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J. W:”:“:. ‘3 0:06:0 o:e ozuzuzc 0:0 0:00} 0:0 0:0 0:0 0:0 tzoozo 0:00) o A ' ? oz. . a o 5;. ‘ .5. 4- Charles Peace e 1;. .2 a} - o. I O 0.. . 0‘. Th e l ‘ ., e urg a1 .,. 0:. a. g“ (a 0:0 {e .21 0:. qt. 0" ‘9 «:4 A3 at. {2. {o 0:. etc {0 0:9 0:0 0:0 0:. 0:. 9’ 0n the evening of November 6th. 1878, P. C. Robinson was patrolling the roads in the neighborhood of Blackheath, London. It was dark, and a. thick fog hung low. "Burglars’ weather," remarked the officer to himself as he halted and listened. “I wonder whether the gentleman who has been sobusy round this neighborhood recently is at work to-night.” Hush! What was that? The constable crnned forWard, drew back, crouched, and then starting Suddenly erect, called upon a. man Who was slouching past to halt. For answer there rang out a couple of revolver shots. Robinson Was hit‘. and staggered back, but, instant- ly recovering himself, he darted at his Wouldâ€"be murdered. 531,-. , The latter fired thre‘ednore. shots, ‘which missed, and the next instant was felled to the ground'by a blow from the constable's trunchcon. Even then, however, he disdained to surrender. Instead, he drew a huge knife from an inner pocket of his jacket, and tried to stab his cap- tor in the stomach and throat. But in the end he was overpowered and taken to the station. He gave his name as "Jem Ward," and claim- ed, to be a half-caste sailor from Am- erica. The empty revolverâ€"a fine, brandâ€"new weaponmwas found secureâ€" ly strapped to his wrist. At first his captors were inclined to credit his story, but after a day or two of confinement his face was no- ticed to have got perceptibly paler. A closer examination revealed that it had been stained With walnut- juice. '.l‘his discovery put the police on their mettle. Herc, evidently, was no ordinary criminal. So the best and kecnest intellects at their dis- posal were set to work to solve. the problenrof their mysterious prison- er's identity. And they succeeded in the end; but only after long and patient inquiry. At first, indeed, they thought his name was Johnson, for under this alias he was found to have been liv- ing in style in a fine house at Peck- ham. But afterwards it was discovered that he was in reality Charles Peace, a burglar by profession, and a mur- derer upon occasion. And then, little by little, was un- ravelled the whole of his sordid, strange life-story. Originally an ordinary laboring man, Peace very early in his career made up his mind that hard work was not at all to his liking, and, afâ€" ter various escapades in different parts of the country, he blossomed forth on the music-hall stage as “The Ethiopian Paganini." He was fairly successful in his new role, too, for he was a clever violin- ist. But he wanted to get rich too quickly, engineered a big burglary, got caught, and received a. sentence of five years' penal servitude. On his release he organized the elaâ€" borate. system of wholesale robbery, which was eventually to render his name notorious all over the civiliz- . ed world. He would have no male accomplicâ€" es, and he confined himself to no lo- cality. At Sheffield, Nottingham, and elsewhere, as well as at Lambeth and at Pcckham, be. rented houses in reâ€" spectable localities. where he passed as a man of substance, and which he used. as depots for the proceeds of his burglaries. When things began to get too hot for him at one place, he went to another. At each of his numerous houses he had installed a lady house- keeper, so that he always had ready to hand half a dozen secure and com- fortable hiding places. ' When not “working,' he amused himself with his violin, on 'which, however, he played only sacred muâ€" sic: He was also a clever carver in wood, and it was recalled afterwards as 9. Curious fact, that he carved litâ€" tle else save models of churches and cathedrals. Another trait in his character that served him in excellent stead was his talent for disguises. At Peckham, for instance,. he was a oneâ€"armed mamâ€"his artificial limb, made by himself, is in the Scotland Yard Criminal llluseum at this momentâ€"â€" and even those who knew him most intimately never once suspected the trick that was being played upon them. Ar, Nottingham he was a sWarthy, foreign-looking individual, who posed as a lace merchant. In Sh’efileld he was believed to be a wealthy dealer in real estate. It was in this latter town that he met and fell in love with Mrs. Kate Dyson, a pretty and vivicacious litâ€" tle American woman. Her husband objected to his too evident atten- tions. threupon Peace, who never .went unarmed, actually shot him dead in the presence of his wife. This dastardly murder was commitâ€" ted on November 22nd, 1870, and it was not by any means his first. Hardly eighteen months previously, u. young policeman named Cock had attempted to arrest him while in