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THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER: TUESD*
1891.
HIS ASHES TO THE WIND.
JTRANGE funeral rites over
HENRV^EYER’S remains.
gl tra lBcln*rmt«d to the Mails of •
Bsod—HI* Ware Cut Into tbs
Air from tSf*1>Utoo of Ubartjr In Now
Tork n»rbor*—AII ns Ho Directed.
A little white cloud Hosted oat from
hotel
ippeared
the remsins of Henry Meyer,
keeper, of Staton Wand.
To be buried in this singular, half
cynical fashion in midair, as it were,
iu exactly as the dead man had often
directed while he lived. As he had
rfehed, his body ,_wps cremated, his
handful of ash<*.*«•> preserved in • bos
nntil the next, Sunday should come,
and then, with^ttw Hopping of cham
pagne bottles and expressions of good
will, but no grief, was cast from the top
of Liberty whenever it wonld go. In
the clear sunshine of the beantifnl day,
looking no bigger and of no more Im
portance than a puff of cigar smoke,
the clond bang for a moment nnder the
lee of the statue. Then the sharp north
west wind caught it, whirled it instantly
out of sight in the direction of the dead
man's old home, and that was the last
of the body of Henry Meyer.
A jovial though an raid soul, and a
hotel keeper for thirty years at Port
Richmond. Mr. Meyer was well known
to every Staten Islander and a good
many other people, too. From the name
of his hotel be got to be called “Puck”
Meyer, so that his real first name was
generally forgotten. J He was a skeptic,
a socialist, a strenuous advocate of cre
mation, a pretty gqod liver and a man
of great popularity in apite of a thousand
peculiarities which will be Staten Island
folk lore for generations.
No one saw “Pnck" die. He was
found dead in his bed in the hotel on the
morning of Feb. 14. His wife was the
first to discover his death. As his will,
mails many years ago, directed, the body
was taken to the Fresh Pond crematory,
on Long Island, two days later and in
cinerated. A committee from the Staten
Island Scbnotzen corps, of which Meyers
had been a member, accompanied the
remuins ill three carriages, with n brass
band
The body waa dressed in the blno uni
form of the Schuetzen corps, and after it
bad been consumed the brass buttons
and other pieces of metal which the fire
bad not destroyed were preserved as
souvenirs. The usbes, weighing little
more than three pounds, were of a
whitish color and as feathery as cigar
ashes. They were carefully placed in a
round tin box and pnt in charge of First
Lieut. Moritx Wegerle. Then, with the
band playing a lively air, the party re
turned to Staten Island.
The special committee took the steam
er Bay Ridge for Bedloe's Island.
To avoid cariosity Lieut. Wegerle had
the tin box in a brown Gladstone bag.
He swung this carelessly in his hand os
the party climbed to the top. of the ped
estal. Then they went>oii|sldfitjie statue
on the stone platform surrounding it,
and there the .bag was opened and the
master of ceremonies ..disclosed, four
brown paper- hugs, each, containing an
equal amount of- tyjyerV ashes.: T&^re
was a spoonful or two left in the .bottom
of the esse, which were saved for
‘‘Pack's” married-Sister an Staton island
at her rawest. t , .
As be banded' around the,bugs - Mr.
Binsfthlsr.madotlflJ §p*edh: : ,
“Here are the ashes of old: ‘Buck’
Bach man that got qtof Stuck !t into
* fil®** on *** e **oa»s today—
. midwinter day. with lu loWrlac sky
A E?® ,r 7rt re ' 1 * yet th. white nee Ur
11. H. HAWKINS ’t H. C. BAGIEV. VlcsPrst’l
W.E. 'JRPhEY. Cuhltr.
'HOASIZED 1870.
Bo **’ * rtth * mr *•*“ I ”*8The Ba.ik of Americus.Qt-
ronr fairness, lying 'nesth careless
Dropped I rota the breeet of a bride, my fair,
" tk®3T brought her borne from the holy •
The bridal music haunting the air.
Deep thHUlng the eoul with a rhythm divine,
TUI her full heart throbbed with a new joy.
And you left Its warmth for the wintry
Cf street? I
Designated Depository Stats of Georgia.
Stockholders Individually liable.
Capital» • • •' SlBOtOOO
Surplus# ... 9100,000
& 5 IT ARRIS, Pres. BLOOM BROWN, Sac. a Trow. C. P. PAYNE, K’g’r.
