Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-16
MAGAZINES.

The opening story In this weeks
Youths Companion Is by the noted
writer Jack London, whose stories Of
the Klondike have brought him into
enyiable prominence. The title IL The
Lost Poacher,' and is the story Of a
seal hunting vessel which, caught In
a calm at the edge Of Boring Sea has
drifted across the line into the Rus
sian waters, where II Is captured by
the Russian guard boats as poacher.
The penalty is Imprisonment in Siberia
for the crew, and confscation Of the
valuable seal hides stored away in the
hold which they have taken honestly in
neutral waters. This dreaded fate,
however, Is avoided by the brave act
Of the cabin boy Of the American
vessel, who, taken on board Of the
Russian guard boat a prisoner cuts the
hawser. which holds his own vessel In
its wake. thereby giving II an oppor-
tunity to escape There Is a happy
finale TO the tale which Is told In the
authors choice style Of narrative and
description.
In the March number Of the Womans
Home Companion Edward Page Gas
ton, in an interesting article, gives for
the first time a full account OF the life
and Of the wonderful powers as work
err Of miracles possessed by Father
John, the head next to the czar) OF the
Greek church. In writing of him Mr..
Castor says, In part:
His face Is a benedlctlon In Itself
and now and again there is an expires
sion almost divine while love streams
from out the hndest and gentlest Of
blue eyes which hold a CLEAN OF good
humor, II Is a face such as Christ
might have worn, as they say In Rus
STA. and one instinctlvely feels the holy
spell Of this unaffected nature, One pos
SCISSOR of which may be frankly ac-
knowledged as the first among living
mystics. welding his mighty influence
over more than hundred millions OF
people.
1T is, OF course, as a worker OF mir
ccles that this Christian father enjoys
IN the popular mind the widest fame, OF
which America has heard vague 70
ports from time TO time. Here. SEEM
ingly, Is a seer and true healer. There
is no posing and no theatrical effect.
Before they are asked he often an
swers questions. He knows when the
earthly end of life Is at hand and
then he comforts and soothes the dying,
without attempting a cure. Those to
whom he speaks Of recovery are almost
sure TO get WELL but when he Is silent
they die, often in his arms, In peace.
By our cold calculation " the West we
shall not ascribe to Father John vir-
tues and power which he has not but,
as the London Times says, this won
Qerful man seems 10 approach In these
days the first Apostles, and the
spiritual and bodily cures effected by
his earnest consolation and prayerful
ava are attested on all sides by many
sorts and conditions Of men. To those
who believe in Father John-and their
name is legion-the age OF miracles is
not past"
Holy water from the hand Of Father
John IL reputed of power. Some of this
carried to a distant capital was applied
to a violent rheumatic inflammation In
an ankle which ordinary lotions hau
failed TO relieve. The next day the
swelling and pain were greatly dim
in!shed, and In a few days had disap-
pearod. Eau benite from the holy
father also cured pereostite OF the
jaw when Iodine and other remedies had
failed TO ease It.