BURG′LARIES

The common precautions of locks and bolts, alarum-bells and fire-arms, are frequently found usele in preserving houses from burglars; but a light in the upper part of the house, or a small dog on the ground-floor, with the means of running into a place of safety from its enemies, has been seldom known to fail. A combination of the two would undoubtedly be doubly effective. The bark of the dog and the fear of detection by the approach of the light would deter the majority of rogues of common pluck and feeling. A dog out of doors, and consequently acce ible, however large and fierce, is easily pacified or silenced by men of the cla referred to.