Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-05-28
soNE posrALOoNrs.
.o,s Commonly Committed by Peo-
b''V n,s when Mailing Letters.

Commonly Committed by Peo-
BTU n,e when Mailing Letters.
sstouishlng how questions pour
.S,ng mail matter and its treat
y - aid postal official, ''and 1t shows
m'r M mart Of the general public a woeful
oh =. :, information with which II ought
hes ,.miIisr. have from time to time
W. va down some postal don'ts which win
& found OF value
.oou't mail your letter without placing
last one two-cent postage stamp
Sou or course, you will say that
.tvavs do this, but there were 10000
,.,,ons Of the mails last year who did
not.
,,sss OF the person for whom your letter
package Is intended plainly on the
a.s,ona or face OF the package. You
s,.y and comfort in the knowledge that
80. ~. than 10000 pieces of mail matter
.ifbou, line OF superscription were re-
,o;vsd last year at the Dead Letter Office
IN Washington.
enou't mlsdirect your own mail, even
4, half a million people annually write
,be wrong addresses upon the pieces they
drop in the boxes. e
aDop't send loose coin in envelopes. II
ia not stolen 1t often works out OF the
corners. Don't send bills either. II the
rns,al thief who steals your money Is
caught be VIII go to prison, and you will
IA tbe cause Of II. Use the money order
a, the registry system when you wish to
transmit money or valuable articles
through the malls.
aDout, II you have come from a foreign
land. fail to place the correct address OF
YOUR correspondent in this old country on
the envelope. A quarter of a million OF
these incorrectly addressed foreign letters
are annually returned to the United States
10 be returned to their senders, II their
names and addresses can be obtained.
apon't fail to place your name and ad.
dress in your letter or on the envelope II
you wish your missive returned to you in
case OF non delivery. Some people send
money, and say: From mother or From
rapa.' We all had mothers or fathers.
No clue ia Afforded to either the sender or
The addressee In case OF non delivery.
"Dont omit your name, your postoi-
fee or your state when writing to depart
ment stores in cities for goods. Many
people do omit one or more OF these es-
sential particulars, sometimes all. and IT
causes confusion.
"Don't think you can beat the game
when you receive a polite letter from
stranger in a city telling you how to get
rich quickly for nothing. You will be
out OF pocket aud sadly fooled, IL you en-
lertain this popular belief.
''Don't fail to prepay full rate upon
ages, even though the former will go for
ward to destination without any prepay
ment Of postage at all. and the latter II
partially prepaid. Double postage Is col
leeted abroad for the amount due.
"Don't forget with domestic mail that,
while letter will 60 forward IL it has
single rate OF postage paid thereon, two
cents, the balance due to be collected OF
the addressee, newspapers and packages
will not. They go to the Dead Letter Of
fee. People confuse these instances OF
foreign and domestic mail, and loss re-
suits
Don't be so careless es not to seal the
tap OF your envelope, and II you fail to
do this don't afterwards complain to the
department. that somebody opened my
lslter'. Thousands of people do this
every year.
Don't forget that postal thieves do not
get all OF the money letters which are not
delivered. Some find their way to the
Dead Letter office, about 5000 annually,
elntainlng on an average OF about $50 600.
Your money is returned TO you II you can
De located; otherwise your dollars help
sseh the postal fund In the treasury"