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no difficulty in believing that the prob
ability of 4 collision is almost infinitely
small. for unless the two stars in the
beginning happened to be drifting eX-
actiy toward one another the second
star would miss hitting our sun and
swing around it in curved path, A. Il,
{. Fig. .. finally recedng into space,
never to fall toward us again.
1t is thought by many that the Won
derful new star which suddenly appeared
in the constellation Perseus eight years
ago was caused by the rush of a dark
body through a great meteoric cloud. and
that streamers Of light which surrounded
this object were portions of the cloud liz
up by the blaze of light from the star
itself. 1t is apparently much more prob
able that our may some time en-
counter such cloud than that il will ever
collide with a star. but on account Of the
unimaginable vaStnesS OF the interStellar
spaces even the former occurrence Is al
most infinitely improbable.
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Puppy-cat Is the Teddy Bear of japanese Children.

camp and take part in sham battles. In
every Japanese school there is drill hall.
Every school has a gymnasium and the
boys and girls go through all sorts or eX-
ercises to make them strong and enable
them to fight and work for their emper-
or when war comes. Just now the
boys think the Japanese people could
whip any other nation, and that the
United States would have a poor show in
q fight with their country. We are friend
~ to them but we must keep our eyes
open. for no one can tell but that we may
have to fight them by and by. They
have far more soldiers in their army
than we have and their navy is one OF
the best in the world.
On the Sd of March every year &C.
ours a great girls holiday. known as the
feast of the dolls. On this day the boys
have to stand in the background. Their
parents pay little attention to them and
they make the girls. for the time. the
chief members of the family. 1t is the
one day in the year when they are more
important than the boys. At this time
every girl gets a new doll. and all the
dolls of the family, including those or
mother grandmother and great-grand-
mother. are brought out TO be admired
and PLAYED with
The dolls used at this time are not
like ordinary dolls and they are played
with only once a wear and then laid away
for twelve months. when the next doll
festival comes These dolls represent
some favorite prince or princess. some
nero or heroine and sometimes the
enperor or empress. There is lit
tie throne of steps made for them In the
back of the parlor or In the most honor
ed place in the house, and they are placed
rpon this in rows. The children then
sit down in front Of them and talk to
them They pat food ana drink pe1ore
them in tiny dishes, and listen 10 stories
about them They give them doll toys,
which are as fine as they can aHOfd.
In rich families the toy dishes are some
times OF silver with little toy silver chop
sticks for the toy emperor ana empress
to eat with. They serve toy wine. made
especially for this feast. IN toy cups.
some families have collection OF dolls,
for genera tons and which go back for
: hundred years or more.
Ihe,, the ste res are tilled with doliles
for This feast and the little EeiloW-shlrf-
ned girls trot around in bright klmonos
on their wooden clogs, ad1nirlnS them anu
picking out the ones which are 10 Dc
touaht for this festival.
The ordinary japanese doll used by
lie. girls Is not like the American artlcle-
1t is a miniatu Japanese child or Wom-
an with the b'ackest of black eyes. with
uneerIy dressed Japanese hair. wearing a
kimono and wooden shoes SGch doi's
are of all sizes. from as big as your mn
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such bad BOOKS all my NE
such silly books. l didn't know there
were such grand thoughts in the world
such beautiful thoughts! Why didn't
somebody tell me. 1 have wasted my
life:'
The one which had so torn this young
heart with its loneliness was classic
life Of Joan of Arc. or Jeanne d Arc. as
the French themselves call the great
maid.
This is what the noble book does for
us 1t is the touch OF angel fingers
upon locked doors. The portal flies open
an 10, in a lightning flash mind, heart
and soul read the divine revelation. We
know what truth Is at laSt. real COURAGE
genuine beauty.
OF course. the world is not called upon
to shed tears over the time wasted upon
bad books But as all of us are not as
sensitive to the heavenly touch as was
this seventeenyear-old reader-since we
may have trained our tastes so long 10
Indifferent style and fa'sehood instead OF
truth-there is danger at last of never
being able to tell good book when we
see it, The time spent on these silly
novels might reap valuable reward II
lavished with the same ardor on standard
works. such as the politely educated
know. if they do not read them every day
Of the year.
AS one excellent educator says. 1t 10
only the vel grounded in correct Eng
lish-thcse who have laid the founda-
tons of character-Who can aHoro 10 Tedu
a trashy book. But the good work once
done, even The Brides Oath or THE
Pirate Fleet may be rollicked in with
out danger.
Young people,. however. who have not
learned the holier messages Of the printed
page must begin with the accepted good
things They must even think with every
volume they pick up for all afternoons
reading that they are building up charac-
ter or pulling it down, drinking in health
or the summer rash. They must think
lastly that they are making themselves
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lance was assigned by the early astroi-
ogers. 1t was stated that when the sun
in his eastward journey among the stars
reached Cancer each thunderstorm
would cause commotion and famine.
When lie reached Leo each similar at
mospheric disturbance fOretOld the
deaths Of great men, and 1t was not
until he should enter Libra that celes-
tial influences would again become be-
nign. at which time alone the trans
mutation of iron into gold could be eff
fected.
All >of these consultations are of very
great antiquity, some even believing
that the Virgin was SO named when the
sun passed over this group in the spring
time 1900 years ago. Similarly, Cancer
may have received its name when 1T
marked the highest position reached by
the sun in midsummer, and that body
stopped its upward course and began to
move backward toward the southern
sky. According to Greek tradition the
Sphinx shows the Virgins head on the
Lions body. because the sun passed
through these two consultations at the
time of the rise Of the Nile. 1t is at
least certain that the groups have come
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Venus Becomes An Even
ing Star April 28- The
Eclipse of Algol-Collisions
Among Stars. Etc.

