HIGH-TIDE TABLES-Continued.

TIME OF HIGH WATER AT POINTS ON THE ATLANTIC COAST.

The local time of high water at the following places may be found approximately for each day by adding to or subtracting from the time of high water at Governor's Island, N. Y., the hours and minutes annexed.

EXAMPLE. To find the approximate time of high tide at Atlantic City, N. J., on any day, find first the time of high water at New York under the desired date, and then subtract 20 minutes, as in the above table; the result is the time of high water required.

Mt. Whitney.

Blanca Peak

Bear Mt......

Dupont

Greatest Altitude in Each State.

FROM THE RECORDS OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

STATE OR TERRITORY.

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona.

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut...

Delaware

Name of Place.

Cheauha Mt. (TalladegaCo.)
Mt. McKinley.

San Francisco Mt........
Magazine Mt.....

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

Illinois.

Indiana

D. of Columbia.. Tenley

Enota Mt...

Mossyhead

Hyndman Peak.

12,073 Oregon

Mt. Hood...

11,225

Warren

1,009 Pennsylvania... Bald Knob..

2,994

Haley

1,140 Rhode Island... Durfee Hill.

805

Indian Territ' y Sugarloaf

Iowa

Ocheyedan

Kanarado..

3.906 Tennessee..

Mt. Leconte.

6,612

Chinati

7,730

321 Utah.

Katahdin Mt........
Great Backbone Mt....

Massachusetts.. Mt. Greylock....

5,200 Vermont

3,400 Virginia..

3.535 Washington

Mt. Rainier

14.500

Porcupine Mt....

Mesabi Range..

Pontotoc Ridge...

Cedar Gap..

2.023 West Virginia.. Spruce Mt. (Pendleton Co.)

4.860

Summit Lake..
Frémont Peak.

1.732

13,790

Missouri

NOTE. The above table was prepared for THE WORLD ALMANAC by the Geographic Branch of the United States Geological Survey. It should be stated in connection with this table that it presents only points whose heights are matters of record, and that in several cases in the high mountain region of the far West and the Pacific Slope it is well known that there are higher points within the State or Territory whose heights are not yet known with accuracy, and consequently cannot be given. This table was revised by the United States Geological Survey to November 1, 1901.

• Western end of Beaver County, Oklahoma, reaches 5,000 feet elevation.

..43 437 N.
13 4 8 N.
.40 24 30 N.
.14 35 25 N.
43 18 18 N.
..37 49 53 S.
.19 26 2 N.

619 5 N.
.45 30 17 N.
..55 45 20 N.
* 37 20 24 N.
..48 8 45 N.
56 32 51 N.
.40 51 46 N.
.36 854 N.
.25 537 N.
.29 50 47 S.
.41 18 36 N.
.29 57 46 N.
)* 40 45 23 N.
.43 43 17 N.

.71 11 0 N. ..44 27 42 N. .46 28 37 N. .41 13 8 N.

857 6 N. 1 26 59 S. .48 50 12 N.

Pensacola, Fla., Lt......30 20 47 N.
Pernambuco, Brazil, Lt. 8 3 22 S.
Port au Prince, Hayti...18 33 54 N.
Philadelphia, Pa. *. ..39 57 7 N.
Point Barrowt..............71 27 0 N.
Portland, Me.
.43 39 28 N.
Port Louis, Mauritius...20 8 46 S.
Port Said, Egypt, Lt......31 15 45 N.
Port Spain, Trinidad.....10 38 39 N.
P. Stanley, Falkland Is. 51 41 10 S.
Prague, Bohemia*. 50 519 N.
Princeton, N. J. *. .40 20 58 N.
Providence, R. I.*. .41 49 46 N.
Quebec, Que. *.
.46 47 59 N.
Richmond, Va.
.37 32 16 N.
Rio de Janeiro*.
22 54 24 S.
Rochester, N. Y. *
.43 917 N.
Rome, Italy*.
41 53 54 N.

Saigon, Cochin-China*..10 46 47 N.
San Diego, Cal...
.32 43 6 N.

Sandy Hook, N. J., Lt...40 27 40 N.
San Francisco, Cal. *. .37 47 28 N.
San Juan de Porto Rico. 18 28 56 N.
Santiago de Cuba....
Savannah, Ga....
Seattle, Wash..
Shanghai, China.
Singapore, India...

