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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-18
THE REVOLT
OF BOBBIE ~ ~
By TOM MASON

Nov, Bobbie, Christmas is almost
here, and if you are real good little
boy, Santa Claus may do something for
YOU" .-
Bobbie-You mean that you will do
something for me, pop. r hat old Santa
Claus racket is played out. =
Bingo-Do you mean to say you
don't believe in Santa Claus?
Bobbie-No, sir, don't. I hope, pop,
you don't expect me to hang up my
stocking the night before? =
Bingo-Why, certainly do. y
Bobbie-And / suppose you think I
am going to crawl out of a nice warm
bed about four O'Clock in the morning,
and sit by the chimney place in my
bare feet? No, sir! Just give me "a
list Of things you thought of getting,
and I'll check it OF and let you know
what want. -. u ss.3z z#.sga i a.. 40
Bingo (petrifled)-Well, this is a
pretty pass. You don't think there's
any Santa Claus, Ell?
Bobbie-I know there amt. I've
known it for three years: but just
hated to hurt my parents feelings, so
I have caught cold every Christmas
morning, just to please you, until l
am tired Of it. -
Bingo-But, Bobbie, consider. There
are relatives Of mine coming to spend
Christmas with us. What would they
say If they thought you didn't believe
in Santa?s Think Of Aunt. Jane. Why,
she would never forgive me. Think Of
the talk it would make.
Bobbie-I can't help 1t, pop. This
has got to stop. l can't 60 on deceiv-
ing people any more ? - &.
Bingo-Haven't always been good
to you, Bobbie?
Bobbie-Yes, sir. '"'.
Bingo docking the door)-And would
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settin' befo his fire smokin' his pipe.
an when de chile's pa 'splain matters
Mr.. Wizzle Wuzzle puff out er big
cloud of smoke. De smoke it fill de
room, an when it die way over in de
corner was dat chile. Dat is, what was
de chile, TO- he had done turned into
er mixture of candy an cake, an all
sorts of things.
"Of course, chil'ren," solemnly re-
marked the old woman, as she noticed
the surprise of the little ones, ut was
dat chile, an den ag'in it wasn't. DE
leetle boys pa was mos grieved 10
death to see what done happen, an
he ask de Wizzle Wuzzle Man what
kin be done in de matter. Mr.. While
Wuzzle puff out nuther big cloud Of
smoke, an when dat die way, de
chile was gone. Den he take his pipe
out his mouth an 'splain dat nuthin'
kin be done fo' er var at de leastest.
de chile's pa he beg, Of course, dat
de Wizzle Wuzzle Man do somethin'
right way, but MIR. While Wuzzle he
say no indeedy, an de leetle boys pa
know we'll nuff. dat when Mr.. Wizzle
Wuzzle say no indeedy, dat it. is no
indeedy, sho' huff, and he go home
But befo' he go, Mr.. While .Wuzzie ne
say dat ef he was mind to, he could
do sumthin' right way, but he 'splain
dat de chile mus larn by 'sperience,
eff he won't Farm no way else, an den
he tell de chile's pa to come to see
him mex Christmas eve.
1T was mighty long y'ar," said
the old woman, go de leetle boys pa
an ma, an you may blieve ne,
chil'ren, it was still longer TO- dat chile,
who had in all dat time to be nuthin'
but er chile of candy, an cakes, an
all dat sort of things. But at las
Christmas eve come round, an de
chile's ma an pa both visit Mr.. Wizzle
Wuzzle. Dey find him settin' ,befo. de
fire an smokin' de same pipe, an after
dey say howdy an he say howdy, he
say dat he is sho' dat de chile done
Earned er lesson dat he amt liable to
furgit. Wild dat he puff out er bigger
cloud of smoke den ever, an when dat
Ole way, dere was de leetle boy,
standin' right befo' his ma an pa, an
in his right self.
de chile jump right into his mas
arms, an as she hug and kiss him.
said Aunt Matilda, "he say DAT he
amt never gwine to eat an eat like
he did befo', an dat he was gwino to
mind his ma an pa all de time. But
I remembers dis, chil'ren, an L hopes
you remembers it," remarked the old
woman, In a rather severe tone, dat
Mr.. While Wuzzle say, as de chile's
pa an ma start of home, an say dey
is much 'bliged, Il done bring back dis
chile, but wants it 'stinctly under
stood dat ! amt 'bliged to bring back
all chil'ren dat persists in dom what
he done. No, indeedy!'" Washing
ton Star. ~ q b
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-18
THECANDY
CHILD - -
What Happened 10 a Little
Boy WHO Ate Too Much
By r. w. BUTTON

