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Show S. D L. Wtdneda) (Oetnliei nil), the club met at the retldenro ill Mn. Homier. Some ol the tiicmbcri weie out of town, but enough nero preteut to make the meel-Init, meel-Init, annual, lth pteaiant and ptnllt-able. ptnllt-able. In the ahrcuiMrif both pretldeut and vkp-preildeiil, the inectliig wai graic-(ully graic-(ully preihlrdmcr by Mrr. N'otlhootl. Tho ircrclary being unavoidably aliteut. Mr . Iloinier kindly lllleil her plare. The blitort ol Homo wai conlinunl through tho wan with Macrdon and the Uilrd l'lllilo War, Tlieunexcled hero Inn devcloied when too late by llioCar-thagenlaui llioCar-thagenlaui the courage Iwrnol deipuir wai dwelt upon, and Mn. Nuilhrott read a vivid ilccyiptlor) of. the ilf;ir option op-tion of th magiiMrent city of Carlbage, which ha I UooJ for 700 yean. Hhe aim reaiollbe heroic conduct of the wile cl Haadrubal, who preferred death far benelfand her children to a life of eaie wlthbcr traitor hinband. Ileartrmd-tngaiwaa Ileartrmd-tngaiwaa the deitructlon of Catlhage hv the Itomam. it wai nevertbelen the hiurvval of tho fllteil;" llomin clvlll-lillon clvlll-lillon being belter for the world than funic eivillittlon with III Intellectual deipotlim. Mr. Iloimer'a letectloni for reading arealwayalntereillng: ou thli Deration her tubjeel wet "American Collectloni ol Art," by an Ungllih atllit, who write! moil encouragingly of the collectloni collec-tloni ol minting!, both puhlir and private, pri-vate, which have been made lu America. He even eayi that America bldi fair to heoonie in lime "the Louvre of the world." Mr), rinnao lte.iled the club to a ci-enllflc ci-enllflc article on 'Tin 1'uturo ol the i;tth." French iclentiita believe that the earth will In time icfsrale Into fragment! which will c whirling through ipace ai meteori. The article wai well read, and exe-edlngly Inlereit-Ing, Inlereit-Ing, but the diimtl ronrlmloni ol the French leieutlili, the S. II. I,, decllnel to accept, The club will meet next Wednesday with Mr. Kaitbeetl. M. C |