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The theft of the third gardeners hen from

few sturdy patriots. A few months
ago the president of the ministry of state,
encouraged by past immunity in extrav-
agance, introduced Il bill to provide the
Kallenberg gendarme with a horse. He
was faced at once by solid phalanx
of friends of peace retrenchment and re-
form. The ducai security and dignity.
said the minister-president, require
guarding by a mounted satellite" This
specious mixed metaphor did not impose
on the friends of thrift. They resolved
to wake Saxe-Coburg and Gotha up to
its threatened perils.
They began an agitation which soon
embraced the whole land. The horse,
they Numbered from dozen platforms,
is not only needless extravaganza but
piece of incendiary militarism which will
lead to competition with Saxe-Meiningen
and other ambitious states within the
German confederation. The agitation sue
ceeded. The aroused nation demanded
economy, and the landtag rejected the
bill. The budget was successfully bal
anced without appealing to the Roths-
childs. and the gendarme of kallenberg
resumed his solitary march around the
castle on foot.
The person most concerned, Leopold
Charles Edward George Albert, Duke Of
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on democratic franchise, resolved there
upon that gendarme be appointed to
stand on a hillock near the castle, and
guard against future robbers both the
gardeners hens and the sovereign's an
cestral portraits Although the cost was
estimated at $500. an excessive sum for
II state overburdened with ornaments
Coburgs army counts nearly 1,JOO-the
reckless proposal was agreed to. There
upon began that career of extravaganza
which ended i'm the constitutional crisis
referred to. A second gendarme was pro-
vided to guard the ducal palace of Rose
nau and the unpatriotic landtag passed
without dissent an estimate of Sill for
wholly unnecessary cockadeS.
Bankruptcy or foreign loan would
soon have been the only alternatives had
not Coburg in its hour of peril produced
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This question. agitated since the begin
ming of the movement to popularize the
park. is answered by the District Com
missoners in a manner that leaves no
doubt as to its feasibility.
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All of the men who are in direct super
vision of the park are of the opinion
that it, or at least that section of it
extending north of the Military road, can
he opened to the man desiring to spend
the rest of the summer with small tent
and a frying pan.
The news that Rock Creek Park is
open to campers should come a well
come message to those unable to leave
the city for summer resort. AS a mat
ter of fact, though, this privilege has
been theirs for years. The only trouble
has been that they have never cared to
take advantage of it. Either through
ignorance or Discrimination they have
failed to inquire of the Commissioners
as to their rights campers in Rock
Creek Park and by failing have de-
prived themselves of the ideal camping
ground of Washington.
Concerning their privileges as campers
on the reservation, Commissioner Mac
farland explains that Rock Creek Park
belongs TO the people and every part of
it should be enjoyed by them He fur
thermore urges the tract north of the
Military road as the perfect camping
spot because of the absence of vehicles
in that particular district. In his opin-
ion, it is the prerogative of every District
taxpayer to use al much of Rock Creek
Park as he wants whenever he pleases.
In the District Engineer Commissioners
office Capt. Kelly. who is just now at
tending to the duties of Maj. Judson.
expressed it as his opinion that the Dis
trict should be allowed the unlimited use
of the park. subject only to the simplest
reStrictions-such restrictions as would
prevent a willful destruction of property.
Mr.. Kelly believes that with improved
car line facilities the Washingtonian will
rapidly take advantage of the park which
for so many years he has ignored
In my opinion said Capt. Kelly,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-01
Strange Hindu Beliefs
Concerning the Tiger

TN India the traditions of folklore are
numerous and strange. Among those
pertaining to the tiger the following
are the most peculiar: The uneducated
Hindu (and he is in the great majority
believes that the ghost of a man killed
by a tiger rides on the head of the beast
that slew him to warn him of danger and
to guide him to new victims. 1t is de-
clared that God provides for the tigers
daily wants to the amount of one rupee
a day: that is to say. if the tiger kills
calf worth six rupees he will not be al
lowed another victim for five days.
