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5upplement TO- uE DALLES CHRONICLE. ,TlKUir, SEPTEMBER 22. ;aWB0Y STORIES ABOUT ROOSEVELT. of the Cattlemen. kiiit Order Glvea to the Cow Punch- er4 Hi - Experience witli Broncho The Colonel Woo Test of Friendship. T. most Interesting letter la the Chl- tito Record, dated at Medora, N. D., H'illiim E. Curtis repeat many of the ,-or told him by the ranchmeu and rowboys of North Dakota and eastern ir.,t.n relative to Got. Roosevelt He isj they remember him most kindly and tasid?r him one of themselves. Among lihert Mr. Curtis relate the following: A. T- Packard, now of Chicago, was tJit'or of the Bad Lauds Cowboy when Roosevelt wai ranching up on the Little Uiuouri, and has many pleasant recol lections of those day a. Buid he: "lou tinnot pay a higher compliment to Theo- Bor Roosevelt than to say that he won kb friendship of every cowboy in the fed Lands. There isn't on earth a more Independent, self-thinking lot of men than lbese same cow-punchers. They have the kx-ultr of shocking a man out ot his trust and looking bis renl character lanarely in the face. If they like him It li a pretty safe guess that the man will pass muster anywhere for hi sterling worth, and it is just as safe for any one who differs from such a conclusion about J btoowrelt to keep his opinion to himself Id the Bad Lands. The cowlioy is per pertly willing at all times to back up in ny way his friendship for IVuosevelt. I jwunder what would have happened to lAltgeld If he hail delivered his Toledo tpeech at a Bad Lands round-up? "Itoosevelt had just established his 'uiimiey Unite ranch and was driving !a some cuttle when I luniled at Medora, o (list I was coteniporary with hitu. lis name was a little too much for the verage cowboy, and at first he wns gen-;-ill.v known us Roosenf elder. That he as destined to popularity was shown :y an almost iinniedinte change to nick Esmes, chief of which were 'Old Four lives,' because he wore spectacles with mormons glasses, and 'Skin Tooth,' which has been sufficiently explained by therartounist. "Nothing amused the cowboys more than Iioosevelt's choice of words and manner of speech,. He was, the purist in . injrunso, ami at first was unable to Afickle the cow-punchers' slung. While ljiviug the first bunch of cattle to his L'h.mney Butte ranch a number of them started up a coulee. An experienced fore man would have shouted: 'Get a git on fou there and head them steers,' or 'Hit th high places and turn 'em.' Roose elt' order, while equally sharp, nearly Piralyied the thine eow-ouncher. It haa fcten treasured and told and retold where ver two or more eow-pnncbers have knlliered together. Standing in his stir rups, he opened his steel-trap mouth and belled: 'llMsten quickly forward yonder.' 'be wonder was it didn't stampede the rU. "In the Chimney Butt horse herd," Continued Mr. l'nckard, "was a brtiucuo med Devil. When yon find a-horse In ltbe West with such a name you can be ure he has earned it. Devil had. One flcr another the eowboys had tried their lt to 'stay with the leather' on him. pud none had succeeded, even with the "l of a 'life-preserver' and hobbled stir rups, lie had been given up as a 'spoil- d' horse, especially after he bad acquir A the. playful habit of trvine in bile and Bump on the rider after he had thrown ih!m. Roosevelt decided to ride Devil and 'ime him for a saddle horse. It took I'iree men to rope and tie kirn down while blind snd saddle were being put on, and be was then led to the edrre of the ii'Utle Missouri and headed for a aulck- !Bd. Roosevelt ninnntiul WLixl off the Find, md then heirs n whit was called Jt the time 'the gaul durndest pnnoram F the Kad Lands has ever saw. The first jump took Devil into the middle of quicksand and Macmonnies' fountain P'eCnme Hnntl-t vim liv fflmnflriunn r nd, water. li H nierged into solid body. Finally there r s a separation and Roosevelt 'ascend M to take I.M.b mt w vntiilnv Hill None facetiously remarked. The next rr ncj the next and the next there -was pn Mine 'panorammer,' but finally came I "ay when Roosevelt 'stayed with the ther' and brought Devil, thoroughly ;nied, back to the ranch. It mav not r'lind like much in the tellig, but a man "no can tame a horse