The Portland daily press., 1895-01-26
PORTLAND POST-OFFICE.
OFFICE HOURS.

m. to 100 y. H.; Money order department, 9 a
m. to 500 p. m. Registry department. 500
a. m to 600 p. m,
General De,iuerN Sundays excepted 7.so
a. m. to 7 90 D. m. Sunday 900 to 1000 a. m.
Carriers Deliveries Sundays excepted)-In
business section of the city between High and In
dia streets, at 100 and SIS a. M, 1oo M, 1.5o,
and o. 10 p M; in other sections at 800 a. m,
100 p M Collection from Atlantic to
Grove on Congress, 6. n. m. Sunday delivery at
ONCE window, 300 to 1000 q m Colleenoon ms
from street boxes at Hoo a. M, 4-oo
and 500 p. m. Sunday, 600 p M only
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston, Southern and Western, intermediate
Offices and connections via Boston q NAME nn
railroad eastern diyisiOn(-Arrlve at lZ.5U,
8, and 11.30 p M; close 8 a; m. ana I1,o W
NJ. 515 and 915 p. M; Sunday, arrive l.z5
p. M; close $50 and 9.15 p. M
Boston, Southern and Western, and inter
mediate offices and connections. wa Boston o;1 sna
Maine railroad western CONSOLIDATING at
100, $50 and $50 p. m.; close 500 a. m,
and 2.45 p. m.
Eastern via Maine Central Railroad-Arriye
2 a. M and ]. 90 p. M. close 12.2O ana S.lo
p, m.
augusta, intermediate ofices and connections
via Maine Central railroad-Arrive at zoo and
900 a. M, LOO and 900 p. m. close at Clio a.
M. 1920 415 and 9.15 p. m,
Fd7nIi1,qton intermediate offices and connec-
tions, via Maine Central Railroad-Arriye at
100 ana els p. M; close at 7,45 a. m.' ana
12.20p m.
Rocklo,,d, intermediate offices and connections
via Knox and Lincoln railroad-Arrive l.OO
and 6 p. M close at 6,15, a. m. and 1910 p m.
Skorhcgdn, intermediate Offices and connec-
TONS. via Maine Central railroad-ArriVe at
LOO p. M; close at 1920 p. m.i f.,
44rtbaa7, and Lelriston-Arrive 200 and 9'Oc
a. IN. and 100 and 6.15 p. M: close TAD a'
ILL.,, 1920. A.15 and 9.15 p. M. ~
Bangor.-Arriye 200 a. M. 100 and s p, M;
close at 81 a. m, 1920 and 9.15 p. M
Biddeford and SaeoEArrive at LOO, $50 and
m. ate M, a 40
M, 2.45 and 5.15 p. m, .-,,t4
Island Pond, IT.. intermediate offices and
connections, via Grand Trunk Railway-Adr,,
rive at 1890 p. M; close at 6,3b a. m, and LOO
p. m.
Gorhum, ". H., intermediate Offices and cor.
nections, via Grand Trunk railroad-Arrive at
$40 a. M and 12.3o p. M; close at $50 a. Ms
LOO and 4.30 p. m.
Scranton, IT., intermediate offices and con-
nections via Mountain Division M. G. r. r.
Arrive at 8.35 p. M; close at 800 a. m.
Bartlett, N. r., intermediate offices and con-
nections via Mountain Division M. G. r. R.
Arrive at 9.CO a, m. and $3.50 p. m; close at
500 a. m. and 245 p. m.
Duck Pond, Pride's Corner, Wtndha,n, no.
Wdndhdne Raymond and South Cdsco-Arriye
at 1900 M; close at Lao p. M.
nections, via Portland &Rochester railroad-Ar.
rive at Lao and 600 p. M. close at $50 and
11.46 a. m.
Cumberland Mtls-Arrive at $40 a. M. las
800 and 8.35 p NJ; close at $50 a. NJ, 1L'4o
a. M, and $50 p. m.
Westbrook (Saccarappa)- at s.4o.a.
M 45 and 600 p. m. close $50 and 11.45a.
m. and $50 p. M
Cane Elizabeth and K,lightville- Arrive at ,
500 a. M and P M; close at 8 a. N ana Lao
p. m. t. H. -e5t
Boavery Beach-Arrive at 6 p. m. close Las
South Portland and Waltord-Arrive at "a
M, and 2.15 p. M; close at 8 a. m. and zoo p.
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
Classification Of Domestic Mail Mat
tey.-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
writing whether sealed or unsealed Except
corrected proof sheets OF the sanle.l All mat
ter sealed or otherw Use 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., when bear a
date of ISSUE and are numbered consecutively,
are issued from known office capitalization.
are formed ofprintd paper sheets without o9ara.
To be of information OF public
character or devoted to literature. the sciences.
art or some. special industry, and must nave
legitimate list of subscribers, and must not
be designed primarily for advertising purposes,
or for free circulation or circulation at nominal
rates.
Sd Class. Books. circulars periodicals and
other matter wholly in print mot included in
second-class matuer), proof-sheets corrected
proof-sheets 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 or images. or OF any
combination thereof, not having the
character OF aniactual and personal correspoh
.dence."
printed letter, which. according to internal evl
dence, is being sent in identical terms to sever
al persons" and does not lose its character as
such by writing therein the date, name o. tns
addresses or OF the sender, or the correction OF
mere typographical errors.
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, 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 Mau MGtter.-No package
weighing more than tour pounds shall be re
beiVed for conveyance by mail. except sinele
except books and documents published or
circulated by order OF Congress, or omcial
matter emanating rom any OF tuo
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 tour-
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
postage on matter of the first class is IS
follows:
/. On letters and other written matter,
except thaG specially authorized to pass. at
third-claSS rates and on sealed matter or matter
otherwise closed against inspection, two cents
psr ounce or fraction thereof.
On pOStel cards one cent each, the price
for which they are sold.
s. On drop letters" two cents per ounce or
fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
most Offices and one cent for each ounce or
traction thereof at offices where free delivery
by carrier is not established.
On Second Class Matter. Ine rate or
postage Oh Second-clasS matter when sent ny
the publisher thereof, and from the ONCE OF
publication. including samples copies, or when
sent from news agency TO actual SUBSCRIBERS
thereto or to other news agents, Is one cent per