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Brigadier General Sweeny, Mil- Ikmaire, Battles for Cause ff rlwBQII|| , XT POIHT Gave Valiant Service in the World •* WjM1;. Wnusual Type ot 8sMlaf. •.'e -«s» «ew York.--War dispatches making more than casual mention of Brig. >Qen. Charles Sweeny have lent to the .".I'Polleh struggle more than an Imper- \*» / S015*' Interest to American army offlcers a* Governor's Island, who art %•." well acquainted with Sweeny, an ' *" _ American soldier of fortune with bbth f% ' principle and purse. •i|^„ Men of no foitune at all who fight 'or excitement and pay are common •/ « enough. But Sweeny, U. S. A,v Is a -" mu,Mm,llionalPe'8 son' hj8 father bav- > lng amassed great wealth In the fav# :.:.;,^mous Ooeur D'AJene mines cf Wash- * ington and Idaho, and the soldier Is *M~:J\-more than a millionaire in his own fright He put in three years at West f i ' Point and then sought the life of an v* •; active soldier in Mexico, South .and Central America and Europe. * 1^*'" Offers Self to Poland. y ^ Sweeny, a former lieutenant colon*! y/' In the United States army, attached W f n to general staff, was In Paris dur- '0$ A ing the spring of 1910, recovering from S;-r -wounds suffered to the Argonne offen- T, ~, 8've w,t** A. E. F., when he learned .-,;i '-that Poland was in need of officers for new armies. He consulted with A",)!, the then Premier Paderewski and Latest of British Dirigftilep Photofefapfc of the R-80, latest British dirigible, in tier maiden flight at Harrow, She is of the same type as the EL-S4 wfcicfc crossed the Atlantic, nt larger. offered to recruit volunteers when he returned to America. In three weeks he had1 selected 200 former American army officers, all of whom had t>een service in France. Colonel Sweeny sailed for Poland in September of last year with the first of his officer contingent He was not long In getting Into the fight and In recognition of his splendid services Poland commissioned him a brigadier general. This Irish-American-Polish general for whom a soft life held no appeal, began his career on the battlefield on leaving West Point after he tried mining for a while. Soldier of Fortune. He went to Mexico and got a weuiid • ^ l'\ Byt JJncle Sam reasuty iDepartment Is Spending Million Dollars to En- % *ourage Saving. -' ' WANTS PEOPLE' TO INVEST - Carrying on Campaign for the Sale of * Thrift Stamps, War Saving Stamps «|»d Saving Certificates -- ;; School Rooms Organized. ^ Washington.--Uncle Sam ia vendx':' lag $1,000,000 this year, through the -savings division of the treasury deapartment, in an effort to encourage if thrift f The expenditure of $1,000,000 compares with an expenditure last year of approximately $4,000,000, and the staff • of employees which comprises a force 4 In Washington and an organisation In *|t every federal reserve district compares with the grpat fprce Inherited from the war. Advfccatea Opening of tank Aooounts. The savings division carries on the 'campaign for the sale of Thrift .stamps. War Savings stamps and saving certificates, but these sales are ?merely a side line to the general ef- •a fort, for just as much stress is being put upon the opening of savings accounts in the banks as upon the sale of stamps. Through the subsidiary organizations just as much effort Is being made to have the' housewife keep • budget as thaw Ja effort to propagandize the homes in the Interest of government securities. In the period from December 1, 1917, to January 1, 1919, the sale of government securities, exclusive ot Liberty and Victory bonds, reached more than $1,000,000,000. In 1919 the sales dropped to $134,230,637.84. In the first Six months of this year the sales dropped to $26,985,842. But the Report of the six months of the year is no indication of what the final report will be, according to O. CL Lester of the savings division, whe says the people do not save as much during the summer months as at other times. School Rooms Are Organized. When the government tirst Initiated Its drive for thrift and asked the aasistance of the people, the Kavflfgs division was organized and the request made for other organizations to co-operate with it A drive was made to Interest the school organizations, the organizations of women, the