Aunt Matilda was busily engaged IN
the kitchen, putting the finishing
touches to the innumerable delicacics
The children Of the household were in
teresting spectators of the old woman's
work, being present by special pernls-
sion of their mother.
what you chil'ren wants to do to-
morrow-dat Is, what you chil'ren
doesn't want to do,' remarked the old
woman, as she paused in her work,
lis to see dat you doesn't eat too much
tomorrow. Cause eff you does, you
is liable to be like er chile dat I has
in mind, an de Lawd knows dat you
doesn't want to be like dat chile.''
The little ones we'll knew that these
words of Aunt Matilda were prelin-
mary to one of those stories with
which she so often delighted them, and
they impatiently awaited it.
"Dis chile dat speaks off," contin-
ued the old woman, as she resumed her
labors, had one of de mos rapacious
appetites dat you ever heerd Of Eatin'
tings. His ma an pa tell him, of
course, dat all wrong, an at dere is er
time TO- eatin' as we'll as er time TO-
not eatin', but Lawd bless you, chil'ren,
dat boy he pay no mo 'tention to what
his ma an pa say den eff dey didn't
'zist. Why, dey even see de While
Wuzzle Man bout him, but Mr.. Wizzie
Wuzzle he say dat he amt gwine to do
anything jes' yit, an TO- to let de
chile keep jes right on eff he wants to.
can de chile he keep right on re-
marked the old woman, as she COM
pleted frosting giant cake, ''notwith-
standin' to de contrary, an matters go
frum wuss to wuss. Bimeby, Christ
mus come round, an dat boy he Sin
to eat frum de mint he wake up, candy
an cakes an apples, an de Lawd
knows what. Course his ma an pa
'monstrate wild him, an tell him dat
dey has no. jections to his eatin' jes'
what he like, purvided he eat in
MODERATION. But, Lawd bless you,
chil'ren, he pay no mo- 'tention to
what dey say den befo', an den de
strangest ting happen dat you ever
heerd Of"
Aunt Matilda paused to note the ef-
feet Of her words upon the little ones.
and then she continued: >5:,! ~
1T wus gittin' toward de dark" she
said, when dis chile's ma an pa NJ ISIS
aim Dey hunt high an dey hunt
low, but don't find him, an OF sots his
pa TO- de house Of de While Wuzzle
Man He find MI While Wuz7Ja
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selves, she did not say word, but
onlygave a gentle sigh.
Donald asked the audience to guess
what the picture meant. and of course
the answer was: Little Red Riding
Hood"
The children then acted ''Dick Whit
tington Sitting on the Milestone (as-
sisted by Mowser, the tabby cat):
robin Hood and His Merry Men,
with wonderful bows and arrows
made Of sticks and string); who
Killed Cock Robin" and many other
scenes from nursery rhymes and fairy
tales.
They were very careful to keep close
to the curtain Tor rather Sheet, and
also to keep the candle at the right dis
lance from it. When change of scene
was being made, another light was put
near the curtain and taken away when
all was ready.
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you go back on your father for little
think like that? It's only little
thing ask Of you. You wouldn't dis
grace your poor father and MOTHER,
now, would you, Bobbie?2
Dobbie (firmly)--Don't try to move,
me, pop. I can't do it, that's all.
Bingo Preaching for strap
can't, Ell? Well. we'll see about that.
(Whack.) I'll teach you not to believe
in a Santa Claus. (Whack, whack.)
Bobbie- Ohio! aw! aW! Please
stop! ~ = .s5= s: s..s
Bingo-Ill show you (whack) the!
duty you owe (whack, whack, whack)
to your loving parents. How do you
feel now? Any more like believing?
Bobbie (boo-hoo)-Yes, sir.
Bingo-That's right. And are YOU
going to hang up your stocking !?
(Whack.) =, " ~ =s.
Bobbie (promptly)-Yes, sir.
Bingo-And get up at three o'clock
as you always have done?
'Bobbie-Yes, sir.
> Bingo-And are you going to talk to
those relatives of mine about dear,
good old Santa Claus, and wonder What
he's going to give you, and clap your
hands together, and get excited like
genuine innocent little boy?
Bobbie-Yes, sir, am. 81
Bingo (releasing him)-Well, you
see that you do, or I'll give You the
worst licking you ever had in your;
life. ~. +ss q s. z:z ID . ss
Bobbie (half an hour later, standing
on the corner with Willie Slimson)
You see that man passing by ever
there? 7.
Willie-Who? Your father,
Bobbie- Yes. Well, willie, there goes
the biggest liar that3evsr drew breath.
Harlem Life. s
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A Red, Letter Day for Dolly.

