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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-24
LAVNLA

I AVINIA hales from ancient Rome.
Il u Is a name associated with old
Italian deities. though not OF it.
self divine Translated TO mean "of
Lauum, II Is believed to be the
feminine OF the old Roman name
Latinus with the ST. changed TO
The first Lavinia was a mythical
parsonage initiated by the moderns.
though not BY the Romans them
selves. She was the daughter OF
king Latinuss according TO Bivy and
Virgil and the last wife OF Aeneas.
IN whose right he obtained a footing
In Italy.
Niebuhr denied her existence.
claiming that she was merely a per-
however that may be, the classical
Italians OF the Clnque-Csnto revived
Lavinia and bestowed her name upon
their daughters.
The name reached England
through literature and religious
recommend the Book OF Ruth to the
taste OF the Eighteenth century by
translating the Moahitess into the
lovely young Lavina." In this nan
ner, Lavlna became a favorite and
her popularity spread overseas until
she became one OF the Oldest and
most popular names in colonial
America Now she has become one
OF the legion OF quaint old-fashioned
names, exhaling the fragrance Of
lavender.
The sapphire is Lavinla's tails
manic stone u promises her fidelity
OF purpose and friends, gives her
courage, and protects her from al
evil Thursday Is her lucky day and
2 her lucky Copyright, 1890.
by the Wheeler Syndicate. Inc
mHfrfu .-@Hra--.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-24

III previous issues this column has
/ dealt with the general principles
underlying the speeding up" proc
ess for offices. Before discussing
methods for the application Of these
principles It seems advisable to touch
on one problem equally important.
That Is the matter OF fire protection
for business records
1t is unnecessary 70 dwell on the
fact that business data should be pro-
tected- Every business man fully ap-
preciates the value OF his records and
what their loss would mean The
main point for consideration is how
70 judge what constitutes proper fire
protection
Until recently the business man
seeking office equipment which would
successfully resist fire has had to
rely on his own shrewd judgment
There were 10 standards by which he
could compare the relative merits OF
various record containers. Their per
Torrance in actual fires furnished
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-24
Ex-Marine, Handsome,
$40 Day; Seeks Wife

St Louis. 10. April 24.-Hsre's
chance for some enterprisinE Leap
year girl
Mayor Kiel has received a letter re-
Questlng that any coed looking, low
able girl OF IS who wants 20 marry
an eImarine, now = union brick
layer, earning SO Per day. write 10
John L. Ritchey, General Delivery St.
Louis
The girls won't be disappointed IN
my looks" says the exfiEhter In his
letter, which gives his age as q.
height s feet. inches. complexion
fair. and eyes and hair brown Tho
letter stipulatas that only a poor girl
viii be considered
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-24

MERE Philadelphia 70 pay at COM
w mercial rates for all the adrer-
tising the newspapers now con-
tribute gratis. the annual outlay for
that item would exceed the whole
cost Of the police department.
There Is never q copy OF any OF our
papers printed any day OF the year
which does not contain from one to
twenty items. either socalled news OF
editorial, that Is a gratuity handed
out for the common welfare and from
which the paper directly and in
directly received not penny OF profit
The people Of this city never expect
a shipyard to do anything but build
ships. A locomotive plant has done
its duty when II constructs railway
engines. A hat factory -four mill,
clothing factory, bank. store. trolley
road and telephone, is not reckoned
upon to give its time, service or capt.
tai for boosting any enterprise ex-
cepting its own
Expects Everything OF Papers.
But a newspaper has dozens OF re-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-24

