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statistics OF Strikes,

MIR. Joseph ID. Weeks of the censn.
bureau says in a report on the strikes
and lockouts of 1880 that it is eyident
that these labor disturbances are p-rovr.
inc less frequent The number of strika.
in certain of the prominent trades a.
given in the report is as follows: Inn
and steel induStries. $50; coal MINING
1853; textile trades, &c; cigar-makinp. a.
building trades, sc; transportation. a.
printing trades, 2S; glass industries d,
piano-making, IA: boot and shoe mai.
ing. H. Much the greater proportio,,
f7l4 per cent? OF the strikes and loct
outs reported upon were caused by AZ
ferences as to rates of wages A toto
of sos. or about SO per cent of those ~
Iating to wages. or 81 per cent OF ali
were for advance, and az. or IA ra.
per cent, of those relating TO rates a
wages. or 81 per cent of all w,rs
against reduction.
of 4Sl strikes-59 per cent Of ,h.
whole-169. or So per cent, were snc-
cessful; S5, or Is per cent, were conIpro-
missed, 227. or AZ per cent, were unsuo.
| cessful. OF 307 strikes for an adyanca
1877, or IL per cent, were successful: So
| or 20 per cent, were compromised. and
1I6, or 80 per cent, unsuccessful. Ofq
| strikes or lockouts against or for a ~.
| duction, 3 only were successful, 8 we,.
compromised, and "a were unsueee,..
| full.
OF 20 strikes in connection with psr.
ment of wages, IL, or IS per cent, We.
| successful, 6 were compromised, and
were unsuccessful Every strike in con.
| nection with hours Of labor of who
the result is given was unsuccessful. /,
| questions relating to administration,
and methods of work the strikes vers
as n rule, unsuccessful. OF Sl3 stopns
oes by causes reported upon. 6l0. or \,
per cent, were strikes; 81, or II percen
were lockouts. OF go classified !,
strikes. the result of 500 are given. q
these 143, or SO per cent were success
full: l56, or AZ per cent. We're unsuecess
full. and 20. or 19 per cent, were com
promised. OF 50 lockouts the results =
81 are given. OF them 10. or 10 per cent
were successful; 81, or about IS per cent
were unsuccessful. while s, or about l.
per cent, were compromised.
In Ala strikes the number of men ldl
were I2S, POS, making an average d
. about 80 men to each strike. OF the,
t 64.679 lost 50. III. 097. or So each. tn
; total loss in wages is estimated at SlS
! COS. S66. When the strikes were success,
full the additional wages compensate
t for ap ortion of this loss.
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A. n. Paxton Is Dead.

Vicksburg Commercial Herald, 19th1
Another old familiar face will be missed
on our streets. The city that knew him
so long and SO we'll, that trusted and hon.
ored him, will know Alexander NJ. Paxton
no more He died at the Agricultural and
Mechanical College at Starkville. at one
o'clock Thursday night. He left here last
Saturday in his usual health to attend. as
one of its Trustees, the Commencement ex.
ercises of the A. 4 NJ College. He died
suddenly from an attack OF congestion OF
the stomach. HIS death was 80 sudden,
that members of his family had not time
to reach him, after hearing of his danger
ours illness, before he breathed his last.
Maj. Alexander NJ. Paxton was born in
Rockbridge county, near Lexington, Vir-
ginia, on the 18th of March, 1914. He
was reared in Virginia, and graduated in
old Washington College, now Washington
and Lee University, and in the law school
OF the University of Virginia. He came
to Mississippi in 1885, and reached vicks-
burg on Christmas day of that year. He
entered on the practice of law and contin-
ued In the profession until 1852, when he
went into the foundry business, which be
continued in up to the day Of his death.
A very few Of our older citizens rememb
young Alexander Paxton, the lawyer, but
the Paxton foundry has, for more than
thirty years, been prominent industry in
our city.
Major Paxton was married in 1887 10
Miss Ellis, of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
The fruits of the marriage we're eight chill
dren, three OF whom are dead, and Eve liv-
ing, four sons and daughter. He leaves
a widow and Eve children and number
of grandchildren to morn their loss.
In habit, Major Paxton was temperate.
kind, social and thrifty. He was univsr-
sally liked by all who knew him we'll, and
was an earnest, good citizen. School work
was labor of love with him and when he
died he was a school trustee of Vicksburp.
and one of the trustees of the A. & M. Col.
lege- He was always an active worker in
public duties, and shirked no duty, low
ever humble or laborious, if he could serve
has city, county or State.
Farewell, kind friend. May YOU find
eternal rest, and may fortune deal gently
with those near and dear to you, uhoee
hearts are wrung with grief to-day.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-23

