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Al.c OLD BUILDINQ MATERIAL -'vfiyi1 jifm "PI**," In Use for Marvy Ccnturei, If Merely a Simple Form of Concrete, Willit I* pise? The word, >vh!ch In Its compter** form t? vhritten i?lx<? do terre, betrays u French origin mill, fVoil) If H gClld'al II ppCII 111 II ''f, 111 i k I > t well suggest some affinity with the world of art. These preliminary Im presslons, however, will !??? found mis lending, Tli?r? In nothing peculiarly French In pise dwellings, (hough I hoy lire common enough In some parts of Franco, and reference tu them abounds In French literature of Ihe eighteenth rem m y. The word Itself, traced to Its Latin origin, apparently menu* not hint; more artistic than "haltered." Perhaps Ihe simplest definition of pise Is provided hy Pliny t 1m* Filler, who mils It "earth battered between hoards," inclining by boards a form suHi as may b? used for concrete In roustruel Ion work. The Komnn sage adds that It was mi old and well-tried system of building and remarks that Hannibal used this material for watch towers on the tops of hills in Spain during tils campaign. Who knows whether It was not also In use when Cheops built his Groat Pyramid; for there are prehistoric pise buildings in New Mexleo and Ari zona which, some say. date back al- J most to that period? Certafnly history cannot trace the aystem to Its origin, and th<v pine dwellings now visible In France, Spain, Amerh^i, the Itritish colonies and elsewhere may give no complete Indi cation of the extent to which this ma terial was employed in other centuries. ?Exchange. INDIAN'S TRIBUTE TO MOTHER Red-Skinned Fighter In World War Proves Worthy Descendant of Race of Chiefs. Wounded-With-Many-Arrows In an Indian living In South Dakota. According l<? an Indian custom, the first thing an Indian mother sees or says after her child Is horn may he chosen as the Infant's name. The night of his birth, in April, 1H01, the mother saw a warrior who had been wounded hy many arrowshence the name given to the new-born child. Entering* the world war In the armies .of tlio great white father at Washington, the first thoilghl. of this copper-skinned descendant of a race of chiefs was of his mother, whom he named as the beneficiary ill his $10, (XX) ..government war risk insurance policy. The mother's name is Susan-Loves the-War andVhe lives at Wakpola, S. D. She was proud that her son was among the first to respond to the call of the United States for soldiers to flght for their country ; she was glad when he came back, unharmed, full of wonderful stories of the adventure through which' he had passed. And she realized that he had; by allotment of pny and by his insurance policy, demonstrated that all he had wu? hers, as everything he was he owed tocher. Wounded-Wit h-Many-Arrows might be called lndlan-<?ood-to-His-Molher. Big Money for Perfect Potatoes. The perfect potato, which resiMt-s blight and other "spud" diseases, has been developed, according t'O Samuel Ryder, head of a well-known English seed firm. Me refused to give the name of the hybridist, hut said he paid him $112,000 for seed potatoes which wouldn't (111 a peck measure. "We have bought up all tin* hy bridized seed of lids expert." said Ilyder. "The average potato yield in HMS wits four tons per acre in Eng land. With the new seed, six pounds per root, or ,'W tons per acre, can be produced. The full results of the per fect potato may not he reaped for two or three vcars." New Matrimonial Idea. OV^ne tii-ut has ;i married couple living apart In two towns the bride, who has advanced ideas, in one town, and the bridegroom, who lias a good Job and a l>lg salary, in another. They decided to live in ?eparate establish ment* and to xKit each other over week ends or run axxax together, as one of them explains it. for several days whenever the mood seizes them. They ha\ c rented a third apartment in \eu York city. 11 i?? 11 ilex will share "in liieir plav time." The bride retains her maiden name and title of MK-v !?.?' l-er idea that man and wife vluillhl tint I j \ e ill tie >aille house, and :i * u r f e i t <?( <-a?-h other.? Tbivtuli filnitC, Many O'Briens. A ?o|?her i.aim-d John .T 'VPrien, wrlfinc t" ttic war rKk bureau about his insurance, failed to -,ri\e ln?> serial number or |><? 1 i< x tiumber. but said the pajM-r- would be eas\ in i 11 ?' 