Tunis (Goletta Lt. )........36 48 36 N.
Utrecht, Netherlands*...52 510 N.
Valparaiso, Chile.... .33 153 S.
Venice, Italy*
.45 26 10 N.
Vera Cruz. Mex., Lt.. 19 12 29 N.
Victoria, B. C., Lt... .48 25 26 N.
Vienna, Austria*.
48 13 55 N.
Warsaw, Russia*. 52 13 6 N.
Washington, D. C. .38 55 15 N.
Wellington, N. Z. .41 18 1 S.
West Point, N. Y. *. .41 23 22 N.
Williamstown, Mass.*.42 42 30 N.
Yokohama, Japan.35 26 24 N.
Zanzibar (E. Consulate) 6 943 S.

+ Highest latitude in U. S. territory.

(Revised December, 1901, at the New York Post-Office, for THE WORLD ALMANAC.)
DOMESTIC RATES OF POSTAGE.

ALL mailable matter for transmission by the United States mails within the United States is divided into four classes, under the following regulations. (Domestic rates apply to Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Tutuila, Porto Rico, Guam, Hawaii, and the Philippines.)

First-Class Matter.-This class includes letters, postal cards, and anything sealed or otherwise closed against inspection, or anything containing writing not allowed as an accompaniment to printed matter under class three.

Rates of letter postage to any part of the United States, two cents per ounce or fraction thereof. Rates on local or drop letters at free delivery offices, two cents per ounce or fraction thereof. At offices where there is no free delivery by carriers, one cent per ounce or fraction thereof.

Rates on postal cards, one cent (double or reply'' cards, two cents). Nothing must be added or attached to a postal card, except that a printed address slip not larger than 2 inches by 34 of an inch may be pasted on the address or message side. The addition of anything else subjects the card to letter postage. A card containing any threat, offensive dun, or any scurrilous or indecent communication will not be forwarded. The rule that has heretofore existed excluding from the face of a postal card words indicating the occupation or business of the addressee has been revoked. In future these additions, or others of a like general character, will be held to be constructively a part of the address, and therefore permissible. Cards that have been spoiled in printing or otherwise will not be redeemed.

PRIVATE MAILING CARDS' bearing written messages may be transmitted in the domestic mails at the rate of a cent apiece, stamps to be affixed by the sender; such cards to be sent openly in the mails.

To be entitled to the privileges given by this act of Congress, private mailing cards must conform to the following conditions:

1. Each card must be an unfolded piece of cardboard, not exceeding 34 by 51⁄2 inches, and not less than 2 15-16 by 4 15-16 inches in size.

2. The quality and weight must be substantially that of the Government postal card of like size.

3. They may be of any color which does not interfere with the legibility of the address.

4. Each card must bear these words at the top of the address side: "Private Mailing Card-Authorized by act of Congress of May 19, 1898," placed thereon by means of printing or hand-stamp.

5. Cards conforming to the conditions of paragraphs 1 to 4, inclusive, are admissible for transmission in the domestic mails, including Cuba, Tutuila, Porto Rico, Guam, Hawaii, and the Philippine Islands, and to places in Canada and Mexico, at the postage rate of one cent each, prepaid by stamps affixed.

6. Cards conforming to the conditions of paragraphs 1 to 4, inclusive, will be rendered admissible to the Postal Union mails by the addition of the words " Postal Card-Carte Postale" on the face near the top, either by writing, printing, or hand-stamp, at the postage rate of two cents each, prepaid by stamps affixed.

7. The message on the cards may be in writing or in print, and the message side may bear advertisements and illustrations in any color.

8. The face of the cards shall be reserved for postage stamps, postmarks, and addresses, which latter may be in writing, printing, or by means of a stamp or adhesive label of not more than three-fourths of an inch by two inches in size; provided that the sender may in the same manner place his name and address on the back or the face of the card, and that advertisements and illustrations may be printed on the face of the cards if they do not interfere with a perfectly distinct address and postmark. 9. When Private Mailing Cards are prepa ed by printers and stationers for sale, they should, in addition to conforming to all the conditions of paragraphs 1 to 4, inclusive, bear on the face near the top the words" Postal Card-Carte Postale," which addition will render them admissible to the Postal Union, as well as the domestic mails. Such cards should also bear in the upper right-hand corner of the face an oblong diagram containing the words " Place postage stamp here," and across the bottom the words "This side for the address."

