The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-04-29
MArTER woRTH REAplNa.

Bright went into an agricultural district
one day and he had to walk from the sta
tion a long way into the village. On the
way clergyman who was driving in 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,
sir?' Yes said Mr.. Bright. What's in
themf' why, that rascal John Bright has
been making another speech And what
was IL aboutp asked Mr.. Bright why, so
relate the incidents Of the speech. Then
they discussed the topic, and Mr. Bright
said; well, it's just possible that Mr..
Bright may have been right, and that he was
only expressing his honest convictions. There
may be something In IT, oh, no, there
can't be- said the irate clergyman. III |
had him here I'D feel just like shooting him..
Neither revealed his identity, but before
they separated the clergyman invited Mr.
Bright TO go to his church next morning,
and Mr.. Bright promised to go. Aud he
kept his word, as he always did. The cler-
gyman took for his theme Mr.. Bright's
speech, and at the conclusion Mr.. Bright
thanked him for his very able sermon. As
he was going home to dinner a friend OF the
clergyman met him and said: you have
been preaching under distinguished patron
age this morning, them No. said the
clergyman. oh, 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 q rascal and exc
Grated him in all the moods aud lenses, aud
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 Graph ophone.
The grapbophone, which is 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
tating to the type-wrIters, sits down aud
talks into the machine, and the cylinder on
which his remarks are recorded is then
turned over TO the typewriter, who sticks
tube attached to the machine into each
ear, and working the roller by treadle as
she would sewing-machine, has whatever
is there talked of to her as rapidly or as
slowly as she can take 1t down. In practice
II is said that stenographer can dictate tc
the machine in an hour as much as a rapid
| typewriter can transcribe in three or foul
hours. The time thus saved is so mucl
clear gain for the stenographer, and in Q
case where copy is needed in hurry tn,
work can be done by the employment o
enough type-writers in u third to a quarter
of the time that would be necessary II the
stenographer had to dictate his notes to O
single typewriter. The graphophone and
the phonograph are controlled by the sam,
company, which refuses to sell outright, ant
which charges such high price for til,
rental of the instruments that stenographer'
who have not large business hesitate Il
try the machines. York Sun.
Some Precocious Children.
John Philip Baratier was born at Schwo
bach, in the margravate Of Anspach, il
172l. At the age of he conversed with hi
mother in French, with his father in Latii
and his servants In German. In his It'll
year he translated 'The Travels OF the
Rabbi Benjamin OF Tudela" from Hebrew
into French. He was elected member o.
the Royal Academy Of Science at Berlin
and was offered the degree OF M. A. at til,
Halle University, to which he was admitted
on drawing up and defending fourteen
theses in philosophy and the mathematic
(1735.) lie died at the early age Of 10.
Another marvellous child was Christian
Henry Heinecker, who WAS born at Lubbock
February @, 172l-just twenty-seven day
after Baratier first saw the light OF day
He could recite the principal facts in tn
"Pentateuch" when but year old; the Oh
tire history Of the old and new testamen
was familiar to him at IA months; at 2
years he could answer the principal ques
tions in ancient and modern history, and q
he died.
French, italian, Latin and Greek before h
was 8. On january 20 Of the present yea
the New York SIN gave an account Of
little negro-Oscar Moore--who knew oil Q
Appleton's "Encyclopedia" by heart an
could recite anything he had ever heard.
Notes and Queries.
The English Breakfast.
Breakfast is delightful hour in Eng
land, for IT is informal. Servants are ofte
dispensed with altogether; people come Il
when they choose, no one waiting for al
other, and you may select your neighbor
you are in time. The women are fresh an
simple in toilet, the sportsmen in knicke
bockers and shooting suits ready for the o,
cupation of the day. In some houses tn
host and hostess sit at opposite ends of th
long table, and one pours tea and the othe
coffee. In other mansions, neither the hos
nor hostess is visible before lunch tim,
The table is spread only with fruit an
bread, and possibly cold sweets, jellies an
marmalade. Perhaps young lady OF II
family sits behind an egg boiler and cool,
eggs for her friends, but the substautl
meats, hot and cold, are on the sldeboart
and the men get up and forage for the Ii
dies and themselves. The vlands, OF cours
are abundant and delectabe An Englis
breakfast is always substantial. In SEQ
land, oatmeal porridge is never absent.
Secret of Uncle sam's Strong Box.
: Sub-Treasurer Ellis ii. Roberto made Q
innovation yesterday that occasioned muC
interest In the building when considered /
} gether with his determination 10 put II
| employes under bonds From time inm