Night Air

An extraordinary fallacy is the dread of the night air. What nir can we breathe at night Imt night air' The choice is between pure night air frora without and foal air from wilhin. liosl people prefer the latter - an unaecountable choice. What will they say if it is proved to be true that f ully one-half of all the diseases wO suffer from are oocasioned by people sleeping wlth their windowa shut '! An open window, most nights in the yeta, can nevey hurt anyone. In great cities night air Is ofln the best and purest air to be had in the twenty-four hours. I oould better understand shutting the rindows in town during the dar than during the night, fov the aake of the aick. The abg&nce of srnoke, the quict - all tena to. make the night the best time for airing the patiënt. One of our highest medical authorities on consumption and cliinate has told me that the air in London is never so good aa after ten o'clock at night. Always air your room, then, from the oufcside air, if possible. Windows are made to open, doora are made to shut - 't a truth which seem extremely difflcult of apprehension. Eyery room must be aired tio.ax without- every passage from within. But the fevver passages there are in a hosDitalthe better. Kalamaj lege orchestra is beooming pery popular. They reeently gavp i concert at the Baptist chureii which was itnmensely patronized the largo audlenoe room' being ülled to standtng spaoe. Aluiost every nmuber j receivtíd tm encoré which made the progratnme iramenseiy long, but nol bcyond the jleaauïe of ihO listeners. A bilí has been introduced in the House providing for a drawback of 10 per cent. on all goods hereafter impoyt3d in American built ships o.wned ex3lusively by citizens f the United States, The Russian govemmenc bas made a nrant of 14,000 rub'es for locating two Polar obeerving stations next year - jne at the mnuth of the Lena, and the ither on one of the Islands of New SiMria.