111 i f \ as his Wife's nasuv :i ^ Marx A O'Urien. A !i ihi'i 11^,'ii ?!11? l>uri ai| tiles (}!? rinsr.J ? t* ,? r:imes of 17" .1 r>h n .1 0'I',ricti?i. and ea<|, .,f ;,!t i-xeo *.?i of them I..iii .i name.I Mary A. < O Mr May Use Concrete Coffins.. The corporation or the town of Mlddlovhorough Miejlaiid. is consider ing the use of rom reie < oflins in local bnr'al grounds ;is i,4in- lighter and cheaper than thn?if? made of wood. His Class. "Here k some health exj>ert says we don't nee<i ?ngar." "TT? f" .st he one /if those guy* who Are hIxsrvs taking the sneetneM o?t ?f life." MDEiiEWSKI AT 1HE PIANO Oeacrlption 0/ MaU?r'? Playing Well Called a Qem ol Humor. . out Compoaltlcn. The <!*???fIt recently of Kd II. Kndth recalled the humorous editorials which undo hlr. little newspaper, I ho Gl?Ui? New#, filled. ? The one which lire! (flew lit 1 I'll' H?n to 11 foiiowit "We heard the I'olander. f'nder?MV? ski. play the piano In Kansas City last night. 'i'h?? fellow i? <i e???? 1tful. He" makes you think itII the time flint he is going to 1 >liiy 11 tuuq, hut he ii??Ver does. lie flirts all around a tune, hut never toilettes it. His hair looks like a wig, hut It Isn't. ll?' deceive* vow In a hundred ways. II** makes the sweetest sounds you ever heard flint were not a tune, lie Iiiih his piano so trained tITat the doggone tiling will keep right on playing when lie i? not touching It. Ho reaches out slowly and stroke* It. drawing buck ids el hOWN like it man brushing a girl's hair. Von see the inoonllglit ?nil you're there with your girl, hut somehow she don't love you. We know the sorrow of that, and that's why we don't like l'aderowskl. There are troubles enough In the worl^l without hearing/ PadcrotvHkl. A man don't want to feel like he had thrown the mutilated remains of his grandmother in (he sewer. If this Is I'aderowskl's, last visit to America we're glad of It. But we wouldn't take $1()0 for what we he'a rd." LOOKED AS IF HE KNEW Qood Reason Why Soldiers Urged - Lieutenant to Take Military Po liceman's Word for It. A colored detachment under a white lieutenant was making Its way through ! the shattered territory near Dun-sur Mouse during the thick of the Argon no drive. At a crossroads it encountered j ?a trn flic-directing M. P. who halted tlie column. "Sorry, sir," lie said to the ofllcer In charge. "Von are not allowed up that I road. We have Information that It Is j nbont to he shelled by the enemy." ? I T*>e officer carefully examined his orders. "My Instructions read differ- ! entl.v," lie declared. "I cannot be*. Ileve that this is the road to bo shelled, llave you any verification?" j At this moment a shell burst within a hundred yards, tearing up tho earth and sending debris llylng In every di rection. The entire landscape was ob literated, and a dead silence, broken oqly by the crilsh of falling stones, en sued. Then, uut <>f a cloud of set tling dust, arose one faint, terrified voice: "Fo* tlawd's *;ik?\ lootcnant. please take do gemmun's word fo' It !"?The Homo Sector. Business Welcomes Radio Circuits. With the now radio circuits In op eration between America and the far Kast, it Is comforiing to know, even If one linn infrequeip occasion to colu mn n km to with Japan, Hawaii and the Philippines^ Hint the new Sprvlce IS considered quite reasonably Inexpen sive. One limy oomnmnlonte with Ma nila from tho California stations for 0 cents h word, and with Hawaii for 3. Kven If tho rat oh were higher, how over, the now circuits would he wel comed hy American business interests, for the development of trade, as well as the transmission of news* has been seriously handicapped by lack of facili ties for communication. The United States will got a better news service in consequence, do more business, and may fcpl also, according to naval of ficers, that the national defense sys tem has been strengthened at a weak point.?Christian Science Monitor. Airship Construction. Some interesting facts regarding tho work required In building a large modern airship are given in a recent Issue of the Knglneer. which states that the general problems of design are closely allied to those of naval architecture, although the airship de signer must he a highly skilled me Jcharilcal engineer and also must have i a knowledge of textile technology. For the work on construction, owing to the multiplicity of parts required, a very efficient shop organization is necessary. In a rigid airship struc ture. excluding the machinery, there are 1*0,000 different parts, a total length of structural material of 110 miles. GO miles of wire and more than 2.000,000 rivets. Ruskin'? Birthplace for Sale. No. f.4 Hunter street. Brunswick square London, the birthplace of John Kuxkln, is for sale by private treaty. ~Tn the early days of FITr riTfTTTeeTTTTT century, says the London Telegraph, John James Ituskln came to London from Kdlnhurgh t<> enter the wine trade. In ISIS ho married his cousin. Margaret Cox, and February S, 1810. the author of "Sesame and Lilies" was born. The house in Hunter street, which is now distinguished by a com memorative tablet, is of the substan tial c.eoruian type so well known in Bloom shury and was erected at a Time when that district was particular ly in favor among city merchant*. ^Su?pictous. "As he came l/i, I noticed his face was lighted with a wonderful glow and his eyes were shining." "Say. where could he get anything to make him nil lit up that way?