A Red Letter Day for Dolly.
Little Elsie-Papa.
Mr.. Williams-Well, Elsie?
Little Elsie-I hope Santa Claus will
bring something nice for dolly. You
know he gave her to me last Christmas,
so this Christmas will be birthday and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-18
A Curious Custom.

+ In the Scandinavian island Of Dago the
people have 9 curious custom Of putting
five candles on each branch Of the Christ
mas tree . 80 sss s..
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what they did:
They made the schoolroom into the
alter by hanging big white sheet across
it on a string and putting some rows OF
chairs for the audience.
When the audience was seated they
turned out all the lights, leaving only
one candle behind the sheet, which
threw their shadows clearly upon it.
On the sheet appeared the picture of
little girl (Grace) in cloak, carry
ing basket. She stopped down and
appeared to be gathering flowers,
when suddenly big animal Garry the
collie) came bounding up and began to
walk beside her. He did not look a
bit like dog, for he had a long shay
gy coat which the children's mamma
recognized at once as one of the skin
rugs out of the drawing-room; but
being very sweet and kind, and liking
to see the children enjoying them
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-18
For Christmas.

"The ladies of the Sewing society are
very busy now" announced the minis
ter's wife, ''but they will not let me
know what they are doing"
Eyes," remarked the minister, with
bitter smile, they're making book
marks and carpet slippers, suppose. -
Baltimore American.
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Out of the FryinH-Pau

-, Out OF the FFytng-Pan. -
Crawford-It'sa gcoo thing for us, now
that Christmas is here, that the $500
sealskin has gone out of fashion.
Crabshaw-Oh, l don't know. Hasn't
the $1,000 automobile come into style?-
Judge
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-18
what the Cynie Says

wkat. the Cynis Says.
The women spend so much time pre-
vious to Christmas In gadding around
that we wonder If any Of the stockings
hung up for Santa Claus are darned.
Atchison Globe. rs. 81. =
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so NEAR AND YET so FAR.

-in-the-Box-There she sits, my
beloved, under the mistletoe, while +,
like q great gawk. seem glued to the spot.
unable to make use Of my opportunities.
Chicago Daily Chronicle. r.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-18

The Rycroft children
Hilda ssIrene,ss's Grace,
Harold, Roy and Doug
las-were having a par.
ty during the holidays.
and one afternoon they
talked about what they
could do to aause
themselves and their
guests.
Their Cousin Donald,
who was spending his
holidays with them, said
suddenly:
"Have you ever played
at Living Shadows?'' =.
None of the children
had ever even heard of
them, and they said so. :
Then they all gathered
round Donald; who told
them what to do and how
to do it, and when the
evening came this is
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a+i Wonderfully Made. -
Sister-When you called to see George
was he wearing those slippers I made
him for Christmas?
Brother-No. He was using one of
them as laundry bag.-N. Y. World.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-21
THOUSANDS OF WILD GEESE.
Great Flight of Big Birds Witnessed
by a Hunter on the Coast
of Texas.

A citizen of St. Joe, Mich, lately
returned from a shooting trip to the
southwestern coast of Texas with an
idea that the wild goose is not so
smart a bird as it has been written.
His party had little trouble in killing
all of the geese they wanted-many
more than they could eat-and they
killed them sometimes under Circum-
stances which indicated that the birds
had been feeding upon loco weed,
reports a St. Joe paper.
The hunter says that a man on
a horse carrying a shotgun across
his saddle could nearly always ride
within gunshot of them when grazing
upon the prairie and knock down two
or more as they Isl heavily and
so thickly that missing them was
impossible. He tells. of one instance
in particular which shows either
that the Canada goose sometimes
does not know much, or else does not
care for anything when it is in n
hurry to get home.
He found himself one afternoon,
when the sun was not more than half
an hour high, on the edge of a long
arm that ran up from the sea and on
this sea arm the geese were in the
habit of roOsting. He had dog with
him and had been walking along the
swampy edge of the salt water kick
ing up an occasional snipe.
Hearing hOnking, he looked ont
Over the prairie and saw the first
flock of the geese coming in to roost.
There was no shelter anywhere near,
so he lay down fat on his back. The
dun grass matched fairly well with
his clothing and the dog, which was
liver-colored, lay at his feet.
The first fight of geese passed too
high for shooting, but he could hear
others coming and in a little while
all the air was vocal with the cries,
Fifteen minutes after the passage of
the first flock the geese were going
over in a steady stream and the rush
ing of their wings was continuous.
Some of them were high and some
lower, but as the sun sank they came
nearer to the ground and his shooting
began.
He had no means of seeing them
until they were directly I'VE him, but
he waited until they had passed and
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-21

