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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-01
MARRY TO BECOME MEN.
In Korea Males Are Looked Upon 2.
Children Until They Wed.

CnH0Ten Ontn fney WeC.
The Koreans marry very young. gen.
orally between the ages OF twelve and
fifteen. For n woman to reach twenty
without marrying is considered ter.
rible thing peculia rity Of these
weddings Is that they would appear TO
be a matter of interest TO every one
except the parties mostly concerned.
who often see one another for the frSt
time on the wedding morning. This IS
because in Korean household the
boys are kept apart from the girls. the
father and the sons occupying the
front Of the house and the mother ard
daughters living in the rear Of the es-
adjustment Moreover. in their social
life the boys are not allowed to mix
with the gentIer sex.
The parents and friends arrange the
match in accordance with their own
interests. and if both parties agree and
the bargain is concluded the fornaIi-
ties are OF the simplest. There is no
religious ceremony and no legal con.
tract
Early on the wedding morn tine bes;
man arrives to tie the bridegroom :
pigtail in a knot Oh the top OF his head
This not only remains forever as an
outward and visible sign Of his condi.
ton. but entities him to wear a hat for
the first time in his life and to he
treated as man and cnter public LIE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-01
Finuers and Forks.

A New Yorker was speaking OF a
London horse show he attended.
"A feature of the show" be said,
was the magnificent riding of certain
Arab chiefs. These chiefs gave din
ner one evening an Arab dinner. and
they ate the first course-kOus kous-
with their fingers.
IAN Englishman asked for fork for
his kous kOus. When it was brought
to him Il young chief said:
~ beg your pardon. but don't see
how you can bear to eat with fork.
~ the Englishman replied. was
about to remark that | didn't see how
you could bear to eat with your
fingers
but my fingers. said the Arab
are clean-clean. ! know ii. ! see tc
It myself But you. sir. how can you
feel sure about the cleanliness of your
fork Y"-New York Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-01

he may be n mere child. twelve years
of age. but he has no longer any right
to play with his hoy friends and must
choose his associates among old men.
He has now all civil rights and Is
expected to behave accordingly. II. on
the contrary. a man is unable TO afford
the luxury of home and = wife, he
may reach the age of fifty. hut he must
still wear his pigtail down his back.
has none Of the advantages of citizen
ship and is expected to play with kites,
marbles and such like. Any folly he
may commit is excused in the same
way as the naughtiness of child who
is not responsible for his actions.
The wedding ceremony itself Is most
simple. The whole function consists of
a procession when the bride and bride
groom are conducted by their respect
i've relations to dais. There they are
put face to face and probably. as al
ready stated. see each other for the
first time They merely glance at one
another. then bow, and the knot is tied
indissoluhly Wide World Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-01

air shaft before they located the
bodies.
Mr.. Mills carried Boges through the
smoke and gas over dead mules, cars
and other debris. superintendent GIL
and Benny carried Wyatt.
People had gathered quickly as they
had heard the explosion, having re-
membcred that OF the week previous
when two men were killed. As
the minutes flew by. they seemed like
hours to relatives of all five men. FL
nally when the signal for the cage
when the men returned 10 the surface
with the injured there was great re,
ioicing.
BoGES SURVIVES INJURIES.
The two injured men were rushed
to a hospital. Wyatt. more seriously
burned of the two, died a few days fol
lowing, but Bogss lived and today is
working at mine at MatheryiIIe, III.
At first the accident caused con
siderable comment, especially the act
/ Of the Rock Island man and his two
/ companions. The risk they ran was
/ great and people who went down II
T the mine several days later consider
I'd them unquestionable heroes.
The following July Mr.. Mi'Is, hi'
wife and children removed 0 Rock Is
land. where they have since resided
In November, 1910. the first step 10
wards securing the recognition Of III,
heroism for MIR. Mills was made b
NJ. Chipperfield. an attorney at Canton
and legal representative Of the Alder
Coal company in the mine of which
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-01
Miss Alice Clement learning to
tango.

