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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-27
RULES GOVERNING MAILING or
PACKAGES under NEW system
After Jan. One May Mail Anything Weighing Not More Than II
Pounds by Parcel Post-Pershabe Articles May Be
Sent Under Specific Restrictions.

Postmaster General Hitchcock has
just approved the regulations which
cover in detail the articles which may
or may not be sent by parcel post.
The rulCs as to what can be sent
and what cannot be sent and the in
struCtions for the preparation of mail
able articles with other official ad-
vice" are given here as they have just
been prepared by the postottlce de-
partment in Washington.
The minimum rate will be five cents
for the first pound and three cents for
each additional pound to any point not
exceeding fifty miles from the office Of
mailing; the local rate, which is five
cents for the first pound and one cent
for additional pound, applies to all
parcels the delivery Of which does not
involve their transportation on rail
way lines. The rates increase for
each successive one Of the eight zones,
the maximum rate being twelve cents
a pound, which will carry a parcel
across the continent or to any of our
possessions. Parcels will be limited
to eleven pounds in weight and six
feet In length and girth combined.
Nathalie PerishabIe Articles.
Butter, lard and perishable articles
such as fish, fresh meats, dressed
fowls, vegetables, fruits, berries and
articles of a similar nature that decay
quickly, when so packed or wrapped
as to prevent damage to other mail
matter, will be accepted for local de-
livery either at the office of mailing or
on any rural route starting therefrom.
When inclosed In an inner cover and
a strong outer owe Of wood, met
al. heavy corrugated pasteboard or
other suitable material and Wrapped
that nothing can escape from the
package, they will be accepted for
mailing to any offices within the first
or within q radius of so miles.
Butter, lard. or any greasy or oily sub
stance intended for delivery at offices
beyond the first zone must be suitably
packed. Vegetables and fruit that do
not decay quickly will be accepted for
mailing to any zone If packed so as
to prevent damage to other mail mat.
ter. Eggs will be accepted for local
delivery when securely packed in a
basket or other container. Eggs will
be accepted for mailing regardless of
distance when each egg Is wrapped
separately and packed in a ~container.
There is no restriction on sailed,
dried, smoked or cured meats and
other meat products, but fresh meat
In any form will be transported only
the first N
Parcels containing %perishable arti
cles must be marked "PER1SHABLE,"
and articles likely to spoil within the
time reasonably required for trans
p~ortation and delivery will not be ac-
for mailing.
Manufactured Articles.
Manufacturers or dealers intending
to transmit articles in considerable !
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-27

found in the mails, shall be withdrawn
ard sent to the division of dead let
tels.
l~ntoxicants, Polsons and Inflammable
Materials.
Spirttuous, Vinous, matted, fernent-
ed, OF other intoxicating liquors of any
kind; poisons of every kind, and aTti-
cles aid compositions containing poi
sons, poisonous animals, insects and
reptiles; explosives of every kind; in
intlammable material (Which are held
to include matches, kerosene oil, gas
oline, naphtha, benzine, ~turgentine, de-
natured alcohol, etc., internal ma
chimes, and mechanical, chemical or
other devices or compositions which
may ignite or explode; disease germs
or scabs, and other natural or artih-
cial articles, compositions or mate
rails of whatever kind which may
kill, or In any wise injure another or
damage the mail or other property.
Postmasters will refuse to receive
for mailing parcels not properly in
dorsed or packed for safe shipment.
Pistols, Animals and Birds.
Pistols or r%evolvers, whether In de-
tached parts or otherwise; live or
dead land not stuffed) animals, birds,
or poultry, except as elsewhere pro-
vi led; raw hides OF pelts, guano, or
any article having a bad odor will
not be admitted to the mails.
insurance on Parcels.
A mailable 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 a fee of
ten cents in parcel post stamps, such
stamps to be affixed.
Parcels may be remailed or for.
warded on the payment of additional
postage at the rate which would be
chargeable il they were originally
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.
Maps and Guides.
Parcel post maps, with accompany
ing guides, are to be sold to the pub
lie at their cost, rs cents, through the
clerk of the post office depart
.ent. In ordering maps care should
be taken to specify the post office
from which the postage rates are to
be determined.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-27
By EDWARD q. CLARK

