The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-09

British torpedo-boat, which made trial trip at
the Marlin on the 9th of last November. Her
performance makes her the fastest boat In the
world. With natural draught her mean speed
was 1925 per hour, with 5S-inch pressure
her speed was 26787, and with 2-inen air
pressure the mean spred per hour was 29.1S2
Knots. With the Pinch pressure she made a
run under 1875 pounds OF steam OF 30.151
Knots an hour.
The Poor Box. A.. City. For number
OF years the San Francisco Benevolent Society
placed al each rolling booth and place on cleo
ton day box on which was pasted a notice
asking for contributions for the relief of the
needy poor of the city. The money so collected
was used for the purpose mentioned on the
poster. In some Of the polling-places It has
been the custom for the election officer TO have
cgaI-boX with a slit In the cover, and when d
candidate or other person appeared in search
OF Information 10 present this box TO him with
a request Ito put something in the poor box"
ANY money so collected was used by the Off
Gals TO buy beer or something stronger. That Is
probably the poor box which was referred TO I'D
the newspaper article which declared that the
money was used 10 treat election officers. The
boxes put up by the benevolent society were
always in charge OF some person representing
the society.
POLITICAL CoMPLEXIoN-W. ID. e., JOon
Monterey County. Cal. The present Senate OF
the United States has 43 Democrats, 80 Repub-
licans and Peoples party men. The House
has 219 Democrats. 1877 Republicans and 10
Peoples party men. Some statisticans class
those in the minority as Peoples party men and
others designate them as P0pullSts. In the
next House there will be 246 Republicans, 104
Democrats and 6 PopulistS. No straight
out POpullst was elected Governor OF a
State during the election in November. The
nearest approach was Judge Silas A. Halcomb
who was elected Governor OF Nebraska. he
can hardly be classed as typical POpuliSt for
the reason that he was largely supported by
Republicans aud Democrats.
"HoNI SOFT OUI NAL PENsE'-A. o. S.,
City. There is an old tradition that connects
the emblem OF the Order OF the Garter with the
story told OF Edward III and the Countess OF
Salisbury. The countess al ball dropped one
OF her garters, the King took it up and pre-
sented il 10 her, eXcIaiming. at the time for The
benefit of those who smiled at the action. "Hon
SOFT qui mai v penSe'-eyll TO him who evil
thinks. Tie King then added They should
shortly see the garter so high an honor and
renOwn as TO account themselves happy to wear
it," He shortly thereafter instituted the Oider
or the Garter, and adopted the French words
he had spoken as lis motto. There were some
who supposed that the words were used IN ref
erence 10 Edwards claim TO the crown Of
France.
FREE CoINAGE-I. b., Santa Rosa. Sonoma
County. Cal. Prior TO the adoption of what is
known as the Sherman law the Government
coined gold aud silver alike for individuals, max.
ing no charge therefor. Under the Sherman
act the Government bought silver bullion at
market price and coined il into dollars and
fractional coins, reseTvng 10 itself tie profit OF
the transaction, that Is the profit accruing from
the greater value OF coin over bullion. The de-
sire of those who demand free silver coin
age is that silver shall be coined, as gold now
Is, for any one who brings it TO the treasury, at
merely nominal charges, thus allowing the
owners of the silver 10 secure the profits of the
coinage which go TO the Government.
SOCIALIST AND ANARCHIsT-K. G., City.
The difference between a socialist and an an
archist Is that the socialist Is one Who adyo-
Gates any lheofy or system OF social organlza-
ton that has for Its purpose the adjustment
entirely or in greater part of individual effort
or competition on which modern society rests
and the substitution for it of operative action,
while an anarchist is one who advocates the abb
Sence OF government as political IDEAL In
popular sense an anarchist Is one who by vio-
ience seeks TO overthrow all constituted forms of
society and government all law and order and
all rights of property. with 10 purpose Of estab-
Iishing any other system OF order in the place
OF the one destroyed.
A PLAYWRIGHT-E. g., City. A playwright
who wishes to ascertain IL play that he has
written has any merit should submit Ii to first
class manager, who Ia turn will hand 1t TO his
reader, who VIII pass Judgment upon II. II
you submit II TO manager who has good rep
utation in the community you net not fear
that be will lake advantage OF your production
for purposes OF his own.
SEPARATE PROPERTY. T. M, City. Ii
man owned a pec. OF property for twenty
years before he took unto himself a wife. he
would have the right after marriage to dispose
OF that particular piece of property without