How To Avoid Being Robbed

The Philadelphia Inquirir of Saturday, has an article furnisbed by a convict in the Cherry Hill Penitentiary, from which we extract tho following advice, as a protection against the profession of one branch of his business, it being safe to presume that the same ideas prevail witb ths fraternity ia our city : I will begia by burglary. In the first plano most robberies are what is called ''put up," i. ., sorae one has given information where money is kept in private dwellmg-houses, or that they can get so much by entering some particular place, or it it is a store, where all the best goods are to be found, or where the safe key is hidden, if any are go foolish as to leave one in their store. Persons should never let servants, or even acquaintanees, know where they keep their money ; not that they would be the means intentionally ol getting tbem robbed, but they inight merely say to sorae one olse, what a nice place Mr. or Mrs. íáo-and-so has for keeping their money. This, perhaps, goes the rounds until some burglar hears it bimself or is told by some one else. But now for the remedy. I hope, so far, I am understood in specifying as to the manner of keeping your money, and what keeps your money safe. "The remedy isTery simple - in private dwellings and stores, keep a dog; nlso, a light all night. There is nothing a burglar dislikes to find so much as a light burning, &nd a dog. Iu a private dweiling a sinall dog will answer - if he but barks at the approach of anv one; if he does not he is useless. Keep him in daytime where no one can make his aequaintance, ind where he will not get acquainted with any one's voice but your own, or some one you can place the greatest confidenuo in. - 1 would advise thosa having silverplate to keep it in their bedroom, and when they go to bed lock the door, have a couple of good bolts on the door besides the lock. Burglars can open the door from the outside if the key is left in, and if taken out they can enter wnh false ones ; but if there are good bolts, they will have to pry the door, and in doing so they will be sure to awaken you. I say they will pry the door - I mean il there are bolts on the door, they would have to iorce an entrance, and this all burglars will not do, in all cases. JBurglars are more alraid of being detected than you are of being robbed or murdered. If you hear any noise, just ask "Who s that" and ifj thero is no man about the house, say ' " John, you had better seo what's the noise down stairs" or whatever it is ; before any one could get ihere they would be gone, rest assured ol' this, for they are as afraid of coming in contact with you as you are with coming in contact with them. A word to Ptorekeepers and merchants, and then I will be done on 1 larv. Storekeopers and merchante reeiding in other paris of the city than where they keep their stores, will adopt tho same means that I have pointed out tothose living in private houses, with this exception : instead of a small dog they ehould have a good large wateh dog ; a bitcb is the best for niany reasons. Take the same precautions that I hs.ve already mentioned in keeping it where no oDe will make its acquaintanee. It may be a mystery to sorae merchants to know how stores are ' weeded' of their best goods, (silks, laces, &c. fec.) The mystery is very easily explained. No one else but some one that is etnployed about the store could well give this information, and euch is the case lt's your porter, clerk, or some one of the employees, that has your place robbed of the best goods. If you have fast youngámen, or old men that Ire quent theatres, fancy drinking saloons, and you are robbed, have some one to watch them. and you may detect those that have robbed you. They will make the acquainrance of men of loose character, or their women, by goiugto these places I have just mentioned, the theaires in particular. For when once under the influence of liquor, they are easily persuaded to givo the information that it required ; il' the men fail todo this, the women will not - not that in all cases your employees would wish to rob you, but merely to please these men or their women, they give this information. Storekeepers and persons living in prívale dwellings should never go to the front part of the house or store when there is a procession passing without fastening the back part of the house if there is a back ontrance, for there are men and boys always following the procession with the purpose to rob houses in tbis way, while the inraates I are looking at the passing procession. Tbis is called working on the house. I A word to members oí the Catholic churcli attending masson Sunday morning. There are men who watch families who attend early masa, to getihe chance to enter hou.ses and rob them, whilo nearly all are absent. Once in the house, they ent beds open, bre k ehests, trunks, drawers, closets, &c. hunting for money and valuabies. " Never leave money oranything you do not wish to logo where it can be found, and be sure to leave gome one in the house to watch whilo you and the rest are abïent. Don't leve them in bed, but have thsm up where they can ste and bear any noise that may be made by persons entering or ransacking. It must hu a person who can deal with rogues, not a child. who would bn f raid to open ita mouth if they heard any noise by entering the house. Persons going to market, and not learing any one at home, should be careful not to leave any money where it oan be found. I would not advise them to taku it with them, for tbey may have thoir pstcket picked while in market. I may frighten some people, but there ara men, and even women, watchng everv chanoe to take advantage of you in many ways too numerous to montion.