JUDGE GEORGE made great speech
in the Senate on the 18th, in favor of
restoring to the United States certain of
the lands granted to the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company to aid in the con-
struction of railroad from Lake Supe-
rior to Puget Sound. He was thought
ful enough to send us copy, and hav-
ing read il We pronounce it to be the
ablest exposition of the stupendous rob-
berry of the public by the Republicans,
in the matter of land grants to railroads,
which We have yet seen. The speech
attracted great attention in the Senate
and has been universally commended.
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The Prohibition Canvass In Lauder
dale-A Statement from General
Burkitt.
PALo ALTO, Mss, june 20. Is

PALo ALTO, Miss, june 20, 1856.
EDITOR CLARION By invitation | Wis
tied Meridian June LIST, and attempted
to speak to a large audience at the
courthouse after night. Was considerably
interrupted, as the city papers stated. But
that was not the worst part of it. The
most shameful falsehoods and ISLANDERS
have been reported about me. so that | fee
it due to myself and children to fatty con
tradict them. l did not do an act there
or utter word that l am ashamed of, oil
that any decent, intelligent, disinterested
man would have found fault. Though
many false reports were sent to the Pieayatn'
and other papers-one in particular, stat
ing that l visited negro meeting in the
dead of night, etc. A baser lie was never
uttered by any one in human shape.
/ never attempted but one speech in the
county of Lauderdale. | was at the towr
of Lauderdale on the night of the 4tf
inst, where there was some speaking. Blu
/ refused to leave my room 10 hear it, as
saw there was determination to misrep
resent me. Respectfully,
III. L. BURKITT.
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Senator Beck's Mistake

1 heard Il good story on southern !
senator-one that he wOuldn I have % lo''
for all the fine horses in kentucky. I L
other night he was just going out 70 'He
theater with his wife when the uUO'
bell rang. and he answered the suui-
mons himself A understanding gen
tleman stood in the vestibule and onel-
ed his card. The senator took It rs'he-
lmpatiently, and without examining lne
name it bore said:
Walk in, sir, and take seal -, u
Just going to the theater with my WIG
but she is not quite ready, and l cSA
see you for a moment, +" and he nlouOH
ed the caller to chair in the hall .
The stranger looked Il little coniuse-
and uncomfortable, which the senator
attributed to the diffidence Of ma.
who had favor TO ask, and supposLIs
that he wanted a place in one oil 'po y.
departments thought he would inAA -
the job as easy as possible for NM ~
he said in a pleasant, patronizing We
Now my good man, what can ~
Tor you; what do you want: 4
The answer came like the sentence -
doom, and the distinguished sena.o a
who had been through many coIn -U,
versy and political struggle ~lIa Ssn
turning a hair. almost collapsed VICE
the stranger replied:
IL am Rev. DR. Butler, sir, the o1sP
lain of the senate. and just called =
pay my respects. but rs you say you az
going out l won't detain you. H..
Before the senator recovered from Ino
shock the good doctor had left the 1gu,o
and closed the door behind him mnss
his wife came down stairs a few mihuu7
after she passed distinguished s'a.e.
man pacing up and down the door IN. ~
condition of profound mental agitA..O~
and blessing himself in rather vigolUs
terms with a very strong Scotch accom-
- Washington Capitdt.
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Mr.. Gladstone at Edinburgh.

