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Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08
DOING UP THE PACKAGES.

Vastly Important Detail to Assure un-
stinted Appreciation.
To send a package that isn't Christ
masy looking IL bound to dstract from
the gift There are stickers Of all
sizes and shapes. with Santa Claus
holly sprays. red and gold seals. "Aer-
ry Christmas" and gayly bedecked trees
upon them. These shckers not only
make q parcel more attractive. but
they are u great help In tying Up. es
pecially bulky parcel like q sofa pill
low. which requires several sheets OF
tissue paper.
Red. bright green or holly baby nib
bon Is used for doing up most parcels
that are not to 60 through the mail
The adhesive red and green paper rib
bon Is often substituted for the other
kinds, or sometimes the outer wrap
ping has the pasted ribbon. while the
inner tissue paper II tied.
Inside. instead Of using a regular
calling card. the name OF the sender u
written on one OF the bright Christ.
mas cards that come in packages.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08
ANCIENT DOLLS HOUSES.

Those Of Earlier Centuries Marvsls q
Completeness.
The history Of dolls IL particularly
interesting at this season. Very beau
tiful wax dolls were made in France
IN that period Of reckless extrnva-
gnnce. the seventeenth century. No
price was too high to pay then for
anything that a little great lady might
be pleased to own.
A few Of the fine old dollS houses
built and furnished In tho seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries still exist
and reflect thorough attention to the
smallest detail.
All are furnished and equipped With
the same completeness. whether It ID
the linen cupboard. with It's piles Of
nnpery: tho drawing room. with pref
ty carpets and tiny china ornaments
and pictures. or the nursery. where
there IL high fender guard before
the fire and 4 rocking horse for the
baby to ride on.
Such details give a human interest
to old toys. emphasized by the doll In
habitants which are to be seen in the
old houses. The mistress Of the
house. with sud1y set out brocaded
skirts. sits in the salon. her work
basket at her side. in which we and
wee reels Of cotton and rolls Of tape.
In the nursery the baby. with lace
edged cap. Is In the nurses arms
The cook Is suitably dressed In short
cotton skirts and white colt
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08
When Her Back Aches
A Woman Finds All Her Energy
aud Ambition Slipping Away.

Jefferson women know how the aches
snd pains that come when the kidneys
fail make life bureen. Backache. hip
pains, headaches. Dizzy spclls. distress
ing urinary troubles, oil tell OF sick kid.
aeys aud warn You Of the steAlthy up.
psoAeS .: 3zSpsy c: Bright: disease.
beans kidney Pills are for the kidneys
esly. They attack kidney diseases by
oestking ct the cause.
Can Js9esson sufferers desire stronger
psool thaa this ~oman's word:
nss. + n Rogers. C7 Lake Ut. Mar
ohall. Texas, Gays: "words but feebly
egpsen ny high opiuiOn Of Doan's Kid.
- 6lis. About elk mont ago ! had
poaae II The email OF my back that rob-
- - of my rest. felt tired and
Ooosy, licked ambition and vas all run
de0o. Leesniag Of Deans kidney Pills,
] resolved % Try them and procured =
eapply. ! Rscsivsd good rssults from
~ 0ses ed afses bed ssed the ga
eoooo q several boxes. ! Vas cured.
- SOC atseod to ny housshold da-
~ without the siightsst incou vsui.
oooo 80 a. IL sxositeas heaish."
PEI sate b ali dsaiess- Psics 50 coats
Voness- Mtlbose Co.. bs4alo. New York.
- aosass To- ~ Unissd ueasss.
Ue0Ans ~ nAno-Ooon'o-a1s1
49, - seAa.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08
RURAL YULETlDE SPIRIT.

The Mail Carrier Finds . Present At
Almost Every Door.
The rural postmen are not less gen
erously remembered at Christmas time
than are their city brethren. There
Is scarcely farmhouse On his route
where the mail carrier does not re-
ceive token. Most Of the presents
are practical.
Knitted scarfs or muf1ers. mittens
and slippers are favoritss with fem
!nlne donors. whereas the gifts Of the
farmers usually take the form Of
pumpkins. bushel baskets Of potatoes.
barrels OF apples and turkeys. Many
a rural mail carrier receives on Christ
mas morning enough eatables to stock
his larder for weeks to come.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08

Thoughtfulness Of others Is the key
note Of Christmas. "As We do it unto
the least OF these" said the Founder
OF the day.
Have YOU thought Of the TIRED
SHOpCIRLS7 AS you treat them you
are treating Him. Let that sink home.
The greatest kindness you can DO these
girls is to SHOP EARLY.
II the majority of people would do
that the girls could enjoy their Christ
mas, too. for they would not be TIRED
70 DEATH by working at KILL
ING PACE till midnight on Christmas
eve.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08
A High Grade Blood Purifier.

