The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-20

New York for Cape Town? How long IS
the voyage? What is the passage money?
How large is the population of Cape
Town? Is there an American consul
there? G. :. Il.
A steamer sails from New York on
October Both The time Is about thirty
days the passage money about two hun
dred dollars. Cape Town has popula-
ton OF 5l2l with its suburbs, 50 oys)'
of whom about l300D are white. There
is an American consul there.
lie Can Vote
My father was naturalized while l was
a child. can l vote on his papers,
Yes, the law specifically permits the
sons OF persons who we're naturdli1ed
while they Uhe sOns) were under the
age Of eighteen and were in TINS codh-
try TO vote on their parents naluIaii-a-
ton papers.
What the Difference Is
What is the difference between an
apartment house and a tenement house?
In New York where there are more
apartment houses and more tenement
houses than Ia any other city, the dif-
ference seems TO be this: An apartment
house provides within each of it, apart
mcnts all the facilities for family sele-
rate and apart from every other family
I'm the house while in a tenement house
the occupants have common rights III
the halls. stairways, yards, water clos
cts. etc.
Neteorie Defined
What is a meteoIite? SUBSCRIBER.
A meteorite Is "A part of mete4 r,
fragment Of its body, which is TING
Of "cxtraterrestiai origin" 1t Is made
up OF ion and nickel sihcates and
other substances found on tne eartn IL
Is said that no unknown substances nave
been found in meteOrites. Where me-
teors originate, science does not know
The sky Is full OF them and they con-
tinually come within sight OF the earth
occasionally they pass near enough TO
come within the attraction Of the earth.
and fall TO the ground.
OBJ p r. Vue tons.
1. Who was the author OF the "Thir-
~ Years View?
.. What wac the Society of the Gin
c!nnau"? 6. What was the object %
the Electoral College, 4. What Vice
President took the oath of office two
DAYS before the President? +. +. W.
These all used TO be prize questions.
l. Thomas h. Benton wrote the ''Thir-
~ Years View. ?. II was and is
society founded To perpetuato the re-
membrance Of the Revolution and the
friendships formed during Its cont-nu-
GERS and TO their eldest lineal male de-
scendants. The society was formed In
May, 1888. Washington was the first Pres
ident-General. 3. The Electoral College
constitution thought that q body so large
and scattered as the whole people could
not decide wisely on the qualifications
OF a candidate. and they thought that
chosen persons could so decide. In those
DAYS there were no nominated candi-
dates the electors were intended TO
choose whom they might deem best suit
"a for the presidency. 4. No vice-presl-
dent of this country.
To Learn Telegraphy.
Whore can. learn to become tele-
graph operator? 7.
There are schools AT which telegraph
is said 10 be taught, but we have heard
that they are not apt TO be thorough.
The best thing 10 do Il to talk with some
operator. You can also buy a pocket
key" and learn the alphabet. and buy
some elementary book on electricity that
will give you some idea OF what the OPP
orator has 10 do. Practice Is said to be
the best school for an operator.
Class LEGISLATION
What Is meant by ''class legislation"
and Dy civil service REFORM?
Glass legislation is that which applies
only To one set Of people choosing that set
out from among the rest as the object Of
its enactment. The recent Income Tax
law was called class legislation. In that
II singled out as its objects all who had