The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-28

there are the Royal Humane Society.
and the National Lifeboat Institution.
which give medals. etc; and Lloyds ,ehc
Insurance Association and the Board OK
Trade give medals. In France there -
the Societe Generate de Naufrase' anu
in Germany there Is also one. The Unit
ed States provides the lifeboats aiops i.s
coasts. in France and England private
associations maintain the lifepoats' Inc
scope OF the humane societies III t''s
country is more restricted and 10 great
degree I'm a different lire from th@' VI
the foreign countries.
Bills and 'Ir. Cleveland.
I. How many bills passed by Congress
have been vetoed by ClevelandE = r'e
a short outline OF the most imporldnA
bills vetoed by all the Presidents! ..
Also bills that have been passed over
their yetoes?
l. In Cleveland's first term he vetoed
POI hills. In his second term. just ended.
he vetoed very many fewer bills, put we
do not know exactly how many ?. 1t Is
impossible to do this. the veto messages
OF the Presidents TIL book of $50 pages.
published ten years ago when Cleveland
had vetoed only rs bills. The nook
would be much larger II published now.
The names of some of the Important
vetoes are: Jackson's. of the Extension
Of the charter of the United states Bank:
Johnson's. Freedm1n's Bureau. civil
Rights. Tenure OF Office Reconstruction:
Grants Initiation OF the Currency. Re
duction of Presidents Salary; Hayes
Silver Dollar, Federal Interference at
Elections; Arthurs Chinese immigration
and Cleveland s. Texas Seeds. g. The
first bill passed over a veto was In FEB
ruary. 1876 when a bill TO provide for
revenue cutters and steamers for de-
fence was passed over Pre- sdents Polk ;
veto. Five local bills were passed over
Pierce's veto; Is OF importance We're
passed over Johnson's veto: four over
Grants: and Hayes's VETO Of the stand
ard Silver Dollar was not sustained by
Congress. Cleveland vetoed the River
and Harbor bill last year. but 1t was
passed over the veto.
The Authentic Year.
+ What is the authentic year OF Con-
fuclus. the Chinese philosopher? = HOW
Is the census OF Great Britain tagen?
l. All Chinese historians agree that
Kung Fu-tse whose name IS Latinzed
into Confucius was born either 800 or OIL
years before our era; and that he cied
a tthe age Of y or % years, 4's years De-
fore our era. g In the United Kingdom
the census IS taken ~ lA' ANN7'N''''
General. though a temporary census OIL
flee has been created hitherto. The three
Kingdoms are divided into enumeration
Districts 90 in 1891 when the latest
census was taken. Each "occupier OF
a house or separate part Of house re-
colyed n blank. which he had to NIL up
settings forth the names, ages. occupa-
lions. condition, rank. birthplace, etc, OF
all the persons in the house at midhish.
of a certain day-always a Sunday and
generally a Sunday in April. Inc ehuih-
erations collect the blanks on Monday.
the superintendents OF institutions make
the returns for their charges and the
police at midnight Of the census day
| take the census Of the homeless. me
miscellaneous statistics which are much
less volumlnous than with us. are taken
as we take them by special agents, but
/ much more Of the work OF the census
than with us is done by the people
through The forms sent out by the Gov
/ eminent I'm the Channel Islands ana the
Isle Of Man. the acknowledgements
| take the census.