154 The Horticulturist" s Rule- Book. 



Unmailable Matter, continued. 



lotteries, gift-concerts, etc.. or concerning any scheme devised 

 and intended to receive and defraud the public for the purpose 

 of obtaining money under false pretenses. 



Mutilated. — Matter recovered from wrecked or burned mail- 

 cars or vessels, or matter damaged so that it cannot be forwarded 

 to destination. All matter found loose in the mails, separated 

 from the wrapper, label or envelope containing the address, so 

 that the direction cannot be known ; and the matter recovered 

 from depredations on the mails and to be restored to the owners 

 upon due proof of ownership. 



Excess of Weight and Size. — Packages of domestic third and 

 fourth class matter, weighing more than four pounds (except 

 single books and official matter emanating from the Departments 

 at Washington) , and of foreign matter in excess of weight or 

 size fixed by stipulation of postal treaty. 



lEv'n in tbc stifling bosom of tbc Cowii, 

 B Oaroen in wbicb notbing tbrivcs bas cbarms 

 'Cbat sootbe tbc ricb possessor ; mucb consoled 

 'Cbat beve an£* tbcre some sprigs of mournful mint, 

 Of nigbtsba£>cs or valerian, grace tbe wall 

 Ifac cultivates* 



— Cowper. 



