THE MYSTERY OF HADDON'S FERRY.

X By E. D. E. N. Southwortii. (■l CHAPTER XV.. " WITH TERROR MUTE." So far. so fast the water drave The heart had hardly time to beat Before a shallow, seething wave Sobbed on the threshold at. our feet; The i'eet had hardly time to flee Before it brake against the knee. Jean Inoelowl " The panic-stricken women gazed at each other in dumb horror, and then looked at me in silent prayer, as if I could have (saved them. The best I could do then was to make the attempt, and no time was to be lost. We were already ankle deep in the water that covered the floor, and that was still rising. " ' There is no immediate danger to our lives,' I said, as calmly as I could speak. ' This house is too strong to be moved by the flood, and too high to be overflowed. We will first go up to the floor above. If the water should reach us up there, we will go to the attic, which is thirty feet abovo the ground. The water will scarcely rise so high as that after having reached this high bank. But first we must secure thin,' I added, going to the head of the coffin that contained my mother's precious re mains.

" Silently two of the strongest women ap proached to assist me. " The two other women took each a lighted candle from the mantel-shelf to show the way one preceding us, the other waiting to follow. " Reverently and tenderly wo raised the coflin and bore it out into the hall and up the broad stairs into the front chamber over the sitting-room we had left, and then we gently placed it on the bed, because there was no table large enough to support it " I begged the women to sit down there and compose themselves, while I could go below and try to save the poor dumb animals — though, indeed, they were not altogether 'dumb.' They wore uplifting their voices in a hideous chorus of terror to which the thunder of the cataracts formed a horrible accompaniment.

" I took one of the candles from the dress ing-bureau, put it in a lantern, aud went down stairs. When near the bottom 1 stopped half a leg deep in the rising water. No door had burst open yet; all this had oozed in under the door sills and under the Uoor.

" I waded through the water to the back door, and opened it with great difliculty. I had to push it open through the water, with which the back yard as well as the lower floors of the house was overflowed. The cows were bellowing like bulls in their mortal fear; the poultry were screaming like wild water-fowl: tho cataracts were roaring like demons of destruction. " And it was also dark as pitch, but for the limited light of the lanterns I carried. " I waded out to the rear of the yard, which then sloped upwards to the base of the mountain, and therefore was not so deep under water as the front. I first opened the back gate, and then the doors of the cow : pen,, a;id released the bellowing beasts, who, with tossing heads and lash ing tails,tum,ultuously rushed out.and, led by their instincts, waded through the yard to Seek safety on the mountain beyond.: "I opened tho hen-house door to set the poultry free ; but they did not avail them- Belves of the outlet ; they only screamed and clung to the highest roost. I was obliged to leave them to their fate, hoping the water should reach them they would escape to the mountains. " Another voice swelled the chorus of horror. It was that of my mastiff ' Hero,' who was the precedessor of our watch-dogs, Jupiter and Juno. He had scrambled to the top of his kennel, to which he was chained, and which was already unsteady in the water, as if it would soon bo afloat. " I unchained him, and he partly waded, partly swam, and so followed me into the house. I moved with great difliculty, for now the water was up to my waist. I could not close the door after me. My dog swam behind me into the hall. The chairs were all afloat there.

"The foot of the stairs stood ten steps deep in the water. I waded to them, climbed up them (followed closely by Hero), and returned to the room where the terrified women still remainded watching the coffin in the bed.

"'How is the water?' fearfully whis pered Miss Sibby Edwards, the eldest of the party. " ' Still rising, but not as yet threaten ing our lives. We are still six or seven feet above it, and if it reaches us here we can still go fifteen feet higher to the attic floor,' I answered. "I sat down among the women and waited for the dawn of day. From time to time I went out of the room, candle in hand, to look over the banisters at the water, which continued to rise step by step. I knew the hour must be very near morning, but I had no way of ascertaining the time. The clock was probably afloat and had stopped. I heard no sound within the house but the knocking together of the chairs and other light articles of furniture moving on the surface of the water. " At last I went to the front window of the room, opened the shutters, and looked out upon the dark night. " What a scene 1 " Looking from the window of my house seemed like looking from the port-hole of a ship at. sea ; for there was nothing to be seen, at first, in the darkness but sky arid water.