Americas Supply Co.
Suooessors to HABBI8 ft PAYNE,
Droppwl from th. titer of the blMnd dead,
Do your folded leave, hold the dwr of istrs?
to your fresreoc. prayer, soft murmured
P 1 ®****®* so®l for the finished years?
Was the snllen chill of the crossing stone
Less cold than that pulseless heart, my own?
P. 0. CtozinT’res. Ocmalgce t
Jos. Dodson, of ju. Dodsoo A Bon, Attorneys.
O. W. Olover, Pres’t Americas Orooery Co7_
^'‘tWes-r
BheBMdsC
leseledryii
•»“ 1 M
Howe'er it be. O you white, white Rose,
I will lay you down on a girlish hreest
That hae never thrilled >neeth bridal snows.
Nor yearned for the peace of unbrokur, net.
You shell Unger there till your bright, brief
day ‘ - •
Of bentty and bloom breutben Itself nwey.
-8. Elgar Renat Id Kate rield'a IVesbliigtoo.
THE BANK OF SUMTER
o-4-coi
T. N. HAWKES,
President
&
Wide street. «s llenlth Propntere.
Dr. Andeis has been investigating tin
influence of the. width of streets in citiet
on the mortality from phthisis, and nr
the resulta of examining into the locali
zation of 1,500 deaths he lias arrived at
W. C. FURLOW, Cashier.
DIRECTORS— O. A. Coleman, C. C.
Hawkins, B, H. Jossey, T. N. Hawkes,
W. C. Furlow, W. H. 0. Wheatley, R. 8.
Uliver, H. M. Brown, W. M. Hawkes,
Dr. E. T. Mathis, Arthur Itylander.
Liberal to Its customers, accommoda
ting to the public and prndent In Its
management, this bank solicits deposits
and other business in Its line.
the conclusion that the number of deaths Jg". WINDSOR. CY.
from phthisis is smaller in proportion to
the population in the wide than in the
narrow ones, and that in narrow streets
the mortality is greatest where they are
long or where they form a cul-de-sac.
In other words, complete movement of
air about dwellings is s point of prime
importance In connection with the ques
tion of pulmonary phthisis.
It is on this principle that all modem
bylaws as to open space about houses are | Capital, *30,000.
based, and it is as impoitant tu have
wide open spaces behind houses as in
front, so as to secure a proper through
current of air. The existiug tendency
to put up an undue limit on the needed
area behind dwelling houses is strongly
condemned, as constituting a distinct
violation of one of the most vital es
sentials to the promotion of health end
prevention of a certain class of disesses.—
New York Telegram.
I. MONTGOMERY, Preit. J. C. RONEY, Vice Praet
LESTER WINDSOR Ai«t.(?r.
We arc now in our new building in Artesian Block,
and ready for business.
A Fall Line of Cooking Stoves and Ranges.
Gas Fixtures arid Sanitary Goods a Specialty.
Globe, Angle and Cheok Valves,
Terra Cotta and Iron Pipings and Fittings.
Greneral Repair W ork
dect-tr TELEPHONE IVo IS.
E. A. HAWKINS, Attorney
NO. 2830.
ESTABLISHED 1867.
Peoples’ National Bank
- Of Americns. f
INCORPORATED 1890. pifl+pQ
JAMES FRICKER & BRO. * asmonmtes -
Surplus, 926,000
ORGANIZED 1883.
H. C. Baolev, Pres. W. K. Hawkins,Sec. & Tr.
New York Horara.
“Do yon know what I consiuer the I H 0 Bagley, W E Hawkins, S W Coney,
most remarkable thing in New York?" w S Glllis, J W Sheffield, P C Clegg,
asked a man from the west who had WM Hawkes, BFMathews, G M Byne,
been spending a week iu the city. WE Murphoy, 8 Montgomery, J H Pharr.
His metropolitan friend suggested t lie | B. P. Hollis.
Brooklyn bridge, the hurrying crowds capital STOCK. - - . nrnm.
on Broadway, the Stock exchange, the | SURPLUS & Undivided Profits, - *70,401,22.
German opera and other stock marvels.
Investment Securities.
Paid up Oaoital, <1,000,000.
