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Show P0STQFF1CE CLERKS I AMONG THE BUSK - 1 . ONES EFFECTED 1 BY IAS. I j Precaution should he Taken by I 1 Senders thnt Their Mnil is not 'I i Dclnyed ly Wronp; Postage, 9 ! Poor Addresses nnd n Score fl of Other Errors. 9 Probably tho busiest place In tho , H olty nt this tlmo nnd durinp this , jjfl week will bo tho postofflro. This :::H means that tho men nnd womrnjin .11 ho service of Undo Sam nro tho II busiest In tho city. It will bo n H hard grind for tlio moll clerks be- il foro the holiday season Is over nnd JH tho ppoplo would do a favor If thoy JH bo considernto of tlx1 service. A visit to tho distributing i-oom of tho postofflro would reveal many odd things in tho wny of mailing H matter. Somo of tho mail is so ad- dressed that It Is necessary to bo n H mind render to know who the sender meant it for. For instnnco mM a letter Is addresped to John Jones, '-wM Farmington, tho fact is that thero 'I nro thirty-two KifltofTicc8 in the .H United States by the nnmo of Form- iugton. To which ono doca tho H sender want tho mail matter to go? At this season icoplo aro anxious to send their friends a present or post cards of greeting nnd it would bo well for people to use careiu the sending of mall. - .H TIMKI.Y HUOdDiTIONh. Among tho rules laid down by tho postal dcjmrtinent for tho gold-nnoe gold-nnoe of tho general public, pre the. followlngt All mnttor that Is io bo mailed should hnve attached to it tho neccs-wry neccs-wry amount of postage stomps, and otherwise prepnrctl for dispatch be- ' foro It is brought to tho postoffico or station. Tho address of every letter or packago should be written plainly, nnd It should inoludu the namo and nddrets of tho condor written plainly In tho uppor left-hand oornor. Paok-ages Paok-ages should bo wrapped securely bo ns to avoid or lesson tho chaoco of breakage; but they nro not to bo scaled against inspection unless paid '-M for at tho letter rate of postage, nor should thoy contain any written matter. fatter of valuo should bo regis-tercd. regis-tercd. When remittances aro mndo the monoy should either bo sent rcgietercd or by postal mouey or-der. or-der. Mail all matter as much in ad-vance ad-vance of Christmas as possible. 'H Hates for postago on domestic matter nro as follows: HI Letters aud other sealed matter, 2 cents per ounce. Letters to Great IH Britain, 2 cents per ounce. IH Magazines, nnwspaperHnnd other ;IH second-class jieriodicals, 1 cent for HJ each four ounces or fraction there- HJ Books, circulars or other miscol- laniKiiifl printed matter, including jHj photogrujihs, 1 cent for each two HJ ounces or fraction thereof. H All other matter, 1 cent an ounce. H The limit of weight on third and HJ fourth class matter is four pounds, HJ except for singlo book, which may HJ exceed that weight. .HJ |