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UNITED DyEwooD CoRpoR.T,o~
New York. November %. iglS.
preferred Capitai stock Dividend No. o
Common

The following dividends on the stocks or
TINS Corporation have been declared. A
dividend OF S1-1o per share Grom a sum SCI
aside for the payment OF 81 90 per share
for the year 1879 on the Pr ferred stock
payable January :. 1918; dividend OF
81 90 per share ON the Common stock paw
ers OF record of Preferred and Common
stocks at the close 0. business Saturdav
December IA, 1918 "' >
The transfer books Will not be closed
Checks Will be mailed by The New York
Trust Company. OF New York
DEWITT CLINTON JONES
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.AMERICAN CAN Co

quarterly dividend Of one and three
quarters per cent has been declared m 80
Preferred Stock OF this Company. pavable
January End. 1919, 10 Stockholders of
record al the close OF business December
18th. 1913. Transfer Books viii rernaGn
open. Checks mailed
r H ISMON
Secretary 4 Treasurer
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GENERAL CHEMICAL CoMp.~y

% Brohd 81, NeW York Nov 20 19I2
The Regular Quarterly Dividend ~ nos
and one-half per cent. lt'sos VIII be pa,
January ? 1919. TO Preferred Stockholders
OF record at 3 Z. NJ. December Is 1918
LANCASTER MORGAN. Treasurer.
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Consolidated Exchange

Unit Of trade this exchange, 70 sharese
Following table gives total transactions for
the week ended December I. with the high,
low and closing prices:
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Weeks Transa tons on the New York Stock Exchange


n 1913
transact
in adar share is base dont Lst
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Tvdend deferred pending settlement railroad contract
*Dvdend deferred pending of railroad
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Trust and Surety Companies
'lncludes one third share Irving Trust.

Ernie Shore expects to pass his
examinations for commission in the
navy within a couple of weeks, and
proposes to stick on the job. Possibly
he may never return to baseball.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-04-18

crude renovation which is perhaps
worse than the original ruin. Usu-
ally, the stranger wanders through
these holy places in complete soli-
tude. Occasionally a monk may
be met in the vicinity who has no
great appreciation of the archi-
tectural beauties of these ancient
temples nor any knowledge of their
wonderful histories. More repre-
hensible is the lack of imagination,
to use a mild term, which permits
one of these sacred fanes to be
desecrated by turning it into bar.
racks for Chinese soldiers as at
Lung-men.
In view of the fact that Bud
dhism retains its hold upon the
great mass of Chinese, it is extra
ordinary that 80 little care is be-
slowed upon these historic remains
of bygone age. The Chinese
Government ought to realize its
duty in this matter and preserve
these temples for the sake of pos
terity not only in China but
throughout the world. They
should be regarded as world pos
sessions in the same way that the
Sphinx and the Pyramids are
looked upon as not merely the
property of Egypt. Indeed, had
they been located in any other
country in the world it is certain
that they would have been
universally famous long before this.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-04-18

Buddha seen dimly in the gloom
appears to tower over one in the
spiritual as we'll as in the physical
sense, and seems almost to feel the
presence of the countless thousands
of worshipers who thronged its
sacred precincts in the days when
Buddhism was the faith of great
er part of the continent of Asia.
1t is difficult, too, to realize that
at the time the civilization of
China had attained such wonder
full development as is here por-
trayed, Europe was in the grip of
those long years of despair and
widespread ignorance which we
term the Dark Ages. The Roman
Empire in the West had just been
overthrown by the barbarian
Odoacer. Franks and Goths and
Vandals were destroying the last
vestiges of the old Gr@co- Roman
culture throughout the greater
part of Europe. Angles and Sax.
ons were commencing their con-
quests of Britain. It was only in
Ireland that the torch of learning
was kept alight. In the southeast
of Europe the new Rome on the
Bosphorus was struggling against
wave on wave of barbarian inva-
sion and Athens had become a
small provincial village.
There can be little doubt that at
that time China was the foremost
country in the world in all that
pertains to the arts of civilized
life. Since that period countless
invasions, civil wars and popular
| luprisings have destroyed practi-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-04-18

