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Penna.
9:15 a. m. north 9:45 a. m.
Penna.
10:30 a. m. south
11:00 a. m. Reading
11 :13 a. m. north
11:43 a. m.
Reading
12:45 p. m. sonth
1:15 p. m.
Penna.
12:45 p. m. north
1:15 p. m.
Penna.
1 :20 p. m. west
1:50 p. m.
L. & T.
3:56 p. m. south
4:26 p. m.
Penna.
3:56 p. m. north
4:24 p. m.
Reading
4:25 p. m. south 4:55 p. m.
Reading
4:50 p. m. north 5:20 p. m.
Penna.
5:20 p. m. west to Mfg. 5:40 p. m.
L. & T.
6:17 p. m. south 6:47 p. m.
Penna.
7:25 p. m. no'th & so'th 9:30 p. m.
Reading
4:15 p. m. sonth, Sun. 4:45 p. m.
Penna.
MAILS RECEIVED.
Time of Train.
6:00 a. m. from north and south via P. R. R.
6:30 a. m. from the south via Penna. R. R.
9:00 a. m. from Mifflinburg and west.
9:37 a. m. from the north via Penna. R. R.
10:13 a. m. from the south via Penna. R. R.
11:00 a. m. from the north via P. & R.
11:43 a. m. from the south via P. & R.
1:50 p. m. from north and south via P. R. R.
4:25 p. m. from Mifflinburg and west.
4:25 p. m. from the south via P. & R.
4:55 p. m. from the north via P. & R.
5:07 p. m. from the north via P. R. R.
5:55 p. m. from the south via Penna. R. R.
6:40 p. m. from Mifflinburg via L. T. R. R. 7:00 a. m. SUNDAY from north and south via Penna. R. R. by special messenger from Montandon.
All mails are closed at the office thirty minutes prior to the scheduled time of de- parture of train.
No mail received on Sunday except at 7:00 a. m., from all points north, east, south and west.
No mail dispatched on Sunday except at 4:15 p. m. for all points north, east, south and west.
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REGISTERED MAIL DISPATCHED.
Time of Mail. Time of Train. Railroad
6:00 a. m. west
6:30 a. m.
L. & T.
8:30 a. m. south
9:00 a. m.
Penna.
10:30 a. m. south
11:00 a. m.
Reading
11:13 a. m. north
11:43 a. m. Reading
12:45 a. m. no'th & so'th 1:15 p. m. Penna.
3:56 p. m. north 4:24 p. m.
Reading
3:56 p. m. no'th & so'th 4:26 p. m.
Penny.
4:25 p. m. south 4:55 p. m.
·Reading
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LOCATION OF STREET BOXES.
Lewisburg has twenty-six strect letter boxes, located as follows:
Corner of Water and Market Sts. Corner of Front and Market Sts. Corner of Second and Market Sts. At Post Office-Letter and Package Box. Corner of Fourth and Market Sts. Corner of Fifth and Market Sts. Corner of Sixth and Market Sts. Corner of Seventh and Market Sts. Corner of Ninth and Market Sts. Corner of Twelfth and Market Sts. Corner of Fifteenth and Market Sts. Corner of Second and St. Louis Sts. Corner of Third and St. Catharine Sts. Corner of Third and St. George Sts. Corner of Fourth and St. Louis Sts. Corner of Sixth and St. Louis Sts. Corner of Sixth and St. George Sts. Corner of Water and St. John Sts. Corner of Front and St. Mary Sts. Corner of Second and St. Mary Sts. Corner of Third and St. John Sts. Corner of Fourth and St. Anthony Sts. Corner of Fifth and St. Mary Sts.
Corner of Third and St. Anthony. Sts.
Corner of University Ave. and Lomis St. Corner of Tenth and Buffalo Road. One at Penna. R. R. passenger station from which one collection is made daily (ex- cept Sunday), at 5:20 a. m. by the Railway Postal Clerk.
Note .- The exact time of collection from each box is printed on the outside of same.
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Topography of Rural Routes.
No. 1 .- Clyde E. Gundy, Carrier.
Beginning at 7:45 a. m. at the Post Office in Lewisburg, thence south along river road to Turtle Creek, thence west along Furnace road to Matthews' corner; thence north to Gundy's School House; thence southwest to Mertz's corner; thence west to Reed's corner; thence south .to J. H. Heimbach; retrace to Reed's corner; thence north to Smoketown road; thence east to Salem Church; thence southeast to Zeller's School House; thence east to R. G. Gel; linger; thence northwest to top of Sinoke- town Hill; thence north across Pike to Gephart Brown; thence east to Lewisburg Post Office.