Eating the flesh Of tiger is supposed
to give one great courage and alertness,
but the whiskers must first be singed off
the beast or his spirit will haunt the
man who fed off him and he is likely to
be turned into tiger in the next world
The following incident really occurred
in a small Indian village in the interior
One of the villagers was, unfortunately,
killed by tiger. The police investigated
the accidental death and rendered this
verdict: "Pandu died of tiger eating
him; there was no other cause Of death.
Nothing was left of him save his bones
and some fingers. which probably be-
longed to either the right or left hand"
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CASTLE OF KALLENBERG.

tain professor. DIR. Won Saalefeld. to COM
pile a historical treatise in favor of the
horse project The professor donned his
spectacles, and after weeks of roofing
among dusty archives discovered that in
145j A. d. some ruffianly conspirators
raided Altenburg Castle and kidnapped two
young princes. sons of the Elector of
Saxony. The ministry seized on this dis
covery. The safety of the ducal house."
they announced to the landtag. depends
upon the gendarme being mounted; other
wise we are risking duchy for a horse.
True, the young duke has only one son.
not two. but that only augments the
peril of his being carried off before the
eyes OF the helpless gendarme.''
What would be the feelings OF loyal
Coburgers. asked ministers, If Coburg
were deprived of its heir and hope?
But the disloyal landtag refused. Econ
omy it argued, was an even loftier prin
ciple than loyalty to a ducal house. DR..
Won Saalefeld now discovered that only
thirty years ago an attempt had been
made to kidnap a German prince. 1.-THE
nation" retorted a member of the anti
horse party, will stand for it's duke. A
monarch guarded by trusty subjects arms
has no need for hoofs." The bill was a
second time rejected.
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ed resignation But at this moment
prophet arose in Israel. He was a pro-
fessor at Jena University, who, having
studied Alexander Pope's dictum that
great events from little causes spring"
feared that the horse struggle would
spread to other German states and in
yolve the whole empire in a second thirty
years war. He wrote to the president of
the ministry urging that the landtag
should be asked to vote for the horse on
The apostles of thrift, he pointed out,
would thus be appeased and in return
would probably abandon their attack
upon mounted gendarmes as Pretorian
Guards of despotic Caesarism.
at first both parties rejected this benefi-
cent plan. But things were becoming too
serious. The mechanism of government
had come to standstill. The budget was
not voted, the I'd Battalion of the 95th
9th of Thuringia Infantry Regiment
lacked its annual 800 conscripts. and two
broken windows in the Clinic of Neustadt
remained unrepaired. A majority of wise
men consented to sacrifice their personal
predictions for the good of the state.
If the duke agreed to pay. the opposition
would suffer Coburg to be Overawed by
gendarme-ridden, re-breathing Steed.
Patriotism had conquered and faction fled
in defeat and in dismay.
But the seriousness of the struggle which
had been raging for months was shown
once more when the compromise arrived
at between leaders of parties came up
for confirmation before the extraordinary
landtag. Less than half the anti-horseites
would accept the arrangement. Crying
angrily. I'VE are betrayed" the remainder
prepared to die in the last ditch in the
cause of horseless gendarmerie. Not until
the debate had ragged for three days and
nights was further talk ruled out of
order by a despotic speaker. and the
greatest problem that has ever rent in
two a German parliament brought to a
final vote. After few minutes of breath
less delay the vote was finally announced.
The pro-horseites had won. But they
had won only by a single vote, and the
anti-horseites' first act was to send off
an angry telegram accusing of treachery
one of their members who had pleaded
toothache a cause for absenting him
self from the last momentous debate.
Next morning a smart-looking bay OF
Irish origin, good value for the $50 1t
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Mighty Political Struggle in German Principally

burg legislator will thankfully drink your
champagne, eat your terrapin and win
your money at poker, his voting con-
science is inf1exible. The deadlock SEEM
ed eternal. 1t stayed the country's law
making. Even the Coburg army, official
~ known in Berlin as 1.-The I'd Battalion
of the 9oth 18th of Thuringia) Infantry
Regiment threatened to be embroiled,
to the loss of discipline and deadly peril
of the state in case of foreign invasion.
