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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-29
e RIVER PR E
QUEEN sABE.

The seeds of the new species of vine
lately discovered in the Soudan, are IN great
demand in France, the object evidently being
to acclimatize the variety. a strenuous effort
is making to supply the demand.
There are now ten thousand miles of tele-
graph lines in Mexico in actual operation,
and extension of the system is promised.
Next spring it is intended to lay a cable con-
Meeting a port in the United States with Vera
Cruz. This cable is now being made in Eng
land.
AT the beginning of last month the Eas-
tern Of France railway station, Paris, was il
Illuminated by the Lastin system of electric
lighting. After having received g. fair trial
in the goods station, the electric light has
also been adopted in the passenger station OF
the Lyons and Mediterranean company.
For articles of rubber which have be-
come hard and brittle, DR.. Pol recommends
Giles in a mixture Of water of amon1a one part
and water two parts, for 8 time varying from
a few minutes to an hour, according to the
circumstances of the case. When the mix
ture has acted enough on the rubber it will
be found to have recovered all its elasticity,
smoothness and s%oftness.
During q recent boring for water IL the
Wimmera district, Victoria, a tree was passed
through for a distance of six feet at a depth
Of $50 feet. Several fruit stones were brought
to the surface. At some period in the worlds
history a grove of trees is supposed to have
occupied this subterranean spot, and the great
depth Of earth now covering the remains OF
the vegetation indicates a vast lapse of time
since it 6ourished.
"A German scientist recommends p%araflne
as an efficient means of protecting wood
against damp, acids and alkalies. The wood
is first well dried, and then covered with a
solution of one part Of melted parafine in six
parts Of petroleum, ether or %bisulphide Of
carbon. The solvents evaporate quickly,
leaving the parafne in the pores of the wood
Great care should be taken in the use Of the
preparation as all of the substances mentioned
are especially infammable.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-29
countrymen on board the steamer refused to
90 near them.
Jules Verne.

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He is about 50 years of age, with q fine,
handsome head. Once a blonde, he wears
his beard full, and his hair is curled in a
haphazard fashion. His features are more
than regular they are fine. His eye is
bright, Of q clear blue, brilliant, and yet
moist. His dominant expression is sweetness
but q firm sweetness, like rosy steel, which
does not bend. His mouth, which says such
charming and clever things, says eyes or
mo irrevocably. 4 Breton of Nantes,
Jules Verne has kept the religious traditions
Of Brittany, but rather like q painter who
preserves the impressions of his travels than
like a child of the soil, who would die for his
faith. He is al bottom more Of a skeptic
than D'Ennery. No one would stand up
more bravely for adoctrine, butno one would
a moment later, make a more questionable
speech. In politics it is worse, for he never
voted in his life.
The son Of q lawyer, he came to Paris to
study law. His literary tastes led him in an
other direction, but nevertheless he was ad-
| mitted to the bar. He then became secretary
to M. Perrin, who at that time had the double
administration of the Opera Comique and of
the Theatre Lyrique. After this he followed
the bent of his tastes more freely. He con-
tributed a number Of articles to the Musee des
Families, and about this time be wrote a piece
in one act, Les Pailles Rompus," with which
Alexandra Dumas was connected, for it was
he who had it produced at the Theatre His
torique, and it was he who bought the first
copy after it was printed. After an ex~
p%erience il the stock market, being still in
love with literature, Verne published his first
book, GIVE Weeks in a Balloon" 1t went
off like hot cakes, though it was only a trial.
But the success was SO great that it appeared
TO Hetzel that here was a new road in litera-
ture which deserved to be followed up. He
made an engagement with Verne for twenty
years on what then appeared splendid terms,
but which have since made the fortune Of
the lucky editor. After the publication of
'sFive Weeks in q Balloon" he announced to
his friends one fine morning that he was
about to get married, and then disappeared.
1t was the only sign Of life that his wife has
ever given. Since then he has led the same
life Of study, Of travel, and Of interminable
production. He passes bis life between Paris
and Amiens, where he has g splendid house,
when he is not exploring somewhere or other
on his famous boat, the Saint Michel, on
which most of his stories are written. AS
for the rest, he is the most charming man i'm
aginable. modestly earning bis 100, 900 francs
a year, to say nothing Of the great fortune
the stage seems to promise him.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-29
Tne Future OF She Canadian Dominion


