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, 1879-04-09

Whsn D1In SPRINGER roturns 10 Spring.
field he will find out that the corn-fed mem-
bers Of tho Illinois Legislatare hive more
exalted Ideas Of parliamentary ctiauetto and
decoFum than vas entertained by the Forty
tlfth Congress-. During tho Inst session
sra.NoEn'a Committee Lad tuAale with
GEonog 3. aawAnp, Minister to China, mud,
rs BtIl could neither nake sEwAho tako au
oath nor produoa ILLS books, he (sppssoKn)
got the House to declare 6swkRn In con-
tempt, and had him bro1ght to the bar Of
the House. 10 insult thy House Of Repro
sen.atlves and dofy the authority Of its
Committee was almost na gsayo an osfonso,
one would think, rs to alsobey PAT BARR.'s
roostess In tho Lower House Of Springfield,
but 1t Was mob 10 regarded at Washington.
The Houxa Of Representatives. merely turned
Nj. SEWARD aver to tho custody Qt t4k
sssgeant.at-Arms. and that officer allowed
, 1879-04-09

It appears that Col Fornoy's Progres.
isn't making any. =
"Dirllo Bell ID vary aweot and tempting,
but alas she's loaded.
The Confodoratos are now doing the best
dghtiug Of their lives.
"Dirdie" He'll, vo take It, Is not from
Texas. sha shoots too poorly.
We may perhaps speak Of A1r. Davis a.
ths south's favotite Jefferson.
Cstewayo wants 10 plant his crops before
ho plants any muro Engl!ahmcp.
Louisa Margaret has pug-noso, Jet tho
blood Of ktugs clrculates 10 the worry tip Of 1t.
Boss Shepherd is In New Mexico trying
hard to lsaa an honest lifo bat ita uphill business
for him.
Mr.. j, O, s. Dlaokhurn, OF Kentucky,
must take ssocho. liz has really talked htmsole
hoafss.
A circus proprietor Is trying to add Molllo
Fanehcs, the faattng GIT OF Now York, to biz
his curlas!ttcs.
The Devil, wo learn, Is in Texas, md all We
have get 10 say H. that tbs DsYl Il In worse eona-
psny than usual.
Widow Oliver wants position In the Post
Of}eo Department; but tho mailing done there IL
not blackuialfng.
JUL Davis, We Lolloyo, Ia In tho lfe-iusur-
npce bus9uess, and hIs ws suppose, Il tho only
true 6outnosn ''putlcy."
Chief Joaeph'a other name ia 1n.lnut-too-
yaa.iat.taa. Thpy call him Joseph because he Il
10 basbful among tho ladies.
"There Is a bottom to Mr. Tildop'a bar
ral," says an exchange. Yes. But It Ia : good
WAYS from tho top, no hops.
Whitelaw Reid should not hare declined.
Tho Tribune bcos.hasement had peculiarly well
ntted him for tho German mission,
Moses IL on his way 10 Washington, hop
Ing 10 secure for tho NoTthwestsrn Indians some,
thing mosa tangible than prou,iies. This u Ger.
talnly o4e qt tho lllates Of Aeass, aud biz one,
sops :
, 1879-04-09

.JonN ". GnEao, ox.snpo1intcndent Of tho
Money Order Department Of the Chicago
Post Office, has been found guilty Of embez-
ssen BY the 5ns2 IN ths gnted ns satss sonass ps
that GnEtA7 only borrowed, and did not steal,
the money intrusted to his Keeping, won't for
nothing against tho explicit presentment Of
tho Inv concerning the caso In tho instruo-
tions given to the jury by Judge BLonoEr7.
The public officer who converts, if only TOM
porarily, to his own use tho moneys in his
keeping is By tho Inv made guilty Of a crime
punishable by imprisonment Of from si1
months to ton ysars, md it is well that this
fact should bo mada known with force aud
emphasis, as it now is in tho conviction of
JouN ". GnEao.
, 1879-04-09