, IS to b used IN fsFthsrins the crooks
trader
Even the United States government
sells postage stamps 70 carry millions
OF sWindling letters 70 the victims Of
fraudulent games
So the newspaper gives more G It's
services free than almost any other
institution that j. not an endowed
charity. while az the same time l.
voluntarily, for what L deems 10 be
the public good. refuses 20 accept
profitable adTertislng. Who can
estimate, therefore. the sum total Of
such & policy, day IN and DAY out
adhered to by our ueWspapersf
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-24

brains in It and : wondered why they
had him in the freaks room, too.
Reads the Program.
Well, that's enough about the
freaks that wasn't in our party and
then We went into the circus and
they set me next to the man that
wrote -Queed" and I won't mention
his name because it's VS.. ethics to
mention anybody, and pretty soon the
OF US put each other TO sleep talk
ing but finely he wokened up and
said II you don't like the circus read
the program because it's a whole lot
better, so 7 begin reading the pro-
gram and here il a few OF the things
I found out witch should be OF in
terest as they are matters OF educa-
ton.
The first article is about the lion.
This lordlE animal" says the pro-
gram, Is distinguished by his ma
5estic bearing. as well as color and
size The head is square, the fore
head high. The breast IS broad, he
air naughty; therefore he has been
appropriately called King OF the
Beasts" Well you might Of knew
before that he was the King OF the
Beasts. but did you ever know before
that he air haughty2
Use for HIppopOtamus.
Well the next article IS about the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-24
Londoner Admits N. Y.
Is Worlds Largest Ctr

New York, April 2A-Herbert J.
?. Darlington. \ London business man
here on visit, says New York Is ad-
mittedly the most populated city in
According 70 the latest estimates
New York's claim Of 5000. 900 inhabi-
tants compares more than favorably
with the 100000 OF London. said Mr..
Darlington. The eclipse has been
expected By US for many years. but it
has come as a shock to proud Lon
doners to find they are now headed by
well on TO a million.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-24
Press Is a Free Booster

THIS appreciation OF the IN
i paid public work done by the
newspapers Of America f.
from the Corn Exchange, = pub
location issued by the Corn *
change Bank Of Philadelphfn.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-24

lCopyriEht, 1910. b. the Bel Byndi-
cate, Incl
ANOTHER RING ". LARDNER
ARTICLE WILL APPEAR IN THESE
COLUMNS A WEEK FROM TODAY
MR. LARDNER WILL REPORT
THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMO-
CRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTIONS
FOR THE HERALD. THIS Is GOING
10 BE WORTH WEIGHING FOR.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-24

Mills college, san Francisco. boasts
OF = wOman'a fire deDartment-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-24

The National assembly OF Hun
gary has one woman member.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
What of the Others?
. Boston Globe. J

The case of Ex-Governor Graham is
dramatic-and something more.
Mr. Graham was convicted on 30
counts of having embeZzeled money from
his state Sentence of from five to eight
wears Of hard labor was passed by the
sheriff then allowed the convict to retire
to his room in the hotel. Two hours later
a messenger arrived from Governor Glenn
ent bearing a full and unconditional par
don. Mr.. Graham is not only free and
restored to full citizenship. but, so some
authorities hold, will not be required to
pay the costs of his trial.
Governor Clement bases his pardon on
the distinguished service of Governor
Graham to the state of Vermont and the
suffering he has endured"
Society, far less stern than it used to
be- leans strongly in the direction of len
iency. At the same time people are some
what confused over this strange case.
They are asking whether the treatment
of a man in the highest possible position
should be more or less severe than that
of an obscure person equally guilty of
having broken the law straight across.
The world has been struggling for
many centuries to get rid of class Glenn
ency and the question arises whether the
tendencies toward Governor Graham is
due to a higher conception of justice or
to an attitude of What is the cOnstitu-
ton between friends?"
1t is rather hard on many a person now
behind the bars whose record, except for
one dismal period of transgression. is
quite equal to that of Horace Graham.
When President Lincoln considered
cases which came before him for execu-
tive action he had a way of saying, IF
this fellow hasn't any friend, I'll be his
friend"
If it were right that this ex governor,
blessed with many friends, should go free,
Governor Clement, and all other gov
ernors, should diligently seek out deserv
ing convicts who have no friends at all.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
Vermont at the Bar.
Burlington Free Press.

