The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-27

NouAI les VIII De thoroughly represented
Ihe delegate from Persia brought an
autograph letter from the new shah to
president Mckinley, announcing his ac-
cesslon to the throne. The shah, remem-
oerlng that the convention was to be held
IN washington, requested him to repre-
sent Persia, and gave him the proper ere
dent1als. He spoke French like Pa
risian.
The United States occupies a prominent
position in this postal brotherhood. 1t has
10000 postoffices, twice as many as any
other country. Germany comes next with
about half this number, while Great Bril-
tain has less than a third There are
lS5,OVO officers and employees in our ser
vice. Germany is not far behind us. Ger
many has the lead in the number of let
ter boxes for the use of the public France
being second and the United States third.
We occupy the sixth place in the proper
ton of postoftices to population and the
sixteenth of postofflces to area. In New
South Wales the average of articles of
mail matter received by each inhabitant is
go; in the United States, 70. Curiously
enough, in this respect, Hawaii is four
tenth, outranking many countries sup
posed to be more advanced such as Italy,
Norway, Sweden, Chile, Russia and ia
pan.
No other country approaches the United
States in its railway routes. 1t has 10000
miles of such routes. Germany is
next highest with only Is 900 miles. The
United States ranks first in postal income
and expenditure, Germany being a close
second. Our postal service costs about
$9l, 0000 900 a year. The revenue is SIS, 200, 600
less. All other countries make a profit
out of the postal business. Great Britain
clears about s14,00O,0OO year and France
about 100000.
The Constitution says Congress shall
have power to establish postoffiees and
post roads, ut early delegated to the post
Office department the establishment Of
postofices, but for many years retained
the right to establish post roads. The
clerk of the House committee on postof-
fices and post roads made up at each ses-
sion formidable bill to establish these
roads, and it was passed without question
A member would request the clerk to put
in a line of post road from "Skeedunk to
Skeetersville," and it was done, Finally
congress got tired of the business and left
it to the discretion of the Postmaster Gen
eral.
The nomenclature of the postoffices in
the United States is interesting. Every
name which fancy, local conditions of
patriotism can suggest seems to have been
used. Two words are frequently united in
spelling, such as Longtime in Arkansas
and "Bigbug" in Arizona. Florida re-
joices in a postofhce at "Bumpnose" and
Kentucky in "Jamboree." "Jimtown' is
located in three states and in the Indian
territory For long. time there was only
one 'Trilby" postoffice. Lately a Florida
village of that name has turned up. 1t is
way down toward the st. Sebastian river
in the pineapple county. 1t has a Svengali
square, Little Billee and Taffy streets and
Laird lane. Fools Gulch" is a station
in Arizona.
There are seventy-four Beavers in the
union. Michigan has a town named after
Its governor, Pingree. There are sixteen
Growers, one in Cleveland
county, North Carolina. Gold
is a postal station in California
and Pennsylvania. and "Greenbaclk'' is in
both North Carolina and Tennessee.
There are seven offices named Silver"
and one in New Jersey known as Lit
tie Silver" The south is represented by
groarm," "Negrohead" and NE
grohill." Young America" -four
ishes in Indiana and Minnesota. Zero"
is in Kentucky and Iowa, and not in
North Dakota. Head of Grassy is in
Kentucky, Head of Barren in Tennes-
see and Head of Island" in louisiana
Oregon and West Virginia have utilized
the name of JOB" and Patience is
found only in Pennsylvania. Eli" gets
there in seven states. Clip" is in &c"
county, Oklahoma. Crit 1ourishes in
North Carolina and Wisconsin. Long"
and Short" are postohices in different
states. Hat is in Irwin county, Geor-
gia, and Goat" in Simpson county, Mis-
sissippi. "a. B. c." appears in Tennes-
sec; IRE" in Texas, "Ka" in West Vir-
ginia. Jolly in Ohio, "Jolytown" in
Pennsylvania, "Girltown'' in Alabama
and "Goodby" in Indiana.
But the fifth postal convention is no
more. Its work is done and its delegates
are scattered over the country in search
of information. Meantime the letter car
riers and clerks of United States postof-
fees will resume their efforts to induce
congress to give them at least so per cent.
of the pay Of an ordinary New York po-
lice officer. Amos j. Cummings.