with the coming OF the New Year
the United States government will en-
ter Into Il new field OF enterprise
the transmittal of merchandise by what
Its known rs the parcel post,
1t Is no CXagEcratiOn to say that
thousands upon thousands Of iuQuir
Hes have been made Of the postmaster
general as to just what the parcel
post will mean to the people, 1t was
the law of congress- establishing the
Isystem which made provision for u
division Of the country In zones
and into 81, 0%O units which are to be
used ar CcntCrs In describing the cir.
'clcs which mark the boundaries of
the zones. There has been no clear
understanding. apparently, Of this
zone system, but really it is d very
simple matter.
The accompanying map shows the
country divided into zones from the
unit in which Washington IA gtt-
uatcd, rs the center. Acc0uuanyfng
the map is q table showing the rate
of postage per pound for parcels rram
Washington to places within all The
cones,
Each unit contains an Greg thirty
miles square Now each un.' ia @
center from which the zones arp
drawn and so every uni, in the cogn.
try no matter whore It is situated vii.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-27
PARCEL POST RATES REGULATED
THROUGH SYSTEM or ZONES
uncle Sans New Enterprise Clearly ExpIained-How Charges Are
Fixed and What Class Of Merchandise NAV Be Carried
Through the Mails Under the New Law.

drawn from Kcokuk Is the anne
I'oEih az the radius Of the circles
nfa"h from Washington, Knokuk'a
zone Six Will be Just az far from its
center as Westinghouse Zone Six Is.
How Rates Are Fixed.
1t can be seen from this readily
enough that the postal rates from
washington to It's particular zone viii,
De the same az the postal rates from
Ne"Nnk to Its particular zones. Each
unit being about thirty miles square
VIII Of course contain in most cases a
number Of pOstOtiCes. but each Office
IN the same unit Is considered us be-
ing tn" center Of the circles from
when the zones are drawn, The
rates OF postage are fixed from the
unit II which the sending p~Ost0ficc ia
situated, but the price to every place
IN any Zon" Is just the same. To H.
lustTat", it will Cost exactly the same
amount ia send n parcel from Wash
.ngton to Erie. Pa, that It costs to
send it TO Atlanta Ca. because Erie
mud Atlanta with reference to Wash,
,netcn ar" situated in the fourth
2'Ac The rates therefore are fixed
from III" unit In which the postofHce
is ."ra''d but they arc the same
from that office to any point in any
on zaH
j. "ll3 h@ Feon by reference to the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-27

quantities are asked to submit to the
postmaster for approval a specimen
parcel showing the manner of pack
ing.
Queen Bees and Nursery Stock.
Queen bees, live insects. and dried
reptiles may be mailed In accordance
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 SO 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 proper
ly 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"
UnmaIIabIe Matter.
The following matter is declared I'M
mailable by law:
Matter manifestly obscene, lewd, or
l~ascivious; articles intended for pre.
venting conception; articles intended.
for indecent or inSnoral purposes; all
matters otherwise mailable by law the
outside owe or wrapper of which
bears any delineation or language of
a libelous, scurrilous, defamatory, or
threatening character. All such mat
ter, when deposited in a post office or
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-27