the act of breaking into a house, but, less lucky or less adroit than Robinâ€" son, had fallen a victim to the burgâ€" hr's deadly revolver. was arrested and sentenced to the gallows. Fortunately the Home Seeâ€" retary commuted the death penalty to one of life-long penal servitude, and when Peace was condemned for the murder of Dyson he confessed to that of Constable Cock, and Harbon But the unlucky then served seven years in prison. However, as some compensation for this, the Govern- him the sum of $4,- was released. young man had ment awarded 000. v ‘ These two murders were the only were actually brought Peace, but it is believed that he committed at least three othe‘s. Indeed, during his long ca- reer of crime, he never hesitated to take life when he thought such a course neediul for the furtherance of his many plans. Nevertheless, the man Was full of strange contrasts. He had, for exâ€" ample, a. pony which used to follow him about like a dog, and' of which he was inordinately fond. When it was ill, he sat up with it night after night, and on its death he broke down .utterly, crying bitterly for hours together. He kept all sorts of pets, tooâ€"canâ€" aries, white mice, dogs, cats, a parâ€" rot, and a goat, and was uniformly kind to all of them. Over Romen he seemed to exercise a species of magnetic fascination, and this despitea physiognomy that was wellâ€"nigh repulsive in its ugliness. There can be no shadow of a doubt that he completely won the heart of the unfortunate Mrs. Dyson; and it is significant that not one of his many houseâ€"keepers betrayed him, alâ€" though they must have known per- fectly well what his real business Was. His audacity knew no bounds. At Hull, at a. time when the streets of the town were actually placarded with bills offering $500 for informaâ€" tion as to his whereabouts, he took lodgings in the house of a sergeant of police, with a view to learning all he could concerning the plans afoot for his capture. He was then so cleverly disguised that his own wife and son passed him by without rec- ognizing him. On another occasion a detective from Shields, who happened to be in London on private business, thought he recognized Peace near Westminster Abbey, and followed him. The lat- ter, needless to say, knew he was beâ€" ing shadowed. But he gave no sign of trepidation. Instead, he strode straight across Parliament Street and into Scotland Yard, and thence doubled back through a publicâ€"house passage to the left. Nor Was this his only visit to the London police headquarters. It was part of his business to get to know the detectives, .and he never missed an opportunity of doiog so. When, for instance, the inspectors and others implicated in the Great Turf Frauds were being tried at the Old Bailey, he made a personal ap- plication to the Commissioner for a pass to the Court, reoresenting himâ€" self as a gentleman of independent means who was interested in the case. Peace had already been convicted for the attempted murder of Con- stable Robinson, and Was under senâ€" tence of penal servitude for life, when he made his sensational leap for freeâ€" ones that I For this latter crime an entirely innocent man, named William Harbon home to dom from the London and Leeds Exâ€" press. He was being taken to the latter tOWn, in custody of a couple of warâ€" ders, to be triedfor the murder of He knew that the widâ€" ow of his victim had been brought back from AmeriCa to identify him, and must have felt that, metaphoriâ€" cally, the rope was at his throat. One last- chance he had, and be While the train was going at full speed, he suddenly bounded from his seat, and threw himself headlong through the open carriage He alighted on the perâ€" mancnt way, and there was found later on, insensible, with a cracked crowxi and a broken leg. From that moment he seems to have given up hope, although he fought gamely for his life to the end. To his warders he was a source of endless trouble, for he was as cun- ning as an ape and as slippery as an eel. Yet he was an excellent companâ€" ion, and. when in the mood for it, he kept his watchers in the condemned cell in a continuous chuckle of merriâ€" Mr. Dyson. took it. window. WITH A CAN OF SALMON. Canned salmon is one thing to 113mm in store for emergencies. It can be served in many ways, is quickly pre- pared, and will do equally well for dinner, luncheon or tea, when it may make the principal dish, or an on- tree or salad. Always buy the steak salmon, as it is best, and, when once a. good brand is found, keep to it. Boiled Salmonâ€"Drop the can, free from wrappings, into a kettle of hot water, and let it boil 20 minutes. Cut the can open, turn out the salmon, take off the skin and bone without breaking, and pour off the liquid. If the quantity seems insufficient, boil 4 or 5 eggs as long as you boil the salmon. Take off the shells, cut 3 in halves lengthwise, and