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The Appeal., 1911-09-30

RAISULI A NATURAL LEADER
Born to Command, Is the Belief Of a
Writer in the Wide World
Magazine.

troop of soldiers came first. blow.
sng brass instruments, banging drums
or swinging rites tofz every make: for
the last century, according to which
they carried Then came the sheikhs,
5resplendent with white burnous, vel
low or scarlet slippers and silver
mounted pistols and swords Many
of these, perhaps 200, marched two by
two; and at last came Raisuli-Raisuli
the pretender; Raisuli the brigand; ;
Ralsuli. murderer, soldier, outlaw, gov
ernor-an admixture of personalities
out OF ali keeping with the times in
which we live. And what is lie like?
He is medium in height. very stout,
llght-conpiexianed and heavy-bearded
Clear haze, eyes that look you fair in
the face are set beneath massive
forehead: his hands, though fat, are
we'll shaped, cared for and artistic
lie has soldierly bearing, is an ex.
quislte in dress and can, it is said
score bull after bull with his modern
rifles at 500 yards. Undoubtedly a
man to command, man OF action and
terrible enemy. But he is growing
stouter almost hourly. He passed us
by pompously, yet with a certain fine
bearing, and we, leaving Mochta to
his arrangements. strolled to where
our horses were being reshod.-Wide
World Magazine.
The Appeal., 1911-09-30
PRICE ON HIS HEAD.
Attractive Bonus for Murder Of
Exi!ed kinrr.
Dlsgulsed ~ a Merchant, the Shah
Of Persia Returned to His coun.
try, Hoping to Win Back
the Throne.

London.-"The goodly sum OF $685.
500 will be paid for the head of one
Mohammed Ali, late Shah of Persia.
but recently a student of medicine
and surgery in Odessa, on presenta-
ton Of said head at the rear entrance
gate where hangs the sign Deliver
all goods here It is not absolutely
essential to present the head in de-
tached form, but for convenience in
handling that method would meet
with government approval"
This Is the thought rather than the
phrasing Of a proclamation, referred
to sarcastically by some as a bull.
which Is tackled on the outer walls
Of the imperial palace at Teheran as
an induoement to some enterprising
Kurd to solve situation that other
wise Is bound to be productive of con-
siderable excitement in the kingdom
OF Persia In the near future. Private
subscriptions have raised the sum to
100000. which shows that the high
cost of heads keeps pace with the
high cost Of living. It is not record
I'd that 80 great price was ever be-
fore placed on persons head. Up
to the time that this is written Mo-
hammed Ali may be said to be still
In the altogether--His valuable head
has not yet been collected, although
the soldiery, finding in the normal
wage nothing to spur them to general
warfare, sees In the attractive bonus
for one special murder an induce
ment, the like of which no Cossack
or tribesman ever before contemplate
ed --'.-
When Mohammed Ali, 23d in direct
line from the son of the Prophet,
passed out the northwestern gate of
the city of Teheran on the evening of
The Appeal., 1911-09-30

