Wichita eagle., 1888-07-08

gone on 20 the Dead Letter CSEc-, e-.
would certainly be retained 70 ne but 1
said il would not. because there vas not
scratch Of pen ins.1s 10 Tel WAC sens Il
RooEi Il said, however, thai | could writs
or TO the Dead Letter 0Ece, and, by De-
scriblng it, eo1id get il easily, but
doubted il. u Eoe1s r. failed 70 save my
letter from the great National caaT.ek
house. how could expect te4t ssl;petsz
wculd avail mel However, I wrote
courteous letter, Us fo.ows:
INV Yeaz. Nay 70. IsSS
lfsssrs Dad Leffcr OK, E4sA.sgs5a, .. c
GxxrLExLN. Par1oa r. have erred 4
thus addressing you, Tor ms IS ~ f-ss sine
have eve- written "a yea, and ny oo1penaIaHz
does aet give ga farn OK : letter eeerezs<a "a
4 Dead Letter O1lee ~ Psrscz II . perfect
state OF health
vV!.hou: xiseinr 50 intrCSe myself or rv &c.
fairs into he midst 81 the sineere sorrow vsica
must naturally soAk I'D Dead Lcs,er oissce
VIZ &C 70 say tha. a sealed e-.vsIope. U8sfa.lVed
aoG bearing Only the leEeHd- "ErzsoA. A-r.sf.'
was thcGghtiessly fzsailsG b. ;aw vcsSa
sEo. ana AZ .sia By the Scs York o-ic@ tat
II VII wrlte % yea - oocs "a nav Be TssDset-
tated. Should yea osoa lie snve3apc yea wiiI
find . few excerpts from newspapers asStsng
that aEa genial and urosas; a4so t13.I Az al
practically CT Little value - s Dead Letter
once, and lacIoss the necessary postage "a
return sS1a- 70 ne. Should tesre b otacF ez-
pcnses attached % tals matter ] VIII tzz5
pleasure II ealing a your crypt EAea ara a.
tending the regular Cabinet meeting =. WASH
lagtoz z0xt wes& ard settle sane
Yosrs truly. z. v. NYE
A few weeks afterwards received pr
soual and confidential postal caTd. mostly
printed. IN which | was told that my apph-
cation had been received aad alsd WITH a
red number OF i, ana that as socu Is azv
thing further occurred whscA affected she
matter I would be informed. Last week
the Dead Letter OElce took pen in hand ~
state tAat Z letter bearing tae general car
marks Of nine tad beeu oEertsasR ~ Tho
oiI!ce sleuth hound, opened ard read with
interest. after which Il was destroyed 50
ere can see that when the Dead Letter Of
fee gets its cold clutches on letter IL can
not De recalled y outside means Unless
IL contains SONS sort OF address inside yeu
can 20 there personally 70 the very door Of
tee uaalsoicum and beg and pray saa taa.Ss
the pe-spirstscn stlSa ant on ne brow ot
your faith for wees, 5at = wa nes zccolz.-
push airy thing.
Ten years ago, even. there were 900 go
letters sent 70 zoe Dead Letter OElcc, in ona
year Of which 5s.0co h.d no county CT state,
40 GO lacked staIaps and s,efS rsera possed
without any adarrss a. - &iastT-two
thousand dollars "a cash aHd over S50oa. 60
iu drafts were ssnlained n these .csssTs-
It appears that r7gAs straight tArouxh
ever letter sent 70 the Deaa Letter O1l-s
contains or an average s.. 80 nine real =
fell below the average
Queer things hsppea . ie1ters ever when
they 90 nos get - Washington A WYosH-
ing postmaster used % claim that c3rrl4zr
letters, unseais5. ~ noJ called Tor sritAla .
day or two. were good ti1tags - Gse n
starting tue ere. he therefore Kept a coas-
bod near the general deiIverv. wAlca con-
situated htt.e priy@sc asss-lcttsr oesce tor
lis own spccAl sse.
Ope Day his Children were playing tax
with -sca ether Inside ~ f<sat~ofscs AID
cancelIsng each othrr's no@cz xstA IT, VI y.
= stamp. waea suddenly tS-y d-TiGeG %
invsstizafs the ceSlbas IN search 81 &5yer-
tlssrr csr1s. u e4ch 81 t<p i&rge circular
euvelopes tAsv laszd a smaller z@slsc letter
which had verk-a n 57 sagTIng = lsrgs
mass q letters torezheE Ter casceI - ca
TIE children lad tern tA-se TIVE STEERS open
and were plzyizT Fourth q July asa Rally
Round ihe FlAg= BOYS. with a ssveaty E4ne-
dollar cheek and q siE -agncr~c- ecl.sr draft
when TIE I'D Esstlelnsa loc<ed EP- Jus1ars
compels rle 70 szT. however 't-zs he sesHssa
tie children sou1dsy Tor h.s csrs.essasss
ard refused 20 iet them hzVs ia vita rs
dead letser ofscc after TIA BIZ NTE.
P S-Slnc- tEe zoSvs VTas written a
whiis wczans soap has b~en received 3.
The Ds.z Letter. O1lc.- The lsaY, r a. 40
sent = neea vaT. forrot - 49,. hsysslf, sad
according % ths rI.es o. t-e oA-ee SIC c2a
ret ncw rscoTs- - y =