Mr.. Gladstone made the opening
speech of his campaign in Midlothian
on Friday. 1t was powerful effort and
put the issue to be determined by the
voters so forcibly and yet SO clearly, that
the opposition will hardly be able to be-
cloud and confuse the real question, as
it seems they are trying to do.
Mr.. Gladstone no longer clings to the
details of the bill which the Commons
rejected. "The bill is dead with Par
lament. The principle of the bill sur
vives.' That principle, as he explains
it, is to establish an Irish statutory
legislative Parliament to manage ex-
clusively Irish affairs" He declares that
ministerial candidates must not be test
ed by the bill, and in response to the
statement of the Scotsman that every
ministerialist must be considered pledp-
ed to support the bill" he says: He
can hardly be pledged to support the
bill as ministerialist when the minis
try itself don't ask or expect it, If the
candidate is willing TO give Ireland real
and effective control of local affairs.
and will pledge himself to do that, in
Mr.. Gladstone's view he is good min
isterial candidate, and NAV "speak BY
the hour or yard, if he likes, to the sat;
isfaction of Scotchne en- against the de.
fects, weakness and foIlies of the BILL
The Earl of Salisbury, the Tory lead.
er, seems disposed to meet the issue
rendered by Mr.. Gladstone fairly and
squarely, but the seceders from the Lib
eral party seek refuge from the frowns
OF their constituents in the objection
able details of the dead bill.
i Mr.. Gladstone paid his respects to the
Tory leader, and to Lord Harrington
and Mr.. Chamberlain, his former col
leagues. Speaking of Lord Salisbury's
charge that he had made deliberate
misstatement. he said: "Lord Salisbury
describes my reference to his policy Of
twenty years coercion as one of the most
deliberate misstatements on record
Well, l hold by it. I mean to hold bv
it. / mean to repeat it. 1 mean 10 in.
press it on the country, and / mean tbe
country shall fairly have the means n
coming to an issue on it, and to know
whether it Is true or false" This doesn't
sound like the grand old man Is failing.
Iond his speech teens with much that H
Just - emphatic and spicy.
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June ?, 1856.
The Presidents Reception Described
by Jackson Bow.
Extract from a private letter.

,,, 20 TOO
MAsHINGIoN, june 10, 1850.
You wanted 70 know II l mac
seen Mrs. cleveland YET ! saw ner ias'
Sunday at church, and last night was Per
sonally introduced to her and her husband
Inc Malor-Ieneral OF the onLted oIa'es
Army was me e. man NJ ina. mao a9e p nonol o.
introducing Mr.; McLaurin. OIL Brandon
and myself to that distinguished couple
de was receiving from to Ii, but on ac-
count OF the $4,000 people that were there
wee sma' hours OF the night. They march.
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COpiah County.

Copiah county instructed for Col.
Hooker on Monday, which was not un-
expected. His friends made an honest
endeavor to make a clean sweep in that
county to offset the clean sweep which
Maj. Barksdale's friends made in Madi-
son. They didn't quite succeed. A res
olution in disapproval of clark horse"
was adopted. When Simpson county is
heard from after its Convention on Sat.
urday next, Maj. Barksdale will again
be in the lead.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-23
INSURANCE COMPANY, !

VAN Os & SINISTER
Appeal from the Circuit Court of War;
rem county. Hon. Ralph North,
Judge.
COOPER, c. J., delivered the opinion of
the court.
PRACTICE. Supreme Court Erroneous
ruls aohen Knocked By both parties no ground
of reversal.
When both the plaintiff and defend
ant invoke substantially the same rule
for the guidance of the jury in deter
mining its verdict, the fact that the rule
so invoked is erroneous, does not consti-
tute good ground of reversal.
2. INSURANCE. Conditions. Waiver.
Notice to Special agent.
Notice to any Insurance Agent whose
business it is simply "to solicit, receive
and submit applications, and to deliver
policies and collect premiums" that the
insured at the time of taking out the
policy, kept gunpowder, and was accus-
toned so to do, is not such notice to the
Company as will constitute a waiver of
a condition in the policy against the
keeping of gunpowder.
8. SAME. Usage and customs G,mpoao-
der, keeping Of, achether permissible.
Where policy of insurance is issued
on "stock of general merchandise, con-
sisting of dry goods, clothing, and gro
ceries,' these words being written, and
by printed condition, such policy is
made void if gunpowder be kept, under
such contract of insurance, it is not suffi-
cient excuse for keeping gunpowder that
the insured show that gunpowder is in
cluded by usage and custom under the
words general merchandise" but it
must be shown that gunpowder is in
cluded in the words "dry goods, clothing
and groceries," within the fair import Of
those words as used by the contracting
parties.
A. SAME. Evidence Usage and custom.
And in such case resort may be had to
the usage and custom of merchants in
the same community, to determine such
| fair import of the words so used.
Shelton & Crutcher, for the appellant.
Miller, Smith & Hirsch, r. 5. Buck
and A. B. Pittman, for the appellees
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-23
Women In Newspaper Offices.