with Devil's repu lsion can divide the last chew of tobae- r with a COW-nnnrW And that Is a fial test of fiiendshlD. Ha at once be- rm 'Teddy' to every cowboy In the Bud Ths Prosperity Alphabet. Abnndanet of work. fatter times. Calamity dethroned, j'uty performed, r-xpnnslon realised, silver exposed. "Id standard continued. I I'owali annexed. Independence to Cuba, Jjiti-i to all. Knowledge promoted. Libertr extended. McKinley' re-election, "tionnl honor upheld. "I'Portunltles Improved. ' roteetlon assured. Q"ntitiet of employment, lioosorelt a winner, "lability of credit. Trade extended. ' nion forever. j""'"es nnheld. s increased. "Xa" m u.uiv i-IITIIU. nkee Doodle Dandy, wudii. at prosperltj. Sk I "I telbyou, increase and mul'iply aud expand is the Uw of this uaiion's exist ence. You cannot limit this gr-at repub lic by mere boundary lines, saying 'Thus far shalt thou go aud no further." Just so far as our interest require addition.il territory, in the North, in the South, or on the islands of the ocean. 1 sm for it." Stephen A. Douglas, one of I.inculu's opponents in the election of ljO. "I prefer to trust McKinley and Influ ence the policy of my party later in a way to give the distant land the best and freest trust a party that has been instrumental iu nircmg me ailoption of the treaty in the Sen ite and now holds the Tresident responsible for doing his duty. I cannot trust a party which is so anxious for the rights of the Filipinos, and tramples these sacred rights under foot ia eur land in the Souti." Rabbi Hirsth. "What I want to say la thla: We are on the eve of a campaign second in im portance to none other in the history of our party, a campaign on the issues of which depend our future prosperity. I don't propose to discuss these issues, but I want to say a few words to sound a note of warning which the importance of thi campaign justifies me in saying, not only to the Republicans of New Jersey, but to the Republicans of the whole country. It is your duty and the time ia st hand when every man, no matter how humble, how prominent or influential, is called upon to contribute all the efforts, all the influence in bis power to perpet uate this administration. I tell you, my friends, in all sincerity and hon esty, it will not do to take anything for granted, not to neglect a single effort, nor miss a trick. We are confronted by a desperate foe. The fate of Bryanism hangs in the balance. If killed now, It ia killed forever." M. A. Ilunua, in Aa bury Park speech. "Our business, that Is, the retail house for which 1' speak, bus euch year for sev eral years, handsomely surpassed its predecessors. The last six months have shown greater sales by a large percent age, and there is more general satisfac tion than has ever been shown hereto fore. Our pay roll is much larger than 5 T II L r laiKS Dy Prominent Men. NOT TO BE CAUGHT WITH CHAFF. DEAR BOY LETTERS No. 2. My DCar Boy You say that you have read Mr. Bryan's speech at Indiaipotis and that "there are some things in it that appear to be reasonable." Well, Mr. Bryan is a very phEant speaker and can make a plausible show ing when be has a very weak case. He is a clever, respectable gentleman who "earns bis bread by the sweat of bis jaw," and he has learned his trade very well. But let me call your attention to a few solid facts for you to consider be fore yqu feel inclined to yield your miud to his brilliant generalities about Impe rialism. 1. Mr. Bryan's record proves him to be an unsafe leader. He is a theorist rather than a practical man of affairs, fn every rsmpaign in the past and upon every issue heretofore presented to the people for settlement, Mr. Bryan has been mistaken, ine results nave proyeu that he was mistaken. The natural pre sumption Is that he Is mistaken now. When a Democratic Congressman and also a Populist leader In 18U2, Mr. Bryan was very sure that free trade was the thing needed to Insure prosperity in the United States. He was sure that the "robber tariff" was making it hard for the farmer and the wage earner to live. He and those who believed as he did succeeded in convincing the people, snd the Wilson bill, a free trado measure, was adopted and became a law. Three years of bitter experience proved that