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Because they are permanent, Be cause they are practical, Because they are constant reminders of the giver, and a source of pleasure and pride to the receiver. SUGGESTIONS Dining Tables, Sideboards, Chairs, (all kinds) Ladies’ Desks, Book Cases, Wardrobes, Morris Chairs, Davenports, Bed Lounges, Center Tables, (reed or oak) Toilet Sets, Hall Razks, Ladies, Work Baskets, Dugs, Art Squares. Buggy Robes Lamps. Bov’s Stec agens, Boy’5 fr 'T* nii !rcn’s Chairs, Chiiren’s & Misses’ Rockers. Doiq't miss seeing our line of Morris Clgairs and Rocker and Children's goods. Finest lot of Center lablesevei •sip wig in Middle Georgia to arrive to-day- •AND THE FIRST SHALL EE LAST’ IIIV K< Is ii EXPERIMENTING ON A TRAMP. I v.ns nt work on my Sunday ser- 1 mon when my wife uiietf il the iTo.r. She was laughing. "There's a yojtig fellow downstairs j who says lie wishes t i see you about . marrying him." I didn't like to break oCf from thej thread of my dlseoer.se; hut. laying down my pen, I went into the pari' r. There Ktoc-d tlie youngster. six fee! In height, strong ns Sampson, light hair-; id, blue eyed, red and brown complex-, loti, hhoi-ky bnir. Uis trousers were j In his boots and were supported by a j pair of country store galluses over a 1 woolen shift; no coat; a felt hat In Ids hand. He had come in with an ox ! whip over his shoulder, which he placed ou the mantel. Evidently lie regarded the furniture n.i too good to sit on; nt any rate, he was standing. "Be you the parson?” ho uskeJ. “I nm." “Say, parson, if I Agger roun' today [Copyright. 1XS. by T. C. McClure.J Tile widow Gregg was a natural re former. One afternoon she left her farm for the village to do some "trad ing" At -1 o'clock, when she returned and drove into the yard, a strange spectacle greeted her. Wbnt might he railed the north end of a man was pro truding from a kitchen window. The care was plain. Ills trousers and shoes showed him to belong to the genus tramp. lie had culled and. (hiding the house alone, had forced up the sash of the window and started to climb in. At the halfway point the sash hail come down on the small of his back. | and lie was held as securely as If he ti-i ! heeu handcuffed and shackled. ! The widow's face liearaed with sat- i lsfartlon as she entered the bouse to I tnhe a look nt his phiz. Yes, It was u I tramp, and a hulking hig fellow at that She went outdoors with a look I of ntitleiuatloa In her eyes and hunted 6an Live nn git things llxed, cotil I I come t... , , , , , , , ... ,i". I'm a hit of hoard of Just the ng.it here long with a gal nn git married.' i 1 “Corfu 1 lily, f p1m!I be lion? nil tlie; uurt for the west half hour stie morning. I Inve some parorbial du-| '**ns u busy woman. Slu* fttood ofT nt tle3 for the afternoon, but If I knew I j,..-t tho right distance from the whi ttle hour you would he here I would I dow. and the board rose and fell with l,o on hand.” amazing regularity and vigor. The I ain't done It all yet. I done It! l Ms lees about and in- exeept one thing. 1 got my license. That's already. 1 got It rnore'n a | week ago." "That's thn only really Important | matter," I replied to help him on. | “ 'N you got a certificate, haln't I you?” I "Lot’s of them, In blank.” I "Well, that's two tilings—the eer- I (ideate and the license.” ; ’'You're right; that's two very lm- ] portant thingi. one indispensable and ; the other convenient." I "’N" here's n place to get married ! In." I "lias your fiancee got her trous- | eeau?" I “What's them?" i "The first means sweetheart, the i second the clothes brides usually get together so they won't Imve to call on i their husbands for some tliuo after tlie I wedding for such articles." j He stood thinking for n moment, ! then looked up and said with anlma- ' tlon: "I!y cracky, parson, that's a good Idea. Never thought o’ that.” “1I«3 she got it?” ’’Oh, I don’t know nothin’ 'bout that. 'Twouldn't lie fust rate for me to talk about Hint. 'Twould lie dead moan cheap." "There are more Important things for the man to say. 1 grant, and move becoming." "What are they?" "Well, the first thing Is tho pro posal." “That's Just the trouble with the whole business.” "Did you find It difficult?" "IMflloult? Y’ou bet. 1 hnin't got j through with It yet." "Phew!" 1 looked nt toy wife. She sat behind the young man and was j cramming her handkerchief Into her mouth to stop nn outburst of laughter j My exclamation was mule under my j tramp kicked his legs | duiged In remarks, hut the walloping j did not end until the woman hud tired | herself out. Then she took down the clothesline and wrapped it around the tramp's legs about forty times, eu- tered the house aud tied his wrists securely, an l then raised the sash and I let hilt fall backward ou the grass. I As he lay lucre alio came out to bend | over him and ask; ■ "Well, how do you feel now?” I "I I don't exactly know," was the I reply. ■ "'l ids Is an experiment on my part, j I want to tiring you to u state of hum* : I,tenets. Ho you think I have accom plished it?" "Yu. I feel humbler than 1 did. It's 1 a new fee!in', And you must take the risks of It.” | "Oh. I'll look out for the risks. Just j make yourself ns comfortable and as 1 humble us you can. and when the hired ! man comes up I'll see to your care fur ther." j Two hours later the tramp's bunds I | wore unbound aud food set la-fore him I The food consisted of bread and water i Thera was n consistency Iti n humble I man ontlug humble fare. When be hud finished eating he was again made se- j ' euro a ml dragged to the barn and lock , ed up In the granary for the night. •The uext step Is to arouse your am-1 bltioti." said tlie widow as she left j him, "and