1t Is Of gEoat importance to tho people OF
Illinois that the Supreme Court shall soon
decide whether citizen OF this Stoto, not
guilty Of or even charged with tho commits
sion OF any crime, can be deprived Of bis
liberty and d!sgraoed before the world With
out due process OF law" In other words.
ia eithor branch Of the Illinois Legislature
vostcd by tho Constitution Of this State with
tho dangerous power Of passing rosolu-
tion which, without tho concurrence Of tho
other Houao OF tho sanction Of the Exccu-
tive, is Of sufficient legal force to oonfno q
man In felon's cell for IN alleged infracsion
Of the priyilogea Of tho body, or for con-
struotivo contempt? Tho treatment that
Mr.. NEv1ss Inns received at tho hands
Of the Lower House Of tho LeRisla-
tnre Of Illinois is no doubt, essentially VI
c!ons, vfnliotivo, illegal, aud dos
potio, and involves question that
cannot bo triaod with by a lot Of
spitoful iguoramusea clothed in littlo
brief authority. As long aa the popular
brunch Of tho General Assembly cannot levy
tax of one mill each upon tho dogs Of H.
linois without the cousont of tho Souato aud
tho Governor, It ia absurd to suppose that its
whtm, caprice, or mnlico Is suftlciont to do
rrlve citizen Of his liborsY aud subject him
to Ill tho pains md penaltiss that 1t IL poasi-
bio for any court Of justice to inflict. stand.
ing by itself tho House Is not even "co-
ordinate branch Of tho Government II Is
not q law.making power, It Is not court Of
jugtio81 and 1t ia certainly now revelation
, 1879-04-09

Tho plan Of tho Ohio Democracy has
brought defeat and ruin to tho Northern sec.
tion Of tho Confederate party. They entered
the campaign with brand.new platform,
based on living issues, and the Issue Of the
fight is dire md disastrous defeat. This plat-
form, builded by tho disciples Of TuuRNAN,
Las proven rotten and unsubstantial, and IN
ita wreck ore buriod the Presidential
hopes OF tho Ohio Senator. The princl-
pies onunciated in tho document aforesaid
wore Of kind to tickle tho politicalpa1ato at
tho South, but It appears that tho North,
and oyan Hamilton County, Ohio, ore
not get .ready to embrace them.
Tho clarion voice Of tho Democracy,
speaking from its Ohio stump, called for tho
uuneal Of the United States Election laws,
.th%. weeding.out Of oil Republican oltioinls
aud Influence from the Capital Of the Ma
tion, and tho placing at tho helm Of tho mon
who first hungered aud thirBted for the Nh
tton's Life, and who, faiIing In tho attain-
ment Of thdr reasonable desires, now Wish
him to got another hold, with tho hopo Of
succeeding better na1t time. It Is certain
that tho Democratic, luo. .aud-cry in favor of
regulating tho Election lows docs not
take well in Northern latitudes. This
| fact is shown by the vote 70, su.
perior Judge in Cin,innati. The TIC.
publican candidate for that Office yss
the Chief Supervisor at, aie lost Oongres.
sional election. Yet. Notwithstanding the
Democrats In all thoir speeches as well o.
| y. T.If IL d
, 1879-04-09

Judge McA1I1srrn Inns ordered tho rolease
from custody Of Mrs. GEtDEnMAs, who was
held on Coroner,s war: .aut RI an accessory
with DR.. MErEn in the +. olsoning of her lus-
band. In tho opinion-df the Court there is
10 evidence to justify her imprisonment
pending tho action Of the Grand Jury, tho
fact of hcr engagement to DR.. h1EYEa so
shortly after tho dcath Of her husband not
being regarded as sufficient to raiso reason-
ablo presumption TINT sho had any hand in
making herself widow.
, 1879-04-09

II Mr.. FRANK Z. NEv1ss had simply killed q
man III would have been admitted to bail, hut
ns ho refused to toll PAT DARRY's Smelling
Committee who It was who told him story
about member OF the Illinois Legislature, 10
must be kept under lock und key, in company
with totons, trnu.ns, and burglars. 1t Is doubt
full, however, II Mr. NEvlNs finds Ills prcseiat
company uny more d!sagreeablc than TINT ith
which he was thrown prior to his incarceration
iu The Sangamon County Jail.
, 1879-04-09