ISurplus, $260,000.
dibictobs:
fare uni
aff-
»W?lvAJpi
one of the
is a
He' .
and went back to the
’ ^MStowSfy^nMlityof
Each man took his station therefore in
the head correppOildtfig to the point* of
the compass,,and as each hag was emp
tied the members cried, “Here goes the
ashes of ‘Puck’ Meyer. Happy days!”
lies of‘Pnck’Meyer. Happy days!”
“Happy days to old ‘Pnck’ Meyer,’
said Mr. Rinachler.
. “He was a good fellow,” remarked
Lient Wegerle.
. “You’re right he was,” said the others
.■together, according to the prearranged
formula.
“Do you believe in the resnrrectionf”
asked one of the committee of a brother
member as they bourded the 5 o'clock
boat
“Well, 1 gness there's something in
but each time tho conntryms- shook his
head.
“No,” he said finally, "you haven't
bit what I mean, though yon see it—or W. B. c. DUDLEY,
* Bank of Southwestern Georgia. *
M. SPEER, J.W. WHEATLEY,
“ ddent “ ‘
1ET.
Assistant Cashier.
I have jnit returned from New York,
where I purchased a very large stock of
DIAMOFDS
AND—
WATCHES
at prioes that will enable hfc' to wll
lower than «v,r .before. Our (took is
Immense, assortment complete, prices
lower than any one. Call and sea for
yourselves before baying.
C. A. FRICKER,
President.-
4O9 JACKSON ST„ AMERICUS, GA
(Barlow Block.)
Cashier.
could see it if you looked- -a hundred
times every day. To me. now, the most
amazing thing in the whole big town is I J. W. Wheatley,
the wonderful indifference the horses C. A. Huntington, H. R. Johnson,
show to the elevated trains. Why. if R> J. Parry, J. 0. Nicholson,
one of those things should go rearing I A. W. Smith, W. ILC. Dudley,
over the heads of my plow horse* tticy'd I Speer.
simply have hysterics. A* for my little Ei Bonn, jBt( PreSi M> KkapP) y. p.
mare Kitty, she wouldn't stop running
till shq got into the next state. , Yonr
bones, however, don't even look np
when a train passes. 1 really can't un
derstand it.”—New York Times.
O. A. Colehan, Sea, A Tress,
Georgia Loan&TruslCo.
Kli,(lenient* to Lou,Ion,
A careful newspaper reader, resident
in London, who has given much utteu- ,
tion to elopement statistics, states.that | B 1 x^tnrni
on an average fonr elopement* take
Negotiates Loans on improved
Farm and City Property.
Attorney,
JEBrvnm.
Lend Examiner,
place in London every week. Thia wonld | *. 0. UURRAT. PRESIDENT,
give a total for the year in round num
bers of 200 in a population of something
like 6,000,000. Preeuming that the unm-
ber of elopements alt over the country is
in ..the. same proportion we have a total
elopement list of about 1,600, per year.
Now that a Gretna Green marriage is PAID DP CAPITAL,
J.E.0UU, CASHIER
Planters’ Bank of Ellaville,
a thing of the-past elopements seem to
bn,.on,UMi wane. It, is.stated 1 that at
retna Green ,to|l honse alow SOO con-
lei wietn *6metlmes nnited in a year.—
ondonTit-Bito
mtmmlihA
Collections a Specialty.
-j>i ATjyi"
rm.
A N«w Way to 8li«ll Egga.
At a meeting of the Roys) Meteorolog-
leal rodety. Mr. H. B. Soott, F.,8. a,
drew attention to a carious case ofjight-
nlng stroke which hod occurred at'Bally-
^ami Odimty Hsyo: Ttae eggs mi'In
a basket fanthe floor of-a toom Wkefl the
hoaee/was struck by the- discharge. It
Mgs found that their shells (sll off .when
they.wpre put,into,,but iys*ef.toaYiag
the inner membrane nnbroken.. Chi be
ing cooked they tasted quite well.—
Cassell’s-Magakina
bsnk solicits deposits sod other business Is 1U
U e jaaUewly.
Loans negotiated at LOWEST BATES.
EM,p»ym«to,cn^ty^r^»dL
nct 6 iy Amerlons, Georgia.
NOTHING SUCCEEDS
LIKE SUCCESS.