arrange them around the fish. Make a white sauce and sift the other 2 eggs into it, pour over salmon and serve with peas and boiled potatoes, followed by a cucumâ€" ber and lettuce salad. When family is small, eggs may be omitted. Keep best brand of canned peas on hand and when open wash well before heat- ing and seasoning. Salmon Pattiesâ€"Open a. can salmon, pour oil liquid and put into hot water; heat to boiling, then re- move all skin and bone after drainâ€" ing. Break into small pieces. Put saucepan over the fire with butter the size of an egg if whole of salmon is to be used; as it melts, stir in a heap- ing tablespoon of flour, and when smooth add water until it is the con- sistency of thick cream. Salt to taste, and also use pepper (cayenne if liked), a bit of grated lemon peel, of a sprig of chopped parsley and a few drops of onion juice for seasoning; put in the salmon and heat without mashing. Fill patty shells, which can be made in a few minutes if paste is made once or twice a week and kept in ice chest. Salmon on Toastâ€"Prepare the sal- mon as in the above recipe} have ready a platter of hot buttered toast, heap a spoonful on each slice and garnish with lemon points and par- sley. A nice luncheon dish. Salmon 'wifh. I’astepuf‘lsâ€"When p'as te is on hand this dish is quickly made. Free salmon from wash with hot water without break- ing and heat hot. Turn on a platâ€" ter, pour a hot white sauce around it, or, better still, a cream sauce, and cover with hot paste puffs, made by rolling crust, cutting in strips 2 inchâ€" es wide, then across into triangles; bake brown and mask salmon with them. Escalloped Salmonâ€"Free salmon from skin, bones and oil, break into bits with fork and put in alternate layers in a shallow baking dish with cracker crumbs, using butter, pepper and salt with milk, or a rich white or egg sauce to moisten. Bake in a hot oven long enough to brown and heat through. French Salmon Toastâ€"Cut a stale loaf into thin slices and trim off crusts. Dip, as used, into a mixture made of f; pt. milk, 1 beaten egg, 1 saltspcou salt, and a sprinkle of pop- per. Fry on a griddle rubbed with a bit of salt pork, if butter is too exâ€" pensive, and brown well. Spread with hot salmon, as prepared for patties, and put twu together and heap on dish, pouring cream sauce around if liked. . Salmon Ballsâ€"Mix 1 cup broken isalmon with 2 of well mashed poâ€" tatoes, moisten with milk or cream, season to taste. add a beaten be, beat to a cream and drop from a spoon into deep hot fat. 01‘ make into balls, roll in flour and saute unâ€" til brown on a griddle. Salmon Potatoâ€"Butler a shallow baking dish well. Spread to the !dcpth of an inch with popato mashed to a cream and seasoned; cover with patty mixture, sprinkle over with crackerâ€"cruian and bits of butter, put in hot oven and bake until brown, top and bottom. c rvrr I Creamed salmon may be served with .French fried or bashed brown potaâ€" mcut with his quaint quips and queer l 'sallics. Indeed. he jcstcd even in the presâ€" ence of death; for his last remark to lhlarwood, uttered with a grim smile just prior to the bolt being drawn, évas that the halter was “to tight." lâ€"Pearson's Weekly. ‘1’ A SLIDING VILLAGE. No one will envy the sensations of the inhabitants of .a village built on a shifting foundation. This is the trying position of the village or [hamlet of Canaveilles, lo the Roussilâ€" Ilon district, France. Poised about 3,000 feet above sea-level, the hamâ€" let has for some weeks been terroriz- ed by oscillations which were vaguely attributed to earthquake until scien- tific investigations were undertaken. It now appears that the rocky'hiass of the hill on which the place rests is shaken from its basis and is subâ€" jected to a continuous sliding moveâ€" ment, which must ultimately bring ‘dcstruction. I‘awniug an engagement ring is pledge of love. a I l toes, and canned peas. WASi-lING DIS HES. A careless dishwasher can soon do a great deal of damage. The china is disfigured by having the glazing cracked and chips broken from the edges. Ivory and rubber ~handled: knives and forks are ruined by being washed in water that is greasy or' too hot; glasses are broken by pour-I ing water over them; such things are done every day, yet they are entirely unnecessary. A good dishwasher needs a brightl tin or porcelain disbpan and drainer, a supply of water, and tea towels that leave no lint. Do not dump the dishes into the pan promiscuously, thereby running the risk of breaking half of them. When the food is re- moved from the table scrape the plates and drain out any coffee or tea that is left in the cups. Pile the plates together, then the saucers, cups and small dishes. Have the pan half full of water that is as hot as you can bear your hands in, put in enough gold dust washing powder to make a good suds, and wash the glasses first, then