The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-03
SILVER PLATED CORP SES
IAN EMBALMINet PRCcEsst |THATs IS
FEASIBLE BUT COsTrY. !

A st:sLouisesilverl Platerk Has disco Sered
anew sway to s-He
Has sTriedNtl1e ,FPrOcess one DJanyk Sub
stances-Tke Sorzgil.al1Idea.
er.plater4namedfiSa muetsD iowning,
doing business ors C1livesstreet, seger al years
ego began,a serieSt Of 8 experiments in the
line of.his trade'wESchRF ere III 9ytsuccess-
full, and have openeasup Understanding
possibilty-the einSalpxjh glof'therdead in
casts of silver, or gold ,ssccordingsto the
purses and. aItisticsdesireshO fsCthe survivors
of the deceased.
Mr. Downing may i have thearda of the
MADAGASCAR monarch, whO,s desirDus q
making an impression u soma Britishsam :
bassadcr, Appeared on; thee day oftheIbya
audience Respondent in a CLOSE fttingIsuI
of gold dust on fOInd&1 hon OF palm. oil g.
The magnificence of the II pnGrch was, how =
ever. fatal, and hefell victim to his am =
bition to appear before the representative )
of her majesty In scate'ot unparalleled
splendor. The coa6Ing.Of gold dust close, |
the royal pores, and thu epiderris, de =
,7riyed of the air which it takes il Througl |
its many million mouths, brought abou :
the disorder which spes Oily ended the ur =
fortunate rulers life. He was buried n
this, his best suit ofr.clOthes Ten yeaI 5
later the body wasstaken from its tOE1b o
be PLACED in morainpoang quarters, who l,
to the surprise OF the train which hadscon le
to remove the royal remains, the body'yv Is
found to be intaot,sa. golden statue.
This incident may have Tsu2 gested'to N r.
Downing the, Xpeaments"EYhich heUnde r
took For manysyears sIHcr'could only De
electroplaGed on 4 copper surface Thu II
some orc discovered thatlaSurface Of pIUr =
bago, which is.readily applied to anythin g,
nouldfakeAon,1hee lec1-o1late. The OH 20
street pIatoEygwith this suggestion in mind d,
soon discovesefia wayOf silverplating Il &c
head OF a caEesdirect. on tkewood.
INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS.
One day he took fresh egg, and afb er
proper preparation threw IL into the silu ar
bath and turned on the battery. The G.
suit was IyhTt5 appeared TO be a delica te
work of art-a silver egg, which, under a
strong glass, showed all the minpte por IS
of the shell The egg was exhibited 0r
over a year, sand not one personin hu u
bred would believe that it was anythn e
but cunning specimen Of tEeSilversmitf s
arr. To seGae.a discussion which ran his h
one GGLN LOW AL4AlfS oC4LCL1Fd u6tIlsN
knife, cut tho silver egg in'twain, and it
was found toE5e as fresh and sweet as t. le
day it was Electroplated. The'egg had be, N
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The next. experiment Of note was Hle
plating of aecaunk Of cheese. The dn j.
culties Of faceyieldedheadiIy+ to
the process, and the piece of Oh eese was
kept sound and wholesome fOr1 yea +,
when 1t was QUITO satisfy a doubt er Of the
1ermetical natUrefOf the process.
a roast of beef, from which the blood
had been allowed to drain; pea shes, bl-
nanaS a bunch Of grapes and other perish
able articlesWe then. succe ssfuny expe1 j.
mented on.
In some manner a rulnor got out amoIag
the silver pla1er's friemIstthGt he was cen
gagged in some experiments to the end Of
Introducing the processsin. the enbalm ing
of the dead. Some excitement was ere; Ited
in the vicinity of his residence on account
of these rumors. 1t is but Justice to. the
gentleman to that he las never e. peri
mented upon q cadaver.
IT CAN BE DONE.
Discussing the matter, he said: "The
1unor was absurd, and CAUSED me much
annoyance at the time. Such a method Of
embalming would never lecoma Popular,
on ire score OF expense al Dle. II Is per-
fectly feasible, and would be an. Improve
ment upon any modern plaDlof eulbalming.
The body would have to be prepared in the
usual manner, by the removal of b viscera
and the substitution OF the blood in tho
veins Of some preservativesliquid such as is
used now. Thus prepared. the koiy could
be placed in the nickel, silNar or gOId bath
and treated as any other article that is to
be electropI&ted The result would be a
coating OF nickel, silver-or gold. Hat would
Theoretically seal the pores OF tn body, and
it would keep Tor ages.
"uy friends often tv-it me- about this
matter and get or little jokes about the
grief of. TIC relatives or sury fvors being
measured by the thickness az d grade of
the metal employed. An az castor who
died leaving one a snug foTtur ei would be
entitled to a quadrupfe gold Ilate, or at
least triple silver, plate. " ar! of means
would providein their wills for The style Of
plating They also indulge In little pleas
Rntries about, setting up tho 5 liver plated
ancestors on pedestals on a sort of family
gallery of statuary. But all this sort of
stuff has ceased to amuse ono. | do not
suppose that any one viii G rer try this
plan OF embalTninE, unless IL g some crank
who leaves directions Tor SIluh treatment
of his body in his viii 1t C Duld be done.
however, but / would have riothing to do
with such a ob."-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat. i