July 16, 1909, no loyal Kurd kissed
the earth his feet had trod, or so
much as gave him a parting salaam.
1t was all day, likewise good night,
for Ali.
He had been shah for just 18
months and s days, to be exact, and
was going into Punishment because
public opinion, which even in the
near east is not without potency, had
decreed that, having failed Ito estab1
l1sh harmony among his subjects, he
was no longer worthy to wear the 49,
pound girdle Of state or the three.
story tiara of the king of kings"
Once outside, the gate was closed by
representatives Of the new order of
things, and as Persian punster
wrote at the time, a Shahkingly in
competent ruler had got his desserts.
Still, you can't always tell in Per
sia. Stable government may make
for tranquility, but not for Joy. It
got dull in and around Teheran. and
here and there was seen tired busi-
ness man. And so Mohammed Ali.
finding conditions and opportunity.
alike favorable. has started to come
back, using the words in both a geo
graphical and colloquial sense. Per-
s1a, alert to the trying emergency,
Immediately went into council on the
state Of the nation anA issued the
above proclamation.
With Mohammed Ali out of the
way, regent as fgurehead and
national assembly, Persia took a step
which would have given the average
Shah aneurism Of the aorta. 1t act
ually proceeded sanelys to straighten
out Its finances for the purpose of see
Ing, II 1t stood at all, where it was.
The national assembly, with rare
good judgment, sent to the United
States for some one who knew the
double sort of addition and division.
1t secured the services of William
M. Shuster, product of the Wash
1ngton High school, who possesses
this rare quality of being able to sys-
tematize monetary chaos. Persia
made Shuster, who is not vet 40
years old, treasurer general and gave
him complete charge of taxes. reye-
nue., credit and accounting. Where
upon, Sipahdar Salar, the premier.
knowing perhaps what it meant. re-
signed his Office and. taking car
riage, asked to be driven to Europe
9 Persian way Of expressing his dis
gust. Having started to regulate the
national finance, the assembly didn't
stop It went on regulating until it
has got the people mixed up. There
seemed to be too many rulers. con.
dition long ago discovered elsewhere
on the footstool- The shah saw his
opportunity In this distracted condi-,
ton OF the nation and secretly made
his way back to Persia to regain his
throue
Stories differ as to how the ex-shah
got back into Persia. One says that
he wore a false beard ard rode IN the
steeraga Of sailing ship, and an
other that he covered his s826O0
head with a whitened wig and sought
by dress and manner to appear like
, venerable Paree merchant
The Appeal., 1911-09-30
THE LIGHT RNAL
The Next Attraction at the Grand
Opera House.

The Next Attraction at the Grand
Opera House.
"The Light Eternal" a romantic
tale of love and religious persecution
in the early Christian period, will be
the attraction at the Grand next week
starting Sunday matinee Oct /. It's
scenes are laid in Rome about A. D
300, during the reign of Diocletian,
and its principal characters are taken
from the imperial household, the mill
tary and the wealthy merchant class.
While religious oppression forms the
background, the principal theme is
found in the love of Marco Va1erius,
captain of the emperor's guard and
a Christian, for the Princess Artemia,
daughter of Diocletian Artemia, on
avOwed pagan, becomes enamoured
with the young soldier before learn
ing his religious faith, and upon his
admission of the so1called crime of
Christianity she signs warrant fer
but one result-death in the arena
There has been many popular dramas
along this and similar lines-for in
stance Soumet's "Gladiator" and Will
son Barrett's "Sign of the Cross -
'"The Light Eternal may be said to
resemble either or neither of them;
but clearly the subject is prolific, and
in this play a note of almost universal
appeal has been sounded.
The Appeal., 1911-09-30
% Antelope Increasing in Idaho.


T. j. Palmer, assistant chief of the
United States biological survey, has
written to State Game Warden Ben
Gray. asking for estimate as to the
amount of antelope and moose in this
state. says the Idaho Statesman. The
antelope are on the increase. accord.
ing to information which has been re.
ceived at the Office of the game ward.
en-, particularly in the Mackay dis.
trict, where they have recently been
seen in large numbers.
Despite the protection on moose
they are still extremely scarce in
this state and are to be found only in
the few isolated valleys of Idaho
which have not been taken up by
ranchnaen and where they are being
protected by the farmers in the hills
near by.
The antelope are increasing fast in
the state under the protection which
is afforded, and it is said they have
Jared extremely we'll for the last few
years with the wolves and other beasts
Of prey.
The Appeal., 1911-09-30
TOO EXPENSIVE A SOUVENIR
Denomination OF Note Was Little
Larger Than Mr.. Vernon Had
Bargained For.

When Villa m Z. Vernon decided to
give up his position as register Of the
treasury he wanted to take away with
hlm as souvenir of his public service
the tirst bank note on which he had
put his signature. All the money
issued in the form of bank notes while
he had beensregistrar had, as matter
OF law, his signature omit.
The money. having been put in cir
culatlon, says the Popular Magazine,
had been sent back to the treasury.
redeemed by new notes, and. then had
been marked for destruction in the
macerator Therefore. the only way
ne could get the old note he desired
was to redeem it. in real money. He
had figured that he could afford to
pay one dollar for the old, worn-out
dollar note.
Having been informed by the treas.
urer's office that he could get the first
note he had ever signed if he would
call for 1T and redeem it with new
money, he went to see the treasurer
Here you are Mr. Vernon" said
that Off cial.
~Ala right said Vernon. "Ttl re-
deem it."
He had already taken out his pock.
ct book when he chanced to glance at
the old bank note. Then he swayed
as If he had been struck in the face
That, old note called for ten thou
sand dollars
The Appeal., 1911-09-30

