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126 magazine that you look forward to receiving every month comes to you for much less postage than a letter of the same bulk would. This is because Uncle Sam wants to educate his people, and he believes that a good magazine or newspaper has something to teach the family that takes it. Money and valuable papers can be sent through the mail safely. A money order will be issued for which you pay at your post office, and the amount is paid to the person you send it to at his or her post office. A letter can have a registry stamp put on it; if it is lost and Uncle Sam cannot trace it, he will pay you its value out of his own pocket, up to a certain amount.

A dozen eggs, and a hen to lay some more, a box of books for your school library, a pair of new shoes, and almost anything small that the country needs to send the city, or the city to send the country can be sent by parcel post. Uncle Sam will insure these packages against loss.

What can yon do to help with this huge mail system of the United States?

The Government has to spend quite a good deal of money every year repairing and painting letter boxes. Some boys seem to think that it is fun to mar the lettering and scratch the paint on the town letter boxes. Watch for these boys and tell them that a mail box is Uncle Sam’s