Most people unfamiliar with news
paper offices, says the gallant and kind
hearted editor of the Boston Record
have large amount Of curiosity about
the workers in them, and especially
about women who NAV chance 10 earn
their living by writing 4 woman
journalist is regarded by the general
public as n peculiar creature. somewhat
isolated from the rest of her sex BY The
fact of her occupation and BY her
knowledge of the mysteries OF news
paper-naking. The little army Of
women writers for the press is con
stantly Increasing, though there are sllli
only about 800 in this country who DO
regular editorial work on papers OF
position.
The three great requisites for woman
journalists are good health. good sense
and good temper. Armed with these
any girl who really wishes TO enter
journalism, and has 4 knack at wrlnng
may hope for success. There Is always
a market H.. the best work. and editors
are progressive people. who recognize
fully the growing need Of feminine rep
resentation in the newspapers whose
readers are so largely women fof
women in general read the papers more
and more every year, and those among
them who have an instinct which te4'
them what the rest wish 10 read may
hope for a hearing for what they pave
to say. This suggests the naming Oh al
indispensable factor in journalism
which is hard To describe TO The o''Hae
aspirant Among writers for the aai'if !,
press it is called 1.-THE newspaper nose:
and unless one has this nose, at least ia
rudimentary stage. one need mol eA,
pect to make good journalist III
other words, unless one has a glH 81
discrimination, of knowing ~ hat peoPis
want to read. of gr;lsp.ng the splrh oi
the week. so To speak. one cannot NC
come "A good newspaper Writer no u,t
ter what c. pabilitics she may have u
what is called disiinctively lIteraI!
work. But even more often than NO.
such capabilities are best tralned =
journalism, where. in the midst Of inueD
that is evancsepnt and trivial. an earn
est mind can lay hold Of life ID "al
that often proves as effective IN lac .,..'
literary work as the degree OF iaeh''
with the pen which is also obtained
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-23

IL the death of Maj. A. NJ. Paxton
the State has lost most valuable citi-
zen-one who has done vast amount
of good work in the development of her
industrial and educational interests. He
died last week while attending meeting
of the board of trustees of the A. & M.
College, and his funeral took place from
his home in Vicksburg on Saturday
afternoon. The sad occasion called out
large assembly, representing all classes
of the community. He was one of The
landmarks and props of the Hill City,
and his death is therefore public loss
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Theodore Roosevelt.

To illustrate what manner Of men Ne
need | Will relate an incident which /,
to the point presume you are an AZ.
quainted. through the newspapers. with
the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt who /.
quite prominent in New York politics
and society. He owns a ranch on tho
Little Missouri, about eighty miles
northwest from here, and created ouite
a stir few days ago by bringing h
town three horse thieves whom be had
captured with the help of two If N,
"cow men," From him | heard The
following story:
About the middle of last month thess
roughs, who had been operating in his
vicinity, stole q number of saddles and
placing them on board his boat made
off with their booty, thinking themselves
secure from pursuit as they were in the
only boat on the river Roosevelt built
another boat, and taking two of his men
followed the outlaws 100 miles. cana
upon them in camp on the rivers bank.
covered them with his rifles. disarmed
them, brought them $50 miles across the
country to Dickinson, and turned them
over 10 the sheriff. On the Journey Their
food gave out, and Mr.. Roosevelt was
obliged to dispatch one of his men 70
the nearest ''cow camp for supplies,
and send the other out hunting. while
he pressed on alone with his prisoners;
and for four days he subsisted on bread
made of nothing but flour and water 50
muddy that the bread was brown
| When / saw him Mr.. Roosevelt had been
on the trail for three weeks. and wo,
a cowboys hat. corduroy jacket, tanne
shirt, and heavy shoes, but was in TX
cellent health and spirits Said be- I'd
don't know how look, but feel frs
rate!" The next morning he appearei
in the Justices court. saw the outlaw
| indicted, and little later took th
train, bound west, for his Cow camp
l had never seen Mr.. Roosevelt before
although had read many articles trou
his pen; and when | left home hat
no idea of meeting a gentleman OF hi
standing on the frontier masquerade.
in the character of an imprompt
sheriff But only such men. men q
courage and energy, can hope to s1j
coed in this new, beautiful, but undj
veloped country. - Dickinson OAK,
Letter TO Nei6bu9YpOrt (MdSS.) Herald
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-23

