ITYemherg of th« U. C. D. Club Have afacial MeetingTae mating of the U. 0. D. Club la t evening was of an informal and social character though the usual modest collection was taken, by means ot which avaluable library is accumulating.AMrs. C SIcC Everhard read a paper by Mrs. George H. Wallace, now residing in Australia, on the railroads of that couutry which are built, owned and controlled by the government. Passenger fare, eight cents per mile, inferiorcars, poor accimmodations; eating housesno better than saloons, much resembling those of our own couu#y, in which drinks are the main feature. The railroads are built in sparsely settled dis- I tricts into which trains without passengers are daily run at the expense of the government. Demoralization and lack of individuality among the employes help to constitute a system comparing most unfavorably with the railroads of our own country, and shows that we should be si w in letting our railroa • in *s pass into the hands of our govern-DiMr A. T. Sfcinner read a synopsis of a sermon in the Huron street synagogue, Cleveland, by Ribbi Hahn, on “The Church ot the Future/’ which, he said, “will be perfectly reconciled with science, and will recognize no higher authority than truth, no oracle but science, no guide but the collective reason of the age. no inspiration but that of geDius and no Messiah but progress,” The reading elicited a pleasant talk on some of the leading topics of the day, at the close of which a collation was served by the host *ss, and at a comparatively ate hour the members of the U. C. D. parted to meet again in October.