Tne Fuaure OF she sanshsan Dominion.
If any dispute arose brtween Canada and
her great southern naiyhbor which involved
war, she would speedily succumb, and would
BE- annexed to the United States. Canada is
not sufficiently permeated by any vigorous
sentiment Of nationality to resist the power
full attractive force Of the American dem0c-
rscy. She answers to Leigh Hunts concep-
ton Of the United States: ''As a nation, [
cannot get it out Of my head that the Ameri-
cans are Englishmen with the poetry and
romance taken out of them and that there
is one great counter built along their coast,
from north to south, behind which they are
all standing, like so many linen-drapers.
They will be far otherwise, l have no doubt,
in time, and this unchristian opinion Of them
have come to nothing Certainly this is a
sufficiently ludicrous picture of the Ameri-
cans of the present day, who are diverging
more and more from the English type, who
have the beginnings Of q new literature, and
in whom we can already detect the germs of
an altogether new national life. But it is
much il accord with the actual condition of
the Canadian people, who want alike the
grandeur and dignity of the old nations of
Europe and the marvellous force and colossal
energy OF The United States. Canada seems
to lie stranded there among the SHOWS and
ice of the North, separated alike from the
=: ~ lar &c T,.o~o n~l Fa~-o -
heroic aspirations Of America; sharing none
of the precious traditions of England, and
untouched by the breath of democratic free
dom which sweeps through the United States.
It is interesting materially to the British la
borer and food-consumer it has not a shadow
Of intellectual significance for the thinker.
This may not be its fault It is, at any rate,
its misfortune-a misfortune which seems to
| remove it from the category Of possible in
dependent nationalities. Il may be said that
the United States are being colonized now
rather by stomachs than by brains; but the
United States are q nation with grand tradi-
lions. The colonization Of New England
the planting Of Pennsylvania the Revolu-
tionary struggle, which, is represented in
Franklin, Samuel Adams, and j Jefferson, who
were rather . development Of the great intel
lectual N of the eighteenth cen
fury than a mere contest against the English
King and Parliament; the antl-slavery con
test; ami, finally, the civil war-all these de.
yelorments of the great modern democratic
movement have made Of America a land Of
ideas, and have invested even the young raw
States of the West with a haloo poetry anl
romance. As compared with this, Canady
has merely T. tel Of upward Of century o.
stagnant proyincialism, relieved only by 6
'hird-rate instruction Contemloraay RI.
gie2o.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-26
NOTES FROM NEWPORT

NEWPORT, r. l., June 24.-The heavy rain
has laid dust and made the grass, trees no"erS
and sbrubbery even attractive than they were
before.
The new line between New-York and Newport via
GreeupOint, L. l., Is III operation, ana Is uoin8
air amount OF business This makes three excellent
WAYS Of reaching New York. and surely the rraveiDg
public have nothing to complain OF as regards the fac
es offered during the present The boats OF the
Fall River Line start every night with all the passengers
that they can accommodate while the boat OF the WICK
ford route connecting with the Shore Line Railroad
for New.York makes four daily trips to accommodate
her patrons
Maturln Livingston. of NewYork, has arrived at his
cottage on Bellevue Court
Professor Spencer +. Baird has rented the Ives
ottage on Brnleyst. 1t has been deemed advisaoie
by Professor Baird to establish the headquarters OF the
Fish Commission at this place during the present
scason The new steamer Fish Hawk. built expressly
for The commission will be here ana win Dc useu LOT
scientific exploring trips by the Professor and Dy MS
G. D. Gregory of Jersey City, has arrived at the
Fadden Cottage on Belevueave Tor the season count
Gallia the Italian Consul at PhlIadelpDla, WIN aso
rstcato ut the same house, and will arrive early In
July. ~, . -. 49,, oo.,r
date Mrs Julia Ward Howe will be reelected president
Mrs August Belmont, of New-York, mas TAKEN posses
sion of" Bythesea" for the Summer. .. -
s H. Wltherbee OF Brooklyn, Is at his cottage on
IIonnoyman Hill, and L. G. Lawrence, 0f New.fork
mas taken possession OF the Bradford Cottage on
CatheTne-st. =, o-., -.
Boston have also arrived ut their cottages.
Two evening concerts arc to DO given every week III
the pavilion on the beach.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-26
WISHING TO DIE.

