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thirty seconds, and made a simultane-
Gus break for the door through which
the mutual friend had disappeared.
But he was not in sight.-Philodelphia
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Literary Clubs.

But he was not in Observation-Disclosures
enquirer.
Literary Clubs.
All over the far West there is q truly
remarkable literary movement. 1t is
shown by the great number of libraries,
literary clubs, Shakespeare societies, |
Browning societies, historical societies,
that are coming into existence, not
merely in the more central States, such
as Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Min
nesota and Wisconsin, but in Oregon,
Washington, Dakota, California, Texas
and Missouri. This movement was
powerfully accelerated by the Chautau-
qua system, but has now acquired
strength enough in many States to adj
vance without external aid.
The smaller country colleges have
been constantly widening the range of
their enlightening influence. There
are many such in Ohio, Indiana and
elsewhere, which go along in their quiet.
unnoticed way, helping young men to
an educatinn by simply being neal
where they live. Many a farmers son
can go to college if the institution is
within half o days ride of his fathers
house, who could not enjoy this advan-
tage if he had to make long and expen-
slve journeys every year, and live where
he could not earn any part of his ex-
penses. The vacations, spent in the
paternal fields at home, may go some
way toward making the college educa-
ton a possibility.
But, besides this, each of these insti-
buttons is likely to have among its corps
OF instructors persons Of genuine cul-
tnre and nobility OF mind. Around
them the more liberal minds naturally
gather, and all kinds of good influences
are eXerted. Clubs are formed, initiated,
multiplied, and thus the benign modern
spirit is fostered and diffused. Finally,
too, societies are formed which unite
persons who desire knowledge as we'll
as literature. and societies that modestly
discuss the living questions of the time.
Suppose the ladies of Indianapolis
do style their literary club "The Ind
annapolis Propylseumi' What was
n~iticent portal to be placed at the en-
trance to the A.cropolis? 4 city con-
tanning q smaller population than that
of Indianapolis, and not a tenth part as
large as Chicago's mighty mass of hui
man beings. Its public revenue was
trifing indeed compared with that OF a
fourth-rate city of to-day.
Yet of all the cities that ever existed
within the borders Of Europe, Athens
is the dearest to the civilized man, and
it holds that place in the affection and
pride OF Il race because a few men
once lived there who loved that very
culture which is nov spreading through
the Western States. They packed ne
beef; they had no elevators; they made
no corners; they were not enterprising.
They loved wisdom, mental culture and
beauty. -IOMth's COMPANION.
Question OF Spelling.
People who have no difficulty in
spelling correctly are apt to feel some
thing like contempt for those who are
not so fortunate. Yet some OF the
wlsest men and the best have had the
misfortune of being unable always tt
marshal their letters correctly. ACam'
bridge provision dealer tells of receiv-
ing an order for salt "mackrel" from a
Harvard professor. A bill made out by
one of the leading pedagogues of a
neighboring city concluded with "bal-
lance due" Those who know will tell
that the sermons Of distinguished
clergymen sent up for printing fire.
quently abound in errors of this kind.
A brilliant actress, whom we all admire,
invariably spells Tuesday Teusday.
The misfortune is often an inherited
one, and whole families unto their re-
hottest branches and twigs will show
the same weakness. A little story is
remembered in this connections: He
was a guest at a New York hotel, and
called upon the clerk for a sheet Of
paper, saying that he wished to write a
letter. Half an hour later he again APP
preached the counter. He had finished
the letter. Would the clerk please
read it, and see if it was all correct?
The clerk glanced at it, and said:
Il see you spell Jug 'gug.' That is
not right"
81 know it." was the reply; "but you
see I'm writing to the old man. and he
always spells it that way. If I put the
other e. to it, he would thinkI was
putting on style over him, and forgetting
I was his son. He's sorter tender
hearted, and 1 don't want to hurt his
feelings"
And so the letter went off with only
one "g'' at the end of the "gug."