The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-19
VOLUME 20.
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70 ASSuAEr0 WASA4OuS SouOSAhA1S SAO
stamp.
A subscriber to a newspaper or
periodical who changes his residence
and post Office, should at once notify
the publisher and have the publication
sent TO his new address.
Printed matter, merchandise and
other third class matter cannot be for
warded from the Office to which it IL
addressed, unless the postmaster Is
furnished with postage for such pur-
pose. Neither can q postmaster re-
gard request to return Endorsed on
sEch matter, except he L. furnished
with postage as above. A request to
return written on such matter would
subject the packages TO letter postage.
The delivering OF letters Is not con-
trolled by any statuatOry provision, but
by the rules and regulations Of the
Post Office Department; and the OBJ
Ject OF the Department Is to insure
and facilitate such delivery to the per-
son for whom they are intended. In
the case Of Dl0ney-oriers and registered
letters, the parties app lying for them, If
not kHOtOR, should be required to prone
their identity In the same manner as in
banking Installations, where parties pre-
senting drafts, checks, etc., who are
not known, are required TO prove their
identity. III the case Of advertised
letters, parties applying should be
questioned as 70 the place or places
from whence they may be expecting
correspondence. Ia the general de-
livery of post Office, the postmaster
should exercise q sound discretion In
the delivery Ofletters to persons claim
Ing TO be the persons named In the adj
dress, and who may not DO known to
him.
To inclose any written matter in
printed matter subjects the mailing
party TO fine of five dollars unless
the party addressed pays letter post
age on the package.
When the mail does not arrive ut q
post office after closing Saturday night
or on Sunday, 1t Is not necessary to
keep the office open on Sunday; but
when a mali arrives after closing on
Saturday or on Sunday, the Office
should be kept open for one hour or
more on Sunday after the arrival and
assortment thereof II public conven-
fence require 1t.
Letters addressed to initials or ficti-
tious names are not deliverable unless
the address contains q designated
place of delivery, thus: A letter adj
dressed A. B., station G., New York,
ls not deliverable; bus Q letter address
ed A. B., stating street and number, or
o box number, Is deliverable.
All packages mailed at less than let
ter rates OF postage should be wrapped
so that their contents can be readily
ascertained without destroying the
wrapper. Packages tied with twine,
or matter contained In sealed envelopes
noted at the ends, defeat the object OF
the law and are therefore subject to
letter postage.
Under no circumstances can manu-
script letters be sent for less than letter
postage. Many people think II they
are In unsealed envelopes they can go
1t the one cent. rate. This Is . mis-
take, made sometimes even by post
masters at small offices. Even blanks
with spaces filed by writing must be
paid at the letter rate.
The sender Of any articles of third
class Matchmaker may write his or
her name or address therein, or on the
outside thereof, with the word s'from''
above or preceding the same, or may
write briefly or print on any package
the number and name of the article in
closed.
The postage on manuscript for
magazines, periodicals, and newspa-
pera is three cents for one half ounce,
or fraction thereof. Manuscript music
Is also subject to letter postage.
In every case Of loss by mail the
Department should be Immediately in
formed OF all the circumstances con-
nected with It, such as the name Of
the office in which the letter was post
ed and the date of mailing; whether
by the writer himself or by another
person the names OF the writer and
the person addressed; whether mailed
direct or for distributor If the latter,
to what distributing Office it was mail
ed and whether registered or unregis-
tered, with other particulars that may
aid In making q thorough investiga-
ton. Address communications on
this subject, "Second Assistant Post
master General, Division OF Mail De-
predatiOns.
Only letters or matter Subject to
letter postage can be registered.
Packages of any description of mail
matter may weigh not exceeding four
pounds. -. -
Packages OF multilated currency
addressed to the Treasurer of the
United States for redemption, may bE
registered free of charge for registry
but the postage thereon must be pre-
paid at letter rates.