The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-09-02

liams, carnations, gladiolas, which may
be preserved so Us to retain their cOlOrs
for years. White flowers will not an
swer for this purpose; nor any succu-
liant plant, as hyacinthes or cactus. Take
deep dishes, or those of sufficient depth
to allow the flowers to be covered an
inch in depth with sand; get the COM
mon white sand, such as is used for
securing purposes, cover the bottom of
the dish with q layer half an inch thick,
and then lay in the flowers, with their
stems downward, holding them firmly
in place while you sprinkle more sand
over them, until all places between the
petals are filled and the flowers buried
out of sight A broad dish will accom-
modate quito n large number allow
sufficient sand between. Set the dish in
dry warm place where they will dry
gradually, and at the end of a week
ponr off the sand and examine them; if
there is any moisture in tho sand it
must be dried out before using again,
or fresh sand may be poured over them,
the same rs before. Some flowers will
require weeks to dry, while others will
become sufficiently dry to put away in
week or ten days. BY this simple pro-
cess, flowers, ferns, ETC., are preserved
in their proper shape, as we'll as in their
proper color, which is far better than to
press them in books. When arranged
in groups or mounted on cards, or in
little straw baskets, they may be placed
in frames under glass.
AN EGYPTIAN MUMMY.-There is o
mummy OF an Egyptian princess in one
of the buildings on the Centennial
grounds. Some years ago it was pre-
scented by the Khedive to the Prince of
Wales, who leftitin the care of an Ameri-
can gentleman at Luxor. 1t was obtained
from the latter by DR.. J. L. NJ. Curry,
of Richmond, Va, on his recent trip up
the Nile. The case is -gnawed and
half decayed, in spite of the well-pre-
served preparation OH the surface. which
is covered with hieroglyphics. said to
signify prayers that tho soul of the
princess, having triumphed over evil
spirits, may be admitted to life without
death, and enjo.j eternal happiness.
Other characters tell that the embalmed
remains are those Of an Egyptian lady
of the highest rank, and of the time OF
the Pharaohs. The skeleton has been
removed from the original case, and put
in one of glass. Only the face and hands
are bare. No bones are visible except
the. top of tho Uranium, o portion of
those of the hands, and the brown,
jagged, half disintegratcd teeth, which
protrude from the open mouth. The
body is covered with black skin, shriv-
eled close to the bone, and looks like
skeleton that had been dipped in melted
pitch, and left out to dry. The trunk
and limbs still retain most of their origi-
nal swathing of coarse linen, but it is
tattered, half rotten, of dirty yellow,
with the Esas eaasrjng IL Qn nalRRSethaf s
layer OF the covering torn of. Though
the mummy is far from healthy looking,
one believes with difficulty that it may
have eaten of corn out of the very gra-
nary from which Joseph filed tho sacks
Of his treacherOus brothers.
WHAT A JAPANESE THINKS OF IT.
A good story is told Of the way the Cen
tennial strikes the Japanese. Mr.. Fu-
kui, Japanese Commissioner to the Cen
tennial, while travelling with several of
his countrymen, was asked what were
his impressions of the exhibition. He
replied somewhat at length, but, refer
ring to the number of visitors, he OK
pressed himself after this fashion:
"The first day crowds come like sheep;
run here, run there, run everywhere.
One man start, one thousand follow.
Nobody can see anything, nobody can
do anything. Allrush. push, tear. shout,
make plenty noise, say dam great many
times, get very tired and 60 home. That
day and every day police no good; plen
ty policemen in corners, doors, halls;
plenty outside buildings, plenty inside;
all have hands in pockets; not one knows
anything: no matter what You ask, he
say, Don't know; and that's true, he
don't know; not have try to know; have
sign everywhere, Don't handle any
thing all the same, everybody handle
everything. We lose a great many Gu
rios-small bronzes, ivory carvings,
lacquer boxes, fine porcelain and little
pictures. Tell police; put their hands
little deeper in pocket and say 'Dont
know We must take those things
back, but have not got them. Ali"
Commensurate Springfield, Vt, OK
lists the Practical Cooperation Asso-
oiation," composed of fifty-five men and
women, the majority of whom are from
twenty to twenty five years old The as
sociation was started about two years
age by an inhabitant of Springfield,
who, with four others, having capital
of of 81 600, hired small shop with
water power, and in it began the manu-
feature of toys and other light articles.
They were regularly organized Us a CO.
operative society, open to persons of
proper character and capabilities, who
were required to have . capital or en-
trance fee of 800. An easy and abund-