I'll tell you ray programui Investigate and know that your physician is fully pre pared to treat you scientifical ly before you risk your health ami life with him. Dr. Hinkle OF MACON, GA. Will he glad for all who are interested, who want health and wish to prolong their lives, to visit his new offices. | In tho morning. I hope to find your No PtiusiGlan "Just you hold mi. parson." b* •cud. "I'm good for It yet Ju-d gimme time. But 1M rather drive my ox team up a stone wall. 1 would. She's In town today. I seen her In a store bayin' some Rtockln's. That's why 1 came up here." "Don't you think you'd have better settled the matter with the girl first?" \ "Well." he frowned, "there's dtffer- ! ent ways of doin' things. Ef I'd asked i her and she'd said 'yes.' what la thuu- I der would I ’u’ done with nothin' fixed?" j "Are you sure you have the pluck"— j "Now. parson, don't you worry 'bout i that. I'm going right off to find her. [ You'll be here when I get back, will j ou?" | "I'd stay In all day to marry such a fine fellow us you. (Jo ahead. Remeui- 1 N>r whut General Grant said when lie I first marched a brigade against the Confederates," J “Wiint'd ho say?" I "That he remembered the enemy 1 would likely be ns much frightened as he." "Oh, she won't be frightened. Gals don't skoor worth u cent." He grabbed his whip and In a Jiffy was out of the house and striding down the street. 1 went back to my sermon and wrote for nn hour when my wife threw open my study door, exclaiming: “They're coming!" "Who?" 1 asked, not so readily turn ed from my subject. ! "The young ox driver and his girl. Come." "I went downstairs, and there In the parlor were the pair. They had Just come in. The man looked us If ho were In u battle and w as looking for an ene my and an enemy was looking for him. The girl, a little country beauty, was all smiles and blushes, with struggling tears. "I done It. parson," said the ox driv er proudly. "So 1 perceive.” "Mv wife stoixl them up before the mantel and had more trouble to get them placed properly side by side than a pair of skittish horses. Then. 1 mar ried them. My wife gave the bride n kiss which opened her heart and her Ill's as well, for she told ail nl>out It. She hn 1 loved him a long while; but. although she had often tried hard, she could never Infuse courage enough In him to In duce hint to propose. Which goes to prove that when he said ignis don’t skeer worth a cent" he was right. EI.BEBT G. BENTLEY. humbleness greatly Increased by then Ho you still feel humility bubbling up In your soul! "1 do. martn, and 1 am sorter afraid of It. It’s a uew feellu', nnd 1 don't know what It’s going to lead to. Its nn experiment. Is it?" "It I,.” "Then you must tnke the risks, ns 1 said tvfor? I understands n yrclf ns a ■ ii ■ t j i.p. b, t win i y. u come o r..al. i Hum ole tramp of me that's dlf. : fii-M." . Next morning the fellow was hauled out of tlie burn and asked If any addi-1 visit lltS offices that they may tlonal feeling had come to him during I the uight. and he replied: ! "I think there has, marrn. I think I'm feeling what you cull ambitious ! this morning I find myself thlnkiu' of j work without the usual feellu's of dread neeompanyiu’ it That's ambl- ! lion, 1 take It?" i "Yes." "But don't blame me. utarin. if any- i thin' happens. When you go for to im- plaut now feelin's In the breast of a tramp you can't tell what he's goin' to I do." ! "Will you take a hoe aud go to work in the field If 1 give you a good break fast?" "I will, marrn. I'm sorter curus my-1 seif to sec what's goin' to result from I New Apparatus for Treating i this uew feelln’." * I . , , . j The first result was a breakfast that |' fincer Should be seen by should have done fur three hired men. South is as well equipped with every modern instru ment and device to relieve suffering humanity. I’hvsi- ci.-Ls in and out of the Medi al Societies are invited to learn something from one who is devoting his life and energy to relieve those who are sick and suffering. Dr. Hinkle’s It kr^t the widow on the Jump to keep the table supplied. He wasn't eating on Ids humility appetite, but on Ids I ambitious oue. When he had finished at Inst he was asked to cut some wood before going to the field. In the course if ten minutes he shivered two ax handles and gave a cherry tree a mor tal blow. Started for the field to as- I slst the hired man, he tramped over the tomato atxl cucumber patches, tore down a panel of rail fence getting ovet It and In the course of auother half I la-tir had wielded his hoe so vigorous ly amou; up two every Physician in Miltedge- ville. Results ig the turnips that he had dugj Will count, so keep your eyes bushels with the weeds anil , broken the blade. The hired matt. Open and 3'OU will sought to curb him. lie was a lusty Lpp flip T IMP teiri. , hired man that had licked over a score; ’’ zVJjJv and of tramps, but they had been tramps hear the suffering men nnd without ambition^ When he tackled| ” BU this one he was laid vu his back forth- Women praise with. / Then the tramp beaded for the barn.| and with a club he smashed tlie spoke" out of three wheels of the family car riage. He pulled the harness down! and dragged it about, kloked the horse out of the stable, broke up the wheel barrow nnd pounded the fanning mill, nnd he was shoveling oats out of the granary window ou to the ground when the widow came out and said: "This was an experiment on my part, you know.” "Yes, rearm, nnd I told you to look cut for results." “1 think you’d better drop your feel ings of humility and ambition. Here's a five dollar bill, and you tr.nv go m. or ad. X Dr. Hinkle i i Offices No. 362 Secnd St. Phone 91 7—2Calls. Office Hours—9-1 ;3-6 MACON, GA. .