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Meet second Monday of each month, at 7.30 p. m.
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BROOKLINE WATER WORKS.
Water Board - William K. Melcher, Francis Hunne- well, George H. Johnson, office, Town Hall.
Water Registrar - Francis Hunnewell, office Town Hall.
Supt. of Water Works-Fayette F. Forbes.
Engineer High Service-Wm. B. Webber.
Engineer, Low Service - Richard J. Flinn
Asst. Engineer-Patrick J. Flinn.
Meets first Tuesday in each month, at 4 o'clock P. M.
POLICE COURT.
Police station, Prospect street.
Justice-Charles H. Drew.
Asso. Justices-Albert L. Lincoln Jr., Charles F. Per- kins.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Chief of Police-Alonzo Bowman.
Sergeants-Burnham C. Clark, George F. Dearborn, Charles B. McCausland.
Court Officer and Inspector of Police-A. S. Paige.
Patrolmen-Frank Bartlett, Alonzo W. Corey, Andrew Creelman, Peter Curry, Frank H. Flanders, James Glea- son, Henry J. Graham, Willis E. Harding, Alden A. Manley, Edward J. Mealey Jr., Thomas J. Murray, Joseph J. O'Connell, Wm. W. O'Connell, James F. Quinn, Robert J. Watson.
Truant Officer-Leonard E. Newcomb.
Special Police (without pay)-Willard Y. Gross, for the Town Hall ; Mears Orcutt, for the Public Library ; Joseph D. Gutterson, for the Walnut Street and Walnut Hills Cemeteries ; Michael Lynch, for the estate of Wm. I. Bowditch ; , for the estate of Joseph T. Brown, on Clyde street; Eneas Smyth, for Holyhood Cemetery ; Michael Carroll, for the Chemical Engine house and vicinity ; Fayette F. Forbes, for the grounds and works of the Brookline Water Works ; John Holleran, for Walnut Hill av. ; Patrick Dillon, for Bath House ; Robert M. Campbell, for Alms House ; Wm. B. Webber, High Service station, B. W. W .; Geo. P. Johnson, Guild's bldg.
Probation Officer-George F. Dearborn.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
George H. Johnson, Chief Engineer; John H. Allen, James W. Horton, Asst. Engineers ; John H. Allen, Clerk. Meet first Monday in each month, at 7.30 o'clock, P.M., at Steamer House.
STEAM FIRE ENGINE, NO. 1.
Connected with Hose Company Number 1. Washington street, near Boylston.
Leo Bertsch, Engineer; John F. Hutchins, Driver; Joseph Harvey, Fireman.
Meet first Monday in each month.
CHEMICAL ENGINE NO. 1:
Three members. St. Mary's Street (Longwood).
Michael J. Carroll, Driver and Foreman; John Hall, Asst. Foreman; L. F. Foster, Clerk.
HOSE COMPANY NO. 1.
Eleven members. Washington street, near Boylston.
Edward F. Crosby, Foreman; Augustus Dugan, Asst. Foreman; James H. McGirney, Driver; J. C. Barthel- mes, Clerk.
Meet first Monday in each month.
HOSE CO. NO. 2. Eleven members. Washington street, opp. Town Hall.
C. A. Pons, Foreman; W. D. Morrison, Asst. Fore- man; Benj. F. Baxter, Driver ; D. A. Kenrick, Clerk.
Meet first Monday in each month.
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HOSE CO. NO. 3.
Six members. Heath street, near Boylston. L. F. Johnson, Foreman; P. A. Halloran, Asst. Fore- man ; T. J. Burns, Clerk; Wm. P. Rooney, Driver.
HOOK AND LADDER CO. NO. 1.
Thirteen members. Washington street, opp. Town Hall.
Frank Proctor, Foreman; Truman Edgerly, Asst. Fore- man; Geo. L. Newcomb, Driver; Fayette F. Forbes, Clerk.
Meet first Monday in each month.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
School Committee-Wm. H. Lincoln, chairman ; W. T. R. Marvin, sec. ; Michael Driscoll, Rev. Howard N. Brown, Albert Mason, Rev. J. B. Brackett, Prof. John D. Runkle, Michael Duffley, Dr. Frank Wells.
Meet second Monday in each month, at 7.30 P. M.