10. The words "Private Mailing Card" are permissible only on cards that conform to the conditions prescribed by this order; other cards bearing these words, or otherwise purporting to be issued under authority of the act of May 19, 1898, are inadmissible to the mails.

11. The privilege given by the act is not intended to work a discontinuance of the Government postal cards. These will be issued and sold the same as heretofore.

Rates on specially delivered letters, ten cents on each letter in addition to the regular postage. This entitles the letter to immediate delivery by special messenger. Special delivery stamps are sold at post-offices, and must be affixed to such letters. An ordinary ten-cent stamp affixed to a letter will not entitle it to special delivery. The delivery, at carrier offices, extends to the limits of the carrier routes. At non-carrier offices it extends to one mile from the post-office. masters are not obliged to deliver beyond these limits, and letters addressed to places beyond must await delivery in the usual way, notwithstanding the special delivery stamp.

Post

Prepayment by stamps invariably required. Postage on all letters should be fully prepaid, but if prepaid one full rate and no more, they will be forwarded, and the amount of deficient postage collected on delivery; if wholly unpaid, or prepaid with less than one full rate and deposited at a post-office, the addressee will be notified to remit postage; and if he fails to do so, they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office; but they will be returned to the sender if he is located at the place of mailing, and if his address be printed or written upon them.

Letter rates are charged on all productions by the typewriter or manifold process, and on all printed imitations of typewriting or manuscript, unless such reproductions are presented at post-office windows in the minimum number of twenty identical copies.

Letters (but no other class of mail matter) will be returned to the sender free, if a request to that effect is printed or written on the envelope. There is no limit of weight for first-class matter fully prepaid.

Prepaid letters will be reforwarded from one post-office to another upon the written request of the person addressed, without additional charge for postage. The direction on forwarded letters may be changed as many times as may be necessary to reach the person addressed.

Second-Class Matter. This class includes all newspapers, periodicals, or matter exclusively in print and regularly issued at stated intervals as frequently as four times a year, from a known office of publication or news agency, to actual subscribers or news agents, and transient newspapers and publications of this character mailed by persons other than publishers. Publications having the characteristics of books and such as are not subscribed for on account of their literary merits, but because of other inducements, are not eligible to second-class privileges. Also periodical publications of benevolent and fraternal societies, etc. This applies to all reports

and the like made by officers of societies organized under the lodge system and having a membership of a thousand persons, and of the bulletins and proceedings of strictly professional, literary, historical, and scientific associations and institutions, trade unions, etc., provided only that these be published not less often than four times a year, and that they be printed on and be bound in paper. Publishers who wish to avail themselves of the privileges of the act are required to make formal application to the department through the postmaster at the place of publication, producing satisfactory evidence that the organizations represented come within the purview of the law, and that the object of the publications is to further the objects and purposes of the organizations.

Rates of postage to publishers, one cent a pound or fractional part thereof, prepaid in currency. Publications designed primarily for advertising or free circulation, or not having a legitimate list of subscribers, are excluded from the pound rate, and pay third-class rates.

Second-class publications must possess legitimate subscription lists approximating 50 per cent of the number of copies regularly issued or circulated by mail or otherwise. Unless they do pound-rate privileges are revoked or withheld.

Whenever the general character and manner of issue of a periodical publication is changed in the interest of the publisher, or of an advertiser or other person, by the addition of unusual quantities of advertisements, or of matter different from that usually appearing in the publication, or calculated to give special prominence to some particular business or businesses, or otherwise, or where the issue is to be sold at a special and different price than that charged for the customary issue, the second-class rates of postage will be denied that issue; and if there be repeated instances of such irregularities, it will be excluded from the mails as second-class matter.

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Such Christmas,' "New Year's," and other special issues, including "Almanacs, are excluded from second-class privileges by the terms above specified may be transmitted by mail only when prepaid by postage stamps at the rate applicable to third-class matter-one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof.

Publications sent to actual subscribers in the county where published are free, unless mailed for local delivery at a letter-carrier office.

Rates of postage on transient newspapers, magazines, or periodicals, one cent for each four ounces or fraction thereof. It should be observed that the rate is one cent for each four ounces, not one cent for each paper contained in the same wrapper. Second-class matter will be entitled to special delivery when special delivery ten-centstamps are affixed in addition to the regular postage.