cally all traces of the culture of
the day. Hence it is that such
relics as these grottoes possess
great importance.
They are out of the beaten track
of tourists and are not adequately
mentioned in any guide books. If
they were they would become as
great an object of interest as the
Great Wall itself. As it is, they
are practically unknown. But even
now the railway approaches within
ten miles, and in time perhaps
students of the Chinese religious
and artistic past may find their
way to these hallowed spots and
gain fresh and accurate impressions
of the great civilization which
lourished centuries ago in this
part of the globe.
The Chinese disregard for monu-
ments of their historic past-irrev-
erence would perhaps be a better
words exemplified in the lack of
attention given to the splendid
rock temples of Shansi. Ordinarily,
they are simply neglected, though
as indicated earlier in this sketch
some have been the subject of a
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-04-18

kang, but upon the whole OF less
artistic merit. The impression
which the visitor receives is that
artistic excellence and carefulness
of finish bad been sacrificed at
Lung-men to size and showiness.
Some of the statues are truly gi-
gantic.
The earliest grottoes at Lung
men date from about the begin
ming of the 9th century and were
apparently in process of execution
throughout the remainder of the
Wei Dynasty and the Tang Dy-
nasty and we'll on into that of the
Sungs. Upon the whole the earlier
figures are the best. The Tang
statuary shows tendency to sac.
rifce simplicity of design for rich
ness of ornamentation and multi.
plicity of detail. a tendency which
seems to have operated continu-
ously ever since.
It is impossible to describe the
feelings of solemnity and awe
which overwhelm the beholder
upon his first entrance into one of
these cathedral-like interiors. The
gigantic central figure of the seated
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-04-18
ING DECKER stood on a
lower girder of a truss,
scraping the plates of
Broken Pine Viaduct

H4g@YN scraping the plates of
lGgJ Broken Pine Viaduct
with his steel brush. As he worked
he recounted a tale that he declared
he could vouch for because he
knew the man who had seen the
man who had walked in his sleep
from Pringle to Bethtown. paying
toll at the ferry and talking with
the bargeman. But it was not so
much the story as the theme of it
that interested Sam Ostling, a new
workman; he wondered whether
the men had learned that he was a
somnambulist and whether Decker
was thus poking fun at him. All
the afternoon the thought of that
possibility disturbed him.
Ostling had recently got work
in the maintenance department of
''the Extension" and had been
sent out to Broken Pine Viaduct
to help in painting the enormous
structure. Holt Grafton, who
had got a job at the same time. had
made the journey out with him
After reporting, they had been as.
signed to one of the small tents in
which the painters we're camping:
and during the three days in which
they had 'bunked'' together they
had laid the basis for a strong
friendship.
They themselves would have
been unable to tell what had drawn
them to each other; certainly it
was not physical makeup, for
Grafton, once wrestling champion
of the Inland Empire" could
have doubled up his spindling COM
panion and slowed him away in the
cooks chest. But that is no indi-
cation that Sam was a weakling.
He had the complexion and ner-
vous manner of one who has been
confined indoors too closely, but
he did his work we'll and attracted
no more than passing interest or
comment from the men.
Broken Pine Viaduct steps across
a deep gulch of the Bitter Root
Mountains in four giant strides,
and it walks nearly free, for its
long steel limbs wade only knee
deep in the pines. The telegraph
wires are carried across on the
south top girder, ON which Holt
was working. Opposite him Ost-
ling rode the north top girder,
which bore two copper FEEDER"
that were carrying current to an
electric car line two miles away.
The feeders" ran about level
with the mans shoulders as he
straddled the plate, one on each
side, and not more than eighteen
inches from him-mere shining
threads in the bright sunlight, in
nocent enough in appearance, but
carrying charge that would burn
flesh to a cinder in single
flash.
Sam would have been one of the
last to admit fear in any situation,
but the eternal watchfulness was
rankling-one inadvertent move,
a knuckle or a finger laid on one
of those wires, and he would not
finish the breath he was drawing.
Then, too, he was not accustomed
to height: he tried to keep from
staring downward, but wherever
he looked the image of the sheer
two-hundred- foot drop at his right
was always present. Holt had
guessed as much; and just after a
long freight train had passed over
the trestle, he asked:
Change, Samg"
mo, I'll stay here till we quit;
it's not long," Ostling looked
along the copper wires, and as he
did SO slight breeze swayed them
gently.
Pretty loose" Holt commented.
THAT would be no place for a fell
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-04-18

