The Mena star., 1898-08-24
z AND K POST OFFICES.
clatnrc That Are Found In
the Postal Gnlde.

did it ever occur to you ?" remarked
the post Office inspector, that you will
find more rs in the post Office directory
than there are in the dictionary? No?
Well, you count them and see. / never
could understand why nybody would
want to take the last letter In the al
phabet TO begin a name with, when
they had pick and choice of all the
others; but, you know, there are some
people who always want to be last.
"And speaking of the z post Offices"
continued the official, 81 want to 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.
"Of the Z names it is easy to guess
that Zion would lead the list, and it
does with IA offices to its credit, be-
side one lions, lions Grove, lions
Station, lions View, a Zionstown, a
Zionshill, two Zionsvilles and two
Zionvlles. There is a Hadok in South
Carolina and two Zadoks in Arkan-
sas and Missouri, which is not the Scrip
for that do not know. There is a Ia
in Orange county, Va, which is the
shortest name of the lot What it
means you will have to go TO Orange
to find out. Florida and Illinois have a
Ziff each, Missouri has Ziz and Indi-
ana Zip-relative to Old Hipp Coon, of
darby days, perhaps. Ohio has Zuck
California a Fucker and Pennsylvania
Zucksville, Indiana and Texas have a
Zulu each, and Missouri has the only
lola in the United States. Missouri and
Colorado have the only Zebras. There
are only three Zeros AMI four Zeniths,
with only one Zodiac, about the most
simple name in zology to have selected.
There are only six Zoars, all bun one
named from the parent Zoar, in Ohio,
the well-known German settlement of
peculiar sociologic and economic no
tons.
missouri has a Zwanzig, evidently
because 20 people first settled there
There are three Zebulons, the Kentucky
and Georgia Zebaions 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 begin
ming its name with 4 is GAINESVILLE, o.,
a charming town, by the way, on the
Blue Muskingum river, where all the
world is fair, or words TO that effect
Excuse that burst of emotion, please.
1 was born in Ohio.
"But less even than the z nomencla-
ture is that Of X" concluded the in
spector. and there are only nine in the
entire country, Ave of them being
Xenias, one each in Illinois, Kansas
Missouri. North Carolina and Ohio,
which has the largest Xenia In the
country and the largest town with an
X name. Kentucky has Xena. Ten
nessee has d &eaePhon and Xerxes,
Georgia has a Xerzes and Hancock
county Tenn. heads the list with two
post offices in her midst whose names
begin with an X As winder to these
remarks" said the inspector, as though
he would say more il properly coaxed,
81 may say that on June of last year
there were 71,022 post offices in the
whole country, and, as there cannot be
two of the same name in any state or
territory, you will not be surprised that
the names of some Of them indicate a
famine IN names. Another thing that
might surprise you is the net that The
state of New York isn't at The head of
the list by nearly LOO Offices, Pennsyl-
vania leading wlh sob, to 1868 for
New York. OHIO is third in the list with
3,203; Virginia fourth, with 1924, while
Illinois, With only 1886, is outclassed
by Kentucky. Tennessee, Texas, Mis-
souri, and North Carolina.-N Y. Sun.