Transient second-class matter must be so wrapped as to enable the postmaster to inspect it. The sender's name and address may be written in them, but any other writing subjects the matter to letter postage. The name and address of the sender may also be written on the wrapper.

Third-Class Matter.-Mail matter of the third class includes printed books, pamphlets, engravings, circulars in print (or by the hectograph, electric-pen, or similar process when at least twenty identical copies, separately addressed, are mailed at post-office windows at one time), and other matter wholly in print, proof-sheets, corrected proof-sheets, and manuscript copy accompanying the same.

The rate on matter of this class is one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof.
Manuscript unaccompanied by proof-sheets must pay letter rates.

Third-class matter must admit of easy inspection, otherwise it will be charged letter rates on delivery. It must be fully prepaid, or it will not be forwarded.

The limit of weight is four pounds, except single books in separate packages, on which the weight is not limited. It is entitled, like matter of the other classes, to special delivery when special delivery stamps are aflixed in addition to the regular postage.

Upon matter of the third-class, or upon the wrapper or envelope inclosing the same, or the tag or label attached thereto, the sender may write his own name, occupation, and residence or business address, preceded by the word 'from,' "and may make marks other than by written or printed words to call attention to any word or passage in the text, and may correct any typographical errors. There may be placed upon the blank leaves or cover of any book, or printed matter of the third-class, a simple manuscript dedication or inscription not of the nature of a personal correspondence. Upon the wrapper or envelope of third-class matter, or the tag or label attached thereto, may be printed any matter mailable as third-class, but there must be left on the address side a space sufficient for the legible address and necessary stamps.

Fourth-Class Matter.-Fourth-class matter is all mailable matter not included in the three preceding classes which is so prepared for mailing as to be easily withdrawn from the wrapper and examined. It embraces merchandise and samples of every description, and coin or specie. Rate of postage, one cent for each ounce or fraction thereof (except seeds, roots, bulbs, cuttings, cions, and plants, the rate on which is one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof). This matter must be fully prepaid, or it will not be forwarded. The affixing of special delivery ten-cent stamps in addition to the regular postage entitles fourth-class matter to special delivery. (See remarks under "first-class matter.'')

Articles of this class that are liable to injure or deface the mails, such as glass, sugar, needles, nails, pens, etc., must be first wrapped in a bag, box, or open envelope and then secured in another outside tube or box, made of metal or hard wood, without sharp corners or edges, and having a sliding clasp or screw lid, thus securing the articles in a double package. The public should bear in mind that the first object of the department is to transport the mails safely, and every other interest is made subordinate.

Such articles as poisons, explosives, or inflammable articles, live animals, insects, or substances exhaling a bad odor will not be forwarded in any case.

Firearms may only be sent in detached parts.

The regulations respecting the mailing of fiquids are as follows: Liquids, not ardent, vinous, spirituous, or malt, and not liable to explosion, spontaneous combustion, or ignition by shock or jar, and not inflammable (such as kerosene, naphtha, or turpentine), may be admitted to the

mails for transportation within the United States. Samples of altar or communion wine are mailable. When in glass bottles or vials, such bottles or vials must be strong enough to stand the shock of handling in the mails, and must be inclosed in a metal, wooden, or papier-mache block or tube, not less than three-sixteenths of an inch thick in the thinnest part, strong enough to support the weight of mails piled in bags and resist rough handling; and there must be provided, between the bottle and said block or tube, a cushion of cotton. felt, or some other absorbent sufficient to protect the glass from shock in handling; the block or tube to be closed by a tightly fitting lid or cover, so adjusted as to make the block or tube water tight and to prevent the leakage of the contents in case of breaking the glass. When inclosed in a tin cylinder, metal case, or tube, such cylinder, case, or tube should have a lid or cover so secured as to make the case or tube water tight, and should be securely fastened in a wooden or papier-mache block (open only at one end), and not less in thickness and strength than above described. Manufacturers or dealers intending to transmit articles or samples in considerable quantities should submit a sample package, showing their mode of packing, to the postmaster at the mailing office, who will see that the conditions of this section are carefully observed. The limit of admissible liquids and oils is not exceeding four ounces, liquid measure.

Limit of weight of fourth-class matter (excepting liquids), four pounds.

