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{The Major’s Reward E
HE great battle of Torgau was at- its
height. The air was thick with hot,
' stifling smoke, and the ca nnonade made
the very earth tremble, as column after
column of blue-coated Prussian soldiers
came sweeping forth from the wood
that sheltered them to the assault of
the Austrian position, rcgardlegs of the
death that awaited them from the
flaming mouths of 400 cannon which
thundered incessantly against the wood
held by the Prussians and against
every living thing that issued from it.
Twice the assailants had forced their
way through the pelting shot, and
twice they. had been driven back with
severe loss after a desperate conflict.
In the mad burly—burly and confusion
of that terrible struggle the two armies
ha so completely mingled together
that not a few Prussian and Austrian
regiments had'fairly changed places,
and when the third attack began it was
no easy matter for the Prussian col-
umn of assault to make, out where the
key of the enemy’s position lay or
which way they must turn in order to
strike it.
But just then appeared out of the
thick of the smoke a small, lean, sick-
ly looking old man, in a soiled and
threadbare uniform, at the sight of
whom and at the sound of the few
short, clear orders that he uttered,
everything seemed to arrange itself at
once as if by magic. And well might
it be so; for this queer little fellow was
no other than the king of Prussia him-
self, Frederick the Great, who had al-
ready sent his name throughout the
whole world as the greatest soldier of |
his time.
Just then, however, a body of Aus-
trian grenadiers showed themselves
through the rolling smoke at a very -
short distance and began to pour 'a
heavy fire of musketry upon the Prus-
sians and their leader. Two men fell
wounded beside the king, and his own
sleeve was torn by a bullet.
“Your majesty is in danger here,”
said a Prussian officer, saluting him rc— 9
spectfully; “will you not be pleased to
move farther back?”
Frederick was just about to refuse,
for he cared little what risk he ran pro-
vided his presence could do anything to
turn the fortune of the battle. But
before he had time to speak the officer
(who had placed himself in front of the
king, apparently to shield him from
the flying bullets with his own body)
fell to the ground as if struck by light—
ning.
Frederick stooped over him with a
[look of concern, for he saw that the
‘ breast of the fallen man’s uniform had
been pierced by a bullet, and naturally :
concluded that he must be either killed
or mortally wounded. But, to his no
small amazement, the supposed dead
man suddenly rose from the earth, to
all appearances quite uninjured, and
took out of his clothes a flattened mus-
ket ball, which had been stopped 'by
the metal cover of‘ a miniature that he
wore in his breast.
“I shall keep this,” he said, holding
out the shapeless piece of lead,_ “in re-
membrance of your majesty.”
“You shall have something better
than that to remember me by, my brave
fellow." answered the“ king, kindly.
“You have saved my life, and you shall
not find me ungrateful.
name?”
The officer told it. Frederick repeat- I
ed it twice to himself, as if to fix it
that is your ,
membercd that it would have to pass
through several hands before reaching
the king, and might possibly never
reach him at all. in any case he could
not afford to wait long for an answer,
being almost down to his last penny as
it was, so he finally determined to pre-
sent himself in person. and see what
would come of it. '
The very next morning, accordingly,
the major smarte'ned up his worn and
faded uniform as well as he could, and
concealed the absence of his watch by
fixing the chain in its usual place and
keeping it thereby attaching to one
end of it the memorable “flattened bul-
let” of Torgau, Which he had preserved
as a. souvenir ever since. Then, taking
his stick in his hand, he set out for
Potsdamfi
.He had to do the whole nine miles on
foot, the hire of a horse being far be-
yond his means, poor fellow; and when
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and covered with dust and altogether a
very strange figure to appear at a king’s
levee, as the scornful glances of the
smart officials plainly told him.
Among these there was one mean and
malicious fellow, .Hugo von Wakenitz
by name, who held the post of cham-
berlain of the palace, and, being mortal-
ly jealous of everyone whom the king
seemed inclined to favor, and more es-
pecially of Frederick’s old officers, al—
ways did his best to keep them away
from the royal presence. It happened
by ill luck that just as Maj. Tapfermann
opened his uniform to adjust his chain
(which he had got out of place in the
course of this long march), the cham-
windows, saw what he was about.
