The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-20
He Had to Pay for a Ban
Quet Instead of Beans.
Olneyville Business Mans
Amusing Experience.
Story OF Hat and a Hawk-Some
Facts About Singing Fishes.

Most people herea bouts have had. a
one time or snot her. an encounter win
'nese meohuering mcndicants known a.
surdv te2ear', but very few havo hac
efactiv the same experience as did On
"iheyvilie business man the other osy.
rms particular business man formerly
"eieVed II was duty to help fellow
mortal In distress, but il Is not by any
means improbable that he mas radica Ily
revised this article in his charitable code.
a day or two ago the business man was
met on the street bya man who told a
ptHul tale OF want and aistresa IL was
'ne familiar one Of nothing to eat for
TWO or three days. The business mans
sympathies were touched, but he was
wary. lie war willing to paw for a meal.
pnt unwilling to give the meneicant cold
eash lest II might he spent for whiskey
lnsteao cf wheat cakes. To make sure
that fi' benefsction would be Of real ben
ehl ne 'ook the hungry individ uaI TO a
nearby restaurant. "Mr. Brown" said
the business man, "this man NJ eds some
thing tn eat. PLEASE give him what he
wants ana VIII pay 70. it," be hungry
indl'i'ual took seut at one OF the tn bles
nnd when tas waiter came he ordered a
plate OF beans" The business man
beard The order and departed with the
'eiihg OF having helped a fellow b.ing
81 smell expense to himself. Hardly had
Inc door closed on the departing business
man, however, when the hungry ipdiyid-
u'i ca led the waiter. "Ssy," he re-
marked, az be looked over the bill of
iSre, "you needn't mind the beams: lust
{ I've ne good thick sirloin done rare.n
ana then he won't through The list of |
edibiss. ricking out and ordering the
Gsiotiest dishos. They were served. of |
course because the business man esid he
would foot the bill. Liter In the nsy.
when the business man dropped in to
settle he was decidedly pertur bed on find.
inR that instead of beans he had q BAN
quot to pas for.
bright young women sends this
rather curious and amusing story TO the
iossiper: popular young lady of
daugbton, L., went over to Shreyepo.t
be other day and purchased the newest
mug out In the way OF hats, a stunning
'it or felt and ribbon, with good -sized
IRA peicned jauntily on one aide. Nsxt
lsy the young lady lost her chapea In d he
o. flowing singular manner. She wss po-
NC TO visit a friend who lives at tbe
over end Of the vjlIags on the other
ide OF the old Point road, when she
oticed big hawk hoveriIfg and darting
Hout ner hat. Not giving the matter sny
sTieus consideration, however, the young
loy pursued her walk. when suddenly
20 hawk msde dive, liked his tsIons in ,
ne tird and ber hat, and before sne resl-
ed The situation few away with 1t, hat {
40 ell, into the WOODS
Df. Dufosse, tbs nt ted zoologjs;. has
'r he past two years b. zen makipg an [
vestigstion OF the vocal powers of what
. commonly called "sineing fishes" +
has devoted the PRINCIPAL portion OF
$ time TO the gurnardsand tho dories. I
states that the sounds made by these
hes are produced by q vibration OF the +
uscies belonging to the air blada aer. and
at large grrnards my be heard st j
stanre Of six or eight wards. 1t was
und thst the sounds emitted wee in. o
infamous or prolonged for several min.
's'soTetime' as long as a quarter Of an b
nr. The pitch often varied during a
'gle "sonorour emission" The finest CI
cal performers among the fishes belong
The species called morrude, when, it II
pears from The doctors studies. sur. j
'' all their cousins in prooucing great Ci
mbsr of complete and distinct vocal