The name and address of the sender, preceded by the word "from," also any marks, numbers, names, or letters for the purpose of description, such as prices, quantity, etc., may be written on the wrapper of fourth-class matter without additional postage charge. A request to the delivering postmaster may also be written asking him to notify the sender in case the package is not delivered.

Registration.-All kinds of postal matter may be registered at the rate of eight cents for each package in addition to the regular rates of postage, to be fully prepaid by stamps. Each package must bear the name and address of the sender, and a receipt will be returned from the person to whom addressed. Mail matter can be registered at all post-offices in the United States. An indemnity-not to exceed $10 for any one registered piece, or the actual value of the piece, if it is less than $10-shall be paid for the loss of first-class registered matter.

Domestic Money Orders.-Domestic money orders are issued by money-order post-offices for any amount up to $100, at the following rates:

For sums not exceeding $2. 50, 3 cents; over $2.50 to $5, 5 cents; over $5 to $10, 8 cents; over $10 to $20, 10 cents: over $20 to $30, 12 cents; over $30 to $40, 15 cents; over $40 to $50, 18 cents; over $50 to $60, 20 cents; over $60 to $75, 25 cents; over $75 to $100, 30 cents. Stamped Envelopes.-Embossed stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers of several denominations, sizes, and colors are kept on sale at post-offices, singly or in quantities, at a small advance on the postage rate. Stamps cut from stamped envelopes are valueless; but postmasters are authorized to give good stamps for stamped envelopes or newspaper wrappers that may be spoiled in directing, if presented in whole condition and with satisfactory evidence.

All matter concerning lotteries, gift concerns, or schemes devised to defraud the public, or for the purpose of obtaining money under ialse pretences, is denied transmission in the mails.

Applications for the establishment of post-offices should be addressed to the First Assistant Postmaster-General, accompanied by a statement of the necessity therefor. Instructions will then be given and blanks furnished to enable the petitioners to provide the department with the necessary information.

The franking privilege was abolished July 1, 1873, but the following mail matter may be sent free by legislative saving clauses, viz.:

1. All public documents printed by order of Congress, the Congressional Record and speeches contained therein, franked by Members of Congress, or the Secretary of the Senate, or Clerk of the House. 2. Seeds transmitted by the Secretary of Agriculture, or by any Member of Congress, procured from that Department.

3. All periodicals sent to subscribers within the county where printed.

4. Letters and packages relating exclusively to the business of the Government of the United States, mailed only by officers of the same, publications required to be mailed to the Librarian of Congress by the Copyright law, and letters and parcels mailed by the Smithsonian Institution. All these must be covered by specially printed "penalty" envelopes or labels.

5. The Vice-President, Members and Members-elect and Delegates and Delegates-elect to Congress may frank any mail matter, not over 2 ounces in weight, upon official or departmental business. All communications to Government officers and to Members of Congress are required to be prepaid by stamps.

Suggestions to the Public (from the United States Official Postal-Guide).-Mail all letters, etc., as early as practicable, especially when sent in large numbers, as is frequently the case with newspapers and circulars.

All mail matter at large post-offices is necessarily handled in great haste and should therefore in all cases be so PLAINLY addressed as to leave NO ROOM FOR DOUBT AND NO EXCUSE FOR ERROR on the part of postal employés. Names of States should be written in full (or their abbreviations very distinctly written) in order to prevent errors which arise from the similarity of such abbreviations as Cal., Col.; Pa., Va., Vt.; Me., Mo., Md.; Ioa., Ind.; N. H., N. M., N. Y., N. J., N C., D. C.; Miss., Minn., Mass.; Nev., Neb.; Penn., Tenn., etc., when hastily or carelessly written. This is especially necessary in addressing mail matter to places of which the names are borne by several post-offices in different States.

Avoid as much as possible using envelopes made of flimsy paper, especially where more than one sheet of paper, or any other article than paper, is inclosed. Being often handled, and even in the mailbags subject to pressure, such envelopes not infrequently split open, giving cause of complaint.

Never send money or any other article of value through the mail except either by means of a money order or in a registered letter. Any person who sends money or jewelry in an unregistered letter not only runs a risk of losing his property, but exposes to temptation every one through whose hands his letter passes, and may be the means of ultimately bringing some clerk or letter-carrier to ruin.

See that every letter or package bears the full name and post-office address of the writer, in order to secure the return of the letter, if the person to whom it is directed cannot be found. A much larger portion of the undelivered letters could be returned if the names and addresses of the senders were