" Yet, oh, joy ! There was the morning star, just visible above a dispersing cloud on the eastern horizon. I knew that cloud overhung the summit of Eagle Roost bridge ; but for the mountain, or any other vestige of dry land, I could see no more than if I had been on mid-ocean at

midnight. * " I closed the window and went once more, lantern in hand, to look over the fcnnisters at the water. *' Heaven be praised ! It had sunk a step. It was still sinking. I came in and told the despairing women this encouraging news, at which they all broke forth in fervent thanksgiving. " It was now certain that our lives we're cafe, whatever destruction might have come to our property. "We all now.waited patiently and hope fully for the. daylight. It came on apace, stealing through the crevices of the closed window-shutters. Then I arose and threw them open. The -sun was just flashing in splendour above the crest of Eagle Roost Ridge, re vealing a water view magnificent in extent and hideous in destruction. "Wilde river had overflowed its banks and risen until. it filled the whole valley from Eagle Roost Ridge on the east to Catamount Cliffs on the west, While from the mountain heights on either side dashed down the foaming torrents swollen now to the size of cataracts. . .:; ' "On the surface of the angry, river floated dashing to and fro, whirling, wheeling, and colliding, all mariner of natural arid house hold wrecks -trees torn up by the roots "or broken off to the ground, and cast upon the waters • sheds, timbers and- doors of houses carried away and broken up by the flood ; i S fl' C f- Ws ' hh6e i> _£md swine, some dead .and floating, some living and struggling, gat .had been away by the irmnda-

.wli ga - d - on all tbis rack and ruin, un able.to rejoico in the firm foundation of my, k own bouse,- 'built ii£6ii M 'fttitf *Ww/

enough to withstand the' storm when ' the winds rose,and the rains descended,and the floods came' and beat upon it - unable to rejoice because of the deep pity I felt for those homeless sufferers whose wrecked houses and drowned cattle floated in con fusion upon the surface of the Wilde. " 1 left the window (where my place was immediately taken by the women, _ whose terror had now given away to curiosity), and I went to the back room and opened the window overlooking the yard. "On that side, also, the waters reached the base of tho mountain, and were strewn with the wrecks of trees, houses, fences, and the bodies of animals, though not in such great numbers as floated on the channel of the river.

" I did not see any sign of my own cattle, and I hoped that they had escaped to tho mountain. 1 saw, however, the poultry, perching on the tops of the chestnut trees, which stood with their trunks several feet deep in the water. They appeared utterly disconsolate, as if dumbly waiting the peal of doom.

"I returned again to my friends in the room of death, and sat down with them. There was nothing we could do but wait patiently for tho waters to subside. I placed myself at tho front window, and gazod out upon the stupendous devasta tion of the flood—the chaos of a second destroyed world. I thought with pangs of anxiety about the travellers who had hailed my boat on the night before, in the midst of the storm, and who hud, when un able to cross the river, taken refuge in the Eagle Roost ferry-house. That ferry-house was now at least eight feet under water. Had they fled from it in time to secure their safety ? Who could tell me ? "It would bo tedious to relate how slowly the waters fell to their normal level. Early in the forenoon the war of the cataracts began to subside. By noon they seemed but a little louder than usual. The water fell by degrees. Early in the forenoon it had retired from the staircase. By noon it had withdrawn from the first floor.

