Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-01-30
ATTIcA, KANSAS.

BOOKS, pamphlets and music can be
sent at third-class rates.
Every counting room should be sup
piled with scales for weighing letters.
The postage on pair Of boots would
be at the rate OF one cent per ounce.
No valuable package should ever be
mailed unless it is registered. Don't
forget this.
Tea, coffee, sugar and kindred, arti-
cles can be mailed at the rate Of one
cent an ounce. .-
Clothing is classed as merchandise
and can be mailed only at the rate of
one cent an ounce.
Wedding cake can only be mailed
when packed in tin on wooden box.
ConfectiOneries the same.
Never write an address on a letter or
any kind Of package intended for mail
ing in a careless manner.
Matter inclOsed in a sealed envel-
ope, though the corners may be cut OF
the ends notched, is subject to letter
rates.
Liquids, poisons, explosive and in
fiammable articles are not received for
mailing, no matter how carefully wrap
ped.
Chromos, engravings, or Autographs
belong to the third class, and can be
sent at the rate of two ounces for one
cent.
If you wanted to send suit of
clothes by mail which weighed six
pounds, you would have TO make two
packages of it.
Send no cash money by mail. 1t is
much safer and cheaper in the long
run to buy money order or postal
note.
Photographic and autographic albums
are classed as merchandise, and post
age is charged at the rate of one cent
an ounce.
Animals, reptiles, live or dead mot
stuffedl insects, except queen bees when
safely secured, are excluded from the
mails.
An unclaimed postal card is not re-
turned to the writer, even though his
address is given upon it, but is sent to
the dead letter office.
Letter heads, bill heads and envel-
Opes, blank or printed, are charged
as merchandise, and postage must
be paid for at the rate of one cent an
ounce.
A postal card is not mailable with
any wrltingor printing on the address
side, except the address, nor with any
thug pasted or pinned to the other
side.
When mail matter is once deposited
in postoffice, or in a street letter box,
it is beyond the control of the person
putting it there and cannot be reclaim
ed.
The dead letter Office is monument
to the carelessness and stupidity of the
American people. The average num-
Der of letters received there daily is
about $1,000.
Every business man should use re-
turn envelopes in all his correspond
ence. IL everybody used them the dead
letter Office would soon wind up its bus
iness.
Postal cards are handled with as much
care and promptness IN the matter of
dispatch and delivery as though they
were letters, even though the matter
thereon is printed.
Third and fourth class matter can be
mailed in the same package, provided
It does not exceed four pounds in weight,
but it subjects the entire package to
fourth class rates.
A newspaper is not forwarded in the
mails unless postage is fully prepaid, so
don't think you eau beat Uncle Sam by
attaching one cent stamp when two
are needed.
Don't forget that all parcels deposit
ed for mailing must be so wrapped that
they can be examined without destroy
ing the wrapper, otherwise letter rates
Of postage are charged.
There are thousands of little articles
now sent by express which can be
more safely, quickly and carefully car
ried by mail if registered. The fee is
only ten cents in addition TO the pos
tage.
In makinga a present Of a book it is
permissible to write an insertion on or
dedication upon the cover or one of the
blank leaves, but it must not contain
anything that partakes of personal cor
respondence.
Written visiting cards are regarded
as first class matter, and subject to let
ter rates. If printed they can be sent
at the rate of one cent for each two
ounces, that is, il the card is of an en-
bellished design.
Any person who sends money or Jew
elry in an unregistered letter not only
runs the risk Of losing his property but
places needless temptation before the
persons who might not otherwise be
tempted to commit felony.
A box with its lid mailed on, is held
as being closed against inspection, and
Is therefore subject to letter rates.
Postmasters have no right to Dry open
such box and then nail it up again.
Even II he had the right 10 do 80, they
have not the time.