Show wow woos of t lher the tha modern modern postal service introduce Int cd into chins china only a couple of yan ago go has haa already proved ft a great sue cena case and in nearly all the tb large cities the mall mail la Is now delivered by uniformed carriers jut just as it Is in our own awo I 1 cities these carriers however assume great risks and responsibilities for or only the other day in the city of one of the mandarins manda rills order 0 ed ad the postman who served the district in which he lived to be bambo oed and can gued two of the most cruel methods of punishment known to the heathen upon inquiry by the british i superintendent of the postal posta I 1 service am ai to the reason for such arbitrary conduct it was found that the postman had bad delivered at the house of his bis accuser a sealed anonymous anonym oun letter which contained bits bita of stinging sarcasm concerning his avarice extortion ignorance etc under the chinese code ot of justice the carrier who brought the letter was responsible for its ita contents contenta although it was sealed it has boa always been the rule in china to punish the bearer ot of bad news and reward the bearer of good news and the mandarin proposed to apply it to the modern postal service introduced by the foreign devils but the briton who has baa charge of the postal service finally convinced the mandarin that the postman was aa in no way responsible tor for the insult and secured hla his release |