Supt. and Prin of Grammar and Primary Schools-D. H. Daniels, office, Town Hall, hours 8.15 to 8.45 daily ; Nellie M. Daniels, clerk ; M. Driscoll, chairman Finance Committee ; W. T. R. Marvin, sec. School Committee.
HIGH SCHOOL. Prospect street.
J. Emory Hoar, Principal; Andrew J. George, Misses Mary P. Frye, Anna M. Johnson, Clara G. Fogg, Assts.
PIERCE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Prospect street.
Edward P. Sherburne, Head Assistant ; Misses Eleanor J. Mckenzie, Alice E. Gage, Camelia A. Howe, Assts.
PIERCE PRIMARY SCHOOL. Pierce street.
Emma A. George, Madge E. Malone, Abby F. Bos- worth, Fannie E. Draper, Catherine L. Pierce, Teachers.
BOYLSTON SCHOOL. Boylston street.
Sarah A. Green, Annie L. Howe, Eva W. Cook, Mrs. E. T. Lewis, Teachers.
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HARVARD SCHOOL. Marion street.
Misses Anna M. Osgood, Mary E. Kingsbury, Teachers.
HEATH SCHOOL. Heath street.
Mary J. Collingwood, Head Asst. ; Mary Kelley, Delia A. Kelley, Margaret J. Sweeney, Teachers.
LAWRENCE SCHOOL. Francis street.
Elizabeth W. Bean, Sara D. Newton, Frederika Swan- ton, Mattie A. Cushman, Helen F. Wetherbee, Teachers.
LINCOLN SCHOOL.
Susan C. Hayward, Fanny W. Morey, Hattie L. Carr, Anna M. Taylor, Teachers.
LONGWOOD SCHOOL. St. Marys, corner Monmouth street.
Charlotte M. Frost, Teacher.
NEWTON SCHOOL. Newton street.
Mary E. Hyde, Teacher.
SEWALL SCHOOL.
Sewall street, corner Sewall place.
Emma L. Wiswall, Fanny L. Daggett, Teachers.
WARD SCHOOL. Pond avenue.
David S. Farnham, Head Asst. ; Sophie J. Gowen, Eliz- abeth M. McRoberts, H. Rose Palmer, Frances K. Lamprey, Emma L. Stokes, Annie L. Richardson, Asst. Teachers.
SPECIAL TEACHERS.
Mr. Samuel B. Cole, Music; Colonel Charles E. Hap- good, Military Drill ; Miss Mary A. Hurlbut, Supervisor of Drawing ; Miss Henrietta A. Nevers, Sewing.
JANITORS.
High, Pierce Grammar and Pierce Primary, Leonard E. Newcomb ; Harvard, James W. Coolidge ; Lawrence and Longwood, John Donovan ; Ward and Sewall, Michael Murphy ; Lincoln and Boylston, Terrence Gallagher ; . Heath, Lawrence Moran ; Newton street,
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Washington street, corner School.
William Aspinwall, Pres .; B. F. Baker, Sec .; R. G. F. Candage, Treas. ; Charles D. Head, Augustine Shurtleff, Charles H. Drew, George M. Towle, James M. Codman, Benjamin F. Baker, T. E. Francis, Wm. B. Haseltine, Rev. Howard N. Brown, Desmond Fitzgerald, Trustees ; Miss Mary A. Bean, Librarian; Miss Amelia A. Woods, Miss Jessie H. Marston, Miss M. Alice Lanman, Assts .; Mears Orcutt, Janitor.
Open on every secular day throughout the year except the six legal holidays, February 22nd, Fast Day, Memo- rial Day, July 4th, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas.
Hours from 9 A. M. to 9 P.M. Number of books in lib- rary, 31,737.
CHURCHES.
FIRST PARISH CHURCH (UNITARIAN.)
ORGANIZED NOVEMBER 6, 1717. Walnut street, corner Warren.
Rev. Howard N. Brown, Pastor; Charles P. Ware, Clerk and Treas .; A. W. Goddard, Deacon; Edward S. Philbrick, George D. Noyes, Mrs. Eliza C. Post, Miss Martha C. Stevenson, Charles H. Stearns, Standing Com- mittee ; John W. Kirk, Sexton.
SUNDAY SERVICES -Preaching at 10.45 A.M. Sunday- school at 12 M. Edward P. Sherburne, Superintendent.