Mrs. c. L. Sharp has moved from
80 Rondo st. to 245 Carroll.
Mrs. J. H. English has moved from
GAO Wabasha st. to SCI Rondo st.
Mrs. M. A. Wilson has moved from
45S Mackubin st, to 532 st. Anthony
Ave.
Mrs W. r. Francis entertained for
Mrs. McCard ON last Monday after
noon
Mrs. Will Howard entertained for
Mrs. McCard of Baltimore ON Friday
of last week.
Mrs. w. H. Blackburn has moved
from 395 Thomas ST. to 32oS State
st, Chicago, Ill.
Mr.. Fred Williams left for Canada
on Thursday afternoon, where he in
tends to spend the winter
When in MINNEAPOLIS on warm days.
Ave. S., and get cool drink.
Anyone wish any sheet metal work
done would do well to call ON Ed.
Hinderer & Son. See ad elsewhere
The Newport restaurant, 37S Min
nesota street, is serving very swell
meals and is growing in popularity
every day
PIANO INSTRUCTION. instruction
given on the piano at the residences OF
patrons, or at SIS ". Central Ave
Prof. w. A. Weir.
The proprietors of the Silver Moon
Cafe have secured the two floors
above the restaurant and will con
duct first class hotel.
FOR RENT-Three nice rooms
man and wife or single gentleman on
ly Apply to Mrs. Josephine Ander-
son, 405 harrington ave.
Mrs. Harriet Mayo Of Monmouth,
it,, was the guest last week OF her
brother, Mr.. Mark Fort whom she
had not seen for 80 years.
Zion Presbyterian church has NOV.
cd from Selby ave., to 458 Western
ave-, where services will be held every
Sunday until further notice.
Mrs j. E. Murphy entertained at
dinner Sunday for her guest, Mrs
Minnie Wallace. Of Monmouth, Ill
Covers were laid for eight.
The fashionable dressmaker, Mrs
r. l.. Allen has opened dressmakine
parlors at 369 University Ave-, where
she will receive her patrons.
FOR SALE-The splendid residence
No. $40 Rondo street, at a bargain.
Apply to G.. D. Pickett, Porters and
Walters Club, 317 Wabasha st.
The Appeal., 1911-09-30
ingenious Etymology.

In recent article in the Nineteenth
century the Rev A. H. T. Clarke cred
its Prof. Richard Porson with a philo
logical jeu d'esprit. Person was a
great English scholar, who. among 9th.
er astounding feats of memory, could
repeat all of Gibbons footnotes by
rote
A farmer, once meeting him in a
public house, challenged him to derive
his own name, which was Jeremiah
King. from cucumber. The farmer
thought he had ''stumped" the schol.
ar, but 2Porson Immediately accepted
and won the challenge
Jeremiah King he began, Jeremy
King, Jerry King, Jerry Kin, Jerkin,
Gherkin," Porson triumphantly con,
cluded, which is cucumber
Youths Companion.
The Appeal., 1911-09-30
Tact.

Il. <. Tact.
The narrative of one of the mas.
sengers on the damaged Cunarder. as
given to reporter of the Birmingham
Daily Mail, contains this passage:
The baggage master deserved spe.
cial praise. He had only been asleeD
couple Of hours when called up, but
he arranged the baggage so cleverly
that not a piece was lost save such as
belonged to the steerage passengers.
A truly first-class touch. To a
steerage passenger, who has little
enough to begin with. the lost of bag
gage is, of course, nothing.
The Appeal., 1911-09-30
Cold Comfort From Mortar

The coolest place on a hot summer
day is not on roof garden, or in a
subcellar or on the deck of a steamer,
or upon some beach Swept by ocean
breezes." 1t is at the entrance of an
uncompleted building where the NOR
tar has been laid but has not yet ''set"
The air which comes out of this build
ing is cool, damp and pleasantly sug.
gestive Of the heart of stone quarry
or a cavern grotto. Evaporation is
perhaps the secret of it all, but why
is it that other evaporation is not so
efficacious, so pleasant?
The Appeal., 1911-09-30
Taught the Princes Manners

