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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-12-28
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KNIGHTS WILL MEET.

a special congocation Of Clarksburg
Commandesy No. 10, Knights Templar,
wa be held in the Masonic temple to-
morrow night. At 1890 O'Clock. The at.
tendance Of as many members as posi-.
BE Is erged. Some work that has been
IN progress some time VIII be finished.
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which d unknown to the One Half Of the
world.
Within the terra Gotta walls, while outside
u the unending clamor Of the street cars and
the street trafic, broken by the occasional
silver Ginning OF bell, 60 on increasingly,
miniature tragedies Of life. the actors in
them 30 tiny, 30 pathetic, or so humorous,
that one hesitates continually Detween the
smile and tear. A that shibboleth Of the
law, incompetent, irrelevant and imma-
terial,' comes now and then from lips Of
judge or attorney, one questions II 1t does
not better apply to the prisoners-the de-
PENDANTS. a. they are grandiloquently
called-than 1t does to the testimony which
It is supposed to describe.
Black lettered briefs. yellow cards on which
are to be inscribed certain information. con-
tain the phrase I'm the Childrens PART
It IL the ohildren's part In the great world
Of crime which here engages and engrosses
the attention Of every looker-on. no matter
how trivial may have been the impelling
motive bringing him.
These are the future jewellers in prisons,
the future criminals Of the country. the
soon-to-be residents of houses OF refuge,
Juvenile proteotores. Tho first step and
the one which counts IL taken here.
Perhaps some Of the small defendants
are to be respected citizens. Who can
tell? II they are not. 1t will not be because
Charity has refused to cover the multitude
OF their sins or because the law has proved
cold instead OF kind.
Every phase Of degeneracy Ia depicted
on these infantle faces-for it must be
remembered that only children under 10
are tried In this court. and the ages in the
majority of cases are between 8 and TO-
Here are the types Of which Nordau and
Lombroso have written 20 eloquently.
In the tapering heads. the protruding
lips and chins. the weak lines already form
ing about the face. the scars OF conflicts.
the battered legs and arms the furtive.
shifting glances, the ready lies on trembling
lips, the esprit de corps between the small
criminals. one reads too clearly the end.
There are times when one questions the
possible good OF leniency-until one hears
the sobbing Of the mothers. Then one ques-
tions no longer. one Is only grateful for
the kindness shown, for the elastic benefits
Of the law stretched to their fullest extent.
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These are they Of the third and fourth

These are they OF the third and fourth
generation.
Occasionally the suave. smooth tones
toward the small prisoner twisting his
cap-they all twist their caps-break the
silence of momentary interest. DO you
know what a sin is'' In the chalky pallor
Of the mothers face as she, too, leans
forward to hear her sons answer, on e
knows that he realizes what a sin IL, that
he realized it before he was born-that
it was his one and only inheritance.
At a recent Monday session in the Chill
drens' Court fashion. unexpected, invaded.
Taint often we get automobile cases.
said a court official, "One roller skates
usually the limit of the people that come
here
Sometimes they ave thre skates on
corrected another OF the officers, softly.
The automobile case in question engrossed
the attention OF the Court for about half
an hour.
The defendant was boy aboutyfourtcen
He looked older. Casually one would have
classified him as eighteen. He had the
assured air OF a man OF the world: he had
been arrested for driving his machine
beyond the sped designated by the law,
and he looked, in his long tan coat, his per-
fectly fitting clothes, his supple, well knit
frame. like one Of Sargents portraits.
He was very much bored, as bored as any
one could be who had experienced every
thing that life leaves to a man of his age.
He was bored. but well bred, and tried to
disguise from the Justice his real feeling.
that he thought the oceedings unneces-
sarily lengthy and time wasting for one OF
his class. He locke d at the blue strip OF
sky through the window back Of the Justices
chair, at the court officials. at his father.
lowering in the background with a con-
tinuous smile of comradeship on his face, at
the fotsam and jetsam Of life, which meant
nothing to him, and probably never. would.
and then explained courteously his e T.
laccelerators" and other technicalities Of
the automobilists life. He smiled grayly
when his father paid the gold piece. his
fine, to the official, as II he family resented
repr sentative Of a class with which justice
should not hob-nob: Then he followed his
parent and his counsel more bort d than ever.
