People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1896 — The June Arena. [ARTICLE]

The June Arena.

The June Arena opens its 16th volume, appearing in a new dress, and being printed by Skinner, Bartlett & Co. It is an unusally strong number, opening with a brilliant paper by Rev. Samuel Barrow’s, D. D., the distinguished editor of the “Christian Register” of Boston, on “The First Pagan Critic of Christian Faith Anticipation of Modern Thought.” Mr. B. O. Fowler, the editor of The Arena, writes in a most captivating manner of Whittier, considering him in the aspect of a “Poet of Freedom,” and giv ing many of Whittier’s most stirring lines. A fine portrait of the Quaker Poet forms a frontispiece to this number. The editor also discusses Bomewhat at length in his editorials, the message of Whittier to men and women of to-day, and the proposed platform of Mr. St. John. Another interesting feature of this issue is Mr. Eltweed Pomeroy’s illustrated paper on the “Direct Legislation Movement and Its Leaders-” Prof. Parsons of Boston University Law School continues his mastetly papers on the “Government Control of Telegraph,” a series of careful papers hitherto unapproached in|authoritative character.

Hay harvest has partially commenced. The corn crop in Newton county, it is said, never was better. What we want is for the people to run this country instead of English money. Mrs. Pumphry had a relapse after her recent seriour illness but is now able to be adout again. New meadows will be good, old meadows will not be on account of recent drouthy yea-is. Positively, going to quit the clothing business. All goods are going at cost at The Model. A practical farmer informs us that oats should be cut while the stock is yet green in order to have good feeding straw. Parmer Republican, would you vote for that gold candidate nominated at St. Louis before you look into the matter a little? A. E, and H. A. Alter are furnishing about 100 rods of 16 inch tile for the big ditch on the east line of the town. This firm has lately taken charge of the Jasper Tile Works, north of town, and are preparing to furnish all the tile that is needed in this part of the county. They have enlarged the capacity of the fact ory and are making the. finest quality of tile which will be sold on as good terms and at as low figures as any dealer in the county. Mrs. W. S. Parks is rapidly recovering at the Woman’s Hospital at Chicago, where she was operated upon for tumor a short time ago. Mrs, W. H. Porter is in the Presbyterian Hospital, Chicrgo, where she underwent an operation for tumor last Thursday morning. She is doing nicely and a speedy recovery is anticipated. Mr. Porter left for Chicage to-day to see her, Should there be a lady in town who does not use the celebratep Yeast Foam we wonld advise her to to try the free sample given her by the North-West Yeast Company's Agent. Nothing like it for raising a light sweet untritrious and healthy loaf of brefid.