The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-04
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS,

Cashiers Office. Sundays excepted), 7so
| m. to 100 p. m; Money order department, a
m. to 300 p m. Registry department. soc
| a. M to 500 p m.
General Delivery. Sundays excepted) 73G
! a. m. to 100 p. m. Sunday 800 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Dottvertes Sundays excepted)-In
business section of the city between High and In
ana ana at 7Go a ahd s saStons
ONCE window, 900 u to 1900 ua M Coections
| and 500 p. m. Sunday, 900 D. m. only.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston, Southern and Western intermediate
offices and connections via Boston & Maine
railroad, eastern division) at 1880,
H. 515 and S15 p ms SUNDAY arrive SrH 1 rs
| p. M; close $50 and 9.15 p. m.
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter
mediate oifces and connections, via Boston and
| Maine railroad (Western diviSion)-Arrive at
| 1880 and $50 p. m. close 500 a. M, and
2.45 p. m.
Eastern via Maine Central Railroad-Arrive
2 a. M and 100 p. M; close 1890 and 9.15
| p.
| augusta. intermediate offices and connections
| via Maine Central railroad at 200 and
| s.oOa m. LOO and 500 p. M; close at 6.15 o.
| M. $780, 415 and 9.15 p. m.
Farn,t,,gtor intermediate offices and connec-
| tons, via Maine Central Rairoad-Arrive at
LOO and 6.15 p. NJ; close at 745 a. M, and
! 1870 p. m.
.Roek1and, intermediate offices and connections
| VIA Knox and Lincoln Authoritative LOO
and . p. M; close at 6.15 a. m. and 12 m.
| :. Skoerhegon, intermediate Offices and connec-
tons, via Maine Central Authoritative at
LOO p. M; close at 1890 p. m.
Aub,a7, and Lewiston-Arrive 200 and 900
a. m and LOO and clio p M; close 6.45 and
LAD a. M, 1880, Alb and 9.15 p. m.
,Bongor-Arriye 200 a. m 100 and 8 p m;
close at 6.15 a. M, 1890 and 9,16 p. m.
Biddetord aid saco-Arrive at 80 and $50
| p. M; close at 600, 500 a. m. and 1900 M,
245 and 5.15 p. M
Island Pond, IT. intermediate offices and
| connections, via Grand Trunk Railway--Ar-
p. m.
nections, via Grand Trunk Authoritative at
$40 a. m. and 1890 p. M; close at 645 a. M,
LOO and 4.30 p. m.
Scranton, r., intermediate Offices and con
| necuons, via Mountain Division NJ c. R. R.
| Arrive at 8.35 p M. close at 800 a. IN.
Bartlett, NJ H., intermediate offices and con
nectlons via Mountain Division NJ c. R. R.
Arrive at SEQ a. m. and S.35 p. M. close at
500 a. m. and 245 p. m.
Duck Pond, Pride's Corner, Windhan,. No.
Wtndhan,, Raymond md South Cdsco-Arriye
| at 1900 m. close at 1. 40 p. NJ
Rochester, n. H, intermediate offices and con-
| nectlons via Portland &RocheSter rairoad-Ar.
rive at Lao and GOO p. M. close at 6 80 and
| Hasa. M
Csaeberland lMtlls-Arrive at 40 a. m, Las
| 500 and 8:35 p. M; close at 6 80 a. m, 11.45
O. m, and $50 p. m.
Westbrook (Sdccarappa) Arrive at $40 a.
| M. 145 and 600 p. m. close $50 and 11.45 a.
m. and $50 p. m.
Cape Elizabeth and Kr,ightviUe-A Arrive at
500 a. m. and r. M; close at a. m. and Las
p. m.
Bo,cery Beach-Arrive at p. M close 145
pm
South Portland and Wauard-Arrive at 8 a.
M, and 2 10 p. M; close at s a. m and 200 p.
| CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
Classification of Domestic Nail 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 or partly in
corrected proof sheets of the same.) All mai
ter sealed or otherwise closed gainstinspectioi
| 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 year, which bear :
date OF issue and are numbered consecutively
! are issued from known office of publication
| are formed ofprintd paper sheets, without board
| cloth, leather or other substantial binding
! To be of information of a public
character or devoted to literature, the sciences
| art. or some special industry. and must have
| legitimate list of subscribers, and must not
| 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 (not included in
| second-class matIer) proof-sheets, corrected
| proof-sheets and manuscript copy accompany
| ng the same.
Printed natter is defined by statute to be
l "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 aniactual and personal correspon
! dence."
| A'crcular' is defined by statute to be"
| dence, is being sent in identical terms to sever
al persons" and does not lose its character Us
such by writing therein the date, name of the
| addressee or of the SENDER or the correction of
mere typographical errors.
4th Class Merchandise. namely all matter
not embraced in the first. second or third
classwhich 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 in the postal service, andnot
above the weight provided by law.
Limit of Weight of Mail natter.-No package
| weighing more than four pounds shall be re-
| beived for conveyance by mail. except single9
| cooks weighing III excess of that amount. and
except books and documents published s0r-
circulated by order of Congress, or official
| Departments of the Government or from
| the Smithsonian Institution.
| 80 Second-class matter mailed in packages
| at the pound rate is not subject to the foufY
| 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 Class Matter.-The rate o
postage on matter of the first class is as
| follows:
/. On letters and other written NATTER
except that specially authorized to pass at
third-class rates and on sealed matter or matter
otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
per ounce or fraction thereof
On postel cards one cent each, the price
| fol which they are sold.
8. On drop letters" two cents per ounce or
| fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
| most Offices. and one cent for each ounce or
| fraction thereof at Offices where free delivery
by carrier is not established.
ON Second Class Matter. The rate of
hostage on second-class matter when sent by
| the 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
pound or fraction thereof.
The rate of postage on newspapers and