The tango is perfectly proper-if
you stand six inches apart and the girl
end of the sketch wears an accordion
pleated skirt.
So have ruled Chicago's ten police
women, who were taught the mysteries
of the tango by Chicago dancing mas
ter few days ago. They wished to
learn whether the new dances endan-
gered the morals of the young.
I The picture shows Miss Alice Glenn
ent, woman cop assigned TO do detec-
tive work and famous as a crook
catcher, taking her first tango lesson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-01
Loss of Annette

Is the first signal of disorder and de-
cay. The usual loss of appetite is Of
ten caused by functional disturbances
in the stomach. The stomach fails to
do the work required. the appetite is
gone, and the BODY suffers from lack
of nourishment. Such a stomach needs
to be cleaned and sweetened. Meritol
Tonic Digestive is made especially to
assist the stomach to digest food, and
promote a healthy appetite. This
remedy is sold on our positive guarsn-
tee, and we ask you to give it a trial.
1t is a genuine tonic. Harper House
pharmacy, II. o. Rolls, dispensing
chemist. sole agents.-(Adv.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-01

Quo Vadis," that marvellous photo
drama production that George Kleine
is presenting in New York, Boston.
Philadelphia, Chicago and half doz-
er other cities with such marked sue
cess is frequently described by the
press agent as a visualiZation Of the
conflict between the pagans and the
Christians in Nero's time. L is all
that and more To the thoughtful OBJ
server OF this day and hour il means
something else. II means conflict
between the camera and the actor for
the possession OF the stage and public
patronage. And the big question is
what is TO become of the actor
When a photo drama can hold the rapt
and uninterrupted attention of vast
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-01

The moving pictures several years
ago put the cheap melodrama out OF
business and the feature photo drama
spectacle will soon complete the job
Ii ever they perfect the synchronism
of the voice with the action of the
camera and obtain their results in col
ors-all OF which is surely but a mat
ter of time-the actors occupation,
like Othelio's. will be gone.
Thousands of actors today are profit
ing by this new industry, forgetful of
the fact that they are digging their
own graves-losing the individuality
and fast becoming simply parts of a
machine, willfully hurting themselves
before the Juggernaut. It is part of
the terrible sacrifice the world is con,
/ sta2tly making to progressive science
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-01
CARNEGIE MEDAL
FOR LOCAL HERO
Thomas Mills Wins Recognition
for Rescue After Explosion
in Coal Mine.
ENDANGERS HIS OWN LIFE
crswls 100 Feet Down Shaft to Side
Of Two Injured Men, One Of
When Receivers.

In recognition Of an act Of heroism,
when he rescued a man from death in
a mine near Canton, H., Nov. %, 1909,
Thomas J. Mills. aged SO years, 1928
Thirtieth street, Is to receive a Car
regie hero medal and $1,000 in cash.
The Carnegie hero fund commission
made the announcement yesterday.
The act OF the Rock Island man was
one justifable OF the distinction and
although he made no Efforts TO be-
come recognized as BETTING the hon
ors before the commission. friends
readily presented facts 70 the board.
AZ the time of the heroism Of Mr.
Mills. he was manager OF the Gilchrist
mine No. G, located a few miles north
of Canton. On the afternoon OF Nov.
D. 1909 he WAS sitting in the office
Of the mine with Phillip Gill, super
intendent. and James Benny, a miner.
OF a sudden the building was shak-
en- and there was a loud report which
could be heard for miles around. The
men readily realized that it was an
explosion in the mine for the cupola
on the air shaft had been blown high
in the air. a week before two men.
Everett Alton and Calvin Richardson,
had lost their lives in an explosion be-
meath the ground
II developed that in this instance
Edward Wyatt and Andrew Boges,
known as shot 'firers" in blasting in
the mine. had placed an overcharge
of black powder in the drill hole. The
fire few back and the air dust along
the floor walls and ceiling OF the
shaft was blown with the fire and the
combustion resulted.
FALLS 100 FEET.
Keeping a cool head and realizing
that to rush down Immediately fol
lowing .he explosion would have been
toolhardiness, Mr.. Mills set about to
repair the fan and as the ar was
blown from this down the air shaft,
he followed IT,
lie Crawled down a ladder on the
side oi the shaft until he reached a
Pun vi hhbNi AbN lttA. ilFlE Tue
steps were blown away, but undaunt
ed. he continued to carefully proceed
downward for another score of feet
until he reached the bottom OF the
mine.
Although the fan had been blowing
air down the shaft Tor some time wheI
he reached the bottom he was forced
TO crawl on his hands and knees t
keep alive, as the gas and smoke fiji
ed The mine Superintendent Gill ant
Benny. the miner. who had been in tn
Office, followed the Rock Island maj
down and the three cTawled about 70
. long time before they discovered tn
bodies OF the two shot firers.
Mules in the mine were killed an,
cars and tracks had been bent an
twisted Props were blown away
making Il extremely dangerous for
person TO he in the mine owing t
falling walls.
Finally the bodies OF the men wer
located. both stu alive. but badl
burned. Ii was probably an hour a
ter the three resCuers had descende
that they appeared az the cage shat
and sigualled for the elevator. The
had iourneyed about 100 feet from tn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-01
ECCENTRICITY OF GENIUS
in the Days That Are Gone II May
Have Been Due to Eye Strain.

