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 the request that application blanks, printed instructions and sample copies of examinations should be sent to her. If she writes this neatly and concisely on a postal-card, her consideration will be appreciated by the busy clerks.

In return for this postal request she will receive an application blank, which she must fill out carefully, and a card of admission to the examination, which she must not fail to take to the city where the examination is to be held. Without it she will be refused admittance.

For this examination you will need a thorough knowledge of arithmetic (geometry and algebra not necessary), English grammar, spelling, copying from rough draft, and the general information furnished by a graded public-school course or its equivalent in private tuition. You will be expected to know something of the Government under which you are to serve, and of the current events in which the Government is vitally interested; and above all things, accuracy and neatness will help you wonderfully in this examination.

For instance, you will be given a certain selection from some book or paper to copy. Do not improve on that copy. If "dog" is spelled "dawg," write it in that way. If the punctuation is wrong, do not correct it. If your examination instructions advise you to leave a two-inch margin, do not change it to a one-inch mar-