Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1901 — Hindoo Mail Carrying. [ARTICLE]

Hindoo Mail Carrying.

The postal service In India extends as far north as Kolghur, a village of the Himalayas. Beyond this point a letter Is sent by a native runner, who carries for days In the split end of a stick, and delivers It at the end of his Journey as clean as. when he received it.