Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-13
THEY WANTT0 BE CLERKS.
TEN ASPIRANTS FOR THE GOV
EMINENT SERVICE.


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Ten candidates, three az whom were Ol
the pentler sex. presented theDselves far
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tor elerkships in the departmental ser-
yjce. In which ths examination Vas .-lu-
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uits-e. Whs- i-fs- s1s- Dir. Charles
Leslau. Jl.atot ter AA4u.rlr- Board.
ha1 Et arrived frer 38cks4lvile. -lu
tsrlr hi1i -rr1zrs -1 t14< be would 2rl-e
RID" whue waiting
al ~ e.clorA MT. LYMAN distributed f4e
na2ers con tR'a.Ls t1s ptlurec sle-toi-
81 the caus l4.es. The at2rr 1i-ri -te
ms Committee Ners PasflnA ster a. NJ
Wilson. DeVuty Postmaster Hl- a1-
CHE. AsflnE Clerk C&Gtwe'l- soar -
tle candidates chose the general exam
nation and six tae hnited. one -e@> 2
sup .rlaeats-s eNau1uAl1eu ~ iaW al
Cne SUPP. el-eatarg in S-e1- sra pay auG
Gypt-N-Itlrr-
The -ener4l examination embraced ave
subjects. Z. Orthegrapay. pelm&nsa'p
and copying. =. Fundamental rules 0i
arithmetic fractions aud percentage. 3.
Interest discount. bookkeeping aud 3c-
counts. l hiemeuIs u tla EnSlsh
Language, lnclU1lng letter writing. D.
History. government and geography oithe
JnlteG states. nose obtaining o. pei
cent. on the lfst tnree SUBJECTS are ehslolr
lot appointment - vacancies occur \ P
poihImeuts are sppofuoheo among the
states ana Lerritofles on nasls OF popu-
iatiah, ana vacancies are bAel from the
states I'D the order IN Whlch the Nacah-
cies occur.
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
Questions like the following were given
the oaudidaies in this class: Copy. cor
rect the spelling and supply the capitals
and punctuations IN this sentence;
'l)oWn 10 the rein OF Elizabeth most OF
the h9u2es mad no chimes The smoak
lshued Threw the dOafs rouls ana Winders
the beds ware straw pallets with log for
a pillar"
Express IN ngures one million one thou
sand one hundred and one.
The market rate Of per cent. stock
IS soH per cent. II the purchaser pays
brokerage al = per cent. on par value,
WHAT rate on interest does ne receive on
ms lnFestmentf
COPY aud correct the sentence, III all
otDef slmpieJons ne was the greatest
Aame hte princlpal Amerlcs Generals
and nFe British Generals OF the ReVOlu-
uonary war,
Describe me executive department OF
lAe Onlted states Government ana name
the several departments belonging TO IT,
IN me limited examination the third,
FOURTH ana nth subjects Of the general
were omitted, and no questions were
ASKED on percentage. A candidate not
answering 90 per cent. OF the qlestons OF
TINS class correctly arc ineligible Those
passing the general examination are ellgl-
DE 20 places, the salary o. which ls Sl'OOO
year ana upwards. The limited admits
only 70 S5OO year class and less.
THE APPLICANTS.
The navy nortraft If ruage Ersl,ipe
looked down beuignly on the workers. who
worked steadily away cipbering and copv-
ing. Only one Of the candidates was from
Savannah. The rest came from an over
the state. The most of them looked ike
school teachers who are anxious 10 ex-
eba-.ye tho ,od for a ,,faoo j., a aor,a-,