Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-07
Oddities and Freaks in Post 0ffice
TiEas.
LOCAL AND GENEsA APPLICATIONS
Designations Which, Fit Statesmen,
Heroes, IdeasGth Localities.
cU1nED FROM IA VAST LOT

"There is a great zeal ABOUT post OfnceS
and their names which, is of local and gen.
eral interest that the public has no idea
Of" said clerk in the Washington city
post office to Star reporter.
For instance. there are twenty-one offices
bearing the name Of Star In the United
States four Starlights and one Star of the
West. the latter office in Arkansas.
"Old Sol Is immortaiized by seven offices
named Sun. four Sunbeams. one Sunbright,
ten Sunrises. sixteen; Sunsets. two Sum-
downs, fourteen Sunsbines. four SunIights
| while they took on the Sunnyside Of life In
twenty-one states. The Sunfower blooms
officially in three states, Sunfish swims in
Kentucky, the glorious climate of California
Is typified bv Suniand. the Sundances in
Wyoming. while the Sunny South is to be
found In the south in Alabama only. The
pale Moon CLEANS in five states, Mars twin
kles far away in eight states, Venus mod
estly smiles in the unlucky number thirteen,
and Jupiter reignS in but three. The blind
eyed goddess of Justice holds the scales in
but four states.
Statesmen and Others.
Senator Hanna is popular in post Office
| nomenclature. His first name, Marcus. ap-
pears in ten states. his middle name. Au-
relius, in three and his surname in SIX
There is but one William, in West Virginia,
are five Benjamins and twenty Harrisons
All Of the offices named Cleveland were not
named after the former President, but some
were and there are thirty-two Of them.
Tho people seized upon his first name how
ever, for there are fourteen Growers
1.-THE name Of Lincoln appars in thirty
three states, Grant in twenty-three, Garfield
In twenty-six, Hayes in nine, Buchanan in
twelve, Jefferson In twenty-efght and jack
son In -twenty-eight. OF the eight organs
some may have been named after the late
democratic presidential nominee while the
poet Byron has eighteen namesakes.
'Hobsen Of kissing fame has nine offices
named after him. There are eight Samp-
sons, sixteen SchleyH, nine Mileses, ten Shat
tiers, and of the present and recent members
OF the cabinet there are seven Algers, eight
Longs, two Roots, twelve Cages, three
Griggses. two Hays. eighteen Days. eleven
GIeshams. fourteen Bssells and eleven
Smiths
Former Senator Hills we'll remembered
IN four Davids nine BENEFITS and fourteen
Hills. There are fourteen,Hobarts Arkan-
sas has honored Senator Pettigrew nv CIV
Ing his name to an oadueSs There are seven
teen Wellingtons. but they are not named
after the democratic senator from Marv
land, by any MEANS
Curious and senseIess Names.
''Some of the names OF post offices are
funny and others absolutely senseless, r,
the latter class may be included Ola. Ka.
a., Ess. Ho Noe. Tno, Jeb. zif, Ally, Igo,
ost and Void. There are an ODE In Texas
ana thirteen Joys. but no Full. "A. B. c. is
o. X. in Kentucky. A-.N
70 my mind the funniest name in the
United states for a post Office is Jennings
Ordinary, in Nottaway county Virginia
Inc office Of Next, in West Virginia is not
large enough to support a barber shon
a Midk M, LATE Is appropriately found in Ohio
ana michigan. Raw Hide Butes in Wvomine
ana Roch A Crf in Wisconsin,. They have
some Clever people In Missouri for that
name name appears only in that state. William
MIA and Texas enSSi'a-
"A Kansas man would be indignant If vo,
Called MN Jay, lingo. Jonah, Jumbo. Ri
C eS SiGek buffalo Bpshong. Conductor.
was smeared with Verdigris. "a he wo,,Id
Ieei complimented IL you said he was a
cicero. Keats, or a WASHINGTON with hts
pos pocSets nlled with Coin and a Wise look
spout Gas. Kansas have named tan IN.
after their former Senators ingalls, and
PETER 5.t:. e"io anu
Multiplicity of1Similar Names.
mere are over 100 offices with the pre-
hxes San and Santa, 475 with Saint s0o
with west. $50 with North. 600 with East
and 6oO with South. These are big figures
ana II Is not surprising that mail miscar-
ries. Under the present rules of the de-.
parsment the selection sof a designation is
eshilned 70 one name unless for historical
or local reasons the rule Ia waived short
names are preferred.
The great colleges have not been over
looked, as there are twenty-one Yales
seven HarYards and twenty-six Princetons
In Covington county Mississippi the neonts
must De easygoing. for they named an office
Yawn. Old salts in Georgia and Virginia
dubbed dub their office Yacht. There are but
TWO offices named Yankee-fn Colorado and
d. In, DOH
because they nave an office named Yellow
JACKET While In Tennessee they exercise
their lungs In Yell.
strange as 1t may seem, there Is but one
Ycnkers-in New York. In addressing The
Star out-ef-town subscribers should be par
ticular to add d. c. after Washington. for
saere are are thTty,four post offices Of the
five New Yorks, four Chicagos, fifteen Bos.
and three Baltimores.
ihey nave charitable population In
Butter county. Ohio, and they named their
office Philanthropy. Montana people believe
in good resolutions. They have an off,ce
named New Year. Our original progen-
1tors nave added fame in one Adam in West
virginia and four Eves-a four to one bet on
Eve "hlch Is rather hard on the old man.
The Fair Sex the Fayorite.
TO generalize a subject which embraces
ot 'o'ooo words, the first names of women
appear to be the most popular About
S'eA1 hiio"H Suristtan appellatt0n of the
Iaif sex is used over and over again. For
instance. II your best girls name is Alice
remember that there are seventeen post Of
fices named after her.. Helen of Troy fnot
Ne" YORK; Is honored not at all, but there
are twenty-one .Helanas There are four
Amandas. fourteen Adasbonly one Adaline.
SIX Aibertas, three zArnS nine Annas ono
Anaoeile one Annie, zone Carrie, fifteen
Mays sixteen Maudsd one Maudetfa. nine
Marthas. two. Maryss Bne Mary Esther.
nine beatrices. f1vesBeAes, eight Berthas.
sisht bessies, nine Clos, thirteen Eliza
Deths. three Fannisx,. twelve Edtths, eight
Doras' ten Dots, fifteen Coras five Sophias.
others. So ~N 'oeAeS "
Catfish Is about an ,napnronrtate a nar,e
as could be suggestedsfot a. post Office, vet
mere are three bearing the title Some
communities com were tafdl up financially as