HARVARD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Harvard street, corner Marion.
Rev. Reuen Thomas, PH.D., Pastor; Wm. Lincoln, Ho- ratio S. Burdett, Edward I. Thomas, D. D. Dana, John K. Marshall, Jacob B. Palmer, Deacons; Henry B. Ea- ger, Treas .; J. S. Adams, Clerk.
HARVARD CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY.
H. S. Burdett, Lewis Wight, Joseph B. Winch, Jacob P. Bates, W. R. Chester, J. H. Shapleigh, G. H. Wheel- er, Charles W. Scudder, Treas .; H. E. Abbott, Clerk Prudential Committee; Matthew McNeilly, Sexton.
SUNDAY SERVICES - Church services at 10.30 A.M. and 7.30 p.M. ; Prayer-meeting, Friday evenings at 7.30 in winter, 8 insummer; Young people's meeting at 6.30 Sunday evenings. Sunday-school 9.30 A.M., Charles G. Chase, Superintendent.
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BETHANY DEPARTMENT HARVARD CHURCH.
Washington, cor. School street.
Services free to all.
SUNDAY SERVICES - Preaching services, Thursday even- ing when the pastor is present ; Prayer-meetings Saturday evenings at 8 o'clock. Sunday-school at 3 P. M., John Knox Marshall, Superintendent; D. D. Dana, Asst. Supt. ; L. Dana Chapman, Sec. and Treas.
BETHANY SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.
INCORPORATED MAY, 1887.
John K. Marshall, Pres .; John S. Adams, Treus .; Charles W. Wrightington, L. Dana Chapman, Joseph R. Winch, W. W. Potter, Frank W. Burdett, Directors.
CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR (EPISCOPAL).
Carlton, corner Monmouth streets.
Rev. Reginald HI. Howe, Rector; S. H. Gregory and F. W. Lawrence, Wardens; A. A. Lawrence, Charles Thorndike, W. H. Lincoln, A. P. Howard, H. Vinton, J. Clarke, S. D. Bush, Vestrymen.
Sunday Services at 10.30 A.M. and 4 P.M.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
Harvard, corner Pierce street.
ORGANIZED JUNE 5, 1828.
Rev. John B. Brackett, D.D., Pastor; George Brooks, Thomas B. Griggs, George F. Joyce, L. F. Creesy, Dea- cons; B. F. Baker, Clerk; George Brooks, Treasurer ; R. G. F. Candage, Treas. Benevolent Objects; R. G. F. Candage, Chairman; D. S. Coolidge, George Brooks, Thomas B. Griggs, Prudential Committee; George F. Joyce, Treasurer; Arthur H. Bailey, Sexton.
SUNDAY SERVICES - Services at 10.45 A.M. and 7.30 p. M. ; Prayer meetings Sunday 6.30 and Friday evenings at 7.45. Sunday School at 12 M., T. S. Brown, Supt.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Cypress street, corner Washington.
Rev. J. H. Twombly, D. D., Pastor; William Woods, Sec. and Treas.
SUNDAY SERVICES - Sunday-school at 12 M., E. Doran Supt .; Preaching at 10.30 A.M. ; Prayer-meeting 6.30 and 7.30 P.M. ; Class meetings Tuesday evening ; Prayer- . meeting Friday evening at 7.45 P.M.
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CHURCH OF THE NEW JERUSALEM. High street, corner Irving.
Rev. Willard H. Hinkley, Pastor ; A. L. Cutler, Treas- urer ; Albert Mason, Chairman; Wm. B. Haseltine, A. L. Cutler, D. H. Rogers, Church Com. ; Rufus K. Wood, Clerk.
SUNDAY SERVICES-Services at 10.45 A. M. ; Sunday School at 12 M. ; Rev. W. H. Hinkley, Supt .; Vesper services from Easter to Summer vacation at 5 P. M. Con- versational lectures at private houses, 7.30 P. M., from September to Christmas ; Confirmation class at 3 P. M., from Christmas to Easter.
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CHRIST CHURCH.
Colchester street, nearly opposite Hawes.
No services held. Sunday school, 2 P. M., October to June.
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. St. Paul street, cor. Aspinwall av.
