The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-02

! Shaw was appointed Z clerk IN the Gen
! eTal Land Office in 1898 nd received his
! promotion as chief in 1895. He is q na-
/ tive OF North Carolina.
/ Major Richard Sylvester. Superintendent
+ Of the Metropolitan Police Department. is
+ IN angler of much renoU1 in the District.
and intensely enthusiastic on the subject
! of fisbing-scientffcaIly Speaking of fly
I fishing. the major remarked TO Times
! reporter recently
There IS no doubt that certain flies are
! best adapted TO different seasons. times Of
day. and conditions Of weather. but 2
dozen flies OF different names viii fully
+ answer all Of these requirements. An
anglers flies resemble nothing when cast
UpCn the water They are simply q soma
/ thing which attracts the trout. Color has
/ more alluTement than form, and as there
/ are not so many cOlOTs, there is no use for
( many flies The general rule is for light
/ flies on dark days and dark or darkish
/ flies on light days Sizes are more to be
+ considered than form and mixture IL
/ makeup 4 large trout wants something
worth his making an effort to secure It
+ is doubtless true that an arbitrary cast
/ Of flies cannot be made up which viii be
/ adapted TO all waters"
The Civil Service Commission announces
that On June 1G-11. 1862. an examination
viii be held at the places mentioned in
the accompanying list for the position
. OF manual training teacher. Information
/ relative TO the subjects and scope of this
/ examination may be found in section I25
/ Of the Manual Of Examinations - revised
! 10 January I. 1902 The age limit is TWEEN
/ " years or over. From the efig5hIes re
sultins from this examination il IS ex-
pectcd that ceridcation viii be made TO
/ the position Ct manual training teacher.
male, ct the Haskell Institute Kansas.
} at salary Of $500 per anaum. and 20
other similar vacancies as they may Oc-
{ cur
/ The department states that the ap-
Pointee to this position viii have charge
Of and instruct classes in woodwork as
we'll as be required TO instruct classes in
! forging This examination Is open to all
citizens OF the United States who comply
with the requirements. Competitors viii
BE- rated without regard TO any considera-
ton other than the qualifications shown
! ii their examination papers, and eligTb!es
/ VIII be certified strictly IN accordance
/ with the civil service Law and rules. Per
sens who desire 20 compete should at
/ once apply to the United States Civil Ser
Z vice Commission. Washington, D c., or
/ TO The secretary Of the local board OF py-
.
/ accompanying list. for a copy of the
Manual Of Examinations and appIica-
ticn forms 304 and 80. The application
should lie properly executed and fled with
/ tue Commission at Washington prior TO
+ the hour Of closing business on Nay 81
/ Mr. Emile Piozet, of the admitted flies
! Of the Pension Office, is one of the most
4 careful and painstaking clerks in that di-
vision Of the bureau Sezae idea can be
formed as 10 his ability as a file clerk
when it is known that the invalid ad-
mitted claims number over a million
while the widows have passed the half
million mark
Notwithstanding this immense number
Of cases one file Mr. Piozet is familiar
with the location Of each one. and can
. without a moments hesitation draw the
particular claim from the bundle in which
il is contained As a reward for his faith
full services Mr. Piozct q few days since
/ received substantial recognition in the
form Of a promotion.
The Civil Service Commission announces
that it IS desired to establish an eligible
register for the position Of carriage-naHer
/ No educational test VIII be given but ap-
plicants viii be rated upon the elements
. ~
euCe. and physical qualifications as shown
by the statements made in connection with
their formal applications. It viii not be
necessary for applicants TO appear at any
place for eXamina ton. From the eIfgf-
bles resulting from this examination II
: is expected that ccTtification will be made
to the position Of carriage maker at the
Carlisle School Pennsylvania at salary
OF $40 per anRum and to other similar
vacancies as they may occur.
This examination IS open to all citizens
Of the United States who comply with the
I requirements Competitors will be rated
without regard to any consideration other
than the qualifications shown in their ex-
animation papers and eIigibIes viii be
/ certified strictly in accordance with the
+ civil service Law and rules
Mr.. John J. HowIey private secretary
/ to First Assistant Postmaster General:
+ Homer N Kintz. and T P. Graham. chief
! Of the mail equipment division, have been
/ appointed a committee BIZ Postmaster
I General Henry c. Payne to open Dro-
. posals and examine samples submitted by
bidders for furnishing supplies for the
{ Postofice Department ard the postal
/ service for the fiscal year commencing
/ July !, 1902 Mr. s. NJ Mcmillan is ap-
! pointed as an auxiliary member Of the
/ committee, TO be consulted in reference
/ to supplies for the Money Order Depart
ment
/ Mr.. Merritt o. Chance, private secretary
/ to Secretary Root Of the War Department.
( returned 70 the city Saturday after brief
visit to his home at Mount Vernon, III.
where his mother is lying very III,