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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. tnuatBUAr, UKCE11BEH :5. •The Daylight Corner” The ‘Daylight Corner” Eiseman & Weil 1 Whitehall Street ON AMERICAN SOIL Returns From Convent and Says She Hopes Matter Will Be Dropped. THE METAMORPHOSIS OF OLD TIM I ...AN ANTE-CHRISTMAS STORY... By EARLE E. GRIGGS. It wn§ two dnyi before Christinas. an«l the almost steady sound of miniature bombs and flreeniekors attested *be Impatience of the bdiiiU Ihmt over the alow passage of time. Christmas shoppers were hurrying nud skur- rvhig here and you from store to store dls- coiiHoIntely lingering, the bargains which were left and mentally resolving to begin earlier next year to bur their presents and mto disappointment. Even those who were disappointed hid their chngrln under a Yule- tide smile. 4 , , Kverylmdy was happy, That Is. uearly •verrlKMlv. Home who were dyspeptics or who were keepers of a grouch were not happy but even they felt the spirit of the year.*’They did not recognize the feeling • did not welcome It, but It was there, nnr small Incident with a "merry Christmas" background and engineered In a nsrchologhal manner would have opened a heart lone closed. They were merely suf fering with the torpor of a fictitious on- ' one' of these was Timothy Miner, who t.-» a "shvlock." It Is natural to suppose l»,* hud never rend Shakespeare’s story : round that character, but he fitted the part like a glove. lie was Just- getting ready to go home t<» fortify himself ngalnst the disagree* Did,, weather lie closely buttoned his rust.v- looklDg'overcoat and deftly wound an old red neck cloth about his throat and threw the cmls over each shoulder. Then he drew on bis knit gloves, grasped his heavy walk ing stick, closed his office door; and. as rapid I r ns his old Joints would permit, de- ireadcd the stairs. A thin coating of Ice on the sidewalk warned him ngalnst at- tempting i<> walk home, but the warning wns too mild. Old Tim could not gain his fni,m*itt to part with street car faro so Mstiv. knowing lie had unlimited time In which to make the distance. Hr trudged along, listening to the crack ling sound beneath his feet, and occasionally mumbling nn execration against some small |...v who ventured to see him Jump with tli» rid of n bursting cracker. When he had iroiif very nearly halfway to his miserly |),,mr mill had gotten Into the residence M'lion ..f the city, the traveling became unite risky, and tnnre than once he wished Lakewood, N. J., Dec. 25.—**I have strick en Humnei L'larksou and Arthur Herbert Osborne out of my life. All I want Is that this miserable matter shall be forgotten." said Helen Maloney to a reporter at the borne of her brother-in-law, Carberry Ultebie. In Lakewood. Miss Malouey. with her father, Martin Mntouev. and tier sister. Mrs. Carberry Hitchle, arrived In this country Thursday. She left the convent at Perugia, Italy, on December 2. Carberry lUtchlc, to whose home she was taken, was not aware of her coming until his wife nud father-in-law ar- rived at his home with Miss Mnloney. He _ was surprised that the fact that he was lu : America had become known. "I have no formal statement to make." said Mr. Malouey. "After a talk wKh my lawyer. I may. In fact, I think I will, make • * The story printed ir ’ my daughter bolus plnylug ‘tag, ,n tnc veranda to get a vhon I opened tln> door lie liiid listened to his better Judgment and bosnled n car. Further back, where travel was more contluunl the Ice had been mulched away, but here It was almost mild. nod. to make mutters worse, snow began to fall, lightly and swiftly. Old Timothy found himself hugging the femes and socking other steadying Influ ences In his path. Filially he came to it place where n low rock wall extended ninny feet along the walk. t«o low to be of any tnlstatteo to a pedestrian, and. to make matters worse, owing to Its unprotected Mtidltlon. the sidewalk was much more Ipnory and the going more dangerous. i'st as he got III front of the house to hieli the wall ludonged. the door was srnl- dctily opened mid a blinding glare from the Interior lights strnck him In the eyes, and • added to Ills practically lost confidence Ids ability to keep on bis foot, caused ...... to slip and fall benrily on bis back, tnd the last thing lie heard was childish cries, mingled with thoughtless merriment. Wi;.«>n old Timothy entne to himself lu* felt himself in strangely new environments. Hr felt certain he was not at home, nnd when he had slowly collected Ills wits ho knew lie was not. The sound of childish ruh-es outside the floor had much to do with convincing him of that, for he knew no child dared come around Ills home. Weren t they little nuisances? And then lie began to conjecture aa to where lie really was and a* his mind cleared nud began to lmrk hark, he remembered where bis memory had left off nnd things had become a blank. P* made n movement in the bod and os lie did n tiny figure—a little boy—arose nnU came to his side after turning up the Ilgbf, laying: Mister nnd I ran out on from her. and ....... „ ... threw up your hand and fell. Father said he knew the light blinded you and