HIS month marks a
turning point in
the position of two
of the most inter
estin < planets.
April 3 the beauti-
full Saturn. which
for SO many weeks
has been hiding
low in the west.
will pass behind the
sun and enter the
morning sky. while
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beyond the brilliant Vega. at c, Fig. l.
will have appeared in the east, SO that
the stream of stars will then encircle al
most the entire heavens, extending from
the southeast through the north to the
southwest.
Dark Stars.
An unusually convenient opportunity
occurs this month for observing the re-
markable variable star Algol. at Il, Fig. l..
This bright star will be ecEpsed by It's
dark companion in the early evening on
two dates of the month. reaching It's
greatest faintness April 13 at IL pm.
and April 1G at pm. The time required
for the complete fading away is about
four hours. The star remains at its great
est faintness for about twenty minutes,
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Npril = the lar more brilliant venus VIII
Change from a morning to an evening star
and begin to climb upward in the western
heavens. The swiftly moving Mercury.
which passed west of the sun two months
ago. will re-enter the evening sky April
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one around the world In the tWihhiihS VI
an eye. All you have TO do Is TO smut
: Your eyes and wish you were there, and
when you open them. 10, your wish has
! come true. Our magic carpet has carried
us across the Pacific and has dropped us
down in the heart of Japan. We are IN
the big city of Kyoto. In the central part
Of the country. There are mountains in
; sight everywhere, and behind us is
beautiful lake which fills the river run
ming through the city. The houses are
SO many that they cover as much space as
Philadelphia, which has three times as
many people. Their walls are such that
they can be slid back during the daytime,
and we can see all that goes on within.
Most of the streets are lined with stores
filled with all kinds of curious goods. and
the streets. stores and houses are swarm
ing with children. Here they are work.
ing. helping their parents: there they are
playing. and further on is crowd going
to school.
What jolly youngsters they are. We
hear their laughter sounding out IN the
air. and as they see us some bend half
double. in Japanese fashion. and yell out.
''O-hi-O.'' their word for good day. Others.
who are ruder cry out Japanese syllables
which. our interpreter says. mean
You furry-headed foreigners; You have
eyes like a cat:'
We find that we are as great curiOsities
to the Japanese children as they are to
us. Their skins are yellow. and their
eyes are a trife aslant and SO fastened
at the corners that they do not come IS
wide open as ours do. They think that
their eyes are the more beautiful, and that
cream-colored skins are quite as fine as
white ones. Outside of this, Japanese
boys and girls are just like Americans.
Their little black eyes can see as far as
ours can; and if you scratch their yellow
skins they will bleed in the same way.
You had better be careful not to do So.
however. They are as proud as you, and
they will fight at the drop of a hat.
They are not as tall as we children OF
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down 10 MS from the very earliest time
Of which we possess any record.
TIE winter branch of the Milky way
is now sinking in the west, and by the
end of the month will lie close 10 the
horizon At this time the summer branch,
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IT," sObbed d girl to whom I
had lent a book sublime in
subject and exquisiteiy
treated. "Oh, I have read
such bad books all my life
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DABY Soldiers Who Would
l. Fight the World - The
Girls Day for Dolls-A Ma
tional Holiday for the Boys
Japanese Toys and How the
Teddy Bear Is Represented
by the Puppy-Cat - Kite
Fights "A Visit With the
Children in Their Homes.
Copyright. 1909. by Frank G. Carpenterl
Special Correspondence ~ The Star.
KYOTO
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- . -
to write a letter
for the children of
America about the
children of Japan.
l want the boys
and girls who
take this news
D aper to Sc a I
themselves u p o n
the ma gic carpet
of fairy a II d
which will take
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-08
She WILL TALK NOW,
Mrs. Boyle Says Public Shall Know
Who Is to Blame.

