St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-11-08
o,NAR1Row ESCAPE OF QUEEN Y1c1oR1A

II :
AND PRINcE ALBERT FROM A VIOLENT
DEArH.-The aPrussian papers give the
following particulars:; On the oath Sep
,ember an extra train left Cologne for, Cob
lcntz, and the down train was telegraphed
to await at station near Andcrnach until
ii had passed,, there being but one track.
By whoss fault is not known, but the con-
ductor Of, the down train was not informed
Of the message and at a curve in the
road somewhere near ,Brohl, the watchman
suddenly saw tie extra train rushing III
one direction, the regular one in the oppo-
site, directly against each other.s5 His red
flag of danger was seen by both engineers,
waving the extra train to stop, the other to
return to the station. The extra train was
moving at lightning speed, and could not
atonce be brought TO-; the engineer OF the
other undertook TO reverse his engine, aud
the machinery refused to seork! 1--WE
must jump for our lives,,'' he said to his
companion, but before doing SO, he deter,
minea to try once more. fortunately this
time with success, and when the extra train
came laundering up, the other begun to
gather way, and the crash was just barely
escaped A few seconds more, and the sc-
cident would have had place in history
through all time; for, upon. the extra trair !,
were, the Queen of England, her husband,
Prince Albert ), her daughter, Alice Lord
John Russcl, and the entire royal party
| now visiting Germany !;11 1ai's 14,t7.:G Sd
! SINGULAR ,ANECDoTE OF A DEAF AND
| DUNE MARcnIoNEss-Exr rRAoRD1NARY
1 EXPERIMENT ON Her CH1ED.-A singu33
1 lar anecdote is recorded Of the first Mar
chioness Of Thomond, who was eminently
beautiful, but deaf and dumb. Shortly
after the birth of her only child, the nurse,
! who was resting herself blythe cradle while
the baby slept, was disturbed by the sound
Of a stealthy step, and, opening her eyes,
she beheld to her establishment, the noble
lady by the side of the cradle. Her air
and <countenance bespoke the utmost eau
tion and dread Of detection. She examin-
ed the little creature TO ascertain that he
was, certainly asleep, when, satisfied, she
I drew from under the folds Of her, dress a
i huge stone; she raised it in the attitude as
if to fling: it down with force The nurse
was powerless from terror, for having from
childhood been impressed with a belief in
the malignity of :dumbness, she thought
the murder Of the innocent was intended
The stone fell with tremendous bang
Z, not, as the nurse dreaded upon the infant
but on the floor. The little creature, start
ed from sleep by the loud noise, began tt
cry, and showed by its motions and coun
:: tenannce how great the disturbance hae
f been. The Marchioncss had fallen Rupor
her knees in s transport Of joy, to thanl
E. God for this result Of her experience
!, child, then, was not born deaf! ,-ea 3. q.
RESTED Hellow, there, Captain
said a brother Jonathan, to a captain, Of +:
I canal packet on the Erie Canal, 'what d.
you charge for passage?' N
Three cents per mile, and boarded
said the captain. n1ow "a nsa. :.sr1 SIR
J, "Well, 1 guess I'll take passage, capting
! seeing as, how Tn kinder gin eout walking
so far." 22;-' H2nS Il y A~'H '75i If. i
/ Accordingly; he got on board as th'
steward was ringing the bell for dinner
Jonathan sat down and began demolishins
1.-THE sfxlns,' to the utter astonishmcnt o
the captain, until he had cleared the table
\ ot all that was eatable, when lie get up ano
:. went on deck, picking his teeth very com
4 fortablY. .sn v-.o.r.s4,a sa1..s;, ~.t.4,vy
+ "How far is It, caRting, from here t
where I got on board pr i, eSS& Z 2>'ss>'ss .
! lttNearly one aud oa-half mile" ,"ssaid the
D tcaptain odw :jd {!qs1 od3 g; G4n;zl21
IL "Let's see," said Jonathan, "that would
,Ebe Just four and half cents; but never
mind captins + Won't be small l-here's five
= cents, which pays my fare to here. a1;guess
q iIllq 70 ashore now; I'm kinder, rested
eont. aaao 3d1 i. ~a:'@s:z> >Taa zeu s1aa;
! ~ The N. Y. Times commendine
i Bulkheads, says: t"Fonr bulk heads below
the main deck-we do not mean potato
I bins, kntsolid bulk heads dividing the hull
into iwater-tishto compartments, are pract
4 Fically 'ptouf'against foundering..2 We neye,
heard Of = collision that could have result
ted in, laundering boat so constructed
These means would have saved the Lady
@EEfyiif Five hundfedi dollars would have
saved the Lady .Eiein---ssaved three hundred
I'll;ves.-7 saved erushins1a a thousand hearts
i Bat it would haye been fye hundred 81:
mighty DO lars, and the Lady yElgin Woud
I not have afforded dinners ard berths t
: }quiree; so many people atthe least possible
lcost."5a 10 a2aEo 3sdt lis ri ylT3qc1r 1o Sd
n RATS As PoxrrKs-THEtt E1cEBDtao
tlINaExttrY.-Aii maid servant, IN In Eas
,Itern city; heaEihg one night = noise 2on Etht
stairs, saY two rats, one; larger than tht As
other, bnsily engaged il carrying egg
!: down stairs. u The big rat stood On Iii
! hidd legs, with his brepa~s Snd head rsut
bin eentheastep,s above ;5the Jsdy rat rohet
f| the sgg gsnt!Js ;;bnt MI firmly hs lifted it j
!, carefully. 90 tie step upon which ho stood
4 holding It there Until she eaine md tool