clubs and Industrial concerns and others. But the effort was not entirely successful and the policy has been reversed. The government is now saying to all these organizations that it is ready to< cooperate with them and success is being had. Thousands of school "tome are now organized and In many dtles and states courses in thrift are being made a regular part of the curriculum. Industrial concerns have also organized their clubs. Women are teaching the necessity of the budget in the home. Fraternal organizations have Joined In and the entire groundwork for the savings campaign h«p been laid* • in the ICadero affair. Upon recovery, Sweeny packed op for South America, where he took a hand In several of the revolutions. He got Into the world war as a private In the Foreign Legion. In the first Champagne battle In September, 1915, he was commissioned a lieutenant on the field for gallantry. He was severely wounded and gassed In this battle, and on a hospital cot In Parts be was awarded the cross of the Legion of Honor. Two other Important deworatlons were bestowed on him In rapid succession and he had a greet reputation for bravery. Soon after being made a captain of the French forces, he was sent to the United States upon advice of Ambassador Sharp as an Instructor In 1917. Sweeny was commissioned a major the United States anuy and helped to train the Eightieth division at Camp Lee, Va. He *went overseas with this division,. got shot up In the Argonne and was promoted lieutenant colonel for gallantry before the enemy, and assigned to the staff of the A. B. F. STORK BUSY IN NEW YORK Birth Rate High Shows Increase Despite Cost--Decline In Death Rate. New York.--Despite the hig^i cost of living, "shortage of housing and the scarcity of domestic servants, the actual birth rate In New York city is going up at a rapid rate, according to health authorities' statistics Issued here. The figures show that the birth rate per thousand for the first seven months of 1920 was 22.34, against the rate of 21.90 in the same period last year. The rate of Infant mortality for the Inst yepr on each 1.000 births was 83, while the preceding years show a much higher figure on the records. Eggs Proved Too Frail As Carriers of Whisky Eggs may be all right to ship whisky In. but the baggage smashers must handle such cases with care. At a station In West Virginia some of the eggs broke and a* prohibition Inspector found three cases of "doctored" eggs. Each egg had been carefully "blown" from the shell. After whisky had been poured In, the aperture bad been aealed with cement i;VI't" .JBuilding (femes for the CSucago Homeless 2;.: The Chicago Housing association has undertaken a great social experiment In the erection of many homes for t: families which had nowhere to live owing to the bouse shortage in that city. The homes are of brlek. two stories, f and the tenant pays rental of about $35 a month which is applied on the purchase price. The bouse is sold at exact «*«• O * .. •; , /. '*"n 11 1 ' ' . 1 • ^ t . 1 U. & SHIPPING JUMPS Now Firms Quarter of the Tonof tk Of More Than 900 er Cant Sinaa 1914--America la In Second Place. ' JLoadoo.--According t» Lloyd's Bag- I X Tfiler of Shipping for 1920-21 Jnst ta- : sued, the seagoing tonnage of the Uniw,; ted States apart from Great Lakes sfiipping, has -increased since 1914 by S}$" -v ever (00 per cent and now stands at ; 12,408,000 tons. Thus the United Cir: states comes second only to the Un' ted Kingdom which bar 18,111,000 j' tons. Japan, which in 1914 took sixth place. Is now third, with 2,996,000 tons, closely followed by France with 2,963,- 000 tons. Including sailing ships, but excluding tonnage on the Great Lakes, the glutted Btatea now owns 24 per cm of the world's tonnage as against 4.7 per cent six years ago, the Register states. The^figures shown for the formerly belligerent countries include a considerable amount of enemy tonnage provisionally allocated to those countries. Germany, which In 1914 occupied. after the United Kingdom, the first position with over 5,000,000 tons of shipping, now only owna 419,000 tons* The steam tonnage owned by the principal maritime countries In June, 1920, totalled 53,905,000, an increase of 8,501000 tons as compared with June, 1914; bat