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The Glenwood post., 1908-07-11
COST $500 AN OUNCE.
Some of the More Rare Flower Seeds
Are Expensive.

Just as good as gold" remarked a
young Boston suburbanite who thinks
himself something of an amateur gar
dener, as he ran his hand through a
sample bag of fine spring seed wheat
in a South Market street seed store.
Yes" said the scotsman to whom
the remark was addressed, but unlike
the seed of some other farm and gar
den products we have in here it isn't
worth its weight in gold.
Every year there is great variety
of new flowers. The growers are con-
tinually at work hybridizing to produce
fine strains of flowers. 1t requires con-
siderable time and labor to do it, and
this makes them very expensive.
Take the petunia grandiiora. for
instance, as a sample. 1t is an exceed
ingly beautiful flower. The packages
of it's seeds contain between 300 and
400 seeds each but the seed is so fine
as to be an almost impalpable powder
The package retails at rs cents, but
by the ounce the seed is worth $500.
IAN ounce will make about 5000
The Glenwood post., 1908-07-11

Denver, July THE Democratic
national convention was formally
sailed to order at noon by Thomas
Taggart, chairman Of the national COM
nittee. In the spacious auditorium
srected by the citizens of Denver for
The use of the convention.
Rt. Rev. James ]. Keane, arch
bishop of Wyoming, one of the most
eloquent and able prelates in Amer
lea, made the opening prayer.
Call for Convention Read.
After the delegates and visitors
had settled In their seats, Urey Wood
son of Kentucky. secretary of the ma
uonal committee, read the call for the
convention, and a brief period of de-
lay followed. Tho committee on rules
then made its report, and the officers
Of the convention were announced
They are as follows:
Temporary Chairman-Theodore A.
Bell, California
General secrstary-Urey woodson.
Kentucky.
Assistant General secretary-Edwin
Seton, Washington. D. c.
6cTkcAat-Al-<AImb-J 4. mAItlup
Missouri.
Chief Assistant sergeant-at-Arms-
J. c. Fem, Indiana.
Chief Doorkeeper-Eugene W. Sui
Mvan, Illinois.
Parliamentarian-H D. Crutchfeld,
Kentucky.
Chaplain for Opening Day-Rt. Rev.
James ]. Keane. archbishop of Wyo-
ming.
Omcial Stenographer-M. W. Blum
berg. Washington, D. c.
Temporary Chairman Theodore A.
Bell. in his speech. frequently aroused
his audience to enthusiasm, and the
applause was especially generous and
lasting where reference was made to
the record of the party or the leaders
whom Democrats delight to honor.
National colors Used.
Red, white and blue were the only
colors used in decorating the audi
torium, and the decorations were the
most elaborate ever seen in = Demo-
cratic convention. A. unique feature
was 81 huge stars artistically ar
ranged on the ceiling. These stars
represented the states. territories and
lnsular possessions. the names appear
iAg In blue letters ond . white back
ground In the center Of each star. Ths
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points of the stars were red and white.
Directly over the speakers plat
form, against the wall Of the building
near the junction with the ceiling, was
large shield, 16 feet high, carrying
tic folds. In addition to this main
shield there were four other shields
over the platform, each ten feet high.
The six flags on these shields were
eight feet long.
Just below the main shield hung
mammoth portrait Of George Washing
ton, IA by 16 feet in dimensions. Red,
white and blue bunting was draped
from the sides of the shield to the
bottom of the portrait of the Father
of His Country"
Directly under the last shield, on
each side of the Washington portrait,
was suspended portrait, one Of
Thomas Jefferson and the other of
Andrew Jackson. On each side of
these pictures large American dag
was draped. These fiags are 40 by
so feet in dimensions. Beyond these
pictures, at each end of the wall, and
hanging above the gallery. was sus-
pended 4 pendant, ten feet in dame
ter, upon which bunting was draped.
Upon these pendants a tiger was
painted. The back of the platform
was banked with palms. Twenty
stuffed American eagles. with extend
ed wings. were suspended over the
platform, each bird carrying in his
bill red, white and blue silk ribbons
that were drsped back to the wall
Balcony and Galleries Draped.
In the auditorium the balcony ex-
tends all the way around the huge
building. but the galleries are limited
to each end. The front Of the balcony
and the fronts Of the galleries and
boxes were draped with bunting. $1,000
yards being necessary to complete this
part of the decorative scheme. At
intervals Of fve feet shialAs, three feet
high. were placed.
Thousands Of yards Of bunting
were used in draping the corridors Of
tho building and the walls u the bal
cony and galleries. Delegates were
supplied with small American Gags
to wave when their feelings reached
. pitch that compelled an s1traordin-
ary demonstration.
Although the decorations n ~
auditorium wsrs. elaboFetl, he stsost
The Glenwood post., 1908-07-11
Joru,lo in Mexico is one of the mos,