The army was involved, owing to the
fact that Coburg raises no cavalry. The
anti-horseites. while mainly arguing
against extravaganza, reasoned that
mounted gendarme meant breaking this
rule, and declared that cavalry was a
survival of feudalism unworthy of a mod
ern state. Modern military theorists
they argued, ARE very doubtful as to
the value of cavalry in war, and in peace
cavalry is a menace to the Industrious
people and no terror to evildoers If the
gendarme cannot run quicker on foot
than a drink-sodden burglar he is not
physically fit to curb high-spirited
horse"
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and it's numerous small tributaries run
ming weblike throughout its length and
breadth, it makes a perfect haven for
him who longs to camp for camping's
sake alone.
In urging the tract north of the Military
road the Commissioners call attention TO
the fact that this tract is safe from the
noise Of touring cars. And il Is peace
full.
Let the reader now consider what such
a trip would cost him. In the first place
the question of rent would be eliminated
entirely. He would need the following ar-
ticles:
One open tapped tent.
One cot
One chair (and if so disposed a table,.
Knife and fork.
Kerosene stove.
Oil lamp.
Two blankets.
Cups. plates, etc.
Such provisions as he cared to take
with him..
The total cost of such an outfit would
be trivial. The tent the main item of
expense, would run to between 81 and S14.
according to its size and the quality of
it's canvas. The plates would be of the
wooden variety usually associated with
pie or of tin. The knife and fork can
be captured from the dining room table.
Two can live in a moderately inexpensive
tent at no greater increase of furniture
than another cot, chair and set of table
ware.
No rules and regulations would hamper
the man who lives thus. He would be
free to do as he pleased so long as he
respected the rights of society and the
ordinary conventionalities. He would he
as completely isolated as though envel-
oped in great wilderness. And he could
find rest for his tired limbs and aching
brain-a new complete life giving rest
that would enable him to return home
in two weeks as much benefited as the
man who picks out the seaside or noun
tains and pays $40 a day after having
licked. In fact, the Rock Creek Park.
campers would probably derive the great
err benefit through not having continu-
GUS stretch of the gay life to undergo.
All of those approached concerning the
advisability of allowing the general pub
lie to camp on the reservation during the
summer time have heartily favored the
plan, characterizing il as the logical and
economical vacation for the man who cam
not leave town.
If the Commissioners keep their word
and they WILL there is a great future for
the Washingtonian in Rock Creek Park.
Some day he will know more than he
does now what the Commissioners give
him when they allow him to camp there.
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TT Began With the Hen Of
l the Reigning Dukes Third
Gardener - Has Ended, at
Least for the Present, With
the Horse of His Serene
Highness' Policeman, Though
Feeling Still Runs High
The Parliament of SAKE
Coburg and Gotha Thought
That the Policeman Ought
to Have a Horse to Help
Guard the Hen and Other
Ducal Perquisites - But a
Powerful Opposition Party
Arose and Civil War Came
Near Being the Result-It
Was Even Felt in Coburg
That the Peace of Europe
Might Become Involved.
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Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Prince of Great
Britain and Ireland, being aged under
thirty and having more entertaining
thoughts, paid little attention to the
brooding crisis Rumor ascribed to him
secret desire for economy. learned from
his predecessor. Albert, Duke of Edln-
burgh, whose Unborn hatred of eNtrava-
gance had been fortified by a Caledonian
title. But ministers were obdurate. THE
horse" they declared, lis no longer a
question Of finance or public safety. 1t
is a question of principle and honor. and
If the landtag refuses it we shall re-
sign"
A cunning maneuver nearly gained
them the victory. They employed GER
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an agitation similar to. the one now in
begun. The object then was to en-
courage an appreciation of the out-of-
door summer life with a view to help
ing the stay-at-home escape the heat
of crowded houses and lifeless. wind
deadening streets. The proposition
partially failed because of the difficulty
in gaining access to the Garden Of
Eden tucked away to the north of the
Geological Gardens.