" Then I went down stairs on an in vestigating and purveying expedition. "Chaos on a small scale met my eyes. Nearly all the furniture that had beon set afloat by water lay piled up in the most disorderly manner against the front inner walls of the rooms, where it had been washed and left by the ebbing flood. The floors, and tho walls up to within a few inches of the ceiling, were soaking wet, and the whole place was saturated with an atmosphere of dampness and closeness. Tho heavy mahogany sideboard stood fast; but every glass had been washed from it and shiverod - by contact with. heavier matter ; tho dishes and pans arid cans from tho stationary kitchen dresser had been floated away and piled up against the arms and seat' of my overturned easy-chair under the front window. The very ashes on the kitchen hearth had beon washed out upon the floor, giving the place the smell of fresh lye. The doors and windows as well as the walls of the house had stood fast, and I blessed the memory of my forefather, who had built the foundation and superstructure of his habitation so strong and steadfast as to resist the force of such a flood as wo had passed through. " I went out into the yard to investigate the state of affairs there. "■ The water had entirely subsided and the rocky nature of the soil left the place almost free from mud. The wood-pile, however, hart been dislodged,and every log had been ; floated away except here and there one left stranded oh the ground or cast up against; the house by the retiring waters. " It seemed next to impossible to kindle st tiro out of wet wood upon a wet hearth ; yet, as my kind neighbours upstairs had tasted nothing since the preceding afternoon and as it was now high, noon, tho first thing to be done was to make a fire and cook break fast. The kitchen match-box was of course washed away, and the matches scattered and ruined ; but there was a tin match-safe in one of tho upper chambers filled with matches. I went up and got them, and also collected from the attic some waste paper and an empty packing-box, with which I made a fire on the kitchen hearth. "By that time Miss Sibby had found out what I was about, and hastened down to take the work out of my hands. : It was no part of her woman's policy to let any man meddle with.the cooking while she was about, she said ; but I might look up the provisions, if T pleased. " I did please,; but th* task was a com plicated one. Our tiri coffee-box was found washed up into the front corner of the hall. the flour barrel under the parlour window, and the hams of bacon scattered every where, and everything more or less damaged by the water. "W tile,my kind heighbour was prepar ing qur.lato breakfast, I busied myself in setting up the overturned furniture and putting things to rights as well as the cir cumstances permitted me to do., Fortu nately, in this summer weather, our par lour carpet had been taken up, and so the floor {could dry more quickly. "While J. r was thus engaged, the other women came down stairs with offers of as sistance. And, with their help, we soon re stored the lower rooms to some order. " Then, with reverent care, we brought the coffin down and laid it in state upon thetable, in the middle of the parlour floor - for the funeral had been arranged to take place on that afternoon. \ " We took our breakfast in the. kitchen with what comfort vfe might." ■' I beo-an to be vary anxious for the ar -1 rival of Jess, who had been sent d'oSv'n to Wikleville on the piieceding evening to pur chase some decent'mourning goods, and had promised to return early this morning. Of course it would have been impossible for her to return in the] forenoon, and I began to fear that it migfit be impracticable for her to do so in the dfternoon in time for the funeral, as evidently the worst stage of the inundation was farther down the river, in the neighbourhood of Wikleville-which was most likely overflowed, if not totally destroyed. Ah ! how could I think of any individual trouble in the face of such a possibility? . " After breakfast, leaving the neighbour women to clear up the kitchen, I Went out of the front of the house to reconnoitre. " The water had entirely ebbed from my ground, which, on acconnt of the rocky 'soil and steady slope to the river, was en tirolv free from mud. • ' "Tho river ituelf had already fallen several feet, -and the peak-roofs of my two boat-houses were just visible aboVe the waters. I knew by that sign the boats as well as the houses were safe, and again I thanked the Lord; and bleSs'6d the prudence of. my ancestor, who had made all our buildings strong enough to withstand the utmost fury of the floods. " The scene was not nearly so crowded with wrecks as it had been at an earlier hour of the day. A great number of dead bodies, trees and timbers had already been swept down 'the,river, leaving the place comparatively clear. , , "A new feature had also been added to the scene. The surface of the water was alive with active men In boats, passing up and down, trying to recover some remnant of their wrecked property, or to rescue some of the.exhausted animals that floated there, still living and feebly struggling to keep up. ... ~, "I hurried oh down to the edge of the water to offer my help to these toiling men. . • " You know, my dear Gertrude, that there is a thick growth of long grass, flags and water-lilies that crowd the upper part of the beach. . " I had reached this spot and was making my 'way oh through them, .with my eyes fixed upon the busy life oh the river, hot heeding where I stepped, when my foot struck against some obstacle. . „., ._ "*' I looked down, and Immediately for gob. all aßßtfb WWflnif «1 lift Ebola

in the interest I felt in the object at my feet. CHAPTER XVI. A WAIP OF THE WILDE. That flow strowod wrecks about the grasa, That ebbe swept out the flocks to see— A fatal ebbe and flow, alas! To many more than mykie and moe: But each will mourn his own (sayth she). Jean Ingelow. A waking baby in a cradle smiling. Anon. " There, nestled deeply among the white water liiies, lay a cradle with a baby in it. " I drew back a step, and stood rooted to the ground in pure amazement. Then I knelt down beside the cradle to examine the wonder. " The outside of the cradle was very wet, like a boat recently landed. The inside, with its precious burden, seemed quite dry. In an instant the whole secret of the child's preservation flashed on my mind. "Tho cradle, with the sleeping babe within it, must have been Moated out from some flooded dwelling-house after the rain had ceased to fall, and therefore it had not got wet on top. The rising river had borne it on buoyantly until it reached my ground, where the falling waters had let it down gently, and left it safe in the embrace of the water-lilies.

" Was there ever, since the days of our Lord on earth, such a beautiful miracle ?* "As I gazed, the child opened its eyes, and seeing a kindly face bent over it, smiled and crowed and tried to free its arms ; but they were too securely tucked in by the white quilt that covered the little bed. I noticed that the babe had dark-brown eyes and dark-brown hair ; and I thought it might be about a few weeks old ; but I was no judge of infants' ages and could not tell exactly. " In that moment forgotten were the toil ing men in tho boats. I left them to rescue, as they might, their dead or living cattle, the timbers of their shattered houses, the remnants of their scattered furniture, and I gave my whole interest and attention to the helpless litolo human waif at my feet. "I took up 'the cradle, the baby and all,' and boro the precious burden to the i house.

