The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 13, 1920, Image 16
Al.c OLD BUILDINQ MATERIAL
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"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.
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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
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