Surely he represents the type which our
English cousins say do not exist-Ameri-
can children.
In sharp contrast with him was a small
boy with trousers turned up In true Anglo
mania style. This, however. was the only
thing about him which suggested the
Johnny" type. He was underlined. pale.
as most 81 the s sn s,s he
picion of being present when certain articles
belonging to another person mysteriously
disappeared.
The Justice questioned quickly. You
live in such and such a place and were
going home by way Of such and such a
street? Don't you know that is not the
nearest way homer" Then. as possible
Renaissance Of the time when he found
that the longest way round is the shortest
way home he smiled understandingly and
did not further pursue the Investigation:
Fat pocket books and chatelaine bags
seem to be your trouble" the Justice ex-
plained to the small prisoner. IF ! were
you I'd keep away from their neighbor-
hood
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natural lake such as Greedpond or Swartz-
wood, upon the bars and reefs Of such
enlarged lakes as Hopatcong or Green
wood Lake when the water Is drawn down,
or in the beds Of extinct lakes where the
plough turns up the rich soil.
Many Of the implements are Clipped
from stone of a character which does not
exist In New Jersey at the present time
Arrow points Of true flint have occasionally
been found. but most OF the specimens are
of hornblende, blue limestone. milky quartz
from veins In the trap rock and from the
fiaky slate Of the western counties OF the
State
Two relic hunters who have been following
up the diversion for a couple Of years and
have accumulated fine collections are
Stephen Van Rensselaer, Of Orange and
Edward Duffy, a Newark broker with q
taste for Geld sports and scientific investiga-
ton. They have been out In the Passaic
Valley three times this spring in the neigh
borhood OF Caldwell and Pine Brook.
Mr.. Van Rensselaer, rides horse to the
hunting grounds and Mr.. Duffy goes out In
a runabout. The former wears cavalry
boots and Mr.. Duffy wears a shooting suit
and high-laced hunting shoes. Mr.. Van
Rensselaer, makes two or three finds to
Mr.. Duffy's one. Mr.. Duffy. however. does
not appear to get much the worse OF the
game. He finds not only bric-A.brac OF
the Stone Age but valuable things Of more
recent epoch. 3.
Since he took up the diversion last spring
he has found two old bulls eye watches,
both cased In gold. and number OF coins.
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Something larger he said. decidedly.

Something larger he said. decidedly.
The girl lodged down and brought from
under the counter q full-petalled rose a
size bigger. and her neighbor, who was
unoocupied. fetched a monster white rose,
fully hands width across, for inspection.
The man still looked unsatisfied. His
eyes roved over the boxes back Of them.
Haven't you somcthing-er-more roeyp-
he asked.
"A blush rose1' the girl suggested.
"A tea rose. perhaps?' her oeighbor put
In az the customer looked dissent. "a
General Jack, American Beauty putting
forward specimens OF each class.
But the rose buyer shook his head.
None OF those names sounds like it,
he explained. Il expect it's not one big
rose ] want. but several tackled TO one
STEM And he walked further on up the
aisle eying the array Of blossoms N
punches and garlands.
This dnd,N he said at length, pausing
before some big-faced scarlet beauties
grouped In mass.
.Those are peoples. : the sirrsaid. you
well, no natter he answered. But
these are what want. and III thank you
to put me UP three punches
Three bunchesf' the girl asked, turning
the flowers broadside so that he could see
the size.
Yes. they'll fade, likely. and new ones
win b needed now and then. 90 ] might
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buried perhaps thousands Of years before
people knew how TO count centuries.
In following the plough the farmer seldom
sees the things he turns up. His eyes are
upon the work ahead and his mind Is upon
getting over with II ~ soon as possible.
It would be little use for relic hunter
to follow the plough Immediately, because
the stones need washing before these which
have been fashioned by human hands
disclose their forms to the trained eyes Of
the searcher. The fret spring rain follow
ing the ploughing is the signal for the relic
hunter to 70 out and tread the burrows with
his head bowed and his eyes rowing over
every foot Of the upturncd soil.
1t Is harder upon the cords OF the neck
than II IL upon the eyes and the going 10
rather trying TO one who Is used TO treading
level walks. but II IL wholesome exercise
In the open air with diverting object
In view.
