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Heaven.
BT FRANCIS RIDLEY HAYERGAIX.
Light after darkness,
' Gain after loss,' y r.
Strength after suffering, I
Crown after cross. j
Sweet. after bitter, i
Song after sigh,
Home after wandering,
' Praise after cry.
Sheaves after sowing, j
. Sun after rain, j
Sight after mystery,
Peace after pain.
Joy after sorrow,
Calm after blast,
Rest after weariness,
Sweet rest at last.
Near after distant,1
Gleam after gloom,
Love after loneliness,
"Life after tomb.
After long agony !
Rapture of bliss ! I .
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Commercial (N. Y.) Advertiser.
PICKPOCKETS.
In view of the many cases of
pocket-picking we have been call
ed upon to chronicle in such rapid
succession, perhaps the following
information, gathered from a re
cent conversation, with one of the
most experienced detectives, may
prove valuable to a large number
of people, who might otherwise
suffer from the depredations of
these thieves. .
Our knowledge has heretofore
been confined to the ordinary
daily accounts of crime appearing
under the stereotyped heads of
"Mysterious- Car Robbery,"
" Ttieves in a Stage," u Pickpok-
ets at w ork, ' and other startling
titles of a similar nature. But we
have occassional ly been furnished
with information that gave us a
deeper insight into the appear
ance and mode of operation of
these chevaliers d Industrie, but, as
it usualy came to us in a sensation
al article, or was woven into the
plot of some novel or play we
were lea to mane so niucn al low
ance for exaggeration, that we
seldom retained a truthful con
ception of the real live rascals who
jostle against I us on the streets,
obstruct our passage in the cars,
and occupy seats next us in the
stages. .', ,
Iloiv we think they look. .
It is generally presumed, by a
majority of our citizens, that pick-
pockets possess some indescriba
ble peculiarity in their personal
appearance, by which they can be
readily distinguished fiom honest
folks. Many people entertain, the
idea that these kind of thieves
must necessarily have a lowi fore
head, a villianous countenance,
arid ;jwear a large cloak tp conceal
false hands, and a kit of pickpock
et's instruments. This mistaken
supposition accounts, in a large
A A. -
measure, for the ease with which
so many robberies are committed.
In many cases the very caution of
the victims assists the operation of
the'thieves. Wfyile the oyer cau
tious are engaged in casting sus
picious glances around, with the
intention of avoiding some one
who corresponds .with their men
tal picture of a rascalsome gen
teelly appearing personage, whom
they do not for a moment suspect,
relieves them of their valuables.
The appearance of the tasteful
ly attired lady with the modest
countenance and delicately form
ed hands, who apologizes so grace
fully for her rudeness and haste in
leaving a car, does not suggest
the fact that she has just picked.a
pocket." The plain,;houest look
ing old gentleman, who wears an
expression as benignant as Beech
er's, and assists-an old lady across
the street with a solicitude that
excites admiration, does not con
form with the. general impression
of English Bill, the notorious Eng
lish pickpocket. ' .
There are some suspicious look
ing faces among these people, just
as there are among lawyers, doc
tors, merchauts, or any other class
of thecom in u ni t v r but thev -wil I
compare favorably in personal ap
pearance with any body of honest
citizens, prenologists to the con
trary. notwithstanding. ...
A PiclcpockeV s Joke.
An amusing instance of the in
ability of the public to distinguish
an honest man from a thief, hap
pened some time since on the
Portland Railroad. A thief, who
had been picking pockets twenty
years, and who is at present serv
ing ou't a sentence in the State
prison, had been operating for
several weeks so extensively as to
arouse the indignation of the
travelers qn the road. Sonte" of
his victims had expressed the de
termination t6 flog and tar and
feather the first pickpocket cap
tured. About this time the thief
was "wanted" in this city for
stealing a large amount of bonds
from a gentleman on a Brooklyn
ferry boat, and a detective was
sent to Portland to arrest him.
