The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-05-18

is now q maniac, cared for at his home
in Avon, N. Y. by his devoted wife
and friends.
FRANCISCO PERALr0, the Mexican rid
81, recently undertook to ride 305 miles in
IL hours at Prospect Park, Brooklyn, on
mustangs, but his time was up when he
was on the back stretch during his 3O2d
mile. 1t is thought that he would have
accomplished his task if the track had
not been made heavy by showers. He
continued his riding till the 305th
mile was completed, when he was 10
minutes past the time. His fastest
mile was the 138th, which he made in
2:13, and his slowest the 295th, made
in 3:18. He took fresh animal at the
beginning of each mile.
Too much publicity can not be given
to q fact which is mentioned in the
London Lancet. It appears that for
some time past there has been an cpl
demic among young children in the
neighborhood Of London, ending in
many cases in the death of the child,
the disease presenting every appear
ance of erysipelas. A person whose
child was thus attacked suspected the
violet powder in use in the nursery,
and sent a packet to firm of analysts
for q chemical examination. 1t was
found to contain twenty-five per cent.
of white arsenic. This poison, it seems,
is unfortunately exceedingly cheap-at
all events, cheaper than starch, of
which violet powder is usually made.
The Supreme Court of Alabama holds
that the marriage of white person
with a person of the negro race is a
punishable offense, and that the law
which provides for such an offense the
penalty of not less than two, nor more
than seven years. hard labor, is not in
conflict with the act of Congress known
as ssThe Civil Rights act" This is a
reversal of q decision by the predeces-
sors of the present Supreme Court of
Alabama, to the effect that the Civil
Rights bill conferred upon the negro
"the right to make and enforce con-
tracts, among which is that of marriage
with any citizen capable of entering
into that relation" The court holds in
the present case that the law making
such marriages punishable is valid be-
cause no discrimination is made in favor
of thewhite person, either in the capa-
city to enter into such q relation or in
the penalty; and that, moreover, at the
time of the passage of the Civil Rights
act " similar laws to that of Alabama
existed in several, perhaps in nearly all
of the Northern States, whose repre-
sentatives in Congress voted for that
act" In view of the previous conflict
ing decision the court recommends the
pardon of the person upon whose case
they passed.
A BRONZE statue of Shakesf care has
been placed in Tower Grove Park, St.
Louis, by Henry Shaw. The figure is
nine feet in height, and is described as
representing the poet "in middle life,
admirably posed in an easy attitude,
with the glow of inspiration upon his
countenance, holding a pen in his right
hand, which hangs at his side, in the
act of composing. The head is bare
and bald, as seen in the portraits. A
short, thick cloak is suspended loosely
from the shoulders, displaying the pro-
portions of the muscular, well knit
form to advantage. The breeches are
buckled At the knees, and are loose and
ample, and the waistcoat is ornamented,
and the shirt-collar is large and round.
The face impresses the beholder as a
man of genius and high bearing" The
statue was cast in Munich at cost of
1926, 900. 1t stands on red granite pc
destal Is feet high, on the four sides of
which are Shakespearean scenes in bas-
relief. Hamlet at Ophelia's grave, Lady
Macbeth sleep walking, Queen Kathe-
rine with the Cardinals, and Falstaff
before the battle of Shrewsbury. The
Falstaff is likeness of the late Ben De
Bar in the character. Near the top of
the pedestal is the inscription, He was
not of any age, but for all time.'