Burglar Tools

To tho eya of an honest man 110 tooi i is a trarglar's tooi. Wereheto flnd a roved kit he would merely think that a mechante liad Ios1 stock in tradc. Hrüis, punches, bits and ordinary jimmii ach almost a counterpart in open daylight work, and only to the sophisticated would it appear that the bits of stee] were implements of crime. To those who lenow, the two distinctive bnrglars' tools art' the sectional jimray and nippers, the firKt being a sti el bar arranged that it can bu unscrewed tato several pieces for convenience in earrying. The other isdescribed by the Philadelphia Times as like a pair of curling tonps. the clutching end being armed with little teeth. and lsused for turning keys in doors from the outside. The manufacture of the toola la not, as has been supposed, confined cxclusively to any set "f men. A burglar, desirous of obtaining a kit. will (.' to a hardware store and purchase drills, brace and bits, punches and wedges, these latterbeing ina Beries, fromthose the thinnessof a knife blade to othera the thickncs of one's hand. This as--; rtment of seemingly innoceni tools he talces toa mechante withinstructionsto temper them to a certaio hardness. To another blacksmith he goes, and, drawing a diagram, ;:s n piece of iron made in acc -i Still another tnakes hiin a Becond part, and finally the thief has a "drap," the most powerful and perhaps the most useful tooi, from his standpoint. that can be uso' in opening a safe. It consists of a lont screw, wlih si'üile iron bracea to be attached by a link to the knob of the door. A hole is bored through the front of the safe by meahs of a bit, a block is adjuKted on the inside. and on this is placad fchepointof the screw, whieh is turned by a crank. As the screw revolves it penetrates further and further until the back is reacheü. Then, as tlie tremendcras preB8ure continuos, somcthing has to give, the front g-enerally being ripped out, Tiiis apparatns, in addition to its simplicity and quick work, has the advntago of beinsf noiseless.