Joru1lo in Mexico is one of the most
remarkable instances of intermittent
volcanic action. Up to 1859 the site
was occupied by a fertile plain, sur
rounded by hills composed of very an
cient rocks. In that year. amid earth
quake shocks, a chasm opened in the
plain. from which flames issued, and
ashes and lava were elected in sufh.
cient quantities to form in short
time a mountain 1000 feet high
Since then there have been no erup
tions, and the lower flanks of the
mountain are now covered with trees
and the surrounding country is cult.
waited as formerly.
One of the largest volcanoes and
one which has been most carefully
studied, is Kilauea. on the Island OF
Hawaii, the crater of which is 1855
feet above the sea. The crater is
nearly three miles in diameter, and
is filled with boiling lava, which varies
greatly in height at different times.
When visited by Prof Dana in 1889
1t lacked only 400 feet of being full.
so as to run over from the top. In
1910 the lava had subsided, so that il
was 1000 feet below the rim. No re-
cent eruptions have projected the lava
over the rim, but at various times
since the discovery of the island great
streams of lava have burst out from
the side of the mountain, 1000 feet or
more below the summit.
The Glenwood post., 1908-07-11
Praise the Auditorium.

Denver.-Eastern papers are prais-
ing without stint the beauties, conven-
iences and acoustic merits OF the Audi
torium. New York leading dailies have
led in the compliments and as far ives,
as st. Louis Denver's Auditorium is
being held up as model. This is what
the Globe Democrat Of ST. Louis says:
THE new convention hall at Denver
is model Of its kind. 1t would be I'M
possible to overstate its wonderful
acoustic merits or to exasgerate its
beautiful proportions and the elaborate
and tasteful decorations Of the place.
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decorations were even more pictur-
esque, and the illumination scheme
was the most brilliant Denver ever at
tempted.
Fifteenth. Sixteenth and Seven.
teenth streets, three of the main
thoroughfares in the city. were reve-
lations In color. On Fifteenth and
Sixteenth streets there are eight iron
ornamental electric poles to a block.
four on each side of the street. On
these streets the poles were draped
with red. white and blue bunting.
Wires were stretched across the street
from these poles and from each wire
two American hags were suspended.
The flags hung over the street and
were weighted" to prevent them from
becoming tangled and torn by the wind.
On Seventeenth street the scheme
was the same. except there were only
six poles to each block, two at each
corner and two at each alley.
At each crossing two wirsS were
strung diagonalfy across the intersec-
ton, from which red. white and blue
incandescent lights hung. The busi-
ness houses along the three streets
were handsomely decorated with
bunting and hags. Elaborate and cost
ly electric display signs had been
put in place ON the buildings, and at
night Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seven.
teenth streets were blaze of light.
Electric display signs are one Of
the main features of business life in
Denver. Every merchant has an cleo
trio sign. and as all Of the streets that
cross the three thoroughfares de-
scribed are live business streets, the
committee on illumination did not find
1t necessary to add much in the way
Of light to these avenues of trade
However. the business houses were
handsomely decorated with bunting
and days, so the entire business sec
tion Of Denver was mass Of color
when the, big convention opened.
The people of Denver. in addition to
decorating their city and providing q
beautiful and commodious auditorium
fae the Democratic national conven-
ton. seemed determined to convince
every visitor that true weatern hos
pitality is not q. thing Of ths past IN
this city. The real Denvsrits 10 hos
pitabAs because hospitality II In the
atmosphere IN Tie weadsrful ROCKY
mountain sosAtzy. ~
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packages. You can easily see, then,
how the seed is worth even more than
its weight in gold.
'An ounce of high-priced seed may
represent the entire product of sea-
sons work by the grower on one par
ticular variety. We have frequently
paid a French hybridist as high as $50
an ounce for a special variety of pansy
seed, that retails for a great deal more
than that an ounce. Packets of 1t sell
for so cents each.
In the matter of vegetable and
grain seeds, the market gardener or
the farmer must pay prices for these
that sometimes gives him a shock
Take one of those mammoth sQuashes,
say, that weighs 200 pounds or over
The seeds obtained from big squash
like that actually sell for four cents
apiece, or four dollars an ounce. Then
there is the seed of new variety OF
lettuce that sells for three dollars an
ounce, while some kinds of beet seed
bring at retail from $3.50 to three dol
lars pound. Even a new variety OF
parsley is high-priced, the seed Of one
hluu oClllu6 dl lWo q pOuuu.
Not long ago. a Vermont man
brought in to us a new variety Of oats
that he had been working to produce
for three or four years. 1t was very
fine product, and it retails at seven
dollars bushel for seed. There are
some other kinds of oats that sell for
FIVE dollars bushel, and the enter
prising farmer pays that price for his
seed, as he knows that 1t Till double
the market value ef the output of an
oat field.
Some varieties of celery seed are
also high priced. Boston market eel
cry is the king Of all the celeries raised
in this country. 1t sells at six dollars
pound"
When the South Market street seeds
man had finished with his talk on high
priced seeds, the amateur gardener
bought few five and ten-cent pack
ages of ordinary flower seeds and left
the store with a thoughtful counte-
nance.-Boston Globe.
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Shrewd Anna.

