The attentions of " Holy " Russia are not directed only to the Jews just now; the growth of Protestantism is viewed with alarm, and drastic measures are being employed to check it. The Governor of Odesßa recently issued orders to several owners of houses to dismiss their dvoruiki, or house porters, as he has reason to believe they are infected with the new religion. A similar measure is to be enforoed in other towns. A well-known Protestant living in Chuchma, a town in the province of Bessarabia, has just been sentenced to banishment for life to Central Asia, with forfeiture of all oivil rights. He was found guilty of spreading Protestant doctrines among his friends. Ho is now in gaol in Kisheneff, whence in a few days he is to be forwarded as a convict to his place of exile. A Young Men's Christian Association has been established in the City of Jerusalem. ' Professor of Chemistry: " Gentlemen, J hold in my hand a phial of soda. What ohemioal shall I combine with it to produce a valuable article of commerce ?" Goodsby (waking up): " Biandy ! " Approach trouble as you would a mule—from the front.
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Evening Star, Issue 8506, 4 May 1891, Page 3
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192Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Star, Issue 8506, 4 May 1891, Page 3
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