The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-23
SOMEW Hat STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS or
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Queer Facts AMI Thrilling Adven-
lures which Show rhst Truth Is
Stranger Than Fiction.

Iliug Stories oil mas re-
Gently come 10 light. The subject was
a young ecc ~esiastic at a seminary. The
bishop of the diocese was SO deeply
interested that he went nightly TO the
young mans chamber. He saw him get
out of bed, secure paper, compose and
write sermons. On finishing q page he
read i, aloud. When a word displeased
him he wrote a correction with great
e~xac,ness. The bishop had seen a be-
ginning Of some of these somnambulistic
sermons, and thought them we'll com.
posed and correctly written. Curious to
ascertain whether the young mar used
his eyes, the bishop put card under his
chin III such q manner as to prevent him
seeing the paper on the table before
him, but ne still continued TO write. Not
yet satisfied whether or not he could dis
tingu.h different objects placed before
him, the bishop took away the piece of
paper on which he wrote aud substituted
several other kinds ut different times.
He always perceived the change, because
the pieces of paper were of different sizes.
When a piece Of paper exactly like his
own was substituted he used il, and
wrote his corrections on the places cor
responding 10 those OF his own paper.
1t was by tins means that portions of his
nocturnal compositions were obtained.
His most astonishing production was a
piece of music written with great eXacti-
tude. He used a ctne for a ruler. The
clefs, the flats and the sharps were all
in their right places. The notes were
all made as circles, and those requiring it
were afterward blackened with ink.
The words were all written below, but
once they were in such large characters
that they did not come directly below
their proper notes, aud perceiving this
he erased hem all and wrote them over
again.
DANK notes have curious histories at
tackled TO them in the way of human
comedy, tragedy and melodrama, says
the New York Home Journal. A collec-
tor at Paris OF such curiosities got hold,
some wears ago of u e5 Bank of England
note which had somewhat Of a tragic in
terest connected with it. Some sixty
odd years ago the cashier OF a Liverpool
merchant had received in tender for n
business payment u Bank of England
note which he held up 10 the scrutiny
of the light. so as 10 make sure of its
genuineness. He observed some parti-
ally indistinct red marks or words traced
out on the front Of the note beside tho
lettering and on the margin. Curiosity
tempted him TO try 10 d~ecipher the words
so inscribed. With great difficulty, so
family written were they and so much
obliterated, the words were found 10
form the following sentence: IF this
note should fall into the hands of John
Dean, of Longhill, near Carlisle, he will
learn hereby that his brother is languish-
ing a prisoner at Aleiers." Mr.. Dean,
on being shown the uote, last no time in
asking the government Of the Dey to
make intercession for his brothers free
dom. 1t appeared that for eleven long
years the latter had been a slave TO the
Dey Of Algiers, and that his family and
relatives believed him to be dead. With
a piece OF wood he had traced in his own
blood on the bank note the message
which was to procure his release. The
government aided the efforts of his
brother to set him free, this being accom-
plished OF payment of a ransom TO the
Dey. Unfortunately the captive did not
long enjoy his liberty, his bodily suffer
ings while working as a slave in Algiers
having undermined his constitution.
A WRITER of thrilling stories of adj
venture for boys won d fud a plot
ready TO his hand in the charges brought
against two Frenchmen named Rorique,
brothers, who are at present awaiting
their trial at Brest. According to the
case for the prosecution, these men are
latter-day pirates Ola particularly daring
description. On December 10, 1891, the
French schooner Ninroahiti, trading
with Tahiti, left that place under the
command Of a native skipper named
Tehac a Tara. The first mate was
Joseph Rorique, one Of the accused, and
the crew consisted of an Englishman
named William Gibson, who was the
supercargo, four natives, and a half
caste, who acted as cook. The vessel
carried 40, 900 francs worth of goods. to
be exchanged in some South Sea islands
for mother.of-pear and other products.
At one OF these out-of-thc-way ports
Joseph Rorique's brother, Alexander,
came on board, and the two then planned
the mutiny. The Captain and the
Englishman were shot, and the crew, all
but the cook, were killed by means Of
poisoned food; whereupon the brothers
took command of the vessel, painted out
the name, substituting that Of lie Roi. "
and making a descent on a little island,
forced some Of the inhabitants to come
and man the ship. Possibly they might
have remained undiscovered, but for the
fact tina, some time afterward they
threatened 10 kill the half-caste, who
thereupon went and gave information to
the authorities of one Of the Caroline
Islands.
A CHILD has been born at Birming-
ham. England, which bears a strong re-
semblance' TO a frog. Its skin is wsrty
aud cold and clammy to the touch.
When it cries il is said to make an un-
earthly squeaking noise, sounding much
more like the croaking of a frog than
the crying of a child. Its form in gen
eral, as we'll as the contour Of its limbs
and the expression of its eyes, also sug-
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