can you to slip, and—oh. sir. If you will toll whore they live I will go right tonight and tell them you are all right, and you"— "Tell wuo?" Almost ungraciously grunted Timothy. "Why, your children, sir! You see. Christ- inns being so near. It wouldn't do for them to be too unhappy." For a wonder, old Timothy did not say a word, when thorn* who knew him best would have wagered nearly anything that he would have replied harshly. If not ordering the youngster out of his presence. Presently the children s mother, a klmlly- lookiug Indy, came In and brought him some food, and told him he was only shaken — and could go home the next morning, n wonder of wonders! She asked him almost tin* same thing the little boy had asked. He replied that no one Mould be uneasy about him, but there was more kindness In his voice than had been there In ninny years. The mother withdrew nnd the chil dren came In. For the first time In many years he voluntarily spoke to a child, nnd In reply to his query tlie boy said their names selves, nnd more especially about how great surgeon had made Elizabeth's hip straight when It was thought she never walk, and nbout how Santa Claus would surely come to see them, but would not bring them but a few things, but that they did not mind, for mother sahl Hnntn h,uf talked to the great doctor about curing Elizabeth, and hail asked him to do It, nnd that would make up for lots of things from him. All the time the hoy Titn ..... talking, old Elizabeth's face, and she was edging closer nnd closer to him. until, when Hubert hud finished, wonders again! she was right at him. and. would you believe It, bis arm was around her! Next day was Christmas Eve. a Timothy thanked the kind folks Just gruffly, nnd !eft;Jmt he turned nnd ... his hand at the children, who returned the wave from the window. At Christmas time everybody Is happy except a few dvspeptlcs nnd some keepers of a grouch, nnd even these would be more amiable If the proper thing happened at the psychological tune, and old Tim p ed It. ord that’he would •tiro of Elizabeth, and ... them everything they And old Santa obeyed to the let- for he sent Banff Claus pay for the doctor’. business. He opened nnd his customers arc dren. Hood Chinese ink, better known ns. Indian ink. Improves with age. and should not be used for n few years after It Is made. Home persons. In rubbing It up. make circular movements that soon ruin It. It Is betta rub It in straight linos bnckwnn CASTOR IA For Infant* and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of ATLANTA, GA. H0R0U6HNESS - D /SC/PL /NE-UP-TO-DATENESS-EFHC/ENCY. WFPJVARD C. ANSTED, President. n complete statement. The story printed in The Evening Journal of my daughter being convent was correct In every detail. ••Our home coming waa kept secret even from members of the family because we feared publicity. As to the future, there will bo u suit brought for the annulment of the marriage to Osborne. This will lie be gun as soon as the papers In It have been prepared." TERRORISTS PLOT TO EXTERMINATE Wholesale Arrests Being Made in Finland and Russia. St. Petersburg. Dec. 25.-The most exten sive terrorist plot In recent history of the Russian empire, having for Its purpose the absolute extermination of the entire coun cil of the empire and the grand-dura J co terie, has been discovered. The police have made wholesale arrests In Finland, lu which a number of well known Finnish politicians are included. A number of St. Petersburg terrorists have also been sent to prison for complicity In the plot, but the authorities have dence that the ultimate purpose of the plot was Finnish freedom rather than the over turning of the present government In Rus sia. In the council of the empire the highest dignitaries of Husain, Including the much- hated grand dukes, assembled. The police, who have been working quietly on the case for several weeks, seized documents. Includ ing nn extensive correspondence, showing that the plan of the conspirators was to blow up the council during the session. Great forces of secret police have been sent Into Finland, wher# wholesale arrests are being made. The police found a vast quantity of bombs with high explosives nnd detonators hidden under blocks of Ice on the Finnish frontier. FOUR-LEAF CLOVER PROVES CURE FOR NERVOUSNESS By RICHARD WELD. Four-leaved clovers, elusive, subtle, tricky Jittle Jesters of the vegetable kingdom, are an almost Infallible cure for many nervous diseases which have stubbornly resisted all other kinds of treatment. This Is not a theory arrived at by some crank, neither Is It n mere guess hazarded by one who has been struclVby the thought, but It is good, sound medical doctrine, which bas proved Itself to the satisfaction of high ly ethical members of the medical pro fession. . \ The cure Is not effected by eating the four-leaved clovers, but by searching for them. The practice Is now In vogue at quite a number of sanitariums, some on Long Island and some up the state and some in neighboring states. \\ her- ever the four-leaved clover method has been practiced It has met with a great deal of success, nnd In a number of In stances It has effected cures In cases tfhleh