Show NEARBY I 1 Q AND by B T TT T Y YONDER N ER maxey i a i dead letters THE T HE receipt of 0 unbelievably largo large numbers of letters addressed to individuals div divi duals and concerns which coald not be located at tile the address given and could not be returned to the writ era because no return address was vies given led the post office department as tar far back as 1835 1825 to establish a dead letter office in washington for the purpose of 0 working out a proper disposition of such mall mail incidentally the large amount of 0 money found in ID unclaimed letters likewise led to the establishment of our present postal money order system in 1864 but the flood ot of undeliverable let continued to increase at an alarming rate and the establishment of the parcels post made matters worse so that several branch office 8 had bad to be opened undeliverable letters are opened and destroyed unless they contain something of value or information making their return to the writers possible those containing anything of olo obvious value are held for one year awaiting claim after time if unclaimed the contents become government property letters carrying name and ad dress of sender are returned unde Ilver able parcels are held tor for a time and finally disposed of at public auction during a recent year the postmaster general reported the disposition 0 of undeliverable letters being abeln delivered de Et st royed filed bled awaiting claim under treatment and unclaimed parcels of which lil were delivered destroyed and the balance to be finally disposed of at auction during a recent january some undeliverable christmas cards reached the various dead letter offices and only about 10 per cent could be returned because the senders failed to show their addresses the king of oa adom T IS suld said that there are about a scon IT of species and lo in the neighborhood of varieties of oak trees to ID llila country also that they vary as brond ly in habits and appearance as a like number of human far families nilles the same name and that each variety thrives best in its own kind ol of hoine wears its own kind of bark and grows its own sort of leaf ills his excellency the wye oak Is said to be the lie king of all tile the auls in flo america his ayal highness higlin ebs resides on the celebrated eastern shore flies bay rejon on of the jie state slate of maryland Maryl anal in talbot county to be ex ci act acl standing dear cear tile lie highway hiie which parallels the bay shore soule what apart from other trees as if tu to shuw off to better advantage aud and sur rounded by it a protecting fence this old resi denier proudly exhibits a sign that the visitor may understand just ak who be he ts Is which imparts the surprising information that his trunk one loot foot from the ground Is 57 feet in circumference his top spread feet that be Is 89 81 feet high and about three hundred seventy five live years old after lingering fingering to enjoy the alie solitude of his presence and learning that he be probably Is the largest oak oust east of the if not to lo the entire united jolted states and tile the oldest tree to ID eastern united states the visitor naturally feels ennobled and departs wilb a leer keep admiration for this lusty giant and wishes him continued good health end and content contentment the wisconsin dells dell declare that once G upon a time that section ol of tile ilie united lulled states stales which Is now designated us wisconsin sIn was covered by a massive sheet of ice somewhat ehat like the greenland of today this ice period probably came to an end some awl ago As this tar far reaching ke its fit ld began to melt and break up and wisconsin took its place in the sun thal ice fee water escaped by cutting a chan ban net nel through a sandstone ridge which run ran crosswise to its course and the dells of wisconsin aler came into ex istance and the river sought a cornea connection with tile the felber of waters voters so as a to have an outlet for its liquid cargo the dells extend some seven allea up and down the river have a mini mum ilium width of about fio feet a depth of from 60 to feet and their un on usual beauty Is the outstanding tea ture of this valley here tor for hundreds ot of centuries nu nit tures elements have quietly worked wearing caning and etching tile hie vend fund stone nails of the river inlo info HO all ornate find and unique panoramic attract von outstanding features halve breaf appropriately vonnied by visitors for fair instance one finely chiseled lateral canyon Is so narrow eliat two persons cannot hinss el at tile lie anine thoo lit lnore tice fat irions misery rold ellets deep chasms Iniz ruck rock sculptured co illions tied other fortnat lit natures reg ure are arrael un on all millas presenting era en nii isse a of tile bt aix slid alie bif Is IF n rate raie nit as it to la i unusual un 1 1 l ca 10 I 1 oil 11 W cluro tre iknaian la |