Has Anna many friends?"
Yes, but she's only calling o.
mer cottages. now."-Dstreit yree
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-04-27
STOLE THIRD, THEN EXPIRED
Henry Vance Of HOpedale, Mass.
Oyerstrpins Weak Heart.

Hopedale, Mass, April 26.-After
making a two-base hit and stealing
third in the game yesterday forenoon
between the Uxbridge and Hopedale
grammar school mines, Henry f.
Vance, captain and pitcher of the for
mer nine, fell to the ground with an
oltcry and soon died. Stimulants
were injected, but failed to revive the
player.
Medical Examiner w, j, Clarke, of
Milford was called and after an ex-
animation said:
THE boy overworked his heart by
fast running and died of acute dila-
ton of the heart He had weak
heart, In the first place, and should
not have played baseball. All school
boys should have physical examina-
ton by a surgeon before being allow
ed to participate in sports which re-
quire violent exercise
The fatality ended tho ball game
and possibly all baseball for this sea-
son by the two teams which were
playing. Young Vance was very well
liked Fl was only fifteen years old
weighed about '140 pounds and was
the picture of health. giving no out
ward sign of cardiac weakness. He
was very speedy pitcher for a young
ster.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-04-27
CHANGES BRIGHTER
N, H. H. S. Nine Shows Decided
Improvement in Hartford
Game.
IS ITS STRONGEST FOE
Capital City Team Considered Inter-
collegiate Championship
Certainty.

Tho fact that the letter from the New
Haven high school baseball manage
ment, telling the Capital City high
school of their game with the local
high was left unnoticed at the Hartford
school until the day before the game,
came near spelling one of the best
baseball games of the season. The
Hartford manager, having neglected
his correspondence. practically forgot
about the gpme with the local high on
reading the newspapers the team
awoke to the fact that they were
scheduled to play here. whereupon they
made very hurried connections to get
to New Haven. As result two of their
players We're left behind, English, the
first baseman, and Nelson, right fielder
However, had they played they would
have been able to accomplish very little
as Robbins and Fogarty, who replaced
them, played a good game.
The Hartford high nine won Its first
three games and expected to make this
game against the local high Saturday
their fourth victory. 1t certainly looked
that way. for the score stood 2 to 0 at
the seventh inning in their favor But
after ten innings OF plucky work the
local high school won out, getting It's
first League game by the score of SO.
Starkweather. who started the twirl-
ing. was we'll supported by the high
players. Three times he found himself
in tight fix, having three Hartford
men on bases, but managed to get out
OK this by good team work.
HollscAef, fhe southpaw who replaced
Starkweather, aid fine work. striking
out six men in Four innings.
The Hartford captain raised an OBJ
lection TO the allowing OF Messenger S
score In the tenth, but to no avail, for
! although some little tot touched the
wildly pitched ball, Messenger was al
lowed the base.
The Hartford nine was considered the
most probably interscholastio champion
as they won from the strong Wesleyan
freshmen and the Connecticut Literary
Institute. The defeat administered them
by the local team Saturday has some
what diminished their cnanceS, whilt II
has simply brought out the strength
of the local team. The New Haven high
nine has beaten the supposed strongest
team in the league and 10y doing SC
their chances for keeping zip this good
record have been increased. The local
boys ought not to rest on their laurels
but should get right down to business.
The tabulated score.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-04-27
AUTO OUTPUT VALUE
Figures Of the A. L. A. M. Show
1t to be 105,669,572--
A Great Gain.

