, 1874-06-28
CHAPMAN'8 SARCQPHAGU8.

l "0 uAF6 IbEtAtHU NO. {SQm Mf. Il
II. Chapman, Sterling, ILL, setting forth TIT
merits of h1s new sarcophagus, to which ue ha,s
once before alluded. At the close OF bis crcu-
| lar Mr. Chapman WAKES coufding md philan-
thropic, and says: "H you approve Of tbs .bcvs
! method Of disposing Of the dead, ind feel lis
turning or being / benefactor to tbs human
race In administering consolation to ths I1ina
| by letting them know that their lo7ed ones in
death can now be placed in caskes impsr7ious
to decay, please give the above oas q
two insertions IN your paper" As 1t Is TIA
g1eat aim of The TRIBUNE to be benefactor It
the human race by supplying the latest intelli-
gence and Offering 4 good adverti2ing medium
between business men and the public, 1nd Is TH1
TRIBUNE can At the same tina crafty Chapman,
which is probably Chapmans idea Of bsnedsing
the human race, we hasten to comply With Chap
mans request, although No must respectfully
decline his Kind invitation to act ~ sgents for
the sale of his sArcophagus. our present hudusas
being arranged With regard to tho living rather
than the dead.
The plan which Chapman proposes ID stmpl1
to make the casket air tight sud wAtss-hghs By
surrounding 1t with nater-1ime cement, and th1
earcophagus. says Chapman, is far superior to
auy ever used BY ancient Egyptians or Easta1a
monarchy, and can be furnished It t1ihing IL
pense." This Is certainly no ordinary indues-
ment There is some compensation for thl
weary, hundrum. tircsons life in tbs thought
that, after it is over, you can 60 to seep
in much moro elegant and substan'
tial lmanner than Choops or ceptranes
and that not even the Shah Of Per-
aia OF the Khedive Of Egypt, viii
all their gold and diamonds, can acquiro such
sacophagus as you can get from Chapman TOR u
There are crowds Of people who die happy IL
thought that they can 60 to the cemetery behind
brass band and in front Of a procession Of ths5
fellow-morta1s with white aprons on them. E03
much more will it add to their pleasure III
thought that for s6 they can get from chsPmta
3 sarcophagus more enduring than thu
which holds the dust Of King Macso"
lus, more gorgeous than that which IT.
ceived the swa1thy daughter Of Egpts
royal hute-plaJer, whoee faTorite instruments
made auch r&vishing music as she sailed On t1S
Nils, Again, saya Chapman: 'You will hArss
sArcophagus that win be sound when the P5's-
mids of Egypt have uumbled into dust" 1h''
however, Ia too much. We do not see II"
possible use there is in such IN everlasting pe'-
manenco. We presume Chapman does no'
pause to think that the Pyramids ha7e stooa
for thousands Of yeas, and thas 1l7,
may stand for millions Of year, 5e'
before they crumple iuto dust. It IL nos CON-
fort,ng to Brown or Jones, for instance, TO tnla@
that il they pat1onize Chapman they as nso~
10 be dug up thousands Of years hepcs o5 u:
md exhibited in museuma
.anples Of past epoch, as ws now exhio' n''
remains OF the Post-Pleiocene period. tsF
.ially will it occur TO Brown, II hs fhenA'
happen to be 1od-hAired and lfecn''
ind anub-nosed, that hs would taioa.
not be e1caEated in the year e'
Ind set up - = target for the jokes and sus'.'
II the young Indies OF that time with 1egs'o
,is personal appearance. We doubt 'neIa'4
here ia any ono who desires to last until I'D
Pyramids crumble into dust. Chapman I"
" erdons tho business in this regard The p4"
alton of Chapman's circular, hows7et' e'a1
oines rhetoric, eloquence. post-norfen p'oe
aud business, In the moss n's'
manner, and in pathetic utility su1paaaes n'
nenting widow who ch1onicled hor husrs10'
,irtues and announced on tho sans stons 'a''
Tho would continue his business A. tn, old ssaa''
,ays Chapman:
Shall ws continue to bury Cur dssd, In ta'S eaAs,
mad age in that barbArous, carslsst, snd lno.at
manner sb4t has characterIzad Ill nahona, IN IL
Res leaving them submerged in Fxtaf
t tho time and constantly exposed to tna oep'
inns Of rata snakes, aud otbar vsr1ntn. uno' ~.
rumh1o into dust, 11sher than adopt tut ~. ~
Method, 1t cost of s. to ~, to pay proper re'pe
hi. cs1tes formed after thu tn1sgo Of cur drea'
or, and foz lung time containing ths sou -,
immortal, and now ba4ktpg in tbs sunaains -
}.eat RsdsemcT7
And then, dropping from this subGm't3' ~"
only waking from these celestial vssions' o1'T
,sn abruptly proceeds to bustness Win so'
ark "Addreas z. II. Ch=pman. RtsrltnE.f IA'
Il orasss viii bs promply alsdL" VI fsak A