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Show The Story of a Mummy. For seventeen years ihe most curious object ob-ject in the museum ot the Teuuessee Historical nocieiy has been ihe Egyptian mummy. It hns a very Muxular hiaory. In IfiuO Col Jeremiah Uorge Harris was a purser on a United Slates man of war in the Lgyptiau waters. Ho went on shore and was at once ushered into tho' august presence of the khedive and his nu'uerou" household. Ha was walking one day with a member oi the khedive a stafl, when the Utter was set upon by rutfianH. Col. Harris who la a man of great atreuglh, interposed, inter-posed, and tho roughs were vanquished. van-quished. "What eau I do," asked the -biZyptian officer, "to show adequate approoauon ul the services you have rendered me?" I "Give me a mummy," laughingly suggested Col. Harris. "A mummy?" repoaled the officer holding his breath and poiuWinr! Did you not know, B,r, that our laws prohibit the removal of mummies under penally of death? But never mind; your request shall be fulfilled JuBt bitlore your vessel leaves the harbor a boat wnl c)mo along Bide. It will contain that fur which vou UUU HflKCU. . Col. Harris hal dismissed BUfc lect from his mini, hut just befure he hour for the depaiture ol the shuo three natives were ;ct,n pulling toiard the vessel. Ihe b,,at contain! a bund edirecteu to Col. Harris. Tuis bundle was not opened until h0 ar rival of theshipat Bu-ton, whea.it was discovered that there wereaix mummies mum-mies instead of one. They wer unmapped, un-mapped, at,d the bet one forwarded I to tne Tennessee Historical sooiety, of which Col. Harris was then and U shil a member. 8 When Prof. Hnxlcy wa8 herc he examined the mummy wiib a creut deal of mterest, and said ?J e behoved it to be the bnt-prrvgd specimen either in America w Larope. Nhville Amen-iu I |