Mr. Bryan snd bis friends were mistaken. Factories were closed laboring men were without employment; capital found no productive investment, and the produce of the farm brought no adequate return to the farmer from L8!)3 to 1807 while this free trade bill was the law. In 1800 Mr. Bryan and his Democratic Populist following dropped the tariff Is sue like a hot potato and took up that of free silver. During that campaign he declared that If the free coinage of sil ver at the ratio of 10 to 1 was not adopt ed, if a gold standard continued to be the law and became the fixed policy of the country, "that prices will go down Is s certain as the law of gravitation;" that "the rich will grow richer and the poor poorer;" that "there will be a de crease In the amount of money In circula tion;" that "the army of the unemployed will continue to increase." Results have proved that Mr. Bryan was again mistaken. Kvery one of his predictions turned out to lie false. We have now a protective tariff and the gold standard law. Prices have gone up In stead of down, while the rich have grown richer, the poor have shared In the gen eral prosperity, the amount of money in circulation haj largely increased, and la bor waa never more generally employed nor more adequately rewarded than now. Is it not fair to presume that the gen tleman who has always been mistaken upon every other leading Issue Is oiistak ea about luwerialuuu which he declares j at say period in our history, secoost uf Wor ne,l being employed and ls bau cf higher aUrie. Ia faet, ths K'-nrrai sversge wr wage is bigner to-day than st sny time within my kuowledge. Anticipating. I might say that the gen f i ouiluvk for all trade is very gooj aud we have at this uiouicnt no reason to question the satUfactoriues of the last six months of the present year " E. A Scltridge, of Marshall Field & Co. "Go into sny city or town east of th Missouri and north of the Ohio rivers, and you will find SO per cent of the business men hostile to the supremacy of the Dem ocratic party. I have not seen one busi ness man who U not ennhdent that Pres ident McKinley will be re-elected, and this very confidence may prove disas trous. Over-contideuee is the only dan ger which th res tens the Republicans. If the busiuess interests were not so sure of success there would not be any doubt a hour the result in November. There ia a seuse of absolute security in the busi ness world which is highly compliment ary to the Republicans, but over-confidence may beget apathy. That is the only thing we have to guard against." Chairman Henry C. Payne. "Originally, Croker was genteel tough. Ha had his uses. Then he grew rich, the devil knows how, and set op for a vulgar swell. Now he la the merest fash sport of the la-da-da variety, all shirt front and shiners, and quite bereft of brains. In the long run, what Hill will do to him will be a-plenty." Henry Watterson (Democrat). Germans Commend Expansion. Commenting on the recently published report ot international trade, the Weser Zeitung says that expansion pays glori ously In the case ot the United States, and advises Germany to pattern herself after the new world. It points out that four years ago the trade of the United States with Cuba amounted to only 000,000, while it now reaches $18.000,. 000. Likewise four years ago the trade with Porto Rico. Hawaii and the Phil ippines was $2.0" 10, U00, $4,000,000 and $500,000 respectively. Now the Torto Rican commerce amounts to $4,000,000, that of Hawaii to $13,000,000, and that with the Philippines to $2,500,000. Money Ia Cheap. Western towns and counties now bor row money st about 3'4 per cent. Truly prosperity benefits everybody. to be the "paramount issue of this cam paign?" 