During the civil waF. because % M
Environments, because Of the constant
presence and mobility Of hundreds Of
thousands Of soldiers, Maryland re-
mained in the union. albeit everybody
knows that Gov. Hicks and the people
of Maryland were as anxious 80 Sc
cede from the union as was Virginia or
any other southern state. No matter,
Maryland remained in the union, and
recently that state took advantage Of
this fact by sending to the statuary
hall the statues Of two of her most dis
tinguished citizens; and they were UNI
yelled with the greatest Of pomp and
ceremony.
One of these is a statue Of John Ham
son, of whom superficial readers of his
tory have never heard read or remem-
bered. And yet John Hanson vas not
only one of the great figures Of the
ante-revoIution, not only a great citi-
zen Of Maryland, but also Of the em-
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-21

WTOMEN should beware of contract
w ing catarrh. The cold wind and
rain, slush and mud of winter are espe-
cially conducive to catarrhal derange-
ments. Few women escape.
Upon the first symptoms of catching
cold Peruna should be taken. 1t forth
fees the system against colds and ca
tarrh.
The following letter gives one young
woman's experience with Peruna;
Miss Rose Gerbing is a popular society
woman of Crown Point, Ind, and she
writes the following:
Recently I took a long drive in the
country, and being too thinly clad I
caught a bad cold which settled on my
lungs, and which 1 could not seem to
shake off. 1 had heard a great deal of
Peruna for colds and catarrh and !
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-21
Through md Thronrh.

New Bedford, Mass, Mar. 2nd.-At 658
First St., this city, lives a very happy man.
ly has good reason to feel glad and proud.
Mr.. Levasseur has been sick for a long
time with general weakness and a sore pain
in his back. At the last he got so bad that
he could not talk without great misery.
Now he is well and in speaking of this won
edrful change in him he says:
Il believe it to be my duty to tell every
body how l was cured. was so weak that
l could not stoop; in fact, 1 was unable to
walk without great pain. I began taking
Dodds Kidney Pills and after a two months5
treatment am well and sound again.
"Dodd's Kidney Pills are a God-sent rem
edy., 1 will always praise them for their
wonderful cure OF my case. They cured me
through and through. I am as strong and
able a mar now as | ever was"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-21

Get aside for the use of the supreme
court, and it is so used until this day.
Tie larger room, which had been oc-
eupied by the house of representatives.,
was set apart, by a joint resolution of
congress, to be used as a hall of statu-
airy: Each state, now loyal to the
union, to have the privilege Of placing
therein the statues CT two of her most
distinguished citizens"
Virginia was not then "IoyaI to the
union,' and she is not entitled to the
privilege of placing any statue in that
hall nor can such privilege be secured
without special legislation which the
congress would be 10th to enact. The
time may come when the name Of Lee
will be as highly respected as that Of
Grant or Of LinQ3ln but the time has
not come now, lot yet. If the mem
bers of the legislature of Virginia
were aware Of this simple fact of his
tory concerning the origin Of statuary
hall, and the language Of the joint res
aJlution setting it apart for that pur-
pose, they would not have spent so
much time and energy this winter in
debating the accomplishment of a de-
dear, Is impracti-
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-21

took them going from him. Lying on
his back. with his shoulders on the
ground, the shooting was difficult,
but he managed to do fairly well.
When his gun was discharged all.
the geese near him would veer to
the right or to the left, but the
noise and, when it got darker, the
firefashes had no effect on those
further to the rear. These came on
as if no gun had been fred.
There were so many of them that
all could not escape. Those which
went by him unhurt pitched upon
the salt water half a mile out, and
there rested.
AS the geese were going from him
when shot, the pellets penetrated
well. Several of the birds fell in
the water, and when this happened
the dog could not be restrained, but
bulged in, making a splash and lug
ging to land a goose almost as big
as itself. This further worked to
alarm those in the air, but the rear
ward ranks kept con.
The geese were flying long after it
got too dark to see them. He and
the dog together retrieved eleven as
the result of not more than three
quarters of an hour of shooting. He
missed a good many of them through
taking birds that were too high He
is sure that not less than 5000 went
over and rested on the narrow bay,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-21
PAS PROPOSITION.
Cove Gladys Maude'a AdmIrer Some
thing to Illuminate On Mt HIS
Leisure.

