Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-23

Gus for remedies. The boy wrote the
answers IN the dark as before. each
/ case being carefully diagnosed and pre-
scrlptions given, | obtained the follow
+ ing prescription for friend who had
damaged her knee by falling when
crossing u railway line:
Grind and make into an ointment the
! following ingredients;
10 grammes Of pure b0ric acid.
grammes pure arniCa acid.
10 grammes ground elm bark.
grammes powdered charcoal.
10 grammes very strongly phenticat-
| ed water
Rub well with this twice day
Up TO the present | have not been
| able 70 put the prescription In practise,
but give II as specimen Of the spirit
work.
The Belgian journalists who already
| had received specimens OF the boys
writing from his college, carefully ex-
amined all the papers written mat
cvening--many being written back
wurds-and failed TO find amy similar
fly between any Of the manuscripts,
which varied with every spirit and the
boys own.
The seance began at In the evening
and lasted I'M 3 o'clock In the morning.
The only person Of the party who did
not look worn out was the medium
him self, who was as fresh aud bright
as possible mt the end. His mother says
he Is always well and very bright ana
gay. Seances are continually being held
10 which any one IS welcome providing
arrangements are made beforehand
That Is obligatory on account OF the
great number of applications. -Four
Is the outside number Of strangers az
time, but investigation Is invited ana
every days post brings piles OF letters
from sick people asking that the spirit
doctor may be consulted on their be-
half, or expressing gratitude for recoV-
cry.
The lad IL writing n book under spirit
guidance, but he does not know when
splrit. and has been forbidden by the
intangible author 10 read what Is writ
ten He, therefore, from time 10 time
liz busy In half trance, writing ne
knows not what for long book, which
his parents naively hope may be
volume on herbal treatment
Many boys who had thus attracted
attention would become conceiled ana
self .assertlye Edward Pirsch, however,
remalns a simple lad apparently not
greatly interested IN all this spirit guid-
ance Of which he Is the instrument but
rather bothered with H. He II mueh
more interested in his stamp collec uon
or In the hundred and one other things
that attract q boy Of his age
The last words Of this mysterious
boy as ! waded out into the snow and
set out through a tempest Of whirling
flakes, on a long walk through country
lanes with my new acquaintance, the
Belgian journalists, were
Don't forget 10 send the stamps you
promised and a copy Of the photograph
you had taken Of me. ] want TO see "
the mustache which am sure ] can feel
coming shows at all In the picture
A few days after leaving CheVeli-
cont | received, together with the let
on acknowledging the Photograph
(hOth letter and photo are reproduced
here)--the interesting Information that
young Pirsch was about 10 start a little
monthly magazine Of which the editors
were to be Zoa, Victor Hugo and other
distinguished writer's who are no longer
living, and whose services are 20 be
given for nothing apparently, as their
Journal is to be published at 30 cents a
year-just enough to cover the cost Of
paper and printing, as II Is hardly roa-
sonable 10 suppose that any spirits
would find It worth while 20 pay for
advertising matter The spirits are to
write the whole paper, the boy acting
merely MS SOFT Of private secretary
and business manager Tor them.
J. II. WHITLEY.