The Washington critic., 1889-04-29
MATTER woRTH REAp1Na


one day and ne had to walk from the sta
tion long way into the village. On the
way clergyman who was driving iu u dog
cart came up to him and the two men
passed the time Of day The clergyman
offered to drive Mr.. Bright into the village
and Mr. Bright accepted the offer. The
clergyman was Tory, and he had been
reading speech Mr. Bright had made the
previous night, and turning to Mr. Bright
he said: Have you seen the papers to-day,
sirP' Yes said Mr.. Bright What's in
themg' why, that rascal John Bright has
been making another speech And what
was 1t aboutr asked Mr.. Bright. why, so
andso and so-and-so,' and he went on to
relate the incidents of the speech Then
they discussed the topic, and Mr.. Bright
said: well, tia just possible that Mr..
Bright may have been right, and that he was
only expressing his houest convictions. There
may be something in IT, 'Oh, no, there
can't be-, said the irate clergyman. III I
had him here I'd feel Just like shooting him.
Neither revealed his identity, but before
they separated the clergyman invited Mr..
Bright to 90 to his church next morning,
and Mr.. Bright promised TO go. And he
kept his word, as he always did. The clcr-
gyman took for his theme Mr.. Brigbt's
speech, and at the conclusion Mr.. Bright
thanked him for his very able sermon. As
he was going home to dinner friend of the
clergyman met him aud said: you have
been preaching under distinguished patron
age this morning, them No. said the
clergyman. '0h, yes, you have, said the
friend. You had John Bright among the
congregation. You must have noticed him
in the front in the middle pew. know him
perfectly well, and assure you II was Mr.
Bright Why said the clergyman, 4
drove him to the village yesterday in my
dog-cart, and called him o rascal and exc
Grated him in all the moods and lenses, and
he never said word He kept perfectly
calm and cool. have insulted him. must
go and apologize at once list. James
Gazette.
Practical Uses OF the Graphophone.
The graphophone, which is a sort of un-
complicated phonograph, is coming into
practical use in the Offices OF few stenog-
raphers in this part Of the country. The
man who takes the notes, instead Of die
tasibB w thO oibo uONb duu
talks into the machine, and the cylinder on
which his remarks are recorded is then
turned over to the Typewriter, who sticks
| a tube attached to the machine into each
ear, and working the roller by treadle as
she would sewing machine, has whatever
is there talked off to her as rapidly or as
slowly as she can take 1t down. In practice
it is said that stenographer can dictate to
the machine in an hour as much as a rapid
| typewriter can transcribe in three or four
hours The time thus saved is so much
| clear gain for the stenographer, and in a
case where copy is needed in a hurry the
work can be done by the employment of
enough type-writers in third to quarter
Of the time that would be necessary II the
stenographer had to dictate his notes to
| single typewriter. The graphophone aud
the phonograph are controlled by the same
company, which refuses to sell outright, and
which charges such high price for the
rental Of the instruments that stenographers
who have not large business hesitate to
try the machines.- New York Sun.
| Some PrecOcious Children.
John Philip Baratier was born at Schwo-
bach, in the margravate Of .Anspach, in
1721. At the age of 4 he conversed with his
mother in French, with his father in Latin
and his servants in German. In his 11th
year he translated "The Travels of the
Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela" from Hebrew
into French. He was elected member of
the Royal Academy Of Science at Berlin,
and was offered the degree of NJ. A. at the
Halle University, to which he was admitted
on drawing up and defending fourteen
theses in philosophy and the mathematics
Q735.) He died at the early age of 10.
Another marvellous child was Christian
Henry Heinecker who was born at Lubbock,
February 8, 172l-just twenty-seven days
after Baratier first saw the light of day.
He could recite the principal facts in the
"Pentateuch" when but year old; the en-
tire history OF the old and new testament
was familiar to him at IA months; at 81
years he could answer the principal ques-
tions in ancient and modern history, and at
he died.
Goethe is said to have known German,
French, Italian, Latin and Greek before he
was s. On January 20 Of the present year
the New York Sun gave an account of a
little negro--Oscar Moore---who knew all Of
Appleton's "Encyclopedian by heart and
could recite anything he had ever heard
Notes aud Queries.
The English Breakfast.
| Breakfast is delightful hour In Eng
land, for IT is informal. Servants are often
dispensed with altogether; people come In
when they choose, no one waiting for an
other, and you may select your neighbor II
you are in time. The women are fresh and
simple in toilet the sportsmen in knicker-
bockers and shooting suits ready for the oc-
cupation Of the day. In some houses the
host and hostess sit at opposite ends Of the
long table, and one pours tea and the other
coffee. In other mansions, neither the host
nor hostess is visible before lunch time.
The table is spread only with fruit and
bread, and possibly cold sweets, jelles and
marmalade. Perhaps young lady Of the
family sits behind an egg boiler aud cooks
eggs for her friends, but the substantial
meats, hot and cold, are on the sideboard,
and the men get up and forage for the la
dies and themselves. The yiands, of course
are abundant and dclectable. An English
breakfast is always substantial. In Scot
land, oatmeal porridge is never absent.
Secret of Uncle SANS Strong Box.
Sub-Treasurer Ellis H. Roberts made an
innovation yesterday that occasioned much
interest in the building when considered to
gether with his determination TO put the
employees under bonds. From time imme
mortal the combinations of the locks to the
big vaults where $lS5, 100000 In cash IL
stored have been known to one employee
and the Sub-Treasurer. Mr.. Roberts yes
terday changed this Two men will owr