it is computed that the world's net loss In shipping through the war, taking into ..ecount the suspension in normal shipbuilding activities, amounts to 3,516,(MX) tons. There is a reduction in sailing tonnage since pre-war days of 614,000 tons, a much smaller decrease than in any previous six year period abd doubtless accoanted for* sagp the 9«cister, by the shortage of other tonnage having given new life to the construction of sailing vessels. The United States, the oufy country which has Increased sailing tonnage since 1914, now owns over 43 per cent of the world's sailing tonnage. STANDARDIZATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR ECONOMICAL MARKET SYSTEM The basket on the right may appear to hold more potatoes, but in fact it contains fewer potatoes than the one on the left It Is generally agreed that if food costs are to be lowered a more economical system of distribution of farm products must be perfected and placed In practical use. Standardization, say experts of the bureau of markets, United States department of agriculture, is the essential basis for such a system. This means not only standard grades for fruits and vegetables, but standards for the containers in which they are packed. Should Sell by Weight The bureau of markets is charged with the enforcement of the United States standard container act which provides only for standard capacities for grape and berry baskets used in Interstate commerce. The application of thi9 law has resulted In the widespread use of these containers In intrastate commerce also, for shippers have come to appreciate the benefits derived froba the use of uniform methods of marketing such fruits. Standardization of larger shipping containers, such as hampers and round-stave baskets, is equally desirable, say the bureau's experts. Of course the best method Is to sell produce by the pound, but where It Is Impracticable to sell by weight uniform containers should be used. Bushel baskets of peaches from Georgia and Colorado should contain the same quantity of peaehes. The same If true of any other food commodity shipped In hampers or baskets. An Illustration of how the present methods result In dissatisfaction Is the case of a Florida producer who recently shipped potatoes to the New York market in a container with which the trade was not familiar. Although the potatoes were of high quality difficulty was experienced In disposing of them. When they were finally aotd the price was considerably lower per pound than that commanded by potatoes packed in the customary man tier. At present there are about flftji types of hampers and over twenty sizes of round-stave baskets in use. Many of these sizes are simply the outgrowth of custom in various shipping localities; others are used for the express purpose of deception. And aside from the confusion and uncertainty that result from the use of dozens of different kinds of containers millions of dollars are annually lost through destruction of produce In transit on account of the weak construction of the containers used. Would Reduce Number of Contalnera. Many large growers, shippers and basket manufacturers appreciate the desirability of reducing the number of these containers, and a nation-wide movement is on foot to eliminate many of them. Co-operative selling organizations are already dol^g much to promote uniformity and standardization. It means money to them not only because of the familiarity of the trade with the containers used but In permitting methods of loading Into cars that reduce the likelihood of breakage to a minimum. After a careful canvass of the situation the bureau of markets believes, and in this those who have studied the problem are of the same opinion, that five standard hampers and four standard round-stave baskets are sufficient to meet all shipping requirements. The speclflchtlcrhs provide for volume, dimensions or shape and strength. In addition to the advantages of uniformity the adoption of these sizes will enable the railroads to work out loading rules that will permit of a more Intensive utilization of car space, and which will be bound to reduce to a minimum claims Ml account of damage in transit. ? WHY DBU6SISTS REGOSMBD SWAMP-ROOT Vtar many yean druggists have with attach interest the remarkable record maintained by Dr. Kilmer"• Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder meditiae. It is a physician's prescription. Swamp-Root is a strengthening neS sine. It helps the kidneys, liver and bladler do the work nature intended they ihould do. Pwafcnp-Root has stood the test of years. It is sold by «n druggists on its merit md it shoald help yen. No other kidney medicine has so many friends. Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start treatment at once. However, if you wish first to test this treat preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer A Co., Bingluunton, N. Y., far a tample bottle. When writing he sure and mention this paper.--Adv. Empty vessels make the most sound. --French, German* Dutch andJPfUtlsh Proverb. PrafMaed dimensions for Standard Hampers. Inside, Dimensions <> Capacity Diameter Diameter Slant TMekneas Of Bottom Heteht of Stave of Stave .a ? a i a .9 » peck f bushel 'J . . . « . » . . . w . » . . bushel bushels No. J. S% bushels No. of Top 13 15* 1*4 UK 1-10 1-10 i t Proposed dimensions for Standard Round Stave Baskets. ^*«Sh5*pae,tjr 1 bushel . v Mt bushels I bushels Itislde Diameter at Top .r Average Inside Depth «* 1014 12% 1* • Number of Stavee » J» *M Thickness of Staves 1-90 1-18 1-1« 1-1« MOSAIC DISEASE OF POTATOES PREVENTED YMd«f Mf«eted Tuber* I* Great- * ly Reduced. Human Chain Saves flirt. Chippewa Falls. Wis.--To the presence of mind of Miss Marie Cuddy of Spooner, Wis., Miss Norma Marshall of Chippewa Falls owes her Iffe. The two girls, with four other girls, were bathing In Popple lake when Miss Marshall stepped Into a deep hole and went under. None of the girls could swim but Miss Cuddy quickly lined them upr -and formed n human chain form a tree on the shore to the drowning girl. Miss Cuddy grabbed her as she came up the second time, and the human chain pulled her In. She was revived after ten minutes ad hard work. Aliment Is Spread by Aphlds or Plant Lias Which Carry Infection Pram Plaid to Another Maij|»>>.g .jV nrss of Control. «.v- Prevention of mosaic disease of Irish potatoes, which decreases yields of affected potatoes 20 tQ 50 per cent, and for which no satisfactory control measures have been generally adopted, now appears possible as a result of a series of Investigations conducted In Maine i by specialists of the United States department of agriculture and the Maine agricultural experiment station. The essential points are that mosaic Is carried over from season to season and from farm to farm by planting potatoes from diseased hills. The spread of mosaic In a field Is due mainly to aphlds or plant Hce, which feed upon moisaic plants and then upon healthy ones. The potatoes thus Inoculated may show the disease very soon, or It may not appear until the following season. when the progeny wiil develop mosaic. Mosaic may be spread also by rubbing crushed leaves of diseased plants upon healthy ones, and by in-. Jections of the Juice of diseased plants. The percentage of diseased plants In a field may not change greatly from year to year, but the tendency Is for the mosaic to Increase, partlcularly when aphlds are abundant. Seed from hills that grew near mosaic bills are more likely to yield mosaic progeny, and more so if the parent hill contains only two or three tubers, and as the relative size ot the tuber In the parent hill Is greater and as the seed-piece is nearer the bud end or Is larger. The conclusions drawn from the experiments are that the first essential ts to secure seed stock from fields entirely free from mosaic, or as nearly eo as can be found. These potatoes shoald be Isolated from all fields where ^mosaic occurs and every effort should be made to prevent attack by aphlds. Thus far, Colorado beetles and flea beetles have not been found to transmit mosaic, nor does the disease live over In the soil except in volunteer tu- An eastern city has motorized its street cleaning department by Installing tractors In place pf horses to drav INCREASED NUMBER OF EQ6S Tan Hans Given Abundance of .Room Will Lay More Than Twenty In Crowded Enclosure. II k|n keen shown that ten hens in a house that gives them plenty qf room will lay more eggs than 20 hens that are crowded; hence, one not only gets fewer eggs when there are too many hens-together, but the cost of the food ^oppjt of the w«k WEIGHT 0F.SILAQI . Frequent tnqutries about* the weight of settled silage are made to the Iowa agricultural experiment station. The average weight per cubic foot of settled silage to the various depths In a silo has been figured out as follows: 10 ft., 35 lbs.; 11 ft., 35.3 lbs.; 12 ft., 85.6 lbs.; 18 ft., 35.