The Forrest City times., 1890-11-22
Ia,~r~s,inx Information.

Over six million pieces of mail mat ter are sent annually to the dead let ter office by reason of iucori eet. illegi- blc ur deficient address, insufficient postage, insecure closing. whereby mat ter mailed becomes separated from the envelope or wrap per, or the failure to be called for or delivered to the party addressed This is daily average of over twenty thousand pieces.
 Of these the greater portion either are not called for at the postotlice to which they are directed or, la case of free delivery office. the addresses can not be found, notwithstanding every known means Is resorted to on the part of the postal officials to effect delivery
 Matter aent to the dead letter office, which cannot be delivered to the per son addressed, is required to be opened in It's treatment for the purpose of re- turn to the sender, and if the name aud address nf the sender be not shown, or cannot lie ascertained from tie contents, and 1t contains no valu- able inclosure. 1t must be destroyed.
 Letters opened and found to contain any inclosure of obvious value are en- tered upon proper records, and, of such, those which do not disclose sufii- cient information to enable them to be returned, are filed, subject to reclama- ton upon proper application and identification.
 Letters which contain no inclosure of obvious value are not recorded. Packages and parcels are recorded i. and where they do not disclose the name and address of the owner are filed; 1t not called for or claimed within two years they are disposed of at public auction and the proceeds covered into the United States treas- ury.
 X large proportion of tho packages and parcels sent to tho dead letter office fail to t,c restored t0 tho owners because of the absence on the wrappers or inclcsures of anything to indicate ownership thereof.
 Information as to the character and nature of the matter thus received ut the dead letter Ofiice, and the condi- tions and influences which occasion its failure to reach the persons to whom the ssnders designed 1t to a may bc of interest. and tho mere state
 ment of it carry with it suggestions
 which may serve the public in its exer- else of postal privileges.
 ! VI ktb0 uOGtAIt1INu Nuu u0uCtIvCIV0 mail matter received Ut the dead letter
 office during the past hscal year, four hundred and fifty-one thousand were letters misdirected, or only partially
 xddressed- Is, not addressed to . postofiice, or addressed to . postoffice without the state being given, or ad- dressed to . p0stoflice not in tho state
 named. etc.. while twenty four thou
 sand were entirely blank. bearing no
 address whatever. Among the latter
 were frequently found the correspond
 ence of business men, of which large
 portion contained incloaures of money drafts. checks. etc.
 Ninety eight thosand were letters to donsst ( addresses. 'held for pnstAge'
 together with letterS. etc. addressed
 to Canada and Mexico. matter tn these
 countries being unlnailnhle except
 upon full prepayment of postage. l One hundred and sixty-flve thousand were letters manly addressed to per
 sons in care of h0eela. The guests tu whom the letters belonged having de parted without leaving their address
 ar forwarding orders for their mail,
 they were returned to the p0sofIice by l; the hotels, and thcnce sent to the dead letter ofIscc.
 1 forty-two thousand wsre lett4rs t0 dctitious sddrsssss, and ptincipally