has
been hurt. Once in while you VIII find
one that will walk backward a number of
steps Just before falling. Ny favorite
quarry was the black tail antelope whose
haunts are in the mountains and high
craggy hills"
Right over the mantel in Mr.. Schurz's
library in his residence. No. 175 East
Fifty-eighth street, New York, Is a mag
ni1cent pair of antlers. | admired them
greatly. They were the finest specimens l
ever saw.
..Ah. he was mighty fellow" said Mr.
Schnrz. as ! asked him for the story Of the
antIers These sntlers came from
round-horned elk, the hardest OF its kind,
and now fast disappearing. Our camp was
in . deep valley near branch OF the Lat
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EDGAR WILSON NYE.
Splendid Success of the Bald
headed Jokemaker.
WORLDS GREATEST HuMoRIsT.
He Lives In Luxury on Staten Island win
Charming Family - Dramatiss.
Lecturer and Man of Letters.

[Mr. Nye telegraphs the editor from Asbeville
y. G., that he Is painfully, though not danger
ously Il. there, and viii not, therefore, be able
70 furnish his usual lettar this week Occasioo
10 therefore taken 10 offer the readers nj tbis
paper al appTeciative sketch OF the humoristI
About twelve years ago there began to
appear in different newspapers extracts
which were said to have been copied from
q journal published at Laramie, Wyo..
the name of which was alleged to be the
Boomerang. The sketches were delicious.
but for long time many of those who en-
enjoyed the humor of them were very
doubtful about the existence of a neyspa-
per with such seemingly absurd name.
However, 1t began to be understood that a
new humorist had arisen and was located
on the windy uplands of the Northwest.
and that his newspaper. the Boomerang, as
we'll as his humor. was genuine.
Thus, ten years earlier, through the
medium OF the exchange editor. the humor
of the Danbury News man, which appeared
in a little weekly which he owned. be-
came OF great repute, and the droiI
sketches and dry wit of Burdette in a SIM
liar way were brought TO public view. The
Laramie boomerang man. Burdette, Bailey.
Artemus Ward and the first of all that
glorious race of humorists, John Phoenix.
won The approval of that great class which
is the strength of the country and which
has but little time for other reading than
that which is furnished by the newspapers.
These men became popular with the
masses, and some of them won not only
fame but fortune thereby.
OF course it was asked who this genius
of humor of the Wyoming upIands was,
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and the papers began to circulate rumor
that his name was Bill Nye. and that he
was q relative of man who had won
great repute, not only as statesman. but
as q fun lover and maker, the late United
States senator Jim Nye. OF course every
one wondered whether the Bill Nye who
was writing, with that spontaneity which
is the basis of all genuine hnmor, the
boomerang sketches, was also the Bill Nye
whom Bret Harte had immortalized in his
Heather Chinee." Harte's celebrity had
before this been supposed to be a myth, a
creature of his fancy; but there were many
persons in the East who felt sure that the
Bill Nye of the poem and the Bill Nye, of
the Boomerang could be no other than one
ans the same person.
Ii was many months before the public
knew that Bill Nye was nom de plume,
and that this genus of humor was bap-
tized Edgar Wilson Nye; that he was born
near the forests of Maine, reared on the
frontier of Wisconsin, was bred a lawyer
and had ventured as far as Laramie while
ayoung man that he might practice law
OF grow up with the territory IN any way
that offered. He had actually become an
offieeholder, having been elected justice
of the peace. His Office brought him small
honor and much misery, but il also gave
him, though at the time he little suspected
IL, a rich fund OF experience Anicn Is now
serving him in drama and higher litera-
ture and is giving delight 10 his almost
countless readers.
When the public found that Bill Nye
was nom de plume (which was really
forced upon him), almost everybody still
chung to the impression that Mr.. Nye was
near relative of the distinguished sena-
tor who represented Nevada in the United
States senate during Lincoln and john
sons administrations, yet the only reason
for such an impression was similarity OF
surname and a reputation for the capacity
90 make humor. Those who saw Senator
Nye in his prime. and who have also been
fortunate enough 10 take Bill Nye by the
hand, must have felt, however, that the
only kinship between these two men was
their capacity to say those things which
give people merriment.
Nye, the senator, was man of medium
height, OF jolly rotundity. He had fun,
mo5n-like face. something like that which
Crmkshank depicted TO represent the
c9untenance of the immortal Piekwick.
He vas one of those men whom 1t made
one oily even 10 look upon. Fup seemed
bubbing over his lips even when ne was
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tie Missouri river. We were bounded by
steep hills with sloping, grassy sides.
After beating the smooth country about.
toward nightfal we came across unmis-
taxable fresh elk tracks leading into
stretch of mountainous territory. Before
dawn we started with crisp, bracing wind
IN our faces for the elk grounds. The
tracks We followed hour after hour into
the Bad Lands. We finally, at about noon,
came across bed that had just been de-
serted. and the long, clean footprints told
Us that the quarry had started of at a
swinging trot. We followed as fast as
possible, the rugged country making il
slow work at the best. At about o'clock
in the afternoon we found elk in some
timber coulees. We dismounted and led
our unshod horses. | got a good shot at
magnificent bull. my bullet striking him
in the flank and ranging forward, very
fatal wound. lie made off with couple
Of COW elks, and was about to fire again
as he reached the top of a divide. but he
stopped, reeled and fell dead"
Have you had much bear huntIng2"
90, have killed few bears, and il
was excellent sport. The last bear shot
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quiet. and mirh constantly smiled from
bis ewes Yet his Nye was what Bltl Aye
never vas, and probably never can PES
successful politician His humor served
him we'll. for lie made use Of II IN such
effective name upon the stump that vast
throngs hoCkeC To hear him whenever ne
was announced 10 speak. and the fame
which Tom Gown had won as the Wit
tlest speaker upn the hustings Nye NAM
tanned after Corgin passed over to the ma
iOrlty.
Bin Nye has ben and is everything that
Jim Nye was no, excepting that TIE TWO
men possessed q ,ommon surname anu
common gift Of humor. The Nye OF t1e
newspapers stanls six feet IN his stock
inES, and could nave looked down upon
the parting of Jin Nye's curly hair. Din
Nye is OF paie complexion; Jim Nye was
ruddy. Bill Ny, until recently was 81
such slender build as made has height an
the more CONSPICUOUS; jim Nye was
rotund, unctuou. ard IN his later
days almost fiaby in his ieshlness.
He had & sp!e.did crown OF curly
haig and he was said TO greatly reSem-
Bile the famous Rtor. Fechter. bih Aye
has made humor0s capital by reason oil
bis badness. and hat peculiarly and ms
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THE DEAD WREN.

