New-York tribune., 1890-08-31

,I,o,s ubere # may be well ironed in When
DONE the linen presents great summary a ovrioIs
beautiful PannazzO marble, which h"S W. coon
black veinings n White gronnu. w. w. en-
reached Salzana. from where the Bonapal~ I'D ia
ily emgrated to Corsica. On the nshI we 49, oUuaJ
see the old town OF Luna when was o,,1o nc onnIIai
bv the Moors. There ought I" be an laiilIil ailIII"
festival 10 celebrate the defeat which ChaIIieS
Martee inflicted upon them, tIereoy S nne does
rope from becoming Nalpmmeuan;, ,to,, W"s came TO
not realize till coming here nov near 'heH 0"
piercing to the heart of EUROPE houo, the
At last we arrived at Carrara and Degah .onG .nG
ascent Of the ravine OF Parochino. "io 't tho
marble working, 5000 of whom are mIltf,1 nttinc
Wages are good an ordinary wor kman eet'ills
from sixty cents to dollar per day, anu 1Sho Tho
more skilled earning up TO four dollars; lip' ~
working time is from . in the mornlng w uiinE. ~.
with an hours intemission for breakfast. ManS p
of the more cnterprsing work 10r tiicisc'J n;u' JU
during the afternoon They are allowed 10 'rlln
fhe smaller blocks and TO sell them on their own
account thereby more than doubling their carr
incs ! was obliged to walk up the whoie us
tance Of three miles, as n carriage could i%u 70
and horses were nor be obtained The road con
sists of marble ground to the consistency OF houI
TO depth Of from two to six inches ms wIun LIs
make delightful walking were 1t not tnaG nan
way down the foot strikes an unkneadcn lump: ni.
We were. at given moment, Obliged TO urn ouS
of the road for team loaded with plock oi
marble There were ten yoke Of oxen harneSseu
10 it, The block which they were drawing
measured thirteen feet long, eight feet broad, ana
five feet high | saw several larger docks reauH
ginC a block One-third as large rs the load, whlch
did not improve Tie road We met young g,rLs M
carrying cans OF water on tneir netI; ti; io co~ts
per day by the community. They have the usuai
beauty and dirt, and the same appealing eyes;
Above us the great ma kcd crags Of marble s'anu
I'D on either side Of the gorge. We near cry
Of warning from shelf so feet above MS, anI we
run for the shelter of some protecting crag. Whic
there the guide tells me that last week man
who took shelter from the explosion near MN
received a stone foot in diameter on the TOP Of his
head. which killed him instantly. Therefore mug
closer TO the rock Now | hear the mighty
explosion its puSations reverf~fatn" through
the mountain gOrges Then comes the moment
OF danger. We hear rushing sound, us though
waters were let loose above, and then comes me
stones thousand feet away. One OF them was esI'-
mated to weigh twenty tons. II l. not strange thaJ
accidents occur here weekly The sun strikes direct
y down into this rocky ravlne ani Inerr Is no,
all the feelings of the missionaries VINO Werc
roasted nj the cannibal feosts, without the CON
ISOLATION which they had Of being basted every rev
minutes with the gravy. Here Is quarry WHICH
was worked l,5Oe years ago by me hoh,rSs;;
They had no explosives, and were Obliged 10 Mrlll
oG the snrface rocks with great labor. NOW
they are hurled down with powder, ana square,
below saw man opening new IunIinS. ~ nc
was hung down by ropes and was drllin9 lnto
the perpendicular face of the elm WIN :ooo
feet of sheer precipice below him. sometimes
huge stones are disengaCed by their blOWs anu
fall down on them The marble from TINS ravin9
is all white Most of II j. slightly smoky anu
Is callcu Nlrll'n anu II "S'' i"i i.,,.s al
is cut for statuarv and has w!lltenrSs anu
lucdity which is uueoualled. I tried tO break 4
chip OF il with stone but II resisted and rune Ike
metal and was Obliged to use a stecl hanmt 10
break il. The quarries in this reVinc nave 9'en ~
workcd for nearly two Thousand years. and II
looks as though they would endure working FOR
a hundred thousand more. Other KINDS Oh
marble are found within few miles, red'lsh
notified the black and gold and other sorts
The foreman Of one of the quarres apologiIed 10
me when he learned that | was an American Tor
lie primitive means employed. He said that II
tho mines were in America the wOrkmcn would be
supplied with derrcks and trnmwayS for moving
the blocks and all kinds or labor and life saving
appliances He seemed TO have very high cSti-
mate of our ingenuity as "A people. On the top of
the mouniair We were ovcrtaken by q heavy
shower And Vet below the dust remanei a
deep rs ever. ard the g. " sign of the tempest
was that the streams. which turned tho wheels OF
the saving and polishing mills and then ran be
low 10 rrgatc the yIncands and olive groves,
flowed fuller than before.