The time has come when the people of
Vermont must insist that no political
party can stay in power and defy public
morals and outrage public sentiment by
electing and keeping men in Office because
they are popular even though corrupt. or
excessively bright even though drunkards
or even efficient public servants though
they may be known to live vicious lives
in private. No party can endure that
does not stand unequivocally for clean
public morals.
Recent developments in Vermont
would have worked political revolution
in almost any other state in the Union.
and it would have meant the overthrow of
the Republican party in Vermont but
for the stability that characterizes Yer
monters as a people both in business and
politics.
1t is difficult to disassocate a public
servant and his offences. For Horace
+. Graham, a broken man, we have tho
kcenest human sympathy. We would
take him by the hand and lift him up. We
must condemn the offender as a public
duty. For the political system which
used him as tool and which would have
reelected him as governor after clean
ing up his obligations to the state treas
ury, we have only the contempt which it
deserves, no matter how many men of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
Drawing on Accounts. -
Barre Times.l

1t is confidently stated from several
sources that the state of VermOnt's finan-
cial system has been so revolutiOnized
that it will not be possible to have a re
currence of such an affair as that which
action of Governor Clement in pardoning
Horace F. Graham after sentence of not
less than five years for grand larceny had
been aolemnly imposed in the Vermont
supreme court. The system was such
on their salaries, that is, to draw in ex-
cess of the amount which was due them.
Mr.. Graham, while serving as state au-
ditor, drew on his salary accounts; he
not only drew on it but he overdrew to
an amount far in excess of what would
be due him in many years of service. He
overdreW and he Overdrew until he be-
came hOpelessly entangled In a financial
web from which there seemed to be no
avenue of escape. Hence the grand lar
ceny charge, the trial, the conviction the
sentence and the pardon. 1t has been a
sorry mess and not wholly relieved from
its distressing features by the action of
Governor Clement in granting a pardon
to his predecessor in Office. However,
there is hope for better things in Vermont
by reason of the change which now. so it
IS said, makes impossible this system of
drawing on salary accounts, one of the
most ubiquitous practices that ever
crept into Nermont's public life. There
should be a strict hewing to the hne-no
possible avenue for admission of such
evils as were brought to light through
the trial of Mr.. Graham.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
Action Commended.

As Governor Clement says in his state
ment pardOning Ex-Governor Horace +.
Graham, the former chief executive of
Vermont, in being convicted of crime and
sentenced to states prison, has suffered
enough.
Some cynics will declare that the gov
ernor's action is conclusive evidence that
all men are not equal in the eyes of the
law and no doubt the governor well
knows that he will have to face consid-
cradle adverse criticism. To the Rut-
land News, however, it appears that Mr..
Clement is to be highly commended.
The theory of the law is not to reek
revenge but rather to make sure that
justice prevails and that society is pro-
tected.
To have allowed Mr.. Graham to be
imprisoned would have been to have
taken revenge on a man who, although he
Incorporated state funds, has actually
done more for the welfare of the state
than any chief executive of the past gen
Grafton.
The ends of justice are served and so
ciety is protected. There is not the
slightest danger of Mr.. Graham repeating
the performance and the shame which
will follow him all the rest of his life will
certainly be enough punishment to sat
isfy the most vindictive
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
Bats Cause Loss to Cane Growers.

Cane growers. III Porto iiico estimate
only 70 the cane actually DESTROYED,
but also 10 the fermentation set up
in the cane juices i'll the stalks that
had been gnawed upon, thus reducing
the purity and the sucrose content.
This loss was based upon the estimate
that only one-half OF / per cent of
stalks were attacked by rats; but in
reply TO inquiries, the estimates made
by different planters varied from per
cent 10 1 per cent of stalks attacked
by rodents
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
State Humiliated.
New York Times. J

