The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-23
KANSAS CONNENT
PREACHING LETTER SENDING.

PREACHING LETTER SENDING.
Postmasters in the towns of Kansas
have received instructions from the
United States postoffice department to
speak in the different city schools on
now to use the mails. The story that
the postmasters tell the children runs
on TINS order-and it is good advice
and information for grownups as well:
Mail is classified as first. second, third
and fourth class. The first class Is two
cents per ounce, or fraction thereof
This includes all mail closed against in
ispection and all writing, sealed sor UNI
sealed. The second class or unsealed
mail Is one cent for each pound or
traction thereof. no limit to weight.
This rate applies to newspapers and
other periodical publications bearing
notice of entry as second class matter,
circulars, etc. On fourth class the rate
Is one cent per ounce or fraction there
Oh. This rate is for merchandise and
all other matter not included in the
first, second and third classes. The
registry department of the postotf1ce
accepts letters or packages which do
not weigh more than four pounds, the
fee of registration being eight cents in
addition to the regular postage. Reg-
tstered mails reach every postof1ce IN
the world. Attributable letters and par
GELS should be registered. such pack
ages are but seldom lost. If such
thing should happen, the sender is re-
imbursed up to $25 by the government.
"A safe and inexpensive way OF send
ing money to your friends, or in the
way of business, is through the money
order system. You can get an order
not to exceed $3.50 for three cents, not
to exceed S. for five cents. and not to
exceed SO for eight cents, and an or
der for 800 costs only 80 cents. The
postoffice is a safe place to deposit your
money. This is possible by purchas-
ing an order payable to yourself, which
is good for one year. A very important
foo iS ha addressing
mail matter. The name of the person
addressed, the postoft1ce and the state
must be given. If the party resides
in a city, give the street number. New
er write John Doe, city, but write
the name of the city. Put the stamp
in the upper right hand corner, and be
sure that it is on. Do not lick all the
mucilage off the stamp. A good way
is to buy % envelopes with the stamp
already embossed. Such package
only costs 81 cents. which means that
you pay but four cents for the enVei-
opes. If you make mistake IN ad-
dressing one of such envelopes 1t can
be exchanged at the postoffice for a
stamp, provided the envelope is not
mutilated.-Hutchinso News.
WRITES WHAT HE KNOWS.
This department went to Topeka
Friday and encompassed F. D. Co
burn around about, and asked him so
many questions that he sent in a gen.
eraI alarm. Mr.. Coburn is the most
popular man in Kansas, and the peo-
pie think far more of him than of any |
number of statesmen or silver |
tongued orators, because he has done
useful things, and contributed to the |
general welfare of the people. In
stead of cooling around inventing new
theories of government, he has been |
explaining to the farmers how to raise
better hogs and alfalfa, and they have |
always found that his explanations
worked out right. This is because he |
writes what he knows, and not what |
he guesses A book by Coburn, on a |
given subject, is as reliable and COM
prehensive as a treatise by Blackstone
on the law, and a blamed sight more |
Gazette.