Show r CIVIL SERVICE there has been bee n a great deal written and eaid said from time to time during tho the past too ten yean on the necessity of ref reform orm in the civil service if what lias has been uttered on this subject in the halls pf af congress in public journals magazines maga ga ac were collected together it would make a n large volume pf af curious reading every aspirant for petition position national state or local hu has before election talked loudly of the abuse of alic civil service the necessity of reform mid and how he lie would try to bring about this desirable end if by the votes of the electors lie should bo be elevated to the office for which he lie was a candidate yet little or nothing has been done in in this direction but wo nye believe the he arc are now in car nest and that something will be done to make the conduct of the public service in all ita branches what wha it should be on monday fonday last commissioner L D thoman and associates met in san 1 francisco and beld a compete jettive 1 examination of applicants for positions ia in the public offices there were forty seven applicants registered 1 all malea males except one their 6 ages ranged from eighteen to sixty years the applicants were required to give in writing first their a xia taa e address birthplace ce or nationality tiona lity and also to furnish ifor hnatin relative to their moral lia habits bits personal condition ac they were A next examined as to to their abilities in writing from dictation euch such matter t er aa as the examiners might choose they were requested to write the U names ames of states and cities in this country their proficiency was also tested in orthography penman hip ship arithmetic geography ac there were twenty two applicants for positions jn n tho the po postal stal bervice service than w aich we consider there is no branch of public business of greater or even more vital interest to the people of this or any other nation the valuation the safety of property end even human life depends often upon the prompt and proper delivery of correspondence transmitted byr by mail nail indeed it is impossible impossible to overestimate over estimate the necessity of appointing competent and trustworthy agents to handle the mail matter of the citizens of or any community and it is high time that office hunting timeserving time serving policy men were discarded and that only euch uch persons were selected for those important positions whose integrity ability and competence qualify them for the service the san francisco alta in speaking of the recent examinations exam inactions gays says any applicant passing pawing the examination with 65 05 per percent cent will have lug his name placed on a register all names u being in the order of the percentage It obtained and in that order appointments ments 9 on BIX six months probation will be made as th alie service may demand another examination was mai I 1 beld eld at t the lie same place on wednes wednesday day morn morning inz when appointments for positions in 7 the customs bervice service who were not present on monday and applicants for lor places in the postal service ser vice i were examined as well as applicants for positions in the departmental eer service vice at washington mr thoman states that the class of applicants examined ranks aa as high in intelligence as that of any other city lie has ila visited for positions position sin in the th e postoffice Post office there are twenty two applicants the examination will cover first orthography penmanship and copying second seco a arithmetic fundamental lund fundamental rul ruice eel fractions and percentage third interest discount and element Lof of book keep ing and accounts recounts fourth elements of the tho english language letter writing a and nd the proper construction of sea bences fifth fole elements ments of the geog ra phy history and government of the united states there are excepted except cd from examination the following I 1 thol confidential clerk or secretary of any head of a department or office 2 cashiers of collectors 3 cashiers of postmasters map terl 4 superintendents tendel is of money order divisions divie iona in 6 5 the direct custodians of money fr for whose fidelity another officer Is under official bond the exception on not to extend below the grade of assistant teller or cashier cabbler secret service agents trans actors interpreters or at stenographers those whose service Is professional chief clerke clerks tents and chiefa chiefs of divisions and W bure bureau auA 1 the persons prescribed from the ardi ordinary nary examinations 1 however may be examined for promotion luo tion the federal courts land office internal revenue office and mints are not yet included in the scry service iee if inthe tho above indicated course curse c is is pursued throughout the union and arid s ants for public p acca are e carried out to the letter we may hope soon to see the servi service ce defor reform and tho offices filled by men and intelligence and tr truthful ness 31 MINISTER INISTER may have done bonio sonic bad things besides the many good plies he baa has aeb achieved lived but even his worst deeds do not justify the ogden pilot in mating making him prime minister sargent of spain too spanish altogether mr sargent is in berlin fighting bis marcks efforts to prohibit importation of american pickled pork to germany and ifcic if ho should happen to sec see that dispatch of our mg morning aning contemporary we have no doubt 0 th that s it he be would pickle the pilots pilot a pork Tur MONOTONY of the day dispatches aiches was broken this forenoon by tb the following startling announcement no private to editors the tile wires ar arc estill still in trouble west of ogden how the trouble in the wires west of ogden can interfere with the report from the E east ast is one of those things which no fellah can find fina out miss en dr LA RAME ouida writes angrily about a report in certain american papers stating thardix eliat alic is insane she denies that I 1 she is insane and says she will tako tale measured against those who have published such slanders |