2. Your father remembers two cam paigns before this when imperialism and militarism were the keynote of the Dem ocratic war cry. The first was in 1SH4, when the mignty Lincoln, whose name you bear, was a cuiiilidate for re-election. I was not quite old enough to vote for him, although I was carrying an Knfield rifle in the Union army, and I remember how unjust it seemed to me because I was old enough to fight and not old enough to vote. I remember that our Democratic friends said that the re-election of Lincoln meant the downfall of the republic and the establishment of an empire by force of arms. - The same cry came to the front In 1ST2 wten Gen. Grant was a candidate for re election. "Caesaiisiu," "nepotism" and "military tyranny" were the sum and substance of every Democratic speech, and the downfall of the republic was pre dicted if Grant should be elected. Well, the logic of events proved that our Democratic friends were mistaken. Lincoln and Grant were elected, but th republic lived on. No empire was estab lished. No army tyrannized over the peo ple. The natiou grew and prospered. Free speech, free schools and a free press not only continued, but enlarged their privileges and powers. In this letter 1 have shown you that the presumption is against the Demo cratic positiou. In every campaign for forty years the logic of events has proved that the Dem ocrats were wrong and the Republicans right. Tt Is not unfair to presume that such la th case this year. YOU It FATHER. Germany Prosperous Under Protection Germany adopted the protective policy In 1ST8 and in 1S81 and again in lss5 the tariff wss made higher and the en forcement more stringent. Kruest K. Williams In the National Review (F.nj lishl contrasts the development under the protective policy. In 18ii5-fi9, under free trade, the sver sie annual production of coal was '.'It, 1142.000 tons; in 18U5-0H it was 8."i,2:k), 000 tons. In lH0."i-(10 the pig Iron production av eraged l.Uio.OOO tons; In lS'JJ the pro duction wss 8.142,000 tons. Prosperity follows protection. Katlnat on 13 Cent n Put. A New York yellow journal Is vigorous ly advocating the election of William J. Bryan for President, and at the same time daily printing articles to prove that It Is possibU for a man to live on fifteen cents a day wages. This is a very con aiMtent thinir to do under such rirrum- stnnces. With Bryan President there might soon lie such a state of aff airs tlist the working man would be glad to earn fifteen rent a day, and it is a good thing for him to be informed that he ran live well and grow fat and prosperous on that Inwne according to the ycUow Democratic organ in question. LU 1U LVJ W JM ISJ V J -SJ oTMniu nnT?vn tumttv M K mm bitfli a MiviiLi. i A Story of Country Life. BY ALMA L PARKER, GUIDE ROCK, NEB. A Story In Nine Chapters, as follows 1. The sign on the house. 2. Supply and demand. 3. Simou's fight for his honor, t. Cynthia grows skeptical. 5. The road to the poorhouse missed. S. The Spanish-American war. T. Vlunle Grey's remarkable speech. S. The Ideas of the Irishman. 0. Healing of the broach. CHAPTER I. The Sign on the House. It was an every-day occurrence to see Sluiou Grey standing on the street cor uors of Boousvllle, making wild ges tures with his hands. If the one lie was conversing with was on the oppo site side in politics, Simon wag always in a state of excited earnestness. "Po litical" Simon, he was often called. If any one wished to be posted on any political question of the day, be war ever ready to explain the subject, and you could see, by the all-wise aud self confident expression of his face, that he enjoyed himself In so doing. In his household politics was still his topic. He was over talking to the fam ily of the "free and unlimited coinage of silver at the rntlo of 16 to 1," till his children began to think that nnythll.e so gruud aud good must couie fruti God. "Pa's gettlu' happy asalu," shouted his little sou Jlmmie, as lie paused out of the door oue day with a pa'.nt brush We shull learu later what he did wltl the brush. Simon Grey did not notico him, so absorbed were big thoughts In the man who was to be the "nex Presi dent of the United States " Cyuthla, Simon's wife, was so busy peelln' apples and listening to her better half that she also failed to notice Jlmmie and the brush. Cyuthla was proud of her husband. She knew he bad an uncontrollable temper; yet his wisdom o'erbalauced -.hat defect. Her daughter Vlunle was jighly educated, and , most everyone said she was "naturally smart," and then It was Invariably added, "she takes after her father." It was the talk In Boousvllle that Vitinle Grey would be nominated for County Superintendent of Public Schools In Warble County. Simon said If she was nominated he would 'lectlou eer