Mercer, Penn. May Son her way
to the jail. after her conviction. Mrs.
Boyle, convicted of being accessory to
the Whitla kidnapping expressed the
belief that she had been convicted to
satisfy the venom and jealousy of
some Mercer women.
Had I been a plain girl" she said,
these same women would have pitied
me. If the jury had acquitted me, 1
believe these women would have tar
red and feathered me. A sacrifice
had to be made and Jimmie and I
are the victims.
They think they will railroad me
to the penitentiary. They will find
they are mistaken. My fight has only
begun. Jimmie and 1 were not allow
ed to open our mouths at the trial.
Now we will do the talking and the
people will know upon whom the
blame should fall.
at admit that Boyle brought the
boy to me at Cleveland, that I cared
for him, was kind to him. entertained
him. I never asked why he was there,
never asked where Jimmie got him.
He asked me as. his wife, to take care
of the boy for few days and I did
So If that is a crime there are mil
lions of wives waiting to be convicted.
ST tried to make this explanation
yesterday, but was choked off. In the
future they won't be able to choke me
Of >,
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INTERNATIONAL MARATHON.
St. Yves Seems to Be Favorite in
Betting.

New York, May s--Thirteen of the
worlds best distance runners are en-
tered for what is known as the Inter-
national Marathon, for $4,000 in
prizes to be run at the Polo grounds
this afternono. St. Yves, winner of
the American derby at the Polo
grounds, April Z, seemed to be the ia
vorite among those who have been
following this professional sport. al
though exceptional interest was dis
played over John D. Marsh, the Ca
madam event of this kind of two
hours, SO minutes and 4 seconds. This
is more than a minute better than St
Yves time at the Marathon derby.
Tom Longboat Shrubb and Johnny
Hayes will not compete in the event.
The distance is too long for Shrubb,
Longboat is not in condition and
Hayes is reported to be discouraged
over recent failures. The following is
the field that is expected to start, with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-08

When met Weston was walking at
a brisk rate, closely followed by Dave
Ceilings, who has accompanied him
from Kansas City. The veteran ex-
pressed himself as well pleased with
the gain in time he has made today
and hopes to reach st. Marys by 9
o'clock tonight.
This is the most delightful day I
have had and the country the most
beautiful 1 have seen, said the jovial
old man." said he.
Did you meet delegation from the
Y. NJ. c. A? They were going to meet
you and thought you would go up
town and give a lecture"
well, they've got another think
coming. I've gotten too well started to
stop today, though I would be delighted
to talk to the boys"
When the fifty or more boys from the
Y NJ c. A. met him and blocked the
track Way, there he cried. every
body five feet behind me. No, L can't
stop to address your classes this time
Weston was wearing his customary
frilled shirtwaist. a big straw hat, Eng
fish patterned trousers and canvas leg
pairs along, are of no special make
but selected from stocks of whatever
make that has comfortable last. He
walked at a rate which made the boys
break into a trott at intervals. to keep
the pace. The Weston stride is. rather
short with the weight of body slightly
forward which makes the walk seem
slightly stumbling and loose kneed but
readily conceded to be as easy and
untiring as possible.
The best people I've ever met are
these Kansas people, said Mr.. Yves
ton, everywhere they treat me splend-
idly and I've never had a more enjoy
able time than the moments I have to
stop for refreshments
]. c. SchinkeI, the advance man. who
had preceded the pedestrian into the
city a few minutes by train, came run
ming to meet his man.
Here he comes at, last" cried Wes-
ton, I want to get rid of this hat and
get a shave. Your people might take
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Trout Catches snake.