® lbs.; 14 ft, 88.2 lbs.; 15 ft., 36.4 lbs.; 16 ft., 86.7 lbs.; 17 ft., 86.9 lbs.; 18 ft, 87.1 lbs.; 19 ft., 37.3 lbs.; 20 ft., 87.5 lbs.; 21 ft,, 87.6 lbs.; 22 ft, 87.8 lbs,; 28 ft., 38.0 lbs.; 24 ft., 38.1 lbs.; SB ft., 88.8 lbs.; 26 ft, 88.4 lbs.; 27 ft., 38.6 lbs.; 28 ft., 38.7 lbs.; 29 ft., 88.9 lbs.; 80 ft., 89.0 lbs. To find the number of coble feet of silage in a silo find the radius, or one-half the diameter of the silo (inside) In feet; multiply that number by Itself and then by 3.1416 and you have the cubic feet for one foot of depth; multiply that product by the depth of the silage in feet and yon have the total cubic feet THICKEN STAND OF ALFALFA Labor Involved and Cost of Seed la i Utthi Compared With Plowing " and Reseeding. flftifie It Is not always possible to thicken a thin stand of alfalra, the labor Involved and the cost of seed is little as compared with plowing and reseeding entirely, which makes a trial well worth while. It is worth trying if the old plants are hardy and vigorous. Indicating favorable soil conditions. If the old plants are weak ft Is well to learn the difficulty before spending more money and time tb get a stand. RIDDING LAND OF THISTLES Alfalfa la Excellent Crop as It la Ctit , Three Times in Season, Thus Killing Weed* AMiife !s a splendid crop land of Canada thistles, because the alfalfa is cut three times during the summer and the Canada thistles will soon become exterminated, If they are cot three times a year, so this Is a good way to get rid ef them aw a good crop besides. DESTROY LICE IN BROODERS Excellent Plan to Make Sure That Alt Venn In Is Cleared Prom Ceope Before Storing After the chicks get toe big for brooders or coops and are ready to start roosting in the houses, it is well to make sure no lice or mites remain in the coops and brooders before they art put away for "Cold In the Head** •a an scute attack of Nasal Catarrik. Those subject to frequent "colds In the head" will find that the use ot HAIX'S CATARRH MEDICINE will build up the system, cleanse the Blood and render them less liable to colds. Repeated attacks of Acute Catarrh may lead to Chronic Ce.tarrh. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE is taken Internally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sye- :em, thus reducing the Inflammation and *estorlnK normal conditions. All Druggists. Circulars free. F. J. Cheney (k Co., Toledo, OhiO. Sure. Relief 6 BCLMNI Hot water Sure Relief RE LL-ANS ft# FOR INDIOCSTIOM BETTER DEAD Life la a burden when the body is racked with pain. Everything worries and the victim buiomM despondent and downhearted. Ta fcrio^ hack the sunahina taft* COLD MEDAL The Kind. 1 understand the candidate, •peak of is a climber in politics." "Tea; a front-porch climber." you USE "DIAMOND DYES" Dye right! Don't risk your material In a poor dye. Each package of "Diamond Dyes'* contains directions so simple that any woman can diamond-dye a new, rich, fadeless color Into old garments, draperies,. cover* ings, everything, whether wool, silk, linen, cotton or mixed goods. Buy "Diamond Dyes"-- no other kind--then perfect results are guaranteed. Druggist has "Diamond Dyes Color Card"--10 rich colom Adv. If you \take care oit the pennies the dollars will probably b'e blown by your heirs. The national remedy at Holland fc* ewer* 200 years; it is an enomy of ell pair* resalting from kidney, liver and uric troubles. All drngglais, three sixae. Imok tm Ik* »>i CeM MaM mm «»•? I TtaMsUr'sLifcSavti "Peterson Ointment Co., Very severe sore on ray leg am a teamster. X tried all salves, but withoat success. tors, but they failed to cure me. 1 coaMart sleep for many nights from pata. Doetmt said I could not live tor mors than tms years. Finally Peterson's Ointment WBJS recommended to me and by its use sore was entirely heeled. Than! ~ yours, William Haase, West Park, care