" No words can describe the amazement, wonder and wild ejaculations of the women on beholding this babe. A dozen questions were poured upon mo at once, which I could only answer by a tale of a dozen words:

"' I have just found the child, stranded among the water-lilies.' " They were all talking at once ; but all the time they talked they busied themselves with ministrations to the little waif. One took the babo upon her lap ; and another went out to milk a cow who had just found her way home ; a third improvised a suck ing-bottle by getting a small, clean stone jug, putting ft cork into it, perforating the cork, setting a piece of quilJ in the hole, and tying a soft linen rag over it for a mouth-piece. This was made ready, filled with warm, sweetened milk and water, and put to the baby's lips before it had time to cry for hunger. " When I saw my little protege in such good hands I went down again to the beach to see if I could help the men in the boats. "The river had fallen very fast. My boat houses were now so well above the water that I was able to reach my boats, and launch one of them, in which I rowed out to help my neighbours. I was greeted on all sides by voices from the boats, each one claiming my help for its owner: ■ " I told the men the story of the baby in the cradle found among water-lillies, and inquired if they could tell me anything about it. They wondered much at the incident; but could give me no clue to the parent." of the child. "I next mentioned the travellers who had arrived in the midst of the storm on the previous night at the opposite side of the river. They shared my anxiety for the safety of the people, but could give me no information concerning thorn. "Nor could they tell, any more than myself, how much, or how little, the vil lage of Wildeville had suffered by the flood. Besides, we soon became too busy in picking up half-drowned sheep to attend to anything else. " I worked two hours steadily with the men, and we rescued many valuable ani mals and several useful pieces of furniture. " Meantime, as tho river continued to fall, I had the satisfaction of seeing the Eagle Roost ferry-house emerge from the 1 water.

" At length I retired from this genial work of humanity, and returned to my bereaved home to attend to the solemn duties that awaited me there, one of the men whom I had been helping having promised me to tend the ferry, and bring over the under taker when the latter bhould arrive at Eae;le Roost.

" When I entered my house I found my little waif fast asleep in the renovated cradle, and received the important infor mation from the neighbour who was rocking it that the child was a fine girl, some five or six weeks of age. " An hour later the undertaker and his assistants arrived, bringing with them my servant, Jess, with her parcels. They re ported all the lower portion of the town of Wikleville, nearest the river, overfloVvedi and very much damaged.

" Tho state of tho roads was such,besides, they added, as would prevent anyone from coming to the house except such poor neighbours as lived on the Catamount Cliffs behind us. - •

" Jess uplifted her hands, eyes and voice in utter amazement at the strange baby, and the story of its .preservation ; but the exigencies of the occasion soon forced her from the contemplation of that wonder. "My poor mother had but a small funeral. We took her remains that after noon to the Red Sandstone church-yard, and laid them beside thqse of my father..

" The day after the flood and the funeral found the liver fallen to its normal state, and entirely free from floating bodies of any sort, for all that had not been recovered had been carried down the current on towai-d the sea. ,

•'' I made inquiries in all directions con cerning two matters—first, the parents or friends of the child I had rescued ; and next, of tho belated travellers who had come to Eagle Roost Landing in the midst of the storm, and had taken refuge in the ferry-house there for the night., " But all my investigation proved fruit less ; and from that day to. this no clue to the fate of the lost travellers or to the foundling's parentage has ever been dis covered. I kept the waif brought me by the Wilde,;and she grew to be the greatest comfort of my declining years. " Such, dear Gertrude, is the true story of your adoption. Come and kiss me, my darling." Gertrude put her arms around the old man's neck, and meekly and gravely pressed her lips to his. Then the ferry man continued !

" There was great suffering from the effects of that flood, my dear. Many poor families were reduced from decent poverty to perfect destitution. The wealthy plan ters of the country, however, subscribed large sums for their relief, and soon re built their houses and restocked their little farms. No one refrained from helping them most liberally except General Slaughter, who refused to give one dollar to their relief, and swore an awful oath that' it was a great pity the, ' poor white trash' had

not been drowned along with their pigs and their poultry, which altogether would i have been a good riddance to bad rubbish.'

"There is not much more to tell you of this period of your life, my little True, except this, which I reserved for the last— a wonderful vision that I had on the even ing after I had come home from my mother's funeral.

" The kind neighbours had restored the house to order, and had returned home. Old Jess was in the kitchen, crooning a melancholy Methodist hymn. Although the month was July, the evenings in the mountains were chilly, and the inundation had left the house damp and cold. There fore, for the tender baby's sake, as well as for our own, a bright little wood fire had been kindled in the parlour fireplace, and I was sitting in my big arm-chair before it, enjoying the warmth. " The baby was sleeping in its cradle, which had also been drawn up near the fire, and at my right hand.

" Being very much exhausted from want of rest, I sat back in my chair, closed my eyes,and fell intoa deep and dreamless sleep that lasted unbroken for many hours, until at length I awoke quite naturally, and much refreshed.

" I was surprised, on glancing up to the clock, to see that it was near four in the morning. I had slept in my chair all night. Still I was not disposed to move. I sat back and closed my eyes again to dream, but not to sleep.

"No sooner, however, were my eyes closed upon the scenes of this world than they were opened upon those of the other.

" I saw the room in which I sat, with my own fireside, and tho baby in her cradle ; but all - how shall I describe it ?-rarified, ethrealised, touched with a halo of beauty and glory. On the other side of the baby's cradle, and opposite me, stood three angelic forms. The first I recognised as my mother, although more fresh and youthful than I had ever seen her, even in my childhood ; next my mother stood my beautiful Lily, with her fair brow and radiant hair, silver in the sunshine and golden in the shade ; and next my Lily stood—a mystery !—a fair and fragile form, so exactly like that of my Lily that it really seemed a faint and delicate reflection of herself as if in a shaded mirror.

