Douglas Island news., 1911-04-19

story. The gate is of gray sandstone, held together by iron clamps. There IS no mortar and it is called the black gate because it is blackened by time, dust and exposure. People live inside the gate. The St. Pauline church is very old and was built on the site of a bad martyrdom under Diocietian. There is a cross in the churchyard to commemorate this.
 The old Roman baths cover several acres, but l had seen so many else- where that they did not interest me very much. They are brick.
 The old Roman palace is an interest ing ruin, partly brick and partly stone. In some places it is still three stories high.
 The basilicon is about 1900 years old and looks as if it had been built last year. It is 225 feet long and about 100 feet high and 100 feet wide. The in- terior is all new. It is now used as protestant church. It was first used as Roman court house, council room and stock exchange; later the arch bishops made it part of their palace. Much of the old palace still remains, part of it being used as a guard room or barracks and parts for other pur- poses.
 The ruins of the amphitheatre are in- teresting, but it was not so large as the one at Pompeii or the Colosseum at Rome. Here the christian emperor, Constantine the Great, used to enjoy himself in watching his fellow cres- lures kill or torture one another or be killed by wild animals. Two celebrated massaeres were in 3O6 and 313-both under Constantine-when thousands of captive Franks were slaughtered. Once the animals became tired killing human beings. Constantine ordered them to kill one another, but they re- fused and each man ran himself through with his own sword.
 The cathedral is very old and very interesting. It shows dozen forms of architecture. Twenty-six archbishops of Treves are buried here, among them our old friends Baldwin and Arnold. There are good many relicsy among them being another nail from the cross and the holy coat. This is the coat worn by Christ up to the time of cruci- ffxion. It is seamless and was bought by Jew at bargain from the Roman soldiers. But he could not wash the blood from it and disgustedly threw it in the sea. Orendel, the son of the king of TreVes, had made trip to Pal estine, but was shipwrecked and forced to work for fisherman. In the mean time whale had swallowed the coat and the same whale was by good luck harpooned by the fisherman. When it was opened they found the coat. Oren- del saw that it was something good and gave him all the money he had for it. The coat made him invulnerable. He killed dragons, infidels and everything else he wanted to. The queen of Jeru. salem, Breda, immediately insisted on marrying him. Soon there was trouble in Treves and Orendel was called home. He took the coat with him and straight ened everything out soon. He then re- turned to Jerusalem, where he died later, but he left the holy coat in TreVes. 1t is shown about every fifty years, but it is claimed that it cannot be shown much more, as it is liable to disintegrate on exposure to the air. The cathedral was built on the site of St. Helena's birthplace. The Leibfrau- erkirche was formerly the baptistry of the cathedral. It is almost circular, contains many fine tombs, paintings and brasses. In front of the cathedral is the market place with an old city cross.
 The church of St. Matthias is just out side the city. It is one of the oldest churches in Germany. In the crypt are sarcophagi containing the remains of St. Eueharius, St. Valerius, St. Mater nus and St. Matthew. There are hun. dreds of relics iu this church, but am