Go to Allen Urqunart's drug stoIe
and buy bottle Of B, b. b. Botanic
Blood Balm.) 1t will purify and enrich
your blood and build up your weakened,
brokendown system. b. b. B. is guar
anteed to cure all blood diseases and
skin humOrs. such as
Rheumatism, Eating Sores,
Syphilitic Blood Poison,
Cstarrh,
Eczema.
Itching Humors.
Risings and bumps,
Bone Pains,
Pimples. Old Sores,
Scrofula or Kernels,
Bupersting Sores. Boils, Carbuncles
B, b. B. cures all these blood troubles
by killing the poison humor and ex-
polling it from the system. B. B, b. is
the only blood remedy that can do this
therefore it cures and heals all sores
when all else fails. 81 per large bottle,
with directions for home cure. Sam.
pie free bv writing Blood Balm Co.,
Atlanta. Ga.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08


friend ST. Nicholas VIII soon
~ be hero to look over our lat
est Christmas toys And you
know what a busy man he Is. never
having a moment TO spare this time
OF year"
SO spoke the queen Of cloud fairies
to her many subjects.
Now. maybe you children do not
know that these cloud fairies live up
at the north pole in the clouds that
are always full OF snow. But always
having lived there they never feel the
cold and enjoy frolic each morning
on the great icebergs. to which they
come down In sleighs drawn by REIN
deer. Cloud fairies. so It Is said. make
all the Christmas gifts Santa Claus
gives TO the little ones each Christmas
eve
The season had been a busy one for
the cloud fairies. for they had done
their best to make up games and de-
sign toys that they might have many
nice new ones for Santa Claus. He
was W NisAL AhCd an thC ia
son the queen had for begging her
subjects to hurry with the work In
hand.
Yes, dear queen" answered n girl
fairy. dancing on the silver edge Of
cloud: II have all the dolls on the
south end Of the rainbow. where his
greatness st Nicholas Of All Lands
may view them without moments
delay"
And l have all the drums. bugles.
horns. flies and other musical toys
placed to great advantage on the north
end OF the rainbow" said n gay fairy.
tapping his wings as he sat on the
point of stray starlet that had got
tangled In the clouds.
Just as the fairies ceased speaking
there came through the frosty air the
sound Of sleighbells and the footing OF
bugle.
"Ah, there he IS now!' cried the
queen. Lets all go to greet him."
In rushed four beautiful reindeer
drawing n sleigh In which was seated
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08
SANTA CLAUS As OTHER
TONGUES PRONOUNCE IT

Germany-St Nicholas. Erias KIM
gle.
Holm nd-Sunder Klass. STINT Nice
laas. Sinter klaas.
Saitxerinnd--Sam iklaus.
Helgols missioner klas.
alberg-Zemmnklas.
AlsAce- Lorraine-Kn echt Dupreche.
Frnnce-LA bon papa. 10 bon d
Noel. petit Noel.
Austria-Niklo or NiEio. -
RuSsia-Elka (0r treeD. -
Italy-Ba bbino.
Poland-Giviazka 0ittie stan.
iuavia-KrtStine
Bohemia-Jericek. ~
Observation-Disclosures WaS
Irela nd-Niamb Nicklau1e.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08

And what Is that reason. prayr
asked the fairy.
That l might be in one Of those
houses on the earth and see old Santa
Claus come down one Of those chin
neys with his pack OIL his back and
then to watch him al the family stock
ings with toys and bonbons. I'm sure
1t would be quite treat"
"Oh. but It happens only once a
year." replied the other fairy. You'd
get good and lonesome during the long
waits between two Chrstmases. I'm
thinking. But. come; let's dy over and
play In the northern lights. They are
very bright tonight"
Don't be gone long" called the
queen after them. for you know there
are 10000 bags OF toys TO make for
the earth children's Christmas day"
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08
SPECIAL AGRICULTURAL TRAIN

