The Portland daily press., 1895-07-10

at 1l'oO Ill. ClOSc db l. Sd u, III.
Rochester, N. H. intermediate offices and CON
nectlons, via Portland &RocheSter railrOad-Ar-
rive at LAO and 600 p m; close at $50 and
IL 40 a. m.
Cumberland Aftuls-Arrive at s.4oa m.. Las
600 and S:15 D. m.; close at $50 a. m., 11.45
a. nl., and $50 p. m.
Westbrook (saccarappa) Arrive at $40 a.
m. Lao and 600 p. II. close $50 and 11.45 a.
m. and $50 p. m.
Cape Elizabeth and Ka,ightviue-Arrive at
500 a. m. and p. M; close at a. M and 1.45
p. m.
Bo,Uery Beach-Arrive at p. m. clcse LAS
p. m.
South Portland and Willard-Arrive at ga.
M, and 2.15 y. m.; close at a. m. and 200 p.
m.
CLASSIFICATION OF MAIL MATTER.
Classification Of Domestic Mail Mat-
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:
1st CLASS. Written matter. namely, letters,
postal cards, and all matter wholly OF partly in
writing, whether sealed or unsealed Except
manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or
corrected proof sheets of the same.) All mat
ter sealed or otherwise closed against inspection
Els also of the first class.
I'd class Periodical publications, namely all
newspapers anu OlIl6I pcIlOulCdl puUIlCdblOnS
which are issued at stated Intervals and as
frequently as four times year.. whicn bear.
date of issue, and are numbered consecutively,
are issued from known office Of publication,
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
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 (not included in
second-class matter), 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 correspon-
sdence."
A"clrcular" is defined by statute to be
printed letter. which, according to internal evil
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 of the
addresses or Of I the sender, or the correction OF
4th Glass Merchandise, namely all matter
not embraced in the hrst. 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
weighing more than four pounds shall be re
beiyed for conveyance by mail except single
cooks weighing IN excess OF that amount. and
circulated by order of Congress, or official
Departments Of the Government or from
the Smithsonian Institution.
80 Second-class matter mailed in packa ges
at the pound rate is not subject to the fc ur-
pound limitation.
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 as
follows:
1. On letters and other written matters
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.
3. On drop letters" two cents per ounce or
fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier
post 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
postage 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
perjodieal 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 on periodicals not exceeding two
ounces in weight whenithe same aredeposited in
ia uniform at one cent each; on periodicals
weighing more than two ounces, two cents
Newspapers and periodicals when de
posited by the publishers or news agent in
tetter-carrier office for general or box delivery
are subject 10 pay postage at the rate OF one
cent per pound; when deposited by other than
nublishers or news agents. for general or box
delivery. the rate is one cent for four ounces or
fractional part thereof.
Weekly newspapers when deposited by the
nuhlisher OF news agents in letter-carrier
pffce. for delivery by carriers. or otherwise. are
subject only to the rate OF one cent pound or
traction the eof.
All seeond-class publications. when sent by
the publisher or news agent by MAIL to let
ter. ter carrier office located either in the county
of publication or elsewhere. are subject to
oostage at the rate of one cent pound. which
Entities them to delivery by the carriers.
IN Third Class MGttcr.-The rate of DoStape
on third-cass matter is one cent for each two
onhces or fractional part thereof.
IN Fourth Class Mdtter-The rate of posta ga
m fourth-class matter is one cent an ounce o
cation thereof