The relic hunter needs shoes with good
thick soles and broad heels to tramp the
irregular and soft earth Of the plou ghed
fields. and II confines one to the goose
step to keep In the burrows. A jacket with
big and strong pockets. or . cspscious
trout crsel slung from the shoulder and
strapped TO the waist are needed accessories
Of . rslio-hununs Trip. and . stin brush
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lowing audibly and twisting his worsted
cap. Oh, those twisted caps! Surely the
keen observer could he able to tell Just how
many times boy had been in the Children e
Court by the look Of those funny bits OF
headgear. After a while he told his tale OF
woe.
Il wasn't shootin' craps. / was Just wit
de bunch, an when the officer comes up,
he grabs me. JUS cause I was lynn down
on the groun playin' with big marble and
the other fellers had time to ct away"
The mercilcss voice Of the Court:
|. you mean IL you hadn't been fiat on the
ground the officer couldn't have caught
your
"Yessir.-
The Court-Quite right.
Then the Justice took occasion to incul-
cate those lessons against the encroach-
ments OF the world, the flesh and the devil.
which. 1t is only too apparent, are not
learned in their proper place.
you know that If you shoot craps you
are only common gambler, and II you get
20 be a common gambler after you are le
you may be sent away to States prison?-
The small boy twisted his tongue, his
toes and his cap, a tri-union OF movement.
which is only seen at its best in the Chill
dren's Court.
.Yessir"
One questions what the States prison
means TO these waits. Is il a vaClie. in
definite place, like the sheol OF the Sunday
school superintendent, which never comes
near enough the active life really to in
fiuence il? Does IL mean a possible harbor
Of refuge where they may get three meals
a day, warm clothes and a roof? Surely
as a deterrent of crime it would seem to
have failed in it's Office. As the missionary
in Esquimau countries is said to change
his description of hell, finding warm place
too attractive. 50 States prison will have
to mean something besides warmth, food
and clothes before It acts as the Court in
tends it, flaming with a club to use
the Judges classic expression, would seem
nearer and more effective as a buffer against
punishment.
Perhaps the Judge knows this. He
seems to know everything concerning these
children who are brought before him;
knows at a glance whether they are lying
or telling the truth. whether they are to be
demonstrated or pleaded with. And So
you will be a good boy and not keep
bad company, and go to school?'
-Yessir."
Previous record?
Merely desfifution.'
A woman visitor In a new spring hat,
frilly things about her neck and a big bunch
Of violcts, drops her head while she feels
softly for bit of lace and cambria. Two
or three Others turn away their heads also,
as II ashamed.
No record! Merely restitution. And the
waif Ia dismissed.
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should be carried to remove the loose clay
or loan from the finds.
The most essential thing Is to find place
where the aborgines camped or hunted.
Valley far ms are almost invariably the
most productive OF stone relics and 1t does
not matter much where the searcher goes
If he or she can find newly ploughed ground.
There are fruitful acres within fifteen
miles OF this city for the relic hunter and
now Is the time for the quest. The valley
of the Passaic In Essex and Morris counties
discloses thousands Of stone implements
every year. There Is good hun ting at
Chatham, Madison, Hanover. Pine Brook
and In the neighborhood Of Caldwell. as
well as southwark In the valley between
the first and second mount aims OF the
Watching range and along the Passaic
and Delaware division OF the Lackawanna
railroad. between Long Hill and SPRING
field Mountain.
All OF northern New Jersey must have
been a sort OF happy hunting round for
the inhabitants who used stone nipple
ments, or else great battle-ground where
an immense quantity OF primitive amr'u-
milton was expended In tribal warfare.
Year after year spearheads. battle axes
and arrow points are exposed to the light
by the farmers tilllng the soil and here and
place Of q prehistoric armorer.
These signs are collections OF Takes and
chippings Of stone and imperfect arrow
points broken In process OF manufacture.
They are usually found on the shop Of .
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want testimony; he would repeat what hN
heard and imagined. Finally. he turned
at bay. and his voice rang out with startling
distinctness, to the counsel for the defen.
dants: ~ u
Il don't think you quite understand me.