Mr.. RANDALL has again voted with
the Republicans to prevent even the
consideration of the tariff question, not
Yithstanding the pledges of the party
and the recommendations of the AID
ministration. DO the people of the
Seventh District desire TO send coad
jutor of Mr.. Randall to Congress I! Dc
they wish to take the tax of $50, 000, 900
annually from whisky and tobacco
(which not even the whisky and tobacco
dealers WANT in order that the tax OF
the necessaries of life may be proper
tionately increased?
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The Agricultural Lien Law.

From and after the first of July nert
the agricultural lien law will be reneaIad
and IT will be more difficult for planters to
obtain advances on their growing crons
than in former years while the law was az,
eratiye- Ever since the law repeating the
lien law was passed by the legislature, onr
merchants have been very chary about
making advances, and but lew of them
nave put out as great quantity of sum-
pines as usual. The effect of the repeaI ~
lne lien law on the condition of the conn.
Try VIII be anxiously looked for.-Natchez
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0leomargarine.

As between the manu- facturers of imi-
tation butter, the dealers in it, and those
who prefer the product of intestinal fat
to pure butter, on the one side, and the
dairymen and those who prefer pure
butter, on the other, Maj Barksdale has
taken the side of the latter. His speech
be found in another column. 1t will be
seen that the tax is not laid on the in
testinal fat products except when they
are offered for sale as butter.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-23

Col. HOOKER is discussing the private
affairs of the publisher and former
editor Of this paper. Fortunately for
the gentlemen referred to their private
affairs will bear discussion. Is Col.
Hooker 80 fortunate? IF he desires a
discussion of his private affairs, by keep
ing on his present course, he can have it,.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-23

THh appetite for oleomargarine will
not be increased by the perusal of Mr..
Barksdale's speech which We print to-
day. in which the ingredients that enter
into the composition of bogus butter
are enumerated.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-23

r. N. MILLER Dist. Atty

The Brookhaven Leader, which criti-
cised Judge Wharton and District At
torney Miller quite sharply for recon-
mending the pardon of Melissa Henley,
is now satisfied that it did these gentle
men great injustice and that its inform
ant grossly misunderstood the real
facts
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-23
III. L. BURKITT.
MERIDIAN, MISS, June 5, 1886.

EDITOR NEWS: / see an article in the
Picayune in relation to myself, which is
false and slanderous. AS proof of the
false statement referred to above, call at
tention to the reports of the Ne,cs and Far
ners' Aduocate, of what occurred at the
courthouse on last Tuesday night. l have
never coupseled or advised violence, fur
Their than necessary self-defense.
On the other hand, have never seen
such a violent and intolerant spirit dis
played as is shown by the Prohibitionists
in this city. | canvassed in 1910, 1874,
and in 1875, when excitement and party
spirit ran high, but have never seen any
thing equal in vindictiveness to this. They
took undue advantage in the debate. They
pitted two of their ablest men against me,
and then denied me an equal division of
time. Respectfully,
H T., RURKTrT
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-23

The Governor has appointed w. G.
Wilkinson, Esq, of Crystal Springs, a
trustee of the University of Mississippi,
to succeed Hon. ]. L. McCaskill, Con-
sui to Dublin. The appointment is first
class.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-23

SAY, Bill, what did you mean by rbew;no
tobacco last night before that young lady 9s
wei, Tom, you see, forgot YOU yer.
present. She don't mind it, in fact lie.
IL Not long since she got after me abon,
cnewing SO much tobacco, but when toll
ner chewed Arkansas Traveller sba ss;J
she liked the name anyhow. / sbowaJ
ner plug and she bit off little piece and
sne iiked 1t SO much that now she saws Il
wasn't Tor the looks of the thino sbe
MouId chew Arkansas Traveller ,ecuIarlv
Sne wants me to enjoy myself to the utmos,
sue says and she knows Arkansas Travel.
.sr ana ner company together are lust the
acme OF bliss" For sale by E. & S. Virden.
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Club Rates.--

Is Judicial Convention in Alabama,
Clark received 355 votes, and Torrey 355
votes. Clark was declared the nominee
by One-thrd majority.