P. G. Reltx, BOx 199." Peterson says: "I am prOud at above letter and have hundreds of Ofl that tell of wonderful cures of Piles and Skin Diseases." Peterson's Ointment Is X CfBtS a box. Mail orders flMed by Petersen Otataaeal Co., Buffalo. To get on without capital. Literal: Be picks up a grain and opens a mill. •--Chinese Proverb. Stock Raising In WESTERN CANAIA Is as profitable as grain . Successes aa wonderful aa thoae from growing wheat, oats, barley, and fiaa have been made in raising He«aaa» Cattle, Sheep and Hogs. BrfgM» Sunny climate, nutritioua good water, enormous fodder < these spelt success to Ilia fanner ; stock raiser. And remember, yoa afta hay on easy terms Farm Land at / SIS to $30 an Acri For The Best Shine --lang equal to that which thrtnffe . . __ __ __ . many years has yielded Cross aa So 41. Ask Fox* The Can kMkt>* °* «»> araamar land convenient to Kood grain farms ah proportionately low prices. These lanoa have every rural convenience; good schools, churches, roads, telephones, etc., close to live towns and good markets. It you want to get back to the (tm or to farm on a laricer scale than Is pee* sible under your present coMttMHk Investigate what Westers to stw yesk For lllwstrated It tarsi ara wttl particulars restrains location THAT SMALL BROTHER AGAIN This Time It Really Seeme That Ha Haa Cooked 8lster Evelina's for things do fall oat awkwardly, don't they? One evening the fair Evelina waa expecting her latest admirer to call and her mother hadn't come back from shopping. So, while Evelina slipped upstairs to don her best blouse and some powder on her nose, the young brother was left on guard. The expected visitor arrived, and was ushered Into the parlor by William Edward, who promptly began ta ask questions, as small boys always do. "Mr. Slowcombe," ha aald, "what's a popinjay?" "A popinjay, my boy," repeated the. young man, thinking bard. "Why--er --It's a rare bird." "Are you a bird,. Mr. 81owcombe?" "Of course notl Ha, Hal" squirmed bis victim. "Well, that's funny!" mused William Edward. "Last nlgnt, after you'd gone, ma said you were a Jay, and father said there was uo doubt about that, but there didn't seem much poppin' the question about you. And now you say you're not a bird at all!" Losing a Favorite Theme. "I'm kind of sorry to see this votes for women question so close to settlement," remarked Mr. Meekton. "Don't you approve of votes for women?" "Yes Indeed. But I've heard Henrietta talk on the tariff and the League of Nations and most everything and I honestly think a suffrage speech la the be& thing she does." Of Course Congregation Could Away, But He Had the Minister In Tight Place. There waa bad blood hetwaca m. parish clerk and the minister of a tw* tain country church. Neither of Chaai ever missed a chance of getting • of his own back. • One Sunday the clerk had a special Invitation out to church with a friend after the evening service, whereupon . he asked the minister If be would mind keeping his sermon short t It was too good a chance to mtsa. , The minister took a few deep breaths, and preached, for one hour and a quarter by the clock. By this time the aid clerk's wrath was at boiling polnfe' He hafdly waited for the preacher to resume bla * seat before springing up and announcing loudly: "Psalm one hundred and nineteen. Fro' end t' end. He's preached -dl evening, and we'll sing att naetr-f[: London Answers. Settled. Ton know what suburbs are for go#- sip, don't yon? Well, listen to this! Ruiuor charged a resident in a northeast suburb with dragging hia wife from a certain meeting and compelling Uer to return home yith him. 1*he man let the stpry travel until he hnd n fair opportunity to give it a broadside, and then he replied in tha local paper as follows; "lb the first place, I never attemptfd to influence my -wife in he* viewa |>r her choice of a meeting. "Second, my wife did net attend tha meeting in question. "In the third place, I did not attend the meeting myself. "Finally, I never had a wiffe.** Lgai don Answers. . > Rapid transit Is all right for thosf . who do not happen to step la fronI of It. lem.ami already sweetened it developed indie BT " * -to-eat tBe Its flavor appeals and there is no waste* Mum Coed CbJnc^atfli CwekJttk /« aC,-.' r'*'\