Dead or the walk, my little wren,
Never 10 sing again2
Never to fit on airy wing
q Amid the leaves Of spring;
Never again your mate % hear
Trilliug his love notes clear,
Nor chirp him welcome, bringing food
10 safe your gaping brood.
But Yesterday on yonder spray
You tWittered all the dAy:
Last night, chilled through aud stunned with
sieet,
You fut.ered to the street
God marks the sparrow's fail. It's said,
Yet here fnd you dead
What is this gOu1r0as thing, TO Be"
Granted TO you gai me-
You Gang and wooed and built your nest,
Aud tel when he deemed best:
l sing and build ia other ways,
And wait the day Of days.
| take you in my hand Behold
How still you lie and cold.
Where has II fed, the sacred fame
That warmed your tiny frame?
No right have ! To sag that spark
Vent out ia utter dark;
Infnity OF noshiagness
AIa !, you we're no lesS.
The Mind million Guns that liz.
Made yoU - sing and nit,
And | could rule the starry skies
Could / rsight your eyes
George Horton.
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Not one In twenty are free from some htue
Riimeng caused by inaction 81 the liver Use
Csrter's Little Liver pills The result ~l1t os .
pleasant surprise. They give positive Es'4s-'
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All Her Own Work.
Boston Transcript.

Young Wife, knew you would like the
slippers, Harry, if for no other reason, be-
cause made them.
Husband-You don't mean TO say this
is all your work. Why, what talented
little wife have, 10 be sure
Young Wife-Yes, all my work. OF
course, l bought the uppers and Mary
sewed them together. and l got q man to
sole them; but / put the bows on and did
them up in the box. And do you know,
Harry, l am just proud OF myself. Itiidn't
think could ever do such things
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BEGINNING sunday night, November =. the
Uuien Paeide steamer Hassslo viii leave cay
dock AT II d ~ daily, except saturday, ios "a
Conner and intermediate poinA
, 1892-05-07

