Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1885 — How to Open Letters. [ARTICLE]

How to Open Letters.

The art of opening letters addressed to other people and refastening them so that no one will know is a profession in Spain. In the postoffice they have a dark chamber where experts inquire into things, and. these have long since given up the nse of steam for opening gummed communications. Even redhot platinum wire for letters sealed with wax is out of date. The favorite means is l*aid to be with a knife sharper than a razor, which is run along the bottom of the envelope. The letter having been extracted and then replaced after the officials of the postoffice have leai ned what is going on, a fine line ; of liquid cement is drawn along the opening, the slightest pressure conceivable is applied, andlo! the letter is whole as ever.— Wftif.