No. 2 .- Samuel B. Dunkle, Carrier.
Beginning at 7:45 a. m. at the Post Office in Lewisburg; thence north to Lil- ly's corner at Iron Bridge; thence west along Creek to Ream's corner; theice north to Pine Grove; thence northwest to B. F. Schoch corner; thence west to Rhoads' cor- ner; thence south to Kelly Point; thence southwest to Hoffa's Mill; thence retrace to Hoffa farm; thence west to. Aaron Stahl's farm; thence north to Hill School House; thence west to Kelly's corner; thence north to Christian Walter; thence south to road to Kelly corner; thence east to road to Jacob Stahl's; thence north to Daniel Dieffenbach; thence east to George Leiser; thence south to Oakland School House; thence west to Lawson corner; thence south and southeast along creek to Shriner Mill; thence south to Buffalo Road and east to .Lewisburg Post Office.
No. 3 .- C. Oscar Walker, Carrier. :
Beginning at 7:45 a. m. at the Post Office in Lewisburg; thence northwest and west to Buffalo Cross Roads; thence south to James Miller's; retrace north to Buffalo Cross . Roads; thence west to Mazeppa; thence retrace to Cameron Mill; thence east
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. along Buffalo Creek to Wolf's Woods; thence south to Buffalo Road; thence west to Heiser's Hill; thence south to Pike School House; thence west to Vicksburg; thence south Reagle's corner; thence east to Reed's corner; thence north to Pike; thence cast on Pike to J. E. Dunkle's; thence south to Mathias Noll's; retrace to Pike; thence east on Pike to Lohr's farm; thence south to Salem Church; thence east on Smoketown road to Abram Kurtz cor- ner; thence north to Pike, and west on Pike to Martin D. Wolfe: thence east on Pike to Lewisburg Post Office.
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MILTON No. 4 .- J. C. Bostian, Carrier.
Milton No. 4 Roule leaves Milton post office al 8 a. m .. crossing the river Into Union county, serving thal section west to Kelly Cross Roads and down 10 Red Top and along The River road.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
By always having your money ready when buying stamps you will save valu- able time for yourself, the busy post office clerks and others who may be in waiting.
Box holders should always inform their correspondents the number of their box and have it incorporated in their address. This is especially important for the younger members of the family and the ladies, whose names are not so familiar to the post office as is that of the head of the family.
When transacting business at any of the windows true gentlemen will refrain from smoking, but if you must smoke, do not blow it into the face of the clerks or oth- ers waiting. It is not only very ill-man- nerly but decidedly annoying to any self- respecting individual to take second-hand. smoke.
Do not stand at the post office windows to write or wrap up packages, when there is a desk provided for such purposes, as it is almost sure to inconvenience some other patron whose time is as valuable to them as yours is to you.
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RATES OF POSTAGE ON POST CARDS.
Post Cards of same size and material as Postal Card .1c.
Post Cards of different size or material with writing .2c. Same without writing . .1c. ..
Leather Post Cards with writing .... 2c. Leather Post Cards without writ-
ing .1c
Birch Bark Post Cards. with writ-
ing .2c.
Birch Bark Post Cards, without writ- ing .... Ic.
Post Cards enclosed in thin envelopes with writing .. ... 2c. Same unsealed and without writing .. 1c.
Post Cards, with small envelopes at- tached, unsealed, without writing .. .. Ic. Same, with writing 2c. Samc, sealed .. 2c.
Post Cards with tinsel on are unmail- able unless enclosed in envelopes and are sent direct to the Dead Letter Office.
Post Cards in envelopes must have the stamp attached to the envelope instead of the card; no matter if the envelope is of thin paper or has a hole in it. Put your stamps on the envelope if you want it to go.
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Post Cards bearing particles of mica, glass, tinsel, sand or other similar sub- stance are unmailable, except when enclosed in tightly sealed envelopes.
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THE GENERAL DELIVERY ..
The general delivery window of the post office, for the accommodation of those who, for various reasons, do not rent boxes, transient patrons and the traveling public, is one of the most exacting, and frequently one of the most exasperating, nerve-trying positions in the world. the proper filling of which is rarely, if ever, appreciated as it should be. Through it may be seen moro traits of human character, add, angeli- enl and otherwise, than any place on earth, for its frequenters include all classes of people to n degree not met with elsewhere. None are too great nor too lowly to approach its partuls in quest of mail, muny through an uhnest positive knowledge that it will be there; others apparently inspired by n hope that some one has written or sent them something, while some oill seemingly through force of habit, rarely missing n inail or receiving as much as u postal enrd.