/ am trying to save the boys, this. from
a witness for the plaintiff. ~
All through the court room. there was one
OF those sudden. indefnable shivers. 1t was
an inaudible gasp. II 1t could have been
voiced, it would have said: ~ r
"Trying to save the boys! Can't YOU see,
don't you know that that is what we are
all trying to do?'
That is the keynote OF the Children's
Court. There is none of the atmosphere
which prevails in other judicial sessions.
There is nothing of the impersonal, nothing
of the unpreiudced. OF the unfeeling, emo
tionless Judge. counsel, witnesses for and
against. are banded together in one ambi-
ion--to save the boys
The law may be a Juggernaut in some
places; it may crash on over the victims.
But not here. Here il is rendered as in
nocuous as possible. Here il is strained to
the swapping point. Here the benefit OF the
doubt is never allowed to die through
inanition.
Said the woman to the Princess, In @No.
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And yet there are those who believe that
the New York policemen are negleotful OF
their duties. Three officers TO arrest .
small boy Of twelve.
charge. His reason was perfectly salts:
factory. Il couldn't NV been shootin',
he explained. cause I didn't have any
Then came the question: III you had had
susS ppue.oe seemed
him irrelevant. incompetent and immaterial.
Albert krauch shuffied into place under
the convoy OF strong bands. II Is notice
able that the old offenders walk right up
TO the rail. while the green hands have TO DO
shown where to stand or sit, as may be;
! forward.
ALBERT"
Il think can spell Albert remarks the
Court .grimly.. Have q try at your last
Albert's sense Of hurnor Is deadened by
his surroundings. He does not heed the
litter which runs around the room, but
makes try at his last name successfully.
Albert is 10. He has ridden a bicycle
Straight a. % a H s sSTS ks so sSsd
but all OF sudden II went out, and just at
that minute he ran into a policeman, who
grabbed him. The policeman story was
little different. The policeman has q way
OF telling different stories which must be
trying TO Court. The benefit Of the doubt
was again given to the boy. Then the call
for the Previous Record was made
The Previous Record was a long one.
II was mostly composed Of complaints
made by his father complaints that he was
insubordinate. that he kept late hours. that
he would not work. &c. 1t was rather an
appalling past for boy In the grip Of
justice.
The Judge thought a moment. Then.
keenly:
you have a stepmother''
Yes, SIR
How long have you had onel'
Two years
Il thought So
Apparently stepmothers on the East Side
live up to their traditions.
The trapdoor again opened and another
crap shooter was hustled TO the front He
stood, a mute picture Of misery, W, ting
his dry lips with his parched tongue, swal-
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he just happened to have

not for nuttin'.- he just happened to have
the torpedo.
Il know; know. Previous record?'
One small boy had revolver concealed
about his person. He had just borrowed
1t to see what II looked like and as the
cop came along, he put 1t in his pocket and
then, and then
Previous record. The pistol will help
toward the Polioo Pension Fund
II seems that these articles are sold at
auction for that purpose. II is In running
this particular form OF misdemeanor down
that the police arc extraordinarily &C.
tive.
But the interest OF the day centres about
a gang Of burglars. The gang consists Of
four boys, their ages from to 10, who were
arrested after breaking into a three-story
and brownstone house. Their booty con-
cealed about them consisted of door keys.
while they had confessed to designs against
the kitchen range and some gas fixtures, for
which they could, at certain place, get
conts a pound.
The plaintiff was a German doctor who
owned the property, the kitchen range,
the door keys and the gas fixtures. He
rolled his r-r-r-rs and wore his hair la
Spring Poet. As he took the chair wrcppc d
the tails Of his frock coat about him. ar
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every turn. They cannot escape them,
they cannot wipe them out. Ten years
ten more?-in fifteen. twenty?
The next prisoner was convicted OF
high balls-not the usual kind, but those
that break windows and disturb the nerves
OF passers by.
The Justice looked a little disappointed
when he found that the high ball was of the
innocuous type, and remonstrated with his
infantile prisoner with the impersonal
suggestion that he should have been TANNED
with a club and not have wasted the time
of the court.
At this point the genial Judge was called
upon to straighten out a tangle in regard
to family tree. Edward. the defendant.
testified that. according to his knowledge
and belief he was IL. His mother. fearful
and black -gowned. testified that, as he was
born in 1888, he must be II. The Judge
explained at length TO her on this delicate
point and Edward was finally recorded as
being is and was discharged with a mild
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THEY HUNT STONE AGE RELICS.
