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Unmailafole Matter, continued. 



Misdirected. — Matter without address, or so incorrectly, insuf- 

 ficiently or illegibly addressed that it cannot be forwarded to 

 destination, including "nixies " or matter not addressed to a post- 

 office, or addressed to a post-office without the name of the state 

 being given, or otherwise so incorrectly, illegibly or insufficiently 

 addressed that it cannot be transmitted. 



Destructive. — Matter of a harmful nature, poisons, explosive or 

 inflammable articles, live animals, or dead animals not stuffed, 

 fruits or vegetable matter liable to decomposition, conib-honey, 

 guano, articles exhaling a bad odor, vinous, spirituous and malt 

 liquors, liquids liable to explosion, spontaneous combustion, or 

 ignition by shock or jar (for example, kerosene oil, naphtha, ben- 

 zine, turpentine, etc.). Bees and dried insects or reptiles must 

 be so put up as not to injure any one handling the mails, nor to 

 soil mail-bags or their contents. 



Coin and Jewelry. — Coin, jewelry and other precious articles 

 prohibited by postal treaty from being sent in the mails to for- 

 eign countries. 



Scurrilous Matter. — Matter upon the envelope or outside cover or 

 wrapper of which, or any postal-card upon which, any delinea- 

 tions, epithets, terms, or language of an indecent, lewd, lascivious, 

 obscene, libelous, scurrilous, defamatory or threatening char- 

 acter, or calculated by the terms, or manner or style of display, 

 and obviously intended to reflect injuriously upon the character 

 or conduct of another, may be written or printed, or otherwise 

 impressed or apparent. 



Obscene Matter. — Every obscene, lewd or lascivious book, pamph- 

 let, picture, paper, letter, writing, print or other publication of 

 an indecent character, and every article or thing designed or in- 

 tended for the prevention of conception or procuring of abortion, 

 and every article or thing intended or adapted for any indecent 

 or immoral use, and every written or printed card, letter, circu- 

 lar, book, pamphlet, advertisement, or notice of any kind giving 

 information, directly or indirectly, where or how or of whom 

 or by what means any of the hereinbefore-mentioned matters 

 articles or things may be obtained or made, whether sealed as 

 first-class matter or not. 



Lottery Matter. — Letters and circulars known to be concerning 



