The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-29
THE z IN POsToFFICEs.
1t Occurs More Frequently Than One
would BE Apt to Think.

ltill inc NEV J Ofk sun.
Did it ever occur to you" remarked the
postofiice Inspector to a company of listen
ers, that you will find more rs in the
postoftice directory than there are in the
dictionary? No? Wen, you couat them
and see I never could understand why
anybody would want 10 take the last let
ter in the alphabet to begin name with
when they had pick and choice of all the
others, but you know, there are some peo-
pie who always want to be last.
And, speaking of the z postoflcas,"
continued the official, 81 want 10 call your
attention to the fact that there are III
offices in the United States whose names
begin with z, or Zedt or lizard, according
as you have been taught Here Is the list
from the postofiice directory: One hundred
ana seventy-seven, and Pennsylvania leads
the list with 16; Ohio and Virginia come
next with "A each; Missouri has Il, Geor-
GA, 10; Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana and
Texas, EACH Kansas, Kentucky, Mime
sota' Mississippi, North Carolina, 6 each
Louisiana and West Virginia, each
Iowa Michigan and South Carolina, 4
each; Florida, Illinois, New York, Okla
homa, South Dakota, Tennessee and Wis
consin, each; California, 2; Colorado, In
ulah territory, Maryland, Massachusetts,
NeDraska, Nevada, Oregon and Washing
ton, only one apiece, and Connecticut Del
aware, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire
New Jersey, New Mexico North Dakota
Rnode Island, Utah. Vermont and Wyo-
ming not one. l may remark that not one
OF these same states has an office whose
name begins with an X, either
OF the 4 names, it is easy to guess
mat Zion would head the list, and it does
with fourteen Offices to its credit, besides
one lions, lions Grove, a lions Hill
lions Station, a lions View a lions
town, ZlOnshln, two Zionsvilles. and two
AlohVllles. There is a Zadok In South
carolina and two ZadOcks in Arkansas and
Missouri, which IS not the Scriptural spell
ing though who is to blame for that
DO not know. There Is. a Ia in Orange
county, Virginia, which is the shortest
name OF the lot What it means you viii
nave to go to Orange to find out Florida
ana Illinois have Ziff each, Missouri has
IN, and Indiana a Zipp-relative of Old
Alpp Coon of darby days, perhaps Ohio
mas Zuek, California a Zucker, and
pennsylvania Zucksville. Indiana and
IeXas have Zulu each, and Missouri
mas the only lola in the United States
Missouri and Colorado have the only Ze-
Dras. There are three Zeros and four
Aenlths, with only one Zodiac about the
simple name in Zoology to have selected
mere are six Zoars, all but one named
from the parent Zoar in Ohio the we'll
known German settlement of peculiar So
Geologic and economic notions. Missouri
has a Zwanzig, evidently because twenty
people first settled there. There are three
AeDulons the Kentucky and Georgia Ze-
Dulons being located in Pike counties in
recognition Of old Gen. Zebulon Pike while
Mississippi puts hers in Attala county for
no particular reason. The largest post
Office beginning it's name with 4 is Zanes-
Nllle, u, charming town, by the way
on the Blue Musklngum river where all
tne world is fair, or words to that effect
EXCUSE thut burst of emotion please I
was born in Ohio.
But less even than the z nomenclature
is that of X" concluded the inspector.
ana there are only nine in the entire
country, five of them being Xenias, one
each IN Illinois, Kansas, Missouri North
carolina, and Ohio which has the largest
Aenia in the country and the largest town
with an X name. Kentucky has a Xena.
tennessee has a Xenophon and a Xerxes
Georgia has Xerxes, and Hancock coun-
", Tennessee, heads the list with two
postofices in her midst whose names be-
gin with *. AS a wknder to these re-
marks, said the Inspector as though he
would say more if properly coaxed, II may
say that up to June of last year there
were H,022 postoffices In the whole coun-
try, and, as there cannot be two of the
same name in any state or territory. YOU
VIII not be surprised that the names of
sonie of them indicate a famine in
names. Another thing that might sur
prise you is the fact that the big state of
New York isn't at the head of the list
by nearly 1,400 offices, PENNSYLVANIA lead
ing with 5.0l5 to 1858 for New York. Ohio
Is third in the list, with 1902; Virginia
fourth, with 1924, while Illinois. with only
1855, is outclassed by Kentucky, Tennes-
see, Texas, Missouri and North Carolina.
Chicago ought to scatter herself over the
state to bring up the average There are
tWenty-eight states having over coo Of
fees each. Rhode Island has the fewost
number of any state, 145, with Delaware
Qd9 next and Nevada Q7D next. The Dis
trict of Columbia has the least number
lS, and Alaska has 81, though this figure
was given before the gold fever had be-
gun to develop that country. And stiu
with all these offices and ten men to FIJI
each one, we want the Philippines ana
Hawaii and Cuba and the West Indies ana
ba