Have Been Due to Eye Strain.
1t seems that at last genius is dis
covered not to be allied to insanity, but
that rather all its eccentricitias are
due to eye strain
Brain specialists, for instance, are
asserting that if Carlyle had had prop
erly adjusted glasses and good cleo
trio light to work by instead of sky
light over his desk, and that illum-
med by London fog much of the
time, he would not have been such
"a grumbler and dyspeptic In fact,
eye strain was the cause of all his
eccentricities
All geniuses, in fact would have
been optimistic, says science now, il
they had only had bifocal glasses at
the right time. The same unnormal
eyesight is given as the cause of many
tragic paintings. That famous artist
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-01

eudioSco to- two hours and quarter
Is Quo Tad's" does, ~.thort u single
utte-aace Ct the human voice and to
the occasional accompaniment CT an
organ only-wh2t chance has the
cctc-? The can>,G can compass things
Of greater magnitude and proportion
than any stage production by mere
man. What theatre IN this country
could hold the wonderful pageant dis
played in Ne-os court scenes-the
feasts and banquets? What stage could
reproduce the thrilling episodes of the
arena with its chariot race, combats,
lions etc In the pictures fully thirty
five hundred people are shown in state
of mad excitement and enthusiasm.
No stage in America could hold this
scene with living actors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-01
AT THE EMPIRE.

"The Lion and the Mouse" will be
brought to the Empire three days next
week, beginning Monday, by Robert
Sherman. Charles Klein has filled this
play with such rapid action and bright
material for serious thought that one
fails to realize the full meaning of
the author in seeing The Lion and
the Mouse" but once. A company
of capable players will enact the diff
cult roles. 1t is promised the scenic
equipment will be complete in every
detail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-01

goes to Charles n Wright, merchant,
SS years old, of Highlands. N. c., who,
with William L. billiard, a liveryman,
50 years old, of the same place, help
ed to save A Augustus Baty, car
penter, 26 years old. from a fall down
a precipice at that place May IA, 1911.
billiard receives silver medal and
$1,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-01

system, it will take several days
treatment to cure it, and the best rem
edy to use is Chamberlain Cough
Remedy. Il will cure quicker than any
other, and also leaves the system in
natural aud healthy condition. Sold
By all druggists Adv)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-01
RenoXal Notices.

DR.. S. B. Hall has moved his Office
to Robinson building. POS Eighteenth
street
Dr. F. II. First has moved his office
70 Robinson building. POS Eighteenth
street.-(Adv)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-01
zG.i,p@teIs
THE ILLINOIS.

