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indigestion and dyspopeia, he would probably not refuse an invitation to dine with wolve otbor: nies people may day. And in auch can we stand
THE TRAMP MUSICIAN. The household gooda of a rained mil- lionaire were being sold at auction, and a ready to guarantee that none of the party will! fashionable assembly of bidders were pre-te within wook, especially if they all lake sant The auctioneer came to a handsome dose of Soigol's Syrup immediately on rising grand square piano, and, as he opened it, from the table.
e observed that the maker's estalogue inn for the instrument was £300. Then e invited any one present to try the
Plea 30 all might hear its tono.
come forward and play some thing, some one-any one, he urged, noticing nobody seemed inalined to accept the invitation..
TO OVARODNE WZA-Topper's Quisine sail Iros Fonie gives Naw Life, Appelito, Health, Strength, Energy Cures Nontalgia, Indigos. ton, Narve Debility, Epsocially useful in hot, depressing climates or malarious districts. Every- one should keep us strength by taking Peppere Quinine, the world-known English Twic, Bot- tlea everywhero.
At this second call there was atit near
TO CURE SEIN DISEASES-Sulpholine Lotion the door, and then a man advanced—a man who seemed strangely out of place among quickly drives away Braptions, Pimples, Blat the elegantlylait rod people assembled in ches, Reduces, Reena, Acas, Dialgarements, that grand room. It was a ragged, coiled Roughness and Scurf, e., leaving a clear, spot tramp, on whose facelkardship and dissip-loss Skin and beautiful Complexion. Sulpholing is a messity for the Skin, cepeelally in hot stor had left their imprints.
ditt. Both in Loudon. Sold evorywhere in Shilling Bottles.
A mormar of astonishment and disgust
ran scound the room. How came such ercatura there? What right. had he in that room with decent people? How did he gain admittance?
The fanlileesly attired man fell back as the tramp approsshed, and the. women drew aside their skirts, as if the tocoh of such a being were contamization. Some looked around for the anationour's 898 stants, and one man half-lifted big cans æs if to strike the vagabond,
*Prt him out!**
The words were uttered by more than one pair of lips.
Heedlens of the looks or words of those around, the tramp walked or rather staggered towards the piano. His step Was that of a drunken maa, but his cheeka waro sunken and pallid, as it hanger gawad bis vitals, and his eyes gleamed with a wild annatural light-a light that CARAod the notioneer to shiver and fall back with a hand half praised.
Without a word the vagrant seated bi- self at the pisno, and his fingers touched the ivory kaya. For a single moment be seemed to hesitate, his fingers wandering aimlessly. yet producing a few soft and Budden, a barmonious notes, Thos, of barat of melody osmo from the piano-a dood of music that thrilled the souls of all who beard. It was Beethoven's grandest march, and it was rendered by s master musician. Never before in that magnificont honse was such music heard.
Could it be
the ragged tramp who was playing?
Amasad, stricken dumb and motionless by what they saw and board, the people who had gathered there stared and heterod,
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holding their breath while their cars Majesty's Mails, will be dospatched from drank in the soukistoziosting straine can- jured from the faultless instrument by the this far BOMBAY, (onnecting at Bombay waard marician in rage. The march with S.S. SHANNON, which Vesset takes ended, but the flood of music still poured on her Cargo for LONDON, aid SUEZ from the piano. Besthovon, Mozart, thom all, and their beat work he rendered SEPTEMBER, 1893), on THURSDAY, Wagner, Liszt the strange man knew CANAL, leaving that part on the 23rd with a master's touch.
Wonderful! Amazing
The enthralled listenera looked into each other's faces and whispered the words
'Who is he?"
No one could anews, but one thought he must be some great musician masquera. ding
Listen He is improvising now.
How
sweet is the strain! Soft and low. yot full of jy and sunshine, it flows on and on like laughing, dancing brook. Slowly a touch of sudness creeps into the melody. It like the gentle fal of summer rain on a is like the faintly naw-made grave-it heard sobbing of a mother se she bende above the dead face of her first-born. It moves the heart of many a women as she listens, and more than one pair of eyes are dim with unbidden tears.
At lengih nomas the sweetos, saddest, grandoat tube ever composad Home, Sweet Home.' AB else is forgotton now. One of the women is sobbing softly in the depths of her handkerchief. Softer and softer, slower and slower the strain 18 inking dying. It is like the last effort of a soul passing from earth. Finally it ceases, and then the tramp musician dirke forward on the instrument and romaine motionless.
'Tho
A Bigh rane round the room. auctioneer touches the tramp on the shoulder. The vagabond does not stir. They lift his nerveless body and look inte his face.
He has gone Home.-W. G. PATTEN in Detroit Free Press.
WAR JAGOD GROSS A FOOL! "I can't make one of a party of thirteen," lie archimed" some of us wie be sure to die with in a week"
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Gruss noticed that there were thirteen at tulda,
The others tried to laugh him out of bis superstition, but he insisted that he would not eat as one of the company of thirteen. A four- temits guest was tharefors added to the number, "Now we're safe," said Grows, and the festivi- ties proceeded.
Gross boarded at a hotel in Batavia, Ten days later the botal was burned to the ground. The next morning the body of a man was found in the ruins. It was the body of barber Gros.
Now, this is a curious thing to luppen, cer tainly; but is it more than that? Do you bebeve there is anything in the common notion that thirteen as unlucky number or that Friday is an unlucky day of the wees? Au wäch basiness is done on the 13th of the month as on any other date, and on Friday as on any other weeks day. You wouldn't refuse to take thirteen eggs
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YOKOHAMA and HONOLULU, ou
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Stesmote from Shanghai.
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in groups of thirteen at dinner. Here wo have HONOLULU, and passengers are allowed to
man who says he was afraid to cat. Why, lu Mercy'a mame, was ho atraid to eat? Hed he, braak their journey at any point en routz.
too, some idle and foolish stuff in his bead alon
bed lock? Not a bit. He'd boen glad auough to
have cales in a thirteen party on Friday if the
and digested after he got it down,
But it
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