Father Herman
He prayed through the night. Then
he took a towel and having wiped the
image of the Bleiaed Virgin with it he
tieil it around hie neck Continuing
his prayer he was overcome with fati
gue and fell asleep on the floor. He
dreamed that the Blessed Virgin lied
healed him. Having awakened in
the morning he arose from th# floor
and to his great surprise he found
himself perfecly well. The swelliug
without ooming to a head and the
sore without breaking disappeared,
leaving just a little red spot as if to
remind him of the great miracle.
On hearing of (hit wonderful re
covery the doctor# were incredulous,
endeavoring to prove that it. win im
possible for the ulcer to disappear
without discharge either by bursting
or cutting. But “with men this is
impossible, but with God ell things
ere possible.” (Matt. 19, 2*1).
After six years in “Sergiof rustin’’
Herman went over to Balaam Mon
astery which he loved with all his
heart, and later during hia whole
life recalled with warm love. At
Balaam he left the kindest recollect
ions of himself. The Hermitage
where Father Herman lived is still
called the “Herman’s Hermitage ”
In 1793 an ecclesiastical Mission
was formed from monks of the Balaam
Monastery and sent to Northwestern
America for the purpose of preaching
the word of God to the wild inhabit
ants of the country. Ten men were
selected and among them Father
Herman. God willed that he should
labor in the apostolic work among
the Aleuts much longer than the rest
of his oo-workers.
To be Continued
The Katmai Exploration party nr
rived too late to catch the “Farragut”
or the “Santa Ana” «o had to remain
in Kodiak for several weeks. During
that time they lived in the vacated
Knssian Orphanage building whic h
they called “camp 13,"as they had
had 1'2 camps on the mainland.
We have purchased a lleuninger
and Ayes Steam Pressure canning
outfit and wht never conditions are
favorable, we sein for salmon. As
much of tbe catch as can be hand ed
at one time is canned. We use glass
fruil jars Have a good stock of them
on hand, as freinds in the States lia--,
sent us canned fruit from time to tiim
In this way we are laying by a good
stock of canned fish. We have ala
huilta small smoke house cut of slabs
and are smoking some salmon. 1'he
rest is being salted for winter use
The U. 8. S. Saturn arrived the 1 {*
with a working party and material
for repairs and improvments on tin
Radio Station. Forty men wen
busy for several weeks on the work
The one task in which we were
all deeply interested was the laying
of a telephone cable between Won!
Island and Kodiak. This is a gre«r
convenience to the business men <.f
Kodiak as messages can now be com
inuuicated to and from the Kadio
Station by phone.
If now some kind of a trolly bas
ket carrier could be fixed up in whieh
mail and supplies could bo sent lm
and forth it would save many arm.-!,
and disagreeable trip across tho water
especially in winter.
A change in the personnel of the
Station was made. E. J. Cox u ts
relieved by L. K. Hughes and H. J.
Lane took the place vacated by VV. 11
Calendar.