OF the postofico officials that the par
rrl post system should be made 0
particular use to persons having farm
ana factory products to transmit tC
customers. 1t can be said in a genera.
way that anything can be sent which
IL properly wrapped and which will
not injure other mail matter with
which 1t may come in contact,
Copy Foreign Countries.
It is probable that the government
will adopt a means Of transportation
for certain kinds of its merchandise
much like those which have been
adopted in parcel post countries
abroad. What the English call ham
pors, hasket-liko arrangements, prob,
ably will be adopted. and as these can
be kept separate from the ordinary
mail matter it Is believed that the
regulations as finally adopted will al
low the sending Of eggs, butter, dress
ed poultry, live poultry, honey, fruit,
and other products of the country.
The %1l-pound limit for a single pack
age may work at first against any
very extended use of the parcel post
for some of the articles which have
been named. OF course, more weight
can be sen If 1t Is sent in different
parcels, but the cost in that case
would be heavier, because the in,
crease per pound on a single package
Is not great up to II pounds, ard
probably It would increase at nc great
cr rate If the government were to
raise the limit Of weight which Is now
fixed.
Every postmaster in the United
States will have a parcel post map
like the one which is here reproduced
except that the zone lines will be
shown with the unit Of his postofice
q center. All that u postmaster
will have to do when a percel Is pre-
scented for transportation Is to find out
in what zone the destination of the
package dies. His table will show
him instantly the rate per pound
rum TIE UNI III "Alth liz pSEtblilIC
lies to the zone of the packages des.
tination, the price, as has been ex-
planned before. to every postOtfiCe in
any one n being the same. The
parcel post will take nothing bu:
fourth class matter, Printed matter
is still in the third-class designation,
Therefore books cannot be sent by the
parcel post system,
Rate on Seeds Not Affected.
It should be said that the act Of
congress which puts q parcel post
plan into operation does not in any
way affect the postage rate on seeds,
cuttings, bulbs, roots, sCions and
plants as fixed by section 1872 Of the
postal laws and regulations.
The classification Of articles mail
bile as we'll as the weight limit, the
Of postage, zone or zones and
conditions Of AVAILABILITY under
he act of congress, If the postmaster |
general shall find on experience that
hey or any Of them are such as to
prevent the shipment OF articles de-
or shall permanently render
he cost Of the service greater than |
he receipts Of the revenue therefrom,
he is hereby authorized, subject to
he consent of the interstate com.
nerce commission after Investigation,
return from time to time such
Justification. weight limit, rates. zone
II n or conditions, in order to pro.
note the service to the public or to
insure the receipt of revenue from
UGH service adequate to pay the cost
hereof"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-27
FACTS ABOUT THE NEW PARCEL POST

The new parcel post goes into operation January I, 1918.
Only mail matter now included In fourth class, or merchandise, will
be handled.
Pertshabie articles such as butter, lard, fruits berries and dressed
fowls may be sent short distances. ".
Eggs for local delivery when packed In containers may be Gent When
packed separately they may be sent any distance.
Fresh meats may be sent only in the first gone $50 miee).
There are n o restrictions on sated, dried or cured meats OF fish.
Millinery toys, musical Instruments, glassware and breakabIe Goods
must be marked "fragIe"
The following may not be sent: Intoxcatinu IIuuors notso..
matches, explosives, firearms and live poultry.
Books and printed matter are included In third cIsss and ma, -.
be sent. "'"
The weight limit will be eleven pounds.
To find the size limit: Take a piece of string " inches lono srd .h,A
1t once completely around the parcel and then across the ton snnth..
If the ends of the string reach the sides Of the parcel IL comes ,rd.. -
limit. WIG
Regular carriers will deliver parcels wherever possible.
Parcels must be mailed at the postotHce r. branches md .n..,.,
stamps must be used. T"S'a'
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-27
Pomp In the East,

Il understand the king of Siam has
a white elephant" Eyes, and 1t gave
him great prestige until the king OF
Cambodia visited Europe. He brought
back a secondhand taxieab."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-27
Children Feel lnnulsI.ia.

In the little world In which o.n
dren have their existence. w~hatsoanar
brings them up, there is nothing So
finely perceived and 50 finely felt ~
in1ustice.-Charles Dickens.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-27
Fixed

Smith-Hass your o any hxea
habit that worries you as to his fd-
ture?
Jones-Yes; he fights about tel
rounds every morning with the alarm
clock.-~Judge.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-27

There are very few people in this
world who know what Is good for
them"
Maybe so, but there are compare
lively few people In the world who
don't know what they want"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-27
Force Of Habit.

why did she want to set her hus-
bands win aside?' Merely because
it was her husbands, and she had got
In the habit Of setting his win aside"
Houston Post
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-27

II is sometimes hard to find out Just
how the man who Is successful has
managed to succeed, but It is always
to see why failure comes to those
who fail.--Chicago Record Herald.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-27
look That v JOY.