A little incident which occurred re-
Gently shows how very particular
King George is with regard to the
training of his sons. Two OF the
younger boys were riding near his
majesty when the cavalcade passed
men who were working on the road.
The men removed their hats and
the king at once doffed his own hat
His majesty noticed that the boys in
the enthusiasm of their gallop had not
followed his example.
He Immediately called a halt, took
the princes back to the workmen and
ordered them to remove their hats.
The Appeal., 1911-09-30

class in everr particular. Mahogany
partitions, French plate mirrors. Hot
and Cold Baths. The only Baths
protected by Sanitation Glass. Ex-
pert artists in white uniform Hand
some reception and reading room
Ladies need not hesitate to bring
children to have wori: done. Mes
ser.er service Phone N. w. Main
2330-J w. J. Utley e Co.. Proprietors.
Utley's hair straightener complete $1.5O
Hail shine 'em up for nickel
The Appeal., 1911-09-30
MINNEAPOLIS
BONES IN AND ABOUT THE
GREAT "FLoUR CITY"
Matters Social, Religious and Genera
Which Have Happened and are te
Happen Among the People Of ths
1 City.

Send your news to Jasper Gibbs
Jr., 2844 18th Ave. So.
Mrs. Fannie Lee has moved from
1910 b. 25th st. to 110S E. Seth St.
Mrs. Battles has moved from 2s14
10th Ave. So to 2s0S 18th Ave. sa.
Bethesda Baptist Church has been
conducting revival meetings for the
last three weeks
!. II you want to buy lot or house
or want to rent see Mr. Jasper Gibbs,
Jr. Call N. w. Phone S $500
The Sunday Forum will hold its
regular meeting at St.. Peters Church
at $3.50 Sunday afternoon. A good
program is promised.
If you get THE APPEAL it is a
weekly reminder to come and pay
what you owe for i. Putting it off
only makes the bill larger.
A very charming reception was held
at the residence of Mrs. B. S. Smith
in honor of DR.. and Mrs. J. H. Redd
on last Friday evening. The recep:
{ tion was given by nineteen of the
Minneapolis hostesses.
WHEN IN ST PAUL GO to the
st. Louis Kitchen, No. 1873 E. Third ST.,
upstairs, for your meals. All home
cooking. All regular meals 25 cents
Breakfast from ZOO to 100 a. III.
dinner from 1900 m to 500 p m.
supper from 500 to 500 Mrs. Julia
Hinson, Prop. Tel. T s. 271S.
Mrs Zack Johnson entertained a.
high noon breakfast on last Friday at
her charming home in honor of Mrs
Henry iBolden of Chicago, III. The
other guests were Mesdames Britton
Richardson, Watson, Abbey, and Miss
Alice Marshall The table was beau.
tifully decorated with white clematis
The afternoon was delightfully."- spent
in conversation and musical selec.
tions.
The Appeal., 1911-09-30
Children Teething.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty years by mil
lions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success
1t soothes the child, softens the gums
allays all pain, cures wind collie and
is the best remedy for diarrhoea. Sold
by druggists in every part of the
world. Be sure and ask for "Mrs
Winslow's Soothing Syrup" and take
no other kind. twenty-five cents 4
bottle.
The Appeal., 1911-09-30

OWING TO THE CONTINUED AB.
SENCE OF EDITOR ADAMS AT
WASHINGTON THE SOUVENIR
EDITION WILL NOT BE is
SUED UNTIL HIS RETURN
WILL CONSIST OF II PAGES, CON-
TANNING A FULL ACCOUNT OF
EDITOR ADAMS 25TH ANNivER-
SARY CELEBRATION, CUTS OF
PROMINENT PERSONS, HOMES,
PLACES OF BUSINESS, ETC. PER.
SONS WISHING CUTS PUBLISHED
MUST COME TO OFFICE AND AR
RANGE FOR THE SAME AT ONCE.
PERSONS WISHING COPIES OF
THE PAPER MAILED TO FRIENDS
OR THEMSELVES MUST SEND IN
NAMES AND ADDRESSES AND 10
CENTS FOR EACH COPY AND 2
CENTS FOR POSTAGE.
oORDER AT ONCE.
The Appeal., 1911-09-30
7 SUITS PRESSED m /
4 VALET TAILORING co \ 4
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PORTERS' AND WAITERS' CLUB.

