George Washington, the celebrated American Patriot. Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, Feb. 22, 1732. President from April 30, 1789, to March 4, 1797. Died at Mount Vernon, Virginia, Dec. 14, 1799.

John Adams, (Federalist). Born in Braintree, Mass., Oct. 19, 1735. President from March 4, 1797, to March 4, 1801. Died in Braintree, July 4, 1826.

Thomas Jefferson, (Democratic-Republican). Born at Shadwell, Virginia, April 2, 1743. President from March 4, 1801, to March 4, 1809. Died at Monticello, Virginia, July 4, 1826.

James Madison, (Democratic-Republican). Born in Port Conway, Virginia, March 16, 1751. President from March 4, 1809, to March 4, 1817. Died at Montpelier, Virginia, June 28, 1836.

James Monroe, (Democratic-Republican). Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, April 28, 1758. President from March 4, 1817, to March 4, 1825. Died in New York City, July 4, 1831.

John Quincy Adams, (National Republican). Born in Braintree, Mass., July 11, 1767. President from March 4, 1825, to March 4, 1829. Died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 23, 1848.

Andrew Jackson, (Democrat). Born in Waxhaw, No. Carolina, March 15, 1767. President from March 4, 1829, to March 4, 1837. Died near Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 8, 1845.

Martin Van Buren, (Democrat). Born in Kinderhook, New York, Dec. 5, 1782. President from March 4, 1837, to March 4, 1841.

at Kinderhook, N. Y., July 24, 1862.

Died

· William Henry Harrison, (Whig). Born in Berkley, Virginia, Feb. 9, 1773. President from March 4, 1841, to April 4, 1841. Died in Washington, D. C., April 4, 1841.

John Tyler, (Whig). Born in Charles City County, Virginia, March 29, 1790. President from April 4, 1841, to March 4, 1845. Died in Richmond, Virginia, Jan. 17, 1862.

James Knox Polk, (Democrat).

Born in Mecklenburg County, No. Carolina, Nov. 2, 1795. President from March 4, 1845, to March 5, 1849. Died in Nashville, Tenn., June 15, 1845.

Zackary Taylor, (Whig). Born in Orange County, Virginia, Sept. 24, 1784. President from March 5, 1849, to July 9, 1850. Died in Washington, D. C., July 9, 1850.

Millard Fillmore, (Whig). Born in Cayuga County, New York, Jan. 7, 1800. President from July 9, 1850, to March 4, 1853. Died in Buffalo, New York, March 8, 1874.

Franklin Pierce, (Democrat). Born in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, Nov. 23, 1804. President from March 4, 1853, to March 4, 1857. Died in Concord, New Hampshire, Oct. 8, 1869.

James Buchanan, (Democrat). Born in Franklin County, Penn, April 22, 1791. President from March 4, 1857, to March 4, 1861. Died in Wheatland, Penn., June 1, 1868.

Abraham Lincoln, (Republican). Born in Hardin County, Kentucky, Feb. 12, 1809. President from March 4, 1861, to April 15, 1865. Assassinated in Washington by John Wilkes Booth, a political enemy, April 14, 1865, and died on the morning of April 15.

Andrew Johnson, (Republican). Born in Raleigh, No. Carolina, Dec. 29, 1808. President from April 15, 1865, to March 4, 1869. Died in Carter County, Tenn., July 31, 1875.

Ulysses S. Grant, (Republican). Born at Point Pleasant, Ohio, April 27, 1822. President from March 4, 1869, to March 4, 1877. Died at Mount McGregor, New York, July 23, 1885.

Rutherford B. Hayes, (Republican). Born in Delaware, Ohio, Oct. 4, 1822. President from March 4, 1877, to March 4, 1881. Died in Fremont, Ohio, Jan. 17, 1893.

James A. Garfield, (Republican). Born in Orange, Ohio, Nov. 19, 1831. President from March 4, 1881, to Sept. 19, 1881. Shot by Charles Guiteau in Washington July 2, 1881. Died in Elberan, New Jersey, Sept. 19, 1881.

Chester A. Arthur, (Republican). Born in Fairfield, Vt., Oct. 5, 1830. President from Sept. 20, 1881, to March 4, 1885. Died in New York City Nov. 18, 1886.

Grover Cleveland, (Democrat). Born in Caldwell, New Jersey, March 18, 1837. President from March 4, 1885, to March 4, 1889; also from March 4, 1893, to March 4, 1897. Died in New Jersey, June 24,

1908.

Benjamin Harrison, (Republican). Born in Hamilton County,. Ohio, Aug. 20, 1833. President from March 4, 1889, to March 4, 1893 Died in Indianapolis, Indiana, March 13, 1901.

