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Show Seditious Literature. A good story is told of the Russian pollco, who are very careful lest nny llteraturo of an atheistic character shall fall Into the hands or tho peasants. peas-ants. A peasant in the province of Minsk went to n publisher's shop and askod for a Bible. Unwittingly tho shopman shop-man gavo him an algebra primer. On opening tho book when ho reached homo tho peasant was surprised sur-prised to And It full of mystic signs and hieroglyphics. The peasant showed it tq a policeman, who felt convinced con-vinced that the signs wero ot nn 'ox-ttemcly 'ox-ttemcly freo thinking chnrnctcr," und so arrested tho owner. At tho trial the peasant was discharged dis-charged and the policeman, instead of being rewarded for his religious xeal, was reprimanded. |