Gold and silver may supply us with
the ne~cessaries of life, with food and
drink. clothes and houses; but they
cannot give the Joy Of a kind look
Lord Avebury.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-27
Even Exchange.

Broker-Our bookkeeper has stolen
S50,0 600 fromw us and lost 1t at Skin
mem & Sharks.
Partner-Well, Wen get him a job
at Sklnnem & Sharks and let him do
his trading with III
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-27
The Sahha.L

A world without a sabhn..
nke a man without q smile U,,a 'e
summer without flowers and mae a
homestead without a garden IN q
er, seech-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-27
ParadoSlcaI

" meet some oddities in bust.
mean" ... vi "hat you
establish a paying trade" NA"n u
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-27
His Method,

Il always did make a hit with the
women" Dragged Henry VIII.
With your wit, slre?" murmured
the obsequious courtier.
No answered the monarch, with
q sly smile. with an AK"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-27
in the Balkans.
4 call for volunteers!"

I - HHatl EEUtFHT
w rush up In front OF yonder cor.
trapticn and see whether il 10 ! ~.
tangled gun or merely a m~ovine.n,c.
ture machine" AspAc
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-27
INTERNATIONAL
NNDYSGON.
LESSON

tBy E. 0. SELLERS. Dlrecto,
stitute of Chicago) D'ote ID
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-27
RATES OF POSTAGE

Parcels weighing four ounces or less are maiabe at the rate Of one
n 'r each ounce or fraction Of an ounce, regardless Of distance, Par
Get weighing mere than four ounces are mRIabe at the pound rate, as
shown by the following table, and when mailed at this rate any fraction
Of q pound S considered a full pound.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-27

For a full explanation Of The rates Of postage In The First Zone e
he Parcel Post Guide.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-27
LESSON FOR DECEMBER %
REVIEW.

GOLDEN TExT-"Tf any man VILLAS
to do his will. he shall know or ~
teaching, whether 1t be of God, or wrsths
er l speak Of myself" John TN r. "
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-06-13
An Ingenious Swindlinq Device.

An official of the railroad and
warehouse commission has discovered
an ingenious and pernicious device
which is being used by INSCRIPTIONS
persons to manipulate scales and
create false weights. A description
of this device, which is named a
''shrinker,' has been issued by the
commission as warning to farmers
live stock men, shippers, grain ele-
vator men, railroad station officials
etc.
The ''shrinker' is described as a
small piece Of steel which is used in
a scale for the purpose of decreasing
the weight of an article. 1t can also
be used to make an article weigh
heavier. This device can be carried
in the vest pocket, and the person
who uses it can place it in a scale
in second or two. 1t will decrease
or increase the weight of an article
10 per cent, according to the position
in which it is placed on the scale.
Investigation by special agent of
the commission disclosed the fact
that one of these "shrinkers'' had
been in use in stock scale at Orion
vile. 1t was left in position in the
scale-evidently forgotten by the
operator-and confscated by the
agent. Others have also been found,
but in the Ortonville case the evil
dence is believed to be: sufficiently
strong to Justify prosecution. The
''shrinker'' is manufactured in a
small town in Wisconsin.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-06-13
Different From Other Shows.