the silverware, and after that the china. Put them in the drainer, pour warm water over them to rinse them, and dry with a clean dish towel. Care is required at every step of the process. A dish mop wish to keep the hands in the hot g water so long. Pudding dishes or |dust with cracker crumbs. ' Bake half skin and bone,l may be used if one does not other cooking utensils should - soak awhile before washing. The wire dishcloth is excellent for cleaning iron kettles, but should not be used tinwarc. on M DISHES FOR LEN’I‘EN DAYS. Baked Pickerel-â€"-Cleansc the fish, rinse it and wipe dry. Stuff with a dressing made of bread crumbs seaâ€" soned with butter, pepper and salt, and sew up the opening. Place the fish in an upright position in a bakâ€" ing dish with some drippings and a. lump of butter. ~.Rub the fish »with salt and dredge with pepper and flour, lay over it a few thin slices of fat salt pork~and bake an hour and a half. If a roasting‘pa’n is not used it will be necessary to baste it ocâ€" casionally. Fish Souffleâ€"Mix 1 cup cold cooked fish with 2 cups hot steamed rice, add 2 cups of milk and 2 beaten eggs, seasoning to taste. Stir well and an hour. Shrimp Saladâ€"One can of shrimps cut in small pieces, 3 hard boiled eggs chopped fine, 3 sweet cucumber pickles out in small pieces, 3 p‘itted thin. Sprinkle with thoroughly and cover thinned olives sliced pepper, mix with mayonaise with cream. dressing, IRONING~BOARD COVERS. If your ironingâ€"board needs a new cover, cut two pieces of old white blanket the size of the top, and al- low just enough to come over the edge, but not under. ' If you haven't any old blanket to use for this purpose. place two lay~ ers of cotton flannel on the board, and tack it smoothly over each edge. A piece of cotton flannel, with a double layer of sheet wadding under it, is nice, but you must be particuâ€" lar to have the waddng smooth, and fastened securely in place. From strong muslin, bleached or unbleached, as you prefer, make two or three covers the size and shape of your board. Hem them all around, and, at distances of four or six inch- es, sew strong tapes long enough to reach under the board and tie secure» ly. When one cover is soiled, it is easily removed and a clean one ad- justed. v If two such tapes are fastened to ltho corners of your silence-cloth for your dining-room table. you will find lit much more easy to keep the cloth iin place and out of sight at the edges. _____._+__._._____ LEECHES STILL USED. Foreigners Cling to Belief in Bleedâ€" ' ing. The use of leeches, according to ’ a retail druggist’ in an Italian quarter of the city, is increasing. This is likely to be news to many physicians .and certainly to the laity, who have thought that bleeding was a dead medical theory. The druggist who made the stateâ€" ment had just sold something in a small box to a group of Italians whom he had charged 25 cents; Afterâ€" wards he explained that it was a leech, and then he added that sales were increasing in drug stores which find their patrons among the foreignâ€" ers of the large cities. I They are raised mostly in Sweden, .where they are cultivated in leech lakes. They are sold at 4 cents each at wholesale, but the retail druggist adds heavily to the price. ,“We have to do it," said the druggist. “'l‘hey die if they get too warm or too cold, and you are out what you paid for them. "The sale of them is constantly in- creasing. It is due to the fact that :the foreign population of the country iis growing all the time. In this country the natives do not look upon bleeding as a cure for all manner of things, but in many foreign countries that is the first thing they think of when anytl’iing is the matter with a lpersou. If a doctor isn't around to tap the sufferer, off they go for one of these little bloodsuckcrs. It’s the same way when these folks come to this country. They think of ‘bleedâ€" ing' whenever anything happens in the way of an accident, and if one of them gets bruised the first thing he wants is a leech. When one of them gets into a squabble and comes out 'of it with a black eye, nothing but a leech will do him. “The demand for these ugly little things is confined almost entirely to lthe foreign born element in the city, and in a store situated as this one is we must keep a good supply of leeches always on hand. stores situated in the fashionable dis- tricts I doubt if you will be able to buy a leech. They, however, may keep them in some of these places just to have them in case they are wanted, but it is safe to say they don't sell a dozen in a year. Do We? Yes, indeed. A dozen a day is more like our record. One day last week I sold thirtyâ€"three." . ._____.+___.._.._ NOT BREAKABLE. Clarence Willyboyâ€"“I have come to consult you in regard to break- ing my uncle's will." Bill Conkey (lawyer).