Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-07-26
Civil Service Examinations.
TWENTY-FIVE MALE AND NINE FEMALE APPLICANT
FOR POSITIONS In THE CITY POST OFFICE COM

TWENTY-FIVE MALE AND NINE FEMALE APPLICANTS
FOR POSITIONS IN THE CITY POST OFFICE COM
PETING TO-DAY.
OF the thrty-four applicants for examination
for places in the city post office, thrtyone pre-
sented themselves at the rooms OF the civil service
commission this morning. OF these nine were
ladies and twenty-five were gentlemen. Two
ladies and gentleman who were unable TO attend
the recent examination for the general depart
mental service were present and were given desks
In the examination room. The examination was
conducted Dy the board OF local examiners, MeSSrS.
Bell Tullock and Springer, though Chief Exam
iner Lyman was present and made the Necessary
explanations at the beginning Shortly after 10
o'clock the applicants were all in their seats in the
examination room; pens, pencils and ink were
distributed, and everything was
READY FOR THE woKD ''Go."
About one-half OF the gentlemen having signified
their intention OF competing for places in the let
ter-carriers' force, they were placed together on
one side OF the room. Their examination was con-
nned 10 only two subjects, the dtctatton exercises
ana arithmetic, while the examination OF the
OCnerS embraced also grammar, geography ana
history. A dctatfon exercise composed the first
part OF the examination. Mr.. Tullock read a Sec
ton from the civil service law, clause by clause,
ana me applicants raced over the paper vita their
pens so as to keep up with him.
PENMANSfIIP UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
Some of those whose fingers and knuckles were
not especially supple had hard time OF it. One
applicant for letter carriers place dropped his
pen In despair after the first sentence. "That's
the man, whispered one of the examiners to the
reporter, "who said he could outwaik any man
he ever saw" His legs were IN better trim than
his fingers. The ladies, as rule, wrote very r. p
idly. 1t was a noticeable fact however, that very
few OF the applicants he'd their pens In the ap
proved style. The shade OF Platt r. Spencer would
have shuddered If he had been present In the
room. In quiet room. next TO the
examination room, sat a civil service
commissioner writing rapidly, holding his pen
between the fore and middle fingers, and having
his hand turned in that peculiar position which
school boys call "back-handed" Down stairs
were Agricultural department clerks holiing pens
In every conceivable fashion, the reporter con-
Guided that these applicants were not eXcep-
tiOnal In this respect After the dictation eXer-
else, which occupied about ten minut s. was
the examination, which occupied the remainder
of the day, was begun in earnest
EXAMINATIONS IN OTHER CITIES.
The civil service commission has been informed
that two appointments have been made at New
Orleans, one at Baltimore six at Chicago and five
at Cincinnati, out OF the lists OF eigbes resulting
from the recent examinations for post Office posi-
tiOnS held In those cities The first series OF eX.
amnations is about closed and another beginning.
In some cities the list OF eligibleS Is nearly
hausted. On the 24th inst q second examination
for post Office positions was held at Buffalo
An examination is being held at Rochester to-day.
Examinations have been ordered for St Louis on
The 30th inst, for Albany and Milwaukee August
2l, for the San Francisco custom service August
for Chicago August Goth, and for Indianapolis
August 22L Examinations Will also probably be
held In Cincinnati and Kansas City during the
latter Dart OF next month.