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CLERK AND CARRIER
Applicant AVH1 1 Take- Civil Service
KKnuiiiiHtliin Here on Jan
, uiiry ia, 1917
The United States Civil , Service
vtlommli slon, through the secretary
the local board. F. W. Illcks. an
tODnceB that on January 13, 1917,
i.Ut local board will hold an open
ofnpetUlve examination for the poa
ilUona of clerk and carrier In the Al
,Jinc post olllce. . .
Clerks tn o Bices of the first and
cond classes and carriers in the
,ltjr delivery service, are divided ln
iia five Kmd8, the salaries of which
1800, $900, $1,000, $1,100 and
j-f 1,100 per ' annum, respectively.
(Ctorks and carriers of first-class of
' ffcH are promoted successively, a
.-grade at a time, to $1,100.
Promotions of both clerks and car-
ttw will be made at the beginning
i0t the quarter following the expira
',tkn of a year's service In the next
liamtr grade. Na promotion will be
,ude except upon evidence satlsfac
(fry to the Post Office Department of
,h efficiency and faithfulness of the
-0iployee during the year. Clerks
tfta carriers or tne nignest graae are
' Udble for promotion to the higher
ceeitlons In their respective offices.
Competitors will be examined In
be following subjects, which will
vJUve the relative weights Indicated:
Subjects Weights
1. Impelling (twenty words of aver-
,age difficulty tn common use). 10
-.Arithmetic (simple tests In ad
Wlition. subtraction, multiplica
tion, and division of whole num--ers,
com': on and decimal frac- .
,tions. and United States ruon-
ref)
letter writing (a letter of not
' Seas than 125 words on some
ublect on general Interest. .
Competitors may . select either
f two subjects given) 20
,4.JPcnmanshlp (the handwriting
of the competitor tn the subject
of copying from plain copy will
,be considered -with special ref
erence to the elements of legi
bility, rapidity, neatneas. gen
eral annearance. etc.) 20
. Copying from plain copy (a sim
ple test In copying accurately a
few printed lines In the compet
itor's handwriting 20
f. Heading addresses (test In not
ing with pen or pencil on a
printed sheet of addresses, dif
ferences between the printed ad
dresses and J.he written address-
of which they are a copy) . 10
Total 100
Applicants must have reached
tfcelr eighteenth but not their forty
fth birthday on the date of the ex
ajnlnation. The age limits are walv
fiS. however. In the ease of persona
-konorably discharged from the Unit
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The giving of useful presents pays in more ways than one. The recipient of a useful present will appreciate it much more and re
member the giver longer than if the present should be more costly and not of value to the one who receives it. This store has al
ways made it a practice to select a line of Christmas goods that will be of value to the recipient and that will cause a feeling of
good will towards the giver. It will be to your advantage to stop at this store when you do your shopping. The suggestions giv
en below will give you an idea of the large line with which this store is filled. The goods are of the highest quality and the prices
are reasonable.
. Suggestions for Cbristmas presents
DOLLS for the children. Our line of dolls
is complete.
STATIONERY. Both fancy and plain. ,
GIBSON'S ART CALENDARS. Nothing is
nicer than an art calendar for an Xtnas
.. Rift.'
MANICURE SETS. A complete line . of
these goods.
TOILET SETS. This store has been long
known for its fine selection of toilet sets. "
PERFUMES. The kind tKat please.
NOVELS. The latest copyright books.
SHAVING SETS. The kind that please the j
men folks. ' ' r
CIGARS. High grade cigars for the most
fastidious Btnoker. 1
ICY-HOT BOTTLES. Always useful in
both summer and winter.
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Third and Box, Butte Avenue
ed States military or naval service
by ' reason of disability ' resulting
from wounds or sickness incurred in
the line of duty. Eligibles resulting
(roiii this examination who were un
der 21 years of age on the date of
the examination will not be certified
for filling vacancies in tho position of
assistant postmaster. '
Mule applicants must measure not
less than & feet 4 Inches in height in
bare feet. No male- applicant who
pnfsea the examination will be eligi
ble for appointment either as clerk
or city carrier who does not weigh
at least 125 pounds without overcoat
and hat. It will be inadvisable for
male applicants whose normal j
weight is less than 125 pounds to en-1
ter tho examination. s
ine rosv uruce Department Das
advised the Commission that no per
son , who has any of the fdllowing
named physical defects , will be ap
pointed t o the position of carrier in
the "Post-Office Service". Hunchback;
defective hearing, sight or speech;
blindness In one or both eyes; asth
ma; loss of arm, hand or leg; crip
pled arms or legs; flat foot; hernias
congenital weakness of the abdomi
nal wall, or such weakness caused by
wound or operation. These defects
will also debar a person from ap
pointment to the position of clerk In
the Poat-Offtae Service, itxopnt . that
1 deaf mutes and persona with defect
ive speech or hearing may be ap
pointed to the positions of mall clerk,
distributor, and directory 'and for
warding clerk, and persons suffer
ing from Batfooi or weakness of the
abdominal wall may be appointed to
any position of clerk tne duties or
which they are physically capable of
performing. Applications from per
sons who are not entitled to appoint
ment on account of physical defects
will be canceled. Other physical de
tects may debar persons from ap
pointment when In the Judgment of
the Commission such defects would
render them unfit to perform the du
tleB of the position for which the ex
amination is held. '
Each applicant will be required to
submit to the examiner on the day
of the examination a photograph of
himself, taken within two years, se
. curely pasted In the space provided
, on the admission card sent him after
, his application la filed. Tintypes or
; proofs will not be accepted.
