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Show IWoe-e or Ihlnaee roetraea. The modern postal service. Introduced Introduc-ed Into China only a couple of years ago, lias alrrady proved a Krtat success, suc-cess, and In nearl) all the largo cltloa the mall Is now delivered by uniformed uniform-ed carriers, Just as It la In our owl) elites. Tli no carriers, however, assume as-sume great rinks and responsibilities, for unly tho other day. In the city of Nankins, one ot the mandarins ordered order-ed the postman who served the district In which he Ihed to be bamkooed and tangoed, two ot tho most cruel methods meth-ods ot punishment known to the heathen. hea-then. Vpon Inquiry by tho Ilrlllsh superintendent ot tho postal sen Ico as to tho reason tor such arbitrary conduct con-duct It was found that the postman had delhered at the house ot his accuser ac-cuser n sealed anonymous letter which contained bits of stinging sarcasm concerning his avarice, extortion. Ignorance, Ig-norance, etc. Under the Chinese code ot Justice, the carrier who brought the letter was responsible for Its contents, although It was sealed. It hus alnn been tho rulo In China to punish the bearer of bad news and reward tho bearer of good news, and tho mandarin proposed to apply It to tho modern postal senlco Introduced by the "foreign "for-eign devils" but the llrlton who has charge of the postal service Anally convinced con-vinced the mandarin that the postman was In no way responsible for tho Insult, In-sult, and secured his release. |