In cooperation with the M. K.
4. T. and the Texas Central
Railway we are going to operate
q special agricultural train over
their lines starting December 4th
and finishing December 18th.
This will be q train of nine cars
consisting Of lectures, exhibits
and demonstration from the
Agricultural & Mechanical Col
lege of Texas at College Station,
Texas and from the College of
Industrial Arts, Denton, Texas.
In your county the train will
stop rs follows:
At Jefferson, December II, at $50 p.
n. Lecture In Court House or
Opera House at 7:30 p. m,
We are very anxious to have
IS large attendance at this train
- possible for the lectures and
demonstrations and will appre-
ciate any announcements or pub
licity you may be able to give the
matter.
On the exhibit car will be
found some Of the finest speci-
mems of live stock available in
Guiding the grand champion beef
steer Of the State of Texas. This
steer has won over 81, 200, 90 in
cash and several silver cups and
will evidently be worth coming
to see On the demonstration car
will be found exhibits of soil, fer
tilizers. farm crops, and different
methods of budding, grating,
etc. Special car will be devoted
to the earring of the good roads
exhibit. Lectures will be given on
stock, Judging, soils, fertilizers
crops rotations, dairying, road
building and domestic science
Special cars will be furnished
for the ladies' and children and
and nearly every school along
the lines have planned to march
the children to the train in a body
for the one hour stop. What
sort of showing will your town
make?
Yours very sincerely.
j. w. Evans,
Supt. Ext. Dept.
Per w. B. Bryan.
College Station, Tex, Nov. Ia.
With only three horses to
every 100 persons, Switzerland
has the smallest equine popula
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08

To a Pennsylvania has been
granted a patent on a nail puller,
the jaws of which have a grad
uated series of serratlons 10 en-
gage in nails of different sizes.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08
HO||iday--NeW Year
Bargain Offer.
Friends and Readers !:

Friends and Readers:
We have word from the TEXAS
FARM AND RANCH PUBLISH
ING CO., that January 18th next,
the price on HOLLANDS Maya.
zine will go from SOC to 81 90. We
are proud to offer our readers this
special last chance to get HOL-
LANDS, FARM AND RANCH
and the JIMPLECUTE, at the best
rate ever. Farm and Ranch au-
thorizes us further to promise some
thing extra to every new Farm and
Ranch subscribers at these rates
which will prove a delightful
Christmas surprise.
Your Family Reading For The En-
tire Year-Only lie A Copy!
The Jimplecute, one year so issues
close at home-The Southwest's
Best Farm Journal, 81 issues deal
ing plainly with all questions of
of Crops, Livestock, Poultry yards,
Gardens and Orchards. The South
vests Best Household Magazine,
IL issues. Together with the sur
prise offer to new subscribers to
Farm and Ranch-All GIG copies)
for only Sl.85.
Farm and Ranch is running many
important features and is issuing
big special numbers one week of
every month that are worth this
whole price. Hollands is just
starting new serial, is running a
tremendously popular feature that
no other magazine on earth has,
and plans for 1912 cash prizs recipe
contests open to all subscribers.
Take this Money Saving Offer Now.
Mail us .S5 for these three
high-grade journals or call, pay
and get receipt.
THE JIMPLECUTE,
Jefferson, Texas.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08

According to a French invest
igator the chance of mistake in
Identification by means of finger
prints is about one in seventeen
billion.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08

the Jolly old
saint sprang
into his sleigh.
blew his bugle
and was away
on a breeze.
As two fair
les 8 t o 0 d
watching him
one said to the
other. For ono
r Q as on only
would I be an
earth child"
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08
EERFUl CkRI01M.
MEN1.

Don't leave It all to Santa
CLAUS.
Don't keep your Christmas
, spirit bottled.
Girls are bound to drift under
the influence Of the mistletoe.
The little Christmas green
isn't a seaweed. but II aces lots
OF smncks.
This u the time OF year when
husbands and wives may prop
erly hide much from one an
other.
Blessed Ia the person who
doesn't keep track OF the number
OF presents she receives.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08

Constipation causes headache. nausea
dizziness. languor. heart palpiiation.
Drastic physics grippe. sicken. weaken
the bowels and don't cure. Doan.s Reg
ulets act gently and cure constipation.
IS cents. AK your Druggist.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08

When you have a bilious attack give
Chamberlain Tablets a trial. They
are excellent For sale by Allen
Urquhart and all Druggist.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08