He secured his man and started
for this city. They experienced
some difficulty in finding seats;
but finally the thief procured one
with a gentleman who resided in
Portland, and the detective occu
pied the corresponding seat on
the opposite side of the aisle. The
thief , introduced himself fo his
neighbor as a detective, and in
formed him in a consequential
tone, that he was taking the man
opposite, who was a well known
pickpocket, to! New York to an
swer for a bold robbery he had
just committed. He also advised
his fellow traveler that his prison
er was probably the very man
who had picked so many pockets
in that neighborhood. " He likes
to play practical jokes," continu
ed the thief. " On the train we
have just .left, lie made several
gentlemen believe that I was the
prisoner and he the officer." The
real detective sat watching the
prisoner, all unconscious' of the
approaching storm. The gentle
man movetv to another part of the
car and communicated, the infor
mation he had just received to
several friends. One of them had
been robbed a few days before of
over $200, and he was still very
angry.
A Detective in Trouble.
He stepped over to the detec
tive, and, in a loud voiee, said:
So they, have caught you at last,
you miserable cut throat? You
are the rascal who stole my
money. I know you. I saw you
when you took it and if yon had
not escaped I would have shot
you like a dog. You say that
you are not a thief, that you are
a thief-catcher. BurT you suppose,
with your villainousace,you can
make me think you are anything
but .. a thief ? Ypu ought to be
thrown from the cars, and I, for
one, will assist in so doing !" A
crowd of excited men gathered
around the Unfortunate detective,
and, in spite of his protestations,
persisted in abusing him shame
fully, and were about to hurl him
from the platform of the flying
train, when 1 the thief interfered
with, " Gentlemen, I trust you
will use no violence towards this
unfortunate man. I cannot per
rait it. He is my prisoner. He
is in the hands of the law, arid
the law- must .take its course."
Fortunately, perhaps for the de
tective, the train - reached New
York about! this time, and he
escaped. '..
Where and How they Steal.
Political meetings, theatres,
churches, cars, stages, and other
places where crowds do congre
gate, present favorable fields liar
the operations of the light-fingered
gentry. A Presidential cam
paign yields them a bountiful har
vest of green backs. Some ti mes
they resort to devilish and in
genius expedients to bring togeth
er a number of people. They oc-
casionally ( set fir to a building
iu some neigiiDornooa mat pro
mises a' profitable crowd of vic
tims. At other times two of their
number will engage in a street
fight while their confederates pick
tne pocKets or tne .excitea ana in
terested spectators. One gang Of
thieves employs a man who at
tracts a crowd by falling down in
the street, in an apparent "fit, and
assuming the most frightful con
tortions,5 ; j
An Ingenious Robbery .
These men saw a gentleman
draw three hundred dollars from
a bank the ether day. They fol
lowed him, without exciting liis
suspicions for over a mile. ' When
near the corner of Canal street
and Broadway, oire of their num
ber passed on in advance and fell
to the sidewalk, within a few feet
of the gentleman they had been
watching. Within a minute
twenty people were pushing and
crowding about the prostrate man.
During tjie com motion 'the money
was stolen ana the thieves escap
ed. While the gentleman was
excitedly informing the bystand
ers of his loss, the decoy regained
his feet, and quietly stole away,
to rejoin his confederates and re
ceive his share of the plunder.
How Pockets are Picked.
Many people are robbed on the
different ferry boats. A favorite
mode of operation among! thieves
who steal irOra tihe passengers js
to select some victim who gives
promise of possessing a well filled
wallet, and gather round jhim. in
such away, as not to excite, his
suspicions. When the rusli takes
place as the boat reaches the slip,
he is pushed first on one side and
then on the other, and perhaps
his hat is knocked down over his
eyes. During the melee he is
quietly relieved of his pocket-book
and, beiore he discovers his loss,
the thieves have escaped.
.rockets are sometimes. cut in
feuch a way ae to allow tno oon
tents to fall out into the thiefs
hand. This is done withta sharp
circular shaped blade, worn on
the finger like a ring. The writer
once received a dangerous wound
across the back of his hand from
one of these instruments, while
standing with his hands in his
pockets, among a crowd of specu
lators at Jerome Park races. The
thief probably mistook he un
fortunate member for a plethoric
purse. ;
Stealing on the Cars.
Travelers in street cars; are the
greatest sufferers from thieves.
Not a day passes when we are not
called on to publishaccounts of
several robberies committed in
the cars. Pickpockets are plying
their vocation in this direction to
an alarming extent, and until the
authorities take active measures
to protect citizens from the de
predations of these - rascals, it
Would be well for those who ride
in street cars to adopt soriie way
of carrying the valuables.
Ilow to avoid being plundered.