ItT mid the brother laconically
„ a got to My
Meyer will find a hard job palling Jiim-
Jteyer
self togetlier when that day comes.
Meyer wh 60 years old and came to
this country from Hamburg about thirty-
five yean ago. He wm one of the first
volunteers from Staten Island on the
northern tide during the rebellion. He
served through the war and get a wound
In his left leg in a skirmish in Tennessee.
He refused to let tho surgeons .amputate
his limb, although they said he couldn't
live unless ho did, and brought the leg
and the rest of liis body'home' safe ana
■■■MRU /hhknp
sound at the end of the war. He never
wore an overcoat, always wore a silk
hat the year round aud always carried a
cane. The Staten island children al
most worshiped him. .
Meyer provided in * his will that his
friends nhonld have a champagne supper
after ncuttering Ills ashes, but it was
found that no money remained for this.
In fact, the mail died a bankrupt. His
place at Port Richmond was Hold nnder
euro the day after he died. He
e child, a wm S years old, by. his
at wife. His life was a fast and a
1 hi* friend* hardly knew
left
The snn spot periodicity is a subject of
universal interest, snd little has been
sounded of its unfathomable depths.
It is known that the cycle is completed
in about eleven year*, containing a max
imum of activity and a minimum of qnl-
eacenev, that the spots are entities in the I
solar photosphere, filled with gases or
vapors cooler than the surrounding por
tions; that the spots move with a vary
ing velocity, and that the spot produc
ing activity has a direct infiueuce on tiro |
magnetism and electricity of the earth.
VM. RADAM’S
CBOBE
KILLER
MOT TRULY AMI CORRECILT CALLED
Purse thefts seem to be the common
thief's special weakness, more than 10 I
percent, of the larcenies.etc., brought
before the courts being for thefts of
puree*. Watches stand second favor- [
ites. More than three-fourths of the
pones stolen are the property of ladies,
the thieves seeming to find ladies’ pock
ets more suitable for picking than men's
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' ■ • • • ■ ■ ‘ Till—* *— " ‘
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^ * )t save
Write for prices and see If we cannot save yon money.
67 SOUTH BROAD STREET,
MmUol'IuxTiuhs When You Write.
ATLANTA, GA.
Baseballs, Bats, ats.
I , .,1, 0*t» Stock |o this lisa cannot be surpassed to South (Horfla.
HAMMOCKS! HAMMOCKS!
T Order elsewhere. Oro- Ustwscn MoDtpctnerr^y^ Amdrions^ via Uatoa
It will Tiay ^yDn toeee ns before.
net Sets, Croquet Sets! We have lust received a fine assortment in this
he, atid'catf'gave y6a money by trading with ns. We wonld not forget
to caU your attention to the fact that wo have added to otir general line of
Books, and Stationery ', a full line of Moulding and Picture^ Framing,ma-
■'' il, and . we have an experienced man at tbo head of this department, and
pan do yotr as good, work as you can have done in Hacon or Atlanta Mail
order* will receive special attention.
ALLISON & AYCOCK,
ate f»Min stROTi'
SMSMCtll,' OBOBQI4.
The army .of the United State* con
sists of R.1ST commissioned officers snd
a little oror, J»,0Qp private R|Mtok.f‘
FLEETWOOD A
for Sumteroonuty.
elusive of thi
duties; thus one-i
sists of its officers.
Th"foreo co*” IA Certain Cora for Dyspepsia.
A new method of preparing wood pulp I
composition for moldings iadescribed, in
There is perhaps no disease bo prendent as
DrsDepsI* and imlijre»tion, and one too. tliat up
s present time nas baffled the skill of the
eminent physicians. Two-thirds of the
which"ti;o"w^d"puip"t, wued with |^K’'fT u 'i^ «
lironze powders, aniline or luetallic.col- occssiiauiir n»ns*» snd vumitinr.soliiitr, s*w-
ryit'f, . nniform ,vilnr nt auv l « BC *. 111111 P* ln 111 the besd, with s ssnsalion ol
ore, so as to gne a unnorui ooior or auy hnTlnM ,oVglddlnm, irreruisrltr of bowels,
I shade to the pulp. low spirits, sleeplessness. Milo-
desired I
whethcrtoUu^w|cry over hi* memory.
