The Portland daily press., 1894-08-14

| Post
Office window, 800 to 1000 a. m. Collections
from street boxes at HOO a. M, 400
and 500 p m. Sunday, 500 p. m. only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
BoSto1', Southern and Western. intermediate
offices and connections via Boston s Maine
railroad. Eastern divisionJ Arrive at 1880
H. 515 and S15 D. I m san ID arrive in l7 19g
p. M; close $50 and 9.15 p. m.
! Boston, Southern and Western. and inter
| mediate Offices and connections via Boston and
| Maine railroad (Western division)-Arrive at
1890 and $50 p M; close 500 a. M, and
| 2.45 p. m.
| Eastern, via Maine Central Raflroad-Arrive
| 2 a. m. and 90 p. m; close 1890 and 915
| p. m.
| augusta, intermediate Offices and connections
via Maine Central railroad-Arriye at 200 and
800 m, Loo and 500 p. M; close at 6.15 a.
| M. 1880. 4.15 and 9.15 p. m.
Pennington, intermediate offices and connec.
| tons, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive at
100 and 6.15 p. M; close at As a. M, and
12.30p. m.
| Roesttond, intermediate offices and connections
wa Knox and Lincoln railroad-Arriye LOO
| ana p M; close at g.. a. m. and IL m.
| Skouhegan, intermediate offices and connec.
TONS, via Maine Central rafIroad-Arriye at
i.oo p M close at IL. 80 p. N.
Auburn md Leu'tston-Arrive 200 and 900
Z. ~ and 90 and 6.15 p. M; close 6.45 and
$40 a. M, 1890 415 and 9.15 p m.
| ,Ba'egor--Arrive 200 a. NJ 90 and p. m.
close at 6.15 a. M, 1890 and 915 b. m.
Biddetord and Saco-Arrive at 49, so and s 80
p NJ; close at 600, 500 a. III. and 12.o0 M,
2.45 and Bib p. m
Island Pond, IT, intermediate offices and
connexions, via Grand Trunk Railway--Ar-
rive at l2.3o p. n.; close at 6.45 a. m. and LOO
p. m.
Gorhdna, ". H., intermediate offices and con.
necqonss via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrive at
$40 a. m. and 1890 p. m. ; close at 6.45 a. M,
LOO and 4.30 q. m.
Scranton, ", intermediate offces and con.
nections, via Mountain Division NJ. G. r. r.
AfrlVe at $3.50 p M; close at 500 a. m.
Bartlett, NJ. n. intermediate Offices and con-
necuons via Mountain Division NJ G. r. R.
Arrive at SEQ a. m. and S35 p. M. close at
500 a. m. and 2.45 p. m.
Datek Pond Pride's Corner, JT5nd1tans, No.
at 1900 M; close at l. As p NJ.
Rochester, N. H., intermediate Offices and con
nections, via Portland chichester rairoad-Ar.
rive at 40 and 600 p. M; close at $50 and
1l.45 a. m.
Cumberland 1fslls--Arrive at $40 a. m.e 1.45
GOO and S.35 p, M; close at 6 80 a. M, Las
a. M, and $50 p. m.
Westbrook (Sacearappa) Arrive at $40 a.
m. Lao and 600 p m. close $50 and 11.45 a.
m. and $50 p. m.
Cape Elizabeth and K,atghtvi1e-A Arrive at
500 a. m. and r. H.; close at a. m. and Las
p. m.
Boteery Beach-Arrive at 6 p. m. close las
p. m.
South Portland and Villard--Arrive at a.
M. and 2.15 p. M; close at a. m. and 200 y,
m.
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
Classification Of Domestic Mail Mot
ter.-Domestic mail matter, that is
mail matter sent in the mails from some
post office within the United States to
some other post office within the same.
is divided into four classes, as follows:
LIST CLASS. Written matter. namely, letters,
postal cards, and all matter wholly on partly in
writing, whether sealed or unsealed Except
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
corrected proof sheets of the -sanie.} All mat
ter sealed Or otherwise closed against Inspection
I'd class. Periodical publications, namely all
newspapers and other periodical publications
which are issued at stated intervals and as
frequently as four times year, which bear 4
date of issue, and are numbered consecutively,
are issued from known office Of publication
are formed Of prntd paper sheets. without board.
cloth, leather or other substantial binding.
To be of information of public
character, or devoted to literature, the Sciences
art. Or some. special industry, and must have
be designed primarily for advertising purposes
or for free circulation or circulation at nominal
rates.
Sd Glass. Books. circulars, periodicals and
other matter wholly in print. (pet included in
second-class natter, proof sheets, corrected
proof and manuscript copy accompany
ng the same.
''Printed matter" is defined by statute to be
"the reproduction upon paper, by any process
| except that of handwriting, of any words,
letters, characters, figures OF images or OF any
| combination thereof, not having the
| character of aniactual and personal correSpon
| dence."
| A"circu1ar" is defined by statute to be g
| printed letter, which, according to internal EVIL
| dence is being sent in identical terms to sever
q par a has q
| such by writing therein the date, name of the
! addressee or of the sender, OF the correction of
| mere typographical errors. IA
| 4th Glass Merchandise, namely all matter
| not embraced in the first second or third
ciasswhich is not in its form or nature liable to
| destroy, defaee or otherwise damage the con
7 tents OF the mail bag. or harm the person Of
| any one engaged in the postal service, andnot
| above the weight provided by law
| Limit of Weight Of Mail Mdtter-No package
| weighing more than four pounds shall be re
| beived for conveyance by mail. except single
| cooks weighing IN excess OF that AMOUNT and
except books and documents published. or
Departments of the Government or from
So Second-class matter mailed in packages
| at the pound rate is not subject to the four
| pound limitation. -
81 The above limit of weight does not ap-
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated By
postalS conventions,
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Glass Matter.-The rate o
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows:
l. On letters and other written matter,
except that specially authorized to pass at
third-class rates and on sealed matter or matter
otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
per ounce OF fraction thereof.
On posteI cards one cent each, the pride
fol which they are sold.
g. On drop etterS' two cents per ounce or
| fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
post offices, ard one cent for each ounce or
| traction thereof at Offices where free delivery
by carrier is not established.
on Second Class 1fatter. The rate Of
| postage on second-class matter when sent by
the publisher thereof, and from the office Of
publication, including samples copies, or when
sent from a news agency TO actual subscribers
thereto. OF to ether news agents, is one cent per
pOund or fraction thereof.
The rate of postage on newspapers and
periodical publications of the second-class
when SEM by other than the publisher OF news
agent, is one cent for each four ounces or
fractional part thereof.
The rate of postage on newspapers (excepting
weeklies) and on periodicals not exceeding two
ounces in weght,whenthe same aredeposited In
is uniform at one cent each; on periodicals
weighing more than two ounces two cents