Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-09
LOTS OF FUN BY MAIL.
What CeRious Things Are to Be Sold ut the
Dead Letter ONCE Next Monday.

What Cssious Things Are to Be Sold Mt the
Dead Letter Oflice Next Monday.
1t is extraordinary what queer and funny
things accumulate at the dead letter Office here
OF this some notion is to be got by giancing over
the list Of lost and strayed articles which the Post
Office Department is going to sell at auction
next Monday, the 18th. The schedule includes
about !, 900 lots, each lot containing number of
pieces.
By far the most plentiful of all the articles
mentioned in the list are old razors and
damaged stockings, though why any one should
care to send either through the mails seems a
mystery: And yet suspenders and corsets.
which also appear little out of the way, are
next most numerous. Among other curious
things which strike ones attention in perusing
the schedule are two ''cheap lady fascinators, +"
mustache cup, glass syringe, ''odd Shoes /"
hair switch and lady's hustle.
Also there are ''black hair waves" mani
cure set. pair Of cheap garters," a lot of
cOrks and 'chin adjusters," though what these
last may be, unless possibly they are intended
for the use of lecturers it is difficult to imag-
inc. Old collars and cuffs are on the list to the
extent of many hundreds Cf pairs. Why on
earth should anybody want 20 send by post
half-worn cuffs and collars? Damaged clothing
of all sorts is most plentiful in the list. Other
lots include dark lantern, ''bust developer"
two dozen sweat bands for mems hats, a moth
eaten shawl, a likewise moth-eaten banjo bag
and five damaged wigs.
A box of rings for hogs noses is another in
teresting item; similarly, two ''cheap trusses,"
an illustrated poem on Temperance" game
called 'fsh pond" pair of old broken stir
rups, a washing machine and an AK. Further
more. in the schedule are found hair curriers' a
'iady's moth-eatep bathing suit" seven wards
OF cheap founcing. an old conductors punch
and a painted china egg.
The above, however. are only q chance-se-
lected few of the curiosities in this extraordi-
nary aggregation of unrelated objects. Nearly
all OF the things seem to be cheap and of almost
no value. Judging from the descriptions given
One would be rather inclined to say. after look
ing over the schedule. which makes a good
sized volume. that he would not give SO for
all the stuff put together in heap. What. for
example, would one want of &c Daisy fy-kill-
ers, or. for that matter, of 20 duck calls" To
the original owner 'soda fountain label
Vichy, might have been of value, but surely
to nobody else. Three stilettos found in lot No.
1929 suggest loss ~ as many Italian gentlemen
DESTROYS Of cOnspiring TO murder some one an the
interest OF the rights of secret society organiZa-
ton. Lot No. 3O33 includes lady's purse. six
tin teaspoons, a yard of beaded trimming, an
other yard Of cotton trimming, busting cloth
and bag and broken spy glass Comprised i'm
lot No. 3Oi5 are an artificial mustache, Cheap
necktie, three pairs of mems damaged hose.
some cheap tobacco pouches. a small lamp
burner and some old collars. Just such strange
assOrtments as these compose the list through
out. There is real interest IN the publication,
because it shows what strange things people in
trust to the government for carrying,