Evening star., 1901-05-04

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'The past month will be remembered for
long time by photographers and those in
tarested in kindred arts. volunteered a
gentleman who has some fine work on eX-
hibitiOn at the photograph exhibition at
the art gallery to Star reporter. 'as the
month i'm which there was practically no
sunshine, or to state It more definitely. but
seven and a half hours of sunshine, at
least I'm this section of the country. 10
the professional photographer it meant no
business. for pictures cannot be printed un-
less there IS sunlight. Neither can they be
taken as we'll, though some persoas have
the nerve in their advertisements to state
that photographs are successfully taken IN
any weather. There are artificial ways of
printing photographs, but such ways are
somewhat short on results compared to
the sun l was exceedingly anxious TO
finish up some work for the exhibition and
wa-ted a. long as | could for the sun. Find
ing that | could not wait any longer L took
my work and started off on Il trip to lind
IN" sun. My first stop was in North Caro-
linH. but it seemed to rain and had ralned
there even more than il did here during
the first week of April. My next stop was
at Columbia. s. c.. but it was raining
larta where | found the sun shining. My
work turned out pretty good. though it was
somewhat expensive, | assure you. w hlle
at Columbia ] met d gentleman. a we'll
known amateur photographer, who, like
myself. was hunting for the sun as to
finish up some work that he had hand.
His idea, however. was that he was more
liable To find the sun north than south, and
he proceeded II Boston. while 1 went to
Atlanta We both got the the same
day. though We were considerably spa
rated
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'Th, simplest temporary cure for stiff
neck or any similar attack Of the muscles
anywhere Explained 4 well-known physI-
cilH 10 Star reporter. is the very free
drinking If water. y large glass full of
water every half hour. or even oftener.
should be taken. and the treatment kept up
fHr JJ least half 4 day This, it must be
remembered. only cures the effects. and un-
lis II Is kept Up Tor a long time will hardly
ct mt the cause which is now generally
understood to be an excess of uric acid III
the blood. The use of a very large amount
of water has a tendency to dilute the
blood and increase the supply of the lu-
hricants about the shelths of the muscles.
IL is the deficiency of those lubricants that
produces what are known stiff neckS.
stiff shoulders and the like. Nearly all of
IN >'f-SSiitd mineral waters can De uSttA.
and those. that have lime. iron. potash. litha
sodium should be preferred if they are
handy. but if none of them getat .lble
the ordinary drinking waters. hydrdnt, w
or spring. can be used. The point is tn gct
an extraordinary amount. 50 as to Guuta
the blood rapidly possible. l haze no
objection to the use OF liniments eN-
ternal use of lubricants. but water CIR be
depended upon II persisted in to do almost
the same thing. Medical treatment If peo
pie do not care to keep up the water treat
ment. is necessary, however, TO keep from
recurrence of the attack. | really think
the success of many Of the famous water
cures is not the quality of the water used,
but the quantity of 1t. None of the water
cuIeS would think of promising any cure
or relief even in the use of three or four
glasses of water in a day, but they have
but little heSitancy In doing if from
thirty to forty glasses are used each day.
For the same reason If cure is expected
from drinking water very large quantity
of il must be drunk. Six hours treatment.
however. should cure the ordinary still
neck.
From actual surveys made by the geo.
gical survey at various times the highest
and lowest points in the city and District
are well known, and are accurately marked
on the geological map Of the District" OBJ
served an official Of the organizati ton to a
Star reporter 1T is a safe rule to say
that except as far as Capitol Hill is con-
C.rned. land gets higher and higher from
mean lo~ water mark as one gets away
from +he river The entire eastern section
o. thu city. including Capitol Hill. is near
the river. but Its average height above the
river is much greater than is generally
supposed, some parts reaching a height Of
40 feet The highest point in the city
proper is in the vicinity of 1st and 1
streets northwest, where the elevation IS
la at n lnatV he. lou
is Immediately the river banks. The
highest point in the District is at a place
known as Gloria Point. about the center
Of Tenl tytown, where the elevation is put
down at 4uD feet. Meridian Hill averages
about the height of Capitol Hill. The ay-
erag@ height in what is known as Soldiers
Home country is about 200 feet. A great
portion of the city. and especially what is
known as the downtown or business sec
ton, is less than thirty feet above the
river. though as X street is reached the
elevation Increases.
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The telephone slot machines are doing
an enormous work in the matter of taking
worn-out dimes out of circulation" ex-
planned a treasury official to a Star re-
porter There is nothing to prevent worn
out. mutilated and almost smooth dimes
from being put into the Slots and as A re-
suit. many persons keep the worn-out
dimes for that particular purpose Many
druggists and others who keep public tele-
phones make no objection to taking mutt
lated dimes any more for the reason that
they keep supply on hand to do tele-
phone business with. When they see that
telephone user Is going to put new dime
In the slot they simply take IL In and hand
worn-out dime in exchange OF course.