Hartley Yeager. who was spearing for
cells along the Gravel Run stream. a
mile from Jacksonville. n. j.. Sunday
afternoon, saw great tnrashing OF the
water In a secluded pool near the Brink
tannery. He damned his five-pronged
spear into the water. and when Il en-
countered an object he gave It quick
jerk into the air. There was a flash
of whirling color for a moment. and
then Yeager saw what appeared to be a
snake and fish in deadly combat.
Yeager. feeling sure neither could es-
ca pc into the water. watched the reptile
and the fish, which proved to be large
speckled trout. until they lay quiet
Then he investigated He found the
reptile, which was a water snake about
two feet long. was fastened to the trout
in a curious manner. Through the gills
OF the monster trout stuck a fish hook
which the fish evidently had broken
from the line of an angler 1t pro-
truded about half its length. the butt
being apparently solIdly anchored.
On that harpoon the snake had been
caught as 1t skinned over the water.
The effort to escape resulted in the
terrific struggle Yeager saw In the wa
, ter before he yanked the fish and snake
to the surface The snake still was
alive. but utterly exhausted. and Yea
ger had little trouble in killing 1t
New York Press.
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For Bigger New York.

New York city will extend south
easterly two miles farther into the
bay. if the plans of Herman A
Ruge. a civil engineer employed in
the dock department are ever carried
out He proposes connection Of Man
haitian with Governors Island by
building bulkheads and filling in.
adding TO the dock facilities about
four and a half miles of deep water
frontage. Mr.. Ruge first suggested
to the government plans which were
adopted for the extension Of Cover
completed Albert z. Henschel. a
lawyer. who represented Mr.. Ruge in
that matter. announces that he will
present to the legtSlators at Albany
this week the Ruge plan for joining
the two islands
Mr. Ruge wants the governor to
appoint a commission under an act of
the legislature to investigate the
merits of his plan. In an exposition
of the project addressed to the prin-
cipal engineers Of this city, Mr. Ruge
says:
This proposed extension would ex-
tend southerIy from Battery park and
from the present South Ferry to IN
eIude Governors Island and on a
shallow ground to a point opposite
Bedloes Island The new land would
be made of material obtained by
dredging other portions Of the bay.
supported by stone masonry bulk
heads. Its length would be about
two miles and its width a half mile.
The total area Of land gained; IN n
Guiding Governors Island would be
about 522 acres The total length OF
new river frontage would be zz,5oo
feet
Mr.. Ruge estimates that the city
would nrofit to the amount OF 1854
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As Weston Looked in 1867. When He
Made His First Great Walk.