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Persons changing their residence should invariably notify their postmaster, and if the change be only temporary, they should stute for how long the for- warding order is effective, otherwise it is considered perpetual. In cities having free mail delivery be' particular to give street and number of both old nnd new address. .
Pnirans of this very weressary department of ull post offices will no doubt merit the lasting estees of the persons in charge, and possibly secure mare sois- Inctury service by kindly observing the following suggestions :
Upon culling ut the general delivery, always pra- nounce your name, in the best voice that God bus given yan, for such purposes. no matter how well van may think you are known to the postinaster or his clerks. Did you ever meet n person whom von knew perfectly, yet could nat instantly spank his name f Besides this, the change of a hat or garment, or the rellection of n light may so change one's appearance as to render instant recognition quite difficult.
If'in a strange place, always pronounce your name and spell. it, or at least the first s. lable. By this means you are not nearly so pt to be misunderstood in the confusion usually incident to mail time. Manv names sound very much alike, though spelled quite differently, and this precaution should never be ner- Jected. Never merely nsk, is there anything for "me," "us," or "our folks!" but give the name.
If you have reason to expect mail that is not Elven you, sinte your ense in a gentlemanly or Indvlike inan- ner as briefly as possible, and the inntter will he cheerfully investigated, but if some one has merely neglected to write you, or failed to answer n letter, just remember that postmasters and their clerks prob- nbly have similar troubles of their own.
When you have been waited mpan, always slep aside as soon as you can, Jest some one he wasting. unobserved, behind yon, for mail as important ns your own. .
THE REGISTRY SYSTEM.
Herrafter when a person sends a registered letter or parcel he will not get a return receipt enrd, un- less such matter bears the endorsement "Receipt de- sired," or words of similar import. :
Any article of mailable. matter may be registered rt nny post office in the United States for a fee of 10 cents in addition to the regular postage of its class, all of which must be prepaid in full with stamps affixed by the sender, whose name and address must be printed or written upon the envelope or wrapper before it will be received for registration.
The question is frequently nsked, "Which is the safer way to send money, by registered letter or n money order!" The answer is, n money order, of course. While not one registered letter in a million is Just, the situation is simply this: Suppose you send " registered letter containing $100 and the train should he wrecked or a post office ho destroyed by fire with your letter, you would receive $50 if you could prove there was that much in it, while hud you sent a money order, though the issuing and paying office Inthe be swept from the face of the earth, the $100 would still be paid, for it is certainly itself.
The registry system should be employed for vahi: alle papers and packages between. all offices, and for currency where impossible to obtain a money order: Registered matter is never dispatched on night trains over lines where mail is carried in the day time, al. ways by the most secure route, and must be recorded in every post office und postal car through which it passes, sn that where changes are necessary, regis- tered miatter rarely umkes as good time ns ordinary mail, speed being sacrificed to security.
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Postmusters nor their clerks are not allowed to nd- dress, seul or put the stumps upon anything intended to be registered. This must be done by the sender or some one of them who is in no way connected with the post office.
CIRCULARS DEFINED, .
A circular is defined by the postal Inws as "n print- ed letter which, necarding to internal evidence, is being sent in identienl terms to several persons" and does not lose its character as such by having the date an which it is sent the name of the addressce or that. of the sender, written or stamped thereon, but the writing or stomping of a nmine, date, place or anv- thing else to complele its sense, renders it subject to first class postage. Invitations, nnnonacements nnd the like may have the nume of the addressee upon the inner as well as the outside envelope ar n printed or wrillen eard enclosed with the name of sender only.
Unsenled circulars, to be entitled to pass ns anch, must be presented at the post office window, ( not mailed in the letter box, ) in the aggregnte of nt least twenty identical copies.
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THE MONEY ORDER SYSTEM,
The Money Order System of the Post Office De- partment is one of the finest forms of remittance ever devised, insuring as it does absolute safety at small cost. By it hundreds of millions of dollars are nnnu. ully transported through the mails, without the loss of a penny to the public. Orders are issued and paid at more than 35,000 offices in the United States.
RATES ON DOMESTIC MONEY ORDERS.