There are many ways in which the
Gollmar Brothers. shows differ from
other circuses and visit to the
monster tented enterprise when it
comes to Princeton on Monday next,
June Il, will cause people who have
been complaining that all shows
were alike as to quality, to deny this
statement by adding ''excepting the
Glolmar Brothers. circus Gollma1
Brothers. shows resemble other
tented enterprises inasmuch as the
performance is given under tent.
When it comes to the circus acts
themselves it differs widely from
other institutions which are heralded
as ''great' shows. The menagerie
is more than twice as large as that
carried by other circuses. The
biggest hip. in captivity is in this
department.. The only hybrid. lion
tiger, with the lions stripes on the
tigers skin, is another rare feature.
A grand street parade is given in
every city visited. And the turnout
is the biggest free feature offered
with any circus of the present day.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-06-13
Old Settlers Outin6-

The members of the Mile Laos
County Old Settlers association had
their annual outing on the Winsor
farm, three and a half miles north
of Milaca, on the lake road, last Sun
day, and there were several hundred
people present. A number, of selec-
tions were ~discoursed by the. Milaca
brass band, which is a frst=class
organization. 80. ..-.>~. =
Guy Ewing, Fay Cravens, j. A.
Allen, William McLaren and Grant
Weatherly were the speakers of the
day and each gave interesting talks
on early day life in Mile Laos
county-facts CLEANED from history
and obtained from older residents.
1t is four years since this pioneer
organization was formed by settlers
in the town Of Page, and it has de-
veloped until the entire county is
Observation-Disclosures are being con-
tinually added to the roll. Next
year, in all probability, the meeting
will be held nearer Milaca, so that
old settlers and others in the
southern part of the county NAV
find it more convenient to attend.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-06-13
Potato Warehouse for St. Cloud.

Upon invitation of half hundred
business men of St. Cloud, William
H. Ferrell met them at the Com
mercial club in that city last Friday
to consider their proposition that
he build a potato warehouse in the
vicinity. The situation. was fully
explained to Mr.. Terrell, those
familiar with the situation assuring
him that there was ample business
for another potato warehouse there
and great need Of one. After hear
ing what the business men had to
say on the subject, Mr.. Terrell
stated that his company would put
in warehouse as per request, the
details to be arranged later. J.,
The farmers in the vicinity of St.,
Cloud and the business men of that
city will find that W. II. Terrell g.
Co. will deal squarely with them and
that the step they have taken in in
ducing this firm to erect a potato
warehouse will not be regretted.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-06-13
K. ?. MEMORIAL DAY
Members of Princeton Lodge, No. o.,
Honor Memory of Brothers
Who Have Gone Beyond.
Rev. Fisher Delivers Betting Sermon
and Graves of Dead Are Dec
Grated With Flowers.

-Pythians, about 80 in number,
members of Princeton lodge, No. 93,
met at Castle hall on Sunday morn
ing and, preceded by the Citizens
band, marched to the Congregational
church to attend memorial services
for their brothers who have crossed
to the other shore.
The services were conducted by
Rev. J. O. Fisher, pastor of the
church, and were appropriate and
impressive. His sermon, taken from
the double text of Mark 9:3S, and
Romans 81, s, 10, was particularly
betting the occasion and his audi
ence highly appreciated the dis
course. AS part Of his sermon he
outlined the story of Damon and
Pythias- story that will live until
the end of time. The musical part
of the service, arranged by Mrs. H.
@. Cooney, was also very appropriate
and admirably rendered.
At the close of the service the
Pythians, preceded by the band,
marched to Oak Knoll cemetery
where the impressive ritualistic
rites Of the order were read and the
graves of departed members
decorated with roses. The process
sion then marched back to the hall
and disbanded.
The selection by the Pythians of a
day in each year to thus honor their
dead members is indeed very pretty
custom.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-06-13
John Goss Dead.

John Goss, an old Rum river
lumberman who was well known in
Princeton, died at his home in
Anoka on Tuesday shortly after II
O'Clock in the morning after a very
short Hines.
John Goss was born at St. George.
n. B., on April 8, 1884, and in 1856
moved to Minnesota: settling in
Saltwater. Later he moved to
Anoka and made that his home until
he died. He was married in June,
l845, to Miss Irene Davis of St.
George, n. B., and nine children,
seven of whom are living, were born
of the union. The funeral will be
held this afternoon.
For many years Mr.. Goss had been
active in the lumber business and
employed at times several hundred
men. He was an honorable, kind
hearted man who treated all his
employees we'll and many rough
lumberjack, in addition to his host
of other friends, will mourn his loss
and greatly miss him.