Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-09

.ttE blue Mediterranean and the
,.,oded Alps are fair to look
t,on as your train wheels slow
- t, ont of Genoa to the east, but
ID. fine course Of an hour you reaeh
--ssrs the picturesque Is infrinyed
bv the appearance OF Industrial
80. and objects OF intense his
Ill and archaeological interest You
LIGHT Of the Carrara marble
,.rrlss and YOU are standing upon
y,c Of the ancient city Of Luni -
,..c, the mystical, Luni the mythical
has been variously named by old
o. . yb1 have sought To fdthom
,ry.terv which shrouds IT, early
,.,ory THAT Luni iiOurished IN TINS
L. .v,r 1000 years H. q. ~ beyond
s,,bt that her citizens contributed
s..i, t1 teaching the arts OF civil
|t,g 3, the Romans is also az un-
ba".,',rad as it Is that after long and
s.f, ans the Romans succeeded in
p,r, ths city out OF existence, But
VT Corr4ra marble mountains remain
ut,,ost las they were when shrouded In
,t. altitude and silence Of pre-Adamite
nan. A.. hon. r,,r,,
,snturIcs men have labored To extract
'.fis from these mountains or how
Unto the future they may be quarried
sn,e their immense wealth Will be
gssusfsd The Quarrymen say that
~. more trihe Of 5000 years work in
,.sr has not yet done more than To
Itch the surface, and an investiga-
liam seems to bear out this assertion.
OXEN FOR HAULING,
BEFORE going up the mountain into
~ 1uarr'es we naturally take a brief
sIsDre az the pier that shoots out
sboni zoo wards into the blue Mediter-
moan Here are three two mastcd
,ssssis up0n the decks OF which blocks
s,d sabs of marble are being lowered.
, rur,ber of sloWlv-mOving oxen look
inc ont OF eyes which seem to tell OF
M suffering Of long years Of drudgery
INA have an expression Of more than
human patience, are dragging Hat cars
i,,ded with marble slabs and heavy
b.,rks. the former to be shipped to all
nsri. OF the world for tho tops OF
,sbes nantes. tombstones, and thing
mr. floors. the blocks for public build
ing In England Australia and the
United states.
A gentleman prominent in business
here Informs me that they employ oxen
because they are cheaper than horses.
and can draw UttNltI i'dhH' III ltpi9
I'm This | remark soto voce, that they
employ oxen because the Romans did,
api they think they are living in the
YEAR 600 or 300 4. G.
No one here ever thought OF using
a pony engine IN this work.
A TEMPESTUOUS SHORE.
This uttle pier is handy TO load yes-
sells from but II affords no protection
10 craft from the unruly storms, which |
come uubidden and are as terrible in |
these mountainous regions as they ,
are unWelcome. The Ligurian sea Is |
sometimes lashed into fury before the |
small craft at the pier can hoist sail |
for a refugee. Whenever portents are |
stormy, everything il hurredly re- |
moved from the ner to prevent its |
being washed into the sea. one day |
when a storm was impending, the |
pier was cleared Of everything except |
one car upon which was a ~ ton |
marble block. II was Gale ulated that |
"a ton block would hold |
down the car But the mar
Die men counted without their |
host King Acolus was monarch here
before puny mortals came. As the men |
at work on the pier heard the tumult
o' the coming winds. they rushed In |
fear and trembling to the shore. and
,he storm king, laughing at their
panic lifted the car with one feeble
breath and tossed the ~ ton marble
Hook into the sea as though IL had
straw.
fhe pier and out from the shore
and down nearly a mile we see ]