Governor Clement-c0ngruous name
seems to have found justification for
multiplying the decision of his states SUI
preme court on the very day that deci-
sion was handed down by what he calls
"the great and valuable services to the
state of Vermont" which Governor Ora
ham had rendered while in office.
But before taking that Office, while
state auditor, Graham had been guilty
of embezzlement. After Indictment and
before trial he made restitution of the
greater part of the money he had taken,
but he was convicted in the lower court
and the supreme court sustained the CON
viction, declaring the verdict well found
and that it could do nothing except en-
force the law. The sentence was to inn
prisonment of from five to eight years.
Before a single day of this sentence had
been served, Governor Clement, on the
ground that enough punishment already
had been inflicted, Graham being what
he was. gave him unconditional pardon
and full restoration to citizenship.
In doing this the governor used, I'M
questionably, a permitted discretion, but
had he been of another and sterner tenn
permanent he would have seen Graham,
not as a man reserying mercy, but as one
whose sin was the more grievous because
committed against the light, without any
of the excuses that can be made for Grim
inals without his training, intelligence
or environment
Perhaps Governor Clement gave some
weight to the consideration that his state
ex- governors in Jail. Is the state not more
! Inundated by what seems to be proof
/ that its governors can do without going to
! jail things which, when done by men of
/ less official eminence, send them there to
| stay till their sentence has been served
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08

high esteem may have been included in
that ring,
For that wet system which used the
uncoyering of Graham's offences to get
into power and then condoned those eff
fences we have the same lack of respect
that we now have for the system which
gives excuses but not the real reason for
an excessive pardon. We hold up to pub
lie execration the spirit which is willing
to malign the people of Vermont to JUS
tifv the exercise of executive clemency
which saws to the commonwealth You
left your money drawer open, contrary to
warning. therefore, the man who contin-
ued to steal your money is hereby par
doned."
Vermont in less than two months will
be free from the combination of the two
systems which are typifed by state
house wearing the sable emblems of
mourning and by the Little Red Sa-
loon" The partnership begun in the
election of 1918, WHICH has had a malign
influence in state affairs, will soon be
dissolved by mutual repulsion. As a re-
tsult of that partnership, the metropoli-
tan newspapers are today black with
scare headlines depicting the shame of
Vermont. The two systems responsible
for Vermont'S shame should seek the OBJ
livion they have 50 thoroughly deserved
If, however. those two systems try to
cling to power wearing false faces and
seeking to put into legislative and other
places men whose chief recommendation
to them is a willingness to do their bid.
| tinue the deplorable conditions that have
existed, then a host of Republicans will
! put state above party and drive them
| out. even if it is necessary to make 10y
| atty to a cleaner Vermont the chief test
of political preferment
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
Discussion Intellectual.
(St. Adams Messenger. }

The celebrated Graham case is off.
cially at an end. The courts have pro
nounced verdict and sentence. and when
the machinery of the judiciary had com
pleted its work the executive stepped in
and granted a pardon, returning Mr.. Ora
ham to full citizenship in the common
wealth.
The case is not terminated unofhcially,
for there will be much discussion regard
ing the outcome. One thing stands up in
bold relief and that is that Horace Ora
ham, despite the high rank he once had
held among his fellows, enjoyed no spe-
judicial system stands strong and clean
from the test
There will be those to criticize Gov
ernor Clement for the speedy granting
of a pardon. There viii be those who
will defend his excellency in his course.
Arguments can be put up on either side
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
The Spider as a SILK Maker.

Successful experiments have been re-
Gently made in the island OF Madagns-
car with the use of spiders web in
the place OF the thread OF the silk
worm In the manufacture Of silk, 1t
Is claimed that a fabric has been made
from the spiders thread that is far SUI
perior in many respects to anything
that has ever been devised.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
Foolish Fancy.

From a novel: Fanny was intense
sympathetic; even the lonesomeness
If the goldfish in the parlor saddened
Ter" Sheer waste of sympathy, this.
Would the little beggars be continually
xagglng their tails if they were I'M
Happy? Certainly not. Far from pity
ng them. we envy them; they can
AXE a trip around the globe when
aver they feel like it.-Boston Tran
script.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
Do Not Disturb the SILK Worms

In the Chinese sllkworin Matching
rooms the temperature is tested by
naked men. Thanks to the sensitive
ness Of their skins these fellows keep
the heat moisture just right. AS you
stand in the vast Chinese silkworm
houses you hear not only the sound
of the worms feeding on mulberry
leaves but also the actual sound of
the silk spinning-the spinning of their
cocoons-a sound like rustling rain.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
Moody Persons.