$ .01 to $2.50 ... 3 cts |
$30.01 to $40.00. .. 15 cta
2.51 to 5.00. .. 5 cts
40.01 to 50.00. . . 18 ets
5.01 to 10.00. .. 8 cts
50.01 to 60.00 ... 20 cts
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10.01 to 20.00. .. 10 cts 60.01 to 75.00. .. 25 cts
20.01 to 30.00. .. 12 cts | 75.01 to 100.00 ... 30 cts Rural Delivery Carriers are authorized to necept and receipt for cash for money orders, to be en- closed in unsealed letters committed to their care, or to be delivered next trip.
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One Hundred Dollars is the largest amount for . which a money order can be written, but there is no longer any limit to the number of orders that may be drawn at the same time upon any office above the fourth class. Upon offices of the fourth class the aggregnte should not exceed $300.
"The postmaster at any money order office can show you a list of all others. If the place to which you wish to send a remittance should not be a money order office, the order may be drawn upon some nearby town that is, and sent to the payce ut bis regulnr address. In this manner the patron of any of the more than 76,000 post offices may be safe- ly renched.
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Orders may now be drawn upon the office where issued, payable to any other patron thereof, so that if Mr. Jones, living north of town, wishes to send n sum of money to Mr. Smith, living south of town, he may do so through the money order systein. This is a new feature of the service, nnd should be appre- clated.
Money ordera are recorded where issned, at the office drawn upon. and in the Department at Wash- ington, and may be readily traced at any time. If lost, stolen or destroyed, duplicates may be obtained without expense, difficulty or delay, by npplying to either the issuing or paying postmnster. Thev nre paynble only at the office of issue or the one drawn upon, but may be endorsed once and exchanged or deposited the same ns a check or draft. A careful reading of the blank form on the back of an order will enable anyone to properly endorse It. The naine of the person to whom paid must be signed upon the face of the order at time of payment.
FOREIGN MONEY ORDERS,
International. Orders are issued at several thousand offices, payable In any country in the civilized world, the fees being one per cent., adjusted by tens, as $10 or under, 10 cents; $00 to $100 being $1, though to some countries the maximum amount is $50 for any one order, but there is no limit to the number of foreign orders that may be drawn at the same time.
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SPECIAL DELIVERY BUSINESS,
A special stamp, of the denomination of ten (10) rents may be procured at any post office, which, when attached to a letter or other article of mailable matter; in addition to the regular postage thereon according to its class, will insure the special and prompt delivery of the same, within the delivery limit of any post office having free delivery from G a. m. to 11 p. m., and within one mile of all other post offices in the United States, from 7 n. m. to 9 p. m., or the arrival of the Inst muil for the day.
Special delivery stamps are not good for postage, nor will two or more special delivery stamps secure delivery beyond the carrier or one mile limit. Let- ters containing only the special delivery stamp (A very common error of persona using them) will be forwarded and specially delivered, the deficiency to be collected of addressee, but nll other than first class mutter, with only the special stamp will be treated as wholly unpaid and addressee notified to remit postage, as required by law, upon receipt of which it becomes special delivery matter, and has the right of way over everything else.
Special delivery matter must be delivered on holi- days and Sunduys the same pa other days. At the larger offices special deliveries are made during cer- tain hours of Sunday. .
If, for any reason, specinl delivery .stamps are not available, ordinary stamps can . be used to the amount of ten cents. "Then write "Special Delivery" on the envelope.
POSTAGE DUE,
It Is a good rule to niwnys see that the postage on inail matter deposited by you is fully paid. While ull inatter of the first class will be forwarded if it bears us much as one 2 cent stamp and weighs less than four pounds, all such matter is liable to delav at the office where mailed and to which addressed; nt the former for rating up, at the latter for collection. as no postage due letters are ever placed in your box, except by mistake, but instead a notice to call nt stamp window for the same. The delay of a minute may cause a letter to miss an important connection that will lay it out 24 houra or more.
USE A RETURN CARD,
Never mail anything without your own name and nddress upon it, as well as that of the persan for whom it is intended. A request for its return within n given time, not less than three days nor more than three months, will be complied with on everything fully paid at the first class rute. If not so paid, vou will be notified of its non-delivery and the amount necessary for returning or sending to a new address.
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While a request to return In less than three days cannot be regarded, a request to forward to another past office If not called for in one day, or by a given time, will be promptly complied with.
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RURAL. DELIVERY RULES.
Rural Carriers aro now required, empowered anıl anthurized to administer any and all onths to bo mmle by pensioners and their witnesses, in the exe- cutinn of their vouchers with like effect and force ns officers having a seal; and they are nuthorized to charge and receive for each voucher not exceeding twenty-five cents, to be paid by the pensioner ..