Rev. Leonard K. Storrs, Rector; Clement K. Fay, Senior Warden; William L. Chase, Junior Warden; Des- mond Fitzgerald, Clerk ; [D. Blakely Hoar, Treas .; David McClure, Sexton.
SUNDAY SERVICES-Sunday school at 9.30 A. M. Rev. Leonard K. Storrs, Supt. Services at 10.45 A. M., and 3.30 P. M., from October 1st to May.
CHANNING FREE CHURCH.
Washington street, cor. School.
No services at present.
ST. MARY'S CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION (CATHOLIC).
Harvard street, cor. Linden place.
Rev. L. J. Morris, Pastor ; -, Associate Pastor ; James Driscoll Jr., Sexton.
SERVICES-Mass every morning at 6.30 and 7; Mass Sundays, 7 and 8.30 A. M .; High Mass Sundays at 10.30 A. M. ; Vespers at 3.30 P. M. ; Sunday school 9 A. M. 2.30 P. M.
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MASONIC.
BETH-HORON LODGE, F. & A. M.
CHARTERED SEPT. 1871.
Meets in Masonic Hall, brick building, entrance on School street, cor. Harvard, second Tuesday in each month.
A. G. Sanborn, W. M .; Lewis Crane, S. W .; F. F. Morton, J. W .; J. Anson Guild, Treas .; F. H. Bacon, Sec; Rufus G. F. Candage, Chap .; Alonzo Bowman, Marshal; G. P. Johnson, S. D .; D. Blakely Hoar, J. D .; E. P. Sherburne, S. S .; F. M. Morton, J. S .; D. M. Price, I. S .; Geo. T. Dearbon, Organist; Geo. H. Johnson, Tyler.
AMERICAN LEGION OF HONOR.
COREY HILL COUNCIL, NO. 33.
Meet second and fourth Tuesday in every month, at Harvard Hall.
T. H. Dyer, P. Com .; Geo. Harvey, Com .; E. Mes- senger, V. Com .; Mrs. T. Edgerly, Orator; M. F. Ken- rick, Sec .; C. W. Morse, Col .; Geo. L. Newcomb, Treas ; A. H. Wood, Con .; Charles E. Rogers, Chap .; A. E. Kenrick, War. ; T. S. Brown, Sen.
CATHOLIC ORDER OF FORESTERS.
ST. LAWRENCE COURT, NO. 61.
Michael Driscoll, Chief Ranger ; Patrick Johnson, Vice Chief Ranger ; John Nolan, Rec. Sec. ; John O'Connor, Fin. Sec. ; James F. Donovan, Treasurer; F. F. Mul- downey, Senior Conductor ; John Dalton, Junior Conduc- tor; Michael O'Brien, Inside Sentinel ; James O'Beirne, Outside Sentinel.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
C. L. CHANDLER POST 143.
INSTITUTED 1871.
Meet second and fourth Tuesday of each month, in Town Hall.
E. B. Richardson. Com .; Archibald Starkweather, S. V. Com ; Fergus B. Turner, J. V. Com. ; C. E. Hapgood, A; E. F. Allen, Q .; Dr. Ira B. Cushing, S; Leo Bertsch, O. of the D. ; Edward Devettere, O. of the G.
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MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR. BROOKLINE LODGE, NO. 459.
INSTITUTED FEB. 8, 1877.
Meets second and fourth Monday evening in each month, at 8 o'clock, in Harvard Hall, Harvard sq., corner of Harvard street.
A. M. Wilson, P. D .; W. H. M. Bellows, D. -. J. C. Barthelmes, V. D. ; E. F. Proctor, A. D .; W. M. Bel- lows, Chaplain ; Andrew Crealman, Guide; H. E. Greene, Reporter ; C. A. W. Spencer, F. R .; A. W. Corey, Treas. ; P. G. Fraser, Guardian ; Trueman Edg- erly Jr., Sen.
ORDER OF THE IRON HALL.
BROOKLINE BRANCH.
C. W. Morse, Past Justice; M. F. Kenrick, Chief Jus- tice ; George W. Little, Vice Justice; E. F. Crosby, Pre- late; A. C. Williams, Accountant ; C. S. Spaulding, Cashier; A. M. Wilson, Adjuster; George H. Paine, Herald; J. C. Barthelmes, Watchman; Arthur Kellom, Vidette ; Dr. J. H. Woods, Medical Director.