From time to time it has been sug-
gested in a general way-mostly at
citizens association meetings-that
greater public interest in the park De
stimulated. Yet the fact that the aver
age citizen did not and does not care
to sit on grass, if there is nothing else
to do, was overlooked.
A personal interest in the park, based
primarily on some advantage to be gained
by the individual. was the incentive neces-
sary to the popularizing of Rock Creek.
Now the Commissioners have offered it
in an invitation to the public to make
use of the vast territory as camping
from day to day and dream away the
hours.
X *
Commissioner West heartily favors the
use Of Rock Creek in a commonsense
way, knowing that if the park is to be
a sort of glass cage arrangement the
man for whose benefit it is intended will
never use it.
camps, picnics and the like" says he.
ARE the life of q reservation such as
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this. While they differ from the summer
resort in that they are without the noise
and hustle and novelty, they have their
advantages in the quiescent peacefulness,
the untouched charm of nature itself
and the healthful, untainted air of a large
domain without buildings.
Sanitation problems will have to be
worked out should the crowd of campers
become large, but with such tremendous
tract of land it is improbable that these
problems would be difficult to surmount.
The camp life itself will afford relief
to the man not possessing a large sal
airy. 1t is my opinion that Rock Creek
Park should at all times be at the dis
posal of the District taxpayers, to be
used by them as they see fit
Thus we see that the Commissioners
are united as to the possibility of using
Rock Creek Park as a big camping
ground. Moreover, they desire to en-
courage the camper in long visits. as is
shown in the statement written for The
Sunday Star by Commissioner Macfar-
land. In this Mr.. Macfarland points out
the rights of citizens and expresses him
self warmly favoring the use by camp
ers and picnicers of the entire park.
Commissioner Mcfarland says:
Rock Creek Park belongs to the peo-
pie and every part of it should be used
by them. The District taxpayers paid
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in the
doings of petty
principalities and
duchies, as in the
affairs of great
empires, there arise
crises which rend
the state in twain,
set prin C p ! e
against principle,
party a e a | II 8 t
party and brother
against b 70 I her.
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Her Views.

From the Louisville Courer-Journai.
Il wouldn't care to have a two-dollar
graduating gown"
But it might get you husband"
well. I'd hate to have to dress the rest
Of my life on a precedent like that"
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HEN the populari-
cation of r o C k
Creek Park shall
be a reality and
car lines make pos
sible the visiting Of
the big District
re s e V a ton by
large crowds, will
the camper be
given a chance to
select this ideal
spot for his tent?
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Viewed from afar by citizens of popu-
lous states, these crises seem trivial and
unworthy. The citizens of Berlin, for
instance, smile condescendingly at the
politics of SchwarZburgSonder
and Waldeck-Pyrmont. and hint that a
duchy five miles long by fifteen broad
can have no politics more exalted than
tie problem of paint or no paint for the
arms above the rathaus door. But even
superior Berlin sighed a sigh of relief on
learning that the constitutional crisis
which recently led Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha to the verge of civil war mad
ended without bloodshed.
ON the precipitous pine-clad hill of Kali
Ienperg, 10 the northwest of Coburg city,
there rears its head a picturesque and
handsomely furnished castle. the property
of the reigning duke. kallenberg Castle
is seldom tenanted. AS rule, ii is left
to the care of fifty liyeried servants. who
wait with impatepce for their sover-
signs rare arrivals and the harvest Of
ten pfennig pieces then reaped in the form
OF tips.
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This anti-horse syllogism seemed con-
elusive. Pro-horse deputies banged on
their desks and forsooh the landtag build
ing in bad humor. Excitement reigned in
the town. 1t spread to the twin capital.
Gotha, where Herr Arnold Thiele took a
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cost. was dispatched to Kallenberg's ducai
castle amid the mingled joy and execra-
ton of the populace. Then the majestic
gendarme. his face wreathed I'm indie
cribable smiles of triumph, leaped into the
saddle and galloped into Coburg to curry
comb the wachtmeister's horse
Copyright in the United States and Great Britain
by Curtis Brown)
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But Coburg's constitutional expedients
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Special Correspondence of Tho Star.
