Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-11

noke. Va. and c. +. Rixey. OF Virginia. |
are at the Metropolitan.
A. w. Aston. University OF Virginia, ).
G. White. Leesburg. va.-Metropohtan.
W. r. Harrison. Richmond: f. :. Read
Highland Springs, Va. Charles Herndon'
Fredericksburg: Thomas +. Munford'
Lynchburg; Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Taiid-
fefro. virginia--St. James.
T. r. Covington and son. Culpeper; IL. |
c. Cooke. Theological Seminary; o. IL.
Hettlor. Hickory, n. c.; }. X. Puilin ana
wife, Culpeper; William J. Pick. Lynch
burg; r. F. Allison. CuIpeper; Joseph .
Wilson Richmond-Howard House
G.. W. Onllghter, Leesburg, Va: X. ~
Gweathed. c. d. Schwartz, Staunton,
Va; J. f. Carothers, Danville, Va; j.
d. Bradley. Luray. Va; j. ID. forsytne'
]. l.. Armis,ead, c. C. Miller. j. III. Baw-
ban, Vlrginia-NationaL
Mr.. Joseph Shepherd, OF Richmond, WIS.,
tied the Episcopal convention TO-DAY, pH'
failed TO see any OF the virginia iieln
bers, and afterwards called on the Secfe
tary OF War and Adjutant-Generai' WIN
whom he had an hours interview
Rev. Or. Mason. Of Richmond. and Kew.
DIR. Tucker. OF Norfolk. are among 'he
most popular members Of the Episeopa'
convention.
DINGLEYIsM DISASTROUS.
A vell-known Richmond man, VINO
travels for New York wholesale import
ing establishment, which deals ch'ehs ~
silks. yelvets. and wo9llen goods, says tue
Mckinley tariff has played havoc VIII
business. He says this has been tne ~oIss
year in the past five years 1898 peins o'e
of the best I'm a decade
Speaking of the cotton crop, ne saiu VIA
I'm some OF the extreme oou'ner -,
States planters say that the crop WIN
not nay for the picking OF II. ms &c
partly accounted for by the increase VI
the cotton crop in Egypt. the Ioio"ihs
is from the state Department;
"Our imports from Egypt in 1896 amount
ed 10 81 $50 900. consisting almost ehureiy
of cotton In the first eleven i',on'ns
OF 1897 cotton imports from hssp.
amounted TO s4,2T,6lS; sugar nnpo ,
from Egypt amounted TO SS'oSi'-'o' i
trade is carried on by British vessels aii ,
n Americans would send IN return sucn
n,arufactured goods as are I'm demand
here good cargoes could be made up.
cotton raising is becoming more generai
every year in Egypt The Importance
of this line Of agriculture may be seen
nv an examination of the exports. III
IKE they exported 1888, 229 bales OF cotton;
i'm 1896 $50 $50 bales. OF this latter Ens
land received 337 O7S bales; Russia, $500
bales. France, 1924 bales; Austria, H'foo
bales; United states, $3.50 bales; ana
other countries in smaller amounts. ms
shows that they have doubled their eN-
ports of cotton in twenty-one years
ut was only ten years ago that Esyp-
tan cotton was introduced into the
United States. The trade has Increased
with marvellous rapidity; In lsD n,"o
bales and In 1896 59S39 bales were I'M
ported The larger part or the cotton
sent from Egypt is consigned 10 bostoh
| commission agents and sold 10 New Eng
land mills. The development OF the cot
ton industry in Egypt dates from 'he
rime of the civil war in America Eng
| land is anxious TO have its growth en-
| couraged. in order TO have another mar
ket from which to draw supplies Tor
Lancashire mills"
ARIZONA NATURAL BRIDGE.
| According to Governor Murphy, Oh Arl-
IONA. there is a natural bridge III tha'
| Territory that rivals the famous one III
Rockbridge county, Va. IL spans ZINE
Greek, in the extreme northwest corner
OF Tonic Basin. in ella county. IT -
about four miles from the town OF flhe'
Governor Murphy quotes from descrip-
ton written by Mr.. Harry G. Logan one
of the students at Arizona University
| which is as fOlOWs.
"Pine Creek at the bridge flows In a
CANYON with steep sides Arriving at the
brink of this canyon we see before and
below us a nearly level Hat OF land some
five or six acres in extent, reaching
across the canyon to the opposite side
| where there Is an abrupt wall or rocks
| the face OF a mountain, perhaps l,0eV fee'
| high. Standing on this level tract OF land
ON which there are buildings, an alfalfa
held and an orchard, it is hard TO be
Ileve that we are on the top OF natura
bridge across a chasm, and that th'
stream flows below us; but, looking C
the right and 10 the left, as we race th'
precipitous bluff, we seen the open con
yon, perhaps 800 or 400 feet wide and 20
feet deep. The height OF the bridge les
sens as we approach the opposite side
and at one place there is hole In the
apparently solid rock through which one
can look down for l26 feet to the bottom
of the canyon.
Desiring to get under this wonderful
bridge we take trail TO the left anC
note that the rocks lie in great benches
or strata, with cave-like openings extend
ing backward into the buttresses or th'
bridge. Entering one of these openings
and crawling sometimes upon our hand'
and knees we find a cave or VauteC
chamber with beautiful translucent sta
lactites pendent from the ceiling an1
| reaching nearly to the floor. These sta
lactites are resonant when struck, givini
off musical notes. This cave Is the abode
of numerous bats, and they made IL un
comfortable for US to remain, - we de
scended to the bottom OF the canyon
where there is a pool Of water twenty e
thirty feet across and said to be Owe
fifty feet deep
"The opposite buttress or wall OF thu
bridge Is nearly perpendicular. Othel
caves along the canyon give evidence o
the fiow of water carrying lime In solu
ton, for twigs. grass, and other sub
stances lying in the water are now GOV
cred with a crust or deposit OF lime. TIT
rocks of the canyon appear to be chieh!
limestone.
"Theorizlng upon the origin OF tn
bridge, we may suppose that the SPRING
and streams OF Gale .eous water hav
! gradually deposited lime in greater guam
tity above than below, and have In tn
lapse OF time built out or cemented TO
gether the rocks and debris OF the canyol
until a firm cemented mass was formed
under which the water cut its way"
POSTAL.
Among the fourth-class postmaster
commissioned to-day were Thomas f. Sat