The usual did lculty experienced in impor.
tant casea in. the Criminal oourt-that OF
obtaining iur.9rs sufficiently ignorant nnd
t1nbecilo-is cl7cc untorod in tho STEVENS
murder tria1, which began yesterday. No
progress has boon ri ado TINS far, owing to tho
extreme scarcity Of persons IN Chicago who
neyer road tho newspapers, md who hnvo,
therefore, never hom'd Of tho STEVENS nur-
7or nnaa
, 1879-04-09

box shal1:.bo ro.aincd mud that ovory oitizon
OF tho South shall hayo thu froc exercise Of
tho right Of suffrage which is guaranteed him
by tho Conalitution. Thoso aro tho lossona
Of tho elections on Monday, md, while thcy
ought to encourage tho Republicans In Con-
gresa and tho President to aloutly resist tho
revolutionary schomes Of the majority, they
ought at tho Same timo to warn tho Soutl,
tl,at tho North has onco moro ortlorod it to
hDlt
, 1879-04-09

Tho Honorable PATRICK TALLsTNANp VIII
nRngoRcE BAnnY. Of this city, Ch,slrman OF tie
Smelling Committee Of tho 1llfncda House OF
Representatives ~ declares thnt hec went to
Springfield ut the opct'lng Of the present acssIon
"an honest man." We do not dispute tue as-
sortion Of the scholuriy lurist and Statesman
from Cook, but merely remark III passIng tint
1 Mr.. PArRtcx TALtErnAaD WlLyEnE oRon
pAl!nx is an honest man lo muat feel in tho dis
reputable crowd that he Ia uow cousort!ng With
like O cat In q strange garret.
, 1879-04-09

Superintendent sEAvEY will probably ind 1t
d small recommendation to favor that ho be-
treyetl the Administration which appointed him
Into tho hands Of Its enemies Yet this is pre-.
cIscly thu claim to favor he makcs. He would
have been wiser to initiate tho Fire Marshal,
who sa5s, truthfully, that he tried to keep hls
Department out Of politics altogether, 30 far as
he could.
, 1879-04-09

Tho Legislature secms to think It has acc on
pltsl>ed a good joke tn committing to a hlthy
Jail respectable man: but 1t viii be very sur
pr!sing If sumo Of the mompefs do not moderate
their mirth bsfora they get home. There is
moro than ono record to be made up between
now and tho time of Adjournment.
, 1879-04-09

Toward the close Of the Forty fifth Congress
the Republicans pzoGered a. compromise
measure their asssnt to the repeal Of the
Jurors Teat-oath Law, psoyldsd tho Demo-
crats would permit ths passage Of the Lsgis-
latiya Appropriation blu Without tho clause
, 1879-04-09

Brigadiors. Thoy had p1ucked up eotne
courage because, week ago, Chicago went
Democratic, owing to voak nominations and
apathetio yotors on tho Republican aide.
They looked upon their victory in Chicago
as straw which showed that the wind ont
West was blowing sousherly. They fondly
imagined that, lhying captured tho oitailel
Of Western nepublicanisin, oil tho romain-
ing works would giye way, mud. by getting
tho local forces In control, tho way would be
mado oasy for tho National campaign, and
thoy would hnyo no difficulty in returning
Democratic President. Tho returns ahow
how bitterly thoy wero disappointed. The
Republicans have awopt Ohio, mud thereby
fired the first gun with telling effect. They
havo not only carried their old stamp.
ing ground, but have taken tho old
Democratic atrongholds, leaving not
peg upon which the Bourbons
can hang a:hopo. In Michigan thoy whipped
tho DourbonH and crazy Fia.iats combined,
and swept the State by nearly 10000 major
ity. In Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Connect.
cut, eld A1aino, though tho elections wero
scattoring, they hayo lost no ground, but on
tho other hand have advanced their colors
nearer to tho enemies works. In Ohio and
Michigan, where tho contest Was most eon-
eral and important In its Significance, tho
fight WINS 1nado squaraly upon National is-
sues, mud those two grent States voted in
'1879 tho way they fired from 1861 to 1866,
II tho Bonrbons In Congress- could doriyo
any comfort from Tho election In Chicago,
wherein the question Of local government
only was concerned, it remains TO be seon
how much comfort they will derive from tho
great aud powerful Stato Of Ohio, where tle
battle WIS fought aquarely upon the National
issue, and whore something besides tho In.
terests Of home government wers at stake,
Tho elections Of Monday settled Some
vital points. Tho Democrats Of Ohio in tleir
platform made tho Issue National ono. It
was forced upon tho Republicans, hut thoy
boldly accepted It aud won, md thus foro.
shadowod the result Of tue National contest.
Thoy folt that It was tho anal struggle be-
tween tho Southern Oonfoderaoy md tho
United Ssates, and they wont Iuto the strup-
glo with tho aama spirit and enthusiasm TINT
characterized tho loyal msn of tho North
when tho first shot was flro1 ut Sumter. It
was tho first warning 10 Solid South TINT
tho North also Is aolidifyng. It was 70.
mlndor to tho Southern Drigaaeza that tl,oy
have not yot captnrod tho Capital, though
BEN HILL IN IN absent moment ut
tors tho thought that Is nearest
bis heart when ho' speaks Of the
haf,y ~ Tw1,fof hn IT.
, 1879-04-09
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, 1879-04-09