You must not allow yourself to feel
discouraged because OF your moods
and because people don't understand
them. AS a matter of fact very few
people understand any person who is
a child of moods-heCuuSe such people
are always the most unusual. And II
takes unusual people to understand
unusual people.-Exchange
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
Best Weather SiQn.

Those who live by the coast do not
wait q better weather sign than the
gulls. which In the various winds that
will bring the rain collect in big llOcks
over the land wheeling and scream
ing unensily. They will not come in
on Il false alarm. and none need fear
they will make a mistake.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
FOR COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS
Understood Editor Cushing OF St. Adams
VIII BE Candidate.

MONTPELIER. Nov. st is under
stood that John It. Gushing. editor of
the st. Adams Messenger, will be can
didate for collector Of customs for the
district of Vermont when that Office be-
comes vacant. He was acting food adj
ministrator while Mr.. IIartness was in
Europe and has been active in Republi-
can party affairs in recent years
Harry G. Whitehill of Waterbury, one
of the ''money grubhers' of the national
campo IN at $3.50 a week, is also 4 can
didate for the position.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08

will surely do my part in telling others
what the medicine has done for me-"
Mrs. LETTIE BANEY, 469 East 9th St.,
Rochester, Indiana.
Such warning symptoms as sense of
suffocation, hot flashes, headaches,
backaehes, dread of impending evil,
Irregularities, constipation, variable ap-
petite, weakness and dizziness should
be needed by middle-aged women and
let Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound carry them safely through this
crisis as it did Mrs. Baney.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
Some One He Knew.

Little two-and-a- half-year-old Bud
accompanied his parents for the first
time to movie. He seemed very in
terested. especially when a horse
or n heel" was flashed on the
screen. but a cry Of delight came
when a colored man appeared. "Muv-
ver- dere's our ice man. he said. He
was glad to see a face he thought he
knew.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
The "Burnrnq Tree !"

The leaves and stems of the burn
ing tree" of India are covered with
stringing hairs. after the manner of
the common nettle, hut are Of far
more virulent nature. When touched
the sensation felt is as of being burnt
with red hot iron. the pain extending
over other parts of the body and last
ing several days.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08

V e g e t a b | e Com
pound helped me
wonderfully. l took
d 0 C t O RS medicine
a n d other patent
medicine but t h e
V e G e t a b | e Com
pound h a S helped
my nerves m o r e
t h a n anything I
have ever taken. I
am thankful to the
one who T e C 0 M
mended it to me and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
COMMENT ON The GRAHAM PARDON
Editorial Opinion Governor Clements Action as
Expressed in Vermont and Outside

of the proposition. But they will avail
nothing, one way or another The case
Is settled.
Continued discussion will in all prob
ability do more harm than good. 1t has
been a most painful experience for the
state from start to finish. Now that the
finish has been reached let it be accepted
with as good grace as possible and let US
turn our minds to other things on which
our thoughts and labors may be of some
avail.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
Why Was 1t Done?
(Rurlington Free Press. }

IBufIIngIOn FFtt ITtsS.J
The fact that Horace f. Graham was
sentenced to Imprisonment for from five
to eight years for using the states funds,
vindicated the good name of the courts
of Vermont. The fact that the sentenced
man was Immediately pardOned by his
successor in the Vermont executive
chamber taken in connection with devel-
opments leading up to that act is a di-
rectly opposite influence for the good
morals of Vermont. Why was it done
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08
DON'T SUFFER
WITH NEURALGIA
Use Soothing Musterole

When those sharp pains so shooting
through your head, when your skull
seems as If it would split, just rub a little
Musterole on your temples and neck.
It draws out the inflammation, soothes
awaythepain, usually giving quickreiief.
Musterole is clean, white ointment,
made with oil of mustard. Better than
"a mustard plaster and does not blister.
Many doctors and nurses frankly
recommend Musterole for sore throat,
bronchitis, Group, stiff neck, asthma,
neuralgia, congestion, pleurisy, rheuma-
tisn1, lumbago, pains and aches of the
back or joints, sprains, sore muscles,
bruises, chilblains, frosted feet-colds
of the chest Git often prevents pneu-
monia). It is always dependable.