From the ellgibles resulting from
this examination It la expected that
certification will be made to fill ex
Istlng and future vacancies.
For 1 application blank (Form
1371) and "Instructions to Appli
cants." address F. W. Hicks, secre-
tary civil service board, Alliance, Ne
braska.
In Three. Parts.
A mountaineer preacher one said
to his flock: "Brethren, I bev decid
ed f divide my sermon In three parts.
To fust part I'll understand, an' you
wont. Tb' second part you'll under
stand, an" I won't Ths third tart no
body!! understand."
FRAMED PICTURES. A select line.
POCKETBOOKS and PURSES. IUenty to
select from.
FOUNTAIN PENS, Nothing is nicer than
a good fountain pen for either a lady or
gentleman at Christmas time.
FRENCH IVORY TOILET SETS. We have
these beautiful articles in both the com
plete sets and in separate articles.
SMOKING SETS. An ornament to the
home or the den. They always please the
men.
CHRISTMAS CANDIES. You will be
pleased with the complete line of candies.
A sweet tooth is always pleased with a
box of our delicious confections. You
will find what you want, in boxes of all
Bizcs.
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J. .BRENNAN
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Charles Frederic
(Copyright) 1
T HAS BEEN my
observation that
most of the 'trouble
that many men get
Into comes from
doing things for
other people. A
man who makes a
mm " note generally
meets It; and. If he Indorses one,
often ' meets that, 1 too. At a pic
nic It Is the man who offers to carry
the water who gets his feet wet, or
sits down In the squash pie. It Is the
good-natured man who has the most
need of good nature, for he Is always
getting. Into trouble that Is properly
the property of somebody else. Christ
mas, especially, offers many golden
opportunities to the fellow who Is
willing to oblige.
There was the case of Henry Car
ruthers, for example. Tlnel" said
Henry, when he received an Invitation
to spend Christmas with the Joneses at
a suburban villa In a suburban vil
lage. Jones had been an office mate
of hla. Then he married and, hav
ing made llttta money, some any by
ho ninrrli'Re, he retired to the subur
iun villa nforesjild. Carruthers re-
.ni'lrv 'I m I mbelur. a toller, and a city
lui lu r. Hut he would have been will
ing to change at least two or those
conditions If he had dared to think
that Jones' sister, Miss Abigail, would
be willing, t eli::';'o her title from
"Jones" to the soi.iewhat classier one
ot "Carruthers.'
"Come up and spend Christmas with
is," wrote Jones. "It will be rather
i quiet Christmas, but Abigail will be
ier aud we shall try to find sorae-
hliis to keep your time and your mind
ecuNvL"
A quiet Christmas had no terrors for
llei ry. And there was Abigail. So be
!rel a day letter, the substance of
ulil.-h was "Yes."
Tin trr.'n was on time, and so was
M-i rr. They whiz.ed him out to the
: i .1 e-rh in the dusk and a wheezy
car. Abigail, looking lovely, met them
on the porch. . .
Oi, i-innd you win fimnt Til
,ht-
illy quiet Jure."
'N"t wlii-n you nre present," refilled
Ti iirv gnlliintly followed by a suldcn
:.r..itlim that maybe that didn't
4MIU..I as gallant us he hud Intended.
At the dinner table Jones unfolded
; great plan. "We've fixed up the
illiHt scheme," he declared with en
rhuslasm. "und you are Just the fellow
o put It over for us I"
"Just the fellow !" echoed Abigail.
"You see the Wllllnmses live on the
ther side of the square. Their back
tot backs rijrht tip to ours, with Just
the alley between. , Now, they don't
know you from Adam. Of course, we
told them ftlvut you, and they wunt
to meet you. but they don't know you
are coming down. The Willlamsea, you
Abigail
Herself Led the Rescue Expe
dition. see, are our closest frleuds, and we
have lots of fun with each other. Now,
we are going to put something over
on them something nice, you under
stand, and we want you to help. The
Wllllnmses are the only people we
give preseuts to, outside the family,'
except yourself, of course, and a few
others. Well, the girls have a lot of
Jlmcracks fixed up for them. We are
going to have you take them over -
"But! have never aet, "
"Oh. that's ail right Tve got some
Santa Claus fixings here, and we are
going to doll you up as Santa and
they don't know your voice or any
thing, and It sure will surprise them I"
"I see," said nenry weakly, with
.003 per nt enthusiasm. "I Just go
ud and ring, and walk In "
"Oh, no, better than thatl Come
here and I'll show you." The victim
followed, him to the window. "You
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ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA
are TOIP CnTrv, tnnt Dasemtnr win
dow, or Is It too dark? Yeh, that's
the one. You Just sneak over quiet
ly, drop In, wnlk upstairs and Just sur
prise them right in the library, or
wherever they happen to be."
