The Cook County herald., 1905-09-23

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military jacket with red trimmings
around the collar and cuffs and brass
buttons down the front. The trousers
of the outfit are also of blue, with red
stripes down the side seams Sus.
pended at his waist from a strap about
| the postman's- neck is a wooden box
bound with leather resembling the out
fit of a jewelry peddler on the streets
of our American cities. In this box
the postman carries his letters and
kilograms, calling out the addresses
on the missives as he nears the houses
whose numbers correspond with the
addresses on the letters. The box is
also supplied with an ink we'll and
pens, and the lid form a sort of porta-
BILE writing. table on which the re.
cipient signs for the kilograms which
are delivered along with the letter
! mail. Even in the streets of Paris
these mail boxes are carried, and in
the residence section of that capital
address on the letter as the carrier
nedfS the mouse.
In the lowlands and marshes of
France the postmen traverse the
country on stills, carrying their mail
sacks over their shoulders.
The Egyptian letter carrier is an
| odd-looking Individual He wears a
loose-titting robe reaching almost to
the bottom of his wide, baggy trousers.
On his head is turban of soft white
| material. The letters are concealed
in the folds of his robe. Celebrity and
haste are not characteristics of the
| Egyptian postman. He ambles leisure
| ly along on his route in the discharge
! OF his duties, stopping frequently to
| poke his head in the open window of
( some house to chat with the inmate.
When he has finished his conversa-
! ton it probably occurs to him that he
! has letter about his person for some
! member of the household, and just be-
| fore he leaves he fishes out the mis-
| sive and delivers it with an air of
| condescension.
There is camel post in Egypt for
the delivery of mail to the far inland
! communities. The mounted postman
| dresses the same as the footman and
| carries his mail in a small canvas
sack
| Japanese Postman's Dual Office.
A novel contrivance is employed by
| the Japanese rural carrier for trans
! porting the mail. This consists of
| yoke about four feet long, suspended
from either end of which is a sort of
| basket with wooden bottom and lid
and sides and ends of netting made
! of heavy cord. The carrier places this
| curious yoke across his shoulders and
delivers his mail on foot, usually run
ming the entire length of the route.
The uniform of the Japanese carrier
comprises loose coat and trousers of
light blue material, light cape wholly
impervious to water, and fiat sun
shade for hat. In conveying the mail
to communities far inland, the car
riers employ small hand carts with
shafts, the carriers being, obliged to
perform the double duty of a horse
and a postman. In the cities of Japan
the mail is carried in small canvas
sacks.
The costume of the rural carrier in
parts of India is similar to that worn
by the Congo carrier, merely a. cloth
| about his loins. The Indian postman
carries a long-handled spear across
his shoulder with the mail sack tied
to the staff. Near the point of the
spear are four or FIVE bells which are
supposed to announce the approach of
the mail man.
When the streams are flooded the
rural postman in India floats down
the stream astride a log, steering it in
to the bank at various points, while
he disembarks to deliver mail to the
houses along the way. There is also
a camel post in India. the carriers be-
ing attired with scantiness similar
to the foot postmen. -~.
The town postman in India is dis
tinguished-looking in dividual and he
struts about with "a dignity sufficient
for an Office of much greater impof-
tance. He wears a white linen suit,
the coat cut long, while on his head
rests red turban. In most of the
large cities Of India the carriers wear
the usual English uniform. w.
Australian mail carriers are garbed
in pale green uniforms with red cir
die about the waist The mounted car
riers wear long green coats, high rid
ing boots, and strapped to the saddle
is a brace Of pistols for protection, and
a bugle with which to inform the pa
irons of the carriers arrival. The