were considered to be well-nigh hopeless. . , « A prominent physician who is in charge of a large and very successfu sanitarium on Long Island, where nil varieties of nervous diseases are treat ed, Is enthusiastic about the four leaved clover curu. "This Idea has worked the most sat isfactory results In quite a few cases that have come under my observation, said the doctor, "and I have personally noticed that In some cases it has ef fected cures where almost every other kind of treatment has failed. "In cases of nervous prostration, neu rasthenia and other morbid nervous conditions, one of the greatest obsta cles which Is met with by the physician Is the fact that the patients have a very decided tendency, In almost every ease to spend the greater part of their time In either walking up and down or sit ting still, brooding over their trou bles, real and imaginary, or in pouring out their woes to any person who will listen to them. This Is not a sign of weakness of character In the patient, but is merely one of the most pro nounced symptoms of the disease which the patient can no more help than the man suffering from smallpox can pre vent the disease from breaking out on his skin. _ "In the treatment of these eases ev erything is done to endeavor to til the patient's mind with some material for thought which will keep him from brooding over his troubles ns much as possible, in order to do this 4 Is nec essary to give his mind something that Alii awaken his Interest, because otherwise the morbid thoughts will have full sway and the only way they can be banished Is by substituting something else which will be of enough Interest to keep less desirable sub- ^ This Is a very difficult matter, be cause a thing that would be of the greatest Interest to a man In good health will be of little or no Interest to one suffering from nervous prostra tion. On the other hand, If the physi cian succeeds In finding a means of diverting one patient's mind. It does not follow that the means will be suc cessful In other cases. "Not long ago, It was brought to my attention at the sanitarium that four- leaf clover hunting was becoming very popular among a number of the patients who were well enough to be up and about. I paid little attention to the matter at the time, but Inter on It was brought to my mind with a great deal of force. One of the women patients, a neurasthenic, began to show signs of the most marked Improvement In her general condition. I discovered that she had formed the habit of spending a considerable amount of time ench morning arid each afternoon In searching for four-leaf clovers. Up to the tlmo when the Improvement had be gun to manifest Itself, she had been one of the most difficult cases that had ever come under my observation. She spent all her time in bewailing her fnte and brooding over her condition. At every opportunity she got she would pour out her troubles to the other pa tients, which had anything but a good effect upon them, as mapy were suffer ing from the same trmjblo she had. She was a young woman* and her re covery was nbout as certain as any thing could be. If finly she could find some healthful subject for her mind to occupy Itself with. "She took up four-leaf clover hunt ing herself—perhaps hardly conscious of what she was doing, and undoubted ly nt the same time thinking of all the horrible things that might happen to her. and worrying herself with all sorts of absurd notions. She found that It was not an easy matter to Just stoop down and pick up a four-leaf clover, and this awakened her Inter est. She determined to search until she found one. It took her more than an hour to get one, and In that time she was not thinking of any of her troubles, but her whole mind wnq on the object she was trying to find. "The following morning she wander ed out In a listless sort of way, but she Mas soon deeply engaged In search ing for four-leaf clovers, nnd totally oblivious to everything else. It took her a great deal longer time to find this one, and It was a real task to get one at all, but she was eventually successful. "Finally she had formed a regular habit. Each morning she was out shortly after breakfast, engaged in her quest, and each afternoon she was to be found In the clover fields, very busy. Then the improvement began to manifest Itself. Of course, It was quite slow. But In looking for the four-leaf clovers, she had to bend down to the ground a great deni. She prob ably bent down to examine hundreds of clovers of the ordinary three-leaf variety before finding a single four- leaf clover. This was very good ex ercise, nnd particularly so because the exertion was unconscious. Each day nhe tried to go to a new place. In hopes of locating a spot where the four-leaf clovers would be more plentiful. In this way she became accustomed to ■taking long walks. Some one was with her all the time, nnd she never had any difficulty In getting some of the other patients to Join her In her dally hunt. These walks and the bending over began to take effect. They Improved her digestion more than drugs could have done. She soon ceased to talk about her troubles, nnd began to show' a general awakening Interest In the