girl named Mary Jane Ronrkc. fourteen years
of age, who for about 4 week has lived as child
nurse with the family of Marcus liadt. dry goods
dealer Of White Plains attempted TO commit SUI
eide on Thursday evening hv swallowing nearly
four ounces of Paris green. which she purchased at
n hardware store Yesterday slight hopes were en-
tcrtancd of her recovery. The girls mother r.
manned swith her Thursday night and repeatedly
asked her why she hld attempted TO take her ME;
she replied that she had y rraSOn, hut would never
divulgr it. When asked if she was mot sorry Tor
what she had done, she replied. cnphatcally: NO !.
n0w 100. n
Yesterday morning the attention of Officer l}rrk-
man. of the Steamboat Squad, was attracted toa
Young woman who was looking around nrrv"uSly
and hIrryng across the vacant lot at the l"nt "l
Canal-~t She reached the end of the pier, ana was
about pluugng into he river iwhcn she was seized
bV thr officer. The woman was almost crazy IRON
the effects orlquor and begged 20 bc allowed I"
drown herself. She gave her name as ElNahrth
smith. of No. II Forsytl-st She said that her lrs-
band was continually heating and i,trratlng her.
in consequence of which she had taken TO drink
aud finally resolved To end her misery. justice
Murray committed her ia the Island Tor ten days.
Fanny Barrett, age Twenty-Five of No. 80 stan
tou-St was arrested Tor drunkenness Yesterday
morning and locked up III tlr Scrond Precinct SiA-
ti0n Brooklyn. While III the cell she made u.s."
unsuccessful attempts To hang herself with lrr
handkerchief and shOclaccs. She MAS prevented lY
an officer.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-26
AMATEUR ROWING CONTESTS

ENTRIES FOR TIE REGATTA or TIE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION.
PHILADELPHIA, June 25.-An official list OF
entries for the eighth annual regatta of the National
Association Of Amateur Oarsmcn, over the National
course ON the schu, Kill River at Philadelphia. July z
and o, 1880, has been prepared. Following the
clubs represented in the several races:
Siu1Ie SculIs-Cartenet Club, OF Perth AmbOy, n. j.
Perseverance, New-Orleaus, La; Nautilus, Reading
Penn; Pawtucket. Pdwtucket, r. l.. Crescent, Newark
N d.; Monmouth, Red Bank, NJ j.; Shawmut, Boston,
Mass; Sbawmut, Boston, Mass; FhirInount Philude
mia PENN; WyandOtt9, WyandOtte, Mich. MetrOpO
ian Ncw:York CITY; Watkins, Watkins, n. u. Pasade
Yonkrrs, N. Y; Triton, Newark. N. j.. Narragausett
Providence, II. L. Hope. New Orleans, I1 Seawanhakn
brooklyn n. Y; Hartford Hartford, Conn.,; Keystone
Philadelphla, Penn; Wahwah-sim, Saginaw Mich.
Mutual Albany, n. Y; Independence. Boston, Mass;
Watkins. Watkins, n. VI Hllisdale, hlishhle MICH;
Wah-wahaum, Saginaw, Micb. -
Sinoie ulIs-SenOr -Elizabet5 club OF Portsmouth,
VS.; Perseverance, NewOrleans. Lai Puwtucket, Paw
ucket r. l.; st. john New Orleans, Laj MetrOpolltan
New.York City; New-York Rowing Club, New.YOrk
CITY Zephyr. Detroit. Mich; Crescent. Philadelphia
NAV, Mich; Independence, Boston, Mass; shoe-wae-
cae-Inette, Monroe, Mich ,
Double ScuIls-Pawtucket Club Of Pawtucket, r. Il
Hillsdae, Hillsdae. Mich; New-YOrk Athletic, Now
York City Hartford Hartford, Conn; Wahwah,sum'
Saginaw, Mich. Mutual. Albany N. Y; Shoe-waecae-
mette Monroe, Mich Vesper. Philadelphia Penn.
Pair Oqrs-Metrop0lltan Club OF Newly Ork City Car
man. Carmansville, N Y; Albany, Albany N. Y; Key
stone, Philadelphia Penn; Zephyr, Detroit, Mch West
Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Penn.
Nautilus Reading PENN Eureka Newark N. j.; Hills
dale Hisdale, Mich; Wyaudotte, Wyandotte, Mich;
Argonaut, Toronto, Canacn; Carman. CarnausvIlle
n. VI Albany, Albany. NY: N. N. NoAn. Albany. N.Y.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-26
ppooEI.yy'S POLICE MIDDLE.