Sons of: the Flag
Here's to the Blue of the wind-swept North,
When we meet on the fields of France!
May the Spirit of Grant be with you all
AS the Sons of the North advance
Here's to the Gray of the sunkissed South,
When we meet on the fields of France!
May the Spirit of Lee be with you all
AS the Sons of the South advance
And here's to the Blue and Gray as one,
When we meet on the fields of France!
May the Spirit of God be with us all,
AS the Sons of the Flag advance.
Written by George Morrow Mayo Gunner's Mate in
the U. S. NJ
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-04-18

Troubles spring from idleness,
and grievous tolls from needless
ease.-Poor Richards Sayings.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-04-18
AWAKENING OF "SAM-NAMBULIST"
Terrifying Experience of Two Men, One Sleep
Walker, on Top of High Viaduct


]
That evening the men gathered
as usual round camp fire and
''swapped" "reminiscences until bed
time. Ostling and his chum were
the last to turn in.
Huh! Going to have a rain,"
Holt remarked as he scanned a
growing mass of black cloud in the
northwest.
"Yes," said Ostling. ''and I left
my jacket with my watch in it up.
on that girder; but l guess it'll
have to stay there for the night,
rain or no rain. What do you say
to rolling in?"
How long time had passed be-
fore Holt awoke suddenly. he could
not say; he had a strange feeling
that something was wrong. The
wind had risen, and the night was
black during the intervals that fol-
lowed the flashes of distant light
ming. A cracking sound close at
hand brought him bolt upright,
but it was nothing more than the
tent flaps whipping.
He felt the other half of the cot.
1t was empty. Reaching over it.
he fumbled on the ground where
Ostling threw his clothes, and
found that his friends shoes and
trousers were missing. An eerie
dread came over him, and, dressing
hurriedly, he stepped into the
open.
Thunder rumbled; the giant
trees creaked and cracked to their
very hearts. Then in a sudden
lull Holt heard from the direction
of the viaduct, which was close at
hand, a hollow. muffled noise, like
soft tapping upon steel.
A glow lighted the sky, and
Holt. turning, saw a white. glim-
mering form on the north top Cir
der. He had not been quick
enough to be sure, but be believed
that he had seen the thing move.
He strained his eyes, but could
see nothing in the pitch blackness.
Then another sheet of lightning
brought the thing into relief-it
was Ostling with his head thrown
unnaturally forward, his shoulders
dropping, his hands reaching out
before him-Ostling ASLEEP on the
highest girder! As Holt thought
of the loose, naked wires, his heart
grew cold. Again the lightning
flashed, and revealed the sleeping
man, about fifty yards from the
nearer end of the bridge, shufaing
doggedly forward.
What is it9" some one de-
manded close behind Holt.
He glanced round. Decker and
Grenville had joined him.
"Ostling walking the girder in
his Sleep" he said.
Decker groaned. Between those
wires! But we can't do anything
for him up there. If he should
wake, though"
The long, shrill whistle of an en-
gine reverberated across the gorge.
Grenville pulled out his watch and
scratched match.
The Limited!" he cried hoarsely.
He's done for!'
At the first blast Holt had
sprinted toward the viaduct.
Mounting the lattice work, he
carefully wormed himself between
the wire and the top girder; then
he kicked off his unlaced shoes,
and walked hurriedly along the
twelve-inch plate after his friend.
The wind was increasing; he had
to lean against it. and at every
blast the vague black thread at
his right swayed close to him.
Once he stopped and cringed from
the death messenger as it seemed
almost to brush his hand; he was
perspiring now. and for a moment
he felt faint. Would he never
Continued on page .. column s.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-21
Handkerchiefs nn dlUays Pleasing token