" As I gazed in an ecstasy of awe, the heavenly vision melted away, and the com monplace world was around me again. " I never afterwards saw those three forms together again. I have seen my Lily many times, but 1 have never again seen either of the other two.

"And now, my treasured Gertrude, I have told you the little child of my adoption became the greatest blessing of my declin ing years. You know what your life has been with me, my love."

" Yes, dear grand, it has been one of the sweetest peace and comfort from the begin ning down to this day," replied the maiden, in meek gladness.

"I thank the Lord for that, my love. But. what I meant to say was simply this— that as you already know what your life has been with me, it would be useless even to touch upon the history of that long interval between tho epoch of your acfoption, fifteen years ago, and this of General Slaughter's death, which occurred lust night, and of which I nmst now speak to you." " Yes, dear grand ! Tell me what General Slaughter said or did to move you so deeply as he seems to have clone," said Gertrude.

" My little True, he told me on his death bed a secret, in the life and death of my Lily, that I had never known nor even sus pected before—a secret, Gertrude, that litis aged me twenty years !/• How. that old man could have lived so long with such a secret on his conscience passes all my understand ing ! Listen* my little Gertrude, to what befell me, and what was told me last night; for that will be the end of the old ferry man's lohg story, as well as the key to all that has gone before. Listen, then." Tile girl be_nt forward with a look of the deepest attention. The old man continued :

"You know, my dear child, that when I left here last night, attended by. General Slaughter's groom, Saturn, it was storming furiously."

"Do I not remember it? Oh, dear grand, I was very anxious about you." " Well, dear child, we had a very rough and rather perilous ride up the mountain pass, through the storm, last night,, it is true; but my mind was so absorbed in wonder as to why Hiram Slaughter had sent for me, at such a time, after thirty years of hatred and estrangement, that I was really scarcely conscious of the dangers of the way. It was the sure instinct of the horses rather than my attention that took us safe through tho awful perils of that journey.

•' The struggle up that terrible mountain pass through ' night and storm and dark ness,' amid overwhelming winds, deluging rain, deafening thunder, and blinding lightning took more time than we had cal culated on.

"It was, therefore, near midnight when at length we reached the high, wooded ledge on which, like the Ogre's Castle in the nursery tale, stood the dark and grim old 'Slaughter House,' called Hill Top Hall. No light or sign of life was visible in all its front. All was close, black, silent, and for bidding. But the thunder rolled over it, and the lightning flashed upon it as if the wrath of nature threatened it with des truction. " We dismounted before the house, and went up the stone steps leading to the front door. j ; "Saturn knocked loudly, and then lc|ft me there, in the pouring rain, while 1 he went down and led the horses away to the stable. j " After I had waited about ten minutes; the door was opened by the deaf mute, Gad, who beckoned me into the vast, dimly lighted hall, signed me to take a seat, aj'id then left hie. j "j took off my wet great-coat and hat; hung them on the rack, sat down, arid waited for the return of the mute messen ger. !" I think I must have waited full fifteen minutes, which, considering I had been summoned in haste, to hurry through a midnight storm, up a mountain pass, to at tend the wishes of a dying man, seemed a very strange delay; but then everything Was slow at Hill Top Hall. "At length, however, the deaf mute returned, and signed to me to follow hinj. " I arose and obeyed. "He led me to the rear of the hall, opened an oaken door on the left, and admitted me into a vast and dimly lighted apartment. All the rooms I had ever £een in that house—halls, chambers and saloons—were uncomfortably large and depressingly obscure, however. "I entered this great, gloomy apart ment, and saw standing before me the loftiest, most masculine and most com manding, not to say the most severe-look ing woman I had ever seen in my life. " This awful personage, clothed in dark green from head to foot, nodded, ' like Jove,' in condescending recognition of my presence, and, lifting her head until her lofty form leaned backwards like a leaning tower, she arrogantly demanded :

. "'Pray, my good man, are you Gilbert Haddock, the fisherman ? '

" ' M,y name, madam, is Gabriel Haddon, and my occupation that of a ferry-man, at your service, madam,' I answered, respect fully. *

'"Quite right. It was a ferry-man that was wanted, not a fisherman,' said the severe lady. "' May I inquire whom I have the honour of addressing".' I asked, on my own part.

" Tho lofty woman looked astonished at my insolence, and answered, stiffly : "You may. lam Miss Rowley, of River Cliffs, tho niece of General Slaughter. •' fbowed low to "the announcement.

