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Show Tli I yi r Hot the Hm. In one of the cities where Jews are perm. tied to live, a son of Israel, meeting meet-ing the wife of the governor, would not mine out of her way. Ho was arrested on the spot, taken to the governor's stables, and knotited so that he hardly reached his borne alive. The next day bis attorney, aiso a Jew, appeared bo-fore bo-fore the governor asking for a copy of the "act" upon which his client "had been condemned to personal chastiso-lrient. chastiso-lrient. "You desire a correct copy?" asked the governor. "Just so. your excellency," answered the attorney. 'You will please address yourself to the. chief of police," said tho governor; "1 will order him to let you have it." The lawyer went to the chief of police po-lice ihe next day, but instead of the papers ha received the same cumber of blows which his client had received. IVilna Yiestuik. |