Az OUTDOOR DIVERSION TO BE
ENJOYED JUST NOW.

sahusissts Searching the Pleughed Fields
Where Once Aborisincs Lived. Hunt.
ed o. Fought Other Things
Found Besides Prehistoric Articles.
Systematic hunting for relics OF tho
osone Age 10 IN interesting pursuit II one
pa enthusiasm. endurance and good eye
asnt. II the searchcr has good eyes To
Hat with. the faculty of seeing the Diff
ference between . clay -encrusted stone
no an arrow point viii soon grow from
practice and the eyes viii b trained to
- things which the ploughboy would
ussd upon or pass by.
his Is the season for finding things
soroad In the land--things which were
dropped centuries ago BY thoss who
amed the earth and got living entirely
.om nature and In the most primitive
Wy The farmer is turning over the loan
nth his nineteenth or twentisth century
poaeh and unearthing agricultural tools
"o npIsmsets Of The chase dropped and
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One Of the latter Ia a rare New Jersey copper
of 1888. with the horse head over the plough.
1t is In good a state Of preservation ana Is
worth so. One Of the watches Ia probably
$50 years old and the other is Of more recent
mako. but is heavy and beautifully en-
graved and chased.
Last week Mr.. Duffy found prize in the
form OF a stone hoe. four inches wide and
Ave inches in depth. He picked up. also. q
perfect stone pipe. thirty-two arrow points.
a broken spearhead and a stone bowl. or
mortar, ten Inches In diameter. He regards
the pipe and the mortar as the best finds he
has ever made.
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TIE FAILURE OF com SEVEN. coNB
Haven
thst neighboFhood. Even washing-d day skies
ana laundry Agreements do not possess the
int rest that they have In other localities.
II one has not q boy Of ones own In trouble
before the Judge. there ID alwaysa neigh
b-r's boy and the neighbor needs sustain
inS. 50 at an early hour mothers. sisters,
cousins. aunts. friends. escorted sometimes
or followed BY masculine oontingents,
convene there.
There arc other days when the court holds
session. but the nrst day Of the week brings
most Of the dsrelicts. for Saturday afternoon
and Sunday are the times when the small
boy is at his worst.
So At an early hour the placs b filed
filed b 0vsrnowing. and unless ono has
personal methods Of suasion. it b dinioult
" gain admission. ~,-..
Hero arc gathered . queer pot pourri Of
types. WeE-groomed men. some Of them
counsel for The prisoners. some representing
the many charitable societies which keep
watch and ward over their charges. young
lawyers trying their initial casee. officers OF
the court In blue uniforms and stealthy
steps who have osught the young Dicl
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and most unolassio mildness Of demeanor

and most unclassio mildness OF demeanor
presides. -,
1t 10 most effective picture. In the
background. no less effective, are the dwell
lers in The Other Half, some of them there
as witnesses for Or against, some Of them
In parental severity or parental tears, wet
eyed women wiping their faces furtively on
soiled rags or their sleeves. bearded men
collarless. cuhless, stolidly looking on while
their progeny are convicted or released.
apparently incapable Of emotion at either
result; visitors grave and gay. visitors in
different or pleased at the unusual commo-
ton coming into their quiet lives; some who
suggest the Tolstoi types. Anarchists.
jewellers In Syria, or 10 the uttermost parts
Of the earth. all are represented there. in
this unique court, the mere existence Of
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II isn't all cakes and ale for the children
., the East Side, even though enterprising
sdtors sometimes send them 70 the Metro
nolitan Museum to get their unreasonable
Jews Of impressionistic painting. or TO the
circus to see IL. like the folks In Jersey. they
can keep their eyes on three rings and four
nlatforms at the same time.
n one disproves this statement. u one
still has lingering beliefs that childhood IL
The time Of responsibility and Joy that
into It's few years are crowded all the free
dom. the well-being. laughter and jest. let
him 90 to the Children's Court in East
Eleventh street. where is held the Special
sessions in which childhood takes on phase
unknown, perhaps, to tho holders Of such
theories
Monday morning Is a great day over in