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Show LITTLE SEEDS OF KINDNESS. How Representative Curtis Came Near Making an Enemy. Secretary Wilson is receiving numerous nu-merous requests from all parts of the country for seeds, and is replying to all of them that congress at this session ses-sion has made no provision for seed distribution, and there are no seeds left on hand at the department of agriculture. ag-riculture. Representative Charles Curtis of Kansas, who was one of the contestants in the recent fight for senatorial sen-atorial honors, told a story to-day about the farmers in connection with this matter. One of his newly elected elect-ed compeers came to him in great indignation. in-dignation. The compeer was rapidly reaching the conclusion that a career in congress was humiliating sort of business. With a few words more j forcible than elegant, he showed Curtis Cur-tis a postal card he had just received. Its back merely bore this inscription: "H. D. Jones, Ownena, Kansas." Nothing Noth-ing more, nothing less. There was no key to the possible code; no accompanying accom-panying diagram to explain the brief but apparently inexplicable puzzle. "What are you going to do about it?" asked Curtis, smilingly. "Do about it? Fold up the postal very carefully and throw it In the waste basket, of course." "Then you can count on losing a few votes next campaign." "Why?" asked the surprised lew statesman. "Simply," replied Curtis, "that that is an established way for asking for government seeds. You'll get a great many of them before the time comes for the annual seeds distribution to begin, and what such postals mean is to pat the name forwarded on your list of those to whom you will have the seeds sent this year out of your allotment from the agricultural department." de-partment." It was a surprise to the new member, and he went away muttering mut-tering at the divers duties of congressmen, congress-men, but, nevertheless, his constituent, constitu-ent, Jones, was one of the first to get the seeds in the ensuing distribution. New York Tribune. |