* ? The Shorn Lamb. "Why did Wilkin* decide to vmy in the army?" "Ha "lKn't see any other way of get ting an overcoat thla winter."?Tb? Home Rector. Till Wendsrs of America By T. T. MAXEY THE CATHEDRAL OF 8T. JOHN, THE DIVINE. Tiirc oofiuT itonQ of itH. great Kpis Copu I lions? of worship, which crowns Morriltigslde IIcIkMn in Now York city. wiim laid on December 27, 1802. Thin church was designed to bo the largest and most costly church edifice In America ujid the fourth larg est In the world, St, Peter* at Uoino ami the cathedrals at Seville, Spain and Milan, Italy, only being larger. "It will foe ovet* 000 feet loilg and ItH greatest width .H00 feet. The total coat will exceed $10,000,000, and al though It hat* been under construction for more, than twenty-six years, no one. can now say when It will ho com pleted. The architecture Is of the French gothic style. The plans for the great organ call for 7,000 pipes and a chime. The crypt will seat 500 and the altar In to contain 150,000 pieces of rposalc glass. It will contain seven chapels of tongues: St. Martin of Tours or Huguenot chapel, representing the French lite; St. James or Spanish chapel, representing the> Mozarahlc rite; St. Ambroze, representing the Italian rite; St Saviour, representing the Oriental rite; St. Columba or ftcots chapel, representing the Hrltlsh rite; St. Bonlfacd or Holland chapel, repre senting the German rite, and St. Aus gar!us or Swedish chapel, representing the Scandinavian rite. There Is to be' also an open-air pulpit with a 40-foot hlgh spire and ornamentations In gethlc structures. Donations, large and small, have come from every conceivable source and direction, to assist In the erection of that which Is to he America's great est cathedral?a cathedral for the peo ple In America's greatest city. Enormous Demand for Fur*. Siberian furs are almost entirely shipped In the raw state. Vory few furs are sent abroad, the exceptions being Tibetan lamb, mufllln (plucked goat skin), and a few other vurletles. The great demarid for furs In al.? coun tries and the keen competition tn the trade lias sent up the prices of raw furs to figures unheard of a few years ago. Sables have enormously Increased In value, due to the short supplj and the closure of the Russian sablo mar kets. ROYSTERS fertilizer, We have the Fish TO FARMERS who know the value of fish and want it in their Fertiliser, we announce that we have laid in an ample supply" of fish scrap to meet all demands. If you want the genuine, original Fish Scrap Fertilizer, insist on ROYSTER'S RC0I8TCRTO The Fertilizer That Made Fish Scrap Famous F. S. ROYSTER GUANO COMPANY Norfolk, Va. Richmond, Va. Lynchburg, Va. Tarboro, N. C. Charlotte, N. C. Washington, N. C. Columbia, S. C. Spartanburg, S. C. Atlanta, Ga. Macon, Ga. Columbus, Ga. Montgomery, Ala. h Baltimore, Md. Toledo, Ohio. i A I "* ? .? Why More Small Cars Come Equipped With Goodyear TirevS Last year, more small cars, using 30 x 3*f 30 x 3l/2*, or 31 x 4-inch tires, were factory equipped with Goodyear Tires than with aijty other kind* r This is plainly a result of the high relative value produced in these smalUcar tires by Goodyear^ enormous resources and scrupu lous care* They represent the same intense endeavor to supply utmost satisfaction in tires that lias laid the basis for the marked preference which exists everywhere for GooHyear Tires in the larger sires. " . This real Goodyear value in tires is available for your Ford, Chevrolet, Dort, Maxwell, or other small car, at our nearest Service Station* Go there for these tires and Goodyear Jieayy Tourist* Tubes* 30 x 3 ^2 5oodvcarT>ouble?Cure $ ^00 Fabric, All-Weather 1 read .. irv"~ 30x^1/2 GooJycar Single-Cure $ -i ^765 Fabric, Anti-Skid Tread X f Uoodyear Heavy Tourist Tubes are thick, strong tube* that reinforce casings properly. Why risk a good casing with a cheap tube ? Goodyear Heavy Tourist Tube# cost littlo more than tubes of less merit. y30 x 3'/2 8ke in uxitmr- $^90 proof bag s L ? J GOOD