"'My uncle has ordered you to be sent for. He has some directions to give you,' she explained. '"I am at General Slaughter's service during his illness. He will, I am led to suppose, madam.' " 'He is dying, my man,' stiffly replied the lofty woman, eyeing me from head to foot, as though she would overwhelm me with the force of her dignity. "'I am sorry to hear this. Shall I wait upon General Slaughter at once?' I in quired. " ' You shall. You were sent for that purpose. Follow me, Haddock—Haddam — ivhal is your name '(' " ' Haddon, at your orders, madam.' " ' Oh, ay, Hatton ! Well, Hatton, follow me.' "I bowed and walked after her ' High ness ' from the room out again into the great hall, and up the broad staircase to the hall above, in the rear of which she opened a door, leading into a room that seemed from its position to be just above the one we had left. '"Come in,' she said in a low but authortiative tone. " And we entered. (To be Continued.)

A Word to the Medical Profession.

Itis not generally known that Cocoa Essence is more closely allied toini k than any other animal or vegetable substance, and as it contains all the elements indispensable for the growth and development ot' the body, and can always be presented in a fluid form, it is, next to milk, pre lerable to any other natural substance as an article tor infant aliment. Owing to the great difficulty of obtaining fresh anduncontaminated milk in our large towns, this article should receive the careful attention of medical men. Considering also that a great proportion of the mixtures sold as Cocoa are adulterated with starches and other substances that lower their value as food, especially in their nitrogenous elements, it is important that the medical pro fession should only urescribc those that can be safely relied on for their purity and careful pre paration. The following analyses are taken from the " Food Journal :— _ Genuine Milk dried. Cadbury s Cocoa Essence. Fat 24 25i Casein 33 31J Sugar and Starch .. 37 33. Theobromine .. 0 3 Ash i •_ 6_ 100 100 Ask for Cadbury's Cocoa Essence and see that you get it.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY' 13, 1887,

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* That this incident is not without its parallel must be known to all roaderfi of newspapers who have seen it recorded that in the great flood at Pittsburg in the summer of 1874, amid the whirling chaos of wrecked houses, fences, Wees, dead cattle, and all the horrible debris of tho inundation, a cradle floated, with a baby in istjjTh& baby, when rescued, waaperfectly-Bafe,



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Watches. CI TEW ART DAWSON & COS JO World-wide Renowned Watches THE LARGEST SALE IN THE WORLD. When you are in town call and inspect the most wonderful and uuique stock of high-class Gold and Silver English Watches ever beheld oil view, at our Grand NEW ENGLISH WATCH EXHIBITION, Which for uniqueness of character is tho talk of .Auckland, and visitors from the country. For full list of prices see our Illustrated Pamphlet. r>o 1 f_c_— S. I), and Go's well-known English 3jd J.«->a Silver Hunting Levers. 4? A. 1 £>a~ 3 - D. and Co.'s English Silver _£>* lt)a Hunting Levers, chron. balance, extra jewelled. Worth £S Bs. O: -i Aq—S. 11. and Co.'s new Excelsior . a>t> XUo plate English Levers. The Model Watch, well worth £10 10«. _po -I j- _ a. i). and Co.'s Ladies' English Sil 3jO ■ XOO ver Hunters. Will last a lifetime. f>r> -1 r c —S. 1). and Co.'s Superb Hunting a_iO J.O& Chronograph Levers, worth £12 10; or Crystal Glass, £5 15s. JSR 1 flo—S. D. and Co.'s Silver Keyles3 3jU IVb Hunting Lever, value for £10 10s. Open face, £510s. i? 1 l^o—The wonderful Sterling Silver ■301. lOb Defiance Hunter, worth £3 10s. Oocnface, £17s fid. jD(* -iAq—S. D. and Co.'s Official Railway o&U lua English Keyless Lever, unequalled at £1010s. £12108, £15 10s, £18 10s, _,_ j?;)",-S.D. and Co.'s Superb 1-carat X 3J£O Gold English Lever and Half Chronometers, never equalled under 40 per cent more. £6 10s & a:> 7 10s~i_ a a ie - 3 ' "^s-carat Go\d Keyless Watches, perfectgems, worth £1010s. ;£$ 10s& .£ll 10s & 10s -S.D. & Co.'s Ladies IS-carat Gold English Levers. Save at least 50 per cent, by purchasing from the makers. £11 10s & ,£l2 10si^» n T ,worUl H #%Mlf i SS^S-S;itSi'{S3 /*97 ft-! /QA 18-caratGold, worth£6o. S.D. &~" £> " w and Co.'s New Patent Eng lish Double Chronographs, with indepen dent start, stop, and fly back minute and second hands. For quality and accuracy never equalled at any price. Obtained Prize Medal Inventions Exhibition last year. Special pamphlet on this watch post free, for 2d stamp. EVERY WATCH FULLY GUARANTEED Sterling Silver Hall-marked Alberts, 9s Gd 12s Gd, l!sGd, and 15s Gd, No west Patterns, atnearly Half usual price. The WEALEMEFNA, in Sterling Silver Psfid By simply passing it over surface the exact ' distance of feet and inches is recorded on the Dial. Also, forms a splendid „„, T appendage lor tho Albert. GOLD ALBERTS, Ladies' aud Gent's Newest Styles, Wholesale, Prices, all illustrated in Pamphlet CANNOT BE EQUALLED. REPAIRS. Note. REPAIRS. Wanted Known, Best Watch Glasses fitted, dd each. Charges for Watch Repairs-no matter what maker or where hought-equally cheap. Ar rangements made to turn out 150 repairs per week. All Watches cleaned are guaranteed at Stewart Dawson and Co.s Great English Watch Exhibition. „,, , 9*. Queen-street Call and receive gratis a copy of our Splendid New Illustrated Watch and Jewellery Pamphlet, and read full par ticulars and most wonderful testimonials. FOR REAL VALUE VISIT STEWART DAWSON & CO.'S GREAT ENGLISH WATCH EXHIBITION, 91-QUEEN-STREET-91 (Opposite Wyndham-street), Auckland. WORSTED SUITS, with an extra Pair of trousers for nothine. £1 —At'T H . Dalton's, Tailor, Victoria-streotlast. ' *