The courtier’s quick eye‘detected at
a. glance that. the chain had a bullet in-
stead of a watch attached to it, and, far
from pitying the old warrior’s poverty,
as any true man would have done, this
spiteful rogue at once resolved to get
rid of him by putting him to open
shame before the whole assembled com-
pany.
And it really seemed as. if circum-
stances themselves had conspired to aid
his cruel project, for when the king
l made his appearance his first remark
was:
“My watch must surely be wrong, for
'I had no idea that it was anywhere near
my hour for receiving visitors. Wake-
nitz, what says your watch ‘2”
“Most unfortunately, your majesty,
mine has just stopped,” answered the
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more surely in his memory, and then '
he said:
“Very good—I will not forget you.
If we both live through this night's
work you‘shall be promoted. And now
let each of us go to his duty.”
And on the following morning, when .
Austrian
army in full retreat, King Frederick «
the battle was won and the
made good his promise.
But, unhappily, the brave officer’s
good fortune went no further than this.
Two years later the war came to an end,
and Frederick, with his treasury empty ,
and his whole kingdom lying wasted‘
and ruined around him,was fain to de-
vote every penny that he could raise to
the putting of matters to rights again.
As a matter of course, every branch
of public expenditure had to be cut
down to the very lowest point. Among 2
other economies, the army was re-
duced by a good many thousand men,
and the sudden~disbanding of so many
regiments at once was a heavy blow to
hundreds of officers, who unexpectedly
found themselves cast upon the world
in their old age with no occupation, no
money in their pockets, and no visible .
way of getting any.
Among the countless sufferers by this
measure was poor Maj. Tapfermann, 3
the hero of Torgau, who, with three
wounds, chronic rheumatism, and al-
k most as little money as he had ten
years before, found it no easy matter
to “make both ends meet.”
One by one he had to part with all the
little knick-knacks which he had treas-
ured up so long—the silver—mounted
pistols presented to him by junior ofii— '
cers of his regiment, the fieldglass
which he had used during his last cam-
paign, and the ivory-handled hunting?
knife which had been given to him by
an Austrian prisoner to whom he had
shown some kindness. Even his watch
had to be sold-at last; but, although in
this sore strait, he could not bring him-
self tb part with the chain, which had
been a gift to him from his wife not long
before her death.
There was still, however, one hope :
left for the poor old man. King Fred-
erick was now back again inhis palace
at Potsdam, near Berlin; and, having
by this time begun to get the atfzi‘irs of
his kingdom into some sort of order
again. he was not so overwhelmingly
busy as he had been before. Perhaps
some help might be got from him, and,
at at? events. it was worth while to try.
Tapfermanns first idea .was to draw
‘Up a m armorial stating his case and send
chamberlain; “but I see this worthy
officer here (glancing at Maj. Tapfer-
mann) has brought his along with him,
and he will doubtless be able to tell ,
j your majesty the true hour.”
speaker did not escape the shrewd king;
ment, the stout old major, drawing him-
self up proudly, answered Frederick’s
’ less watch chain and the flattened mus-
‘] inquiring glance by- holding up the use—
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ket ball which hung to it, so that every-
one could see them.
At'the sight of the flattened bullet
and the sound of the old warrior’s voice
the recollection of his rescuer on the
field of Torgau flashed back upon the
king’s memory in a moment, and one
glance at the brave old man’s thread-
bare dress, and at the malicious grin
. upon the face of the Chamberlain suf-
! ficed to tell him the whole story. .
‘ “Here is a watch for you, my old com-
g rade, which will tell you the right
time,” said Frederick, taking off his
, own watch and handing it; to the ma-
jor; “and that you may have a chance
; of using it in my service I give you a
place. in my household from this day
forth; and as for you, you rascal,” he
' added, casting a terrible look at the dis;
comfited Chamberlain, “since you are
mean enough to insult an old man who
has fought bravely for his king and»
ll country, get out of my sight, and never
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She Might Have Known.
Mr. Peck—I see there’s a judge in St.
; Louis who says there are times when
' a man is justified in slapping his wife.
Mrs. Peck—Yes, and I suppose you
3 agree with him, don’t you? '
“I should say not! If Lheld such a
j View as that do you suppose you would
have escaped up to this—” ,
; His last words were drowned by the
'; noise he made while tumbling down the
stairs leading to the street entrance.—
Chicago Evening News. .,
, NoVSkun for an Irish Fair.
i In Ireland recently a quarrel. had
taken place at a. fair and a culprit’gyas
being sentenced for manslaughtfi.