Tic defeat Of the corrupt Democratic Green-
back coalition In Michigan shows that, whatever
else the people may favor, they do not approve
a apoils programme alone.
, 1879-04-09
EXEMPT FROM TAXES.

Sterling Academy Al Sterling.
Wesleyan Seminary Of Peoria.
whitehall MaIe and Female Seminary and o..
phau Institute.
uennepin Union Seminary at uennepins
Mount Carroll Seminary.
lacna Theological Seminary.
Northern 1ltlno!s Agricultural college.
Peoria Female Academy
Peoria Academy. -
nu Qaoln Femafa sominafY. -
Union Acpicmy.
Chicago Theological Seminary
Ful.on Seminary.
CLARK Seminary at Aurora. ......-.-
sfascngo Collegiate Institute Of the P1esbgteryot Of
Chicago.
UurGau College.
EuroLa College.
Nashville Academy.
uyde Park Seminary.
pfaifIo Ctty Academy.
Dixon Collegiate Institute.
CatbondaIo College.
Lind Unlyoraity.
blackburn Theological Seminary.
Rockford Wesleyan soninarI.
Lombard University.
Monmouth College.
Evanston Seminary.
Aledo Collegiate 1natItuta.
Chicago Relief and Aid Society.
Rock River Seminary and Collegiate Institute.
bushnell College.
Waukegnn Acadomy.
Chicago Homo for tho Friendless.
D,andiu7lllo Seminary.
Charleston Academy.
Galcna Classical 1nstitute.
Mat,oou Academy.
O,ncy Male and Female Col1er-,
Washington Academy,
Dtoomlngdalo Academy.
ri pn.n Acadory
, 1879-04-09
CANADA.

The Honorable Parlii*amentar|an
from Victoria Gets Up and
Kicks.
1Io Is squc1ched BY tho Horr1-
fled Kniiucl1s Alter Much
Trouble.
Additional Restrictions Put upon
tho Export or American
Cattle.
Tho Mayor Of Montreal Making Prep.
- arations for tue Queen's
birthday.
, 1879-04-09

tvnmltas Theatre. 's-
street. rre'e 4ss the
, 1879-04-09

McVDckcr's Theatre.
Madison street, between Dearborn and Rats III.
II. 8. Ptuafora-" Afternoon md evening.
, 1879-04-09

Iu01cysH Thcnfrc.
ffandoIrh sti ect ke.veen Clark and Laaa1e, FL
eagttncnt Of :thu Hess EnRlIah Opera. "Paul &nd
VtyEtnth''
, 1879-04-09

A. c1atlenty OF Musir.


North Clsrk str lot, corner K1nzlt. DiMoly!ng Pm
nrnujc VIEWS. II id3a.
, 1879-04-09

Iinvcrly'4 Theatre.
Dearborn str set, corneT Of Monroe. EDSMtmtnt
Of Den Thompa OH Joshua Whltcomb," Afternoon
and eyen3nH.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-10-03
Artificial Lumber.

