Show letters to dead people enterprising tradesmen in this city in the distribution of their circulars aro not backward in utilizing tho lists of distinguished persons which aro printed in the newspapers from time to time not infrequently do they get hold of the names of men who long since passed over to that undiscovered country and circulars and prospectuses are mailed to the dead as well as to the living it would seem that a name enrolled on a mailing list is never erased circular letters addressed to samuel J tilden are still occasionally left at tho gramercy park mansion and mail matter addressed to W H vanderbilt reaches the grand central station every now and then many clubman have recently received from a what purports to be an autograph letter saying 1 I am anxious to have you for a customer and I 1 want to make you a sample shirt broo of charge of courso I 1 cannot do this for every one but for you it will afford me groat to do eo now york times |