The difficulties existing in regard 10 the brooklyn
Police and Excise Boards were taken into court
Yesterday. The matter came up before judge
Mc('uc, in Sprcial Term upon the fordrr mad"
by him on Thursday compelling General Jnnrdan
nowcr MS sole Commissioner Of Police. General
Ionrian's case VAS in the hands of General H.
+. Tracy, while General i. :. Cr"okc apnrarrd
for the two old Commissioners Pybnrn AMI Icirh;
General Cr0okc opened the case and rrh"aIsrd
the familiar facts i'll regard TO the way the contest
arose. =,
nroucrly come before The court. For the claimant :
rx-.IndSo Morris then argued that the failure OF
the new appOintcrs to act in accOr'lancc with
thc law left ihr old Board IN power, and he quoted
authorities to show this. judge McCur after the
argument was concluded, reserved his decision;
The courtroom contained many interested
SncCtatOTS.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-26
THE CHLLDREN'S WEEK.

TO tie Edttor of The Tribune
SIR: read to my Sunday-schOol class last
week Your editorial OF that date entitled "A Week in
the Country" thought 1t good rs any selected les
son, and the boys much interested IN the fate of
the poor child who had few weeks OF happiness the
old country farmhouse that they have unanimously
decided to place the sum of $40 Hn amount that
they have raised Oy small lnstalcus from week 10
week, and winch they intended for some benevolent
enterprise) in The hands Of the person who instituted
that most worthy charity" The ChildrenB Week"
be sent Sincerely yours. TEACHER IN PLYMOUTH S. s.
Brooklyn, June "a, 1850.
TThe contribution should be sent to Mrs. Eliza s.
Turner, Chadd's Ford. Delaware County Penn.
She originated The Chdren's Week " in Phadel-
phia and directs the charity now. II requested to
do so, she will, doubtless. send word to the children
who gave the money exactly how it was be-
sfnMed.=Edl
New-York tribune., 1880-06-26
CoNv1CrrO or KILLING Ills WIFE.

Michacl Slattcry, a lahorcr, Of No. &I3 East One
tI" rourt of General Sessions, before Recorder
Smyth, on the charge of having caused the death
of his wife Catherine by throwing her down STAIRS.
The evidence showed that on tho afternoon OF
April %, the prisoner came home and found his
Wife intoxicated 1t is alleged that he dragged
her across the floor by the hair of the head and
threw her down stairs II WAS denied by the
husband that he had malrcated his wife. lie
alleged that she fell on the stove and then
staggered out on the landing. He sliced her
shawl To- prevent her falling down stairs but was
foo late to prevent her falling. The wonan'S
skull was fractured and she died two days later
in bellevue Hospital. Tho prisoner was found
guiity of manslaugltcr in the fourth degree
and was rcInandcd for sentence.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-26
KILLED BY FALLING WALLS.
FOUR FIREMEN LOSE THEIR LIVES IN ELIZABETH
FORT, ~ J.-OTHEEs BADLY INJURED.

