La Junta tribune., 1908-10-17
From FoRElcN CumEs
By r. u. PATTERson
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R. II. PATTERSON

church In 4 city. although II IL gen.
orally the largest and most important
church. The cathedral of Antwerp
has two towers thanking its front.
one Of which was built but about one
third the height projected; the other
rises iO2 feet and is / most beautiful
design, impressive and grand. A
chime of forty bells rings from this
tower, In the sweetest harmony. The
largest bell weighs more than eight
tons. ascended to the top OF this
tower, paying fifty centimes. ten
cents-by a hard climb. ny winding
stairway of So steps. II paid well.
country for many miles around.
Had the day been clear-such n day
as We usually have In Colorado, I
could have seen the ocean. sixty
miles away. Rotterdam. about fifty.
almost the whole Of north Belgium
and south Holland. These countries.
Holland and Belgium. are not much
larger than some of the counties OF
Colorado were. few years ago. 1
had a good survey OF the city. so l
could locate all the interesting places
as well as learned its extent and its
streets. generally endeavor, when
first enter city to find some
tower or lofty elevation and secure a
birds eye view of the city, before l
commence to view It. l can then
direct myself intelligently. go to the
places I deem important and secure
myself against being lost. am
never lost in a new place. can
always find my way back. without
trouble. In the first place. l make
it point to study the map Of the
city or country. before l start out.
then secure view from some lofty
point, but, which Is more important,
| have a fine faculty OF location.
When / was on the range. rode
much of the time in a new country.
seldom caring for trails. did the
outside riding to round up the scat
tered stock. and never got lost.
save when was misdirected. l
could run q bunch of wild horses. for
hours, In q new country, turning and
winding In all directions. and I could
quit them or round them up. and
turn directly to camp. l found that
scarcely any Of our large party on
this trip. trust themselves to 90 even
| 4 short distance alone, In q new place
Some were always getting lost. This
was . great advantage TO me-not
that others would get lost. but that
| I did not, for would lose no time. I
would start out at once. seeing
things
Antwerp MAS the home OF Reuben's
His body Hes under the pavement OF
another large Antwerp church. ST.
Jacobs. saw his tomb and chapel.
In the cathedral are several Of Reu-
ben's famous paintings. ! saw but
one, however, the Assumption" as
there was service In the church.
when was there, at which time.
these pictures are covered or CON
tion" Is placed above the altar and
cealed by curtains. The "Assump-
ton" is placed above the altar and
was therefore uncovered. 1t is
magnificent painting and one of Reu-
ben's best works. My disappoint-
ment, was however, quite compensat-
ed. for heard the great organ give
forth the finest music ! have ever
heard from an organ, and choir OF
voices that | have but once or twice.
il even then, heard surpassed.
stood a very long time, In this mag
nificent cathedral, enjoying the grand
eur OF it's great and wonderful archi-
tectural beauty. The sublime and
beautiful Assumption" at the one
end OF the nave and the solemn.
sweet and inspiring music. that came
from the great organ high at the
other end, now in sweetest and soft
est cadences. now in great crescen-
do. heightened and deepened and
multiplied, by the perfect resonance
of the cathedral. The acoustics of
this cathedral are perfect. The softest
tones and the chanting Of the priests
were a. distinct as though they were
but . few feet from me. while the
organ was two hundred feet In one
direction and the altar one hundred
In the opposite direction. This or
|1an II the largest in Belgium and
Has ninety registers. It is likewise
most beautiful Instrument. Be-
sides. saw many Reuben's, the fol-
.lowiag day. IN the Royal Museum.
There are. presume. more than one
hundred Of Reuben's paintings in this
enilery. I saw over two thousand
copees of Reuben's paintings, some