The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-05
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

a. IN. to 700 p M Sunday 800 to 16.Ooa. m.
Carriers Deiireries, Sundays excepted)-In
business section OF tho city between High and In
dia streets, at 700 and 9.15 a. H. IL 40 M 100
and .. 10 p. m; i'll other sections at 500 a. M,
Office window, 900 to 1000 a. m. Collections
and 500 p. m. Sunday. 500 p M only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Bosfon, Southern amt Western. intermediate
oftces and connections via Boston s. Maine
railroad. eastern Is division) Arrive at 1880,
Q, and l.3O p. M; close s a. m. and 1900
M OLD and D,15 p. M. Sunday arrive LBS
p m. close $50 and 9.15 p. m.
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter
Maine railroad (Western divison)-Arrive at
1890 and $50 p. H.; close 500 a. m. and
2.45 p. m
Eastern, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
a. m. and LOO p. M; close 1890 and 9.15
p. m.
| Augusta intermediate Offices and connections
va ao Maine Central railroad-Arrive at 200 and
| m 1910, Ais and 81 D. IN.
| Pennington, intermediate offices and connec-
| tons, via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive at
LOO and 6.l5 p. NJ. close at 40 a. M. and
1230p. m.
.Rockland, intermediate offices and connections
via Knox and LncolnS railroad-Arrive 100
anu 3 p. M; close at 6.15 a. m. and IL m.
=. Skowheaon. intermediate offices and connec-
uOnS. via Maino Central lailroad-Arrivs at
l.oo p. M; close at 2.30 D. III.
Aatburn and Le,riston--Arrive 200 and 900
i q. m. and LOO and Oh u M. close Gas ana
$40 a." m. 1870. All and 0.15 p. m.
,Bangor--Arriye 2.ooa. M. 100 and p M.
| close at g. 8 Il. m, 1880 and 9.15 p. m
/ Btddsford aid Sdco-Arrive at 2. 80 and 8 80
?. m; close at Goo $50 Il. M. and 12.Ot m,
2.45 and 5.15 p. m.
| Island Pond, H.. intermediate offices and
| connections, via Grand Trunk Railway-Ar-
rive at 1870 p NJ; close at Gao a. m. and LOO
| p. m.
| Gorhnna, N. IT., intermediate Offices and CON
| necuons. via GIand Trunk rairoad-Arriye at
| $40 a. III. and 1870 d. m. close at 645 a. m.
LOO and 4.30 p. m.
sMalaon nt intermedIate offices and con
| nectlonS, via Mountain Division M c. II. r.
! Arrive at 1855 p. M; close at 500 a. m.
Bartlett, N. a., intermediate Offices and con-
nections via Mountain Division NJ G. R. R.
Arrive at SEQ a. m. and S.35 p. M; close at
500 a. III. and PAS p. III.
| WMdhdm, Rdy,noud md South Cdsco-Arrye
| at 1900 m. close at Lao p. NJ
| Rochester ". H. intermediate Offices and con
| nections via Portland <ochester railroad-Ar.
! rive at l AS and 600 p. M. close Mt $50 and
| 11.45 a. IN.
| Cumberland lltNs-Arrive at g. 40 a. m, AS
| GOO and S.35 p. H.; close ut 80 a. NJ, 1l.45
| q. m, and $50 p. m.
Ircstbrook (saccaroppn) Arrive at $40 IA.
| M Lap ard GOO p M. close 6,30 and 11.45 a.
| m. and 5.3u y. IN.
| Cape Elizabeth aud kntghtviHe- Arrive at
| s.00a. m. and =. H.; close at a. IN. and AS
| p. M
| BouerD Beach-Arr:ve AZ p. M. close 1.45
| p m.
| South Portland and JF1ltard--Arrive at 8a.
m and 2.15 p. H.; close at H. m. and 100 =.
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
| Classification Of Domestic Mail Nat
| 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, rs follows:
LIST ciaSs Written matter. namely letters,
postal cards and all matter wholly or partly in
writing. whether sealed or lnseaIed Except
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
corrected proof sheets III the saine.) All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against Inspection
is also OF the first class.
I'd class. Periodical publications, namely all
newspapers and other periodical publications
which are issued at stated intervals and as
frequently as four times Il year, when bear a
date of issue, and are numbered consecutivey,
arc issued from known Office OF publication
are formed fprintd paper sheets without board.
g III; leather or other substantial binding.
character, or devoted to literature the sciences,
art. or some special industry and must have a
legitimate list of subscribers, and must not
be designed primarily for advertising purposes,
or for Tree circulation or circulation at nominal
rates.
Sd Cllss. Books. circulars. periodicals aud
other matter wholly i'll print, (not included IN
second-class niatter), proof-sheets, corrected
proofsheets and manuscript copy accompany
ing the sane. 81
Printed matter Is defined by statute to be
1.-THE reproduction upon paper by any process
except that of handwriting, of any words,
letters characters, figures or images. or of any
combination thereof, not having the
character of an.actual and personal correspon
dence' ~
A"clrcular" is defined by statute to be "a
printed letter, Notwithstanding to internal evil
dence is being sent i'll identical terms to sever
| al persons" and does not lose its character as
| such by writing therein the date, name of the
addressee or OF the SENDER OF the correction Of
mere typographical errors.
4th Glass Merchandise. namely all matter
not embraced in the first, second or third
casswhich is not in its form or nature liable to
| destroy, deface or otherwise damage the con-
| tents OF the mail bag or harm the person Of
| any one engaged i'll the postal service, andnot
| above the weight provided by law aA
| Limit of Weight of Nal Mdtter.-No package
| beived for conveyance by mail except SINGLE
| cooks weighing III excess OF that amount. and
except books and documents published or
circulated by order of Congress-. or otf1cal
matter eman lat from any OF the tho
the Smithsonian institution
80 Second-cass matter mailed in packages
at the pound rate is not subject to the four
pound limitation.
81. The above limit of weight does not APP
ply to matter in foreign mails regulated By
pOstals conventions,
RATES OF POSTAGE.
On First Class Matter.-The rate of
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows: 3
1. On letters and other written matter,
except thas specially authorized to pass at
third-class rates and on sailed matter or matter
otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
per ounce or fractioE thereof.
2. On postel cards one cent each, the price
for which they are sold. .,,.o oo,+. ,,ou o,..o
fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
post Offices, and one cent for each ounce or
traction thereof at offices where free delivery
ly carrier is not established.
on Second Class Matter. The rate of
postage or second-clasS matter when sent by
tie publisher thereof, and from the office Of
publication. including samples copies, or when
sent from news agency to actual subscribers
thereto or to other news agents, is one cent per
mound or fraction thereof.
The rate OF postage on newspapers and
neriodical publications of the Second-class
when sent by other than the publisher or news
agent is one cent for each four ounces or
fractional part thereof.
The rate of postage on newspapers (excepting
weeklies) and OH periodicals not exceeding two
ounces in weight,when the same aredepositedin
iS uniform