for her from morning till night, every day till election; that no Repub lican hnmbiig would ever defeat her. Simon had already beeu trying to prove to the people of Boonsville that his daughter Vlnnle was the one Warble County needed for Superintendent. She had been away to college; had taught school In Warble County for three suc cessive years, and the citizens of Boonsville knew ber by "experiment lal knowledge" to be a good teacher. She was now Instructor of the grammar de partment of the Boonsville city schools, aud many claimed she should have the high school, though the young profes sor. Glen Harrington, was "well liked." It seemed evident that Vlunle would receive the nomination; but as Cynthia aid, "You can never tell; don't count your chickens before they're hatched." "You always look on the dark side, Cynthia," said Simon. "Wrxh I bad a wife with a more cheerful disposition, and a better knowledge of the questions that so concern our welfare." 'Well, I guess as long as I bake your tread, mend your socks, and make your apple pies, and as long as you have enough wisdom for two, we can get along all right." Their conversation was here Inter rupted by Vlnnle entering the room. She bad Just returned from school. Vlnnle Grey was Indeed pretty. Whenever she came home her smile seemed to make the old home brighter. This evening disgust was depicted on her usually bright countenance. "Father." she said, "I was ashamed of my borne to-night. For the first time In my II To I felt humiliated wheu I came lu sight of the house." "Vlnnle," said her father, "Is It possi ble that because the young professor, Glen Harrington, has been paying at tentions to you for seme time, and be cause he Is sort of well-off, that you cherish hopes of a so much bettpr resi dence that you are ashamed of your home?" I am astonished:" said Vlnnle. "Whoever thought of such a ridiculous Idea! What made me nshamcd of my borne was the word "Bryan," In big black letters, over the front door. How did It happen to be there?" 'I knew nothing about It, Vlunle. You must be mistaken." "Indeed, I am not. If you know nothing about It, then Jimnile must be the perpetrator of the crime." Crime!" repeated Simon. "Would you consider that a crime? If he had have painted McKinley there you might so consider It, but such a noble name as Bryan looks well any place. It will show to the world that we are on the side of right." "It Is a disgrace," snld Vlnnle. "What will the Republicans think of us, and even the Democrats and Populists will know that Is not the place for bis name. Aa far as showing that we are on the tide of right, time may prov that we are on the side of wrong. 1 bellev that Free Silver U what we need, but I have uever studied the subject much, aud tt may be a mistake." "Vlnnle," Interrupted Simon. "Have n't you been readiu' the papers I take? Dou't them noble papers of mine con vince you that It Isn't a mistake? Why iu those countries where they have the silver standard of money, they are away ahead of us In riches aud chill tation." "The Mexicans and natives of heath en India, ahead of us lu civilization?" repeated Vlnnle. "Why, then, do we send them missionaries?" "I guess we don't teud any mission aries to Mexico." "But what about India." "They may send them there, but It Is very likely that it's a Republican scheme to make people think they dou't know anything." "It can t be possible, father, for It Is the church that sends missionaries, and lu regard to their riches, I am told that the laborers work for 0 cents day. We are continually bearing of the faru '.shlug people there. Charley Reynolds has traveled In Mexico, and you know what he says concerning their condi tion. Their laborlug classes live In ex treme poverty." "I don't want you to mention what old man Reynolds has said. These Re publlcnns will tell you anything for a devilish purpose. I dare say those Mexicans wouldn't trade their condi tions for ours. If they're not all rich down there. It's their own fault, but here lu this Infernal country a fellow cnu work day and night, selling 10-cent corn and 2-eent hogs and then, see tho mortgage curry away his farm. Them rich fellows up In Washington are get tlif richer off of our skin. O, It riles me to think