: The doctor, however, had given evi-
dcnce to show that the victim’s skull
’2 wasabnormally thin. The prisoner, on
being asked if he had anything to say
i for himself, replied: “No, .yer honor,
but would,‘ask was that a skull for
a. man to go to a, fair wid?”~'—Chicago
Chronicle.
a to Frederick himself; but he then re-‘
he reached the palace he was heated
berlain, looking down from one of the‘
Show your face here again! "-——From the "
' car lines of the town as a side play.
But these enterprises were the mod~ ,
The spiteful tone and look' of the -
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but, before he could make any com— '
lPhllndclplxia Bicycle Crank
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Leycle, besides himself, two of the pets
WONDERFUL CAREER.
a Few Years Ago Tony Brii‘dy Was a
Barkeepcr, Now He Is at; King
of Wall Street.’
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Anthony: N. Brady, who is booked
to take the place of the late Roswell P.
Flower at the head of the big trust
stocks in Wall street. has been for a
long time one of the most important
managers of great industries in Amer-
ica. Not. long. ago a friend of Mr.
Brady made a little calculation, in
which he -:showed how this wonderful
man of business controlled property
the value of which was judged, at a
fair estimate, to be upward of $257,000.-
000.
It was only a few years ago when
“Tony” Brady, a lad of 14, left his
ANTHONY N. BRADY.
(Roswell Flower’s Successor as the King
of :VVall Street.)
father’s roof in Albany to become cash-
ier in the barber shop of the Delavan
house, in that city. Soon he was pro-
moted and made barkeeper and mixed
drinks for politicians of high and low
degree in old York state. He was made
manager of the bar, and in that ca-
pacity became the friend of eminent
and rich men of the state who went to
the capital on business. About this
time granite was everywhere coming
into vogue as a paving material, and
Brady “studied up” the subject thor-
oughly. Then, with the assistance of
friends, he became a contractor in street
paving.
Quite by accident Brady became in-
terested in gas and new processes of
making that fluid. He studied chemis-
try and' mastered the subject. He was
assisted in this scheme by Roswell P.
«Flower and Edward Murphy, and
Brady began his career in gas, out of
which he has since made-millions. He
was the first to light Albany with elec—
tric lamps, and he acquired the street
est beginnings of the giant schemes he
was to develop later. He and his
friends, among them Baron Jerzman-
owski, R. P. Flower and other wealthy
men, acquired gas plants and traction
properties in many cities and made
millions out of them all. It was Brady’s
idea. to consolidate the various electric
concerns in New York cityinto one vast
property, and now he and his friends
own than all. Among the ventures
that,this Napoleon has handled with
success are the New York Gas 8.: Elec-
tric Light, Heat and Power, Metropol-
itan street railway, Brooklyn Rapid
Transit, People's Gas Light and Coke
of Chicago, American Tobacco com-
pany, Union Traction and Electric of
Providence, Huckleberry Union Rail-
way company, Albany and Troy roads
and Albany and Troy Gas and Electric
Light.
"Brady was born at Lille, in France,
of Irish parents. He is therefore called
“The French Irishman.” His wealth is
estimated at $15,000,000 to $20,000,000.
REAL ENTHUSIAST.
Takes
His Baby Boy and Pug Dog-Out
for :1 Daily Spin.
Not only has the practice of riding
baby on the front of their bicycles not
been stopped by doting papas, but one
enthusiast on the wheel who is often
seen speeding along the asphalt has
seen the daring ones and gone them one
better, says the Philadelphia Record.
READY FOR A RIDE.‘
(How an EasternuBic .cle Crank Enjoy!3
"Life%
When the warm. weather started in he
appeared on his bicycle with his little
fair-haired son strapped in front of the
handle bar. During the past week he
has been proudly wheeling on his bi:
of his home, his boy and the latter’s-pug
dog. The canine weighs about . 15
pounds, and when out for an‘ diring on
the wheel rests comfortably in a ham-
‘mock-like arrangement that is hung
from the to bar of th f e, between . .
