New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-20
GENERAL NOTES.

Women and children are employed in toe,.
ably large numbers the English mines Out OF 79j
pegs0us engaged above ground about the neiaierou.
Mines . 1913 women and girls. and IN addition thers
arc BIT males OF the tender ages OF bet Tecn ana IL on
girls 80 are employed between and 10 years old 80
whom are in the Cornwall and Devon district Oi gid,
between 10 and Is years there are employed 1872 Corn.
wall and Devon employing 6l5 and the North Wales
district 106 tie only other iargely-enpoyiDg distia
Dsng that Of Ireland where p are at work OF eirs
! above Is years DID, there are 1860 employed.
There seems to be growing evidence that
the Singing Brigade Is going 10 do good service ia
the present Presidential campaign Here, for instance
/. another publication entitled the Nauona Repabk
o1n Campaign Songster," published by William MOT
ftt Syracuse which. though small mas the rng Of the
true metal it, and contains srrng stanzls ss.to
.uch popular aud patriotic airs a. Ny County,
Yankee DOODLE" We are Coming. Father Aorshsn.'
Tie Rattle CRY of Freedom" "Ihe sar spsngled
Banner" Marching Through Georgia" etc, etc
There l. good material here for singing cubs.
Here's a pointed paragraph from The SAM.
tayy Engineer. THE summer almost over, the tine
Tor the reopenng OF the Public Schools is close OF hand
and vet our Board Of Education have not yet settled
whether they or the Ward Trustees shall Supervise the
nuch-neeled repairs and alterations In the building
for which funds long since Appropriated Mean
time everything is in state OF mastery inactivity.
is fortunate the public patient but the time Will come
perhaps very soon, when their patience VIII Deer
hallsed by such cusable delay. TIE Board OF Edl
cation mad Dest quit Ioons ana pun INC so"oV' III s"a
condition"
DIR. Prime in his recent journey from New.
York to Saratoga one of the most dreadful types
American women. To many other disagreeable qdaih-
cations were added that dreadful provinces dialect
which pronounces op as II 1t was aeop or aloe Tts
lmposs represent In print the peculiar sound Inn
parted 10 the full round and pleasant when the rude
lips Of sharpset, bgh-ptched. nervous woman, at The
forfb sttah
Dao,cn Ia Monmouth Caounty, where Pve been abaosi
n mouth there's boardin hauose for dogs, and ladies
send their dogs daoun there with nurses give the
nasty little the air. The Information wa
onusng and quite to DR. Prime, but the pr0nuncs
ton of the tani lar and is the most frequent
violation OF propriety among uneducated Americans
il heard IN the pu PIT nor IN cutydtei crcles
II Is wonderful that IL still retains Its usage as generally
a il die fifty years ago.
The magnitude and importance of the In
national Exhibition of Sheep, Wool and Wool Pro
ducts to be held in Philadelphia next month. have To-
duced the Department OF Agriculture to issue call fora
convention for the promotion Of such objects as hese
Advancement OF the genera, interests OF the wool
grower relative advantage OF sheep-0reedng STATES
and the breeds best adapted to them methods OF shear
ing and handling sheep. and ofpacking and grading Woo
for the market increasing producIon Of the noun
tain lands OF the Atlantic States by thu systematic erf
sion of sheep husbaudry; benefits resulting from the
PRODUCTION Of pure blood INTO native focks breeds cape
ole OF yielding from given the profitable
returns IN mutton and wool taken jointly management
OF sheep in summer and winter-of lambs most prohs
bly, for market; recent inventions In wool manuiac u
and their relative Importance; recent discoveries anu
inventions In the production OF dyes ana the art
iny-their eative importance; grades or Wool Wmsa
this produce I'm order fully 10 supply 'Ae
demands Of her looms aud how best TO produce them