Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-01-15
Postal Points.

1 DoOkSs pdlffpfhets, anQ music can De
sent at third-class rates.
i 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 an ounce.
No valuable package should ever be
mailed unless it is registered. Don't
forget this.
i Tea, coffee, sugar, and kindred arti-
Giles 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 or wooden box.
| Confectioneries the same.
A book presented for mailing with
letter attached to it would subject tho
entire package to letter rates.
! Never write an address on a letter or
any kind of a package intended for
mailing in careless manner.
Matter inclosed in sealed envelope,
though the corners may be cut or the
ends notched, is subject to letter rates.
| Liquids, poisons, explosive and in
ffammable articles are not received for
mailing, no matter how carefully
wrapped.
Chromos, engravings, or Autographs
belong to the third-class. and can be
sent at the rate of two ounces for ono
cent.
If you want 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
4 Y,aYtab al,a
| to buy money order or postal note.
Photographic and autographs al
! buns are classed as merchandise, and
postal is charged at the rate of one
| cent an ounce.
Animals, reptiles, live or dead (not
stuffed). 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
at the rate of one cent an ounce.
! A postal-card is not mailable with
any writing or printing on the address
| side, except the address, nor with any,
thing pasted or pinned to the other
| side
When Matchmaker is once deposited
! in a post-office 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 a monu-
ment to the carelessness and stupidity
of the American people. The average
| number of letters received there daily
is about $4,000.
| Every businessman should use re-
| turn-request envelopes in all his corres-
| pondence. If everybody used them the
Dead-Letter Office would soon wind up
/ its business.
| Postal-cards are handled with as
much care and promptness in the mat
ter of dispatch and delivery as though
they were letters. even though the mat
ter 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 pack,
/ age to fourth-class rates.
| A newspaper is not forwarded in the
mails unless postage is fully prepaid, so
don't think You can beat Uncle Sam by
attaching a one-cent stamp when two
! are required.
Don't forget that all parcels deposited
! for mailing must be SO wrapped that
they can be examined without destroy
ing the wrapper, otherwise letter rates
1 of postage are charged.
There are thousands of little articles
now sent by express which can be more
safely, quickly. and carefully carried by
mail if registered. The fee is only 10
cents in addition to the postage.
In making present of a book it is
! permissible to write an inscr ption or de-
dication upon the cover or one of the
blank leaves, but it must not contain
anything that partakes OF personal
correspondence.
| 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, if the card is of an en-
| bellished design.
Any person who sends money or
jswelry in unregistered letter not only
runs the risk of losing his property but
! places needless temptation before per-
| sons who might not otherwise be tempt
ed to commit a felony.
In all your correspondence, whenever
it can be done, give the street and
number as well as county and State.
| This saves much time and is sure pre-
ventive against errors of delivery. 1t
is much better to spell the name of the
State in full
A box with its lid nailed on is held as
being closed against inspection and is
therefore subject to letter rates. Post
masters have no right to pry open such
a box and then nail it up again. Even
if they had the right to do SO, they have
not the time.
A tax bill, receipt, an abstract of
/ title, q power of attorney, promissory
note, mortgage, draft or check, can
celled checks, coupons, an invoice bill,
a statement, pension voucher, tele-
/ graphic dispatch, bank note, or any
document with writing upon it, is SUBJ
| ject to letter rates. United States AaJ.
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