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Cromwell Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 2208, 15 August 1910, Page 2

"This,” said the guide, who was piloting a hunch of tourists through the hackneyed spots of Egypt, "is the mummy of a very famous man. He was a high priest, the wisest man of his day. He lived to a great age. Born B.C. ” "And was his last illness fatal ?” queried the wag of the party. The guide regarded him with a look of infinite pity. "It was, sir,” he responded coldly. "That’s queer !” rejoined the waggish one. "His personal appearance ! .'ould seem to indicate that he was permanently cured." And then the guide sighed deeply. He had grown so used to that old joke, and everyone who came along imagined himself the inventor of it.