When it is possible," ladies
should place money inside ther
gloves, next to the palm, or per
haps the securest receptacle is in
a pocket, corresponding to a gen
tleman's inside vest pocket, but of
course this cOntrivance'is'open to
objections, on the plea of incon
venience. They -will find jt nec
essary, however, to adopt some
such plan, or avoid travelling in
street cars. : 5
The following are the dimensions
of Donaldson's great balloon : It is
to be 80 foet in diameter, with a ca
pacity of 268,000 feet of gas. To
construct it vrtil require 2,300 square
yards of cambric, and will be capable
of hfting to th required attitude 9,
380 pounds! The weight of the gas
chamber of this monstrous! air ship
will Xiq 1,532 pounds; while- the net
tings, 4 Sccl vail" weigh 500 f pound 8.
The twojsupply balloons will be 32
feet in diameter, which : willl require
374 yards of material, with a capacity
of 28,000 cubic feet and a' lifting pow
er of 980 pounds. -; The weight of the
two supply balloons, nettings, &c,
will be 280 pounds. A small balloon
to save gas as it expands, will weigh
'140 pounds, making a grand total of
lifting power of 10,0CK) ; ani weight
in full about 4,000 pounds, including
rope, life-boat, provisions,- instru
ments, &c4 leaving : for passengers
and. supplies, 6,000 pounds. This
outfit will r be sufficient for a trip
around the world, or for a month at
least. ::
An April Violet.
Under the larch, with its tassels wet,
While the early sunbeams lingered yet,
In the er.rly dawn my lovo I met.
Under the larch when the s in wls set.
He came with an April iolet ;
Forty yearsand 1 bave it yet.
Out of life, with its fond regret,
What have Love and Memory a et t
Only an April violet.
Wiiy do Hoys leave tbe Farm ?
The most embarrassing feature
which now presents itself to the la
boring class of citizens, is the e:ener
al stampede made by the robust and
active young men of our country to
professions. Boys leave the rural
shades of the farm, where natures
mantle feeds the eye with untiring
admiration, and herm in stral's mu
sic greets the ear with insatiable rap
toe, for the silent cloister where a
tedious curriculum of study may hi
competently fit them for the title oi
a petifogger or a quack.
Parents witness these departures
from the toils of physical industry
with painful regret, and marvel ait
such thoughtless folly. They are
either ignorant or forgetful of the
influence which mould the1 character
and destiny of manhood in the aspir
ing youth, as he obeys the precepts
of their stringent counsel The
causes which alienate the taste for
rural employment from so many
young men, are various in different
localities but in our western country
one cause, with few exceptions, will
suffice :" '
Farms are entirly too large, and
if properly cultivated, require more
labor than can generally be supplied.
Such a portion, however, is .put un
der plow as the seasons for seeding
ushers in, help or no help, profit or no
profit. BfGijlUuig uiustgu witn a
rush, slipshed or half done. Boys
are hurried through panice of disor
der, exposed, overburdoned with la
bor, disguted with farm manage
ment, and if luck terminates favora
bly enough to return a tribute, they
must content themselves or not, if
they choose, with board and cloth
ing. Or if circumstances and
grudging liberality will allow them a
few dollars, how can it be invested
to the best advantage? Can they
purchase live stock and increase
their slender capital with a hand
some interest ? Oh no ! they might
incur an expense at the parents' crib,
or make some interference with the
matter heard. There is no invest
ment for their money where it might
yield a profit, and secure in them an
interest for their vocation. But in
active money is dead property, and
is a fact with which boys seem to be
thoroughly acquainted, and if it can
not be developed in some channel of
their home employment, it must go
out in some other, and their interest,
aspirations, and ambition must go
with it, just as interest follows
money matters in , mature manhood.
Every devotion is diver ted, from the
farm, until the aspirant resolves to
be educated for ,f a profession. And
thus is every bar of justice crowded
with a host of lawyers; the country
is Hooded with quacks j and even tiio
ministry is too ofteiv filled with in
competent teachers, whose subsist
ence comes either directly or indirct
ly from the hard earned stares ol
the laboring people. The officials of
our country, .the frame-work of our
system, is built up from this strange
medley of office3eeking professors,
and its sacred trusts committed to
their care. It is not in the charge
of every demagogue r that the re
sponsibilities of the State and Church
are to be entrusted. They call for
men of real genius, combined with
the most projicient education, to in
sure safety and promote the general
welfare of the people, and it is not
every one who may direct his aspira
tions to these high honors, that may
qualify himself with a competency to
preserve them. Parents, if you wish
to shape the destiny of your sons,'
give them an interest in that employ
ment where you wish to see their
manhood -developed. : Don't dis
courage agriculture, that channel of
labor which always leads the three
great and indispensable branches of
national industry, but renew its cred
it with more worthy appreciations.