William McKinley, (Republican). Born at Niles Trumbull County, Ohio, Jan. 29, 1843. President from March 4, 1897, to Sept. 14, 1901. Assassinated in Buffalo, New York, Sept. 14, 1901. Theodore Roosevelt, (Republican). Born in New York City, Oct

27, 1858. President from Sept. 14, 1901, to March 4, 1909. William H. Taft, (Republican). Born in

Ohio, Sept. 15, 1857. President from March 4, 1909, and is the present incumbent.

Post Office Regulations

Domestic

In addition to the States and Territories, Domestic Rates apply to the Island Possessions, the Panama Canal Zone and Shanghai, China, and to the mail of officers and crews of U. S. War Vessels stationed abroad.

All mail matter (except regular publications sent to subscribers, and 3d and 4th Class matter mailed under "Permit") must be wholly or in part prepaid by postage stamp.

Letters, Postal Cards and Post Cards may be forwarded from one post office to another, without additional postage, but all other matter must have postage prepaid anew.

Mail matter of all classes may be registered; fee, in addition to regular postage fully prepaid, eight cents.

LETTERS AND POSTAL CARDS.-FIRST CLASS Letters or other matter wholly or partly in writing or typewriting, except as hereinafter provided, and all matter sealed or closed against inspection, except original packages of proprietary articles in simplest mercantile form and seeds and like articles in transparent envelopes, to be sent beyond the office where deposited or for local delivery when mailed in a letter-carrier post-office or rural delivery— one rate must be prepaid, and article must not weigh over 4 lbs.each ounce or fraction

.02

Drop or local letters deposited in other than a letter carrier office each ounce or fraction. ..01 Rural delivery, 02

Special (or Immediate) Delivery Letters, in addition to regular postage, a special stamp is provided but ordinary stamps may be used if mail is marked "Special Delivery" or its equivalent....10 Postal Cards, a message may be written on left third of address side.01 Postal Cards with paid reply ..02

Private Mailing Cards ("Post Cards"), conforming to prescribed conditions, a message may be written on left half of address side.....01

No Limit to Weight.

Newspapers and periodicals, one copy to each actual subscriber residing within the county where they are printed, wholly or in part, and published, except those deliverable at letter-carrier offices or rural delivery

.free

Newspapers and Periodicals to regular subscribers, and sample copies, each pound or fraction

..01

Newspapers (except weeklies) and Periodicals not exceeding two ounces in weight, when deposited in a letter-carrier office or rural delivery for delivery by carrier, prepaid by postage stamp affixed, each

..01

Periodicals over two ounces in weight, prepaid by postage stamps affixed

Weeklies deliverable by carriers at letter-carrier offices or rural delivery, for each pound or fraction...

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The preceding rates under Second Class apply only to matter mailed by Publishers or News Agents. When posted by others the rate for each four ounces or fraction is..

MISCELLANEOUS PRINTED MATTER, ETC-THIRD CLASS. Books (printed), pamphlets, circulars, occasional publications, photographs, proof sheets or corrected proofs and manuscript copy accompanying the same, and all matter on paper or cardboard in which the printing exceeds the blank space, with no writing except as shown in next paragraph, and not exceeding four pounds in weight (a single volume of a printed book excepted) for each two ounces or fraction.

.01

..01

A printed circular may have the date of the circular and the name of the addressee and of the sender inserted in writing, and a simple dedication or inscription may be written on the flyleaf or cover of a book or other article of printed matter. Imitations or reproductions of manuscript or typewriting obtained by mechanical process are mailable as printed matter only in lots of not less than twenty identical copies.

MERCHANDISE,-FOURTH CLASS.

Samples of metals, ores, minerals, or merchandise, paintings in oil or water, crayon drawings, printed envelopes, bill heads, letter heads, blotting-paper printed or unprinted, blank cards, photograph albums, blank books, labels, tags, playing cards; and any articles not of the other classes, and not liable to damage the mails or injure any person, not exceeding four pounds in weight (a single volume of a blank book excepted), for each ounce or fraction thereof

.01 Seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots and scions, for each two ounces or fraction

POST OFFICE REGULATIONS-FOREIGN.

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To the Countries and Colonies in the Postal Union, viz:-Argentine Republic, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chili, Colombian Republic, Congo, Costa Rica, Denmark and Colonies, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji Islands, France and Colonies, Greece, Gautemala, Hayti, Honduras Republic, Japan, Korea, Labuan, Liberia, Luxemburg, Montenegro, Netherlands and Colonies, Nicaragua, Norway, Paraguay, Persia, Peru, Portugal and Colonies, Roumania, Russia, Salvador, Servia, Siam,. Spain and Colonies, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zanzibar and Italy.