ordinary evenjs and In cidents of life. Ultimately she was completely cured and she has never had uny recurrence of the disorder. “Now, of course. I do not mean to aay that searching for four-leaf clover* would be of great therapeutic value In every case of nervoun prostration or neurasthenia or any other nervous dls. case. Indeed, a great many people suffering from nervous disorders might go out to search for four-lesf clovers and do so In a mechanical fashion, while their minds would be rtlled with the most morbid and unpleasant thoughts. In HUCh eases the four-leaf rlover would be of little value as u therapeutic agent. But to get any "re sults the Interest of the patient must be awakened. This Is usually accom. plished by a gradual process. He might see other people looking for, clo vers and It might be suggested to him to look also. Sooner or later he might take It up. and If he became Interested, good results would be almost certain te follow. Of course. It Is highly pos sible that he might never be In the slightest Interested In finding four.; leaf clovers. Nevertheless, a great many people are. and It haa certainly been the salvation of a number of pa tients who have been under my care for different disorders of the nervous s,y«tem." After leaving the physician, the re- toner walked about the grounds of the sanitarium. In a Held clone by, a voung woman and a young man were bending over, hunting for four-leaved cloven. They seemed to be Intensely To our many thousand cus tomers—-and to all the world— we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. / King Hardware Co. interested In w hat they were doing and they were apparently quite happy as they laughed and talked animatedly nnd pleasantly. A nurae told me that they wire both nervous cases, and that they were beginning to ahow great Im provement. "When he came ojlt here a few months ago," said the nurae, pointing to l he young man, "he would not go n< ar strangers and he never wnnted to see nuybody or talk to anybody. But he Just wanted to be off by himself, brooding over his imaginary troubles. But he took to searching for four-l^af clovers, nnd he got Into the habit, ao that he does It every day and now you can see for yourself that he Is rapidly regaining his health. A wo man who left here last week told me before she went away that the four- leaf clover had been the means of her restoration to health, after she had quite given up hope. It Is astonishing to see the good effect four-leaf clover hunting has upon persdns addicted to vicious habits, such as alcohol, drugs and the oyerlndulgence In tobacco. I have seen a number of them spend the time looking tor four-leaf clovers that they would have otherwise passed In craving for stimulants, and It has helped them out wonderfully at very critical times." DEPOSITS INSURED UNDER A SPECIAL CONTRACT FARMERS AND TRADERS’ BANK Peters Street, Atlanta, Ga. W. S. WITHAM, President ASA Q. CANDLER, - Vice-President. W. D. MANLEY, Caihler. GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY. Ench County In ths State Is entitled to IS Kr»o Scholarships. A num ber of these Scholarships will be available when work Is resumed after the holidays. Jnminry 2. 1908. Advanced courses In Mechanical, Electri cal, Textile, Mining nnd Civil Engineering. Engineering Chemistry and Chemistry. ' _ .. .. . For Illustrated catalog and full particulars, address K. O. Matheson, LL.D., President, Atlanta, Ga. CHRISTMAS CELEBRATED ALL OVER THE STATE Hpeelst to The Georgian. Montgomery. Ala., Dec. 25.—Christ as Is being observed here more gen erally than heretofore, that 1s, In the fireworks line, as the mayor granted permission to have displays at many different points In the city. The streets were crowded yesterday and on Christmas ove. There are being public meetings held In severer churches today. Notwithstanding the “money strin gency." plenty of money has been turned loose here, and the merchants are more than pleased with the large trade which they had. ^ FIREW0RK8 NOT SOLD TO ROME PEOPLE. Special to The Georgina. Home, Oa., Dec. 25.—Rome Is having a busy, prosperous, enjoyable Christ mas, with no evidence of a panic, hard times, or fear for the future. People began buying early, and con tinued It steadily until late Inst night. There are few who are destitute, and they nre being provided for. A gen eral feeling of surprise exists at the CHRISTMAS 8ERVICE8 fectlve on January 1, and a great many are laying in a supply of whisky. But, taking everything Into consider ation, Christmas Is a gala day In Al bany, and everybody Is having a good time. NO SPECIAL 3ERVICES HELD AT CHRI8TMA8. Special In The Georgian. Gainesville, Ga., Dec. 25,—The ob servance of Christmas In Gainesville Is unusually quiet. There has been a small aale of fireworks, tho the pur chase of toys and other Christmas goods has been up to about an average. There were no special Christmas serv ices at the churches, tho a number of Christinas trees were had by mission Sunday schools and private families. There was no disorder or drunkenness apparent on the street, and the police of the city had a quiet time of It. Most of the business houses nre closed for the day. The Christmas trade, the merchants report, was about as usual. heavy trading for the past few days, tm Saturday the dispensary was hard Worked, but on the other hand there was little drunkenness or disorder. Mnyor .Maddox remarked that he had never seen such crowds at this season of the year, so cheerful and eo sober. There Is every prospect of nn enjoy able and quiet holiday season. Fire works are strictly forbidden, and none have been sold. Service* are being held today In many of the churches. CHRISTMAS OBSERVED FITTINGLY IN ALBANY. Special to The Georgian. Albany, Ga., Dec. 25.