317-319 Wabasha Street St. Paul.
One Of the most pleasant places for
gentlemen to while away leisure
hours, is the Porters' and Walters
Club, 317-319 Wabasha street, upstairs.
G.. d. Picket and O. D. Charleston, the
general managers will make visitors
welcome. Cafe in connection. Special
rates for theatrical people. Phone
N. W. Cedar 90O1.
The Appeal., 1911-09-30

Mrs. Godette and daughter of Ober-
lin, Ohio, mother and sister of w. K.
Godette, are visiting their daughter
and sister, Mrs. S. A. Hilyard.
The East End Branch of the Y. w.
c. A., 425 will hold 4 o'clock vespers
each Sunday to which all young men
and women are cordially invited
Mrs. Minnie Wallace of Monmouth,
ILL.,, after a pleasant visit Of a few
days as guest of Mrs. J. E. Murphy
left for her home, Monday evening.
The Appeal., 1911-09-30
PRICES FOR RUGS AND CARPETS

Made at the st. Paul Rug and Rag
Carpet Factory, 285 West Seventh.
For rug weaving, $1O0 square
yard; if less than yard wide, 81
running yard. It takes about six
yards of carpet for one yard of rug.
Border all around and wool fringe,
SOC a yard extra
Silk curtain weaving 75c to $1.OO a
yard It takes one and quarter
pounds to yard.
Rag rugs Soc per yard, rag carpet
prices according to order
Carpet cleaning and ref1tting.
Rugs and carpets for sale.
Phones N. w. Cedar 5599; T. S.
1926.
The Appeal., 1911-09-30
The Latest Fad.

Some society women have been as
slsting the shirt waist strikers"
How very interesting! You NAV
put NE down as a patroness when
=ver they have another strike"-Ex
change.
The Appeal., 1911-09-30

= WANTED. Educated colored men
% travel and distribute samples and
circulars of our goods among their own
people. Salary $50 per month and ex-
penses. Saunders Co., Desk 10, Jack
son Boulevard. Chicago.
The Appeal., 1911-09-30

Where do you get your laundry
work done? Why not give it to the
ialet Laundry Co. They do the best
work at the lowest prices for good
work. They call for and deliver the
;oods. Call up. Cedar 1862, or call at
i54-156 r. Sixth street Il
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-09
The HeraId's Daily
Short Story

By PAUL HOMER.