The versatile ingenuity of Western
inventor, who doubtless foresees the
time in the far-distant future when the
forest shall cease to clothe the hills and
dales, and the demands for lumber
shall prove vastly in excess of the sup
ply, has succeeded in devising a sub
stitute for the natural product of virgin
or the cultivated soil. His plan is to
use that fragile vegetable, straw, and
by peculiar process to compress it
into substance as hard and indestructi-
BILE as oak lumber. 1t is claimed that
this process converts wheat.straw into
timber which is susceptible of as fine a
polish and finish as mahogany and
black walnut, at cost not in excess of
that of the best clear pine. The straw
is first manufactured by the ordinary
paper-mill process into strawboard, and
sufficient number of sheets of this of
the right size are taken to make the re-
quired timber. They are soaked and
softened in a chemical solution, which
is, of course, the inventors secret. After
the fiber of the pasteboard is sufficiently
saturated, the pile of sheets is pressed
between series of rollers which con-
solidate them so that when dry the
whole is a hard stick. 1t is claimed
that the process renders this wood
substitute impervious to water, and the
chemicals used are such as to make it
hre-proof. But the sanguine inventor
as only made samples thus far.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-10-03
The Glass Simmer.

Adieu to the illusions of childhood
Now we are told that the "glass slipper"
in Cinderella" of which from our
youth upward we never questioned the
authenticity, though well aware that no
one who was not protege of fairies
would think of dancing in such an arti-
Gle, was not part of the original story,
but has been due to misunderstand-
ing of word used in the French YER
sion of the tale. The slipper in ques-
ton was originally slipper trimmed
with particular kind of rare fur, called
in French UaiT-the fur of creature
of the weasel kind. But this fur not
being known to ordinary French story
tellers, they spoke of pdntoufe de
Uerre-a glass slipper-by sort of un-
conscious pun. Certainly the new reading
is far more creditable to the sagacity of
Ciuderellas godmother, as a purveyor
of comfortable clothes; for, whatever
magic power the glass slippers might
have had of surviving dance, it is i'm
possible that they could have been COM
Portable to the feet, and must have re-
suited in all probability in serious
cOrns.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-10-03
Ancient Expresses.

A well-known means of sending news
rapidly, in country with such bad
roads as Greece, was by trained run
ners thus we are told that Phidippides,
a professional courier, ran from Athens
to Sparta to beg for aid, just before
Marathon, arriving at the latter city at
the end of the second day; and this was
q distance of $50 miles. The constant
gymnastic training in which Greek, and
especially Spartan, soldiers kept them
selves, enabled whole armies to make
very rapid forced marches. In the
present instance the Spartan army,
though slow to start, yet when it did
march performed the distance in three
days. So the old Chasseurs de Vim
cennes and picked light troops of the
French army were trained to make swift
marches by running one on either side
of cavalry soldier whose stirrup leath-
ers they caught hold of. This, we be-
lieve, or something like it, is still kept
up among the zouaves. The episode
of the "Fiery Cross" in the Lady of
the Lake." shows how quickly district
may be aroused by well-organized
system of running messengers. Indeed,
the swiftness of rumor is as proverbial
as its exaggeration. Lady Duff Gordon,
in her voyage up the Nile, found that
the news of her approach invariably
outstripped her movements, rapid as
they were.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-10-03
The WAYS to Spell Tailor.

The accommodating nature and
capacity of the photography that the
savants of England and America are
seeking to reform are astonishingly
illustrated in the number of different
ways in which it is possible to spell the
name of the artist who makes our
clothes, the knight of the goose and
shears: Tailor, taylor, tailor, teighlor,
thalor, thailor, thaylor, phthalor, phthai-
lor, phthaylor, phtheighlor, taileur, tay-
leur, taleur, thaleur, thaileur, thayleur,
teighleur, phthaleaur, phthaileur. phthay
leur, phtheighleur, talour, taileur, tay-
lour, thalour, thailour, thaylour, teigh-
lour, phthalour, phthailour, phthaylour,
phtheighlour, talar, tailar, taller, tailur,
tailyr, taylar, tayler, taylir, taylur, tay-
Tyr, teighlar, teighler, teighlir, teighlur,
teighlyr, thalar, thaler, thalir, thalur,
thalyr, phthalair, phthalar, phthilar,
phthaylar, phthaler phthalir, phtnalur,
phthalyr, phthailir, phthailyr, phthaylir,
phthaylur, phthaylyr, phtheighlar,
phtheighler, phtheighlir, phtheighlur,
phtheighlyr, thaylar, thayler, thaylir,
thaylur, thaylyr, thailar, thailer, thailir,
thailur, thailyr, taiir, theighlar, theigh-
Ter, theighlir, theighlor, theighlur,
theighlour, theighleur. Is,
Ninety-six'' different ways, as worked
out in the cars by Rev. DIR. Wentworth
the other day.-Troy Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-10-03
Luck and Labor.