Plymouth, May 5th--The R. N. 8. Midway
from the West Indies arrived here st 4 .. M
today.
New York, May sth-Therace for the 1000
guineas stake resulted as acknowledgements
1st st. Angelo End; Curio 3rd;
In the House of Commons the bill to confer
on the local authorities the power to compel
landowners to sell land in order to be dlvId~
ed iuto small holdings was rejected by 2z3 to
148.
The Prince Of Wales yesterday attended a
meeting Of the Agricultural Society and NOV
ed that the Duke of Westminster DO chosen as
President; this is the first public appearance OF
His Royal HighneSs since the death OF the
Duke of Clarence.
Mr.. Graham the Socialist member for Ian
ark has been suspended FIR one week by the
House of Commons for disor'lerly conduct.
Lsndon, May 6th.--The rumoured appoint
ment of Sir vii lam Haynes-Smith as Cover
nor of Demerara 10 denied.
New York, May 6th-Her Majesty the
Queen held Drawing Room at Buckingham
Palace yesterday.
1t is stated that France is engaged in a Sc
we're struggle with Dahomey.
The Italian Chamber of Deputies demanded
q vote of confidence in the financial programme
of the Government, but it was defeated. by 1876
to 1856.
Trinidad, May 6th.-Ths Commissioners re-
port upon the charges against Mr.. Justice
Cook has been published. After reviewing
the evidence, they find as followA That the
charges against Mr.. look have been in sub
stance proved. That for some time past he
has been of intemperats habits, and that those
habits have gone so far as both seriously to
impair his fitness for the discharge of his
judicial duties and to give rise to public scandal
tending to. bring the administration of Justice
into contempt, and that the continuation of
Mr.. Cook in his present Office would be wholly
incompatible with tho due administrator of
THE Queens Justice in this colony"
, 1892-05-07
70 tho Editor efths st. Croi1 BSlIsti".
Dear Sir,

=. tho Editor efths st. Crois BalIstis.
Dear Sir,
In your last Saturdays issue
l read with oomplacenoy an interesting article,
the production Of our good friend Mr.. j.
n. R. Briscoe anent literary Improvement etc;
and, a. one Of it's ardent advocates request,
through the medium of your valued journal to
reply to this noble appeal.
Living in an age as we do, when literature
and science are at there acme, and when edu-
cation ia making rapid strides onward, we cam
not help feeling, after comparing our standard
in a literary point of view with that of neigh
bouring islands, that if weighed in the balance,
our deficiency would be great. In certain
matters, suoh as sugar making we can vie with
other islands and in fact we are ahead of
many. Why can't we thrive IN intellectual
a~ttainments? We breathe the same tropical
air, enjoy the blessings Of a salubrious coun-
try, and, for the most part, have similar ad-
vantages. How is it then, that we arc left
/ century behind some of the other West
India Islands?
It would take me a good deal of time and
space if | were to detail the many benefits
which accrue from associations, reading-rooms
debating halls in other places. II our young
men would endeavour to attend and support
meetings of q literary nature, they would soon
find what vast improvement they would make,
and how they would be better able to accom-
plish their daily task.
On the Goth inst. we hope to celebrate the
Jubilee of our Sovereigns' Wedding Day
and dare say many of us are conte nplating
having fine mirth and jollity and l would
suggest that a Reading room be inaugurated
in each town in honour of this great event,
By this means, and with a small subscription
flom each member, we could place papers,
periodicals, and useful books at the disposal
of every one who wishes to improve himself.
/ have seen this plan work with good effect
in other places, and | think with a little effort
we alRo would succeed.
With many thanks for time and space,
remain
faithfully
PUNCH.
3rd May 1892.
, 1892-05-07
TIE A s.
ST. CROIX STATION.

New York, May 4th-London news states
that Her Majesty the Queen has arrived at
Windsor.
The house of Lords has decided that Will
liam Grey, the nephew Of the 9th Earl is the
legal heir to the Earldom of Stamford.
A Paris dispatch states that NJ. Wilson,
the son in law. of the late NJ. Grevy has been
elected q member of the Council in Roches.
1t is stated that the French Secret Police
force has been largely increased.
The Spanish cabinet is about to urge the
passage Of a law for the tyial of Dynamiters
without a jury,
London, May 4th- Sugar in stock on the
3Otn ult, was III 600. Last year $4,000
tons.
, 1892-05-07
I. =. BEAUVAIS.
Preserved Provision Factory.
Founded 1850.
KJQBENHAVN. Z.
~ See the Avis Of 30h APRIL.
CHRIsTIANsTED.