Meets first and third Mondays in Harvard Hall, Joyce building.
ROYAL ARCANUM.
SAGAMORE COUNCIL, NO. 181.
CHARTERED SEPTEMBER, 1878.
Meet at Masonic Hall, cor. School and Harvard streets, 1st and 3d Wednesday evenings of every month.
A. B. Crocker, Regent; A. C. Williams, Vice Regent ; C. A. Bowditch, Orator; A. G. Sanborn, Past Reg .; F. H. Bacon, Secretary ; Wm. Finney, Collector; James W. Edgerly, Treas .; L. S. Price, Chaplain; W. B. Jones, Guide; L. E. Newcomb, Warden; F. B. Turner, Sentry.
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
BROOKLINE DIVISION, NO. 86.
INSTITUTED NOV. 12, 1884.
Meets every Wednesday evening, at 7.45 o'clock, at Harvard Hall.
Officers elected quarterly.
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MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT.
BROOKLINE CLUB.
Harvard, corner Pierce street.
William Whitman, President ; Jerome Jones, Dana Es- tes, Vice Presidents; John M. Graham, Treasurer ; John J. Henry, Secretary.
BROOKLINE FIREMEN'S RELIEF ASSO- CIATION.
George H. Johnson, Pres .; J. W. Horton, Vice Pres .; J. H. Allen, Secretary ; A. H. Bailey, Treasurer.
BROOKLINE TEMPERANCE READING ROOM.
Washington street, near Railroad Bridge.
Mrs. Charles H. Stearns, Manager and Treasurer; John G. Aechtler, Janitor.
COUNTRY CLUB.
Clyde Park.
Alfred A. Pocock, Supt .; R. D. Stinton, Clerk; Ralph Withers, Thomas Stickney, Waiters; Thomas H. Wood- fin, Porter; James Horton, Stable Foreman; William Miskell, Groom.
PRIVATE HOSPITAL FOR MENTAL DI- SEASES.
Boylston, corner Chestnut Hill av.
Walter Channing, M. D., Superintendent.
Opened in July, 1879, and licensed under the laws of the State of Massachusetts. Accommmodations for 10 In- mates. The Superintendent may be seen at his office, 123 Boylston street, Boston, daily, from 12 M. to 1 P. M., from October to June.
ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC LYCEUM.
F. F. Muldowney, President; Felix King, Vice Presi- dent ; James H. Maher, Cor. and Rec. Sec. ; J. B. Hand, Treasurer.
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MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT.
SUBURBAN LIGHT AND POWER COM- PANY.
Pearl street, office Brookline Gas Co.
Robert Amory, President; Francis W. Lawrence, Treas. ; Charles S. Spaulding, Supt. ; George M. Stearns Cashier.
THE SHAW ASYLUM.
FOR MARINER'S CHILDREN. ESTABLISHED 1877. Cypress street, near Walnut. Miss Julia T. Jellison, Matron.
BROOKLINE GAS LIGHT COMPANY.
Washington, cor. Brookline avenue.
Robert Amory, President; Francis W. Lawrence, Treasurer ; Charles S. Spaulding, Superintendent ; George F. Wellington, Assistant Supt .; George M. Stearns, Cashier.
THE BROOKLINE NATIONAL BANK.
Rubens building, Washington street, opposite Post-office, Brookline, Mass.
Office hours-8 to 11.45 A. M. ; 3 to 4 P. M.
Discount, Tuesday afternoon, 5 o'clock.
J. Anson Guild, President ; Reuben S. Swan, Cashier ; J. Anson Guild, Austin W. Benton, C. H. W. Foster, T. Eustis Francis, George H. Worthley, Francis W. Law- rence, M. W. Quinlan, Thomas B. Griggs, Directors.
THE BROOKLINE SAVINGS BANK.
Washington, next Post Office. INCORPORATED FEB. 24, 1871.
Interest on deposits computed from second Monday in January and July.
Bank open for deposits and drafts Monday and Satur- day, from 5.15 to 8 P. M.
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OFFICERS.
