Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-21

Park at all. Inc streets, IN all QlrectlOnS,
for miles, were full Of men and women, and
the tops of houses were literally covered
with persons eager to see what was going
on. Seven stands had been erected in the
Park, and speakers provided for each one of
these stands. In addition to this, there
were quite a number of volunteer speakers
who harrangued the multitudes that gath
cred around them. The speeches which
heard were moderate in their tone. They
contained no threats, and heaped no abusive
epithets upon the House of Lords. One of
the Lords was held up to ridicule, because
he said the working people did not want the
franchise. The volunteer speeches which
were delivered in the crowd by laboring
men, were sometimes full of fire and indig-
nation. One of these speakers would stop in
the midst of sentence and propose three
cheers to "Billy, the wood cutter" This
was responded to by his hearers with good
will. After as many persons as could find
standing room in Hyde Park had entered,
the following resolution was submitted from
each of the seven stands to the people, and
by them adopted: .
! Eesolued, That this vast assembly, consisting of
seven enormous meetings-composed of repre-
sentatives of the eunenfranchised agricultural Ia
| borers, miners, urban and rural non-voters, and
other unenfranchised classes, and of trades, or
ganizations, political and Radical clubs, Lib
political and n-political-emphatically pro-
tests against the rejection of the representatives
| of the People Bill by an irresponsible and un-
| representative House of Lords, notwithstanding
| its almost unanimous acceptance by the people
and the peoples accredited representatives
and it approves Mr.. Gladstone's action in ad-
| vising her Majesty to summon an autumn ses-
sion of Parliament, and his determination to
send up the bill again to the Peers; and further
expresses it's opinion that the continued eX-
| istence Of unchecked power of impending
and obstructng the popular will, at present ex-
ercised by the House of Peers, is not conducive
either to the welfare Of the people or the peace
| and prosperity of the country That copy OF
this resolution be sent to the Prime Minister.
The crowd, in short time after the adop-
tion of the above resolution, began to dis
perse in as quiet and as orderly way as it
was possible.
This letter is already too long and have
not touched the subject. You and your
readers must permit me to make few re-
marks by way of inference.
| The first remark / have to make is, that
the classes Of people of Great Britain who
are named in the above quoted resolution,
are painting for liberty. Two hundred years
ago the Covenanters declared that they
'Would set up over themselves and over
what God should give them power, a gov
ernment and governors according to the
word of God" That meant a government
and governors of their own choice. This
was regarded at the time as treason, and
for it some of them were put to death, and
some of them were forced to flee to Ameri-
ca. The doctrine which the Covenanters
announced at Queensferry, developed itself
into the American Constitution. For that
freedom the oppressed Of the British Isles
are longing.
The next remark 1 have to make is, that
the English are an exceedingly orderly peo-
pie, and am constrained to believe very
moral, and I hope, a very religious people.
On the day of the Great Reform Demonstra-
ton, all the liquor-shops in London were
open, and I have no doubt large quantities
ofintoxicating liquors were sold and drank.
Notwithstanding this fact, the people were
orderly. Iheard no swearing. saw some
drunk persons, but they were quiet. This
leads me to remark-and do it with a feel
ing of shame-that the Americans are noto-
rous for their profanity. 1 have heard but
one single word of profanity since 1 landed
at Liverpool on the 9th of June.
The last remark I have to make is that
the English are the most tlaw-abiding people
1 ever saw. AS a proof of this, l will state
that when left Hyde Park, found it i'm
possible to cross the street on account of the
dense crowd Of men and vehicles of every
hensive that 1 would be crushed to death
Under the impulse of the moment, 1 rush
ed to policeman who was standing in the
middle of the street. Putting one hand on
his shoulder and at the same time giving
him awave of courtesy with the other hand
1 said, 81 put myself under your care" He
Immediately raised both his hands in front
of the jam of men, horses and vehicles. In a
moment, as if an electric spark had been
thrown amongst them, every one stopped
dead still. The policeman then asked me
where I wanted to 60. | replied, "across
the street." He then threw out his hands,
opening them at the same time, and way
was made for me in moment. 1 said to
my travelling companion that no man in
America could do that. l thought so then
and 1 think so yet.
Tomorrow morning, at ten o'clock, Prov
idence permitting, leave Liverpool. The
prospect for crowded ship is good. The
cholera in France is driving American trav-
elers home. l understand that a large batch
of steerage passengers are going to Ameri-
ca. But I must 90 to bed, and, if possible,
get nap before leave for home.
r. LATHAM.
L1GHTNING-RoDs. is a general i'm
preston that the chief value of lightning
rods is to shield buildings from harm by
conducting electricity from the clouds to
the earth. Even intelligent people are Oft
en- surprised when told that the rods secure
safety by allowing, the electricity to escape
which gathers on the rOOfand sides Of build
ings. But the cases where the electricity
goes upwards from the earth to the air,
largely outnumber those in which the cur
rent sets in the opposite direction.
The process is a very simple one. The
electric equilibrium in the air is disturbed,
and one Kind of electricity gathers in great
force on the earthward surface of the clouds.
This at once disturbs the equilibrium of the
earth, and attracts the opposite kind of
electricity to the earths surface. When
the tension becomes too creator the mu-
tual affinity becomes rresistible-electricity
| leaps either from the clouds to the earth,
or reversely and for the moment the equi-
| librium is restored.
| But if conducting points, such as light
ning-rods present, are numerous enough to
dissipate steadily the force gathered on the
earth's surface, there will be nosudden leap,
and no lightning shock. In the famous eX-
pertinent of franklin with his kite, if the
lightning from the cloud had run down the
string to the key, the bold experimenter
would have suffered the penalty of death
for his rashness. But it was only the elec-
tricity of the kite and the string, decOm-
posed by the attraction of the electricity in
the cloud, that escaped by the key, and
therefore the shock was light one.
WORTH Poisoning from cam
ned fruit and vegetables is not common, but
it occurs occasionally. Anexpert physician
gives the following good advice on the sub
ject:
/. Every can should be examined, and if
two holes are found in it, send the can at