The brownish diseoloraliou of ceiliugs
where gas i* used is caused by du»t car
ried against them by the heated air
rents produced by the irn*
went of ktilnejs, sad not u»- -*j oentl’ypslpl
tLm of tbs bean. If yo* are .altering with a
of these symptons im. Hour’s DTerarmo KW
wUl oor* yo*. resparad only by
iliita Saw Works
J. P. MoVEV, proprotor.
RCsnufscturer of Every Variety of Ban sad ttotior
■AW MILL SUPPLIES. Special attention xiveo
to Repairing. Agent foe W. L. Power A
Oo.*s toiarqtd,
Wood Working Machinery.
Largo and WsU Selected
Prices low. Liberal tonus. Writs for catalogs#.
ATLANTA. -GEORGIA
On May i, at the side track at Furlow' Lawn, the
OOMULGEE BRICK COMPANY
AND THE—
RIVER8 LUMBER COMPANY
WrLL OPFN A SALES YARD FOB
BRICK, LUMBER AND SHINGLES
A man will be in charge of the yard to deliver goods to customers.
A full stock of everything will lie kept. Your orders solicited. 4-30
DUNLAP HATS.
THE LATEST STYLES AND SHAPES.
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.. .>»-.! • -
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FURNISH THE LATEST
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OJ 70D10 V.
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^OX
Will receive subscriptions
for anyTpaper or
uubic.ition.
ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED.
PLACE.
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Amoricus
tOUTE.
Savannah, Americas A Montgomery R’y.
TIME TABLE
Taking Effect April 19,1891.
HIT, 7 00 p m
rwi Ive .a..Birmingham*'
“ Cbildersburg lv«j B os a
27
15 pm
iioiMstoiiufiriiiiiirf iv$ bos
Ive ByUcanx» Ire 4 40
Ire..... ..•Opelilu lv®| l u
Wo.,
... Ellaville arr
.• KlUvUlt, We
. Americua arr
Ire AaMTletiB We IN
. Cordite..
lre,.^v.___ r _ TT .
We Helena
We LyoM ...
— iMumb ,
...CluulMton.
6 20
I OB
1 55
7 40 pm
Betw*n Montgomery arid Amerlcas t Tita OpellhJk
Sj!S r "
irel B «p sc
To a m;We Moetfomery *,
lfipmllre Opellto....
iTTkWrtidmtnr..
... Colambus...,
TWl
7'4B»m 1
rCBlAMmf...... i
,w ~ Amnrlcus.......U, , ,
BetWn Itontcomery and^XmerTctM, vli!Nkw&
f<Tpm
!
20 pm
M
Between
i We Albany ...trr 9tt
hut ......Americas..Wna tg.
Amcrlcof end ^ncltsonville, da mhM
U hiiijWe .
... BruoewU
.. JicumiTi
• arr • ooam
-lee t a mm
-We 11 00 pm
Close connection msde tt ]
sBffiSaHSBDI
>ints in the Houthweet, and at Amcrfm for
inntngliam and all polnW In the Northwest.
• Meal Put ions.
Sleeping cars between Columbus and Sevan-
.. tof
«r°. n N.
h, change cars at C. Se 8. Junc-
E. 8. GOODMAN,
J.
MARSHALL,
Gen. Superintendent. Gen. Pass. Ai
H.tX.Ws. K. I’M.. A^' r ‘ C “' 0 *-
Saronnab, (la. K. A. SMITH,
« A K*" B< - tomls, Mo.
D. ROVER, T P. A,
AmericuM. Gn.
J.VO.T. AROO.C. 8. A*
.. . _ . Ameiicus, Us.
II. BUITII, O. P. A..
XewVork, N. Y.
TIIE-
: Hast Tennessee,
Virginia and
Georgia R’y
System.
-IB THK ONLY—
Short and Direct Line to the forth, Eat ti
West.
W. WRENN, Gen. Pam. and TUkH
q. W. MWt tafVSOre.
This line Is conceded to be the best equipped
nd runs the fluent Pullman Bleeping Cars In
the South.
Elegant J*ullman Sleeping Cara, between
Jacksonville and Cincinnati,
Titusville and Cincinnati,
Brunswick and Louisville,
Chattanooga and Washington,
Memphis and New York,
Philadelphia and New Orleans,
ChattAiiooga and Mobile,
Atlanta and Chattanooga,
Without Chance.
Vxjt an j (ufonustioa address