-â€""How much did he leave ?" Clarence Willyboyâ€"“Five thou-sand dollars. Bill Conkeyâ€""Break a five-thousâ€"1 andâ€"dollar will? Why, say young fellow, five thousand dollars Wouldn't last long enough to make a dent in it." In the | I“\.’es, i cry._" Ill mu gin EliGLllill NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN BULL AND HIS PEOPLE. Occurrences in the Land That Reigns Supreme in the Com- 'mercia1 World. Lord Rosebery has a, magnificent collection of old china. of which he is a connoisseur. In London each day 400 children are born, and 250 enter school for the first time. From Covent Garden. Market, Lon- don, comcs the report that mistletoe is going out of fashiOn. For the past 160 years the royal family of’ Great Britain has been identified with Freemasonry. During the past year no fewer than 430,000 passengers cressed be- tween Dover and the Continent._ ' A woman inmate of Falmouth workhou'se was born there fifty-four years ago, and has been there ever sin-cc. An English barber who has been fined 102 times for shaving on Sun- day has stuck up in his win-dew "102, not out." Amalgamated carpenters and join- ers of the north-east coast yards have received notice of a reduction in wages by 28 on time rates. Lord Wolseley says that unless Mr. Chamberlain’s policy be adopted “we shall soon lose our colonies and become a mere third-rate power.” -The Recorder of Guildford received a. pair of white gloves at the last Borough Quarter Sessions, for which no prisoners were set down for trial. Osborne House is expected to be ready for the reception of convales- cent officers of the army and navy in the course of the next few weeks. The late Countess of Seafiel'd, who bequeathed the proceeds of the sale of her jewellery to Dr. Barnardo's .Home, left an estate valued at £35,- 190. A Tundergartli woman has died who lived to the. age of 94 in the same house in which she was born, and had never seen a, railway train in her life. William Vernell, 36, an engineer, of William street, Islington, was committed for trial at Clerkenwell for stealing a letter containing a cheque for The 10011] birthday of the British and Foreign Bible Society is to be celebrated by observing the first Sunday in March this year as “Un- iversal Bible Sun-day.” ' Summoned for nonâ€"payment of in- dustrial school arrears, a Leeds ostâ€" ler told the magistrate that he has a family of sixteen and earns only 16 shillings a, week. Mr. John I‘lolllnugshead, the veter- an theatrical manager and the jourâ€" nalist, has suffered from a sudden heart rupture, but is now somewhat better. Ilis condition is regarded as serious. An official of the War Office estiâ€" mates that half a, million pounds has been spent in the country during the past year on, memorials to those who fell during the South 'Ailglcan war. , An inquest at Brighton on W. Mathie, late chemist, of Glasgow, who was found dead on a seat on the Esplanade, resulted in a verdict of death from starvation and ex- posure. The »Bull Hotel, Rochester, t'l’e scene of some of “Mr. I’irkwick’s" most exciting experiences, narrowly escaped destruction by the _recenfly. ’An annex of the hotel at the 10111‘ was gutted. '.l.‘l:e lion. ‘Auborou Herbert, one of the executors to the late Mr. Herâ€" bert Spencer, has presented a comâ€" plete Sci; cf Mr. Spencer's works to the Senior House Library of Clayesâ€" more School, Pangbourne, Berks ~«-â€"â€"â€"i~ TREAT SYPHONS COLDLY. Do you know that the Syphonâ€"botâ€" fle ordinarily used for lemonade, sodaâ€"wafer, and other oil‘el'vescent drinks is usually charged with a. pressure cf from 1130 to 160 pounds gfo the square inch? The danger likely to result from an xpl‘osion of one of these little household articles is by no means inconsiderable, and lyet the average person handles a lsyphon as though it were the most ll'iarmlcss thing in the world. There are two or three things to remember in handling syphons: Never keep ,your syphous near the fire, for the lunus-ual heat is more likely than anything else to cause an explosion. llo not subject-the bottle to any laud-den change of temperature what-I lever. For instance. if you keep your syphous in the refrigerator, or any ivory cold place, which is best for them, do not grasp the glass part of the bottle with your warm hand, lfor the sudden change of temperature Sis apt to cause an explosion. The {best way to carry a syphon at all [times is by the metal top at the head of time bottle. lt is needless to say 1;? e greatest care should be taken not to drop a syphou, for an explo- sion is the inevitable result. When empty, the syphon is, of course, quite harmless. .. _+...._.._. “lie mine l” he cried. She said I will," 'And now, if truth were known, She’s “his,” but still Le doesn't dare To say his soul's his own. "Practice makes pelicct, you who on the piano. father, who 11‘ . .3 ' police. nus- know,” Said the young woman was playing scales " answered lier does not; love music;