The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-30
THE NONPAREJL NAN

Story Of the Great Catch Made by w. e.
Pew Of Cando. N. D.. In the PelIucd
Waters. Of Lake Thlrteen-He Hooks a
Large Sperm Whale or Something of
That Nature and Makes Sturdy outcry
For Life Preserver.
On Aug. l. last. year 1904, A. D., wind
southeast, c. j. Lord, president Of the
First National Bank Of Cando, N, D.;
Harry Lord cashier Of the same; w. E.
Pew, manager of a large farm at that
place and landowner, and F. l.. Thomp-
son, a real estate man Of Cando, went
out to Lake Thirteen, about nine miles
southeast of Cass Lake, and Mr.. Pew
pulled out a whale. Some said it was a
large maskalonge.
Mr. Pew had been rather down on his
luck, while the others had been dragging
them in, so he finally, in jocose mood,
alta ched a large chunk of meat to still
larger hook. and with about forty feet of
line let out, threw the combination over
board and started to troll up the bot
tom," remarking that If there were any
shark down there he was going to have
try at them. The Grand Forks Herald, of
course, had reporter right on the spot,
and he tells the story in that paper. Mr..
Pew roWed toward the opposite side Of
the shore for about a hundred feet, when
something in the deep made lunge at
his porterhouse, and the immense hook
and bait started off on the return toward
the shore with such speed that the line
went out with rapidity that blistered
Mr.. Pew's hands. When the line had all run
out the fish kept right on pulling, taking
ho hno md rs ~ y, III,
finny one made directly for a; shallow spot
ON the southeast shore where some, logs
protruded from the banks into the water.
Under the log went the fish, taking the
line, hook and attempting to haul the
boat after him. Pew was lin the boat,
standing straight up and yelling for life
preserver He jumped from the boat
when the line stuck to the log, and, grab
bling the oar, ran toward the fish and be-.
gan belaboring it with the oar. He was
ably assisted by his companions, who ran
into the water where the fish was, and
with the combined efforts Of four men
the monster Of the deep was put out Of
commission. The occupants of the boat
then famed Mr.. Pew's heated brow and
chafed his hands. When he got his
breath he asked, feebly:S
What was that, a Peter o. Dactyl?"
Chauncey Depew says that we take
things too seriously. This is perhaps true.
The Rockefeller crowd has taken the na-
TONS oil saF. little too seriously: Other
fellows have our COAL They took it seri-
ously. e. +.,..rp
Do you ever step modestly up to the
f sS "a att lttie seoteh n @a St
If you do, 1t may interest you to know
that DR.. Wiley, chief chemist Of the ag-
ricultural department at Washington,
hurls the ultimatum of analytical chemis-
try against Scotch whisky, which he has
tested in his alembic and found wanting.
He goes SO far as to assert that there is
not a barrel of real Scotch whisky in the
/ country, the stuff that is sold under that
name being merely degenerate concoc-
ton Of alcohol and creosote. You have
probably detected that smoky flavor and
prided yourself on your taste. That, my
boy, Is the creosote. You may also detect
it in the chimney if you taste of that
sooty outlet. 1t is a poison. Nobody liv-
ing or dead likes creosote, for it is a
deadly poison. They often give it as a
medicine, in cases Of tuberculosis. Just
why nobody knows, for it never cured 8
case yet and it does disarrange the stom-
ach and make the patient sicker than
ever.
| The next time you detect the smoky
flavor in your hot Scotch think of these
things. You may awake to the fact that
your action in topping that particular
booze is a very punk exhibit of asininity.
| With cucumbers and tomatoes at their
present low prices, everybody ought to
be healthy There is no health pill like
the simple but much rnaligned cucumber,
eaten with salt-nOt vinegar
Arabella Kenealy in the London Mail
says that one Of the striking proofs OF
degeneracy in England is the notable and
lamentable decadence of personal beauty
The onlooker in English cities will find
says Miss Kenealy, stupid faces, gro
tesque faces, 1rredeemably ugly faces, de-
Jected faces, sardonic, sallow, pessimistic
! faces; peevish anxious, weary faces;
keen and shrewd and clever faces; faces
denot1ng energy. purpose. integrity, nobil-
1ty, sincerity, clean asceticism, repulsive
4 sensualtty, moral weakness, brutality, ar
rogance, greed. Yet how few comely
ones! How few which show fineness OF
form, artistic coloring and good texture
Even the young and the prettiest OF
modern girls betray a threa dbareness OF
charm that is depressing. They are pallid
and anemic. They are lean and weedy
Their skins are ill-nourished Incipient
! W itihles s. trace Cnelr peey1Sh warnings
even during their teens The hair is thin
and lusterless. It will fall or turn gray
early. The teeth are more or less the
product of the dentist Owing to their
loss or to enaciation. the cheeks are hol-
low. instead Of the charming curves anG
roundnesses and softnesses we have :
right to expect from youth, the conie.
Isuration of the bones shows The EXPIRES.
sion is anxious Or disconnected, or it is
alert and brightly cold, Faces lack
warmth and color and emotion. Ewes
Iare shrewd and critical. Romance an6
Tenderness and sentiment are absent
Mouths are no longer Cupid bows. BIZ,
thin, red lines suggestive of sharpshooting
i II this picture is not overdrawn. ther
THE English race was not transpla ntef
telseWhere any too soon New races. pro.
lfoundly modified by climate, admixture
and new ideas, are growing up in Africa
america and Asia. To one of these we
belong. How are we stacking up in the
malta of personal beauty? Look at YOU,
lines OF beauty or deformity you are cary.
ing your living statue, known and reat
u men. A. ]. r.
DOING THEIR BEST
War correspondents in the far east ar
not allowed to accompany either of the ri
val armies, but they are doing what the,
! can to earn their salaries nevertheless
/ one OF them grayely tells the readers o
his London paper that Chemulpho, tn
Corean CITY, got Its name from Jane