—Christmas day Is being fittingly observed In this city. Appropriate exercises will be held gt nearly Rl the churches In the city. De spite the fact that financial troubles have been felt all over the county, busi ness In this city the past,two weeks was unusually good. The whisky sales during the past few davs have been tremendously large, but this fact Is offset to a great extent on account of prohibition becoming ef- After eating, person* of o bilious habit will derive great benefit by taking one of these pills. If you have been DRINKING TOO MUCH, they will promptly relieve the cause*, SICK HEADACHE — and nervousnesswhlch follow*, restore the appetite and remove gloomy feel ings. Elegantly sugar coated. Take No Substitute* HELD IN THE CHURCHES. Special to The Georgian. Valdoata, Ga., Dec. 25.—Thin la Val dosta's first Christmas under prohibi tion, and, while quantities of whisky have been shipped to the city, there Is a marked decrease In the amount of drunkenness, and the police have had practically nothing to do In the way of arrests. It Is the quietest Christmas in the history of the town. The sales of Christmas goods last week were much less than In former years due largely to the almost unprecedented rains which fell here for days In succession. During this week business has been splendid. The day will be observed more gener ally than usual, with a practical cessa tion of business. There were special Christmas services at all of the churches, with Christmas tree* loaded with presents for the children. CHRI8TMAS BASKET8 DISTRIBUTED TO POOR. Special to The Georgian. -■ Jackson, Miss., Dec. 25.—More than two hundred bountifully laden Christ inas baskets contributed by the women of Jackson were distributed among the poor of the city by Jackson Lodge No., 416, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. The distributing committee commenced work bright and early, and by the noon hour hod apportioned the Christmas cheer among the people by whom It Is most needed. This Is only one of the several chari ties planned In Jackson. The Salva tion Army, under the direction of i'apt. Norris, will give a Christmas dinner to the poor, and targe quan tities of clothing will also be distrib uted by that organization. Christmas day promises to pass quietly and uneventfully. PIG-SKIN WARRIOR8 BATTLE AT SAVANNAH. Sperlat to The Georgian. Savannah. Ga., Dec. 26.—The Christ mas trade here has been about the same ns Is usual at Christmas-tide. A rainy spell of three or four days did not prevent the customary amount of shopping, and the usual rejoinder from the Broughton street merchant, when asked about trade, Is either “very good," or "can't complain.” So far, Christmas has been no differ ent from previous years. There Is much noise from exploding fireworks. Pre cautions have been taken' by the au thorities and extra police have be«;n sworn In for the holiday season. Tho main amusements Christmas day will be furnished In the afternoon when an aggregation of all-Southern foot ball etars will do battle with eleven or more local plg-skln warriors. CHRISTMAS SHOPPING CLOSED WITH A RUSH. Special to T|io Georgian. Thomasvllle, Ga., Dec. 86.—Any one who watched the streets here yeeter- dny would find It difficult to believe that there Is any flnnnctal difficulty In this end of the country. The streets wsre thronged with Christmas shoppers, and the stores were full of cheerful buy ers. An air of general prosperity was noticeable. A most noticeable feature wns the good order. There was no drunkenness or disturbance to mar Its pleasures, • 1 Christmas week will be full of fes tivities. The boys and girls who have been away attending college are nearly all at home for the holidays. BUSINESS HOUSES CLOSE FOR CHRISTMAS DAY. Special to The Georgian. Augusts, Ga., Dec. 25.—With the ex ception of the explosion of an occa sion firecracker thrown by some en thusiastic youngster. Christmas Day,Is being quietly observed here. Recently enacted ordinances have driven fire works to the suburbs, and the streets are presenting generally their Sunday appearance. Special services are being held In many of the ehurchee. and the day Is being observed more as one of rest than of holiday. * . • No business houses of Importance are open, and Insuranae men, cotton fac tors and real estate dealer*~wll! close up for practically the remainder of the week. Home of the cotton mills In the district have shut down for the entire week, a procedure rather unusual. CLOTHING ON CREDIT FOR MEN ANO WOMEN. SPARE •t.CO A WEEK. WE WILL KI'EP YOU WELL-DRESSED. THE FAIR 93 WHITEHALL STREET.