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Letter Five Hnnüred Years O11. Ancieut specimens of letters are ehown in the Hof museum at Vienna. One is dated 1896. It consistsof a large sheet of ribbod white paper foldod in three. A band of paper was passed round the ontside and through a slit in one edge, being theu fastened with soft wax. A small piece of thin paper was ïaid on the wax and the seal pressed on the paper, not directly on the wax. A somewhat similar arrangement is f ound in a letter of the year 1440, which was written by the town counselor of Munich to the burgomaster of Rastenburg in the Tyrol, in order toobtain information concerning a man accused of bigamy. In the sixteeuth century people in the Tyrol and Bavaria used bands of vellum or cords, fastened with wax. Later came separate round and oblong wafers. The use of the encircling band continued in Austria generally to 1T50, or thereabout, and probably reached this century among conservativo people. The flrst envelope of the modern type in this collection belongs to the year 1715. Keep your blood pure and healthy and you will not have rheumatism. Ilood's Sarsapartlla gives the blood vitality and richness. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder Most Perfect Made.