81 ha-have cuc-cuc-come, Mr.. Bub-bub-
Broadhead," stammeringly said the caliow
and perturbed youth, writes Tom 7. Nor
gan, in. Woman's Home Companion, Il
mum-mean, l am-er-ah!-here, as it were.
You-we-I-'
Gust sol" interrupted old man Broad;
head, surveying the length and breadth Of
the visitor with a speculative gaze. You
have arrived, and 1 Judge you are now en-
deavoring to circumloGute around to the
point of asking me for Gladys Maude. HIM
saw that l am not so tired of my twenty
foIr-year-old daughter that l am hunting for
a chance to give her away. hardly feel able
to support a son-inlaw; and l presume you
could scarcely maintain me in the style to
which l am accustomed, for you look to me
very much as if you played the guitar fluent.
ly. So, tell you what l am willing to do; !
won't give her to you, but l don't mind
swapping her off for a boy about nine years
old, with freckles on his nose. What dye
say to that?"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-21
BILL ARP,s LETTER.
Says North Is Worse Puzzled Than
Ever Over Race Problem.
The PenstOninB of NeBrOes-BishOD
Turner's PROPOSAL to send Them
Back to AfricaAPraises Recent
Southern Literature.

"Timeo Danaos dora ferentes."
That's what the Romans said when the
Grecians brought them presents. BE
ware of the Greeks when they come
with gifts" suspected Mark Hanna
when he introduced that bill. He is a
Greek, and he is from Ohio. Beware!
But he made a bad break. He was
trying to get ahead of Teddy, and
failed. Bring in another horse, Mark.
We were willing for your folks to pen
sion our old dardes, but your billwould
have salivated half the population, and
included the 10000 you stole from US
before the war. Our old negroes are
the best we have got. They + still
humble and trusty. My wife bought
three shuck foot mats from one yester-
day, and got another to put a split bot
tom in a chair. We would rejoice to
see these old negroes handle some PEN
sion money. An old woman got $24
yesterday for her husbands service,
and l asked her what he done, and she
said he kept the officers of his com
pany in chickens all the way from
CuulAdlOOR " DdNduldhs ONA S4A
cook, Aunt Ann, said the colored Peo-
pie were powerfully fond of chicken,
too, and if her old man could not get
a chicken any other way, he would go
to town and buy one.
But it looks now like Teddy's hand
has busted on the race problem. He
can't solve it. The north is worse
puzzled over it than ever, and Secre-
tary Root has spoken out in meeting,
and says that social equality and office
holding has to be abandoned. Bishop
Turner declares that the whole prob
lem is in a more unsettled condition
than it has been in 30 years, and they
must be sent back to Africa. That is
right, but we want those who brought
them here to be made to take them
back. Confscate Fanueil hall and sell
it out for enough money to build one
ship, and name it the Jolly Bachelor
which was the first slave ship that
brought them here. Load it down
with a cargo of bucks and bookcases
under 80 years of age. When Turner
begins to ship 'em from this part Of
the country we want to pick 'em. There
are about so trifing vagabonds hang.
ing around this town, and we cant
kill 'em off with smallpox or anything
else. Two of our doctors went to th'
niger schoolto Yaccinate 'em and tool
the police and locked the doors, but the
coons all jumped out of thu
windows and some ran under thu
house and some ran home anC
some hid in a hollow log Or behind
fences, and the doctor did not get hal:
of them. But we are getting along
fairly well with our negroes, our house
hold servants, the cook and washe.
woman and their children. They wer,
all brought up here and vaccinated
Negroes in daily contact with thei
white employees give no trouble. The.
are respectful and industrious. The,
do not want to go to Africa, and the.
are not going. 1t is this restless float
ing population that we want to ge
rid of. There are young white men no
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-21

DevIin and Conway, of 'Eralee, stand
forward and let us all have a good look
at you; for, though your gallantry was
vain, that was not your fault, and you
are both heroic Irish ladsl So writes
a contributor to an English magazine.
A fire broke out at night in their ma
tive town. 1t did it. work quickly and
cruelty. By and by it was whispered
in the crowd that two children were in
the burning house. That was enough
for Deyhn and Conway. Forcing their
way through the front windows, in
spite of the flame and smoke, they
searched for the poor BARNS, and at
last brought them out. The pity of it
was that these two plucky fellows
were too late, for the children were so
badly burned that they died of their
hurts. But God bless these two Irish
boys for doing what they could to save
the children.