If the boy who exclaims, "Just my
luck" was truthful, he would say,
"Just my lazinessl" or Just my mat
tentionp Mr.. Golden wrote some
proverbs about Luck and Labor"
1t would be well for our boys to memoir
ize them:
Luck is waiting for something to
turn up.
Labor, with keen eyes and strong
will, will turn up something.
Luck lies in bed and wishes the post
man would bring him news of legacy.
Labor turns out at 6 o'clock, and with
busy pen or ringing hammer lays the
foundation of competence.
Luck whines.
Labor whistles.
Luck relies on chances.
Labor on character.
Luck slips down to indulgence.
Labor strides upward to independ-
ence.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-10-03
Tools Great Men Work With.

It is not tools that make the work
man, but the trained skill and perse-
verance of the man himself. Indeed,
it is proverbial that the bad workman
never yet had good tool. Some one
asked Opie by what wonderful process
he mixed his colors. I" 1 mix them with
my brains, sir" was his reply. 1t is the
same with every workman who would
excel. Ferguson made marvellous
things-such as his wooden clock, that
accurately measured the hours-by
means of a common penknife, tool in
everybody's hand; but then everybody
is not Ferguson. A pan of water and
two thermometers were the tools by
which DR.. Black discovered latent heat;
and prism, lens and sheet of paste
board enabled Newton to unfold the
composition of light and the origin of
color.
An eminent foreign savant once called
upon DR.. Woollaston, and requested to
be shown over his laboratories, in which
science has been enriched by SO many
important discoveries, when the doctor
took him in study, and pointing to an
old tea tray, containing few watch
glasses, test-papers, small balance, and
a blow-pipe, said There IS all the
laboratory have"
Stothard learned the art of combin-
ing colors by closely studying butter
flies wings; he would often say that no
one knew what he owed to these tiny
insects. A blunt stick and barn-door
served Wilkie in lieu of pencil and can
vas. Bewick first practiced drawing on
the cottage walls of his native village,
which he covered with his sketches i'll
chalk, and Benjamin West made his
first brushes out of the cats tail.
Ferguson laid himself down in the
fields at night in a blanket, and made a
map of the heavenly bodies, by means
of thread with small beads on it,
stretched between his eyes and the
stars. Franklin first robbed the thun-
der-cloud of its lightning by means of
a kite made with two cross-sticks and
silk handkerchief.
Watt made his first model of the con-
densing steam-engine out of an old
anatomist's syringe, used to inject the
arteries previous to dissection. Gull
ford worked his first problem in mathe-
MATES when a cobbler's apprentice,
upon small scraps of leather, which he
beac smooth for the purpose, while |
the astronomer, first cal
culated eclipses on his plow-handle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-10-03
Failures from OVERRIDING.

The story is current in the neighbor-
hood of Concord that Emerson, and
Hawthorne, and Alcott, and Thoreau,
and others, once formed social club
for evening conversations. 1t was
naturally expected that the interviews
of these literary giants would be occa-
sions of rare enjoyment. But the club
proved wretched failure, and survived
only two meetings. The great men
couldn't unbend for easy and familiar
talk, and opened their lips only for or
acular utterances.
John Stuart Mill tells of a similar fail
ure in debating club in London. 1t
was composed of the most brilliant
young men in the city, Macaulay, Thrill
wall (the historian), Wilberforce, after
ward Bishop of Oxford, the brothers
Bulwer, the three brothers Villiers,
Charles Thomson, and others who af-
terward won eminence in Parliament:
Great expectations were excited, and