W. H. Lincoln, President; Charles D. Head, Vice President; Wm. E. Lincoln, Secretary and Treasurer ; W. H. Lincoln, Charles D. Head, A. E. Kendrick, B. F. Baker, J. Anson Guild, James Driscoll, Horace James, Martin Kingman, B. W. Neal, Thomas P. Ritchie, C. H. Stearns, M. Williams Jr., James P. Stearns, Willlam Lincoln, Nathaniel Lyford, Trustees.
POST OFFICE.
Harvard square.
Cyrus W. Ruggles, Supt. ; Frank H. Folsom, Clerk; J. Nolan, John J. King, D. Lally, N. C. Paul, Geo. W. Little, J. P. Whiting, M. J. Gallaghar, carriers.
Letters delivered 8 A. M. and 1 and 3.45 p. M. Letters collected at 7 and 8 A. M. and 1 and 3.45 p. M.
Office open Sunday-12 to 1 o'clock.
Mails leave Brookline for Boston 7, 8.15, 10.45 A. M., 1.15, 2.45, 5.40, 7.40 p. M. Arrive-7, 9.55 A. M., 12.30, 3, 3.30, 5, 6.30 p.M. Sunday mail closes for Boston 4 P.M.
STREET LETTER BOXES.
Railroad station, High, opp. Irving, Walnut and Cy- press, Warren and Dudley, Warren and Clyde, Heath and Boylston, Washington and School, Harvard and Aspinwall avenue, Park and Vernon, Park and Auburn, Harvard and Harvard avenue, Harvard and Alton place, Ivy and Carlton, Longwood avenue, St. Paul and Long- wood avenue, Walnut, near Walnut place, Beacon and Harvard, Longwood av. and Kent, Chapel station, Cottage Farm station.
RATES OF POSTAGE. FIRST CLASS.
Embraces letters, postal cards, and all matter wholly or partly in writing. Rates : letters two cents each ounce or fraction, postal cards one cent each, drop letters mailed at and for office where there is no carrier delivery, one cent eaclı.
SECOND CLASS.
Applies to newspaper publishers and news agents. Rates : one cent per pound or fraction. Publications must be issued as fre- quently as once in three months, matter to be fully paid.
When mailed by other than publishers or news agents, one cent per four ounces or fraction, prepaid by stamp affixed.
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THIRD CLASS.
Embraces books (transient newspapers, periodicals, 1 cent, 2 oz.) photographs, circulars, picture cards, and other matter wholly in print, proof and corrected proof sheets, with manuscript copy acompany- ing the same. Blank checks, drafts and similar printed forms, such as deeds, insurance policies, ctc. This will include check books, or books of blank drafts, but not ordinary blank books, which are fourth class matter, one cent an ounce. Check,s drafts, policies and other such papers filled up with writing will be charged letter postage. Rate onc cent, each two ounces or fraction. matter to be fully paid. There is no limit to single volumes of books. Other third-class matter is limited to 4 lbs.
FOURTH CLASS.
Embraces blank and printed address cards, labels, tags, mounted maps and charts, letter paper, patterns, playing cards, visit- ing cards (if written, letter rates), paper sacks, wrapping paper, with printed advertisements thereon, bill heads, letter heads, envel- opes, printed blanks, sample cards, and other matter of the same general character, the printing upon which is not designed to instruct, amuse, cultivate the mind or taste, or impart general information, samples, merchandise, models, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, and scions, ores, metals and minerals. Rates one cent, each ounce or fraction. If matter of two classes be inclosed in one package, the whole must be paid at higher rate.
Postal laws and regulations have been amended so as to permit transmission through the mails within the United States and ter- ritories, of liquids, except spiritous and malt liquors, not liab.c to explosion or spontaneous combustion or ignition by shock or jar, and not inflammable, and of soft soap, pastry or confections, oint- ments, salves and articles of similar consistentcy under certain conditions insuring safety to other mail matter in transmission.
UNMAILABLE.
The following articles arc excluded from the mails : liquids, poi- sons, explosive materials ; books, pamphlets, pictures, and other publications of an obscene or indecent character ; all letters on the envelope of which, and postal cards upon which, scurrilous epithets are written, printed or engraved, or disloyal devices printed or engraved; and all articles which from their form and nature are liable to destroy, deface or injure the contents of the mail bags, or the person of any one engaged in the postal service.
FOREIGN.