DO you know what this girl IL thin
ing? She Is thinking that CHRIST
MAS IS NEARLY HERE and won
dering what Santa Claus will bring
her. Fact You can tell it from her
attitude.
1t is time you were thinking the same
thing, for Christmas Is nearly here.
ana you would better do your shop
ping soon to avoid the rush. 1t would
be a crime for this child and others
like her to be disappointed. She will
be a child only once-at least this time
and IS entitled to all the happiness
youth has to give her. Do your part
today lest you forget.
To shop early means that you
SPARE THE SHOPCIRLS. that you
buy from fresh and complete stock.
that you are not crushed and manhan-
died In the crowd. that you Will have
the thing of your mind and that you
can thus remember all your friends.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08

In Cuba raw sugar in the mill
brings Al cents a pound, the
highest price in 20 years,
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08

Russia has the fewest physic-
ians of any civilized country.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08

Russians pocketed last year
$26, 2O4, 23O from exports OF but
ter.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08

For coughs and colds use Bsllsrd's
HoTeaocnc Syrup. Il acts soothiugly
in the irritated lungs and throat Price
&c, Soc and Vi.0O per bottle. Sold by
W S<dhevvv
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08
Ends Winter Troubles

To many. winter is . season of uou.
BILE. The frost.bitteu toes and fingers
chspped hands and lips. chiiblans.
old-sor~s, red and ROACH skins. prove
this. But such troubles ny before
Bucklen's Arnica Salvs. A Trial convin-
ees. Greatest healer OF Barns. Boils.
Plies, Cuts. sores. Bruis~s. Eczema and
spsains. Only 25c IT W. J. Sedberry's.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08
Children CrY
FOR FLETcneR's
g a ST0 RIA

o Turkeys gradual charge from
a national system of time TO a
European standard has led TO
a demand for watches with two
dials TO show both kinds.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08

Moving pictures are being en-
ployed TO teach the less civilized
Filipions lessons in hygiene.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08
TO SHOP EARLY MEANS
MAKING CHRISTMAS A
PLEASURE AND NOT A
NIGHTMARE.
To FORFEIT now means to
retret later.

t1t1t1x1tSctre mn 4 q q tsnsyt1
yx1ytrtt1utstt ry9tfx ~ q 4 drsyst 4
n1ts<rsIS 4 .<t1ts 4 t<t<ntuuntstt
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08
The Christmas Dance.

, W N6h GFHhdmA uAnced inc Mi1usV
Some sixty ysars ago
Tho stately couples often mex
beneath tho mistis<oe
But AAbsfs foxy beau
That damsel doth contrfve to steer
Beneath the mistlA<o~
The dances change. but not the
game,
, AZ close observers know.
. For mortals act about the sA0s
Beneath the mistletos
-Louisviils Courier. Journal
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08

In France the persons who are
employed in the cultivation of
the vine number 100000.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08

With only three horses to
every 100 persons, Switzerland
has the smallest equine popula-
ton of any country.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08
NEaa2SG
How Toy Fai1ie.
Make
Christmas Gifts


'@OME; hurry up. my dears. Our
friend ST. Nicholas Will soon
~ be here to look over our lat
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-08

with money-savin1 opportunities for yo
ID. This Il your opportunity TO lay In ,
able cost. We will b only too glad TO 4
Send to-day 70 that you will have plen
Der. We guarantee every article We -
money will b refunded II you are not !
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08
W0stminster
Abbey
Mi Desperandum.

