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Rh gigantic engineering scheme. He may put you into one of the departments of the United States Treasury in charge of his gold and silver.

Physiology and spelling are not your favorite studies, either, perhaps, but work hard at them for they may lead to your important service for Uncle Sam. It takes an army of nurses and doctors to keep an army of soldiers and a navy of sailors well. Knowing all about bones and muscles, and being able to write and spell the longest words there are is the beginning of the medical profession. Curing some one who is ill or keeping a town or camp free from disease is a most important duty of the Government. Boys and girls can get ready to help in this work in school to-day.

The pages of your geography become as full of adventure as those of the Arabian Nights when Uncle Sam turns them for you. Here, in your physical geography, is your chance for being sent up on the mountain tops by the Government to study and send out reports of the weather. It will help you to go down into the wonderful caverns of iron, copper, gold, and silver mines. It may gain you a position testing soils for the farmer or working in the great Department of Agriculture in Washington. This department collects, tests, and sends out seeds, studies new farm tools, and writes pamphlets for the farmers all over the United