FOUR FIREMEN LOSE THEIR LIVES IN tlhHAbElH II
PORT ", J.-OTHEEs BADLY INJURED.
The town of EIizabcthpOrt, n j., was startled by
n general alarm of fire at late hour on IhcISuay
night, flames having been discovered III one oil thc
buildings of the Elizabcthport Steam C0riaSc
Company, used as a stOrchOnSo for hemp and rope.
The factory is owned by Fulton ~ Co.. Tue cause
of the fire is unknown. The volunteer IRE depart
1ucnt was the spot almost nnct t.HtclN attGr the
alarm was sounded and struggled with the names
for twelve hours. Chief Engineer william StNl"
directed the men. who with the AID of six engines
and two hook and ladder companies. Slccecdrd IN
c0nlining tho fire to the buiding in which II
started, saving the :adjOiuIng factory aud roG'-
walk The damage is estimated at $40 .OOO, lully
covered by insurance re
The fire was attended by n loss of j fe which
seems to bc the result of somebody's hlundcr Com
many No. 3, which was stationed in ElIahrtll-ayc.'
taking warming from the sound OF the cracking
wall Withdrew Just before that side 0f the building
fell ont with terrible crash. But the men AZ
lacked to Engine No. remained too long al th!lr
post in the rear of the binding. This rear wall also
fell mt | a. III. and buried beneath its runs the SIX
men working there. They were unable To escape.
The work of cXtricatmg the unfortunate hrrln'h
was at once begun. many residents oi the place
assisting Foreman Fagan, of Engine No. - was
the leader of the rcscuing party; Wiliam LoSchy'
an cmplOye in the rOpe-walk and Nllllam H. W Moo'i'
"A tirclial were killed outright: JahrH +. Marsh
and James Moore were fatally injured, dying
shortly after being removed. AnAng the w"nnd'd
were John Hoover, foreman in the .cordago works,
John Sclcrt and " Wick Sayrc.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-26
THE FIRE RECORD.
IN SIXTH AVENI1E.

The explosion of a quantity of naphtha
used for cleaning clothes in the dycng establishment Of
L. Dute No. 27l sixthavc., set fire TO tho house and
two adjoining buildings Thursday William Hull, Of
No. 30G East Thiryfourth-st workman IN the dycing
establishment, escaped with difficulty from the
worlSroom, with Ills hair and beard on fire. Mrs Du
threw garment lying at hand over his head. and this
saved his life lie taken to his home. severely
burned The losses by the rc estimated as follows
Building No 27l Sixth-avc owned by John l. TOnncc,
$500; L. Dube. $500; building No lO3 West Seven
tpen:h-st., owner John Tonnele, $500; Rene Ingar.
policy shop 5000 tenementhOuse No 107 West Seven
teenth-st, owner Solomon Appel $500. The losses
nlIur rpd iuRuraICp.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-26
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
MR.. BooNE's STOLEN STAMPS.
GOVERNMENT PROPERTY POUND IN HIS DKsK-No
wv TO TIIE MISSING

CLEW TO THE MISSING MAN.
The United States authorities in brooklyn are
still hunting unsuccessfu'ly for the missing e4-
deputy collector of Internal Revenue, SllaS l..
BOonc. Various rumOrs are atOat as TO WnSre
he is If he is in Canada he cannot be reacheq ~
the present treaty. Special Agent ). ii. .haic'
whose investigations disclosed the fact OIL MI:
BoOnc's fnilure to account for the broken BOOKS OF
stamps Yesterday appeared before Justice bloom
in the Third District Court and procured n sea<ch
warrant to enter the house of Mr. Boone at 10. %
1G0 Fourtecnth-st. This was executed ny
Detective I.Ooney. of the Central Office who lounh
in Mr.. Boone's desk. sealed package, wrapped III
hrown papcr and marked "S. |. Bo0ne-prlvaic
nanersD It was found to contain S2'S9 40 III
tohacco and beer stamps and ~ i'll detached
coupons from ten pound tobacco stamps. >. ~.
1t is believed that Mr.. Boone has realized tiie
money for all the other stamps which he failed 10
nccnrnt for Agent Clarke, who certified to tho
correctness of Mr. BOOnes accounts on dee -
1870, was yesterday engaged in going over INC oI4
accounts. lie says that the mlsappronration ot
STAMPS extended over several years ana was con
cralcd hy false invoices. When the final account
ing was done Mr.. Boone inc lnGcd III his hgnrrs
Sf9 OOS moro of stamps than he had on hann' puI
claimed TO have spnt that amount to NASmngtm
Then as soon as Mr. Clarke had finished, Mr
Boone took that amount of stamps thcn III HIS
possession and forwarded them to Washington III
order that Mr.. Clarke might find them there
Tho Department will lose nothing, IN the hlatlcr
az tho bondsmrn of the late Collector fre"land
are responsible As Mr. l}ooncs hondsincn as only
surcticS for $4,000 the remaining $4,000 VIII
have to be made good by the Frccland estate.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-26
ROBBED AND MURDERED.