Hello. dad. how's your feet" some
one at the station greeted. Il salute
you. God speed said another. Thanks.
have another friend" answered Wes-
ton as he was guided into the U. P.
dining room and to a seat. followed by
all who thought they dared go in.
MY feet? oh. I just pickle them
in salt water at night and rub on
some linament. No. do not believe
in gym work. I trained once in
England with a fellow and he nearly
killed me-"
Weston is no crank on diet. The
dinner was one any one could have
had-veal loaf mashed potatoes
stringed beans, radishes bread-pud-
ding and iced coffee of which he drank
three glasses. Sitting sidewise with
his feet on another chair to prevent
cramping muscles and to rest his
knee, the old man began to talk to
his eager listeners telling experiences
and habits OF his own because he was
confined to that subject.
when 1 was kid I used to turn
fips and tumble around the neigh
bors yards until they complained to
my dad for his amusement, but I
learned that I had more endurance
than any of my playmates- What
made me take to walking Well as
lad when I was getting the market
reports and Wall street news for
James Gordon Bennett. an express
box got away on the wrong wagon and
it had to be gotten back and sent to
Europe in but a few minutes /
wanted to do a stunt so told them 1
could bring il back Well 1 overlook
that express wagon and got the box.
But when I started walking for a
living was when I was out ar larry
town and woke W one morning to
ind that my $4,000 had vanished via
the exchange and 1 walked to New
York. IS miles miles
1.-The object of this trip Well. I've
had an offer OF $4,000 for 20 weeks in
vaudeville or 10 lecture If I make the
| distance, but I've got something else in
view which will make people sit up
And I'm going to make il easy The
awful weather for the first part of the
| trip made me lose days time but I'll
Re but 30 miles behind next Wednes-
day night when I shall have finished
| so days"
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WESTON is HERE
Veteran PedestrianTakes Lunch
in Topeka.
Refuses to Stop to Address the
= Y. VI. C.. A.
TALKS PLEASANTLY.
GOssips About His Trip and
Says He'll Reach Coast.
Does Not Believe in Gymnastic
Training.

Edward Payne Weston, the veteran
pedestrian, reached Topeka at 1850
O'Clock and ate dinner at the Union
Pacific hotel, spending an hour at the
meal talking to reporters and resting
his weary legs across a chair.
Weston arrived almost an hour
sooner than expected, having walked
an average of 3 Z miles an hour since
leaving Perry at 1855 this morning,
delayed by rain.
He was met past the Three Bridges
by a State Journal reporter, who had
learned that he was ahead of time
from a train passenger who had pass
ed him The crowd Of Y. NJ c. A.
men not aware of his proximity in
stead of meeting him at Granville
met him at the Santa Fe Junction in
North Topeka.
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Robert Mccormick
during
member He is
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CORNELL TEAM WORRIED
One Player Has AIumps and All Are
Exposed.

Ithaca, N Y, May s.-Players. man
ayers, and Coach Coogan of the Cornell
baseball team are on the anxious seat
men of the squad went to the inffrmary
Yesterday suffering from the munps after
all the squad had been exposed to infec-
ton for several days.
1t is thought Rutherford caught the dis
ease from H c. Young, the distance run
weeks attack. The doctors, however. are
unable to say when and where he con-
tracted the disease. Meanwhile the base
pan men are fearful. and anxiously await
ing developments.
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sult of an anonymous letter.

suit Ol dL dlUHf iflouS lStbcI-
noon, and lodged in Jail. He denies
the charges made against him, and
says. they were fixed up by his wife
and the Salvation army captain, who
is greatly interested in the case.
Tennyson recently moved here from
WyandoIte county where he was in
some kind of trouble of a similar
nature.
The children were questioned
separately and told some serious
things about the conduct of their
father They say he was arrested in
Wyandotte county for attempting
criminal assault upon them. Since
coming to Topeka. he has Joined the
Dunkard church.
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the nationality of each runner:
Edouard Cfbot, Louis Orphes, Hen
ri St Yves, France
John Svanberg, Sweden
Felix Carvajel, Suba.
John D. Marsh, Canada.
Dorando Pietri, Italy.
Fred Appleby, England.
Pat White, Ireland.
Ted Crook, United States.
Fred Simpson, Indian.
Mat Maloney, Irish-American.
Tom Morrissey, United States.
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UNNATURAL BRUTE.
w. III. Tennyson Arrested for Mis-
treating His Little Daughters.

w H. Tennyson, an employee of the
Capital Iron Works, was arrested to-
day by Sheriff Wilkerson on a serious
charge which should send him to the
penitentiary for a hundred years, if
proven. He is accused of assaulting
his two little girls, aged 10 and IL
years. The charge was preferred by
his wife. who is a member of the
Salvation army. and Kilmaurs King,
who investigated the case as the re-
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$4,000 as a result of the extension.
the value of docks and water 'front.'
age amounting to $211,320,00O, and
the total cost OF the work to S26,45c.-
600. This does not include compen-
sation to the United States govern
ment for Governors Island