Drapery, Clothing, &c // m &\ I HOBSON-ST. it \\ visit *9 // \ % cf/J CASH AND DEFERRED PAYMENT TAILORS, DRAPERS, AND HABIT MAKERS, HOBSON-STRKET. We respectfully invite attention to our Large Stock of NOVELTIES for tho present season. Our Great Variety and Choice of the Best Fabrics, with the Skill and Talent we employ, aud the great success of our efforts to produce Superior Garments, PERFECT in FIT, and UNEXCELLED in CUT and STYLE, gives us every confidence in respectfully soliciting the..; favour of a visit. All Twoeds thoroughly shrunk before being made up, and fit and workmanship guaranteed, j The Deferred Payment System has been found to be a great boon, by enabling those with limited incomes to procure necessaries in the easiest possible way. All Goods are marked in plain figures. Cash Customers receive 5 per cent, discount (oucshillingin the pound sterling! on all parcels of 20s and upwards. _•_... INSPECTION INVITED. Tramcars pass the door. HiRjIAGKIFICENT BTO.CK| Goods in Men's, Youths' and J QLOTHINGI- M ATSl j_dffiw HOSIERY! SHIRTS ! J^^mL JK^S^^o^' MOTION Respectfully invited \ as ever y Department' *iM?i<h!tßir contains some { BBr SPECIALLY CHEAP; Which can only be secured by ,■____ EARLY VISIT. <«||l "T^r ANTED KNOWN,that the Executors of the late Thomas Short are prepared to offer for a short time only the choice of the largest stock in Auckland of Blankets, Rugs, Flannels, and All-Woollen Goods at a great discount Blankets, from 4s 6d per pair; Rugs, from 5s 6d each; Quilts, from 2s 113 each; Flannels (guaranteed all wool), from Bd/ A few Eiderdown Quilts at cost price, L°°K O v T FOR THE ... CHEAP CASH SALE OF ;.,,. .WINTER DRAPERY" EVERY ARTICLE WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED.';,' ' SALE /COMMENCES r\K T4/TONDAY ale Commences U.n .Monday IN E XT. . . W, P. OGILYIE, victoria house, ;;" \. victoria. street. -jmtufes ! muffs ' muffs !, crinolines crinolines ■■ crinolines AT P. DA;V IS 0 N'S BABY LINEN & LADIES' UNDERLINEN WAREHOUSE. ... 180 MUFFS to 1 be sold at the following low prices -.—Black Astrachan Mulls at Is lid, worth 4slid; Cold Blaok and Fancy.Satin Mutt's at 2s Gd, worth. 6s Gd; Cold Plush and Satin Muffs at 2s Ud, worth 8s Gd; Cold Plush Muffs at 3s 116, worth 12s Gd. ■'<:?.■ | GO Crinolines at 2s lid, worth|7s'6d. to 12s 6d Splendid Assortment of NEW BABY LINEN. .Merino Pelisses, from 2s lid to 30s; Cloaks, 4s Gd to 255; Robes, 3s Gd to 255; Night and Day j Gowns, Is Gd to Gs Gd; Infauts' Hoods, Hats, Bonnets. 2s Gd to 16sGd; Merino Frocks, Is Gd to ss6d; Flannels, Short and Long Slips, Squares. Bibs. .Shirts and Bands. Waterproof Sheets, Napkins, Aprons, and Bibs. A large variety to choose from at tho very lowest prices. .-,- No. 9, JUNCTION QUEEN & GREY S a MACINTOSHES, a Bargain.-At J. H. Dalton's, Tailor. Victoria-street East. W. L E V s ' BOOKBINDER, PAPER RULER, ACCOUNT BOOK MANUFACTURER. "WXNDIIAM-STREET. MERCHANTS' ACCOUNT BOOKS, Insurance and Mining Register Books Specially '-_- Ruled and Bound.: Music, Magazines, Public Libraries, and Sunday School Books Well Bound. __;_;___. BAKERS' SPECIAL RULED DAY BOOKS. Bibles, Prayer and Hymn Books lie-bound. ... , •. _ BAND AND CHOIR MUSIC BOOKS > -'-•'■• RULED. ÜBLIC NOTICE.—WiId Rabbits and Hates, wholesale ROd retail, skinned and feloaned, at E. McDonald's,-City Market, Wei' lesley street entrance. Skins Bought.