Tho value Of the American automo-
bile output for 1907, as combiled by
A. L. A. NJ, was s105.ee9,572. This
was very nearly double the output for
1905, roughly. $4,000 900 On the
other hand the year 1905 was the
banner year for the imported cars,
their number in that year reaching
l,433 cars. valued at s5,500,5 500 Last
year l,017 foreign pleasure cars were
brought to his country at an estimat-
ed value when leaving Europe OF So
930,s59. The percentage of decreases
in value was very nearly equal the
percentage of increase in the Ameri-
can product.
To these l,ol7 pleasure cars. how
ever, must be added. to complete the
actual imports, 23l tavicabs, 10 omni-
buses and one ambphibous automo-
bile, the great demand that has re-
Gently set In for taxicabs having had
the effect OF bringing the total num-
Der of Importatlons OF cars up to L.
25s, a falling off OF less than 200
from 1906.
Tho table Of automobile importa-
tons, showing the fluctuations from
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-04-27
ST. JosEPHs TAKE TWO.
Wins from Bay Views, Then from
Young Columbians by Forfeit.

To the Sporting Editor of the Journal
Courier. Sir;
The Young ST. Joseph A. G. won
two forfeited games yesterday. one
from the Young Bayvlews In the
morning and another from the Young
Columbians in the afternoon, by for
felt, that team falling to show up
for reasons better known to them
selves. As to the Strong school we
answered them by mail, telling them
tina. we could not show mp Saturday,
because most Of our players were
working, but we will give them a
game for Decoration Day morning.
The lineup Is: C. Murphy, Sb,; f. On
ofrio, C., f.. p, DeLucia. RI; Joe Bat
tista IT,, John Bob, S.; Kid Thomas.
2b.; Mgr. T. Galosso, h.; Y. Raudi,
p. Capt j. Vancore, c.; John st. John,
substitute. Any team wishing to
challenge this nine please write TO
Manager T, Galasso, No. II Locust
street, New Haven, Conn.
The Young St Josephs are ready to
play the challenging Jocelyns when
ever date can be fixed upon.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-04-27
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Sunday Chicago-St Louis Game Post.
poned on Account OF Rain.
STANDING OF CTJTRs

The only game scheduled for yester-
day in the American league, Chicago
vs.. 81 Louis, was postponed on ac-
count Of rain.
More pitchers we're used in the New
YorkAthletlcs game Saturday in Phil
adelphia than the New Yorks made
runs The Hlllmen lost for the third
time in four days They fell back to
third place, being passed by the Cleve-
lands. The Chicagos took fall ont OF
st. Louis, while the Washlngtons hum
bled the Bostons and pushed Detroit Il
the bottom, The whole eight teams be-
came more closely grouped.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-04-27

Up TO 1906 France led the world in
the output of automobiles, but Amer
lean people are apparently beginning
to believe that In the American prod
uce there can be found fully as good
cars as the French or any other for
eign-built once.
or the 1900 cars, including cabs,
brought into this country the present
fiscal year by importers and ndivid-
uals, one company imported 225, an
other ga and the third 1879, leaving
722 OF As different makes, or an aver
age OF l6 cars apiece.
A comparison with the amount
done by the American manufacturers
for the corresponding year show the
enormous strides which are being
made by the house producers. In
1903 the American output was s16,-
900, 900; in 1904, s24,5oo,0o0; 1905,
SAP, 900; 1906, s5s,ooo,ooo; 1907,
s105, 669,572.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-04-27
ANOTHER FOR CEDARs.

The Cedars defeated the Hallocks in a
very interesting ana close game Satur-
day by the score Of 6 to s. The star
twirling of Dominic Sasso and the great
back stopping Of Moe Goldman were
the features Of the game, The line
up Of the winning team was as follows.
Dominic Sasso p, J. Goodrich h. Moses
Goldman, (capt),c, w. Blakeslee 8b
w. Reynolds 2b, NJ Bailey If, 2. Gold
berg RI. ], Cummins CT, J, Goodrich
as.
The Cedars would lketo challenge
any team in the city averaging twelve
years. Send all challenges to NJ. Gold
man, GA Prince street.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-04-27