of It! I do hope Coxey will make things hot for 'em. I shudder to thluk of McKinley's fate, If he's elect ed, and makes times ten times as bad as they are now. The only reason I should like to see McKinley elected Is to see these Republicans like Reynolds and old man Harrington squirm. My! Wouldn't they twist if bogs went still lower and wool wentcdown to nothing, where It would go, If It went any lower than It is now. Old Joe Harrington sells lots of eggs and butter, and if they declined any more, he'd have to sell bis cows and chickens; that Is, If be could find a buyer for 'em. "Nevertheless, seeing I am a patriot and not a tuau of spite, I hope to glory that Brynu will sink McKinley clear out of sight lu November, aud be will, so help me God!" Vlunle laughed to see her father's earnestness. Ills'volce hnd Increased In volumes 'till the "So help me God!" rang out with awful clearness. "Simon," said Cynthia, "anybody would think you was swearln'." "Let 'em think It If they want to. I guess its nobody's business If I call on God to help me down McKinley. I have beeu tbinkiu' of sending for my brother Ezra, back In Pennsylvania, to come out here, and help me down the Re publicans In Warble County. Now, none of my folks ever saw F.zra, and If you did, you'd be astonished w'1j bis great Intelligence. He Is a weil educated man, and honest as the day Is long. Father gave hlm a better school lug than he did me. which probably accounts for the difference In us at present. He made enough In bis younger days by his good skill and careful management to keep hlin the rest of his days. Ah! I wish you could see Ezra. I do wish he would come out here, and lecture In the cause of Free Silver during the campaign. Of course, he never was a real orator, but be Is a good talker used to make stump speeches at school to amuse the boys. Something like Abe Lincoln In thct respect." "Be a Joke on yon. Simon," snld Cyn thia, "If be was like Abe Lincoln In politics, aud be might be, for all you know." "Have you lust your reason?" said Simon. Impatiently. "Abrnlintn Lin coln didn't live In this age of the world. It wasn't quite such a disgrace to be a Republican then as It Is now. To be sure, Ezra has never told me his poli tics, but my reason tells me that a man as noble, as honest, and as Intelligent as be Is, could be nothing else but a Populist." Simon continued to eulogize his brother for some time, and then start ed for Boonsville to get the evening mull. Cynthia proceeded with the "nillkln and feedln' calves." If she bad been more Intellectual, more like Simon, she meditated, she might get! along with more pleasure aud less work. But Cynthia was quite content ed, though humble her surroundings. If Bryau was elected, Simon bad said, everything would be changed, she wouldn't have to drudge all her life. Nor did she believe that such a ca lamity ever could come, ns the election of McKinley, which Simon bad said would mean that "all but the classes would starve to death." ".Vow, Vlnnle," she meditated, "kind er hangs toward the Republicans. I heard her tellln' Anna and Mary (they were the twin girls of the household) that she Intended to make a study of the silver question, and at sit wouldn't be snrpt ! t: pa wad w roT. X- Anyway, she was golu' to let time prori all things to her. If McKinley waai elected aud time got better then h's kuow that our money system doea' n ceil changing, but If times got woraq then she'd thluk the Populists wr right, or If Bryan was elected she'dt. watch hi administration Just the saroau Anna had said that surely would ba the simplest way of proving which ld was right, but Mary, she kuew right! now that HI to 1 was Just what mm needed, that It meant sixteeen dollars) where we have one uow, and anybody ought to know that would be a gooS thing, aud then Vlnnie and Anna laugb ed aud said she had better flud out to) true meaulug of US to 1 before she coin uienced to argue." j "I hope," Cynthia thought to herself "that Vlnnle will be loyal to the PopoJ list party, for they may give her thai candidacy for Superintendent." Cynthia had now tiulshed mllklo' anoj gone to the kitchen, to help the girl with the eveulng work. Suddenly that door flew open, and Simon plunged lot the room. He bad returned much soon er than usual, and Cynthia wondered what could be the matter. He seemedi "mad," and without saying a word to explain his distorted appearance, threw a postal card on the table. With si heavy crash his fist came down after tt. From the noise produced, she mlghtl have thought be used a sledge hammer "Simon Grey, you'll break that ta-1 ble Are you crazy?" "No, sir! But darn the luck! ReaoJ that Infernal card and find out for yonr elf." Cynthia, pleklug It up, read theaw words: "W- , Pa., Sept 10. 