.p e ram . _ null: is about one-seventh richer at the
hint-e of a. period of'lactatiou than ntthe
the legs of the bicyclist. The dog is
strapped in so that it can neither jump
hold it there.
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HANDLING HAY . RACKS.
A Simple Contrlvanee \Vhich En-
Cne Main to Do All the
Necessary Work.
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One of the hardest and most incon-
venient operations about farm work is
the lifting on and off of the hay rack
from the wagon. The usual way of lift-
ing over the wheels takes from two to
four men, and then it is heavy lifting.
This job can be easily and quickly per-I
formed by means of rope and pulleys,
the rack being lifted up and the wagon
run under, when it can be lowered into
place, and vice versa. To do this it is‘
necessary, of course, to have some con-
venient place for fastening the pulleys
high enough to let the rack swing clear
of the wagon, and some way of holding
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HAY RACK LIFTER.
the rack up until wanted again. Time
bers or props can be arranged for this.
Where there is a driveway in a barn
with room enough overhead, or an al-
leyway between a double corn-crib, a-
convenient place is at hand, and when
the rack is not in use it will be housed
from the weather. But for those who
have no such place at their disposal, we
give the sketch of a handy and cheap
frame for the purpose.
Four posts are set in the ground in
some convenient place, wide enough
apart to allow the wagon and rack to‘
be driven between them, the height of
the posts varying with the kind of rack
used. All that is necessary is to have
them high enough to lift the rack well
above the wheels. Across the tops of
these posts (A, Fig. 1) bolt on two
beams (B) to strengthen the frame and
to serve as a fastening for the pulley
block (C); 2x4’s should be bolted on
between the two sets of posts (D). If
the posts are firmly set in the ground
this will insure solidity, but if desired,
more braces can be spiked on at the
sides. ,
Then with an inch auger bore holes in.
the corner posts at (E) and get- an iron
pin from a foot to 15 inches in'length to
fit in these. A pole (F) strong enough
to bear the weight of the rack and long
enough to reach from one post to the
other by resting on these pins, is st.-
cured for each end of the rack to rest
on when in place. tings are bolted in
the rack at (G), into which a six—foot
chain with a hook at either end, and
ring in the center, is attached. The pul-
ley block (C) is attached to the beam
above by a chain and hook, so as to be
easily detached.
One man can handle a rack with case.
To put it on‘the wagon, he has only to
back the running gears into place, hook
the six-foot chain into the rings in the
rack, hook the pulley block to the chain
of the beam above, hook the end of the
rope into the ring in the center of the
six-foot chain, raisethe end of the rack
an inch or so, fastening the rope to
Then remove the pole
(F) and lower that end of the rack into
place on the wagon. The other end is
let down in the same way, the whole
operation consuming only a few min-
utes’ time. The ropes, pulley and chain
can be hung up in the barn out of the
weather. It. is not'necessary to lift the
rack high enough to drive the team
under, as the wagon can be easily
backed into position by hand, and
when the rack is on the wagon and the
poles (F) removed from the pins, there
will be nothing to hinder driving into
position for hoisting the rack. This
device is a great convenience on a farm
where hay racks are frequently in use.
—J. L. Irwin. in Ohio Farmer.
THOUGHTS AND FACTS.
As the period of lactation advances
the butter fat grows lighter in color,
harder and the fat globules smaller.
Although it has been studied a great
many years by our greatest scientists it
is not definitely known how milk is
formed in the udder.
There is more difference between in-
dividuals of the same breed than there
is between different breeds of cows in
the quality of milk they produce.
Butter fat is composed of aboth ten
separate and distinct, fats.
As the period of lactation advances
the percentage of fat increases, not
only absolutely but, also in relative pro-
portion to the other solids of the milk.
The feeding of cottonseed meal tends
to harden the fat in milk and: conse-
quently makes a harder butter than,
would be made if linseed meal were
fed.
Some Philadelphia milkmen are
producing such a. high grade milk that.
they guarantee that it does ‘ not con-
tain over -.a certain number cf bacteria
to the quart. '
Billiard balls, backs of hair brushes
and combs, etc., are made from skim-
milk, and large quantities of this by-
product are utilized now in the manu-
facture of paper.
According to one investigation a cow’s
hrgianingr—Nationul Stoekman.
It is the 4
, finest flavored, most easily decomposed .
and easiest digested of all fats.
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