On letters to all parts of Austria, Azores, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain and Ireland, Greece, Hun- gary, Italy, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Port- ugal, Roumania, Russia, Servia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey, five cents per half ounce or fraction thereof; prepayment, except on registered letters, optional.
Two cent postal cards can be forwarded to any of the above foreign countries.
On newspapers and books, 1 cent for each two ounces or fraction, limited to 4 lbs. 6 ounces.
Coin, jewelry, and articles subject to custom's duty, are excluded from all foreign mails.
Rates of postage to foreign countries other than as above, being subject to change each month, inquiry should be made at the forcign department for ruling rates before mail matter is deposited in the office.
All mail matter, except letters, must be so wrapped or enveloped that their contents may be readily and thoroughly examined by post- masters without destroying the wrappers.
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DOMESTIC.
$300 can be sent in one day.
For any amount not exceeding $100 on one order will be issued on payment of the following fecs :
On orders not exceeding $5, five cents.
On orders not exceeding $10, eight cents.
Over $10 and not exceeding $15, ten cents.
Over $15 and not exceeding $30, fifteen cents.
Over $30 and not exceeding $40, twenty cents.
Over $40 and not exceeding $50, twenty-five cents.
Over $50 and not exceeding $60, thirty cents.
Over $60 and not exceeding $70, thirty-five cents.
Over $70 and not exceeding $80, forty cents.
Over $80 and not exceeding $100, forty-five cents.
FOREIGN.
Orders for Great Britain are issued at the following rates :
On orders not exceeding $10, ten cents.
Over $10 and not exceeding $20, twc .. ty cents.
Over $20 and not exceeding $30, thirty cents.
Over $30 and not exceeding $40, forty cents.
Over $40 and not exceeding $50, fifty cents.
Orders can also be sent to Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, India, Belgium, Tasmania, Jamaica, New South Wales, Victoria, New Zealand, Anstria, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Holland, Luxem- bourg, France or Algeria, Canadian Provinces, Constantinople (in Turkey), Japan, Windward Islands, Leeward Islands.
A list of Money Order Offices may be scen at P. O., on applica- tion.
Notc. The issuc to a single applicant in one day, of more than three Orders, payable at the same office, and to the same payee, is positively forbidden.
POSTAL NOTES.
Postal notes may be obtained at any money order office, payable to bearer, at any money order office, for sums from 1 cent to $4.99 inclusive. The rate for each note is 3 cents.
SPECIAL DELIVERY SERVICE.
By recent Act of Congress, the special delivery system has been extended to all post offices in the United States.
The priviliges of the system have also been extended to all classes of mail matter instead of being confined to first-class matter.
Accordingly cvery article of mailable matter, mailed at any post office in the United States, to which is affixed a 10 ct. special deliv- ery stamp in addition to regular postage, will be delivered at Letter Carrier offices within the carrier limits, immediately on arrival between the hours of 7 A. M. and 11 P. M., and at any other post office within a one mile radius between the hours of 7 A. M. and 9 P. M.
REGISTRATION.
Fces-10 cents beside the postage.
Valuable letters should invaribly be registered, or if money is to be remitted, a money order procured. Never inclose money or valuables in an ordinary letter.
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LETTER SHEET ENVELOPES. Issued only in the denomination of Two Cents.
DIRECTIONS.
WRITE - on the blank side. FOLD - the lower corners even with the cross perforations and then to the flap. SEAL - by moistening the gum at the sides and top. ADDRESS on the side bearing the stamp. OPEN - - - by tearing off the ends and breaking the perforated line on top.
PRICES from which no deviation is made.
PAD containing 25 sheets, 58c; 50 sheets, $1.15; 100 sheets, $2.30.
SHEETS .- Single sheet, 3c; Two sheets, 5c; Three sheets, 7c; Four sheets, 10c; Five sheets, 12c; Six sheets, 14; Seven sheets, 17c; Eight sheets, 19; Nine sheets, 21; Ten sheets, 23; Twenty- five sheets, 58c; Fifty sheets, $1.15; One hundred sheets, $2.30 ; Five hundred sheets, $11.50; One thousand sheets, $23.00.
METROPOLITAN RAILROAD.
BROOKLINE DIVISION, STATION 13.
Walnut street, near Washington. Division Supt. - Joseph M. Gould. Station Foreman - Charles W. Vroom.
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