1894 "Mr. Simon Grey. Boonsville: "Dear Brother I am coming to make) you a visit. Will arrive Wednesday oai the west-bound train. "Hurrah for McKinley!!! "EZRA GRET. CHAPTER II. Supply aud Demand. Five days bad passed" by since that postal card from Ezra Grey was ro-t celved. It was now the day for him tat arrive lu Boonsville. The County Convention of the Peo-r pie's Independent party hnd been heldj and Vlnnle Grey was successful In r4 celvlng the nomination. She was now candidate for County Superintendent of Public Schools lu Warble County ooj the Populist ticket. Political Simon was very proud of hl daughter, aud only one thing marred his happiness the awful fact that hi brother Ezra was Republican. His first Impulse after reading that "Hurrah for McKinley," followed by; three exclamation points, was to glv his brother a cool welcome, but after much thought and consideration he ds elded to treat bltu all right as long aai Ezra didn't let his neighbors know that he was Republican. He felt if It ba- came known In Boonsville It would dhv grace the Grey family, especially as h bad said so much about sending for hu brother to give a series of lectures 1 favor of Free Silver. It wns a bitter cup for hlm to swal low, but there was uo way to eseapaw So when Ezra Grey stepped from th platform of the train Simon graspedl bis hand and gave it a hearty shake, at the same time taking a secret survey of his clothes to see If be bad a McKinley button on. To his satisfaction ther was nothing about bis iierson to Inform people of the awful truth; so with real delight he Introduced hlm to all he met as his brother, Mr. Grey, from Peunsyl van I a. Just as they were preparing to start for home Ezra Grey's keen ear heard a group of men, near by, discussing hlm. One of the men. evidently a PopulUt was heard to remark: "Talk about the Populist party being composed of Ignorant men, and then, look at that fellow's face. Would yon call him an Ignoramus?" By this time the two brothers hadt started up the dusty road, and Ezr Grey beard no more of the conversa tion. "Say, Simon," he said, "did you hear those fellows discussing me? They seem to have the Impression that I ana a Populist. Wonder how they ever happened to thluk that?" he said, laugh ing. "Blame me for that," said Simon. "I told them that I bad a brother back la Pennsylvania capable of making speeches, and I thought of sending for hi in to lecture for Free Silver lu thest) parts through the campaign. This waa before I received your card, of course. Is it possible, Ezra, that you have not yet seen the light?" Ezra Grey chuckled. In spite of Si mon's solemnity. "The light? Is that the name they have for the silver delusion lu tills part of the country? So you are a 'Pop,' ar you. Simon?" "Indeed I am. I am proud of that dis tinction." "Well, Simon, I am truly sorry thai you have been led Into the silver trap. 1 have spent much time studying th subject, and I am thoroughly convinced! that free silver Is not what we ueedj and that It Is a fraud." (To be continued.) Why He Will Vote for Bryan. Prosperity has made labor scarce la Kansas and the thriving farmers ara compelled to import men to harvest tlia crops these days, said a well-know a wheat farmer who has Just harvested 100,000 bushels which brought him $70, 000. He aaid In the course of conver sation: "I voted for McKinley four years nsa, hut this year I am going to vote for Bryan." I asked him why, if condition were so prosperous. "Well," he said, "four year ago X could get all the labor I wanted at a dollar a day, but now I have hard work getting men at $:i anil even $.", and we farmer are too busy paying off mortgage to hunt the mea up." It strike me that some people ara; hard ta saliaf.