Ill offering handkerchiefs at Yule-time you will always be sure of pleasing because handker- chief is one item that no person ever had too many of-there is always room for more-and a box is always welcomed.
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GLOUes tue dlWays acceptable gift

tue dllUays acceptable gift You may always rest secure in the knowledge that you have given token that is sure to please this true when when vou exercise the proper iudg- ment in their selection.
 Our display is so thoroughly complete that every possible taste is instantly met. Women's French kid gloves $2.75 "A. High grade French kid gloves, made up by the world nowned Fownes Brothers in white, black and gray all sizes.
 Women's kid gloves $2.25 These dependable quality of real kid richly brodered backs They shown in white black, in the popular twoclasp styles.
 Women's kid gloves $1.75 These gloves really exceptional in style and quality at this price They made up of unusually good qual ity of carefully selected skins all the wanted street shades in the one-clasp models.
 Women's fabric gloves $1.25 These fabric gloves show the cashmere jersey and Fownes wool knit styles, in sizes for women and misses.
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PEARL NECKLACES-Hand- some styles in large, we'll grad uated chains and attractive velvet lined 0c box. Each xsZO DORIN BOXES-Sterling sil- yer, in plain, also engraved and hammered designs. . En Each CsCV CUFF LINKS-Solid gold, in large assortment of C nE the newest effects ZsJJ PICTURE FRAMES-A vast :. assortment of the most attrac- tive styles in sterling silver picture frames, 5x7 D 7E inches. Each Zst D CIGARETTE CASES - Ster- ling silver, gold lined; more than a half dozen beautiful patterns from which to E m make selection CeVV SUNRISE CLOCK-This is an excellent timekeeper and has a good strong alarm that will make you jump up | nE early. Each lsJC
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Store Closes 6 D. m. Saturday 5 D. m.
Patronize our w. s. s. booth
 Main Flcor

that you could imagine from hat Edison Talking Ma chlnerom set of napkins to seboard-from sdeboard to mems funlshngsfrom mems furnishings to toysfrom toys anything that mind could suggest that might sonab be expected to be found in of magnde invite the Holiday shoppers here expecting the utmost Tn service and in display of those tokens designed meet the demand of those who faced with the most veng shopping problems You will find eager help every and splenddly prepared to do so
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If he smokes, there isn't anything you could offer him that would be more pleasing or of more downright worth or value to him than a humidor case. These will serve to keep his cigars fresh and in thoroughly first class condition.
 We are showing humidor cases made of fine Maison wood, in porcelain lined, with moistener. Holds 100 perfecto size cigars and has a secure lock; 5.95.
 Main Floor
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CAMEO BROOCHES - Gold filled mountings, cut cameos in more than a dozen [ m different designs. EachJeUV SALT .SETS-Individual ster- ling dish, gold lined, with spoons, a set of six in 2 0E velvet lined box SsJJ STEAK SETS-Sterling silver platter, carving knife and fork in velvet 00 En lined box ZksJV BOUILLON SETS-Gold band Haviland china cups and ster- ling silver holders, set of six in handsome 9E m box JOsVU HAT PINS-Solid gold, in vast assortment of the I nE
 newest effects. Each 1sJJ MEMS WRIST WATCHES These are excellent timekeep- CTS, Swiss movements, nickel case, natural leather 10 En straps 1CsCU NAPKIN RINGS-A large as- sortment of the newest | NE
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NOUelty .jeWeIry 59c

We have prepared especial table of gold filled and novelty jewery that will instantly appeal to those shop pers who in search of little tnkets to offer this or that friend This collection consists of cuff pns belt pins veil pns bar pins, hat pns pearl beads rings and numerous other articles too lengthy to enumerate. --Jewelry Section, Main Floor
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LOVEMAN. JOSEPH &>LOEB
Hemstitching 10c per yard-minimum charge 25c. -4th Floor
Store Opens al $50 q. m.
This mammoth store is arranged now for th convenience of the hurried holiday shopper

not simply because proud of the facand of arebu especially to emphasize appreciation of obligation to the obligation that constantly striving Tn possible meet in the most satisfactory and pleasing you individual customer this big store Realizing the immense demands that would be made upon this year by the Holiday shoppers have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-21

