The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-11
TIE MAIL SERVICE
Practical Suggestions for Post
office Patrons
LANGUAGE OF LETTERS
Directions, Which If Followed, Viii
Enable the Public to Use The
Mails Properly
THE LANGUAGE OF LETTERS.

THE LANGUAGE OF LETTERS.
Or postage stamp filtration revised
Writing the address in alleged poe
try or rhyme is an evidence of feeble
mindedness that should never be dis
played in public.
A postage stamp upon the upper
left hand corner of an envelope means
81 am not right bright in the estima
tion of postal employees.
The address at top of envelope on
a line with the stamp, indicates that
it is liable to be obliterated by can
ceiling machine, and the letter go to
the Dead Letter office for resurrec-
ton.
Stamp on the reverse side of enve-
lope means that the letter may be
thrown aside in the rush of making ur
mail before the freak is discovered,
and delayed from one to twenty-four
hours, as a result of such nonsense.
Writing ''In haste" or similar in
scriptions upon letter is sign of
great danger. No doubt many serious
wrecks have been occasioned by fast
running of trains when the engineer
knew such a letter was in the mail
car Don't do it any more. Some mail
clerk is liable to hurt himself laugh
ing at your Stiffness. Mail matter is
always sent by the quickest possible
route after being deposited in the post
office, frequently going hundreds of
miles around to gain few minutes
over a shorter direct route on which
connections. are not so good. Nothing
but a special delivery stamp will hur-
ry anything by mail, and that only
after it has reached the office of des-
tination, where it will be specially de-
livered.
FOREIGN MAILS.
Rates and conditions appliable to
mail matter within the universal pos
tai union, which embraces practically
every country in the civilized world:
Letters-For each ounce or fraction,
5 cents first ounce and 3 cents for
each additional ounce. Postal cards 2
cents each Letters addressed to any
Postal Union Country will be forward
ed though no stamps have been affix-
ed, but double the deficiency will be
collected upon delivery. The same
rule applies to letters mailed in other
countries and addressed to the United
States.
! Newspapers and printed matter, 1
cent for each 2 ounces or fraction
thereof. Limit of weight 4 pounds 6
ounces Packages of printed matter
are limited in size to 1S inches in
any one direction, except to Germany
and Great Britain, where the limit is
two feet, though roles not more than
4 inches in diameter may be 80 inches
long
Publications in violation of the copy
right laws of the country of destina-
-pnIoxs GIsnoIos!I 90 osIg II!M 'uoE
ed.
| Before mailing anything other than
letters to a foreign country, it will be
we'll to consult your postmaster.
| UNAVAILABLE MATTER.
intoxicating liquors, (ardent, vinous,
spurious of malt,) poisons, explosive
or inflamable articles, live or dead
animals, (not stuffed,) insects and
reptiles, Except queen bees and their
attendant bees, the Australian Lady
Bird" in their proper receptacles,) or
articles exhaling bad odor, all mat
ters pertaining to lotteries, gift enter
prises or games of chance, and all
articles intended for indecent or i'm
moral purposes, including all advertise
ments concerning the same, are abso-
lutely unmailbale in any form or quail