The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-06
QUAKE D|s1URBs
OLD AQUA RUN
Half Acre Of Bed Of Run Raised
Above the Level oftllc
Water.
STRANGE INSCRIPTION
Egyptian Scroll. Comes to Light
on Shore Of This Newer
4, World.
tspeclal 10 mic Times Dispalcll.2

sMORRlsv1LL13, VA. May 5.--philip
With Ills uncle, Mr.. silns f. BLACKWELL.
from trip to "tfc fishing shore, near
Whitewater. on the Potomac, found an
odd bottle, the contents Of which are
Of d most unusual nature, and which
aroused the greatest interest among all
WHO have seen 1t. 5fT 4
Mr.. Blackwell purchased twelve hun
drcd fish at ''the shore and had gotten
ms far on his way home as the ruins Of
old Aaua on Aqua Run. where they
stopped To camp out for the night After
properly caring for the horses, Mr.. Black
we'll and his nephew pitched In and cut
or the heads and removed the cntrnils
OF the nsh. a labor that greatly llghtcned
the horses load Tho long. trcsome ride
and tlicrElate, arduous task caused them
both TO sleep solndly It was some time
before dawn that they were rudely
aroused by the unuxual experience of
being lifted bout three feet OFT Of Il the =
ground and hastily returned to It, 1t
was Thursday, April 18th, but both being
IN a deep slumber, and not knowing OF
the earthquake In San Francisco they
did not realize at that time just what
had happened.
Aqua Run Disturbed.
After putting to rights the dsarranged
camp. feeding currying and Harvesting
Z their horses. and eating hasty break
& fast, they found 1t light enough to take
a closer view Of the ruins Of old Aaula.
nourishing little port in colonial days.
& but whose prestige and trade left with
the rcceding waters Of Aqua Run. Most
OF tie walls and chimneys Of the de-
serted town. which were standing on the
previous day. were now stre~n over the
ground. But what most excited their In
tercst was where about onc-half an acre
of The bed of Aqua Run had been thrown
violently upwards far above the level OF
the water.
Willie looking over the stra'~-c tumble
OF planks, spars. anchors, cha!.a barrels,
skeletons OF man and beast, and odds and
ends OF various sorts cast up at their feet.
Philip picked up bottle about eighteen
inches long four inches In diameter At
It's widest part and three and one-half
at the mouth. Upon washing the mud off
OF the botte.It was seen to be made OF
two surfaces OF glass. the outer one clear
and transparent and the inner one of
deep purple color. while between the two
f surfaces OF glass and worked out IN
gold even to the most minute details.
were seven distinct illustrations. each
i one evidently intended to represent an
s event In religious festival of some de-
= scription. Upon opening the bottle, which
ywrs carefully sealed up and stamped
s.vithsngrres Of n human eye and burn
ing altar. 1t was found to contain stick
sabou. twelve inches long, around which
was wrap ped peculiar kind OF paper.
evidently made from the inner bark OF
{ some plant, cut In small strips and neatly
pasted together transverseS. forming
one long roll. which was sealed and
i stamped in three places with the same
STAMP that the mouth OF the bottle bore.
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appears TO be In an excellent state OF
preservation, was covered over with let
icrs that we're Greek to Philip and his
uncle. but which reminded Philip OF the
lIgyptian letters that he had often. With
great awe and wonder. gazed on In the
tables OF ancient alplabets IN the back
of Webster's dictionary. The characters
were distinct, well formed ana IN Two
colors-red and black.
Sent to Psychologist.
Philips father keeps summer boarders,
and among those who spent last summer
with them was Edward Young. OF Phlla-
dclphia, a boy offnbout Philips age. and
a rreat-ncphcw OF the famous Egyptolo-
Eist OF the same name,
As soon as Philip got home he sent the
4 lnttlc and its contents to his Quaker
City friend whose father Is fairy
proficient Psychologist. Mr. Young had
photographs taken OF tne pottlc ana OIL
the writing on the roll Of paper within,
comics OF which have been sent 10 the
leading psychologists OF the world It
Is hoped that in time, after proper
comparison Of notes. the public will be
favored with an exact translation that
will be OF especial Interest to the stu
dent of history and possibly throw some
light on the mysteries OF tho past. Yes
terday along with the bottle and Its
enclosure. came hasty translation by
Mr. Young TO Philip, of that portion OF
the writing that he has been able to
decipher thus far:
Il A Partial Translation.
Tho illustrations IN glass represent no.
table scenes In the famous seven days
festival In honor OF Osiris at the Mem
phis Temple, The enclosed manuscript
is letter from priest In the temple
to the nephew Of King Tancheres, Of
the Fifth Dynasty and priest IN the
Temple OF isis on the Island OF Elephan-
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