Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04
PETER THE GREATS FIVE sExSE
OF HUlNOR.

harsh tone, or a fault-fnding spirit.
PETER THE GREA1'S FINE SENSE
OF HUMOR.
Peter the Great was once TRAVELLING
lncognito in a part of Finland, lust con-
luered, where he was executing some
naval works. He met an over-fat man.
who told him he was going to st. Pc
tersburg.
What for" said the Gear.
ITO consult a doctor about my fat,
which has become very oppressive"
DO you know any doctor there?"
"No."
"Then I will give you a note to my
friend, Prince Menschikof, and he. will
you to one of the Emperor's
The traveller went to the Princes
house with a note. The answer was
not delayed. The next day, tied hands
and feet, the poor mar was dragged off
on a cart to the mines.
Two years after, Peter the Great was
visiting the mines; he had forgotten the
adventure Of the over-fat man, when
suddenly a miner threw down his pick,
rushed up to him and fell at his feet
crying:
Grace, grace! What is it I have
done"
Pete: looked at him astonished, until
he remembered the story, and said:
ooh, so that is you? I hope you are
pleased with me. Stand up! How
thin and slight you have become! You
are quite delivered from your over-fat;
it is a first-rate cure. Go, and remem-
Der that work is the best antidote
against your complaint
THREE CLASHES OF MARRIEu
WOMEN.
They We're discussing a certain clever
and well-known married woman, who
is prominent alike for her business and
social success.
How does she write her name?'
asked a bright-faced listener from an
other State.
Let me see," unused one of the
group. Il believe that she always
writes Mary w. Smith"
Then she isn't advanced and she
still loves her husband" said the first.
"What do 20 mean?", half a dozen
women demanded at once.
Just this" was the answer. "The
married woman of to-day is of three
classes-the woman who puts her hus-
band and his interests first, the woman
who considers her individuality and in.
terests Of equal Importance with her
husbands and the woman who consid.
ers that her interests should dominate
his. The first woman considers the
name of her husbands family alone am
ply honorable and digniied and writes
her name as your friend does. The
second adds her husbands name to her
own family name and writes Mary
White Smith The third writes the
names with a hYphen between
them and wishes to be known as Mary
White Smith The first woman is
conservative; the second is progressive;
the third, advanced"
SOME POINTS ABOUT MUSHROOMS.
1t is a popular error that mushrooms
grow to their full size during a single
and that they dissolve and IAN
ish after the SUI shines on them. They
are rapid in growth and rapid in decay;
but the same mushroom may be
watched growing and expanding for two
Of three days, and then gradually de-
away. Much depends upon the
lampness Or dryness of the season.
In some seasons they are exceedingly
plentiful, while at other times they are
comparatively rare. This also is be-
to depend chiefly on climatic
1t is not unusual for cult.
1ated mushrooms to become attacked
oy a parasitic mold, which renders
unfit for food. This misfortune
'arely happens to the wild form until ii
g in process Of decay. The catacombs
If Paris are noted for their production
mushrooms in immense quantities.
From the Merry caves as many as 5000
are sometimes sent to market
laily. We have heard of a crop being
in a hat-box.-PaN Mall Gu
:ette.
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