CRAFTSMANSHIP.
May 4th-per "Vigilant" from St. Thomas
-Cathrins Simmonds and 2 children Christian
&'Clara, Mr.. van Fps wife and child Marian
y servant Sarah Donbavin, Elizabeth Francis,
& child Richard, Policeman Moltke, Louise
Joseph, & 2 children Maria & Lolita, John
Nunes, Emma Huyghue, Hilda Miller.
May 5th-per ''Vigilant" for St. Thomas
Cathrine Luccas, A. j. Kuntz, John Nunes.
May 5th-for New York via Frederiksted
Der American schnr "Arianna"-Anton Jensen.
May 6th-for New York per schnr Lillian
Woodruf'-Farrell Patrick Sheridan.
F-REDERIKsTED.
May 4th-Per schnrs. "Atlantic & Mary"
from st. Thomas-Revds. Schelfhant &
Rietvelt, Miss Eda van Beverhoudt and sister,
Mr.. L M. Golden s. son, james Morris.
, 1892-05-07
acknowledgements

- HENHOLD til Anordning af
- lode August 1874, bejendtgjores
herved, at jeg Days Dato har motag-
ct Anmedelse som, at Herr Justitsraad
L. FABER under 30te torrige Maan-
ed har udstedt Fuldmagt til Herr
Cand. Pharm. S. w. STEPHENS til
/ hans Fray9relse at handle som
Agent for THE NORTHERN
ASSURANCE COMPANY OF LON
DON"
Frederiksted's rolitikammer den 4de Mai
1892.
Il. PETERSEN.
, 1892-05-07
Translation.
Publication.

W@gpITH reference to publication
we of 7th ult. it is hereby
brought to public notice, that from
the End instant midwife Mrs.
HOYER has taken yer her district.
Government Secretary's Office, st. CTolx,
May 4th 1892.
= LIMPRICHT.
, 1892-05-07
(Daily Telegraph, 18th April.)

"For twenty years | have been your wife"
cried Mrs. Margaret Burgess, a ~stalwart, deter
mined woman, to q diminutive meek faced in
dividual of the masculine gender who stood ia
the witness-box at the Westminster Police
court giving evidence against his spouse for
assault and battery. 'Alas, | know it = re-
piled the husband with Adeep-sounding groan
az be rubbed the places on his head which
bore the latest tokens of his wife's affection,
administered through the medium of finger
nails and a poker. "You know / am a thorough
" domesticated woman, when you don't upset
the place and then go of to,the salvation Army"
The occupant OF the witness-box gave another
groan deeper than before, and mutely held up
before the magistrate a poker broken in two,
aud the splintered remains of a door-panel.
These were the evidences of dOmestioity. Il
was in bed" said he, "when my wife came
home Just before midnight and assaulted me
numerically. She hit me on the wrists and
struck me on the forehead. | rushed for my
life into q back room and shut the door, but
she battered in the panels with a poker until
it broke. / then few downstairs. but
she followed and assaulted me again as l
olung to a policeman for protection. Oh, yes,
she's thoroughly domesticated r Another
groan. To all this Mrs. Burgess merely re-
piled that her life Was a misery to her. The
magistrate thought the undue exNberance OF
the prisoner might be toned down by o weeks
abstentiOn from the exciternents Of society, and
thel efore remanded her in custody for a week.
Mendicants who frequent quiet suburban
streets in the hope of earning a a dishonest
penny find that the clay" which pays
best is to snivei the ref ain of some hymn-tuns
to any words which may come handy. This
always touches the old ladies who are at home
in the afternoon, and leads to sympathetic
donations Of both food and coppers. Joseph
Moore is an expert at this easy but very con-
temptible method of gaining a livelihood. The
other day he made his appearance in the Nursery
road, Brixton, an ann enveloped in a sling,
and his hand wrapped in wadding, and tiolled
out the words, Il am a little pilgrim" with
as much nasal diapason as his musical genius
could command. He had, he said, u en- injur
Cd at a great fire recently, where he had been
the means Of saving several &c pie at the risk
Of his own life. 1t was all a lie; for when a
mendicity officer challenged him he suddenly
dropped the role of little pilgrim" and
used Ian guage northumberland that in addition
to being in Nursery-road be was on the broad
path that leads to Wandsworth Gaol. 1o1st
, 1892-05-07
Translation
Publication.

80 URSUANT to Ordinance of
9 10Th August 1874, it is hereby
made known that today the follow
ing announcement has been made
to me, viz: that Councillor L. FABER
has on the 3Oth ult, issued power to
Cand. Pharm. s. w. STEPHENS to
act as Agent for THE NORTHERN
ASSURANCE COMPANY OFLON-
DON" during L, FABER'S absence.
Fredeviksted's Police Office The 4th May
1892.
r. PETERSEN.
, 1892-05-07
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
acknowledgements

SaNDER Henvisningtil Bekjendt-
80 gj0relse af 7de f. NJ. bringes
det herved til offentlig Kundskab,
at fra den Eden dennes at regne har
Distriktsiordemoder HOVER after
oyertaget sit Distrikt.
Gouvernements Secretariatet, St. Croix, don
4de May 1892.
LTMPRICHT.