"But the .window will be locked,"
said Henry, seeking an avenue of es
cape. "No It won't Mrs. Williams told
the madam here that they had coal
coming today so It will be open, for
Williams won't think to lock it until
he goes down to fix the furnace for
the night You see, that window's
where they put the coal ln."v
bomehow, this statement did not add
to Henrv'a Dleasurti Hut when Abl
gall asked If It wouldn't be great the
foolish man said that It would.
Half an hour later, In the darkness,
a stranger might have been seen ap
proaching, hidden by the shrubbery,
the rear basement window of the Wil
liams domicile, evidently with burglari
ous Intent An old overcoat of Jones
muffled about him conceuled a red cos
tume of Bome sort and a bag. The
bag contained sundry packages with
sundry sharp corners, but this was
known only to the mysterious stronger
He found the window unlocked, ac
cording to specifications, but to his as
tonishment It opened outward lnstend
of Inward. He also made a horrify
ing discovery. He had expected to
drop lightly to the basement floor, find
his way to the stairway, whose loca
tion had been described to hlra, and
make his way upstairs to surprise the
family. But Jones had suld nothing
about a coal chute. Yet here was u
chute with sides that were unpur
mountable. A flicker of flame shin
ing through the. in lea of the- furnace
showed that the woy was clear. But
what would u coal ihnte do to hl
Santa Cluua outfit? To chute or not
to chute, that was the question.
t Fate decided him. He distinctly
' heard the click or the nncx gate.
"Good gosh!" thought Henry, "hen.
comes aonieiKMiy: Aiu. wmuu
pause for runner .ii.uugi.i, Kt . vi.-...
tiie bag and hot the elu.ie Into th
unknown.
He landed In a coal bin nearly
empty of coul, but plentifully gar
nished with dust A minute later an
Interior door opened from the region
above, excited voices were heard, and
a ray of light shot Into another part
of the basement' .Ths chute seemed
to offer the only protection. Back
Into It be climbed and lay there qui
etly. "Oh, It's Just the man with the coal,"
suld a female voice above. And the
door closed again.
Poor Henry now pondered what to
do. lie .couldn't go up in the state he
of St. Nicholas repu te. .. "T uU ilil
opinn. Anyway, his perils were over
for the moment. Were they? There
was a footstep ouuiile and Into the
chute came pouring n bagful of mixed
nut and egg. Henry hud quite for
gotten about the mys.'erlous click of
the cate, the con! r.ian and all, und had
no way of kuowlng. t;f course, thnt the
holiday rush had ninde that coal man
lr ? "'' '
There was no time or way to escapo
fT dodge. The coal, sliding merrily
on Its way. came w'th just enough
force to give him 10 kinds of head
!eh In 40 di.Tervnt parts of hla
hnd. and brought along with It
enntigh dust to finish the ethnological
transformation. It nlso carried Mm
'wk into the bin. lie picked hlm
.elf up, found the erner of the bin
nost removed, and witnessed, as best
ho could In the dark, the rather un
interesting ceremony of putting In a
ton of coal. He wnnted to sneeze, but
would not permit himself the luxury.
He had to cough, hut luckily timed It
to coincide with the passage of a bag
ful of coal down the chute. He won
dered when the coalman would reach
me last bagful. When he reached It,
Henry Immediately knew, for the ac
commodating coalman carefully hooked
the window, on the outside, and
snapped the padlock.
Meanwhile the fun-loving Jones fam
ily anxiously awaited the return of
Mr. Henry Carruthers, alias Santa
Claus. naif an hour. "Thej must bo
having a jolly time." Forty-five min
utes. No remarks. An hour. "Some
body run over. No, we'll all go."
In the Williams' household nothing
unusual seemed .to have happened.
They were delighted to . see the
Joneses, of course. After, five min
utes, a happy Idea sent Jones home to
see If ne had locicea tne aoor. ins
Investigation really concerned the Wil
liams house Instead. The back win
dow was securely locked on the out
side. There was no sign of nenry !
the neighborhood.
naif an hour later Jones made a
clear breast of It Abigail herself led
the rescue expedition. Henry would
have preferred to see anybody else.
An hour In the bathroom, and a suit
of Williams', and Mr. Carruthers was
presented. It was really a very merry
party that Christmas eve, after all al
together too merry,' for nenry.
Yet, had nenry only known It sym
pathy is often the awakening of love,
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Jackets. It catches the3e Insects by
smearing its tall with a sticky saliva,
which makes the bushy tail serve as
fly paper. .
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