Show EXAMINATIONS fOR OR GOVERNMENT JOBS There is an excellent opportunity for tor foran foran toran an accomplished linguist to secure s a most desirable position in the office oi of the second assistant postmaster general at nt Washington D. D C. C at nt a salary ol of 1600 per year ear The Tho position is ill that tha of clerk clerIc and translator and examinations of applicants will viII be bo held beld by the local loca local board of examiners for the tho civil i serice service commission at the thc federal building here June 23 Applicants must possess posies knowledge of ol French German Italian Spanish anc and Scandinavian sufficient to enable them then to translate from En English lish to each of these lan languages and from these Ian Jan to English They Thy must also have havea a working knowledge of the fundamental funda mental rules of arithmetic including fractions discounts percentage interest inter inter- est eat and analysis analis as well as th the ability to master statements of simple accounts Letter writing and copying from front Tou rough h drafts will also be included in the scoring acer acer- in ing of applicants Tho I ho government o issues an urgent in in in- fo for or persons to enter this examination exam examS as S there were no applicants for forthe forthe the position in the examination which was wa announced for March 24 1009 1909 Competitors Competitors Competitors Com Com- must attain an aera average e of a at least 70 per cent coat on lan languages a ls l's as a whole or examination in other Branches will not be b. considered The age limit is il is fixed at 20 years vears or or over The Tho local board will also bol hold 1 an examination examination ex ex- ex of applicants for the tho position of postal clerk and carrier on June 16 Only male malo applicants will be consid consid- ere ered They must bo be more than 18 years old and less than 45 years They must weigh at least pounds and be be not nol less than five fe feet t four inches in height |