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the drains are properly trapped, and in good working order. No ex- 
pense should be spared, if health is a matter of importance, in preventing 
the possibility of sewer gas entering the house. Then again, cellars 
should be drained, dry and well ventilated. Refuse and garbage should 
not be allowed to accumulate in or about the house. Perhaps the best 
means of disposing, in the city house, of vegetable refuse and general 
kitchen scraps is the cooking stove. From a sanitary standpoint it has 
not its equal. 
In the matter of ventilation, as in everything else, we should use 
our common sense. We all have some powers of observation, we can 
all study cause and effect, even if we do not understand fully the 
chemistry that underlies it all. Let us see to it as a people both in 
town and country that in this matter of fresh air we do not err in the 
future as we have done in the past. We have learnt the origin and 
detrimental effects of foul and vitiated air ; let us not from carelessness 
or wilful neglect refuse to take necessary means to provide our houses 
with fresh pure air. 
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EXCURSION No. I. To LA PECHE. 
The Excursion Committee has made the necessary arrangements 
for the first excursion of the season. The date selected is Saturday, 
May 27th, and the locality to be visited is that known as La Peche, or 
Wakefield, a most picturesque and attractive resort. The party will 
leave the C. P. R. Union Station at 9.45 a.m. by the Gatineau Valley 
Railway. Before returning the Leaders in the several sections of the 
Club's work will make the usual brief addresses on the results of the 
Outing. Bring your friends and any persons whom you know to be 
interested in Natural History. 
Tickets, Members 50 cents. 
" Non-Members 60 " 
" Children of Members 25 
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" of Non-Members 
Tickets can be obtained at the Station. A)*^.^ 
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