Show Ai Jc kansas ansas which was but yes slave state in 11 bellion has r a itself to tile the sisterhood of free omun A dispatch from little rock dated march says eliat t constitution formed state the denev new iv by tile last convention and which repudiates tes slavery has so far as heard been almost unanimously ratified partial returns from eleven coun br ty three are arc yet to be heard from S alve 6 a larger alber vote than the president in his 1 late ate proclamation called for in the whole state to which fully five thousand more votes will be added only one hundred and thirty persons voted against the free state clause slavery is conserving con conserving servin 0 itself itsell with vitha a vengeance za S jim H out west tells a good story about a shell bark lawyer his client was up on two charges frivolous charges as shell bark designated them forg forging ing a note of hand and stealing a horse on running his eye over ove r the jury he like their 1001 looks cs so he prepared an affidavit it for continuance setting forth the absence in alabama of a principal witness ile he read it in a whisper t to 0 the prisoner who shaking his lead head said squire I 1 cant swear to that arl ar dok mint 11 Is y why kase aasc hit hant true py old shell inflated and exploded loud enough to be heard throughout the room what I 1 forge a note an steal a hoss boss an cant swear to a lie hang such infernal fools and lie he left tho the conscientious one to his fate zea professor johnstone Johnsto nc was one d day ay lecturing before the students on mineralogy he had bad before liim him a number of specimens of various sorts to illustrate the subject when a roguish student for sport saily slipped a piece of brick among the stories stones the professor was taking c up the stones one after another and naming them this lie he said is a piece of granite tins this is fel feldspar spar etc presently lie he carne came to the brickbat without betraying any surprise or even changing the tone of voice this lie said holding hold ilig it up is W a piece of dence deila il se ky old abe will have his joke it is stated that while carl schurz was pi essing sing 0 his claims for a foreign embassy lie was asked by old abe where he was originally from 1 I am an amster dam dutchman said carl well said old abe I 1 with one of his silvery garfs 11 mr schurz what is the difference between an amsterdam dutchman and any other damned dutchman 11 carl was silent but looked as if lie he had taren taken an unusually laige dose of sour krout egy ee the punishment of death is about to be abolished in portugal except for military crimes committed during war with a foreign power |