G u " s ' «">bi „' Rifles : ;: ij REVOLVERS REVOLVERS' ! GUNPOWDER! . Shot, Caps, Cartridges, w^,. TOGl , tolNaAp^ . AMMUNITION '', '? j Of Evert j Fishing Tackle. Cutlery, j Thebestanach^^^ ta^-^| D. J Repairs and every description of <!«,,„ ',-■ J tthe lowest possible pSffl»f§ '; , D. EVITTTGuNiiiiKEB : I QUEEN-STREET, aUppt 1;" ■ .(Opposite the PRICE LISTS SENT TOANY_ATmn^ T P EAC-Oc'_Li ■*■'• OPTICIAN; --• :: ' ■■■ .--.-{ NSTRUMENT MAKER, SHOKXLAND-STEISEX. . :• '■■■! ■■■ j ALWAYS INSTOCK- ■ i Spectacles audKyc-glasse3 ofieverv bi»a' r "■ accurate lit guarauteec '*" :' * ™ a ! Opera Glasses of superior (juality "• -' \ Telescopes, Binocular Field Glasses na 'tin ' J scopes; powerful and cheap ' '" Theodolites, Mining Compasses, AbneyLevJj, i Drainage Levels, Prismatic Oompssses ■'>™; Drawing Instruments, Scales, Parallel Rni e « : Ships' Logs, Sextants, Compasses; bS_| I Barometers, Thermometers, Hydrometers ■ Electric Bells, Batteries, and Fittihgß'"' l ■' Magnetic and Galvanic Medical Maohmra * - = r I Magic Lanterns and Slides,,HandrJf a gaifeti:, Stereoscopes and Slides, Graphoscopes = > I bteam Guages and Tubing, Salinbnietern '*''"' ' JUST RECEIVED- ,— h:i 1 Set chelpffl ISeSCOPeS_POWeriuI,1 S eSCoPeS_PoWeriul, P'IPC g Settlers' Aneroid Barometers-Strong andgibil Settlers'Miscroscope's, magnifying 1,760 tirqes,' Also, Steam and ElectroMotorWorkiasiToa.!.' and Steamers. - , , ; • ,_"v^i INSTRUMENTS OP EVERY KIND BEPAIRED, OPPOSITE THE POST-OFFICE. ■ TmNCOURAGH LOCAL INDUSIfei AUCKLAND ViCTOBiA-STREET (near Freemall'sßsy)i , j ;■■•_! _\ "0 : ' ; «^,''- i .^^^M' ! %:?g ff-'3_gi|. : ■-.'■'■• •'.'::- ; !: - • .-, '■:-■■-,■:','"t' i.'j'fif!" Kii.-j CHARLES SMITH, ' ,'; ] Manufacturer of Bassinettes, Pefambtlatej: Invalids' Carriages, &0.,' The prices bayetea:,; carefidlyadjusted, and areas low as posaibla consistently with quality and: The fact that I guarantee and keen iattpairftr one year is a sufficient proof of their.exwplce Perambulators of any make repaired or tato la v exchange. Price list post free. ;' .' fjOAMI , ' PER "REBECCA. NOW DISCHARGING~6OO TOMj|* CO-OPERATIVE? ONEw-ICASTI-E- , : HOUSEHOLD, AND SMITHY - ■;.,,;; ■ .. coals.;.- ! "m£ Asthe market'is W^r?gtgjgg Coal, to secure, supply, orders should De«»|, promptly; *".'', . ' ,l f TAUPIRI, BAY, aot wnAKGAREI W> on supply. * ' "-^.j. W. & G."WINSTONE. pA P ER H AN G I^GS. w. phhSFs & soif {ii: 1 HAVE RECEIVED, EX LATE AKRIVAIA J ISS-PACEAGES-18J , , 55,000 ROLLS I CONSISTING OF •,?'.» . S .. NEW-' PATTERNS •■> j U .For Drawing, | Staircase, | fflD Jf 1 AND BEST IfiMilZffigp. 1 , 916 . 1 SCRIMS ANJD_HESSIA* I PLATE AND SHEET I I W. PHIL LIP ?S 4 1 95 AND 97. j^ TOBACCONIST, &c, BA r. fa ROAD (next Garrett, Butcher). p| Finest Brands of 1 . . Cigarettes, M ■ CUT TOBACCOS A I Every description of lIP 6* i^-is Repaired to ,___^_ Jt^^oi %m . -» J& T e nShilli D g S .-Vietorla■ s:ttec, |