Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-03-03

collected from the employees of the gov
eminent for political purposes has been re-
duced to one-half or one fourth the sum
which used to be derived from this source;
that requests for contributions are no
longer made in the language Of menace,
and that the practice of opening assessn ent
bureaus near the public offices has been
wholly discontinued. Nevertheless, it ap-
pears that political contributions have
been solicited, and the statement concern
| ing the comparatively small amount col
| lected loses its force when it is remembered
that no national campaign has been expe-
rienced since the Commission went into ef-
feet With the power OF removal, with or
without Gauge, untouched In the hands OF
heads Of departments, and the right OF out
side persons to ask contributions from de.
partnent employees unquestioned, IL will
20 hard with the political managers il they
fail to reap the customary harvest from
government employees during the coming
campaigr.
On the question OF
Equal Favor to Both SeNe-.
the report of the Commission, while claim
ing that women have an equal chance with
men, develops the real situation in admit
ting that the law in force before the passage
of the civil service act gives the heads OF
departments authority to decide when wo-
men are required and can be accepted, and
tbislaw remains unimpafred. The conse'
quence is that while more women than
men have been examined and found COM
petent the appointment OF women in the
departments is practically ended.
Aa1@ c,,rv nv
ample OF those used in the grades which
fall under the 1st aud 4th clauses of rule I,
known respectively as the general and lim.
tied examinations. They are, the report
says, fair sample Of all those used in those
grades.
General exsmination-First subject
Question l. One OF the examiners will { s.
tinCtly rsad (st rate reasonable for copy
ing) fifteen lines from the Civil Service Law
or Rul.s, and each applicant will copy the
same below from the reading as it proceeds.
2 Write below, at length the names OF
fifteep States and fifteen cities OF the
Union. g. Copy the following, which is
section five of the civil s rvics act, in TIE
blank below: Then follows the section
named
Second Subject.
Question l. Multiply 3O7, ,96S by 49O,575
aud divide the product by 307,96 Write
in full the operation. 2. Divide three
fourths of eight.rinths by one-seventh of
three-fifths and subtract one.seventh from
the quotient. 3, Divide one thousand aud
eight and three one-thousandths by three
and eight one hundredths, expressing the
process in decimal fractions. 4. The COM
pensaiion of a clerk, beginning June 30,
was 1888. 33 a calendar month. On the first
# October his salary was increased l5 per
cent sDd so remained until June l, when
il was increased further amount OF three
per cent. on the original salary. What was
The whole amount pay able 10 the clerk for
lhe year? :. A commissary suddenly
ioI ced 10 change quarters had on hand $50
bushels Of wheat which cost 80 cents per
buShel. He sold six per cent. OF it at loss
Of four per cent. ard four per cent. of it at
loss OF three per cent. How much wao
the whole loss incurred by the sale?
Third Subject.
. Question l. A note for 2,647.34 is pay
able eleven months from date with interest
at 3 \ per cent. What will be the amount
du ue on the note at maturity? Give all the
figures in the operation. 2. A disbursing
agent failed, owing the government one
| lie N of $30S AS, another of $2,90l.02. The
government agreed to make discount OF
l3 per cent. on the first item and IL u per
cent. on the second. How much was pay
able under the agreement? 3. June 30,
1880, A gave B a note for $l,0O5, payable
July 4, 1882, with interest at per cent.
May l, 1882, A paid S235. What was the
amount of principal and interest due b
when the note matured? /. A contractor
furnished the government articles as fol-
lows: June s, 1850, 300 barrels OF -four at
| 81 so a barrel, and July 6, 1885, Isl yards
Of carpet at 81 yard. August 4. 1880,
1000 yards of carpet at 81 cents yard.
| The government paid on account as fol.
lows: June u, 1850. 81 900; July 10, 1889,
500; August 4, loSO, $500. State the deal
| ings between the parties in the form of
| Dc bit and credit account, showing the bal
al ce due.
Fourth subject.
Question l. Give definition as full as
The space will allow OF tl)a verb; (2l
| noun; (3) an adver6; 40 an adjective; (5)
| a proposition; (G) conjunction; aud OF
| ~ the phrases, the grammar of the Bn-
| dressing il to the President aud giving
ytur views, as fer as you are willing 10 ex-
Dress them in regard 70 the duties and re-
sINI sibilities Of an officer ir the public
S'lYiCe wi ich you seek to enter, Let it
Gil, as nearly as may be, the following
| sps CO.
Fifth Subject.
Question l. Which States extend to or
border oD the sea or tide water? What is
tie capital of each of said States? 2 What
is meant in our history Ul by the colonial
| period; (2) by the Continental Congress; T;
| (3) by the Declaration Of Independence;
| l4) by the emancipation proclamation? :?
| Let your answers, as nearly as may be, fill
| Il is blank 3. State in general terms, but
| as particularly as the space below will per-
| nil, what are the authority and fuuctiors 5
Of O) the Congress of the United States;
of l2) the Supreme Court OF the United
States: OF i3) the President Of the United
| S'ates9 ard give tie names Of each of
he Exccut We Departments at Washing
| ton.
In the limited examination the frst sub
| jCct is The same as in the general sxsmiua.
ton, The only other subject is srithme
/ ti2, in which are propounded simple ones
ii, ps in addition, subtraction, multipllca-
l In5 1,viSion