More than one family inny use the same rurnl mail box; PROVIDED, That written notice of such agreo- meut between two or more families Is filed with the pustmaster ut the distributing post office. Guests and servants inny also receive mail addressed in enre of a patron of Rural Free Delivery.
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Rurnl carriers must not sulicit business or receive orders of any kind for uny person, firm or corpora- tion, and shall unt, during their hours of employ- ment, carry uny merchandise for hire except for and upon the request of patrons residing upon their re- spertive routes, whenever the same shull nut inter- fere with the proper discharge of their official duties.
Letters or other innil mutter mldressed to other parties on the sume route will be delivered the saine day mailed, if between the point of mailing und the post office from which the route starts, und next trip if ta a person between post office and mailing point.
Rural enrriers are supplied with stamps, envelopes, postal enrds, etc. They will also register your letters, or receive your applications for money orders und money for the same, the order to be delivered to vou next day, or enclosed in your letter und forwarded as you may desire, giving you the receipt next day.
By order of Post Office Department the "drop let- ter," or 1c. rates of postage will not apply within rurnl delivery limit, the Bc. per ounce rate innst be exacted upon all first class mutter except postal eard. The introduction of rural free delivery does not in- erense the present rate of postage on serowl, third and fourth class mutter, including unsealed circu- Inrs, entitled to pass as such.
Persons supplied by rural free delivery shoubl not neglect to inform their correspondents of the number of their respective routes. They should also bave ull newspapers and other mail matter addressed to route and box number, for illustration, "lohn Iones, Rural Route No. 1, Box 22, Lewisburg, Pennn," never neg. lerting to put on the name of the town frmn which the route is supplied as routes nre numbered from one upward nt ench plure having this service.
The First Assistant Postmaster General has or- dered that patrons of the rural route service must pnt up boxes that are approved by the department.
The U. S. mail should not be deposited in nnv bnt nn appropriate receptacle, properly labeled and protected. Watch the enrrler and see what tine ho arrives at your bouse every dav. The time will varv but little from one alny to another. Get your mail ns soon as possible after he leaves it.
CONCERNING POST OFFICE BOXES,
Next to subscribing and paying for your home pa- per regularly, maintaining a box in your local post offire is a means of education and satisfaction that should not be neglected. There are, at almost every post office, people whose small bills for box rent amount to more than their annual expenditure fur postage, but they realize more enjoyment therefrom than any other investment of a like sum, while on the other hand there are many who spend more in valu- alle time awaiting their turn at the general delivery after each mail than would pay the rental of a bnr four times over, and erroneously imagine that they are practicing economy.
. "The pussession of a box at the post offire gives to each member of the bousehold an air of independence mmol self respret wholly unknown to these who take their turn at the general dlelivery windnw.
Besides the convenience of hinving n box, it nlso carries with it other advantages, as one's correspond- ents should be informed, of the box mumber, flint it may be incorporated in their address, While mnil matter cannot lawfully be delivered where initials only are used. it may be addressed or inarked to re- - turn to a box number, and the nodress is lawful.
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The use of a box is restricted to the members of one family, firm or corporation, including employes ( with enusent of employers, ) visiters, and such innil as may be mblressed in care of the box number. Sta- dents of colleges or inmates of any public institution may have their mail deposited in the box thereof, when such is the rule of the sine, but regular board- ers at hotels or elsewhere are not considered as mem- bers of the family, though transient guests may have their mail sent in care of a hotel, und it will bo placed In the box thereof.
Boxes nre not rented for more than three months at a tine, nor beyond the end of the current quarter, the rate being prorated for fractional quarters. Box rents form a very important part of the postal rev- enues, and should be promptly and cheerfully paid. Pastmasters are instructed that when hox rents are not paid by the first dny of the first month in ench quarter, to put their mail in the general delivery und rent the box to the first person upplying for it. Be- ing chargeable with all uncollected rents on boxes used, it is not to be wondered at that postmasters shoubl be so persistent in having it paid,
. Persons who habitually and persistently leave thelr post office boxes unlocked have no moral right to com- ploin if they lose valuable mail thereby. A strict coun- pliance with the law would require postinnsters to place the mail of all such parties In the general de- livery until they agree to keep their boxes locked.
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STAMPED ENVELOPES AND WRAPPERS. PRICES AND ADVANTAGE.
Post Office pulrons will find it grently to their in- lerest to use the stumped envelopes and newspaper wruppers, as a matter of economy, as well us a safe- guard against the common error of mailing letters without postage, besides saving the time and labor of affixing the stamps, which is quite u tusk when dono in large quantities. .
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