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In 1906 occurred an event rare in Co
burg's modern annals when an ill-dis-
posed person stole hen kept in the
courtyard by the dukes third gardener
The landtag, or parliament of Coburg.
which consists OF eleven citizens elected
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BERLIN. July %, 1909.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-02

To Isaac Feeder to erect a frame house on O'Connell Street. near Hard away. at a cost of $500.
 To W. c. Wright, to erect an addi- tion to house on Montgomery Street. between Court Square and Lee Street, at cost of $50.
 To Dowdell and Joseph. to repair Q frame house at BOT Columbus Street. to cost SIP. 50.
 To Kahn Shoe Company to repair in- terior of brick store at Dexter Ave- nue. to cost ST. 50.
 To Tresslar's Studio, to repair inte- rior of brick store at If Dexter Ave- nue. to cost ss0.
 To J. J. Haycraft. to remodel a frame house at Holt and Mildred Streets. to cost $500. | To Persons Drug Store, to repair cellar of brick store at North Court and Dexter Avenue to cost $e. 50. To Clayton Street Methodist Church. to repair frame building at 537 Clayton Street. at cost of $127. To Cole Brothers to erect a water tower on brick building at 204 Coosa Street.
 To Cole Brothers. to erect a water tower on brick at Bibb and TaIlapoosa Street.
 To Neal Johnson. to repair a frame house at IA Smythe Street, to cost s14.
 To E. ogren, to build addition to house at 14o1 Highland Avenue to cost $50.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-02
ELECTION IN TALLAssEE.
Black Bows are worn Over whi

Black Bows are worn Over White Ones.
 Taliassee. Dec. 1.--tSpecial. )-The bitter campaign was settled here by a vote of sixty-eight majority against the amendment.
 great enthusiasm A large crowd gath cred around the telephone office, and listened to the reports of the different beats and counties as given from the Elks Home in Montgomery.
 number of amenders. though not surprised at the result of the election. wore a kind of bluish countenance, and some wore the black bows over the white ones, and others in place of them.
 Notwithstanding the fact that the amendment was defeated, everybody seems to rejoice and find consolation in the fact that the bitterest cam paign that has probably ever been car ried on in Alabama, has at last come to an end. and has passed into history, and the preachers can return to their pulpfts. and the business men to their respective places of business.
 Farmers came in from the surround ing country in wagons to vote against the amendment, as they did in the days when Kolb was running for office.
 There was one generation of people in East Tallassee containing twenty three voters. and every one of them voted against the amendment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-02
THE STOMACH IS DEAD
 THE MAN STILL LIVES

oe permanent beneft to mankind.
 People who suffer from sour stomach, fermentation of food. distress after eating. and indigestion, and seek relief in large chunks of artificial digesters, are killing their stomachs by inaction just as surely as the victim of nor phine Is deadening and inJurtng beyond repair every nerve in his body.
 What the stomach Of every sufferer from indigestion needs is good pre- scription that will build up the stom- ach, put strength energy and elasti- city Into it, and make 1t sturdy enough to digest a hearty meal without artin" cial aid.
 The best prescription For indigestion ever written is sold by druggists ev- orywhere. and by E. q. Fowler. and is rigidly guaranteed to build up the stomach and cure indigestion. or mon ey back.
 This prescription is named Mi-o-na. and is sold in small tablet form in large boxes, for only 50 cents. Remem- Der the name Mi-o-nR stomach tablets. They never fail. They contain tngred- ientR that give quick relief (other than strong digesters), but they are com pounded for the purpose of making the stomach strong and energetic enough to do itG work without the ala "'
 If you cannot get MI-o-na in your town, Booths 9xi-o-na. Buffalo, ". Y, will i'll mali orders and prepay Sofa and Guaranteed in Selma bx 6 ". A Cunningham & co.