Nov to 9-"Quo' yadis" pictures.
Nov. 16 TO 19-The Gilpins Hypno-
tic company.
Nov. 22-William Kibble's Uncle
Toms Cabin"
Nov. 23-Marian Sherwood in The
Spendthrift.
Nov. 29-"The Divorce Question. "
Nov. 30-Sarah Padden in "Laven-
dar and Old Lace"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-01

Fond du Lac. Wis.-The death OF
George +. Johnson. aged %, from te-
tanus was the climax in series OF
accidents from corn shredders in Fond
du Lac county this season. Other men
had been manned, but had not died
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-01
new OFFICIAL IS
FACING BIG TASK
Supervisor of High School Will
Prepare Self for Duties Be-
ginning in January.
ILLINOIS MAKING START
J. c. Hanna VIII Study Work in Other
States and Prepare Statistics
of Findings.

Springfield, Ill. Nov. FOLLOWING
series Of conferences with State SUI
perintendent of Instruction F. G. Blair.
in which a thorough understanding of
his duties was had, j. c. Hanna, the
new state supervisor of high schools.
has returned 10 his home at Oak Park
to prepare for his work AS there has
never been a supervisor of high
schools in this state before, the office
is largely wha. Mr.. Hanna and Super
intendGnt Blair, under whose diree:ic@
he is, make it. Both intend that the
position shall be one of the most i'm
portant in the school work OF the state
Hanna will spend the time between
now and January /. when he will
make his headquarters here. in visit
ing Minnesota. Missouri. Pennsylvania
AMI other states which have supervis-
or5 of high schools and in compiling
statistics of high schools in this state.
/ When he opens his Office here, he will
be ready TO do active service.
MEANS HIGH STANDARD.
Superintendent Blair. who obtained
the appropriation from the legislature
providing for this office, believes that
there should be effective standardiza-
ton and regulation of high schools.
Up TO this time, there has been no
state supervision of high schools other
than the haphazard suggestions made
by the high school inspector of the
D x~fI .,,N- A
only in having the schools become pre-
paratcry schools to the university.
Under the new order. the supervisor
will go from the state superintendent
Office to the various high schools in
the state and will make study of con-
ditions. desires of parents, require
ments of pupils, etc, before he gives
advice on what courses should be
; adopted. His purpose will be to make
> tn high school a finishing school, in
Stead of merely a college preparatory
school, and TO raise its efficiency in
every case. whether it has two-year
three-year or four-year course. The
length of the course and the character
of instruction will depend entirely
upon lHe HeeuS VI pupllS anu tnS Gun
ditions in the community.
AID VOCATIONAL WORK.
Vocational education will, be giveI
special atten ion and an effort viii, be
, made to establish courses which viii
be utilitarian instead of academic
where the pupils seem to require th'
more practical instruction.
Superintendent Blair some time age
added two assistants 20 his Office
. whose duty it is to visit countr!
4 schools and advise directors how Il
: make the schools more effective. Aide
! by the system of granting diplomas t
= standard schools, they have brough
the schools in the rural district up L
r a level with those in the states mos
[ noted for education. The appointment
of the high school supervisor is in
Q tended to accomplish in the higl
, school what has been done in the coun
3 try schools
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-01
EMPIRE.

Vaudeville performances a, PAS and
S:l5. Two shows Wednesday and Sun
day nights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-01
FAMILY, MOLINE,

Pantages lle-Perfo=mances
daily al 2:45 and S:l5.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-18

next Saturday afternoon from the
Friends church, in South Salem. and
L. 7, Pennington, the president of Pa.
cific college, at Newberg, will offici.
ate.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-18