nf them evidently considered us
strange beasts, but some OF them
brought US presents OF flowers ana
fruit.
NV attention was attracted by three
beautiful young girls who gave TOW.
ers to the prisoners and Wohuereu
| why the youngest OF them Iook Sc IS, 50
terrified when she caught sight OF me.
Her face was picture OF utmost soI-
row and despair. Then she turned 10
her friends.
flowers and / had an opportunity 70
watch her movements. She nanded me
a small bouquet, accompanied py
look which told more than Wores- 1
examined the bouquet carefully ana
FOUND in it very small piece OF pa
per on which was written: Dear
Tom: 1 was so terribly scared when
1 saw you yesterday that nearly pc
noticed. / am going to help you out.
Examine carefully everything L bring
you Agnes is sick and l nave not
dared tell her anything. Mabel Mabel ,.au
1t was evident that the young laoy
took me for somebody else
up to my cell and said: Il saw you
were one of the favored ones" .s..
Yes replied. VINO was 'hae
Miss Murfree-Miss Mabel Muir
free" ,..
NO. her father, Judge Murfree. lives
outside the city, and his plantation
was in the possession Of the Yankees,
but just before the siege ne came mere
with his daughters.
Next day Miss Murfree returned and,
when she reached my cell she again
gave me a bouquet Hidden among
the flowers was a fine steel file and
small bottle with acid There was
Tomorrow I shall try to get the pass
word from a young officer who is Wis
iting us. Mabel"
In the bouquet which she gave me
the following day I found the follow
ing letter:
Is patron" When you get out go to
the flagpole you see from your win
dow and whistle softly. A colored man
will then come from the house on the
low him and you will be safe. God be
with you. Mabel
The night favored my undertaking.
1t was very dark and a thunderstorm
shook the old prison and drowned the
noise of the file on the iron bars In
a very short time 1 had cut through
two of the bare and squeezed through
I had not gone far before I was
CHALLENGED by a sentry: Halt Who
goes thereT
"A friend" replied
"Give the password
Patron"
Pass friend. with password"
When 1 reached the flagpole I whis-
tied softly, and niger came and
asked: ''Massa TomT
Yes" I replied.
He threw a cloak around me and we
walked away quickly for perhaps
mile. At last he stopped at a large
brick house, opened the door and asked
me to enter. / was no sooner inside
than the mysterious Mabel and another
young lady came rushing out from an
adjoining room. They had evidently
been waiting for me.
I heard Mabel say: Thank God you
are safe, Toni Then her friend threw
her arms around my neck and kissed
me again and again.
I felt terribly stupid. but at last I
managed TO say to one of the girls
whom / knew a little:
MY dear Miss Murfree, you have
saved my life, and a man OF honor Z
am bound TO say that you were mis-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-09
Don't Hug a Delusion
Something ''Just AS Good"
An Impossibility
Not the Original Have
Nothing At All.

For woman to adorn her head with
false braids. puffs and rats, or a man
to wear toupee, Is like buying an off
brand hair preparation instead OF New
bros Herpicide- The false hair" and
the *off brand are both substitutes
for the real thing The original is al
ways conceded to be better than any
imitation or substitute Something just
as good IS a heFesy OF the rankest
kind
Newbro's Herpicide is the original
remedy and does as promised Years
II success and thousands Of satisfies
users have made 1t standard. Herpictde
kills the dandruff germ, keeps the
scalp clean and stops falling hair Its
proper use before badness appears
makes false hair and wigs unnecessary
There is no uncertainty The pur-
chaser gets positive results or money
is refunded. It is sold and guaranteed
by all druggists
Applications may be obtained at
good barber shops and hair dressing
parlors-
Send Ice in postage for sample and
book on "The Care of the Hair" to
The Herpicide Co., Dept R, Detroit,
Mich.
Kelly & Pollard Special Agents
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-09
Local Markets Devoid of Berries;
Few Changes in prices in a Week
New Potatoes


Head cheese, Milwaukee .4Oc ID.
Liver sausage. Milwaukee. -. -4oc ID.
Ham sausage. Milwaukee,. .35c ID.
Blood and tongue. sausage. Mil
WauKee .4Oc 10.
Kosher weiner ID.
Kosher Frankfurters ...-......25c ID.
Kosher cooked corn beer 49,. Acc ID.
Smoked halibut ........ 40c per 10.
Smoked salmon. ..-......... 4Oc Per 10
Smoked sturgeon. -40c per 10.
SMOKED eeiS.. 4oc per io'
Smoked white fish. .4Oc per 10.
Smoked bloaters. ........5c each
Herring milchers. .............5c each
Ancbovies OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 800 per keg
Upon request Of valley farmers and
fruit growers, The Herald adds to it's
market report the wholesale prices. 1t
Is generally understood that these
prices are just 10 per cent more than
the produce buyers pay the farmer for
his product.
Alfalfa, wholesale ........$16 per ton
Alfalfa, retail ......,-..-.Sl1 per ton
North Texas hay. retail SIS per ton
(Whelesale, SIS per toni.
Corn, wholesale $1,000. S1.60 per CIVIL
Corn. retail ....-.-.....s1-1O per cwt.
Texas oats, wholesale 1-9o per cwt-
Texas oats, retail. $500. $500 per cwt.
Chops. wholesale $40 per cwt-
Chops retail .....s1.75 per cwt.
Rran. wholesale. .$1e5 per cwt.
BRAN retail $40 per cwt.
Chicken feed, wholesale. 1925 per cwt
Chicken fed. retail. $3.50 per cwt