JAMESTOWN, n. Y, June 25.-A special dis
patch to The EUsnf,g Journal says: Last night two
men with blackrned faces called at the residence OF
John Ellis, eighty, living at Mansfield Cataraugns
County and after beating him until they thought no
was dead robbed him Of Sl00 In currency and $1,000
IN bonds Two men with black their necks and hands
huyo honn pd
New-York tribune., 1880-06-26
THE NEW CITY DIRECTORY.

Trow's New-Y0rk City Directory for 1SSO-'S1 was
published Wednesday. In appearance tits similar to
Inc volume of last year, but 1t contains 713i more
names. This addition. at the usual ratio of five in
hahitants To one name III the Directory. represents
An annarrnt gain III the population of the city Of
81 10. There ara. in all 273,71G names III the
new Directory. 1t is sometimes supposed that one
vear, Directory very closely resembles the previous
wears edition. In fact few years ago an unscrI-
pul0us publisher gave to tlc public the Directory of
the wear before between new covers. The fraud
was not discovered for some time, and many per-
sons were drccivel. slow little lc present volume
resembles that Of 1879 may be judged from the fact
gwen III the publishers announcement that the per-
centage Of change is over 60 per cent.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-26
MANHATTAN COLLEGE.

DEGREES CONFERRED BY CARDINAL MCLosKEY.
The commencement exercises of Manhattan
College we're held yesterday afternoon. Car
dinal McCloskcy presided. and around him were
the College Alumni VicarsGcnera Qdinn and Preston,
Father Kearney of st. PAul's Cathedral; Father Nc
Gean OF the Church of the Transformation; Father Far
reilly, Of st. James's Church. and other cerGymcn.
OratiJns were delivered follows: Female Teaching
ORDERS" John p Lonargan; International Charity"
Francis =. Moore; woman" Francs C. Gallagher; {;
" The Crisis In France" Daniel C. Cunni0n " 4 Pros
pectve IDEAL" Joseph IL. McMahOn; Modern In
iiferentsm," William H. Griiiths. The Cardinal then
conferred the following degrees:
New-York tribune., 1880-06-26
NEwYORK DAILY TRIBUNE SATURDAY, JUNE &C. 1880

Crescent, Philadelphia. Penni University Of PennSyi-
S;r 0grs"NarraSa club, OF Providence. r. /:
Danntless New.York CITY; Eureka (Ggl. NewnTK A.
J.; Mutual Albany, N Y; Orel (Gig) NEWARK NJ d.
Institute (Gig), Newark. n. j.
Eight Onrs-ResOute Club OF Ncw-York city Oauntt
less New-Y0rk CITY; Nassau, New-Y0rk CITY Crcsceo
Philadelphia. So, ,,,,.,oo, =,
college Singles for Triton Cup-Rensselaer PolyLeoh
mic Institute, Troy, N. y; Harvard Unyr,shy C"nn
bridge Mass: Princeton College. Princeton, N j.
COLLEGE Fours. for Eureka Cttp-Univcrslty OF Penn
sylvanin Philadelphia, Pcnu Ptince'on College, Prince
New-York tribune., 1880-06-26
DESCRIBING AN IMPOSTOR.
TO the Editor Of The Tribune.

TO The EdtfOr OF TIC TrE6une.
SIR: wish to inform the public through
your columns against small woman with sharp face
dark brown hair (cu short her forehead, and large
gray or blue eyes, who came three weeks with
false story about losing her pocket book with tickets
and money on the Washington tEain She personated
lady Of whom knew and gave so many particulars in
regard TO this lady's family and my own, was
most that her story was correct haye since
found that false in particular, and the
woman was so practised importer am sure she will
attempt deceive others she did respectfully,
No. 120 East 30thst June %, 1880. j. S. LOWELL.