WOMEN'S INITIAI.ED HANDKERCHIEFS -- A beautiful white or colored embroidered corner, of fine narrow hemstitched edges. Per box CEc 1.3S, or each AON WOMEN'S M A D E l RIA H A N D KERCHIEFS
 These are the genuine Swiss Madeira styles and show the scalloped or hemstitched edges. They are of an extra fine quail ity and will please 00c immensely. Each AOS w o M E MS. B XE D H AN D KERCHIEFS - Especially attrac C tiv e styles in white or colored embroidered corners, of a very fine imported fab ric, packed three in 00~ a box. Per box AJS CHlLDREN'S B xE D H A N D KERCHIEFS
 These dainty little hand kerchiefs show the em- 'broidered corners. They are packed two in 1E> a box. Per box 1OC -Handksrchief Section.
 Main Floor
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WOMEN'S PURE IRISH LINEN handkerchiefs, in white or colored fine hand embroidered e f f e ts, d.ain tily hemstitched, packed three in a l 50 WOMEN'S ALL LINEN - These handkercliiefs are made, up in the dain- tiest fashion. of extra fine quality material and beautifully hand ombroid- cred with hand hem stitched edges. 7E~ Each [ JS WO M EMS BOXED H AN D. .KERCHIEFS - Beautifully embroidered CTS. These are packed three in a I m box. Per box 4eVV
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njewelry section offers endless choice Of selection in pleasing gift tokens

If you at loss to know what to offer this that friend advise you to visit this ewery section Here you will find vast assortment of all the dainest and most pleasing suggestions in jewelry in gold and silver novelties and items of every description-a display complete that you will be able find the very items that you have been trying to think of, but couldn't
 and the price will fit in exactly to the amount that you wish to spend
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-01
HOW TWO BRITISH
AIRMEN BROKE UP
ATTACK OF THE HUNS

BEHIND TIE BRITISH LINES IN
FRANCE. Sept. 30.-(Correspondcnce OF
the Associated Press.)-liow Two BTU
ish air,ncn broke up an impending Ger
man attack along the Somrne was told
recently by Lieutenant L Walmsley or
the royal air forces.
1.-TWO Of our young drmeH, ne SAID
Sighted bridge over the Somnc when
neither had ever seen before in three
months constant patrolinG OF this area
1T was evidenuy temporary affair
which the enemy had built during the
night, and if it was now being used
to pass across men and artillery FOR
counter attack somewhere. 1t might
1noan very serious Developments Tor
the British troops. who were holding
this particular section Of front rather
lightly.
All doubt on this score was quickly
settled. for long gray limo could be
seen leading from the north across the
bridge TO the south bank Of the river
where a mass OF about 400 soldiers was
gathered. Here, Indeed. was q target
worthy Of notice.
The leading pilot divcd almost YER
ttcally. released his two bombs and
watched them burst In the river. MISS
ing the bridge.
The second pilot now dtved and in
Eve seconds the Germans saw his sec
ond bomb strike the dead center OF tho
bridge and explode with great force.
completely destroying and sinking the
two middle pontoons. Detached from
the rnoorings. the remainder broke away
and began to float slowly down stream.
-RealiZiug their plight. the Germans
who had already crossed became quite
dcmoralized. Many plunged into the
water. while others tried to hide among
the vegetation. Nothing. however, could
conceal them from the devilish hail OF
lead which now poured down from the
aid above them. Round and round at
height OF less than a hundred feet
circled the two English airplanes. the
piercing staccato Of their Fickers sound
ing high over the drone OF the en-
giRcS,
For ten minutes the slaughter went
on. with very brief intervals and then.
with their last round fired. the air'uen
turned for home, having accomplished
as much for their side as an important
trench raid in which hundreds OF men
might Dc engaged