Dr. Mendelsohn fits eyes correctly
I'll 0. S. Bank building.
The new director of the physical cul
ture department Of the Y. M. c. A. ar.
rived yesterday with his family from
Salt Lake City.
The remains of Frank E. Barnes
were buried this afternoon at 2
O'Clock in City View cemetery The
funeral was held from the home of the
deceased, and r. W. Tatum Officiated.
Among the distinct hits scored at the
Pendleton Round Up was that of the
Salem Cherrians, of whom the East
Oregonian said, besides lot of other
nice things; "The natty white suits
with the cherries embroidered on the
sleeves Of the coat have been much ad.
mired and advertise the capital city in
most effective way, Everyone meets
the Cherrians with huge smile and a
glad hand"
The eldest county clerk in the
United States attended the conven.
tion held by the different county off.
cials in Portland this week. He was
G. N, Jones, of McMinnville. Clerk
Jones is 10 years old, and is conceded
to be not only the oldest county clerk
in Oregon, but the oldest in the whole
United States. Secretary of State Ol.
colt paid Mr.. Jones high compliment
when he addressed the members Of the
convention by saying that the Oldest
county clerk was the finest writer and
neatest reporter of records in the
state.
An over'enthusiastic motorcycle rid.
or came to grief yesterday afternoon
at the intersection Of Front and Che.
meketa streets, when he attempted to
tear a hind wheel off a heavy wood
wagon belonging to II. G.. Walker, of
Polk county. According to Mr.. Walk.
er, he was driving west on Chemeketa
street near Front, when motorcycle
attempted to scoot by He says the
cyclist shot around rig following his
wagon and tried to cut an out.curve
between the two vehicles, when the
gas bicycle collided with the hind
wheel of tho wagon The rider, who
refused to give his name, pitched
hcad'long to the parking along the
street, while his machine cut several
kinds of circles across the pavement
before the spark plug refused to
spark any longer. The machine was
damaged considerably on the fore deck,
but the rider escaped practically un.
injured.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-18
THROW AWAY YOUR
EYEGLASSES
A FREE PRESCRIPTION.
You Can Have Filled and Use at HON

You Can Have Filled and Use at Home.
Do you wear glassesi Are you vic.
tim Of eyestrain or other eye.weakness 7
If so, you will be glad to know that
there is real hope for you. Many whose
eyes were failing say they have had
their eyes restored through the princi-
pie Of this wonderful free prescription,
One man says after trying it; "I was
almost blind; could not see to read at
all. Now l can read everything with.
out any glasses and my eyes do not wa
ter any more, At night they would
pain dreadfully; now they feel fine all
the time, 1t was like q miracle to me. I"
A lady who used it says; "The atmos.
phere seemed hazy with or without
glasses, but after using this prescription
for fifteen days, everything seems clear.
| can oven read fine print without
glasses, " It is believed that thousands
who wear glasses can now discard them
in reasonable time aud multitudes
more will bo able to strengthen their
eyes so as to be spared the trouble and
expense Of ever getting glasses. Eye
troubles of many descriptions may be
wonderfully benefited by following the
simple rules. Here Is the prescription.
Go to any active drug store and get
bottle of 0ptona, fiji two ounce bot.
tie with warm water, drop in one op.
tona tablet, and allow to dissolve. With
this liquid bathe the eyes two to four
times daily You should notice your
eyes clear up perceptibly right from the
start and inflammation win quickly dis.
appear II your eyes are bothering you
oven a little take steps to save them
now before It is too late, Many hope
lessiy blind might have been saved II
they had cared for their eyes in time.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-18

A proposition of settlement of the
case of Robert E. France VS.. Mary R.
France, divorce proceedings, was filed
in the circuit court this morning by the
plaintiff. The articles set forth that
plaintiff is willing to give defendant
$4,000 and all her personal belongings
and that the plaintiff is willing to care
for the minor children at the issue of
the marriage.
An elaborate reception was rendered
Tuesday evening to the members of st..
Poul s parish and friends and Rev. and
Mrs, Robert S. Gill, the new pastor of
the parish. The home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry B. Thielsen was the scene Of the
reception, and IS members of the parish
and their friends attended. The occa.
sion was in honor of Rev. Gill and
wife, who have just arrived from the
east. The decorations were by the fol.
lowing ladies: Mrs. Russell Catlin, Mrs.
A. Strong, Mrs, Elizabeth Case, Mrs.
Geo. H. Bingham, Mrs. Seba Case Wall
and Mrs. Henry Pape.
A reply to an answer filed to a com.
plant in the case of w. A. West
against School District "a was recorded
in the circuit court today. The plain
tiff, in his reply, among denials of 9th.
er allegations in the answer, sets forth
as grounds for separate reply that
Blanche FordPickering and VIM, Trim,
die advised Laura DeBord to attach her
signature to false affidavit prepared
by the defendants. West has brought
suit to recover 1915 alleged to be due
on q contract entered into between him.
self and the school board of district a.