St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-12-07
DENIM mark.


three ages or reriols. The Obscure Ave-
prior to the advent of Christ, during which
race Of gods, the chief of whom was Odin
are said to have ruled. The Fabulous AGE.
beginning at the birth of Christ, and con-
timing eight centuries; and the Historical
Age, tesinning at the nd of the Fabulous
Age ana continuing down to the present
time. The first was the night, the second
the first glimmer Of the dawn, and the third
the full light of the day of her history. 1t
was during the Fabulous age and the Hill
age, su bdivision of the Fabulous age $50
called ON account Of the custom begun at
the death Of King Dan My ykillate. Of bury
ing their kings in hills that that kingdom
IS s"ld first 10 have been known by the
name denmark Some have derived it
from the name Of King Dan ,Mykillate, but
the better opinion seems to he that it is
composed of the words ':Dan," denst,cy
slow or tiat;'' and ''mark," overgrown
with wood;' = that is, a Glow or fat country
overgrown with wood:' a name which
'ery we'll describes Tie physical features of
that king This derivation is another
'lsong the many i!!ustra ions of the custom
OF the "ncients Of giving that name to per-
sons and things, which wsuld most strongly
mark some peculiarly or incident connect.
ed with them
~~-~-' Fidelity.
Christian, son of Frederick the Fifth #
Denmark, and crown prince, on one occa-
sion owed the preservation of his life to
the fidelity Of his fav"ri,e nurse. 1t oc-
Cured thus: Queen Juliana, second wife
OF the king and step-mothcr 10 the prince,
had son by q former marriage whom she
wished TO place upon The throne. Her
step-son, Christian, was the only obstacle
III the way. How could that obstacle be
removed? The active and unscrupulous
mind Of the mother did not long hesitate as
to the course to be adopted. Poison at
once suggested itself as the most speedy,
secret, md, what was most Important, the
least liable to be detected n cans of accom-
Plishing her inhuman deslgn. This course
was adopted. An opportunity TO execute
It was soon sought and found. 1t hap
pcncd one day that the queen entered
the apartment of tue prince. who had been
indispostd for some time, where his favor
ite nurse was making some cruel for him
over a silver lamp. No one else was in the
room ut the time, and the queen supposing
this to be good opportunity to accom-
pllsh her purpose, sent the nurse out on
some Fretext.;. 1t Was hut the work of a
memest to drop some metallic poison into
the Cruel, and she had triumphed All OBJ
stacies would soon be removed and her son
placed upon the throne. ,.
The faithful nurse, however, had sus-
pected the design ofthe Queen and on leav-
ing the room had watched her movements
tllrougha crcyice, and saw her drop some
thing into: the Cruel which aroused her
suspicious. Giving rim 8 which che had, l
to servant she directed him to go to the
king Mt once withit md request lin to
come to the apartments Of the prince She
then returned to the queen and was direct
ed by her to take the Cruel to the PRINCE
Upon refusing to do so, she was reprimand-
ed, but said that ss:she was sorry to disobey,
her, but was compelled to do so,' looking
down al the Cruel significantly with tears
in her eyes, indicate ed that she had seen
what had transPired. just then the king
entered, and the queen, trembling with
rage and fear, accused the nurse ef the
crime which she had but now attempted
herself to perpetrate. Her innocence, how
evrr, was subsequently, established, and
the queen banished from court.
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