Douglas Island news., 1911-02-15

is large stone bull ding with two tall towers and spires. On the walls in front are life sized stone figures of the German emperors. There have been several treaties signed in Aix Ia Cha belle, and in each case the congress met in the Rathaus. In the lower story is the council chamber. Above is the imperial ball where the emperors were crowned. It is 165 feet long and about TO feet wide. There are two thrones and the regalia used at the coronation. There are number of large paintings or frescoes, most of them representing events in the life of Charlemagne. Be- hind is the new city hall and corn ex- change, which, with the cloisters, help to close in the cathedral grounds. In front is the vegetable market, which is very like the one in Quebec. It is very good place to study human nature.
 The cathedral does not present as good an appearance as that of Cologne as it is very "lumpy." 1t was begun by Charlemagne about 780 and has been pieced and added to from time to time. The oldest part is of stone, with win dows shaped like keyhole and about two feet long by four to six inches wide The stones are all sizes and shapes and if they did not fit closely together they simply put in more mor- tar. The windows, of course, had no glass In the modern part the windows are eighty five feet high-the highest ID Germany-and the stones are carefully cut and ft as closely as brick. There are many chapels clustered around the main building which consists of the oc- tagon built by Charlemagne, the tall l tower and choir. Like most buildings several hundred years old there are numerous stone figures set in the walls. l There are lot of little dumpy build. ings all around it, so that you do not get very good view of it from any point. The interior is much better than the exterior. At the entrance are g. bronze wolf and monster pine cone also in bronze.
 In building the cathedral the builder ran short of funds and was at his wits' end to know what to do. The devil turned up as usual; told him he would | let him have all the money he needed if he could have the soul of the first living thing that entered the building the day of consecration. The bnilderl agreed, the money came and the cathe- dral was finished. On the day of con- seeration the builder stood outside the church feeling very blue. A hunter passed aloNg carrying the body ofa she wolf he had killed He also carried young cab very much alive. He asked the builder what the trouble was and, being told, said: "rhis cub is living thing. It has been eating holes in my shirt for the last hour. Open the door," The builder did so ana the hunCer threw the ca in the cathedral as far as he could. The devil was 80 hot about being fooled that he slammed the great bronze doors pinching his thumb be- tween them and cutting off part of it. { was shown the dent in the doors where the thumb caught and they off, fered to show me the thumb, but I did not care to see it. The bronze wolf rep resents the cub and they told me the pine cone resembles soul. Either f am dense or they were "stringing" me, probably the latter. saw bronze pine cone in the vatican grounds ap- parently eight or ten feet high, but i could never learn anything about it.
 GTo be eoNtinued.)