Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-04-12
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The Queer Things to lie seen In the Dead
Latter Oflce Mt Washington.

The Queer Things to lie seen In the Dead
Letter Once Mt Washington.
There is no silent horror, but only
n lively interest upon entering the
Dead-Letter Office at Washington.
Twenty thousand letters received
here daily"
This was the information given by
the bright and courteous lady who pre-
sides over the curiosity room. "And
nearly one-half of them can never be
sent on or back, because of eligibility OF
the address or some other cause"
The Enclosures are kept two years,
then, IL still unclaimed, are sold at
auction. The room is lined with cases,
i'm which the curiosities are very artis-
tically arranged.
Here was freman's axe. I'M
proper weight and u sharp instrument
not properly protected were the rea-
sons for its detention. There were n
number of revolvers arranged on the
back Of the case. II is contrary to law
to send firearms through the mail.
"Oh! here is 4 hgman eai, one ro-
marked, wondering at the singular
token.
"Yes, that came in a newspaper.
We do not know by whom it was sent
Here is an asp, and that is II tarantula
both quite startling creatures 10 find
upon opening box. They both came
through alive said the attendant,
land that is against the law. you
know. We always have live curiosi-
ties chloroformed and preserved in
liquor We are quite careful in open
ing packages, for we never know what
sort of pets we are going TO find"
Here are some horned .toads. I
have had tree-toads for pets for months
at time"
"Snakesr' exclaimed one OF our
party, pointing toward some large
glass cans. did they come through
alive?n
Yes, indeed
En- PEASANT, it is very amusing to
hear Westinghouse say: Yes, in
deed" with the emphasis on Eyes"
and the Indeed" sliding along as
though the expression were one of the
pleasures of life.
"Yes, indeed" she answered.
There were sixteen OF them, sont
from Texas en- route for Heidelberg.
for scientific purposes. They were
in perforated tin cans, were detected
and sent here A boy brought
the cans in bag. but one snake
got away, A lady at the chiefs
desk. three days after, felt something
about her feet. Looking down. there
was the snake. He had been in ono OF
the drawers of the chiefs desk for
those three days. Was she frightened?
Well, there are few things that VIC
ladies dislike moro than snakes, you
know
Here is n scalp!'
YES; it is the scalp of young In
dian girl about eighteen or twenty
years old. We were told SO by an ex-
pert in such things-the hair, fine and
black and straight, you see, prepared
with care TO be fastened in the belt"
Here are some balls OF opium. You
notice they were disguised in n cover
ing of candy. And here is "a beautiful,
large etching, exquisitely done. 1t
seems pity that it should not have
reached its destination, but VIC could
not help it."
She stepped to the desk, and took
from one of the drawers book, open
ing it for our inspection. In it wero
pasted the addressed sides OF en-
velopes. Some OF these addresses in
Dictated close acquaintance with
Photographic spelling,as III III. Ga, !"
was spelled Tight l. Ca" and
"Springerville, Arizona" was spelled
"Spengel Bill, Arizona. Detroit Free
Press.