In view of the coming coronation
of George v, few particulars con-
corning Westminster Abbey, where
the King is to be crowned, may be
of interest to the readers.
The first church on this site was
built on the Isle of Thorns Thor
ney island" an isolated peninsula
of dry land, girt on one side by the
Thames and on the other by the
marshes formed by the little stream
Eye. Here Sebert, King ofthe East
Saxone, who died in GIG, having
been baptized by Mellitus, is said to
have founded church which he
dedicated to St. Peter.
Sulcard. the first historian of the
Abby, relates that oil Sunday
night, being the eve of the day on
which the church was to be conse-
Grated by the Bishop Mellitus,
Edric the fisherman was Watching
his nets by the bank of the island.
On the opposite shore he saw light
and when he approached it in his
boat. he found venerable man who
desired to be ferried across the
stream. Upon their arrival at the
island the stranger landed and pro-
ceeded to the church, calling up on
his way, two springs of water by
two blows Of his staff, which still
exist. Then host of Angles mir
aculously appeared and held candles
which lighted him as he went thro-
ugh all the usual forms of a church
conservation, while through the
service other angles were seen as
cending and descending over the
church. When the old man return
ed to the boat he bade Edric tell
Mellitus that the church was already
consecrated by st. Peter, who held
the keys of heaven and promised
that plentiful supply of fish would
never fail him as fisherman, if he
ceased to work on Sundays and did
not forget to bear 1.-THE of that
which he caught to the Abbey of
Westminster. Bishop Mellitus ac-
knowledged that his work had been
done already by sanity hands when
told of the occurance by Edric, SO
he changed the name from Thorny
to Westminster. Edward the Con-
fessor destroyed the old church and
rebuilt it from the foundation, as
the Collegiate Church of st. Peter,
Westminster. The foundation was
laid in 1049 and the church was con-
secrated December %, 1865, eight
days before the death of the king.
Of this church and monastery of the
Confessor, only the Chapel of the
Pyx, the lower part of the Refecto-
ry underlying the Westminster
Schoolroom, part of the Domitory,
and the whole of the lower walls of
the south Cloister remain. The Sec
ond founder of the Abbey was Hen
ry III, who pulled down most of the
Confessor's work and from 1915 to
1872 devoted himself to rebuilding.
The portions which remain from his
time are, the Confessor Chapel. the
side aisles and their chapels and the
choir and transepts. The work of
Henry was continued by his son,
Edward l., who built the eastern
portion of the nave, and was carried
on by different Abbots till the great
west window was erected by Abbot
Estney in 1893. In 1902 Henry
VII pulled down the Lady Chapel.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08
1T IS NEVER TOO LATE TO r1END.


and built his beautiful Perpendicu-
lar Chapel instead. The western
towers were completed from designs
of Sir Christopher Wren in TIA,
the great architect who also design
ed st. Paul's Cathedral, the most i'm
posing of London's structures.
In front of the screen, facing the
foot of St. Edwards shrine stands
the Coronation chairs, which at COR
onations are moved to the middle Of
the Chancel. One Of the chairs,
scratched and battered by visitors
is the chair decorated by William
the Painter for Edward ]. In it
was enclosed by Edward III (1328)
the famous Stone of Scone, on which
the Scottish kings were crowned.
1t was Kenneth III who, in A. D.
$40, brought the stone to Scone and
there enclosed it in a chair of wood.
At Scone all the succeeding kings Of
Scotland were inaugurated till the
time of John Baliol. After Edward
/ had defeated Baliol near Dunbar
in 1896 he is said, before he left the
country, to have been himself crown
ed king of Scotland upon the sacred
stone at Scone, and on his return to
England he carried off as trophies
of his conquest, not only the Scott
ish regalia but the famous Fatal
Stone" Placing the Stone in the
Abbey Of Westminster, he ordered
it to be enclosed in chair of wood.
Numerous applications were after
ward made for the restoration of the
stone to Scotland, and the immense
Importance which the Scotch attach
ed to it is shown by it's having been
the subject of a political conference
between Edward III and David III
King Of Scots. In 1928 Edward
III agreed to give it up; the Scottish
regalia was sent back, but when it
came to giving up the Stone. the
people of London would not allow
it to depart. The Stone is of sandy
sienite and is found on the western
coast of Scotland. It is inserted
beneath the seat of the chair, with
an iron handle on either side so that
it may be lifted up. The chair is of
oak and has once been entirely COW
ed with gliding and painting, now
worn away with time, and injured
by the nails which have been driven
in when it has been covered with
cloth of g O Id at the Coronations.
In this chair all the kings of Eng
land since the time Edward / have
been crowned. Cromwell was in
stalled in it as Lord Protector in
Westminster Hall, on the one occa-
sion on which it has been carried
out of the church. In spite of the
centuries that have passed the chair
looks to be in very good condition
indeed. The second G air was
made for the coronation of Mary III
and has been used since for the
queens consort.
Between the chairs leaning against
the screen are preserved the State
Shields and Sword of Edward III,
which were carried before him in
France. 1t is feet long and weighs
Is pounds. This month the chairs
will again be removed from the
Chapel Of Edward the Confessor,
from whence they are removed only
at a coronation.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08
Do AnimaIs Reason
By K. S.

Since the beginning of civilization
all animal lovers. and thinkers in
general, have argued the question
over and over again whether ami