bject-matter properly belonging to a physician, but a few general
remarks concerning the climate and its effects upon lung diseases
will not be out of place.

"The marked features of this climate are the dry atmosphere and
clear sunlight for more than 300 days in the year.

"This year, in February and March for seven successive weeks, there
were but five cloudy days, and during each of those five days the sun
shone at times.

"Most of our cloudy weather, with threatening snow or rain, is in
April and May; the most disagreeable element of the climate is the
wind-storms in spring and fall, mostly in April and November. These
dry storms of wind and dust, though unpleasant, are of short duration
and not injurious to health.

"Statistics might be given concerning the state of the weather from
day to day throughout the year, but it is unnecessary here, for they
will be found in the weather reports accompanying this article.

"Generally speaking there is no rain from the 1st of September till
the next May or June, and often not much till July. July and August
are the rainy months, and during this time rain is liable to fall
nearly every day. Very seldom is there a long rain-storm, but
tempests and heavy showers for an hour or two each day and usually
in the afternoon. In the mountains snows are frequent and heavy in
the winter, and the higher ranges have snow upon them nearly every
month in the year. But on the plains and in Colorado Springs and
Manitou there is very little.

"In the early part of the winter, and usually in March and April,
there are light snows which remain upon the ground only a short time,
not longer than a day or two, and sometimes only a few hours. There
is so little snow that cattle and sheep feed upon the plains through
the winter with perhaps a few days' exception, on the short buffalo
grass, which retains its nourishment in this dry climate like made
hay, which it really is.

"The surface soil of Colorado Springs is a coarse, sandy loam, into
which the moisture sinks rapidly. It is never muddy here for more
than a few hours, so that our streets and walks are practically hard
and dry.

"The temperature of this dry country is marked by sudden changes and
extremes in summer and in winter. A noticeable feature is the
decided difference between day and night, and sunlight and shade.
Most of the days in winter one can sit out of doors in the sun, but
even after our warmest days the nights are col