Let your boys know that is an occu
pation of great pleasure and much
profit, by allowing ' them to make
something for themselves, and par
ticipating in ' its -, rich enjoymentst
With such privileges the honors of
no office or profession will buy their
interest
f tii utiuu -u a UiS S ule.
There are three wheat farms in tho
San Joaquin Valley, with areas re
spectively of 26,000 acres, 23,000
acres, and 17,000 acres. ; On tho lar
gest of these farms tho wheat crop
this year is reputed to bo equal to
an average of forty bushels to the
acre, the yield running up on some
parts of the farm to sixty bushels.
The product of this farm for tho
present year is 1, 440,000 bushels.
The boundary on one rid? of thia
farm is tbout seventeen miles, long.
At the season of plowing ten four
horse teams were attached to ten
gang-plows, each gangr having four
plows -or forty horses with as many.
pio7S cre started at Ithc same time,
he teams followiZS; hi close succea
sion. Lunch or dinner was served
at a midway station and supper at
the terminus of the field, seventeen
miles distant from the starting-point.
The teams returned on the following
day. The wheat in this immense
field was cut with twenty of the larg
est reapers, and we believe has now
all been threshed andrput in ? sacks.
It would require over forty snips of
medium'size to transport the wheat
raised on this farm to a foreign mar?
ket Even the sacks required would;
make a large hole in the surplus
money of most farmers. We have
not the figures touching'the' product
of the other, two farms ; but presume
that the average is not much below j
that of the first There are thous
ands of tons of wheat : which cannot
be taken out of the valley this sea- -son,
and must remain overjas dead
capital, or, what is nearly as desira
ble, will only command advances at
heavy rates of "interest Jiuist's
Alntanac.
Farm and Household ITIul
tuui iu Farvo.
The following twelve paragraphs
are worthy of a, place among the
most valued rules that ' shouldgov
ern a well regulated farm :
1. When fruit trees occupy the
ground, nothing -else should except
very; short grass. j
2. Fruitf illness and growth of the
tree cannot be expected the same
year, . j
3. There is no plum that the cur
culio will not take, though anykind
may sometimes escapee for ono year
in one place. j
4. The best time to prunej fruit
trees is in tho month of June.
5. Pearblight still puzzles tho
greatest men. ;Tne best remedy
known is to plant two for every one
tiiat dies.
, 6. If
prune,
you don't know how to
don't hier a man'from the
other side of the seawho knowsless
than you do. .
7. Don't cut off a big .lower limb
unless you are a renter and don't'
care what,becomes of it wh3nypur
time is out
S.A trsa with the 'Hmb3
cormnr
out near the , ground r is worth two
trees trimmed up five feat, and is
worth four trees trimmed.up tan
feet and so on until thcyaro not wortii
anything.
y. Trim dpwn not up.
10. Shorten in, not lengthen out
i"
11., If you had your . arm. cut off
you would feel it at your heart a
tree, will not feel but rot to tho
heart
12. When anybody tells you of a
gardener that understand all about
horticulture and agriculture, and can
be hired, don.'t believe- a word of it,
for there are none such to bo hired.
Such a man can make more than you
can afford to give him, and if he has
sense enough to understand the busi
ness, he will also have enough to
know this. V .
Flowers in .lb c Truck of War.
There is something singular and
quite, romantic to those sober folks,
the botanists, in the fact .that the '
track of the; Prussian armies in
France, 5 their campjiing grounds, the
siege lines and bivouacs are marked "
with flowers, not the "'familiar; flow
ers of France, but of the Fatherland..
Even around Paris is this phenom
enon apparent Hundreds of flow
ers unknown thitherto to the soil,
but dear to the German heart, so
that the - Prussian army, formerly
tracked by bloody fields, wrecked
ambulances, and all the horror and
confusion of war, can now be fol
lowed by the strange flower bloom
ing in the lanes and fields and the
borders of the vineyards. .