The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-12-26

iSpthCs may nc iudlieu III uCCOTCduCe
with the regulations that now apply to
| other classes of mail.
Seeds of fruit, nursery stock, and all
other plant products for preparation
may be mailed under the same con-
ditions.
Confectionery and Soap.
Candies, confectionery, yeast cakes.
soap in hard cakes. etc, must be in
closed in boxes and 30 wrapped as to
prevent injury to other mail mat
ter.
Sealed original packages OF propri-
etary articles. such as soaps. tobacco,
pills, tablets. ETC.. put Up in fixed
quantities by the manufacturer. and
not In themselves unavailable, will
be accepted for mailing when properly
wrapped.
Millinery.
Fragile articles. such as millinery.
toys, musical instruments. ETC., and ar.
ticles consisting wholly or in part of
glass. or contained in glass, must be
securely packed and the parcel stamp
ed or labeled FRAGILE"
UNAVAILABLE Matter.
The following matter is declared un
mailable by law:
Matter maniIestly obscene lewd, or
lascivious; articles intended for pre-
venting conception; articles intended
for indecent or immoral purposes; all
matter otherwise mailable by law. the
outside cover or wrapper of which
bears and delineation or language Of
a libelous, scurrilous defamatory. or
threatening character. All such mat
ter, when deposited in a post Off ce or
found in the mails. shall be withdrawn
and sent to the divisions of dead let
tiers.
intoxicants, Poisons and Infiammable
Materials.
Spirituous, vinous, matted, ferment-
ed, or other intoxicating liquors of any
kind; poisons of every kind and arti-
Giles and compositions containing poi
son, POISONOUS animals. insects and
reptiles; explosives Of every kind; In.
hammable materials (Which are held
to include matches, kerosene oil. gaso-
line, naphtha, ben2ine, turpentine, de-
natured alcohol, etc., internal ma
chimes, and mechanical, chemical or
other devices or compositions which
may ignite Of explode disease germs
or scabs. and other natural or artif-
cial articles, compositions or mate
rails OF whatever kind which may
XIII. or in any wise injure another or
damage the mail or other property.
Pistols, Animals and Birds,
Pistols or revolvers, whether in de-
tached parts or otherwise; live or
dead (and not stlffed) animals, birds.
or poultry. except as elsewhere pro-
vided; raw hides or pelts. guano, or
any article having a bad odor will
not be admitted to the mails.
Treatment of Unbelievable Parcels.
Perishable matter will be delivered
as promptly as possible. but if such
matter can not be delivered and be-
comes offensive and injurious to
health, postmasters may destroy it, or
the injurious or offensive portion
thereof.
Parcels Improperly Packed.
Postmasters will refuse to receive
for mailing parcels not properly in
dorsed or packed for safe shipment.
When parcels on which the postage
is wholly unpaid or insufficiently pre-
paid is deposited for local delivery
and the sender is unknown. notice OF
detention need not be sent but such
matter will be delivered and the def
cient postage collected from the ad-
dressee by the carrier II the ad'
dressee refuses to pay the postage
vision Of Dead Letters.
Insurance on Parcels.
A nailable parcel on which the
postage Is fully prepaid may be in
sured against loss in an amount equiv.
alent to its actual value. but not to
exceed $50, on payment OF fee OF
ten cents in parcel post stamps, such
stamps to be affixed.
Forwarding Of Parcels.
Parcels may be remailed or for
warded on the payment OF additional
postage at the rate which would be
il they were originally
mailed at the forwarding office. In
which case the necessary stamps will
be affixed by the forwarding postmas
ter. Payment must be made every
time the parcel is forwarded.
Preparation for Mailing.
Parcels must be prepared for mail
ing in such manner that the contents
can be easily examined A parcel will
not be accepted for mailing unless 1t
bears the name and address OF the
sender preceded by the word From"
in addition TO the name and address
Of the sender. which Is required. II
will be permissible TO write or print
on the covering Of q parcel, or on
tag or label attached to 1t. the occu-
patton of the sender. and TO indicate
in n small space by means of marks.
numbers. names or other brief
description. the character OF the par.
eel, but ample space must be left on
the address side for the full address
in legible characters and for the ne
cessary postage stamps. Inscriptions
such as Merry Christmas" please
10 not open until Christmas" Happy
New Year." with best wishes and
n l.