Prepayment optional, except for registered articles, but on Printed Matter, Commercial Papers and Samples postage must be at least partially prepaid. All matter may be registered except as stated under "Parcel Post."

Letters, 5 cents for the first ounce, and 3 cents for each additional ounce or fraction thereof. To Great Britain, Ireland, Newfoundland, Germany, 2 cents per ounce or fraction. No limit of weight. Postal Cards, 2 cents. Postal Cards with paid reply, 4 cents. Private Mailing Cards (Post Cards), conforming to prescribed conditions, 2 cents.

Printed Matter, 1 cent for each two ounces or fraction. Limit of weight 4 lbs. 6 oz.

Commercial Papers (Insurance Documents, Way Bills, Invoices, Papers of Legal Procedure, Manuscripts of Works, etc.), the same as for Printed Matter, but the lowest charge is 5 cents. Limit of weight 1 lbs. 6 oz.

Samples of Merchandise, the same as for Printed Matter, but the lowest charge is 2 cents. Limit of weight 12 ounces.

To Canada, the Postage and Limit of Weight for Letters, Printed Matter, Merchandise, etc., is the same as in the United States, except that on Seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, and scions, the rate is one cent for each ounce or fraction, that Commercial Papers and Samples of Merchandise are admissable at Postal Union rates, and that Second Class Matter mailed by publishers is chargeable at 1 cent per 4 ounces or fraction, but on daily papers of six issues a week at least 1 cent per lb. All matter must be fully prepaid except letters, which must be prepaid at least 2 cents, and nothing may be sealed except a letter in its usual and ordinary form.

To Cuba and Republic of Panama. All mail matter is subject to Domestic Rates and Conditions except that nothing may be sealed but a letter in its usual and ordinary form, that no prepayment of postage is required on Letters and Postal Cards, and that on other articles only part prepayment is necessary. Limit of weight, 4 lbs. 6 oz., except for single volumes of printed books. To Mexico, First, Second and Third Class Postage and limit of weight is the same as in the United States, except that Commercial Papers and Samples of Merchandise are admissable at the Postal Union rate. Merchandise may be sent at domestic rates and under domestic conditions, but should be sent by Parcel Post, and must not be sealed.

To the following Countries and Colonies, viz:-In Africa: Abysinnia, Morocco (except European post-offices in), Rhodesia-Northern and Western (including British Nyassaland, Barotse, Lake Moero, Tanganyika and Upper Zambesi), Niger Coast Protectorate (including Borgu, Idda and Lokoja), and the native possessions on the West coast-In Asia: Afghanistan and China-In Oceanica: Frinedly (Tonga) Islands, Navigator's Islands or Samoa (except U. S. Island of Tutuila), Pitcairn and Society Islands and other Islands in the Southern Pacific Ocean Postal Rates and Classifications are the same as to Countries and Colonies in the Postal Union; but additional postage may be collected on delivery, and articles cannot be sent under registration through to destination.

PARCEL POST.

By "Parcel Post," Merchandise (except liquids, confections, pastes, etc.) may be mailed to Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, British Guiana, British Honduras, Caicos Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark and the Danish West Indies, Ecuador, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Hong Kong (including certain other Chinese cities), Italy, Jamaica, Japan (including Formosa

and Korea, and certain Chinese cities), Leeward Islands, Mexico, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Peru, Rep. of Honduras, Salvador, Sweden, Trinidad, Tobago, Turk's Islands, Uruguay, Windward Islands, Venezuela, at the following rates, viz: not exceeding one pound, 12c.; each additional pound or fraction, 12c.; limit of weight, eleven pounds, except to some offices in Mexico and to Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Norway, Sweden, and The Netherlands, where limit of weight is 4 lbs.

6 oz. Packages must be accompanied by a Customs Declaration, blanks for which will be furnished at Post Office. Packages may be registered except to Barbados, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Uruguay and France

POSTAL MONEY ORDERS.
Domestic

Not exceeding $100 on one order, are issued on payment of the following fees:

..25

.30

Exceeding $60.00 and not exceeding $75.00.
Exceeding $75.00 and not exceeding $100.00..

INTERNATIONAL RATES.

When payable in Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, British Guiana, Chili, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, Hungary, Jamaica, Japan, Leeward Islands, Liberia, Luxemburg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Sweden, Switzerland, The Transvaal, Trinidad or Windward Islands.

When payable in any other foreign country:

For orders not exceeding $10..

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