principal automobile events at home
and abroad:
American.
Race Meets. Hin Climbs Etc.
April -Norristown, Pa, l25-mile
endurance run, via Lancaster and
Reading, Norrlstown Automobile club
May i-5- Harrisburg Philadelphia and
return, 300-mile endurance run, Motor
club of Harrisburg.
May 15-Chicago, Algonquin Hill
climb Chicago Motor club.
May 16-Hartford, CT, 2O0-mle en-
durance run, Automobile club Of Hart
ford.
May S0-Bridgeport, Ct. Sport Hill
climb Bridgeport Automobile club.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Giants Despair Hill
climb Automobile Club Of Wilkesbarre
San Francisco, endurance run, under
the auspices Of the Automobile Deal
crs' association.
June 6 Worcester, Dead Horse Hill
climb Worcester Automobile club.
June 2427 Chicago ,12OO-mie relia-
July 7-S-Buffalo, national convention
of the American Automobile assocla-
ton.
July 9-Buffalo, start Of the nth an
nual A. A. A, reliability touring con
test
Sept, 5-9-San Francisco-Los Angeles
reliability run, under the auspices Of
the Automobile Dealers association OF
San Francisco,
Sept. IA Chicago annual economy
run, Chicago Motor club.
Foreign.
May 17-31-Austrla, Budapest auto.
mobile show
May l7-June 2-Moscow, Russia, In.
ternational Automobile exposition, Au.
tcmoble club of Moscow.
Race Meets, Hill Climbs, Etc.
May Sicily, Palermo, Targa Flo.
rio circuit voiturette race, Automobile
club of Italy.
May 11-16-Ireland, Irish reliability
trials
May 1-31-Automobile taxicab com.
petition, France. Automobile club OF
France.
May 10-siclly, Targa Florio Auto
mobile club OF Italy.
May 31-Russia, st. Petersburg tc
Moscow race.
June lis Reliability trials for pleas
ure cars, Automobile club Of Great
! Britain.
June 14-Mt. Cents hill climb, fol-
voiturettes.
June 9-l7-Touring competition fol
the Prince Henry of Prussia prize
Germany Imperial Automobile club.
June l5-19-Scotland Scottish relia.
bility trials.
July 6-Voiturette Grand Prix, dep.
pc circuit, Automobile club of France.
July Grand Prix of Automobile
club Of France Dieppe circuit.
July 13-17--Ostend Belgium, interna.
tiona race week. Automobile club o,
Ostend.
July 20-3O-Ardennes circuit races ant
coupe de Liaderkerke Automobile clut
of Belgium.
Aug 29-3O-France, Mont Ventou>
hill climb. Vauclusian Automobile club
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-04-27
AN EXCITING BATTLE.
Never Sweats and All Stars Struggle
to Tie.

ono OF the greatest struggles on the
diamond was held Saturday between
the Never-Sweats and the All Stars.
oliver s. Jewel oaptained the Never
Sweats, while Peter Francis and Jo-
seph Fuchs led the All-Stars, Mr..
George Canteen was selected to do the
box work for Fuchs team, and for A
while kept his opposing batsmen from
making countless number of hits, but
as the game progressed he let up a
BIT and hits were rather numerous, not
more than seven coming In an inning.
Mr.. Peck McWiliams was the official
umpire, or at least was the man who
held the indicator at the start Of the
game. He was driven from the field in
tho nth inning. The score of the game
was lost in the excitement, but from
rumors II appeared that the game was
tied at the close Of the ninth inning.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-04-27
BROWN AND WHITE TIED
Pretty Race for Second Place-McIn.
tosh Still Holds Premier Honors,
With 1885.
II. Il. Y. NJ. G. A. STANDING.

The Purple trio In the r. r. Y. M. C.
a. Decanter Pin league holds the lead
Ing position In that bowling league UP
to the present date, They have won
seven out of their nine games played.
The Browns and Whites are tied for
the second honor, while the Reds and
Blues are equal sharers OF the fourth
place standing of the Decanter league.
Sixth place lies between the Pink and
Scarlets, and the Grays have an almost
fixed. hold on the tail end position.
Mcintosh still holds the premier hon-
score of 1896. Porto Is second with
1922 and schlegel, Griffin, Deninger
and Schecker follow In order.
The records up to date follow:
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-04-27

team, consisting OF Whalen, Laden and
Gleeson, all fleet outfelders, and the
perfect inheld OF Poole, Goodo, Ma
lone and Pardee The battery for
most OF their games will be Coughlin
and Ematrudo. or the heavy hitters
Pardeo is the best, Last season he
knoc ked ten home runs and had a
batting average OF $40.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-04-27
Amateur Ball
TOSSerS.
HOT AFTER ST. JosEPH's.
Jocelyns Hurl Challenge of Defiance
at Contemporary.

To the Sporting Editor Of the Journal
Courier, Sir:
We issued some days ago q chal-
lcnge to any team of young players
in this city, but have not had any
replies yet. We would like to meet
the st. Joseph's, BOWS, Washingtons
or Frank streets The St Josephs
are putting in challenges in the paper
and state that all teams must be afraid
Of them, but If they want game
they can have one or series by ad-
dressing Daniel Gleason, 241 Hamilton
street. manager of the Jocelyns
The Jocelyns are ready to meet any
team averaging fourteen to fifteen
years in this city or state. The Joce-
lylls only lost two games out Of the
twenty played thus far this season.
There are many new players on the